EXT. A MUD HUT .

EVE
From a blank screen with a background sound suggesting a heavy
downpour of rain a title appears "Jco Loo".
Fade in on an extreme close up of a woman's eye. A tear rolls
down her cheek and camera follows the tear drop.Suddenly a
slash of rain hits her face. Cut from extreme close up to a
mid-shot.Her hair and face are drenched with rain water mixing
with her tears. She doesn't move.Just fixed her looks in to
nothingness.
She is RAMA a 23-25 year old young sensuous woman in her royal
blue saree. Siting on the elevated place in the right side of
court yard of the hut.
Along with another whiff of air along with rain slashing on
Rama's face the hut door opens with a big sound. A skinny and
wicked looking old woman in her 70's walks out. Rushes towards
her left where sarees are hanging on a thread for drying.The
old woman is in her white saree and not wearing a blouse.
Old woman picks up the sarees and turns back to look at Rama
irritatingly murmuring within herself.Rama is still looking
lost. From Rama's left, from a foggy rain we could see a
village at a distance.
Old woman walks past Rama looking insistently for her
response. Stops at the door and turns back to look at Rama who
is stil looking away.
Old woman walks towards Rama and says...
OLD WOMAN
c'.0s .c .c ! =e oc- c0n0s cn` c:t'
L- c_c`oaoc ...
Rama doesn't respond. Old woman walks up to her and touches
Rama's shoulder and says...
OLD WOMAN
(c:oon)
- ce D:. c'.0s .c!
Rama looks at the pld woman and her hand on the shoulder with
a hint of disapproval. Old woman withdraws her hand.
OLD WOMAN
(; oon)
cLy- -ceoc:: DoeLy, J.y_c-
D-_Lyn-! Lc- coe eoc:oD c` Ly.
`` -soc::c.
Old woman turns back to go in to the door. Just turns her head
and says...
OLD WOMAN
`` c:c co- O::o- .c !
Rama without looking at the old woman says...
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RAMA
Lc: .
Old woman shakes her head with disapproval and steps in to the
door. Stops again and asks...
OLD WOMAN
`` s e- O::o- .c !
RAMA
(irritatingly)
Lc: .
A lightening falls and a thunder roars at a distance.
Old woman goes in to house murmuring.
OLD WOMAN
(murmuring)
``c_o ``c_o...
Rama continues to look at the rain. From the edge of the roof
water is dripping like tears. Windows shutter with wind.Rama
wipes tears from her eyes. Ties up the untied hair. Her face
is now clearly seen.She takes her saree pallu to wipe her face
revealing her healthy breasts in her white blouse.
Rama gets up and walks up to the steps and stops to look at
the rain drops falling from edge of the roof. Puts her both
hand and collects rain water and looks at it. Her reflection
is hardly visible in the water and slowly water drains out
from her hand.
Suddenly next to Rama is the old woman with a steaming tea in
a silver/aluminium glass. Rama is taken a back at once. Looks
at the old woman.
OLD WOMAN
(convincingly in a soft tone)
cn: .c cn:. cc_n ev:_ n`ooac's cnc
coes -c_c:oe:oc . ce cD_-cs`o
ton.e: : Lc_ Lc_ cv:_ cn`e: :oec!
ccc:cc: ccL, ccs D_c oacDoc
c:s`...=c:n` cn:.
Old woman hands over glass to Rama.Rama takes the glass and
hold it with two hands feeling the warmth of the glass. closes
her eyes and sips once.
Looking at Rama's closed eyes old woman continues to speak.
OLD WOMAN
(smiling wickedly with a coarse
tone)
ccoc:s .c c: : c0Do:_Lc-?
c:co on- Joacc coc:::oe
cc: .ye - .ye ``:. c_o: c co o:;a
ccL, .ye cc:-ccs ``o_c:. co
onocc, c``c e Lo:c' .c c: .ycc
s- JLoa c` oa. coe On:Ly ``o_
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:c_- --- ee ...
Rama's eyes are red with anger and lips tumbling.She drops the
tea glass on to floor.
RAMA
(angrily)
-oa_o!
Rama turns from there and goes back to where she was sitting
earlier. Old woman looks on to her and looks at the fallen
glass. Picks the glass up and says...
OLD WOMAN
(angry tone)
c` - c` :. -: c:: oa_oe
=c oo .: c: .c:s`Lc-oc . cD_-c-_
c:oc: =c oc Lc-oc !
Takes the glass and moves towards Rama and menacingly looks at
Rama..Rama is still looking away in to the roof in tearful
eyes.
OLD WOMAN
...cc: .ye n- ``cc_c` ce c-. cc:
t oc cn- ._oc . ooc Lc c0 ce oe
c:c; .y .c cs cLyc .c:oc . s`c:s
sc:, ce .ye JLo t ooa. e =oe`
.ye L .c c tOs te e `` ``cc:.
Rama suddenly turn towards Old woman with a petrified face.
Hands are shaking and eyes are puffed with an unbelievable
fear.
RAMA
(disappointingly)
c....c- cc_! coc-.
OLD WOMAN
(in a gradually raising tone)
L- .D_ oc, =oo coco Lo eoc
=e o.cc Je n .c ! cD_-v_s`o
cc c` c? =.y_c -c:n:ov:_
cs:s```c ct oa:c: ccoe . LD_-v_
LD_e cv_n`ccLy. s`cc-_
o:coac'` o::oe:-_c? =e c:c:::
oa_oe ccc` o. c.y_c: --c:s```c nO
co o Lco_c ! cc:-cc c:on ccL cc:
c_c:. .c Lc0oc . =.y_c: cce
tosc' cc:. coc .
Rama's face is shivering with anger. Turns towards Old woman
and almost moves towards her as if to beat her up. Old woman
steps back with fear. Rama looks at her closely and
hysterically holds old woman's neck and shouts at her.
RAMA
`` c:0 c:oc...`` co_.y c:oc! -
Jc:ectc:. =os`_ co eoe Lo` - -s
c0c:.
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Rama leaves the old woman and falls down on floor crying.Old
woman escapes from Rama and walks away in to the door. While
going old woman says..
OLD WOMAN
(angrily)
``c- ``c:. ee co o n:oa oc:s`, --
; o :o c-c . -: ``c nccLyoaoc
cc'Doc:s`...
Rama is on floor crying, her tears rolling on the floor.
Camera moves away from her to extreme long shot. She is lying
in an odd shape on the red floor in her blue saree as if a
dry flower is placed in the middle of a dessert.
Evening is turning in to night. The little light that is
around is vanishing. Screen goes blank.

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