The Script of No Smoking
Was pleasantly surprised to see the script of No Smoking in my email box this morning. Due to the many requests we’ve been receiving so far to start a script section on PFC, here’s our first… No Smoking.
It is not the final script. It’s the seventh draft that was still lying on Anurag’s computer and in his own words “…you will see what’s missing from it in the film and what is added later like the comic bubbles…”
So, click on the link below to start reading the script. Enjoy! (the entire script may take a minute or two to load)
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The Script of No Smoking, seventh draft
Anurag Kashyap
Abhay Deol
Dibakar Banerjee
Hansal Mehta
Khalid Mohamed
Kundan Shah
Anish Kuruvilla
Jaideep Verma
Manish Gupta
Navdeep Singh
Bhavani Iyer
D. Santosh
Onir
Ashvin Kumar
Ramu Ramanathan
Sudhir Mishra
Pankaj Advani
Revathy
Saurabh Shukla
Shilpa Shukla
Sujoy Ghosh
Suparn Verma
Santosh Sivan
Shashank Ghosh
Shivajee
Pavan Kaul
Partho Sen-Gupta
Prroshant Naryannan
Sam Langoria
Satish Kasetty
yoohoo! Thanks Anurag and Oz!
Anurag, Oz
Thanks for this. You made our day and night.
OZ..wow!! this is amazing. N thnx Guru D. all the three formats r working fine. just wish more filmmakers will do d same. one gets to read the hollywood scripts so easily on d net. but indian films…almost nothing.
Thanks Anurag and Oz. Much appreciated
wow my first look at a hindi film script!!! I WILL CHRISH this cherry popping with a bottle of champagne!!! thanks guys I really appreciate it
Thanks Maan .. This is indeed a great thing and i guess the first time ever..
Warna hindi movie script dekhne ke liye Producer ya Actor ban na padta tha..
Thanks once again.. Iam sure this would help lot of people.
Superb….
Navdeep can you do the same? add to the PFC library? M-SFU?
the only scripts i’ve seen so far is of the comic book the killing joke by alan moore and the 40 yr old virgin (both available at wikibooks). really wished to see a hindi movie script.
thanks for sharing the script oz. thanks for fulfilling a wish.
- Thanks to Anurag, we could get this guys. Vasan, kutte main tera khoon pee jaonga (Hinglish: Dog, I yours blood peeing doing)… where is the Black Friday Script????? You will be banned from PFC if it is not emailed to me for publishing by Sunday…
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If you thought One is good, wait till “P” enters the scene
OZ…vasan ka khoon peene ke liye main bhi usme apna straw daloonga!!! ( will put my straw too) sangam mail!!!????
Oz tu hi asli Baba Punjabi hai Orange County wale….yeh baan…yeh karo woh karo…..tanashai nahi chalegi….main No-Smoking samajh gaya hun….mere aankhe khul gayee hai..:d..baas aab aur nahi….saans lo dum bharo chilla kar sabse kahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo:d
WOW!
BF !! Dhamaka hai yaar.. Paanch bhi add kar do..
Anurag, Bahut Bahut Shukriya
Phoenixnu – ne hard copy of Sangam Mail type karne se inkar kar diya hai…Phoenixnu – tu ek aur sala Prayogshala ka kamina
Very gracious of you to share Anurag, thanx.
Oz, will wait for the avalanche now! BF, MSFU etc etc
This is going to be one HOT winter!!
K-3
I DONT HAVE WORDS TO THANK OZ AND ANURAAG SIR….
Dear Mr. Ghosh
WANTED – Screenplay
Waisa Bhi Hota Hai = Part 2
“tum bas tum bas tum….tum bas tum bas tum….”
“mujhe ganpat chahiye ganpat”
“mithun ne phat se dison liya…”
“chaila thya mailya ganguchiya…”
“kutte kamine Alex…”
mujhe screenplay chaiye screenplay……
Thank You sir! Should be a good read.
Thanks! Wonderful!
And I second Vasan Bala’s plea to get Navdeep to do the same for Manorama.
anurag bhau dhanyawad…oz bhai thx 4 posting…appreciate
Sooooper….thanks AK…awesome gesture…This shud start a trend now…Thanks
this is fantastic..
reading the script would be a novel and learning experience…
thanx a ton anurag and OZ….
pfc is getting bigger and better….
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eagerly waiting for P…..
WOW!! wunnerful…
thanx Anurag
Thank you Anurag and Oz!
man was ajay devgan supposed to a guest appearance at the end of the movie….enjoyed reading it….some doubts cleard:-?
I’m quite surprised myself at the introduction of Ajay Devgan’s character in the script… that was bam!
^:)^^:)^^:)^^:)^^:)^^:)^
My first look at any movie script…crazzyyy…thanks all!!!
That’s SO super! Thank you Anurag and Oz! And do keep up the good work both of you
I always wondered whether Hindi dialogues were written in devnagari or in English in a professional bound screenplay. I too write my scripts in similar fashion and was dying to clarify this. Thanks alot for validating my thoughts. Still please let us know if final copy has dialogues in devnagari.
well it was interesting to read the script! my first ever script reading :P haha! thanks! hope to read some more….
Thanks a lot PFC for this script…
This is a wonderful start and hope we could see script of some of other gems like manorama, ek chalis, BF
Thanks a lot Anuragji and OZ
Great. Flashpaper format is most readable.
Awesome..! Thanks a ton and keep up the gud work. Looking forward to your next.
Anurag aur OZ ye jo script aap logo ne post kar di ab thank u jhelo sabka : mera bhi ye lo “thanks a ton”
Didn’t know scripts for hindi films are written in english :| Is it a norm or is NS an exception?
thanks….oz n Anurag…
This is first time i m reading any script..
Wow….Great Thanks
Anurag.
Thank you for not smoking.
heyy thnks a lottman .. tis is d first tim im actallu readin a hindi film script .. iits soo coool!!! i hope pfc puts up more of such scripts ..!!!thnks again!!!
wonderful man!!!:d gosh PFC is “THE” website which has brought about a change n influenced me the most n i’m sure will keep influencing.
n yeah can anybody suggest how i can download this script on my computer
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hey thanks oz and anurag…u cleared the doubt most people like me are having…even i din kno hw hindi scripts are written….n hey oz…i have an idea in mind….if i cn make script out of it where do have to post it for reviews…and can i even post it??vl b waiting for a reply…n pllzzzz add panch asap……
Thanks Anurag and Oz.Is this the first step to creating a script library on PFC?
look forward to many more!
Yeh P..P kya hai. I give up. P for ‘pata nahin’
p for paanch arun…anurag’s unreleased movie…at lst thts wat i cud understad…
OMG!!!!!!!!! Thank u thank u thank u thank u. And please keep em coming!
Thanks Anurag and OZ
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thanks anurag and oz
Hey,
Thanks Oz and Anurag!
You guys are the greatest… Have been trying really hard to lay my hands on a Hindi film script for a long time, but now it comes… and it had to be your script Anurag…
thanks a ton!
I read it start to end, even though I have seen the movie, just to learn the art, and to compare it with the movie… awesome!!!
Anuraag bhai, hats off to you.
Thanks Oz
Thanks a lot Anurag and Oz.
This is really exciting, I’m finally reading a hindi movie script. I really hope you put more scripts on the website.
Thanks a lot to Oz and Anurag Kashyap for sharing the script.
I have a doubt. What does “Improvise” mean?. It appears in the 3rd scene of the script.
Could anyone clarify please?
Amazing..!
this feels like discovering my first 1-up.. :d
thanku!!!
@ sivkumar t improvise means to do something at the moment, like being spontanous. So making a decesion at the spot, and experimenting rather than have it planned out
anurag sir ,
you say that abbas’s fingers being cut was symbolic of him loosing his freedom.
now dont you think that , loosing his fingers makes him more free , as in he can refrain from writing.
freedom can be so debatable sir , i mean i think its better to be in chains.
somone like the pm , lets say manmohan singh , has his whole day chalked out for him , it’s simple.
he knows when to meet which minister and also the timings of his meals , everyone is around helping this one man function daily.
thursdays is when manmohan singh likes scarbled eggs etc.
so in that sense manmohan singh is’nt really free.
but he is free from planning out his day, which would mean he is chained and free.
@nuku
If manmohan singh have passion for meetings and for planning out his day,then???? u have taken his freedom…..
Abbas was a writer(& smoker) means he also has passion for writing(& smoking), he want to write(& smoke).But by cutting his finger, u have taken his freedom to write(& smoke).
what if MM singh really want to plan out his day and meetings and u are not allowed him?????
think similarlly for abbas………..
@dillep kumar
ok manmohan singh was a bad example.
the thing everyone might have some passion or the other but The greatest freedom is not having to think about choices and freedom. It would be great if someone else organized my day, and told me what it was all about. Like a general, or Fidel or Hitler. That way , I just have to wake up in the morning, and the whole day has been mapped out for me. Freedom is being in chains. Free from worry, anxiety and fear. Free from free will.
it’s just that we people who have passion have not tasted what it is like to be chained , i guess because it cost’s a lot and we have to be really famous.
@Nuku …
If somebody else planned your day ..like a general or a hitler as you say …..but its your choice to let somebody else plan your day..so that will be freedom for you because its your choice ..and that wont be freedom in chains ..because u want it ….
@Anand Kadam
dont you think choice’s are also baggage .
think about freedom from choice’s.
what you are thinking about is freedom in a narrow sense ,i.e-of living a life without the limits of any moral obligation.
why should anyone submit his freedom to the ficticious demands of something imaginary , in this case his freedom to choose , while that choice might just be something that did’nt exist in the first place.
abbas thought he liked to smoke and he liked to write , but were you convinced about that?
sorry if i have crossed anylines to get my point across , but i get what you are trying to say.
Nuku,
Do u mean to say that freedom would be if abbas didnt had a choice to meet baba bengali…so in return he wouldn’t have to choose Baba’s way… ??
Sure ,what i am saying may sound narrow sense in the context of spirituality …but what i am saying is for the world we live in ..world full with choices …and freedom to choose …
sorry if i sound ignorant ….go ahead and explain more about freedom …freedom above choices and i will be enlighten ….
kadam ,
there’s nothing to be sorry for about sounding ignorant .
i am just one of the many people searching for some answers and questions.
anyways i think freedom is seen as something which is very temporary in the world we live in presently , and we think that in this state of temporary freedom we are evolving in the process , as man . but no we are falling more and more , and i think that abbas was given freedom after visting the baba.
because the baba took away his fingers , now he doesnt have to worry about those , he took over his writing , he really doesnt need to worry about writing . he can laze around all day , an let the light enter him .
even kill his mother and sister ,brother,wife etc if he smokes , so he is free (dom) from responsibilities.
so in a way the baba limited his choices , but abbas lived in a world where he had choices , and started fucking his own pals , to get embroiled in the sinister world of the baba .
so the seeker of this so called temporary freedom knows about lifes limitations and wants to be responsible of all the choices he has placed in front of him,in this way only his life will be lets say authentically lived .
i dont know what i just said , and if it was said correctly.
i dnt have any words to say about d concpt n script of NO SMOKING………
india has these hollywood talent but dnt knw y ppl dnt accpt tht
its really gr8
With all due credit and appreciation to mr. kashyap, for writing and making such a power-packed movie, i have to say that as a viewer i have a different interpretation of the mutilated fingers and hearing loss and the bath in the hamam (im posting this after watching the movie, which is pure genius, by the way).
The way i see it, more than freedom or anything else, i feel its a sign that theres a part of you that is lost forever. You can reach out to it, and see it waste away, before youre own eyes, but you’ll never get it back.
And I think the most killer scene is when john’s “soul” looks through the glass, and feels like communicating with the rest of him through the coin box phone, but a guy comes from behind and says “tum bhi ek rupiya dena bhool gaye..” and after that when paresh rawal says, “isse aapki antaratma ko bahut nuksaan hoga. smoke?” and offers him a cigarette..what an amazing irony!
Mr Kashyap i have to say..mind blowing. Too bad for the indian audiences that they dont have the sensibility to appreciate such a brilliant movie. Remember, its their loss, not yours.
Hats Off!
Finally finished the script today. A breezy read, especially the second half, the pulling together of all the strings, expected it to be diff from the film but fantastically coherent except minor changes and added scenes(politicians angle; good that it was dropped). Reminded me of the high I felt while watching this film last year, something that didn’t happen all of this year. To more such hopes in cinema. Good night.