JHANAK 04-09-23

EPISODE 18 – SCENE 1
EXT. DAY – ON THE ROAD OF JAMMU
STOCK SHOT OF SUNRISE
STOCK SHOT OF JAMMU CITY
STOCK SHOT OF JAMMU STATION
CHARACTERS – JHANAK, ANIRUDDHA, DRIVER

ANIRUDDH AND JHANAK STAND OUTSIDE THE ROAD.build silence…

ANIRUDH : ab?
JHANAK : ab aap azaad…apni train pakadiye… Thank you Sir ji…
ANIRUDH : aur tum?
JHANAK: police station…shayad vo log kisi sanstha ka pata de sake jahan main
kuchh din rah saku…uske baad dekhenge.
ANIRUDH : tumhe pata hai na policewale sawaal poochhenge…aise sawaal jinke
jawaab dena shayad tumhe…comfortable na lage.
JHANAK : sab policewale bure nahin hote sir jee…kuchh ache bhi hote
hai…aur mere saath jitna bura hona tha ho chukka hai…kuchh na kuchh manage ho
jayega…aap chinta mat kijiye.

ANIRUDH : chinta ki baat nahin hai…I mean…by chance shelter home mein
jagah nahin mili toh? hotel wagerah,khaane ke liye paise hain tumhare paas?(takes out
his wallet) Ye rakh lo..
JHANAK: nahi nahi sirjee.. mujhe aapke paise nahin chahiye… pehle hi bahut
ehsaan hai aapke…kya pata chukka paane ka mauka mile na mile? yahan se bichhadd
kar hum phir mile na mile…
Build up..a slight awkwardness..
ANIRUDH: kitney paise hai tumhare paas?
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 JHANAK : chaar paanch sau…kuchh din chal jayenge.
ANIRUDH : kuchh ghante nahin chalte chaar paanch sau…
JHANAK : Humare jaise logo ka chal jata hain
ANIRUDH : ab iss baat pe jhagda nahin karna hai mujhe…yeh rakho…
JHANAK : nahin sir jee…
ANIRUDH : rakho jhanak, zyada nahin hai…dus hazaar he hai..
JHANAK : arre bahut zyada hai…main itne paise kahan sambhaalungi?
ANIRUDH : tumhari safety ke liye hai yeh…please rakho…paise kaam aayenge.
JHANAK : zindagi mein kaam rishtey aate hai…mere paas toh sirf ek hi tha aur
vo bhi mujhse chhinn gaya…pehle sab maa sambhaalti thi, ab mujhe
sambhaalna hai…aur girungi nahin toh seekhungi kaise sir jee?…isiliye yeh
paise please rehne dijiye…apne paeron par khade hone ki shururaat kahin se
toh karni hogi.
ANIRUDH : theek hai..mujhey phone ya msg karti rehna…khabar deti rehna,
kahan ho…kaisi ho?
JHANAK : jee…
ANIRUDH : ek aur baat…
JHANAK : baaton baaton mein train chhoot jayegi.
ANIRUDH : train mein kaafi time hai…jo main kah raha hoon vo suno…see
jhanak…jo bhi hua use koi nahin badal sakta and I know move on karna
mushkil hai lekin phir bhi…tumhe karna hoga…you have to be strong…jo
tumne socha tha, tumhare sapne…tumhari education… [Jhanak looks]I
know tumhare final exams paas hi hai…kisi bhi job ke liye graduate hona
aaj ki date mein bahut zaroori hai…please apni padhayi mat chhodna.
JHANAK: haan sirjee..sab karungi..wapas se sab shuru karungi..

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 ANIRUDH : tumhe aise chhod kar jaane mein bahut guilty feel ho raha hai
mujhe…bura lag raha hai.
JHANAK : aur aap aaj hi waapis nahin gaye toh arshie didi ko bura lag
jayega…bahut pyaar karti hai vo aap se, aur miss bhi…aap jaaiye unke paas…waise
bhi mere liye jitna aapne kiya hai maa ke alawa utna shayad hi kisi ne…
ANIRUDH: maine koi ehsaan nahin kiya hai… wahi kiya jo sahi tha…kal ko tum
padhh likh kar badi officer ya phir ek bahut famous dancer banogi toh sabse zyada
khush main hounga.
JHANAK : bada toh banna hai sir jee…itna bada ki uss aadmi ke saamne aankh
se aankh mila kar khadi ho saku aur sawaal kar sakoo…kyun chhod diya maa ko? kyun
kiya humare saath aisa? vo milenge, nahin milenge mujhe pata nahin…lekin unhe
dhoondhne mein main koi kasar nahin chhodungi…jawaab toh unhe dena hi
hoga…mere liye nahin…maa ke liye! unpar lage kalank ko mitaane ke liye…duniya
ko yeh bataane ke liye ki meri maa galat nahin thi! achhi thi vo.
[Aniruddha looks]
ANIRUDH : of course thi! aur bahut jald duniya bhi iss baat ko maanegi I
am sure…anyway…naya shahar naye log…please apna khayaal rakhna aur kisi bhi
cheez ki zaroorat ho toh mujhe call karna.
JHANAK : Thank you Sir ji
ANIRUDH: bye jhanak.
[aniruddh hath aage badhaata hai..thoda awkward build up moment…
Ani: all the best jhanak..
Jhanak shakes his hand..
Jhanak: thank you..all the best aapko bhi..
We build these moments in high speed…hold..treatment .(suggested song- do pal
ruka khwabon ka karwan- veer zara).and dono ka hath alag hona…Aniruddha is
standing][Jhanak is going away with her small bag]
anirudh vo : isse zyada aur kya kar sakta tha main jhanak ke liye …I am sorry
jhanak…i hope jo tum chahti ho tumhe vo sab mile, aur usse zyada!

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 [Jhanak goes really far and turns around once – Waves her hand – Then
gets lost in the crowd]
[Aniruddha goes slowly along the platform to board his train]
-CUT TO-

EPISODE 18 – SCENE 2
INT. DAY – TRAIN COMPARTMENT
CHARACTERS – ANIRUDDHA, PASSENGERS
[Aniruddha goes and sits on his seat – Settles down – he buys a bag and a shirt to
change from platform shop… – Goes toward the washroom]
[Jhanak Is going towards the police
station]
[Aniruddha comes out of the washroom – He is wearing the trousers he
wore when he had gone infront of Jhanak’s mother’s dead body, comes and sits – Puts
his hand inside his trouser pockets – He sees a letter – He is shocked on seeing the
letter – He reads it – He gets shocked on reading the letter]
[The letter will be read in the mother’s voice]
[Something happens to Aniruddha… big big treatment…]
ANIRUDH V/O : yeh kya kar diya maine? itni badi bhool…nahin…mujhe sab
kuchh theek karna hoga, jhanak ko dhoondh kar use apne saath Kolkata le jaana hoga!!
magar arshie? uska kya karoon? nahin koi option nahin hai, arshie ko sab samajhna
hoga, main use sab sach bata dunga…she loves jhanak vo uski help karegi, use mentor
karegi aur jab jhanak apne paaon par khadi ho jayegi tab vo apna future khud decide
kar sakti hai…par agar vo guru jee ke saamne chali gayi toh? uurghh sab kuchh itna
complicate ho gaya hai! mujhe iss waqt jhanak ko support karna hi hoga, aage jo hoga
dekha jayega…
[He gets down quickly from the train][The people sitting around him look at him
surprised]
ONE : arre bhaisaab kya ho gaya train chhoot jayegi!

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 one : are! oh hello! bhaisaab?
[He doesn’t listen – Aniruddha gets down quickly]
anirudh : itni bheed mein ab kahan dhoondhu usse?
[He runs along the platform like a madman]
-CUT TO-
INT. DAY – G.R.P OFFICE
CHARACTERS – JHANAK, ANIRUDDHA, G.R.P OFFICER, STATION
PERSON
G.R.P : hhmmm…toh Srinagar se bhaag kar yahan aayi hai aap! kaise?
JHANAK: jee…taxi se.
G.R.P : saath mein ko nahin hai? total akeli hai?
JHANAK: jee sir.
G.R.P : kyun? are koi toh hoga? maa? baap? bhai yaa…

JHANAK : maine kaha na sir koi nahin hai, mera iss duniya mein ab koi nahin
hai…akeli hoon main…aur main aapse kah rahi hoon kuchh powerful log mere
peechhe pade hai aur unhi se jaan bacha kar bhaag kar yahan tak pahunchi hoon.
please meri madad kariye sir...
G.R.P : karte agar aap train se aayi toh…aap aayi hai gaadi se, toh zimmedaari hui
aapki khudki aur gaadiwale ki…ismein railway police kuchh nahin kar sakti
madam…aap local police station jaaiye.
JHANAK: par main kisi ko nahin jaanti yahan…police station kaha hai uska pata
bhi…
OFFICER : pata de rahe hai na S.P office ka…wahan jaaiye vo aapko kisi
sanstha se connect karwa denge. theek hai…yeh raha address.
[Writes the address]

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 JHANAK : yahan se kuchh arrangement nahin ho sakta sir?
OFFICER : sorry madam…aise maamlo mein pehle aapki verification ki
jayegi,uske baad hi kuchh hoga…jaaiye….
[Jhanak goes slowly][She is leaving the station premises]
Cut to:
We build hit and miss between ani and jhanak…jhanak leaving and ani
rushing coming towards the room, ani about to find her..when he bangs into
someone…build drama…
INT. DAY – G.R.P OFFICE
[Aniruddha is seen coming rushing in to the G.R.P]
ANIRUDH : sir…main ek ladki ko dhoondh raha hoon…jhanak naam hai uska,
vo aayi thi yahan?
STATION PERSON: are din mein paanch sau log aate hai kis kis ka naam yaad
rakhenge…matter kya hai?
ANIRUDH : vo Srinagar se aayi hai yahan, kisi safe shelter ki talaash mein…
OFFICER : aapki tareef?
ANIRUDH : zaroori nahin! main bas janna chahta hoon vo yahan aayi thi ki
nahin?
[OFFICER OR STATION PERSON] : ek ladki aayi thi madad ke liye, lekin unka
maamla humari jurisdiction ke bahar ka hai toh unhe SP office bhej diya hai
Anirudh : mujhe wahan ka pata mil sakta hai?
OFFICE: jise dekho pata maang raha hai…bhaisaab aap hai kaun?

ANIRUDH : Aniruddha Bose

OFFICER : ladki se kya rishta hai? usne toh kaha vo akeli hai.
ANIRUDH : koi rishta nahin hai usse mera…main bas(he doesn’t know what to
say further..ki who jhanak ka kya lagta hai)…sir aap yeh mera card rakh lijiye, vo
yahan phir aaye toh please call me…address?
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 OFFICER : hmm lijiye …SP saab aaj busy rehne wale hai…
[The man tells him where the S.P’s office is]
EXT. DAY – CITY STREETS, INT. DAY - AUTO

[Jhanak leaves the GRP premises and gets onto an auto]

JHANAK : SP office…
Jhanak getting into auto..and hit and miss..ani just comes out..
i/c
EXT. DAY – CITY STREETS, INT. DAY - AUTO
CHARACTERS – ANIRUDDHA, JHANAK, AARSHI (PHONE CALL),
AUTOWALLAH
[Jhanak’s auto has taken a lead and has gone further away]
[Aniruddha is running like a madman]
[As if he is running through the city destroying everything on his
path – Amongst a lot of crowd – People are looking at him]
ANIRUDH : [Screaming] Jhanak! Jhanak! Jhanak!
[He is running through the city screaming Jhanak – looking idhar
udhar, yaha waha]
[But he can’t see her]
[Running taking big strides]
[Anirudh Gets up on an empty auto in the middle of the road]
ANIRUDH : S.P office jaana hai. Jaldi Chaliye please.
AUTO : aur sawari bhar jaaye phir chalte hai saab
ANIRUDH : utna time nahin hai mere paas…main poore paisa doonga aap
chaliye
[Call comes - Aarshi’s phone is ringing][Aniruddha cuts Aarshi’s call]
[Aarshi calls again]

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 aarshie : aaj kal kuchh zyada hi phone cut karne laga hai…
[Ani cuts the call again]
AARSHI V/O : what the hell!! yeh ani baar baar…(settles) maybe train mein settle
ho raha hoga…but still ek baar toh utha sakta hai…vo bas jald se jald ghar aa jayega
tabhi chaen aayega mujhe…mujhe kuchh achha nahin lag raha.
[Aarshi looks disturbed]
[Ani is running – An auto has stopped at a signal]
[Jhanak’s auto stops at the S.P’s office]
[Jhanak goes infront of the S.P’s office – She pays the auto driver. Then she
approaches the gate of the SP Office, goes inside]
EXT/INT DAY – S.P’s OFFICE
CHARACTERS – JHANAK, ANIRUDDHA, GUARDS
[Aniruddh’s auto comes and stops in front of the SP Office.]
[Jhanak has gone inside – She crosses a big lawn to get inside]
[Jhanak – stops]

auto : itni jaldi kya hai saab…lijiye aa gaye…

[Ani is in a hurry. He gets down and then requests the auto driver.]
ANIRUDDHA : aap yahin rukiye main aata hoon, station waapis jaana
hai…Jhanak!
[is shouting]
[Jhanak is asked at the S.P’s office]
GUARD : kahan jaana hai?
JHANAK : jee vo S.P sir se milna hai.
GUARD : Appointment hai?

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 JHANAK : nahin sir…appointment toh nahin hai par mera unsa milna bahut
zaroori hai…meri life khatre mein hai sir
GUARD : saab abhi aaye nahin hai…aap wait kijiye.
[The guard tries to stop Aniruddha at the gate]
guard : aye ruko ruko kahan jaa rahe ho? aayye rukk!
[Aniruddha doesn’t listen, he is running along the lawn]
ANIRUDDH : Jhanak! Jhanak!
[Jhanak turns around and sees him..and just then her foot twists and she is
about to fall..when aniruddh holds her…]Aniruddha reaches her panting..build this
moment…]
ANIRUDDH : Jhanak…finally tum mil gayi…kab se dhoondh raha hoon
yaar…
JHANAK : Sir jee aap? aapki train thi na
ANIRUDDHA : vo toh chhoot gayi hogi…ab doosri mein saath mein
chalenge…
jhanak : jee?
anirudh : chalo waapis chalo…tumhe SP sir se milne ki zaroorat nahin hai
JHANAK : Matlab?
ANIRUDDH : tum mere saath Kolkata aa rahi ho!
Build up drama..charge on jhanak
JHANAK : main? aapke saath Kolkata? aapko idea bhi hai aap kya bol rahe hai?
yeh impossible hai sir jee..aise thodi hota hai..
ANIRUDDHA: maine bahut socha jhanak, main life mein kabhi shaanti se jee
nahin paaunga, din raat yahi sochta rahunga ki tum kahan ho? kaisi ho? theek ho
ki nahin? kahin tejesh ke aadmiyon ne tumhe dhoondh toh nahin liya? tumhari
padhayi ka kya hua? tumhe shelter mila ki nahin…itne sab sawaalon ka jawaab ek
hi hai jhanak…tum mere saath chalo bas.

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 JHANAK : nahin…arshie didi ko achha nahin lagega aur srishti maasi…vo
toh…nahin sir jee yeh nahin ho sakta.
ANIRUDDHA : ghar mein aur bhi log hai…sirf arshie ki mom ka hi opinion
matter nahin karta….aur main ya tum koi kuchh galat nahin kar raha hai…jis din tum
apne paeron par khadi ho jaogi,apne papa se vo sawaal poochhne ke liye kaabil ban
jaogi…uss din chali jaana lekin tab tak mujhe help karne do please…waise bhi tum
mere ghar per rahogi ya kiraye per koi room le lengey..kuch manage ho jaayega..tum
chalo..
JHANAK : yeh sab kehne sunne ke liye achha hai sir jee magar sahi nahin hai.
ANIRUDDHA : bilkul sahi hai! dekho time hota toh main tumhe aur convince
karta lekin abhi hume jaana hoga…auto rok ke rakha hai…doosri train bhi pakadni
hai…
JHANAK : yahan tak aa gayi hoon sir jee…ek baar SP sir se baat kar ke…
ANIRUDDHA : baat kar bhi logi toh kya ho jayega…vo tumhe kisi shelter
mein admit bhi karwa denge phir uske baad? jhanak achha college, books inn sab mein
kharcha lagta hai…oopar se tum pehli baar iss shahar aayi ho! main arshie tumhari
srishti maasi hum sab tumhari family hai…anjaan logon par bharosa karogi? family
par nahin?
JHANAK : sorry…main aapke saath jaana nahin chahti.
ANIRUDDHA : kyun hum ache log nahin hai? arshie achhi nahin hai?
JHANAK : meri taqddeer hi achhi nahin hai sir jee…main aapke saath jaungi toh
wahan kitni ashaanti hogi, kisi ko galatfehmi hogi, rishton mein anban hogi…sab
kuchh kharaab ho sakta hai.
ANIRUDDHA : matlab kya hai tumhara?
JHANAK : aap bas ek baar arshie didi se baat kar lijiye…
ANIRUDDHA : main jaanta hoon use vo mana nahin karegi…aur yeh sab
baatein phone par nahin ho sakti, mil kar face to face dhang se samjhana padega and I
am sure arshie samjhegi….darro mat jhanak, just trust me…chalo.
[Tries to take Jhanak’s suitcase]

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 JHANAK : abhi bhi mauka hai aapke paas, yahan se aage gaye toh peechhe
nahin hatt paayenge…bahut bada risk le rahe hai aap sir jee, thande dimaag se soch
lijiye
ANIRUDDHA : sochna tumhe hai, apne future ke bare mein…aur wahan
pahunch kar agar tumhe lage tumne galat kiya toh waapis chali aana, main tumhe
nahin rokunga…lekin abhi yahan iss haal mein main tumhe nahin chhod sakta.
JHANAK : kyun nahin chhod sakte? kyun nahin?…aap mujhe jaante hi kitna
hai?
ANIRUDDHA: jab nahin jaanta tha tab baat aur thi…ab jaan gaya hoon toh
JHANAK : aisa kya ho gaya train mein jo aap waapis chale aaye…
ANIRUDDHA VO: vo letter….
then says
Anirudh : jhanak train mein jo chadha, aur jo abhi tumhare saamne khada hai,
dono alag insaan hai
JHANAK : main samjhi nahin!
ANIRUDH : waqt ke saath sab samajh jaogi…lekin abhi ek pal ki aur deri
nahin…lets go! I promise main sab sambhaal lunga
[Jhanak moves slowly build up…ani takes her bag…symbolic…first asks jhanak
to sit in the auto.. – then ani Sits in the auto – Auto moves forward]
[A moment can be created here, where it is opposite to the one in Ep 17 ending.
Here they both are going.. ]
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