3-Character Trio Cast 6 - 9 Minutes Psychological Thriller
The Patient in Bed 6
Full Shooting Script in Industry Courier Monospace Format
FADE IN:
INT. HOSPITAL WAITING BAY / BED 6 AREA - NIGHT
Sterile fluorescent lights. Ek curtained bed side mein. Wall par pinned MEDICAL CHART. Chair, clipboard, blood pressure cuff, water bottle, phone. Monitors ki intermittent glow.
DR. NANDITA (41), scrubs mein, chart dekhte hue khadi hai.
MALA (56), sari mein, medical papers clutch kiye baithi hai.
RIYA (27), hoodie aur jeans mein, phone ko haath mein ghumati, tense.
DR. NANDITA
(clipped)
Okay. Sabse pehle, patient ka naam.
MALA
Aap chart mein dekh lijiye, doctor.
DR. NANDITA
Chart mein naam likha hai. Mujhe sach chahiye.
Riya ek sec ko Mala ko dekhti hai.
RIYA
Uska naam... Neha.
Mala turant.
MALA
Haan. Neha.
Nandita chart par nazar daudati hai.
DR. NANDITA
Good. Ab accident kaise hua?
MALA
Road pe slip ho gayi. Bas.
RIYA
Haan. Slip.
Nandita blood pressure cuff उठाती hai.
DR. NANDITA
Road pe slip se wrists pe dono taraf pressure marks nahi aate.
Silence.
MALA
Doctor, aap overthink kar rahi hain.
DR. NANDITA
Main doctor hoon. Overthink meri job ka part hai.
Nandita cuff patient ke bed ke paas rakh deti hai, curtain half-closed.
DR. NANDITA (CONT'D)
Water bottle kiski hai?
Riya instinctively bottle ko dekhti hai.
RIYA
Patient ki.
MALA
Ghalat. Meri.
Riya aur Mala dono ek dusre ko glare karte hain.
DR. NANDITA
Interesting. Ek bottle. Do owners. Ek story. Teen versions.
Nandita chart se ek page nikaalti hai.
DR. NANDITA (CONT'D)
Dehydration severe hai. Bruising pattern fall jaisa nahi. Aur admission note mein “accident” likha hai... but who wrote it?
Mala papers tight pakad leti hai.
MALA
Main ne sign kiya tha.
DR. NANDITA
Kis basis pe?
MALA
Family basis pe.
DR. NANDITA
Medical bay mein family basis ka certificate nahi chalta.
Riya hansi dabati hai, phir turant serious.
RIYA
Aap humein interrogate kyun kar rahi hain?
DR. NANDITA
Kyunki patient ka body aap dono se zyada honest hai.
Beat.
Curtain ke andar monitor beep karta hai.
MALA
Woh theek ho jayegi.
DR. NANDITA
Kab? Aur kis se?
Mala ka jaw tight.
MALA
Hum usse protect kar rahe hain.
DR. NANDITA
Protect ya control?
Riya ka phone vibrate karta hai. Woh screen dekhkar freeze.
DR. NANDITA (CONT'D)
Kya hua?
RIYA
Kuch nahi.
DR. NANDITA
“Kuch nahi” usually kuch hota hai.
Nandita Riya ke haath se phone gently le leti hai. Screen par ek UNSENT DRAFT.
INSERT - PHONE SCREEN
“Aaj raat nikal rahi hoon. Agar message na aaye toh...”
Nandita ka expression change.
DR. NANDITA
Woh bhaag rahi thi.
Mala stands.
MALA
Baithiye, doctor. Aapko poori baat nahi pata.
DR. NANDITA
Toh bataiye.
MALA
Uski shaadi fix ho chuki thi. Logon ke saamne izzat ka sawal tha.
RIYA
(low, defensive)
Bas shaadi nahi. Lock-in tha.
Mala ghoor kar.
MALA
Riya!
RIYA
Kya? Sach bolne mein problem hai?
MALA
Sach? Sach yeh hai ki hum usse sambhal rahe the.
RIYA
Sambhal nahi, band.
Nandita chart par ek line cross karti hai.
DR. NANDITA
Patient accident se nahi, restraint se injured hui hai.
Riya ki aankhen bhar aati hain.
RIYA
Woh nikalna chahti thi.
Us raat usne mujhe bola tha.
MALA
Aur tumne mujhe kyun nahi bataya?
RIYA
Kyunki tum usko wapas le jaati!
Mala ka face crack karta hai.
MALA
Main uski aunt hoon.
RIYA
Aur main uski sister.
Aur phir bhi hum dono chup rahe.
Beat.
Nandita curtain ko dekhte hue bolti hai.
DR. NANDITA
Bed 6 mein patient nahi, evidence hai.
Mala stunned.
MALA
Aap kya karne ja rahi hain?
Nandita phone uthati hai aur number dial karti hai.
DR. NANDITA
Jo aap dono ne nahi kiya.
Report.
Riya looks down. Mala powerless.
Monitors ki beep tez.
DR. NANDITA (into phone)
Haan, main Emergency se bol rahi hoon...
Humein immediate assistance chahiye.
Nandita curtain ki taraf ek baar dekhti hai.
DR. NANDITA (CONT'D)
Patient is not an accident case.
She is a survival case.
FADE OUT.
THE END.
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