Harshvardhan's Prince ii. Instagram - @hrshvardhn_ Email - [email protected] ⠶⠮⠬⠤⠭⠠⠱⠤⠳⠮⠮⠲⠬⠠⠱⠳⠳⠮⠮⠲⠬⠠⠱⠳ EXT. FBI’S HEADQUARTERS -- MORNING SUPER IMPOSE : 1999 J. EDGARE HOOVER BUILDIN’ - FBI’S HEADQUARTERS. The typical mornin’. The typical traffic. The typical crowd walkin’ around. INT. FBI’S HEADQUARTERS - 6TH FLOOR - ROOM -- MORNIN' It’s dark out here. It’s some sorta meetin’, lead by the crime department’s head, C A G E ( Mid 50’s, White, Tall, Perpetually stressed ). CAGE (O.S.) (annoyed) Might well as turn the damn lights on. TECHNICIAN Sorry sir. Just a minute. The technician finally manages to turn the projector on. The room becomes little bright as the projector’s starts emittin’ low key light. Cage claps. CAGE Wonderful. Cage starts to walk near the projector screen. Cage stands near the projector screen. Cage then looks at the beautiful ladies sittin’ on various round chairs ( White shirts & grey pants / Formal / FBI’S INTERNS ). Cage points at the projector screen. Cage looks at the images on the projector screen. Cage flares his nostrils a little. Cage looks at the technician standin’ near the projector. CAGE (CONT’D) (shoutin’) Are you completely inept ? I don’t want the image to be shown in an upside manner. TECHNICIAN (whilst correctin’ her mistake) Sorry sir. Cage then breathes as he sees the correct image (straight not upside down). Cage shakes his head. Cage then tries to get back in his groove. 2. CAGE (whilst lookin’ at the ladies) Thieves. Heists. Murders. Espionage. Crime is nothin’ but a giant orgy of wicked minds. Everything is interconnected. The man you see in this image is Carlos Betonni. Italian real estate magnate. He died about a decade ago. Cage then looks at the technician. Technician fits the second image, Bettoni’s two sons. CAGE (CONT’D) But what people failed to reckon is Carlos Betonni was harbourin’ & trainin’ the best thieves & assasins on the planet, right until the day one of his protege shot him to death. After the death of Carlos Bettoni, his two sons took over his father’s real estate & hotel/restaurant business. Now, his sons have had seen what kinda danger lurks in harbourin’ the best thieves & assassins under one’s roof. They discharged every one, except the man who killed their father. They tortured him & chopped his body in to little pieces. They also killed the man who planned this all - Carlos Bettoni’s Competitor. But you see the extra ordainairè men who used to work for his father, left. Most of them went to Europe, some went to Asia, some went to South America. No one remained active. Everyone just sorta retired. Except one little soldier of chaos - PRINCE. Cage looks at the technician. Technician changes the slide. We see a picture of Prince. Prince is wearin’ a balck shirt & a tie. CAGE (CONT’D) Prince. Born in north of India, was picked up by Bettoni himself durin’ his visit to India. Now you have to have something special to be picked up by Bettoni himself. (MORE) 3. CAGE (CONT’D) Speaks Hindi, English, Italian & Russian. Sharp. Has moves & build of a cat. A perfect thief, a perfect killer. Never misses his target. SMASH CUT TO BLACK : “YOUNG PRINCE” ( RED COLORED TEXT ON A BLACK SCREEN ) CUT TO : EXT. SLUM MARKET IN NORTH INDIA ( KUTCH ) -- AFTERNOON Prince ( five year old / olive complexion / cute face / devil like red/brown eyes ) is drawin’ on a blank canvas. Prince is drawin’ a picture of Bettoni. Prince is almost done with the picture. Prince then smiles at Bettoni. Prince hands him the drawin’. Bettoni sees the drawin’. Bettoni looks impressed by Prince’s translation of his face. Bettoni looks at his translator, his translator is standin’ behind him. There are couple of heavy jeeps parked near the area. Translator walks further a bit, stands beside Carlos Betonni. CARLOS BETONNI Ask him how much he wants for the drawin’ ? TRANSLATOR (hindi) Kitne lega iske ? Prince smiles at Betonni whilst lookin’ up at him. PRINCE (hindi) Jitne dene ho aapko ? Translator smiles. TRANSLATOR (to bettonni whilst smilin’ a bit) Must be new. He is little weak. BETONNI Why ? TRANSLATOR He says he will take whatever you will give. 4. Betonni smiles at Prince. As Bettoni is smilin’, a boy comes outta nowhere and snatches Prince’s drawin’ outta Betonni’s hands. Prince starts to run behind the boy who took the paintin’. The guards standin’ near the jeep get little alert, but Betonni signals his guards to stay where they are by raisin’ a clenched fist in the air. Betonni looks at prince runnin’ behind the boy. Prince is runnin’ fast behind him doin’ street parkour to avoid various obstacles comin’ in his way. A camel is walkin’ sideways in front of Prince. Prince ducks real fast & goes thru the space between camel’s legs . Prince then runs real fast, Prince starts climbin’ a large mud brick wall near him, some slum buildin’. Prince gets on the roof. Prince then grabs the rope on the top of the roof & jumps down. Betonni looks amused whilst watchin’ Prince. The boy who stole the drawin’ looks behind whilst holdin’ the drawin’ in his one hand. But to the boy’s surprise there is no one after him. The boy looks around, Prince is no where to be found. The boy then looks up & sees Prince landin’ on him with a tarzan like swing. Prince stomps the boy on the ground. Prince is now on top of the boy. Prince then puts his one hand around the boy’s throat. The boy let goes of Prince’s drawin’. Prince takes the drawin’ & gets up. The boy who stole the drawin’ from Bettoni, coughs a little. The boy quickly gets up & starts runnin’. Prince dusts the drawin’. Prince sees that his drawin’ is almost torn from the middle, just a little push, and it will come apart. Prince shakes his head a little. Prince then walks up to Betonni. Prince then gives betonni his drawing. Betonni looks at Prince. BETONNI Where are your parents, kid ? TRANSLATOR (hindi) Tere maa baap kaha hai ? Prince sorts of look down then opens his mouth a little, little sad. Prince then looks up to Betonni. Prince shakes his head. Bettoni gives Prince a long look. Betonni then takes out a gold coin outta his pocket. Betonni throws it at Prince. Prince catches it. Prince looks smitten by the shinin’ gold coin. Prince holds the gold coin in front of his face & looks at it with a curious gaze. Prince then looks at Bettoni. Betonni smiles at Prince. Prince smiles at Betonni. SMASH CUT TO : INT. FBI'S HEADQUARTERS - 6TH FLOOR - ROOM -- MORNING Cage twists his neck a little. 5. CAGE After leavin’ the Betonni’s empire. He started to work for pretty much everyone. And by everyone I mean everyone. Primarily works for gold, can’t track it, can’t hack it. He also happens to be a man of taste. Loves opera, ballet & art exhibitions. But half a decade ago, he vanished, like darkness at dawn. One beautiful dame sittin’ on the round wooden chair raises her hand (lets call her Candy ). Cage nods at her. CAGE (CONT’D) Yes. CANDY Why is that we never tried to catch him ? Cage chuckles a little. CAGE You can’t catch lightenin’, sweetheart. You can only watch it crash. Cage looks at the screen. Technician changes the slide. Various newspaper cuttings come across. Various reports of thefts in Europe : High end antiques. CAGE (CONT’D) He is based in Europe. (chuckles a little) It’s little difficult to navigate in those terrains. And the man has fallen asleep. As far as we are concerned, he is no longer a hot target. He is one of the many thieves/assassins mentioned in our global criminal database, the reason I mentioned him is because it’s important to learn about how criminals think, every criminal has a distinct evil flavor in them. CANDY What if he never retired, and instead went cold to plan somethin’ big, sir ? 6. CAGE Well, this is a man who infiltrates secure locations with just a week of plannin’. I don’t think he needs five long years to plan something big. But if he does comes outta his retirement, and if he choses United States Of America. Then I can assure you that he won’t be able to escape this time. SMASH CUT TO BLACK : IT’S EASIER TO KILL AN UNATTRACTIVE MAN. (RED COLORED TEXT ( THICK ) - BLACK BACKGROUND ). CUT TO: EXT. SKYCRAPPER UNDER CONSTRUCTION - NEW YORK -- MID NIGHT It’s a beautiful skyscraper with workers workin’ on it, top floors primarily. Grey reflective glasses are bein’ installed by the workers. Some installed glasses are bein’ cleaned. INT. SKYSCRAPER - PARKING GARAGE - NEW YORK -- MID NIGHT Garage has a greyish paint on it walls. It has numerous ( green colored ) tube lights goin’ on & off, in a slow manner. Garage has numerous suv’s & sedans parked in it. There is an elevator in the middle of the garage. The garage’s exit is on a little heightened slope, it is visible from the elevator. There are consecutive walls, one after the other, to keep the parkin’ little less conjucted. But the centre portion of the garage has no wall. It’s a clear passage from the elevator to the exit ( heightened slope leadin’ to the outside road ). There is no one in the garage except one man. P R I N C E ( in his late 20’s, tall, fit, handsome debonair, thief, gun for hire ). Prince is hidin’ behind the third last wall with his back planted on the wall. Prince is wearin’ an all black suit. Prince has a cigarette in his mouth ( un lit ). Prince is chewin’ the end of his cigarette a little whilst lookin’ inside a hand held mini monitor which is feedin’ him the live footage of the elevator. Prince is also listenin’ to music, Mehbooba Mehbooba (1975) via Diamond Rio pmp 300 - with black earphones. Prince is waitin’ for someone. Prince also has a silenced Walther PPK in his other hand. 7. Prince is waitin’ whilst holdin’ his ppk & hidin’ behind the wall ( relaxed manner, confident about himself ). Prince taps his index finger on his gun whilst lookin’ at his hand held mini monitor ( little boxy but still small ). Prince then takes a deep breathe. Prince takes his cigarette outta his mouth & puts it in his front pocket. Prince sees the elevator’s light turnin’ green via the hand held monitor. Prince smirks. The elevator’s door hasn’t opened yet. Prince keeps waitin’ whilst tappin’ his index finger on his gun. Prince then twists his neck a little. Prince puts down the hand held monitor slowly on the ground. Prince then takes a deep breathe. Elevator’s door opens. Three tall men in black suits are present in the elevator. In the middle of two men is the main man. Tall Russian Killer (Thief/Gun for hire /Handsome cunt, let’s call him Ivanov). Ivanov looks cold. Ivanov walks outta the elevator. Ivanov scans the garage in a cold manner. The two men behind him also scan the garage. Ivanov has a briefcase in his one hand. Ivanov now starts walkin’ in the front. His menacin’ lookin’ associates follow him. Ivanov & his associates are about to arrive near the last third wall of the garage. PHEWW PHEWW PHEWW PHEWW - Ivanov’s two associates drop dead. Ivanov turns to see Prince firin’ towards him. Ivanov throws a knife at Prince real quick whilst dodgin’ Prince’s bullet with his briefcase. The knife hits Prince shoulder, prince drops the gun whilst gaspin’ a little. Ivanov drops the briefcase & gallops at Prince. Prince meanwhile tries to take out the knife out his right shoulder. Ivanov reaches in Prince vicinity quickly & delivers a kick on to Prince’s chest as Prince gets the knife off his right shoulder. Prince falls down with a knife in his hand. Ivanov tries to get the silenced walter ppk lyin’ on the ground. Prince throws the knife real quick at Ivano’s leg as he aims for the walter ppk. Ivanov gasps as knife connects in to his hamstrings. Ivanov looks miffed. Prince gets up & charges at Ivanov. Ivanov tries to get the knife outta his hamstring. Prince gets near Ivanov & tries to kick his hamstring but Ivanov dodges Prince’s kick aimed at his hamstring, the one which took the knife. Ivanov then hits Prince on his right shoulder. Prince simply flares his nostrils & hits the Ivanov on his right hamstring, it connects perfectly. Ivanov gasps a little. Ivanov quickly replies with a death slap which connects on to prince’s chest. Ivanov tries to trip Prince over. Prince loses his balance. As Prince is fallin’ down, Prince hits Ivanov’s right hamstring. Ivanov gasps. Ivanov gets the knife outta his right leg’s hamstring.