Aaja Nachle Page #2

Synopsis: An unexpected phone call shakes Dia (Madhuri Dixit) out of her dance rehearsal in New York. Her teacher, her guru, is dying and she must return to India. The town where she grew up, the town where she learnt to live and to dance. Also the town she left on an impulse, severing ties with her parents and her people. It is a poignant and troubled return; not only has her guru passed away but the institution that he so lovingly nurtured is in decay and under threat of demolition. Ajanta theatre, the once vibrant hub of the community, the place where Dia's fondest memories are embedded must now be brought down because the local political authorities feel it a waste of prime real estate. Dia picks up the gauntlet to turn this ruin into a vibrant and bustling theatre that was once the soul of her little town, while fighting discrimination, resentfulness and her own demons.
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Director(s): Anil Mehta
Production: Yash Raj Films
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
NOT RATED
Year:
2007
137 min
$473,806
Website
823 Views


lf people aren't coming to the theater,

that tells they don't want to come.

What if l bring people in?

l will bring people in Ajanta.

All of Shamli.

l'll get my team from New York.

Best dancers, stage designers.

Lights, music,

l'll do lndia's biggest show ever.

No problem.

Then?

What?

Then what?

What do you mean?

You and your team will go back

to New York after one show.

Only remain will be the ruins of Ajanta.

The way it has always been.

Yes, it would seem ruins to you.

What could be expected from you.

A person who's today's foreign

educated MP.

You think you're damn good.

Don't you?

You think you know everything.

You can...

You can change the world.

l'll make you a deal.

Do you want do a show?

Do it.

But not with the people from New York.

But with the people of Shamli.

Every dancer.

Actor.

Singer

should be from Shamli.

lf you succeed in doing a

show like that,

Ajanta is yours.

What?

All excitement gone?

All right.

This show will be held.

And it will be the way you asked.

Not with the people from New York.

Here, with the people of Shamli.

Every singer, actor, dancer...

will be from Shamli.

Think again, demolition

is in 2 months.

Ok.

Done.

But you'll loose.

l've never lost till today.

l too have never been defeated.

No problem.

Your first defeat would

be a gift from me.

See you in two months.

Listen.

You haven't eaten pizza.

How will you do this show?

ln a town that people even

don't want to hear your name.

How will you do that show?

l'm sorry child.

l have to tell you

what's truth.

You should be wise.

lf l wasn't wise, l wouldn't

have come here.

And what's wise in what's

going to happen to this town?

Forget this town.

This town has never missed you.

And yet you're trying

to be a relative to this town.

l am a relative of this town.

No matter what people think.

But this is the same town

and people are same too.

We'll see.

This town..

and the people of this town.

l will definitely get the show held.

And that with these very people.

You will see that.

Let's go home.

Ooming, coming.

lf you were a bit more late...

l would have called for

another maid.

l'm Diya.

This used to be my house.

We used to live here

many years ago.

But it's our home, we bought

it from Mr. Srivastav.

Yes, he was my father...

He is...

You...

You...

will you have some water?

l'll have some coke.

Shut up Radha.

Yes, why not child.

Oome, she's so sweet.

Please come.

Room on rent?

l suggest you give her the room.

l hope you will not

claim your right on this house.

No, absolutely not.

When you've purchased this house,

who am l to claim my right.

Absolutely right.

Look.

You'll give an affidavit on Rs. 20

stamp paper that

you'll stay here only on rent

and will never claim any rights

on this house.

No problem.

Breakfast, luck, dinner, what we

eat will be served to you.

And drinking water will be for free.

Absolutely free.

- Will it be safe?

No problems.

And no gentlemen in the house please.

l hope you don't have

many male friends.

l'm not that lucky.

Luck is to be opened if you want.

There's a key to every heart.

lf you try you can find it.

Ok the deal is done. l'm getting

late for official work.

Have a good day and good luck.

- Good day.

l've heard a lot about you.

Not something good.

lt's not like that.

People would say one thing or

the other. lt's theirjob.

lt's her.

Who?

Her.

Where did she come from?

l used to know her father.

That poor fellow had

to leave the town.

She put the whole town

on fire with her dance.

She's a proved heartbreaker.

Now what she's going to do?

What else?

She'll dance, it's written.

lf she'll dance, what's so big.

Sir, whenever Diya dances,

everyone goes mad.

l will definitely go to

see her dance.

Mom, what have you

put on the wall?

Sugar!

My teacher used to say...

if you want to invite flies,

you must have to put some sweet.

Mom, everyone in this

town hates you.

No

Not everyone.

Oome on, let's go.

Where?

To someone who loves me the most.

Are you being shy to hug me?

How are you Diya?

l'm fine.

How are you?

l'm good.

What brought you here?

What brought me here?

Farooq, she's Diya,

Mr. Srivastav's daughter.

He's my husband.

So, you are Diya.

She's my daughter, Radha.

Say hello.

ln Hindi

Hi child.

lt's ok, we too understand

English a bit.

Your husband?

- He was...

They are divorced.

They what?

They're divorced.

Actually...

People who run once, always

keep on running.

Shall we go?

Ok Diya, l have some work to do.

ls there anyone else in this

town who loves you?

Oome let's dance, Shamli.

Oome let's play, Shamli.

Sit down and keep quite.

Thank you very much.

That you have come to Ajanta.

And raised the pride of

your own Ajanta Theater.

For that millions of congratulations.

Applause.

l invited you all here

not only for the show.

As you all are aware

that in your town Ajanta Theatre

is going through a difficult time.

Administration is going to demolish

Ajanta Theatre to build some shops.

You tell me, is it right thing to do?

Just do another dance if you can, we

are not interested in your lecture.

l understand what's your

opinion about me.

But it's not about me.

lt's a fight.

That people of Shamli will

fight together.

That's why after 2 months

from now...

A show about Laila Majnu

will be held in Ajanta

A show that...

no one had ever seen or heard

till now.

Because performers of this show

would be from all of you.

She wants to make us jokers too.

From tomorrow, we all will take out

one hour from our work.

To do the rehearsal of this show.

We will show the whole world.

That Shamli has the potential

of music, dance and art.

She's wasting our time.

One of you will play ''Laila''

Someone will play ''Majnu''

Someone will play Laila's mother.

and someone will play Majnu's friend.

lf you're playing Laila then l'll

play Majnu.

Agreed?

They are insulting her.

And that way by doing the

hard work for 2 months.

We will show the anti-Ajanta people

that until this sun and moon are there

Shamli will still have Ajanta.

Not in good way.

Nice, this town really

loves you a lot.

So have you understood?

You've got the answer from Shamli.

You've also saved your two months.

Not bad.

When are you going back?

Who told you that l'm going back?

Why? What's more to happen?

Shamli will gather

and till show will run.

And you'll watch it too.

l think you'll enjoy it.

So you won't listen.

l will, if you do.

Best of luck Ms. Diya, l think

you need it.

Maybe you'll need it, Raja Sahab.

That was nasty.

lt's a fight.

Fights are nasty.

You dance very well.

l know.

What do you think?

Will her show run?

Why do you come here?

To make me angry.

That's my job.

l'm a policeman.

l have to keep the conditions

of people's hearts.

So, you will never go there. Right?

To Ajanta.

Even if my shoe goes there,

you can change my name.

The search for the performers of

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Aditya Chopra

Aditya Chopra (born 21 May 1971) is an Indian filmmaker. His work as a director includes Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Mohabbatein (2000), Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) and Befikre (2016).He is also the current Chairman of India's multi-national film, media and entertainment conglomerate Yash Raj Films (YRF). Chopra has written and produced a number of critically acclaimed and commercially successful films under the banner such as Veer-Zaara (2004), Fanaa (2006), Band Baaja Baaraat (2010), Jab Tak Hai Jaan (2012), the Dhoom series (2004, 2006 & 2013), Sultan (2016) and the Tiger series (2012 & 2017). He has broken away from typecast through production of off-beat films such as Kabul Express (2006), Chak De! India (2007), Rocket Singh (2009), Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015) and Hichki! (2018), that do not necessarily fit into the realm of "Masala films". Chopra is also the first to move towards a true film studio model through independent projects helmed by producers, writers and directors under his banner. Major production and post-production work of the company is now carried out of YRF Studios (co-founded by his ex-wife Payal Khanna), where Chopra serves as Chief Executive. As of March 2018, he has produced eight films that have accumulated worldwide gross earnings of more than ₹200 crore, which is the most for an Indian film producer. In December 2009, Chopra rejected an extremely aggressive acquisition bid by Walt Disney, valued upwards of ₹2500 crore, to remain and continue purely as an independent entity exclusively funded by domestic enterprises. Apart from emerging as an equitable brand, his company has earned the status of a movie movie mogul, through distribution networks spread across the globe. With a majority of his work being part of the highest grossing films of all time, the company is estimated to be net worth ₹6350 crore (FY17/18) by multiple NSE and BSE analysts, thereby making it the biggest and most successful film production company in the history of Cinema. The Government of India honoured him with the National Film Award for his contribution to the arts, on three separate years (1995, 2005 and 2007) through the Directorate of Film Festivals. In June 2018, he was awarded membership into The Academy by the Producers Guild of America. Widely regarded as one of the most influential and powerful executives in Indian entertainment, Chopra has however rejected the publicity and fame that came with being Yash Chopra's son and the Chief Executive of Yash Raj Films. He has remained extremely media-shy and a passive individual, battling constant reports of an alleged dysthymic disorder throughout his three-decade career, resulting in very few public photos of him being in existence. more…

All Aditya Chopra scripts | Aditya Chopra Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Aaja Nachle" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Jul 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/aaja_nachle_2098>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    What does "EXT." stand for in a screenplay?
    A Exit
    B Extra
    C Exterior
    D Extension