MANGO TREE - LATE EVENING
THIS PLACE is absolutely deserted. Sidharth keeps staring at the branch that two girls were hung from he holds the post mortem report in his hand . Nihal and Chandra bhan wait by the car .his walk around seems aimlessly sometimes and absolutely focused at some .and then he asks them from a distance.
Sidharth- Hamirpur kitni door hai yahan se?
Chandra bhan- (points to his right closeby)- kareeb do kilometer...udhar sir...
Sidharth- chamda factory kis taraf hai?
Nihal- (points in another direction) sir unharmed, chhatni gaaon se aage,karreeb 5 kilometer hoga sir.
Mayank and Jatav arrive in another jeep .Sidharth sees a shed nearby and he begins to moves in that direction. Mayank and jatav rush behind him .
Sidharth- ye kya hai....?
Mayank- wo Janne dijiye sir...
By then Sidharth has reached the shed .if Mayank and Jatav had their way they would physically stop him.
Mayank- sir wahan jaanwaro ka Khaal nikalte hain Hamirpur waale .
By then Sidharth has opened the jute curtain. What he sees there is horrifying. Carcasses piled over each other.
Mayank- sir area mein jitney bhi janwar mar jaate hain unko ye log yaha laake uski khaal nikaal ke tannery mein bechte hain.
Sidharth can't bear the sight.
Jatav- aaj wo ladkon ko maara toh ...Nishad ne sab SC ST ko kaam karne se mana kiya hai sir. Whatsapp par uska ek message chal raha Hai.
Mayank takes out his phone and plays an Audio message.
FIELD/ROAD/SWAMP- NIGHT
SIDHARTH 'S car drives through the fields. Mayank sits next to Sidharth holding his phone forward .The car drives away from the tree in to the fields.
Nishad (v.o.)- main aur tum inhe dikhaai nahi dete, lekin inki zindagiyan humarre upar hi tiki hain. Jin kheton mein inka anaaj ugta hai .wahaan mazdoori tum karte ho, inka maila tu. Uthàte ho. Inke Bachchan tum paida karte ho, inking laashein tum jalaate ho.
Finally the car pulls over . Sidharth gets off the car and walks in to the fields, Mayank follows suit.
NISHAD-(V.O.) Insaaf ki bheekh mat maango. Bahut maang chuke .bas Jo bhi kaam tum karte ho, band Kar do.
They keep walking as the two vehicles crawl slowly following them alongside .
Mayank- sir wo udhar hai Tannery . Ladkiya wahan se niklati thi roz aur is raste se Ghar jaati theen.
Sidharth- aur wo ped kahan hai?
Mayank-(points in a completelynewdirection)udhar hai sir.
They look around for some time . Then, look into the fields in torch light. After some time, look tired . Now Sidharth, Chandra bhan and Jatav are standing on the road, lookat the fields, hopelessly.
Chandra bhan- kheto'n mein nahi milegi sir. Din ho gaya .ye dekhne mein badaa lagta hai par Kisan apni zameen ka ek ek foot janata hai .nazar rakhta hai.
Sidharth- par kaheen bhi.. milegi kya ? Kya lagta hai aap logon ko?
Ja- dhoondhna toh chahiye sir.
They are in the car again.
Sidharth-(thinking) agar maarna tha to do ko hi kyu maara?
(from the past , the three girls run for their lives through the fields. they have reached at the edge of a large forest-cum-swap that the two are walking around . Jatav rushes back to the car to get a torch. )
