City of Joy Page #4
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1992
- 132 min
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Across the way, a thin policeman shares a cigarette witha group of traders. There is a deeply fearful look inHasari's eyes, a look he is having difficulty controlling
now. He needs to revive the family's confidence. He
takes out his precious bundle of rupees and gives one toManooj. Manooj, though, is fixed on the cinema acrossthe street. Hasari indicates a stall just across themain road.
HASARI:
Manooj, go and get some fruit.
Come straight back.
Delighted with his task, Manooj sets off, his eyes on themarquee of the theater with its huge cardboard cutout ofKumar Kapur, starring in Hot Gun. Hasari calls out to
him to watch where he's going; the mere crossing of thestreet is a potential parental nightmare. A hand ruffles
Manooj's head and a TALL MAN with dark eyes and a sweetsmile comes at the boy's anxious parents.
GANGOOLY (TALL MAN)
Yes, hello, brother. Bihar, am I
correct?
HASARI:
Yes, how did you know?
(CONTINUED)
9.
CONTINUED:
Hasari is torn between speaking to the man and watchinghis son's incredible journey across the street.
GANGOOLY:
Let me say only that the terriblemalevolence that has visited yourpart of the country affects us all.
HASARI:
Three years without rain. Nothingcame out of the earth but debts.
GANGOOLY:
Terrible. And now, the family onthe street. It is not acceptable.
(smile widens)
And if I can't help, my name is notMr. Gangooly... Which, blessedly,
it is.
And now a smile as full as the sky above.
EXT. SMALL BUILDING IN BACK STREET - DAY
A brick slides out of the wall.
We're BEHIND the brick and see Gangooly's soft face as hereaches in and pulls out a key.
The street is small and empty. Though the houses arenothing much, to the Pals, they look like palaces.
Manooj and Shambu run about in delight. Gangooly motionsfor quiet. With a flourish, he opens the door.
Gangooly enters, glances around, waves the Pals in.
They're amazed. There's a cage occupied by two parrots.
In one corner, a small altar dedicated to the goddessLakshmi is decorated with some flowers and, behind a
torn, plastic curtain in a corner, part kitchen, partwash place, containing a tap with running water.
GANGOOLY:
Be free -- look around.
On the faces of the family is one thought: Is it
possible? Amrita goes right to the parrots.
GANGOOLY:
They'll need feeding. Give them
seed. But don't spoil them.
(CONTINUED)
10.
CONTINUED:
He bows briefly before the altar as he moves to thewashing area.
GANGOOLY:
And now, one of the miracles of
life in the city. One and two...
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