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Hypnotism                    Kidnap


F.A.W.L Productions
KIDNAP : Written By Kamal Akula

KIDNAP:

Fade In: Location: Some Movie Theater Complex Exterior- Saturday Around 9:30 PM (CAMERA IS AT A FAR DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE THEATER .INSIDE THE COMPLEX..) MOVIE WAS OVER PEOPLE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE THEATER.. IT WAS SOME OLD MOVIE HARDLY ANY PEOPLE THERE ALL DISPERSED ..A GROUP OF GIRLS CAME OUT.. (CAMERA MOVES ASIDE LITTLE BIT..AS IF SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO HIDE..) THEY ARE ALL ABOUT TO LEAVE THEY ARE HAVING A LITTLE CHAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE.. THEY ARE STANDING AS A GROUP INSIDE THE COMPLEX . . (WE DON’T SHOW ANYBODY CLEARLY..WE SHOW THEM FROM A DISTANCE..) AFTER LITTLE CHAT THEY DISPERSE ONE OF THE GIRLS WALKS TO WARDS CELLAR WHERE HER CAR IS PARKED . (CAMERA SLOWLY FOLLOWS HER FROM A DISTANCE..AS IF SOMEBODY IS FOLLOWING HER..) (WE DON’T SHOW WHO THAT GIRL IS .WE JUST SHOW HER FROM BACKSIDE .) SHE IS WALKING IN THE CELLAR SOME CARS ARE PARKED THERE (CAMERA FOLLOWS HER ..) SHE REACHES HER CAR (CAMERA HIDES BEHIND A PILLAR AND WATCHES HER GET IN THE CAR ) SHE GETS IN THE CAR .. (WE DON’T SHOW HER FACE..AT ALL ) (NOW THE CAMERA IS IN THE CAR...ON HER..BACK ) (WE SHOW HER BACKSIDE ) SUDDENLY THERE IS A HAND WITH BLACK GLOVE ON HER SEAT’S BACK. SHE IS ABOUT OT START THE CAR.. THAT..HAND..SLOWLY..MOVES..AND..GRABS..HER FROM ..THE BACK SHE TRIES TO SCREAM AND STRUGGLE ..BUT THE OTHER HAND WITH WHITE CLOTH IS ON HER FACE SUFFOCATES HER (WE JUST SHOW THE HANDS WITH GLOVES AND HER BACK..) SHE SLOWLY BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS . STOPS...STRUGGLING Location: Some Room Interior- Around 6:00 PM SOME GIRL(21) IS LYING DOWN ON SOFA WITH HER HANDS AND LEGS TIED WITH ROPE. HER MOUTH IS TAPED. (WE SHOW HER FACE NOW.) (CAMERA ANGLE IS AT THE SOFA LEVEL..) (CAMERA ZOOMS OUT..) SOMEBODY IS STANDING IN FRONT OF HER.. (CAMERA IS AT HIS WAIST LEVEL..HE IS FACING HER. WE DON’T SHOW HIS FACE.) SHE IS LOOKING AT HIM HELPLESSLY. HE IS HOLDING A CELL PHONE. Location: A big Mansion Interior- Sunday Around 6:15 PM Characters: Jaganmohan Rao and servants. A car pulls into the Mansion and stops. Driver opens the door, Jaganmohan Rao(60) gets down and enters the Mansion. Servant Subramnayam comes running and takes his briefcase. JAGANMOHAN RAO: Is Nakshatra home Subramanyam? Jaganmohan Relaxes on the sofa. SUBRAMANYAM: No Sir, she called me yesterday night and told she was going on picnic to a nearby place with her friends. I already told you about this when you called me yesterday sir. Jaganmohan is little surprised gets up and removes his coat. JAGANMOHAN RAO: Yes, you told me about her plans but I thought she should be back by now. It has been a week since I left home. Every time I come back from my trip I see her waiting for me. Now for the first time I don’t see her here. It looks strange for me. I tried to call her on her Cell phone, no response. Did she take cell with her? Subramanyam takes his coat. SUBRAMANYAM: I don’t know sir. JAGANMOHAN RAO: Do you know who did she go with? SUBRAMANYAM: Her regular friends have been coming here ever since you have gone. You know them all. JAGANMOHAN RAO: Ok, you get the dinner ready, I will call them. Subramanyam leaves. Jaganmohan calls couple of Nakshatra’s close friends. They all say they don’t know anything about picnic, they say they were all with Nakshatra till Saturday night at he movie theater and didn’t hear from her since then. Jaganmohan is confused, thinks for a while and gets ready to go upstairs. HIS CELL PHONE RINGS AS HE WAS GETTING UPSTAIRS.. HE PULLS THE CELL PHONE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND LOOKS AT THE CALLED ID THAT NUMBER IS NOT KNOWN TO HIM HE WONDERS ABOUT THE NUMBER..AND ANSWERS JAGANMOHAN RAO: Hello, this is Jaganmohan. (NOW IN THAT ROOM WHERE THE GIRL IS TIED, THE CAMERA IS MOVING UP FROM THE SOFA LEVEL FROM HIS BACK SIDE HE IS STILL FACING HER WITH HIS BACK AT THE CAMERA. IT STOPS AT HIS EAR LEVEL.HE TURNS 90 DEGREES, HIS CELL PHONE AT THIS EARS....STILL HIS FACE IS NOT SHOWN CLEARLY) STRANGER: Looks like you are back from your trip. How was your trip?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: May I know who is this? STRANGER: Megastar Chiranjeevi. JAGANMOHAN RAO: What?? STRANGER: There is nothing much you could do by knowing my name Jaganmohan.You don’t know me. JAGANMOHAN RAO: See mister I don’t have time for this, just tell me who you are and what you want. Jaganmohan gets into his bedroom. STRANGER: Ok, Ok, don’t get angry I will get to the point. Have you seen Shankardada MBBS?. JAGANMOHAN RAO: Just Shut up and hang up the phone. STRANGER: Sorry, sorry, I just wanted to get you relaxed before I get to the point. Can I talk to your daughter Nakshatra? JAGANMOHAN RAO: Are you her friend? Anyway she is not home yet. STRANGER: Oh really? Ok..I thought she is there anyway.. DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO YOUR DAUGHTER?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT?? is she there? Give her the phone. STRANGER: Ok, sure, here she is.. HE WALKS TOWARDS NAKSHATRA AND PULLS THE TAPE OFF HER MOUTH FORCIBLY NAKSHATRA SCREAMS WITH PAIN HE PUTS THE CELL PHONE AT HER EARS SHE IS GASPING..WITH FEAR.. NAKSHATRA: DAD DAD HER VOICE IS SHAKING WITH FEAR AND TENSION JAGANMOHAN IS SHOCKED AND TALKS HURRIEDLY.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: NAKSHATRA, ARE YOU OK?..WHERE ARE YOU?? NAKSHATRA DAD DAD HE BROUGHT ME HERE HE ..IS THREATENING TO KILL ME I ..DON’T..KNOW..WHERE..I..AM HE MOVES QUICKLY TOWARDS HER .SNATCHES THE PHONE..FROM HER.. AND SLAPS ..HARD ON..HER FACE .. NAKSHATRA CRIES OUT OF PAIN . HE TAPES HER MOUTH AGAIN.. JAGANMOHAN IS SHAKING AND SWEATING HE HEARD HER DAUGHTER CRYING ..HE IS IN SHOCK HIS HAND IS ON HIS CHEST..RUBBING . STRANGER: SHE TALKED MORE THAN I ASKED HER TO TALK SO I THINK YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT IS GOING ON .. THIS IS CALLED...KIDNAPPING JAGANMOHAN IS STILL RUBBING AND SEARCHING..FOR SOMETHING..IN THE BEDROOM .STILL SWAETING.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE..WAIT..A MINUTE..I AM HAVING..CHEST PAIN..I NEED TO TAKE THE TABLET IMMEDIATELY JUST A MINUTE..PLEASE..DON’T HANG UP THE PHONE JAGANMOHAN IS BREATHING HEAVILY.. ..GASPING STRANGER: ARE YOU OK JAGANMOHAN RAO?? JAGANMOHAN FINDS THE BREIFCASE AND OPENS IT AND FINDS THE TABLETS..SWALLOWS ONE..IMMEDIATELY STRANGER: ARE YOU OK JAGANMOHAN?? JUST RELAX YOUR DAUGHTER IS FINE . I AM NOT GOING TO DO ANY HARM TO HER JAGANMOHAN SITS ON THE BED FOR A MINUTE STRANGER WAITS FOR HIM ... JAGANMOHAN GETS BACK TO NORMAL..AFTER A MINUTE.. STILL BREATHING HEAVILY JAGANMOHAN RAO: IA M OK..NOW.. STRANGER: ARE YOU REALLY HAVING THIS PAIN OR .YOU ARE PLAYING ANY TRICKS?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO...NO ..I GET SOME PAIN IN MY CHEST..IF I HEAR OR SEE ANY SHOCKING THING.. I HAVE TO TAKE THE PILL OR ELSE IT WILL LEAD TO HEART PAIN.. PLEASE DON’T DO ANYTHING TO HER SHE IS MY ONLY DAUGHTER.. I KNOW YOU KIDNAPPED HER.. PLEASE DON’T HURT HER.. TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT STRANGER: SEE, I DON’T KNOW IF YOU REALLY HAD THE PAIN OR NOT, MAYBE YOU CALLED THE POLICE OR SIGNALED SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS. JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO...NO ..I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT..PLEASE BELIEVE ME. I DO REALLY GET THIS PAIN. I ALWAYS CARRY THESE PILLS WITH ME. STRANGER: YOUR TELEPHONE LINES ARE TAPPED, WE ARE TAPPING YOUR CELL PHONE TOO, OUR MEN HAVE BEEN WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE..THEY ALL OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE IF YOU TRY TRICKS, YOU WON’T SEE YOUR DAUGHTER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, AND ONE MORE THING..DON’T TRY TO TRACE MY NUMBER..THIS IS A STOLEN CELLPHONE JAGANMOHAN IS STILL RUBBING HIS CHEST JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE BELIEVE ME. I LOVE MY DAUGHTER VERY MUCH, HOW COULD I RISK HER LIFE. PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT. STRANGER: OK, THEN LISTEN..I WANT 5 CRORES BY TONIGHT. JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT?? 5 CRORES? STRANGER: WHY YOU ARE SHOCKED?? YOU ARE THE RICHEST IN THIS CITY, 5 CRORES IS NOTHING TO YOU, AM I RIGHT?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO,NO IT’S NOT THE MONEY, I CAN GIVE YOU THAT, BUT TODAY IS SUNDAY, BANKS ARE ALL CLOSED STRANGER: I KNOW THAT, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU KEEP MINIMUM 25 LAKHS CASH AT HOME AT ANY GIVEN TIME, RIGHT?? AND YOUR DAUGHTER’S JEWELRY IS WORTH ALMOST 4 CRORES, WHICH IS ALWAYS WITH HER AT HOME.ON HER EVERY BIRTHDAY YOU SURPRISE HER WITH YOUR EXQUISITE GIFTS LAST YEAR YOU GAVE HER A DIAMOND NECKLACE WORTH 90 LAKHS JAGANMOHAN RAO: HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL THIS INFORMATION? LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE SOMEONE CLOSE TO ME.. STRANGER: DON’T WASTE MY TIME WITH YOUR GUESSING GAME, DO AS I SAY. JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE.. LISTEN THOSE ARE ALL HER PERSONAL THINGS AND BIRTHDAY SOUVENIRS, PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND..I WILL ARRANGE THE MONEY TOMORROW EARLY MORNING STRANGER: I DON’T WANT TO WAIT TILL TOMORROW I DON’T WANT TO GIVE YOU THAT MUCH TIME AS YOU WILL GET TOO MANY IDEAS I NEED THE MONEY TONIGHT JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND I WON’T DO ANYTHING STUPID.... HE WALKS UP TO NAKSHATRA.. STRANGER: OK I UNDERSTAND HE SLAPS HARD AGAIN ON NAKSHATRA’S FACE NAKSHATRA CRIES OUT LOUD IN PAIN.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE, DON’T HURT HER I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU SAY.... STRANGER: OH..THAT ‘S QUICK.. NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY YOU GET EVERYTHING READY AND LEAVE YOUR HOUSE IN 15 MINUTES. WEAR BLACK SUIT.. WE ARE GOING TO MEET IN A CROWDED PUBLIC PLACE .YOU DRIVE THE CAR YOURSELF COME IN YOUR RED BMW DON’T BRING THE DRIVER BRING YOUR CELL PHONE WITH YOU I WILL CALL YOU ONCE YOU GET IN THE CAR..AND GIVE YOU THE DIRECTIONS AGAIN..NO TRICKS..ALL YOUR PHONE LINES ARE TAPPED AND WE ARE WATCHING YOU OK.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..... STRANGER: I WILL CALL YOU IN EXACTLY 15 MINS. YOU SHOULD BE OUT OF YOUR HOUSE..IN 15 MINS. OK?? I WILL TELL YOU THE DIRECTIONS IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG..YOU WILL NOTYOU’RE YOUR DAUGHTER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE OK?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK.....I WILL DO AS YOU SAY STRANGER TURNS OFF THE PHONE .. STRANGER: HOPE YOUR DAD DOESN’T PLAY ANY TRICKS ..IF HE DOES HE TAKES THE KNIFE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND WALKS TOWARDS HER . Around 6:45pm Jaganmohan Rao pulls his Red BMW car out.. He gets the call from the Stanger. He follows his directions on the phone. Jaganmohan stops the car at a crowded street. Still talking to the Stranger on the phone. STRANGER: Don’t get down. Just sit in your Car JAGANMOHAN RAO: Where are you? STRANGER: I am here on one of the buildings...watching you through my Binoculars.. Wait in your Car. JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK. Jaganmohan looks through the windows up at the buildings for him..how doesn’t see anyone. JAGANMOHAN SLOWLY MOVES HIS LEFT HAND OFF THE STEERING ..REACHES HIS COAT POCKET FEELS HIS POCKET TO MAKE SURE ..HE HAS THE ..GUN STRANGER: Did you bring the cash in a bag or suitcase?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: Bag. STRANGER: Good....ok..What about the jewelry?? Are they in the Bag too?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: Yes. STRANGER: Ok..do as I say WAIT..A MINUTE.. WAIT..A MINUTE DID YOU TELL ANYBODY ABOUT THIS?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO , I DIDN’T ..I SWEAR...NOBODY KNOWS..ABOUT THIS STRANGER: OH..REALLY .THEN WHY IS THAT INSPECTOR STANDING THERE AT THE CORNER LOOKING AT YOUR CAR . YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THIS JAGANMOHAN .IT’S NOT GOOD FOR YOUR DAUGHTER STRANGER SHOUTS AT JAGANMOHAN. JAGANMOHAN LOOKS OUT HERE AND THERE THROUGH THE CAR WINDOWS JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE ..PLEASE..LISTEN..I DIDN’T INFORM..POLICE NO , I DIDN’T ..I SWEAR...NOBODY KNOWS..ABOUT THIS STRANGER: GOD..DAMN IT..HE IS COMING ..TOWARDS..YOUR ..CAR THIS IS NOT GOOD..JAGANMOHAN DAMN..YOU.. STRANGER DISCONNECTS THE PHONE.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: HELLO..HELLO PLEASE PLEASE .. TUCK TUCK THERE IS A SOUND ON THE LEFT SIDE WINDOW.. JAGANMOHANS TURNS LEFT THERE IS A SUB-INSPECTOR LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW AT HIM.. JAGANMOHAN IS SURPRISED HE ROLLS DOWN THE WINDOW SUB-INSPECTOR: HELLO...MR.JAGANMOHAN SIR HOW ARE YOU?? HOW COME YOU ARE HERE?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: HI INSPECTOR SUB-INSPECTOR: I AM SHYAM SIR ...I CAME TO YOUR DAUGHTER’S LAST BIRTHDAY ..WITH ACP SOMARAJ.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: OH HI ..HI..SHYAM I HAVE SOME WORK HERE SUB-INSPECTOR: ARE YOU OK SIR LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE LITTLE BIT TENSED UP YOU NEED ANY HELP SIR JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO..NO..I AM FINE JUST WAITING FOR A FRIEND SUB-INSPECTOR: OH..OK..SIR..IF YOU DON’T MIND SUB-INSPECTOR HESITATES TO SAY SOMETHING JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT INSPECTOR?? SUB-INSPECTOR: SIR THIS IS A NO PARKING..ZONE..SIR IF YOU DON’T MIND COULD YOU PLEASE..PARK IT OVER THERE AT THAT CORNER AGAIN..IF YOU DON’T MIND JAGANMOHAN RAO: I NEED TO MEET SOME ONE HERE INSPECTOR SUB-INSPECTOR THINKS FOR A WHILE SUB-INSPECTOR: SIR IF IT IS OK WITH YOU ..I WILL PARK THE CAR THERE ..YOU CAN WAIT HERE TRAFFIC IS VERY HEAVY HERE SIR JAGANMOHAN HESITATES FOR A WHILE. .AND GETS DOWN SUB-INSPECTOR: THANK YOU .SIR. JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE LOCK THE DOORS..AFTER YOU PARK THE CAR.. SUB-INSPECTOR: SIR..I NEED SOME HELP FROM YOU SIR..IF YOU DON’T MIND JAGANMOHAN LOOKING EVERYWHERE FOR THE STRANGER HE IS ABSENTMINDEDLY RESPONDING TO THE INSPECTOR JAGANMOHAN RAO: SURE..I WILL HELP..WHAT IS THAT??. SUB-INSPECTOR: CAN YOU PLEASE CANCEL MY TRANSFER ORDERS SIR.. I WANT TO STAY HERE IN THIS CITY JAGANMOHAN KEEPS LOOKING AT HIS CELLPHONE JAGANMOHAN RAO: SURE..NO PROBLEM . I WILL TALK TO DGP ABOUT THAT . SUB-INSPECTOR IS REALLY VERY HAPPY.. SUB-INSPECTOR: THANK YOU SIR..THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU..I WILL PARK THE CAR AND COME BACK JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK.. . SUB-INSPECTOR GETS IN THE CAR GETS INTO THE DRIVER SEAT JAGANMOHAN IS STILL SEARCHING FOR THE KIDNAPPER SUB-INSPECTOR: SIR JAGANMOHAN IS LOOKING UP AT THE BUILDINGS JAGANMOHAN RAO: YES.. SUB-INSPECTOR: I NEED ONE MORE HELP FROM YOU..SIR .. . JAGANMOHAN RAO: YES..TELL ME . SUB-INSPECTOR: PLEASE GET IN THE CAR..SIR JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO..I MUST WAIT HERE FOR HIM SUB-INSPECTOR: PLEASE GET IN THE CAR..SIR WE WILL BRING YOUR YOUR D..A..U..G..H..T..E..R ...BACK.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: W..H..A..T??? JAGANMOHAN IS SHOCKED . SUB-INSPECTOR: PLEASE..SIR PLEASE..GET IN WE HAVE..NO TIME JAGANMOHAN IS STILL IN A SHOCK .LOOKS AT HIM THROUGH THE CAR DOOR WINDOW.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: INSPECTOR I DON’T WANT POLICE TO INVOLVE IN THIS MATTER .THIS..IS MY..DAUGHTER’S LIFE ISSUE ??? PLEASE ..LEAVE THIS PLACE..AND GO.. AND PLEASE DON’T GET ME ANYMORE TROUBLE.. SUB-INSPECTOR: PLEASE..SIR PLEASE..LISTEN TO ME.. WE ALREADY SURROUNDED THIS PLACE..PLEASE..JUST COOPERATE WITH US SIR..WE WILL CATCH HIM .. JAGANMOHAN IS FRUSTRATED . JAGANMOHAN RAO: YOU GUYS ALREADY SURROUNDED THIS PLACE?? FIRST OF ALL..WHO INFORMED THE POLICE ABOUT THIS..I DIDN’T CALL THE POLICE SUB-INSPECTOR: SIR..YOU ARE THE BIG SHOT IN THIS CITY IT’S OUR JOB TO PROTECT YOU YOU HAVE DONE SO MANY FAVORS TO THE POLICE WE FOUND SOME SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY AROUND YOUR HOUSE SO WE KEPT AN EYE ON THEM AND FOLLOWED YOU . JAGANMOHAN RAO: I WILL HOLD ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE..IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MY DAUGHTER SUB-INSPECTOR: PLEASE SIR..LISTEN JAGANMOHAN RAO: JUST ..LEAVE THIS PLACE AND GO AND ALSO TAKE OUT THE POLICE FORCE THAT SURROUNDED THIS PLACE.... I DON’T WANT A SINGLE POLICE AROUND HERE JAGANMOHAN SHOUTS AT THE INSPECTOR SUB-INSPECTOR LOOKED UPSET SUB-INSPECTOR: OK..SIR..AS YOU ..WISH BUT LET ME CALL THE ACP SOMARAJ.. AND TELL HIM ABOUT THIS..OR ELSE..HE WILL GET ANGRY AT ME.. SUB-INSPECTOR PICKS OUT THE CELL PHONE FROM HIS POCKET JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..MAKE IT QUICK AND TELL HIM NOT TO INTERFERE THIS MATTER.... SUB-INSPECTOR: OK..SIR..I WILL TELL HIM JAGANMOHAN IS STILL SEARCHING FOR THE KIDNAPPER SUDDENLY JAGANMOHAN’S CELL PHONE RINGS HE LOOKS AT THE NUMBER..IT’S FROM THE KIDNAPPER.. JAGANMOHAN MOVES ASIDE LITTLE BIT....SO THAT..THE INSPECTOR WOULDN’T LISTEN JAGANMOHAN RAO: HELLO.. STRANGER: WHAT IS THAT INSPECTOR DOING IN YOUR CAR AND WHAT DID YOU TALK TO HIM AND WHY HE IS HERE JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE PLEASE..YOU SHOULD BELIEVE ME..HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS HE IS JUST ON THE DUTY I PARKED IN THE NO-PARKING ZONE..HE IS GOING TO PARK AT THAT CORNER NEAR THAT TEA STALL STRANGER: OK..I CAN FIND OUT IF YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH OR NOT SOON LET HIM PARK THE CAR OK..LEAVE THE BAG IN THE CAR DON’T TAKE IT OUT .. JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..WHERE ARE..YOU?? STRANGER: I AM GOING TO DISCONNECT THIS CALL AFTER A MINUTE YOU CALL ME I WILL TELL YOU WHERE I AM . YOU HAVE MY NUMBER ON YOUR CELL..CALL ME JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..BUT WHY ... STRANGER DISCONNECTS THE LINE JAGANMOHAN IS GETTING IMPATIENT..AND RESTLESS LOOKS AT THE CELL FOR HIS NUMBER WAITS TO CALL HIM BENDS DOWN AND LOOKS AT THE THE INSPECTOR HE IS STILL TALKING TO ACP SOMARAJ.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: INSPECTOR MAKE IT..FAST I HAVE NO TIME.. ... SUB-INSPECTOR LOOKS AT HIM AND NODS HIS HEAD . JAGANMOHAN WAITS FOR A WHILE AND CALLS THE STRANGER . THE PHONE IS RINGING .RINGING . NO RESPONSE FROM THE OTHER SIDE STILL..RINGING ..RINGING STILL..NO..ANSWER .. JAGANMOHAN IS WAITING PATIENTLY..FOR THE STRANGER TO ANSWER THE PHONE HE IS JUST HEARING THE RING NO RESPONSE.. RINGING..RINGING HEARING THE RING..THE RING . HE COULD HEAR IT VAGUELY THE RING .THE RING NOT FROM THE CELL PHONE FROM THE SURROUNDINGS FROM NEARBY PLACE VERY VAGUELY JAGANMOHAN IS LOOKING AROUND TRYING TO FIND..WHERE THAT RING IS COMING ..FROM.. MAYBE HE IS HERE..NEAR BY CLOSER THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WALKING ON THE ROAD.. COUPLE OF PEOPLE STANDING..CLOSE TO THE CAR.. JAGANMOHAN IS..SEARCHING..FOR HIM HE COULD STILL..HEAR THE RING HE IS THINKING WHERE IT IS COMING..FROM HE ENDED THE CALL .THE RING THAT HE COULD HERE FROM THE SUROUNDINGS..ALSO STOPPED HE REDIALED AGAIN . IT’S RINGING HE COULD HEAR THE RING FAINTLY FROM..THE SURROUNDINGS..NEARBY WHERE..IT IS..COMING..FROM .. IT..IS ..COMING .FROM ..HIS C..A..R YES..FROM..THE CAR . JAGANMOHAN BENT DOWN..LOOKED INTO THE CAR .. SUB-INSPECTOR..IS STILL ON THE PHONE ..TALKING TO THE ACP JAGANMOHAN..WONDERED..WHERE..IT IS..COMING..FROM . YES..IT IS FROM HIS..CAR . HE MOVED TO THE FRONT DOOR BENT DOWN..AND.. LOOKED AT SUB-INSPECTOR . HE IS STILL TALKING HOLDING THE CELL PHONE..ON HIS LEFT HAND AND AT HIS LEFT EAR JAGANMOHAN COULDN’T SEE..THE SUB-INSPECTOR’S CELLPHONE..SINCE IT IS ON INSPECTOR’S LEFT..SIDE NOW..JAGANMOHAN COULD..HERE THAT..RING.. CLEARLY YES..CLEARLY . SUB-INSPECTOR..TURNED HIS HEAD RIGHT SIDE AND LOOKED AT..JAGANMOHAN.. . JAGANMOHAN IS LOOKING AT HIM INSPECTOR IS LOOKING AT HIM THE CELL..PHONE IS STILL RINGING . JAGANMOHAN COULD HEAR IT CLEARLY INSPECTOR..SMILES AT JAGANMOHAN . AND..SLOWLY MOVES HIS LEFT HAND FORWARD WHICH IS HOLDING THE CELLPHONE JAGNMOHAN..COULD SEE .INSPECTOR’S CELLPHONE WHICH..IS RINGING .RINGING . JAGANMOHAN ..LOOKED AT THE NUMBER ON INSPECTOR’S CELL THAT IS HIS N..U.. M..B .E...R . JAGANMOHAN IS SHOCKED . INSPECTOR IS STILL SMILING JAGANMOHAN RAO: INSPECTOR .IS..THAT Y O..U..?? INSPECTOR IS STILL SMILING STRANGER: I THINK .YOU WILL GET IN THE CAR..NOW JAGANMOHAN IS IN A GREAT SHOCK .COULDN’T BELIEVE ..WHAT IS HAPPENING . TURNS OFF HIS PHONE..AND GETS IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR INSPECTOR STARTS DRIVING JAGANMOHAN DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON CALMS HIMSELF DOWN....COMES BACK TO NORMAL AFTER A WHILE JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHO ARE ALL INVOLVED IN THIS KIDNAP THAT ACP SOMARAJ TOO?? I DID SO MUCH TO YOU POLICE AND YOU ALL DOING THIS TO ME..INSPECTOR .BEING A POLICE IT MAYBE EASY TO KIDNAP PEOPLE ..BUT BEING A POLICE IT WON’T BE THAT EASY TO GETAWAY WITH THIS KIDNAP ANYBODY COULD TRACE YOU EASILY STRANGER LOOKS BACK AT JAGANMOHAN.. STRANGER: WHO SAID THAT I AM POLICE?? I DIDN’T SAY THAT?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT ??? STRANGER: JUST BECAUSE I AM WEARING THE UNIFORM DOESN’T MEAN THAT I AM A POLICE YOU ASSUMED THAT I AM POLICE I DIDN’T COME TO YOUR DAUGHTER’S PARTY AT ALL I KNOW IT’S NOT POSSIBLE FOR BIG SHOTS LIKE YOU TO REMEMBER EVERY FACE YOU MEET I NEVER SAW ACP SOMARAJ IN MY LIFE....I KNEW HE ATTENDED YOUR PARTY . JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHY YOU ARE WEARING POLICE UNIOFRM?? STRANGER: JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU DIDN’T INFORM POLICE NOW I AM CONFIDENT THAT YOU DIDN’T INFORM THE POLICE.. JAGANMOHAN HAS NO CLUE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.... HE IS GOING THROUGH LOT OF STRESS..RIGHT NOW HE LEANS BACK LOOKS OUT OF THE WINDOW..TO FIND OUT WHERE HE IS TAKING HIM JAGANMOHAN RAO: SO,..WHERE WE ARE GOING NOW.. ??? STRANGER: WAIT AND SEE ?? AFTER 20 MINUTES CAR SLOWS DOWN JAGANMOHAN LOOKS OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW IT’S ALMOST THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE CITY.. HARDLY ANY HOUSES THERE THERE IS ONE TALL 4 STORIED BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION HE DRIVES THE CAR INTO THE BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IT’S TOO DARK IN THERE HE DRIVES THE CAR INTO CELLAR .. .STOPS THE CAR. THEY TWO GET DOWN NOBODY IS THERE IN THE CELLAR THERE IS ONLY ONE BIKE IN THE CELLAR NO LIGHT IN THE CELLAR..ONLY CAR HEADLIGHTS TIME IS AROUND 8:00PM STRANGER: Ok..where is the money and jewelry?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: Where is my daughter?? STRANGER: She is safe ..she will be at your home in an hour first give me the money JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT?? SHE IS NOT HERE??? STRANGER: I said she will be at your home in an hour once you give me the money JAGANMOHAN RAO: THE DEAL IS YOU WOULD BRING MY DAUGHTER AND I WOULD BRING THE MONEY.. STRANGER: THERE IS NO DEAL..I DIDN’T SAY THAT I WOULD BRING YOUR DAUGHTER.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT?? WHAT’S THE GUARANTEE THAT YOU WOULD BRING MY DAUGHTER HOME HE GETS IRRITATED BY THIS DISCUSSION HE PULLS GUN OUT OF HIS HOLSTER ..POINTS AT JAGANMOHAN STRANGER: NOW ..HAND ME THE MONEY AND JEWELRY I AM TELLING YOU YOUR DAUGHTER WILL BE WITH YOU IN AN HOUR.... JAGANMOHAN IS NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE GUN.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: SEE I KNEW YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS . THIS GUN IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.. YOU WANTED THE MONEY ..I BROUGHT THE MONEY I DIDN’T INFORM ANYBODY AT ALL ABOUT THIS KIDNAP....I WANTED MY DAUGHTER I WON’T GIVE THE MONEY UNLESS YOU BRING MY DAUGHTER YOU CAN KILL ME IF YOU WANT ..BUT ..YOU DON’T GET THE MONEY. MAYBE YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH MY CAR AND THE MONEY IN IT. BUT YOU CAN’T OPEN THIS CAR’S TRUNK(DIKKI), IT HAS A SEPARATE KEY AND IT’S NOT THAT EASY TO OPEN THE TRUNK YOU WON’T FIND THE MONEY EVEN IF YOU OPEN THE TRUNK IT HAS SOME SECRET HIDDEN COMPARTMENTS .YOU NEED THE CODE TO OPEN THEM.. THIS IS THE ONLY CAR IN THE CITY..EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY RECOGNIZES THIS CAR.. YOU WILL BE CAUGHT EASILY.. FIRST OF ALL WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE THAT YOU KIDNAPPED MY DAUGHTER??? STRANGER: YOU TALKED TO HER OVER THE PHONE JAGANMOHAN RAO: OF COURSE I TALKED TO HER JUST BECAUSE I TALKED TO HER DOESN’T MEAN THAT IT IS MY DAUGHTER.. WHAT IS THE GUARANTEE THAT IT IS MY DAUGHTER . ANYBODY COULD CHANGE VOICE AND TALK LIKE HER THAT TOO IT WAS A TELEPHONE.. YOU CAN’T RECOGNIZE THE VOICE THAT EASILY I WAS TENSED UP..DIDN’T TALK TO HER PROPERLY THAT VOICE JUST SOUNDED LIKE HER SO I BROUGHT THE MONEY WITHOUT THINKING TOO MUCH NOW YOU SAY YOU DON’T BRING HER HERE THAT CONFIRMS THAT YOU DIDN’T KIDNAP MY DAUGHTER AT ALL.... YOU JUST LIED TO ME STRANGER: WHY WOULD I LIE TO YOU JAGANMOHAN RAO: THEN SHOW ME WHERE SHE IS MAYBE YOU KIDNAPPED HER YOU MAY NOT RELEASE HER AFTER YOU GET THE MONEY.. YOU MIGHT ASK FOR MORE MONEY.. STRANGER: IF I WANTED MORE MONEY I WOULD HAVE ASKED ON THE PHONE NOW ITSELF..WHY WOULD I ASK LATER . THAT TOO I AM NOT A FOOL TO DRAG THIS MATTER TILL TOMORROW I KNOW ABOUT YOUR POWER IN THIS CITY I DON’T WANT TO TAKE ANY RISK I WANT TO FINISH IT OFF TONIGHT ITSELF JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..WE WILL DO ONE THING I WILL STAY HERE WITH YOU ASK YOUR MEN TO LEAVE MY DAUGHTER AT MY HOUSE. I WILL CONFIRM THAT WITH OUR SUBRAMANIYAM AND GIVE YOU THE MONEY HE LOOKS AT JAGANMOHAN WITH A BLANK FACE .DOESN’T TALK JAGANMOHAN DOESN’T UNDERSTAND JAGANMOHAN REALIZES SOMETHING JAGANMOHAN RAO: NOW I REALIZE THIS..YOU DON’T HAVE ANY GANG AT ALL YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE DOING ALL THIS YOUR MEN WATCHING ME... TELEPHONE LINES TAPPING..ETC THAT’S ALL TRASH RIGHT?? YOU JUST TRIED TO SCARE ME.. IF YOU HAVE ANY GANG THEY MUST HAVE SHOWED UP HERE BY NOW RIGHT?? HE DOESN’T TALK HE IS FRUSTRATED..HE THINKS FOR A WHILE . STRANGER: OK..ENOUGH OF THIS DISCUSSION.. YOU WANT THE PROOF THAT I KIDNAPPED HER?? YOU WANT TO KNOW IF I REALLY KIDNAPPED YOUR DAUGHTER? OK..I WILL SHOW HER BUT.. I WILL NOT BRING HER HERE TO YOU YOU GIVE ME THE MONEY FIRST.. THEN I WILL DROP HER AT YOUR HOUSE OK?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..FINE..THAT’S WHAT I WANTED..JUST SHOW HER AND TAKE THE MONEY....I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL BRING HER TO MY HOME I KNOW YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE ANY MORE RISKS.. STRANGER: I NEED A PUBLIC PHONE...I DON’T THINK THERE IS ANY NEARBY. I DON’T HAVE TIME JAGANMOHAN RAO: IS YOUR CELL PHONE DEAD?? YOU CAN USE MINE IF YOU WANT STRANGER: NO HE PUTS HIS GUN BACK IN THE HOLSTER.. GOES TO THE BIKE AND GETS A SMALL BAG FROM THE BIKE STRANGER: LET’S GO ON THE TERRACE OF THIS BUILDING.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: IS THAT YOUR BIKE?? IS SHE UP THERE ON THE TERRACE?? YOU TIED HER UP THERE?? SHE HAS BEEN ALONE ALL THIS TIME THERE IN THIS DARKNESS?? JAGANMOHAN FACE TURNED VERY SAD..IT REALLY HURT HIM.. STRANGER: COME, YOU WILL SEE.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: PLEASE CLIMB THE STAIRS SLOWLY I CAN’T REALLY CLIMB THE 4 STORIED BUILDINGS STAIRS . I AM NOT THAT YOUNG BUT I WILL DO IT FOR MY DAUGHTER.. JAGANMOHAN TURNS OFF THE CAR ENGINE..THEY STARTED CLIMBING THE STAIRS IT’S NOT THAT DARK..THERE IS SOME MOONLIGHT.... JAGANMOHAN IS TALKING . HE IS LISTENING JAGANMOHAN RAO: You know..she is the only one I have in this World. I love her very much..I can’t live without her THEY ARE CLIMBING THE STAIRS . HE IS LISTENING TO JAGANMOHAN HE TURNED HIS FACE AND LOOKED AT JAGANMOHAN . JAGANMOHAN KEEPS TALKING JAGANMOHAN RAO: People have so many misconceptions about rich Families I don’t know what you think about me people think that in rich families parents don’t take care of their kids parents don’t pay much attention to the kids they spend money lavishly they party a lot drink a lot..they will have Boyfriends and Girlfrinds.they come in late in the nights..etc.. HE IS LOOKING AT JAGANMOHAN But me and my Daughter Nakshatra are not like that..Every Dad would like to have a Daughter like her..She is so sweet and caring HE IS LOOKING AT JAGANMOHAN .LISTENING (CAMERA ZOOMS IN FOR CLOSE-UP OF STRANGER’S FACE..) JAGANMOHAN RAO: She lost her Mom when she was 3 years. ..Since then I took care of her very well Everyday we will have dinner together no matter what I cancel all my appointments to have dinner with her . You know one thing..we have cooks but she cooks for me She is a very good Daughter.. She never lies to me HIS FACE IS IN CLOSE-UP JAGANMOHAN RAO: I can’t see her being in pain Hope you didn’t hurt her I can’t see her like that it hurts me a lot.. Even she can’t tolerate anything happening to me HIS FACE IS IN CLOSE-UP (THE SCREEN FLASHES FOR A SECOND AS IF HE RECALLS A FLASHBACK SCENE WE ARE GOING TO SHOW THE CLIPS OF THAT SCENE BETWEEN THE FLASHES ) (FLASHBACK SCENE STARTS ) STRANGER TURNS OFF THE PHONE ..LOOKS AT NAKSHATRA . STRANGER: HOPE YOUR DAD DOESN’T PLAY ANY TRICKS ..IF HE DOES HE TAKES THE KNIFE OUT OF HIS POCKET AND WALKS TOWARDS NAKSHATRA SLOWLY HE KNEELS DOWN IN FRONT OF HER WITH THE KNIFE IN HIS HANDS.. HE SLOWLY CUTS THE ROPE OFF HER HANDS TAKES THE TAPE OFF HER MOUTH NAKSHATRA S M I L E S AT HIM NAKSHATRA: I THINK HE AGREED TO OUR DEAL AM I RIGHT?? WHAT DID MY DAD SAY?? IS HE BRINGING THE MONEY?? SHE GETS UP FROM THE SOFA.. STRANGER: YES.. I NEED TO BE THERE BY 7:30 NAKSHATRA: OK...MAKE IT FAST WE HAVE TO FINISH THIS OFF BY TONIGHT AT ANY COST AND GET OUT OF THIS PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GOD..YOU SLAPPED ME SO HARD I THINK I AM BLEEDING.. .. STRANGER: SORRY NAKSHATRA IS RELAXED...HER FACE IS HAPPY . (BACK TO THE CURRENT SCENE ) JAGANMOHAN KEEPS TALKING HE IS LOOKING AT HIM LISTENING JAGANMOHAN RAO: In fact I first got my chest pain when she met with an accident couple of years ago She was bleeding..I couldn’t see her like that.. I don’t get this pain very often I get it only when she is in trouble or when something happens to her Last time I got this pain when she was bed ridden with Dengue fever, that was 6 months back. And now I got it when you called me about the kidnap HIS FACE IS STILL IN CLOSE-UP (THE SCREEN FLASHES AGAIN FOR A SECOND ) (FLASHBACK SCENE CONTINUES ) STRANGER LOOKS AT NAKSHATRA STRANGER: YOUR DAD HAD CHEST PAIN NAKSHATRA: OH.. YES.. I HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT HOW IS HE? IS HE OK?? DID HE TAKE THE PILL?? STRANGER: YES..HE IS FINE NAKSHATRA: IS HE GOING TO COME OR IS HE GOING TO SEND SOMEBODY?? STRANGER: NO..HE HIMSELF IS COMING WITH THE MONEY.. NOW I HAVE TO GET READY HE GOES IN THE BATHROOM AND COMES OUT..IN A POLICE UNIFORM (BACK TO THE CURRENT SCENE ) THEY ARE SLOWLY CLIMBING THE STAIRS.. JAGANMOHAN KEEPS TALKING HE IS STILL LOOKING AT HIM LISTENING JAGANMOHAN RAO: I asked her to marry a guy of her choice so many times but she insists on me finding one for her How many daughters do that in these days (THE SCREEN FLASHES AGAIN FOR A SECOND ON HIS FACE ) (FLASHBACK SCENE CONTINUES ) STRANGER: I AM LEAVING YOU LOCK THE DOOR..DON’T CALL ANYBODY AND DON’T GO OUT AT ALL. STAY HERE TILL I COMEBACK. DON’T CALL ME, I WILL CALL YOU.. NAKSHATRA: ARE YOU SURE YOU DON’T WANT MY GUN REAL GUN?? STRANGER: NO, I DON’T I CAN MANAGE WITH MY FAKE GUN.. NAKSHATRA: IS HE BRINGING THE MONEY IN BAG OR SUITCASE?? STRANGER: OH..GOD..I DIDN’T THINK ABOUT IT CARRYING SUITCASE ON MY BIKE IS DIFFICULT .BUT.. I DON’T WANT TO CALL HIM AGAIN I WILL MANAGE NAKSHATRA: OR ELSE LEAVE THE SUITCASE AT THAT BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION ,WE WILL GO AND GET IT LATER ANYWAY NOBODY WILL BE THERE IN THAT BUILDING..OUR SIUTCASE WILL BE SAFE..?? STRANGER: OK, I WILL SEE . NAKSHATRA: AND DON’T CALL ME FROM YOUR CELL PHONE..CALL ME FROM A PUBLIC TELEPHONE IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. I HAVE NO CONTACT WITH YOU TILL YOU COME BACK OK?? STRANGER: OK, I REMEMBER THAT. YOU ARE NOT SCARED TO STAY ALONE HERE IN THIS REMOTE HOUSE NAKSHATRA: WHY SHOULD I?? I HAVE GUN HE IS ABOUT LEAVE NAKSHATRA SMILES AT HIM MISCHIEVOUSLY HE TURNS BACK.. STRANGER: WHAT?? NAKSHATRA: HOPE YOU DON’T RUNAWAY WITH THE MONEY . HE DOESN’T RESPOND LOOKS AT HER BLANKLY FOR A SECOND AND LEAVES . (BACK TO THE CURRENT SCENE ) THEY GET ON THE TERRACE.... THEY COULD SEE MOST OF THAT AREA FROM THAT TOP OF THE BUILDING THERE ARE HARDLY ANY HOUSES IN THE VICINITY HE LOOKS AROUND FOR A WHILE.. GOES TOWARDS THE EDGE OF THE TERRACE.. TAKES BINOCULARS OUT OF HIS BAG AND KEEPS LOOKING THROUGH IT.. JAGANMOHAN STANDS NEXT TO HIM LOOKING AT THE DIRECTION WHERE HE IS LOOKING HE COULD SEE A SMALL TWO STORIED BUILDING LOOKS LIKE SOME LIGHTS ARE ON..IN THAT HOUSE HARDLY ANY VEHICLES IN THAT AREA STRANGER: OK..THERE SHE IS..LOOK AT THAT HOUSE THROUGH THIS BINOCULARS, THESE ARE VERY POWERFUL HAS NIGHT VISION TOO.., LOOK INTO THE FRONT WINDOW YOU WILL SEE HER YOU MAY NOT SEE HER CLEARLY UNTIL SHE COMES TO THE WINDOW BUT I THINK YOU CAN RECOGNIZE YOUR DAUGHTER HOPE THAT SHE WILL COME TO THE WINDOW SO THAT YOU SEE HER CLEARLY.. JAGANMOHAN RAO LOOKS THROUGH THE BINOCULARS. STRANGER: CAN YOU SEE HER??. JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO.. SHE IS NOT COMING TO THE WINDOW..SHE IS JUST WALKING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE WINDOW.... STRANGER: OK..JUST WAIT..SHE MIGHT COME TO THE WINDOW..THAT’S THE ONLY FRONT WINDOW HE WAITS PATIENTLY.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: YES..SHE IS COMING TOWARDS THE WINDOW . STRANGER: CAN YOU SEE HER CLEARLY NOW?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: YES I CAN .I CAN.. AFTER A WHILE.. JAGANMOHAN RAO STARTS RUBBING HIS CHEST . JAGANMOHAN SLOWLY HANDS THE BINOCULARS TO HIM AND SLOWLY SITS ON THE FLOOR RUBBING HIS CHEST STRANGER: WHAT..WHAT HAPPENED?? ARE YOU OK??? JAGANMOHAN RAO: DID..DID YOU H..H..HURT HER??? JAGANMOHAN’S BODY IS CONVULSING IN PAIN.. HE IS SCARED..DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO JAGANMOHAN RAO HE KNEELS DOWN AND LOOKS AT HIM JAGANMOHAN RAO: SHE.. HAS ... SOME BRUISES ..ON HER..FACE STRANGER: I AM SORYY..I DIDN’T MEAN TO HURT HER .SHE IS OK..NOTHING HAPPENED TO HER.. JAGANMOHAN RAO BREATHING HEAVILY JAGANMOHAN RAO: TABLETS..MY TABLETS STRANGER: WHERE..WHERE ARE..THEY JAGANMOHAN RAO: CAR IN..THE CAR . STRANGER: BE..COOL..TRY TO STAY CALM I WILL GO AND GET THE TABLETS HE RUNS HURRIEDLY TO THE STAIRS ... STARTS GETTING DOWN THE STAIRS THERE IS JUST MOONLIGHT TRYING TO RUN FAST DOWN THE STAIRS MISSES SOME STEPS..ALMOST FALLS DOWN HURTS HIMSELF KEEPS RUNNING DOWN . HE IS HALF WAY THROUGH THE STAIRS HE SUDDENLY STOPS HE STARTS RUNNING UPSTAIRS TOWARDS JAGANMOHAN RAO HE IS RUNNING FAST UPSTAIRS AS FAST AS HE CAN TOWARDS.. JAGANMOHAN RAO HE GETS ON THE TERRACE JAGANMOHAN IS STILL ON THE FLOOR .RUBBING HIS CHEST WITH BOTH HANDS .JAGANMOHANRAO IS IN GREAT PAIN HE RUNS FAST TOWARDS JAGANMOHAN AND GETS ON HIS KNEES IN FRONT OF HIM STRANGER: KEYS CAR..KEYS WHERE ARE THEY??? JAGANMOHAN RAO: POCKET . HE KEEPS SEARCHING HIS POCKETS . HE IS SEARCHING .HURRIEDLY.. HE FEELS SOMETHING IN JAGANMOHAN RAO’S POCKET HE PULLS IT OUT . THAT’S JAGANMOHAN RAO’S . GUN .. HE IS SURPRISED AND SHOCKED FOR A SECOND KEEPS THE GUN IN HIS POCKET AND STARTS SEARCHING . HE FINDS THE KEYS STRANGER: ARE THEY INSIDE THE DASHBOARD BOX??? JAGANMOHAN RAO NODS HIS HEAD HE RUNS DOWN THE STAIRS AGAIN WITH THE KEYS HE GETS TO THE CAR . OPENS THE DOOR .. GETS IN SEARCHES THE DASHBOARD BOX FINDS THE TABLETS . TAKES THEM AND RUNS BACK UPSTAIRS REACHES THE TERRACE JAGANMOHAN IS STILL LYING ON THE FLOOR GETS ON HIS KNEES..PULLS COUPLE OF TABLETS OUT.. STRANGER: HOW MANY?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: ONE . HE GIVES ONE TABLET TO JAGANMOHAN.. JAGANMOHAN TAKES THE TABLET CONSUMES IT HE WAITS ANXIOUSLY JAGANMOHAN RAO SLOWLY..GETS BACK TO NORMAL .LIES DOWN FOR COUPLE OF MINUTES.. JAGANMOHAN SLOWLY GETS..UP AND SITS . JAGANMOHAN LOOKS AT HIM . STRANGER: ARE YOU OK?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: I AM OK NOW..THANK YOU .THANK YOU VERY MUCH.. YOU SAVED MY LIFE.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHY DID YOU HURT HER?? I CAN’T TOLERATE ANYTHING HAPPENING TO HER I HEARD HER CRY IN PAIN ON THE PHONE I COULDN’T TOLERATE THAT ..I GOT THE CHEST PAIN.. NOW I AM SEEING HER WITH THE BRUISES I GOT THE PAIN AGAIN NOW. STRANGER: I AM SORRY I DIDN’T REALLY MEAN TO HURT HER..I JUST WANTED TO SCARE YOU ON THE PHONE .I SLAPPED HER I AM SORRY JAGANMOHAN RAO: I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO GET THIS PAIN THIS FREQUENTLY THAT TOO TWICE IN ONE DAY.... I GOT MY LAST PAIN 6 MONTHS AGO NOW I GOT IT TWICE IN LAST 3 HOURS HE IS REALLY FEELING BAD ABOUT JAGANMOHAN RAO’S SITUATION.... HE IS THINKING HE IS THINKING ABOUT FATHER AND DAUGHTER RELATIONSHIP . JAGANMOHAN IS SUCH A GOOD LOVING, CARING FATHER JAGANMOHAN RAO: Come, let’s go down, I will give you the money and jewelry.. JAGANMOHAN SLOWLY GETS UP HE HELPS JAGANMOHAN GET UP . STRANGER : Are you ok?? Can you walk?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: Yes, I am fine, the pain goes away a soon as I take the tablet I can walk .. HE IS REALLY FEELING SORRY FOR JAGANMOHAN . AT THIS AGE THIS IS REALLY HARD ON HIM .POOR JAGANMOHAN RAO.... WHAT KIND OF A DAUGHTER SHE IS THEY SLOWLY GET DOWN THE STAIRS.. . HE IS THINKING ..HE IS THINKING THEY ARE GETTING DOWN THE STAIRS HE IS THINKING HER DAD HAD THE PAIN WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HIM OVER THE PHONE . AFTER THAT I REMOVED THE TAPE OFF HER MOUTH THE FIRST THING SHE ASKED ABOUT WAS MONEY . SHE DIDN’T EVEN ASK ABOUT HER DAD’S CONDITION AND PAIN I HAD TO REMIND HER .SHE DIDN’T CARE MUCH ABOUT HIS PAIN SHE JUST WANTED MONEY . WHAT A DAUGHTER .. THEY GET DOWN WALK TOWARDS THE CAR HE FINALLY DECIDES .. JAGANMOHAN TURNS ON THE ENGINE AND HEADLIGHTS..SINCE IT IS DARK IN THERE JAGANMOHAN OPENS THE CAR’S TRUNK(DIKKI) AND GETS TWO BAGS OUT. JAGANMOHAN RAO: Take these this bag has cash and the other on has jewelry Open and check HE TAKES THE BAGS... STRANGER : No sir, I don’t have to check..I know you brought everything I asked.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: If you don’t mind may I know your name? STRANGER : I am Chandu sir. JAGANMOHAN RAO: Thank you Chandu..you saved my life I really appreciate that You are a nice person looks like this is your first kidnapping CHANDU IS SURPRISED ... JAGANMOHAN RAO: When I had my chest pain when we were talking over the phone you first asked me if I was ok Usually professional kidnappers think that I was acting Of course you asked me that later..but by your voice I realized that you were doing it for the first time .Don’t try this kidnapping again..you will be caught for sure..enjoy your life with the money.. Now I completely trust you.. go and send my daughter home.... I am leaving JAGANMOHAN IS ABOUT TO GET IN THE CAR..,.. ... CHANDU: Sir.. . JAGANMOHAN LOOKS BACK ... ...CHANDU PULLS THE GUN OUT OF HIS POCKET JAGANMOHAN IS SHOCKED CHANDU WALKS TOWARDS HIM.. CHANDU: This is your Gun sir .. . JAGANMOHAN RAO IS RELAXED .. CHANDU HANDS THE GUN TO JAGANMOHAN RAO.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: Oh..yes I just carry that for my safety I didn’t mean to shoot you CHANDU: Sir..I want to say something . JAGANMOHAN RAO: Yes, go ahead Chandu CHANDU: Sir..you need to take this very coolly , you already had 2 pains today I want to say something . JAGANMOHAN RAO: Yes, go ahead Chandu CHANDU HESITATES LITTLE BIT.... JAGANMOHAN RAO: Do you want more money?? CHANDU: NO, NO..Sir .I have something to tell you.. I don’t have to tell this.. but you must know this I realized how much you love your daughter, you love her more than your life BUT SOMEDAY THIS LOVE FOR YOUR DAUGHTER MIGHT KILL YOU JAGANMOHAN RAO DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE IS SAYING CHANDU: Sir, you must take this coolly..you already had two pains today please try to be cool JAGANMOHAN RAO: I am ok chandu..tell me what is it.. CHANDU: SIR.. THIS WHOLE KIDNAPPING THING IS.. PLANNED BY YOUR DAUGHTER . JAGANMOHAN IS SHOCKED .HE COULDN’T BELIEVE THOSE WORDS.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: W..H..A T??.. CHANDU: YES..SIR JAGANMOHAN CAN’T STAND THIS SHOCK..HE LEANS ON TO THE CAR ... CHANDU: SIR..ARE YOU OK?? JAGANMOHAN RAO DOESN’T TALK..JUST NODS HIS HEAD.. ... JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO..SHE WOULDN’T DO THAT .. ARE YOU HER BOYFRIEND?? CHANDU: NO..SIR SHE HIRED ME TO DO THIS I AGRRED THE DEAL FOR 10 LAKHS.. JAGANMOHAN RAO EYES STARTED TEARING UP .. ... JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHY DID SHE DO THIS??..DID SHE DO THIS JUST FOR 5 CRORES?? CHANDU: SIR..SHE SAID SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND..SHE WANTED TO MARRY HIM..SHE THINKS YOU WOULDN’T AGREE TO THIS.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: BUT..I ALREADY GAVE HER THE PERMISSION TO CHOOSE HER LIFE PARTNER THEN WHY WOULDN’T I AGREE?? CHANDU: SHE SAYS..HE IS NOT RICH AND DOESN’T HAVE GOOD EDUCATION SHE ALSO SAID HE IS A CAR MECHANIC.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT?A CAR..MECHANIC??? CHANDU: YES SIR..THAT’S WHY SHE THINKS THAT YOU WOULDN’T AGREE TO THIS MARRIAGE SO..SHE WANTED TO GIVE HIM SOME MONEY..SO THAT HE COULD PRETEND THAT HE IS RICH UNTIL THEY GET MARRIED JAGANMOHAN RAO: IS THIS HER PLAN OR HER BOYFRIND’S??? CHANDU: MAYBE THIS IS HIS PLAN SIR. MAYBE HE JUST WANTS THE MONEY.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: HAVE YOU SEEN HER BOYFRIND ??? CHANDU: NO..SIR I MET YOUR DAUGHTER ONLY TWICE IN MY LIFE JAGANMOHAN RAO: LIKE YOU SAID..MAYBE HE JUST WANTS THE MONEY MAYBE HE WANTS TO RUNAWAY ONCE HE GETS THE MONEY MAYBE HE DOESN’T WANT TO MARRY NAKSHATRA MAYBE HE IS SCARED THAT I COULD FIND OUT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND BEFORE MARRIAGE.. CHANDU: MAYBE YOU ARE..RIGHT SIR.. JAGANMOHAN RAO IS VERY SAD HE WIPES HIS TEARS JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..CHANDU..THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP YOU CAN GO NOW.. CHANDU: ARE YOU OK SIR..CAN YOU DRIVE??.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: I AM OK..CHANDU .I CAN DRIVE IT REALLY HURTS ME THAT MY DAUGHTER CHEATED ME THIS PAIN IS MORE THAN THE CHEST PAIN .. CHANDU IS SYMPATHIZING HIS CONDITION.. CHANDU: SORRY ..SIR..I DIDN’T MEAN TO TELL YOU ... JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO..NO..CHANDU..YOU DID A GOOD THING NOW I KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING I CAN SAVE MY DAUGHTER FROM HIM..IF HE IS REALLY AFTER THE MONEY CHANDU..CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING?? CHANDU: SURE SIR ... JAGANMOHAN RAO: YOU COULD RUNAWAY WITH THIS WHOLE 5 CRORES.. WHY YOU ARE GOING BACK TO GIVE THEM TO HER?? CHANDU: I DON’T NEED THIS MUCH MONEY SIR 10 LAKHS ARE TOO MUCH FOR ME.. THIS IS ENOUGH FOR ME.. .. NOT ONLY THAT..YOUR DAUGHTER NAKSHATRA HAS MY PICTURE IN HER CELL PHONE CAMERA..SHE THREATENED ME THAT SHE COULD CATCH ME WITH THAT IF I RUNAWAY SO..I DON’T WANT TO RISK JAGANMOHAN RAO: CHANDU..CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR?? CHANDU: SURE SIR ... TELL ME.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: I WILL PAY YOU 10 MORE LAKHS.. CHANDU: I DON’T NEED MONEY SIR..BUT I AM READY TO HELP YOU .. JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO CHANDU..I INSIST .. CHANDU: OK SIR.. .. JAGANMOHAN RAO: ONCE I WAS GOING IN MY CAR AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL I SAW NAKSHATRA WITH SOME GUY..ON THE BIKE .. JAGANMOHAN RAO: AT THAT TIME I DIDN’T WORRY MUCH THOUGHT THEY WERE FRIENDS .. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT’S THE SAME GUY OR NOT ..THAT SHE IS IN LOVE WITH. I WANT TO FIND OUT IF HE IS REALLY IN LOVE WITH HER OR JUST USING HER FOR MONEY IF HE IS AFTER THE MONEY, I WILL GIVE HIM THE MONEY AND ASK HIM TO LEAVE HER AND GO AWAY FROM HER LIFE. I DON’T LET SOME IDIOT RUIN MY DAUGHTER’S LIFE I WANT TO FIND OUT THE TRUTH FROM HIM I NEED TO TALK TO HIM BEFORE THIS MATTER GETS TOO FAR.. CAN YOU BRING HIM TO ME CHANDU?? CHANDU: SURE SIR..BUT I DON’T KNOW HIM AND I DON’T KNOW WHERE HE IS .I HAVE NOT EVEN SEEN HIM.. .. HOW CAN I BRING HIM JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..I WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO FIRST TAKE THIS MONEY AND JEWELRY AND KEEP THEM IN A SAFE PLACE I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU KEEP THEM BUT KEEP THEM IN A SAFE PLACE . THEN .. (HE TELLS HIM WHAT TO DO WE DON’T SHOW IT HERE JUST SOME BACKGROUND MUSIC WHILE HE IS EXPLAINING THIS TO CHANDU ) CHANDU: OK..SIR I WILL DO IT JAGANMOHAN RAO: BUT..BEFORE THAT HIDE THIS 5 CRORE WORTH STUFF SOMEWHERE CHANDU: I DON’T KNOW WHERE TO KEEP THIS MONEY I WANTED TO LEAVE THIS CITY TONIGHT ..SO..I VACATED MY ROOM TODAY WHY DON’T YOU KEEP THEM WITH YOU JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO..CHANDU..YOU KEEP IT SOMEWHERE I AM TIRED OF THIS MONEY CHANDU: OK..SIR JAGANMOHAN RAO: IS YOUR GUN..REAL..OR FAKE.. CHANDU: NOT REAL SIR.... JAGANMOHAN RAO TAKES HIS GUN OUT OF HIS POCKET JAGANMOHAN RAO: THEY ALL KNOW THAT YOUR’S IS FAKE?? CHANDU: YES SIR.... JAGANMOHAN RAO: THAT’S NOT GOOD OK..KEEP MINE INCASE OF EMERGENCY.. CHANDU TAKES JAGANMOHAN’S GUN HESITANTLY.. CHANDU AND JAGANMOHAN TURN AROUND..TO LEAVE . BOTH ARE SHOCKED TO SEE SOMEONE STANDING THERE IN THAT DARKNESS THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.. HE SLOWLY WALKS TOWARDS THEM NOW HE IS IN THE LIGHTS OF CAR HEADLIGHTS THEY COULD SEE HIM NEW GUY: NAMASTHE INSPECTOR SAAB.. CHANDU IS CONFUSED FOR A WHILE REALIZES THAT HE IS WEARING POLICE UNIFORM CHANDU CLEARS HIS VOICE ASKS AUTHORITATIVELY.. CHANDU: WHO ARE YOU?? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE.. NEW GUY: I AM THE WATCHMAN FOR THIS BUILDING SIR CHANDU: OH..OK..WE WERE JUST PASSING BY THIS AREA JUST THOUGHT OF CHECKING ON THIS BUILDING .. WATCHMAN: IS EVERYTHING OK SIR.. CHANDU: YES..FINE..BY THE WAY..DID YOU HEAR US TALK?? WATCHMAN: NO..SIR..I JUST CAME.... I SAW YOU TAKING GUN FROM THAT SIR CHANDU AND JAGANMOHAN LOOKED AT EACH OTHER ..DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY... CHANDU: OK..TAKE CARE..WE ARE LEAVING CHANDU AND JAGANMOHAN GET READY TO LEAVE.. WATCHMAN: SIR .... CHANDU AND JAGANMOHAN LOOK AT HIM.... WATCHMAN: SIR .... I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING SIR .THERE IS TWO STORIED BUILDING NEARBY SIR THE OWNER LIVES IN DUBAI HE WANTED TO RENT IT OUT..BUT NO ONE RENTED IT.. HE COMES ONCE IN A YEAR DURING SUMMER NOBODY LIVES THERE ON MY WAY HERE I SAW A GIRL IN THAT..HOUSE .... CHANDU IS SHOCKED .... WATCHMAN: I NEVER SAW HER BEFORE I AM LITTLE SUSPICIOUS ABOUT HER....SHE IS OFTEN LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW .RESTLESS ACTUALLY..THERE IS A INSPECTOR’S HOUSE NEARBY I WANTED TO INFORM HIM ABOUT THIS CHANDU: NO..NO NEED..YOU TOLD ME..THAT’S GOOD..I WILL TAKE CARE OF IT .... WATCHMAN: OK SIR . CHANDU AND JAGANMOHAN FELT GLAD THAT WATCHMAN DIDN’T GO TO THE INSPECTOR..... THEY LEAVE THAT BUILDING Location: The Two Storied building Interior- Sunday Around 9:00 PM NAKSHATRA IS WALKING RESTLESSLY IN THE HOUSE OFTEN LOOKS OUT OF THE WINDOW SHE HEARS A MOTOR BIKE SOUND LOOKS THROUGH THE WINDOW.. BUT SHE DOESN’T SEE ANYBODY SUDDENLY THE BIKE SOUND STOPS AS IF THEY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE THERE IS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR SHE THINKS..IT MUST BE HIM.. NAKSHATRA: WHO IS THAT?? CHANDU: IT’S ME.. . NAKSHATRA OPENS THE DOOR .LOOKS ST HIS HANDS FOR MONEY BAGS.. ASKS ANXIOUSLY NAKSHATRA: WHERE IS THE MONEY?? CHANDU GETS IN AND SITS ON THE SOFA..LOOKS AT HER.. CHANDU: NO..I DIDN’T GET THE MONEY ... . SHE IS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT.. NAKSHATRA: WHY? WHAT HAPPENED? MY DAD DIDN’T COME THERE??? CHANDU: HE CAME..BUT I WAS SCARED TO GO TO HIM . . NAKSHATRA: SCARED?? YOU DEALT THIS MATTER VERY COOLLY OVER THE PHONE?? CHANDU: YES..BUT ..THIS IS MY FIRST TIME..DOING THIS KIND OF DRAMA I WAS REALLY SCARED ONCE I GOT THERE THOUGHT MAYBE YOUR DAD INFORMED POLICE...MAYBE THEY ARE WATCHING ME . NAKSHATRA IS FRUSTRATED . NAKSHATRA: I ALREADY TOLD YOU THAT MY DAD LOVES ME SO MUCH , HE WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING STUPID LIKE THAT AND RISK MY LIFE . CHANDU: YES..YOU TOLD ME..BUT..IN THE LAST MINUTE I GOT SCARED .. NAKSHATRA IS ANGRY . NAKSHATRA: EVERYTHING WENT SO WELL AS PER THE PLAN AND YOU MESSED IT UP IN THE LAST MINUTE . YOU ARE NOT LYING..ARE YOU?? YOU WANT TO TAKE ALL THE MONEY AND RUNAWAY??? . CHANDU: IF I WANTED TO RUNAWAY WITH THE MONEY WHY WOULD I COME HERE?? I COULD HAVE RUNAWAY WITH THE MONEY FROM THERE ITSELF .. NAKSHATRA IS ANNOYED BY THIS TALK.. . NAKSHATRA: NOW..WHAT?? WHAT SHOULD WE DO??..I WANTED TO FINISH THIS MATTER BY TONIGHT CHANDU: WE CAN STILL DO IT..IF I GET SOME HELP NAKSHATRA: HELP?? HELP FROM WHOM?? I CAN’T GO WITH YOU CHANDU: WHAT ABOUT YOUR BOYFRIEND WHY CAN’T HE HELP ME?? NAKSHATRA: WHAT KIND OF HELP? I ALREADY TOLD YOU..I DON’T WANT MY DAD TO SEE HIM CHANDU: NO..I DON’T WANT HIM TO MEET YOUR DAD THE ONLY THING I AM SCARED OF IS POLICE SO..I JUST WANT YOUR BOYFRIEND TO WATCH THE SURROUNDINGS WHILE I WAS DEALING WITH YOUR DAD . HE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE NEAR ME . I RENTED A ROOM IN A LODGE ON MY WAY BACK HERE. WHICH IS FACING THE ROAD..SO WHAT ALL HE HAS TO DO IS HE HAS TO WATCH THE SURROUNDINGS THROUGH MY BINOCULARS FROM THAT ROOM FOR ANY POLICE ACTIVITY I KEEP LOOKING AT HIM..WHILE I WAS TALKING TO YOUR DAD HE JUST NEEDS TO SIGNAL ME IF HE SEES ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY IN THAT VICINITY.. THAT’S ALL HE HAS TO DO WHY CAN’T HE HELP ME?? NAKSHATRA THINKS FOR A WHILE CHANDU: SEE NAKSHATRA IF YOU WANT TO FINISH THIS BY TONIGHT..THIS IS THE ONLY WAY NAKSHATRA IS STILL THINKING DOESN’T ANSWER CHANDU: WHAT YOU ARE THINKING?? YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND ..RIGHT?? OR YOU LIED TO ME THAT YOU HAD A BOYFRIEND???? I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS IF YOU TWO PLANNED THIS WHY HE IS NOT INVOLVING IN THIS??? I DOUBT THAT YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND NAKSHATRA LOOKS AT HIM SERIOUSLY .AND PICKS THE PHONE CALLS HER BOYFRIEND AND EXPLAINS THE CHANDU’S PLAN CONVINCES HIM SHE IS STILL ON THE PHONE LOOKS AT CHANDU NAKSHATRA: HE HAS AGREED TO YOUR PLAN HE SAYS..YOU BOTH HAVE NOT SEEN EACH OTHER THEN HOW YOU WOULD MEET YOU DIDN’T EVEN TELL YOUR NAME YET... AT LEAST CAN YOU TEEL US NOW CHANDU: CHANDU TELL HIM THAT I AM IN POLICE UNIFORM THERE IS A IRANI HOTEL I WILL BE WAITING FOR HIM AT THE COUNTER..SMOKING CIGARETTE.. ASK HIM TO COME THERE AND SAY THE WORD NAKSHATRA.ASK HIM TO BE THERE EXACTLY AT 9:45PM. WHAT’S HIS NAME?? SHE EXPLAINS THAT TO HER BOYFRIEND.. SHE FINISHES TALKING TO HER BOYFRIEND . NAKSHATRA: HIS NAME IS SANTOSH..SO....IS MY DAD STILL WAITING THERE FOR YOU OR DO YOU HAVE TO CALL HIM AGAIN AND TELL WHERE TO COME?? CHANDU: NO..I ASKED HIM TO WAIT THERE TILL I COMEBACK.. NAKSHATRA: DO YOU THINK HE IS STILL THERE?? WHY DON’T YOU CALL HIM AND MAKE SURE CHANDU CALLS JAGANMOHAN RAO AND ASKS HIM TO BE THERE.. . CHANDU: YES..HE IS STILL THERE WAITING FOR ME I KNOW HE WOULDN’T GO ANYWHERE UNTIL HE GETS YOU.. NAKSHATRA: YOU COULD HAVE CALLED ME FROM A PUBLIC PHONE WHY DID YOU COME ALL THE WAY HERE.. FOR A SECOND..CHANDU DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY..HE IS LITTLE CONFUSED ... . CHANDU: I WROTE YOUR CELL NUMBER ON A PIECE OF PAPER.. I LOST IT..SOMEWHERE MAYBE WHILE TAKING OUT THE BIKE KEYS FROM ..MY ..POCKET.. SUDDENLY..THERE IS ..A ..KNOCK ON THE..DOOR . CHANDU AND NAKSHATRA DIDN’T EXPECT THAT..THEY ARE SHOCKED THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO CHANDU RECOVERS FROM THE SHOCK IMMEDIATELY ASKS HER TO STAY CALM HE SLOWLY PICKS THE GUN..OUT OF HIS POCKET AND OPENS THE DOOR SLOWLY THERE IS ..THE WATCHMAN .. CHANDU PUTS THE GUN BACK IN HIS POCKET.. WATCHMAN: NAMASTE SAAB.. I WAS JUST GOING HOME FOR SOME URGENT WORK..I SAW YOUR BIKE..THOUGHT I WOULD STOP BY .. IS EVERYTHING OK SIR CHANDU: YES..EVERYTHING IS FINE..I AM JUST INQUIRING HER SHE IS THAT DUBAI PERSON’S COUSIN CAME TO STAY HERE FOR COUPLE OF DAYS YOU CAN GO NOW AND DON’T INFORM THIS TO ANY POLICE..I AM TAKING CARE OF THIS.. WATCHMAN: OK..SIR.. WATCHMAN LEAVES .. CHANDU AND NAKSHATRA SIGHS WITH RELIEF.. NAKSHATA: WHO IS HE?? CHANDU DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY .HE CAN’T SAY THAT HE MET HIM WHILE AT THE BUILDING WITH JAGANMOHAN RAO . HE THINKS FOR A WHILE... CHANDU: I ..MET HIM..WHEN I WAS LEAVING...HE IS THE WATCHMAN OF THE 4 STORIED BUILDING . IN FACT HE SAW..YOU IN THIS HOUSE FELT SUSPICIOUS AND WANTED TO INFORM THE POLICE..LUCKILY I MET HIM BEFORE THAT ..I MANAGED IT SOMEHOW HOPE HE DOESN’T INFORM THE REAL POLICE NAKSHATRA IS LOOKING AT HIM ... NAKSHATRA: WHOSE GUN IS THAT?? THAT’S NOT YOUR GUN YOUR GUN IS IN THE HOLSTER..YOU PULLED THIS FROM YOUR POCKET IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL GUN.. WHOSE GUN IS THAT?? CHANDU IS REALLY SHOCKED DID SHE RECOGNIZE HER DAD’S GUN????... CHANDU: I ..I BORROWED FROM A FRIEND ON THE WAY NAKSHATRA: BUT..YOU DIDN’T TAKE MINE WHEN I OFFERED MY GUN CHANDU: I ..THOUGHT I WOULDN’T NEED REAL GUN BUT ON THE WAY I FELT SO SCARED..SO I WENT TO MY FRIEND AND BORROWED IT.. OK..IT’S GETTING LATE..I NEED TO LEAVE WRITE YOUR NUMBER ON PIECE OF PAPER AND GIVE NAKSHATRA: ANYWAY SANTOSH IS GOING TO BE THERE WITH YOU SO..YOU DON’T NEED MY NUMBER CHANDU: OK.. NAKSHATRA IS NOT CONVINCED BY HIS ANSWER.. CHANDU LEAVES ... NAKSHATRA CLOSES THE DOOR AND TURNS BACK .. SHE..SEES..SOMETHING .ON ..THE ..FLOOR . SHE BENDS DOWN AND..PICKS..IT..UP .. SHE IS SURPRISED AND SHOCKED TO SEE .THAT THAT’S THE ORIGINAL PIECE OF PAPER.. WITH HER CELL NUMBER..THAT SHE GAVE TO CHANDU .. THAT PAPER FELL OUT OF HIS POCKET WHEN HE PULLED THE GUN FROM HIS POCKET . SHE IS THINKING..HARD SO..SO..CHANDU ..LIED..TO ME .. WHY DID HE LIE TO ME????WHY?? WHY DID HE WANT SANTOSH TO BE WITH HIM??? IF HE GETS CAUGHT HE WANTS SANTOSH ALSO TO BE CAUGHT . IF SANTOSH IS CAUGHT I WILL ALSO BE CAUGHT.. SO ..THAT HE COULD ESCAPE...BLAMING IT ON SANTOSH AND ME . WHY DID HE SUDDENLY BORROW A REAL GUN??? SHE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND..WHAT’S GOING ON SHE CALLS SANTOSH ON HIS CELL PHONE.. SHE EXPLAINS WHAT’S GOING ON.. .ABOUT CHANDU’S GUN AND THE PAPER SLIP ETC.. NAKSHATRA: SANTOSH..IF YOU SEE ANY POLICE ACTIVITY THERE .IF YOU THINK THEY ARE GOING TO CATCH CHANDU..JUST ESCAPE FROM THAT PLACE I DIDN’T GIVE MY CELL NUMBER TO HIM THIS TIME..SO WILL HAVE NO CONTACT WITH US..IF HE IS CAUGHT NAKSHATRA: THAT’S GOOD DON’T WORRY I WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM SHE FINISHES TALKING .. Location: Irani Hotel Exterior- Sunday Around 9:45 PM CHANDU IS WAITING FOR SANTOSH ..SMOKING CIGARETTE AT THE COUNTER . SUDDENLY HE HEARS SOMEBODY SAY ’NAKSHATRA’’ HE LOOKS AT HIM THAT’S SANTOSH..HE IS AROUND 28. CHANDU: JUST FOLLOW ME CHANDU KEEPS WALKING..SANTOSH FOLLOWS HIM . THEY GET INTO THE LODGE THAT’S A 5 STORIED LODGE.. CHANDU TAKES THE ROOM KEY AT THE COUNTER.. THEY TAKE THE ELEVATOR TO THE TOP FLOOR CHANDU IS WALKING SANTOSH IS FOLLOWING THEY DON’T TALK CHANDU STOPS AT SOME ROOM OPENS THE DOOR .. GETS IN ASKS SANTOSH TO COME IN SANTOSH ENTERS THE ROOM AND LOOKS AROUND IT’S A SINGLE ROOM WITH A BATHROOM.. BATHROOM DOOR IS OPEN.. CHANDU LOCKS THE DOOR AND GOES TO THE WINDOW LOOKS OUT OF THE WINDOW . TURNS BACK AND CALLS SANTOSH TO THE WINDOW.. SANTOSH LOOKS DOWN THROUGH THE WINDOW CHANDU: THAT’S HIS CAR HE IS THERE WAITING FOR ME I WILL EXPLAIN AGAIN WHAT TO DO.. THEY GET BACK AND SIT ON THE CHAIRS CHANDU..PULLS BINOCULARS AND A TORCH OUT OF HIS BAG AND HANDS THEM TO SANTOSH CHANDU: OK..WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS THROUGH THE WINDOW KEEP LOOKING DOWN AT ALL OF THE SURROUNDINGS. AND AT ALL THE PEOPLE..THAT ARE ON THE ROAD ..RANDOM LY IF YOU SUSPECT ANY BODY OR ANYTHING..JUST FLASH THIS TORCH LIGHT I WILL KEEP LOOKING AT YOU IF I SEE YOUR FLASH I WILL ESCAPE YOU ALSO ESCAPE FROM THIS PLACE . OK SANTOSH: OK SO..I LEAVE THIS PLACE ONCE YOU GET IN HIS CAR??. CHANDU: YES IF I GET IN THE CAR THAT MEANS EVERYTHING IS OK..I WILL TAKE HIM TO THAT 4 STORIED BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND TAKE THE MONEY SANTOSH: OK WHERE IS YOUR BIKE?? CHANDU: IN FACT I BROUGHT MY BIKE HERE FIRST TIME I PARKED IT AT THE 4 STORIED BUILDING AND CAME BY AUTO.. NOW I DIDN’T HAVE TIME I WILL COME BACK LATER TO TAKE MY BIKE.. ANYWAY..YOU REMEMBER EVERYTHING I TOLD YOU?? SANTOSH: YES CHANDU: OK..NOW LISTEN ONE MORE THING VERY CAREFULLY . JUST FORGET WHAT I TOLD YOU SANTOSH: WHAT???? CHANDU: I CHANGED THE PLAN I HAVE A NEW PLAN SANTOSH: WHAT IS THAT ??? CHANDU: JUST LOOK BACK SANTOSH TURNS HIS HEAD AND LOOKS BACK HE GETS A 1000 VOLT SHOCK .HE STARTS SWEATING .. THERE.. IS..JAGANMOHAN RAO STANDING .AT HIS BACK . SANTOSH NEVER EXPECTED THIS . SANTOSH TRIES TO GET UP . CHANDU PULLS THE GUN AND SIGNALS HIM TO SIT DOWN SANTOSH SITS BACK IN CHAIR.. CHANDU SLOWLY WALKS TOWARDS JAGANMOHAN RAO AND WHISPERS IN HIS EARS.. CHANDU: HIS NAME IS SANTOSH IS HE THE SAME GUY YOU SAW AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH YOUR DAUGHTER?? JAGANMOHAN R AO: YES JAGANMOHAN RAO WALKS TOWARDS SANTOSH..AND SITS IN THE OPPOSITE CHAIR JAGANMOHAN R AO: SORRY SANTOSH..I WAS HIDING BEHIND THE BATHROOM DOOR OK..LET’S FINISH THIS MATTER NOW..EVERYBODY IS IN A HURRY TO FINISH IT BY TONIGHT.. I DON’T WANT TO DRAG THIS ISSUE LET ME COME TO THE POINT JUST LISTEN TO MY WORDS CAREFULLY AND SAY YES OR NO SANTOSH IS STILL SWEATING WITH FEAR.... CHANDU IS WATCHING THEM TALK JAGANMOHAN R AO: I AM A MULTI MILLIONAIRE , I HAVE SO MUCH PROPERTY. ..BUT MY DAUGHTER IS MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD I CAN’T SEE HER BEING CHEATED I CAN’T SEE HER BEING IN PAIN I KNOW THAT YOU AND MY DAUGHTER ARE IN LOVE .BUT I DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS REAL LOVE OR FAKE LOVE YOU MIGHT SAY THAT YOURS IS A TRUE LOVE BUT I CAN DIG BACKGROUND AND FIND OUT.. WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE I KNOW THAT YOU GAVE THIS KIDNAPPING IDEA TO MY DAUGHTER I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT REALLY IN LOVE WITH HER WHAT KIND OF A BOYFRIEND WOULD DO THIS KIND OF KIDNAPPING PLAN FOR 5 CRORES.. YOU KNOW THAT I WILL FIND OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR LOVE YOU KNOW THAT I WILL NOT AGREE FOR THIS MARRIAGE.. SO..YOU WANTED TO RUNAWAY WITH THIS 5 CRORES THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS ON MY NAME I HAVEN’T TRANSFERRED IT TO NAKSHATRA YET I MAY AGREE TO YOUR MARRIAGE..BUT I WON’T TRANSFER MY PROPERTY TO HER UNTIL I FIND THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR LOVE TODAY IS SUNDAY, IT’S ALREADY 10:00 PM.. USUALLY I DON’T KEEP MORE THAN 25 LAKHS CASH AT MY HOME SO I DON’T HAVE THE CASH I HAVE 1 CRORE WORTH OF GOLD BISCUITS I HAD TO GO HOME AND BRING THIS FOR YOU WHILE CHANDU WENT TO BRING YOU. JUST TAKE THESE AND LEAVE MY DAUGHTER AND THIS CITY..IF YOU ONLY WANT MONEY.. IF YOU REALLY LOVE MY DAUGHTER DON’T TAKE THE MONEY YOU CAN STAY IN THIS CITY I WILL DECIDE WHAT TO DO LATER DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DO..I MIGHT CHANGE MY MIND IF YOU DELAY . DO YOU WANT THE MONEY?? I WILL GIVE YOU 5 MINS ..SAY YES..OR..NO SANTOSH IS THINKING..THINKING CHANDU AND JAGANMOHAN WAIT FOR HIS ANSWER ANXIOUSLY .... AFTER A MINUTE.. SANTOSH: YES..I WILL TAKE THE MONEY CHANDU IS SURPRISED .BUT NOT JAGANMOHAN RAO .. .... JAGANMOHAN RAO: THAT WAS QUICK I GAVE YOU 5 MINUTES..BUT YOU TOOK ONLY A MINUTE I KNOW YOU WOULD SAY YES . JAGANMOHAN RAO OPENS THE BRIEFCASE ANS SHOWS HIM THE GOLD AND CLOSES IT.. .. .... JAGANMOHAN RAO: TAKE THIS MONEY AND LEAVE THIS CITY RIGHT NOW..DON’T GO TO HER NOW....JUST LEAVE FROM HERE ITSELF .NEVER EVER TRY TO MEET MY DAUGHTER DON’T EVEN CALL HER SANTOSH: OK..SIR JAGANMOHAN RAO: ONE MORE THING CALL NAKSHATRA NOW AND TELL HER THAT THE PLAN IS SUCCESS AND TELL THAT YOU GOT ALL THE JEWELRY AND MONEY. AND ASK HER TO GO HOME WITH CHANDU ONCE HE GETS THERE. SANTOSH CALLS NAKSHATRA FROM HIS CELL AND TELLS HER THE SAME. CHANDU OPENS THE DOOR SANTOSH LEAVES .. .. .... JAGANMOHAN RELAXES ON THE CHAIR CHANDU SITS NEXT TO HIM . CHANDU: I WAS SURPRISED SIR .I NEVER EXPECTED THAT HE WOULD TAKE THE MONEY..LOOKS LIKE HE DIDN’T EVEN THINK MUCH..HE JUST DECIDED IN A MINUTE JAGANMOHAN RAO: I KNOW THESE PEOPLE CHANDU..I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THESE KIND OF PEOPLE FOR 40 YEARS.. I AM GLAD I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS GUY EARLY..OR ELSE NAKSHTRA’S LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN SPOILED I DON’T KNOW HOW THEY FELL IN LOVE SHE IS SO MADLY IN LOVE WITH THIS IDIOT SHE EVEN AGREED TO HIS KIDNAP PLAN STUPID GUY BY THE WAY..I FORGOT TO ASK YOU..HOW DO YOU KNOW MY DAUGHTER?? WHERE DID YOU MEAT HER?? CHANDU: LIKE I SAID SIR..I ONLY MET HER TWICE BEFORE THIS KIDNAP THING . FIRST I MET HER A MONTH AGO.. .. (WE SHOW THE FLASHBACK SCENE HERE..) SOME CROWDED STREET PEOPLE ARE BUSY BUYING STUFF MOSTLY WOMEN . .. .. ....(LIKE SULTAN BAZAAR..) CAHNDU IS WALKING . SUDDENLY..SOMEBODY ..CALLS HIM . HE TURNS BACK .THERE IS NAKSHATRA . SMILING AT HIM . NAKSHATRA: you look very handsome.. . CHANDU: THANK YOU NAKSHATRA: what you are doing here there is no stuff for men here..it’s all women stuff.. CHANDU: I am new to this place..just came to see what it is.. NAKSHATR: ok ..ok by the way..I need a favor from you.. if you don’t mind can you please search this street for me.. I lost my gold chain..just now CHANDU: oh..really sure sure where shall I search??? NAKSHATRA: AHH .FIRST YOU START FROM YOUR POCKET . CHANDU LOOKED SURPRISED . NAKSHATRA IS SMILING AT HIM.. . NAKSHATRA: oh..don’t be surprised it should be there in your pocket . just put your hand in your pocket and see you don’t want me to shout here..right?? they will catch you and beat the hell out of you you don’t want that ..right?? CHANDU SLOWLY PULLS THE CHAIN OUT OF HIS POCKET AND GIVES IT TO HER NAKSHATRA: good boy . ok see..you CHANDU TURNS BACK AND ABOUT TO LEAVE . NAKSHATRA: excuse me . CHANDU TURNS BACK TO HER.. . CLICK..CLICK SHE IS HOLDING HER CELL PHONE CAMERA AND TOOK CHANDU’S PICTURE . NAKSHATRA: don’t worry..i don’t give this to police . I met a thief in my life for the first time.. I will keep this as a souvenir ..thank you . NAKSHATRA LAUGHS AND LEAVES . (FLASHBACK SCENE ENDS) (BACK TO THE CURRENT SCENE) CHANDU: after that I met her again at a bus-stop this morning and explained the kidnapping plan JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK . SUDDENLY..JAGANMOHAN RAO’S CELL PHONE RINGS . HE ANSWERS IT JAGANMOHAN RAO: ok .chandu..I need to go..that was subramanyam go and send nakshatra home CHANDU: wait sir..I will go and get your jewelry and money I have hidden them at my friend’s room..it’s just 10 mins from here.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: ok make it fast..it’s getting late.. . CHANDU LEAVES AND COMES BACK IN 10 MINUTES HE GIVES THE JEWELRY AND MONEY TO JAGANMOHAN RAO.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: chandu..I offered you 10more lakhs..so total 20 lakhs..but you area nice person and trust worthy ..you saved my life so take this all 25 lakhs CHANDU LOOKED VERY HAPPY CHANDU: ok sir..thank you JAGANMOHAN RAO: leave this city ..but keep calling me once in a while..i might need your help again.. CHANDU TAKES THE MONEY HE IS ABOUT TO LEAVE HE TURNS BACK AS IF HE REMEMBERED SOMETHING CHANDU: sir..I forgot..this.. HE PULLS THE GUN OUT OF HIS POCKET AND HANDS IT TO JAGANMOHAN RAO CHANDU AND JAGANMOHAN RAO LEAVE Location: Two Storied Building. Exterior- Sunday Around 10:45 PM CHANDU PARKS HIS BIKE AND LOOKS AT THE BUILDING ALL LIGHTS ARE OFF...NO LIGHTS AT ALL.. IT’S DARK.. HE WONDERED FOR A MINUTE.. HE IS THINKING MAYBE NAKSHATRA IS SLEEPING HOW COULD SHE SLEEP IN THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS MAYBE SHE IS SHE SCARED BY THAT WATCHMAN..MAYBE SHE TURNED OFF THE LIGHTS HE SLOWLY GETS ON THE STPS TRIES TO KNOCK THE DOOR THE DOOR..IS..OPEN THAT SURPRISED HIM HE SLOWLY OPENS THE DOOR HE SLOWLY ENTERS AND TURNS ON THE LIGHTS HE FINDS NAKSHATRA LYING IN THE SOFA HE WONDERS FOR A WHILE.. SHE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE SHE IS SLEEPING . HE SLOWLY WALKS TOWARDS HER HER GUN IS LYING NEXT TO HER IN THE SOFA IS SHE DEAD???? THERE IS NO BLOOD ON HER BODY HE KNEELS DOWN HE CALLS HER NAME COUPLE OF TIMES SHE DOESN’T WAKE UP.. HE SHAKES HER LITTLE BIT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS UNCONSCIOUS SHE SLOWLY TRIES TO WAKE UP . SHE OPENS HER EYES..SLOWLY..WITH LOT OF EFFORT SHE SLOWLY GETS UP..AND SITS TRYING TO RECOVER .. CHANDU LOOKS AROUND THERE..IS ..A .BODY ON..THE FLOOR .. HE IS SHOCKED LOOKS AT HER SHE IS STILL TRYING RECOVER HE GETS UP SLOWLY..AND WALKS TOWARDS THE BODY . THAT IS .SANTOSH’S .DEAD BODY..COVERED IN ..BLOOD .. HE IS TRYING TO CONTROL HIMSELF..FROM THE SHOCK HE SLOWLY WALKS TOWARDS HER CHANDU: WHY DID YOU KILL HIM .. CHANDU TRIES TO BRING HER TO CONSCIOUSNESS . HE PITS HIS HANDS ON HER SHOULDERS AND SHAKES HER .. CHANDU: NAKSHATRA..WHY DID YOU KILL..SANTOSH .. SHE DOESN’T RESPOND .SHE IS IN TRAUMA .. SUDDENLY..SUDDENLY THERE IS..A NOISE AT THE DOOR SOME NOISE CHANDU..TURNS BACK .. SUDDENLY THE DOOR OPENS AS IF SOMEBODY KICKED IT SOMEBODY IS SHOUTING.. HANDS UP..HANDS UP . THAT IS..POLICE POLICE . WITH THEIR GUNS POINTING AT HIM.. CHANDU AND NAKSHATRA ARE SURROUNDED BY..POLICE .. THEY RECOVER THE GUN FROM CHANDU AND NAKSHATRA CHANDU IS STILL IN A GREAT SHOCK HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON THEY BOTH ARE HANDCUFFED .. BY THE TIME CHANDU REALIZED WHAT IS GOING ON.. HE FOUND HIMSELF IN THE POLICE VAN TRAVELING WITH NAKSHATRA AND FOUR CONSTABLES AND A INSPECTOR . CHANDU TURNS TO INSPECTOR CHANDU: SIR I DIDN’T KILL HIM..SIR.. .. INSPECTOR: REALLY THIS IS THE FIRST SENTENCE EVERY KILLER SAYS.. . CHANDU: PLEASE..SIR..BELIEVE ME SIR SIR I DIDN’T KILL HIM..SIR.. ..SHE KILLED HIM THAT’S HER BOYFRIEND SANTOSH..SIR.. INSPECTOR: JUST..SHUT YOUR MOUTH .. . CHANDU: SIR SIR JAGANMOHAN RAO SIR KNOWS ME WELL SIR HE CAN EXPLAIN..THIS TO..YOU..SIR INSPECTOR: WHO IS JAGNMOHAN RAO??.. .. CHANDU: OWNER OF NAKSHATRA INDUSTRIES SIR INSPECTOR: WHAT?? THAT JAGANMOHAN RAO SIR?? ARE YOU IN SENSE?? WHAT HE HAS TO DO WITH THIS?? CHANDU: SIR.THIS..IS HIS DAUGHTER..NAKSHATRA INSPECTOR IS SURPRISED....LOOKS AT NAKSHATRA INSPECTOR: ARE YOU NAKSHATRA INDUSTRIES OWNER MR.JAGANMOHAN RAO’S DAUGHTER??? NAKSHATRA STILL IN SHOCK..SHE DOESN’T RESPOND . INSPECTOR SIGNALS THE VAN DRIVER TO STOP IT INSPECTOR ASKS THE CONSTABLES . THEY SAY THEY HAVEN’T SEEN JAGANMOHAN RAO’S DAUGHTER BEFORE INSPECTOR: LET’S GO TO JAGANMOHAN RAO SIR’S HOUSE . IT WON’T BE GOOD FOR US AND OUR DEPARTMENT IF WE TAKE HIS DAUGHTER TO THE POLICE STATION.. LET’S GO AND TALK TO HIM .. DRIVER DRIVES THE VAN TOWARDS JAGANMOHAN RAO’S HOUSE.. THEY REACH THE HOUSE Location:Jaganmohan Rao’s house. Sunday Around 11:15 PM INSPECTOR GETS DOWN STILL SOME LIGHTS ARE ON..IN THE HOUSE.. INSPECTOR GOES AND TALKS TO THE WATCHMAN WATCHMAN GOES INSIDE AND COMES BACK . INSPECTOR GOES IN AND COMES BACK TAKES CHANDU WITH HIM . JAGANMOHAN IS WAITING FOR THEM IN THE HALL INSPECTOR: SIR..HE SAYS..HE KNOWS YOU JAGANMOHAN LOOKS AT CHANDU AND LOOKS AT INSPECTOR JAGANMOHAN RAO: YES..INSPECTOR SHAFI I KNOW HIM..HE IS CHANDU INSPECTOR SHAFI LOOKS AT CHANDU AS IF HE BELIEVED CHANDU’S WORDS.. INSPECTOR: SIR THERE WAS MURDER WE ARRESTED HIM AND A GIRL AT THE SPOT SIR...HE SAYS THAT GIRL KILLED HIM HIS NAME IS SANTOSH IT SEEMS.. AND HE ALSO SAYS.. THAT GIRL IS YOUR DAUGHTER JAGANMOHAN RAO IS SHOCKED . LOOKS AT CHANDU . CHANDU NODS HIS HEAD .. JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..BRING HER IN INSPECTOR SHAFI CALLS THE CONSTABLES IN THE VAN AND ASKS THEM TO BRING HER . .. THEY BRING NAKSHATRA IN SHE IS STILL IN TRAUMA SHE IS WALKING AS IF SHE IS IN SLEEP CONSTABLES ARE HOLDING HER JAGANMOHAN RAO LOOKS AT HER .. INSPECTOR: SIR IS..THIS YOUR DAUGHTER NAKSHATRA??? JAGANMOHAN RAO IS STILL SURPRISED .. LOOKS AT INSPECTOR SHAFI JAGANMOHAN RAO: NO..NO INSPECTOR ..THIS..IS NOT ..MY .DAUGHTER .. SHE IS MY..SECRETARY..SRAAVANI . CHANDU GETS SEVERE..JOLT..SHOCK HE FEELS..HIS BODY..IS..FALLING ..APART HE COULDN’T BELIEVE HIS EARS .. INSPECTOR: SO..WHERE IS YOUR DAUGHTER THEN???? JAGANMOHAN RAO: SHE IS HERE..IN HER..BEDROOM .. JAGANMOHAN RAO CALLS NAKSHATRA THEY ALL LOOK AT THE STAIRS . CHANDU LOOKS AT THE STEPS ANXIOUSLY SOMEBODY IS COMING..DOWN..THE STAIRS . SLOWLY..SLOWLY . NAKSHATRA(22) COMES DOWN CHANDU IS SURPRISED TO SEE HER.. CHANDU HAS NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE . CHANDU LOOKS AROUND.. THERE ARE PHOTOS OF JAGANMOHAN RAO AND HIS REAL DAUGHTER NAKSHATRA .HANGING ON THE WALL . NAKSHATRA LOOKS AT INSPECTOR SHAFI AND HER DAD JAGANMOHAN RAO.. AND SRAAVANI . NAKSHATRA: YES..DAD ? WHAT.. HAPPENED??? HOW COME SRAAVANI IS HERE?? SOMETHING WRONG DAD?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: NAKSHATRA..YOU GO UPSTAIRS..I WILL TELL YOU LATER.. NAKSHATRA GOES UPSTAIRS CHANDU COULDN’T BELIEVE HIS EYES . JAGANMOHAN RAO WALKS TOWARDS SRAAVANI .. JAGANMOHA RAO: WHAT IS THIS SRAAVANI?? WHAT’S GOING ON?? WHY ARE YOU WITH CHANDU??I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS.. DID YOU KILL ANYBODY?? SRAAVANI DOESN’T RESPOND . JAGANMOHAN RAO TURNS TO INSPECTOR SHAFI .. JAGANMOHAN RAO: INSPECTOR SHAFI, I WILL COME TO POLICE STATION AND TALK TO HER TOMORROW INSPECTOR SHAFI: OK..SIR JAGANMOHAN RAO: INSPECTOR SHAFI, IF YOU DON’T MIND CAN I TAL TO CHANDU FOR A MINUTE.. ALONE?? INSPECTOR SHAFI: SURE SIR CONSTABLES AND SHAFI TAKE SRAAVANI AWAY CHANDU AND JAGANMOHAN RAO ARE LEFT ALONE.. JAGANMOHAN RAO WALKS TOWARDS CHANDU ..CHANDU LOOKS AT HIM.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT IS GOING ON CHANDU?? .YOU BROUGHT POLICE TO MY HOME?? I WANTED TO FINISH THIS DEAL WITHOUT ANYBODY’S KNOWLEDGE..THAT’S WHY I DIDN’T INFORM ANYBODY THE DEAL IS.. YOU GET THE MONEY.. I GET MY DAUGHTER.. YOU TOOK THE MONEY AND SENT MY DAUGHTER HOME..THAT’S IT.. IT SHOULD END THERE . BUT..WHAT IS THIS KILLING DRAMA?? DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE NEWS PAPERS AND POLICE?? EVEN IF THERE IS A SMALL ISSUE ABOUT ME THEY MAKE IT A BIG DEAL AND PRINT ON THE FRONT PAGES.. MY DAUGHTER IS GROWN UP..IF ANY NEWS ABOUT HER KIDNAPPING GETS ON THE NEWS PAPER DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO HER FUTURE??? THAT’S WHY I DIDN’T TELL ANY BODY AT ALL NOW YOU MADE IT PUBLIC WHY DID YOU KILL?? AND WHO DID YOU KILL?? IS THAT SANTOSH?? WHAT IS SRAAVANI DOING HERE??? WHAT DOES SHE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS?? CHANDU: SIR..PLEASE..BELEIVE ME SIR I NEVER SAW YOUR DAUGHTER NAKSHATRA IN MY LIFE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER ALL THIS TIME I WAS THINKING SRAAVANI WAS NAKSHATRA JAGANMOHAN RAO: BUT..NAKSHATRA CAME HOME JUST 10 MINUTES AGO SHE TOLD ME THAT YOU LEFT HER HERE I ALSO SAW MY DAUGHTER NAKSHATRA AT THE WINDOW FROM THAT 4 STORIED BUILDING THROUGH BINOCULARS . CHANDU: I DON’T SIR..WHAT’S HAPPENING .MAYBE YOUR DAUGHTER NAKSHATRA KNOWS PLEASE TRY TO FIND OUT FROM HER SIR I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MURDER .PLEASE SIR JAGANMOHAN RAO THINKS FOR A WHILE.... JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..CHANDU I WILL FIND OUT FROM NAKSHATRA..I WILL COME TO THE POLICE STATION TOMORROW .DON’T WORRY..I KNOW SOMETHING IS GOING ON THAT WE DON’T KNOW MEAN TIME INSPECTOR SHAFI COMES BACK.... INSPECTOR SHAFI: SORRY TO DISTURB YOU SIR..AT THIS..TIME..SINCE HE MENTIONED THAT THAT GIRL IN THE VAN WAS YOUR DAUGHTER I DIRECTLY CAME HERE.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: THAT’S OK..INSPECTOR..I WILL BE THERE TOMORROW.. THEY GO BACK TO THE VAN .CHANDU TRIES TO FIND OUT WHAT’S GOING ON . HE IS THINKING THINKING MAYBE THIS IS ALL HIS DAUGHTER NAKSHATRA’S PLAN .. MAYBE SHE IS ALSO IN THAT BUILDING WITH SRAAVANI HIDING SOMEWHERE UPSTAIRS SHE CAME DOWN AFTER I AHD GONE OUT.. SO JAGANMOHAN RAO SAW THE REAL NAKSHATRA MAYBE SANTOSH IS NAKSHATRA’S BOYFRIEND SO ..NAKSHATRA AND SANTOSH PLANNED THIS THEY ASKED SRAAVANI TO HELP JAGANMOHAN RAO GAVE THE 1 CRORE TO SANTOSH AND ASKED HIM TO LEAVE THE CITY IMMEDIATELY WITH OUT MEETING NAKSHATRA..BUT HE WENT TO NAKSHATRA TO SAY GOOD BYE .SO..NAKSHTRA DIDN’T LIKE THAT SHE KILLED HIM ..SRAAVANI SAW THE MURDER AND SHE FAINTED .NO..MAYBE NAKSHATRA HIT HER ON HEAD..SO..SHE FAINTED.. AND ..NAKSHATRA LEFT THAT PLACE AND TOLD HER DAD THAT I LEFT HER AT HOME YES..THIS..IS ALL..NAKSHATRA’S PLAN . BUT..WHO CALLED..POLICE?? .. SHE WOULDN’T CALL THE POLICE .MAYBE SHE CALLED TO TRAP US ALL IN . MAYBE THAT WATCHMAN??? CHANDU’S BRIAN IS GOING TO EXPLODE . THEY REACH THE POLICE STATION SRAAVANI AND CHANDU ARE PLACED IN SEPARATE CELLS THAT NIGHT PASSED VERY SLOWLY FOR CHANDU . NEXT DAY MORNING INSPECTOR SHAFI GOES TO CHANDU HE INTERROGATES CHANDU . CHANDU EXPLAINS HIM EVERYTHING . INSPECTOR SHAFI: SO YOU THINK NAKSHARA IS BEHIND ALL THIS .. CHANDU NODS HIS HEAD . INSPECTOR SHAFI LEAVES HE GOES TO SRAAVANI.. SRAAVANI IS NORMAL INSPECTOR SHAFI INTERROGATES SRAAVANI INSPECTOR SHAFI: SEE. SRAAVANI..YOU MUST TELL ME WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED ..THEN ONLY I CAN HELP YOU I DON’T WANT SOME INNOCENTS GET PUNISHED FOR SOMETHING THEY DIDN’T DO YOU MUST TELL ME THE TRUTH THE GUN HAS YOUR FINGER PRINTS AND THE BULLETS THAT KILLED SANTOSH ARE ALSO FROM THAT GUN AS PER THESE EVIDENCES YOU WILL BE JAILED CHANDU ALSO WILL BE JAILED FOR HELPING YOU KILL SANTOSH IF YOU DON’T TELL ME THE TRUTH I CAN’T HELP YOU SRAAVANI AGREES AND STARTS TELLING HIM .. SRAAVANI: I HAVE BEEN MR.JAGANMOHAN RAO’S PERSONAL SECRETARY FOR 5 YEARS I AM ALWAYS WITH HIM WHEN HE IS IN CITY I OFTEN GO TO HIS HOUSE HE LOVES HIS DAUGHTER SO MUCH I HAVE SEEN IT SO MANY TIMES HE CAN’T TOLERATE ANYTHING HAPPENING TO HER HE REALLY LOVES HER MORE THAN HIS LIFE HE WILL DO ANYTHING FOR HER HIS DAUGHTER IS HIS FIRST PRIORITY.. ONE DAY (WE SHOW THE FLASHBACK SCENE HERE..) FLASHBACK SCENE STARTS.. (CAMERA IS ON SRAAVANI’S FACE ) SRAAVANI: WE SHOULD DO IT . (CAMERA SLOWLY MOVES THE OPPOSITE SIDE....THERE WE SHOW..SANTOSH SITTING LOOKING AT HER.. ) SANTOSH: ARE YOU SURE??? YOU WANT TO DO THIS?? I AM SCARED..LITTLE SRAAVANI: YES..I AM SURE SANTOSH .I AM TIRED OF MY LIFE WE HAVE NOTHING..HOW LONG WE SURVIVE WITH THESE SALARIES YOU ARE JUST A MECHANIC. I AM JUST A SECRETARY..WILL WE EVER BE ABLE TO BUY A GOOD HOUSE WITH OUR SALARIES IN A CITY LIKE THIS?? WE MUST DO THIS SANTOSH. TONIGHT ITSELF..OR SLE..WE WILL MISS THIS GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY . AFTER THIS YOU LEAVE THIS CITY IMMEDIATELY AND SETTLE IN VIZAG....AFTER 6 MONTHS I WILL RESIGN THIS JOB AND JOIN YOU WE WILL MARRY AND LIVE HAPPILY . SRAAVANI CONVINCES SANTOSH .. SANTOSH: OK TONIGHT?? SRAAVANI: YES..TONIGHT AT 9:30PM ..I HAVE THE DUPLICATE CAR..KEY SANTOSH: BRING THE CELL PHONE AND THE GUN THAT WE BOUGHT??? SRAAVANI: YES..I WILL BRING THEM SHE HANDS HIM THE DULICATE KEY.. .. THEY LEAVE (HERE WE SHOW THE VERY FIRST SCENE THAT HPPENED IN THE STORY VERY CLEARLY .) Location: Some Movie Theater Complex Exterior- saturday Around 9:30 PM (CAMERA(SRAAVANI) IS AT A FAR DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE THEATER .INSIDE THE COMPLEX..) MOVIE WAS OVER PEOPLE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE THEATER.. IT WAS SOME OLD MOVIE HARDLY ANY PEOPLE THERE ALL DISPERSED ..A GROUP OF GIRLS CAME OUT.. (CAMERA(SRAAVANI) MOVES ASIDE LITTLE BIT..AS IF SOMEBODY IS TRYINGTO HIDE..) THEY ARE ALL ABOUT TO LEAVE THEY ARE HAVING A LITTLE CHAT BEFORE THEY LEAVE.. THEY ARE STANDING AS A GROUP INSIDE THE COMPLEX . . (NOW WE SHOW NAKSHATRA IN THAT GROUP CLEARLY.) AFTER LITTLE CHAT THEY DISPERSE ONE OF THE GIRLS WALKS TO WARDS CELLAR WHERE HER CAR IS PARKED . (CAMERA(SRAAVANI) SLOWLY FOLLOWS HER FROM A DISTANCE..AS IF SOMEBODY IS FOLLOWING HER..) (WE SHOW NAKSHATRA WALKING .) NAKSHATRA IS WALKING IN THE CELLAR SOME CARS ARE PARKED THERE (CAMERA(SRAAVANI) FOLLOWS HER .. ) NAKSHATRA REACHES HER CAR (CAMERA(SRAAVANI) HIDES BEHIND A PILLAR AND WATCHES HER GET IN THE CAR ) NAKSHATRA GETS IN THE CAR .. (WE DON’T SHOW HER FACE..AT ALL ) (NOW THE CAMERA(SANTOSH) IS IN THE CAR...ON HER..BACK ) (WE SHOW HER BACKSIDE ) SUDDENLY THERE IS A HAND(SANTOSH’S HAND) WITH BLACK GLOVE ON NAKSHATRA SEAT’S BACK. NAKSHATRA IS ABOUT TO START THE CAR.. SANTOSH’S ..HAND..SLOWLY..MOVES..AND..GRABS..HER FROM ..THE BACK NAKSHATRA TRIES TO SCREAM AND STRUGGLE ..BUT THE OTHER HAND WITH WHITE CLOTH IS ON HER FACE SUFFOCATES HER (WE JUST SHOW THE HANDS WITH GLOVES AND HER BACK..) SHE SLOWLY BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS . STOPS...STRUGGLING THAT NIGHT SRAAVANI CALLS JAGANMOHAN RAO’S HOUSE..FROM A PUBLIC PHONE SERVANT SUBRAMANYAM ANSWERS.. SRAAVANI CHANGES HER VOICE TO RESEMBLE NAKSHATRA’S VOICE.. SHE TELL HIM THAT SHE GOING ON A PICNIC AND WLL BE BACK BY SUNDAY.. Location: Some Room Sunday Morning Around 8:00 AM NAKSHATRA SLOWLY WAKES..UP SHE IS TIED TO A CHAIR HER MOUTH IS TAPED SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHERE SHE IS..THAT ROOM LOOKED LIKE A BATHROOM SANTOSH AN SRAAVANI ARE OUTSIDE .WAITING FOR HER TO WAKE UP.. SANTOSH: LOOKS LIKE SHE WOKE UP SRAAVANI: OK..HERE IS THE THING SHE SHOULD NOT SEE ME IF SHE SEES ME SHE WILL TELL HER DAD AFTER WE RELEASE HER SO..SHE SHOULD NEVER SEE ME . SHE DOESN’T KNOW YOU AND SHE HAS NOT SEEN YOU BEFORE AND NOBODY KNOWS YOU.. SO SHE CAN’T TELL THE POLICE WHO YOU ARE.. AND ANYWAY YOU WON’T BE HERE TOMORROW SO..GO AND TALK TO HER AND TALK TO HER GIVE THIS BREAKFAST.. SANTOSH: OK SANTOSH GOES INSIDE THE BATHROOM . NAKSHATRA LOOKS AT HIM..SHE GETS SCARED.. SANTOSH: SEE..LISTEN CAREFULLY WE ARE NOT GOING TO HURT YOU I AM NOT HERE TO RAPE YOU.. WE JUST NEED THE MONEY FROM YOUR DAD ONCE WE GET THE MONEY.. WE WILL LEAVE YOU DON’T TRY TO SHOUT OR DO ANYTHING STUPID..OUR PEOPLE ARE ALL AROUND THIS HOUSE KIDNAPPING A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE’S DAUGHTER IS NOT A JOKE..SO..WE HAVE OUR FORCE.. IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG WE WILL KILL YOU AND YOUR DAD WE DON’T WANT MUCH..JUST 5 CRORES..I KNOW 5 CRORES ARE NOTHING TO YOUR DAD SO JUST STAY CALM I AM GOING TO UNTIE YOU SINCE YOU ARE IN THE BATHROOM ..FINISH THE FORMALITIES... AND HAVE THIS FOOD.. . NAKSHATRA NODS HER HEAD .. SANTOSH: GOOD GIRL..ONCE YOU ARE DONE..JUST KNOCK THE DOOR..I WILL COME AND TIE YOU YOU WON’T BE HERE THE WHOLE DAY..JUST TILL THIS EVENING UNTIL YOUR DAD COMES BACK FROM THE TRIP HE UNTIES NAKSHATRA AND CLOSES THE BATHROOM DOOR .. GOES TO SRAVANI IN THE OTHER ROOM.. SRAAVANI IS EAGERLY WAITING FOR HIM SRAAVANI: IS SHE OK? DID SHE SAY ANYTHING?? SANTOSH: SHE IS FINE, SHE DIDN’T SAY A SINGLE WORD..MUST BE SCARED.. SRAAVANI: GOOD I WILL GO TO MY ROOM AND FRESHEN UP AND COME.. SANTOSH: OK ... SRAAVANI LEAVES AFTER A WHILE NAKSHATRA KNOCKS THE DOOR.. SANTOSH OPENS THE DOOR NAKSHATRA: I CAN’T EAT THE BREAKFAST IN THIS BATHROOM CAN I EAT THERE IN THAT ROOM SANTOSH: NO..YOU MUST EAT ..HERE NAKSHATRA: PLEASE..I DON’T SHOUT AND I DON’T GO ANYWHERE .PLEASE THIS IS A BATHROOM SANTOSH THINKS FOR A WHILE SANTOSH: OK..BUT IF YOU TRY TO BE SMART..I DON’T MIND KILLING YOU HE SHOWS HIS GUN.. NAKSHATRA: NO..I WON’T PLEASE BELIEVE ME.. SANTOSH BRINGS HER TO THE ROOM NAKSHATRA LOOKS AROUND ... SANTOSH BRINGS A CHAIR NAKSHATRA SITS AND KEEPS EATING HER BREAKFAST SANTOSH WATCHES HER NAKSHATRA: YOU LOOK FAMILIAR.. SANTOSH IS LITTLE SHOCKED FOR A WHILE..THEN BECOMES NORMAL.. SANTOSH: I AM SUPPOSED TO SCARE YOU.. NOT THE OTHER WAY.. DON’T PLAY ANY CHEAP TRICKS SHE FINISHES HER BREAKFAST .. NAKSHATRA: NO..I AM NOT JOKING YOU REALLY LOOK FAMILIAR ..I SAW YOU ..SOMEWHERE .. SHE TRIES TO RECALL SANTOSH: OK..ENOUGH..LET’S MOVE BACK TO BATHROOM .. HE TAKES HER TO THE BATHROOM AND STARTS TYING HER NAKSHATRA TRIES TO RECALL SUDDENLY HER FACE BRIGHTENS AS IF SHE FOUND WHO HE IS (WE SHOW THE SCENE NOW . SRAAVANI AND SANTOSH ARE ON THE BIKE CAMERA IS ON SRAAAVANI AND SANTOSH AT THE TRAFFIC SIGANL THE CAMERA MOVES BACK AND BACK.. SLOWLY SLOWLY..INTO THE ...BACK SEAT OF THE CAR.. WHERE NAKSHATRA IS WATCHING THEM NAKSHATRA IS SITTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR..) NAKSHATRA: NOW I REMEMBER I SAW YOU AND SRAAVANI ON A BIKE AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL .. SANTOSH IS SHOCKED HE NEVER EXPECTED THIS HE SLOWLY STARTS TO SWEAT TIES HER AND TAPES HER MOUTH AND WALKS OUT IMMEDIATELY . AND CALLS SRAAVANI SRAAVANI ANSWERS THE PHONE SANTOSH’S VOICE IS SHAKING SANTOSH: SRAAVANI .NAKSHATRA KNOWS WHO I AM? SRAAVANI: WHAT??? NO..NOWAY..NO.CHANCE SHE IS JUST PLAYING SOME TRICKS SANTOSH: NO..SHE SAW ME AND YOU AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON MY BIKE..SHE MENTIONED YOUR NAME NOW SRAAVANI IS SHOCKED SHE IS DUMBSTRUCK SHE DOESN’T TALK FOR A WHILE SANTOSH: WE WILL BE CAUGHT EASILY . SRAAVANI: OK..BE COOL..I AM COMING THERE WE WILL PLAN SOMETHING ELSE.. SRAAVANI GETS READY AND CATCHES A AUTO TO SANTOSH’S PLACE.. SHE IS THINKING..THINKING ..WHAT TO DO WE CAN’T ESCAPE THIS WHOLE PLAN IS FALLING APART..GOD..I SHOULD HAVE ASKED HIM TO WEAR THE MASK..OR SOMEHING LIKE THAT . ALL THIS TIME I WAS CONFIDENT THAT NOBODY KNOWS SANTOSH BUT SHE SAW US I CAN LIE THAT I DON’T KNOW HIM BUT..POLICE WON’T BELIEVE ME SHE IS THINKING . SUDDENLY..SHE SAW..SOMEBODY AT THE BUS-STOP . THAT IS CHANDU .. SHE IMMEDIATELY GETS AN IDEA..ASKS THE AUTO TO STOP SHE GETS DOWN AND WALKS TOWARDS CHANDU (FLASHBACK SCENE ENDS IN THE MIDDLE..) SRAAVANI CONTINUES HER STORY INSPECTOR SHAFI IS LISTENING.. SRAAVANI: THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME I MET CHANDU FIRST..I MET HIM AT A STREET WHERE HE STOLE MY GOLD CHAIN . I TOOK HIS PICTURE WITH MY CELL PHONE CAMERA HE IS A SMALL TIME THIEF.. INSPECTOR SHAFI: OK..GO ON TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED NEXT (FLASHBACK SCENE STARTS AGAIN . ) SRAAVANI WALKS TOWARDS CHANDU SRAAVANI: HI.. CHANDU TURNS AND SEES SMILING SRAAVANI...HE RECOGNIZED HER, SRAAVANI: REMEMBER ME.... CHANDU NODS HIS HEAD.. SRAAVANI: DON’T WORRY..I DIDN’T TELL ANYBODY ABOUT YOU SO..HOW IS YOUR BUSINESS CHANDU SMILES.... SRAAVANI: IF DON’T MIND CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A SECOND.. CHANDU: OK SRAAVANI: LET’S GO TO THAT PARK THEY WALK TO THE PARK .SIT ON A BENCH...... SRAAVANI: SO WHAT’S YOUR NAME.. HE DOESN’T RESPOND........ SRAAVANI: OK..YOU DON’T HAVE TO TELL ME YOUR NAME.... I KNOW THAT YOU ARE A THIEF SO..TELL ME SOME THING ABOUT YOU HE HESITATES FOR A WHILE AND STARTS TALKING.......... CHANDU: I AM NEW TO THIS CITY..CAME HERE 6 MONTHS AGO . I DO PICKPOCKETS.. .STEAL GOLD CHAINS ETC,,,I WILL MAKE SOME MONEY AND MOVE TO SOME OTHER CITY.. I WAS NEVER CAUGHT.. I AM JUST A DRIFTER THAT’S ALL ABOUT ME.. SRAAVANI: SO..HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE?? A MONTH?? CHANDU: I USUALLY DON’T DO IT EVERYDAY..USUALLY IN CROWED TRAINS AND BUSES...ETC..SOMETIMES ON BUSY STREETS WE USUALLY SELL THEM FOR HALF THE PRICE ..SOMETIMES LESS THAN THAT.. SO AT AN AVERAGE..5,000 A MONTH WHY DO YOU ASK ALL THESE.??. SRAAVANI: CAN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME?? CHANDU LOOKS AT HER .......... CHANDU: I WILL NOT KILL PEOPLE SRAAVANI: NO..NO..YOU DON’T HAVE TO KILL ANYBODY CHANDU: OK HOW MUCH YOU CAN PAY ME? SRAAVANI: 10 LAKHS .. CHANDU IS REALLY SURPRISED SRAAVANI: YES..THE REAL 10 LAKH RUPEES BUT DON’T TELL ANYBODY.. CHANDU: NO..I WON’T..WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO?? SHE GETS UP..CHANDU STILL CAN’T BELIEVE HER WORDS.. ABOUT 10 LAKHS.. SRAAVANI: I WILL TELL YOU YOU BE HERE ..I WILL BE BACK IN AN HOUR AND DON’T TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT OUR CONVERSATION CHANDU STANDS UP...SHE WALKS LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE ROAD . SHE STOPS AND TURNS BACK.. SRAAVANI: DID YOU EVER HERE ABOUT NAKSHATRA INDUSTRIES?? CHANDU: YES..I HEARD ABOUT IT THAT OWNER IS VERY RICH IT SEEMS MAYBE RICHEST IN THE CITY.. SRAAVANI: DO YOU KNOW THE OWNER’S NAME?? CHANDU: NO..I DON’T KNOW..AND ..I DON’T CARE..SINCE I WON’T BE IN THIS CITY THAT LONG.... SRAAVANI: HIS NAME IS JAGANMOHAN RAO.. CHANDU: OH..OK.. SRAAVANI: HE HAS ONE AND ONLY DAUGHTER.. DO YOU KNOW HER??.. CHANDU: NO .. SRAAVANI: HER NAME IS NAKSHATRA .. CHANDU: OK WHY YOU ARE TELLING ME THIS.. .. SRAAVANI: BECAUSE I..AM . NAKSHATRA .. CHANDU IS STUNNED ..SRAAVANI WALKS AWAY CHANDU STILL IN A BIG SURRISE SRAAVANI REACHES SANTOSH’S ROOM.. SANTOSH IS WAITING FOR HER.. ANXIOUSLY.. SRAAVANI: OK..CALM..DOWN.. I HAVE A PLAN . I FOUND A GUY..WHO COULD HELP US THROUGH THIS I OFFERED HIM 10 LAKHS AND I TOLD HIM THAT I AM NAKSHATRA SANTOSH: WHAT??WHO IS HE?? SRAAVANI: LISTEN TO ME FIRST..HE IS A SMALL TIME THEIF .HE THINKS THAT I AM NAKSHATRA WE WILL USE HIM .. HE WILL GET THE MONEY FOR US YOU JUST STAY HERE..WATCHING NAKSHATRA I WILL USE THIS GUY TO PLAY IN THIS DRAMA SANTOSH: CAN WE TRUST HIM..WHAT IF RUNS AWAY WITH THE MONEY??.. SRAAVANI: NO..HE WON’T...I GOT HIS PICTURE ON MY CELL PHONE GIVE ME YOUR GUN AND THE OTHER CELL PHONE.. AND I NEED YOUR DUBAI FRIEND’S HOUSE KEY WE DO EVERYTHING FROM THAT HOUSE.. SANTOSH GIVES THEM TO HER.... SRAAVANI: I AM GOING TO GIVE THIS PHONE..TO HIM HE WILL USE THIS PHONE TO TALK TO JAGANMOHAN RAO.. SANTOSH: OK..OK..THAT’S FINE..WHAT DO WE DO WITH NAKSHATRA AFTER THAT?? SHE KNOWS ABOUT US SHE TELLS HER DAD AND POLICE ABOUT US.. SRAAVANI: NO..SHE..WON’T . SANTOSH: WHY ..WHY SHE WON’T TELL THE POLICE?? SRAAVANI LOOKS AT SANTOSH SRAAVANI BECAUSE..SHE WILL NOT BE ALIVE TO TELL ANYBODY SRAAVANI IS SHOCKED SANTOSH: W..H..A..T?? ARE WE GOING TO KILL HER??? .. SRAAVANI YES..WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION.. ..MUST..OR ELSE WE WON’T BE ALIVE...THEY WILL KILL US WE WILL TRAP THIS THIEF GUY IN THE MURDER . ONCE HE COMES BACK TO ME WITH THE MONEY..I WILL SHOOT HIM AND YOU BRING NAKSHATRA THERE..WE WILL KILL HER AND LEAVE THE TWO BODIES THERE I WILL LEAVE THIS GUN IN THE THIEF’S HANDS POLICE FINDS THESE TWO BODIES.. JAGANMOHAN RAO RECOGNIZES THE THIEF SINCE HE GAVE THE MONEY TO HIM..HE THINKS THE THIEF KILLED HER PEOPLE THINK THAT..THEY WERE LOVERS AND KILLED THEMSELVES THIS IS THE PLAN.. I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU I WILL CALL YOU..YOU DON’T CALL ME YOU JUST STAY HERE AND WATCH NAKSHATRA.OK.. I NEED A ROPE AND TAPE SANTOSH BRINGS THEM AND PUTS INA BAG SANTOSH: WHY DO YOU NEED THE ROPE AND TAPE?? .. SANTOSH: HE HAS TO BELIEVE ME STRONGLY THAT I AM NAKSHATRA SO ..I WILL ASK HIM TO TIE ME .SO THAT I CAN SHOW MY DAD THAT I AM REALLY KIDNAPPED AND HARASSED BY THE KIDNAPPER?? .. SRAAVANI CONVINCES HIM AND LEAVES.. WITH THE BAG.. GOES TO THE PARK.. CAHNDU IS STILL WAITING FOR HER . SRAAVANI GOES TO HIM..CARRYING A BAG.. TIME IS AROUND 10:00AM THEY SIT ON THE BENCH SHE EXPLAINS HIM..WHAT TO DO.. SRAAVANI: LISTEN CAREFULLY YOU WILL GET HE MONEY IMMEDIATELY ONCE YOU FINISH THE WORK . HERE IS THE THING . I AM THE ONLY DAUGHTER .I HAVE SO MUCH MONEY BUT I TRY TO BE AS SIMPLE AS I CAN.. WE HAVE 10 CARS..BUT I PREFER GOING IN AUTOS AND BUSES..WITH MY FRIENDS . MY DAD LOVES ME VERY MUCH ..BUT HE DOESN’T LIKE ME GOING IN BUSES..AUTOS ETC.. THE THING IS I AM IN LOVE WITH A POOR GUY..HE IS A MECHANIC.. MY DAD ASKED ME TO MARRY ANY GUY I LIKED BUT I DON’T THINK HE WILL LIKE ME MARRYING A MECHANIC SO..WHAT I WANT IS I WANT SOME MONEY FOR MY BOYFRIEND SO THAT..I CAN SHOW MY DAD THAT HE IS SOMETHING .GOT SOME BUSINESS..ETC.. I THINK MY DAD WILL BE OK WHAT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST CALL MY DAD..AND TELL THAT YOU KIDNAPPED ME . HE WILL NOT INFORM POLICE OR ANYBODY..I KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES..ME..HE WILL DEFINITELY BRING THE MONEY YOU GO AND BRING THE MONEY..THAT’S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO I AM SURE ..YOU WILL BE FINE THIS LOOKED VERY SIMPLE TO CHANDU .. CHANDU: OK..HOW MUCH MONEY I SHOULD ASK YOUR DAD?? SRAAVANI: I WIL TELL YOU..BUT..NOT HERE.. THERE IS PLACE..WE WILL GO THERE AND DISCUSS AGAIN..OK.. CHANDU: I WILL LEAVE THIS CITY TONIGHT ITSELF.. ONCE I GET THE MONEY IT’S NOT GOOD TO STAY HERE.. .. SRAAVANI: OK CHANDU: I HAVE A BIKE AND I NEED TO VACATE MY ROOM SRAAVANI: OK YOU DO THAT AND COME TO THIS ADDRESS I WILL THE DIRECTIONS..I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU..THERE AND BE THERE BY AT LEAST 3:00PM . BUT MUST BE..BEFORE..5:00PM.. CHANDU: OK SURE.. SHE GIVES THE ADDRESS TO HIM THEY LEAVE Location: The Remote two storied building Sunday Around 4:00PM SRAAVANI IS LOOKING OUT OF THE WINDOW..WAITING FOR CHANDU..CHANDU COMES WITH A BAG....CHANDU PARKS HIS BIKE AND KNCOKS THE DOOR SHE OPENS THE DOOR.CHANDU..CLOSES THE DOOR THAT ROOM HARDLY HAS ANY FURNITURE.. SRAAVANI: OK LISTEN MY DAD..COMES BACK AT AROUND 6:00PM YOU NEED TO CALL HIM.. YOU USE THIS CELL PHONE..THIS IS A STOLEN PHONE..SO THAT NOBODY CAN TRACE US.. YOU JUST USE THIS TO CALL MY DAD..DON’T USE THIS TO CALL ME.. IF YOU WANT TO CALL ME..CALL FROM A PUBLIC PHONE . SRAAVANI WRITES HER NUMBER ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND GIVES IT TO HIM.. SRAAVANI: OK..THERE IS 4 STORIED BUILDING NEARBY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.. NOBODY WILL BE THERE ASK HIM TO COME THERE . IT HAS BEEN LIKE THAT FOR ALONG TIME.. CHANDU: NO..I HAVE SOME OTHER..GOOD PLAN .. YOU CAN EASILY CHEAT PEOPLE.. SRAAVANI: WHAT IS IT?? CHANDU..OPENS HIS BAG AND PULLS A POLICE UNIFORM OUT..SRAAVANI LOOKS AT THE UNIFORM.. CHANDU: I CAN EASILY CHEAT YOUR DAD..NOBODY..SUSPECTS ME..IN THIS UNIFORM I KNOW A PLACE VERY WELL..I WILL ASK HIM TO COME THERE AND I WILL GET IN HIS CAR AND BRING HIM HERE TO THE 4 STORIED BUILDING I WILL FINISH THE TRANSACTION THERE.. I HAVE A FAKE GUN TOO.. THAT IDEA SOUNDED GOOD TO SRAAVANI.... SRAAVANI: OK..YOU CAN ALSO TELL HIM THAT YOU ATTENDED MY BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH ACP SOMARAJ SO HE CAN BELIEVE YOU IF YOU WANT I HAVE A REAL GUN CHANDU: NO..I DON’T NEED ANY REAL GUN THIS IS ENOUGH.. SRAAVANI: OK..AS YOU WISH . WE NEED TO PRACTICE ..WHAT YOU HAVE TO TALK AND HOW YOU HAVE TO TALK....YOU SHOULD BE VERY COOL AND SOUND LIKE A PROFESSIONAL KIDNAPPER.... AND YOU SHOULD TIME ME WHILE TALKING TO MY DAD ON THE PHONE.. SO THAT..WHEN I GO BACK HE SHOULD SEE MY BRUISES ON MY WRISTS AND SHOULD FEEL THAT I AM REALLY KIDNAPPED AND I SHOULD ALSO GET EMOTIONAL WHILE I TALK TO HIM..SO..YOU SHOULD TIME..AND SLAP ME COUPLE OF TIMES..WHILE TALKING TO HIM..AS HARD AS YOU CAN.. CHANDU: OK... SRAAVANI: AND REMEMBER .I HAVE YOUR PICTURE ...DON’T TRY TO RUNAWAY..WITH THE MONEY.. I UPLOADED IT TO COMPUTER.. CHANDU SMILES SRAAVANI TEACHES HIM..WHAT TO TALK..HE PRACTICES.. AT AROUND 6:00PM HE TIES SRAAVANI TO THE SOFA AND TAPES HER MOUTH AND CALLS WAITS TO CALL JAGANMOHAN RAO.... (FLASHBACK SCENE ENDS ) (BACK TO THE CURRENT SCENE) SRAAVANI KEEPS TELLING HER STORY TO INSPECTOR SHAFI . SRAAVANI: AFTER THAT CHANDU CAME BACK AND TOLD ME HE IS SCARED TO DO ALONE..AND ASKED FOR SANTOSH’S HELP..I CALLED SANTOSH AND ASKED HIM TO HELP CHANDU AFTER THAT I DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AROUND 10:30PM..SOMEBODY..KNOCKED THE DOOR ... IT WAS SANTOSH’S VOICE SO.. I OPENED THE DOOR . I SAW SANTOSH STANDING THERE WITH A BRIEFCASE I FELT HAPPY THAT WE GOT THE MONEY.. HE ENTERED..THE HOUSE...,I FORGOT TO CLOSE THE DOOR IN THAT SITUATION..I TURNED TO FOLLOW HIM..SUDDENLY SOMEBODY..HIT ME HARD ON MY HEAD AND I WOKE UP AND I SAW SANTOSH’S DEAD BODY,CHANDU..AND YOU THERE THAT’S ALL I KNOW I DIDN’T KILL SANTOSH.. INSPECTOR SHAFI: OK..LET ME SEE WHAT I COULD DO.. INSPECTOR LEAVES SRAAVANI IS STILL CRYING INSPECTOR SHAFI..THINKS DEEPLY FOR AWHILE AND DECIDES WHAT TO DO Location: Jaganmohan Rao’s house Monday around 8:00PM JAGANMOHAN RAO IS IN THE HALL WATCHING THE TV.. INSPECTOR SHAFI ENTERS.. JAGANMOHAN RAO OFFERS HIM A SEAT.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: WHAT INSPECTOR..WHAT IS GOING ON? HOW FAR YOU GOT IN THIS CASE?? INSPECTOR SHAFI: I SOLVED IT PRETTY MUCH IS NAKSHATRA HOME?? JAGANMOHAN RAO: YES..SHE IS SLEEPING WHY?? INSPECTOR SHAFI: NOTHING.. I JUST CAME HERE TO ARREST JAGANMOHAN LOOKS AT HIM SERIOUSLY.... JAGANMOHAN RAO: ARREST WHO?? INSPECTOR SHAFI: I CAME TO ARREST Y O..U.. JAGANMOHAN IS SHOCKED COMES BACK TO NORMAL..IMMEDIATELY.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: MAY I KNOW WHY?? WHAT PROOF YOU HAVE?? INSPECTOR SHAFI: I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE .. YOU ARE A GOOD ACTOR .. YOU ACTUALLY PREPARED TO GIVE THE MONEY TO KIDNAPPER BUT BEFORE MEETING CHANDU..YOU ALREADY ASKED YOUR ROWDIES TO FOLLOW YOU SECRETLY.. OF COURSE..YOU ARE A RICH PERSON..SO..NO WONDER YOU HAVE GOOD CONTACTS WITH ROWDIES AND GOONDAS I KNOW YOU CAN’T SURVIVE WITHOUT THEIR HELP .SO..THEY WERE READY AND WAITING FOR YOUR CALL.. .. AND CHANDU TOOK YOU TO THE 4 STORIED BUILDING AND ASKED YOU TO LOOK INTO THE WINDOW WITH BINOCULARS FIRST YOU WERE SHOCKED TO SEE SRAAVANI..THERE..AND YOU IMMEDIATELY REALIZED THAT SRAAVANI IS BEHIND THIS YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD CATCH HER EASILY AND FIND ABOUT NAKSHATRA YOU REALIZED THAT CHANDU DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NAKSHATRA.. SO YOU DID THE CHEST PAIN DRAMA .CHANDU BELIEVED YOU .HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO BRING YOUR TABLETS .IN THE MEAN TIME YOU CALLED YOUR ROWDIES AND INFORMED THEM WHERE YOU AR AND WHAT IS GOING ON..AND ASKED THEM TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE BUILDING WHERE SFRAAVANI IS AFTER YOUR CHEST PAIN DRAMA.. WHILE GETTING DOWN THE STAIRS LUCKILY..CHANDU WHO DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SRAAVANI ACTING LIKE NAKSHATRA TOLD YOU THE WHOLE STORY ABOUT SRAAVANI AND HER KIDNAPPING PLAN AND ABOUT HER BOY FRIEND . THEN YOU SUUDENLY REMEMBERED SEEING SRAAVANI AND SANTOSH AT THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.. (WE SHOW THAT SCENE AGAIN NOW . CAMERA IS ON SRAAVANI AND HER BOYFRIEND AT THE TRAFFIC SIGANL THE CAMERA MOVES BACK AN DBACK.. SLOWLY SLOWLY..INTO THE ...BACK SEAT OF THE CAR.. WHERE NAKSHATA IS IS WATCHING THEM NAKSHATRA IS SITTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACK SEAT . THE CAMERA STILL MOVES BACK FURTHER ..THERE WE SHOW JAGANMOHAN RAO SITTING NEXT TO NAKSHATRA AND WATCHING..SRAAVANI AND SANTOSH.. ) SO YOU DECIDED THAT SRAAVANI AND SANTOSH ARE THE REAL KIDNAPPERS SO..YOU USED CHANDU TO CATCH HIM CHANDU BROUGHT SANTOSH TO THE LODGE AND YOU OFFERED THE MONEY..HE TOOK THE MONEY AND LEFT..THE ROOM.. AS SOON AS HE LEFT..THE ROOM .YOUR ROWDIES CAUGHT HIM AND BEAT HIM SANTOSH TOLD YOUR PEOPLE WHERE NAKSHATRA IS YOUR PEOPLE WENT AND BROUGHT BACK NAKSHATRA AND SOME OF YOUR ROWDIES WERE STILL AT SRAAVANI’S PLACE..WAITING FOR YOUR SIGNAL IN THE MEAN TIME YOU JUST STARTED CHATTING WITH CHANDU AND WASTED HIS TIME..SO THAT YOUR PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE SANTOSH TO SRAAVANI’S PLACE.. AND KILL HIM.. THEY MADE SRAAVANI UNCONSCIOUS AND LEFT THE GUN BESIDE HER..IN FACRT YOUR PEOPLE KILLED SANTOSH WITH HER GUN . AND AFTER THAT YOU INFORMED POLICE . THAT’S THE STORY.. JAGANMOHAN RAO GETS UP..INSPECTOR SHAFI ALSO GETS UP.. JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..INSPECTOR..YOU TOLD ME THE SAME OLD BEDTIME STORY..YOU ARE PUTTING ME TO SLEEP NOTHING NEW I NEED TO GO TO BED.. NOBODY SAW THAT 25 LAKHS CASH BAG THAT YOU RECOVERED FROM CHANDU?? RIGHT?? INSPECTOR SHAFI: NOBODY SAW SIR GOOD THING YOU CALLED ME AS SOON AS CHANDU WENT TO BRING SANTOSH I MYSELF COULD HAVE KILLED SANTOSH SIR YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO USE YOUR MEN JAGANMOHAN RAO: OK..I WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE NEXT TIME LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY MORE MONEY.... INSPECTOR SHAFI: SURE SIR..THANK YOU.. CJHANDU AND SRAAVANI GETS THE JAIL SENTENCE FOR 8 YEARS.. 6 MONTHS LATER . Location: Some Shopping Complex Time is around Around 9:00 PM NAKSHATRA FINISHES SHOPPING..AND WALKS TOWARDS.. THE CELLAR . (CAMERA MOVES FROM A FAR DISTANCE .WITH NAKSHATRA AS IF SOMEBODY IS FOLLOWING HER ..) NAKSHATRA IS WALKING IN THE CELLAR SOME CARS ARE PARKED THERE (CAMERA FOLLOWS HER ..) SHE STOPS AND TURNS BACK TO SEE IF SOMEBODY IS FOLLOWING HER SINCE SHE ALREADY HAD A EXPERIENCE..SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE..THAT NOBODY IS FOLOWING HER.. (CAMERA HIDES BEHIND A PILLAR ) SHE SLOWLY WALKS TOWARDS THE CAR SHE IS ABOUT TO OPEN THE DOOR BUT SHE SUDDENLY GETS SUSPICIOUS AND WALKS BACK TO THE CAR AND MAKES SURE THAT NOBODY IS IN THE BACK SEAT . SHE RELAXES ..AND TURNS SUDDENLY .SOMEBODY..GRABS..HER ..FROM THE BACK Location: Jaganmohan rao’s house Time is around Around 9:30 PM JAGANMOHAN RAO IS WATCHING THE TV . SUDDENLY THE PHONE RINGS JAGANMOHAN RAO: HELLO .... THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE. HELLO SIR..THIS IS INSPECTOR SHAFI .... JAGANMOHAN RAO BECOMES STATUE WITH THE SHOCK .HE SLOWLY PUTS THE PHONE DOWN .. Location: Some Room Interior- Around 10:00 PM NAKSHATRA IS LYING DOWN ON SOFA WITH HER HANDS AND LEGS TIED WITH ROPE. HER MOUTH IS TAPED. (CAMERA ANGLE IS AT THE SOFA LEVEL..) (CAMERA ZOOMS OUT..) SOMEBODY IS STANDING IN FRONT OF HER.. (CAMERA IS AT HIS WAIST LEVEL..HE IS FACING HER. WE DON’T SHOW HIS FACE.) NAKSHATRA IS LOOKING AT HIM HELPLESSLY. HE IS HOLDING A CELL PHONE HE CALLS A NUMBER . (WE DON’T SHOW HIS FACE..) JAGANMOHAN RAO: HELLO .... OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE: REMEMBER ME .INSPECTOR SHAFI MUST HAVE CALLED YOU AND INFORMED THAT CHANDU ESCAPED..FROM..JAIL .... (NOW WE SHOW CHANDU’S FACE ..) JAFGANMOHAN STARTS SWEATING CHANDU: HOW ARE YOU MR.JAGANMOHAN I WAS REALLY NICE TO YOU AND YOU REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD HELP ME..BUT YOU NEVER CAME TO THE POLICE STATION AND YOU TRAPPED ME IN THIS MURDER YOU ALL PLAYED WITH ME YOU..INSPECTOR SHAFI..SRAAVANI..YOUR DAUGHTER YOU ALL SCREWED UP MY LIFE YOU KNOW..YOU ACTED VERY..VERY..WELL..THAT CHEST PAIN..DRAMA..ETC ALL THIS TIME IN JAIL I WAS THINKING THAT .SRAAVANI DID THIS.. BUT..YOU MADE ONE MISTAKE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS??? AFTER YOU SAW SRAAVANI THROUGH THE BINOCULORS YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE BRUISES ON HER FACE .BUT ONLY SRAAVANI..HAD THE BRUISE I SAW YOUR DAUGHTER AT YOUR HOME SHE DIDN’T HAVE A SINGLE SPOT ON HER FACE THEN I STARTED ANALYZING AND FINALLY FOUND IT WAS ALL THE WAY YOU YOU DID THIS LISTEN..LISTEN NOW..NOW.. I REALLY REALLY.. KIDNAPPED YOUR REAL DAUGHTER NAKSHATRA . JAFGANMOHAN STARTS RUBBING HIS CHEST.. NOW..YOU MUST BE GETTING THE REAL CHEST PAIN..RIGHT?? GO AND GET YOUR TABLETS, . YOU SHOULDN’T DIE THIS EASILY YOU ALL PLAYED WITH ME YOU MADE ME A PAWN..IN THIS GAME.. NOW..I WILL PLAY..WITH ..YOU .ALL.. LET’S PLAY THIS..GAME AGAIN THE..END FADE OUT: