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Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi · written by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam · 2017
Scene 87 of 130 · ≈ 1 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.
Shirley and Ginny enter the present-day story at the fest, giving Vivek and Kaushik new relationships that will carry the theme of moving on and being honest.
The car arrives at Ginny's house for the night.
The gang settles onto Ginny's terrace as Subash charms Kaushik's hosts.
Lying under the stars, the friends confess how rarely they get nights like this anymore.
This scene
KARTHIK, KAUSHIK & UPENDRA are staring at a load of equipment lying on the table.
The shopkeeper, 70, looks like a no-no sense guy.
SHOPKEEPER
You want or don't want ?
UPENDRA
Price kum Karo little.
SHOPKEEPER
No.
UPENDRA
We have only some some cash.
SHOPKEEPER
Then go to some some shop.
Shopkeeper tries to snatch away the bag.
KAUSHIK
Enduku Ra penta chesthav. Uncle,
idhar dhe do.
KARTHIK takes a look at another lens nearby. It's a rare prime lens.
KARTHIK
Yeh kitna hai uncle ?
SHOPKEEPER
It's not for rent. It's private.
KARTHIK
Uncle please can we have it ?
Double price I will give.
Shopkeeper nods his head in denial and goes back to reading his paper.
UPENDRA
Endho veedu.
KARTHIK
Cha. Adhe deadly lens Ra. Cinema
level lo untai ah lens to shoot
chesthey.
KAUSHIK
No giving that one ?
SHOPKEEPER
No it's personal collection not for
rent.
KAUSHIK
Pettukoni em chesthav Ra musloda.
KARTHIK
Sarey inka discussion oddhu.
Entaindho adugu teesukoni eldham.
UPENDRA
Mari ah lens ?
KARTHIK
Adjust cheddam.
He declares as he walks out of the shop.
He gets a call.
It's his BOSS.