Angry Father

INT. HOUSE – LIVING ROOM – NIGHT

THE ROOM IS TENSE. FATHER AND SON STAND FACING EACH OTHER.

FATHER
(GUSSE MEIN, TEZ AWAAZ MEIN)

BAS! BAHUT HO GAYA!

HE STARES AT HIS SON.

FATHER

TU SAMAJHTA KYA HAI APNE AAP KO?

(POINTING TOWARDS HIM)

MAINE TUJHE KABHI KISI CHEEZ KI KAMI
MEHSOOS HONE DI?

JO MAANGA… JITNA MAANGA…
MAINE APNI AUKAAT SE ZYADA DIYA!

(TAKES A BREATH)

AUR AAJ… TU MUJHE HI AANKHEIN
DIKHA RAHA HAI?

BETA, GUSSA MUJHE TERI BAAT PAR NAHI… TERI SOCH PAR AA RAHA HAI!

(WALKS CLOSER)

TUJHE LAGTA HAI DUNIYA BAHUT AASAAN HAI? KI GHAR SE BAHAR NIKLEGA… APNI MARZI KAREGA…

AUR SAB KUCH TERE HISAAB SE HO JAYEGA?

(SHAKES HEAD)

NAHI HOTA AISA!

(FRUSTRATED)

MAINE APNI POORI ZINDAGI TERE LIYE
COMPROMISE KI HAI. APNE SAPNE CHHODE HAIN… APNI KHWAHISHEIN ROKI HAIN…

SIRF ISLIYE… KI MERA BETA MUJHSE
BEHTAR ZINDAGI JI SAKE.

(SOFTER)

LEKIN TUJHE KYA DIKHTA HAI? SIRF MERI DAANT.

(EMOTIONAL)

KABHI YE NAHI DEKHA… KI JIS AADMI SE TU LAD RAHA HAI NA…

WOH AADMI HAR RAAT TERE FUTURE KI TENSION LEKAR SOTA HAI.

MAIN TERA DUSHMAN NAHI HOON, BETA. LEKIN AGAR MERI BAAT TUJHE BURI LAGTI HAI…

TOH AAJ SE MERI BAAT MAT MAAN.

(TURNS AWAY, THEN STOPS)

BAS…

(TURNS BACK, EMOTIONAL)

EK DIN MERE JAISA BAAP BAN KAR DEKHNA. PHIR SAMAJH AAYEGA…

KI GUSSA KITNA KAM HOTA HAI… AUR DARR… KITNA ZYADA.

FATHER LOOKS AWAY. SON REMAINS SILENT.

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