Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi · written by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam · 2017

Kaushik's dubbing paycheck is delayed again, and he needles the director about a possible acting break.

Scene 17 of 130 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Last scene of act one

Nat Geo Director
Kaushik

Act two

Begins 13 min into a 2:05 film

The story so farBefore scene 17

Reunited three years after a car crash scattered them into hollow versions of success, four friends stumble into a bachelor-party trip to Goa where making one last short film forces them to confront the heartbreak, cowardice, and unfinished business each of them has been outrunning.

Scene 1
The four friends bicker in a car about whether to make crime thrillers or comedies for views — the fight over what kind of story to tell, which the rest of the film answers.
Scene 5
Karthik's boss tells him "every dog has its day" and later calls him a "great dane" — the film's real theme, that Karthik is chasing someone else's idea of a good dog, is stated here and not understood until the very end.
Just before
Scene 14
Karthik's parents needle him about the ring and his old friends before hanging up.
Scene 15
Alone again, Karthik studies an old photo of himself with the gang.
Scene 16
Kaushik dubs an over-the-top adventure line for a Nat Geo show, milking the director's praise.
Scene 17
This scene

17INT. DUBBING STUDIO - MOMENTS LATER

There is a man and a woman in the vacuum room.

The director is in conversation with KAUSHIK outside near the mixing console.

NAT GEO DIRECTOR

Ivvala cheque raaledra.. Weekend

kalla nenu transfer chesthanu..

KAUSHIK

Parvaledu sir, meedhi ah serial

start avuthndha ?

NAT GEO DIRECTOR

Inka confirm kaaledhu.. Ayyithey

pakka main role ki nuvve..

KAUSHIK

Pakka kadha sir ?

NAT GEO DIRECTOR

Pakka ra babu.. anthalopu oka short

film cheyyochu ga.. Notice ayithey

chances raavocchu.. Mee team

unindhiga vaalu ...?

KAUSHIK

Andharu okkakka line lo unnaru sir

ippudu .. We are growing up. Mundhu

kids ippudu adults.. Anyways, next

week ostha sir..

NAT GEO DIRECTOR

Done.

KAUSHIK bends over to the mike near the mixing console and presses a button while speaking to the guy inside the vaccum.

KAUSHIK

MIKE, nenu meetho madhyapanam

sevinchalenu ivaala maa intlo vallu

kasi yatraki veluthunnaru.. So

repatinundi manam rachcha rambola

cheyyochu.. Ivaala assalu

kudharadhu paiyga mana payment kuda

ellunde isthanantunnadu ee

pisinaari director.. So ellunde

madhyapanamu dhumrapanamu sevinchi

nasanam avudhamu.. Ok ? Bye !

They exchange a bye. KAUSHIK storms out.