Dollhouse Page #9

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
264 Views


Won't you've ice cream

unless it's midnight?

Chintu, come.

- Go away.

What?

I'll also become an idiot

if i go with you.

Idiot!?

Everyone is talking and behaving strangely.

Cool off, how can you be not

aware of your own plan?

My plan?

This is the soap opera she was

running in the kitchen.

This one?

Why are you tensed?

Father will be coming at any time.

Hi father.

Why are you tensed?

Nothing father.

- I know it, i'll tell you.

Actually what had happened was...

okay cool, stop your mischief.

What happened siddhu?

It all happened because of you.

When i said about laying net,

you said yes.

I said yes for net but

will you make me the bait?

I don't know whether you're doing

this wantonly or unwittingly.

I said very little but you

told a lot in the phone.

Phone?

Your sister switched on the speaker.

Thank god, father doesn't know this.

What if he knows it?

I'll take care of everything.

If you talk to anyone in the family...

...will you talk to them?

- No.

Asking me not to talk or

stop putting a pillow next to you,

nobody can do it to us.

It smells like apple.

- Cream is apple flavour.

Don't you've orange flavour?

- Don't talk.

I'll get bored.

You've to mix, apply, wipe after

it's dry, you've lot to do.

You've made me sit idle.

Are you idle?

You've been chattering.

Bujji, take me to the sofa.

I'll watch tv.

You're happy-go-lucky character.

- I'm always like that.

Why don't you start a beauty parlour?

I asked father,

he told me open it here.

I'm bored working on the same faces.

Open it outside.

- I need money for it.

Try for a loan like siddhu.

Is siddhu trying to get a loan?

Don't you know this?

- No.

True, to start a business of his own.

He has applied to a bank for

a loan of rs. 2.5 millions.

Really?

Father!

Father?

Why are you all so scared of father?

We'll not tell uncle about this.

I'll ask siddhu to give you rs. 2 lakhs

when he gets the loan.

I'll stand surety for you.

I drea.m.

What is this?

Uncle... that's... a new girl there...

i was asking about this.

File uncle?

How can this work out?

No father...

- ain't i talking to them?

Notjust rs. 2.5 million,

tell him to ask what i can't

earn in my lifetime,

i'll earn and give him.

Will i earn or not? - You will uncle.

He has committed a mistake by

doing this without my knowledge.

If i keep quiet after knowing this,

it will be a blunder.

It shouldn't happen, what do you say?

Whatever you say is right.

When is your marriage?

Whenever you decide, uncle.

That is... my marriage is

on day after tomorrow.

Tell him that.

I'm getting married day after tomorrow.

We'll tell him uncle.

You're his friends,

put some sense into him.

Thank god! Bye, spare us alive.

We are finished.

This is what you say as

between devil and the deep sea.

Who is this girl?

I beg you.

What's this vamsi, seenu and ravi?

When did you come?

You sent me here, did you bother

to call me at least once?

I mean i've short term memory loss.

What would you like to have?

Coffee or tea?

Is it necessary now?

You said i'll forget you all

once i come here getting busy.

Look, i'm idle here.

Wait, i'll get you coffee.

Sathi, three coffees to uncles.

Oh my god!

How do you live in that house?

He made us go crazy in 15 minutes.

Have you got it now?

Why did they go away siddhu?

I was getting them coffees.

- Are you mad?

What did i do?

What have you done?

You've done a greatjob.

Is it my mistake to ask your

friends to stay for a coffee?

Will these fools die if you

don't offer them coffees?

I'm already tensed over your spilling

the beans about the loan matter.

You said hello to my friends

and embarrassed me again.

Are you mad?

How do i know what had

happened inside?

Yes, you don't know anything,

you don't know how to behave

and talk to people,

you don't know why you're here,

you don't know anything, right?

No siddhu...

hang the phone.

You do it.

I told you to hang it.

Somebody please do it,

i must talk to my second wife.

I'm confused lakshmi.

I thought the girl was his only problem.

I thought i could explain him

and solve it but today...

but... one thing is clear.

The girl isn't his only problem.

There is something else.

Uncle... uncle.

I'm really sorry siddhu.

If you want touch me once.

Sathi, see a new uncle has come.

Oh my god! Why is he here now?

Father is inside uncle.

You know him?!

Welcome, what a surprise!

Sorry kinsman, i dropped in suddenly.

No problem.

Shall i bring you a bp tablet?

- Ask loudly.

Shall i bring a bp tablet?

- Bring.

One for me too.

- Tea or coffee?

I asked for a tablet, not tea or coffee.

Greetings.

- Greetings.

Why is he calling me?

Your father-in-law is here.

- Is he here?

Why did he come now?

Hasini is playing with kids next to him.

Why don't you tell me one good news?

He has brought wedding invitations.

A good news!

I came to give the first invitation to you.

Come son-in-law, please sit.

Are you fine? Actually...

aunty... one more riddle.

Okay, three ants were going in a queue.

First ant said,

there are two ants behind me.

Second ant said,

there's one ant behind me.

Third ant said,

there are two ants behind me.

How is it possible?

How is it possible?

That's what i too asked.

Do you know kinsman?

That is... may be they are

going in a circle.

No, if they are in a circle, the second ant

should also say two behind it.

Isn't it?

Okay, you answer it dear.

May i? May i?

Third ant lied!

Kinsman, we got it wrong,

it seems the ant lied.

Bye.

Bye... bye.

How can an ant lie?

- Your bp tablet.

No need, the girl eased it with her wit.

By the way, who is she?

She is...

my friend uncle.

Whoever she may be, she's an angel.

- Isn't she?

Bye... bye... bye tablet.

It's butchi kanaka rao!

If i answer it's problem,

if i don't even then it's a problem.

My chain of lies has started.

God save me.

How long do you take

to pick up the phone?

Give it to my daughter,

i want to talk to her.

Daughter? Dear, it's dad.

Daughter... my daughter... not my daughter...

every time you cut the call

citing some silly reason,

today i must talk to my daughter.

Give the phone to her.

How can i sir?

She's somewhere else and i'm here.

Why elsewhere?

That is... it's an excursion.

Bird chirpings, parrots singing,

gushing rivers, waterfalls,

they are enjoying it to the hilt.

Waterfalls? I don't hear anything.

You want sound.

You want to hear the sound, right?

One minute.

You'll hear the sound now.

I've come near the waterfalls.

I've come very close to it. Hear it.

Can you hear it?

I can hear it.

My daughter doesn't know to swim.

Anyway you've come there,

give the phone to my daughter.

Daughter? I'm in a fix.

Sir, i feel very shy to go

near your daughter.

Why are you feeling shy

to give her the phone?

Because she's taking bath.

What are you doing near the place

my daughter is taking bath?

You call me often and

suspect me always,

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