3 Male (M + M + M) 6 - 9 Minutes Pure Comedy
The Wrong Birthday Cake
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100% Free for Filmmakers FADE IN:
INT. APARTMENT DINING AREA - NIGHT
Warm ceiling light. A single flickering birthday candle on a small cake.
A cramped room: sofa, kitchen counter, balloons slipping down the wall.
ARJUN, 32, sits at the table, suspiciously hopeful.
VIKRAM, 34, stands near the counter.
IMRAN, 31, adjusts paper plates.
ARJUN
Yeh surprise hai na?
VIKRAM
Obviously surprise hai.
IMRAN
Bas candle mat bujha dena pehle.
Arjun stares at the cake.
ARJUN
Toh cake kiske liye hai?
Vikram points casually.
VIKRAM
Uske liye.
ARJUN
Kaun uske?
IMRAN
Cake.
Arjun narrows his eyes.
ARJUN
Tum dono acting kyun kar rahe ho?
Vikram leans in.
VIKRAM
Kyuki surprise mein acting hoti hai.
IMRAN
Aur confusion bhi.
Arjun looks at the cake label.
INSERT - CAKE LABEL: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RAKESH!”
ARJUN
Rakesh kaun hai?
VIKRAM
Nickname hoga.
IMRAN
Ya cake ka ex.
ARJUN
Mazaak mat karo.
Imran picks up a gift bag.
INSERT - GIFT TAG: “FOR RAKESH — FROM V.”
IMRAN
V kaun?
VIKRAM
Obviously Vikram.
ARJUN
Gift Rakesh ko?
VIKRAM
Haan.
ARJUN
Party kiski?
IMRAN
Technically… birthday wale ki.
Arjun folds his arms.
ARJUN
Aur birthday wala main hoon.
Vikram and Imran exchange a look.
VIKRAM
Arjun… tumhara birthday last month tha.
ARJUN
Nahi.
IMRAN
Haan.
ARJUN
Nahi, last month mera...
He stops.
ARJUN (CONT’D)
Behen ka tha.
IMRAN
Woh bhi yahan kyun aayi?
Arjun spots a folded note near the box.
ARJUN
Yeh kya hai?
He opens it.
INSERT - NOTE: “PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO BRING THE CANDLES. - I.”
All three stare at Imran.
IMRAN
Maine candles laye the.
VIKRAM
Bas?
IMRAN
Bas.
Vikram points at the counter.
VIKRAM
Aur yeh?
INSERT - COUNTER NOTE: “TABLE SET KAR DENA. PARTY 9 BAJE. - I.”
ARJUN
I matlab Imran?
IMRAN
Could be.
VIKRAM
Niche doodle dekh.
Arjun squints.
ARJUN
Arre… yeh I nahi, 1 lag raha hai.
IMRAN
Toh birthday person ka naam One hai?
VIKRAM
Apartment number hoga.
Arjun opens the cake box.
INSERT - SMALL CARD: “WITH LOVE, YOUR FAVORITE ROOMMATES.”
ARJUN
Roommates?
IMRAN
Hum roommates nahi hain.
VIKRAM
Hum friends hain jo kabhi-kabhi yahan so jaate hain.
Arjun flips the card.
INSERT - BACK OF CARD: “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. IQBAL.”
Silence.
ARJUN
Mr. Iqbal kaun?
IMRAN
Apartment owner?
VIKRAM
Shayad.
ARJUN
Shayad?
IMRAN
Rent ka naam yaad hai, bas naam nahi.
VIKRAM
Important priorities.
Arjun looks at the icing.
ARJUN
Toh hum kiski birthday celebrate kar rahe the?
IMRAN
Mr. Iqbal ki.
VIKRAM
Aur Arjun ko laga apni.
ARJUN
Mujhe laga surprise mera hai.
IMRAN
Humein bhi nahi pata tha kya ho raha hai.
A KEY JANGLES outside.
The door remains shut. A phone on the table auto-plays a voice note.
RECORDED VOICE (V.O.)
Guys, birthday kal tha. Aur waise bhi, tum teeno ne mera naam itni baar galat bola ki main surprise ho gaya.
The three freeze.
ARJUN
Kal tha?
VIKRAM
Kal tha.
IMRAN
Aur naam?
RECORDED VOICE (V.O.)
Mr. Iqbal. Itna bhi mushkil nahi tha.
The voice note ends.
ARJUN
Toh birthday miss ho gaya.
VIKRAM
Technically, surprise abhi bhi hai.
IMRAN
Comedy bhi.
Arjun picks up the cake knife.
ARJUN
Plan kya hai?
VIKRAM
Simple. Wrong birthday cake ko rightfully khaayenge.
IMRAN
Aur kal apology note.
ARJUN
Next time pehle naam yaad karenge.
They begin cutting the cake.
The candle flickers one last time.
IMRAN
Aur guest of honor?
VIKRAM
Late.
ARJUN
Jaise humari memory.
They eat cake.
The balloons continue slipping down the wall.
FADE OUT.
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