Thursday, June 9, 2016

Restless -In the spirit of Indian Truck Drivers


Opens to a shot of a busy traffic signal.
With a lot of vehicles at the signal, we see a truck waiting for the signal to turn
green. The signal digital meter reads 124 seconds.In a car parked behind the truck, a young man dressed in formals and a tie, appears to be struggling between a tense conversation on the phone and his patience of waiting at the signal. He keeps honking at the truck standing in front of him.While the signal clocks around 95 seconds, the truck driver gets of the truck. A tall hefty man in a black pathani
approaches the car casually rolling his sleeves up. The man in the car starts looking at the truck driver and appears petrified. He hangs up the call worried about the consequences of honking constantly.
As he attempts to keep his phone on the pillion driver’s seat, it tends to fall on the floor but the man doesn’t bother to pick it up. By now the truck driver has approached the man. He knocks at the windows with the conspicuous rings on his fingers. As the man rolls down the window with fear on his face,
                                                   The truck driver
                      “Bhaisaab, ek hi minute ki to baat hai. Thoda sabar
                        kijiye. Signal to nahi tod sakta na?”
                                                   The Man                                            
                                                K..Koi baat nahi…
The man looks stunned at the unexpected gesture of the truck driver. Saying this, the truck driver smiles and walks away towards to his truck and boards it.The man sitting in the car keeps staring at the truck in astonishment.

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                                 In the spirit of Indian Truck Drivers