Characters
Female Journalist who is also the narrator of the story
Student
Lady
Autowala
Policeman
Hawaldaar
Doctor
Scene 1:
Narrator: Mera naam Tanvi Sharma hai, aur main ek investigative journalist hu...... December 2008 mein jab main Chiraghpur encounter par investigate kar rahi thi... koi suragh haath nai lag raha tha... aur naa hi koi baat karne ko taiyaar tha....... us waqt meri zindagi mein ek shakhs aaya... jisne meri bahut madad ki.......Bahut ajeeb tha wo shakhs.......aaj bhi yaad hai mujhe wo din jab main.....pahli baar use mili thi........
Transition Music
(And ambiance of a market place)
Journalist: Excuses me.... kya main aapse do minute baat kar sakti hu....
Lady: Kya madam aap daily aa jaati hain..... kah to to chuke hain aapse...... ham kuch nahi jaante us bare mein........main tab baccho ko school chodne gayi huyi thi......
Journalist: dekhiye ye aap bhi jante hain ki aap ;jhuth bol rae hain...... Encounter dopahar ko hua tha...... Aap meri madad kyu nai kar rae? Please meri madad kariye.. ye bohot zaruri hai.......
Lady: Are kaha naa aapse mai tab bacchon ko school se lane gayi thi.....aapki madad kar ke haemin koi pareshaani nai mol leni..... Chali jaiye yahan se.......
Journalist: starts walking in disappointment. Takes an auto................
Scene: 2
Journalist: bhaiyya noida chalenge?
Autowala: haan...... madam challenge. Baithiye..........
Stranger: Excuse me, mujhe bhi noida jana hai..... And koi auto ......nahin mil raha hai. Can i share this auto with you?
Journalist: umm.. ohhkee..
Both sit in the auto and it starts off.
In the auto.......
Stranger: umm if u dont mind me askin you,..... aap kuch pareshan lag rai hain.
Journalist: huh...... nahin just some work trouble.. ....
Stranger: what do you do?
Journalist: I am an investigative journalist. Working for a newspaper.
Stranger: ohh thats great......
Journalist: aap kya karte hain?
Stranger: main student hun...........
Journalist: cool!!
Student: I have to get down here. Bhaiyya rokna zara.. ye lo 30 rs mera share. And dis is my card for you. Aap jab chaahen mujhe call kar sakti hain. And i assure you aapki story men mujhse zyada madad apki koi nai kar sakta..
Stranger moves away..
Journalist starts calling him in surprise but the stranger goes away.
Narrator: lekin use kaise pata tha meri story ke bare men? Aap bhi yahi soch rahe hain na? Main bhi yahi janna chahti thi.......
Scene 3
Phone bell rings.......
Student: ji madam journalist. Kaisi hain aap?
Journalist: kaun ho tum? Tumhe kaise pata ki main ne hi tumhe call kia hai?
Student: madam journalist, kabhi akhbar ke daayre se bahar nikal ke dekhiye, aam aadmi bhi bohot kuch jaanta hai...........
Journalist: mera naam Tanvi hai, madam journalist nahi. Aur aisa kya jaante ho tum? Milna chahti hun main tumse..............
Cafeteria ambience..
Journalist: kya batana chahte the tum mujhe?
Student: madam journalist kis kisse baat ki aapne is silsile men? Bohot thaki hui lag rahi hain.. (mocking)
Journalist: kis silsile men??
Student: wohi imran encounter case jiski aap chhan been karna chahti hain..
Journalist: tum itna sab kuch kaise jante ho??
Student: hahaha (laughing) madam aap batayen, kis se kis se baat ki aapne????
Journalist: aa....hh. well us area k police station mein gayi thi par...........
Scene 4
Police station ambiance......
Inspector: o madam ji kaha naa aapse .... je jada information .......ham nai de sakte...... jo jaante bata diya .... wo ladka aatankwaadi tha..... pakistaani tha saala......
Journalist:Lekin sir.....
Hawaldaar: dekho madam ye sarkaari maamlo mein aap naa hi pado to accha hai.... aap apna kaam karo aur hamen apna kaam karne do...... jai siya raam.....
Ambiance sound (Fading out): pata nai kahan se aa jaate hain samaj sewa karne......
Coffee shop: (Ambiance)
Student: Accha wo inspector Balraam......???
Journalist: (Shocked) Accha to aap ye bhi jaante hain...... khair aapse to poochna bhi bekar hai kaise??? “Mr. Know it all......” waise uss doctor Gulati..... se bhi mili thi.... post-mortem reports k liye............
Scene 5
Hospital ambience.....
Doctor: main samajhta hun ma’am.. lekin aap bhi samajhiye.. hamari bhi kuch limitations hain.. ye legal matter hai.. aisi files rakhne ki humen permission nahin hai.. ............. waise post mortem ki full report aap logon ne dikhai toh thi akhbar or tv par............
Scene 6
Coffee house........
Journalist: kya report ayi thi.. sab jhuth.. us waqt main journalism padh rahi thi.. story men itne loopholes dekh ke main ne decise kar lia tha ki main is case ko 1 din investigate zarur karungi.. tab kuch nahin sakti thi na.. waise aaj bhi kya kar pa rahi hun... huh!!!!
Student: hmm.. chaliye mere sath..
Journalist: lekin kahan??
Student: aap sach janna chahti hain ya nahin??
Silence......
Student: toh dariye mat.. aaiyye...
Scene 7
A serene place...... footsteps of two people
Journalist: konsi jagah hai ye?? Itni veraan..... kahan le ja rahe ho tum mujhe??
Student: jis case ko investigate kar rai hain, us encounter ki jagah ko bhi nahin janti aap? Imran ka encounter isi ghar men hua tha.. yahin rehta tha wo...
Journalist: kya??? Magar yahan ane ki toh ijazat nai hai kisi ko.. main ne kitna try kiya...... arey is jagah ko toh police ne seal kar rakha hai.. hum andar kaise jaenge??
Student: seal hai.. par mere liye nahin.. chalti jayie madam journalist...darwaza kholiye..
Journalist: magar.. seal..
Student: kholiye kholiye..
Door opens
Student: andar ajiye madam.. wo dekhiye.. imran ka zyadatar waqt us computer ke samne hi guzarta tha.. MBA men assignments hi itne milte hain.. aur chatting ka bhi bohot shauk tha use.. facebook pe dost banana bohot pasand tha usse..
Us din bhi wo apna marketing ka assignment kar raha tha..... ki tabhi......
Firing.. ..policemen.... shouting... cameras.... tv news.....
Silence....
Journalist: (trembling) (scared) lekin tum imran ko itna kareeb se kaise jante ho??
Student: ab toh aap bhi imran ko bohot kareeb se janti hain madam.. aur uski achi ldost bhi ban gai hain.. kyu... hain na aap meri dost????
Silence......
Narration: janti hun yakeen karna mushkil hai.. mujhe karna pada.. imran ke sath bitaye wo teen din meri zindagi ka sabse bada sach hain.. aur logon ke liye meri banai ek kahani...............
