2 Female Actors (F + F) 5 - 8 Minutes Horror/Supernatural
The Locked Drawer
Full Shooting Script in Industry Courier Monospace Format
FADE IN:
INT. OLD STUDY ROOM - MIDNIGHT
Moonlight curtains ke through andar aa rahi hai. Dusty desk. Ceiling fan dheere-dheere creak kar raha hai. Ek locked drawer desk ke neeche band pada hai.
PIA (20), nightdress mein, messy hair, flashlight clutch kiye room mein ghusti hai.
PIA
(under breath)
Bas. Aaj ya toh sach milega, ya main is ghar ko aag laga dungi.
She sweeps the flashlight over the room. A desk. Old photo frame. A tape recorder half-hidden under papers.
A soft CLICK.
Pia freezes.
The drawer is slightly open.
PIA
Nahi... nahi, maine lock kiya tha.
She steps closer. A faint breathing sound leaks from the wood.
PIA
Kaun hai?
No answer. Just breathing.
MADHURI (44) enters silently from the doorway, sari crisp, keys clipped at her waist.
MADHURI
Drawer ko chhedna band karo, Pia.
PIA
Aapko kaise pata chala main yahan hoon?
MADHURI
Is ghar mein raat ko koi bhi cheez chup nahi sakti.
PIA
Haan? Toh phir yeh drawer khud kyun khul raha hai?
MADHURI
(steady)
Kyunki isko band rehna chahiye.
PIA
Mere baap ke study mein jo bhi hai, mujhe dekhna hai.
MADHURI
Tumhare baap ki cheezein tumhare liye nahi thi.
PIA
Aur meri maa?
Madhuri goes still.
PIA
Haan. Meri maa ka naam bhi yahan koi nahi leta. Kyun?
MADHURI
Pia...
PIA
Nahi. Aaj nahi. Aaj drawer khulega.
Pia reaches for the handle. Madhuri grabs her wrist.
MADHURI
Mat karo.
PIA
Aap darr rahi hain?
MADHURI
Haan.
That lands.
PIA
Kisse?
MADHURI
Sach se.
Pia yanks her hand free and opens the drawer.
Inside: an OLD PHOTO with one face cut out, a bundle of LETTERS, and a TAPE RECORDER.
PIA
Yeh... yeh kya hai?
MADHURI
(whisper)
Jo kabhi bahar nahi aana chahiye tha.
PIA picks up the photo.
PIA
Yeh meri maa thi.
MADHURI
Aur yeh wajah thi ki ghar mein sab chup ho gaye.
PIA
Aap bol kya rahi ho?
The drawer makes a soft THUMP from inside, like something moved.
PIA
(whispers)
Maine saans suni.
MADHURI
Nahi.
PIA
Maine suni.
She leans closer to the drawer.
PIA
Kaun hai andar?
A beat.
Then: a faint WOMAN’S BREATH, almost a sigh.
PIA recoils.
MADHURI closes her eyes.
MADHURI
Us raat...
PIA
Kaunsi raat?
MADHURI
Jis raat tumhari maa gayab nahi hui thi.
PIA
Kya?
MADHURI
Usko chupaya gaya tha.
PIA stares, stunned.
PIA
Kisne?
MADHURI
Tumhare father ne.
PIA
Jhooth.
MADHURI
Main bhi us waqt jhooth mein thi.
Pia grabs the tape recorder.
PIA
Isme kya hai?
MADHURI
Mat chalao.
PIA
Ab toh zaroor chalाऊँgi.
Pia presses PLAY.
Static.
Then a faint, broken WOMAN’S VOICE.
AASHA (V.O.)
Pia... agar tum sun rahi ho... mat darna.
Pia’s eyes fill.
AASHA (V.O.)
Main drawer mein nahi hoon.
PIA
Maa...
AASHA (V.O.)
Main neeche hoon.
Madhuri staggers back.
PIA
Neeche?
AASHA (V.O.)
Study ke neeche. Deewar ke paas. Jahan desk ka saya padta hai.
PIA turns slowly toward the floorboards.
AASHA (V.O.)
Tumhare father ne mujhe yahin dafnaya tha.
PIA
No...
AASHA (V.O.)
Madhuri ne roka tha.
Madhuri breaks.
MADHURI
Main roki thi... par bacha nahi paayi.
PIA
Aap sab jaanti thi?
MADHURI
Main ne us raat body dekhi thi. Phir... main ne drawer lock kar diya. Khat, tape, photo... sab yahin chhupa diya. Taaki koi poochhe toh sach ka koi tukda na mile.
PIA
Aapne meri maa ko mita diya.
MADHURI
Main ne ghar ko bachane ki koshish ki.
PIA
Ghar? Maa se zyada?
Madhuri has no answer.
AASHA (V.O.)
Pia... mujhe dhoondo.
The tape hisses.
PIA
(quiet, furious)
Mujhe ab sab chahiye.
She kneels near the desk, flashlight aimed at the floorboards.
A thin CRACK line is visible near the desk’s shadow.
MADHURI
Agar tum yeh khologi, sab khatam ho jayega.
PIA
Nahi.
(beat)
Sab abhi shuru hoga.
The ceiling fan gives one last loud CREAK.
The drawer SLAMS shut by itself.
Both women flinch.
Silence.
PIA looks at Madhuri.
MADHURI looks at the floor.
PIA
Maa ne aakhri baar bhi drawer se nahi, neeche se bulaya tha.
Madhuri nods, defeated.
CUT TO BLACK.
THE END.
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