EXT.

STREET - DAY

Raman(21), is standing on the footpath, waiting for an e-rickshaw. He has a cheap air
pods in his ears, listening to an upbeat English song. All this while his body parts are
slightly moving, to sync with the beats. After a few beats, he misses a beat, and gets
frustrated. He shakes his head in disappointment, and plays the music from the beginning.

Just after 2 more beats, he sees an e-rickshaw at a distance, and waves for it to stop.

INT. DANCE CLASS - DAY

Inside a dimly lit room, a small stage is set for 15 people to practice a group dance
performance, all are engaged in rehearsals. 3 of them are the main dancers, dancing in the
front.

The Teacher enters the room.

TEACHER
Chalo-chalo, first group take the position.

The 3 remains there, while 4 out of the 12 comes and joins them in the back. They start
their performance, on the same song which Raman was listening to. Teacher looks like he
is enjoying the performance, only sometimes he’d clench his cheeks in disappointment.

The performance ends.

TEACHER
Chalo theek hai, kal tak ho jaega. Next.

Another group of 4 joins the main 3. Raman is in this group. They all start to dance. After
10-12 beats, Raman loses the sync.

TEACHER
(disapponited)
Stop-stop. Aise jaoge nationals? Raman?

Raman gets frightened, and starts to stare at the floor.

TEACHER
Sar jhukane se kuchh nahi hoga. Kal aakhiri din hai.
Kal tak ho jaega?

Raman stays quiet.

TEACHER
Next.
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EXT. OUTSIDE THE DANCE CLASS - DUSK

Raman is waiting for someone. Krish(22) runs up to him.

KRISH
Koi na yaar, confidence rakha kar. tujhe khud lagne
lagta hai ki tujhse galti hogi. Saala galat
manifestation mein chala gaya hai tu.

RAMAN
(sad smile)
Nhi-nhi wo yaad nahi reh paa raha hai, to steps
overlap kar rahe hain dimaag mein.

KRISH
Bas kal overlap mat hone diyo yaar.

RAMAN
Kal hona afford bhi nahi kar paunga main.

KRISH
Ek baar kal selection ho gaya na, phir papa bhi
maan jaenge tere, chinta mat kar. Tujhe dekh kar
kabhi-kabhi lagta hai thik hi hua main sabse bada
beta nahi tha ghar ka, warna to apne chhotepan ke
bohot zulm sahe hain. Kabhi paani le aao, kabhi
dukan se kuchh, din bhar daudte hi rehta hoon.

RAMAN
Chal thik hai, main nikalta hoon. Late ho jaunga
warna.

KRISH
Samose khaane nahi chal raha?

RAMAN
Nhi-nhi jaa tu.

Raman waves his hand to stop an e-rickshaw. The rickshaw starts to move.

KRISH
Oye, practice kar liyo.

INT. RAMAN’S HOUSE - DUSK

Maa(42), is sitting on the couch in the living room, talking to Papa(44) on the phone.

MAA
Haan to jaa kar thode der aur so lijiye, warna phir
raat mein dikkat hogi.

PAPA
Ek baar yaad dila dena usko-

Raman enters the house.

MAA
Lo, aa hi gaya, aap khud dila do yaad. Le beta, papa
baat karenge.

RAMAN
Thodi der mein kar loonga Maa baat.

MAA
Sone jaa rahe hain wo, uske baad duty shuru ho
jaegi unki. Kar le baat.

Raman walks into his room, ignoring her.

MAA
(to Papa)
Thhak gaya hai wo, main kar lungi baat. Dila dungi
usse yaad, thik hai?

PAPA
Kal aakhiri din hai. Ab last din ke chakkar mein
phir server down hua na, to phir se ek saal waste
karega ye. Aur ye to chaahta hi hai-

MAA
Achha thik hai, main bolti hoon usko. Jao aap ab.
Bye.

PAPA
Hmm thik hai, bye.

Maa walks up to Raman’s room’s door.

MAA
Form nahi bhara tune?

RAMAN
 Bhar doonga main, bas kal tak pareshan mat karo
mujhe.

MAA
Kal hi akhiri din hai. Aur beta agar server down hua
to ek aur saal barbaad ho jaega. Aur iss baar papa se
main nahi bachaungi.

RAMAN
Kar lunga Maa, jao tum.

Maa waits for few seconds. But eventually leaves Raman alone.

Raman unlocks his phone and opens WhatsApp. We see Papa’s chat with an unread
message, which is a link for the registration form. He looks at it for sometime, but refuses
to open it. He opens Instagram, and starts scrolling through reels, which are mostly
related to dance.

The song of performance starts in the background, which initiates a montage of Raman
practicing his dance in his room, then on the streets next day. The song merges with the
next scene.

INT. DANCE CLASS - DAY

Raman is in backstage, preparing for the final selections. It’s Krish’s turn, and Raman
hand gestures him good luck, and once again focuses on his steps.

Krish returns happily. He looks at Raman and smiles.

TEACHER (OFF)
(shouts)
Next.

Raman touches the floor with respect and enters the stage. We hear the song playing.
Krish is standing, looking at the performance. As the song progresses, we can see Krish
happily nodding every now and then. But after a minute, he gasps, and holds his forehead
in disappointment. After another minute, the song stops and we see Raman quickly
walking past Krish without meeting his eyes.

EXT. OUTSIDE THE DANCE CLASS - DAY

Raman walks up to a rickshaw and gets inside. The rickshaw takes off. We see Krish
coming out of the building, trying to look for Raman.

INT. RAMAN'S HOUSE - DAY

Maa is sitting on the couch, scrolling through Facebook, while wear reading glasses.
Raman slams open the door and enters the house with loud noise. He quickly gets inside
his room.

MAA
Beta, form-

Raman slams the door of his room, behind his back.

Inside the room, he dives into the bed. We see his eyes full of tears.

After few hours, he wakes up. He looks at the fan for few seconds, then unlocks his
phone. He opens Papa’s chat and clicks on the link.

It says, registration for MBA'S degree. But as Raman taps on the Register button, it says
‘Server Down. Please try again in sometime.’ Raman is shocked. He sits up straight and
tries again and again, only to find the server down everytime.

Maa, comes to the door, and knocks it.

MAA
Beta!

Raman is nervous. He is out of thoughts.