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EXT. PASSPORT OFFICE (MUMBAI) - DAY Two men park their scooter and get off. street into a waiting bus.
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INT. PASSPORT OFFICE - DAY March 12th 1993 - Thomas Cherian (43yrs) waits eagerly at the passport delivery counter. He looks at the line in front of him, then at his watch. The line moves forward.
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PASSPORT OFFICE - DAY
Jonah (10yrs) waits with his mother Celin (33yrs) at the tea stall just outside the Passport Office in Worli, Mumbai. He starts to get impatient. His mother decides to bribe him with a cold drink when her husband comes bounding down the stairs of the office with the passports in his hand. The look on his face and the smile says it all. He hugs the little boy. 3A
INT/EXT. PASSPORT OFFICE/BUS - DAY The bus wipes into the frame. Thomas watches his son and wife rush and take a seat comfortably at the back of the bus. The little boy pokes his head through the bars of the bus and yells asking his father to come home soon. Thomas says that he will visit the agent and come straight home. The bus leaves. Thomas watches it go down the street. He turns and waits for the light to change to cross the street. INT/EXT. BUS - DAY Inside the bus the boy keeps on talking excitedly. His mother cannot seem to keep him quiet. Ticket? Bahrain!!
CONDUCTOR Kahan jana hai... JONAH
Suddenly there is a bright flash of light. The bus shudders and the windows shatter. The bus is torn to shreds. TITLE CARD Montage of photographs - The carnage from all the 13 bomb attacks. Titles slowly fade in and out.
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INT/EXT. MUMBAI POLICE HEADQUARTERS - DAY A middle aged RA&W Officer, Ashwini Kumar is assigned the investigation. He looks at the devastation and the loss of lives in front of him. He looks at the equally muddled police officers, ASHWINI Do we know anything?
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INT/EXT. GOLDMAN'S PENTHOUSE - DAY Dubai - A man puts down the telephone and walks through the posh penthouse. He comes to a man who is seated at the poolside eating with his children. The man on the phone excuses himself and whispers in the other mans ears. The man eating merely nods his head and continues to eat. Then looks at the children maid servant, GOLDMAN They need to pack as they are leaving... The eldest of the children asks innocently where they were going. Karachi...
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GOLDMAN (CONT'D) EXT. KARACHI ROADS - EVENING Title Card Reads - Karachi, Pakistan - Present Day. A helicopter shot of the city. The sun is about to set. The streetlights are all on. 6
INT. SHERATON HOTEL (BALLROOM) - EVENING PBS 1 - Ref: Saavan main lag gayi aag The ultra luxury Sheraton Hotel on Club Road is witnessing a very important function in the ballroom on the 10th floor. Mika the Bollywood playback singer and some Pakistani starlet are dancing to the latest Bollywood hit number that he has sung. Guests are milling all about. Two guests in particular Rudra Pratap Singh and Wali Khan exchange a look when there is a flurry of activity in one corner of the room. A man immerges from one of the side doors and rushes to a man in a flashy white suit standing next to the bride and groom. The man gives the man in the white suit a mobile. He speaks into it, hands it back and then bends down and whispers to the groom, BHANJA Abba nikal rahein hai...
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EXT. CLIFTON ROAD - EVENING Across town the gates to a mansion on Clifton Road slowly slide open as a cavalcade of black bulletproof SUV's leave. They start traveling in close formation towards the Sheraton Hotel.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (PARKING LOT 1) - EVENING Aslam gets a message on his mobile phone, 'Target is on the move' He touches his balls vulgarly and makes a gesture for taking a leak to the other drivers. He gives up the game of poker that he was involved in and walks towards his Black Mercedes 500S. Sends a message on his mobile phone. 'Delivery boy is on its way'
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ELEVATOR) - EVENING Rudra Pratap Singh and Wali Khan walk out of the party. Get into the elevator. Hit 9. The door opens. Rudra Pratap and Wali Khan stand looking straight into the face of the security guard on the 9th floor. Rudra Pratap pretends to press G but presses 9 once again. The door begins to shut, in a flash Rudra Pratap pulls the guard into the elevator as his head gets trapped between the doors. In one swift move he breaks the guards neck. Then opens the door and pulls the guard in. Go...
RUDRA PRATAP Wali Khan exits as Rudra Pratap opens the hatch on the roof and hides the body up. 9
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CORRIDOR - EVENING
Wali Khan walks down the corridor as fast as he can, looks back to see Rudra Pratap exit the elevator and take the position of the guard. Wali Khan reaches room 905 and knocks just as another guard comes around the corner. Rudra Pratap hides his face. The door is opened. Wali Khan enters the room. EXT.
KARACHI FLYOVER - NIGHT
The cavalcade of cars hit the main Karachi flyover. INT.
SHERTAON HOTEL (PARKING LOT) - NIGHT
Aslam sits in the car waiting.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 906) - NIGHT Wali Khan gives a perfunctory look at the corpse of the man lying in the bed of the connecting room. Zoya Rehman bounds in from the connecting room (wearing a garish undersized, tight salwar kameez, revealing more than it covers) Wali Khan seems not to notice as she hands him the pistols and AK 47. He checks it. Then looks up. The entire ceiling has been rigged with Simtex and RDX.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 1006) - NIGHT The camera travels through the ceiling into the room above. A high tech security room with monitors covering the entire hotel and its perimeter. The monitor's are unmanned as both security guards are busy watching the show in the main ballroom. INT.
SHERATON HOTEL (BALLROOM) - NIGHT
The man in the white suit Bhanja is seen dancing lewdly with the Pakistani starlet as Mika belts it out. General Pasha and Saleem Pathan react. INT.
SHERATON HOTEL (9TH FLOOR) - NIGHT
On the monitors we see the Rudra Pratap waiting for the other guard to go around the corner. He walks down the corridor. Knocks on the door of room 905,the door opens and Zoya and Wali Khan enter the elevator. EXT.
KARACHI STREETS - NIGHT
The cars start to come around the corner. INT.
SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 1006) - NIGHT
The security guards return to their posts. 9C
INT. SHERATON HOTEL (PARKING LOT) - NIGHT The elevator travels down the shaft and reaches P3. Explosives with a transmitter is seen strategically placed in the elevator shaft. The doors open. Wali Khan and Zoya come out. The security guards run to them. SECURITY Get back...This is a restricted area...Get back inside... WALI KHAN (Pretending to be drunk) What do you mean restricted...Do you know who I am...Do you? Zoya pretends to calm him down. As she does so her dupatta falls revealing her cleavage. Wali Khan now starts to accuses her calling her shameless.
5. They get into a full blown argument. The security guards get distracted trying to calm the domestic fight. INT.
SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 1006) - NIGHT
The guards in the room upstairs enjoy the scene on the monitors. Getting amused. EXT.
SHERATON HOTEL (PORCH) - NIGHT
The cars go past the main porch of the Sheraton and start to enter the basement parking lot. 9D
INT. SHERATON HOTEL (PARKING LOT) - NIGHT Aslam watches them enter. He sees the cars come to a screeching halt outside the service elevator. The doors open and Goldman immerges. Aslam sees the security (around 10 guards) cover Goldman and escort him to the elevator. Only two security guards enter the service elevator with him. Aslam starts the car and begins to drive. INT.
SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 1006) - NIGHT
The guards in the monitor room see the elevator doors close. AD 1
INT. SHERATON HOTEL (BALLROOM) - NIGHT Inside the ballroom General Pasha ISI receives a call on his mobile. His expression changes as he listens to the man talking excitedly at the other end. His heart starts to race and he starts to walk across the ballroom towards Bhanja and Saleem Pathan. He reaches them and starts to speak with Saleem Pathan. Bhanja takes off. INT.
SHERATON HOTEL (PARKING LOT P3) - NIGHT
On P3 Wali Khan and Zoya continue their argument. Wali Khan reacts as the hum of the elevator approaching increases. Suddenly he whips out a gun and shoots the guards on P3. INT.
SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 1006) - NIGHT
The guards in the monitor room react. AD 2
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SHERATON HOTEL (PARKING LOT P3) - NIGHT
Zoya takes out her mobile. Opens the basement doors for the main lobby. She presses the answer button. INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 906) - NIGHT The explosives on the ceiling and the elevator shaft receive the signal and go off. The entire room along with the monitor room above blows up.
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SHERATON HOTEL (SERVICE ELEVATOR) - NIGHT
The elevator comes to stop at P3. 8G
INT. SHERATON HOTEL (9TH FLOOR + SERVICE ELEVATOR) - NIGHT Rudra Pratap Singh turns walks through the debri and smoke as the guard stumbles to his feet. In a flash he attacks him and takes him down. He pries the elevator door open. Takes off his jacket. Swings it around the elevator cables and descends at top speed. The guards inside the elevator with Goldman stand alert for the doors to open. Instead Rudra Pratap blows the elevator roof open. He throws in a smoke canister. Bang Bang. Both guards go down. Rudra Pratap jumps into the elevator. Holds the gun to Goldman. Knocks on the door.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (PARKING LOT P3) - NIGHT The doors to the elevator open. Wali Khan. A car comes screeching - Aslam. Wali Khan and Rudra Pratap push Goldman to the car, when suddenly the first bullet is fired. Wali Khan gets hit. Rudra Pratap and Aslam react as they watch Wali Khan going down. They are met with a volley of gunfire. Rudra Pratap manages to hold onto Goldman as he hits the ground. Goldman kicks him in the face trying to get free. Rudra Pratap reels backwards with the blow, momentarily letting go of Goldman. Frame Freezes. WALI KHAN (V.O) Was this the first thing to have gone wrong...No!...But this was the one thing that should not have gone wrong...
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INT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - DAY Title Card Reads: 40 Days Ago. Wali Khan touches the forehead of his son. pretends to moan with fever.
The boy
Wali Khan's wife ignores the boy and tells Wali Khan, NAFISA Don't spoil him too much and give him ideas that will allow him to bunk school...
7. The boy complains, KABEER I hate school and the teacher is mean...He shouted at me the other day for bringing unsharpened pencils... Wali Khan laughs, WALI KHAN I'll get you a sharpener... Lifts him off the bed. The boy shouts. CUT TO: EXT. KARACHI ROADS/SCHOOL - MORNING Wali Khan and his son on his scooter. KABEER Why must I go to school? WALI KHAN Because you will learn important things...You will a become a big man and then drive one of those... (Pointing to a car) Then everyone will do salaam... KABEER Did you go to school? WALI KHAN (A bit lost) Yes...I did... KABEER Did your abba drop you every morning? WALI KHAN No...My nani did... They reach the school gates. KABEER I would like to go to your school... WALI KHAN ...and why is that?... KABEER That way I will learn how to be a barber like you...
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INT. WAIL KHAN'S BARBER SHOP/NOTANDAS MARKET - DAY Shutters are pulled up. Wali Khan in his modest barbershop. Many customers. Mostly regular. He works diligently. Talking. Joking. He shuts the shop at lunch. Walks through the busy market place. Exchanges pleasantries with other locals. Gets onto a bus. CUT TO:
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INT. KARACHI CANTONMENT RAILWAY STATION - CONTINUOUS Wali Khan walks into the train station. Stands in the line and buys a ticket. He walks to the refreshment counter and orders some tea and brun maska. Then he walks casually to the lockers and opens one. Inside a package. He takes it out and shuts the locker. CUT TO:
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INT. KARACHI BUS - CONTINUOUS He opens the package. An official letter from the UK Embassy along with some visa forms. His face lights up. ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O.) It had been 6 years since Wali Khan had been waiting for this very news...Everyday since Kabeer had been born he had struggled with the dilemma of being a father and a soldier...And now... CUT TO:
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EXT/INT. R&AW HEADQUARTERS (NEW DELHI) - CONTINUOUS ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O.) ...with my retirement around the corner... Ashwini Kumar gets off his lal batti car. ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O.) (CONT'D) The young family man's fate had been decided... Ashwini Kumar in his office. His old secretary exchanges a look with him and continues his packing.
9. ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O.) (CONT'D) Or so he thought... CUT TO: 14
INT. WALI KHAN'S BARBER SHOP - EVENING WALI KHAN (On the phone) Nafisa...I have wonderful news... He gets distracted. Khurram Mirza and his young seven year old son enter along with Kabeer. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) I'll tell you when I get home... KHURRAM MIRZA So what's the good news?... WALI KHAN Huh!!!...Just that we can finally take a vacation this year...Go off to the hills maybe...Nafisa would like that... A bonhomie is established. The fathers look at their boys with pride. On the soundtrack we hear the azaan.
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INT. MOSQUE - DAY Mosque. Wali Khan completes his evening prayers with his son. Commotion at the entrance. An important man has come. Wali Khan reacts. Khurram Mirza comes to him and complains, KHURRAM MIRZA Because of that man my family vacation will be canceled this year... Why?...
WALI KHAN KHURRAM MIRZA The man is Goldman and his son is getting married...He has come to inform the mullah and take his blessings...Now because of the wedding all security personnel will have to work double time... Wali Khan looks at Mirza. WALI KHAN I didn't know that you worked with the government... Mirza laughs.
10. MIRZA (Laughs) ISI...Never judge a book by its cover... Wali Khan smiles but seems to be distracted with the commotion around Goldman. ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O) In the past 10 years since Wali Khan had been sent in to monitor, report and target the most wanted man in India not once had he seen him in person...Now the same man was standing in front of him... In the flesh...On the very day that he had learnt that he could leave it all and walk away... CUT TO: 16
INT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT Wali Khan watches his son sleep. ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O.) Most people would have...Walked away... Nafisa comes to him. NAFISA What's the matter?... WALI KHAN Huh!...Nothing!...I forgot to get him the sharpener... She smiles. He follows her to the room. NAFISA What was it that you wanted to tell me... He takes out the contents from his kurta pocket. The letter from the UK Embassy. ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O.) Most people would have looked at the history and the inaction of our government as an excuse and would have taken the way out... WALI KHAN It's not fixed yet...I will tell you when it gets confirmed...
11. ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O.) In the coming weeks Wali Khan too would wonder why he didn't...But for now... CUT TO: 17
INT. ASHWINI'S RAW OFFICE - DAY Ashwini enters his office in New Delhi. Somber atmosphere. He gets his batch of newspapers. A particular advert in the Dawn - Karachi catches his attention. He opens the safe and takes out a diary. Decodes the message in the advert. 'WE CAN GET GOLDMAN. SEND TEAM. 20 DAYS PREP. 12/12/12'
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INT. PMO - DAY Ashwini sitting in front of the PM at the PMO. Several others also present. A barrage of questions are aimed at him mostly by Mishra, his successor. OFFICIAL 1 How do we know this isn't a trap? MISHRA Where have you got the information from? Wali Khan has been there for 10yrs...How do we know he hasn't changed sides? OFFICIAL 2 How can we trust him? OFFICIAL 1 Do you realize what could happen if such an operation failed? OFFICIAL 3 We already have enough to deal with...Black money...Anna Hazare...Lok Pal... OFFICIAL 2 This could be just the reaction the Pakistan government and ISI would like from us... The PM starts to speak. Ashwini voice over takes over, ASHWINI (V.O) Nothing had really changed... Other than the fact that I was retiring...This was no longer 'my' problem...And that Mishra and his team were now incharge...
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INT. ASHWINI'S HOUSE - NIGHT Ashwini at home. Boxes being packed. Wife giving instructions and relaying messages from their son in Singapore. She realizes that he is preoccupied. Ashwini takes a decision.
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INT. WALI KHAN'S BARBER SHOP - DAY Wali Khan in his shop. The delivery boy comes to take inventory and replace supplies. They exchange a slight look. Wali Khan opens the talcum powder canister with a different colour cap. Reads message. TEAM ARRIVES IN SEVEN DAYS.
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INT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT Wali Khan to his wife. WALI KHAN We will be moving to London... I've made all the arrangements... I've been saving up...I've even spoken to your brother in Finsbury...You leave and I will follow... She complains, NAFISA Why can't we go together? WALI KHAN I'm expecting some guests...
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EXT. RANN OF KUTCH - DAY PBS 2 (PART 1) - RAW Theme - Ref: Extreme Ways by Moby (Bourne Ultimatum OST) Rudra Pratap Singh is dropped off a helicopter in the middle of the Rann. He blends into the salt pans as the chopper takes off. EXT. TOLI - DAY/NIGHT He reaches a banjara toli at night. Speaks to the leader of the toli. The toli leaves in the morning.
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EXT. MANDVI PORT - DAY They reach Mandvi port. The man introduces him to a fishing trawler captain. He gets onto the boat. The boat makes its way towards Pakistan.
13. EXT. FISHING TRAWLER - NIGHT The fishing trawler is brought to a stop by the coast guard boat at sea. The trawler captain starts to panic. Rudra Pratap senses something amiss. The coast guards climb onto the fishing trawler. Rudra Pratap looks around the small dingy room to find a route of escape. A guard starts to question the trawler captain, as he starts to fumble and hesitate. Another guard moves around the trawler. He enters the captains room, looks around and exits. The guard starts to move towards the room Rudra Pratap is in. He opens the door and looks around the dark room to find it empty and walks back to the deck. Signals its all clear and climbs back onto the coast guard boat. The trawler captain stands confused and relieved. The coast guard boat begins to move away from the trawler and in the moonlight the silhouette of Rudra Pratap hanging onto the side deck, completely out of sight. 23
INT. KARACHI AIRPORT - DAY Zoya Rehman lands in Karachi. Demure and very feminine she is coming to Karachi for the first time. Following up on an immigration case she is working on for the Bradford City Council, UK. The immigration officer asks rudimentary questions. OFFICER Where are you staying? Sheraton...
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ZOYA INT/EXT. SHERATON HOTEL (PORCH) - DAY Hotel car pulls into porch way. She gets off. Clumsily drops her papers. The valet comes to her help. A hint of cleavage. She covers up immediately. ZOYA (V.O) I had trained too hard for this day...This was my first big assignment...Most people felt that I would not be up to it... 25
INT. SHERATON HOTEL (RECEPTION) - DAY At reception she is disturbed. Her room 906 has not been vacated. They are giving her 905. She complains. The hotel clerk assures her they are the same type.
14. She says numerology. He says that he will exchange her room as soon as it is free. Her neighbor a tradesman from Rawalpindi and a regular at the Sheraton, Mr. Sharyar Bhatti with a woman much younger to him, her face caked with make up, comes to take his messages. INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ELEVATOR) - DAY They ride up together. Sharyar Bhatti unabashedly and shamelessly gropping the younger woman. Zoya feels a bit creeped out. AD 3
INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 905+906) - DAY They enter their respective rooms. Zoya walks towards the connecting door as Sharyar Bhatti begins undressing the young woman.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 1006) - DAY The camera travels up to Saleem Pathan in 1006. The room that has been commandeered and converted to a high tech security surveillance facility by the people of Goldman. Saleem satisfied leaves the room. INT. SHERATON HOTEL (LOBBY) - DAY Exits the elevator and into his Black Mercedes 500S. driver Aslam is instructed where to go.
His
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INT. ARTHUR ROAD JAIL - DAY Flash cuts Aslam in Arthur Road. In conversation with Abu Salem. He serves his sentence and gets out.
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EXT. WORLI KOLIWADA OVERLOOKING THE SEALINK - DAY Meets Ashwini Kumar. Tells him that he has to kill Vikki Thakur for Abu Salem. Ashwini gives him the go ahead. Vikki is a scumbag in any case.
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EXT. MUMBAI ROADS - DAY The builder is shot. Aslam is given the required paperwork.
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INT. NEPAL AIRPORT - DAY Goes to Nepal.
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INT. CAR/KARACHI ROADS - DAY Then Pakistan. In the employment of Saleem Pathan.
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INT/EXT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - DAY The car reaches Clifton Road residence of Goldman. Saleem enters and gives full report to Bhanja. General Pasha comes along with Khurram Mirza and Lt. Col. Niyaaz Ahmed to meet Goldman. Tries to convince him to not go for the wedding. Keep it all low key. Too much stress post Osama incident with the damn US. Goldman patronizes him. Tells Bhanja to take over. General Pasha resents the matter being brushed aside. Tries to urge him once again. Goldman enters another room, comments on the curtains being drawn. A side door opens and Hafeez Sayed walks in with two other men. Pasha recognizes Hafeez Sayed as Goldman takes a jibe at the ISI (Inter Services Intelligence) and that he should be getting the services for the money he pays. Pasha ignores the comment, looking at Hafeez Sayed. Goldman shuts the door. Turns to Hafeez Sayed and the meeting begins. CUT TO:
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INT. CLIFTON (AREA OUTSIDE) - DAY Pasha tries to reason with Saleem Pathan while at the same time tries to extricate information about the meeting inside. EXT. CAR/CLIFTON ROAD - DAY The doors open Goldman exits. cars leave.
Bhanja joins him.
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Pasha again in the car with Goldman as Khurram Mirza and Niyaaz Ahmed follow. Once again Pasha tries to reason with Goldman. 25
INT. GOLDMAN'S FARMHOUSE - NIGHT Goldman reaches farmhouse. Mujra starts. Young virgin presented to him. GOLDMAN Where are you from? PROSTITUTE Napier Road...
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EXT. NAPIER ROAD - NIGHT PBS 3 - Ref: Ringa Ringa Ringa from Slumdog Millionaire/Choli Ke Peeche from Khalnayak Colour and flavours of Napier Road. Rudra Pratap Singh walking through the lanes. Meets pimp.
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INT. SURAIYA'S ROOM - NIGHT Rudra Pratap Singh inside room. Darkened. THE GIRL (In one corner) It's quite obvious that my legendary beauty did not draw you to my room... She turns up the light to show her face scarred. He keeps looking at it and says, RUDRA PRATAP I was told that I could spend the whole night in this place without questions being asked... THE GIRL So you've come only to sleep then I apologize for asking a question... RUDRA PRATAP I'll forgive you this time... And proceeds to have raw, physical, unemotional, clinical sex. They lie naked on the bed. She feels his scars, THE GIRL It looks like even you have some stories that you would not like to reveal... He pretends to sleep. She gets the message and shuts her eyes. He opens them and looks at her beauty. RUDRA PRATAP SINGH (V.O) What was it that made me look at her like that...Was it that we were both scarred...But I knew that the only way to avoid getting more of these wounds was to cover all traces unlike others...
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INT. ASHWINI'S RAW OFFICE - DAY Ashwini in his office is about to call someone. Mishra comes in and volunteers some info about Vikki Thakur's murder investigation. Ashwini does not flinch. Mishra insinuates trying to probe about the senior officers Mumbai visit. ASHWINI Come to the point and accuse me or stop wasting my time... Mishra leaves.
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EXT. VARIOUS - DAY Advert is placed in the Dawn. Four operatives buy four copies.
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INT/EXT. SHOPPING MALL - DAY Wali Khan and Zoya meet outside the mall. They enter and he freezes. Khurram Mirza accosts him and makes a mischievous suggestion when seeing the young Zoya with him. Wali Khan decides to play along. INT. SHOPPING MALL (PARKING LOT) - DAY Outside Aslam pulls into parking lot. EXT. SHOPPING MALL (ENTRANCE) - DAY Rudra Pratap enters. INT. SHOPPING MALL (FOOD COURT) - DAY They all meet at adjacent tables in the food court. Wali Khan gives them mobiles with seven prepaid sim cards each. WALI KHAN The last digit is in serial no. starting from 1 going to 7. You need to change your simcard every day. Aslam needs to check out the ambulance. the list of explosives that she needs.
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RUDRA PRATAP I will come along for arms procurement... Under gritted teeth and suppressed anger Wali Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh have an argument. Rudra Pratap makes it ample clear that he is uncomfortable working with partners. RUDRA PRATAP (CONT'D) Too many people to make too many mistakes... Just then Khurram reappears and takes the opposite seat. Rudra sees Wali getting nervous. Gets up and leaves. Aslam also leaves. Khurram Mirza starts to joke once again. He realises that Wali Khan is getting nervous. He tries to placate him saying that we all have secrets. But starts to ask questions. Wali Khan excuses himself and goes to the rest room.
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INT. SHOPPING MALL (RESTROOM) - DAY Wali Khan is pinned to the restroom. Stunned by the attack he turns to find Rudra Pratap about to strike again. He tries to defend himself. RUDRA PRATAP Why were you nervous? Wali Khan tries to deflect. WALI KHAN I dont need to explain myself to you... They have an intense hand fight in the restroom as they crash into the basins, mirrors and break into the cubicles. Matching blow for blow. Rudra Pratap a lot more agile, faster and stronger than Wali Khan. He pins him against the door once again. RUDRA PRATAP One last chance...The truth...Why were you nervous? WALI KHAN I told you...I'm n... Rudra Pratap reaches for the extinguisher and before Wali Khan can react thrusts the nozzle into his mouth. He pulls the pin as Wali Khan reacts and tries to loosen his grip. Rudra Pratap reaches for the knob and threatens, RUDRA PRATAP Carbon Dioxide at a 100,000 parts per million will enter your lungs?...I promise you...You will beg me to kill you before the gas does... Wali Khan tries to push him away, but reluctantly gives in. Rudra Pratap pulls out the nozzle to let him speak. WALI KHAN He is a customer and he could tell my wife... Angered, Rudra Pratap pulls his hair back, turns him around, grabs a broom and chokes him as Wali Khan cries in pain. Rudra Pratap shoves the nozzle back into Wali Khan's screaming mouth and releases the gas. Wali Khan starts to splutter and bangs his wrists on the ground in submission. Once again the nozzle is removed. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) (Gasping for breadth) He is an agency man...
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WALI KHAN
(CONT'D)
Rudra Pratap throws the extinguisher to the side as Wali Khan looks at him. RUDRA PRATAP Now you understand why I don't like working with partners... He leaves. 31
INT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - NIGHT Wali Khan at his house. Nafisa is shocked to see his wounds. She asks him a thousand questions. He deflects saying that he got caught up in a local brawl outside the shop. That he was trying to mediate an argument and got roughed up. NAFISA You should have gone to the police... WALI KHAN We are leaving in any case...No point getting ourselves into trouble... Nafisa complains that she is happy that they are leaving. NAFISA The neighbours were insinuating that her husband is not all together straight forward...How could a barber afford to move to UK? But I let them have it and simply said that he is the single most honest and family oriented man and what you see is what you get... Wali Khan sleeps a fitful sleep. WALI KHAN (V.O) Maybe Rudra Pratap was right...Did I have it in me to sacrifice my connections? Best not to have them...
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INT. SURAIYA'S ROOM - DAY/NIGHT PBS 4 - Love Song - Ref: Kabhi Neem Neem from Yuva/Saibo from Shor In the City/Jiya Dhadak Dhadak from Kalyug They spend time inside her small room. Never leaving. tries his best to resist.
He
20. To keep things as clinical as possible. But slowly her innocence, her beauty and her sheer disregard to death starts to draw him closer and closer. The song intercuts with Wali Khan, Nafisa and Kabeer as they pack their belongings. Wali Khan watches as an excited and sightly nervous Nafisa fumbles around trying to choose what to pack and what not to. They visit the travel agency to collect their tickets, Wali Khan shows an excited Kabeer various pictures of London, The London Eye, The Wax Museum, the amusements parks. Kabeer asks his father if he can take the brochure home, Wali Khan smiles. The travel agent presents them with Nafisa and Kabeer's passport with their visas stamped. A slightly uncomfortable and worried Wali Khan asks them if they know anything about his pending visa. The travel agent casually remarks that they needed to do a background check, since they too must be wondering how a barber could afford to relocate his whole family. He assures them that its nothing to worry about. Nafisa again starts to defend her husband while Wali Khan tries to calm her down as the travel agent's assistant comes in with his passport and the visa stamp. A relieved Wali Khan walks out of the travel agency with his family. Rudra Pratap and the Girl get better acquainted. They laugh. Laugh like they never have laughed before. The family visits Nafisa's relatives to say goodbye. A happy and proud Nafisa exchanges a look with Wali Khan as family members shower praises on him. The old uncles praise him for being such a doting father. The aunts and young brides tease their husbands asking them to be as loving as Wali Khan is towards Nafisa. Kabeer sits with a bunch of his young cousins, showing off about London through the brochure pictures, as they look on wide eyed. The Girl brings out her mobile phone and starts to click photos. Rudra Pratap smiles and lets her. they end in bed. Making love.
She teases him and
Intercut with Nafisa and Wali Khan making love in their bed. Wali Khan lies next to his wife, as Rudra Pratap lies next to The Girl. Both men lie awake while the women sleep. Both men look at the women lying by their side. Rudra Pratap gets up, out of bed and takes her phone and starts to delete the photos. He hears a familiar sound and reacts. The cocking of a gun.
21. Slowly he turns to find the girl standing with his gun in her hand. He looks at her. She looks at the mobile in his hand. Then at him. She smiles slowly and hands him the gun. He takes it and hands her the mobile. RUDRA PRATAP I can explain... GIRL There is no need...The less I know the better it is...That way when they come looking for you I will have nothing to reveal... Rudra Pratap reacts. GIRL (CONT'D) In any case we are used to men leaving their lives behind those doors...They come in so that we can take them to the places that they want to go to...Not where destiny...Where luck has taken them... RUDRA PRATAP I'm not like the other men... GIRL I know you aren't... How?
RUDRA PRATAP GIRL Because of the way you look at me and then look away...As if you're afraid that your gaze will scald me...Burn my skin away...Because of the way you hold me...Then let go...As if you're afraid that you might break me...Because of the way you fall asleep in my arms...As if it's the only place that matters to you...The one place you don't want to leave and go away... Rudra Pratap keeps looking at her silently. GIRL (CONT'D) (Smiling) I stopped believing in fairy tales a long time ago...A prince will come from a far away land and sweep me off my feet...We'll ride into the sunset together...But you're right...You are not like the other men...It will be (MORE)
22. GIRL (CONT'D) difficult to forget you when you're gone... He tries not to react. GIRL (CONT'D) Can I ask you a favour before you're gone though? He looks at her. GIRL (CONT'D) (Pointing to the scar) Can you kill the man who did this to me? Rudra Pratap looks into her eyes. Cold. Devoid of emotion. RUDRA PRATAP Would you like it to be clean or painful? 33
INT. GUN SHED - DAY A gun is checked in a darkened room. Wali Khan with Rudra Pratap. He seems to be satisfied. WALI KHAN Where are the explosives? BROKER It's coming..Straight from the bhatti... Wali Khan looks confused. The broker volunteers that he is getting it from the guys who are meant to confiscate it in the first place. Wali Khan and Rudra don't really care as long as they can have it until the door opens and the man selling them the explosives is standing in front of him - Khurram Mirza. Khurram Mirza reacts on seeing Wali Khan. He immediately reaches for his gun. Rudra Pratap sensing the movement deftly lunges to tackle Mirza. Rudra Pratap in a quick movement attacks Mirza turns the gun on his own two men and shoots them between the eyes. Then in a flash he disarms Mirza. Wali Khan screams and pushes Rudra Pratap away. Khurram Mirza sensing an opportunity for escape, flees. Rudra Pratap chases after him, tucking Mirza's gun into his jeans.
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INT. GUEST HOUSE - DAY Khurram Mirza runs through the market area and enters a guest house. Rudra Pratap follows him in. They weave through corridors, the staircase, rooms. Rudra Pratap lunges and attacks Mirza on the stairs. Hand to hand combat. Mirza manages to escape. Jumps into an adjoining building though the window. Rudra jumps trying to catch him. Once again Rudra catches hold of him. The hand combat continues as each one tries to pin the other down. Mirza and Rudra Pratap at the edge of the window. The only escape route for Rudra Pratap is to jump as Mirza dashes blow after blow. Rudra Pratap throws himself along with Mirza out of the window. Rudra Pratap takes the gun out and shoots Mirza in mid air. EXT. MARKET PLACE - DAY Mirza's body lands bang in the middle of the market place. Rudra Pratap lands on top of Mirza's lifeless body. Rudra Pratap recovers. Hurt and injured he silently slips away.
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EXT. MARKET AREA - DAY Pakistan police investigation. General Pasha and Niyaaz Ahmed look at the three bodies lying on the street. COP It looks like the guys were caught up in some gang warfare type of thing... Pasha ignores him. PASHA (To Niyaaz) Look at the bullet entries. They are clean kills...This is no gang killing... Photos are taken.
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INT. ASHWINI'S RAW OFFICE - DAY Mishra throws photographs in front of Ashwini. Orders him, MISHRA What are your people upto? Ashwini reminds him,
24. ASHWINI You're still not the boss...Stop talking about our boys versus your boys...I thought we were all in the same team. Mishra goes off unsatisfied. 36
INT. ASHWINI'S RAW OFFICE - DAY Ashwini calls Wali Khan and fires him. Tells him to call it all off.
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INT. WALI KHAN'S BARBER SHOP - DAY Wali Khan calms him down. Tells him it was an unforseen and unaccounted for incident. They have since then completely gone underground.
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INT. MUSLIM BURIAL GROUND - DAY PBS 5 - Theme Song - Ref: A rock/Sufi take on Hairat from Anjana Anjaani Montage begins. Wali Khan attends the funeral of Khurram Mirza. He watches his young son being coached on the burial ritual.
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The four of them. Zoya starts to speak about the arrangements that need to be made. (Intercut we see the plan being carried out) 37B
EXT. KARACHI PORT - DAY Rudra Pratap Singh goes to the Karachi docks. Makes contact with the fishing trawler that got him across. Meets the captain. Gives him a diamond. How many? Five...
TRAWLER CAPTAIN RUDRA PRATAP The trawler captain puts his hand out once again and Rudra Pratap places 4 more diamonds in it. 37C
INT. MUMBAI AIRPORT - DAY Ashwini Kumar watches the news at the airport. All channels talking about the government's inaction and how the wedding is happening in full view.
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INT/EXT. NAVAL GUNSHIP - DAY He reaches Mumbai and visits a friend at the naval headquarters.
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INT/EXT. SHERATON HOTEL (VARIOUS) - DAY Wali Khan and Rudra Pratap Singh enter the Sheraton. They start a recce of the basement parking, the service elevator, and other areas.
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INT. GARAGE - DAY The four regroup. Zoya and Wali Khan explain the plan. They use the hotel stationary. Wali Khan absentmindedly puts the stationary in his bag.
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INT. CAR - DAY Aslam tries to get the invitation card from the car. Almost gets caught by Saleem Pathan.
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INT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - DAY Goldman meets with Pasha and the LeT operative.
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EXT. NAPIER ROAD - DAY Rudra and the Girl walk down the marketplace. She points out the man to him.
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INT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - DAY Wali Khan at home. Son finds stationary. Starts to use. Nafisa completes the packing.
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INT. GARAGE - DAY Aslam gets the ambulance into a garage. Strips a SUV and starts to exchange the engines.
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INT/EXT. SHERATON HOTEL (PORCH) - DAY Zoya smuggles the guns and explosives into the hotel. She's carrying porcelain statues, one of them breaks while putting it through the x-ray machine. She starts creating a scene. The security apologizes and allows her to take the other statues through without passing it through any security check. She passes through the side door, relieved when she accidentally comes across Bhanja. Bhanja begins to checks her out as he leaves the hotel premises.
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EXT. NAPIER ROAD - DAY Rudra Pratap follows the man the Girl pointed out.
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INT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - DAY Aslam enters the Clifton residence. Runs into Goldman. Manages to steal two invitations. INT. WALI KHAN'S BARBER SHOP - DAY Wali Khan sits in the back room of his barber shop. He looks at the gun. Dismantles it. Takes the magazine out. Puts it back in. Starts the process once again trying to get familiar with it.
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INT. RECEPTION - DAY Zoya finds out that the room 906 will not be vacated.
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EXT. NAPIER ROAD - DAY Rudra Pratap massacres the man.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 905) - NIGHT Zoya makes up her mind. Complete physical transformation.
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INT. MUNICIPAL MORGUE - NIGHT Wali Khan meets up with Municipal van and checks out 3 bodies (Male, female and child). Transports them into the ambulance.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (COFFEE SHOP) - NIGHT Zoya meets Sharyar Bhatti at the bar. Strikes up a conversation.
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INT. SURAIYA'S ROOM - DAY The Girl turns on the light. Is shocked to find Rudra Pratap bathed in blood. They don't speak at all. She starts to undress him and then cleans his body with water. She cries as they make love.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (9TH FLOOR + ROOM 906) - NIGHT Zoya and Sharyar Bhatti exit from the elevator. They walk to their rooms. She enters his room. The door closes.
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INT/EXT. DELHI METRO - DAY Next morning. An LeT Operative (one of the men we see at Goldman's house) with Hafeez Sayed enters the Delhi Metro Station with a bag. Rush hour. He enters the train. Sits in his place and places the bag effectively. Gets up at the next station. Train leaves and enters the tunnel. Blinding light.
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INT. KARACHI AIRPORT - DAY Wali Khan watches the news at the airport as he bids farewell to his family.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 905+905) - DAY Zoya watches the news on the television in her room. The connecting door is open. Sharyar Bhatti is still in bed.
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INT. SURAIYA'S ROOM - DAY Rudra Pratap watches the news on a small television in the Girl's room.
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INT/EXT. SALEEM PATHAN'S CAR - DAY Aslam listens to the news at Saleem Pathan's house.
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INT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - DAY Goldman calls Moin (his son) to the room. He watches the television news. News Channel is talking about the carnage and the fact that Goldman is going to celebrate his sons wedding unabashedly. Goldman to Moin, GOLDMAN Today is a very important day... You're starting a new phase in your life. You will have to learn some important things...For instance never mix family with business... He points to the television, GOLDMAN (CONT'D) They are so foolish...The wedding is family and the bombing is business...Why would they connect these two such different things? He continues talking without any sense of remorse.
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INT. ASHWINI'S HOUSE - DAY Ashwini watches in his house. SUMITRA How come no one is doing anything? Ashwini simply smiles.
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INT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - DAY Wali Khan brings the bodies into the house. Starts to rig the house.
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INT. SURAIYA'S HOUSE - DAY Rudra Pratap starts to pack. The Girl wakes up. He takes out a bundle of notes. Rupees. She reacts. GIRL You don't have to... RUDRA PRATAP (Putting it down) Keep it...Besides you know its not because... She reacts and goes into the inner room. He picks up the money and opens the door. He hesitates for a second. Then leaves. The door closes behind him.
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EXT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - DAY Wali Khan's house catches on fire.
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EXT. KARACHI ROAD - DAY Wali Khan parks the ambulance in the appointed lane. He exits the ambulance carrying a suit.
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INT/EXT. SHERATON HOTEL (PORCH) - EVENING Rudra Pratap drives a car into the Sheraton. The routine car check is carried out by security. The boot, glove box and engine of the car is checked. All clear. Rudra Pratap drives his car into P3 and heads to elevator.
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INT/EXT. SHERATON HOTEL (PORCH) - EVENING Aslam drives his car in. Saleem Pathan and his wife get out. Aslam drives the car into P1 using the special pass.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM 905) - EVENING Zoya starts to get ready.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (10TH FLOOR) - EVENING Rudra Pratap Singh exits the elevator on the 10th floor. INT. SHERATON HOTEL (BALLROOM) - EVENING Wali Khan is seen at the wedding. An MC announces for Mika.
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INT. KARACHI AIRPORT - EVENING The flight at the airport is cancelled. Volcanic ash. Nafisa in panic. Tries her husband. Can't get through. Calls neighbour. Learns of the fire. More panic. A police official notices her plight. Offers to help.
29. Calls the local police. 45A
EXT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - EVENING Outside Wali Khan's house the local policeman talks on the phone and confirms fire with entire family inside.
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INT. KARACHI AIRPORT (OFFICIAL'S ROOM) - EVENING Airport policeman gets suspicious. Asks Nafisa and son to come to inner room. Nafisa thanks him for his help and comes in. He asks questions about Wali Khan. Nafisa starts to get confused.
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EXT. CLIFTON - EVENING The cars start to leave from Clifton.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (BALLROOM) - EVENING Mika freaking out on stage.
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INT. KARACHI AIRPORT (OFFICIAL'S ROOM) - EVENING Police continue interrogation at airport. Son's pencil slips from hand. Rolls to the floor. The policeman picks up the pencil and reads on it 'Sheraton Hotel' He picks up mobile.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (BALLROOM) - EVENING General Pasha gets a phone call.
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EXT. KARACHI AIRPORT (PORCH) - NIGHT Cars enter the hotel.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (10TH FLOOR) - NIGHT Pasha runs to Bhanja and tells him. They start to run towards the elevators. Get thrown backwards by the blast in the adjoining room. Bhanja manages to get up and get to a phone.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (SERVICE ELEVATOR + SHAFT) - NIGHT Rudra Pratap blows the elevator roof open. He throws in a smoke canister. Bang Bang. Both guards go down. Rudra Pratap jumps into the elevator. Holds the gun to Goldman. Knocks on the door.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (PARKING LOT P3) - NIGHT The doors to the elevator open. Wali Khan. A car comes screeching. Aslam. They take hold of Goldman. Walk to the car when suddenly the first bullet is fired. Wali Khan gets hit.
30. Rudra Pratap and Aslam react as they are met with a volley of gunfire. Rudra Pratap manages to hold onto Goldman as he hits the ground. Goldman kicks him in the face trying to get free. Rudra Pratap reels backwards with the blow, momentarily letting go of Goldman. Frame Freezes. WALI KHAN (V.O) Was this the first thing to have gone wrong...No!...But this was the one thing that should not have gone wrong...How did it all go wrong was a question that we would ask later on...At this point we needed to make it right... FRAME UNFREEZES Aslam opens the passenger door and tries to pull the injured Wali Khan into the car. Goldman scrambles away as far as he can from Rudra Pratap. Amidst the aimless firing Rudra Pratap lunges towards Goldman. He grabs hold of Goldman's collar and tries to drag him to the car. Bhanja and Saleem Pathan come out with guns blazing as a fresh round of bullets are fired. Goldman puts up a strong fight as he kicks and lashes out at Rudra Pratap. Rudra Pratap tries in vain to hold onto him not once bothering about the onslaught of bullets. Aslam tries covering for Rudra Pratap and fires at Bhanja and his men. Wali Khan realising its a losing battle yells, WALI KHAN (CONT'D) Let him go...Get into the car...Just get in... Rudra Pratap looses his grip on Goldman as Aslam slams the accelerator. The car begins to screech and swerve. Bullets everywhere. Rudra Pratap dives into the car. He reaches into his pockets and pulls out a phone. Presses a key. The car Rudra Pratap drove in blows up. The men are covered in rubble. Wali Khan looks at him and at the phone in his hand. RUDRA PRATAP Told you I like to work by myself... Aslam finds it hard to see. Rudra Pratap shifts the car into reverse.
31. RUDRA PRATAP (CONT'D) Go...Go...Go now... Aslam presses madly on the gas. The car flies backward pumelling bodies and other cars. It smashes through the wall falling 3 floors onto the main street. 46j
INT. SHERATON HOTEL (PARKING LOT P3) - NIGHT The dust settles. Bhanja helps Goldman up who is furious with rage.
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EXT. SHERATON HOTEL - NIGHT Outside the hotel security and Goldman's men reach the Black Mercedes 500S. Its empty. Paramedics and emergency services are seen all around the hotel premises.
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EXT. ROAD OUTSIDE SHERATON - NIGHT An ambulance door opens. 3 men get in. Wali Khan, Rudra Pratap Singh and Aslam. Zoya drives the ambulance.
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INT. SHERATON HOTEL (ROOM) - NIGHT Bhanja and Pasha enter the room where Goldman is being tended. He looks up. He knows from their expression that they have escaped. He calmly looks at Saleem Pathan and says, GOLDMAN I want this city shut down...They will not escape...
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INT. KARACHI ROADS - NIGHT The ambulance drives down the highway. The passengers sit quietly.
INTERVAL
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INT/EXT. VARIOUS - NIGHT Shots of Karachi being closed down. The airport, the docks, the railways. The police and ISI shut down all points of exit. Images of Zoya, Wali Khan, Aslam and Rudra Pratap are circulated among the Police, security and other agencies. EXT. KARACHI ROADS - NIGHT The gang ditches the ambulance on an empty street. Rudra Pratap finds a car around the corner. He jacks open the car and they head to the garage. The car stops outside the garage. They step out and help an injured Wali Khan as Aslam drives the car in. Aslam gets out and locks the garage from the outside. He reenters the garage through the side window and locks it behind him.
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EXT. KARACHI NAVAL BASE - NIGHT A car passes the security barriers at the Naval Base PNS Mehran - Karachi.
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INT. NIYAAZ AHMED'S OFFICE - NIGHT Nafisa and her young son look on confused. The interrogating officer from the airport also looks a bit intimidated by the surroundings. On the soundtrack we hear a man introducing himself as Lt. Col. Niyaaz Ahmed. Nafisa sits in his office. It all looks very unofficial and comfortable. Important to not let her feel any panic. A plate of food and cold drinks is brought in and he sits down offering it to the boy. The boy looks at his mother who gestures that he can have it. The boy starts to eat the snacks hungrily. NAFISA (quietly) Have you found out any more news about my husband...The fire in the house...Is it true that he's dead? Niyaaz Ahmed confirms that he is alive. She heaves a sigh of relief and mutters a silent prayer. He smiles, NIYAAZ Where were you traveling? NAFISA Taking a flight to London via Doha... Holiday...
NIYAAZ
33. No!
NAFISA And adds, NAFISA (CONT'D) We were moving to London... He makes a general observation that, NIYAAZ Your husband was a barber and he still managed to save money to move his family to London? Nafisa starts to defend her husband when Niyaaz Ahmed opens a file and presents a bank statement to her. The amount reads Rs. 17,421/NIYAAZ (CONT'D) There has been no withdrawal from this account in 2 months...How did he get the money to pay for the tickets? Nafisa starts to get nervous, NAFISA I would like to speak to my husband... She reaches into her bag and takes out her mobile. Dials. NIYAAZ Is it disconnected? She looks at him, Her nervousness getting elevated. Ahmed puts on the television. The news channels detailing the blast at the Sheraton. She looks at it. He comes and sits next to her. NIYAAZ (CONT'D) The blast was carried out by 4 RAW agents...Indian spies...We believe your husband was the mastermind... Her head starts to reel. She gets up to go. Picks up her son and reaches the door when the security stands in her way. NIYAAZ (CONT'D) Leaving is not an option Mrs. Khan... 52
INT. GARAGE - NIGHT On the soundtrack we hear her pleading.
34. NAFISA (V.O.) There has been a big mistake... You've got it all wrong...My husband is a decent man... Wali Khan struggles with the pain. Rudra Pratap Singh gets some tongs and alcohol and proceeds to extract the bullet out of the wound as Wali Khan bites hard into a cloth. NAFISA (V.O) (CONT'D) He is a good husband, a devout Muslim and a loving father... Aslam and Zoya sit quietly shuddering at the sounds of pain. NAFISA (V.O.) (CONT'D) He is not a spy from India...He could not have been responsible for that...My husband is just a barber... ASHWINI (V.O.) There was no way that Nafisa could have known the true identity of her husband...10 years ago Daraab Khan Junior Officer at GIC had been recruited by me... Flash: Daraab Rehman is met up by Ashwini Kumar at a bus stop in Dariyaganj, New Delhi. Ashwini talks to him. Shows some photographs. His face lights up. He is sent for training to the north east. Firing bullets against a cardboard target. Infiltrated through North East Pakistan. Meets with an older gentleman in Karachi. Starts to work in the barber shop. Arranged marriage with Nafisa. Kabeer is born. ASHWINI (V.O.) (CONT'D) For the past 10 years he had been so deep under cover that it was justified for us also to wonder whether he had actually turned or gone soft...He had...Any father would and in that respect Nafisa was right...Daraab Rehman aka Wali Khan could not have been responsible for the devastation and utter carnage that was being televised on every news channel of the globe...What had gone wrong? (MORE)
35. ASHWINI (V.O.) (CONT'D) How had all this happened? Was a question that needed to be answered? And most people thought that I had the answers... 53
INT. ASHWINI'S RAW OFFICE - NIGHT Ashwini Kumar sits in his office watching the television. His mobile begins to buzz. 'PMO'. On the soundtrack we hear the PM demanding answers.
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EXT. PMO - NIGHT The standard Government issued car is ushered through the security cordon at PM's residence. Ashwini gets off and is escorted through a corridor.
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INT. PMO - NIGHT Ashwini sits in front of the PM. The room is a buzz with activity however; everyone seems to be concentrating on Ashwini and what he has to say. He remains quiet. The PM looks perplexed and says, PM I am stunned that no information is forthcoming from the RA&W chief...How many agents were there? Someone volunteers that from the information they have received they think they were 4 operatives. Ashwini still remains quiet. PM (Frustrated) (CONT'D) Are they any good, because the last thing I want to see is the mug shots of four Indian spies on PTV 1 and PTV2...The press is going to have a field day with this...You better clear up this mess... Ashwini is handed a sheet of paper and is escorted out of the room. Mishra waits for Ashwini to exit and then turns to the Prime Minister, MISHRA They will not get caught sir. Atleast not by the Pakistani's...I will see to it...
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INT. PMO (PRESS ROOM) - NIGHT Ashwini reaches the hoards of PRESS gathered outside the gates.
36. He gives a statement denying the involvement of any Indian Armed Forces on Pakistani soil and says that the Indian Government has also been a victim of such terrorist activities as demonstrated in this mornings blast. ASHWINI We have been dealing with these heinous and cowardly acts on a regular basis and are committed to help the Pakistani Government in any possible way... 55A
INT. GARAGE - NIGHT The gang of four watches the press conference on a small television. REPORTER The Pakistani Government is accusing the Indian Government of mounting an operation to abduct and kill Goldman... ASHWINI First the Pakistani Government needs to admit that Goldman is residing in Karachi...If they do then they need to pay heed to the heaps of proof that the Indian Government has provided their esteemed neighbor over the past 2 decades and hand him over... ASHWINI (CONT'D) If they still persist with the line that he is not in Karachi, Pakistan then why would the Indian Government send in a team to abduct a ghost?
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INT. NIYAAZ AHMED'S OFFICE - NIGHT General Pasha and Niyaaz Ahmed watch the Indian Government turning the situation to their advantage.
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INT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - NIGHT Goldman and his men watch on their big screen television in the Clifton Bungalow. INT. PMO (PRESS ROOM) - NIGHT One of the other reporters asks why he was retiring prematurely. Mishra intervenes and says that, MISHRA Ashwini Kumar was always supposed to retire...He has asked for us (MORE)
37. MISHRA (CONT'D) to move the date earlier as he needs to attend to some personal matter...He has been a loyal and patriotic soldier and has served his country well these last 3 decades...His portfolio will now be handled by myself... The reporters start to ask a million questions when the four of them watching the news understand that they have been left to fend for themselves. 56
INT. PMO - NIGHT Ashwini signs the document of resignation that is presented to him handing over complete charge to Mishra as he watches the proceedings on the television in the PMO.
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EXT. PMO - NIGHT He walks out slowly and starts to walk towards his car. Suddenly he falters a bit and a security guard and secretary rush to help him. He apologizes and they feel a bit sympathetic for the aging ex head of RA&W. He thanks them and walks off and then opens his palm to reveal the mobile that he just lifted from the secretary. He dials a number.
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INT. GARAGE - NIGHT Wali Khan answers the telephone in the garage. He listens silently, ASHWINI The Indian government is washing their hands off this entire matter... WALI KHAN We had anticipated this response...Do you have any information where the leak could have come from... (In the background the television plays the news of flights being grounded due to volcanic ash in Europe. Wali Khan has his back to the television) ASHWINI I've insured that it was not from this end as only I knew and still know...It has to be from that end and you need to figure out a way to get out, as the other side will have also started piecing the puzzle together...
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INT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - NIGHT Bhanja and Saleem Pathan look up as General Shuja Pasha and Niyaaz Ahmed complete giving the report to Goldman. They have already identified Aslam, Zoya and now thanks to Nafisa they have all the information on Wali Khan. GOLDMAN What about the fourth man? They have no information on him as yet. Just then the door is opened and Goldman's wife disturbs the meeting. She comes and whispers to him.
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INT. GOLDMAN'S DEN (STUDY) - NIGHT He gets up and walks out where the bride's father is seated. He takes him to the other room and listens for a few minutes as the man tries his best to impress upon him for a postponement. Goldman puts his hand up and says, GOLDMAN There will be no postponement... The functions will proceed as planned...My son will get married... He looks at the man in the eyes and asks him if he understood. The man says nothing. Goldman gets up and comes back in the room. Enraged he loses his cool, GOLDMAN (CONT'D) I want everyone associated with this attack...Everyone... Bhanja who has been on the phone turns to his uncle, BHANJA I will have it all sorted...The four will not escape... EXT.
GARAGE - NIGHT
A police car pulls up outside the garage. Aslam hearing the sound of car tyres moves towards the window. He sees the policemen alight from the car and question a man on the street. The policeman looks towards the garage. Aslam slinks away into the darkness. The policeman walks towards the front door of the garage and pushes and pulls to try and open the lock. Rudra Pratap pulls his gun out ready to take him down. Zoya does the same. The policeman retreats and drives away in the car.
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INT. GARAGE - NIGHT Aslam is in full panic. He knows that he will be the first to have been identified. Aslam asks Rudra Pratap, ASLAM Maybe we should use the same route as planned before... (To Rudra) Are you going to the docks?... Rudra says nothing. WALI KHAN We will need to inform the commission...They will get us out... ASLAM Why will they...You heard them... On the television...On the phone... What did the old man say?...We are on our own... WALI KHAN That is not entirely true...There is protocol... Rudra Pratap finishes shaving and cutting his hair. He looks like a different man. RUDRA PRATAP (Completing his packing) You're now on your own...My job was to come in and complete the mission and now since the mission has failed we are on our own once again...
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EXT. NAPIER ROAD - NIGHT Rudra Pratap reaches Napier Road. The whole street is bustling with activity. General Pasha is firing Niyaaz Ahmed for not taking control earlier. He reprimands him, GENERAL PASHA He cannot have this becoming a personal vendetta of one insane man... Rudra knows something has gone horribly wrong. He walks through the crowd as he watches people coming out of the small room that used to be his haven till not long ago. Then he sees her. Mutilated. Unrecognisable. Her body is brought out.
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INT/EXT. RAILWAY STATION - NIGHT Wali Khan, completely transformed as well and Zoya reach the railway station. Wali Khan opens the locker. Inside a message. A time and an address. CUT TO
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INT. DIPANKAR GHOSH'S OFFICE - NIGHT Dipankar Ghosh Cultural Attache - Indian High Commission in Islamabad gets an order from Mishra, MISHRA They've taken the bait...Good!!!... Now take them out...No traces to be left behind...
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INT. ASHWINI KUMAR'S HOUSE - NIGHT Ashwini sits troubled in his house. His wife comes and sits next to him. INT/EXT. TEA STALL - NIGHT Rudra Pratap sits at a local tea stall waiting. Rudra Pratap waits for the last of the police to clear off the premises.
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INT. SURAIYA'S ROOM - NIGHT He enters slowly. The room looks like wreck. It smells of blood. He can hear her screams of pleading. He can hear the manic threats of Bhanja.
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INT. SURAIYA'S ROOM - NIGHT PBS 6 (PART 1) - Ref: In the Deep by Bird York He watches in clear detail as THE GIRL's torture and death replay in front of him. The violence and the pleasure with which Bhanja physically tears her apart. EXT. NAPIER ROAD - NIGHT Rudra walks out through Napier Road as the images of Suraiya's death are interspersed with the time he spent with her and Bhanja walking out of her room covered in her blood. Rudra Pratap shuts his eyes.
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EXT. KARACHI DOCKS - NIGHT Bhanja and his goons enter the Karachi docks. He is shown the diamond and is introduced to the trawler captain.
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EXT. KARACHI DOCKS - NIGHT Aslam gets off a bus close to the docks. He scales a couple of walls and reaches the pier from where they were supposed to get onto the trawler.
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INT. TRAWLER - NIGHT He enters the boathouse quietly. The captain is seated with his back to him. He closes the door behind him and walks to the captain who seems to be drunk and passed out. He nudges him ever so slightly. The captain's head just falls off. Decapitated. Aslam screams but no sound comes out. Horrified he reels backwards and falls to the ground. He crawls to the door and opens it to find himself staring into the face of Bhanja.
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EXT. EMPRESS MARKET - NIGHT Wali Khan and Zoya enter the Empress Market in Karachi. It is bustling with activity even though it's way past midnight. They try to be casual looking for the shop where they are supposed to meet their contact. Zoya looks around and then asks quietly, ZOYA What was the shops name? Wali Khan looks at the scrap of paper in his hand, WALI KHAN Al Mansour Sweets... They cross a junction. A shopkeeper looks at them and then takes out a mobile phone and dials.
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INT. DIPANKAR GHOSH'S OFFICE - NIGHT The phone is picked up in Islamabad - Dipankar Ghosh yells, DIPANKAR GHOSH Have you got them? The shopkeeper starts to walk behind them and speaks, SHOPKEEPER They've just come sir...They are walking towards the drop point... How many?
DIPANKAR SHOPKEEPER Two sir...A male late thirties and a woman...
42. DIPANKAR (Curses under his breath) Fuck! They must have split up...Okay take care of these two and try to get them alive so we can figure out where the other two are? The shopkeeper/agent acknowledges and speaks into a walkietalkie. Another agent gets alerted and acknowledges that he can see them approaching. Zoya notices the shop first and gestures in the direction. Wali Khan looks at the direction in which Zoya is pointing and starts to move. Over the crowd he sees the man recognizing him. They make eye contact. He starts to move cautiously. The man listens on his earpiece. DIPANKAR (CONT'D) Take them alive... He watches Wali Khan walking trying to look as casual as possible when he stops suddenly. A couple of cops walk by. Zoya and Wali Khan turn towards a shop window pretending to window shop. The contact at the store watches them wait for the cops to leave and then sees Zoya turn and start walking. She stops when she realizes that Wali Khan is not following. She turns to find him transfixed at the shop window. ZOYA What's the matter? WALI KHAN I can't go... He says without taking his eyes out of the window, WALI KHAN (CONT'D) I know how they found out...It all makes sense now... She looks at what he has been watching. A row of televisions in the electronic shop window. All showing the bombing and then the airports closed in Europe because of volcanic ash. The agents wonder what has made him stop. They talk on the walkie-talkie. Dipankar wonders what has happened. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) I need to make a call... Wali Khan says with panic all over his eyes and starts to look for a phone booth. He starts to walk in the opposite direction. Zoya pleads with him,
43. ZOYA Just come back...We can figure this out later... The agents wonder what to do? DIPANKAR Maybe he knows...Take him down... Wali Khan walks fast through the market looking for a phone. Zoya tries to reason with him. WALI KHAN Carry on without me...I am not going to leave... The agents start to close in when he sees a phone and starts to run towards it. He almost reaches the phone when the first agent comes bang in front of him. Wali Khan looks at him and at the gun that he is concealing. AGENT You need to come with us... Zoya turns and find the other agent behind them. WALI KHAN I need to make a phone call...I need to understand if my wife and son are all right? AGENT You can make... Wali Khan does not wait for the man to finish his sentence he lunges for his gun and fires in the air. There is pandemonium in the market. The cops turn and run. Wali Khan kicks the man and Zoya throws chilly powder in the other agents face. He screams in agony. Wali Khan looks at Zoya. ZOYA Don't even suggest it...I'm coming with you... They run into the crowd. 68
INT. TRAWLER - NIGHT Aslam's head is pulled back. Half dead. Bhanja stands above him with a fish hook dripping with blood. Bhanja himself looks possessed and demonic. BHANJA Where are the others? Aslam knows that he is dead even if he tells them. He just wishes the ordeal would be over. That this crazy man would get over and done with. He decides to provoke him.
44. He calls him close saying that he is ready to tell. leans forward when Aslam spits on him.
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Enraged Bhanja raises his weapon when the door flies open. Saleem Pathan screams at him to stop. Then looks at the other men and orders them to bring Aslam with them. 69
EXT. PIER - NIGHT Aslam is pushed into the back of a car. Saleem Pathan sits at the back with him as Bhanja takes the seat in the first car. The cavalcade begins to make their way out of the docks. They begin to pick up speed racing down the pier. Aslam can barely keep his head up when he feels a huge impact. Glass shatters all around him. He feels his head spinning. He tries to focus and opens his eyes to see the car spinning out of control. He sees the stunned expression in Saleem Pathan's face. Then he sees the reason for their surprise. The reason for the impact. Rudra Pratap Singh spins his car deftly maneuvering both cars so that they go into an unending spin. He shoots as his car pivots around taking out the driver of the car behind Aslam's car. That car loses control and finds itself in the water. The car in front slams its brakes. Bhanja and the goons come out to find a hail of bullets finding their mark. Rudra Pratap looks like a man possesed when he sees Bhanja. He slams his break and breaks free from the spin deftly even as Aslam's car continues to spin. He fires at the windshield and shatters the glass with his fist. Bhanja looks at his adversary. The two men start to fire at each other when Goldmans's goons pull Bhanja away and take him away in the car screaming to be left behind. Rudra Pratap turns his attention to spinning car. He shifts gears. Slams the acclerator and pummels into the spinning car. It flies and lands on its side. He gets out of the car. Gun on his side. Pulls open the door even as Bhanja and Saleem Pathan try to recover from the shock. He wrenches the half dead Aslam out. Pushes him into this car. Puts the car into gear and presses down on the accelerator. The car flies out of the dock area.
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INT. DOCTOR'S CLINIC - NIGHT A government car screeches to a halt outside the private clinic of a doctor. General Shuja Pasha and Lt. Col. Niyaaz Ahmed walk through the corridor looking extremely disturbed. Goldman looks up when they enter as the doctor completes stitching up Bhanja. Saleem Pathan looks a wreck himself on the other bed. General Pasha looks at the injured then at Goldman and is
45. about to say something when Goldman puts his hand up and says, GOLDMAN I know what you're going to say... The chutiya got carried away...He wants to impress me...Bloody mother fucker... (To Bhanja) Apologize to the General...All your stupid, dirty work will have to be cleaned up by this gentleman...If you were going to do such stupid things then you should at least succeed... He slaps him hard. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) I hate failures...What's the point in cutting the head of fisherman? If you have to cut the head of anybody it should have been that chutiya who held the gun to my head...Anyway apologize to the General...APOLOGISE!!! Bhanja gets up to apologize. General Pasha knows its all drama. ASHWINI (V.O.) There comes a time in even a the most patient man's life when... 70A
INT/EXT. CAR - NIGHT Pasha sits in the car controlling his temper. PASHA (To Niyaaz Ahmed) Fix a meeting with the ISI chief... Things are getting out of hand and need to be stopped... NIYAAZ What should we do about the boy and his mother?
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INT/EXT. GARAGE - NIGHT Rudra Pratap Singh slowly turns into the deserted alley of the garage. He stops the car outside and carries the half dead Aslam inside the garage. Zoya sees his state and runs to help him. RUDRA PRATAP (To Zoya) What's the matter?
46. ZOYA We know what went wrong in the mission... Rudra Pratap gets distracted by the television that Wali Khan is watching. The report confirms that a young boy, a victim of the Sheraton Bombing has been found. His mother is dead and they are looking for a father, any relative. A number flashes for any information regarding the parents. Wali Khan keeps looking at the photograph of his son. His eyes well up with tears. He looks at Rudra Pratap Singh and asks him quietly, WALI KHAN How do you think they would have killed her? PBS 6 (PART 2) - Ref: In the Deep by Bird York Rudra Pratap says nothing. Wali Khan pulls out a mat and kneels down to pray for forgiveness and for peace in heaven. Rudra Pratap watches him. The television keeps flashing the photographs. ASHWINI (V.O.) Both sides were playing their pressure tactics... 72
INT. ASHWINI'S HOUSE - DAY On the soundtrack we hear knocking on a door. Ashwini opens his bedroom door. DOMESTIC HELP Some men have come to see you from the Directorate...The Enforcement Directorate... He looks nonplussed and walks out. The man in charge a Mr. Yadav pulls out a document alleging some kind of discrepancy with accounts in Singapore with his sons business etc and allowing them the right to search the premises. Ashwini's wife Sumitra comes out looking harassed and worried. ASHWINI Nothing to worry about...Can you make some tea? These gentlemen will be here for sometime... She looks at him and then understands that he is serious. She goes inside. The men proceed to tear the place apart. He watches calmly. The main door suddenly opens and Mishra comes in. He proceeds to feign ignorance and surprise on the on going raid.
47. He demands to see the documents and begins to make the correct noise ordering that the Ex - Head of RA&W be left alone. ASHWINI (CONT'D) Calm down...Sumitra, bring another cup of tea please for Mishra, he looks tired...Obviously he has been spending sleepless nights... How come you've dropped by... Mishra shows him photographs of Wali Khan and Zoya at the Empress Market. MISHRA They walked away instead of making contact...You really need to start talking, as it is only a matter of time before we piece everything together...Send them a message that they can all be brought back... Ashwini laughs. ASHWINI The offer is tempting but the problem with temptation is that it can sometimes kill you, destroy you... Mishra wonders what the Ex - Head is talking about when his wife enters with the tea and some Bengali sweets. ASHWINI (CONT'D) Now see what my wife has done... She should have known better than to tempt you with Bengali sweets... After all aapko sugar ka problem hai na? These Bengali sweets could kill you... Just then a man enters with a manila envelope from Ashwini's desk and embarrassingly hands it to Mishra. He opens it and finds photographs of him and a Bengali woman in extremely compromising positions. Mishra can feel his blood pressure rising. RUDRA PRATAP SINGH (V.O.) We all had our weaknesses...The question was what were willing to do, what lengths were we willing to go... 73
INT. GARAGE - DAY Wali Khan slowly walks across the garage. Zoya is asleep in the chair beside the makeshift bed where Aslam lies recuperating.
48. He opens the door of the garage and moves to the car. RUDRA PRATAP Even I thought that I would be able to save her...Protect her... Keep her away from harm...I would look into her eyes and become blind to the death warrant that I was issuing in her name...I would get lost in her hair and just never find the words to explain the futility of our future...I would feel the shudder that ran through our bodies and it would bring alive a sense of hope...A reason to live... Wali Khan keeps looking at him. A side that he has not seen before. RUDRA PRATAP (CONT'D) You know as well as I do that they will kill him even if you surrender... He still says nothing. RUDRA PRATAP (CONT'D) You want your sons life to mean something then help me finish what you started... WALI KHAN What was her name? Rudra looks at him then says quietly, RUDRA I wish I knew... 74
INT. ISI HQ - DAY ARMY OFFICER So you're saying this can be done? A high ranking army officer puts down a report and looks at General Pasha and Lt. Col. Niyaaz Ahmed. PASHA I'm saying it has to be done...No questions about it... A kind of foreboding silence fills the room. Pasha continues, PASHA (CONT'D) We got caught with our pants down when all hell broke lose in (MORE)
49. PASHA (CONT'D) Abbotabad... God knows the American's continuously throw the damn thing in our faces...If this joker GOLDMAN is caught the Indians will make us a laughing stock in front of the whole world... He lets the last statement hang. PASHA (CONT'D) Look he has overstayed his welcome...Lets be honest he just does not have enough money to buy the global backlash that will happen if he gets caught...And why are we doing this?...For a man who just does not give a damn...He's like a termite...A parasite eating away at his host... He first eroded India and now he wants to do the same thing to us...He will destroy us... OFFICIAL How will it happen? NIYAAZ Standard Encounter Procedure Sir... We do it all the time. He looks at General Pasha wondering if he has spoken out of turn. GENERAL PASHA I have already laid the ground work... Told him that he will have to be moved to an ISI safe house after the nikaah this evening... OFFICIAL They are going ahead with the nikaah? GENERAL PASHA (Scornfully) Yes I'm afraid but, as he never fails to mention he has scaled it down on our request (sarcastically) to only about 100 friends and family... ARMY OFFICER So we kill him after the nikaah... Enroute to the safe house? I will have to give a full report to Islamabad... He looks at Niyaaz Ahmed and says,
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INT. GARAGE - DAY Rudra Pratap stands over a make shift road plan. Matchboxes and other paraphernalia are used to indicate landmarks. The four of them stand over the table. He speaks pointing to a box, RUDRA This is the Clifton house...The nikaah is taking place in the afternoon with only select family...
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INT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - DAY Intercut of the house, the nikaah taking place and all the elements as he speaks. He details out exactly where they can expect the guards to be positioned. The distance of the first security cordon from the main gates. The press and OB vans that will be gathered to shoot the event. To try and get any kind of footage. RUDRA The guests will be arriving for the reception and to bless the couple... He describes how Zoya will have to get pretending to be a reporter and fix an How he will take out the guards on the cylinders that they will need to stack
to an enetring car explosive device. roof. The LPG up in the OB van.
RUDRA (CONT'D) Aslam will drive the van through the gates to where Goldman should be standing to receive the guests after the nikaah... He emphasizes the place that the van needs to reach to create the most impact and damage. 76
INT/EXT. GARAGE - DAY A high profile military car arrives at the cordon. The press starts to surround it as the security tries to keep them at bay. Zoya pushes through the crowd and fixes the explosive device. The car is ushered through the chaos and commotion. Zoya gets back to the Ob Van. The van starts. Wali Khan seated on the bike looks at Aslam as Zoya gives a once over to the LPG cylinders that have been stacked in the back of the van.
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INT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - DAY General Pasha looks at Lt. Col Niyaaz Ahmed and signals to him. Niyaaz gestures that they are all set. Pasha goes up to Goldman, PASHA We need to move to the safe house now... Goldman looks at him and walks off. Pasha and Niyaaz wonder what he is up to. He goes up to his son and daughter-in-law and blesses them. Kisses them on their foreheads and then walks back.
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The military car with the explosive device slowly starts to make its way to the main gate. The van and bike starts to drive up the road leading to the bungalow. In the distance they can see the security cordon. Wali Khan looks at Aslam in his rear view. 79
EXT. GOLDMAN'S DEN - DAY Goldman sits in his car. The ISI security guards all get into their vehicles. Pasha and Niyaaz Ahmed sit with him. Suddenly he gets off. They get startled. Bhanja...
GOLDMAN They look at each other. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) Come with us... Pasha curses under his breath. 80
EXT. CLIFTON ROAD - DAY The van and bike reach their positions. Rudra Pratap looks at the guards at the security cordon as well as the gate. He knows he will only get one chance. He will have to take them out or else Aslam will not be able to drive into the compound. Wali Khan closes his eyes in one silent prayer. Then shifts gears. The bike takes off.
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EXT. CLIFTON ROAD - DAY Zoya looks at her detonator and then at Aslam as he starts to accelerate. His hands gripping the steering tighter.
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EXT. CLIFTON ROAD - DAY The military car reaches the main gate. The suicide mission moves at top speed towards the Clifton house. Rudra Pratap waits for the correct time. He starts to make up his mind as to who needs to be taken out first.
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EXT. GOLDMAN'S DEN/CLIFTON ROAD - DAY Just then the gates of the bungalow open. The cavalcade starts to make their way out. Wali Khan comes to a screeching halt. Aslam dives into a side lane. They watch the cavalcade leaving. Wali Khan looks at Rudra Pratap Singh, WALI KHAN He's leaving?
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INT/EXT. CAR/KARACHI ROADS - DAY The cavalcade starts to gather momentum and speed. Inside the limousine Bhanja checks his phone. He dials a number. A voice answers animatedly. Calm down!
BHANJA Pasha looks at Niyaaz Ahmed. Goldman pays no attention. BHANJA(casually) (CONT'D) I just saw your missed calls.. I was busy with the nikaah... The voice at the other end says, VOICE ON PHONE They are going to take him down on the way to the safe house... Bhanja let's the news sink in trying his best not to react. Pasha starts to get suspicious of the phone call. BHANJA I can't help you,I'm on the way with bhai in the car...You need to speak with Saleem and ask him to help you... Goldman looks up. big deal.
Bhanja gestures casually that it's no
BHANJA (CONT'D) Yes he too has been busy with the nikaah...I will send you another number...Khuda Hafiz! He puts down the phone and proceeds to send the number to the caller. Then casually turns to Pasha and Ahmed.
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INT/EXT. CAR/DIRT ROAD - EVENING The car reaches the expressway and starts to race down at top speed. Then it suddenly takes a detour. Bhanja notices it before Goldman who makes a casual remark, GOLDMAN So the ISI has a new safe house? Bhanja starts to send out an sms when Pasha draws his weapon. Ahmed also does the same. Goldman looks at him. A bit surprised. Bhanja reacts. Goldman tells him to stop. Ahmed reaches for Bhanja and disarms him. The cars turn into a dirt road off the expressway. They stop. The guards all surround the car. Get out...
PASHA (To Goldman) He does as he is told followed by Bhanja. He looks at Pasha, GOLDMAN I must thank you for allowing me to complete the nikaah... PASHA (Smirks) It's the least I could do... GOLDMAN So how is this going to work? I get in the car and you blow it up pretending it was another attack or you riddle the car with bullets or... Pasha is about to speak when Goldman raises his hands. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) Whatever you're planning, do it quickly because if I know my nephew he must have already sent out a message to Pathan after receiving that earlier phone call... Pasha looks at Ahmed who takes out Bhanja's mobile and checks his last sms to Pathan. Pasha turns to Goldman when the first bullet is fired. Ahmed goes down like a sitting duck. Pasha reacts. Goldman and Bhanja also react. Three other commandos go down. BANG BANG BANG. Then Pasha sees him. Rudra Pratap getting ready to fire again. Pasha and the other commandos start to fire in that direction. Wali Khan joins in.
54. Bhanja thinking that it is Saleem and his men and sensing an opportunity gets to a fallen commando and picks up his automatic machine gun. Possessed he starts firing. The other commandos get hit. Pasha ducks for cover. Rudra Pratap watches Bhanja opening fire. He runs towards him. Bhanja sees him approaching. He turns to him to fire. His cannister has been unloaded. Empty. He lunges for another gun from a fallen Pakistani soldier. Rudra Pratap bends down and in one swift move takes out a knife from a dead soldier. As Bhanja comes up Rudra Pratap comes face to face and slits his throat. Bhanja falls. Aslam starts the van. Zoya looks at him. He reaches for the passenger door and opens it. Before Zoya can react he kicks her out of the van and puts it in gear. Slams the accelerator. Pasha turns to the approaching vehicle and fires. The windshield shatters and the bullet pierces Aslam in the chest. He drives the van hard into the car. It explodes throwing back everyone. Rudra Pratap is the first to get up. He runs towards the explosion followed by a stunned Wali Khan and Zoya. Bodies are littered everywhere. Then he sees him. GOLDMAN. Struggling to get to his feet. He jumps over the burning carcass of the limousine and holds the gun out to Goldman once again. Wali Khan reaches the car at the back. Gets in and tries to start it. It sputters and then starts. Rudra Pratap pushes Goldman to the back as Zoya gets in. Wali Khan presses hard on the accelerator. The wheels spin on the dirt road and the car takes off. Pasha struggles to his feet and manages to get out of the way as the car pummels past him. Wali Khan watches the injured General in his rear view and shouts, WALI KHAN Look in his pockets...He will have a Thuraya Satellite Phone... Rudra Pratap takes out the phone and dials the number that Wali Khan shouts. ASHWINI KUMAR (V.O) I had been waiting for a different type of phone call... 82
INT. ASHWINI'S HOUSE - EVENING Ashwini completes putting on his cravat for the evening out when his mobile rings. He smiles at Sumitra as she puts the finishing touches on her saree. He answers the call and just hears,
55. WALI KHAN (Screaming) We got him...Goldman...We have him sir! Ashwini tries to look calm, but his hands begin to shake with excitement. He casually walks out of the room and asks, ASHWINI How is not important at this point? Where are you heading? WALI KHAN We are on a dirt road sir... Somewhere outside Karachi... ASHWINI Ok move towards the border...Will send you co ordinates in two hours...Then wait for further instructions... He turns to find Sumitra at the door putting on her earrings. SUMITRA Who was that? ASHWINI Just Sumer from Singapore asking about our flight details. SUMITRA(Adjusting his cravat) And you said that you were sending him co ordinates...Can you please start speaking like a normal human being? He smiles. She shouts some instructions to no one in particular and reaches the door. Opens it to find Mishra standing outside. She looks at Ashwini. 82A
EXT. ASHWINI'S HOUSE - EVENING MISHRA There's been another incident... Mishra tries to control himself knowing fully well that he is going to get nothing from the Ex - Head. Ashwini looks blank and says, ASHWINI There will be one more Mishra if you don't allow me to go for the concert...Sumitra has been waiting for 2 months for the Gundecha Bros. and Rashid Khan and you (MORE)
56. ASHWINI (CONT'D) know the traffic getting to Siri Fort at this time... MISHRA (Through gritted teeth) This whole thing is such a joke...I mean the whole region could get destabilized with the stunt that your jokers have just managed to pull off... Ashwini smiles and says, ASHWINI Its funny you call it a joke and yet I see that no one is really laughing! 82B
INT/EXT. CAR/DELHI ROADS - NIGHT Ashwini gets into his car and leaves knowing fully well that Mishra will not give up so easily. Sumitra holds his hand. SUMITRA Everything okay? He just smiles. She knows there's no point pressing any further.
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INT/EXT. CAR/DIRT ROAD - NIGHT The car races down the dirt road. Wali Khan trying desperately to figure out where they are. GOLDMAN You have no idea where you are even going? Do you? RUDRA (Pointing the gun) You need to keep quiet... GOLDMAN Let me make a phone call and I can make sure that... RUDRA SHUT UP!... JUST SHUT UP!! Goldman keeps quiet. Zoya suddenly points. Wali Khan sees it too. Trucks on a highway. He slams the brakes and tries to figure out how to get to the highway. GOLDMAN Are you the man in charge or is he?
57. They don't answer knowing fully well that he is trying to create a wedge. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) You look like a man who can see some reason...Who can understand the stupidity in trying to do what is impossible...It's just a matter of time...They will find me...And then you will have lost this advantage for which your friend even lost his life... WALI KHAN You really think you can buy us off... GOLDMAN Every person has a price...You just need to know what it is...If it's not money then maybe something else...Like maybe your wife and son... Wali Khan reacts. RUDRA Don't listen to him...He's playing you... WALI KHAN What do you know of my wife and son? They killed her GOLDMAN Let me make a phone call and I can make you talk to her... WALI KHAN Getting out of the car... (And pulling him out) You're lying... Rudra Pratap comes to their side. RUDRA Get back in the car...Don't listen to him... (Pointing the gun to Goldman) You need to shut up... GOLDMAN He obviously has nothing to lose...I know the type...So do you...What does he get once this all over... (MORE)
58. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) A medal..And you what do you get?... The guilt of sacrificing your family...Your son...Give me the phone...Wali Khan looks at the phone in his hand. RUDRA (Thrusting the gun onto Goldman's face) Get back in the car...Don't give him anything... Goldman pushes the gun away. GOLDMAN You don't even have to give me the phone...Just dial this number...Tell the person you have me and that you want to speak to your wife and son...It will be done... Rudra pushes him down...In a flash he turns and takes the phone out of Wali Khan's hand. WALI KHAN Give me the phone RUDRA Don't listen to him...They are dead...You know... WALI KHAN Give me the phone... GOLDMAN You were going to London?...I can arrange that...92301... RUDRA (Looking at Wali Khan) Don't listen to him...You want the phone you need to shoot me...You know they are dead... GOLDMAN They will be...82366 WALI KHAN Give me back the phone... RUDRA You will have to shoot me... BANG!
59. The gun goes off. Silence! Everyone reacts. looks at the gun in his hand.
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It still smokes from being fired. Zoya looks in horror. Rudra Pratap falls backwards. Blood oozing from his thigh. 84
EXT. SIRI FORT (GUNDECHA BROTHERS CONCERT) - NIGHT The applause reverberates through the ruins of the old fort. The Gundecha Brothers finish with a flourish. Ashwini looks at his watch. Impatient. Sumitra turns to talk to some other ladies. Polite conversation about the retirement and shift to Singapore. He casually looks around and spots at least 3 men keeping an eye on him. The stage starts being set up for Rashid Khan.
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EXT. SIRI FORT - NIGHT He excuses himself and starts to walk towards the bathrooms. He knows that the men will be following him. Safe distance. Standard Procedure. He enters the complex. People acknowledge and greet him warmly. He notices one man walk past his group and another wait at the door. He excuses himself and walks to the bathroom.
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INT/EXT. SIRI FORT (RESTROOM) - NIGHT Looks for an empty urinal. The bathroom is pretty crowded. He knows that he will be followed. His mind working overtime. Trying to figure out a way to get rid of them. Then he sees the cleaner and his bucket. Broom. An air freshener. He washes his hands as he sees his follower entering. He wipes his hands and takes out his wallet to tip the cleaner when he drops the note. The cleaner and he both bend down casually and he pockets the aerosol can. The other agent watches him exiting. He comes back out and starts to walk to the stage. He takes off his cravat. His lighter. Sets it slowly on fire and pushes the cravat and the aerosol can into the dustbin. He continues walking waiting for the mild explosion. It does not fail. The dustbin bursts like a rocket. Given the current atmosphere in Delhi people start to panic and just run. The security tries to calm the situation. The agents look for him, but he disappears in the crowd.
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EXT. SIRI FORT - NIGHT Sumitra is escorted with the crowd towards an exit. She wonders where he is and takes out her mobile to call him. A message is received. GO TO YOUR SISTERS...I WILL EXPLAIN LATER!
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INT/EXT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT BANG BANG. 2 bullets are fired. Zoya holding a gun to Goldman while Rudra Pratap lies half conscious react inside the car. They look towards the desolate farm house from where the gun shots have come. Wali Khan looking extremely different comes out of the farmhouse and opens the door of the car. Come on...
WALI KHAN He nudges Goldman who gets off. Bring him...
WALI KHAN (CONT'D) They enter the house to see a couple tied up in the corner. Zoya helps Rudra Pratap to a sofa. They exchange a look when they see the couple. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) Is he going to be all right? ZOYA He's lost a lot of blood...We need to get him to a hospital... Wali Khan does not respond. He walks to the couple. WALI KHAN We need a place to rest and maybe eat...We will leave in the morning...If you help us nothing will happen...Do you understand? The couple nods. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) My friend has been hurt...We need some medicines... The couple nods again. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) And some food... 86
INT. MISHRA'S OFFICE - NIGHT Mishra screams in frustration.
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EXT. CAR/HIGHWAY - NIGHT Ashwini's taxi drives past a milestone that reads Chandigarh.
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INT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT The four of them eat silently in the farm house. WALI KHAN How far is the border from here? MAN Three and half hours... GOLDMAN Whats your son's name? Wali Khan says nothing. Just continues eating. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) So he thinks you're a barber haan? WALI KHAN (Smiles) The world's greatest barber...His face lights up when I come home and tell him about my day...as if I've just come back from the front with great stories of war... GOLDMAN (Smiles) My son would also look at me like that...till he found out what his father was...he too would like at me like that...and now everything I tried to do these last 2 days...this wedding...was in the hope that he would like at me like that again... Wali Khan looks at him. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) I know what it's like to grow up being told that you're father is a murderer...A terrorist...I've seen it happening to my son...That's what they will label you and that's what your son will have to grow up with... Wali Khan looks at the phone. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) This is not your problem...The Indian government has even washed their hands of you guys...And you are willing to sacrifice your entire life...Everything for those who don't even care that you exist...Is it worth it...
62. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) Robbing the smile from son's face for the rest of his life for a country that doesn't even care that he exits...Is it worth it? I can change that... Wali Khan looks at him. Then picks up the phone and hands it to Zoya. WALI KHAN (Pointing the gun) Take the number...Make the call... They have 2 hours to make speak to my son... Zoya begins to dial the number. 89
EXT. BSF BASE (CHANDIGARH) - NIGHT Ashwini's taxi is stopped at the gates of the Border Security Force Headquarters - Western Theatre in Chandigarh.
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INT. BSF DIRECTOR'S HOUSE - NIGHT DIRECTOR You realize that I could be court marshaled? He sits in the home of the Director General of the Border Security Force. The man looks at him as if he is insane. ASHWINI Yes...And if I didn't think that it can be done I would not even consider coming to you... The Director pours tea. ASHWINI (CONT'D) Look we have always complained that the damn bureaucracy is too tied up in red tape...We have the opportunity this time... The Director looks unconvinced. ASHWINI (CONT'D) Is it enough that we mourn every body that comes back from the front line...Is it enough that we make all the right noises when they make a laughing stock of us by bombing our stations, our hotels, our markets...Is it enough that we keep satisfying ourselves that we are the peaceful neighbour (MORE)
63. ASHWINI (CONT'D) because let me tell you every time you turn the other cheek... They will keep slapping you...Harder and harder... Ashwini tries his best to remain calm. ASHWINI (CONT'D) For God's sake you and I both know...The enemy is not the man with the AK47 and RDX in his hand...He is the individual who is putting the damn things in his hand... They keep looking at each other. DIRECTOR What do you need me to do? ASHWINI Just look the other way... 90
INT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT The phone Wali Khan and takes talk from
rings cutting through the deafening silence. reacts and picks it up. His expression changes on a more formal note. He listens to Ashwini the other end. WALI KHAN I understand sir...At first light...Yes sir...
He puts down the phone and looks at Rudra Pratap Singh. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) There's a car outside...You and Zoya need to be at Out Post 39 at 0600 hrs...It should be about 150 kms from here...There will be only 2 or 3 guards as the shift changes at the time... RUDRA PRATAP You actually think that you will be able to save your family? WALI KHAN All I know is that I am going to meet my family... Rudra Pratap reacts. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) And by getting you and Zoya across I am finishing what I started... (MORE)
64. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) Isn't that what you said to me that night? Rudra Pratap keeps looking at him. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) Use the families car outside...May Allah be with you... 90A
INT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT The phone begins to ring once again. Wali Khan looks at it and then at Goldman. He slowly picks it up.
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INT. NIYAAZ AHMED'S OFFICE - NIGHT Abba!...
KABEER Wali Khan breaks down hearing his son's voice. His hands begin to tremble. WALI KHAN Where is your Ammi? KABEER She's in the other room Abba... Some men are talking to her...Are you coming to get us Abba?... WALI KHAN (Trying hard to find the words) Of course I am...I will meet you soon...I promise...Now give the phone to the man... Kabeer hands the phone to a man. He's the same man who was in the suit in the high powered meeting. Standing beside him Pasha and Saleem Pathan. WALI KHAN (CONT'D) Get my family to Section Post 40...I will hand your man over to you... 87B
INT. NIYAAZ AHMED'S OFFICE - NIGHT The man in the suit disconnects. Looks at Pasha and Saleem Pathan. MAN (To Saleem) There will be no blood bath...You will handle the family...The brothers...The son...I don't want a fucking reaction...
65. SALEEM If they react...They too will be killed... MAN (To Pasha) Then complete the job 88
INT/EXT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT Music takes over. Wali Khan lifts Goldman to his feet all the while pointing the gun to him. Rudra Pratap watches him take him out. He gives one last look at the two of them and then shuts the door. Zoya runs to the door telling him to stop. He instructs Goldman to bolt the door knowing that it will allow him a headstart. He opens the boot of the car and tells Goldman to get in. He shuts the boot and starts the car. The car skids and takes off.
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INT. FARMHOUSE - NIGHT Rudra Pratap struggles to his feet as Zoya screams to the couple if there is another way. They say no. Rudra Pratap limps to the table. Picks up a chair and smashes the window.
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EXT. KARACHI OUTSKIRTS - NIGHT They get in the car and pummel after Wali Khan. The cars drive at top speed.
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INT.
CAR BOOT - NIGHT
Goldman gets pushed around inside the boot. Zoya keeps looking at the wound in Rudra Pratap's thigh. The bleeding starts once again because of the pressure. 89
INT.
NIYAAZ AHMED'S OFFICE - NIGHT
A tray with milk and biscuits is placed before Nafisa and Kabeer. 89A
EXT. BSF BASE (CHANDIGARH) - NIGHT Ashwini boards a helicopter at the BSF Base - Chandigarh. His destination Rann of Kutch. It takes off as a cavalcade of cars come flying into the base. Mishra runs out of the cars and demands to know who was in the chopper. He is reminded that he is on armed forces land and he has no jurisdiction. He curses and promises consequences.
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EXT. KARACHI BORDER AREA - DAWN The cars scream down the highway. Wali Khan sees the first light breaking through.
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INT. NIYAAZ AHMED'S OFFICE - DAWN Kabeer drinks the milk as Nafisa has something to eat.
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EXT. OUTPOST 39 - DAWN At Outpost 39 the guards leave for the change.
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EXT. OUTPOST 40 - DAWN At Section Post 40 Pasha gets off the chopper and starts to talk to the Section Post in charge. Guards start to take positions. A sniper gets onto the roof. EXT. KARACHI BORDER - DAWN Wali Khan drives as fast as he can. INT. CAR BOOT - DAWN Goldman curses under his breadth. INT/EXT. CAR (KARACHI BORDER) - DAWN Rudra Pratap Singh tries his best to catch up. INT/EXT. CAR (KARACHI BORDER) - DAWN Wali Khan sees the post in the distance. His heart starts to race.
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EXT. OUTPOST 40 - DAY The sniper on the roof sees the dust rising and the car approaching. The guards all get ready. They wait for an order. Pasha gives it. Everything goes into high speed.
90
INT/EXT. CAR (KARACHI BORDER) - DAY PBS 6 (PART 3) - Ref: In the Deep by Bird York The bullet hits Wali Khan in the chest. He mutters a prayer asking for forgiveness from his wife and son.
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INT. WALI KHAN'S HOUSE - DAY Seeing them laughing and playing in his house.
90B
INT. NIYAAZ AHMED'S OFFICE - DAY You see the dead bodies of Nafisa and Kabeer holding each other lying at the Karachi base. The prayer reverberates on the soundtrack.
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INT/EXT. CAR (KARACHI BORDER) - DAY He continues flooring the accelerator with every breadth. They guards open fire. The car is riddled with bullets. And then a rocket launcher blasts out and shatters the car with its impact.
90D
EXT. KARACHI BORDER - DAY Pasha and the Section Commander come to the wreckage. They open the burning car and Pasha's expression changes. There is only one body. Wali Khan's body.
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INT/EXT. KARACHI BORDER - DAY Goldman curses as he gets pushed from side to side. Zoya hears the knocking coming from the boot. She looks at Rudra Pratap and suddenly realizes that they are not chasing Wali Khan. She keeps looking at him. RUDRA PRATAP (V.O.) There were many occasions when I felt that he had gone soft...Would he have it in him to see this thing through...Would he be able to pull the trigger and put a bullet through my thigh... FLASH:
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EXT. DIRT ROAD - NIGHT GOLDMAN You don't even have to give me the phone...Just dial this number...Tell the person you have me and that you want to speak to your wife and son...It will be done... Rudra pushes him down. In a flash he turns and takes the phone out of Wali Khan's hand. WALI KHAN Give me the phone... RUDRA Don't listen to him...They are dead...You know... WALI KHAN Give me the phone... GOLDMAN You were going to London?...I can arrange that...92301...
68. RUDRA (Looking at Wali Khan) Don't listen to him...You want the phone you need to shoot me...You know they are dead... GOLDMAN They will be...82366 WALI KHAN Give me back the phone... RUDRA You will have to shoot me... Wali Khan acknowledges that he understands. Rudra Pratap gives him a signal. He understands. He shoots. BANG! The gun goes off. As Rudra Pratap starts falling backwards, RUDRA PRATAP (V.O.) Would he be able to listen to the voice of his son and not become a father...But then when I heard his voice I knew that somewhere behind the father, the husband, the man, the soldier was still alive and breathing... 91A
EXT. KARACHI BORDER - DAY Wali Khan's body is taken out of the burning car. WALI KHAN (V.O.) All I know is that I am going to meet my family...And by getting you and Zoya across I am finishing what I started...
92
EXT. OUTPOST 39 - DAY The guards see the car racing towards them. They wonder what to do when the message comes in their wireless to stop any vehicles approaching the border. They begin to open fire. The car gets hit and swerves off the road.
92A
INT/EXT. CAR/OUTPOST 39 - DAY Rudra Pratap gets out and takes aim. One goes down. The other sees the precision of the shot and gets stunned. He gets up firing hoping that he will hit. Rudra Pratap waits and then in a flash takes him down.
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EXT. CAR - DAY Zoya runs to the boot and opens it. Goldman gets surprised to see her and then Rudra Pratap. He realizes the game.
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EXT. INDIAN BORDER AREA - DAY Ashwini's chopper lands on the Indian side. He is met by a BSF jeep. They drive towards the outpost.
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EXT. BORDER AREA - DAY Rudra Pratap and Zoya start to walk with Goldman across. They see the outpost and India beyond. Then they hear it. The unmistakable sound of the Pakistani chopper with Pasha. He sees the three of them trying to get across. They open fire. The three of them stop with their hands in the air. The Pakistani Chopper circles around them when suddenly a friendly shot is fired. The pilot and Pasha react. The Indian Chopper reminds them that they are entering Indian Airspace. Pasha looks from the chopper and realizes that the three have crossed.
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EXT. INDIAN BORDER AREA - DAY Ashwini watches the chopper leave and walks to the three of them. He looks at Goldman and says, ASHWINI Welcome back... Goldman starts to laugh. Slowly at first. Then raucously. Ashwini, Zoya and Raudra look at him. GOLDMAN Welcome back! All this...You did all this so that you could see my face and say welcome back?... Ashwini says nothing. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) Happy?...Satisfied?...Feel like a hero?... (Asking Rudra Pratap) What about you?... (To Zoya) And you?...All heroes... They keep looking at him. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) How does it feel?...Empty am I right?... They say nothing.
70. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) Come on you have managed the impossible...You've caught the "most wanted man in India" and yet you only feel empty...Because it's all over... Zoya looks at Rudra Pratap who keeps looking at Goldman. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) But let me tell you if you feel empty now imagine what you'll feel in a months time...6 months time...1 years time when you hear that I am in Tihar doing exactly what I did when I was in Mumbai, in Dubai, in Karachi... (Pointing to Ashwini) He knows how...Ask him? Simple, I told you before everyone can be bought all you need to know is the correct price... Lawyers, judges, politicians sab ka koi na koi daam hai...You know who taught me that...INDIA This great country of ours...Saare jahaan se achchca...Hindustan humare... (TO RUDRA) You should have killed me when you had the opportunity soldier... but you didn't...You know why?... Because you also are a product of this great democracy called India....Everyone gets a chance here... (Scornfully) Even the motherfucker who gets caught mowing down people at VT Station...You know how many crores they have spent keeping him alive?... Giving him a fair trial?... They show sympathy to my messenger of death caught with an AK47 in his hand...What do you think will happen when they will not be able to connect me to anything...No concrete proof... (Mocking) Saare Jahan se achcha boss...Yeh hai Hindustan humare... (To Ashwini) So what are we waiting for? Hand me over to the authorities...Let the tamasha begin...Newspaper headlines, TV debates, discussions,
71. GOLDMAN (CONT'D) TRP ratings, Barkha Dutt, Rajdeep Sardesai and oh! and my personal favourite Arnab Goswami...Maybe I should also consider Big Boss... India for sure will want to see me in that house...Sab ki band baja doonga...And you know what I'll do with that prize money... I'll make a memorial for that fool who killed his wife and son and we'll all sing together...Saare jahan se acha... BANG BANG BANG. Zoya and Ashwini react. Goldman falls down. Both his knees blown to bits. The third bullet spreading venom through his right shoulder. Rudra Pratap slowly walks to him. RUDRA PRATAP ...Hindustan humara... He stands over the writhing body of Goldman. RUDRA PRATAP (CONT'D) (Sitting over the body) Yeh hai hindustan humara my friend... Pressing the gun into the wound. Goldman screams, RUDRA PRATAP (CONT'D) Naya hindustan...You've been away for too long...When money changes hands now 1.2 billion people find out...When children get blown up in trains...Their mothers shout "enough"...When a frail man sits in a fast asking for justice against the corrupt...The country rises in one voice...Yeh hai hindustan humara my friend... He gets up. RUDRA PRATAP (CONT'D) We have tolerated...And learnt over the years and now we have decided to correct our mistakes... (Walking away) And you my friend are "OUR" biggest mistake...
72. He turns and fires one last bullet. Straight in the heart. Ashwini and Zoya watch the body lie motionless. ASHWINI (V.O.) Were they mere words...Were we really standing on the brink of a new India... PBS 2 (PART 2) - Ref: RAW Theme They join Rudra Pratap as he walks to the jeep. All three sit in the jeep. No one speaks. ASHWINI (V.O.) (CONT'D) Or was it anger hearing Goldman say words that we all had been thinking but did not have the courage to talk aboutÉA part of me wanted to believe that what we did that day was the only way forward... 93A
EXT. BORDER AREA - DAY The body lies in the desolate Rann. The sand starts to cover it up. ASHWINI (V.O.) A way forward for our children...
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INT. ASHWINI'S HOUSE (SINGAPORE) - DAY Ashwini Kumar plays with his grandchildren. ASHWINI For our futures...
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(V.O.)
INT. VARIOUS - DAY Zoya Rehman gets married in a nikaah ceremony to a visa officer from Heathrow. ASHWINI (V.O.) For taking the first step in the correct direction...
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EXT.
DELHI ROADS - DAY
Rudra Pratap Singh waits a pedestrian crossing in Delhi. A group of protestors walk past him. Banners, flags, slogans all protesting corruption. He walks into the crowd and blends in to it. DISAPPEARS.
