2 Male Actors (M + M) 5 - 8 Minutes Psychological Thriller
The Confession Booth
Full Shooting Script in Industry Courier Monospace Format
FADE IN:
INT. SMALL CONFESSION BOOTH - NIGHT
Ek purana, quiet CHURCH. Candle glow. Stained-glass se colored light booth ke andar cut kar rahi hai. Heavy shadows. Wooden screen Father Elias aur Raghu ko alag karta hai.
Father ELIAS (49), dark cassock, worn collar, spectacles, rosary finger mein lapetkar baitha hai. Calm. Watchful.
RAGHU (33), grease-marked shirt, faded jeans, bandaged knuckles, restless saans ke saath booth mein jhuka hua.
FATHER ELIAS
Boliye, beta.
RAGHU
Beta mat bolo, Father. Main customer type aadmi hoon.
Elias ek beat leta hai. Rosary slow phirata hai.
FATHER ELIAS
Yeh jagah mazaak ke liye nahi hai.
RAGHU
Main mazaak ke liye aaya bhi nahi.
(beat)
Maine ek aadmi ko maara hai.
Elias ke haath ruk jaate hain.
FATHER ELIAS
Naam?
RAGHU
Naam se kya farq padta hai? Mar gaya.
FATHER ELIAS
Farq padta hai.
RAGHU
Haan. Aapko padta hai.
Silence.
Elias apni awaaz steady rakhta hai.
FATHER ELIAS
Tum kis baat se bhaag rahe ho, Raghu?
Raghu thoda jhatka khaata hai.
RAGHU
Mera naam kaise pata?
FATHER ELIAS
(calm)
Tumhari saans mein diesel hai. Haath pe grease. Aur gussa...
gussa bohot purana hai.
Raghu hansi nahi, ek khokhli exhale karta hai.
RAGHU
Wah. Priest bhi detective.
FATHER ELIAS
Crime batao.
Raghu apni bandaged knuckles dekhता hai.
RAGHU
Ek raat thi. Gaadi kharab. Road khaali.
Ek aadmi aaya... “Father, help.” Bola.
Phir woh church ke paas waali purani road par gir gaya.
Elias ka chehra tight hota hai.
RAGHU (CONT'D)
Aur aap wahan the.
FATHER ELIAS
Tum kya keh rahe ho?
RAGHU
Main keh raha hoon, Father...
mere bhai ne marne se pehle aapka naam liya tha.
Elias ke spectacles ke peeche aankh hilti hai.
FATHER ELIAS
Tumhara bhai?
Raghu booth ke gap se ek folded paper slide karta hai.
RAGHU
Confession notes.
Purane. Aapke.
Elias paper uthata hai. Read karte hi uska chehra blank.
INSERT - CONFESSION NOTES
“Woh aadmi zinda tha jab usey neeche le gaye.”
BACK TO SCENE.
FATHER ELIAS
(controlled)
Tumhein yeh kahan se mila?
RAGHU
Jahan aapne sach chhupaya tha.
Church ke basement ke neeche.
Elias ka rosary fist mein kas jaata hai.
FATHER ELIAS
Yeh jhooth hai.
RAGHU
Jhooth?
(leans in)
Toh phir us raat kaun tha jo bola—
“Agar police ko bataya toh sab khatam ho jayega”?
Elias ka face pale.
FATHER ELIAS
Tum wahan the.
RAGHU
Haan.
Main dekh raha tha.
Beat.
FATHER ELIAS
Tumhare bhai ki maut accident thi.
RAGHU
Nahi.
Accident woh hota hai jab brake fail ho.
Yeh toh choice thi.
Elias ka control slip hone lagta hai.
FATHER ELIAS
Main us aadmi ko bachane ki koshish kar raha tha.
RAGHU
Jhooth.
Aapne dar ke maare darwaza band kiya tha.
Aur jab woh mar gaya, aapne police ko bola—
“Main kuch nahi jaanta.”
Elias stands, but screen ke us paar hi.
FATHER ELIAS
Tum kya chahte ho?
RAGHU
Confession.
FATHER ELIAS
Main confess kar chuka hoon.
RAGHU
Nahi, Father.
Aapne God ko chhupa diya.
Mujhe sach chahiye.
Raghu wrench nikaalta hai. Metal candle light mein chamakta hai.
FATHER ELIAS
Yeh weapon hai?
RAGHU
Mechanic ka tool hai.
Aaj saboot hai.
Elias ki saans tez.
FATHER ELIAS
Tum police ke paas jaoge?
RAGHU
Agar aap abhi confess nahi karte, haan.
Long silence. Candle flicker.
Elias baith jaata hai, defeated.
FATHER ELIAS
(low)
Haan.
Woh mar raha tha.
Main darr gaya tha.
Maine jhoot bola.
Maine usse dafn hone diya.
Raghu ka face hard rehta hai.
RAGHU
Aur mera bhai?
FATHER ELIAS
Main ne usse help nahi ki.
Main ne ek maut ko chupaya.
RAGHU
Nahi, Father.
Aapne do maut chupayi.
Elias looks up.
RAGHU (CONT'D)
Ek us aadmi ki.
Ek mere bhai ki.
Beat.
Raghu notes ko floor par gira deta hai.
RAGHU (CONT'D)
Ab God se confess karna.
Main bas insaan hoon.
Raghu booth ka door kholta hai. Candle light uske wrench par flash karti hai.
FATHER ELIAS
Raghu...
Raghu rukta hai, without turning.
RAGHU
Aaj pehli baar sach bola hai, Father.
Isse waste mat karna.
Woh nikal jaata hai.
Elias akela. Rosary haath se slip hoti hai.
The beads hit the floor softly.
Church silence.
CUT TO BLACK.
FADE OUT.
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