Ladka, Ladki Aur Band Kamra
Come in!
Narsimha?
You're Agni?
Yes.
Come in. Please!
You're surprised.
Or are you confused?
No, No.
Don't be shy. Of course you are confused.
And I am the one who is surprised.
I was not expecting a woman.
Yes. I thought you might not be expecting a woman.
My name can be misleading.
But when I wrote to you I did not feel the need
to mention that I am a woman.
Of course. But I must also explain my friend.
I put up the 'ad' ten days ago.
But you only emailed me today. I wanted to say no but then I thought
you wrote so passionately, If I said no I just might lose you
Please sit! I will explain.
No, don't worry.
When I read the ad I understood
that you must have thought up something outrageous.
After all we are doing something so extreme.
No, you're mistaken.
I'm only in this on Sundays because Sundays
I have to spend time with Sinbad.
Sinbad?
Mr. Sinbad the glider. He's my new pet. He is in that cage.
Sometimes I let him come out.
One can understand his condition, but why are you stuck in a cage?
Good question. That's because this fellow can fly. He's new to me,
So if he flies away and hides, how will I get him back!
So I have devised this cage so that I sit inside
and then if he flies he'll be flying around me.
Then he will learn to trust me slowly and then, well...
he will be in control.
It's complicated. It's not how it should be but that's how it is.
Oh! And I thought you had come up with something artistic, something strange.
But I do understand. It's all right.
It's definitely not artistic. The cage is incidental. But it's real.
Speaking of cages, It's really unfortunate isn't it
that we have to speak to each other through cages.
Fortunately, There is a door to every cage.
You can open this and come in any time you want.
In fact I think at some point you should come in
so that we can have a free conversation.
You just have to be a little careful of this guy though.
Does he bite?
He gets scared.
If you get scared, he gets scared.
So only when you're comfortable, right?
I think I'm fine here for now. I should get used to him. I mean,
he should get used to me, you know!
You live by yourself?
No! With him!
No, I mean don't you have a wife or a girlfriend?
You want some water?
Sure, it's so hot in here.
There's an A.C., but it doesn't work!
That is to be expected!
Err.., Water?!
I'm really sorry my friend. Living in this cage
has really slowed down my brain.
So how long have you been in this?
Been a while.
And how long do you intend to stay in here?
There is some time left.
That's lovely!
Ah. Frieda Kahlo's portait.
But it's not a self-portrait.
She would not have given herself wings.
No, but I like it a lot. Did you do this?
No! I did not make it.
But that's the only thing I have put up in this room.
Everything else is as I found it.
I am just a seller of toothpaste my friend!
And please, just call me NG.
NG? As in, Not Good?!
Ah, no! NG as in Narsimha Gokhale.
Narsimha Gokhale!
So you sell toothpaste, Mr. Gokhale
and you managed to buy such a large house by selling toothpaste!
I make Adverts. I mean I used to.
Toothpaste, toothbrush, mouthwash.
There is so much fucking insane money in the business of oral hygiene!
Used to? So what do you do now?
I don't do anything now. I quit. Realized that working for money is really stupid.
So I spent all the money I had and I bought this house.
Of course, a house is really important.
But then one needs someone to share it with, right?
Why do you bring up this thing every time?
Is it that you have a heart-break story you're desperate to tell?
No, no I was just talking. There is no story that I want to tell.
Good then. I bought this house for our protest, our program.
I thought if we did this in a rented house and later
when the owner gets know what happened here.
He would be ass-fucked.
So I bought this house. We are free now. We can do whatever we want.
And a day and a half after I got this house, I don't know from where,
but he flew down and Sinbad landed right here on my shoulder.
I like this painting very much.
There is such a fine mix of figure and metaphor in this.
Ya, I am fond of this myself but I'm not sure it's a great painting.
She insisted on the wings though.
Who?
Figure! Metaphor! Did you not say you were a caretaker somewhere?
I'm not so illiterate NG. I'm a trained nurse.
I can believe that though. Then how did you end up as a caretaker?
By mistake. And its a temporary job.
Temporary by mistake! There must be some big story behind this.
Yes! I will tell you that story.
One day, I went to one hospital to give an interview for a nurses' job.
There I saw this man whom I asked about the interview room number.
So he said it was right next door. I had ample time so I started chatting with him.
Then he told me to sit there for two minutes. He needed to visit the bathroom.
So I sat. And I am still sitting there.
It's been seven months and the man hasn't got back.
And the crazy thing is, this is that hospital's morgue.
And the contractor of that hospital has still not asked me who I am
and to top it all, he even gives me a regular salary!
Wow!
But why did you keep sitting? Why did you not go for your interview?
I knew that I was never going to get the nurses' job
The heat was really bothering me and the A.C. here was very alluring.
and then I figured out that the old caretaker was even given a room there.
I usurped his room as well.
So now I have a job, an air conditioner and a room for myself!
Superb! outstanding!
But it must be tough working at a morgue. So many dead bodies.
That's the beauty of it all! It's a completely empty morgue. No dead bodies.
What are you saying! A barren morgue? How is that possible?
Behind the morgue is a municipal graveyard.
So their plan was that all the unclaimed bodies of the city will be taken care of here.
But then suddenly, a conflict came up.
How is one to know if the body is of a Hindu or a Muslim or Christian?
So does one bury them or burn them?
So the conflict kept escalating and it has not yet been resolved.
And which smart man picked up this conflict?
You will not believe this N.G. It is the very contractor of this hospital.
Why would he do that?
To grab the land, obviously! If the conflict never gets resolved, then the land is his.
And there is no way there can be a decision on this.So the land will forever he his!
Wow! your contractor is a very smart man.
Yeah! He has two apartments in Mumbai. There is no stopping his development!
Could I smoke please?
Of course. Even I want to smoke. It's been quite a while.
Lighter?
But you have some commitment!
It can't be easy sitting in a cage for so long. You must be here for hours?
Hours! Ha!
By the way, when you said that you worked at the morgue,
I thought you would have been disturbed seeing dead bodies on a daily basis
and that's what must have got you to this protest.
No, but not entirely untrue either. Because one day, I was thinking,
if this conflict does get resolved, and the bodies start coming in,
How would it be? Fear started creeping in.
One time, I had a terrible nightmare .
That the matter has been settled,
..and that the bodies started coming in, by the truckloads.
Rotting, guey bodies.
There was so much stench...
It was a scary dream.
A couple of days after that, I read your advert, thought a bit, did some chores,
And then I was decided that this is what I want to do.
The pits. Even the dead aren't free to burn or bury. Then who is free?
There is no freedom. That is our exact issue.
I am glad that we have come to this point because in that deep web advert,
that I posted, I could not obviously explain why exactly
we were doing this. So before we move forward, I think,
the two of us should be on the same page.
Of course!
So, I want to know from you why you are here.
As you had written,
Our thoughts, feelings and expressions are being consumed,
so we must protest.
Go on, carry on. I just want to understand
Where you are coming from, to want to take part
In this extreme protest.
Clearly, there is no freedom. And freedom is a very important issue.
The British left a log time ago but are we truly free?
No, and probably never were.
Take one simple thing for example.
I am a believing Hindu and I like to eat meat.
I clearly believe that one should be free to eat whatever one wants to.
Isn't it wrong that someone will tell us what and why we should or should not eat?
I completely agree with you. I am a vegetarian, an atheist vegetarian,
But I... what?
What's so funny?
You... you are vegetarian?
So what? Is it surprising that I am a vegetarian and I still support your freedom to eat your meat?
No, No. That's not it. Your support is obvious.
I think it's hilarious that you are a vegetarian and we are staging this kind of a protest,
You are going to eat this kind of food!
Ya, that is... extreme!
Definitely.
I want to say something. If you won't misunderstand.
No, no. Please.
You know what the most beautiful word in your advert was?
What?
'Stage'
Really? Why?
You had written...
I want someone who will 'stage' this protest with me.
And I had always dreamt of becoming an actor.
I could never become an actor but
that I would get to stage something so meaningful was very gratifying.
Yes. I think stage is a very important word there.
Because protest is not part of natural life, right?
It has to be forced out of real life and put up on stage.
There is effort and conviction that goes into it.
Unlike murderers... murder is spontaneous and part of real life.
They don't make any effort. They kill easily.
Which is why protestors are always peaceful... and murderers don't ever protest
They just kill protestors.
True. Protest is art. And art has a very soft heart!
Of course.
People will be shaken awake with our protest!
Exactly what we want to do!
But tell me, how did you think of this thing...
That we stage a protest like this...
That our thoughts, feelings and expressions are being consumed,
So we do something... the kind no one has ever seen before!
Ha, that was really really simple.
It was obvious.
We show literally what is happening.
We show how they are controlling us and what they are consuming.
The difficult part was, should we go ahead and do it?
Should I put up that advert?
That was difficult.
Yes, I can understand.
Seeing you caged in there makes me feel so good about my freedom, I cannot even express.
Even though I know you are in there for that guy in there and you can step out anytime,
I am just clarifying...
Today, in this room, I can clearly see the difference between being free and being caged.
That is why our protest for freedom, that is why this meal.
A civil meal. As you had said.
Obviously it's civil. No body is forcing anybody to do anything.
You have come here on your own free will to stage your protest.
To get myself eaten!
You have guts and character eh!
Yeah. When I was a kid, people would tell me that they could see fire in me.
I can see that.
But you are clear right?
About what?
About our protest. About what exactly we are going to do here.
Let's make it clear.
To protest against them consuming our thoughts, I am going to eat your brain.
To protest against them consuming our feelings, I am going to eat your heart.
And to protest against them consuming our expression, I will eat your tongue.
This is our protest.
The brain, the heart, the tongue. Our trinity.
Yes. I was already decided when I got here.
We will shake up the world with our protest!
You know when I had put up that advert on the internet,
not for a second did I imagine that anybody would ever respond to it but,
here you are!
Hey, so what now?
What's the rest of the story?
I don't know! This is all that was in the script right!
This is all there was. So we are done now?
I don't know.
I have been sitting here for three days man. They handed me the script,
said, go inside, as soon as the second actor comes,you start. You've come today.
Three days?! You're also an actor?
Obviously man. What do you think?
Three days! Why didn't you just walk out?
I don't know. But now I need some free air. I am stepping out for a smoke.
If you want to smoke, you can join me here.
I don't smoke that much.
You too must've responded to the same advert right?
Ya. It's in my pocket.
Wanted two brave actors for an experimental film.
A chance to star in an unusual film with unprecedented roles,
difficult conditions, challenging performances, exciting improvisations.
Only radical and confident actors need apply.
A good meal promised. Call.
And then the phone number. So I called them. (OS) 'Friends, I want to warn you all..'
And, when did you call them? (OS) 'that the nation..'
I called them in the morning. And they immediately called me to their office. (OS) 'is being betrayed..'
I called them three days ago. And they called me also immediately to their office. (OS) 'What is this nonsense early morning..'
And then?
And then that girl outside handed me a four page script,
and said, read it, no need to memorise, as soon as the actor comes, start your improvisations.
Been sitting there like a cunt for three days.
Chick? But when I came in, there was a midget. He handed me the script.
The chick's gone?
There's nobody outside.
Fuck! What's going on?!
You didn't get out of this cage at all?
I did.
I used to go to that bathroom there, then I used to smoke there, look.
Then I used to walk about there, and then I thought, if I have to wait,
then how bad is the cage. It has such a comfortable bedding there.
So I kept sitting there.
You're crazy.
I am. But not entirely.
I thought, this is some exerimental film.
Maybe this is some strange, extreme audition, test.
So I kept sitting, hoping I might get lucky.
You didn't get lucky, but you sure did get fucked.
Three days you've been sitting here.
You think this is funny?
Stop laughing. Stop laughing!
I'm telling you, someone is going to come in and say, the third actor will be here soon
You two wait here and as soon as he comes in, start your improvisations.
And in case he doesn't show up for three days,
I have a comfortable bedding here. You have a flimsy bed sheet to sit.
What will you do?
No way. I am getting out. I'll wait here for two minutes and then I am out.
There's no sound outside.
Fully silent.
At least the door is open.
We'll wait for two minutes and then get the hell out of here.
There is no need to do so much for an experimental film.
Fuck it!
I am going out to see what's happening.
Good evening, my friends!
What the fuck!
I am your director, Mr. Hood.
Good evening.. sir.
The good news is that you both seem capable of improvising. So...
the filming continues.
NG, there are headphones in a box in your cage.
Please get them out, hand one to Agni and quickly take your positions please.
While I explain to you, your roles.
NG is the bound one. He is bound in the cage, obviously.
Agni is free. She is outside the cage.
She can sit, stand, walk, talk,
go into the cage, come out of it if she wants.
Those are the roles.
Ng, please put on your headphones. I need to speak to you privately. Quickly!
Ok NG, listen to me carefully.
Your task is to convince the free Agni to accept your bondage
And let you be free.
That is the task that you have to fulfil.
But here is the thing. You cannot force her or deceive her.
You will have to convince her. If she does this on her own will then the doors of the room..
But what will that do? How will that take on the protest?
Er.. the thing that will happen.. is that.. then..
The task will be fulfilled
And you're both free, the film get over and you won't need to eat her, NG.
Oh, Okay.
On a personal note, it is your responsibility to make sure that this ends well.
That the purpose is served, that the civil meal happens.
So use whatever tools, devices you can to get to the end, as it should happen.
I'll try my best.
Agni, please put on your headphones. I need to speak to you.. privately.
Yes, tell me.
Agni, NG is bound and you are free. I have explained that already.
But here is the thing. NG might try to convince you to accept his bondage
And to let him be free. If you want to do that out of your own free will, you are free.
However, be warned.
Why? Whats the motive?
The consequences. of your choices.. could be very dangerous.
I am sure they will be very dangerous.
That's it.
So, my friends, the game is set, the stage is set.
The bound one, the free one.
You have to keep improvising on the same subject.
The civil meal. Your protest against consumption of thought, feeling... expression.
You both have been given your rules
Rules or roles?
Roles are rules, Agni, come on!
And on that subject, here's another one.
You cannot ever, leave the cage empty.
That's the rule.
Ah, one more thing. You both have full internet access on NG's iPad in that cage.
Lets do this. It sounds like fun!
The window is open. You might hear, you will hear
strange sounds streaming in through it. You will ignore all of them.
You will not react to any sound that does not belong to you.
Ya, I think.. we should..
And, the most important thing. Ever, never break out of your character.
Lets do this. I'll tell you what
lets take two minutes, compose our thoughts, figure out what we want to say..
what we want to improvise and then, lets get down to it.
(OS) 'I thank you all my friends. Lets once again in unison, say, 'Long live..'
(OS) (weak voice) 'Revolution'.
Shall we start?
(OS) 'Let me sleep you motherfucker!'
So, tell me Agni. What gives you strength?
What gave you the conviction that you are willing to sacrifice your life for this protest?
My strength comes from my God. From my devotion.
But you are an atheist. So maybe not God
But you must be devoted to something which is why you are a part of this protest.
I don't know man. I don't even like the word devotion.
I think even devotion ties us up with some temporary truth or the other.
How can truth be temporary? (Hood, OS) Good Question!
Of course it can.
Truth lies in the understanding. So as much the understanding, so much the truth.
If the understanding changes, so will truth.
(Hood, OS) What does it mean?
I don't agree.
Gravity, humanity... these things will always remain true.
I don't know about gravity and God. Neither of us are experts on those subjects.
So lets stick to humanity. We are all free to talk about humanity.
I feel that humanity should change.
Human beings change. How can humanity change?
Why can't it change? Everything changes.
The climate changes,
Time changes,
Luck changes.
(Hood, OS) What else changes?
Take evolution for example.
(Hood, OS) Aah!
We were not humans. Life changes. From monkeys we became human beings...
But, why should we bind ourselves to the idea of the shitty human beings
that we have come to be?
I don't know about evolution.
What you say might be true but what difference does that make?
Humanity will remain, right?
And I don't think everything is messed up.
Somethings need to be changed. And that's what we are trying to do.
I don't know man. If we are not even willing to accept evolution, then how will we evolve?
I think we must change into something else.
Maybe into something even better than so called humanity.
But if we let go of humanity, what will we end up as? (Hood, OS) Into what?
I don't know what we will become. But we must become something else.
(Hood, OS) What? Become what?
We must change into something.
How will we change Narsimha?
I don't know Agni how we will change. But we...
Maybe the fucking pollution in the air will make us change into something else
Maybe our bodies will adapt to global warming and become something else.
Or maybe
a better idea of what we can be
will make us change into something else.
We must be open to change. That's what I am saying.
(Hood) (OS) How, how, how?
And maybe, one day
When we remember history and understood our circumstance, (Hood, OS) NG, how?
Maybe we will be so ashamed of calling ourselves human beings, humanity
that we will be willing to be called anything else other than human.
(Hood, OS) How?
Anything! Even 'howman' if not human. Why not?
And then humanity will become howmanity
I am open to howmanity.
As long as no howman is forcing me to do anything, I am fully open.
Correct!
So, shall we start?
Start what?
The meal!
So how are you going to do this?
First you will kill and then you will cut me?
Is that it? No more steam left? Actors?
If you end it here, there is only the meal left.
What else can we do now?
How much more nonsense can we do?
Fine by me.
In the bathroom, there is the syringe, the needle, the sedative, the knives,
the scissors and the works.
Get them out. Start the meal.
How? We are not really going to do this killing and eating, right?
So if we act, we need fake blood and prosthetics.
No prosthetics, no fake blood. Nothing fake in here!
Then how do we do it?
You are the howman.
Figure out how.
Lets start now.
You get into your character.
Of the bound man.
Bound man, and also Narsimha.
You seem a little lost now. Just perk up.
I know. I know.
You got any suggestions for me?
No you are doing good.
Just keep following the cues. And...
It's not necessary that you have to keep sitting outside.
You could come in for a while. We'll get some variety.
Let's see how this goes.
Ok? Lets start.
(OS) 'It's an axe. Got it for safety. The situation in the city is very volatile..
..you never know when the riots might start.'
(OS) 'You idiot, reduce the volume, will you.'
Humanity is a concept. An idea.
To save humanity, we cannot kill human, right?
Yes. And to save human, if we have to become howman, we will become howman.
As we are doing. By eating a human.
For freedom. Against the oppressor
Who tells us what to do but will never sit and have a meal with us.
This is so stupid.
It's such a simple thing.
Why don't the governments understand this.
How can anyone ban a book, a movie, a poster, a food, a song?
If the one's in power understand this, it will be a problem for the, right?
Why would they want to understand?
If they understand and agree, then all humans will be free.
And if they are free, how will they control and consume a free human being?
Yes. Control is consumption.
Correct. Take our situation for example.
We are both being controlled.
In a way, I am supposedly bound in this cage.
In a way, you are supposedly free out there.
But there is no difference between the two.
Both of us are bound in this room. No?
True. The situation is the same. But there is one difference.
I can sit, stand, walk around. But you are stuck in there.
Yes, but I have a comfortable bed here.
You just have that flimsy sheet. How long will you sit there?
You'll get tired.
Hey, I am a strong woman. I don't get tired easily.
You will get tired! Will you sit there for three days?
Why three days? Our meal is going to get over tonight itself, right?
So, the story ends right here.
You can come in here, we can exchange situations, right?
Listen, I am fine here. If I get in, I'll feel claustrophobic.
I have a medical condition.
Fine! I was just illustrating that everybody is bound. That's all.
Aah! My back hurts.
I think I am going to lie down for a little bit.
My back really hurts.
(OS) 'For the security of the nation, our ancestors have created many weapons.'
(OS) 'One of them is the fire arrow. Once fired, it swoops swiftly in the air...'
This bedding is really comfortable. Neither too soft nor too stiff.
Let's see what' s going on with the world. Let's do some facebooking.
Dharmender. A strange man. What does he say?
'Tonight demands an angry face.' I don't know what makes him angry.
Hmm! This is comedy!
Shubhankar...
Shubhankar has posted some article.
What does he say?
Very interesting.
He says,
Oh, he says, we shouldn't expect the police to be something they are not.
As historians, we ought to know that origins matter.
And that the police were created by the ruling class to control working class and poor people
not help them. They have continued to play their role ever since!
Ha. That is the job of the police. To protect the big people.
Superb.
Shubhankar has even posted one video. Let's see what that is about.
It's a Youtube video.
Ultimate police fails! This should be fun!
Can you see?
Ya... yeah.
Come inside! You will see it more comfortably.
Tsk. Don't let him scare you. Come in. Watch in comfort.
This is a comedy video.
Let me pause this for you. Come, come.
Agni, I think you should put on your headphones right now.
You should be careful woman. I don't think you know what you are doing.
What's the exact problem?
Maybe NG will try to sell you his cage. Please don't buy into it.
What's the worst that could happen if I do?
Well, if you do, maybe the doors of the room will forever be closed
and both of you will be locked inside and be forced to starve and eat one another.
Or, maybe NG knows the way out.
Once you accept his cage, he will leave you locked and get out free.
You should be careful.
But this is just a film!
Oh, is that what you think it is? Just a film!
Anyway. Okay. I got the idea.
Smart woman. Take care of yourself. Please.
(OS) 'Press its wing under your leg. Pull its neck and hold it with the left hand...
(OS) and with the knife in your right hand..'
What was Hood saying?
Nothing. He was just giving me some directions.
Let's get back into character?
Lets watch this video. It'll be fun. Let's see them in action.
Indian police! It says, in India, police beat each other!
The gate was open!
This is not just the police. This is the entire system. Completely messed up.
You know, they tied us and they are tied to us. That's why even they can't go anywhere.
How are we all going to get free then?
With love, with conversations, with understanding each other.
With trust.
Yes.
I think we should all trust each other and try and exchange our situations with each other.
Yes! Everyone should become someone else for a day.
A hindu should become a muslim and a muslim should become a hindu.
Everyone should try out atheism for a day as well.
And then everyone will understand, that it's the same story in house.
Everyone wants their food, Everyone seeks love, everyone wants to be free
And everyone has troubles.
Correct. Take our..
..situation for example.
Like we were trying to establish the metaphor of bound and free
by saying that I am bound here and you are free there and..
We know we are not, but still
if we were.
Suppose we are bound. I am bound.
Would you not exchange the comfort of this bedding for some time
and let me be free outside for sometime and let me walk.
Why do we need to do that? We understand each other well
And as you said, we are all bound.
Yes, but you don't know how it feels to be in this exact cage friend!
But I understand the subject right?, the subject is freedom.
If I wish, I can leave this set anytime and...
I mean, if this were a film.. which it is not..
then I would.. not leave this protest set..
I would.. go.. against.. my own wishes.
(OS) 'Oh God, my soul trembles every time hear this bell ring.'
You know what, I am going to lie down for a bit. If you don't mind.
Thats fine.
Could you just maybe move a little bit?
Yeah, yeah, sure.
One little birdie, many little birdies
Came down to peck at their feed, those birdies
This is like a really small cage. If you don't mind... could you step out for a little bit?
And maybe you could just leave the iPad behind!
Thank you!
One little birdie... many little birdies..
Swooped down to find their grain
Sister!, we too want to hear the story!
Sure!, so I will sing for you.!
One little birdie... many little birdies..
Swooped down on land to find their grain
But then there came a trapper and laid down his net.
Trapper, what's a trapper?
Trapper. One who catches little birdies.
Oh sister, what happened then? Did he catch them? Did he kill them all?
Na, na, na! Ta, ta, ta! ta, ta, ta!
If you unite courage in your hearts,
If you are small, but come together for all,
The toughest of tasks can be overcome!
The toughest of tasks can be overcome!
One, two, three!
You know what,
I don't think we should get distracted. We should get back to our protest.
Smart little birdies, wise little birdies
In unison, they flapped their wings
Flew away with their little net! Phurr!!
So, as I was saying, or rather, wanted to say..
I think the oppressor has created many systems to make sure that we remain oppressed.
One of the strongest, I think, is religion.
I don't have a problem with religion. I follow mine with my eyes open.
My biggest problem is, why is it that there are beggars sitting outside every temple?
Or maybe they have been deliberately placed there
So that we don't question why eating, singing and loving is prohibited
So that when we see them, we say, thank you God for not making me a beggar!
and then accept that if the system is such that ensures that we are not sitting there and begging,
then it's fine man. We won't eat, won't sing, won't love!
I just can't get over this painting. Where did you buy it from?
I didn't buy it.
Then?
My girlfriend made it.
Nice! Where is she?
Someone ate her up.
I am sorry. She went out on work one day and never came back.
The police found her body three days later and then later they sent me a detailed report
of everything that happened with her.
But who did this?
I don't know. But we live in a city, so it couldn't be the work of some animal.
Has to be some human who killed her.
Yes, that's clear
But there must be some details in that report, right?
I don't know. I never opened it.
Couldn't.
That was good guys! You improvise well.
You impress me.
NG, I have a little task for you. Are you up for some drama?
Okay.
Okay. I want you to pretend that you are actually reading your dead girlfriends' police report.
What good will that do?
Because we are approaching the end. Your civil meal.
Isn't it time we got some intense, extreme emotions from you NG?
Okay.
Good. Umm, there is that little cardboard box in your cage
from which you pulled out those headphones
There will be some folder there. Pick it up and pretend that is your girlfriends' police report.
And NG, gimme see some real drama here man!
Okay.
Okay Agni, you give him the cue.
Ready?
Ya.
But after this protest, I w ill not be alive and your life will also change for ever.
So wouldn't you want to, once, take a look at that file?
Maybe you'll know something important.
Ya. maybe it's time I confronted my fears.
NG, something very terrible must have happened.
I am sorry, I shouldn't have suggested this to you.
I can understand your pain
but we must get over this personal loss. We must keep up the protest.
I'll come inside.
(OS) It's not yet time to throw boiling oil on the enemy.
(OS) Boiling oil is the last resort when you have no other weapon.
Hey, some Mr. Hood has posted a video on your Facebook. Let's play?!
This is my video!
Had gone to see a movie with my boyfriend.
We did not stand up for the national anthem.
Could have been my protest, right?
People abused us and threw us out of the theatre.
But why has this Mr. Hood posted this on your Facebook?
(OS) Today is the day we must kill at least one member of the enemy.
I like that!
NG was so sweet, no?!
Let's move on to the civil meal.
This was my video that you posted.
Oh! In that case...
How did you get this?
Aren't you glad that you are not here by accident, that you were chosen?
For the film?
Film, protest, what's the difference?
Unless you don't agree with the idea.
But this is wrong. You can't post my private life on..
You have something in you.
And NG? This file?
That is, yes, NG's girlfriends' original death report.
How else would I get that lovely expression?
What do you want, Mr. Hood?
I just want the civil meal, no!
Unless you don't agree with it.
But this is just a film! It's not like he's going to eat me up!
On that subject, it's high time we had... and yeah! NG is back!
NG, unless the tasks are fulfilled, the meal must happen.
You understand, right?!
Go on. I am listening.
Conditions are the same. Bound, free, meal.
But how do we end this? Certainly not with the meal!
This is not going to happen in reality!
I am giving you both points. Once you reach hundred, you are both free!
How many points do we have by now?
I can't tell you that. You'll know when you reach hundred, no?
Unless there are no points.
Unless the only way is that you have to...
I can drop all this and leave right?
How will you go without completing the task? The doors of the room will be shut.
You will be locked in forever.
You'll be hungry, starving to death and you'll have to each other.
That'll be such an uncivil meal, I'll have to make it civil in the edit.
Such hard work!
I know the story. I am talking about the film!
Try. Open the door. You'll know.
But...
Stick to your agenda!
The meal will happen. Either civil or uncivil.
I hope it will be a civil meal.
This guy is really fucked up man. This Mr. Hood.
How can he make a film like this?
This is not a film.
What do you mean?
I mean, it could be a film. Or it could be a lie.
(OS) In the early hours of the morning, we will wage our attack on the enemy.
(OS) You idiot, watch Game Of Thrones. What the fuck are you watching?
That's enough.
I am going to go to see what's happening.
He can't threaten us like this. He can't force us.
NG, headphones.
Please.
Ng, Agni wants to get out desperately.
But I tell you this. If she tries to get out before I say the word 'cut',
Then both of you are doomed.
But, what I can do for you
Is that I will prevent your body to be eaten by that little creature out there
that looks harmless, but is actually an omnivore.
If I say cut and she wants to get out, cut her up. Kill her.
Then you will not need to eat her, NG.
Agni, drop it. Come, let's start.
Sure?
I should not have asked you to look into that file.
That's fine I can handle it.
But are you in this protest because you're upset about what happened with your girlfriend?
No. I'm upset, she is on my mind but this protest has nothing to do with her.
This protest is political.
I'm sorry. Just one last thing.
That report said that somebody close to her murdered her.
Who?
So tell me why did you not stand up for the national anthem? You look like Miss patriot.
Yes, that I am. That's probably why I did not.
I was very upset and NG.
That very morning I had read one newspaper article that really upset me and my boyfriend.
What article?
An incident from a small village in the south of India.
The headline of the article read, 'No one ate today.'
I didn't understand. So I read the article.
In that village, a supposedly low caste woman was appointed as the school cook by the government.
There were a hundred and eighteen kids in that school.
One hundred children withdrew from the school.
Because they said they would not eat food prepared by a low caste woman
and then she was told that the remaining eighteen would stay back in school
only upon the condition that this woman will never cook again.
And since then, she has not cooked.
It's been five months since then and every evening she writes down in the government register,
'No one ate today.'
I got so upset that I could not bear to look at my own food.
What kind of people are these?
And it wasn't that she couldn't cook well. It was about her caste!
What's going on?
I completely agree with you. In opportunity we want equality
but in discrimination, we want caste.
So this is the reason we did not stand up for the national anthem.
But No!
When a man is weeping, how can you force him to sing a song?
However good that song might be.
I thought I'll sit in the air-conditioning, there will be some trash playing on the screen,
I'll cry a bit and I'll be fine.
But no!
Am I a Bollywood heroine that I will cry and sing at the same time!
They don't understand you.
Then we came out of the theatre and I took a rickshaw, and he took a bus.
And then he never came back. He didn't even go to his house.
Everything's over now NG.
We wanted kids. We had even planned it out. And then this happened.
I know why he went away.
He had asked me if I was sure that I wanted to get our kids into this world.
I had managed to convince him and then this incident happened.
And he understood that this world was not fit for our children.
Then two days later I read your advert on the deep net.
I never used to go there often but these days things have changed.
It has become a habit.
And then I decided that I have to do this.
I want to show the world how I am being consumed.
I was decided that I was going to go through with this protest.
I thought, suppress the sadness, ignite the fire.
Will go through with this, but I'm not so sure anymore.
No, NG, you can not get weak now.
It's very important that you stay steadfast.
(OS) Our guru used to tell us never to look into the eyes of the enemy.
Looking at the enemy will soften your resolve.
It's such a simple thing. Why doesn't the oppressor see this?
If he see's, he will understand right?
He's watching. The oppressor is definitely watching.
In fact, he is having a lot of fun watching.
He's enjoying his meal, he's making his money,
He is going on a world tour. But he's definitely watching.
Because he would never want to lose out on an opportunity to either make money
or gain more power
That way the oppressor is a very hard working watcher.
Oh! he's watching! And he's having a ball!
What happened?
I used to think that I'm watching these guys on television.
The industrialists, the politicians, the baba's and their bells.
But now I understand that they're watching me from inside the television
from inside the computer.
Yes, he is watching.
Ah, Srishti Shrivastava has posted something.
Who?
Not who. What is the post.
It's a quote by some Slavoj Zizek.
Every murder can be justified. All you need is a song.
You mean, (translating) Every murder can be justified. All you need is a song?
Yes. Perfect translation.
It's true, isn't it?
Every time a 'hero' commits a murder in a movie,
it is the background song that justifies his crime.
And every nation that kills its enemies on the borders
or rebels, within the country; all those murders are justified
when we all stand together and sing one song in unison.
Yes that's how it happens.
I think we should also have a song of our own.
Now where do we get a song from?
I will write it!
You?!
Yes!
And who's going to sing it?
Me!! I sing very well NG.
Yeah, I heard you sing a while back.
You know, I don't think it's a good idea. It might just put an end to our protest.
Why?
I might not feel like eating a bad singer.
Just kidding! No, I think it's a fantastic idea.
I think you should write. Get started then!
Then give me pen and paper!
Presenting the pen!
Tearing this is not going to stop her from coming back.
She's not coming back anyway.
Write on this, your song of revolution.
Fine.
I haven't seen Sinbad for a long while.
He has made no sounds as well.
I suddenly realised that this corner of the cage is open.
He hasn't come out as well.
Has he escaped?
Does he understand our language?
Does he understand us?
I don't think so. How will he understand us?
He doesn't even watch movies, right!
Are you done?
Almost.
Stuck on one word.
Which one?
That's what I don't know. Give me any word.
Any word?
Ya. Any word. I will use that.
Which one?
Hey, give any!
I can't do this 'any word' business. You tell me what you want.
If any word is fine, then pick a word yourself.
Any word?
Ya, ya, use any word. You pick.
Okay.
But remember, stay within the character. Otherwise…
…Otherwise, I may have to write, 'No one ate today.'
Listen, NG..
Ya?
Who is this Hood fellow?
Hood? Hood who?
The one who posted my video on your Facebook?
He's on my Facebook. How would I know who he is!
And what does Hood mean?
Hood… I don't think it has a meaning.
It's such a stupid name. It can't have any meaning.
I see.
Done?
Almost. Count to seventeen and I'll be ready.
There's no need to count to seventeen. You take your time.
Come on, lets hear it!.
Softly! Otherwise, Sinbad will get scared.
Yes, of course.
Yes, we will sing the powerful song softly.
But I will come inside the cage.
I will sit and sing. I will be chained and sing.
This song is dedicated to that oppressor who is watching us
and enjoying watching us.
And NG, you will have to sing along.
No I can't sing. If I sing, Sinbad will be mortified.
The song is so simple even Sinbad will sing with us.
This is too much of a build up. Come on let's get started. It's getting late.
In fact, I think it's early. Let him wait.
We will sing when we feel like.
I'm not in any hurry. No problem.
But we must complete the protest soon.
Don't worry, the civil meal will certainly happen.
That's what the song is about. Let the watcher watch. We will show him.
Or, we could exchange our situations.
You could be bound for some time and I could be free for some time.
How will that help?
I have no fuckin idea.
NG, don't lose your resolve.
We will definitely do the singing,
whether we do the eating or not.
Will you stop being a poet, please!
Yes, NG, I understand how this difficult this is going to be for you.
After this protest, I will not be there anymore.
And you would have to continue with our protest.
Yes it's going to be very tough.
Yes. I am an actor so I can pretend I'm acting and go through.
Why don't you also pretend to act and we can complete this!
Remember, you had said, 'stage' a protest?!
So assume this is a stage and do it. Actors can do anything, right?!
Yes they can.
And, by the way, I have a confession.
What is it?
I am NG but I don't have an advertising background.
I am an actor.
Are you serious!?
Yes!
I really believed in the protest.
And for the sake of the protest, I staged this character.
Then we can act it all out!
We definitely can.
And we have to act out our protest.
I too have a confession to make to.
Tell me.
The girl in that video was not me.
I had seen that video earlier on YouTube and I was very upset.
So, for the sake of 'emotion', I said that the girl was me.
Shall we?
Let's do this. We have to get this right.
Listen to your song you thing of power,
I will Hood you.
Hood?
He saw me hungry, he saw me parched
But I did not cry.
I said. Hood. Hood Hood. Hood. Hood Hood.
This is just the beginning. The build up will be slow. Ok?
He saw me naked, he saw me dry.
I did not sleep.
Instead I said, Hood. Hood Hood. Hood. Hood Hood.
He saw, he saw me kill, he saw me dead.
But I did not waver.
I said, Hood.
Hood Hood.
Hood.
Hood Hood.
He saw me dead, he saw me rot.
But I did not slander.
I said, Hood. Hood Hood. Hood. Hood Hood.
Now the buildup is getting over the song is about to begin.
He saw my holy river, He saw my murderous fever,
But I…
did not sing.
I said, Hood Hood.
So, in protest, Mr Hood,
Hood! Hood!
Freedom! Freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
The students want freedom, the universities want freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
What do we want?
Freedom.
What is our right?
Freedom!
If you don't give us
Freedom!
We will fight for our
Freedom!
We will snatch back our
More than life, we love
Freedom!
Oh, lovely, lovely
Freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
Hey say it aloud, dance and shout, freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
Freedom! Freedom!
I am not going to sing our song. Not for Hood, certainly.
Yes, we will never.
Agni, that was brilliant man. That was absolutely brilliant.
That was the best revolutionary song I've heard that has never been sung!
I think we should now get to the meal.
Of course but before that there's one thing I want to say
Tell me.
I would like to taste myself.
What! that is stupid. How is that possible? That's impossible.
Otherwise how will the protests to be complete?
But that is impossible Agni!
The protest is to consume the brain, the heart and the tongue.
If I eat your brain first you will be dead. How will you eat yourself?
If I eat your heart, you will still be dead. How will you eat yourself?
If I cut your tongue off, how will you swallow anything?
This is a stupid idea Agni!
Fine, fine, I understand. I do get a bit idealistic sometimes. Okay?
But I have one issue.
How will we do this in one take?
There will Be Blood and muck. We might just fuck it up, right?
So to get it right, I think we should rehearse this once.
Yes, that sounds fine.
That's a good idea right.
Thats a good idea, no?
So I saw there were knife, scissors, syringe etc. in the bathroom,
I'll get them. Lets start the rehearsal.
But why do we need them right now we're only rehearsing right.
That's also correct. Why do we need them?
So let's do one thing you lie down. I will give you the injection.
Let me put on my glasses otherwise we will get the injection wrong.
This is a syringe.
Don't move, don't move!
In this syringe, there is a barbiturate. It intoxicates.
One,
The injection!
Close your eyes. Now you will have no sensation.
two, three.
Have you lost sensation?
Shh! What is this man!
Lie down again. You are still sensitive.
Please, lie down.
Don't laugh!
Here comes the injection!
Now you have no sensation.
Don't move, don't move at all.
The injection!
Close your eyes, close your eyes!
One!
You don't have any sensation, right?
Yes!
We need to have some blood rush to your head.
That's when it'll work faster.
This is useless. I might as well dance!
Hood, Hood Hood. Hood, Hood Hood.
Hood, Hood Hood.
Hood, Hood Hood.
Hood.
Hood, Hood Hood.
Hood, Hood Hood.
Hood Hood.
Here come the scissors.
Slowly, slowly, slowly,
Scissors, scissors, scissors,
I am going to cut your tongue.
Here come the scissors, the scissors!
Cutting, cutting, cutting,
The scissors!
The scissors are fake, why do have the real tongue out? Put it back!
Hood, Hood.
Hood, Hood.
Hood, Hood.
Cutting, cutting!
Hood, hood, Hood!
So we're done with the rehearsal. Let's start with the real protest now.
I'll get the real scissors from the bathroom.
Leave it friend. I don't think I can do this.
Why?
And besides, I'm thinking, if he's watching us,
He will be enjoying it. why should we let him have the fun?
He's watching us from his TV and computer.
If there is no light, how will he see anything?
Let's do one thing. Let's break all the lights in the room.
He won't be able to see anything and we can continue with our protest.
But he will still be able to hear us right?
Let him hear, he will only hear one thing.
What?
Hood, Hood Hood.
Hood, Hood Hood.
Comedy! So cute!
But I want to see how you end this tragedy, in a funny way.
This bloody oppressor wears a Guy Fawkes' mask and oppresses.
Must be a complete idiot.
I have an idea. He likes to watch right, so let him keep watching.
Let' s leave this cage and go away.
The poor thing will be left staring at an empty cage.
Sounds good. We'll go somewhere else and do this protest.
Let's go.
Where he can't see us.
Right.
But what about Sinbad?
What about him? Nothing.
I have a feeling, he was never really there
I think he was always just an illusion.
I'll step out and have a peek.
In case this oppressor has placed his policemen outside.
Yes.
And then we will get away.
We'll run.
Agni, why are you being such a pain?
I am telling you, I have plans. Trust me.
Then why don't you tell us what is your plan?
I can't tell you those plans Agni
because those plans will not work if I tell you.
If you don't tell us, we won't work.
NG, take control. You have to carry on with this protest.
Well, we don't even protest if it's forced upon us.
We never will.
NG, just stop her. Stop her NG
If she opens the door, you know what you have to do.
I will say 'cut' and you know what you have to cut.
NG, you know who you have to cut.
It's dark outside.
She has no idea what lies in the darkness NG. I am telling you.
Absolutely dark. I can't see anything.
Look at me. Don't ignore me NG.
This is not a joke my friend.
There will be consequences.
NG...
You will have to be responsible.
NG, stop her!
Agni!
Stop her NG, NG!
There's a strange sound in the darkness.
I am not an external sound, NG. Look at me!
As if an empty plastic bag is fluttering in the wind.
NG, it is your responsibility to save her!
NG, stop her!
Agni!
I had warned you NG. You have made your choice.
Every choice has a consequence NG. (OS) Alas! They killed me!
CUT!
Then who is free?
No one is free! That is our issue!
Has somebody said 'cut' or not?
We needed a five second stay man!
Hey, sorry, sorry.
Never mind! Come in, come on in. It's over bro. It's over.
All right mate. 'CUT.'
Come on.
Done?
That's a cut.
I haven't eaten anything man
All right, lets have our meal. Come on.
Get rid of this thing man!
We said 'cut' man!
Come on, Shekhar, Vidushi. Job's done. The film is done.
Was the GoPro on or not?
Fuck! Does anybody remember if the GoPro was on or not?
Where is the plastic?
Where is the plastic?
She didn't get any plastic. Good, actually.
We didn't even have the prop!
It's not American Beauty!
Shall we stop the recording.
Lets see this on the big screen.
I'll transfer it.
My hand has gone twisted.
Put it in hot water.
Shekhar, will you switch on the TV please!
Oh, the computer is there!
It's hidden behind that thing, right.
I can get in from here.
Guys, why is no one eating the carrot pudding?
Cut!
(Freedom slogans by students of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.)
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