Pepper Chicken (2020) Movie Script
1
ONLY THE COWARDS AND THE
WEAK LEAVE THINGS TO DESTINY,
BUT THOSE WHO ARE STRONG AND TRUST IN
THEMSELVES NEVER TRUST DESTINY. - RAMAYANA
[FROGS CALLING]
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[BIKE APPROACHING]
[CICADAS CHIRPING]
[OWL HOOTS]
[BIRD FLAPPING]
[VEHICLE DOOR CREAKS]
[SNIFFING]
[SNARLS]
[OWL HOOTS]
[FROGS CALLING]
[BIRD FLAPPING]
- [THUD]
- [MAN GROANS]
[VENTILATOR BEEPING]
What exactly happened yesterday?
He couldn't do anything after
watching the angst in his eyes.
As he got the chance,
he attacked him brutally.
His furious eyes were closed forever.
[TSK]
On that note, I, RJ Vaidehi,
now ends this story.
Yes, friends. It is 5 p.m.
on our studio's clock...
...and it's time for me
to take your leave...
...from your favourite show,
'Yaadon ka Pitaara...
VAIDEHI: You are listening
to 'Radio Gapshap 94.3 F.M'.
Now, I am going to play...
...the final song of my show.
It's dedicated to all of you my friends.
It's my final evening with all of you.
I will miss you all a lot.
Adieu. Good-bye.
"Stays silent yet says everything."
"This world is truly confusing."
"Stays silent yet says everything."
"This world is truly confusing."
"Why is everything wrong?"
"Why everything seems right?"
"I look for myself."
"Do I exist or not?"
"Confusion is...
...all around me."
"Why is everything as it appears?"
"How confusing it is!"
"Confusion is all around me."
"Why is everything as it appears?"
"It is too confusing."
[PLAYING FM RADIO]
[HORN HONKS]
DRIVER: Ma'am.
Ma'am.
Yes? What?
DRIVER: Pash!
Sorry?
Aren't you reading Pash?
Which page?
Well, it is 50.
DRIVER: 50.
The most dangerous is not the
things looted through hard work.
The most brutal act is
not a torture by the police.
Clutch of the traitors are not
the most dangerous either.
It is indeed sorry to get
caught doing nothing.
To be crushed in silence
is indeed miserable.
But it is still not
the most dangerous.
The most dangerous deed is
to be filled with dead silence.
Absence of agony and
tolerance to everything.
Those constant juggle
between work and home.
The most dangerous of all
is the death of our dreams.
The most dangerous is that eye...
...which in spite of witnessing
everything is as cold as an ice.
The eye that has forgotten
to passionately kiss the world.
The eye lost in the blinding
haze of a materialistic world.
The eye captivated in the
aimless monotony of life.
The most dangerous is the direction
where the fire within one's soul sets.
And the ray of it's dying sunlight
pierces into your conscience.
The most dangerous is not the
things looted through hard work.
The most brutal act is
not a torture by the police.
The most dangerous is...
...the death of our dreams.
Wow!
You memorized the entire poem,
didn't you?
Not just this poem,
I've memorized the entire book.
Oh, dear! Such craze for poetry!
Why?
Are we drivers not supposed to read?
Nothing as... No. I am sorry.
I didn't mean that. Please don't mind.
No problem, ma'am. I was just joking.
But why did you
memorize this entire book?
Nothing much, ma'am.
Actually, a passenger left the book.
So I read the whole book.
Now I remember the entire book.
May I tell you something?
Yes, please.
You are the first
intellectual driver I ever met.
- Thank you, ma'am.
- [CELLPHONE RINGING]
Hello, Raman.
Yes. Yes, I have left.
I am on the way.
Oh...
I was so busy that I forgot about it.
I will bring it tomorrow. Sorry.
I told you sorry, right?
Leave it now.
Fine.
I agree that the wedding is tomorrow...
...and I should have
been more responsible.
[WHISPERS]
But they couldn't find
anyone for my slot.
What should I have done?
I should have resigned, right?
Yes. I will reach by 11.
Yes.
I will call you after reaching.
Yes. Okay. Bye.
VAIDEHI: Hey!
How much you smoke!
You will die someday.
Why are you throwing it? Give me one.
Okay. Take it.
[VEHICLES HORN HONKING]
It is fun smoking with you.
[CHUCKLES]
You are going, right?
What would happen to me?
You turtle! It's not meant for you.
Turtle? Who?
It is you, of course!
Okay. Forget it. Tell me.
When you are taking me
for a ride on your new bullet?
Marrying someone else and bike ride with me,
right?
You'll never change.
I will miss you, dear!
Vaidehi.
You left your medicine box.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Okay, take care.
- Sure. You too.
- Be well.
- Be well.
"Why is everything wrong?"
"Why everything seems right?"
"I look for myself."
"Do I exist or not?"
"Confusion is...
...all around me."
"Why is everything as it appears?"
"How confusing is...
...the distance
between truth and lie."
Ma'am? Is tomorrow your wedding?
Yes.
I was avoiding it since long
but had to give in eventually.
God has fixed everyone's destiny.
You can't escape it.
Anyway, congratulations, ma'am.
- Yes. Thank you!
- [CELLPHONE RINGING]
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Mom. Yes, I am coming. I'm on the way.
Okay. Bye.
VAIDEHI: So, what else do you
like to read apart from poetry?
I read everything
that gets into my hand.
But you'd be having your favorites,
right?
Yes.
There is Manto, Muktibodh and Pash.
I like to read all of them.
Oh, my God.
You seem to be an active reader.
What do you like to read?
Well, I like to read something that
relates with life on a lighter note.
- Well, like 'Motu-Patlu', right?
- [CHUCKLES]
Yes. I can read 'Motu-Patlu' too.
But, more like fairy tales,
comic books, etc.
So you left the job to get married,
right?
Yes.
Actually, I've never ever able to
give time to my family due to the job.
To my boyfriend too.
So... Yes.
Which means,
you resigned to join another job.
Correct in a way.
Actually, he also does not
want me to work after marriage.
So... Yeah.
"Why is everything wrong?"
"Why everything seems right?"
"I look for myself."
"Do I exist or not?"
VAIDEHI: So,
since when you are in this profession?
Since I took the
responsibilities of my family.
Actually, I tried my best to
find a job after my dad's demise.
But no one hired me.
So, I started to drive.
Now I own two cars and
one small cab service too.
That's very good.
And how big is your family?
Ma'am,
I lost my mother when I started to drive.
I had a brother but he also no more.
I am not married yet.
So, I am living alone.
I am extremely sorry.
Don't be. I love to live alone.
By the way, listen.
Please stop the car,
if you find some place to have food, okay?
You've asked me at a right time.
We have a bistro nearby.
Had we passed it, we would
have struggled to find another place.
- Okay.
- I'll stop there.
Okay. Fine, then.
[INHALES AND EXHALES]
[VEHICLE DOOR CLOSED]
[CICADAS CHIRPING]
- Please sit, ma'am.
- Thank you.
What would you like to have?
Something light but it should be hot.
Hot?
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[PROGRAMME PLAYING ON RADIO]
Ma'am, here it is.
Oh! This is what I wanted. Thank you.
Have it.
Each I pass this bistro,
I make sure that I never miss this tea.
Try it.
[HMM]
It's good, isn't it?
Fantastic.
It's pretty cold today.
Indeed.
Thank you.
Would you not like to have?
You have it. I'll have it later.
Come on. Let's have it together.
Okay.
Have it.
Wow.
It's hot, isn't it?
Yes and it is tasty too.
Have it.
So your husband...
I mean, your fiance.
Does he not want you
to work after marriage?
Yes. Something like that.
I means, sometime you have to
compromise in your personal life.
Yes.
Actually, we are in a
relationship since many years now.
And our families also get along well.
So,
everyone is looking forward to our marriage.
So, we thought of marrying eventually.
Okay.
There is a sense of responsibility too,
right?
Yes.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[DRIVER SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
We should leave. It's a long journey.
- Okay.
- Shall we? - Yes. Let's go.
[CAR ALARM BEEPS]
[BIKES APPROACHING]
[BIKE ENGINE REVVING]
[ROD CHIMES]
[BIKE ENGINE REVVING]
[CICADAS CHIRPING]
Who were they?
Where were they from?
What did they want?
Did you knew that they would run away?
No, I didn't.
Then?
Ma'am, I had to do something, right?
But why did they come
to you with an iron rod?
Ma'am, one needs to have guts in
order to survive in this profession.
Oh, my God!
[OWL HOOTS]
Ma'am.
- Ma'am.
- Have we reached?
No ma'am.
This road is under construction.
We'd be late.
Shall we take that route?
We'll reach faster.
- What do you think?
- Drop me home at the earliest. Please.
Fine.
Yes, sir?
[KNOCKS ON THE WINDOW]
Yes, sir.
Where you are coming from?
Sir, she is a passenger.
Can I leave, sir?
Get down.
Come out!
[VEHICLE DOOR CLOSED]
Yes, sir.
Tell me the truth! Who is this girl?
I already told you, sir.
She is a passenger.
Where did you find her?
Do you think we have no other work?
As if we are only here to have fun.
You think we are imbeciles, right?
Sir, I'm telling you the truth.
Check him.
Hey! Is this how you check?
Since how many years
are you in this profession?
Sir, well...
Go. Leave, will you?
Get lost.
Get lost!
What happened?
Nothing, ma'am. Just like that.
What did they ask?
Ma'am,
you know these policemen better.
They exploit innocent
people to earn money.
Ma'am,
this entire system is corrupted.
Ma'am, you look tired. Take a nap.
Your destination is too far.
[ENGINE STRUGGLES TO START]
[ENGINE STRUGGLES TO START]
[DRIVER INHALES AND EXHALES]
What happened?
Hey, what happened?
What has happened?
Ma'am, the car broke down.
I can see that.
But what is wrong with your car?
Let's go. It's too late.
I need to reach home.
Just repair the car
and let's go out of here.
What's wrong?
I'm telling you something.
Ma'am, it's a machinery after all.
They do break down.
As I am doing it deliberately.
[EXHALES]
What a cab service!
Ma'am, my phone is not working.
It is not showing the network.
Can I make a call from your phone?
I mean,
another car will pick you up in an hour.
If your phone has no connectivity
then how would my phone...
[OWL HOOTING]
[BIRDS SHRIEKS]
[INDISTINCT SOUND]
Ma'am,
it's not just you but I am under stress too.
Please give me a puff.
Thank you.
Ma'am, I'll do one thing.
I'll go and check that direction.
It's difficult to find anything ahead.
Please take it. I am going.
What about me?
You sit inside.
I'll lock the door nicely.
You expect me to sit
here alone in the forest...
...and you would roam around.
What else can we do?
What option do we have?
Will you roam around with me in this forest?
Let's go.
Ma'am.
[INDICATOR BEEPING]
[INDICATOR BEEPING STOPS]
- Ma'am!
- [CAR ALARM BEEPS]
Wait!
Ma'am, be careful.
It's a forest pathway.
[HOWLING IN DISTANCE]
VAIDEHI: Hey! Wait!
[ANIMAL SCREECHING]
[ANIMAL SCREECHING]
[ANIMAL SCREECHING]
Can we go inside?
Hey?
Where are you?
I forgot to ask his name.
Hello! Where are you?
Driver?
Hello!
Is anybody there?
Please help. It's an emergency!
Help please!
[DOOR SQUEAKS]
[EXHALES]
Hello!
DRIVER: Ma'am...
Aren't you reading Pash?
Which page?
The most dangerous is that eye...
...which in spite of witnessing
everything is as cold as an ice.
Ma'am.
Ma'am.
You were here while I
was looking for you outside.
I checked. There is no one nearby.
[THUNDER CRACKLES]
It's a bad weather.
I think it will rain.
Ma'am, wait.
You must be starving, right? Wait.
Ma'am, let's have some food at first.
After that,
we'll think about everything else. Okay?
Oh, dear. It's rotten.
I can't think in an empty stomach.
What shall we eat now?
[FINGER TAPPING ON TABLE]
Wait.
Ma'am, we have chicken.
DRIVER: Do you eat chicken?
I love chicken so much!
I just love chicken! [CHUCKLES]
[METAL CHIMES]
Ma'am,
let's cook something sizzling today.
What would you like to have? Tell me.
DRIVER: Butter chicken?
Changezi!
No.
What should I make?
Pepper chicken?
Yes. You will love it.
I cook it very well.
Everyone compliments me.
Who are you?
What kind of game
you are playing with me?
Stop your act and
let's go out of here.
[CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING]
Ma'am, a tasty food has all
ingredients in the right proportion.
Am I right?
This is looking best.
[CLINKS]
You know what.
It keeps everything in balance.
It is big.
[WATER SLOSHING]
[WATER SLOSHING]
Do you know, ma'am?
The main taste of
chicken is in it's marination.
But pepper chicken is made in
a different process altogether.
It is prepared in a different manner.
DRIVER: Let me tell you one thing.
I used to hate it earlier.
To touch the pieces filled with blood.
It felt extremely nasty.
After that my mom explained...
...me about it's importance.
So, I had no choice.
Ever since then, I do it heartily.
[SHOUTS]
Hey! What you are doing, ma'am?
I don't like violence, ma'am.
DRIVER: Listen. Leave it!
[VAIDEHI GROANS]
[DRIVER GROANING]
[PANTING]
[GROANS]
[PANTING]
You are injured, aren't you?
You can't walk now.
[OWL HOOTING]
[VAIDEHI GASPS]
[VAIDEHI GASPS]
[TSK]
[GASPS]
Why did do all of this?
What did you achieve?
I don't like to tie up you like this.
But what to do!
You don't like non-violence.
You should read Gandhi someday.
He was a great man.
Do you know?
Fireplace is a great invention.
It never allows you to lose your
warmth even in a chilling atmosphere.
Do you know what
my mother used to say?
She said that this fireplace
might burn this entire house.
You explain. Is it possible?
Congratulations! The power is back.
I'll cook the chicken, okay?
[WATER SLOSHING]
[GASPS]
[TCH]
The blow was too hard!
[TCH]
[EXHALES]
Why you are doing all of this?
What do you want?
What is your problem?
I am asking something.
[UTENSIL RATTLING]
Ma'am, if you want to keep
the taste intact forever...
...it is very important to have every
ingredient in the perfect balance.
[SMASHING]
Ma'am,
these days people use spices in powder form.
I hate it.
Spices need to be grounded
like this in classic style.
Wow... Unbelievable.
And yes!
Pepper should always be white.
[SMASHING]
What happened?
Please...
Shhh...
It's a cockroach.
Do you know? This is the first
inhabitant of earth and it still looks ugly.
It's dead now.
[CICADAS CHIRPING]
[VAIDEHI SCREAMS]
[EXHALES]
Wait.
[BACK POPPING]
[EXHALES]
[SIGHS]
Now we'll let the chicken get cooked.
DRIVER: This cooking
process is too boring.
It needs a lot of patience.
On one end, you are starving...
...and on the other end,
it's aroma keeps you yearning.
[CHUCKLES]
May I tell you a story?
I'll tell you a story.
There was an innocent boy.
A school going kid.
You were also in the same school.
He used to like you a lot.
Perhaps you also used to...
What? In school?
When? Where? Who?
Look, you've forgotten everything.
That's the problem.
Love has lost it's credibility nowadays.
Everything is instant!
Is love supposed to be like that?
The innocent love of school-time.
For some,
it is pretty simple to forget.
But for some,
it's the reason for their messed-up life.
What nonsense!
Yes. Nonsense.
My brother never made any sense to you,
right?
Otherwise,
why would we have committed suicide?
What you are blabbering?
VAIDEHI: What?
I didn't have any boyfriend in school.
Whoever became my boyfriend later...
...are all alive and
happily leading their lives.
You are misunderstanding
me for someone else.
- Come to my house.
- I can prove it. - It is cooked.
- What?
- Chicken is ready.
[SNIFFING]
Can you sense the aroma?
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[EXHALES]
CONSTABLE: Sir, I have caught
him in the junction. Come at the earliest.
Fine. I am coming.
Ma'am, chicken is ready.
Let's garnish it now.
I don't want to eat your food.
You have spoiled my mood
by mentioning 'Pepper chicken'.
I am trying to explain you something.
But you are not paying heed.
Let me go!
Why are you doing this?
Why?
Did I harm you?
Did I touch you?
No, right?
- Then why are you doing this?
- [PANTING]
It's enough!
I am cooking chicken for
you with so much affection...
...but you are yelling at me.
Please don't worry, ma'am. Okay?
Please? Okay?
[SIZZLES]
[BLOWS]
[BIKE APPROACHING]
Help! Help! He has tied me here!
Ma'am! What are you doing?
Why are you shouting?
I am talking to you, right!
[LOCK CLICKS]
Ma'am, everything has been set.
Neither will you die...
...nor would I kill you.
It's nice, anyway. I hate violence.
I mean it.
You just be here as my guest...
...and I will cook the best
recipes for you every day.
Pepper chicken was tasty, right?
VAIDEHI: Who was it?
Who was it?
Who were you talking to?
Please tell me. Who was it?
Fine. Don't tell me.
Just tell me,
how much are they paying you?
I will pay you double.
Please let me go.
How much did they pay you? Tell me!
Do I look like a traitor?
[FROGS CALLING]
[WATER SLOSHING]
- [THUD]
- [GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
Now you get lost!
[BIRDS SCREECHING]
[EXHALES]
[BACK POPPING]
Ma'am, I'm too tired today.
I hope you are not bored?
Washroom?
Do you want to urinate?
Do it right here.
I have no problem at all.
What!
Please. At least...
Please.
[GROANS]
[EXHALES]
Thank you.
[WATER DRIPPING]
[WATER SLOSHING]
[TOILET WATER FLUSHING]
DRIVER: Ma'am.
[KNOCKING ON THE DOOR]
Ma'am,
don't you think it's too much of urination?
I think you drank too much of water.
[KNOCKING ON THE DOOR]
Ma'am, come out now.
Nice that you did this.
You came and sat on your own.
Just move your hand backward now.
Please don't tie me up.
It hurts a lot.
I mean it.
Fine. You may enjoy for sometime.
Thank you.
What did you say? Pain, right? Pain.
Do you know, ma'am?
Pain has an essence of it's own.
Sometime it provides
us immense pleasure.
I hope you are getting me wrong...
...for what I said about pain.
Well, that reminds me of something.
Do you know?
I have no addiction to anything.
I don't like it at all.
I knew it since childhood
that all these are bad habits.
I regulate myself so
that I don't go wrong.
What do you people say?
It's an addiction to prove
yourself right all the time, isn't it?
Am I right? Fine!
DRIVER: You say so.
Can I have some water?
You are just back from urinal...
...now you want to drink water again.
But it is said that we should
never refuse someone who...
[GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
[GROANING]
[SHOUTS]
[GROANS]
- [SCREAMS]
- [GRUNTING]
[DRIVER GROANS]
[THUNDER CRACKLING]
Thank you. Get well soon.
That driver is also in this hospital.
We have to interrogate him as well.
Is he here?
Yes, he is here.
His condition is critical
but he is in conscious state.
I would like to meet him.
Why?
I need to meet him.
What is this girl's profession?
Sir, she recites story in radio.
Sir...
[SNIFFS]
Any clue? Why did he do all of this?
Not yet. Investigation is still on.
We will inform you.
DOCTOR: Excuse me?
- Did patient consumed 'Zyprexa'?
- Yes.
Yes.
But is there any specific reason to ask?
Nothing. We are just checking.
[EXHALES]
How are you feeling now?
Better.
These policemen asked me...
I mean, I'm sure he has
not physically assaulted you.
What?
Why don't you speak up?
They want to know.
If policemen wanted
to ask me anything...
...they would have asked me directly.
Is this their curiosity or yours?
I think you are over-reacting.
Why don't you just speak
if nothing had happened?
I didn't expect such
a question for you.
What!
What is wrong in telling me?
Do I have no right to know...
...what happened to you?
I already told everyone
what happened to me.
- I just ask...
- No, I don't want to tell you anything.
I'm just asking if
there is anything left.
[EXHALES]
Raman.
You are such a feeble-minded!
[VENTILATOR BEEPING]
Chicken was great.
ONLY THE COWARDS AND THE
WEAK LEAVE THINGS TO DESTINY,
BUT THOSE WHO ARE STRONG AND TRUST IN
THEMSELVES NEVER TRUST DESTINY. - RAMAYANA
[FROGS CALLING]
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[BIKE APPROACHING]
[CICADAS CHIRPING]
[OWL HOOTS]
[BIRD FLAPPING]
[VEHICLE DOOR CREAKS]
[SNIFFING]
[SNARLS]
[OWL HOOTS]
[FROGS CALLING]
[BIRD FLAPPING]
- [THUD]
- [MAN GROANS]
[VENTILATOR BEEPING]
What exactly happened yesterday?
He couldn't do anything after
watching the angst in his eyes.
As he got the chance,
he attacked him brutally.
His furious eyes were closed forever.
[TSK]
On that note, I, RJ Vaidehi,
now ends this story.
Yes, friends. It is 5 p.m.
on our studio's clock...
...and it's time for me
to take your leave...
...from your favourite show,
'Yaadon ka Pitaara...
VAIDEHI: You are listening
to 'Radio Gapshap 94.3 F.M'.
Now, I am going to play...
...the final song of my show.
It's dedicated to all of you my friends.
It's my final evening with all of you.
I will miss you all a lot.
Adieu. Good-bye.
"Stays silent yet says everything."
"This world is truly confusing."
"Stays silent yet says everything."
"This world is truly confusing."
"Why is everything wrong?"
"Why everything seems right?"
"I look for myself."
"Do I exist or not?"
"Confusion is...
...all around me."
"Why is everything as it appears?"
"How confusing it is!"
"Confusion is all around me."
"Why is everything as it appears?"
"It is too confusing."
[PLAYING FM RADIO]
[HORN HONKS]
DRIVER: Ma'am.
Ma'am.
Yes? What?
DRIVER: Pash!
Sorry?
Aren't you reading Pash?
Which page?
Well, it is 50.
DRIVER: 50.
The most dangerous is not the
things looted through hard work.
The most brutal act is
not a torture by the police.
Clutch of the traitors are not
the most dangerous either.
It is indeed sorry to get
caught doing nothing.
To be crushed in silence
is indeed miserable.
But it is still not
the most dangerous.
The most dangerous deed is
to be filled with dead silence.
Absence of agony and
tolerance to everything.
Those constant juggle
between work and home.
The most dangerous of all
is the death of our dreams.
The most dangerous is that eye...
...which in spite of witnessing
everything is as cold as an ice.
The eye that has forgotten
to passionately kiss the world.
The eye lost in the blinding
haze of a materialistic world.
The eye captivated in the
aimless monotony of life.
The most dangerous is the direction
where the fire within one's soul sets.
And the ray of it's dying sunlight
pierces into your conscience.
The most dangerous is not the
things looted through hard work.
The most brutal act is
not a torture by the police.
The most dangerous is...
...the death of our dreams.
Wow!
You memorized the entire poem,
didn't you?
Not just this poem,
I've memorized the entire book.
Oh, dear! Such craze for poetry!
Why?
Are we drivers not supposed to read?
Nothing as... No. I am sorry.
I didn't mean that. Please don't mind.
No problem, ma'am. I was just joking.
But why did you
memorize this entire book?
Nothing much, ma'am.
Actually, a passenger left the book.
So I read the whole book.
Now I remember the entire book.
May I tell you something?
Yes, please.
You are the first
intellectual driver I ever met.
- Thank you, ma'am.
- [CELLPHONE RINGING]
Hello, Raman.
Yes. Yes, I have left.
I am on the way.
Oh...
I was so busy that I forgot about it.
I will bring it tomorrow. Sorry.
I told you sorry, right?
Leave it now.
Fine.
I agree that the wedding is tomorrow...
...and I should have
been more responsible.
[WHISPERS]
But they couldn't find
anyone for my slot.
What should I have done?
I should have resigned, right?
Yes. I will reach by 11.
Yes.
I will call you after reaching.
Yes. Okay. Bye.
VAIDEHI: Hey!
How much you smoke!
You will die someday.
Why are you throwing it? Give me one.
Okay. Take it.
[VEHICLES HORN HONKING]
It is fun smoking with you.
[CHUCKLES]
You are going, right?
What would happen to me?
You turtle! It's not meant for you.
Turtle? Who?
It is you, of course!
Okay. Forget it. Tell me.
When you are taking me
for a ride on your new bullet?
Marrying someone else and bike ride with me,
right?
You'll never change.
I will miss you, dear!
Vaidehi.
You left your medicine box.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Okay, take care.
- Sure. You too.
- Be well.
- Be well.
"Why is everything wrong?"
"Why everything seems right?"
"I look for myself."
"Do I exist or not?"
"Confusion is...
...all around me."
"Why is everything as it appears?"
"How confusing is...
...the distance
between truth and lie."
Ma'am? Is tomorrow your wedding?
Yes.
I was avoiding it since long
but had to give in eventually.
God has fixed everyone's destiny.
You can't escape it.
Anyway, congratulations, ma'am.
- Yes. Thank you!
- [CELLPHONE RINGING]
[CELLPHONE RINGING]
Mom. Yes, I am coming. I'm on the way.
Okay. Bye.
VAIDEHI: So, what else do you
like to read apart from poetry?
I read everything
that gets into my hand.
But you'd be having your favorites,
right?
Yes.
There is Manto, Muktibodh and Pash.
I like to read all of them.
Oh, my God.
You seem to be an active reader.
What do you like to read?
Well, I like to read something that
relates with life on a lighter note.
- Well, like 'Motu-Patlu', right?
- [CHUCKLES]
Yes. I can read 'Motu-Patlu' too.
But, more like fairy tales,
comic books, etc.
So you left the job to get married,
right?
Yes.
Actually, I've never ever able to
give time to my family due to the job.
To my boyfriend too.
So... Yes.
Which means,
you resigned to join another job.
Correct in a way.
Actually, he also does not
want me to work after marriage.
So... Yeah.
"Why is everything wrong?"
"Why everything seems right?"
"I look for myself."
"Do I exist or not?"
VAIDEHI: So,
since when you are in this profession?
Since I took the
responsibilities of my family.
Actually, I tried my best to
find a job after my dad's demise.
But no one hired me.
So, I started to drive.
Now I own two cars and
one small cab service too.
That's very good.
And how big is your family?
Ma'am,
I lost my mother when I started to drive.
I had a brother but he also no more.
I am not married yet.
So, I am living alone.
I am extremely sorry.
Don't be. I love to live alone.
By the way, listen.
Please stop the car,
if you find some place to have food, okay?
You've asked me at a right time.
We have a bistro nearby.
Had we passed it, we would
have struggled to find another place.
- Okay.
- I'll stop there.
Okay. Fine, then.
[INHALES AND EXHALES]
[VEHICLE DOOR CLOSED]
[CICADAS CHIRPING]
- Please sit, ma'am.
- Thank you.
What would you like to have?
Something light but it should be hot.
Hot?
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[PROGRAMME PLAYING ON RADIO]
Ma'am, here it is.
Oh! This is what I wanted. Thank you.
Have it.
Each I pass this bistro,
I make sure that I never miss this tea.
Try it.
[HMM]
It's good, isn't it?
Fantastic.
It's pretty cold today.
Indeed.
Thank you.
Would you not like to have?
You have it. I'll have it later.
Come on. Let's have it together.
Okay.
Have it.
Wow.
It's hot, isn't it?
Yes and it is tasty too.
Have it.
So your husband...
I mean, your fiance.
Does he not want you
to work after marriage?
Yes. Something like that.
I means, sometime you have to
compromise in your personal life.
Yes.
Actually, we are in a
relationship since many years now.
And our families also get along well.
So,
everyone is looking forward to our marriage.
So, we thought of marrying eventually.
Okay.
There is a sense of responsibility too,
right?
Yes.
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
[DRIVER SIGHS]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
We should leave. It's a long journey.
- Okay.
- Shall we? - Yes. Let's go.
[CAR ALARM BEEPS]
[BIKES APPROACHING]
[BIKE ENGINE REVVING]
[ROD CHIMES]
[BIKE ENGINE REVVING]
[CICADAS CHIRPING]
Who were they?
Where were they from?
What did they want?
Did you knew that they would run away?
No, I didn't.
Then?
Ma'am, I had to do something, right?
But why did they come
to you with an iron rod?
Ma'am, one needs to have guts in
order to survive in this profession.
Oh, my God!
[OWL HOOTS]
Ma'am.
- Ma'am.
- Have we reached?
No ma'am.
This road is under construction.
We'd be late.
Shall we take that route?
We'll reach faster.
- What do you think?
- Drop me home at the earliest. Please.
Fine.
Yes, sir?
[KNOCKS ON THE WINDOW]
Yes, sir.
Where you are coming from?
Sir, she is a passenger.
Can I leave, sir?
Get down.
Come out!
[VEHICLE DOOR CLOSED]
Yes, sir.
Tell me the truth! Who is this girl?
I already told you, sir.
She is a passenger.
Where did you find her?
Do you think we have no other work?
As if we are only here to have fun.
You think we are imbeciles, right?
Sir, I'm telling you the truth.
Check him.
Hey! Is this how you check?
Since how many years
are you in this profession?
Sir, well...
Go. Leave, will you?
Get lost.
Get lost!
What happened?
Nothing, ma'am. Just like that.
What did they ask?
Ma'am,
you know these policemen better.
They exploit innocent
people to earn money.
Ma'am,
this entire system is corrupted.
Ma'am, you look tired. Take a nap.
Your destination is too far.
[ENGINE STRUGGLES TO START]
[ENGINE STRUGGLES TO START]
[DRIVER INHALES AND EXHALES]
What happened?
Hey, what happened?
What has happened?
Ma'am, the car broke down.
I can see that.
But what is wrong with your car?
Let's go. It's too late.
I need to reach home.
Just repair the car
and let's go out of here.
What's wrong?
I'm telling you something.
Ma'am, it's a machinery after all.
They do break down.
As I am doing it deliberately.
[EXHALES]
What a cab service!
Ma'am, my phone is not working.
It is not showing the network.
Can I make a call from your phone?
I mean,
another car will pick you up in an hour.
If your phone has no connectivity
then how would my phone...
[OWL HOOTING]
[BIRDS SHRIEKS]
[INDISTINCT SOUND]
Ma'am,
it's not just you but I am under stress too.
Please give me a puff.
Thank you.
Ma'am, I'll do one thing.
I'll go and check that direction.
It's difficult to find anything ahead.
Please take it. I am going.
What about me?
You sit inside.
I'll lock the door nicely.
You expect me to sit
here alone in the forest...
...and you would roam around.
What else can we do?
What option do we have?
Will you roam around with me in this forest?
Let's go.
Ma'am.
[INDICATOR BEEPING]
[INDICATOR BEEPING STOPS]
- Ma'am!
- [CAR ALARM BEEPS]
Wait!
Ma'am, be careful.
It's a forest pathway.
[HOWLING IN DISTANCE]
VAIDEHI: Hey! Wait!
[ANIMAL SCREECHING]
[ANIMAL SCREECHING]
[ANIMAL SCREECHING]
Can we go inside?
Hey?
Where are you?
I forgot to ask his name.
Hello! Where are you?
Driver?
Hello!
Is anybody there?
Please help. It's an emergency!
Help please!
[DOOR SQUEAKS]
[EXHALES]
Hello!
DRIVER: Ma'am...
Aren't you reading Pash?
Which page?
The most dangerous is that eye...
...which in spite of witnessing
everything is as cold as an ice.
Ma'am.
Ma'am.
You were here while I
was looking for you outside.
I checked. There is no one nearby.
[THUNDER CRACKLES]
It's a bad weather.
I think it will rain.
Ma'am, wait.
You must be starving, right? Wait.
Ma'am, let's have some food at first.
After that,
we'll think about everything else. Okay?
Oh, dear. It's rotten.
I can't think in an empty stomach.
What shall we eat now?
[FINGER TAPPING ON TABLE]
Wait.
Ma'am, we have chicken.
DRIVER: Do you eat chicken?
I love chicken so much!
I just love chicken! [CHUCKLES]
[METAL CHIMES]
Ma'am,
let's cook something sizzling today.
What would you like to have? Tell me.
DRIVER: Butter chicken?
Changezi!
No.
What should I make?
Pepper chicken?
Yes. You will love it.
I cook it very well.
Everyone compliments me.
Who are you?
What kind of game
you are playing with me?
Stop your act and
let's go out of here.
[CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING]
[CHOPPING]
Ma'am, a tasty food has all
ingredients in the right proportion.
Am I right?
This is looking best.
[CLINKS]
You know what.
It keeps everything in balance.
It is big.
[WATER SLOSHING]
[WATER SLOSHING]
Do you know, ma'am?
The main taste of
chicken is in it's marination.
But pepper chicken is made in
a different process altogether.
It is prepared in a different manner.
DRIVER: Let me tell you one thing.
I used to hate it earlier.
To touch the pieces filled with blood.
It felt extremely nasty.
After that my mom explained...
...me about it's importance.
So, I had no choice.
Ever since then, I do it heartily.
[SHOUTS]
Hey! What you are doing, ma'am?
I don't like violence, ma'am.
DRIVER: Listen. Leave it!
[VAIDEHI GROANS]
[DRIVER GROANING]
[PANTING]
[GROANS]
[PANTING]
You are injured, aren't you?
You can't walk now.
[OWL HOOTING]
[VAIDEHI GASPS]
[VAIDEHI GASPS]
[TSK]
[GASPS]
Why did do all of this?
What did you achieve?
I don't like to tie up you like this.
But what to do!
You don't like non-violence.
You should read Gandhi someday.
He was a great man.
Do you know?
Fireplace is a great invention.
It never allows you to lose your
warmth even in a chilling atmosphere.
Do you know what
my mother used to say?
She said that this fireplace
might burn this entire house.
You explain. Is it possible?
Congratulations! The power is back.
I'll cook the chicken, okay?
[WATER SLOSHING]
[GASPS]
[TCH]
The blow was too hard!
[TCH]
[EXHALES]
Why you are doing all of this?
What do you want?
What is your problem?
I am asking something.
[UTENSIL RATTLING]
Ma'am, if you want to keep
the taste intact forever...
...it is very important to have every
ingredient in the perfect balance.
[SMASHING]
Ma'am,
these days people use spices in powder form.
I hate it.
Spices need to be grounded
like this in classic style.
Wow... Unbelievable.
And yes!
Pepper should always be white.
[SMASHING]
What happened?
Please...
Shhh...
It's a cockroach.
Do you know? This is the first
inhabitant of earth and it still looks ugly.
It's dead now.
[CICADAS CHIRPING]
[VAIDEHI SCREAMS]
[EXHALES]
Wait.
[BACK POPPING]
[EXHALES]
[SIGHS]
Now we'll let the chicken get cooked.
DRIVER: This cooking
process is too boring.
It needs a lot of patience.
On one end, you are starving...
...and on the other end,
it's aroma keeps you yearning.
[CHUCKLES]
May I tell you a story?
I'll tell you a story.
There was an innocent boy.
A school going kid.
You were also in the same school.
He used to like you a lot.
Perhaps you also used to...
What? In school?
When? Where? Who?
Look, you've forgotten everything.
That's the problem.
Love has lost it's credibility nowadays.
Everything is instant!
Is love supposed to be like that?
The innocent love of school-time.
For some,
it is pretty simple to forget.
But for some,
it's the reason for their messed-up life.
What nonsense!
Yes. Nonsense.
My brother never made any sense to you,
right?
Otherwise,
why would we have committed suicide?
What you are blabbering?
VAIDEHI: What?
I didn't have any boyfriend in school.
Whoever became my boyfriend later...
...are all alive and
happily leading their lives.
You are misunderstanding
me for someone else.
- Come to my house.
- I can prove it. - It is cooked.
- What?
- Chicken is ready.
[SNIFFING]
Can you sense the aroma?
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[EXHALES]
CONSTABLE: Sir, I have caught
him in the junction. Come at the earliest.
Fine. I am coming.
Ma'am, chicken is ready.
Let's garnish it now.
I don't want to eat your food.
You have spoiled my mood
by mentioning 'Pepper chicken'.
I am trying to explain you something.
But you are not paying heed.
Let me go!
Why are you doing this?
Why?
Did I harm you?
Did I touch you?
No, right?
- Then why are you doing this?
- [PANTING]
It's enough!
I am cooking chicken for
you with so much affection...
...but you are yelling at me.
Please don't worry, ma'am. Okay?
Please? Okay?
[SIZZLES]
[BLOWS]
[BIKE APPROACHING]
Help! Help! He has tied me here!
Ma'am! What are you doing?
Why are you shouting?
I am talking to you, right!
[LOCK CLICKS]
Ma'am, everything has been set.
Neither will you die...
...nor would I kill you.
It's nice, anyway. I hate violence.
I mean it.
You just be here as my guest...
...and I will cook the best
recipes for you every day.
Pepper chicken was tasty, right?
VAIDEHI: Who was it?
Who was it?
Who were you talking to?
Please tell me. Who was it?
Fine. Don't tell me.
Just tell me,
how much are they paying you?
I will pay you double.
Please let me go.
How much did they pay you? Tell me!
Do I look like a traitor?
[FROGS CALLING]
[WATER SLOSHING]
- [THUD]
- [GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
Now you get lost!
[BIRDS SCREECHING]
[EXHALES]
[BACK POPPING]
Ma'am, I'm too tired today.
I hope you are not bored?
Washroom?
Do you want to urinate?
Do it right here.
I have no problem at all.
What!
Please. At least...
Please.
[GROANS]
[EXHALES]
Thank you.
[WATER DRIPPING]
[WATER SLOSHING]
[TOILET WATER FLUSHING]
DRIVER: Ma'am.
[KNOCKING ON THE DOOR]
Ma'am,
don't you think it's too much of urination?
I think you drank too much of water.
[KNOCKING ON THE DOOR]
Ma'am, come out now.
Nice that you did this.
You came and sat on your own.
Just move your hand backward now.
Please don't tie me up.
It hurts a lot.
I mean it.
Fine. You may enjoy for sometime.
Thank you.
What did you say? Pain, right? Pain.
Do you know, ma'am?
Pain has an essence of it's own.
Sometime it provides
us immense pleasure.
I hope you are getting me wrong...
...for what I said about pain.
Well, that reminds me of something.
Do you know?
I have no addiction to anything.
I don't like it at all.
I knew it since childhood
that all these are bad habits.
I regulate myself so
that I don't go wrong.
What do you people say?
It's an addiction to prove
yourself right all the time, isn't it?
Am I right? Fine!
DRIVER: You say so.
Can I have some water?
You are just back from urinal...
...now you want to drink water again.
But it is said that we should
never refuse someone who...
[GROANS]
[GRUNTS]
[GROANS]
[GROANING]
[SHOUTS]
[GROANS]
- [SCREAMS]
- [GRUNTING]
[DRIVER GROANS]
[THUNDER CRACKLING]
Thank you. Get well soon.
That driver is also in this hospital.
We have to interrogate him as well.
Is he here?
Yes, he is here.
His condition is critical
but he is in conscious state.
I would like to meet him.
Why?
I need to meet him.
What is this girl's profession?
Sir, she recites story in radio.
Sir...
[SNIFFS]
Any clue? Why did he do all of this?
Not yet. Investigation is still on.
We will inform you.
DOCTOR: Excuse me?
- Did patient consumed 'Zyprexa'?
- Yes.
Yes.
But is there any specific reason to ask?
Nothing. We are just checking.
[EXHALES]
How are you feeling now?
Better.
These policemen asked me...
I mean, I'm sure he has
not physically assaulted you.
What?
Why don't you speak up?
They want to know.
If policemen wanted
to ask me anything...
...they would have asked me directly.
Is this their curiosity or yours?
I think you are over-reacting.
Why don't you just speak
if nothing had happened?
I didn't expect such
a question for you.
What!
What is wrong in telling me?
Do I have no right to know...
...what happened to you?
I already told everyone
what happened to me.
- I just ask...
- No, I don't want to tell you anything.
I'm just asking if
there is anything left.
[EXHALES]
Raman.
You are such a feeble-minded!
[VENTILATOR BEEPING]
Chicken was great.