1. ext .
christian cemetery in west London - day
The weather is typically English, that gentle drizzle, that
misty horizon, the sky that dares not to show its blue amidst the accumulated
clouds - all evidently suggest the locale to be impeccably English.
The cemetery ambiance is silent, calm and heavy. A bunch of
people, some holding umbrellas, some not bothered about the rain wetting them -
seem mostly concerned about the person about to be buried, are seen around.
With the exception of a Church-father, who's traditionally attired and reciting
prayers in a rather methodical way, there's no other sound to be heard.
Church-father
(reciting a prayer)
Infront of him is the coffin, the black six feet box
ornamented with a cross. Beside that, along with the Church-father is a woman,
who's mourning more than anyone.
At a distance, two boys, one in his late-teens and the other,
in his mid to late- twenties are standing, without umbrellas and water can be
seen dripping down on them. WE can't make out if their eyes are wet of rain or
are they literally crying. The boys are looking well disciplined, both cleanly
shaven, their faces unsullied and glossy. One of them is a just a bit taller
than the other and has an unmistakably distinctive curly hair.
BOY WITH THE CURLY HAIR
What is happening here? Glenn...?
There's silence for a minute. Absolute quiescence , as the
Father finishes reciting his prayers. There's absolute inactivity, indolence at
it's extremities, save the falling rain.
The other boy (glenn)
Our dad is dead.
Brief pause again. People are seen walking towards the coffin
and placing circular garlands over the sarcophagus.
BOY WITH THE CURLY HAIR
What is... what is 'dead'??
GLenn
It means he'll never be back.
BOY WITH THE CURLY HAIR
Why??
GLENN
He died of nervous breakdown.
BOY WITH THE CURLY HAIR
Nerv... nervv.. what??
GLENN
(Glenn chuckles to himself)
Chuck it, its more than hard for you to know it. You hardly
are out of it yourself.
Glenn grimaces and then cackles. Then breaks down crying. He
falls onto his knees and puts his head down on the ground.
GLENN(contd)
(in a crying tone, loud)
I killed him... I ... I... killed him...
Many people turn around and watch this grave act of Glenn.
The woman who was sitting besides the coffin gets up, walks toward Glenn and
couches him upon her and slickly waves her hands upon his back, consoling him.
Glenn looks up and watches THE BOY WITH THE CURLY HAIR for a
moment and speaks up.
GLENN(CONTD)
(crying)
You know.. you know Locky, I was born just because of you.
THE BOY WITH THE CURLY HAIR (Locky) glances back at Glenn,
but doesn't respond. He appears perplexed.
The woman looks up and gawks at Glenn and falls on his lap,
crying.
THE WOMAN
It was 25 years ago when...
AS WE FADE CUT TO
2. int . a
small room, chamber of an organization - day
The room is a small one, not so brightly lit. There's a
couple of big cubbyholes, locked. A man is sitting in his chair behind a broad
table, against him are sitting a couple. The nameplate on the table indicates
the name and designation of the man to be - " Lawson Marques - Manager -
Bristol Orphanage". Mr.Lawson Marques is sitting majestically on his chair,
he's a man with drooping mustache, well-built stature and is in his ordinary
suit. Against him, the couple are sitting, on the other side of the table, a
man in his mid-thirties and a woman (THE WOMAN CAN BE RECOGNIZES AS THE SAME
WOMAN WHOM WE SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SCENE, THE SAME CRYING WOMAN, BUT APPEARS
SOME 15 to 20 YEARS YOUNGER) is looking beautiful and is in her typical English
3-piece gown, her hair tufted neatly with a thin bunch of it eloping over her
forehead. The man is in his suit, ironed tie neatly clipped to it, he's wearing
a matching hat and has a thick mustache.
LAWson Marques
I'm sorry Mr.Richard Joyson but the rules of the state
doesn't allow a medically fit couple to adopt a child, lest they ignore it ,
not pointing at you.... but as a general rule, lest they ignore the adopted
child when they have their biological offspring.
The man (Richard joyson)
It's not that Mr.Lawson, but the matter is that owing to our
busy schedule, of mine and her (he looks at her wife, she backs up), we can't
afford to have a child now. Well, we can assure you we will obviously be
impartial with our children, yes, ofcourse.
Mrs.Richard Joyson nods repeatedly.
LAWSON MARQUES
In that case.... Mr.Richard Joyson, may I ask you how would
be you.... beautiful couple .... able to afford time to the adopted child...?
Eh?
Mr. and Mrs.Joyson exchange quick glances.
Mr.Joyson grims back.
RIchard joyson
That's excatly why we have opted to adopt a child of say...
five to six years... Kind of grown up ..kind of child....
Upon listening to this, Lawson Marques laughs out loud.
The Joyson couples are unmoved.
LAWSON MARQUES
I really don't understand how could you think so, but
Mr.Joyson, I wish to tell you, as a final word, that its illegal.... and
probably immoral too, to adopt a child in UK by a couple who can have their own
child someday. No, its not viable, Mr.Richard , I'm so sorry.
Joyson couples are a bit disappointed and that is shown in
their faces, they are evidently upset.
Richard Joyson nods his head and they get up to go.
RICHARD JOYSON
That's ok... Mr.Marques. Thank you so much. It was..eh..
rather not so nice, I must say, meeting you, but that's how it goes. Thank you.
LAWSON MARQUES
Well... There are somethings which you can *WISH TO HAVE *
and.... (a brief pause) just *HAVE TO WISH*.
Lawson leans back on his chair and the Joyson couples leave
the orphanage.
3. ext.
cemetery - day - contd from scene 1
Glenn is sitting still on the ground, THE WOMAN ( Mrs.Richard
Joyson, Linda Joyson)has slumbered on his lap and is crying unremittingly.
Locky (THE BOY WITH THE CURLY HAIR) is standing still besides them, appears
baffled by what's going around him.
Slowly people are walking towards the laid-in coffin, placing
the garlands over it and walking out their way.
The drizzling rain gets some vigor, as it starts pouring down
gradually prompting people rush their way. But the trio - Linda Joyson, Locky
and Glenn are unmoved and adamant. Glenn's totally wet and so is Locky. His
curly hairs can hardly be made out now, as they have fell flat over his head.
Linda has been covered to an extent by Glenn, but almost in vain, she's
dripping too.
GLENN
Sit.. sit down Locky. (slowly, low tone) We have already been
washed out, the rain can do hardly anymore damage.
Locky doesn't move.
Glenn is looking straight, so are Locky and Linda, all eyes
stuck at the coffin.
GLENN(CONTD)
It's you who killed him. (He pauses for a while) It's me who
killed him. (A brief pause) It's him who killed him.
Linda's grievances increase and she cries out loud.
LINDA JOYSON
(crying) then...
CUT -TO
4. int - int
car, a 1980 white fiat - continued from scene 2
Mr and Mrs.Joyson walk out of
the orphanage and get inside their car, Richard taking the driver's seat and
Linda sitting besides him.
The car moves.
RICHARD JOYSON
You saw his arrogance.?? Did you?? At the outset, it's an
orphanage and then they have rules... infact strict rules even to hand out
children to people who wish to adopt. Isn't it ridiculous??
LInda joyson
Relax, darling, relax. Calm down.
She is soothingly rubbing her palms over his sleeves, while
he's seen turning the steering. The car turns sharply over a curve that makes
her bump upon him. She laughs mildly.
LINDA JOYSON (cntd)
Honey.. relax... This is not the end, you can still fulfil
your desires, trust me. Why can't we have a child first.... of ours... and then
go adopt this child? Doesn't that ring a bell??
RICHARD JOYSON
Mmmm. Indeed a practical idea, but it takes years before I
even the begin my experimentation if we pick this route. It's safe but too long.
LINDA JOYSON
Good things bloom out of time, dear, you can't force it. Let
it take it's own time. We are still young you know, look at my eyes... ( he
stares at her).... they are still glossy and glowing ... (she laughs out
hard)...
He snickers out loud too and shakes his head gently.
LINDA JOYSON
And look at your belly.... (she giggles).. it's just a bit
fat you know...
They laugh.
Car fades away amidst the dust.
5. ext -
cemetery - continued from scene - 3
GLENN
It was almost five years ago... That me, Jane and Elvyn
finally made up to see you. Not that we knew about you before, but knew very
little of you, like anyone else, including the very *YOU*. We were kids when we
first imagined you. We were getting fascinated, we created stories of our own
about you and you never know, we exaggerated all your inabilities.
CUT-AWAY TO
6. ext - a
lawn - day
The lawn is evenly green, short grass making up for it's
sheer beauty and calmness. At a distance two children are sitting, digging mud
with their bare hands, trying to make small holes. A third kid comes running
over to them with a small glass cup of water and pours it into the small hole
they had dug.
The CAMERA MOVES TO THEM
child 1 (male)
Hey... Elvis... hold on. That's not clean.. We need some
clean water here.
CHILd 2 (Male) (Elvis)
Clean water?? How do you know its unclean?
CHILD 1
Can't you see there?? When you poured that in, it turned
brown. They say pure water is colorless..
child 3 (female)
And odorless too. We shall smell it first and make sure we
have pure one at hand.
CHILD 1
Jane is absolutely right.
elvis
Allright. I agree... but where do we get pure water now
Glenn??
child 1 (glenn)
Mmmm. yes... My dad usually brings home a bottle of water
everyday from his hospital. I just asked one day what it was and .... he told
it's the purest form of water available to Science yet and should not be
consumed.
jane
Woohoo. So we have a pure water at your home. Why don't you
bring it on??
GLENN
I'll .... now...
Glenn gets up and runs toward his house.
JANE
(shouts)
Smell and taste it before you get it here.
Glenn is seen running faster as he disappears across the
compound of a house.
7. ext/int -
a large house - twilight - continued from scene 4
Richard and Linda get down from the car and enter their
house. The house is a big one, feels like an inherited one owing to it's huge
medieval type arches over the gate and the extensive use of quarry stones in
it's construction. Appears grand and huge from outside and largely trendy and
organized inside.
Richard is seen removing his hat, loosening his tie knot and
Linda assists him take off his coat. They walk up the stairs and walk in to
their bedroom.
The bedroom is imposing, grandly decorated with ornamental
curtains, modish bedlamp and such articulatory stuffs. As they enter, she
removes her high heeled expensive slippers and wears a dreary blue slippers
over her stocking clad feet. She removes her three piece gown and is seen
casually pulling up a thick long woolen jersey upon her.
He falls down lazily over the wide comfy cot.
RICHARD JOYSON
So, we decide on it?
LINDA JOYSON
We've already. No??...
RICHARD JOYSON
Doing some mathematics upon that, 9 months in your belly plus
4 years caring for him, that comes upto almost 5 years. Then the research
tenure, 20 years. So it's another 25 years totally before I complete my
experiment and realize my dream. Pretty looooonnnnngggg way to go.
Linda sits down beside him, goes close to his face and gently
chafing his forehead with her index, in a rather seducing accent...
LINDA JOYSON
25 years.... dear.. goes just like this.
She kisses him on his lips.
RICHARD JOYSON
I know how long is 25 years. It's fu**ing *25 YEARS* long.
She chuckles and so does he.
LINDA JOYSON
But that *25 YEARS* should start with this *FU**ING
STEP*....literally...
She gobbles and moves closer towards him.
RICHARD JOYSON
You are right... Right.. (in a loud tone, laughingly).... So
today let's fu** up....
He is seen unbuttoning his shirt while she continues her
laughter.
CUT-AWAY
8. int -
joyson's mansion - continued from scene 6
Glenn (the child Glenn) runs up over the stairs and enters a
big room. The room is large and filled with shelves filled with huge books!!
Here and there, there are some wardrobes inside which some chemical bottles can
be seen from their glass doors. Glenn opens the door of one of such ward-roobs
and doles out a bottle from it. The bottle is then REVEALED to carry the tag -
'DISTILLED WATER'. Glenn opens the cork of the bottle. Inhales it.... In a
moment, he slightly inclines the bottle to allow his finger tip dip in it. He
tries to taste the drop of water he now has on his finger.
VOICE over (voice of richard joyson)
Never consume it, Glenny.... It's dangerous. It absorbs
minerals from your own body and gets stronger... (laughter sound).
Glenn wipes off the finger to his tee-shirt, slowly closes
the door of the wardrobe and runs out of the room.
While walking out of the house, in the ground floor, he gapes
at a room, locked with two huge locks and having a thin retractable gap at the
door's bottom. He looks at the door intriguingly for a moment and lopes away.
9. ext -
lawn - continued from the previous scene
Elvis and Jane are sitting abreast the pot hole they have
made and are trying to remove some mud from around it.
Jane looks at Glenn who's running towards them.
JANE
Heyy.. here he comes... with a bottle..
Glenn comes to them and sits down. Opens the bottle.
GLENN
Look, what I've bought. The colorless, odorless water, the
purest one.
JANE
Did you taste it??
GLENN
No, I remember dad had advised me not to ever drink this.
ELVIS
If water is not meant to be drunk, what's it for?
GLENN
I have no idea. But I've seen my dad putting this in a thin
flat plate with risen edges and hovering it inside that room in our house??
ELVIS
Pushing the plate into the room?? Which room, the one in your
house with two big locks and terrifying scary doors??
GLENN
yes, the one ... that's the one.
JANE
Glenn, this is a hundredth time you are telling stories about
that frightening room in your house. Do you yet know what's inside that?
GLENN
No idea, ablsolutely unaware of it.
ELVIS
Why don't you ask your dad?? He should be knowing, right?
Jane nods her head and looks at Glenn.
GLENN
I have asked many a times. He told there's dragon inside,
with big wings and red eyes that throws fireballs at its foes. And should not
be disturbed.
Elvis, who's a bit, three four years, elder to Glenn and Jane
,upon listening bursts out into laughter.
ELVIS
That's bullshit Glenn. Our science teacher says dragons never
exist, they are fictional. Created out of imagination of elders who wished to
threaten their children.... like your father.
Elvis laughs again.
GLENN
But my dad says so. I don't know.
ELVIS
But our teacher says so...
JANE
Allright.. I'll clear it. In situations like this, we should
believe the one who's more educated.
ELVIS
Exactly. But how shall we decide who's more educated now?
JANE
Simple. Most educated is *THE* one who can make others
educated. Miss.Miranda Carr is teaching us, but Glenn's dad is not. He goes to
hospital and so soes his mom. So Miss.Miranda Carr must be more educated than
Richard uncle.
ELVIS
Mmm.. Jane ... I quite liked the sound of it.
GLENN
So we trust Mirands Carr??
elvis
You stil have doubts over that??
Glenn hesitatingly shakes his head.
ELVIS
Good. So remove this dragon fireball story from your head and
try to get the keys of those big locks on it's door. we shall secretly open the
door when your parents are out and shall close it back before they arrive.
JANE
Excellent idea elvi. You can be our science teacher too.
They all laugh, that innocent laugh is SHOWN IN SLOW MOTION
10. INT -
BEDROOM OF JOYSON'S MANSION - NIGHT
Richard Joyson, Linda and Glenn are on their bed, Linda
asleep while Richard is reading a magazine, resting his spines over the soft
pillow, his head supported against the wall. Little Glen is sleeping between
them.
GLENN
Dad...
Richard is rather surprised by this unanticipated voice and
swiftly turns to Glenn, keeping the magazine over the adjacent lmp-table.
RICHARD JOYSON
Hey, Glenny, you aren't asleep yet?? Not getting sleep sunny
eh??
GLENN
Dad... I want to know...
RICHARD JOYSON
Know what??
GLENN
Can you... tell me where are the keys of the big locks of
that room where dragons are fed??
RICHARD JOYSON
What?? Dint I tell you the room is pretty dangerous. In fact
it's severely dangerous. Moreover dragons like kids. They are their favorite
food, don't you know?
On this statement, little Glenn innocently reproduces what
Elvis had mentioned, word-by-word.
GLENN
(out of natural childish innocence)
That's bullshit. Our science teacher says
dragons never exist, they are fictional. Created out of imagination of
elders who wished to threaten their children.... like you....
The words make Richard quite furious and he stares at little
cute Glenn for a moment. He gets up, takes Glenn's hand and pulls him up
gently, moves close- very close to his face...
RICHARD JOYSON
wow.. quite a spech that was... you aren't the kid I had
thought of anymore. Ok.... listen... whatever there is inside that... is
alarmingly dangerous and I'm warning you not to even go towards that room. You
are too young to know what lies beneath it... And... for the keys... they are
long gone.. You're getting me?? They are long gone inside the grimmest gutters.
Glenn falls back on bed, his face casts off that cute
emotions of disappointment.
11. ext -
lawn - day
Glenn, Elvis and Jane are sitting around the pot hole thay
have dug, which has gone a bit deeper by now.
ELVIS
What do you mean by long gone??? That's another bullshit.
GLENN
But that's what my dad told last night.
ELVIS
I told you, that's another story. If the keys were lost, how
would he ever open the door?? If I were you, Glenn, I would have held a knife
at my dad's throat and asked for the keys.
GLENN
(Innocently)
But..... I don't know where the knife is...??
Elvis, just holds his laughter and turns aside.
He turns back to face Glenn...
ELVIS
You atleast know where the throat is???
Elvis now cackles out loud.
GLENN
(innocently again)
This one...
He points at his own throat.
Elvis laughs again.
Jane, who is as old as Glenn ( four-five years younger to
Elvis ) looks baffled.
CUT-AWAY
12. int -
dining hall of Joyson's house - afternoon
The dining hall appears big and has a large table at the
center of it, on which various jars and bowls with food are kept. Mr. and
Mrs.Joyson are sitting around that round granite table, shining polish-black.
They are sitting besides each other and a maid is seen assisting them.
Richard Joyson picks up a fork and a knife and scrubs off a piece of triangularly cut lamb meet from the dish onto his plate. And then Linda takes the bowl.
Linda is showing her baby bump now THAT TELLS US ITS BEEN
AROUND 5-6 MONTHS SINCE SCENE - 8
RICHARD JOYSON
Honey... how many more months left ??
Linda smirks gently..
LINDA JOYSON
Darling... you still need 24 years and 4 months to realize
your dream... (in a humorous tone ) Patience.... is .... virtue...
They both laugh.
Richard turns to maid and...
RICHARD JOYSON
Aah... Edna... and take some time off your cooking today and
empty that room, that one, right over there. (he points to a big room, seen at
a distance).
LINDA JOYSON
What for honey??
Maid Edna nods and walks away toward the kitchen.
RICHARD JOYSON
Darling, our child arrives in another three months and....
the experiment starts in another two-three years. So, we have to start building
the infrastructure you know... (he laughs)
She chuckles and picks up a spoon.
13. ext -
lawn - day
Glenn, elvis and Jane are sitting, as usual, around the hole
they have dug in the lawn.
The hole has been dug to an extent now, it's increased depth
is evident... AND IT SYMBOLICALLY SHOWS THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE GROWN UP AND THE
SAME IS SEEN ON THEIR FACES.
GLENN
Buddies.. No... I couldn't get it.
ELVIS
Don't say it.. Don't say that Glenn.. What do you mean you
couldn't get that??
GLENN
It isn't there.. I searched my home to it's best, every
corner.. We have been hunting them now for months together now. But they are
not there to be found.
ELVIS
This is disgusting. Those keys... where are they now then!!!
Glenn casually ups his shoulders.
JANE
Cool... cool ... relax. We shall find an alternative...
ELVIS
(in a rather frustrated tone)
What alternative Jane?? Those two gargantuan locks his dad
has hung to that mammoth door don't appear to be any easy , they're not
yielding pieces of cake. Even the hardest big stones go useless at them.
JANE
(casually, unyielding to the frustrations of Elvis)
Cool... cool... relax . We shall find another alternative.
They all laugh.
14. int -
bedroom of the joyson mansion- night
In the bedroom, Linda is on
her bed and is screaming out of pain. She's holding her baby bump and her legs
are brushing off the bed in pain and have already scrubbed the bed-sheets off
the bed. The baby bump clearly shows she's up to her delivery time.
Richard enters the room
running and comes-sits beside her.
RICHARD JOYSON
Honey.. What happened??....
She's up with her amaranthine shrieking. He seems to
understand the pain and shouts for the maid...
RICHARD JOYSON
(in a loud voice, almost shouting out his throat)
Edna... Come here.. *NOW*... Edna.. you heard it...
He quickly gets up, moves to the other side of the cot ,
picks up the phone receiver and is seen dialing a number.
In a moment, Ends enters the room, running towards a wailing Linda.
And a couple of other female maids also enter the room.
Richard is holding the receiver to his mouth..
RICHARD JOYSON
Interim hospital??
VOICE CUT AWAY.
SCENE CUT - AWAY.
15. int -
ward of the interim hospital - night - moments later
Maid Edna and Richard are waiting nit the narrow pathway
outside the operation theater. They are looking nervous and Richard is walking
to the window and coming back, stops for a while, then again, his anxiety is
evident.
Edna is sitting on a bench and is edgy too.
Suddenly, a door opens in that pathway and a nurse comes out
of it. Richard runs toward her as Edna stands up.
nurse
Baby boy. Both doing good. They would be shifted to ward
numbered 18 and you can see them in another fifteen minutes.
And she departs.
Richard is all happy, his smiling face says it all.
Edna appears joyous too.
Richard raises both his arms and gazes up at the ceiling.
16. int -
ward 18 - moments later
Richard and Edna enter the ward, numbered 18.
It appears to be a specialty ward and has all the comforts,
comfy cot, the ambiance clean as crystal.
Linda is on her bed, she's sleeping on her back but neck
turned leftwards, her eyes adoringly looking at the baby that is on a cradle
just besides her bed.
Richard looks at them and stands still, dotingly. His eyes
are moist. Edna comes and sits beside Linda and mildly kisses the crying baby.
Richard slowly walks toward them and kisses Linda on her
forehead. He affectionately admires the baby as he keeps gaping at it.
CUT-AWAY:
17. ext -
lawn - continued from scene 13
THIS SCENE MERGES WITH SCENE 13
ELVIS
Alright. Before that, let's first think what could be there
inside that room with gigantic locks. What's holding your dad from revealing
it? It must be a top- secret eh?
GLENN
(in a sarcastic manner)
Dragon, with fireballs.
They all laugh ...
JANE
you were so foolish then Glenn, weren't you?
ELVIS
He's any less now??
They laugh again.
JANE
Alright. A treasure, kind of?
ELVIS
Naa.. People would generally keep their treasure in some
places others could not even guess... like .. inside their beds - stitched
well, inside the steam boilers or or.. say their vehicles' engine end, neatly
stuffed in insulated ebonites and such.. not like this, in one particular room
, locked with huge multiple locks, arousing interest about it in whoever gazes
at it.
JANE
Wow... how do you know Elvi, about those secret places like
the inside of a bed and the car decks??
Elvis
(pauses for a moment, then laughingly)
My dad does the same....
They all giggle again.
GLENN
So, what else it might be holding??
ELVIS
Well.. I just don't know that now! You gimme the details of
everything, I stress upon that again, thing by thing, that your dad does
regarding that room everyday.
GLENN
eh? That I know pretty well... have been observing it for a
while now...
CUT-AWAY
18. int
royson's bedroom in their mansion - day
The bedroom is looking literally "childish"!! With balloons
tied around, pillars decorated with miniature wind-wheels , the adorned cradle
all evidently stress the presence of a kid in the room.
WE SEE Linda playing with the child, hopping it up and down,
reciting a nursery rhyme, squeezing and kissing its cheek.
Richard Royson enters the bedroom. He is cheerful, happy and
throws off his hat, loosens his tie as he enters.
RICHARD JOYSON
Mmmmm.. Well, what junior Richard says ??
Linda keeps playing with the kid..
Doesn't even turn.
LINDA JOYSON
Well... He has everything now... He's all happy and so am I
so..
Richard sits on the bed and picks the baby up. He kisses its
cheeks... It starts crying..
RICHARD JOYSON
Ohh.. baby... Master Richard...
LINDA JOYSON
Except one thing...
She now turns to Richard now..
RICHARD JOYSON
MMM? Sorry???
LINDA JOYSON
He has everything except the most needed one ..
RICHARD JOYSON
The most needed one?? What? What's that we can't afford now??
I doubt there's any.
Linda Joyson gets up from her bed and takes the baby from
Richard.
Linda in a smirking accent
LINDA JOYSON
He needs that thing which is his, but mostly others use it
throughout.
RICHARD JOYSON
Well, I'm no riddle oracle. What's that Linda.
LINDA JOYSON
Mmm.. He needa a (she stresses on the word) *NAME*...
RICHARD JOYSON
Please.. Anything except that. I've already told you my
opinion over that. Ask me a diamond ring, I'll get it. Ask the costliest
cradle, I'll bring it in next to no time.. (he laughs).. But not a name.. You
know that... *I CANT AFFORD A NAME*.
Linda appears upset. She gently places the baby in its cradle
and turns to Richard.
LINDA JOYSON
How many ore days should I keep calling him ....
well... kid... child... baby.... jun... junior Richard or such.... *ALIASES*...
RICHARD JOYSON
Few more years...
Linda keeps her hands over her waist and breathes heavy.
19. ext -
garden - continued from scene 17
ELVIS
So, tell us.. One by one..
Jane is looking at Glenn curiously.
GLENN
Well, nothing much in-fact... Each morning, he slides down a
thin card-board plate five loaves of bread over the small detachable opening
the door has at the bottom of it. Then again a thin flat plate with risen
edges, that contains some water, hey yeah.. this water, the water out of that
glass.. bottle..
Elvis cuts down the elucidation ..
ELVIS
Distilled water.. say.. distilled..
GLENN
Yeah.. distilled water.. the flat plate with risen edges that
has distilled water in it is slid down the same retractable opening at the
bottom of the door.
elvis
How big is that retractable opening??
GLENN
Very narrow.. may be an inch or two high from the very bottom
of the door. It's just about enough for a thin plate to be sent in through it.
ELVIS
Excellent.. Who can open that??
GLENN
Dad.. and only dad... He has the key.. I've seen it and
except when he's away for days ... when our maid sends the bread, it's my dad
who everyday sends the loaves and water.
ELVIS
Mmmm.. And you still don't know what's there inside it?? Jane
you heard that, it's no treasure.. Treasures won't eat bread..
They laugh mildly..
JANE
What your dad says when you ask about this bread parcel
Glenn??
GLENN
As usual.. the old tale of fire dragon...
This time, the laughter is loud..
ELVIS
So this confirms one thing.. There's something inside that
eats bread.. May be an animal, a pet..
They all nod and smile....
20. int -
royson's mansion - day
Richard and Linda are playing with their kid in their hall.
Dolls of various types, the teddy bears, the drums, the
toy-cars and a number of other playables are lying around, randomly scattered
and flung over the hall.
WE CAN SEE THE CHILD HAS GROWN A BIT, HAIRS VISIBLE NOW, IT
BARELY WALKS..
Now the child is sitting on the floor, trying to stand up on
it's own and walk over to it's mom, Linda who's sitting on the chair at some
distance. Linda has opened her arms at the child as she keeps saying..
LINDA JOYSON
(in an affectionate tone and accent)
Come.. come baby.. get up... Come over here.. Look, I have
this toy over here.. Come over..
The child gets up, walks a bit, thuds down on the floor.
Linds sudenly walks towards the kid and picks it up, cuddles
it over her shoulders, kisses it.
Richard comes down the stairs. Linda looks at him..
LINDA JOYSON
Honey..
RICHARD JOYSON
Yes darling.. What does our prince say??
LINDA JOYSON
Your son is asking for something..
Richard walks to them and picks the child and kisses it.
RICHARD JOYSON
What's that sonny??
LINDA JOYSON
Name.. You name him or not, but I'm gonna name him today, to
call him... I'm sick and tired of calling him baby... child... You don't like
and you don't call.. But why are you objecting that me against naming
him??
RICHARD JOYSON
That's because if you name him, he tries to identify himself
by that name, which I don't want..
LINDA JOYSON
(in an angry tone)
So, what do you wan't??
RICHARD JOYSON
I wan't him to name himself, whatever he wishes, the name he
likes, when he grows up to that..
LINDA JOYSON
Oh.. the same old crap.. I strongly condemn your
experimentation on my child.. I don't what your human-behavoural experiments on
my baby.. Keep thm in queue for some years.. And do whatever you want on the
child we are going to adopt..
RICHARD JOYSON
Oh no... Honey, you know I can't name him and all.. the one
we adopt is up for the actual experimentation.. There minor ones are gonna do
no harm, believe me darling..
LINDA JOYSON
I'm not gonna listen to you anymore.. I wan't my child to be
named now.. *RIGHT NOW*.. You have some name or shall I suggest..?
RICHARD JOYSON
Allright.. relax.. you win.. I can't see you being upset..
(he goes close to her, holds her shoulders) You are pretty in your smiling
face.. Go on.. suggest a name..
LINDA JOYSON
That's my lovely husband.. (she smiles and kisses him).. What
about 'Richardson' ?? You are Richards and he's your son , Richardson...!!
They both laugh and Richard wipes her moist eyes.
LINDA JOYSON (CNTD)
Mmmm.. Sherlock??
RICHARD JOYSON
Well... I know you are a big fan of Holmes but it's somewhat
dated for this century..
LINDA JOYSON
So you put one across...
RICHARD JOYSON
How about some bizarre names..? Like ... say... ' Hyphen '
.... or may be.. ' Idonno '.. (he laughs).. Folks ask him what's your name and
he replies... I-DON-NO ... (he smirks again)
Linda is frustrated..
LINDA JOYSON
Oh.. enough of your crankiness... Eccntricity at heights..
Alrite, I'm gonna name him ... mmmmm (she's slowly rolling her eyes)...
Glenn... Gle..nn... What say?
RICHARD JOYSON
Glenn??? Done...
He turns to the baby and asks..
RICHARD JOYSON
What say you Glenn??
It laughs.. and slaps his face with it's cute little hands..
RICHARD JOYSON
Oh.. he's upset with the name..
They all laugh... including the maid Edna who's watching the
scene from a distance.
21. ext -
lawn - continued from scene 19
JANE
And how shall we unveil what's in?
ELVIS
Mmmm.. Pretty thorny.. There are a couple of options...that
I'm getting right over
GLENN
And they are??
ELVIS
One... We shall arrange for two similar locks..... exactly
similar to those mammoth ones hung to those doors... It shouldn't be difficult
to make similar ones, London has some of the worldfamous blacksmiths...
JANE
And then??
elvis
Someday when your dad and mom're out, Glenn... We shall break
those locks.. Shall see what's inside that and then lock the door with our
locks..
JANe
Excellent elvi... How do ya get these ideas?? You have seen
your father doing this???
All three of them laugh...as Elvis waves his index at Jane
and pulls her hair clump.
22. int -
royson's mansion - mid-night
The Mansion is looking dead-silent.
Mr and Mrs.Royson are probably in their bedroom, asleep which is POINTED OUT BY
Glenn , who's climbing down the stairs and looking up at each step, in the
direction of the bedroom to make sure they are asleep.
He is so cautious about not making any sound of his
foot-steps over the wooden stairs.
The hall is dimly lit by the zero-candled lamps, in which we
can hardly see the things around.
He's carrying something in his hands that's REVEALED to be a 1985's model camera.
He comes down the stairs to the corner of that big
hall...stands in front of that big room with huge door and multiple locks.
Gazes at it's colossal size for a moment. He holds out that camera against it
and clicks a photograph of the locks. It flashes and he looks up again to see
if that made the maid Edna whose room's close to it get up... but no, it hasn't.
23. ext -
lawn - day
Glenn, Elvis and Jane are sitting around the hole they have
dug, as usual.
GLENN
(handing over the camera and the reel)
This is it.. It was executed according to the plan..
ELVIS
Well done Glenn..
GLENN
When are you going to the blacksmith?
elvis
You just leave the rest of it to me.. I'll get the locks and
the new keys.. But now there's another hitch..
jane
Of their maid, Edna??
elvis
Not that.. but of breaking those mammoth locks.. How can we
do that?? You have any idea Jane?? ... Glenn...??
Jane slowly shakes her head..
GLENN
Some big stones we can us??
Elvis laughs...
ELVIS
Grow up kid.. They are iron ones.. Hard iron.. Anyway.. I'll
cook up some way out of this fix..
CUT-AWAY
24. ext -
front garden of royson mansion - day- morning
FROM THE TOP-VIEW, CAMERA SHOWS a car, belonging to the
Roysons that drives out of the big gate, THE CAMERA GLIDES DOWN to show Richard
Royson driving it and Linda, sitting besides him. The car takes a sharp turn.
THE CAMERA TAKES A U-TURN SWIFTLY SHOWING the three kids,
Glenn, Jane and Elvis enter the house from inside the garden where they were
hiding moments ago. Elvis is carrying a big bag at his back.
25. int -
royson mansion - continued from previous scene
The three slowly amble across the hall at its edges , across
the wall and stand infront of that ROOM, *THE ROOM*.
Elvis turns to Glenn and Jane and winks his eyes.
Jane and Glenn slowly walk towards the kitchen where Edna and
a couple of other maids are doing their work.
Elvis slowly takes off his bag and unzips it, pulls out a
moderately big mechanical wood-cutting wedge. He turns around to see if
someone's sneaking. And looks back at the door.
26. int -
chamber of the orphanage organization - day
The chamber appears exactly like it was the two years ago,
except that Lawson Marques, the same old manager of the Bristol orphanage,
looks a bit pale, has gone a bit bald and has got a pair of spectacles.
He's sitting on his chair , against him are Mr and Mrs.Royson.
LAWSON MARQUES
Mmmm. So, Richard Royson, what you're is .... (he pauses for
a while, looking blank at the window).. you want to adopt a child.... now...
just for the sake of helping out an orphan child...
RICHARD JOYSON
Indeed... (In a confident tone) It's been a tradition in our
family...
Lawson appears surprised, as well seems baffled..
LAWSON MARQUES
Tradition?? Care to elaborate?
RICHARD JOYSON
My dad had a son... and he adopted me. My dad, ..... (in a
fast accent, no pause in between, at all) meaning my adopted father was a
biological son of *HIS* father and had an adopted step brother... And that
adopted step-brother had an adopted child and his adopted son has a biological
father too.
Lawson appears even more perplesed.
richard Joyson
(Again, in an extremely fast accent)
So now, myself, being the adopted son of my adopted father
and the biological son of my biological father, have already fathered a
biological son and now want to adopt a son, to continue the tradition.
LAWSON MARQUES
Alright... (says so in a mystified accent, upped eye-brows)
Lawson gets up, goes to the paper-rack and gets a bunch of
papers..
Richard and Linda exchange quick , smiling glances.
Lawson sits back on his chair..
LAWSON MARQUES
Some legalities.. read these carefully Mr.Royson and return
it, duly signed.
RICHARD JOYSON
Alright... (He collects the paper)
The Royson couples get up to go.
As they reach the chamber door, Richard Royson turns back
RICHARD JOYSON
Mr.Lawson, I bet both my biological son and my adopted
....will come to an 'old-you' some day to adopt a child...
They all laugh out loud.
CUT-AWAY BACK TO
27. ext -
cemetery - day
The raining has been gradually accompanied by thunderbolts
and lightenings. But the three, the standing Locky, THE WOMAN sleeping with her
eyes open on Glenn, are still looking firmly at the grave. They seem to be
unaware of the bucketing rain that's hammering them.
Now everyone else, but these, have left the place...
locky
I remember ... I remember how I was then.. That cheerful me..
I was so young then that probably my hairs weren't even curly.. But that's all
I remember... Then , all I had was ... blackness...(haltingly) I was blind even
with my eyes... deaf even with my ears... (stressing each word) dead...
even while alive...
THE CAMERA ZOOMS-IN INTO HIS EYES... ZOOMS-IN TILL IT ENDS UP
IN BLACKNESS.
28.
Blackness - time irrelevant
voice over (voice of Locky)
It was all I had... Blackness... For years together... Just
blackness... (pause)... Colors faded instantly in that room... and gradually
from my life...
Suddenly, a bright ray of light floods the bottom of the
room. From inside, we see vaguely a small boy, in his cream shirt and gray
pant, crying and sitting on the floor leaned against the wall.
He turns swiftly in the direction of the light, which was the
bottom of the door and runs toward it instantly.
A plate is slid into the room through that and the light
peters out abruptly. There's absolute darkness now!!
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