2 Male Actors (M + M) 5 - 8 Minutes Emotional Drama
Borrowed Time
Full Shooting Script in Industry Courier Monospace Format
INT. PRANAV KA LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Ek modest living room. Ceiling fan dheere ghoom raha hai. TV OFF. Tube light ki sakht roshni. Deewar par family photographs. Table par ek tea glass, ek debt notice, aur ek chhota plastic bag.
PRANAV (50), faded shirt aur lungi mein, darwaze ke paas khada hai. Uske haath mein plastic bag. Uski kalai nangi hai, watch nahi hai.
DARWAZA khulta hai.
YASH (22), hoodie aur backpack mein, andar aata hai. Uske gaal par fresh bruise hai. Woh Pranav ko dekhte hi ruk jaata hai.
PRANAV
Aaya tu.
Yash kuch bolta nahi. Backpack ka strap aur tight pakad leta hai.
PRANAV (CONT'D)
Baith.
YASH
Main bas...
PRANAV
Baith, Yash.
Yash dheere se sofa ke edge par baithta hai. Pranav uske saamne khada rehta hai.
PRANAV (CONT'D)
Ye kya hai?
Pranav debt notice uthata hai aur Yash ke saamne wave karta hai.
YASH
Main handle kar lunga.
PRANAV
Kab? Jab ghar pe notice chipak jaaye?
YASH
Aapko kaise pata chala?
PRANAV
Ghar mein aag lage aur mujhe dhuaan na dikhe?
Silence.
YASH
Maine bas ek baar...
PRANAV
Ek baar?
YASH
Haan. Bas ek baar galti ho gayi.
PRANAV
Galti? Itna bruise galti se aata hai?
Yash reflexively cheek chhoota hai.
YASH
Kuch nahi hai.
PRANAV
Mujhe bewakoof mat bana.
YASH
Doston se paise liye the. Socha time pe de dunga.
PRANAV
Doston se?
YASH
Haan.
PRANAV
Aur jab time aaya?
Yash chup.
PRANAV (CONT'D)
Boliya na.
YASH
Time pe de nahi paaya.
PRANAV
Phir?
YASH
Phir unhone pressure dala.
PRANAV
Pressure?
YASH
Main manage kar raha tha.
PRANAV
Manage?
YASH
Bas, papa...
PRANAV
Papa mat bol abhi.
Beat.
Pranav plastic bag table par rakhta hai.
PRANAV (CONT'D)
Ye le.
Yash dekhta hai. Bag mein cash bundle aur ek purani watch ki box.
YASH
Ye kya hai?
Pranav apni nangi kalai uthata hai.
PRANAV
Watch gayi.
YASH
Kya?
PRANAV
Bech di.
YASH
Aapne... kyun?
PRANAV
Tere notice ka kuch hissa bhar diya.
Yash stunned.
YASH
Aapne mujhe bataya kyun nahi?
PRANAV
Tujhe pehle se bojh tha.
(beat)
Main aur add karta?
YASH
Par woh watch...
PRANAV
Shaadi ki thi. Haan.
YASH
Aap har din pehente the.
PRANAV
Ab nahi pehni toh kya ho gaya?
YASH
Aapne itna sab...
PRANAV
Maine bas itna kiya jitna baap karta hai.
YASH
Main deserve nahi karta tha.
PRANAV
Ye decide karne ka haq tujhe kab se mil gaya?
Yash ki aankhen bhar aati hain.
YASH
Main aapse baat nahi kar paaya.
PRANAV
Main bhi nahi kar paaya.
YASH
Mujhe laga aap samjhenge nahi.
PRANAV
Mujhe laga tu batayega nahi.
YASH
Main darr gaya tha.
PRANAV
Main bhi.
Silence. Dono ek dusre ko dekhte hain.
YASH
Aapne sab akela kyun uthaya?
PRANAV
Kyunki tu mera beta hai.
(beat)
Aur main tera baap.
Yash ki aankhon se aansu girte hain. Woh face wipe karta hai, embarrassed.
YASH
Sorry.
Pranav usse dekhta hai. Phir tea glass ki taraf ishara karta hai.
PRANAV
Pehle chai pee.
YASH
Abhi?
PRANAV
Haan. Abhi.
Yash tea glass uthata hai. Ek sip leta hai. Phir Pranav ko dekhta hai, jaise pehli baar sach mein dekh raha ho.
YASH
Main repay karunga.
PRANAV
Karna.
YASH
Aur...
PRANAV
Aur kya?
YASH
Is baar sach bolunga.
Pranav halki si thaki hui muskurahat deta hai.
PRANAV
Theek hai.
Fan ghoomta rehta hai. Family photo frame mein frozen smiles.
Yash tea glass ko dono haathon se pakad leta hai. Pranav table ke paas khada, uske saamne.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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