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Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi · written by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam · 2017
Scene 99 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.
Kaushik and Upendra recruit local extras and auditioners for the short film.
Karthik and Vivek audition hopefuls until Kaushik himself lands the role.
The gang rents an open-top car for the shoot with Upendra footing the bill.
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KAUSHIK & GINNIare in a shack coyly exchanging looks, revealed behind them is a tiny crew of VIVEK, KARTHIK yielding a small DSLR mounted on a rig & UPENDRA following KARTHIK with a boom mike.
They are seen trying to catch a close up of GINNIsmiling and sipping on her drink. She cannot manage a straight face thanks to KAUSHIK’s antics from behind the camera.
VIVEK spots the problem and laughingly kicks him and orders him to get away. The crew shares a laugh.