· · ·
turning to page one
turning to page one
Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi · written by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam · 2017
Scene 79 of 130 · ≈ 2 min on screen · Act two
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.
Four friends comfortable in their compromises: an engagement for money, a job that fired him, a dubbing gig, an editing hustle — none of it what nineteen-year-old them wanted.
Dared to explain what holds them together, they need to finish the short film they abandoned — and to know why Vivek can't write an ending anymore.
The crash in Goa, the lost engagement ring and the forced improvisation strand them in an unfamiliar situation with no money, no gear and no way home.
With fake IDs in hand, the gang commits to entering the short film contest for the prize money.
Dressed to look young, the gang heads toward the festival entrance.
At the festival, Vivek and Karthik nearly come to blows over creative control before Subash draws Romance as their genre.
This scene
VIVEK is storming off the venue, behind him is the gang.
UPENDRA
Rey VIVEK, aagu..
VIVEK ignore their every call.
UPENDRA looks at KAUSHIK.
UPENDRA (CONT’D)
Cheppu ra nuvvaina..
KAUSHIK
Naaku oopika ledhu ra bhai..
KARTHIK walks upto VIVEK, holds his arm.
KARTHIK
Rey ! Ednhi ra nee problem !
VIVEK
Nenu Love storylu raayalenu !
KARTHIK
Endhuku !?
VIVEK
Adhi poyionappudu nundi naaaku okka
mukka raayanu iythaledhu !
The gang is looking on.
VIVEK (CONT’D)
Arey edhaina raayalante inspiration
undaali ra. Em raastha ? oka roju
kurchoni love story raadham ani
page teesthey .. Okka mukka.. Okka
mukka kuda raale mind ki.
He stop to catch some air.
The friends & SUBASH look on.
VIVEK (CONT’D)
Ippudu sudden ga raayalante etla ra
? Inspiration ledhu kurchoni
raayalante..
KARTHIK
Rey, inka kurchoni daane
alochisthey ela ra..
VIVEK cuts him off.
VIVEK
Cheppudu masth easy..addamaina
salahalu iyyaku, Muyyi.
VIVEK sits down.
KARTHIK
Rey idhi pothey inka illu car .. US
lo ah club anni pothayi ra..
VIVEK
Neeku pelli kaavalna House, Car, US
visa kaavalna ? Nee baadhendhi
clearga cheppu..
KARTHIK sits down beside him.
KAUSHIK, UPENDRA & SUBASH come and sit beside them.
UPENDRA
Arey VIVEK, nenokati cheppana ? Naa
own words lo cheptha vinu..
KAUSHIK
Aagetattulevu nuvvu ivvala.
UPENDRA
Okka saari accident ayyindhi ani
bandi tholadam aapesthava ?
VIVEK gives him a stare.
VIVEK
At side poyi kuso.. Po..
UPENDRA silently gets up and sits beside KAUSHIK, away from VIVEK.
KAUSHIK gives him a hand shake and looks at UPENDRA in the eye.
UPENDRA
Ela undhi ?
KAUSHIK
THOO.
UPENDRA
Inthaki food ela ?
KAUSHIK
Nice question. Most important
question. Food. bed ekkada ?
KARTHIK
Oka manchi Five star hotel
undhi..nen teesuketla.