EXT.

TOWN CROSSROADS - DAY 1

A car comes to PAANWALA’s shop. BANK MANAGER comes out of
it. He then goes to Paan Shop to eat paan.

PAANWALA
(Showing respect)
Namashkar Sahab ji.
MANAGER
Han! Han! Namaste. Chalo jaldi se
ek badhiya waala paan banao.
PAANWALA
Ji sahab ji! Bus 2 minute rukiye.
Hum apko aesa paan khilayenge jo
kabhi apne socha bhi nahi hoga. Bus
abhi hoga.
MANAGER
Baatein kam banao. Aur jaldi karo
bhai. Main late ho raha hu.

PAANWALA
(Picking a paan from a basket)
Ji sahab ji.
Paanwala starts to make Paan. Manager is seeing the area
just like that he didn’t come here earlier.

PAANWALA
Sahab ji! Aap is gaon me naye lag
rahe hain.

MANAGER
Han. Wo main tumhare gaon ki bank
me naya manager hu.
PAANWALA
Acha sahab ji.
(Giving paan to manager)
Ye lijiye sahab ji. Ho gaya.
Manager eats paan. He then sees a marbel statue of Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose on the centre of crossroads with a real
goggles on the eyes. But he does not say anything.

MANAGER
Kitne rupye hue.
PAANWALA
Bas sahab ji 10 rupye.
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Manager gives him 10 rupees and sits in his car and leaves
the place.
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EXT. TOWN CROSSROADS - DAY 2

Manager again comes to that Paan Shop in his car. He comes
out of his car.

PAANWALA
Are manager sahab! Namaskar sahab
ji
MANAGER
Namaste. Are wahi paan laga do zara
jo kal diya tha.
PAANWALA
Ji sahab ji! Bus abhi lagata hu.
Manager starts to see the Netaji’s Statue again. He sees
that the goggles are changed. He is some surprised.
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EXT. TOWN CROSSROADS - DAY 3

Paanwala is making the paan for Manager Sahab. Manager is

seeing the statue again carefully.
PAANWALA
(Seeing Manager)
Kya hua sahab ji? Aap itna dhyan se
kya dekhte hain roz?
MANAGER
Wo Netaji ki murti.

PAANWALA
Are wo murti! Wo to pichle maheene
hi koi MLA aye the shahar se. Unhi
ne lagwayi hai. Suna hai sangmarmar
ki hai.

MANAGER
Haan lagta to yahi hai. Par isksa
CHASHMA to sangmarmar ka nhi lagta.
Ye to asli chashma hai. Aur ye roz
badla hua bhi hota hai.
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PAANWALA
Haan sahab ji. Wo kya hai na, jo
murti MLA sahab ne lagwayi thi usme
chashma nahi tha.

MANAGER
To ye chashma kisne lagaya.
PAANWALA
Captain ne.

MANAGER
Ye captain kon hai? Kya wo fauj me
hai.
PAANWALA
(Laughing)
Kya sahab ji! Wo langda kya jayega
fauj me...
MANAGER
Langda!

PAANWALA
Han sahab ji! Langda hai bechara.
Chashme bechta hai. Apne sath ek
bakse me chashme lekar ghumta
phirta hai. Usi ne is murti pe
chashma lagaya. Jab bhi wo chashma
koi chura le jata hai ya bik jata
hai to Captain uspe doosra laga
deta hai.
MANAGER
Sach me! Apne desh ke liye itna
pyar! Ye to wakai me captain hai...
This continued for several days. Manager comes to the shop
to eat Paan and sees that there are daily new goggles on the
statue.

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EXT. TOWN CROSSROADS

Screen reads "After Some Days"

Manager sees that there is no any goggle on the statue. He
then surprises. He then goes to paan shop.
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MANAGER
Are bhsi zara suno.

PAANWALA
Are manager sahab. Bataiye! Kon sa
paan lagaun.
MANAGER
Are paan ko chhodo aur ye batao k
aaj us murti pe chashma kyu nahi
hai?
PAANWALA
(With little sorrow)
Are kya bataye sahab ji. Captain
nahi raha.
MANAGER
(Surprised)
Kya??? Ye kab hua?

PAANWALA
Kal raat uski tabiyat kharab hui
aur...
Manager then sits in his car. His eyes now have some tears.
He really feels very bad for Captain. He then leaves to
bank.
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Screen reads "Next Day"
Manager is going to the bank and suddenly he sees the
statue. He stops the car comes out of the car. He sees that
the statue has the goggle made of wood strips that the
children make in their plays.
He then sees here and there and finds some children playing
in a plot near the road.

MANAGER
(Feeling in mind)
Waah re Captain! Tera deshprem bade
nhi samajh paye lekin tu in bachon
ko sikha gaya. Tu fauj mein nahi
tha to kya hua, tu kisi sainik se
kam nahi hai. Main tujhe salute
karna chahta hu.
He then sees to the sky and salutes.
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He then hires a mason who makes a marble goggle on the

statue.
Black screen reads "THE END"