A young BOY (age 26) named MUKESH sits by the window, staring out at the flats
and sky and kids who all are playing. He’s an orphan, and today is a special day – he just bought a small modest flat of his own in ELLA APARTMENTS.
INT. MUKESH’S NEW HOUSE- LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
Mukesh Relaxing at the balcony, admiring his new home.
MUKESH (V.O.) "Finally, a place to call my own... No more orphanages. No more rented rooms. Just me and my new beginning."
INT. MUKESH’S NEW HOUSE - LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
Mukesh sits on the balcony, sipping a cup of coffee, admiring the peace. His phone VIBRATES. A WHATSAPP MESSAGE pops up.
MESSAGE: "Help me."
Mukesh is perplexed how he got the whatsapp message as there’s no WIFI setup in his new flat yet and the internet on his phone is off.
MUKESH "What the hell? How did I get a message? I don’t even have WiFi yet… and my mobile data is off."
Curious, he turns on his mobile data and replies.
MUKESH (typing)
“Who are you?”
The moment he presses SEND, the entire flat goes DARK. A loud THUD echoes through the room.
MUKESH "Argh! These new flats and their damn power cuts."
He steps inside from the balcony. The rain outside intensifies. He pulls out his phone and tries turning on the flashlight. His phone but it wont turn on.
MUKESH "What the Fuck?"
His screen flickers. The MOBILE NETWORK BARS DISAPPEAR.
MUKESH (panicking)
“No network? This can't’ be happening!”
In the pitch-black room,Then suddenly his phone screen goes normal. Mukesh's phone lights up and starts RINGING. The number is UNKNOWN. He looks at his phone, getting confused about how he’s receiving a call with no network.
While he’s answering the call, The DOORBELL rings three times—sharp, urgent, without a gap. Mukesh’s heartbeat quickens and the phone stops ringing.
MUKESH (panicking)
“There is no power how DOORBELL is ringing!”
Mukesh starts walking towards the door, then suddenly the Doorbell stops ringing and the phone starts ringing again from the same UNKNOWN number.
Mukesh answers the call.
MUKESH (confused)
“Hello?”
GIRL (V.O) (panicked)
“Please, you have to help me. They’re going to kill me!”
Mukesh looks at his phone, baffled.
MUKESH (whispering to himself)
“How am I getting this call with no signal?”
Suddenly, A cold BREEZE fills the room. The thunder CRACKS, making the walls TREMBLE. Mukesh shivers. He feels something... behind him.
He slowly turns back. Nothing.
Mukesh (confused)
“Argh what's happening”
A GHOSTLY FIGURE materializes behind him at the balcony – it’s the GIRL, she’s translucent and eerie. Then he looks back and the thunder FLICKER and she won’t be there at the balcony before he turns back and he turns front then the GIRL appears in front of him. A GIRL stands inches away from him. Pale, bloody, with deep SCRATCHES on her face and torn clothes.
GHOSTLY GIRL (angry)
“Why did you help them to kill me? I asked you for help!”
Mukesh is terrified and stammers and slowly starts walking backwards.
MUKESH (confused)
“I.. I didn’t help anyone! I don’t even know you!”
GHOSTLY GIRL (suspicious)
"You NEVER came to this place before?!"
Mukesh thinks hard, then realization dawns on him.
FLASHBACK:
EXT. ROAD NEAR MUKESH’s NEW APARTMENT – NIGHT (Raining) (3 YEARS AGO)
23 year old Mukesh, Mukesh drives his car through the rain. He spots THREE MEN standing near a broken-down car, waving for a lift. He offers them a lift, not realizing the danger he’s getting into his car and drops those men at Ella apartment.
MUKESH (TO HIMSELF) "Poor guys... Guess I'll help them."
He stops, lowers the window.
LEADER OF THE THREE MEN "Bro, can you drop us near Ella Apartments? Our car broke down."
Mukesh nods.
MUKESH "Hop in."
The three men grin at each other before getting in.
INT. MUKESH’S CAR – NIGHT Mukesh hums a tune, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel.
MUKESH "You guys live in Ella Apartments?"
SECOND MAN "Nah, visiting someone. But yeah, thinking of moving in."
Mukesh smiles.
MUKESH "Hah, me too. I wanna buy a flat there someday."
The three men exchange GLANCES.
MUKESH (by tapping his fingers on steering)
“I need to have a flat in this apartment”
CUT TO:
INT. ELLA APARTMENTS – FLAT 203 – NIGHT A terrified GIRL is thrown onto the floor.
FIRST MAN "You should’ve listened, sweetheart. No one says NO to us."
GIRL (SOBBING) "Please... Let me go!"
SECOND MAN grips her hair tightly.
SECOND MAN "You screamed for help, right? Let’s see who comes to save you now."
She looks at the door. Her breath quickens.
GIRL (WHISPERS) "Someone... help..."
Screen fades out…
After a day,
News channel headlines….
Last night, a 26-year-old girl was raped and killed by someone in the apartments of Ella flat 203,and also there are lot of wounds on her face & body. And police are suspecting the 3 men who are in the CCtv footage they found in the flat corridor.
BACK TO PRESENT:
Mukesh realizes he brought the same flat no.203 where a girl was murdered 3 years back.
The Ghostly Girl’s anger intensifies, and she moves closer to Mukesh.
GHOSTLY GIRL (furious)
“You were here, and you didn’t save me! NOW, you’ll pay!”
The room is pitch black, and there are terrifying WHISPERS and SHADOWS moving
around. And Mukesh steps on the blood which is dropping from the Girl’s body and falls down and he will be crawling back and the GIRL stands in front of him.
MUKESH (panicking)
“Please don’t harm me. I don't know anything I just gave lift to those people, I don’t know they came to kill you!”
Then The Ghostly Girl gets on Mukesh, and the screen goes BLACK.
INT. MUKESH’S NEW HOUSE -LIVING ROOM- CONTINUOUS
The room is eerily silent, under the thunder and Lighting Mukesh is nowhere to be seen.
SCREEN GOES BLACK
Then on the floor 3 blood drops are going to drop on the floor.
Then Mukesh’s lifeless body hanging to fan in the living room with the blood coming out of his mouth and stabs on his heart and stomach and with the scratches on his hands, surrounded by freaky noise and with the Lighting and thunder sound and The Ghostly Girl’s voice echoes through the house.
The camera falls down under Mukesh's hanging body by dropping blood drops on the camera lens…
Fades In…
Next morning at 6am.
A girl who is staying just in front of Mukesh's flat comes out to collect the milk packets and sees blood coming out of Mukesh’s flat and freaks out and she informs the police and then police arrive and start their procedures.
Outside of Mukesh's apartment.
The hospital boys loading Mukesh's dead body into the ambulance.
Two people in the crowd were watching from the corner.
First person from the crowd
“This is the 4th murder in that flat, how many more leaves will the ghost in that flat take”
Second person from the crowd
Hmmm Who knows.
TO BE CONTINUED.
WRITTEN BY,
NITHIN RAJ VANGA
