If you want to know the truth - go insane
If you want to go insane - know the truth.
Then you will learn the truth and the truth will
set you free.
John 8:32
Wrote this script like 2 years ago.I certainly feel it is a bit amateurish while reading it now. There are lot of threads which are left open in the story.In some ways, I am ashamed of the script..but its my script nevertheless.
I am posting the script 'as-is' or may be with some changes..If I feel like it.
Before reading it, remember :
1. It is not autobiographical.
2. The name 'lakshmi' is pretty apt for the character.
3. I am not crazy.
4. It is not about feminism.
"THE SPIRAL"
Written by Vamsee Kamana
[I am probably talking about madness in this movie. are mad
people really mad. People generally dont accept other people
different than them. The friction in the society is due to
the 'otherness'. A person-person,caste-caste,religon
religon,nation-nation friction arises from that the fact that
'they are different from us'. In the same way when a person
behaves in an otherwordly fashion, people has to invent a new
word..and that is madness.For a person who is labelled as
mad, he most probably thinks that he is alright. Infact, what
is right and what is wrong? No one knows.People follow a set
of rules and when someone break the rules, they are labelled
as arrogant and stupid..and at the extreme end, they are
called as mad. One of the rules of the society is that, god
exists and he is a good god. The character in the movie
thinks otherwise. She thinks that god exists and he is
cruel.Her own life is her proof. Will she find god and will
the god find her? Whats gonna happen?]
[LAKSHMI lives in this small house left by her parents. Her
parents are religious hindus..but quite secular. Her parents
committed suicide for some unknown reasons. We dont know them
yet.This left her extremely depressed and lonely. She starts
questioning her own belief system. She reasons herself that
all god wants is loyalty and power. If there is no death and
pain, no one would believe in god. The whole pooja room
sequence is just manifestation of her thoughts..she assumes
that god himself is scaring her by playing games with her.
She wants revenge...because her philosphy is that..she wont
hurt anyone ...and if someone tries to hurt her, she is gonna
hurt them back. eye for an eye policy. Eye for an eye is the
most basic belief system for a man. Because, man thinks in
this way : if some one takes your eye and if you wont do
anything..then he is gonna come for your leg. So man uses
fear (by taking out the other mans eye) to defend
himself..and at the same time god uses the same fear to ask
for loyalty.
How fear and madness are related? Fear is the most common
denominator of every animal and human being in this
world...and as I told before, a person who doesn't have any
fear ..will be hated because...(not that he/she is great or
anything) he is just different. LAKSHMI does have fear
initially, but she may win the fear in the end..but in the
process she may become mad..because she may win the battle
against fear.Is she gonna win and lose at the same time?
Ofcourse,there are different kinds of madness in this
world.Fearlessness is one kind of madness.]
[The script is still under construction]
Opening Scene.
EXTREME CLOSE-UP of a woman's eyes.
Camera DOLLY OUT and we see a woman's face.
The color of the scene is red. We can see a red hue all over.
she looks at us for a few moments and spit on us.
The beautiful spit forms in to 'a film by vamsee kamana'.
Her face is covered with blood and blood is splashed all
around.
The face looks peaceful and there is a hint of smile in it.
WOMAN (V.O.)
At last, I have done what I had to
do. The guilty has been punished.
A beat later.
If you attack me, I will attack
you. If you hurt me, I will hurt
you back. If you destroy my life
I will assassinate you.
CAMERA DOLLY OUT TO REVEAL A MASS OF FLESH IN HER LAP.
Looks like it has been tortured and butchered. LAKSHMI is
taking care of it..rubbing it with her hands as if it is her
baby.
CAMERA QUICKLY DOLLY IN WITH A ZOOM.
She gets up and hits the already dead flesh with a iron rod.
The room is full of blood and it all looks red.
Cut to black.
Titles.
A woman is searching for something in the city of Hyderabad.
The titles are painted on many walls of hyd.
Bob marley is singing 'NO WOMAN NO CRY' in the background.
Titles come rhythmically with the music.
May be I will show the swamijis..mullahs and other stuff.
The audience has to understand what they are about to see.
INTRODUCTION SCENE.
INT. LAKSHMI'S APT - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI is doing her exercises and she is sweating. sweating
a lot. she just did her pushups,situps,abs.
She starts doing her pullups.
Shes doing it on her "ataka". Ataka is almost empty except an
empty old suitcase.
1st pull up -- she notices that there is a small old suitcase
2nd pull up -- she notices that there is something hiding
behind it.
3rd pull up -- that something is closer to her now.
She does her 4th pullup very slowly.
4th pullup -- that something is much closer to her now.
5th pull up ..very slowy --- that something has gone.
Cut to black.
INT. OUTSIDE POOJA ROOM - MORNING.
Camera looks at the locked pooja room for a few moments.we
hear some sound coming from the bed room.
CUT TO:
INT. LAKS APT - MORNING.
Shots of a clock,furniture,bed,microwave spinning,the
kitcken, the pooja room the bath room all coming to a big
climax soundwise.
INT. LAKSHMI's BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING.
LAKSHMI is sleeping on the bed and the nighty reveals part of
her thighs.
The room says "middle class".It is a bit disorganized as if
some work has been done recently. The sunlight falls on her.
As we are admiring her beauty,the alarm rings. She gets up
and we can see her face now.
Her face shows that she just dreamt...not a nightmare..just a
dream.
LAKSHMI gets up and sits in the living room. Her hair is
dishevelled. Looks Like she did some real work last night and
slept late.
She hides her face with her hands and the hair falling all
around her.She wants to hide from everything.
LAKSHMI
Is today different from yesterday
and will tomorrow be different from
today? Will the sun stop rising and
traffic stops running.
INT. LAKSHMI'S BATHROOM - EARLY MORNING
LAKSHMI is looking at herself in the mirror
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
If something is not done
today,nothing can be done tomorrow.
She goes in to her shower and starts taking bath.We can see
the water coming out of the shower.
LAKSHMI (V.O.) (CONT'D)
The world started with a big bang
and it will end with a big bang.
INT. LAKSHMI's BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING.
LAKSHMI comes to her bedroom with a towel wrapped around her
body. she goes to her night stand and stands before the
mirror.
She is looking at herself and then takes off her towel.she
looks at the mirror for a few moments.(andam ga lena song )
She pinches the fat on her tummy.Looks like she started working out
pretty recently.Show her sexiness in this shot.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
What is beauty? Is it the color?is
It the shape of the face?is it the
smoothness of your skin? Is the
symmetry? Or is it economic or
power system.
We show the images of circle..a white woman a black woman
etc..to drive her point.
LAKSHMI gets dressed up and about to leave.
She glances towards the pooja room for a minute with an
expression of fear.
CAMERA DOLLY IN towards the pooja room.
Something is certainly ominous.
INT. NEIGHBOURS APT - MORNING.
A man is watching tv and operating the remote. Looks like he
is watching 10th wonder. His eyes are almost glowing. we
DOLLY IN in to the tv and the images on the TV appear. Its
ramya krishna in her swim suit jumping in to swimming pool.
We then see that it has been rewinded and then played in slow
motion now. we see the man with almost his mouth open...but
it looks like it is not unusual for him to watch like this..
He fastforwards the scene and now we see sridevi drenced in
rain and singing.
We can clearly see her milky thighs..
we DOLLY IN in to him.
The man hears some sound coming from outside.. he quickly
switches off the TV and goes to the window..
his POV we see LAKSHMI locking her doors..
His face turns in to desire and admiration.
EXT. OUTSIDE LAKHMIS APT - MORNING.
LAKSHMI locks the door and checks the lock twice.
INT. PSYCHIATIRST OFFICE - MORNING.
The psychiatrist office is in punjagutta. Obviously the
traffic noise is deafening. Its as if people cant live
without that noise. The noise atleast helps them to avoid
thinking.
We see a hall with few patients sitting. There is a old
couple with a granddaughter.The old woman has a bandage on
her hand and looks like the couple fought before coming here.
There is one other man sitting a few feet from them and he
lacks a bit of confidence. We notice that he is looking at
LAKSHMIS boobs.
Lakhmi tries to cover her boobs.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
A psychiatrist is all you need on
your death bed.
The doctor's assistant is talking on phone..I guess with her
boyfriend..and she looks totally bored.
DOCTORS ASSISTANT (loudly)
Kamana Vara Lakshmi
LAKSHMI
God! I hate that name
A beat later.
DOCTORS ASSISTANT (VERY LOUDLY)
Kamana Vara Lakshmi
Lakshmi gets up a goes to the doctor's office. We close up on
the psychiatrist name board with lot of degrees on it ..
with so many degrees starting from BSc to others that there
is no space left on the board.
Fade out.
EXT. HITECH CITY BUIDLING - MORNING.
LAKSHMI is walking across the hitech city and we have the
full view of the city.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
The rich is shining.They build you
roads build you hospitals make your
life comfortable so that you can
make more money for them. your
comfort comes with a price.They
give you money and take it back.
You are just a machine for them.
A beat later.
This is the meaning of
globalization : profits for the
multinational companies. no
exploitation - no profit.
LAKSHMI is still walking. She wont stop.
LAKSHMI (CONT'D)
You stupid Bitches, sluts and
whores. They give you brand
jeans,skirts and victoria secret
panties..only to sell your body
..your respect and your soul.
Standing still and looking at the buildings.
LAKSHMI (CONT'D)
Lets unite..lets unite and
prostitute ourself to these
companies. to america..to bill
gates to ambanis to murthys.
She keeps on walking
LAKSHMI (CONT'D)
You whore yourself.I am not with
you.I am clean. I am on a mission
now.My project goes live tonight.
Introduction Scene Over.
SUB-TITLE : 7 DAYS BACK.
INT. LAKSHMI'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
CLOSEUP OF THE CLOCK SHOWING 2AM.
LAKSHMI is sleeping. The silence is frightening. suddenly
there is a small sound as if some one is walking carefully..
and the noise increases and its coming from the pooja room.
LAKSHMI wakes up because of the noise and it stops. LAKSHMI
tries to listen carefully for a few seconds ...looks like it
is just her imagination... and then suddenly again..there is
some noise.. LAKSHMI gets up...slowly...and shes sweating
now.. The noise of some one walking...and then someone
whispering... She starts walking slowly towards the pooja
room...the talking continues...some one is talking in hushed
up voice.... LAKSHMI walks towards the pooja room and looks
in to it. and the talking stops.
She opens the pooja room and it is in disarray as if someone
was looking for something ..most probably food..looks like
they are getting frantic...(because LAKSHMI used to a have a
mother who committed suicide a few months back in the same
house...and she used to pray to god all the time and she kept
prasadam in the room..and now that prasadam has gone..day by
day..and more the days..more intensity is the search.)
LAKSHMI is scared shitless...she runs back to her bedroom...
INT. BUS STOP - AFTERNOON
LAKSHMI is sitting at some hyd bus stop. A middle aged man is
looking at her with desire..looking at her boobs and ass..She
looks calm without any discomfort. The man keeps looking at
her as if he is going to eat her.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
You know what I am going to do if
you put that disgusting hand on me?
INT. SOME ROOM - SOME TIME.
The previous middle aged man is now in LAKSHMI's room.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
First I will give you the
injection.
Close-up of injection piercing the skin.
LAKSHMI (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Then I will cut your pencil dick.
The mans pants are now full of blood..blood gushing
uncontrollably.
LAKSHMI (V.O.) (CONT'D)
then I will...
LAKSHMI puts the dick covered in blood in a grinder and with
some tomato and some other veggies...
LAKSHMI (V.O.) (CONT'D)
drink this vegetable juice....good
for your health...
yoga is also good.
BACK TO
EXT. SAME BUS STOP - SAME TIME.
LAKSHMI looks at him and give a smile and the man smiles back
and catches his bus.
damn....he just missed a wonderful opportunity.
THREE DAYS BACK.
INT. LAKSHMI'S APT
LAKSHMI is sitting on her sofa. Extreme close-up. zoom out
reveals her and behind her all the windows are draped with
blankets as if she doesn't want the light to come and
interfere.
Her hair looks a bit untidy as if she went thru some
hairsplitting thoughts.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
Someone is stealing my ladoos.
LAKSHMI is counting her ladoos.
LAKSHMI (V.O.) (CONT'D)
1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10
Two ladoos missing. Two ladoos
missing again.
LAKSHMI is frantically searching for something. she takes
away the idols of gods and everything.
she goes to watch tv and watches it for sometime.
A few moments later she comes back and count the ladoos
again.
LAKSHMI (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Who is stealing my ladoos?
she prepares a chart and sticks in on the wall. There is a
complete list of the ladoos missing.
05/02/2010 -- 2 ladoos missing
05/08/2010 -- 4 ladoos missing.
etc...
INT. SOME TIME - SOME PLACE.
LAKSHMI is sitting at some park.Memories keep flooding her.
Summary of the scene.
Born and brought up in Bhimavaram.dirty river Dnr school.
movies ..chiru rambo shiva geetanjali..first
love...periods..first sex..bloodied condom...einstien
newton..education..hyderabad...education..and traged..she
having sex..second love..parents death by suicide?? The world
events at the time..it revolution..ntr rajiv indira...events
which everyone identifies..
INT. LAKSHMIS BEDROOM - NIGHT
Lakshmi is sleeping on her bed and the time is 2 am. The same
sound of steps and whispering starts again in the pooja
room.lakshmi is not as terrified as before..but still she is
shivering. She hears the sound of someone opening the pooja
room door..it opened slowly. We can hear the sound of some
small and slow steps. Lakshmi quickly goes and takes the iron
rod she bought and hides under the bed.She(we) is watching
everything from under the bed. It dark under the bed..but the
bedight is illuminating outside the bed. Someone is
approaching her bed..she can see the feet of some person or
animal..she is not sure who it is. Looks like IT is
searching for something. IT stops near the bed for some
time.Then suddenly it goes and walks towards the kitchen.We
can hear the sound of someone searching for something in the
kitchen.
A few moments later IT walks towards the pooja room and
closes the door.
Cut to black.
INT. LAKSHMIS BEDROOM - MORNING.
Lakshmi slept under the bed and she wakes up in the
morning.She goes to the pooja room..and everything seems
quite as if nothing happened there.She then goes to the
kitchen and she finds that it has been almost trashed..the
dabbas are all open now. She walks back to the pooja room and
opens the door. Everything seems fine in the room.No one
inside it.
INT. LAKSHMI'S POOJA ROOM -- NIGHT.
LAKSHMI is clearing up the pooja room.She stops looks at the
photos of gods Hindu gods jesus chirst and Allah.looks like
she doesn't discriminate godwise.
She somehow feels that someone is living in her pooja room or
some one is coming in to her pooja room every night.So she
keeps ladoos in that room to find out who it is.
Then she puts the camcorder some where on the corner..so that
she has the complete view of the room.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
I will get the proof and catch it
tonight.
She locks the room and come out.She has the look of great
satisfaction at her work.
INT. LAKSHMI'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI is walking to and fro with great anticipation before
the pooja room. She is restless.
She is walking and constantly glancing at the pooja room.
Nothing happened..atleast that's what she thought.
INT. SOME PLACE - SOME TIME.
It is all dark..except some light coming out of a small hole.
The camera pans left and right as if someone is looking for
something.The Background voice has some static.
SOME ONE (V.O.)
Where am I? Why is it dark here? Am
I dreaming. No. I am not
dreaming.What Is that smell? Why
does it smells like a zoo.
The camera tracks upward as if that 'some one' gets up.
SOME ONE (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Yes. It smells like a zoo. I
remember this smell. This smells
like animal shit.
The camera moves smoothly as if that 'some one' is moving
smoothly.
SOME ONE (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Where is ma and daddy. Where is my
brother. Where did they go. Whats
happening. I gotta go to school.I
gotta complete my home work.
Trignometry.
Slowly our eyes gets accustomed to the darkness. It is not
completely dark after all. That 'some one' moves and the
camera subjectively moves with that person. The camera goes
towards a mirror and stands in front of it. We are not able
to make out the figure.
As we slowly get used with the dark, we see a BIG snake
staring at itself. If we can some how dissect the emotions of
a snake, its like " Its fucking impossible".
INT. LAKSHMI'S BED ROOM - EARLY MORNING.
LAKSHMI wakes up from her nightmare. It must be the worst
nightmare ever.She is sweating all over. She gets up and runs
towards the mirror. She looks at herself in the mirror and we
notice a look of satisfaction.
EXT. HYDERABAD ZOO. - EVENING.
LAKSHMI is at the hyd zoo. She is at the snakes section. She
is looking at each snake closely and attentively. Whats wrong
with her?
INT. LAKSHMI'S APT - MORNING.
LAKSHMI gets up as usual and goes to the pooja room and the
first thing she does is go and have a look at pooja
room..half of the ladoos are missing ..she seems happy now
and then she takes the camcorder and takes it to her living
room.
INT. LAKSHMI'S LIVING ROOM - MORNING
She connects the camcorder to the TV. we can see the images
of the pooja room on the TV. Nothing is happing there.
She fast-forwards it...and plays it again.. Suddenly there is
a movement..a very small movement..near the ladoos..
cut to : she looking at the monitor with great interest.
The movement near the ladoos stop for sometime..and then
after few seconds..there is a movement ..and then suddenly we
see a movement near the gods photos... and then out of no
where...there is a sudden flash of light and obscures the
view.. and then all we see is static for 30 seconds..
and then we see the pooja room in clear view...with half of
ladoos missing
THREE DAYS BACK.
INT. LAKSHMI'S APT - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI switches on her TV and watching news...with a food
plate in her hands. We can hear some noise coming from the
apt upstairs. Looks like they are the dialogues of high
octane melodrama serials in telugu which are popular.
She couldnt concentrate..and there is an increase in volume.
CUT TO.
LAKSHMI is trying to sleep..but couldnt sleep becoz of the
noise coming from
upstairs. She covers her ears with the pillow.
EXT. NEIGHBOURS APT - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI is knocking on his door.The man opens his door and
looks at her surprisingly..
LAKSHMI
Hi
The man starts fidgeting.
LAKSHMI (CONT'D)
I need some help with something.
intercut : images of the man and LAKSHMI huggin and about to
foreplay.
NEIGHBOUR
oh..sure...oh...sure..what is it?
A beat later.
NEIGHBOUR (CONT'D)
Come inside please
LAKSHMI goes inside.
LAKSHMI
I heard that you had a phd in
physics..did u..?
NEIGHBOUR
I am still working on my thesis
LAKSHMI
Okay.
A beat later.
LAKSHMI (CONT'D)
I dont know if it is related to you
or not..but i have this question..
NEIGHBOUR
What is it?
LAKSHMI
I want to see something which
cannot be seen with naked eye.Are
there things which cannot be seen
with naked eye, not even with a
video camera.
NEIGHBOUR
Ofcourse..ofcourse..just like
wind..it cannot be seen .but can be
felt.
LAKSHMI thinks abt it a bit...
LAKSHMI
What if you cannot even feel it?
NEIGHBOUR
What is it you are talking about?
LAKSHMI
I dont know...thats what I want to
find out.
INT. SOME PLACE -- SOME TIME.
LAKSHMI is listening to some songs which reminded her of her
teenage period.
Her emotion is bit of nostalgia and sadness and a pain which
has no balm ..becoz that age and moment has gone.
LAKSHMI(VO)
Youth wasted.where did it go?I see
these young people and all I feel
is jealousy..I want it all back.Its
is not fair. It is not fair.Why
Some people have everything and
some dosent? Why should I be on the
loser side.
INT. TANK BUND - LATE MORNING.
LAKSHMI is walking along the tank bund.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
Man is a heartless animal. He kills
humans..kills animals..kills the
environment and kills himself. He
Is on the path to suicide. Life
Itself is a suicide. Think about
it.We all die in the end. We are
always working towards our death.
EXT. HYDERABAD -- SOME PLACE.
LAKSHMI enters an old building which kind of looks like ' no
publicity' The name plate outside the room says," friend
circle of greater hyderabad' The room is a bit small and
dimly lit. LAKSHMI enters the room and the members give a
bright smiles.
First look says that the members are having a party and they
are acting as if it is an occasion to laugh...actually they
are laughing out loud...over the top.
LEADER
The only simple and important thing
you have to understand is :it is
all chemicals in your brain..they
make you think you are
nothing...that there is no
hope..that you are a loser..sadness
and boredom is a fleeting
emotions...they doesn't stay
forever. Hope is a beautiful
thing.It is ridiculous to take
decision when you are in that
emotion.you know what heals us
all...time. Time will heal
everything. You don't feel the same
now when you remember your sadness
when your parents or your teacher
hit you..give it
sometime...okay..please ...
WOMAN1
My husband is sleeping with that
bitch again. what can i do?
I cant leave him...where can i go?
what hope are u talking about?
what hope I have? Should I hope
that somehow he is goin to come
back.
LAKSHMI (NOT RAISING HER HEAD)
why dont u just leave him?
WOMAN1
how can i leave him? who is goin to
marry me now..I am 35..who is goin
to fuck me?
I am not a slut like you..you live
in your own dream world..i am not
living in that world.
okay....I am living in a real
world...I want a husband who can
show me happiness...
all thru my childhood..we all
waited for our husband..we are
taught to wait for a husband
who can take care of our
happiness...we waited for our
prince...now..all we got is a frog
who cant keep his dick in his
pants..Why the world is not talking
about him? even my relatives
say...'ponele..'.. PONELE!!! Can
they say the samething if I sleep
with someone else???
world is full of hypocrites..
LAKSHMI
so what!! so what if they say
anything..why do u care??
WOMAN1 (SHOUTING)
Imagining and doing things are
completely two different things.
Do you feel the same pain when you
cut your finger..or when some when
burn yourself..
plz..plz..you are still young..come
down to earth...laxmi...you will
suffer if u dont.
LEADER
so...LAKSHMI..tell me...hows your
project goin on..
LAKSHMI
project??
LEADER
yes..you said that you are working
on a project...so important that
you want it to be a secret??
LAKSHMI
oh..ya... it is still a secret..
LEADER (SMILING)
you are not doing anything
illegal...right?
LAKSHMI
It depends.
The leader shakes his head as if he dosent approve and has
given up.
LEADER
okay..folks..thats the end of our
session for this week. and remember
....it is all chemicals..and your
are the best..
and remember...run ...run
..run...everymorning..get up and
run...plz dont stop running...it is
the best medicine...dont stop it.
NEXT PERSON
Talks about fear..and digulu.
INT. LAKSHMI'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI is writing her dairy..we can see her illuminated face
from the table lamp.
LASHMI (WRITING IN HER DAIRY)
Madyanam kodhi sepu padukoni
lechanu.
Okkate gunde lo dada..chala digulu
ga anipinchindi..ee prampancham lo
nenu emi kaanu anipinchindi..amma
gurthuku vachindi...kaani
chachipoyindi ani
gurthukochiddi..edo badha..chetilo
pattukoleni badha..appude nenu
devudini nammithe entha bagundunu
anipinchindi..endukante devudu
chachipoledu kada..kaani nenu
kanipinchani devudini ela
nammanu...devudi ki naaku madhya
chemistry assalu ledu.
INT. LAKSHMI'S APT - NIGHT.
That something in the first scene is a small box.It moved as
if some one behind it pushed it.LAKSHMI climbed the ataka in
her excercise pants..still sweating. She slowly opens the
box.inside the box there are stack of books wrapped in towel
along with some other materials. She opens the cloth.The
books are her dairies she wrote when she was a kid. A smile
appears on LAKSHMI's face.
LAKSHMI starts reading the first page of the first telugu
diary.
LAKSHMI (AS A KID)
Yamudiki mogudu cinema
choosanu..chirajeevi chala baga
dance chesadu..krishna fan nunchi
chiranjeevi fan ayyanu...krishna
baguntadu kaani dance assalu
radu..chiranjeevi dance chestunte
naaku kooda dance veyyalani
anipinchi..kaani pakkana annayya
kapulu...chiranjeevi ki picha
fan..too much chesevadu..caste
feeling anduke inni rojulu
chiranjeevi fan avvaledu..
LAKSHMI starts reading the next page.
LAKSHMI (AS (CONT'D)
Bhivavaram lo malli varadalu
vastyanta..ee muriki kalava li
varadalu anta..antha scene vunda
deekini.
LAKSHMI randomly selects some page
LAKSHMI'S RELATIVE
Kiran gadu love letter raasadu
lu..geetanjali cinema choosaka
prati vedhava love chestunnadu..
LAKSHMI is getting super excited now..she is almost shaking
with excitement. Her situation is understandable,because the
the long lost memories came flooding back..It is a mixture of
emotions actually..depending on what page she is reading.
LAKSHMIHIMI (AS A KID)
Peddamanichi ayyanu...class lo
ammayalni kante late late ga
ayyanu..
Random page.
LAKSHMI (AS A KID)
Abbayalni pattu kovalani
anipistundi..matladalani
anipistuni..class lo ammayaltho
ithe discussion eppudu..naa breasts
fast ga perugutunnayi..naaku edo la
vundi..
Daddy einstein comic book theesuku vacharu..motham 10 sarlu
chadivanu..kaani emi artham kale..goppa scientist
anta..telescope po microscope po kani pedataru..kaani ithanu
emi kanipettadabba..emo..library ki velli encyclopedia
chadivanu kanukundami...kaani encylopedia lo enno vishayalu
vunnayi...naaku rendo rojulu nidra patta ledu...chala
exciting ga anipindi...raathri meda paiki vellanu ..chandrudu
ledu..stars bhale merustunnayi...nenu akasam vanka enno sarlu
choosaanu..kaani encylopedia chadivaka ippudu avi chala
andamga kanipistunnayi..
Conitinued...
EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - MORNING.
A man is working on the construction site. He is strong and
virile. He is working hard and we can see his muscles.
He is coming back home on the mfts train. He looks at LAKSHMI
and LAKSHMI looks back at him.
LAKSHMI gets this weird idea that he is following her. and he
is indeed following her...but he is calm with no
emotions...he is not even tired.
She is now crossing the rail tracks and the man is following
her.
All through her walk she sees him following her.
EXT. SLUMS OF HYDERABAD - MORNING
LAKSHMI is walking near the slums.
LAKSHMI (V.O.)
The law of the nature is this. The
powerful exploits the weak. If
there is no exploitation the world
stops. That's the way it is. There
is no other way around. the
problem with the knowledge is that,
the more knowledge you get the more
you hate being weak. Knowledge does
not make you powerful. knowledge
along with ruthlessness makes you
powerful. Knowledge only makes you
depressed. The tiger eats the weak
zebra. The rich exploits the poor
The god exploits everyone. He is
having a party somewhere. watching
us..making us pray for him.
He wants us to be weak.
I.am.not.weak.
INT. HYDERABAD LIBRARY - MORNING.
LAKSHMI is looking for books in the library reading occult
books and scientific books as well.
Looks something possessed her..obsession is the key word.
LAKSHMI
Something mysterious is
happening.what is it? What is it?
INT. RAILWAY TRACK - MORNING.
Lakhmi is walking along the railway track at the
secunderabad.we can see the poor houses along the track.
The tracks represents her mind..chaotic, goin in all
directions..but within the chaos they have a system and
purpose the same way her mind is working.
INT. LAKSHMI'S RELATIVES APT - LATE AFTERNOON.
LAKSHMI is eating some food and a woman is talking the woman.
LAKSHMI'S RELATIVE
Emma..eppudu pelli chesukuntav?
pelli chesuko amma..vayasu mudiri
pothe evadu chesukuntadu ninnu.
nri sambandham
vundamma...aaammmericaa lo
vuntadamma...entha dabbu
vundo..software engineeru
...chesukora..ippatike nee gurinchi
ento anukuntunnaru..pichi patindi
ani.
LAKSHMI looks at her angrily.
CUT TO : LAKHMI DREAMS OF STANGLING HER.
The woman still continues ignoring that.
LAKSHMI'S RELATIVE (CONT'D)
Chesuora kanna..pelli chesuko ra
..pelli chesukoni pillalni
kanu..motham ade sardukuntundi.
LAKSHMI is quiet.
INT. GOVT OFFICE - AFTERNOON.
LAKSHMI walks into govt office.It is the govt office where
people can change their name. She looks as if she just ran
away from the mental hospital..she is talking to herself and
all that shit.
GOVT EMPLOYEE.
Cheppandi madam..em kavali.
LAKSHMI'S RELATIVE
Nenu peru marchu kovali ani
anukuntunnanu.
GOVT EMPLOYEE.
(He tells the procedure).Intaki mee
peranti..deniki marchu kundam ani
anukuntunnaru.
LAKSHMI
Peru LAKSHMI...kotta peru '7'
Govt employee gives the expression as if he doesn't know
either to cry or to laugh.
INT. LAKSHMI'S BROTHERS APT - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI rings the bell of his brother apt. After a few
moments his brother opens the door.There is some sudden
change in his expression after seeing her.Its as if someone
switched off a light bulb in his face.
CUT TO:
INT. LAKSHMIHIMIS BROTHERS LIVING ROOM - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI sits on the sofa and his brother and his wife sits
opposite to her.There is an air of embarrassment between
them.
LAKSHMI'S RELATIVE
Ela vunnav ra? Pillalu ela vunnaru.
LAKSHMI's brother look at her as if he is observing her..as
if he is trying to find some sanity in her.
LAKSHMI'S BROTHER
Parledakka. nuvvu ela vunnav?
His wife is also looking at her with no emotions.
After a few moments, she leaves the room.
LAKSHMI's brother walks across and sits beside her.
LAKSHMI'S BROTHER (CONT'D)
Endukakka...ela
chestunnav.emoutundi Neeku?
It as if he is almost pleading her not to do what she is
doing.
LAKSHMI
Naakeymayyindi..nee kemanna mind
poyinda?
LAKSHMI'S BROTHER
Akka..poyindi neeku.god saved my
life..please dont play games with
him..please i beg you..you cant
win.dont Start a war you cant win.
LAKSHMI
Chala maripoyav ra? Ponnati daaka
akka ..ippudu devudu kaavali ra
neeku..antha goppoda ra
devudu..akka tammulani vidadesadu..
LAKSHMI'S BROTHER
He is powerful and you are
not.Thats the difference.
(CONT'D)
INT. LAKSHMI'S APT - MORNING.
LAKSHMI is doing pushups, pull ups and situps.she has to be
prepared for the war.
LAKSHMI
I gotta get in shape.I have no
fear. I am a warrior. I can face
anything. I am rambo. I will kick
some ass.come motherfucker..come to
come..no one can stop me.
PRESENT EXT. HYDERABAD CITY - NIGHT.
City is chaotic..everyone minding their own business..goin to
homes..goin somewhere..it looks like a war to get back to
home. Automobiles and machines goin ..stopping..and
starting.Dissapointed people clinging on to bottles. people
crying ...people fucking ..people laughing.
LET DOWN SONG.
INT. SOME PLACE -- SOME TIME.
People taking about yoga and other stuff which they say
changed their live.
Basically it gives the snapshot of the city.It a reference
book to this time.
INT. LAKSHMI APT . NIGHT
LAKSHMI is looking at the room with great interest. She can
see a shadow of a person walking in the room. she tries to
look to look closer and suddenly the light goes out.
She lights up a candle and in the burst of the flame we see a
image and then its gone.
INT. DOG SELLERS SHOP – EVENING.
LAKSHMI is looking at the dogs. Looks like she is particularly
interested in one ferocious looking dog. Must be pitbull.She must have
read somewhere at pitbull. She buys the dog and it costs her a fortune.
INT. LAKHMI'S APT BUILDING – NIGHT.
Neighbours looking at her with some kind of , “ poor girl!”, look.
Looks like they already gave up on her.
INT. LAKSHMI APT – NIGHT.
She starves the PITBULL for the night. The PITBULL takes a liking
for her, but it is hungry. It is looking all over.
Time is 12am. She takes the pitbull to the pooja room. Her walking with
PITBULL looks like a goddess walking with her weapon.It is surreal.
She opens pooja room door and pushes the PITBULL inside and closes the
door.
We notice a smile in her face.
INT. LAKSHMI BED ROOM – NIGHT.
LAKHMI is on her bed. The room is except and the only light is the street light
coming from the street. The silence is once again friegtening intercepted by
howls of the street dogs in the street. She is covered by blanket till her chest. Her
hands holding it in anticipation. CLOSE UP reveals her eyes. They are open.
She looks at the clock. 1:59 am.
The next second she hears some feeble noise from pooja room. The PITBULL
starts barking. It barks for atleast 5 mins. The disturbed neigbours knocks on her
door. But, as usual, she dosent care. The barking of the PITBULL grows in intensity.
It barks crazily for 30 secons and then suddenly it stops with a wimp.
LAKSHMI is very happy.She laughs a little.She finally sleeps and dreams a beautiful
dream.
INT. LAKSHMI APT – MORNING.
LAKSHMI wakes up and she is very happy. She is singing a song. Then, she goes
to the pooja room.It is dark. The floor is slippery and she almost slips down. She switches
on the light, and what she sees something on the floor. Her face has the impression, “ Its
unbelievable”.
It floor is full of blood. The PITTBULL'S head is at the center of the pooja room. Her
front legs are somewhere near the back of the room.He hind legs are near the front of the
room. LAKSHMI slipped on the balls of PITTBULL.
The PITTBULL has been massacred very cruelly. Its body is dispersed in such a way that
the killer is giving a warning to her.
LAKSHMI looks around the room with horror. Then, she jumps back, closes the door, and runs
out of her apt.
EXT. GANDHI HOPITAL - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI is walking into gandhi hospital. She is consumed with
obsession to see people dying. People who are about to
die..burnt victims...coma patients etc.
EXT. OUTSKIRTS - HYD.
LAKSHMI runs away from the city ..takes an auto and asks him
to take her away from the city.
The auto is going on and on..but still the city's there.
LAKSHMI(V.O.)
Where will it stop? Is there any
place here where there is no light
no sound ..no business and no
humans
The auto is still going on.
Finally, auto stops and LAKSHMI gets out.
It is all dark. The sky is beautiful and the stars are
blinking.
LAKSHMI sleeps on her back and for the first time..she cries.
She feels so calm and peaceful that she goes to sleep.
SUBTILE : REQUIREMENTS GATHERING. (GUNS OF BRIXTON)
LAKSHMI is looking for some iron rods ..she looks at some
iron rods and see if they are right size or not...and selects
a big rod.. next..she goes to steel shop and looks at the
knives... and selects a big knife..
she is looking at the videos of various executions in Iraq
and afganistan.. the man in the video is talking about why he
is goin to execute the prisoner.. The man stops reading and
takes a knife.. cut to LAKSHMI watching intensely.. we can
hear the noises from the video.. LAKSHMI then closes her
eyes..
LAKSHMI goes to ramakrishna mutt... she goes to the mutt and
watches the man giving speech. on tamas ..rajas and etc.. she
goes to the library..reading books by vivekananda... she
looks at the quote by vivekananda ..that nothing is
impossible. and other quotes which inspires her. The guru is
saying that god is within yourself.. a shot of ramakrishna
paramahamsa and then she goes to the bhajans..where they are
doing all the bhajans.. then she visits birla mandir...a
church and a mosque...and she prays everywhere She meets
various people who talks about god and life in general..
she visits libraries ..meet professors and teachers etc.
she reads lot of books and her room is full of books.
INT. POOJA ROOM - NIGHT.
It is dark in the pooja room. Only noise coming from the room
is room tone. Time says 2am.
Suddenly, there is a small movement at the corner of the
room. Some one is searching for something..but it is too
small a place for anyone to sit or stand there. There is an
intensity in the search...and then we see an enormous rat
coming out of darkness and running across.
INT. POOJA ROOM - NIGHT.
The room is still dark. We can see the same rat we have seen
before. But it looks like there is someone else sitting
beside it. It looks big..enormous. We can see the shadow of
the person sitting. Even though it has a big body..it has the
movement of a child. It is eating prasadam and the rat too is
eating prasadam.
INT. LAKSHMI'S APT - MIDNIGHT
LAKSHMI returns back home and the time says 1:45am. She goes
to the fridge drinks her water and looks at the time. She
just stares at it for full 30 seconds.
CUT TO : THE POOJA ROOM. IT IS DARK AND THE ONLY LIGHT COMING
IS FROM THE STREET LIGHT.
BACK TO : LAKSHMI IS GETTING EXCITED NOW AND SHE STARTS
WALKING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE PASSAGE FACING THE ROOM.
LAKSHMI LOOKS AT THE TIME. TIME SAYS 1:59 AM.
CUT TO : The room is still dark ..and now we can see the
small movement we have seen before...and then suddenly there
is loud clap and a screeching noise.
LAKSHMI immediately goes and switches on the light.
Cut to : The dark room becomes full bright now and we can an
enormous rat stuck in the rat trap. Looks like it is dead.
Not only that, there is a figure ..a big fat figure..lying
beside it and it has the head of an elephant and it is
crying.
LAKSHMI approaches the figure.
INT. LAKSHMI'S LIVING ROOM -- NIGHT.
LAKSHMI is staring at some opposite to her. She has the look
of satisfaction in her face and she is in control of things
now. She is on the top.
Sitting opposite to her is a figure...its hands tied behind
the chair.
LAKSHMI
What would your parents do if i
kill you now? Destroy the world? I
Know what would they do..dance like
crazy and fuck like crazy. Will
they come and kill me?
There is no response from the figure.
INT. LAKSHMI'S BATHROOM - NIGHT.
LAKSHMI wears the dress of a jump suit. She is standing and
reading from a paper.The paper is her manifesto and reason
to why she has to do what she is doing now.She starts reading
and we can see the figure on its knees.
LAKSHMI
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
............................................................
..................................
LAKSHMI completes her speech and bends down and put her knife
to the figure.
Paramathma paramatha lo kalisipoyadu.
Cut to black.
EXT. LAKSHMI'S LIVING ROOM - EARLY MORNING
LAKSHMI gets up from her sleep. The room is neat. The sun is
rising and it is beautiful. Everything looks beautiful..and
she walks out to her balcony.
The sunlight gives yellow hue to every thing.People are back
to their..doing whatever do everyday..school children goin to
school....the birds chirping and a hint of hope that
everything is ok.
LAKSHMI
Life is beautiful.
Camera dollies out to show as if it is the end of the movie
with music which is usually plays at the end of the movie.
Cut to black.
THE END.
WAIT..WAIT ..WAIT.
EXT. HYD OUSKRITS - NIGHT.
The night sky is still beautiful and the stars
blinking.LAKSHMI wakes up from her dream.
The happy thought has gone.She came to the real world.She has
the look of the person who lost a billion rupee lottery by
one number..
She starts walking back in to the city...catches a bus and
goes to her apartment.
The time says 1:45 am.
She comes back home and walks in to her apartment. Looks like
people are having party in her apt.Lots Of them..but they
dont look ordinary.There are swamijis all over...and saints
and religious people.
LAKSHMI walks to her apt as if it doesn't bother her.She
thinks as usual, that is just her imagination.
People starts moving towards her and one woman comes to her
and hugs her..(she wears a white sarree like that hugging
amma)..and a sense of relief comes to her...
WHITE SARRY AMMA
How are you my friend. From now on
all you will find is happiness..all
your anxieties and worries will go
away.God wants to talk to
you...listen to him and submit to
him...decide yourself ...you want
to live in heaven or in
hell??..choice will be yours..
LAKSHMI dosent know what to do ..she was led in to other room
and god is standing at the window and looking at the sky.
.
LAKSHMI
You dont give me answers. You dont
solve my problems..you dont give me
peace of mind..you dont give me
anything and I have to pray to you
just ..begging for your
forgiveness?? and only because you
are all powerful??..what am i? A
fucking slave?
GODS
You are so naive.Where do u get
these ideas that ..that you are
free and can do whatever u want to
do..and feel whatever u want to
feel?I am the manifestation of
power.Power is everything.It Is
..strength..money...whatever it is
its all the same.You really dont
know what you are doing?
Power has no meaning without weak.
LAKSHMI
I am not weak.
GODS
Yes ..you are..every one is.How
much more suffering can you
take?Courage is a relative term?
You will give up. You have to at
some point or the other.
GODS (CONT'D)
You know why there is hell? hell is
for sinners.. and you know who a
sinner is? He is the one who
doesn't believe in me.
A beat later
GODS (CONT'D)
Welcome to hell..bitch.
The sound of boxing bell.
God 1 rebels 0.
The followers are shouing...'you are one of us','you are one
us',"you are one of us'.
INT. LAKS APT - NIGHT.
Lakshmi meets god.who is sitting and looking outside at the
sky. They dont talk for some time..as if is definitely
scared. God tells her a story.
GOD.
Let me tell you a story.There lived
a king in far far away land. One
day he caught a notorious criminal
in his kingdom. He wants to punish
him very cruelly by killing him
cruelly.But the thief is not afraid
of pain or death.
The criminal meets a guard in the
prison and promises to give him
money if he helps him to
escape..The guard agrees and helps
him escape and takes him to
hideout. For many days they travel
faraway from the prison.The
criminal is happy now.The guard
takes him to a border and shows him
a door to the tunnel..which he says
is door to freedom...The criminal
is in bliss..He finally opens the
door..only to find the king and his
soldiers..and the guard starts
laughing with the king.
LAKSHMI
Whats the meaning of the story?
GOD.
what r u ...stupid?
LAKSHMI
And you r the guard?
GOD.
No. I am the king.
LAKSHMI
So..what is this? This is the
meaning of life?
GOD.
No. That is entertainment.
The End.
4 comments:
chick flick.
lol... i think its god flick.
romcom with god.
god doesn't play dice.
he plays rummy.
Post a Comment