Power Paandi Page #2

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I'd have submitted it tomorrow.

Anyway, thanks.

How will you get home now?

- I'll take an auto-rickshaw.

Sure?

- Sure!

Okay. Get home safe.

- Okay!

Sir, this is the security

from downstairs.

Your father has been

standing here for an hour.

I think he's unable to find a ride.

Could you please take a look?

Why are you still standing here, dad?

You walked out of work?

You can't find a ride?

I'll manage!

I will find one.

Fine, I'll drop you home.

I'll be fine.

Don't trouble yourself.

Son, aren't you late for work?

Yes. But what can I do.

Thank you.

Buy a taller car.

It's hard to get down.

Drive safe!

Who asked you to bring the file?

I thought it's an important--

- That's my problem.

I'd have given it the next day.

Who asked you to come?

I wanted to be of help.

No, thank you!

Don't do anything!

Just don't do anything.

That would be a great help.

Go away, dad.

Don't get worked up.

I got so worked up,

I rammed the car and got it dented.

This time, it was the car.

What if it had been me?

Why do you talk like that, son?

Dad, just go.

Go away!

It's okay, grandpa.

Don't feel bad.

Sakshi, erase this and write it again.

Hi, grandpa!

I need to talk to you.

What's the matter, dad?

All this trouble happens

because I'm always home.

I'm thinking I'll get a job.

What do you need to

work and make money for?

You do take very good care of me.

And I've saved up some money, too.

I just need something to pass the time.

Must you really go to work?

I feel it's better if I do.

What job will you get at this age?

Eight!

Seven. Six.

Five. Four more.

Four.

One.

Relax.

Where's dad?

He's gone jogging?

He woke up at six

and left to the gym.

He's just being dramatic.

Look, if you want your body

to be strong and muscular...

you must drink porridge

made from finger millet.

What millet?

- Finger millet!

Finger millet!

Mr. Paandi, you must not ask them

to drink millet porridge!

Protein shakes.

We're selling it right here

at the gym.

If you want to get muscles,

drink protein shake!

Okay, sir.

Grandpa, you're here already?

The gym only opens at six.

Open up.

You won't see results

if you don't do your reps.

Oh, I'm done.

So, Master!

Long time no see.

Been busy?

I'm not jobless like you.

I've got work!

I know. From a stunt master,

you've become a gym master now?

One must work hard to earn a living.

That's a different feeling.

You've got your nose in your iPad.

You're so unfit!

Come join the gym.

I'll make you fit.

Workout?

I can't!

Slow down, man. I can't!

Two.

One.

Relax.

Relax?

Don't lie, there's four more left.

You should know whom to push,

and how much!

He was a puny fellow. You made him do

too many reps and now he's bedridden.

He's been hospitalised with a broken muscle.

Our job is to make the client strong!

You're not academically qualified.

I shouldn't have appointed you.

I've made a mistake.

This is not some cinema stunt,

that anybody can do.

Look.

You're crossing a line.

Think anyone can do a cinema stunt?

Wanna fight?

Huh?

- Stop!

What?

Fool.

I don't need you

or your job.

Never speak ill of any trade.

Forgive me.

He picks a fight everywhere.

Who would hire him?

Who asked him to work anyway?

He could just sit quietly.

He's threatening people around like some thug.

Why do you laugh?

It's just...

You said you'd work hard to earn a living!

Now you're also a loafer like me.

See, Master.

Jobs may come and go.

This state of joblessness is perpetual.

Proud of it, huh?

You're jobless and you carry a beer around.

You're not a trainer anymore.

Stop lecturing.

I'm in love with a girl.

But she won't even look at me.

She makes me run behind her.

So I'm all depressed.

That's why I'm drinking beer.

You're depressed about that?

How many girlfriends have you had?

Being cocky, grandpa?

My first love.

I message, and she replies.

But as a friend.

I call her,

and she talks to me.

But as a friend.

I ask to meet,

and she meets me- as a friend.

I think she's friend-zoned me.

How do I tell her I like her

like a girlfriend?

I'll tell you?

Yeah!

Just tell her.

Huh?

Tell her, 'I'd like you as my girlfriend'.

Fraidy cat!

Aren't you ashamed?

iPhones, iPads, PlayStation, Skype,

Facetime, chatting, WhatsApp, SMS...

what's the point of all this?

You don't have the gall to

tell a girl you love her!

You've never been in love,

so you wouldn't know it's burden!

You know that I've never been in love?

What do you mean?

You had a love-marriage?

No.

Oh, man!

You loved some woman

before your marriage?

Yes, my first love.

Oh, give me the details.

I'll tell you some other day.

Now my mind is occupied

with ideas for a new job.

You're going back to work?

What work?

Seize him!

I don't care how you do it,

by nightfall, tell me you've killed him.

You write an exam to pass.

I'll squish him like tomatoes with my gaze.

Cut.

Oh, he's started.

Those dialogues were not even in the scene paper.

Excuse me, Mr. Gautham.

Please come forward.

Don't cover me.

Thought we could do a low angle?

Will be more good, no?

Really?

Really.

Go, go.

I was thinking,

we could drop the 'tomato' dialogue?

Gautam! This is your film.

That's why I used the word 'tomato'.

Or do you know the word I'd normally use?

Let's go for the take,

don't waste my time, Gau.

Okay, sir.

- Wipe my face.

Come. But don't touch.

Go away.

You come closer.

We need somebody mature

for the goon's dialogue.

Him?

No, I said someone mature.

Could you speak this dialogue, Master?

Get him to learn the dialogues.

You've got two minutes.

'Whatever the boss orders,

this servant shall do.'

'Boss, whatever you order,

this servant shall do it.'

It's in interior...

It's set in interior,

so we could lose the sunglasses?

If I take off the glasses,

my fans wouldn't like it, Gautam.

My fans!

Sir, the coolers?

He won't take them off.

What can I do?

Ready? Ready, Master.

Take!

Roll camera... and action!

Boss...

Cut!

What happened, Master?

Sorry, sir. One more take.

- Okay, Master.

Come on, Gau.

- Ready, guys.

Roll cameras... ready.

Action!

Boss, whatever you say...

Cut!

I don't like that, Gau.

- Master!

Sorry, sir.

- It's a simple dialogue, Master.

First time in front of camera

so I'm a little nervous.

I will do it, sir.

- Okay.

Shall we change the person?

No, let him do it.

- Okay, sir.

Ready, Master. Let's go.

Ready?

Ready.

Roll cameras.

- Rolling.

And action.

Boss...

Cut it.

Gautam! Don't waste my time.

Change the funny guy.

He's a stunt master.

- Like he's some master-chef.

Sorry, Master.

The hero is getting stressed.

We'll do another scene, I'll tell you.

True. We mustn't waste time.

- Okay, Master. Thank you.

What happened next, grandpa?

What happened?

I finished my dialogue, in a single take

and the entire set applauded.

Superb, grandpa.

- Of course.

Your grandpa is not just anybody.

The director said I must do

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