SOT: Monk - Scene 3 Worm's Karma: MNK 9509 (Anand Gandhi)

SOT: Monk - Scene 3 Worm's Karma: MNK 9509

Director: Anand Gandhi; Cinematographer: Pankaj Kumar

Duration: 00:01:17; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 18.445; Saturation: 0.033; Lightness: 0.266; Volume: 0.124; Cuts per Minute: 14.692; Words per Minute: 190.997

Chapter 2: Monk

Scene: UNUSED
Scene 3: Worm's Karma

Characters: Maitreya, Charvaka

Shot Description:
Maitreya and Charvaka talk about the worm's life. Mid shot of Charvaka

Charvaka
Court room
Highcourt
Highcourt
Karma
Maitreya
Maitreya and Charvaka talk about the worm's life. Mid shot of Charvaka
Policeman
Worm
A centipede crawls determinedly along the floor. Quick feet step back and forth it's either direction. Some miss stepping on the insect by the narrowest of margins. A hint of a bare foot as the corner of a stamp paper enters the frame. The centipede callously climbs onto the document. The affidavit ramps out over a leaf as the centipede perfunctorily steps over the threshold. young man (o.S.) Now that you have saved its life, will you also give it a proper upbringing and a good education? Maitreya chuckles and sits down next to the Young Man, who is in lawyer's attire.

What if it was the worm's karma to just lie there and get crushed? Maitreya Well, is it lying there getting crushed? So, perhaps, it wasn't. Young lawyer Or worse, the worm was trying to commit suicide and you've put it in the pot, and now it has to crawl it's way back to nirvana. maiTREYA (laughs) Do you believe in our case. I am sorry I didn't get your name... young lawyer Charvaka. Maitreya Really? Your parents named you that? Charvaka No. My parents named me Madhava after the great theologist, Madhavacharya.

But I decided to switch sides at the age of fourteen. Maitreya laughs.

Yeah, I do believe in our case, but I am here, uh, to learn to win an argument from both sides. A call rings out in the distance.

Ok, we got to go.

Maitreya and Charvaka get up and make their way to the court room. Maitreya We are all blind men trying to perceive the elephant. Charvaka How are you blind? You're just wearing glasses.

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