VERY PARIVARIK

Micro cheating
INT. KITCHEN - MORNING - 7:45 AM
Shelly is making something healthy Anish is standing behind
her in the kitchen. Mid conversation they walk into their
bedroom.

ANISH
Insta ki post pe samjh nahi aa raha
tha.. tumne kar liya hai kaafi
loose. Ab kahan kar raha hai ye
jiggle?

SHELLY
Tumhe ni lagta you should find
better ways to compliment me.
ANISH
caption me "How’s the progress"
dene kya point hai. Tum directly
mujhse pucha karo.
SHELLY
Shaadi ek baad photo puch ke dalni
padegi ye shadi se pehle kyu nahi
bataya?
ANISH
kyunki tab kisi ne tumhari photo pe
naturally booty nahi comment kiya
tha. My male ego was not hurt
enough darling.
SHELLY
I know male ego fragile hoti hai,
relax usne "Natural beauty" likha
hai.
ANISH
likha tha jab auto correct ne thodi
sharam dikha di thi ki kisi ki biwi
hai. Aise na bol. edit karke booty
likh ke gaya hai.
Shelly starts checking her phone. we see she has posted a
picture of her in a yoga pose that is slightly revealing.
she is wearing hot yoga pants. which is adding to the pose.

SHELLY
What the fuck.. Yoga pose sab ne
miss kar diya kya?
While deleting the message.

(CONTINUED)
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ANISH
Tum fawad khan ki shirtless photo
me uski body dekhogi ya yoga pose?
SHELLY
Shirtless hu mai iss photo me?
ANISH
Lekin creeps se toh deal karna padd
raha haina?

SHELLY
On a scale of creepiness jo main
already face kar chuki hu. This is
cute.
ANISH
fir bhi mummy papa rishedaar. photo
toh kahin se ghoom ke kahin chali
jayegi. fir lagta rahega could have
been more responsible.
SHELLY
apni hi ghar me poora din bra pehen
ke ghum rahi hu aur kitna
responsible banu? bau ji ko kyu
nahi rokte?

ANISH
Bau ji kaise aa gaye beech me?
SHELLY
poora din ek retired aadmi sofe pe
baith ke apne naval se khelta
rahega toh reh nahi jayega dimag
me? pehle jaake bau ji ko burkha
pehnao. Hypocrite kahike.
ANISH
burkha orange nahi hota shelly. Aur
hypocrite kya hai isme. Tum bhi toh
yoga image mantain karne ke liye
kar rahi ho, nahi toh tumhe bhi
pata hai sari shirt over sized ho
gayi hain.

SHELLY
actually jisko tumne abhi image
mantain karna bola haina usko
networking kehte hain. Part of my
Job, my profession.

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ANISH
Tum job wale apps download karlo.
Profession ke filter bhi hotey
hain. Kab tak beuno aries aur
jakarta me confuse hoti rahogi?

SHELLY
Kiye hue hain. Wahan log date ke
liye puch rahe hain.
ANISH
Corporate walo ki koi game thodi
hoti hai. zyada se zyada apne saal
bhar ka package bata dega. Not a
gold digger bolke aage nikal jana.
SHELLY
toh ignore toh mai kisi ko kahin
bhi kar sakti hu. Tum seedha bolo
na tumhe problem hai with people
watching.
ANISH
people ni shelly men. Itna shallow
nahi hu mai jitna tum samjh rahi
ho.
SHELLY
I get it. It’s fair only. You are
against this idea. You think this
is wrong.
ANISH
Mujhe ni laga tha mai kabhi itni
jaldi koi baat samjha paunga tumhe.
I am lowkey proud of you.
SHELLY
Apna phone dikhana zara.

ANISH
Huh?
SHELLY
Phone dikhao na zara apna. mujhe
bas ye dekhna hai ki agar ye sab
dekhna galat hai. aur tum ye sab
obviously nahi dekhte.Lao ek do
financial advice aur parenting ki
reels mujhe bhi dikhao. Phone.
We see shelly pulling her hand out for phone. We stay at
Anish face.
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EXT. PARK - MORNING - 8:00 AM

Awadhraj and Harry are standing with Ketki after the Yoga
class, other old men are also doing their namaste to go
home. Everybody has a Yoga mat.

AWADHRAJ
tu toh cancel kar raha tha aaj ka.
HARRY
kal raat ko ghar aya. Same living
room ki left deewar hari. right
burgundy.
AWADHRAJ
Rang toh dono bade gande hain.
HARRY
Wahi toh cream bola tha karne ko.
Ye local paintron se kuch puchlo.
Time. Pata ni. rate. Pata ni.
AWADHRAJ
Hamare wahan barsaat hoti thi toh
mitti ki khushboo aati thi yahan
toh bas seelan aati hai. Anish app
se bande bula bula ke theek karwata
hai. AC, fridge, machine. Painter
bhi aata hi hoga.

HARRY
Bhej dena, raat ko gussey me ghatak
bhi 2 baar dekhli, peg ka hisaab
bigad gaya. Detox karne aana pada
phir, ketki ke pass.

We see Ketki comes from behind.

KETKI
Ji.

HARRY
ketki ji ki paas. kaisi hain aap?
AWADHRAJ
Apki kapaal bhaati me kuch toh baat
hai. Sheher wale aadha karke chod
dete hain. Apne jo (sucks his tummy
in) ye kiya haina. Dil khush ho
gaya.

(CONTINUED)
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KETKI
Apne aankhein nahi band kar rakhi
thi?

AWADHRAJ
Haanji? (gves a look to harry)
harry gives him a look, deal with it.

KETKI
Kapaal bhaati toh aankein band
karke karni thi. Aap mere ko dekh
ke karte rahe?
AWADHRAJ
Mai naya hun na mere toh ni pata
tha ji. Baaki sab ki aankhein bhi
band thi mai kissey puchta.
KETKI
makes sense. Chalo I hope aapko
free class achi lagi. Acha laga toh
kal milte hain. okay . Bye harry
ji.
Harry tries to give a side hug. Ketki does a namastey.
AWADHRAJ does a namastey but Ketki goes for the side hug.
AWADHRAJ gets taken aback but in a good way.
KETKI
Bye. Good to see you.. sorry apka
naam..?

AWADHRAJ
Rai bahadur
KETKI
Good to see you Rai.

AWADHRAJ
Good.. good.. Ketki. Ketki Ji
They are off side hug.

KETKI
Ketki theek hai. Jo naturally nikal
gaya wo rehne dijiye.
As she leaves, we see Harry is looking at AWADHRAJ,
blushing.

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Title plate - Micro cheating.
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INT. BEDROOM - 8:15 AM

We see Anish is trying to keep his phone to him. Shelly
snatches it.
ANISH
tumne isi din ke liye tumne pre-nup
nahi sign kiya tha kya? tumne
alimony maang li toh.. ?
SHELLY
usme bhi aadhi takleefein hi de
dogey apni.
ANISH
kuch nahi milega phoine me aisa kya
khol logi?

SHELLY
explore page.
ANISH
Arey yaar explore page kyu kholna
hai tumhe seedha. Ispe apna control
thodi hota hai. jo baat karo
dikhane lagta hai.
SHELLY
toh tum sirf aurton ki baatein kiye
ja rahe ho? (shows explore page)
ANISH
half the time toh Vipul ko tumhare
aur mummy ke arguments btata rehta
hu. Is it my fault ki tum dono
aurtein ho.
SHELLY
other half of the time?
ANISH
Usko bhi toh bolne ka mauka dena
hota hai shelly. Algo harr cheez
sexualise karta hai warna khali
plate me do pav side by side rakhne
ka kya matlab hai?

SHELLY
harr ladki ki story bhi algo ne
like ki hogi. Algo is more likely
to thinks with his dick.
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ANISH
Nahi wo toh mera reflex bana hua
hai.
SHELLY
itna ki Apni ex ki treadmil pe
bhagti video like ho gayi tumse?
ANISH
Arey uska hamesha se sapna tha ki
usko bhi kid section se ek do crop
top uthane the. Par motey hone wala
thyroid ho gaya tha. Struggles.
SHELLY
Treadmil pe bhaagna priviledge hota
hai. Itna capitalism ke baare me
mujhe bhi pata hai.
ANISH
baatein mat gumao yaar shelly.
SHELLY
VPN kyu hai tumhare phone me? tum
toh keh rahe the tum porn nahi
dekhte.
ANISH
batein ghumalo batein ghumalo.

SHELLY
Do you not find me attractive
anymore?

ANISH
pagal ho kya? mai porn addict bhi
toh ho sakta hu.
SHELLY
tum addict ho?

ANISH
tum addict ho! cigg. choot gayi
tumhari payment wala aap dikhana
zara apna.

SHELLY
Tumhe bhi bann hi gayi bau ji
jaise. controlling.
We see Sam walks out of the attached washroom.

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SAM
I think you guys are micro cheating
on each other.
both of them just look at Sam.

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INT. HARRY LIVING ROOM - 8:15 AM

Close 2 shot of Harry and Awadhraj.

HARRY
Jo hissa hamara abhi touch ho raha
hai wo khade karenge toh side hug
ho jayega.

we pull out, to see both of them sitting on the Harry’s

couch which is covered in plastic sheet and men are working
around. They are painting the house.
AWADHRAJ
theek hai samjh gaya. par ye poori
harkat anadar kamre me bhi toh ho
sakti thi.
We see 2 painters are looking at them, while doing their
roller.

HARRY
Taaki ye phir bhaag jayein?
Bhaisaab aaj deewar cream hogi toh
hogi.

AWADHRAJ
Ye wo UrbanCompany wale haina? Haan
toh tension free ho jao, ye kare
bina kahin nahi jayenge.

HARRY
jaise aap aaj kamar pe haath rakhe
bina tass se mass nahi hue.
AWADHRAJ
arey mere gudgudi ho gayi thi yaar
isiliye haath chala gaya.
HARRY
aise toh mai inki kamar pe haath
rakhdun. paint kharab ho jaye.
kiski galti hogi? mai toh bol dunga
quality me majja nahi aaya. Aur
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HARRY (cont’d)
mujhe paise nhi ni dene padenge kyu
bhaiya?
PAINTER
kahan kharab hua?
HARRY
kharab ho gaya toh bola. abhi toh
achaa kar rahe ho. maaro coat.

AWADHRAJ
acha hi karege. Local waley thodi
hain. Kaam kab hoga kitne me hoga
kaisa hoga sab bata diya na
inhone?

PAINTER
Karenge abhi ek aur coat. tension
na lo. Bau ji badi der se andar
jane ko utsuk hain. Ho aiye.

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INT. HARRY BEDROOM - 8:20 AM

We see Harry and AwadhRaj talking.

AWADHRAJ
haath kandhe pe chala jata baat
kuch aur thi. Kisi ki kamar pakad
ke achanak se Shakuntakla ki yaad
aayi.

HARRY
Ye toh badi ghatiya baat hai.
AWADHRAJ
Arey matlab shakuntala ki yaad aayi
ki usey bura lagega.
HARRY
Yaan toh unhe bata do.
AWADHRAJ
Arey aise kaise bata dun?
HARRY
Matlab apko majja aaya hai.

(CONTINUED)
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AWADHRAJ
Kya matlab majja aaya hai?
HERRY
sharaab pine ke liye bhabhi kabse
daant rahi hai apko?

AWADHRAJ
ho gaye 10 - 12 saal.
HARRY
chodne ka mann nahi karta?
AWADHRAJ
biwi ko?
HARRY
Arey sharab ko.
AWADHRAJ
matlab sharab ka apna ek majja hai.
HARRY
Isiliye abhi guilt ho raha hai
kyunki apko majja aya hai. majje ki
yahi khaas baat hai wo thode se
guilt ke saath ata hai.
AWADHRAJ
mazza aana toh galat baat hai
matlab..
HARRY
Kyu galat baat hai? Apko side hug
isiliye ajeeb lag rahi hai kyunki
apne kari pehli baar hai. Aap isko
daily routine ka part bana lo.
Jissey miley pakdi kamar, side hug
karke chalte bane.

AWADHRAJ
Warna.
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INT. BEDROOM - MORNING - 8:25 AM

Three of them are having a conversation.
ANISH
Gaadi ki chaabi do isko bhejo yahan
se. Kya GenZ kaum ne thaan liya hai
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ANISH (cont’d)
kya harr wo cheez bol denge jo
exist nahi karti.
SAM
Queer community ke liye bhi yahi
bolte the. 72 genders and still
counting.
SHELLY
Point pe aa.

SAM
Exe’s kyu chahiye apko apki life
me? ladai aur sex aap dono toh aap
ek doosre ke saath kar lete hogey.
Isn’t that what exe’s are all
about. Bitter sweet memories.
ANISH
Fir toh kuch bhi karna micro
cheating hai. Ye photo dalegi
unwanted attention milega. Micro
cheating.
SHELLY
Men need to stop looking at out
photos as thirst traps. you are a
bigger micro cheater.

SAM
Aapne open marriage ka socha hai
kabhi?

ANISH
Tune therapy ka socha hai kabhi?
SAM
Therapy me hi seekha hai. open
relationship is the answer.
messages delete nahi karne, ex ko
block nahi karna, passwords nahi
share karne. Plus if you have a
hookup all you have to say is jaldi
so gaya tha late utha.

SHELLY
makes sense.
ANISH
haina! Open marriage sunney me toh
crazy lag raha hai.

(CONTINUED)
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SHELLY
micro cheating makes sense.
ANISH
Arey kahan se makes sense? Aise toh
kuch bhi karna galat hai. social
media ka point kya hai fir? Apni
alter ego hi toh satisfy karne
jaate hain hum wahan.
SAM
Social media detox le lo. Couples
ka trust waise hi wapas aata hai.
We see Shelly and Anish are both looking at each other.
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EXT. PARK - EVENING - 5:00 PM

AWADHRAJ and SK are talking

AWADHRAJ
Abhi ketki ayegi. ketki ji ayegi.
Toh unko Side hug kar lena.
SK
Namaste ni karte wo.

AWADHRAJ
Nahi hindu nahi hai.
SK
ketki toh hindu naam hai. Suno
namstey karungi. Ajeeb lagega.
AWADHRAJ
Buddhon ko thodi sirf Ketki ko
karni hai. Aur Sheher me kuch ajeeb
nahi hota. Bachon ko toh maine ek
doosre ke peeche thappad marte
dekha hai.
SK
Chi.

AWADHRAJ
Chi ka kya hai isme. Tere ajeeb lag
raha hai kyunki tune kabhi kari
nahi hai.

(CONTINUED)
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SK
Ab kya ketki ke thappad maar dun
peeche?

Arey side hug ki baat kar raha hu.

Ek baar kar legi toh normal lagne
lagega. Fir jab jab ketki se miley
pakdi kamar side hug kari chalte
bane.

KETKI
Hi Rai!
AWADHRAJ
Hello ketki! Side hugs.

KETKI
I love you say side hugs while
doing side hugs.
AWADHRAJ
Ye meri wife hai Shakuntala.

KETKI
Oh wow. Hi shakuntala. (side hugs
SK) aap bhi new admission?
SK
haanji haanji.
KETKI
Great. Guys. This our new admission
Shakuntala.

HARRY
Mai toh ji pehle se janta hu.
Namaste shakuntala ji.
SK
Side hugs harry ji... kaise ho aap?
HARRY
good.. good..
We see AWADHRAJ looks at it he is fuming.

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INT. BEDROOM - LATE EVENING- 8:00 PM

Anish has just kept his office bag. Room is in avery bad
state. Shelly was trying to get fix her almirah .
ANISH
Kisne daanta? Ghar kyu chod ke ja
rahi ho?
SHELLY
bag rakho aur wo do saari fold
karke do.
ANISH
Nikala kyu tha ?
SHELLY
Aur kya karu? Social media detox is
shit. Kuch nahi tha karne ko poora
din toh i though ye kar leti hu.
But i fucking hate it.
ANISH
Arey toh phone karke puch leti
yaar. Tumhe pata hai mere team lead
ka lisp hai. Aaj reel nahi thi
meeting me dekhne ko pata laga.
SHELLY
but kaise hi pata lagta. Tumhare
naam waise hi "sh" se khatam hota
hai. lao do na kapde utha ke.
ANISH
Suno na, wapas aa jaye kya?
SHELLY
Mere ko faltu ki micro cheating ke
ilzaam ni sunney.

ANISH
Wo meri problem thi. Yaar tum
shelly, Athletic kapdo me lagne
lagti ho yaar zyada aethetic. Fir
insta pe toh filter bhi lagta hai.
Aur tumhare 90% male following hai
shelly. Aur males shelly. Males
ache ni hotey.
SHELLY
Dekhi tumhari profile.

(CONTINUED)
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ANISH
mai keh raha hu apni apni dekhte
hain chup chap. Thoda trust
maintain karke.

SHELLY
I mean intention saaf hona matter
karta hai.
ANISH
Abhi toh kamra saaf karna matter
karta hai shelly.
We see Shelly is already on the bed. Using her phone.
SHELLY
Aaj ki reels bhej rahi hu.

ANISH
Arey yaar wo kutta billi bacha mat
bhejna.
SHELLY
Wo bhej du jisme aage ladki nachte
nachte rukk jaati hai aur peeche
parde ka colour btana hota hai.
ANISH
Vipul ne bhej rakhi hongi wo.

Shelly gives him a look.

ANISH
Intenstion ache hai! Ye micro
cheating nahi hai shelly.

INT. HARRY LIVING ROOM - LATE EVENING - 8:10 PM

Rai bahadur and SK are sitting on the dinner table with

Harry (can be his family also) We can see new wall panels in
the living room.
SK
Harry ji ye jo.. nakli khidki.. kya
tha?
HARRY
Wall panel. Wo painting walo ne
andar 3 ghante me kardi toh maine
kaha yahan bhi kardo.

(CONTINUED)
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SK
Sundar hai. bombay ke ghar me
london wali feel daal di.
We see they laugh formally.

HARRY
Aao fir ek photo ho jaye. isi
bahane renovation show off ho
jayegi rishtedaaron ko.

AWADHRAJ
Mere ko ni khichani photo. mere ko
ana bhi nahi tha dinner pe gas ho
rakhi hai. Peg daal de tu mera.
HARRY
london wale ghar me aye ho. English
piyo aap par photo toh karani
padegi.
harry goes to kitchen. To get the bottle. They are alone SK
and AWADHRAJ

SK
Suno. Mai keh rahi thi kara lete
hain. Aapko aaj tak side hug ni
kari. Mann sa ho raha hai, ki apki
pakdu kamar side hug karu aur
chalti banu.
AWADHRAJ looks at Shakuntala.
AWADHRAJ
Tune bhi do ghutt toh ni maar liye.
(smiles) Kidhar khadey hona hai?
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We see three of them having a selfie, AWADHRAJ and Sk are
side hugging.