Queen Page #6

Synopsis: In this reversal of Henry Purcell's famous 1689 aria, 'Dido's Lament,' Queen Dido kills Aeneas by biting him to death, instead of killing herself, as Virgil would have it. Here, Queen Dido is an opera singer from Trinidad who is inspired by the post-coital cannibalism of praying mantises. She sings the famous lament to lure Aeneas, a New York graffiti artist, to her industrial boudoir. Once Aeneas arrives, he is summoned by a strange, giggling and sleepy guard who instructs him to lay down on the Shag Carpet of Death. Aeneas awaits his doom, almost desiring it. When Queen Dido arrives they begin to have sex, an enjoyment that ends in tragedy as Queen Dido carries out her insect-inspired desire.
Year:
2014
15 min
876 Views


I am going to paint

on every single wall...

...till they stop

this stupid war for oil.

So nice.

I want to do something too.

So who is stopping you?

Vijay, Chaddha uncle was telling

dad that I should work in his company.

I got eighty percent

in the twelfth standard.

So he was very impressed.

He's asked me earlier

to handle accounts in his company.

Should I?

What did your dad say?

He said do what Vijay says.

Why should you work?

What's the point?

Why stay out all day?

Am I going to starve you?

I have a job no!

Don't you have faith in me?

- Not like that.

- So what?

Refuse.

(Speaks Japanese)

(Speaks Hindi)

(Speaks Japanese)

Hello Pretty Lady.

50m! -

Take my fish please.

How are you today?

You look very pretty

in the beautiful sun.

But you don't like my food.

No.

I return the money because no one should

be paying for food they do not like.

Please take it. I insist.

- No.

- Take it.

OK.

So you think you know about food?

You know food?

You know food?

Yes.

Yes? Why don't you make your

own food and show to the world?

Huh?

Make your own food?

There is a sailing competition

happening in two days at Volendam.

Why don't you come?

You cook, if you good, you sell.

A real challenge.

Cooking?

Cooking.

Money?

Yes, you can make money

at the counter.

You give me a job?

I give you a job.

Step out of it.

You have the guts to do it?

Or are you scared?

Go for it.

You have the guts.

Fantastic. I see you at

the Volendam Quai in two days.

Okay.

Give me my fish.

Your map.

Sikander,

I think we've taken the wrong turn.

We should have gone straight.

Oleksander! Oleksander.

Live with it, now.

Sikander suits you.

You look like Sikander.

Sikander.

Ta ka.

Tim.

This looks like the wrong address.

Sikandar, wrong address.

It's got to be the correct address.

This looks weird. Taka, let's go.

Concentrate on

delivering your package.

Is this the address?

It is. Go, go, go

Hello miss.

I have a parcel.

It's a parcel for Roxette.

Yes.

Vijaylaxmi sent it.

Sit.

50 euros.

For what?

50 euros for half an hour.

I don't need half an hour. This

will only take a couple of minutes.

Please call Roxette.

Darling, I am Roxette.

You're Roxette?

Do you know Vijaylaxmi?

Vijaylaxmi? You're Queen.

From India. I'm so sorry.

I'm Rukshar, known here as Roxette.

I have a packet for you.

It's from my mother.

She has Vijaylaxmi's address.

That's why you had to deliver it.

I can't give her this address.

If she had the slightest doubt,

she would just die.

Our family has been

blessed with seven girls.

Then our father died.

Now I am the man of the house.

And I must earn our bread.

So why let it get me down?

Couldn't you get another job?

This is a difficult job.

If I could get one, I'd do it.

There's recession out there.

I have a degree in commerce.

Besides,

this is a legit job here.

The government gives you benefits.

It pays well.

And when the money goes home,

it's just money.

And it pays for two sisters to go to college

and for another to get married.

I can show you pictures.

Are you on Facebook?

I'll add you.

My email id is happyrani@yahoo.com

It's pole dance time. Come on.

Pole dance?

"I heard somewhere..."

that it's only a prayer"

"That can defrost

an ice-cold heart"

"Do you wanna go there?"

"And try with a prayer?"

"Or will you just

show me how to party"

- "When you come to me, anklets tinkling"

- "Each step will set them dancing"

"Then the drums will speak

and your lips will hold"

"The secrets of how to party"

"This wild wild feeling"

"Has set my world reeling"

"And turned me inside out"

"You wild wild nomad,

you wild wild nomad"

"What are your intentions about?"

"You wild wild nomad,

Show me how to party"

"Oh lightning lady,

why do you evade me?"

"Oh lightning lady,

show me how to party"

Lets go Taka

You dance beautifully.

Thank you.

Do come to Delhi.

If it is His will.

Sikandar, get up.

Come on,

get in the car and drive.

He's asleep.

Get in the car and drive home.

I'll have to drive.

Get in the car and drive home.

Come on hurry up.

There's a line behind us.

Drive you, little idiot.

I'm pressing the

accelerator but nothing...

Because you're stepping

on the brakes...

One minute...

You're destined to spend

your life on the bus, lady.

Get out of there and let me drive.

Toothbrushes for the masses.

And beer for Sikander.

Where are we going?

Today we're going to church.

Taka...

Japan...

Tsunami...

Mama Dad gone...

Job gone...

Home gone...

So we come here, on holiday...

...to make him happy.

Taka has no one in the world?

He's alone?

No, he has us.

Mom-Dad,

you talk every day?

Yes, sometimes ten times a day.

Who is that?

Nothing.

Good morning Rani.

Your boyfriend?

Fiance.

Marriage?

My marriage didn't happen.

He cancelled it.

Pain?

If he say sorry?

Would you forgive him?

Rani! Rani.

Come, come...

Yes coming.

Rani look.

I am so glad to see you.

I didn't think you'd show.

My kitchen is all yours.

And let's see what you can cook.

I get the money.

Today, I am just your boss

and you are my chef.

He's so cute!

You...crush?

Yes. On him and on Salman Khan.

Now cook.

What should I cook?

Do you have a pressure cooker?

Cooker.

What's a cooker?

They don't know what a cooker is.

Spices?

Hing?

Hing?

Hing?

Hing?

What's Hing?

What do they call Hing in English?

Listen, what do they

call Hing in English?

What do they call Hing in English?

Hing?

Mustard!

Its written on the

bottle but I never read it.

Hing.

Rani, Hing is called

Hing (Asafoetida) in English.

"Watch her fly, watch her try

her new wings, throw open the cage"

"Watch her fly, watch her try

her new wings, throw open the cage"

Out, out.

India's flag.

This way it becomes India's flag.

This is from India.

Food from India.

In Mumbai, pani puri.

Gupchup in UP and Jharkand.

In Calcutta, puchka.

In Delhi, we call it golgappa.

I told you, no one will come.

Don't give up.

Hello. What do you have?

Golgappa-

I want to try it.

Are you alright, darling?

Too Spicy!

You're trying to kill me?

I think it was a bit too spicy.

Hello.

I want to try another one.

Me too.

After two minutes,

the taste was good. I like it.

I'd like another one.

For my wife too.

Some sausage?

No, we're going for golgappa.

I am going to try some golgappa.

What is going on there?

"Those distances that separated us"

"Those philosophies

we couldn't reconcile"

"They've been crushed underfoot"

"By a woman,

swathed in her own light"

"Standing on the threshold

we prayed for her"

"She's the one we longed for"

"No one knew how special she was"

"Here comes the morning"

Take it, you earned it.

I make the money because of you.

Fifty-fifty.

Thank you.

But I didn't get

any of these golgappas.

I'll make one for you.

Spicy but delicious.

Mamma mia.

Rani,

Indian cook best.

But Italian kiss best.

Nothing like that.

India is best at everything.

Take any Emraan

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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