GIRL
Haan ma’am.
ANITA
Good. Koi problem ho to mujhe contact karana.
GIRL
Haan ma’am.
ANITA
Good luck girls. Now move move move.
The girls move. On morning Sanjit and his team leaves hotel. Anita’s gang is watching team leaving from behind a pillar. One guy accompanies her gang. When Sanjit has left with his team Anita’s gang comes out from behind the pillar and walks. Waiters are passing. Girls slow down and look at waiters cross-eyed. Waiters don’t doubt them. Girls arrive at team’s rooms. They stand outside and wait for waiters to go. After waiters have left they take out duplicate keys from their pockets and open doors. Go in and gently shut doors. Girls place photographs of women, perfumed handkerchiefs with lipstick stains and lingerie in cupboards, wardrobes and under sofas. All get out. Last girl is coming out from room and see other girls waiting for her.
LAST GIRL
Ho gaya.
OTHER GIRLS
Chalo.
They leave. After going out of the hotel the guy with gang of girls calls Coach Singh.
GUY
(on phone.)
Hello. Coach Singh? Mujhe aap se ek behad zaruri baat karani thi.
COACH SINGH
Kaun bol raha hai?
GUY
Aap ki team ke kuchh members chhip-chhip ke ladakiyo se milate hai. Aap chahe to unake rooms ki talashi lekar pata kar sakate ho. Hum fans ki khatir unase guzarish kariyega ki woh aisa karana chhod de. Hum unhe cup jitate dekhana chahate hain.
COACH
Magar aap kaun bol rahe ho?
Guy hangs up the phone leaving coach thinking.
EXT. DAY – PLAYPLAYGROUND
Coach whistles. Team gathers. Coach looks at them suspiciously.
SANJIT
Hi Coach. Kaise ho aap?
COACH
Main bilakul thik hoon lekin yahan shayad kuchh aise-vaise ho raha hai.
SUNIL
Aisi koi baat nahi hai coach.
COACH
Aisi hi to baat hai. Aap logo ki training me shayad kuchh kamiya rahe gayi hain.
VIJAY
Kaisi kamiya coach?
COACH
(looks at players squinty eyed.)
Game se aap logo ka dhyan kuchh bhatak raha hai. Aisa nahi hona chahiye.
ANIL
We are sorry coach. Agali baar aisa nahi hoga.
COACH
(thinking doubtedly and saying softly.)
Thik hai. Ab jao.
Players leave. Coach watches them from behind and walks too.
SANJIT
Coach ko kya hua? Humane to sab thik kiya hai.
SUNIL
Shayad kisi se galati ho gayi hogi.
SANJIT
Ho sakata hai. Ab ek hafta reh gaya hai world cup ko. Pata nahi kya hoga.
SUNIL
(boredly.)
Khel hoga. Ek jitega. Dusara harega. Kyun itana tension le raha hai?
VIJAY
Tension hi to mil raha hai. Coach ne game ke liye bahot mehanat ki hai. Ab haar gaye to hume unase bhagwan bhi nahi bacha sakata.
ANIL
Thik kahe rahe ho. Mazak ka waqt nikal chuka hai. Hume game ko seriously lena chahiye.
SANJIT
Aisa hi karenge dosto aur aasha karenge ki jit hamari hi ho. Ab cricket ki bate chhodo aur yeh batao ki Anita ka number kisake paas hai?
SUNIL
Shayad coach ke paas hoga.
All laugh.
SUPERSCRIPTION- NEXT DAY
INT. DAY - COACH’S ROOM
Coach is dialing a number on his cellphone.
COACH
(on phone)
Hello Sanjit? Team ko lekar isi wakt mere kamare me aao.
Hangs up and takes out a box from under a table. After some seconds Sanjit knocks on coach’s room door. Coach says, “Come in.’ The four enter.
COACH
(taunting.)
Aap ki training kaisi ho rahi hai?
SANJIT
Bahot achhi coach.
SUNIL
(laughing.)
Sanjit ne aaj century karane ka faisala kiya hai.
COACH
Usase pahele main kuchh karana chahata hoon. Kal raat ko tumhare kamaro se kuchh cheeze mili hain. (puts box in front of them. Picks handkerchiefs, women’s photographs and lingerie and shows them.) Kya yeh tumhari hai? (All laugh.)
SANJIT
Nahi coach. (laughs more.) Main bra nahi pahenata.
All laugh. Coach stares in anger. All shut up.
COACH
Sunil? Kahin yeh tumhari to nahi hai?
SUNIL
Nahi coach. Main bhi bra nahi pahenata. Yeh to kisi ladaki ki hi ho sakati hai.
Others laugh.
COACH
Shut up! Anil? Vijay?
ANIL AND VIJAY
Nahi coach.
COACH
To phir yeh cheeze kya koi parinda lekar aaya tha?
SANJIT
Coach mujhe pata nahi hai. Main kisi parinde ko bhi nahi janata hoon.
All laugh again and check out lingerie.
COACH
(shouts angrily.)
Jhuth. Jhuth. Jhuth.
It shocks team. His voice echoes in hall. Coach continues shouting.
COACH
Sach batao yeh kisaki karani hai?
SANJIT
(seriously.)
Sach kahe raha hoon coach. Main in cheezo ke bare me kuchh bhi nahi janata hoon.
SUNIL
(hesitatingly.)
Main bhi nahi.
VIJAY
Main bhi nahi.
ANIL
Main bhi nahi.
COACH
(very angry.)
Aakhari baar puchh raha hoon. Sach sach batao varana tumhe isaki saza ke liye taiyar rahena hoga.
SANJIT
Shh...shayad room service ne rakhi hongi coach.
COACH
Kamare me tum rahete ho ya room service? (after a pause and determinedly.) Sanjit. Sunil. Vijay. Anil. Tum charo ko team se nikala ja raha hai.
SANJIT
Magar coach...
COACH
Main kuchh sunana nahi chahata hoon. Nikal jao yahan se.
SUNIL
Lekin yeh to bataiye ki hum se kya galati ho gai hai coach?
COACH
Kuchh batane ka waqt nikal chuka hai. Just get out.
Four turn sad and leave.
SAME TIME - OUTSIDE COACH’S ROOM
SANJIT
Yeh sab kaise ho gaya?
SUNIL
Pata nahi yeh cheeze humare kamaro me kaise aayi?
ANIL
Hum to hararoz room lock karate hain.
VIJAY
Haan aur yahan to koi aata-jata bhi nahi hai.
SANJIT
Receptionist se puchhate hain.
All leave.
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RECEPTIONIST’S DESK
Four are standing at receptionist’s desk.
RECEPTIONAIST
Nahi sir. Aap ke kamaro me koi nahi jata hai.
INT. NIGHT - PLAYERS' ROOMS
Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil are thinking. Sad BG music plays.
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Sad BG music continues to play. They are drinking at bar. Day ends. Sad BG music continues. Next day guys go on playground and see others playing. Others ignore them. Coach is coaching others and ignores them too. The four go away from there and go to their hotel rooms. They stare at sunset from window. They see their cricket kit and put it away sadly. They see pictures of their girlfriends and talk to them on phone. They watch cricket on TV and look sad. Sad BG music ends.
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CAFE
Anita and her gang are sitting inside cafe. Australian coach Stevens enters and sits on different table with his guys. They text each other. Anita writes first. Coach Stevens reads it aloud. Message on phone: “Kaam ho gaya.” Stevens writes a message and sends to Anita’s phone. Anita reads it aloud. Message on phone reads- “Well done. Aage ka plan mere phone me hai.” Anita activates Bluetooth on her phone and downloads the plan. Opens it and reads aloud. Message on phone- “World cup ko ab ek hafta baki hai. Hamara saman playground par pahocha dena. Packing achhi honi chahiye. Ladakiyo ko sari bate samajha dijiye. Kisi cheez ki zarurat ho to hume kahiyega. Game khatm hone tak playground par ruko nahi. Baki bate baad me karenge. Good luck.” Anita shuts phone and gets up. Coach Stevens gets up too. Both walk toward each other. Stevens gives her one envelope. She opens it and sees money inside and closes it. They walk and go out of hotel.
EXT. DAY - CRICKET PLAYGROUND
Coach Singh is talking to his new team.
SINGH
(solemnly.)
Aap sab ko pata hi hoga ki humane Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay aur Anil ko team se bahar kar diya hai.
ONE GUY
Kya unhe vapas lane ka koi chance nahi hai coach?
SINGH
Nahi. Ab team ka daromadar aap logo par hai. Hume bahot kadi mahenat karani hogi. Aaj se aap logo ki final training shuru ho rahi hai. Aap sab ko apane aap ko aakhari had tak le ja kar kuchh kar dikhane ke liye taiyar rahena hoga. Apani jaan tak daav par rakhani hogi. Har cheez ko bhula kar sirf khel me apana dhyan sanjona hoga. Agar aisa kar paye to mujhe yakin hai ki jit hamari hi hogi.
Just then Australian team comes on playground. They stare at Indian team. Coach Singh looks at foreigners calmly and then looks at his team sternly. Team is staring back at the Australian team. Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil come on playground and stare at Australian team. Coach shuns them. Australian players laugh at four for being thrown out. It angers Anil and he shows them his middle finger. Anil’s team ignores him. Rivals finger back at Anil.
COACH
(looking at Anil and asking his new team.)
Inhe andar kisane aane diya?
ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS
Malum nahi coach.
COACH
Inase kaho ki yahan se fauran chale jaye. Inake India jane ka bandobast kar diya gaya hai.
One guy from team goes and tells Sanjit. Sanjit goes to talk to coach.
SANJIT
Coach hum ja rahe hain lekin itana zarur kahena chahate hain ki hamari koi galati nahi hai. Hum sach hi un chizo ke baare me kuchh bhi nahi janate hain.
SUNIL
Coach is wakt team ko hamari zarurat hai. Kya hum sari bate bhula kar…
COACH
Bate bhulate bhulate hi to yeh haal hua hai. Ab main agar kuchh bhulana chahata hoon to bas aap logo ko. Aap log ja sakate ho.
Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil leave. BG music plays. Coach throws ball at new team and is cheering them up. They practice hard. Sad song begins to play. It’s about mistakes and defeats of life. Sanjit, Sunil, Vijay and Anil are packing up in song. They hand over keys of their rooms to hotel staff and leave hotel. Song continues. Their plane leaves airport. They reach home. Song continues playing. Their families console them. Sanjit is sitting on couch and is sad. Aarati consoles him. Sunil and Vishakha are watching team practicing in Australia on TV. It makes Sunil sad. Vishakha consoles him. Vijay is drinking at bar. Anil is reading about team in magazine and holds his head in disappointment. Song ends.
SUPERSCRIPTION- AUSTRALIA
Lots of conversational voices play along with worrisome background music. We see some newspapers on a table. Headline of the newspaper is- “Indian team in big trouble. Captain and three top guys are out.” Headlines of other newspapers are- “Bharat ke kaptan sahit tin khiladiyo ko team se bahar kiya gaya hai.” “Cricket jagat me sanasani fail gayi hai.” “Bharat ki team mushkil me.” “Biggest controversy in the history of cricket: Indian team changed at last minute.” “Indian team loses ground!” Coach is giving interviews and looks hassled. It shames Sanjit and his team back home. Conversational voices and worrisome BG music ends.
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DAY - CRICKET GROUND
Spirited background music plays. It goes with courage and determination, luck and hard work, pride and glory. Singh is training current team. They are doing push-ups, pull-ups, weightlifting, running, jogging, bicycling, ab exercises, jumping, rolling, sliding, fielding, batting and bowling practice. Background music continues. Coach is egging them on by shouting and showing aggression. They help and encourage each other in practice. Then they play a practice game. Both teams try to beat each other with vengeance. Game ends. Winners congratulate each other. Losers watch them. Background music turns soft. Coach goes to his room very tiredly. In next shot tired coach is sleeping on chair. He has forgotten to switch off TV. Background music ends.
INT. DAY – COACH SINGH’S ROOM
Coach is talking to his new team.
COACH
Do dino baad world cup shuru ho raha hai. I hope ki aap log thik se taiyar ho. Main ek bhi galati bardasht nahi karunga.
PLAYERS
Yes coach.
COACH
Aaj se lekar hamare final match tak aap logo ke zahen me ek hi cheez honi chahiye- cricket.
PLAYERS
Yes coach.
COACH
Good. Aur ek baat. Hume aaj sham ko world cup Inauguration party me jana hai. Wahan thik se pesh aana. Over confident nahi. Baki teams se badatamizi nahi karana.
PLAYERS
Thik hai coach.
COACH
Now leave.
Players leave.
INT. NIGHT - PARTY HALL
Soft lounge music plays in background. Cricket teams of all nations have gathered. They are talking to each other. On stage one guy is talking about something. Camera pans and comes to coach Singh who is present with his team and is talking to them. Coach Stevens walks toward Singh.
STEVENS
(sorrily.)
Hello Mr. Singh. I heard about your team change. I’m sorry.
SINGH
Not a big deal Mr. Stevens.
STEVENS
How is your new team doing?
SINGH
(smiling.)
I will tell you but I will have to kill you.
STEVENS
(laughing.)
No. I don’t want to die.
Singh laughs.
STEVENS
Anyway I have to leave now. Wish you good luck.
SINGH
Wish you the same.
Stevens leaves. An Assistant comes to tell Singh something.
ASSISTANT
Sir.
SINGH
Yes?
ASSISTANT
Main aap ko ek baat batana bhul gaya tha.
SINGH
Kya baat?
ASSISTANT
Sir kuchh dino pahele Coach Stevens aap se milane ke liye Vankhede Stadium aaye the.
SINGH
Kya? Coach Stevens mujhe milane aaye the aur tum mujhe ab bata rahe ho? Kis kam se aaye the?
ASSISTANT
Sir unhone kuchh bataya nahi tha.
SINGH
Thik hai. Jao.
Just then Anita walks into party. Singh sees her.
SINGH
(to self.)
Ise to kahin dekha hai.
Singh’s memory goes back in time and he remembers the day when Anita walked by the reception desk of team hotel. His memory goes back some more and he remembers the day when Anita had come to meet him on playground to invite them for women’s cricket matches.
SINGH
(to self.)
Yeh to Anita hai.
Then he remembers to have seen coach Stevens at Vankhede Stadium the other day. He was wearing dark glasses and looking at signboards of- No entry for girls. Thrilling music plays. Singh also remembers the day Angels of Love had come to his office and also the day he gained conscious in hospital. Then he remembers sacking Sanjit and the other three. He takes out his mobile phone and makes a call.
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INT. DAY - SANJIT'S HOME
Sanjit’s phone rings. He answers.
SANJIT
Hello.
SINGH
Sanjit, tum abhi ke abhi tino ko lekar Australia aa jao. Humane bahot badi galati kar di hai.
SANJIT
(seemingly happy.)
Okay coach. Hum pehali hi flight se aa rahe hain.
Hangs up. Sanjit, Sunil. Vijay and Anil fly to Australia. We see plane fly. They meet coach.
COACH
(to all.)
Welcome back guys. Jo kuchh hua usake liye mujhe afasos hai. Kabhi kabhi zindagi me kuchh aise mod aa jate hain jaha par humare kadam dagamaga jate hai. Mujhe maaf kar do.
SANJIT
Aap to hume sharminda kar rahe ho coach. Hume aap se koi shikayat nahi hai.
SUNIL
Haan coach. We are just very glad to be back in the team.
VIJAY
(enthusiastically.)
And ready to fight.
COACH
All right. I’m happy it doesn’t ruin anything lekin usase pehale hume Anita ka pata lagana hai.
SANJIT
Ok coach.
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INT. NIGHT - HOTEL ROOM
Coach and players are with police team and forensic experts. Police is looking for evidence around furniture in room. Forensic experts are looking for fingerprints and footprints with spyglass. One of the forensic guys goes toward policeman.
FORENSIC GUY
(to police officer.)
Sir hume kamare me kuchh fingerprints aur footprints mile hain jo baki prints se match karate hain. Yeh Anita ke hi hain.
POLICEMAN
Achha. Jaldi se inhe lab le ja kar confirm karo. (to other policemen Assistants.) Anita ka pata karo. Search warrant taiyar karo.
ASSISTANTS
Yes sir.
Assistants leave.
POLICEMAN
(to coach.)
Thank you Mr Singh. Aap ke paas koi aur surag ho to mujhe turant phone kijiyega.
COACH
Ok sir.
Police leaves.
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INT. NIGHT - ANITA’S PLACE
Police are arresting Anita and her gang. Thrilling BG music plays. Some girls look to run. Women constables catch them and drag them out. They put them in police van and drive.
EXT. EVENING - AIRPORT
Coach Stevens sits in airplane.
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Plane flies.
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ON TV
A news reporter is reading news on TV.
NEWS REPORTER ON TV
Australian team ko abhi abhi khabar mili hai ki coach Stevens ne world cup shuru hone se pahele hi istifa de diya hai. Unaki jagah naye coach Mcgill ne li hai. Ab aap ko le chalate hain sidhe cricket ground par jaha team apane naye coach se milane wali hai.
EXT. DAY - CRICKET GROUND
The Australian team is practicing. Coach McGill walks to them. On reaching near them he introduces himself and joins them in practice. Team looks confused and worried. McGill begins coaching them. Reporters mob them for bytes. Coach and team refuse to talk to them. Their security guards take them out of ground.
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SAME TIME - ON TV
News reporter is reading news on TV.
NEWS REPORTER ON TV
Team ke captain Aron Smith ka kahena hai ki coach ke badalane se team par koi asar nahi padega. Dusari aur Bharatiya kaptaan Sanjit aur anya teen khiladiyo ko team me phir se jagah di gayi hai.
INT. NIGHT - IN NEWSPAPERS
Some newspapers lie on table. Happy background music plays. Headline of first newspaper reads - “Sanjit aur baki tino ki team me wapasi hui.” Headline of another newspaper reads- “Indian captain is back.” Third headline reads-“Indian team is back in place.” Fourth headline reads-“Sanjit Sharma is back.”
EXT. STREET - DAY
Indian fans are shouting pro-India slogans on street. They are holding placards showing the slogans being said. They are- “More power to India.”, “Jitega bhai jitega. India jitega.”, “Jay Ho!”, “Sanjit Sharma Zindabad.”, “Sunil Singh Zindabad.” etc.
EXT. DAY– PLAYGROUND
SUPERSCRIPTION– WORLD CUP BEGINS
Peppy background music plays. It describes cricket fever with music of hand clapping, banging, whistles, drumbeats. We hear cricket commentary playing in background.
VO OF COMMENTATOR ARUN
Aap sab ka world cup ke pahele match me swagat hai. Main hoon Arun aur aaj mere sath commentary karenge Suresh. Aaj world cup ki shuruat ho rahi hai.
Background music continues. We see aerial view of a different cricket playgrounds. Different teams including India are playing cricket day in and night out. (Use footage of world Cup 2006 cricket matches.) People climb on trees and terraces to peek inside stadiums. Some stop by at TV showrooms to watch matches. One guy is walking on street listening to radio commentary. Background music ends. Commentary on radio goes.
VO OF SURESH
Australia ne Bangladesh ko bahot aasani se hara diya hai.
Some are listening to commentary in trains and buses. Commentary continues.
VO OF ARUN
Dusari aur Kenya England se haar gaya hai.
Some are listening to radio at workplace. Commentary continues.
VO OF SURESH
South Africa aur Ireland ka match barish ke karan radd kar diya gaya tha. Dono ko ek-ek ank diya gaya hai lekin Ireland quarterfinal se bahar ho gaya hai. India ne UAE ko hara kar quarterfinal me pravesh pa liya hai.
Sound of crowd cheer.
SUPERSCRIPTION– QUARTERFINALS
Scoreboard on playground shows names of qualifying teams for Quarterfinals.
South Africa vs. West Indies
England vs. Bangladesh
New Zealand vs. Australia
India vs. Pakistan
VO OF ARUN
Quarterfinals me West Indies ka muqabala South Africa se hoga. England Bangladesh se bhidega. New Zealand Australia ke sath khelenge aur India Pakistan ke sath khelega.
SUPERSCRIPTION- FIRST QUARTERFINAL - SOUTH AFRICA VS. WEST INDIES
Montage shows teams playing. (Use footage of world cup 2006 cricket matches.) South Africans bat fisrt and make many runs.
IN COMMENTARY BOX
Arun and Suresh are doing commentary.
ARUN
South Africa ne sambhal kar shuruat ki hai. Score hua hai nabbe runs, attharah overs ki samapti par.
Bowlers take three wickets but after that fielders drop some catches and miss run out chances. Rest of the batsmen hit some fours and sixes and then get out.
VO OF SURESH
Aakhri ballebazo ne behad khubasurati se ballebazi karake South Africa ki pari ko achha score karane me madad ki hai. Score hai...
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Batsmen get out. Game ends. Scoreboard shows- South Africa- 273/7 in 50 overs.
VO OF ARUN
Dekhana hai ki West Indies dau-sau-chhahattar runs bana paati hai ya nahi.
Fade. Sound of crowd plays in BG.
West Indian batsmen hit fours and sixes. South African bowlers take early wickets. (Use footage of world cup 2006 Cricket matches.) Fielders do well too. Middle-order batsmen hit some big shots but eventually get out. Following batsmen play slow but get out- caught, bowled, stumped and run out. South Africa wins.
VO OF SURESH
Isi ke sath South Africa ne yeh match jit kar semifinal me pravesh kar liya hai.
Scoreboard shows – West Indies- 247/10 in 46.4 overs. South Africa wins by 25 runs. Enters Semifinal.
SUPERSCRIPTION- SECOND QUARTERFINAL - ENGLAND VS. BANGLADESH
Montage shows teams playing. (Use footage of world cup 2006 Cricket matches.) England bowls well. Bangladeshi batsmen get out. Following ones make many runs. Then some get out. Rest make more runs. Then some get out. Batting ends. Scoreboard shows- Bangladesh- 236/10 in 50 overs.
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IN COMMENTARY BOX
Commentators are talking.
VO OF ARUN
Suresh main kahunga ki Bangladesh ne kharab shuruat ke bavajud England ke samane ek achha lakshya rakha hai. Aaiye dekhate hai England ke ballebaz ise kaise nibhate hain.
VO OF SURESH
Arun aap ne bilakul thik kaha hai ki yeh lakshya behad achha hai. Aur phir Arun Bangladesh ki gendabazi ko bhi nakara nahi ja sakata hai. Yeh match jitana England ke samane ek bahot badi chunauti hai.
SAME TIME - ON GROUND
Use footage of world cup 2006 cricket matches.) England starts well but two wickets fall sun. Rest make some runs but get out sun too. Some hit big shots and make many runs before getting out. Scoreboard shows – England needs 34 runs in 43 balls. Three wickets in hands.
VO OF ARUN
England ko tiyalis gendo me chautis runs ki zarurat hai.
One guy gets out. One hits some shots before getting out. Last man comes to bat. Scoreboard shows- England needs 13 runs in 9 balls. Batsman plays slow and makes some runs but eventually gets out. Bangladesh wins and celebrates.
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