Badla

BADLA
6TH APRIL 2018

FADE IN:
1 EXT. SKYLINE, LONDON - EVENING(REAL TIME) 1
In a moderate pace, the camera PANS across the skyline of
London covered in a golden orange glow. London painted grey
and white with it’s mix of modern and heritage structures..
In the far end of the screen we can see the sun setting as we
Start descending into the city. Energy starts rising. The
sound of traffic, and music from the cars below adding to the
energy of the city. The sun continues to set as...
The roads below get lit up by the street lights.. The
headlights of cars become brighter as the sun goes down. The
hustle and bustle of the city grows louder and..
We fly like a bird over the streets, following the fast paced
traffic below, till we reach..
The Westminster Bridge where we see an aerial view of a tall
man walking, dressed in a suit, carrying a briefcase in his
hand. In the background the BIG BEN chimes, announcing it’s 6
PM in the evening.. The man lifts his right hand up and..
As the man checks his watch against Big Ben we see..
2 EXT. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE - EVENING(REAL TIME) 2
CLOSE/POV - An Omega. Exactly 6 PM. We see the initials B.G.
stitched on the cuff of the white starched shirt.
We see the man. He does not slow down as he checks his watch.
Dressed in an expensive suit, with an equally expensive over
coat.. This is BADAL GUPTA(68).. Little over six feet in
height, with a salt and pepper hair, Badal is built to last.
A hint of a smile comes on his face, as if he is proud of his
watch keeping the exact time as Big Ben. There is a twinkle
in Badal’s eyes.. A man who faces life with a pinch of salt..
As Badal walks leaving the Big Ben behind him, a black taxi
drives across the screen WIPING the camera and we see..
3 EXT. EXETER MANSIONS - EVENING(REAL TIME) 3
An aged English man selling hot nuts out of a cart in front
of a plush, expensive, heritage apartment building. Visibly a
residence for the traditional rich folks.
A police bike is parked on one side of the building and from
the same side -- Badal enters. Notices the police bike,
checks the name of the building and enters the building. As
he enters, the nut seller tries to yell out to Badal
NUT SELLER
Nuts?
Badal politely smiles back a refusal while muttering under
his breath.
BADAL
I must be.
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4 INT. LOBBY, EXETER MANSIONS - EVENING(REAL TIME) 4

Badal enters and walks across the elegant lobby of the
building, towards the elevators. We see the same image as a..
CCTV IMAGE -- of Badal walking across the lobby.
A policeman whose, bike must have been parked outside watches
Badal walking across. Notes it down.
Badal enters the elevator. An old SCHINDLER elevator with
shutter gates and a large mirror as the back panel. As he
presses floor 12, Badal sees the policeman looking at him. A
polite exchange of silent greetings. The door of the elevator
closes on the policeman and..
5 INT. ELEVATOR, EXETER MANSIONS - EVENING(REAL TIME) 5
Badal puts his briefcase down on the elevator floor. We see
CLOSE - The initials B.G. engraved on the leather case.
Badal adjusts his expensive wool and cotton tie in the lift
mirror. He pauses for a moment to check himself. Hair neatly
back brushed, a full beard precision trimmed.. Badal looks
like a character out of a Tom Ford wardrobe. DING!
6 INT. CORRIDOR, LEVEL 12 - EVENING(REAL TIME) 6
The elevator announces it’s arrival on the 12th floor. The
door opens and Badal steps out. An apartment door right in
front of him. One apartment per floor -- Even the corridor
looks expensive! Badal rings the door bell and waits.
Seconds later, the door opens. It’s NAINA(29). Dressed in
house clothes, with her hair tied back casually, Naina’s eyes
are tired and filled with sadness. She looks like someone
very vulnerable and you would want to care for. Badal was
probably expecting a much more smarter version...
BADAL
Naina Sethi?
Naina nods, a little surprised. We can hear the television in
the background. The opening music of the NEWS.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Badal Gupta. I was sent by your
lawyer, Archie Punjabi.
A look of recognition comes on Naina’s face.
NAINA
Oh yes. I was expecting you much
later.
Badal is not sure how to deal with the question.. He takes a
step back..
BADAL
Would you like me to come back
later?
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NAINA
(embarrassed)
Oh no... no. Please come in. Archie
told me a lot about you..
BADAL
All good I hope..
Naina steps aside as..
7 INT. LIVING ROOM, NAINA’S APARTMENT - EVENING(REAL TIME) 7
Badal enters Naina’s apartment. A gorgeous old, high ceiling,
Victorian apartment fused with modern facilities. Naina
offers to take his overcoat and hang it on the standing coat
rack..
NAINA
You want me to..
BADAL
No. I’ll do it.
Naina walks ahead into the wide and hugely spacious sitting
room of her apartment towards a small table ahead in the room
-- where she was probably sitting and having her supper while
watching the massive 70 inch television hanging on the wall
in front.
NAINA
I’ll just clear up. Please give me
a few minutes..
Badal is cool, he takes his overcoat off and hangs it. His
eyes constantly observing. He notices a child’s winter coat,
stitched like a Penguin, already hanging. As Naina clears the
table, Badal sees her plate -- The sandwich is almost intact.
Naina has hardly eaten..
NAINA (CONT’D)
Can I get you some tea? Coffee?
BADAL
No I’m good thank you..
(as Naina walks past)
My mother used to say.. No car can
run without fuel..
Naina is not sure.. She raises her eyebrows.. Badal gestures
to the uneaten sandwich. Naina smiles.. She walks toward her
kitchen..
NAINA
Was she aware of electric cars?
BADAL
(caught off guard. smiles)
No. She passed away before that.
Badal, now alone in the room, glances his eyes across the
apartment -- The whole place is a reminder of a family,
especially a small child. Naina is obviously a mother. The
television runs in the background..
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NEWS PRESENTER (V.O.)

In national news, The main news
this morning.. Is the funeral held
in the memory of Arjun Kohl..
Badal’s attention is distracted by the name on television --
His attention immediately transfers to the news..
NEWS PRESENTER
The photographer allegedly murdered
by his lover Naina Sethi..
On the television screen we see the faces of the two
individuals, Arjun and Naina. Arjun a mischievous face with
an air of flamboyance thrown around him, while Naina is a
complete opposite of what we saw her just now -- A hard nosed
business woman, dressed impeccably -- Naina could well be a
model that Arjun photographs.
NEWS PRESENTER (CONT’D)
Naina Sethi who was recently
awarded the FORBES BUSINESS PERSON
OF THE YEAR award is pleading
innocent and states she is the
victim of a plot..
BEEP. SILENCE. From behind Badal, Naina switches the
television off with the remote. Only the faded sound of a
police siren outside. Badal who was engrossed in the news,
turns to her. He notices Naina has come back from inside with
a soft woollen cardigan wrapped around her.
BADAL
At least they used the word
“allegedly”!
Naina sits down, while adjusting the police band around her
ankle. That irritating thing always manages to get tangled in
her trousers.
NAINA
You’re the “Glass half full” kind
of a person?
BADAL
Always.
(pauses)
However we’ve had a setback. I
tried to talk to Archie but his
phone is off.
Naina continues to adjust her ankle band.
NAINA
Yes he is out of town. But Archie
said everything was under control,
He’s gone to find an important
lead..
BADAL
(completing her sentence)
That would change everything.
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NAINA
Exactly.
BADAL
Yes. That’s what Archie also told
me when I last spoke to him. But
unfortunately, Archie didn’t know
what I know now.. And what Archie
STILL doesn’t know..
NAINA
What?
BADAL
It’s very likely that you’ll be
called to testify tonight.
Naina stops fidgeting with the police band.. She wasn’t
expecting to hearing this.. Her attention now towards Badal.
NAINA
Why?
BADAL
One of my court house sources say
that the prosecutor has a last
minute witness who can turn your
whole case around. We don’t know
who it is, but the person is being
escorted to the court and testifies
in three hours. Hence my early
arrival.
Naina is really worried. A look of helplessness comes on her
face.
NAINA
But I told the truth.
Badal sits down across the table and starts taking dossiers
out of his leather briefcase..
BADAL
(an age old smile)
Justice is blind Ms. Sethi. She
doesn’t care about the truth. Facts
are what matters. Evidence.
Plausibility.
Badal places his dossiers neatly on the table. In the process
also clears the table a little. He is an organized dude!
BADAL (CONT’D)
Plausibility is based on details.
Your testimony has holes and I need
details to seal those holes and
convince the world that.. You are
innocent.
Badal notices the growing look of worry on Naina’s face. She
is not liking what she is hearing. What is this new shit!
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BADAL (CONT’D)
I assure you. I can do it. So far
I’ve never lost a case before any
judge. That’s why your lawyer has
hired me to do but.. I would need
you to tell me..
(a twinkle in his eyes)
“The truth and nothing but the
whole truth”
Naina points to her apartment.. Her eyes welling up
NAINA
I only made one mistake and now I
am paying the price. My husband
took my child away from me.. And
the police have turned my home into
a prison.
(points to the band)
I am being watched 24 hours. Don’t
you think if I’d had anything else
to add.. I would have done it by
now?
BADAL
In that case.. We have nothing to
discuss. Open and shut case. There
was a murder, the police has found
the murderer. Case closed.
NAINA
Who?
BADAL
YOU! Or have you not been watching
the news?
Naina looks at Badal. She is not sure how to read this man.
Even the most serious sentences come out very ‘deadpan’ from
his mouth.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Naina..
(adjusts)
Sorry.. May I call you Naina?
(Naina nods)
Thank you. I have a daughter of
your age. If the Prosecutor has his
way, he is going to request for
your immediate arrest. We have less
than three hours to start all over
again. So I suggest let’s get to
work.
NAINA
(angry and frustrated)
This is so not fair. I am innocent.
Somebody is trying to frame me.
BADAL
(little serious)
I get paid by the hour.
(MORE)
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BADAL (CONT'D)
So either you can continue to whine
or help me to keep you out of
jail.. I’m good either ways.
Naina looks at Badal. Angry and helpless but realizing that
she has no other alternative. She accepts the situation.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Good.
Badal places his mobile on the table. Naina stares at it.
CLOSE OF MOBILE - STOPWATCH FUNCTION - SETS 180 MINUTES.
COUNTDOWN BEGINS.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Let’s go back to the start. What
were you and the deceased doing at
the..
(checks his file)
GLEN MOHR hotel?
8 EXT. GLEN MOHR HOTEL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 8
And we see a PANORAMIC SHOT of the amazingly scenic GLEN
MOHR. A classic Victorian styled hotel standing alone like a
castle in a remote valley, surrounded with snow clad
mountains. There is snow EVERYWHERE. We see a window where..
NAINA (V.O.)
We were told to go there.
9 INT. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 9
Arjun stands, smoking nervously. We can see the snowy
mountain landscape behind him, covered in the last bits of
sunlight. Naina’s voice runs in the background.
NAINA (V.O.)
Arjun and I had been seeing each
other for 3 months. Someone found
out and tried to blackmail us. We
were following their instructions.
Arjun looks, following his view we see Naina, equally
worried, sitting on the edge of the bed.
NAINA
They wanted 100,000 pounds.
BADAL
(agreeing)
Yes, better to buy someone’s
silence than to face a million
pounds divorce.
NAINA
(repentant)
I never wanted to divorce my
husband. Lose my child. I love
them. I made a mistake with Arjun.
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BADAL
(checking his files)
Why that hotel? 562 miles away from
your lives?
NAINA
I don’t know.
BADAL
You didn’t find it odd they picked
somewhere so out of the way?
NAINA
I didn’t think about it.
BADAL
Had you and Arjun been there
before?
NAINA
Who cares which hotel it was. The
issue here is someone pinned a
murder on me.
BADAL
Everything is important Naina. God
is in the details. Right now you
are my eyes. Like Sanjay to
Dhritarashtra..
NAINA
Who?
BADAL
You must have read the Mahabharat?
NAINA
When I was young. I know the basic
story line.
Badal lets out a loud laugh..
BADAL
“Basic story line”.. I like that.
I need to you see EVERYTHING
clearly in your head and give me
every single detail.
(pauses)
First, let’s talk about the message
on your cell phone.
We hear a WOLF WHISTLE in the background..
11 INT. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 11
Flakes of fire flies into the air. Arjun who was poking the
log fire with an iron poke, turns hearing the whistle..
NAINA (V.O.)
We had been waiting for two hours..
Naina sitting on the bed, reads the message which came on her
mobile. Her expression changes to that of concern.
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ARJUN
Something wrong?
NAINA
(not sure)
He picked up your mobile and sent
me a message from it..
Naina shows Arjun the text..
CLOSE OF TEXT -- From ARJUN -- “I am going to tell everyone
the truth. Room 715. Glen Mohr Hotel”
Arjun decides on the spot. He is sharp.
ARJUN
It’s a trap. We’re leaving. Get
your coat. I’ll get the money.
Arjun rushes to the bedroom to get the money. Naina picks her
coat up and hurried puts it on, using the mirror in the room.
She senses something -- But before she can turn, a PERSON,
whose face is hidden in the darkness, suddenly appears out of
nowhere
Naina has no time to react. The person SLAMS her head against
the wall mirror and with the sound of the SLAM we see..
CLOSE of Naina’s scared face.
NAINA
I was unconscious for a few
minutes. And when I woke up, the
nightmare began.
Badal starts asking Naina for details. Making his notes..
13 I/E. ROOM 715 / CORRIDOR OUTSIDE - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 13
BADAL (V.O.)
What’s the first thing you
remember?
Naina regains consciousness. Her head hurting like hell.
There are some muffled noises she can hear -- But still a few
moments away from clarity. She tries to compose herself.
NAINA (V.O.)
The BANGING on the door..
As Naina sits up, the muffled sound becomes clearer. Somebody
is banging on the front door..
POLICE OFFICER (V.O.)
Police..
OUTSIDE ROOM 715 -- We see a group of people have gathered
outside the room including four policemen. One of them
continues to knock on the door..
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POLICE OFFICER
Are you all right?
INSIDE ROOM 715 -- Naina walks towards the door, while
nursing her head, when she notices something on the floor..
CLOSE, POV - A thick decorative figurine sculpted out of a
single piece of rock, with blood stains on it lying on the
floor.
The BANGING continues outside while a dazed Naina walks to
the figurine and picks it up. It’s heavy. Blood still
dripping from one corner. Naina’s eye go to the bloodstains
on the floor leading to the bedroom.
(impatient)
Police. Open up.
OUTSIDE ROOM 715 -- The police officer has had enough of
banging. He orders one of the hotel employees in the crowd..
POLICE OFFICER
Open the door. Now.
The employee unlocks the door with a master key as..
INSIDE ROOM 715 -- Naina hears the room being unlocked. And
only then notices the horror that lay right in front of her..
POV - The bedroom. The briefcase lying open in one corner and
the cash money inside now scattered all over the floor. And
amongst the money, Arjun’s feet sticking out as he lies still
on the floor.
OUTSIDE ROOM 715 -- The police officer tells the hotel
employee..
POLICE OFFICER (CONT’D)
Step aside..
With caution, the officer pushes the door open..
INSIDE ROOM 715 -- Naina rushes to see Arjun lying dead on
the floor with a huge gash on his head.
NAINA
(horrified)
Arjun?
OUTSIDE ROOM 715 -- The police officer tries to open the door
but is stopped by the chain on the door. The officer takes a
call -- He draws out his revolver from his holster and shouts
a final warning to the guest inside..
INSIDE ROOM 715 -- Naina frantically tries to wake Arjun up..
Can you hear me? We know you are in
there! OPEN THE DOOR!
NAINA
Arjun? Arjun? No, No..
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Naina starts crying as she tries to wake Arjun up -- NOTHING!

Giving up she screams for help..
NAINA (CONT’D)
HELP! Somebody help me please!
At the same time, the officer KICKS the door with full force,
ripping the chain off the door. They enter.. Cautious and
careful..
POLICE OFFICER
Police!
NAINA
HELP. Please help me.
The police moves in to see the figurine on the floor --
Notices the blood. Almost immediately they see Naina kneeling
beside Arjun’s dead body..
POLICE OFFICER
Get up! Slowly. Hands where I can
see them..
NAINA
There is someone in the room.
POLICE OFFICER
Ma’am please. Hands where I can see
them..
NAINA
I didn’t do anything. There was
someone else this room.
POLICE OFFICER
Hands behind your head. Please stay
where you are..
Naina cannot be bothered to listen. She walks toward the
police trying to explain to them..
NAINA
Can you not hear me? I didn’t do
anything. There was a man in my
room. I swear..
The police officer points his gun at her. Naina stops.
Flustered, scared, still trying to comprehend..
POLICE OFFICER
Get on the floor. NOW.
Naina obeys. The police officer handcuffs her while another
tries to keep the outside crowd away from the room..
POLICE OFFICER (CONT’D)
(cuffing)
Please don’t resist..
POLICE OFFICER 2
(to the crowd)
Everybody.. OUT
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Naina tries to plead as she is cuffed, crying..

NAINA
He can’t be far.. Please
Her vision directly in the line to see the body Arjun lying
amongst the scattered notes.. And we go back to
A silent Naina sits quietly in front of Badal. The experience
still haunts her. Badal allows her a moment while he pulls up
a file -- He doesn’t have the time to mope!
BADAL
The police report says that..
As Badal speaks we see the visual representations of what
Badal reads out from the police file -- THE EXISTING FACTS!
15 I/E. CORRIDOR / ROOM 715 - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 15
Police Officers question the guests -- Most shaking their
heads to the questions..
BADAL (V.O.)
Witnesses heard screams but didn’t
see anyone leave the room..
We see the door of room 715 open -- The police analyze the
chain lock.. Dusts it for prints..
BADAL (V.O.)
Which was locked as well as,
chained from inside..
16 I/E. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 16
Officers study the windows of the room, both from inside and
outside, standing on cranes, using flashlights.
BADAL (V.O.)
The report also says that no
windows could be opened from the
inside because in the cold months
the hotel removes the handles, and
they hadn’t been forced.
The windows are locked from inside. Impossible to open. An
employee give the police a CUSTOM ALAN KEY to open the window
with -- The KEY locks into the slot and opens the window.
BADAL (V.O.)
They checked every possible way to
get out of the room, without being
seen..
INSIDE ROOM 715 -- The police checks EVERY possible exit and
entry to the room. The windows, the door, the keyhole.. One
police officer light the shaft of the chimney with a
flashlight, revealing another police officer climbing up..
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BADAL (V.O.)
But it was impossible without
leaving traces.
17 EXT. ROOF, GLEN MOHR - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 17
The officer climbs out of the chimney on to the roof. Checks.
The snow on the roof is untouched. No footprints.
BADAL (V.O.)
And they didn’t find any.
Badal closes the police file.
BADAL
So according to your version,
Arjun’s murderer.. Simply
disappeared!
NAINA
That’s right.
BADAL
Before he got out, he had to get
in.
NAINA
He was there when we arrived.
BADAL
Areh! But he had to get in somehow!
And the hotel staff said only YOU
had access to the room key.
NAINA
It was a setup.
19 EXT. GLEN MOHR HOTEL - MORNING(FLASHBACK) 19
NAINA (V.O.)
The whole crime scene was set up to
frame me and..
Naina is escorted out of the hotel by the police and taken to
a police helicopter waiting outside on the ground..
NAINA (V.O.)
Give the police the false theory
that Arjun fell in a love with me
and to protect my marriage I tried
to buy him off. When he refused I
killed him.
Naina gets into the helicopter which takes off and rises over
the snow covered land.. And flies out of the frame..
NAINA (V.O.)
But it’s ridiculous, a trap..
BADAL (V.O.)
Whose trap?
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NAINA (V.O.)
I don’t know.
BADAL (V.O.)
Why?
NAINA
(repentant)
I DON’T KNOW. I just know..
21 INT. VISITING ROOM, PRISON - DAY(FLASHBACK) 21
NAINA (V.O.)
My husband’s left me and taken my
son..
Naina’s husband, SUNIL, disgusted, hangs up the speaking
phone on Naina and walks away.. Naina sits alone in her
cubicle..
NAINA (V.O.)
And someone’s getting away with it.
22 INT. PRISON CELL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 22
Naina paces up and down in her prison cell. She tries to
think and nothing makes sense to her.
BADAL (V.O.)
But the police say that nobody had
a motive to destroy you like this..
So your story of this invisible
murderer..
BADAL
(matter of fact)
Sounds very make believe.
NAINA
It’s not my job to find the
murderer. The police should find
him.
BADAL
(smiling)
But they have. You.
Naina is quiet. As frustrating as that is, but that is the
reality.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Right now, forget the jury even I’m
finding it difficult to believe
your story. Naina I can only help
you.. If you give me the details.
NAINA
I’m telling you what happened. I
don’t know what more you want.
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Badal thinks to himself, slightly amused. He looks at the

watch. !0 MINUTES OVER.. He gets up -- Time to put things in
place. Naina should know who she has hired.
BADAL
You know Naina.. In my 40 years of
experience.. I’ve met two types of
client. Those who accept their
situation and collaborate, even if
that means they have to go where
they don’t want to.. And then those
who think they are smarter than I
am and want me to get them off
without getting dirty. You are the
second type. But let me be very
clear.. You are not smarter than I
am and.. There will be no salvation
without suffering.
Naina is a little taken aback, the otherwise happy man sounds
a little strict now. Badal reaches out and pulls out a
newspaper clipping from his file.. Naina sees a..
CLOSE - NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - YOUTH MISSING IN DALNEIGH
A young boy of 20 years old, Sunny Singh Toor, has
disappeared without a trace in Dalneigh near Inverness,
Scotland.
BADAL (CONT’D)
You know anything about this? This
place ‘Danleigh’.. Isn’t this near
Glen Mohr?
Naina looks at the photo of the boy, her face obviously
recognizing the news item. She’s quiet.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Now what do you think will happen..
If the prosecutor’s new witness is
able to connect you with this?
Naina looks at Badal.
BADAL (CONT’D)
We have already wasted 10 minutes
Naina. I will ask you one final
time. Do you know who the person
was in your hotel room?
(Naina shakes her head)
You don’t! And till we don’t.. YOU
ARE THAT PERSON. Clear? So if you
want me to find the truth and keep
you out of jail.. I need you to
trust me.
(points to the article)
Give me every single detail. And..
I implore you. Please don’t lie to
me anymore.
Naina looks at the stop watch. From 10:00 the clock changes
to 11:00..
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She turns to see a photo of her family -- A very happy photo

of herself with her daughter and husband. A look of regret
comes on her face. She looks at Badal.. And we see
24 EXT. HOLIDAY COTTAGE - DAY(FLASHBACK) 24
A WIDE shot of a holiday cottage in the middle of nowhere. An
independent cottage surrounded by the woods. A black Audi Q7
stands parked in front of the cottage with the registration
plate N 4 INA but written as N4INA
NAINA (V.O.)
It all started three months ago and
not a moment goes by that I don’t
regret my decision..
BADAL (V.O.)
(butting in)
WHOA!
Badal can’t handle it.. Enough!
BADAL
Naina.. Even the furniture in this
room knows that you regret your
affair. However, You don’t win
murder cases with emotion. You win
cases with FACTS and DETAILS. So
lets keep this regret and emotion
aside and focus purely on the
details, yeah? Thank you.
Naina looks at Badal, who politely smiles back and urges her
to continue.. And we get a..
26 INT. BEDROOM, HOLIDAY COTTAGE - DAY(FLASHBACK) 26
FLOOR LEVEL VIEW -- of clothes thrown all over the place. All
signs of a torrid night. A bottle of expensive champagne
lying empty, glasses, a camera.. A pair of naked feet enters
frame - Obviously that of Naina - and stops. Her hand comes
down in to the frame and picks up the bra and the shirt lying
on the rug.
27 EXT. HOLIDAY COTTAGE - DAY 27
Naina stands outside the cottage.. Dialling a number on her
phone. It’s quite chilly -- She pulls her collar up and
brings out a cigarette packet from her pocket. Ideal weather
to have a smoke. Sunil answers..
SUNIL (O.S.)
Hey, How’s Paris?
NAINA
Full of French people..
28 INT. LIVING ROOM, NAINA’S APARTMENT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 28
Sunil is in the same apartment that we have been seeing.. But
lot more warmth all round. Colorful and full of life.
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Looks more like a home. Sunil(35), Naina’s husband tries to

feed their daughter(2) sitting on a high chair. Sunil
laughs..
SUNIL
How did the meeting go?
NAINA
I don’t think we’ll get it.
SUNIL
Hey my dad called. He invited us
sailing on Sunday..
Without realizing, Naina lights up a cigarette. She has
rather a fancy lighter -- A gold plated Zippo, very feminine
AND.. Immediately STOPS.
SUNIL (CONT’D)
What was that?
NAINA
(silently cursing)
What?
SUNIL
Are you smoking?
NAINA
No.
SUNIL
Are you lying?
NAINA
No.
(changes topic)
Where’s Bipoo?
SUNIL
Here. Making me eat.
(holds the phone to baby)
Say hi to Mummy..
NAINA
Hello darling.. Mummy’s coming home
now.. I love you..
The baby gurgles some sound in reply.. Suddenly the sound of
her daughter’s voice makes Naina feel guilty.. She goes quiet
SUNIL
When’s your flight?
NAINA
I’m on my way.
SUNIL
Okay safe flight. See you soon.
Love you..
NAINA
Love you too..
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Naina hangs up. The screen saver of her family comes on the
screen of her phone. For a moment she is lost in thought..
And SNAPS back when..
ARJUN (O.S.)
Who was that?
Naina sees Arjun. Still not dressed. Has come out straight
after waking up..
NAINA
Sunil.
Arjun and Naina stare at each other for a moment, conscious
of their own affair...
ARJUN
What time is it?
NAINA
We are late. Hurry..
29 EXT. HOLIDAY COTTAGE - LATER(FLASHBACK) 29
Naina watches a video on her phone, a smile comes on her
face..
CLOSE - MOBILE SCREEN - Video of Naina’s daughter trying to
say “Mamma”.. Coached by Sunil.
Arjun comes out from inside, dressed, carrying his backpack.
They both get in the car. Naina drives. A song plays on the
radio as..
30 EXT. ROADS, VARIOUS - DAY(FLASHBACK) 30
We see SEVERAL shots -- Following the Audi through an
isolated mountain area with thick forests and large lakes
while..
31 INT. AUDI - SAME TIME(FLASHBACK) 31
Arjun CLICKS endless photos of the scenic outside as they
drive.. Mountains, lakes, snow, Naina.. Every time he clicks,
the frame FREEZES. The song continues playing in the radio.
Naina quietly drive. That whole daughter incident has had an
effect on her..
Arjun checks the photos he has clicked. Gorgeous photos of
the lakes and the mountains behind.. He runs though the
photos.. A few that he clicked the day before.
POV - Few photos of Arjun and Naina, close to each other.
32 EXT. ROAD, FOREST AREA - DAY(FLASHBACK) 32
The Audi comes to a stop at a T-Junction. The roads are
narrow and single lane. A signs warns of DEER CROSSING..
33 INT. AUDI - DAY(FLASHBACK) 33
CLOSE - Audi GPS SCREEN - Shows the same road and indicates
to turn right.
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ARJUN
Take left..
NAINA
GPS is saying right..
ARJUN
Yeah.. But it’s quicker this way..
Naina checks her watch and takes a left..
NAINA
We are so late. I need to be home
tonight.
ARJUN
These are empty roads.. You can
drive faster..
Naina looks at Arjun.. Arjun nods.. Naina presses the
accelerator a little more.. The Audi speeds up..
ARJUN (CONT’D)
You want me to drive?
NAINA
(thoughtful)
You are already driving.
Arjun notices the different Naina. He shifts closer to her..
Strokes her hair and her neck..
ARJUN
Hey.. What’s wrong?
Naina’s eyes grow watery.
NAINA
I do nothing but lie.
ARJUN
No you don’t.
NAINA
I can’t do this anymore. I can’t
lie to my family anymore.
ARJUN
But being with me makes you happy,
doesn’t it? I love how I feel when
we’re together..
NAINA
Remember what we said when we
started this?
ARJUN
That we both wanted the experience.
NAINA
We also said when the time came..
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ARJUN
(cutting her)
Do you want to leave Sunil to be
with me?
(Naina shakes her head)
I don’t want to leave Vani either.
That’s why what we have is so
perfect.. We’re fine.
NAINA
No. What we’re doing is wrong. You
know it. But there’s still time to
change it..
Arjun lovingly pulls Naina’s face towards him..
ARJUN
You want to stop seeing me?
Naina doesn’t know what to do.. She is visibly torn but a
decision needs to be made. She looks at Arjun..
NAINA
Yes.
In the split second that Naina turns to Arjun.. A deer
crosses the road.. At the same time, another car, a FORD
FIESTA, appears, speeding around the bend on the other side
of the road. Naina doesn’t even get time to think.
She SLAMS on the brakes, swerving the car, trying not hit the
deer.. The Audi skids to the opposite side of the road and
heads directly towards the oncoming Fiesta. Naina tries hard
to keep control.. Through her windscreen, she can see the
Fiesta is bang in front of her.. Naina turns the car a
complete right.. Her rear bumper scraping the front of the
Fiesta. On impact, the Fiesta spins and drives straight into
the side of the road. Naina brakes hard to stop the Audi on
one side of the road. The pandemonium comes to a silence.
Naina, panting, removes her hand from the steering wheel. Her
hands still trembling, she tries to get her breathing in
control. Arjun is also in the same state.
ARJUN
You okay?
NAINA
I don’t know.
Through her windscreen Naina can see the Fiesta crashed into
the side of the road. Smoke pouring out of the car, the motor
still running. Arjun hurriedly gets out of the Audi and..
34 EXT. ROAD, ACCIDENT SPOT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 34
Walks over to the Ford Fiesta. Naina also gets out and
follows Arjun. Both concerned. The car doesn’t look good.
They reach the car and find a twenty year old young boy,
unconscious, behind the wheel. This is same boy we saw in the
newspaper, Sunny Singh Toor.
Page 21.
Sunny is not wearing his seat belt, bleeding profusely from

the head which must have crashed into the broken window.
Arjun knocks on the window..
ARJUN
Hey..
No response. Arjun opens the door.. And gently shakes the
boy..
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Are you okay?
But the boy sits still like the mountain the car has crashed
into. Blood dripping from his head, into his shirt. Arjun
turns to Naina. Tense silence. It’s obvious that the boy is
dead. Naina is horrified. This is the last thing she needed.
She starts fidgeting, not knowing what to do. She brings out
her mobile.
Arjun looks inside the car. The boy had his mobile charging,
we hear incoming text on the boy’s mobile which flashes. The
seat belt is in it’s original place. The boy wasn’t wearing
it. Arjun turns to tell Naina and see her calling someone.
Arjun rushes to her..
ARJUN (CONT’D)
What are you doing?
NAINA
I’m calling the police.
ARJUN
It wasn’t our fault. It was the
deer.
NAINA
No. I went into his lane.
ARJUN
It was an accident. Plus he wasn’t
wearing his belt. He was on his
phone.
NAINA
You made me drive fast. Else I
could have controlled the car..
ARJUN
Listen to me Naina.. Think. It’s
either him or us.
Naina walks away. She doesn’t want to hear what Arjun is
suggesting. Arjun goes after her.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Nobody saw anything. Nobody knows
anything. Everything is still the
same. Your family. Your husband,
your daughter, your career.. My
family. My career. Nothing has
changed. But this..
(pointing to the car)
(MORE)
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ARJUN (CONT’D)
This can change everything. Destroy
both of us. You don’t want to lose
everything, right?
Naina looks at Arjun, defeated. She knows what Arjun is
saying is also true but.. Arjun takes her face in his hands..
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Nobody will even know we were here.
Let’s get out of here..
Arjun and Naina rush back to the Audi. Gets in.
35 INT. AUDI - DAY(FLASHBACK) 35
There is a sense of rush. Both of them knows what they are
doing is wrong but.. It has to be done. Seat belts on.. Naina
presses the START button.. Nothing! She presses again.. Then
again and again but..
NAINA
It won’t start! What the fuck! It
won’t start!
Naina frantically presses the START button..
NAINA (CONT’D)
Come on.. Please start.. Please
Arjun watches Naina, when he hears something. He turns to see
outside his window..
ARJUN
Fuck! Naina?
NAINA
What?
Arjun gets out of the car to be doubly sure..
ARJUN
I can hear a car..
36 EXT. AUDI - DAY(FLASHBACK) 36
Arjun sees below -- And in the long winding mountain road, he
can see a car coming up towards them.. It’s only a matter of
time..
Arjun takes a call. The man has a presence of mind. There’s
not a moment to lose.. He shouts out to Naina..
ARJUN
Get out of then car.. NOW!
Naina gets out while Arjun rushes to the Ford Fiesta ahead.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Stay!
NAINA
What are we doing? Where are you
going?
Page 23.
ARJUN
Just follow my lead..
Naina looks.. Tense moment. The road is empty.. But almost as
if some monster is about to appear from one end..
Arjun rushes to the Fiesta. In precision moves -- He grabs
the dead boy by the shoulder and makes him flat on the seat,
turns off the engine. Opens the glove compartment and takes
out some paper and rushes back to Naina when -- A car appears
at the end of the road heading for them.
The approaching car slows down and lowers the window. A
middle aged man inside. More than likely a local.
DRIVER
What happened? Need any help?
ARJUN
No thanks. My car skid and hit
hers. But we’re okay. Insurance
stuff now..
DRIVER
You need me to call an ambulance or
something?
NAINA
(laughing)
No no. We’re okay. No damage done.
The driver looks at Naina. A very pretty girl but somewhat
dishevelled..
DRIVER
You sure?
Naina smiles assuring the driver. Suddenly the dead boy’s
phone start ringing. The sound cutting into the silent air.
The driver looks -- Arjun applies his presence of mind again.
ARJUN
Must be the insurance company. Be
right back.
Arjun goes to the Fiesta and takes out the mobile from the
charger -- JAZZ calling, a pretty teenager -- Arjun cuts the
call pretending to answer..
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Yes. I’ll just call you back in a
few minutes. All good..
The driver decides to drive ahead. He catches up with Arjun
and stops, trying to assess the damage to the Fiesta. Arjun
tries to block his view off the boy’s body..
DRIVER
Looks scary. Glad nobody got hurt..
Arjun puts the mobile in his jacket pocket.
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ARJUN
Me too. Frikkin Deer popped up from
nowhere.. Thanks anyway..
DRIVER
Yep. Big nuisance them deer! Take
care..
Arjun waves a goodbye. The man drives away. Naina and Arjun
watch the car disappear down the road. Arjun curses.. Goes
back inside the Fiesta and opens the trunk.. Then he goes
over to the dead kid’s body and starts dragging him out of
the car..
NAINA
(shocked)
What are you doing?
ARJUN
We have to get rid of the body.
NAINA
What? Why? Are you crazy?
ARJUN
What if he saw something?
NAINA
He didn’t see anything.
ARJUN
He is a witness. If we leave the
kid here, they’ll know we lied.
Naina goes quiet, frozen.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Help me pick him up.
(pleading)
Please.
Together they put the boy’s body in the trunk. It seemed
like taking forever.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
You stay here and wait for help,
and I’ll get rid of the body..
NAINA
What you going to do with it?
ARJUN
I don’t know, I have to get rid
of.. fucking.. EVERYTHING!
Arjun SLAMS the trunk shut.
37 INT. FORD FIESTA - DAY(FLASHBACK) 37
Arjun gets into the Fiesta -- Turns the key ignition key. The
car immediately KICKS forward and stalls.
Page 25.
ARJUN
What the fuck!
He looks. The Fiesta is manual. The car was in gear.
Arjun gets out of the Fiesta. Shouts out to Naina..
ARJUN
Naina you have to do it. This is a
manual car. I can’t drive it.
NAINA
What am I suppose to do?
ARJUN
Just take it. Dump it somewhere.
Get rid of it.
Naina is completely reluctant. Arjun convinces her.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Naina.. You have to do it. For us.
After that if you want.. We stop
seeing each other. It’s over.
NAINA (V.O.)
Arjun convinced me.
Naina drives the Fiesta away as Arjun watches.
39 EXT. VARIOUS ROADS, FOREST AREA - DAY(FLASHBACK) 39
Naina drives, aimlessly, in the Ford Fiesta. She’s nervous,
sweating.. Absolutely no clue about what she has to do..
NAINA (V.O.)
I drove for almost over an hour.
And all I could think about was why
I was there instead of with my
family.
NAINA
If I hadn’t been with Arjun, if we
hadn’t overslept, if I hadn’t taken
that left turn... that deer would
have never crossed my path. Never.
Naina goes quiet, affected. Badal allows her that moment.
There is a concern in his voice.
BADAL
If you trust me, you’ll survive
this. Tell me what you did with the
car?
NAINA
I buried it.
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BADAL
(slightly surprised)
With the boy in it?
Naina, ridden with guilt, looks at Badal. Remembers..
41 I/E. FORD FIESTA / BRIDGE, LARGE LAKE - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 41
Naina driving. Suddenly she spots something outside. Naina
stops the car and gets out. She is on a bridge crossing a
huge swamp. Naina looks over the rail and then over at the
other side: more water leading away. Evening is setting in.
The lights on the bridge comes on.
42 I/E. FORD FIESTA / ROAD, SWAMP - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 42
The headlights of the Fiesta light up an otherwise dark and
dense undergrowth of the forest. It drives several yards and
stops before a swamp.
Naina gets out of the car and puts it in neutral. She starts
pushing it towards the swamp when suddenly she hears a noise
behind her. She turns, frightened, to see
POV - A deer. Staring at her.
Naina and the deer look at each other for a few seconds and
finally the deer runs away, disappearing back into the
bushes.
Naina sees the swamp in front of her. She hesitates a moment,
then gathers all her strength and pushes the car towards the
water, using her shoulder for leverage.
The car slides into the water, further and further, until
water fills the interior and the weight sinks it head first.
Finally it sinks as Naina watches, falling to her knees and
bursting into tears.
NAINA (V.O.)
I kept hearing Arjun’s words in my
head...
Naina’s eyes hold back tears.
NAINA
It was an accident. And there was
nothing we could do for that kid.
He had no future. But we did.
Naina points at the hotel across from them: hundreds of lives
projected through its windows, anonymous people who look like
ants.
NAINA (CONT’D)
That kid was like any one of those
strangers, and I had to learn to
see it that way to keep myself from
going insane.
Page 27.
BADAL
What did you do after that?
44 I/E. AUDI / ROADS, FOREST - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 44
NAINA (V.O.)
I called Arjun with a prepaid phone
card and told him where I was..
The Audi drives up and stops near Naina waiting on the side
of the road. She rushes in. The Audi drives away.
45 INT. AUDI - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 45
Arjun drives the Audi, tense. Naina notices the change --
Arjun is quiet and completely fucked in the head..
NAINA
What happened?
Arjun shakes his head as if to get rid of some bad thoughts..
ARJUN
It was horrible...
We move in CLOSER on Arjun as he tells his story..
46 I/E. AUDI / ROAD, ACCIDENT SPOT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 46
EARLIER SCENE 38 CONTINUED. We see Naina leave to get rid of
the Ford Fiesta while Arjun speaks on his mobile..
ARJUN
No, I’m fine.. But I need a tow
truck. My car won’t start. Where am
I? I don’t know man.. The GPS is..
Yep.. Fucked!
Arjun tries to get the GPS of the Audi to work -- But no
luck! He hangs up, cursing his luck..
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Let me call you back..
Not knowing how to figure his position out, Arjun lights up a
cigarette WHEN, he sees..
POV - A Range Rover appears around the bend. Seeing the Audi
stranded, the Range puts on it’s HAZARD lights and cross over
to the other side to face the Audi and comes to a stop.
Arjun watches as a couple gets out of the car. A man and a
woman in their late fifties maybe. Both are well dressed. The
woman more vibrant, while the man appears more vulnerable,
someone who probably is recovering from a chemo therapy
treatment. Arjun gets out of the car -- He wasn’t expecting
to see an Indian couple in the middle of nowhere.
WOMAN
Hello.. Are you okay?
Page 28.
ARJUN
Yes. A deer suddenly came and hit
my car.. But I’m okay thank you.
WOMAN
Thank god. It could have been
worse! Is the car okay? You look
stranded..
ARJUN
Lost power. It won’t start. Would
you know which area this is? I need
to call the garage people..
WOMAN
I’ll do better than that. I will
give you the whole garage..
The woman is probably the most happiest person Arjun has ever
met in his life.
ARJUN
(not sure)
Meaning?
WOMAN
Meet my husband. Nimbi..
MAN
(soft spoken, smiling)
Nirmal.
WOMAN
But I call him Nimbi. He knows
everything about cars. You see our
car.. Never spent a penny on
maintenance.
(to Nirmal)
Help him no..
NIRMAL
Only if you stop talking for a
minute.
WOMAN
(ignoring)
I’m Rani by the way. Rani Kaur.
ARJUN
(pauses, thinks)
Ajay. Ajay Mehta.
RANI
Nice to meet you Ajay. Not often we
meet Indian people in these parts.
Nirmal walks over to the Audi.
NIRMAL
Will you please open the bonnet..
Arjun goes inside the Audi.. Not sure where the latch is..
Rani has followed him..
Page 29.
ARJUN
(fumbling)
Sorry.. Not my car.. My sister’s
Rani points out the lever to Arjun..
RANI
There. Below the wheel..
(to Arjun)
I knew nothing about cars till I
met this man.. And now he has
turned me into his assistant..
NIRMAL
You are the world’s worst
assistant..
RANI
Be grateful that you at least have
an assistant..
Nirmal looks into the engine of the car..
NIRMAL
It’s the STARTER. The motor sensor
is blocked. It happens on a sudden
impact. The unit needs to be reset.
Arjun has no clue what Nirmal is talking about..
RANI
He’s just showing off. Just tell us
if you can fix it..
NIRMAL
Expect your madness, I can fix
anything.
(to Arjun)
But I’ll need my tool box.
ARJUN
Don’t worry. I’ll call the garage
people.
RANI
You mad or what! They’ll take for
ages to get here. Just come home..
We’re only 15 minutes away..
ARJUN
I don’t want to bother you.. Plus
the car needs to be towed
RANI
What ‘bother’? Nimbi will tow it
with the Range and fix it in a
couple of hour..
NIRMAL
(surprised)
Areh! Am I allowed to say anything
here or what?
Page 30.
RANI
Okay. Say.
NIRMAL
(conscious of Rani)
I can tow the car to our house. And
it will take me hardly an hour to
fix it..
RANI
I just said that.
NIRMAL
No. You said 2 hours. You
underestimate my talent!
RANI
Please forgive me oh talented
master.
Nirmal LOCKS the Audi to the towing bridge of the Range and
47 EXT. ROADS, DANLEIGH - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 47
As the light falls.. The Ranges tows the Audi through the
dense forest area. From inside we can hear a chatter..
48 I/E. RANGE ROVER / FOREST ROADS - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 48
RANI
Where you from Ajay?
Nirmal drives the Range while Rani sits beside him -- But
turned back to chat with Arjun in the rear seat. Arjun, even
though not in the right frame of mind, attempts a polite
conversation. Rani fires away. Like a machine gun.
ARJUN
London. Notting Hill.
RANI
What you doing in these parts?
ARJUN
(making up)
I.. Er.. Came to meet my sister in
Craigton..
RANI
Areh! We used to stay there first.
Nimbi used to work there.. Then we
shifted to Danleigh after this man
fell ill. Now We live in a more
quieter place.. He works in a hotel
nearby and I stay in the house and
enjoy the silence.
NIRMAL
Not really. No place is silent when
Rani is around.
RANI
Keep quiet. What do you do Arjun?
Page 31.
FLASH INSERT of - ARJUN, a fashion photographer, clicking

models in his photo studio. Very professional setup.
ARJUN
Er.. I own a book shop in Notting
hill.
RANI
(wowed! eyes light up)
Seriously? That is so cool. We both
LOVE reading. Especially plays.
That’s how I met this idiot. In a
theater group. We both loved acting
in plays. Of course I was much
better than him..
NIRMAL
Yeah, right. In your dreams woman!
RANI
Excuse me.. Who won best
performance for TWELVE ANGRY MEN?
NIRMAL
I did.
RANI
(stumped but defiant)
Yeah. But who trained you?
Arjun smiles. Something very lovable about this couple and
their banter. His phone rings.. It’s Vani. His wife. Fuck!
Arjun wasn’t expecting this call but he has to take it.. As
he talks we see..
49 INT. NATIONAL BANK OF ENGLAND - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 49
VANI(30), an extremely pretty wife of Arjun calls from her
cabin. She appears to be in a senior post. As she talks, Vani
conducts some transfers using her NBE secure dongle..
VANI
Hello darling..
ARJUN
(cautious)
Hi..
Arjun discreetly tries to lower the volume on his
mobile(Suddenly Vani’s voice is sounding too loud)
VANI
When are you boarding?
ARJUN
Listen, I was going to call you,
I’ll be a little late..
VANI
Cool. I’ll pick you up from
Gatwick. What time you land?
Page 32.
ARJUN
No. No. I’ll come on my own. You
don’t bother..
VANI
Sure? I’m taking off anyway.. I’ll
work from home.
Vani packs the Banking dongle in her bag.
ARJUN
Sure. See you soon.
VANI
Love you.
ARJUN
Love you too.
50 INT. RANGE ROVER / FOREST ROADS - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 50
Arjun hangs up to see Rani looking at him, very concerned.
RANI
You are hurt?
Arjun is a little taken aback..
ARJUN
Er.. No.. That was just my wife
wanting to know when I’m back..
Rani points to his wrist.. Her eyes widening..
RANI
You have blood on your hand!
A shocked Arjun turns to see his wrist which has come into
limelight while speaking on the mobile -- It’s smeared with
blood -- Must be the boy’s when he laid him on the seat!..
Arjun has to think of something quick..
ARJUN
Oh! How did this..?.. Must be the
deer’s blood.. I’m okay..
Rani breathes a relief as..
51 I/E. RANI’S HOUSE - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 51
The Range come to a stop in front of an old English
farmhouse, made out of stone. Very well maintained, the
garden outside properly landscaped..
The three of them gets out of the car. Rani heads for the
house.. She gestures to Arjun..
RANI
Come..
Arjun is not sure. He just wants to fix the car and get out.
Page 33.
ARJUN
It’s okay. I’ll wait out here. I’m
in a bit of hurry to get back..
RANI
So? You waiting here in the cold
won’t make Nimbi work any faster..
And wash off that Deer’s blood.
Might be infected. I’ll make you
some hot tea..
Nirmal gestures to Arjun to just listen to whatever Rani is
saying. There is no other way in this house!
NIRMAL
What about me? Do I get tea?
RANI
Only if you admit that I was better
than you.
Arjun follows Rani in and we see..
52 INT. WASHROOM, RANI’S HOUSE - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 52
Like a possessed man.. Arjun vigorously washes the blood
stains from his wrist with tap water and then cleans the sink
with toilet paper to remove any blood stains. He then throws
the paper in the toilet, flushes. Breathes a sigh of relief.
Arjun pauses and splashes his face with water to bring him
back to calm him a little. The whole accident is taking it’s
toll on him. He almost jumps up when Rani knocks from
outside..
RANI (O.S.)
Everything okay? No cuts?
ARJUN
Nope. All good.
RANI (O.S.)
I’m going to take Nimbi his tea and
be back..
ARJUN
Okay. Thanks.
Arjun waits for a moment and opens the door..
53 INT. LANDING / KITCHEN, RANI’S HOUSE - EARLY 53
EVENING(FLASHBACK)
Arjun comes out of the washroom into a large landing. An old
farmhouse with lots of wood and warmth all over. He glances
around the room. The house is cluttered with memories.. Book
shelves filled with classic books, especially plays and
philosophy, old spool tapes, typewriters.. Arjun’s attention
is drawn to some photo’s on the wall.. He walks to them..
On the walls, several photos of Nirmal and Rani’s life
together. Their theatre days. Nirmal and Rani performing in
TWELVE ANGRY MEN.
Page 34.
Beside the photos, there is a glass box preserving a theatre

mask which Nirmal won for his performance in TWELVE.
Rani enters back into the house.. And promptly serves Arjun
his tea.. They sit down at the kitchen table..
RANI
You sure you don’t want something
to eat?
ARJUN
No no. I’m okay. You have a very
nice house.. Lots of books..
RANI
(laughing)
Yes. But it’s so nice to meet
someone who also love books.
Children?
ARJUN
Sorry?
RANI
You’re married.. So..
ARJUN
Oh no. Not yet. My wife wants but
I’m not sure yet..
RANI
Ah you’re young. Plenty of time. A
child changes everything. I had
mine when I was forty..
ARJUN
Wow.
RANI
Yeah. I wish you could meet him and
drill some sense into him. Kids
today.. Only on the phone and
computer and what not.. Never
reads.
Rani’s home phone rings. She gets up to answer it.. She grabs
a picture frame from the mantelpiece and gives it to Arjun..
Arjun’s blood curdles with fear as he sees the photo.
POV - Photo of the same boy who died in the accident.
RANI (CONT’D)
Sunny. Isn’t he handsome. Takes
after me
(answers the phone)
Hello.. Oh hi Jasmeet.. No Sunny’s
not here..
Arjun tries to cope with the situation. Rani continues on
phone...
Page 35.
RANI (CONT’D)
He went out with the boys.. What?..
You’re with them? Sunny’s not
there? Areh! How? He came back from
work, changed and left
immediately.. Didn’t even eat..
Arjun looks around and sees photos of Sunny all over the
living room. His high school football team, with Jasmeet,
his girlfriend, on a trip with his parents.. Arjun suddenly
finds it hard to breathe, as if the world is closing in on
him.. Nirmal comes back from outside.
RANI (CONT’D)
I’ll call you back.
(to Nirmal)
Where did Sunny go? He’s not with
his friends.
NIRMAL
I don’t know. Call him..
RANI
Correct.
(dials a number)
See how staying with me has made
you clever..
Nirmal smiles and walks over to Arjun..
NIRMAL
Car’s done.
Arjun is relieved. He just wants to get out the house.. He is
about to get up WHEN
The mobile in Arjun’s pocket starts ringing -- He had
completely forgotten about the boy’s mobile he had kept in
his pocket!
A surprised Rani and Nirmal look towards Arjun..
Arjun jumps up and his presence of mind saves him -- As he
jumps -- Arjun pretends as if he was sitting on the mobile --
And without Rani or Nirmal realizing brings out the mobile
from his pocket and pretends as if it was on the chair..
ARJUN
(nervous)
Sorry I sat on it..
RANI
That’s weird! Sunny never goes out
without his phone..
NIRMAL
It probably fell off and he didn’t
realize..
RANI
Are you mad? Sunny without mobile
is like fish without water..
Page 36.
NIRMAL
You tell her Arjun..
Arjun just wants to get the fuck out of there.
ARJUN
Sorry.. But I really need to go..
It’s getting very late..
NIRMAL
Sure. Hey.. You dropped your
lighter on the floor of the car..
Nirmal hands him Naina’s lighter, feminine and gold plated.
Arjun tries to lie about it..
ARJUN
Oh. Thank you. My sister’s lighter.
Arjun gets out of the house as quickly as he can..
54 I/E. AUDI / RANI’S HOUSE - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 54
Arjun comes out to see Nirmal has parked the Audi outside the
house. He does a quick goodbye with Rani and Nirmal..
ARJUN
Thank you. I’ll remember this.
RANI
Drive safely. It’s quite late.
ARJUN
I will. Thank you.
Rani observes Arjun. She is thinking something, still holding
Sunny’s mobile in her hand. Arjun goes to the car. Gets in.
The seat is too much in the front. How the fuck does Naina
drive like this! Arjun adjusts the seat back and drives off.
Rani and Nirmal watches the Audi go.. The number plate N4INA
lit brightly behind the car.
ARJUN (V.O.)
I fucked up with the cell phone..
55 I/E. AUDI / ROADS, FOREST - NIGHT 55
The Audi drives through the dark roads. Arjun drives, visibly
worried/angry with the parent encounter.
ARJUN
It was on when he had the accident,
he was answering messages. Now when
his parents or the police sees the
phone.. It will point to me. FUCK!
Naina shuts her eyes aware of how much trouble they’re in..
NAINA
What do we do now?
Page 37.
ARJUN
I have an idea. But I need your
help here..
NAINA (V.O.)
The look in his eyes scared me..
56 I/E. SCRAPYARD - DAY(FLASHBACK) 56
NAINA (V.O.)
Arjun insisted that I get rid of my
car, make it disappear without a
trace..
Naina’s Audi gets crushed by a trash compactor. Naina hands a
wad of cash to a FAT MAN who counts the bills. Naina and
Arjun walks to a restaurant across the road..
57 I/E. LITTLE CHEF RESTAURANT, OPP SCRAPYARD - DAY(FLASHBACK) 57
Arjun calls a taxi from the restaurant..
ARJUN
(irritated)
Just use your GPS man.
Naina can sense that the accident is affecting Arjun.
The taxi arrives. Naina gives Arjun a final hug..
NAINA (V.O.)
We said goodbye for the final time.
Promising NEVER to meet again.
The two taxis go different ways. Naina continues to explain
58 INT. POLICE STATION - DAY(FLASHBACK) 58
Naina sits across from a police officer taking her statement.
NAINA (V.O.)
Next day, I reported the car
stolen, pretending I had just come
back from Paris
59 INT. NURSERY, NAINA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 59
Naina tucks in her daughter while Sunil comes from behind and
gives her a hug. They both look at the sleeping daughter.
Naina more aware of the lies she has been saying.
NAINA (V.O.)
I told Sunil the same story. I felt
like a fraud. An imposter.
60 INT. BEDROOM, NAINA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 60
Naina lies wide awake while Sunil sleeps peacefully beside
her.
Page 38.
NAINA (V.O.)
I was scared. It had taken all my
life to build my family, my
career.. And I could lose it in an
instant..
From the darkness of the night we see..
61 EXT. SKYLINE, CITY - MORNING(FLASHBACK) 61
The sun rising over the city of London.. And in it..
62 I/E. GLOBAL TECH MEDIA HQ - DAY(FLASHBACK) 62
A giant imposing structure of Naina’s company. We follow
Naina as she walks into her company. A MONTAGE of shots.
Naina walks through an open, modern office space filled with
powerful computers with large screens, where the employees
are working, and reaches the glass covered conference room.
Before entering, EVA, her secretary, hands her a stack of
documents.
NAINA (V.O.)
We were preparing for my company’s
entry into Asia and it would have
been strange if I wasn’t there.
A group of twenty people listen to her presentation.
NAINA (V.O.)
I’d been trying to close this deal
for a year, and now that I was
about to I couldn’t screw it up.
Naina makes a VIDEO CALL to a Japanese counterpart.
Naina stands on the terrace of her office, overlooking the
whole city, lights up a cigarette -- the same gold Zippo.
NAINA (V.O.)
I was trying desperately to get
everything back to normal..
63 INT. NAINA’S APARTMENT - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 63
NAINA (V.O.)
And just when I thought everything
was under control..
Naina spends time with Sunil and her daughter. As Naina plays
with her daughter.. She overhears the television..
TV REPORTER (V.O.)
The town of Dalneigh, near
Inverness, has been shaken by the
disappearance of one of its
resident..
ON TV SCREEN: A Reporter speaks to the camera, standing
outside a branch of National Bank of England, in Danleigh.
Page 39.
REPORTER (V.O.)
Twenty year old Sunny Singh Toor,
worked at this bank in Danleigh.
He left work at five o’clock,
stopped at home and then went out.
His parents were expecting him for
dinner but they haven’t heard from
him since. Relatives and friends
have joined the police to search
for him, for many suspect that he
might have had an accident and his
car could have fallen over a
cliff...
ON TV SCREEN: Images relating the story. People searching the
woods, where we see Rani and Nirmal surrounded by police,
relatives and friends.
NAINA (V.O.)
I’ll never forget his mother’s
face..
ON TV SCREEN: Rani holding a photo of Sunny, crying profusely
RANI
If anyone has any information of my
son please contact the police..
Naina looks at Badal..
NAINA
I could feel her grief. And I swore
to myself that this would be the
last mistake I would ever make in
life.
Badal’s mobile rings. He checks the screen..
BADAL
Excuse me.. Hello.. What is it?..
Are you sure?.. Let me know if
there’s any more news.
Badal hangs up and looks at Naina, visibly worried.
BADAL (CONT’D)
The prosecutor’s witness has
arrived at the courthouse. We still
don’t have their identity, but the
judge is on his way. We have to
hurry..
NAINA
(nervous, thinking)
I have to talk to Archie.
65 EXT. RUNWAY, AIRPORT - EVENING(REAL TIME) 65
An airplane lands on the runway. And..
Page 40.
66 INT. BUSINESS CLASS, AIRPLANE - EVENING(REAL TIME) 66

Inside the plane, we see ARCHIE PUNJABI(58), a pudgy man with
the face of a ruthless shark, rises from his seat and steps
on other passengers, trying to get out first. His cell phone
rings and he answers.
ARCHIE
What’s up?
NAINA (V.O.)
Where are you?
Archie covers his free ear to hear better. The noise of the
plane’s motors dominates the foreground. He speaks..
ARCHIE
Just landed in Edinburgh. Still in
plane.
Badal watches Naina as she paces back and forth nervously..
NAINA
Badal Gupta is here. He’s saying
the prosecutor has found a new
witness..
ARCHIE
What witness?
NAINA
I don’t know. When are you coming
back?
ARCHIE
Tonight on the last flight. Let me
talk to Badal.
Naina holds out her phone to Badal.
BADAL
(nods, answering)
Archie..
ARCHIE
(trying hear amidst noise)
What the fuck is this witness
thing?
Badal looks at the hotel across the street. Archie enters the
finger tunnel at the airport, rushes through the crowd..
BADAL
A last minute witness. He just
arrived at the courthouse.
ARCHIE
What?
Page 41.
BADAL
Naina may be called tonight to give
her testimony..
ARCHIE
(covering one ear)
I can’t hear.. Text me the
details.. But Badal
(yelling)
I’m leaving her in your hands. I
might have some good news in a
couple of hours. Something
beneficial for our case. I’ll call
you back.
Archie and Badal both hang up. Badal thinks, while looking
at the hotel across the street. One hotel room in particular
catches his attention.. Someone standing in the room.. Hies
attention is broken by
NAINA
(anxious)
What did he say?
Badal smiles. He doesn’t want to worry Naina too much. He
gives Naina her phone back.
BADAL
Everything’s under control. Don’t
worry. He’ll call back in a bit.
Badal checks the stop watch. Time is ticking away..
BADAL (CONT’D)
Let’s continue. Where were we?
NAINA
I focused on my life.
BADAL
But the police arrived.
NAINA
(surprised)
There’s no record of that. How do
you know?
Badal waves a file with a smug look.
BADAL
The details Naina! I do my
homework. That’s why you pay me by
the hour!
NAINA
I was in a meeting when..
68 INT. CONFERENCE ROOM, G-TECH OFFICE - DAY(FLASHBACK) 68
Naina is in a closed door meeting with his team and THREE
JAPANESE MEN led by MR. KURODA (45).. Eva enters..
Page 42.
EVA
Sorry to interrupt.
(to Naina)
You have visitors.
NAINA
Not now, Eva.
EVA
(awkward, being discreet)
It’s the police.
NAINA
(to visitors)
Excuse me..
Naina tenses up but doesn’t let it show. She walks out of the
room to see TWO POLICE OFFICERS waiting in the corridor. She
softly tells Eva..
NAINA (CONT’D)
Call Archie.
69 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, POLICE STATION - DAY(FLASHBACK) 69
Archie sits with Naina in a room which, has a large mirror as
one the walls. Detective Sergeant SONDHI(40) sits across and
take out some photographs of the area around where Naina and
Arjun had the accident. The deer crossing sign catches
Naina’s eye.
POV - A TOP VIEW photo - SKID marks of two cars.
D.S. SONDHI
The police in Inverness found
debris from two collisions about
three miles from this missing kid’s
house.
(shows photo of Sunny)
But no accidents were reported. The
strange thing is, the kid’s parents
picked up a man who’d had an
accident right here, the same day
their son disappeared.
Naina is quiet. She does not know what to say. Sondhi puts an
artist’s composite sketch of Arjun in front of Naina. It’s
not very accurate but a definite resemblance is there..
D.S. SONDHI (CONT’D)
Do you know him?
NAINA
(looking at the sketch)
No.
ARCHIE
Look, why would my client care
about what happened in Inverness
when she was in Paris?
Page 43.
D.S. SONDHI
This man told the missing kid’s
parents that he hit a deer. But
debris from a second vehicle on
that road forces us to believe that
something else happened and he
covered it up with someone’s help.
ARCHIE
So?
D.S. SONDHI
This man was driving your client’s
car.. An Audi Q7, plate N 4 INA..
ARCHIE
(butting in)
Which was stolen from a parking lot
that weekend. There is a police
report.
DETECTIVE
We know. But you could not provide
a parking ticket which proves the
car was where you said it was
parked.
ARCHIE
Are you insinuating that my client
had something to do with this
accident?
D.S. SONDHI
I don’t know. Did she?
ARCHIE
(stares at Sondhi)
Oh Okay. I think we are done here.
Archie gets up. Naina tries to calm the situation.
NAINA
I think I left the parking ticket
in the car by mistake. The thief
must have used it to take the car
out..
Sondhi looks at Naina, impressed. She wasn’t expecting this
move.
D.S. SONDHI
Probably. But I would need your
details in Paris.
70 I/E. BENTLEY / CITY ROADS - DAY(FLASHBACK) 70
Archie drives the car while, Naina sits nervously beside him.
ARCHIE
Why are you so nervous? I can’t
help you if you don’t tell me
everything.
Page 44.
In her nervousness, Naina brings out a cigarette and lights

it..
ARCHIE (CONT’D)
(surprised)
I thought you quit!
NAINA
Please don’t tell Sunil.
ARCHIE
Did you have something to do with
that kid’s disappearance?
NAINA
Of course not.
ARCHIE
Well then?
NAINA
(pauses, thinking)
I was... not in Paris. I was with
another man.
ARCHIE
(absorbing the news)
Fuck! We just lied to the police!
NAINA
Can you please make them believe I
was? Can you buy me an alibi?
ARCHIE
(angry)
Do I have a choice? Was this the
same man?
NAINA
Archie, I ended it, it was a
mistake... I can’t let this
fucking coincidence ruin my life
with Sunil and my daughter
ARCHIE
Next time you call me, start by
telling me everything.
NAINA
I need something else.
ARCHIE
What now?
NAINA
(pleading)
The police file. Can you make my
name disappear? I am this close to
the Japanese deal. Any hint of a
police case will fuck it up!
ARCHIE
I’ll take care of it.
Page 45.
The bentley disappears amongst the traffic of the city.

BADAL (V.O.)
Archie took care of Paris..
71 INT. LIVING ROOM, NAINA’S APARTMENT - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 71
BADAL
But not the police files.
Badal shows Naina another police dossier.
BADAL (CONT’D)
One of my sources was able to find
your name in the police archive,
and I’m afraid that the prosecutor
will have done the same.
Naina is a little scared hearing this. She didn’t know..
NAINA
I would have never gone so far if
it weren’t for Arjun...
BADAL
I’m curious. What did Arjun do when
you told him the police had
contacted you to identify him?
NAINA
I didn’t tell him.. He would have
freaked out..
Badal, involuntarily, lets out an amused laugh -- Naina
really underestimates him..
BADAL
I know you contacted Arjun.
Naina tries to shrug off.. Dismissive..
BADAL (CONT’D)
The details Naina. The facts.
Rich people want to stay rich, and
they protect themselves and their
property. Go where rich people go
and you will find surveillance
cameras.
NAINA
(deducing)
The phone booth in the port.
Badal nods as Naina glares at her, calibrating.
BADAL
Speaking on a public phone
surrounded by security cameras is
not very smart.
Badal shows Naina a CCTV SNAP SHOT of her talking on a public
telephone booth.
Page 46.
NAINA
Okay, I got nervous. But don’t
think I’m stupid enough to contact
Arjun right after the police tried
to link me to him.
BADAL
Then? When and why?
NAINA
When I didn’t know what else to do.
72 EXT. RESTAURANT, PORT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 72
Naina eats with her family at a restaurant in the port. A
large yacht approaches in the background and honks its horn.
They all turn and wave at SUNIL’S FATHER (60) in the yacht.
NAINA (V.O.)
Arjun never stopped when he knew
what he wanted. He did it with me
when we met, and he was doing it
again to forget everything that had
happened.. I went to pay the bill
73 INT. CASHIER DESK, RESTAURANT, PORT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 73
Naina waits at the counter and a waiter prepares her bill. A
news report on television catches Naina’s attention and she
stares at the screen.
NEWS REPORTER
The police have discarded the
possibility that Sunny Toor, the
young man who disappeared in
Inverness three weeks ago, had an
accident. According to recent
reports, Toor may have been fleeing
after stealing fifty thousand
pounds from the bank branch where
he worked. According to a bank
spokesperson, the young man
withdrew small quantities from
clients’ accounts before
disappearing.
Naina is shocked. Sunil appears behind Naina and puts his arm
around her..
SUNIL
Oye.. We are waiting..
NAINA
I just need to make a call.. Be
there in ten..
74 EXT. PORT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 74
Naina makes a call from a public phone booth. She notices the
security cameras all around the docks..
ARJUN (O.S.)
Hello?
Page 47.
NAINA
How did you get the police to think
Sunny Toor is on the run?
Arjun and Naina sits in the same restaurant where they had
last met for the final time. Arjun shows Naina.. Sunny’s
wallet, inside which, his ID, employee card, etc..
NAINA
Where did you get this?
ARJUN
I took it after we put him in the
trunk.
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 38 -- As Sunny lies in the trunk,
Arjun takes out his wallet.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
I thought it could be useful to
us.. And I was right. After the
accident Vani worked from home for
a few days..
76 INT. BEDROOM, ARJUN’S HOUSE - MORNING(FLASHBACK) 76
Vani gets out of the bed to go and have a shower.
ARJUN (V.O.)
And I took the opportunity to put
an end to all this...
Arjun jumps out of bed.. Waits for the shower to start.. And
takes the NBE banking dongle out of Vani’s bag. He attaches
the dongle to the laptop..
ARJUN (V.O.)
They both worked in the same bank.
I used Vani’s access to enter the
system.
Arjun types on the computer, using details from Sunny’s
Employee id.
ARJUN (V.O.)
I withdrew money in small
quantities and diverted the money
using his employee card, changing
the date so it would show up a few
days before the accident, and I put
it in his account.
BADAL (V.O.)
Hang on. What are you saying?
BADAL
Arjun was a photographer AS WELL AS
an expert in computer banking
systems?
(MORE)
Page 48.
BADAL (CONT'D)
You want the jury to think you’re
taking them for idiots?
NAINA
Arjun met Vani in that bank when he
worked there. Photography came
after that, years later.
BADAL
(not buying)
This bit is almost on par with the
invisible murderer!
NAINA
(angry)
I don’t know. That’s what he told
me. You don’t know Arjun. When he
wanted something, he got it. Maybe
he got his wife to help him.. But
the fact is.. HE GOT IT DONE!
ARJUN
I didn’t leave any trace. No one
can connect it to us.
NAINA
Do you realize what you’ve done?
ARJUN
Do you? What I’ve done for you? For
us?
Naina observes him: Arjun is a different man. Naina is not
sure if she likes this new Arjun.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Don’t look at me like that. You
think you are any different? You
had a chance to call the police,
but you didn’t.. We are both the
same Naina.
NAINA
No we are not. You stopped me.
ARJUN
(smiles)
Believe what you want to but if I
go down, you’re going down with me.
NAINA
The police came to see me. Don’t
threaten me.
ARJUN
Then don’t threaten me. I have
photos that prove you weren’t in
Paris.
Page 49.
Arjun gets up and leave. Naina sits there helplessly. She

watches Arjun get into his car and leave WHEN Naina sees
something that grabs her attention.
The driver who stopped to help them is standing across the
highway, looking directly at her. Naina almost has a heart
attack when a truck drives past.. And the man disappears.
Naina comes running outside the restaurant, searching.
BADAL (V.O.)
Are you sure you saw him?
79 INT. LIVING ROOM, NAINA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 79
NAINA
I don’t know.. May not have been
real. But it was impossible to
cover up all the mistakes we’d
made.
BADAL
What happened after that?
80 I/E. GLOBAL TECH MEDIA HQ - DAY(FLASHBACK) 80
MONTAGE OF SHOTS - Naina works through the night with her
team: Meetings with Japanese counterparts: And finally, Naina
signs the contract and shakes hand with a Japanese man.
NAINA (V.O.)
The next few days were quiet. I
focused on work and my company
entered the Asian market in the
hands of the world’s biggest
technology giant. There was a huge
media blitz at the time and I was
given the Forbes Businessman of the
Year Award.
81 INT. HALL / AUDITORIUM - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 81
Naina receives the Forbes Award. Applause from those in
attendance. Naina gets photographed with Sunil. Happiness
all around. But a hint of sadness in Naina’s eyes.
BADAL (V.O.)
How did it feel? Youngest person
ever to get that award..
NAINA (V.O.)
It was all a façade. I’d been
broken on the inside for a while
already.
Naina goes up to the stage to give an acceptance speech.
Looks at Sunil in the audience, clapping proudly.
NAINA (V.O.)
It felt rotten.
Page 50.
82 INT. BALL ROOM / AUDITORIUM - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 82

A live music performance. Various GUESTS drinking cocktails,
chatting animatedly, making it clear that it’s an after-party
for the event, in a room with huge windows and ocean views.
Naina is chatting with other guests, having a drink, when Eva
comes up to her..
EVA
Naina?
Eva hands Naina a business card and she reads it: “SEEMA
MATHEWS, SENIOR REPORTER, ECONOMIST”
EVA (CONT’D)
She is very senior. You should meet
her.
Naina excuses herself from Sunil and the guests and walk
across the room to a quieter area.
EVA (CONT’D)
She’s on the right. You want me to
stay..
NAINA
No no.. I’ll manage. You party.
Naina turns into a quieter area where an elegantly dressed
woman is standing in the shadows. The woman walks toward her
and we see.. It’s Rani but she’s changed her hairstyle.. And
she is wearing glasses to hide her identity.
NAINA (V.O.)
And there was the mirror that would
show me my true self.
Rani comes over and stands directly in front of Naina.
RANI
Naina? Sorry I’m calling you Naina,
you are almost my daughter’s age..
Naina turns to see Sunil chatting with other guests.
RANI (CONT’D)
Do you know who I am?
NAINA (V.O.)
I had seen that face so many times
in my head.
Naina looks at the card that Eva gave her.
NAINA
All I know is you’re not Seema
Mathews.
RANI
I am Sunny’s mother, Rani Kaur.
Naina glances again at Sunil, increasingly tense.
Page 51.
RANI (CONT’D)
I’m sorry to bother you on such a
special occasion.
REVERSE ANGLE - Sunil sees Naina talking to a woman reporter
and then leading her away from his sight.
83 INT. CORRIDOR, AUDITORIUM - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 83
Naina gets Rani out of Sunil’s sight and into the corridor.
Rani bring’s out Sunny’s article and shows it to Naina.. It’s
the one which says Sunny is a thief and on the run..
RANI
I wanted to ask you about my son..
NAINA
All I know about your son is what I
read in the papers, I’m sorry...
RANI
My son is not a thief and he is not
on the run. And whoever created
this lie is laughing at me and my
husband..
Naina stares at Rani.
RANI (CONT’D)
The day the police spoke to you,
Nimbi and I were there..
84 INT. ROOM BEHIND MIRROR, POLICE STATION - DAY 84
EARLIER SCENE 69 CONTINUED : From behind the mirror, Rani and
Nirmal watch.. Naina and Archie leave.
RANI (V.O.)
I know what I saw. My son used his
mobile right up until we picked
that man up on the road..
Rani continues explaining to Sondhi.
RANI
So it was impossible that the phone
was at home.. Unless he brought it
with him..
Sondhi tries to get a word in, But Rani goes on..
RANI (CONT’D)
And that’s only possible if he
crossed path with Sunny at some
point..
D.S. SONDHI
Still this is not..
Page 52.
RANI
(jumping in)
And.. And.. That man was not alone.
There was someone else in the car
with him..
D.S. SONDHI
How can you be so sure?
RANI
(now angry)
I already told you. He adjusted his
bloody seat before driving off..
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 54 -- Arjun adjusts the driver’s
seat of the Audi. Pushes it back. Rani watches.
RANI
He wasn’t driving. He lied to us.
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 46 -- Arjun can’t find the lever to
open the bonnet. Rani shows him.
ARJUN
Sorry.. Not my car.. My sister’s
car..
Rani takes a pack of cigarettes from her pocket and raises
one to her mouth as she speaks..
RANI
Have you got a light?
In her tensed state, Naina brings out her Zippo. Rani stares
at the lighter.. Her eyes widen as she connect the dots..
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 53 -- Nirmal hands the lighter to
Arjun. Rani sees.
RANI (CONT’D)
He lied. And nobody lies without a
reason. Either he lied to protect
himself..
(pauses)
Or to protect you.
NAINA
Mrs. Singh, I was in Paris that
weekend..
Rani gives her a piercing look. She knows Naina’s lying,
RANI
That’s what the police said..
On a different day, Sondhi shows Rani and Nirmal all the
proof of Paris that Naina has submitted.
Page 53.
RANI (V.O.)
But an airline ticket and a hotel
reservation.. They prove nothing!
89 I/E. ROADS / RANI’S HOUSE - DAY(FLASHBACK) 89
Rani and Nirmal, devastated, drives back home..
RANI (V.O.)
Despite that, we trusted the police
and returned home. And then..
Sitting in the kitchen, Rani and Nirmal sees the news item of
Sunny having fled.
RANI (V.O.)
We saw the news accusing our son
being a thief. That’s when we knew
everything was a lie.
Through their window they see two police cars approaching..
A police officer break the news to Rani and Nirmal who shake
their heads and vehemently disagreeing..
RANI (V.O.)
My son is not a thief.
Nirmal, a weaker person, faints while arguing.
RANI (V.O.)
Nimbi couldn’t take it.. When he
understood what that meant..
Rani looks straight at Naina, no mincing of words..
RANI
Nimbi realized, something has
happened to Sunny and someone very
powerful is hiding the truth..
91 INT. WARD / HOSPITAL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 91
A weak Nirmal receives medical attention from a nurse while
Rani watches through a glass window in the hallway, furious.
Later, Rani sits beside a sleeping Nirmal who’s all tubed up.
RANI (V.O.)
But I wasn’t going to stop
fighting. I am his mother.
92 I/E. VARIOUS BOOKSTORES - VARIOUS TIMES(FLASHBACK) 92
MONTAGE of Rani is different bookshops, showing the sketched
drawing of Arjun to employees. No one seems to know.
RANI (V.O.)
I checked every book store in
Notting hill. But nobody knew Ajay.
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RANI
So followed the only lead I had
left.. YOU.
94 INT. WARD / HOSPITAL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 94
Rani sits beside Nirmal, wading through various articles on
Naina. Her Japanese success, nominated for Forbes award.. Her
family..
RANI (V.O.)
I realized how powerful you are.
And that you could lose it all if
the truth came out..
95 EXT. PORT - DAY 95
EARLIER SCENES 72/73/74 CONTINUED -- FROM A REVERSE ANGLE --
Rani spies on Naina having lunch with her family. They wave
at the father in law. Takes continuous photos of the same.
RANI (V.O.)
What it would mean to you to admit
that you were not in Paris but with
another man.
96 INT. POLICE STATION - DAY(FLASHBACK) 96
Rani has an animated conversation with Sondhi. Trying to
convince her.
RANI (V.O.)
I went back to tell the police, but
they wouldn’t believe me.. That’s
when I realized the power that you
have..
RANI
The power that makes a weak person
strong. But I’m not scared of
powerful people like you..
98 INT. GARAGE - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 98
Rani gets a local hack to make her a photo id of Seema
Mathews.
99 INT. BATHROOM / RANI’S HOUSE - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 99
Using Seema’s photo, bit by bit, Rani dresses up like Seema
Mathews.
RANI (V.O.)
When you have the most terrifying
experience a parent can go through,
your child disappearing and nobody
caring, with your husband dying in
the hospital, fear doesn’t exist
anymore.
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RANI
Soon your people will realize I am
not Seema.. So please tell me the
truth.. Where is my son?
Naina gulps and shakes his head as Rani watches her.
NAINA
You’re mistaken, I assure you.
RANI
You were in that car, with that man
whose name isn’t Ajay. And you had
an accident at the spot we met that
man. And my son’s car was there
also..
(pauses, realizing)
I’m such an idiot. It’s you. You
got rid of my son’s car. You drove
it away. Tell me.. Was it this
simple?
Rani throws Naina's Zippo which lands in the man made stream
of water running in the corridor. Naina watches the ZIPPO
flying through the air and hitting the water but..
101 INT. WATER, SWAMP - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 101
What sinks in the water isn't the ZIPPO, but Sunny's car. We
hardly notice the change in image and sound. The car
descends and we CLOSE IN on the trunk.
102 INT. TRUNK, SUNNY’S CAR - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 102
Inside the trunk, Sunny’s lifeless body fills with water, a
poetic and disturbing image.
RANI (V.O.)
Naina?
Naina looks back at Rani..
RANI
Is that what happened?
Naina, very pale, shakes her head. She can see Eva
approaching with security and the real Seema Mathews.
RANI (CONT’D)
From a mother to a mother.. I know
that my son is dead. We only want
to find him and bury him so he can
rest in peace.
SECURITY
Ma’am you need to come with us.
RANI
DO NOT touch me!
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SECURITY
Ma’am please...
Rani realizes she has lost the battle. She smiles.. Goes
close to Naina for one last time
RANI
(whispering, cold)
Think of what a powerful woman like
you would do if something happened
to your child - And then..
(beat)
Think of me.
Rani walks away with the security guard. As Rani walks she
turns back one last time to see Naina.. Her eyes cold and
filled with vengeance...
INTERVAL
104 INT. NAINA’S APARTMENT - EVENING(REAL TIME) 104
Naina stands quietly at the window. Badal looks at the stop-
watch. 90 minutes over.
BADAL
Did you hear from Rani again?
NAINA
(shaking her head)
I told Archie what happened and he
kept an eye on her for a few days.
105 INT. ROOM BEHIND MIRROR, POLICE STATION - DAY(FLASHBACK) 105
Archie watches from behind the mirror an officer take Rani’s
statement.
NAINA (V.O.)
Nobody linked Rani to me. By then
Archie had pulled strings to get my
name wiped from her son’s case. And
she didn’t either. She knew it
would only complicate things.
106 EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 106
Rani leaves the hospital with a very weak Nirmal. The nurse
and her helps Nirmal into the car.
REVERSE ANGLE - Archie watches them from his Bentley.
107 INT. NAINA’S APARTMENT - EVENING(REAL TIME) 107
NAINA
And I never heard from her again.
Badal takes a moment. He starts thinking it through..
BADAL
Good. Now all the pieces are in
play. Is there anything else you
need to tell me?
Page 57.
NAINA
(shaking her head)
I’ve told you everything.
BADAL
Let’s see what we have. Two dead
bodies. Sunny Singh and Arjun Kohl.
The police are only aware of Arjun
because that’s the only body they
have -- And YOU are their suspect.
But we and Sunny’s parents know of
another dead body, which is still
missing. And the parents suspect
that you and Arjun were responsible
for their son’s death. More Arjun
than you because they met him. You
still have the benefit of doubt. So
between us we can safely say - The
murder of Arjun is a direct
consequence of Sunny’s death. So
this invisible murderer is..
NAINA
Someone related to the dead boy?
BADAL
Maybe.
NAINA
But there is someone who is not
related to the boy but knows more
than his parents..
BADAL
Who?
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 36 -- The driver stops and watches
Arjun and Naina after the crash with the Ford Fiesta.
NAINA
The driver who saw us there with
the kid’s car.
BADAL
You think a jury will believe that
THIS passerby driver told you two
to meet at the hotel? Why would he
do that?
NAINA
To blackmail us with what he knew:
that we were guilty. Maybe he even
found out who I was and that Arjun
was not my husband!
BADAL
Details, Naina. I warn you, a jury
will buy your absurd theory ONLY if
the details make it believable. We
need facts, not mere speculation.
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NAINA
I still haven’t told you how the
blackmailer told us to meet at the
hotel.
BADAL
(surprised)
I thought you told me everything.
108 INT. CABIN, G-TECH HQ - DAY(FLASHBACK) 108
Naina looks up to see Eva entering..
EVA
This came for you.
A standard brown envelope. Eva leaves. Naina turns it look
for the sender and her heart leaps to her throat: it’s SUNNY
SINGH TOOR.
Naina opens the envelope to see a photograph of a swamp
identical to the one she dumped Sunny’s car in. And a micro
MP3 player.
Naina listens to the MP3 player ..
DISTORTED VOICE (V.O.)
I know what you did with your
lover. The price of my silence is
100,000 pounds. In small unmarked
bills..
Naina opens a safe, inside which there is cash money. The
voice continues as we see..
109 EXT. ROAD, TOWARDS INVERNESS - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 109
A BMW X5 drives past a sign which says A9 INVERNESS(18)
At 5 PM sharp..
110 I/E. X5 / INVERNESS TRAIN STATION - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 110
Be at the Inverness train station.
I’ll call the phone booth in the
parking lot..
From inside her car Naina can see the train station. The X5
goes and parks beside a Volkswagon Golf. Arjun comes out of
the Golf and gets into the X5. Listens..
And I’ll tell you where to deliver
the money. Don’t come alone or
without the money. Else I will send
this photo to the police so they
can find Sunny Singh Toor..
Arjun finishes listening to the recorded message. He looks at
the photo of the swamp and looks up to Naina as if to ask --
Is this where..? When..
Page 59.
BADAL (V.O.)
Naina?
Naina turns behind as if responding to Badal..
BADAL
Have you noticed the moon?
NAINA
Excuse me?
BADAL
Look at it.
Naina looks at the full moon through her window.
BADAL (CONT’D)
That full moon is as big as the
gaping hole in your story!
NAINA
How do you know if I’m still not
finished telling it?
BADAL
The swamp. How could the driver
know about the swamp?
NAINA
The sound I heard before I sank the
car.
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 42 -- Naina starts pushing the car
towards the swamp when suddenly she hears a noise behind her.
She turns to see a deer.
NAINA (V.O.)
What if it wasn’t a deer? What if
the driver knew Arjun was lying and
that we were part of the accident?
BADAL
How Naina how? I need facts.
112 I/E. DRIVER’S CAR / ACCIDENT SPOT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 112
EARLIER SCENE 36 CONTINUED --
NAINA (V.O.)
Maybe he saw something, or noticed
how nervous we were and got
suspicious, then pretended he was
leaving and actually followed us?
The driver drives away. Notices the blood on Arjun’s hand
when Arjun waves him a bye. Drives ahead and stops. Gets out
of the car. Walks slowly to see..
POV -- Arjun and Naina putting Sunny’s body into the trunk of
the Ford Fiesta.
Page 60.
The driver continues to look as the light behind him changes

from DAY to NIGHT and he sees..
113 EXT. SWAMP - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 113
EARLIER SCENE 42 CONTINUED --
POV -- Naina pushing the Fiesta into the swamp.
In his haste, the driver steps on a branch, but a deer saves
him just in time diverting Naina’s attention.
BADAL (V.O.)
Naina stop. For the love of god
please stop.
BADAL
Then what happened? The driver
called you to the hotel. A person
whose only motivation appears to be
money.. Suddenly changed his mind
and killed Arjun instead. Not
before smashing your head into the
mirror.. And then vanished into
thin air without even touching the
money which he was blackmailing you
for?
NAINA
I’m just trying to give you a
possible theory..
BADAL
No. What you’re TRYING is.. To
distance yourself from Sunny. You
are thinking.. If you can plant
reasonable doubt in the Jury’s
head.. The focus will shift to the
blackmailer who killed Arjun. The
blackmailer who knew about your
affair. And no one will link
Arjun’s death to Sunny’s
disappearance. The attention shifts
from you, right?
Naina is not used to people talking her down.
NAINA
Have you got a better theory?
BADAL
Okay. I’m going to ask you three
questions. If you answer any one
of them, we’ll continue with this
absurd theory of yours...
VARIOUS INSERTS: Naina receives a text in the hotel room.
Arjun dead with the money. The police analyze the windows.
Page 61.
BADAL (CONT’D)
One: how to you explain the
incriminating message you received
on your cell phone? Two: why
didn’t the blackmailer take the
money if that was what he was
after? And three: how did he get
in and out of that room like a
ghost?
Badal waits for an answer. Naina says nothing.
BADAL (CONT’D)
You see? You’re giving the
prosecutor what he wants to hear:
unrelated nonsense that will
demolish the illusion that you have
a solid, coherent story.
NAINA
You keep saying that.. But there
was someone trying to blackmail us
who murdered Arjun!
BADAL
I believe you. Even the jury
believes that there was a
blackmailer and a murder. But You
and I still have to give them the
answers to these three questions I
just asked you.
NAINA
You’re my lawyer. It’s also your
job to find the answers. So find me
an answer. Surprise me. Resolve the
puzzle.
Badal smiles -- That age old smile of confidence. It’s his
moment -- To prove that he is indeed.. THE BEST!
BADAL
All right. I’ll tell you what
might have happened based on what
you’ve told me. Let’s start with
our favorite character.. THE
BLACKMAILER.. Let’s go back to
Inverness station where the
blackmailer was supposed to contact
you again at five o’clock.
115 I/E. X5 / INVERNESS TRAIN STATION - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 115
The X5 parked beside the Golf. We see Badal and Naina(Naina2)
standing outside looking at the cars and the public phone
booth on the pavement, in front of the cars.
Badal looks at his watch.. It’s 4:59 PM.
BADAL
(excited)
Any minute now..
Page 62.
The pay phone starts ringing. Inside the X5, Naina and Arjun
look at each other.. Naina checks the car clock. It’s 5 P.M.
NAINA
What do we do?
ARJUN
I want to know what’s going on.
Arjun gets out of the car and runs across the street to
answer the phone. Badal and Naina2 watches.
BADAL
Why didn’t you go with him?
NAINA2
He said it’s better that we’re not
seen together.
ARJUN
(into telephone)
Hello?
Badal and Naina2 are now beside the booth, hearing Arjun.
DISTORTED VOICE (O.S.)
Have you got the money?
ARJUN
Yes.
BADAL
The blackmailer told you to go to
the Glen Mohr hotel with the money.
Room 715. Also told Arjun to drop
his phone in the trash can.
Arjun sees the trash can. Looks at the trash can, hesitates..
BADAL (CONT’D)
But Arjun had no choice. It was
either the phone or the police
finding Sunny’s body.
Arjun has no option but to throw his mobile in the bin. Walks
over to tell Naina in the car while Badal and Naina2 watches.
BADAL (CONT’D)
But we still need to figure WHY the
blackmailer changed his mind!
116 INT. INVERNESS STATION - DAY(FLASHBACK) 116
Arjun and Naina separately gets into the cog train. Badal and
Naina2 follows them inside..
117 I/E. COG TRAIN / MOUNTAIN TRACKS - DAY(FLASHBACK) 117
Arjun and Naina sits separately. Badal and Naina2 sits
together. Badal asks Naina..
Page 63.
BADAL
This train is the ONLY access to
the hotel, right?
(Naina2 nods)
Let’s enjoy the ride then..
The train winds through the valley.. An amazingly scenic
route and finally reaches the Glen Mohr hotel.
118 EXT. TRAIN STATION / GLEN MOHR HOTEL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 118
Arjun and Naina get off the train along with other guests of
the hotel. Badal and Naina2 also gets off.
ARJUN
Let me go and find out. You wait
here.
Naina waits while Arjun walk across the foot bridge to the
main foyer and the Reception of the hotel.
119 INT. RECEPTION, GLEN MOHR HOTEL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 119
Arjun walks up to the receptionist.
ARJUN
I have a booking. Room 715
The girl checks the computer..
RECEPTIONIST
Yes.. Under the name of Naina
Sethi?
Arjun nods. The receptionist hands him a card..
RECEPTIONIST (CONT’D)
Please fill up this card. I’ll get
your keys..
Badal who is standing at the counter with Naina2 observes the
receptionist taking the room key out of the key rack.
BADAL
So the room key was at the desk. No
one had access to it before Arjun.
120 INT. CORRIDOR, ROOM 715 - DAY(FLASHBACK) 120
Holding the room key in his hand, Arjun comes out of the
lift, walks down a hallway with a HUGE MIRROR. He stops in
front of room 715, opens the lock and enters the room.
The room, it’s decor and furniture are a reminiscence of the
70s. Arjun goes over to the window from which, he can see
Naina below. Smoking away furiously.
REVERSE ANGLE - Naina standing at the train station sees
Arjun, gesturing her to come up. She stubs out the cigarette.
Page 64.
121 INT. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - DAY(FLASHBACK) 121

Arjun throws the blackmailers envelope in the log fire. The
MP3 player and the photo gets consumed by the fire.
REVERSE ANGLE - Someone watches from inside the closet.
Badal sits on the old Marlborough sofa with Naina2.
BADAL
What you didn’t realize was that
someone was already in the room..
Naina2 looks at Badal - They really didn’t.
A knock at the door. Arjun opens it. It’s Naina.
ARJUN
Did anyone see you?
Naina shakes his head and walks in. Arjun shuts the door.
NAINA
Did he leave any instructions?
ARJUN
(shakes her head)
We’ll have to wait.
BADAL
Whoever was in that closet waited
till it got dark..
NAINA2
Why?
BADAL
(figuring it out)
Because he didn’t want your money.
A wolf whistle in the background.. And we see..
IN SUCCESSION OF QUICK CUTS:
Naina reads the message on her mobile. Her expression changes
to that of concern.
ARJUN
Something wrong?
NAINA
(not sure)
He picked up your mobile and sent
me a message..
CLOSE OF TEXT -- From ARJUN -- “I am going to tell everyone
the truth. Room 715. Glen Mohr Hotel”
ARJUN
It’s a trap. We’re leaving. I’ll
get the money.
Arjun rushes to the bedroom to get the money.
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Naina puts on her coat. SENSES something -- A person suddenly

appears. SLAMS her head against the mirror.
Arjun hears the sound, while checking the money.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Naina?
A gloved hand picks up the rock figurine.
Arjun checks the money. Shuts the briefcase. Turns. The rock
figurine HITS him hard on the head. Arjun drops to the floor.
The intruder looks at the lifeless body of Arjun on the floor
and then at the mirror in front : It’s Rani. She lifts the
figurine again to make sure. The image FREEZES.
NAINA (V.O.)
WHOA!
122 INT. NAINA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 122
Naina gives Badal a puzzled look, caught up in the story.
NAINA
You think the man in the room was
Rani?
BADAL
You don’t? It’s a believable
theory to base your defense on.
Rani Kaur had a strong motive to
commit a murder, something a judge
and a jury might buy.
(pause)
If a mother knows that the police
are protecting the people behind
her son’s disappearance, she has
only one option.. Force them to
confess to what they did.
NAINA
(deducing, hopeful)
And killing of one of us to frame
the other was a way to do that..
FLASH INSERTS OF IMAGES AS BADAL SPEAKS.
BADAL (REAL TIME / V.O.)
Correct. And it worked perfectly.
Everyone believes you are guilty.
Naina being taken out of the hotel and in the chopper.
The police, your husband,
Sunil talking to Naina in jail, disgusted with her.
Your Japanese partners.
Japanese counterpart saying NO DEAL to Archie.
(MORE)
Page 66.
BADAL (REAL TIME / V.O.) (CONT'D)
Rani destroyed your life and
business. Only Archie could get you
out on a million pounds bail.
Archie gets Naina out from prison and into his car.
And then I’m guessing Archie helped
you create this conspiracy theory
and came to me.
Badal and Archie walk out of Badal’s office.
Archie hired me because if you
convinced me with your story, I
would have convinced a jury.
Outside the office, Archie and Badal shake hands.
ARCHIE (V.O.)
I convinced Badal Gupta to take
your case.
123 INT. NAINA’S APARTMENT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 123
NAINA
Badal Gupta?
ARCHIE
He’s the best at preparing
witnesses. Two weeks ago he
announced that he was retiring but
he accepted this as his last case.
NAINA
You hired someone to tell me what
to say during the trial?
ARCHIE
Badal hasn’t lost a case in forty
years.
BADAL
And I am not going to lose my last
one. Even though I must admit, Rani
Kaur is a formidable opponent.
NAINA
Meaning?
BADAL
She has played it beautifully. The
only way you can prove that you did
not kill Arjun is by implicating
Rani BUT.. To do that you’ll have
to confess to what you did to his
son.
NAINA
(realizing)
Yes.
(MORE)
Page 67.
NAINA (CONT'D)
But that doesn’t matter unless we
figure out how she got out of the
room without leaving a trace.
FLASH INSERT OF -- Naina, lying on the floor of room 715,
regain her senses.
NAINA (CONT’D)
And I assure you that when I woke
up there was no one in the room.
BADAL
Which means the answer we’re
looking for has to be in the story
itself.
NAINA
Meaning?
Badal pulls up a piece of paper and writes something on it.
He gives it to Naina.
POV - A=E, B=F, C=G, D=H, E=?
NAINA (CONT’D)
I?
BADAL
Sure? I would have thought ‘A’
Naina re-looks and realizes her mistake.
NAINA
Ahh! It’s a trick question.
BADAL
Maybe. But it’s also an example of
how we make our own lives
complicated by searching for
answers which are lying right in
front of us!
Badal hands a file to Naina.
BADAL (CONT’D)
This is the police’s photographic
archive of your whole case. In a
way, these are all our questions.
So the answers we seek must lie in
here somewhere.
Naina opens the file. Inside are various press clippings
with photographs of the scene of the crime. All of the
elements presented during the story. Naina looks at the
photographs without seeing anything.
NAINA
What am I looking for?
BADAL
The details, Naina. Focus on the
details. They’ve been there right
under our noses the whole time,
Page 68.
Badal shows him one photograph in particular.

CLOSE - NEWS ARTICLE - NAINA SETHI ARRESTED FOR MURDER. A
photo of Naina, in the corridor with a large mirror, being
taken away by the police while watched by curious guests and
employees.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Except you have been too busy
seeing a 6 when you should have
seen a 9!
Naina looks at the article and then at Badal, clueless.
BADAL (CONT’D)
What if the answer to our mystery
was never inside the room, but
outside?
Badal points to someone in the photo. Naina looks. A hotel
employee -- A man who looks very familiar. Suddenly Naina
realizes..
FLASH INSERT OF : Nirmal standing behind Rani in the news.
NAINA
Isn’t that..
BADAL
Yes. Nirmal Singh Toor. Sunny’s
father.
NAINA
(remembering)
Arjun told me he worked in a
hotel..
(piecing it together)
Fuck! Glen Mohr was not a
coincidence.
BADAL
(nodding)
Rani set a trap and you took the
bait.
FLASH INSERT OF -- A MONTAGE OF DIFFERENT SCENES:
1. Naina receives the envelope. Sees the name of the sender
and the photo of the swamp.
2. Naina waits nervously, at the station, as Arjun gets into
the car. The phone booth in the background.
3. The phone rings. Arjun goes and answers.
4. REVERSE ANGLE OF 3 - Rani watching from inside her Range.
The sound of the phone booth ringing in her car. As Arjun
answers, his voice is heard inside the car. Rani smiles.
BADAL (REAL TIME / V.O.) (CONT’D)
She could have sent you the package
herself.. Hoping that you would see
a 6 instead of a 9.. And you did.
(MORE)
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BADAL (REAL TIME / V.O.) (CONT’D)
She made you doubt what actually
happened.. Because she knew that
this was the ONLY way to find the
missing piece in her story..
(questions Naina)
Which is?
NAINA
(a little dazed)
Arjun?
BADAL
Correct. You’re getting good. I
should make you my assistant.
Naina smiles.. But she is still trying to figure..
NAINA
But how could Rani know about the
swamp?
BADAL
Areh yaar! Just when I thought
you’d make a good assistant.. That
area is full of swamps! If you had
to bury a car where else would you
do it? Rani just threw a stone in
the dark and it hit the target!
FLASH INSERT OF - Rani throwing Naina’s lighter in water.
FLASH INSERT OF - The car disappearing in the swamp.
BADAL (CONT’D)
She sent you a random photo. You
panicked. And led Rani to Arjun.
Naina sits quietly for a moment, absorbing everything.
NAINA
Then?
BADAL
Then the accused seeing how well
her lawyer is working, treats him
to a cup of coffee..
NAINA
What?.. Oh! .. Sorry. Yes.. Sure.
Badal smiles.. As Naina gets up to get him a coffee.
Badal sips a steaming cup of coffee. Naina sits like an eager
child in front of him. She is seeing some hope of relief.
NAINA (CONT’D)
So how did Rani plan the whole
thing?
125 I/E. COG TRAIN / GLEN MOHR STATION - DAY(FLASHBACK) 125
Badal and Naina2 watches Arjun throw his mobile in the trash
can. Moments later Rani picks it up.
Page 70.
BADAL
She needed the mobile to send you
that text - which will make you
look guilty.
Rani gets into the cog train. Sits in the front compartment.
Glances back into the compartment behind to see Arjun and
Naina. The train travels and..
Rani gets off at the Glen Mohr station. Pauses to see Arjun
and Naina getting off the train. Rani doesn’t wait..
126 I/E. FOOT BRIDGE / GLEN MOHR - DAY(FLASHBACK) 126
Rani hurriedly walks ahead on the foot bridge to Glen Mohr.
Badal and Naina2 walks behind her.
BADAL
She went ahead to the room while
you were figuring things out.
Rani walks into the reception and to the lift, unnoticed
amongst the crowd.
127 I/E. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - DAY(FLASHBACK) 127
BADAL
Nirmal had already kept the door
open for her..
Rani removes a piece of cardboard from the door lock and
enters. She goes straight to the wall beside the closet and
knocks on it.
128 INT. STORE ROOM, OPPOSITE TO ROOM 715 - DAY(FLASHBACK) 128
Nirmal on the other side hears the knock. He replies with a
knock.
BADAL
Ahhh hence room 715.. So they could
communicate.
Nirmal partially opens the window of the store room using a
customized ALAN key which he takes out. There are many more.
BADAL (CONT’D)
That’s the only key which opens and
locks the window..
129 INT. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - DAY(FLASHBACK) 129
Nirmal enters and gives the SAME key to Rani who gives
Arjun’s mobile to Nirmal. Rani is determined, she heads for
the closet, fully knowing what she is about to do. Nirmal
watches, Rani stops and looks back at him for the final
support.. Nirmal accepts and leaves the room, closing it.
Rani gets inside the closet.. And waits.
BADAL
That’s how Rani could get into the
room without leaving any evidence.
And then she just had to wait.
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130 INT. RECEPTION, GLEN MOHR HOTEL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 130

Nirmal quietly drops the room key in the drawer, as
receptionist tells Arjun..
RECEPTIONIST (V.O.)
It’s in the name of Naina Sethi.
BADAL
The room was in your name..
The Receptionist picks up the same key and gives to Arjun.
131 INT. STORE ROOM, OPPOSITE TO ROOM 715 - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 131
Nirmal types a message from Arjun’s phone.
BADAL
And Nirmal just had to send you
that text to make it look as if
Arjun was going to betray you..
A wolf whistle in the background.
132 INT. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 132
IN QUICK SUCCESSION OF CUTS:
From inside the closet Rani sees Naina showing the text to
Arjun. They decide to leave.
Naina puts on her coat. Rani comes up from behind and SMASHES
her against the mirror.
Arjun turns to see Rani’s hand with the figurine coming down
on him
BADAL
The scene was set. Everything to
incriminate you. The money was left
behind, Arjun’s phone and of
course..
Rani throws the money all over the floor, places Arjun’s
phone in the room and places Naina’s fingerprints on the
statue..
BADAL (CONT’D)
Your fingerprints.
Rani places the figurine on the floor, when she hears some
knocking on the door..
HOTEL EMPLOYEE (O.S.)
Hello.. Hello..
Rani quietly walks up to the keyhole. Holding her breath.
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE - Rani can see an hotel employee standing
with two other guests. Concerned.
Page 72.
HOTEL EMPLOYEE (CONT’D)

Hello.. Is everything all right? We
heard some screams..
GUEST 1
Well nobody left the room.
Rani realizes she needs to rush. She first closes the chain
on the door. Using the Alan key that Nirmal gave her, she
opens one of the window.. Gets out of the window and
133 EXT. WINDOW LEDGE / ROOM 715 - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 133
Rani comes out on the ledge and closes the window from
outside. Badal and Naina2 watches from below..
Rani very carefully walks on the ledge, which is clean of
snow, to the store room beside, whose window is already open.
She goes inside and closes the window.
BADAL
(clapping)
Voila! Our murderer mysteriously
disappears!
(turns to Naina2)
And then when the police came
134 I/E. CORRIDOR / ROOM 715 - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 134
A SERIES OF CUTS:
Nirmal leads a group of policemen to room 715. Rani sees them
as she comes out of the store room. She goes the other way.
The police asks Nirmal to open the door.
The police asks Naina to get on the floor, while Nirmal
discreetly shuts the window from inside with his key. One
police man calls it in..
POLICE OFFICER 1
Send forensics. We found a dead
body.
135 EXT. FOOT BRIDGE / COG TRAIN - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 135
Rani walks on the foot bridge and gets into the train leaving
the hotel.
BADAL (V.O.)
The boy’s father was the reason why
they sent you to that hotel.. All
Nirmal had to do was to make Rani
disappear from the room..
BADAL
And make you the murderer!
Page 73.
NAINA
(thinking, realizing)
And the police never thought of her
because I had my name removed from
her son’s file.
BADAL
(impressed)
Very good. Soon you can be your own
lawyer.
Naina smiles. After a long time she is feeling a little
relieved. Badal’s mobile rings. He takes it.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Tell me.. Confirmed?.. Okay.. Thank
you.
Badal hangs up and looks at Naina, worried.
NAINA
The prosecutor’s witness?
BADAL
We now know who she is..
NAINA
‘SHE’?
BADAL
Arjun’s wife.
NAINA
(shocked)
Vani? But why? Why does she want to
testify against me?
BADAL
I don’t know. Did you have an
affair with her husband by any
chance?
NAINA
I never thought..
BADAL
(cutting her)
This also puts us in a very
precarious situation. We did not
see this coming from a mile. And we
have no idea what her agenda is..
NAINA
I am so screwed.
BADAL
(thinking hard)
Not if you do exactly what I say..
Badal gets up and starts pacing, thinking hard, building his
solid wall of logic -- This is what he was born to do.
Page 74.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Lets assume, if Vani does hate
you.. The only thing she can prove
is that Arjun was going to expose
your affair and hence you killed
him.
NAINA
But I didn’t.
BADAL
Naina please! Stop thinking about
yourself. Think about the whole
case which you are a part of.
Naina shuts up. Badal seems a different man. Pacing up and
down like a predator looking for his prey, muttering
BADAL (CONT’D)
(to himself)
We know it’s Rani.. But how do
I...?
Badal suddenly gets it. He can solve this problem..
BADAL (CONT’D)
We need to find Sunny’s body.
NAINA
What? Why?
BADAL
Don’t you see.. That is our only
common link between Rani and
Arjun..
NAINA
But finding the body will open
another line of questioning..
BADAL
Now you’re overdoing the lawyer
bit. Lets think this through
together..
Naina listens to Badal even though her face is not at all for
the idea.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Let’s suppose on the day of the
accident, you were really in Paris
like your alibi says.
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 26 -- Arjun is alone in the cabin.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Arjun alone rented the cabin. His
is the only name on record. On the
way back he had the accident.
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 34 -- Arjun observes Daniel’s body,
alone.
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BADAL (CONT’D)
The fact that he had your car is
circumstantial. You made a stupid
mistake of giving him a spare key.
Arjun got rid of the car..
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 42 -- Now it’s Arjun and not Naina
who pushes Sunny’s car towards the swamp.
BADAL (CONT’D)
We have to convince the judge that
you were just another one of
Arjun’s victims, and that you ended
up in room 715 because he asked you
for help.
FLASH INSERT -- Arjun pleads with Naina in room 715.
BADAL (CONT’D)
You might not have even known about
Sunny until that moment. And that’s
why Rani spared you and killed ONLY
Arjun.
NAINA
And how does Sunny’s body help?
BADAL
That would connect Arjun directly
to the disappearance of Sunny.
(smiles, nasty)
What if a belonging of Arjun is
found in the car with Sunny? That
would help.
137 EXT. SWAMP - DAY(FUTURE) 137
The car is being pulled out. Inside the boot, near the feet
of the body - Arjun’s watch!
BADAL
And the watch will prove Arjun was
the cause of Sunny’s death. And
Rani killed Arjun for revenge.
Badal brings out a map of the Dalneigh are and hands Naina
his pen. A very expensive pen, like the rest of his attire.
BADAL (CONT’D)
I need you to remember and tell me
where you buried the car. We’ll
inform the police anonymously.
NAINA
You’re making a mistake.
BADAL
I am Badal Gupta. I don’t make
mistakes. Without a body there is
no crime.
(MORE)
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BADAL (CONT'D)
And if there is no crime, I cannot
convince the jury that Rani Kaur is
guilty.
NAINA
What about Vani? What if she can
prove I was with Arjun that
weekend?
BADAL
There is no Vani. There is no
witness. I made it all up based on
the details you’ve been giving me.
NAINA
What? Why did you lie to me?
BADAL
Why didn’t you tell me the truth
from the beginning?
Naina looks at Badal. She is beginning to like this man.
NAINA
I needed to see if you were capable
of making Rani vanish from that
hotel room.
(pause, ambiguous)
I knew it was her all along.
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 13 -- Naina clearly sees Rani in the
room.
NAINA (CONT’D)
And it wasn’t hard to find out that
her husband worked at the hotel.
FLASH INSERT -- of SCENE 19 -- From the helicopter Naina sees
Nirmal standing in the crowd. She recognizes him.
Now Badal is the one who is puzzled.
BADAL
And why did you wait for me to get
it out of you?
NAINA
I needed to be sure that I can put
my life in your hands.
BADAL
I’m glad I earned your approval.
NAINA
Much more than that. My trust.
Badal gestures for Naina to mark the spot where she buried
the car. Naina takes the pen.. Is about to mark.. When she
panics and turns to Badal..
NAINA (CONT’D)
There’s something I haven’t told
you yet.
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Badal again gestures for her to mark.

BADAL
Tell me..
Naina marks an X on the map. Looks at the X for a few moments
-- As if some unwanted memories are piling up. She looks at
Badal..
NAINA
This is where I buried him.
(pause)
But something unexpected happened.
139 I/E. FORD FIESTA / ROAD, SWAMP - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 139
As Naina pushes the Ford Fiesta with all her might.. Suddenly
she hears a THUMPING sound from inside the boot. Naina stops.
Naina cautiously opens the boot.. And doesn’t see anything
strange, until Sunny suddenly comes to life, spitting blood,
looking straight at her. Naina jumps back and moves away from
the trunk..
NAINA
Sunny was still alive...
Badal absorbs the twist, completely disoriented.
NAINA (CONT’D)
We thought he was dead, I swear...
Badal gulps hard before asking, fearing the worst.
BADAL
What did you do?
A tear rolls down Naina’s cheek.
NAINA
Arjun had taken everything too
far.. I was helpless..
141 I/E. FORD FIESTA / ROAD, SWAMP - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 141
Sunny looks at Naina and raises his hand -- As if pleading
for help.. A scared Naina SLAMS the boot shut. And the impact
of the boot shutting.. Makes the car roll down the slope and
into the swamp water..
Naina falls to her knees as the car sinks into the water.
Badal's eyes burn with a hatred he attempts to hide.
NAINA
You understand why I didn’t tell
you the truth, don’t you? I had to
be sure that you can protect me
from this..
Page 78.
BADAL
(piecing it together)
Because when the police finds the
body, the autopsy will tell a new
story.
NAINA
The boy was practically dead, I had
to decide in a fraction of a
second..
BADAL
Stop lying to yourself.. This is
murder. You’re a murderer.
NAINA
No I’m not. You just proved Arjun
killed Sunny. Even if the autopsy
finds something new.. Arjun will
get the credit.
BADAL
You don’t understand. What you
just told me changes everything.
This is murder. I did not come here
for this.
NAINA
Nothing has changed. I still pay
you by the hour. You came here to
defend me! Then defend me!
Badal tries to calm himself and walks to the window of the
apartment. He focuses on the hotel: For a split second he can
see THAT silhouette in one of the rooms. He watches it for a
few moments and then addresses Naina again, penetrating,
recovering her professionalism.
BADAL
I’m not going to let your case
stain my record now that I’m
retiring.
(pauses, looks at him)
From now on we’ll do things my way.
And to do that I need to make sure
that you are telling me the truth.
NAINA
I am.
BADAL
Are you? Because I think you are
still trying to manipulate me.
Well, I think you’re still using
me. Testing your distorted version
of the facts on me, like I’m a
guinea pig.
NAINA
What is it that you don’t believe?
Page 79.
BADAL
It’s true that it all could have
happened like you said. But..
Badal is thinking hard. Piecing the new puzzle inside his
head -- Something is not fitting in!
BADAL (CONT’D)
Your story showed me a 6 all this
while.. What if it’s actually a 9?
What if it was not you but.. Arjun
who called you after seeing the
news?
143 I/E. ARJUN’S STUDIO / PORT - DAY (FLASHBACK) 143
Arjun sees the same news story about Sunny fleeing on
television in his studio. He gets a call..
ARJUN
What the hell did you do to make
the police think Sunny was on the
run?
On the other end, while watching her family on the yacht,
Naina talks on
NAINA
Meet me and I’ll tell you.
144 INT. LITTLE CHEF RESTAURANT - DAY(FLASHBACK) 144
Naina puts Sunny’s wallet in front of Naina. Arjun is a
little disoriented with what’s happening..
ARJUN
Where did you get this?
145 EXT. SWAMP - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 145
Naina grabs Sunny’s wallet before pushing the car into the
swamp.
BADAL (V.O.)
Actually, it was easier for you to
get the wallet than Arjun..
BADAL
To create that false story about
Sunny. You had the power and the
contacts to change the course of
events..
147 I/E. BENTLEY / CITY ROADS - DAY(FLASHBACK) 147
Naina hands Sunny’s wallet to Archie. He pulls out the
employee card of Sunny. Looks at Naina..
BADAL (V.O.)
Without leaving any sign back to
you.
Page 80.
ARCHIE
(assuring Naina)
I’ll take care of it.
148 INT. LIVING ROOM, NAINA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT (REAL TIME) 148
Naina pounds the table, furious.
NAINA
That’s a lie!
BADAL
You can’t prove it.
NAINA
Neither can you.
BADAL
Let’s reverse the roles.
Instead of Arjun, we see Naina appearing at the window of the
Fiesta. Naina knocks on the window..
NAINA
Hey..
No response. Naina opens the door.. And gently shakes the
boy..
NAINA (CONT’D)
Are you okay?
Arjun panics.. Naina holds back Arjun when he tries to call
the police.
NAINA (CONT’D)
What are you doing?
ARJUN
Calling the police.
NAINA
It wasn’t our fault. It was the
fucking deer!
ARJUN
Are you crazy?
Badal gives Naina a piercing look.
BADAL
Would the pieces fit if you had
been the one calling the shots?
Naina and Arjun watch the driver drive away.
Page 81.
NAINA
What if he saw something?
ARJUN
He didn’t see anything.
Naina runs to the car. Starts dragging Sunny’s body out.
NAINA
We have to get rid of him.
ARJUN
Stop. What are you doing?
BADAL
What if, instead if you, it was
Arjun who was dragged into this
nightmare?
Badal pulls out a file and flips through.
BADAL (CONT’D)
According to this medical report,
Arjun suffered from severe panic
attacks after his supposed trip to
Paris.
NAINA
Even someone as heartless as him
can have a breakdown.
BADAL
That’s the part that I don’t
understand Naina. If Arjun was
really that heartless and you were
not.. Then you should have saved
the boy. Instead you drowned him.
153 I/E. PHOTO STUDIO / ARJUN’S HOUSE - DIFF TIMES(FLASHBACK) 153
A distraught Arjun reads the news article on Sunny going
missing. He is nervous and smoking.
Arjun sees Rani crying on the television. The image of Rani
fucks his head.
BADAL (V.O.)
You’re the one who drowned the boy
and Arjun’s the one who started
feeling guilty..
In the middle of the night.. Arjun wakes up gasping for air.
Vani, at his side, tries to calm him unsuccessfully.
BADAL (V.O.)
And collapsing under it.
154 INT. PHOTO STUDIO / HOSPITAL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 154
Arjun sees the news story about Naina receiving the Forbes
Award.
Page 82.
BADAL (V.O.)
Until he probably realized that
there was only one way to get his
dignity back..
Arjun paces up and down, going crazy. The image of Rani
crying continuously playing inside his head. In his anger and
desperation, Arjun punches the hard brick wall..
BADAL (V.O.)
Arjun knew he couldn’t bring back
their son, but there was one thing
he could do..
Arjun speaks on the phone to someone.
BADAL (V.O.)
He could tell them the truth..
On the other side.. Rani cries while listening. She is in the
hospital. Nirmal is lying in the bed behind her.
155 INT. ARJUN’S HOUSE - MORNING(FLASHBACK) 155
Arjun books a room in Glen Mohr under Naina’s name.
BADAL (V.O.)
Arjun was going to meet the parents
at the hotel where Nirmal worked..
And tell them everything.
BADAL
Arjun also knew that you would
never agree to take this step.. So
he made sure you had no choice..
157 I/E. COG TRAIN / MOUNTAIN TRACKS - DAY(FLASHBACK) 157
Arjun takes the train on his own to the hotel.
BADAL (V.O.)
He went to the hotel on his own.
158 EXT. TRAIN STATION / GLEN MOHR HOTEL - DAY 158
Arjun calls Naina from a phone booth.
BADAL (V.O.)
And then he called you from a pay
phone so you wouldn’t suspect
anything..
ARJUN
(into the phone)
Someone knows something!
159 INT. CABIN, G-TECH HQ - DAY(FLASHBACK) 159
NAINA
(shaken)
What are you talking about?
Page 83.
BADAL (V.O.)
He made you believe that the driver
had seen something and was
blackmailing him.. You fell for it.
Naina takes out cash money from her safe and puts it in a
briefcase.
BADAL (V.O.)
That was his way of compensating
the parents. He didn’t have the
courage to confess it all empty
handed.
Badal is becoming calmer as he is seeing the new picture. His
eyes fill up with shock and surprise as he thinks it through.
He is beginning to see Naina in a new light..
BADAL
But why would he send you that
message? Maybe it was easier to
tell you that way.. He knew how
powerful and determined you are..
And used to get your own way..
Because you care about only one
thing -
Badal takes the family photo and puts it face down on the
table..
BADAL (CONT’D)
Yourself. That’s all you ever cared
about. And you rushed..
161 I/E. ROAD, TOWARDS INVERNESS - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 161
The new X5 tears through the road, zooming past the sign
showing INVERNESS(18) -- Inside a determined and perhaps an
irritated Naina. Not happy about someone else, even a
blackmailer, telling her what to do.
162 I/E. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 162
Arjun waits on his own in the room, a bundle of nerves,
preparing himself to face Naina. Thinking. Checking the
outside once in a while to see if the train / Naina is
coming. Badal stands in once corner observing Arjun.
BADAL
Arjun knew you were capable of
changing his mind. How persuasive
you were! He experienced it first
hand when you dragged him into
having an affair. But he didn’t
want to turn back. So he sent you
that text..
Arjun takes out his phone and sends a text: “I am going to
tell everyone the truth. Room 715. Glen Mohr Hotel”
A wolf whistle.
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163 EXT. FOOT BRIDGE, TO GLEN MOHR - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 163

Naina receives a text. She reads it. She doesn’t understand.
NAINA
What the..
164 I/E. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 164
Arjun lets Naina in, checks the corridors, all empty. Naina
shows him the text..
NAINA
What is this?
Badal watching the drama, sitting on the sofa..
BADAL
So Arjun told you his plan..
ARJUN
The money is for them. You’ll tell
them where you buried their son and
we’ll surrender to the police.
BADAL
And as expected you went berserk ..
NAINA
No we fucking won’t. We are going
to leave right now.
ARJUN
Too late. I’ve already called the
parents. They’ll be here any minute
now.
NAINA
Are you crazy? We have to go.
ARJUN
There is no going back. This room
is booked in your name. They know
you are here.
Badal gets up from the sofa, curious to know what is going
happen next. Is it what he thinks had happened?
BADAL
(thinking it through)
You calculated all of your options,
and you realized that there was
only one way to escape from the
mess Arjun created for you.
Naina’s look darkens and her look goes to a solid rock
figurine. She decides in a fraction of a second. Naina grabs
the figurine, walks over to an unsuspecting Arjun, and before
he can realize, lands a deadly blow. Arjun screams and falls
to the floor, dead even before he hits the floor.
Guests outside in the corridor, outside room 715, hears the
scream.
Page 85.

Naina cuts Badal off, furious..
NAINA
I didn’t kill Arjun and I’ll never
admit..
BADAL
(dismissing her)
Wait wait.. I haven’t finished yet.
This is best part. Now you are
trapped in a room with a dead body
and no escape.. So what do you do?
In the background, someone knocks on the door..
166 I/E. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 166
Naina looks through the keyhole. There is an Hotel employee
along with the guests.. Slowly gathering in the corridor
HOTEL EMPLOYEE
Hello.. Is everything all right?
Naina silently puts the chain on the door. Goes to the window
and realizes that the windows don’t have handle. There’s no
way out, it’s impossible to escape without being seen. She
starts thinking. She takes out her phone and looks for
Arjun's message, about to erase it, but she doesn't.
BADAL (V.O.)
You thought the text might be
useful to you. And you looked for
elements on which you could base
your absurd theory.
Naina studies the briefcase and Arjun's body. She quickly
takes out the cash and throw it all across the room. Finds
Arjun’s phone and tosses it into the fire. Watches it burn.
BADAL (V.O.)
You got rid of the mobile to make
the world believe that the
blackmailer had it..
From outside a new voice..
Police. Open up!
A cold and mean look comes on Naina’s face as she hears the
police. She walks over to the large mirror. Poises herself
holding the mirror with both her hands.. Takes a deep breath
and.. SMASHES her own head against the mirror.
Badal looks at Naina and claps slowly.
Page 86.
BADAL
All this while I was thinking Rani
Kaur was a formidable opponent, but
you Naina Sethi.. You are by far
the best opponent I ever played
with.
NAINA
You want to play? Lets play. Why
hasn’t Rani and Nirmal spoken up?
If Arjun told them the truth, why
didn’t they tell the police?
BADAL
You’ve been asking yourself that
question for some time now, but I
think you already know the answer.
NAINA
Still.. Tell me.
BADAL
They know you’ll never incriminate
yourself by revealing where the
body is. And that without a body,
it’s very hard to prove a crime was
committed. And that you’ll do
anything to get away with it.
(pauses, very harsh)
Even frame them for killing Arjun.
Naina is stunned with Badal’s power of deduction..
BADAL (CONT’D)
Come with me..
Naina follows Badal and he points to the hotel across the
street from Naina’s apartment.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Third window on the right from the
top floor. Look carefully Naina..
Naina, confused, fixes her gaze there: the mysterious
silhouette is still hidden behind the dimly lit curtains of
the window. She sees the person -- Rani.
168 INT. ROOM, HOTEL OPP NAINA’S APT. - EVENING(REAL TIME) 168
Rani, nervous, steps away from the window when she realizes
she’s been seen.
BADAL (V.O.)
Rani Kaur stopped believing in the
police a long time ago.
BADAL
And she’s been watching you because
she wants to take justice into her
own hands..
Page 87.
NAINA
How can you randomly assume this?
You don’t know.
BADAL
I know more about Rani Kaur than
you think..
NAINA
(shocked)
How?
BADAL
You’re a smart girl. Figure it out.
NAINA
I demand an answer.
BADAL
When Rani and Nirmal arrived at the
hotel..
170 I/E. GLEN MOHR HOTEL - MORNING(FLASHBACK) 170
SCENE 19 CONTINUED
Rani and Nirmal arrive at the hotel to see Naina being taken
to the helicopter by the police. They watch amongst the
crowd.
BADAL (V.O.)
They heard of Arjun’s death and
realized what had happened. They
didn’t know what to do. Rani had
already faced you and knew how
powerful you were. There was no
point going to the police.
BADAL
All Rani could do was watch you.
172 EXT. PRISON - DAY(FLASHBACK) 172
Archie gets Naina out and leaves in his car.
REVERSE ANGLE - Rani watches them from her car. Starts
following.
BADAL (V.O.)
Rani became your shadow.
173 INT. ROOM, HOTEL OPP NAINA’S APT. - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 173
Rani enters the room and open the curtains -- Naina’s
apartment in straight across. She can almost look into it.
BADAL (V.O.)
She rented a room in the hotel
across to keep an watch on you.
Rani watches from the room into Naina’s apartment
Page 88.
POV - Naina and Archie engaged in serious conversation.

Archie making phone calls.
BADAL (V.O.)
Every person, every meeting, every
move you made to free yourself..
Rani has been watching like a hawk.
BADAL
And that included me too..
175 EXT. BADAL’S OFFICE BUILDING - DAY(FLASHBACK) 175
Archie and Badal come out. They both shake hands and Archie
leaves. Badal is about to go back in when, he sees..
POV - Rani standing away from his office. Taking photos.
BADAL (V.O.)
Who was that woman taking my photo?
I realized she had followed Archie
to me..
Rani comes in front of the building and take a photo of
Badal’s name plate. Badal Gupta, Bar-At-Law
REVERSE ANGLE - Badal sees her doing it.
BADAL (V.O.)
So I had her followed, and I found
the truth
NAINA
So you found out about Sunny
through following Rani.. Not after
coming here?
BADAL
(smiling)
I’m a good lawyer Naina. I do my
homework.
Naina storms over to the table and shows Badal the press
photo that he showed her - The one with Nirmal in it.
NAINA
This photo proves that everything
could have happened the way I said.
Rani killed Arjun and Nirmal helped
him to escape.
BADAL
Nirmal was off that day. He only
went to the hotel with Rani because
Arjun called them..
NAINA
How can you be so dumb? Nirmal is
in the photo. Anyone with eyes..
Page 89.
Badal does not like being called dumb.

BADAL
(cutting her off, angry)
How dare you? Do you really think
I’m dumb Naina? Is that why you
hired me? Because you think you are
smarter than me?
(waves the photo at her)
This photo is a fake. YOU must have
had it placed in the news because
it has all your trademark on it.
NAINA
Meaning?
BADAL
(getting angry)
The details Naina. You never pay
attention to the details. Look at
the fucking reflection..
Badal is really angry. Naina looks.
POV - There is no reflection of Nirmal in the mirror.
BADAL (CONT’D)
Now you know how smart you are? How
much you pay attention to details?
And how much do you need me to turn
your pathetic lies into truth? To
keep your sorry ass out of jail?
Badal re-composes himself. It’s not like him to lose his
cool.
BADAL (CONT’D)
My apologies. I spoke out of line
there. But Naina I don’t think this
is working. I cannot represent you
if there is no trust between us.
You’ll need to find another lawyer.
Badal starts folding up. Placing his files back in the case.
Naina is quiet. She is thinking, watching Badal pack.
NAINA
(decides)
Wait. I want you as my lawyer.
Badal continues packing..
BADAL
For that you’ll need to tell me the
truth.
NAINA
What do you want to know?
Badal stops packing. Looks directly at Naina.
BADAL
Did you kill Arjun?
Page 90.
NAINA
(beat)
Yes. It happened like you said.
A moment of silence. Badal and Naina look at each other.
Suddenly Badal breaks into a BIG smile..
BADAL
There, it wasn’t that difficult was
it?
(extends his hand)
Thank you for trusting me. It’ll be
an honor to represent you.
NAINA
You’ll keep me out of jail?
BADAL
I have never lost a case and I
don’t intend to start now.. But
Naina’s happy face drops with the ‘but’..
BADAL (CONT’D)
I would need a lot of coffee to go
through the night. We have a lot of
work to do.
The smile comes back on Naina’s face. The land line rings.
Naina doesn’t answer. It automatically goes into voice mail.
SUNIL (V.O.)
(answering machine)
Hi, we’re not home right now. Leave
a message and we’ll call you back.
BEEP - The machine picks up the message..
ARCHIE (V.O.)
Naina, you there? Your mobile is
off. Call me. I have very good
news.
Naina checks her mobile. It’s off.
BADAL
(twinkle in his eyes)
‘Good News’ huh? Things working in
our favor already. You better call
him back while, I go and call the
wife. Tell her I’ll be out tonight.
NAINA
You can use my room.
BADAL
No. No.. I also need some fresh
air. Helps me to think better. Now
I know what to do with you.
NAINA
Okay.
Page 91.
Badal opens the apartment door to go out, Naina calls

NAINA (CONT’D)
Mr. Gupta..
Badal turns..
NAINA (CONT’D)
(happy)
Thank you.
Badal smiles an acknowledgement and leaves. A happy Naina
dials a number on her mobile..
NAINA (CONT’D)
Archie?
177 INT. AIRPORT - NIGHT(REAL TIME) 177
Archie answers the call. Excuses himself from the man he was
talking with -- The driver.
ARCHIE
Naina. I found him. Now you were
never on that road.
NAINA
Can we trust him?
The driver discreetly looks into the briefcase Archie has
just given him -- It’s filled with cash money, shuts it.
ARCHIE
Hundred thousand percent!
As she talks Naina sees Rani still standing like a ghost at
the window. Uneasy, Naina walks to the table..
ARCHIE (CONT’D)
How’s it going with Badal?
NAINA
You were right. He is the best. We
can trust him.
178 EXT. EXETER MANSIONS - EVENING(REAL TIME) 178
Badal comes out into the chilly night. Takes a deep breath
in. The chill in the air fills up his lungs. He raises his
collar to fight the cold.
NAINA
I had to tell him everything.
ARCHIE
And how do you feel?
NAINA
Fucking fantastic.
Page 92.
Naina sees Badal’s expensive fountain pen on the table. Very

distinct pen.. She picks it up to see it better..
ARCHIE
What was all that about a new
witness? I couldn’t hear you
properly..
NAINA
(checking out the pen)
Never mind.
Suddenly there’s sharp interference on the phone and both of
them move their phones away from their ears.
ARCHIE
What the hell was that?
NAINA
I have no idea. It’s coming from
this pen..
She brings the pen near the phone, again that sharp SCREECH!
ARCHIE
What the hell.. What pen?
The doorbell rings. Naina puts the pen back.
NAINA
Hang on Archie, I think Badal is
back..
ARCHIE
What pen Naina?
Naina opens the door.
NAINA
You’re back.. That was quick.
Badal is outside but.. Naina does a double take. IT’S NOT
BADAL but.. Someone who looks very similar to Badal. From far
you’d think it’s Badal.
REAL BADAL
Naina Sethi? I am Badal Gupta.
Archie Punjabi sent me.
The man’s voice is exactly the same as the earlier Badal.
NAINA
(SHOCKED)
You’re Badal Gupta?
Badal walks across the bridge. His pace increasing as he
walks. He brings out his mobile..
Page 93.

Naina rushes to the table. Badal’s pen is on table. She picks
it up, opens it. A normal fountain pen but the ink is
leaking. Naina opens the pen - And sees a small microphone
inside with wires, which is causing the leak.
Badal checks his mobile. The STOP WATCH is still running. He
DOUBLE CLICKS and below the stop watch screen, another screen
appears -- a RECORDING screen. Badal STOPS recording.
183 INT. NAINA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 183
Naina is horrified. She rummages though Badal’s file --
Except one, all others are in empty. A sense of fear and
panic grips Naina -- As she remembers..
FLASH CUT -- Badal always with the pen on him.
FLASH CUT -- Badal’s phone on the table.
FLASH CUT -- Badal asks Naina if she killed Arjun.
FLASH CUT -- Naina marking X on the map
184 INT. ROOM, HOTEL OPP NAINA’S APT. - EVENING(REAL TIME) 184
Rani opens the door. Badal enters. There is moment of silence
and then Badal hands over the mobile and the map to her. Rani
looks at the X and breaks down. Her son’s death is finally a
reality. Badal tries to console her.
A dazed and confused Naina shuts the door on the new Badal
and walks over to the window. She sees Rani standing at the
window looking straight at her. They both stare at each other
-- And from behind Rani.. Badal appears.
They glare at each other through the window and.. Standing
beside Rani, Badal slowly removes his wig, moustache, beard,
eyebrows, contact lenses and puts his glasses on -- It’s
Nirmal! Naina STUNNED looks at Nirmal. And then at Rani..
Rani while looking at Naina, dials a number on her mobile..
VOICE (V.O.)
Police, can I help you?
RANI
My name is Rani Kaur. I know who
killed my son...
BLACK.

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6TH APRIL 2018

4 INT. LOBBY, EXETER MANSIONS - EVENING(REAL TIME) 4

NEWS PRESENTER (V.O.)

Naina starts crying as she tries to wake Arjun up -- NOTHING!

Naina tries to plead as she is cuffed, crying..

Badal thinks to himself, slightly amused. He looks at the

She turns to see a photo of her family -- A very happy photo

Looks more like a home. Sunil(35), Naina’s husband tries to

Sunny is not wearing his seat belt, bleeding profusely from

FLASH INSERT of - ARJUN, a fashion photographer, clicking

Beside the photos, there is a glass box preserving a theatre

66 INT. BUSINESS CLASS, AIRPLANE - EVENING(REAL TIME) 66

In her nervousness, Naina brings out a cigarette and lights

The bentley disappears amongst the traffic of the city.

Arjun gets up and leave. Naina sits there helplessly. She

82 INT. BALL ROOM / AUDITORIUM - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 82

93 INT. CORRIDOR, AUDITORIUM - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 93

100 INT. CORRIDOR, AUDITORIUM - NIGHT(FLASHBACK) 100

The driver continues to look as the light behind him changes

121 INT. ROOM 715, GLEN MOHR - DAY(FLASHBACK) 121

Naina puts on her coat. SENSES something -- A person suddenly

Badal shows him one photograph in particular.

130 INT. RECEPTION, GLEN MOHR HOTEL - DAY(FLASHBACK) 130

HOTEL EMPLOYEE (CONT’D)

Badal again gestures for her to mark.

163 EXT. FOOT BRIDGE, TO GLEN MOHR - EVENING(FLASHBACK) 163

165 INT. LIVING ROOM, NAINA’S APARTMENT - EVENING(REAL TIME) 165

POV - Naina and Archie engaged in serious conversation.

Badal does not like being called dumb.

Badal opens the apartment door to go out, Naina calls

Naina sees Badal’s expensive fountain pen on the table. Very

181 INT. LIVING ROOM, NAINA’S APARTMENT - EVENING(REAL TIME) 181

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