2 Male + 1 Female (M + M + F) 6 - 9 Minutes Horror/Supernatural
The Waiting Bench
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Dr. Aditya
Super-Objective (What They Want):
To maintain control over the situation and preserve his professional certainty.
Hidden Subtext (What They Hide):
If I can label this as a routine problem, I do not have to face what happened here a year ago.
R
Ramesh
Super-Objective (What They Want):
To keep the secret contained while surviving the guilt of knowing too much.
Hidden Subtext (What They Hide):
I have been carrying this room’s truth for too long, and now it is finally opening.
P
Pallavi
Super-Objective (What They Want):
To find Arjun, or force the living to acknowledge the waiting that never ended.
Hidden Subtext (What They Hide):
You all know what happened, and I am not leaving until the question is answered.
Casting Director Note: Use these curated dialogue beats during casting auditions and table reads. Characters switch naturally between Hindi and English (Hinglish).
PALLAVI (slowly turns her head): Arjun kahan hai?
DR. ADITYA (dry): Madam, yeh hospital hai ya aapka ringtone?
RAMESH (low): Sir, woh page mat kholo.
DR. ADITYA (quiet, shaken): Companion ka naam...
PALLAVI (softly): Uska tha.
PALLAVI (perfectly still): Arjun kahan hai?