No Smoking Page #2

Synopsis: K lives a wealthy lifestyle in India along with his widowed mother and brother, J. His mother works as an interpreter with the German embassy. As a child K acquired the habit of chain-smoking along with his friend, Abbas Tyrewala. Now matured, running his own business, married to Anjali, who also doubles as his Secretary, Annie, K continues to chain-smoke. When Abbas quits, he manages to convince K to undergo treatment at the Prayogshala located near Kalkatta Karpets but K refuses. He changes his mind when Anjali moves out, decides to undergo treatment, goes to Prayogshala, meets with Guruji, is forcibly enlisted, then again forced to sign a Cheque for 21 Lakhs Rupees for his treatment, and after doing so is discharged with a warning that very bad things will happen to him and everyone of his family if he dares to smoke again. Watch what happens when K decides to secretly re-locate and continue to smoke.
Director(s): Anurag Kashyap
Production: Eros Entertainment
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
Year:
2007
128 min
Website
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It says Kalkatta carpets...

I got that from Abbas...

...but you won't need it...

Is it his business card?

Selling carpets these days...?

It's a Rehabilitation program.

People don't have any other

better work to do.

They helped Abbas kick the habit...

He taught you to smoke right?

No one taught me to smoke.

No one taught me anything.

I smoke.

And that's it. The first time,

Abbas gave me a cigarette,

I took the matches out

from my own pocket...

Watch your TV

Anjali...

Yes...

- Breakfast?

Yes sir...

I am sorry I forgot...

...what do you want for

our anniversary?

Divorce...

I don't have that

Kind of a budget...

"When the moon hits your eyes..."

"Like a big piece of fire..."

"When the world..."

I am not being childish.

Its not my fault if

I look like a girl,

I am 28 for god sake...

I have made up my mind...

I will call you later, bye...

Inky pinky ponkey.

Father had a donkey

Donkey died father cried

Inky pinky

Ponkey...

Sorry K...

Take him to some higher altitude...

Get him to do some yoga

Some breathing exercises

You smoke too much...

It's not good for your brother.

Anyways its your choice

I'll save you the lecture

Good...

Why do you always wear

these dark glasses

Why do you always wear

those hearing aids?

There's this company.

Agency

Rehabilitation program...

The Laboratory!

Hey! You're aware then...

I wasn't aware...

remember we used to

smoke together...

And you quit after your

defining deafness...

Why don't you try it...

It's a 100% smoke proof program

Cigarette... alcohol...

allergies, addictions, itches,

ringworms, weaknesses,

Baba Bengali has a cure

for them all...

Just go check it out...

...after that it's up to you...

I'll think about it...

Don't think, just tell me I will

take an appointment for you...

When can I take my brother?

Not yet...

- Then when?

When everything's alright

Will you go?

- To where?

To the Laboratory.

Do inform me, just call...

Call me...

- And do tell me

If you want to go to

The Laboratory...

Please call...

- Thank you...

Please...

Good morning, sir.

Will you please stop smoking?

Take the stairs

What!

Thank you.

Stupid...

Idiot...

Morning sir...

Good morning, sir.

One minute...

Where's Annie?

She'd called in to say that she

won't be coming to work today...

"Take me away from here..."

"I am a fool to be

in love with you..."

"You fill my lungs with the

pails of your smoke..."

"A victim of your..."

"Don't you forget..."

"...It's just a cigarette..."

"Oh, it's just a cigarette..."

Anjali...

Anjali...

Hello...

- Where are you?

Home...

You are not home...

...where are you?

- I'm at home

My Home!

Your home is where I am...

That's your home K...

Do what you want, smoke your

cigarettes, burn the mattresses...

...turn the whole damn house

into one big ashtray...

...do whatever the f***

you want there...

You're leaving me...

I've left you...

How can you leave me...

Nobody leaves me

I am nobody K...

...that's why I've left you.

Just a sec!

- Excuse me.

Don't you crave for it whenever

someone lights up?

No K! just check it

out for once man!

Even I'd gone to just see the place!

Came out kicking the habit

Do I have to take an appointment?

Tell me... I'll take an

appointment for you...

When do you want to go?

Right now.

Right now?

- To treat.

Great! You know the place...

I have the card

K!

You're doing the right thing ok...

I'll inform them right away- bye.

Hello. Welcome to The Laboratory.

How can I help you?

Listen this is Abbas

Tyrewala speaking...

I want to send you another patient

Abbas what?

Tyrewala

- Yes sir...

His name is...

...but before that, what

about my finger?

Well... I guess you haven't read

your contract properly...

...as soon as your referred

patient signs his contract...

...you'll get your cut-back

No... No... No... its ok

Write down your tracking number

Please hold for a minute...

Hey waiter! Come here!...

Take the Call.

- He's going!

Hello!

I'm going to quit...

I swear...

Please come back...

Come back.

I'm trying really hard...

Hmm...

- What Hmmmm...

Hmmmm OK...

You're coming?

- Are you going?

I'm going

- Then I'm coming

Thanks...

No change

Don't worry. I've change

So - Keep it. You are

going to need it...

Where is the laboratory?

There.

Hey uncle

You sell oil? Carpets? What is this?

Where's The Laboratory?

Wonderful.

What?

What you are looking for.

Down there?

If you don't want to

go, I'll shut it.

One second.

Where's this Laboratory?

Below...

Ma'am! Where's the Laboratory?

Down there...

Thank you.

Where's the Laboratory?

Down There

Is there another level below

it or does it ends here?

Go down further...

Why couldn't they get

the bloody elevators...

Hey.

This way or that way...

That way.

Hello - Where's this Laboratory?

Welcome

No!

- The Laboratory?

Mr. Abbas must have sent you!

Mind blowing!

Follow me

Come

Who were those people?

Hello! I'm asking you?

Greetings

Guruji sits there.

Guruji might be sitting there but

who were those people staring at me?

Nothing is made on one level here?

Greetings!

Please come.

Have a Seat...

What's going on inside?

Sit

Who's this Guruji?

Shri! Shri! Shri!

Greater than the Great... Baba

Bengali!

From Sialdah!

He is coming!!

- You please wait!!

Prologue please...

I... my name is K...

And you feel the need to relinquish

the cigarette...

Yes...

Consider it done...

Actually just came

to check it out...

Whoever steps in here not

only stubs his addiction

...but completely buries it my son...

...cigarettes, bidis,

paan, tobacco...

Baba Bengali can cure

you of them all.

How do you make them quit

Point a gun to the head!

Bandits and Kidnappers need weapons,

I don't.

Chaurasiya! - Yes sir.

Didn't you show the noble

man our contract...

Not yet...

Standing here won't

make you any taller!

Please! Show him the contract.

Yes, sir.

Do I have to read all this?

Yes!

If Hindi is going to be a problem.

We have the same in English too.

Guide for dummies!

It's rather thick!

If you feel the compulsion

to read an abridged version

...we have that too! Our very own...

Pocket Edition

Please show him... - Yes sir.

Please read...

I hereby agree to do whatever

I am asked to do in order to

successfully quit smoking...

I am getting into this program

knowingly exactly...

...the risk my smoking

...will pose to me and

my family. Thanks.

K!

Meaning you'll do exactly

as we tell you to do.

But what will you tell me to do?

First you'll have to sign.

Then I'll let you know!

What if I sign these papers...

...and you put a gun on me... then.

Sir!! Kindly sign it.

Why do you want to invite trouble?

And what if I don't?

Hey! What's happening?

What's happening?

Leave me!

Leave me!

What are you doing!

Leave!

- Leave me!

Where are you taking me?

Leave me!

Let me go.

Let me go...

Hey fatso... I am talking to you...

Leave me!

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Anurag Kashyap

Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972), is an Indian film director, writer, editor, producer and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema, He is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award, and four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France awarded him the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) in 2013. After writing a television serial, Kashyap got his major break as a co-writer in Ram Gopal Varma's crime drama Satya (1998), and made his directorial debut with Paanch, which never had a theatrical release due to censorship issues. He then went on to direct Black Friday (2007), a film based on the book by Hussain Zaidi about the 1993 Bombay bombings. Its release was held up for two years by the Central Board of Film Certification because of the pending verdict of the case at that time, but was released in 2007 to widespread critical appreciation. Kashyap's followup, No Smoking (2007) met with negative reviews and performed poorly at the box-office. His next venture Dev.D (2009), a modern adaptation of Devdas was a critical and commercial success; followed by the political drama Gulaal (2009), and the thriller That Girl in Yellow Boots (2011). His prominence increased with the two-part crime drama, Gangs of Wasseypur (2012). Kashyap subsequently co-produced the critically acclaimed drama The Lunchbox, and the biographical drama Shahid (both 2013), the former earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language nomination. His next films were the anthology Bombay Talkies (2013), and the drama Ugly (2014). In 2016, Kashyap directed Raman Raghav 2.0, a film based on the serial killer Raman Raghav. His next film was the sports drama Mukkabaaz, which was released in 2018. Apart from filmmaking, Kashyap serves as the Member of board of the Mumbai-based NGO, Aangan, which helps protect vulnerable children around India. He is the founder of two film production companies: Anurag Kashyap Films and Phantom Films, with partnership from directors Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl and producer Madhu Mantena. more…

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