Nukkad Naatak

I'm sorry, Grandpa.

It's been three years since my last email.

I hope you have access to fast WiFi and hot tea

up there in heaven.

I made huge mistakes in the last few months.

It's really embarrassing.

I'm ashamed to tell you the truth.

Please don't judge me.

In my first year, ZIT felt very lonely.

Until I met…

Molshri.

The first thing I noticed about Molshri

was her rebellious nature.

In a college that was still stuck in 1947,

Molshri organized its first co-ed party.

Her boyfriend Nishant kept trying to break-up with her.

But she rebelled against that too.

This doesn't work like this. I've always been there for you.

When you ran away from home, when you met with an accident…

This is not how it works, dude! You can't just dump me!

She wouldn't let Nishant leave her.

East or West…

ZIT is the best!

She was the president of our street-play society called Abhay.

This is my last semester.

We have to win Antaragini, the street-play competition.

We'll practice every day from 5 to 12 o'clock.

If you are even a minute late, you will be expelled from the group.

Forget everything else for a while.

Protect your voice.

She ordered us around like a dictator!

Got it?

Grandpa, I can't even imagine

how somebody like her and I could become friends.

The world was her oyster.

Whereas I was scared

to even leave my hostel room.

Misbah!

Please give me a couple of hours alone.

I felt the safest within the walls of my room.

During my lowest moment, only Molshri was there for me.

Keep it up, darling.

- Shake your booty! - You look so lovely, princess.

Cutie pie, why don't you lower your veil?

Wow! What a beauty!

- Don't record me! - We'll make you our bitch!

Please stop recording…

- No… - Smile for the camera, babe.

Shivang! Open up!

Hey!

Who the hell is this? Your friend?

Who is this?

Is she your friend?

Why is she pulling out her phone?

She's filming us!

- Who the hell are you? - Do you know her?

I will send this to ZIT's Director.

And you will be expelled.

You have three seconds.

Get out!

Three… two…

Then Molshri introduced me to the world of Nukkad.

It liberated me from my body.

A body that felt like a cage.

Every character gave me the chance to live a new life.

We skipped all our classes and labs sessions.

Nukkad became our real education.

Molshri's resolve to change the world

dictated the story of our plays.

Every year, half a million Indians

need an organ transplant…

And every single day, 20 people die

waiting for an organ transplant.

How long will we let people die like this?

What are you doing to help out?

In our final semester, one of Molshri's headstrong plans,

crossed all boundaries.

And changed our lives forever.

Nukkad Naatak.

Can't you see?

Are you blind?

- Please forgive me, sir. - Loser! You wasted all that food!

Who the hell is going to pay for this?

I'm sorry, sir. It was a mistake.

Mistake?

You won't learn until there's a pay cut!

Sir, please forgive me.

Please don't cut my pay.

- I'll clean it up. - So rude!

Molshri, stop! Where are you going?

Are you okay?

Yes, madam. I'm fine.

Madam, please don't. I'll do it.

- This idiot just doesn't get it. - No point in talking to him.

He's so dumb!

- I love messing with him. - It's fun!

What a moron!

Hello? Nikki?

Nikki. My sweetheart.

We'll go in from that window while the guard is busy.

We'll steal everything. Got it?

That jerk wants to cut his pay, right? We'll teach him a lesson!

Wear it.

Give me a boost!

- Dude, what happened? - Buddy, I need to pee.

- What the hell are you saying? - Honestly, I can't do this!

Dude, come on!

Mass bunking classes was fine, but stealing is too extreme!

Did you forget how he yelled at Mukund? Think about that.

Forget about Mukund! What if we get caught?

We won't get caught. Trust me.

Oh, my!

The way you say 'hello'…

It makes my whole body tingle.

What's the plan?

- I'll get this and you should go for that. - Okay.

Let's go!

Hush!

Chips are too loud. Chocolates, juices are more efficient.

Hello?

Are you upset?

Can you hear me?

Hello?

- Shit! - What are you doing?

Put it on silent mode! What's wrong with you?

Hold on, Nikki.

I'll call you back.

- Reject the call! - I'll be quick.

Have you lost it? We'll get caught! God, help me!

Hello?

I told you I'm crazy busy with my new client.

How crazy can it be?

You could've at least texted. You just ghosted me, dude!

You'll understand once you graduate.

- Hey! - Molshri?

Who's there?

Are you being reckless again?

Oh, my God!

When will you grow up…

- Hey! - Sorry, buddy!

Run!

Hey! You okay?

Relax, take it easy.

Ten…

I couldn't sleep all night.

All I could see was my dad's disappointed face.

Why did I need to be a hero?

Madam, why did you call me here?

Mukund.

This is for you.

Don't open it in college.

And remember.

No one has the right to mistreat you! No matter what.

Thank you, madam.

Molshri was happy playing Robin Hood,

but what was I getting from it?

My future was becoming a living nightmare.

Expelled from college…

Marrying a girl of my father's choice,

working as a slave in his business.

A substance or matter in a state

in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container

having no fixed shape or no fixed volume.

Write it down!

- Shivang! Your line. - Y-Yes!

But, madam, what does it mean?

What does it mean?

Hold on! Do it with more energy.

But, madam, what does this mean?

What does it mean?

Why do you want to know the meaning? Just memorize the definition.

How will we understand… with understanding what it…

How will we understand without knowing what it means?

Right. How will we understand without knowing what it means?

Come on! You're so dumb!

Just memorize it and pass your exams! Sit quietly now.

Well…

Once we understand the meaning, we'll never forget the definition.

I'm sorry.

Once we understand the meaning, we'll never forget the definition.

Focus!

Everybody, two-minute break.

Let's go.

This scene is too flat.

Let's make it funny.

Do what you think is right.

I have to go now. I have a class in the morning.

You carry on.

What's wrong?

- Did the hot Canadian break-up with you? - It's not a joke, Molshri.

I could barely sleep last night.

I'm shit scared.

We can get expelled.

You're overthinking. We'll be fine. Don't worry.

Molshri, we committed a crime!

You're not taking this seriously at all!

Did we steal for ourselves?

It was all for Mukund. We gave him everything.

Molshri, the thing is…

I was not like this in my first year.