VIRUS

FOR

VIRUS

- Written by Ritika Chauhan

Genre (Dark Comedy)
Running Time: Depends on the treatment

(*Present: we are breaking the fourth wall and talking to the audience)

(*Memory: It’s the memory of the protagonist, where he is enacting)

PRESENT
1. INT: ROOM, Hall: DAY

We can see a tilted vision of a man pulling a cupboard. We can see the
man’s feet wearing formal shoes and cupboard hanging from the ceiling
of the frame. The man is trying to pull the cupboard towards him.
Slowly the camera turns upside down and now we see a proper image of
man, well suited and hair properly done is trying hard to pull the
cupboard towards him.

As the camera moves away from him, we see the complete image of the
room; the room/hall is in a mess.

The man has now managed to bring the cupboard at the centre of the
hall, he cleans dust off his suit after adjusting the cupboard. He
casually looks around and finds a place to sit. His attitude and
demeanor is quite at peace and relaxed, his state of mind is opposite
to that of the room.

He looks around and then suddenly looks at the camera at ease.

VATUK
Nahi nahi.. ye koi drill ka part nahi hai..
Cleansing..

VOICE
social ya racial?

VATUK
Cleansing nahi.. ghar ki cleansing ..
for better hygiene.. waisebhi it’s too risky
outside these days..

(Looks at the window outside with a certain pain in his eyes)

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 VATUK
Baerhaal.. (his eyes and voice cheer up again)
Humanity has always been in a state of war..
But only few fights are evident to us..
wo kaha jaata hai na ki prataksh ka praman
kya.. magar jab insaan war front
pe nahi hota tab kya..

CUT TO-
MEMORY:

2. INT: Hall: Day

Vatuk is sitting in his bandi and lying around lazily on the sofa,
eating chips and snacks. It’s a mess around him. He is watching a film
on TV/Laptop/Phone, while eating, he is laughing out loud while
watching.

A man comes and sit beside Vatuk, only his shoulder can be seen. Vatuk
observes him for a minute, he figures out that something is not right
with his friend.

VATUK
Kya hua bhai?

MAN
Ye job bohot frustrate
kar rahi hai yaar..

VATUK
Haan toh chodh de naa.. dekh life mein
Itna compromise nahi karne ka.. tera
boss tujhe roz gaali deta hai.. tera
potential iss job se kahi zyada hai..

MAN
Sahi keh raha hai…

(at the same time a notification comes on the Man’s mobile phone, it
pings)

MAN
Sahil ne post daala hai, 5 CR
raise kiya hai iski start up ne..

(Vatuk looks jealous for a while, just give a side look but stays
indulge, while watching the show)

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 VATUK
Badhiyaa hai.. tujhe pata hai ek
waqt tha.. jab iske paas khaane
ko paise bhi nahi hote the..
hostel mein jab aaya tha, ek dum
bail tha ye.. kaala saand..
bohot madad kari thi maine iski..
kitni baar free ka khilaaya..

isse tikka nahi jaata ek jagh,, 4 jagh

se job chodhi hai isne.. abhi dekhna
ye startup ka bhi zyada nahi chalega
iska.. apni fitrat chupata hai gaandu…

(Man just nods, he don’t know what to say)

MAN
Main resignation letter
type karta hun..

VATUK
Haan kar kar.. karara
sunna saalo ko..

(Man begins to leave, Vatuk with a side eye ask the man quite casually)

VATUK
Acha sunn.. wo Sahil ka post kidhar hai..
Yahan FB pe toh dikh nahi raha..
Insta pe hai kya?

(Vatuk also exits while saying so, camera freezes on the couch)

CUT TO-

PRESENT

3. INT: Hall: Day

In the same freeze, Vatuk now enters wearing suit (his present day
costume) he calmly comes and seat himself holding his phone.

VATUK
#I know everything..
Arre itni gyaan aur itni samjh
hai mere andar toh post toh daalna
banta hai na..

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 (He pushes the table away from his feet, a vase kept on the table
tumbles down and breaks. Vatuk makes an apologetic gesture and soon
begins typing something on his phone at the same time a notification
appears to him, a new news)

VATUK (cont’)
Arre ye kya.. 2 police officers
ne raha chalte 2 bike waalo ko
dande se peeta.. wo dono bikers
daaru ki taalash mein lockdown
ke samay sheher mein ghum rahe the..
maana jaata hai police ke atank ke
karaan unki bike bhi girte girte bachi..

(to the camera)

VATUK (Cont’)
Ye dekho.. ye toh haal hai humari sarkar
ke.. matlab ab insaan itni frustration
mein daaru bhi na piye.. aise lockdown
mein daaru dhundhne mein jaante hai kitni
takleef hoti hai.. meri freedom ka kya..
abhi post daalta hun..

#feeling very angry..#it’s my choice..

#democracy in danger…

VATUK (Cont’)
Ahh… ab thik hai.. bohot mehnat hogayi
Aaj toh.. (to the audience)cigg hai kya?

CUT TO-

MEMORY
4. INT: Kitchen: DAY/Night

We can see Vatuk, he has wrapped towel around him, looks like he is
going for a shower, he is smoking while roaming around in panic, partly
sweating, talking to someone on call. His voice is trembling.

VATUK
Sunn sunn tu ek takka aur laga ..
uski maa ki.. bhenchod mera paisa
dooba na,..sabki ..

(phone cuts, Vatuk panic even more..)

VATUK
Bhosdike sunn.. mera paisa
double chahye mujhe wapis..

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 (the phone again cuts, Vatuk as at another level of frustration)

CUT TO-

PRESENT

5. INT: Hall: Day

Vatuk is standing near a window now, looking outside standing in a

relax state eating peanuts.

VATUK
Toh! Toh ab aisa hai ki honi
pe kiska bas chalta hai.. Par
iss baat ka ehsaas hame kaha..
ham toh bas duniya ko apne niyam
anusaar kaaboo karne ke piche
lage rehte hai..

(He is throwing the cover of peanuts around the room itself in a

careless way while talking, he turns back and see even a more messed up
room, camera freezes at one point)

VATUK
Yeah we are reaching closer..

(Camera stays still, Vatuk exits from the frame. After half second he
enters back in the frame)

VATUK
Closeness tie’s up us with emotions..
Temporary emotions.. Par wo temporary
emotions hame kabhi kabhi kuch aur
hi karne pe majboor kar dete hai..

(Vatuk pan the camera in other direction, Camera Pans fast)

CUT TO-

MEMORY
6. INT: Bathroom : Day/Night

Vatuk is sitting at one corner on the bathroom floor. He is crying in

pain, he has blade in one hand and trying to hurt him but is not able
to.

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 He is crying in pain and agony, sitting like a cocoon in one corner.
While crying he picks up his phone and starts dialing that girl.

The call gets disconnected and Vatuk throws the phone in anger. The
phone exits frame.

CUT TO-

PRESENT
7. INT: Hall: Day

Vatuk catches the same phone, with a relief. With a smile and
confidence he begins again.

VATUK
Problem isme nahi hai.. problem
Yahan hai..(pointing to his head)

Technology is design to support us..

Misuse ham karte hai uska..

(Vatuk lies down in a room completely upside down, clothes hanging on

the fan, water spilled all over the floor. Vatuk seems happy and calm
making all this mess)

VATUK (cont’)
Log keh rahe hai ki ek jung
chal rahi hai baahar.. bahar
mat niklo.. magar asli jung
toh humare andar chal rahi hai iss
waqt..aur hamesha chalti hi rahegi..

VATUK (cont’)
chizo ko phir se jodhne ke liye
unka pehle tootna bhi toh utna hi
zaroori hai…

(he is smiling and looking at the ceiling now, a cloth hanging from the
fan now falls on him and covers his face, he remains still just a sound
comes )

VATUK
Ohhh god..

---BLACK OUT---
---FREEZE---

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