2 Male Actors (M + M) 5 - 8 Minutes Mystery/Crime
The Interview
Full Shooting Script in Industry Courier Monospace Format
FADE IN:
INT. POLICE INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
Bare room. Metal table. Two chairs. A BUZZING ceiling light. One-way mirror. A tape recorder already running.
INSPECTOR VARUN (45), dark shirt, rolled sleeves, tired face, notebook in hand, sits like a man who has not slept in days.
Across from him sits AMIT (30), jittery, cheap jacket, helmet tucked under one arm, mud on his shoes.
Varun flips open the case file.
VARUN
Naam?
AMIT
Amit. Amit Kumar.
VARUN
Raat ke 11:20 pe kahan tha?
AMIT
Sir, main delivery kar raha tha.
VARUN
Kahan?
AMIT
Sector 14. Tower B.
Varun scribbles.
VARUN
Missing woman, Neha Sood. Usko last kisne dekha?
AMIT
Mujhe kaise pata, sir?
VARUN
Kyunki tum us building mein the.
AMIT
Haan. Parcel dene.
VARUN
Aur?
AMIT
Aur kya?
Varun leans in.
VARUN
Jhooth mat bolo.
AMIT
Sir, main jhooth bol bhi doon na, toh yaad nahi rehta. Itna stress hai life mein.
Varun stares. Then opens the file, pulls out a PHOTO and slaps it on the table.
VARUN
Yeh aurat.
Amit looks. Freezes.
AMIT
Yeh... yeh woh nahi thi.
VARUN
Kya matlab?
AMIT
Us raat jo aurat thi, uske saath ek aadmi bhi tha.
Varun’s jaw tightens.
VARUN
Kaunsa aadmi?
AMIT
Dark shirt. Sleeves rolled. Haath mein notebook.
Beat.
Varun glances at his own shirt. His own notebook.
VARUN
Bakwaas band kar.
AMIT
Sir, main bakwaas nahi kar raha.
Varun hits RECORD on the tape recorder harder than necessary.
VARUN
Building mein kya dekha?
AMIT
Gate khula tha. Guard so raha tha.
VARUN
Phir?
AMIT
Corridor mein light flicker ho rahi thi.
VARUN
Neha Sood?
AMIT
Ek blue scarf wali aurat lift ke paas thi.
VARUN
Face?
AMIT
Nahi dekha. Bas shadow.
Varun stands, circles the table.
VARUN
Tumhare hisaab se woh woman thi ya shadow?
AMIT
Sir, us raat sab kuch shadow jaisa tha.
Varun stops behind Amit.
VARUN
Tumne police ko pehle kyun nahi bataya?
AMIT
Kis police ko?
Varun freezes.
AMIT (CONT'D)
Kyunki jo aap the, woh police kam... aur kuch aur zyada lag rahe the.
Varun grabs the case file, flips pages.
Some pages are misaligned. Different fonts. Dates crossed out.
AMIT (CONT'D)
Phone par aapne bola tha, “File ko missing woman angle se close karo.”
VARUN
Shut up.
AMIT
“Varna internal enquiry khul jayegi.”
Varun’s hand tightens on the file.
VARUN
Mere phone kaise suna?
Amit slowly pulls out a cracked phone.
AMIT
Kyunki record kiya tha.
He turns the screen. A delivery note visible.
INSERT - PHONE SCREEN
“Police guy asked for cash. Said keep quiet.”
BACK TO SCENE
Varun snatches the phone, furious.
VARUN
Tum blackmail kar rahe ho?
AMIT
Nahi, sir.
(beat)
Main yaad dila raha hoon.
A long silence.
The buzzing light becomes unbearable.
Varun opens the evidence envelope. Inside: a second tape.
He stares at the label.
INSERT - TAPE LABEL
“INTERVIEW 1”
BACK TO SCENE
VARUN
Yeh tape... kahan se aaya?
AMIT
Aapke bag se.
VARUN
Jhooth.
AMIT
Sir, main delivery driver hoon.
(small smile)
Main parcel pehchaan leta hoon.
Varun presses PLAY on the second tape.
We do NOT hear audio clearly, only a faint hiss and Varun’s own voice under static:
VARUN (V.O.)
...missing woman ka angle hi rehna chahiye...
Varun recoils.
VARUN
Band karo.
He stops it.
VARUN (CONT'D)
Neha Sood kaun thi?
AMIT
Mujhe nahi pata.
(beat)
Shayad koi thi. Shayad aapne naam file mein daala.
Aur phir khud bhool gaye.
Varun sits slowly.
VARUN
Main...
He cannot finish.
Amit leans forward, calm now.
AMIT
Sir, main witness nahi hoon.
Main bas woh aadmi hoon jo us raat wahan tha.
Aapke dimaag ka witness.
Varun looks at the notebook. At the file. At the tape.
He closes the notebook.
A beat.
The one-way mirror remains empty.
The light BUZZES.
Varun finally speaks, almost to himself.
VARUN
Toh missing kaun tha?
Amit doesn’t answer.
The tape recorder keeps running.
CUT TO BLACK.
THE END.
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