In which Annie Gives it Those Ones: The Original ScreenplayIn 1988, Arundhati Roy Wrote The Story And Screenplay For In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, A Low-Budget Production Produced And Directed By Pradip Krishen. The Film Had Almost No Big Names, And Was Shown Just Once On National Television In A Late-Night Slot, When Few People Saw It. Despite This It Acquired Near Cult Status, Especially Among Young English-Speaking Urban Indians. Set In A Not-So-Fictional School Of Architecture In The Year 1974, It Is The Story Of Dope-Smoking, Bellbottom-Wearing, Vaguely Idealistic Final-Year Students In The Run Up To The Submission Of Their Architectural Theses. The Main Character, Annie Anand Grover Doing His Ninth Year In College, Is A Misguided Visionary Who Breeds Chickens In His Hostel Room And Is In Love With A Small-Time Cabaret Dancer. There Are Also Radha, A Bright, Brash And Not-So-Sweet Young Thing, And Her Boyfriend Arjun; Mankind, And His Ugandan Roommate Kasozi, Who Grinds His Teeth When He Dreams Of Idi Amin; Lekha, Who Doesn'T Hesitate To Trade Coyness For Marks; And Professor Y.D. Bilimoria, Whom The Students Call Yamdoot The Messenger Of The God Of Death. Also A Character In The Film, Perhaps The Most Important, Is English As She Is Spoken By Students In Delhi University An Alloy, Melted Down And Then Re-Fashioned, Soldered Together With Hindi (Occasionally Even A Little Punjabi). The Screenplay Of This Moving, Funny And Unusual Film Is Published Here For The First Time. Over Thirty Stills. A Witty, Nostalgic Preface In Which Arundhati Roy Writes About The Making Of The Film, Its Relevance Today And Its Significance In The Development Of Her Art And Her Politics. |
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Aaah Aaah Allauddin Annie Annie's architect architecture Arjun arrives bhai Big Tate Bijli boys building canteen Chal chaprassi Chawla cheek coloured comes CORRIDOR crowd DESIGN STUDIO desk don't door drawings dressing EXTERIOR face Fifth final finished Fresher gaya Geeta girl gives goes Goyal grey hand happened Hazare head hear holding HOSTEL institutions INTERIOR It's jury Kasozi Khanna kiss Kyon Lakes Lakes's laundry leaves letter lights looks loved Mankind mean Medoo minute move nehi NIGHT Nip Singh OFFICE Okay opens Paapey pass Pata playing political Pradhan puts Radha raha Rashid roll ROOM running silence sitting smile someone stands stops takes tell There's thesis thing trying turns waiting walks watch who's yaar Yamdoot