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Missing Ingredients
By
Vrush Ketan Ganjoo
Wooley Mammoth, 2012-13
Vrush Ketan Ganjoo
Vivek Maurya
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
Soft blend of Indian classicle and pop music in BG.
A middle class kitchen with a blend of modern element and
traditional Indian kitchen ambiance.
Hands of a women are cutting vegetables into fine pieces.
Camera panes towards the gas stove. Dal is being cooked in a
kadhai. Camera tilts with the rhythm of steam of dal and
moves back to gas burner where, on 2nd burner an kadhai is
placed and oil is poured into that.
Camera moves to window that is right up next to the gas
burner. Glimpses of the quite path outside can be seen from
window.
EXT. HOUSE - DAY
Soft blend of Indian and pop music in BG, but other BG
sounds and noises can be heard.
A normal north Indian middle class colony independent house.
looks not very old but not very lavish at the same time.
Kitchen window is shown from the front. Women is visible
cooking inside the kitchen from the window. cooker whistle
can be heard twice in some times gap.
The path outside is not dirty but not exactly clean, it will
be as usual as can be found in any regular colony.
A man on scooter passes through the path, from right to
left. A girl and a woman is coming from the right of the
path.
(If possible, adding also any
street dog and/or cattle would
be advantage)
a boy with his school backpack on his shoulders and wearing
a school uniform and some books holding in hand, is heading
towards the house from left side of the path.
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
Sulakshana, aged around 35 years or so, wearing a sari, is
standing besides her daughter Sulbha, aged around 13-14
years or so, lean and wearing a salwar kurta and pajama.
cooking the food for today’s lunch. Sulakshana helps her to
hold pressure cooker and kept it aside the platform.
Sulbha picks a kadhai and places it on gas stove and pours
oil into it then waits to let it be hot. Sulbha is waiting.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 2.
SULBHA
Maa Dekho zara!....Ho gaya na?
SULAKSHANA
(While looking at the Kadhai)
Haan beta..Haan ho gaya
Now Sulbha sprinkles jeera, then puts heeng and then spices
from masale dani, and then tomatoes and chills.
Sulakshana inspects the vegetable pieces and cut some pieces
into even fine shape, Sulbha watches her mothers this
activity with a keen sight then Sulbha looks at her mother
and with mothers positive head nodding she drops vegetable
pieces into kadhai and then start cooking with a cooking
spoon. Sulbha covers the Kadhai with a dish and let curry
cook.
AFTER SOMETIME
(Camera will focus on chapati
making process)
Sulbha is making chapatis, she rolls them and meanwhile she
roasts them. As she finishes roasting chappies she start
putting the ghee on chappies.
Sulbha is watching the boiling dal in cooker. As she checks
curry is cooked she puts the kadhai down and prepares to
give tadka to daal.
(Camera will focus on food)
She cuts tomato, onion and green chillies and takes a small
pan and put ghee in that then she puts jeera, heeng, rai and
then tomato, onions and green chili and let it cook and then
pours this tadka into daal and puts some green dhania into
it.
INT. DRAWING ROOM - DAY
Drawing room resembles a middle class status, a couch, 2
sofa chairs a central table with a Hindi news paper in
bottom shelf of it. a vase with a plastic rose on the
central table. A bed (Takhat) at the far end corner of the
room. Room looks good at the first glance but not too adobe.
Subodh, a 40 or so years old man, wearing a shirt and pant,
is putting some documents down on central table and sitting
on sofa, while the young boy that had been seen on the path
lately, wearing a t shirt and a short/Capri, is sitting on
another sofa chair and reading a book. Son looks at father,
smiles and goes back to the book.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 3.
Subodh turns his face to the kitchen entrance.
SUBODH
(Little High pitch voice )
Sulakshana..Khana ban gaya kya?
SULAKSHANA
(V.O.)
Bas, khana lag hi raha hai
SUBODH
Theek hai...Mai haath muh dhoke
aata hoon, wapas office bhi jaana
hai
Subodh stands up and turns towards the bathroom.
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
Sulakshana is preparing thalis on platform. She puts 2
katori each in all thalis and slices of mango pickle.
Sulbha takes kadhai of sabji and Sulakshana takes bowl of
dal to dining table.
INT. DINING ROOM - DAY
Dining room is middle class dining room with a dining table
and set of chairs, normal range not too expensive. A
refrigerator is stood at the corner of the room. Normal
middle class ambiance.
Sulakshana puts down bowl of dal and Sulbha puts down kadhai
of curry on dining table.
Then both of them go back to kitchen.
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
Sulakshana takes basket of chapatis and Sulbha takes goblets
and a jug full of water.
INT. DINING ROOM - DAY
Sulakshana and Sulbha put down everything and set all the
food on dining table.
Sulakshana is preparing for dine wile talks to her daughter.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 4.
SULAKSHANA
Sulbha..beta papa aur Arun ko bol
do khana laga dia hai
SULBHA
Haan maa..
Sulbha goes to call her father and brother.
Meanwhile Sulakshana takes a spoon and quickly tastes the
sabzi and puts some salt and mix a little lemon drops. While
doing so she also looks towards the door as if she wants to
finish this tasting business before anyone comes.
She smiles after that.
AFTER SOMETIME
INT. DINING ROOM - DAY
Sulakshana and Sulbha are looking at Subodh and Arun’s faces
as if trying to find out something from their expressions.
While eating Sulakshana and Sulbha look at each other.
The family is dining together and the lunch is about to end.
(As the volume of food is
empty in their thalis as well
as kadhai and bowl establishes
that)
Once the lunch is completed Subodh and Arun are about to
stand up, watching this their is a curious expression on
Sulbha’s face, Sulakshana look at her and then asks.
SULAKSHANA
(Facing to Subodh)
Aaj khana kaisa laga aap ko? Theek
tha?
SUBODH
(Little wondering)
Khana to bahut badhia tha...jaisa
hamesha hota hai..kyon?
SULAKSHANA
(Smiles and little anxiety on
face)
Aaj khana aapki beti ne banaya hai!
SUBODH
(With happy face)
Are wahi to mai soch raha tha...aaj
khane ka swad alag sa tha!
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 5.
Subodh touches Sulbha’s cheek with love and smiles.
SUBODH
(With smiling)
Bahut badhia khana bana tha...beta
Sulbha smiles and nodes her head.
INT. DRAWING ROOM - DAY
Sulakshana and Sulbha are sitting in drawing room on couch,
Sulbha is sitting right to Sulakshana.Both facing to each
other.
SULBHA
(With a desoppoiting
expression)
Maa...papa kah rahe the ki khana
alag bana tha?...achha nai bana tha
kya?
SULAKSHANA
Nahi..nahi to, khana to bahut aacha
bana tha!...ab to tu bahut aacha
khna bana leti hai!
Sulakshana embraces Sulbha with expression of love and
affection.
SULAKSHANA
....achha chalo ab ja ke padhai
karo
SULBHA
Haan ma...
Sulbha stands up and goes out of the frame. Camera focuses
on Sulakshana’s face and zoom in and blur.
FLASH BACK
INT. OLD KITCHEN - DAY
Traditional Indian kitchen, old and dusky look. Very few
modern objects. The kitchen is looking like a 70’s old
domestic kitchen, Where food is cooked not on the platform
by standing up but sitting on the ground. As cook has to sit
and cook hens the entire kitchen setting is as per suitable.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 6.
Sulakshana, aged 12-13 or so. wearing a Salvar and kurta and
duppata, ponytail hairdo with a ribbon. Cooking food for
family while her mother is in charge. Sulakshana’s mother is
wearing a normal sari and traditional hairdo.
Sulakshana is cooing a vegetable curry in the kadhai. and
after curry is cooked, that is soon, as we have entered in
the kitchen while curry was in progress to be cooked.
Sulakshana’s mother takes a spoon and checks the curry and
says to Sulakshana
MOTHER
Hmmm...Aachi sabji banai hai
sulu...
SULAKSHANA
(Exited)
Sach maa!...aapko aachi lagi?
MOTHER
(Smiling)
Haan..
Sulochana’s mother looks at Sulochana’s face and smiles and
she goes out of screen.
Once mother is gone Sulochana takes another spoon and checks
curry and then she gives a face expression as if she is
trying to remember something while bite is still in her
mouth.
Sulochana’s face expressions are gloomy as if she found out
something is missing and she nodes her head in despair.
INT. OLD KITCHEN - NIGHT
Sulakshana’s mom is teaching to cook alu ghobi sabji,
Sulakshana is cooking, mother is also giving her
instructions, though instructions can’t be heard as they
merge with BG music, only can be seen as mother is teaching
Sulakshana.
Sulakshana’s mother goes out of the kitchen and sulakshana
is watching her going.
After dish is cooked, Sulakshana take the kadhai off from
the stove and takes a serving spoon and takes little amount
of sabji, puts it on her palm and taste it.
Sulakshana’s face has dissatisfaction expressions and she
crosses her hands on her chest and bow her head.
7.
INT. OLD KITCHEN - DAY
Sulakshana’s mother is cooking some vegetables in kadhai and
sulakshana is sitting left next to her and watching closely
that how her mother is cooking that.
As her mother puts spices and pieces of vegetable into
kadhai, Sulakshana tries to remember everything that how her
mother is cooking that dish.
INT. OLD BEDROOM - EVENING
An old style middle class bed room with a old style wooden
double bed and white/Grey bedsheets on it and 2 old style
round pillows on it.
In front of the bed an old style wooden almera is stood and
a wooden reading table with 2-3 books on it and a table lamp
on it is located right next to the almera. Near the almera 2
old style wooden chairs are also placed.
An light bulb is lit up, not much bright but not too dark
light. Window is left side next to the bed and little
evening sun light is coming through filtered by light
colored curtains. a sealing fan is running in slow speed.
Sulakshana is sitting on the bed, by rest of the pillow and
her face is in the direction of the fan, she is looking
continuously to the fan as if she is in deep thought. Little
sunlit is coming on her face creating light and shade.
Sulakshana sighs and stands up and goes out if the room.
INT. OLD KITCHEN - NIGHT
Sulakshana is cooking the dish and sometime she stops and
thinks as if she is trying to recall something, she puts her
index finger on her cheek and sometimes on her forehead as
if she is trying hard to remember the cooking process.
AFTER SOMETIME
Sulakshana prepares the dish and now she takes a spoon full
of bite to taste. She taste the dish ans she thought while
chewing the bite.
She nodes her head and looks disappointing.
8.
EXT. OLD HOUSE - DAY
Camera is in front of the house, from where house main door
is visible.
House is located in a old Mohalla, house is old and old
style exterior. 2 persons going on the road from left to
right direction of the house, a lady wearing saari coming
behind them, 2-3 kids are going on the road.
People outside, waring mid 70’s style cloths.
one old man is going on his bicycle from the direction of
the kids.
A vegetable vendor with his thela from the door, someone
calls him from the house and he looks at the direction of
the house main door.
Main door opens and Sulakshana’s mother appears and talks to
the vendor while checks vegetables to buy. Sulakshana is
coming from the left direction of the road, wearing a blue
salwar kurta and white duppata and a old style schoolbag on
her shoulders and a water bottle hanging from her right
shoulder.
Mother sees her and smiles, Sulakshana also smiles to see
her mother.
Camera focuses on the Thela and Sulakshana and Sulakshana’s
mother. Sulakshana is watching closely how mother is
choosing the vegetables to buy.
EXT. OLD TARES - DAY
Sulakshana’s mother is hand grinding spices with okhli and
moosal. She is grinding red chillies and turmeric roots.
Sulakshana is watching her carefully and mother meanwhile
grinding spices looks at Sulakshana and smiles.
Sulakshana sometime reads her textbook and sometimes looks
her mother that how she is grinding the spices.
Some red chillies are drying on the cloth and on some papers
turmeric roots are lying.
9.
INT. OLD KITCHEN - DAY
Sulakshana and her mother has prepared the food and now
cleaning the kitchen.
Sulakshana takes a service spoon and tastes the curry, As
she tastes the curry, she nodes her head with despair and
bump her foot on the ground.
Her mother looks at her and asks?
MOTHER
Kyo? kya hua?
SULAKSHANA
Sabji fir waisi hi bani hai!
MOTHER
matlab? acchi to banai hai tune?
SULAKSHANA
Per wo swad nahi aaya maa jo
tumahari sabji me aata hai!...
Sulakshana walks away of the frame and her mother tries to
say something but by now Sulakshana is gone.
INT. OLD KITCHEN - DAY
Sulakshana is grown up almost 15 years and cooking in
kitchen with her mother. Her mother is looking little bit
old.
her mother is moving cooking spoon in cooker and sulakshana
is making chapatis.
INT. OLD KITCHEN - NIGHT
Kitchen is still same old kitchen, but some significant
changes can be seen as now there is a platform, thus both
are cooking food while standing and their old stove is
replaced by a new gas stove.
Instead of matka there is a water filter, kept on the far
right corner of the platform and a exhaust fan is placed in
window.
Sulakshana is grown up almost 20-22 and her mother is
looking now very old and she is just standing aside
Sulakshana and sulakshana is cooking curry.
10.
EXT. OLD HOUSE - DAY
It’s morning around 8.30 AM, Sulakshana comes out of the
main door of the house. She has some books in her hand and a
purse hanging from the right shoulder.
Road is still quite, a milkman is passing through the road
and a paper delivery guy is coming from the opposite
direction holding a bunch of papers on the carrier of his
bicycle.
PAPER DILIVERY GUY
Sulakshana didi...namaste!
SULAKSHANA
(Smiling)
namaste bhaiya
EXT. OLD TARRIES - DAY
3-4 jars of pickle are placed on tarries and some papads are
placed on plastic sheet, red chillies, vegetable pieces are
getting dry on paper sheets, many moong badi are placed on
plastic sheet.
Everything is looking very beautiful and colorful.
Sulakshana’s mother is pouring pickle into a jar from a
vessel, Sulakshana’s father is sitting on a chair and
reading a newspaper, watches Sulakshana and smiles.
Her mother is talking to her father happily and exited.
Now sulakshana’s mother is making gujhias with atta pest and
khoa masala, meanwhile Sulakshana has come on the tarries
and smiles to watch her mother, mother looks at her and goes
back to work but with smiling face.
SULAKSHANA
Maa...koi mehman aa raha hai kya?
MOTHER
(While smiling slowly)
Kyon?
SULAKSHANA
(Curious)
Itni tayaari jo ho rahi hai...kaun
aa raha hai?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 11.
MOTHER
(Smiling and blinks her eyes)
Kal pata chal jaega...jaldi kya hai
tujhe?
Sulakshana’s father is smiling and looking at sulakshana.
Sulakshana has a curious expression on her face and smiling.
INT. OLD DRAWING ROOM (BAITHAK)-DAY
A man a and a women, both in their 50’s. Man is wearing a
good quality shirt and pant and woman is wearing a new sari,
sitting with their son on chairs.
Son, aged about 24-25 or so, is wearing a shirt and pant and
has mustache, looks descent. This boy is subodh.
Sulakshana’s mother and father are also sitting in front of
them. Snacks and tea is placed on the central table.
Subodh’s father is talking to Sulakshana’s pairants while
cup of tea is in hands.
Subodh is also responding and showing instrest in their
convertation by smiling now and then.
Sulakshana’s father looks to the Sulakshana’s mother and she
stands up goes inside room.
She comes back with sulakshana with a plate of sweets in her
hands. Sulakshana places down the plate on the table and
meet her hands and pay namaste to everyone. Man, woman are
very happy to see Sulakshana and Subodh is bit nurvers and
shy.
man, woman and Sulakshana’s pairents look at each other.
MAN
(Looking at the Sulakshana’s
father)
Bhaisahab, aaeye...hum jabtak dusri
baaten bhi nipta len...zara bahar
chal ke baith te hain
SULAKSHANA’S FATHER
(Slightly Smiling)
Haan..haan..kyo nahi!
Then all of them goes out of the room except Sulakshana and
Subodh.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 12.
SUBODH
(Cleares his throat)
Aaham...namaste...mai Subodh hun...
SULAKSHANA
(Shy)
Namaste....(pause)
Subodh takes a gujhia and takes a byte.
SUBODH
Aap to bahut aacha khana banati
hain...ye sab aap ne khud banaya
hai?
SULAKSHANA
(Little nurves and shy)
Kuch maine...aur kuch maa ne banaya
hai
SUBODH
Aap kuch puchana chaahati hain mujh
se?
SULAKSHANA
(Little bit thinking)
Aap ko sabse zayada kya aacha laga?
SUBODH
(Little wondering)
Waise to sab kuch....bahut aache
hai...per ye gujhia...mujhe bahut
aachi lagi
Listning this answer, sulakshana smiles and looks very
happy.
Flashback ends
COOKING CLASS - DAY
Cooking class is a room with a big cooking platform. there
are 3 gas stoves and each is occupoied by the girls. There
are 2 girls with each stove and some vessels are placed on
platform.
there are some row vegatables on the platform and some
vegatables are being cut and in the plates. 2 girls are
cuting vegatables for salad and decorating a plate ful of
salad.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 13.
Girls are busy cooking their recipies and sulakshana is
roaming around the girls and carefullhy inspacting how girls
are cooking.
Sukalshana stops at the third gas stove and watches closely
that how girls are doing. She stops them and takes a spoon
and taste the curry, she then asks them to add some spices
and mix the curry and she tastes again. Now she looks
satisfied.
Sukakshana smiles and nodes her head in positive manner and
girls look happy and they start cooking again.
EXT. HOUSE - EVENING
Sulakshana is coming towards the home. She is coming from
the right to the main door.
There are 3 boys, playing cricket and a man is going through
the road. A woman is buying some vegatables from a thela.
A group of young boys and girls, containing 5-6 boys and
girls approaching from left side of the road.
Sulakshana opens the door and enters the house.
INT. DRAWING ROOM - EVENING
Sulakshana comes inside and sits on the sofa chair for a
while and calls Sulbha, but no answer. Then she go to dining
room.
INT. DINING ROOM - EVENING
She opens refridgerator and takes out a bottle and gulps
some water and she hears some voices coming from kitchen.
She has wondering expressions on her face.
SULAKSHANA
Sulbha...kis se baaten kar rahi
hai?...kaun hai?
(PAUSE)
She goes towards the kitchen while holding water bottle in
her hands.
14.
INT. KITCHEN - EVENING
Sulakshana is watching from the back, there is a woman in
the sari, cooking food with Sulbha.
Sulbha is helping the woman and looking very happy. Sulbha
is watching closely how the woman is cooking food and she is
preaparing ata for chapatis.
The woman looks in the side in order to take cooking spoon
and Sulakshana indentifies her that she is her mother.
She watches them quietely for sometime.
Sulakshana’s mother turns her head back and looks Sulakshana
and smiles, Sulakshana smiles too and come forth and hugs
mother then puts water bottle on the platform and checks
what her mother has cooked.
As she tastes the dish, she closes her eyes and looks very
happy.
SULAKSHANA
Wahi swad....
INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT
Sulakshana, Subodh and arun are sitting on dining table and
food is served. Today food is served by Sulakshana’s mother
and Sulbha.
Everyone is looking happy and when Sulbha and Sulakshana’s
mother also set for dining, they all start eating.
Camera focuses on Sulakshana, Sulakshana is eating and her
face expressions are as she is very happy and she likes this
food very much.
She looks at her mother and smiles and her mother also
smiles.
Camera zoom out and shows that family is dining with
happyness and pleasure.