EXT/INT. PONDICHERRY CITY / HOTEL - EVENING
Pondicherry CITY SHOTS. EXTERIOR SHOTS OF THE HOTEL.
Hot el ent ran ce an d l obb y - Ar jun a nd Arc han a e nt er the ho tel
along with the baby.
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INT. HOTEL ROOM / CHENNAI POLICE STATION - NIGHT
Ar c h a n a is s i t t i ng o n t h e b e d a n d ' r e s e r ch i n g ' d et e c t i v e
nov els . S he is al so tak in g ' not es' . T he ba by is ly ing be sid e
her.
Arjun is walking to and fro, while talking on the phone.
ARJUN
«¦¾øÄ¡õ ¿¡ý Kumar'¸¢ð¼ phone'ħ deal
Àñ½¢ì¸¢§Èý Michael... Áò¾ÀÊ, ¦º¡øÄ¡Á
¦¸¡ûÇ¡Á ¾¢Î ¾¢ôÒýÛ office ÅóÐð¼¡÷ýÉ¡ ¿£
¦¸¡ïºõ ºÁ¡Ç¢... (checks his phone to see who is
cal ing on the other line) Michael... ¿¡ý «ôÒÈõ
Àñ§Èý... §ÅÈ cal ÅÕÐ... (shifts to the other cal )...
¦º¡øÖ Deva....
Deva is at the police station.
DEVA
§¼ö... ±ýɼ¡ ¬¨Ç§Â ¸¡Ïõ?! ±í§¸Â¢Õ째 ¿£?
ARJUN
... Pondicherry'Ä....
DEVA
Pondicherry'Ä ±ýÉ Àñ§È?...
ARJUN
Å... ÅóÐ ¦º¡ø§È§É....
DEVA
§¸Ù! ¿¡ý ¾Á¢ú¿¡Î circle'Ä ÌÆó¨¾Â ¸¡Ïõ Åó¾
complaint'¦ºøÄ¡õ one by one'¬ Å¢º¡Ã¢îº¢ðÎ
þÕ째ý... ¬É¡ ¿£ complaint ÌΠ측¾¾¡Ä ±ýÉ¡Ä
±Åý¸¢ð¼Ôõ ´Õ level'ÖìÌ §ÁÄ §Àº ÓÊÂÄ...
«ÅÉÅý minister'¨Ã ¦¾Ã¢Ôõ... commissioner'¨Ã
¦¾Ã¢Ôõ'Û «ÄôÀ¨Ã ÀñÈ¡ý... ¿£ ¦ºý¨ÉìÌ ¾¢ÕõÀ
Åó¾×¼§É official'¬ ´Õ complaint Àñ½¢Î ...
ARJUN
Ok da... thanks da...
Arjun cuts the phone and looks at Archana.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Tamil nadu circle'Ä Â¡¦ÃøÄ¡õ ÌÆó¨¾Â ¸¡ÏõÛ
complaint ÌÎ òÐÕ측í¸ýÛ one by one
Å¢º¡Ã¢îº¢ðÎ þÕ측ɡõ....
ARCHANA
¿øÄо¡ý.... ´Õ side'Ä «Ð À¡ðÎ ìÌ ¿¼ì¸ðÎ õ...
76.
Archa na's watc h be eps. She puts the book s asi de, switc hes off
the l ig ht n ea r t he b ed si de t abl e an d li es d own t o sl ee p. I t
st r i k e s t o A r j un t h a t t h e r e is o n l y o n e b e d. T h e ba b y i s
sleep ing in th e co rner and Arch ana is l ying in t he ce nter ...
Which mean s he has to lie do wn beside Archana. He looks around
to see if an y o the r p lac e i s t he re. .. no. .. the be d s eem s a s
the only proper option.
He s l ow ly co me s a nd li e s do w n be s id e h er . S he ha s h er e y es
close d. H e ca n't help fee ling a li ttle odd ... havi ng t o se e a
gi rl ly in g r ig h t ne x t t o hi m .. . S he d o es lo ok be au t if ul . ..
which ma kes it m ore diff icult fo r him. H e turns the othe r way,
so th at h e wo uldn 't b e ab le t o see her atl east . Ar chan a op ens
he r e ye s, lo ok s a t t he ba by an d d ec id e s t ha t i t is be st to
place the bab y sa fely in the middl e, i nste ad o f th e co rner ...
and s hift s... Arj un d oes not know that ... The baby who is not
as le e p st a rt s s cr at c hi n g Ar j un 's sh ou l de r .. . A rj un do es n 't
think it is the baby... He kinda 'imagines' that Archana may be
the o ne w ho i s 's crat chin g'.. . aft er a ll h e is a m an.. .. m ore
soft scratching... Arjun moves a little away... farther away...
and away until he almost falls out of the bed...
ARJUN
Hey... ±ýÉ Àñ...?
Arjun sees the baby... Archana gets up...
ARCHANA
±ýÉ?.... ±ýÉ¡îÍ?
ARJUN
(blinks)
À¡ô... À¡..... ¿Î ×Ä þÕìÌ...
ARCHANA
(pauses)
....SO....?
ARJUN
õõõõ.... ¦¸¡ïºõ risk þø¨Ä¡?
ARCHANA
.............. ±ýÉ risk?
ARJUN
þøÄ.... ¿¡ý àíÌõ§À¡Ð ¦¾Ã¢Â¡Á ¯ÕñÎ
À¡ôÀ¡¨Å ¿Í츢ð§¼ýÉ¡.....?
ARCHANA
¯ÕÇ¡¾....
She lies down... He smiles sheepishly and lies beside the baby.
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47
EXT. SCENIC LOCALES - DAY
SONG FIVE - JILLENA VEESUM
DREAM SONG - BEING IN LOVE.
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