SOT: Monk - Scene 27 Train: MNK 0199
Director: Anand Gandhi; Cinematographer: Pankaj Kumar
Duration: 00:02:13; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 35.685; Saturation: 0.138; Lightness: 0.363; Volume: 0.196; Words per Minute: 129.416
Summary: Chapter 2: Monk
Scene: USED
Scene 27: Train
Characters: Charvaka, Mr Gupta, Dr Bhargava
Shot Description:
Charvaka
Mr Gupta and Dr Bhargava talk about Maitreya's declining health and moral stance
Bags
Charvaka
Charvaka
Compartments
Dr Bhargava
Health
Medication
Morality
Mr Gupta
Mr Gupta and Dr Bhargava talk about Maitreya's declining health and moral stance
Newspaper
Seats
Train
Train
Window
Int. train - day
Charvaka, Mr. Gupta and the Doctor are seated in a compartment.
ChaRVAKA
You know, one of my friends interns at Munshi and Lal.
Mr. GUPTA
I think you've mentioned him before. Is he good?
ChARVAKA
No. But this comes from him. Apparently, they used some local muscle to threaten Maitreya.
Mr. GUPTA
What? When?
CHARVAKA
A little while ago. It was a soft call. They studied his routine for a couple of days. And then they tried to corner him on one of the rainy nights. When he was just beginning his walk to the court. The partners of the firm where very angry with the client for doing this. Now what I'm surprised about is that Maitreya hasn't mentioned any of this to any of us.
MR. GUPTA
He's not going to mention it. For all you know, he won't even remember.
DocTOR
What exactly did Jagannath say?
MR. GUPTA
Just what I told you over the phone. That he has stopped eating and he rarely speaks. Jagannath believes that Maitreya has taken the Sansar Bhava Bhagga vow.
ChARVAKA
What is that?
Mr. GUPTA
It's an ancient custom in his religion. A monk ailing from an untreatable disease can make peace with himself and choose to withdraw from life.
CHARVAKA
How do you withdraw from life?
Mr. GUPTA
It's one way of saying fast unto death.
CHARVAKA
Fast unto death? That's extreme!
But his liver cirrhosis is treatable right?
DOCTOR
Not the way he prefers it.
CHARVAKA
I don't get this idea of karma. Does the intention not matter at all? The experiments are not being conducted with the intention of inflicting pain but the intention of relieving pain.
Mr. GUPTA
You see, in his world, it's not all humanity that's equal, it's all existence that's equal. But anyway keep working on it. We'll need ideas like these before we can make him budge.
Charvaka looks distraught.
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