Where is the oscar?

Apr 28 2006  | Views 69 |  Comments  (0) Leave a Comment
My life could be made into a movie.
I think i should start scripting it right away..
so sit back and enjoy..you got ur popcorn bucket eh?

Three minutes

Fade in
A strip of clear blue sky and a strip of pink wall.
the name flashes in japanese..and engllsh.

fade to BRIGHT PURPLE.
VO: where did i put my shades?
Scene 1: Three kids sitting in a park playing near the mud bank, hands missing in clayey goo.
Kid one: There should be something inside ..deep inside..dig dig..
Kid two: Mom says its just a pile of shit..
sharon(kid): I watched mackenna's gold..that movie on tv...all you have to do is mix this mud with water
and it turns to gold.
Kids laugh.. pull hands out of the mud.
Mud sploch on the camera face.
fade to black.
Fade in
Delhi roads big and empty, clock on car dash board says 12.30 am..warm night air..
Turbanded driver, sad eyes white beard : Woh Indira Gandhi memorial hai..Indiraji ko wahan shoot
kiya tha..
Sharon(suitably old 23): Haan jante hai..
VO: The radio announced it the first thing in the morning..*static* hindi radio station cackling
"aaj indira ji ki hatya ki gayi ...shor mach gaya hai....sikh logon pe hamla.."
Back to past..Mom brings in tea, sharon 4 years old sits playing..
Mom: They burned a sikh tailor's shop..
Sharon watches the black and white tv with riots shots...trhying to eat biscuits with tea
perfecting the art of not letting the biscuit get too soggy..and using all possible motor co ordination
to get it to the mouth.
fade to black.
Taxi still on delhi road..sharon sits in the front, three other friends in the back.
Girl at the back(frizzy hair): I think Delhi has the most amazing roads, big and huge..like how all things
should be...(naughty grin)
Car moves on..music, girls giggling.
fade out.
Chennai terrace flat..overlookign the city, lazy afternoon..sharon ambles in with the phone.
sharon: Yes i know what you are trying to say..you love her now and its over between us.
*Click*
VO: over simple as that? why did he go away..i love him..
Roomate walks in,,
Roomate, slight girl : All you have to worry about now are the sunsets! they will hurt the most!
Roomate: here smoke this joint..its just what you need.
Sharon :Nope i think illl just be...
sits watching the sky lights a cigarette....smoke rings..and clouds...
Back to the past..
school ground, sharon and her friend in school uniforms playing a paper game..
friend: quick say a guy's name...write it here..its a nice papergame.
cut to
chennai road side, palm reader: "ladka milega, bohot pyar karega tumko"
cut to
sharon and her friend in school..climbing up a tree..
friend: I want to have a bf.
sharon: do you think i will ever find love?
fade to black.
Same Delhi road at night..in the taxi..All quiet.
Sharon smiles.
VO: What a waste of time.
fade to black.
the end.
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