Dollhouse Page #11

Synopsis: Ah Hock, a single parent (and a lazy one at that!) unwittingly makes a promise to his daughter, Min Min, to build her a dollhouse. But time and again, he 'forgets', till Min Min takes matters into her own hands.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Short
Director(s): Eng Tiong Teo
Year:
2006
16 min
288 Views


going to the marriage.

Did you follow at least one?

I thought it's okay if you behave

decently before my dad.

Despite my warnings,

how dare you butt him?

Not enough with your antics,

your goddamn father too...

you're abusing me, right?

Why are you abusing my father?

He deserves it.

He came drunk to the temple

and created a scene.

Don't you abuse your father

after getting drunk?

Don't talk as if you're a good man.

Don't talk like this again.

I drea.m.

It's me!

Don't you have any sense?

Aren't you satisfied with

the damage already done?

Do you've to mention about

my drinking habit too?

I said sorry, please leave it.

Do you know how my image

was in my home?

It's totally disfigured now.

For them now i'm a rogue...

a drunkard...

how can you become so cheap instantly?

Anyway they will come to

know about this someday.

You don't talk.

How my parents will bad for not bringing

me up in a disciplined manner?

Will i have any value with them?

Will they accept our marriage?

What's my father's idea is?

I shudder to think too.

Won't you think about me?

I love you, right?

What else do you want?

Think before you utter anything.

You did the mistake and

should i think about it?

Should i?

What?

Hasini.

- Come home, son.

How long will you think? Go home.

I'm scared to go home.

Seven day test ends today.

Can you live without hasini?

Why hesitation then? Go home.

What your father decides

tomorrow isn't important,

what you decide tomorrow

is more important.

If a necessity arises,

go against him.

Why are you laughing now?

Siddhu sir too did same like this

when he came to office.

Your kinsman is on the line,

can i give him the call?

Say i'm busy and will call him later.

Father, building work is over,

we've to decide about the painting.

This is what we use regularly,

it is good,

this is new product,

it will be good if it clicks,

if you decide between these two...

let's decide it tomorrow.

Are you thinking about tomorrow?

He hasn't got used to this like me.

Anyway whatever you do

is for our benefit only.

Gautham.

- Father.

No need to take risk,

okay the regular old brand.

Sir... sir... father is calling you.

Had your breakfast?

Everybody here knows me

well as a father,

i'm not alone,

all of you together is me,

i'm also not alone, father.

I know it.

I've understood it.

I never went wrong as your father,

and never will in future too.

So i've come to a decision.

I too have come to a decision.

- Let me finish it first.

First listen to me.

- I started it first, right?

Father please...

can i say something uncle?

Hasini, one minute.

Father, i...

- uncle, i am rejecting him.

I'm leaving.

I don't know how to talk uncle,

now also i intruded into

your conversation,

i don't know whether

this is right or wrong,

but i feel i'm not suitable for siddhu.

When you told him to bring me here,

i had doubts how you could know

about a person in 7 days,

but i've come to know after

coming here that we can,

i don't know what you've

come to know about me,

but i've come to know

a lot about siddhu,

once he told to me talk

few words if it is possible,

now he asks me not to utter a word.

Earlier he used to call on phone

to say sweet nothings,

now he calls on phone

only to scold me.

What he liked in me once,

today he says he doesn't like it.

But i'm not leaving because

siddhu is abusing me.

He used to do it earlier too.

It had traces of love in it.

Now it is missing.

I never felt loneliness in my home

when i was alone also,

though there are so many

people around me here,

i feel lonely.

I'm not a hypocrite to behave differently

inside and outside the home.

I'm scared of becoming a hypocrite

if i stay here, so i'm leaving.

I came here like a guest and

leaving like a guest.

If i had hurt anyone here,

please forgive me.

Bye aunty.

I got an auto for you.

I drea.m.

You promised to tell me a story.

Though it is unbelievable truth...

though i know you'll never come back...

why isn't my heart accepting the truth?

Anyone passing before me...

i think it is you...

your image is permanently

etched in my eyes...

though i am in crowd...

i'm still lonely...

in the world of loneliness

you left behind for me...

though eyes are wide open...

though you are a past dream...

i'm still wandering in that dream...

i drea.m.

You said you got 99 marks

in mathematics,

i signed it,

i told you to be docile,

you said impossible,

you said you'll live a life

of your own choice,

i said okay,

do you know why i gave you

this freedom of choice?

I trust my daughter.

You broke it.

Hereafter i'll follow your orders.

In the moonlight of

your friendship...

can i take it as i spent

few days in that bliss?

In my thoughts...

in the pain i go through...

this night of pain is never ending...

friendship of smiles...

fragrance of bonding...

the boon of first love

that i lost forever...

i drea.m.

Hello kinsman! It's me.

Thank god i got you on phone

after 3 days of try.

Sorry, i forgot in my busy

work schedules.

My tension is raising everyday,

because i'm father of the bride.

Marriage date is fast approaching,

we haven't decided about many things,

let's meet and decide immediately.

I'll come & meet you in 2 days,

i'm really sorry sir.

Okay, bye.

Okay.

Why are you so dull?

You've seen, haven't you?

They are making calls,

what am i to answer them?

They are actually...

don't put longface, i hate it.

Please tell him.

Tell him.

Why are you also gloomy as if

something bad had happened?

Why is everyone so dull?

What can i do if the girl

leaves on her own?

I did what i can do.

Will any father accept for any girl

to stay in home for 7 days?

Why did i accept? For him.

She left on her own.

What can i do?

It's good that she left.

She couldn't stay here for 7 days.

Would she live here all her life?

Siddhu, face reality at least now,

you don't know what you really want.

Do you know?

What?

- Do you really know what he wants?

Did i bring him up all these years

without knowing that? - Yes.

What?

- I'll go hammer & tongs at you.

Why are you talking about the girl?

What do you know about him?

Will children behave the same

outside like in home? No.

Do you know how he

behaves outside this home?

He jumps walls at midnight,

he tells lies,

he beats people outside,

he drinks,

do you know what he does

after a drinking bout?

Mother!

- After a drinking bout?

Isn't it enough if i say he drinks?

Mother, please leave it.

I'm not talking about your future,

i'm talking about my son's future.

You did the mistake but

accusing him. - Me?

Mother please...

- you did...

did i commit...

- father...

why are you requesting him?

- Mother, please!

I did the wrong,

i'll come to the office from tomorrow.

I'll marry the girl you fixed.

Siddhu, wait.

She accuses me and you're leaving

accepting it as your mistake.

What's going on here?

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