B.A. Pass Page #2

Synopsis: After losing his parents in a car accident, Mukesh stays at his Aunt's house in Delhi. Enrolled in a good for nothing course in college he finds peace by playing chess at the local cemetery, the rest of the times he worries over ways to make a living and taking care of his sisters. 'B.A.Pass' is a story looking at the fatal promise of a new life. When Mukesh meets Sarika 'auntie' at a kitty party, little does he know of the city and it's ways and means to survive. Sarika seduces Mukesh, shy and inexperienced he falls for her. What follows is a twist of destiny, a kind of story that appears in the tabloids as 'heinous acts of crime'
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Ajay Bahl
Production: Venus
  4 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
UNRATED
Year:
2012
95 min
Website
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'Then one day out of the blue..'

Now you will be needing money!

Help this lady out.

She will pay for small

but important errands.

lf you are reliable

there would be more jobs.

l am Mukesh.

Stop here.

Hello! l'm Mukesh.

l spoke to you over

the phone yesterday.

Yes...yes... come in.

l can't do this.

Why not?

You seem to be doing

pretty alright here!

l wasn't doing it for the money!

What happened?

First she gave me money,

it seemed excessive.

Then...

When l refused she

said she would scream!

She never said anything of that

sort to me seemed pretty happy.

She threatened me that

she would call in the neighbors..

..and say that l had

broken into the house!

l can't do this...

l am not that kind of a boy!

Really!

What kind of a boy are you?

To sleep with women for money!

You take the money!

l don't want any of it!

l've taken my share,

the rest is yours.

l won't do it.

What else do you think you are qualified

for in the first year of college?

Fine! Leave then Don't

come around here anymore!

Get lost!

l give you a chance and

you come back crying like a kid.

Don't show me your face again!

Mukesh.

Do you really want to go on living

like a servant in your aunt's house?

Come.

Think of all that you

can do with the money.

You can call your

sisters to live with you!

Don't think how the

money comes be happy to know

that there will be more coming.

lf nothing else think

of it as social service!

Just do it...

As it is one has to do

a lot for other's happiness.

Think about yourself for once.

Don't you like me?

l like everything! You as well!

l also like the benefits

of a marriage in Delhi's society.

l have taught you well!

Now the world will

enjoy your talents.

'The phone numbers were real,

the names were not.'

'l had to ask for the fake name.'

Hello, Neha ma'am.

'lf there was any hesitation

on the other end..'

'..l pretended to have

gotten the wrong number.'

You understand what client

servicing means, don't you?

Keep them happy and

they will call you again.

Do whatever they ask of you.

Complaints will not be tolerated.

(Soap opera on TV)

Didn't this fellow Rakesh

die in last week's episode?

Don't you have a TV in your house?

l hardly get the time,

catch up on it.

When l am with you.

Ok, l will tell you

the story after that.

A speeding Rakesh

loses control of his car.

Which then falls into a river...

Dheeraj, you scum! You low life!

But he is saved by

the second heroine Ganga!

You were dying to have an affair,

were you not?

Get lost!

So Ganga saves Rakesh's life.

But dies herself. A distraught

Rakesh returns to the city!

to the first heroine Priya.

Who is Dheeraj? lf l may ask.

The a**hole in my lord

and master... my husband.

Rakesh is dead again !

Yes, this time he's really dead.

Forget about that episode.

Let's finish this episode first.

Hello! Chhoti,

did you get the money l sent you?

Yes, but the warden was

asking too many questions.

Give the phone to Sonu.

Always wants to speak with you.

What was the warden saying?

Same old stuff, who sent the money?

How do l know that

he is really your brother?

lf he is so loaded then why

has he dumped both of you here?

Don't worry, l will come

there and have a word with her.

Chhoti, you go from here.

There is something

not right with this place.

The girls here...

Are they troubling you?

They go out at night in fancy cars,

all dolled up.

Return in the morning,

drunk and loaded with money.

The warden gets a cut too!

Yesterday they were forcing

me to go out with them...

Don't worry, l will come

soon and speak to the warden.

Take care of yourself..

bye.

Don't schedule anything

for the weekend.

Why?

l am going to meet my sisters.

l will go every weekend from now on.

What do you think this is,

a government job

that you will get the weekend off?

Go this time...

But don't make it a habit!

Which way to the warden office?

Why don't you take then with you?

l will soon.

Till then, l want them

to be looked after well.

They are still very young

and l have heard that...

What have you heard?

Don't think there is

nobody looking out for them.

l have brought a phone for them.

No need for a personal phone.

There is a public phone here.

You talk to them often, don't you?

Buy some gifts for your children.

Keep this and call me everyday.

l will make sure

there is enough credit.

We don't want to stay here!

Just a few more days

then l will come and get you.

Promise.

O Mauritius.

You are not going to become any fairer

by spending hours under the tap!

Fat f***!

Has bath once a year and finishes

the whole colony's water supply.

Why would l have a bath everyday,

pretty boy?

l don't run a side

business like you.

Then maybe you should

start running one!

Or else you will keep dreaming

about going to Mauritius

and never actually get there!

Stop whining!

There is water left for

you to wash your ass clean!

Johnny bhai.

Hey, tuition master!

Come meet the headmaster.

He is studying to be

a doctor of philosophy.

Ph.D?

Yeah, in chemistry during the day

and in biology during the night!

Better than you, you slob. Making a

living out of scavenging the dead!

That's where you are going to end

up yourself sooner than you think!

lt doesn't take much

for the times to change, son.

F*** off!

Your entire existence is ill timed.

Johnny bhai.

l have a small gift for you.

Forever indebted to you, my friend!

ln the beginning l waited

for my husband to get better...

Knew that it might never happen,

but l had hope...

Then eventually,

l started waiting for him to die...

Years went by...

l just kept on waiting...

Sometimes hoping that

my husband would get better.

Sometimes wishing that he would die

so that his suffering would end.

You have no one close?

No immediate family?

l have a son,

a little elder to you...

Lives in Singapore...

sends money too.

But can't come himself

He's got ajob, it's difficult.

You go now, the relatives

will be arriving any time now.

Not much action seems

have happened here last night!

Her husband passed away...

l was trying to call,

Why didn't you answer?

l was in the hospital,

Has switched the ringer off.

Come on, then! We have

paid the rent, why waste it!

What's the matter?

l have just left

his body at her house!

Come l'll drop you home.

Don't come home for a few days.

Ashok seems to be in a strange

mood he has no fixed routine.

Comes and goes as he pleases.

Are you angry with me?

You are not my husband that l need to

throw a tantrum to get your attention?

Just do as l tell you.

l'll let you know when

is a good time to come.

Just drop me off here,

l have some work.

That's my friend Johnny.

l'll leave now.

Why did you make me meet him?

He is a friend! Lives nearby. l play

chess with him in the cemetery.

Have you blabbered anything

to him about our work?

No! l just told him that

you help me get tuitions.

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Ritesh Shah

Ritesh Shah is an Indian screenwriter. He has written the screenplay and dialogues for films like Kahaani (2012), Pink (2016), Airlift (2017) and Raid (2018). He won the Filmfare award, Star Screen Award and Zee Cine Award in the Best Dialogue category for Pink. more…

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