City of Joy Page #3
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1992
- 132 min
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EXT. HOWRAH STATION (CALCUTTA) - DAY (EARLY MORNING)
A huge bridge dominates the skyline. The train trundles
to a stop, its WHISTLE clearing the way. People hang onits sides, sit on the roof... and now flood the platform,
flowing into the station, clearing a view for us of thePals, clinging to their baggage in the middle of thishuman anthill.
Hands reach out with sweets to sell, with tea, asking for
money.
MANOOJ:
Daddy, I'm scared.
(CONTINUED)
7.
CONTINUED:
HASARI:
Scared? No -- why? This is veryexciting. As soon as we get toour friend's house, everythingwill be fine.
But, despite Hasari's charade of confidence, they (andwe) are overwhelmed by the size of the station and thedesperate energy of the humanity around them. As theypress on, a small beggar woman huddled on the platformturns her eyes eerily on Manooj... as a deformed handstretches INTO the FRAME. Aloka senses someone: A
beggar, face half-hidden and eaten away by leprosy. This
terrifying image presses the boys tightly to theirmother and moves Hasari to encircle Armita with one hand
and attempt to wrap the other three inside the embrace ofhis other hand. It does not seem possible that he canprotect all of them against the predatory eyes watchingthem. He moves them quickly to a wall...
HASARI:
Wait right here. Don't move.
WITH HASARI:
He moves to a line of VENDORS, shows a piece of paper toone, as he digs out his precious screw of money to make apurchase of sweets from the Vendor.
HASARI:
Please, can you direct me to myfriend at this address? We are
to stay with him.
The Vendor gives the address a look, shows it to theVendor next to him. Both look at Hasari.
VENDOR #1
There's no such address as this in
Calcutta.
HASARI:
But that's not possible.
VENDOR #1
Of course it is possible! I have
lived here all my life. You are
new. Who would know if a placeexists or does not?
VENDOR #2
Bombay, perhaps. Delhi. Look
there.
(CONTINUED)
8.
CONTINUED:
Dear God, what now? Stunned, Hasari hands Vendor #1 a
rupee and, with the sweets, turns back to his family, hisface going through a magical transformation as heprepares to suggest to the family that all is well.
EXT. CHOWRINGHEE LANE - DAY (MIDDAY SUN)
A few clean and cared-for Ambassador cars sweep into thegateway of the Grand Hotel, past a gateman.
RACK FOCUS TO:
FEET - MAIDAN
Feet tramping the pulsating tarmac, sending up dust.
ANOTHER ANGLE:
The Pals, scared, dispirited, weary, consumed by thecrowd. They've been walking a long time. Shambu cries;
Aloka tries to ease his fear. They stop numbly at theedge of the park, put their bundles down against a longwall.
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