Saturday 8 December 2018

Script

SCENE 1

Ajeeth making his way to the office. A few close up shots of him adjusting the tie and waiting for the lift. 
Credits shown.

Ajeeth who plays the role as a supervisor gets very angry after reviewing his colleague’s (Amir) report.

Without thinking , Ajeeth throws the file on his face. His colleague tries to explain but Ajeeth stops him. 
Ajeeth asks his colleague to revise his report and asks him to leave his office angrily. 
Amir gets annoyed with Ajeeth’s unruly behaviour. He picks up the file and slams the door behind him. 
Unable to control his temper, Ajeeth kicks the table, punches the wall and pushes everything on the table to the floor.

Ajeeth : What is this?
Amir: Sir, it is a simple report as you wanted.
Ajeeth: Report?
Amir: Yeah.
Ajeeth: This is bullshit.
Amir: No? What is wrong with this?
Ajeeth: What is wrong?
Amir:Yeah.
Ajeeth: What is wrong?
Amir: Yeah.

Hearing Amir mumbling while walking back to his seat from Ajeeth’s office, Chi Hou, Amir’s colleague stops Amir to ask him what happened.

Chi Hou (Colleague B): Amir, what happened?

Amir (Colleague A): Chi Hou. What is wrong with my report? I always do it like this and he approves it ?! . 
So Hot tempered lately, throw words without even thinking . No wonder he has no friends in the company.



Chi Hou (Colleague B): True. He used to be very nice, but nowadays I don't know what is wrong with him.

Amir (Colleague A) : Whatever la. Lets go for lunch. So annoying.

Chi Hou (Colleague B): Chill bro.

Dissolve in(Close door & blackout):

SCENE 2
Ajeeth and his friends are hanging out at a cafe and his friend cracks a joke.
 Ajeeth is observed to be laughing continuously even after the rest have stopped. 
Everyone looks at ajeeth wondering if he is alright. One of his friend decides to step in to break the awkwardness and asks if he is okay. Ajeeth’s expression changes completely and he leaves the table angrily.  Puzzled, his friends asks Shan, Ajeeth’s best friend , if he is well to do but Shan neglets.
Siva (Friend A): Are you okay?

Ajeeth’s expression changes completely.

Ajeeth: What do you mean am i okay?

Jon (Friend B): okay, okay

Ajeeth: whatever la..

Leaves the table angrily.









SCENE 3
Ajeeth sitting in his room, hiding in the corner. He mumbles to himself and observed to 
be very distressed. His brother, Vijay, who notices Ajeeth is acting weirdly decides to have a talk 
with his mother about it. As Vijay was explaining to her about Ajeeth’s behaviour may be caused 
by some mental illness, his mother quickly shuts him off , saying its work stress and asks vijay to
 stop overthinking.

Brother: Ma, brother is not normal.

Mum: What happened?

Brother: He is insane. He needs help. He needs to go to the psychiatrist.

Mum: Enough Vijay.

Ajeeth overhears their conversation. So as he was searching what these symptoms might lead 
to, he find out the possibilities of him having Bipolar Disorder. Unable to handle the truth,
 Ajeeth struggles and starts hearing voices in his head.


As the voices get louder, Ajeeth leaves his home and reaches out to his best friend, shan, for help.


SCENE 4
Shan comes over to meet Ajeeth. As he tries to explain his behavior changes to her, she laughs and 
asks him to take it easy and to stop overthinking.
Ajeeth: Shan, please listen to me, just one minute. It is really important. You know? It is my
 behaviour nowadays. Sometimes, i am just doing some crazy things. You know? But honestly it is
 not me.

Shanthiny: Ajeeth?
Ajeeth: I said listen to me. Maybe i am sick. Why cant you understand?

Ajeeth: Are you laughing at me?

Ajeeth gets frustrated and walks off. She feels guilty and returns back to talk to him. So 
she rushes to his home to look for him and observed his pc screen is on .Out of curiosity, she
 goes through his search regarding bipolar disorder and finds out the truth. She gets scared and 
searches for him all over the house. Unable to locate him, she asks his mother and finds out that
he have not returned home . She quickly rushes out of the house while trying to reach him on phone. 
She rushes up to rooftop and catches a glimpse of Ajeeth standing at the edge of rooftop. Shan tries 
to stay calm and control the situation.
Ajeeth: What you want to say huh? You worried about me? You have anything else to say now?

Shanthiny: Ajeeth, i know i was wrong. I am not here to beg you or make an excuse.

Ajeeth: Really? So, why are you here Shan?

Shanthiny: I am here for you. Just give me a chance.

Ajeeth: It is too late now.

After a moment of silence Ajeeth turns over to Shan and smiled and says ‘Its too late’ and jumps off. 
Fade off.

CLOSING SCENE

The phrase “Act before it’s too late” fades in and  ends the story.

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