🎬 Short Film Script
🎞 Scene 1 – Said & Silent”
Location: Rooftop • Streets • Home • Café
Camera Style:
Slow dolly shots
Lens flare transitions
Cross-fade of laughter with bokeh lights
📸 INTRO SEQUENCE (Voice-over with still shots of early morning life: empty streets, father
ironing clothes, rain-soaked shoes, old buildings, slow traffic)
D1 (Voice-over, male – deep tone):
"Jo bina aansuon ke aur bina awaaz ke rota hai… woh baap hota hai.
Jo bachon ki kismet ka ched apni baniyan mein pehenta hai… woh baap hota hai.
Naye jootey sabke liye aate hain ghar mein… uske liye baap ke jootey geele ho jaate hain.
Jo doosron ke sapne apni aankhon mein pehenta hai… woh baap hota hai.
Yeh sach hai ki maa humein 9 mahine kokh mein rakhti hai…
Par jo 9 mahine dimaag mein rota hai… woh baap hota hai.
Baap ek rakhwala hota hai, baap dilwala hota hai.
Baap apni aulaad se har kar bhi muskurane wala hota hai.
Baap karta hai… par kehta nahi.
Aur jab baap samajh mein aata hai… tab tak woh paas hota nahi."
🎵 Background: Light ambient instrumental — melancholic piano with low strings.
🎭 Camera switches to introduction of all 7 characters, one by one, in quick montages:
Arya on stage with mic (stand-up moment)
Kabir making others laugh but alone in the mirror
Aman writing by the window
Meera sketching intensely
Riya observing people from a café corner
Naina helping a friend but sitting alone after
Sahil smiling while vlogging, face drops as camera turns off
🎬 Cut to: Parent Pressure Montage
Camera:
Over-the-shoulder shots of parents
Close-ups on faces of students
Slight zooms and mirror reflections
Ambient ticking clock sound in background
👪 Parent-Child Interactions:
P1 (Father to 1st child):
"Aage kya karne ka iraada hai?"
Child 1 (Aman – Writer):
"Arts… Literature."
P2 (Parent):
"Science kyun nahi?"
Aman:
"Kyuki mujhe writer banna hai."
P2 (Sarcastic):
"Aree waah, kya likhoge?"
Aman (confidently):
"Sab kuch."
Father (Interrupts, sternly):
"Kuch nahi likhega yeh."
(Camera: Slow push-in on Aman’s sad, fearful face)
C2 – Parent (mocking tone):
"Interest hai kaha tumhara? Ped ke neeche baith kar kahani sunane mein?"
C3 – Parent (angry):
"Dekh raha hoon, aisa kya hai iss camera mein?
Jiske liye tu padhai nahi kar raha hai!"
C4 – Mother (softly, hesitant):
"Beta… kar lena na MBA. Papa keh rahe hain toh."
C5 – Parent (taunting):
"Tumko kya lagta hai, life itni easy hai?
Kamaoge kya kavita likh kar?"
C6 – Child (Sahil – broken but compliant):
"Papa, aap jo bologe main karne ke liye ready hoon…
Kal jakar admission le leta hoon."
C7 – Parent (final blow):
"Tumko jo acha lagta hai, zaroori nahi hamesha wahi karo life mein…
Yahan paisa hi sab kuch hai!"
Direct scence to the college
Mid-scene dialogue ( girls )
Person 1: Hum agar ladka hote tho sab shi hota na . ? koi kuch sawal nhi krta, person 2:
bachpan se na hum apne ghar ka beta bnne ki koshish krte the lekin bann he nhi pa rhe
hai, person 3: meko na life mai kuch krna hai, hn abhi kya krna hai yeh abhi molum nhi hai
but kuch tho krna h?
1 main (male) charater dialogue facing problems with their decision in life
Hum insaan hamesha kisi aur ki zindagi chura kar jeena chahte hain…
yeh fitrat hai humari.
Aur main toh hoon hi chor…
meri khud ki zindagi bhi meri nahi hai."
