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GIRLS LAUGHING

I didn't see his face, so we went. That's so funny!

THEY LAUGH

Come on, you! Yeah, but he's already called twice.

Yeah, but don't worry about him. It is your hen night, OK?

Fun, no boys. Let's go!

Busy night.

Who won? England.

OK, good.

It's good that lad scored.

Well, they're only good when they're winning, hm?

Starving. It's packed.

Well, do you know what, girls?

It is that time. I'm gonna have to take my boots off.

No! No!

I feel like my feet are hurting. That's it.

THEY LAUGH What are you like?

I know. I'm an embarrassment. I am.

They stink. No, they don't!

No, they don't! THEY LAUGH

DRUNKEN SINGING

MUFFLED CHATTER

Yes, right. Right.

There's gotta be a nice one of all of us.

Aw, now, how about that one? No, look, my eyes are closed.

I know, but I look nice in that one. THEY LAUGH

Right, OK, let's... Casanova, huh?

Let me take this for you.

Aw, thanks. Take that for you.

No... Oh, thanks.

Oh, and this.

Sorry. No worries.

When you're ready to order, come to the counter.

When you're ready to order... LAUGHS

PHONE BUZZING

Oh, my God, what does he want again? Do you know what?

I'm gonna tell him myself. Oi.

Please, Mark, just for one night,

can we just have a bit of fun, you T-W-A...?

Why don't you just order your food, yeah?

Right, I want cheesy chips.

Right, cheesy chips for you. Same.

So three of the same, yeah? Yeah.

DRUNKEN SHOUTING

Hi. Can I help you?

Erm... SIGHS

Well, I know what they want, but I don't know what I want.

Well, we have everything you see up here and everything on this menu.

Mm. What's good?

That depends. See anything you like?

I'd have to ask my fiance about that.

BOTH CHUCKLE AWKWARDLY

OK, er... take your time.

What about those house specials?

Well, those are an authentic family recipe.

I made them. Is it?

You won't be disappointed. Yeah?

That a promise? It is.

CHUCKLES OK.

WELL... I'll have one of those. And we'll see.

Coming up.

And three cheesy chips.

It's nice, yeah.

Oh, I love that! It's nice, in't it?

? Pyaar hota hai deewana... ?

Oh, I love this song!

Ah! Laila.

Do you remember? Laila.

CHUCKLING

She can dance to this. No, you can't.

Yeah. You've got to. No, it was a school thing.

Do it now. You've got to. Stop it! It's embarrassing.

You've got to. It's your hen night. Go on.

Go on, Laila. Do it. I'll love you forever.

CHANTING: Laila, Laila, Laila! Laila, Laila!

Do you know what? Fuck it. CHEERING

GIRLS WHOOP

LAUGHTER

What are you doing here? I was worried.

An hour ago, you said you were just picking up food.

I was. It was just packed.

Looks like it.

And who's this?

She was just having fun.

Danisha, I'm talking to Laila.

Look, he just works here. It was nothing.

It's my hen night.

Yeah, she's allowed to have fun on her hen night.

Come on. We're going home.

No! You're not taking her. I said, let's go.

No! Hey, mate! Don't touch me.

Look, I think you need to leave now, yeah?

Nothing, yeah?

I think you need to shut up. Mark...

Please, no trouble.

If you don't leave, I'll call the police.

DANISHA: Mark, just go home. You're embarrassing yourself.

Who do you think you're talking to?

Look at me. Mark... please.

Every single time. Mark...

You can't be doing that.

Not even her hen night.

And then she'll go home,

everything will be back to normal again.

You done, Romeo?

BOTH SING, IN HINDI:

It was nothing.

SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE OK.

Hey, behenchod, listen.

Look. Look at me.

She is getting married. I didn't do anything.

I don't know how you do things in India,

but no messing about here, OK? You listening?

Never say you're going to call the police, OK?

Almost had a heart attack. We don't want the police here.

Sorry, uncle. And don't forget the boys upstairs.

Not everyone can get a visa.

Well, I haven't got mine yet.

And besides, uncle, I will give everybody a job,

OK, when I have my own restaurant.

Well, until then, Gordon Ramsay...

It's Joel Robuchon.

Don't forget to turn the lights off front to back.

OK? Yeah.

The boys will be back soon.

We do all you guys a favour as it is.

The last thing I need is a ten-grand fine for each one upstairs.

Yes, uncle. Good night.

Joel Robuchon? CHUCKLES SOFTLY

SIGHS

KNOCKING ON DOOR

KNOCKING ON DOOR

Did you forget something? My purse.

Ah, well, I... haven't seen anything.

You shouldn't have done that. I wasn't asking you for your help.

HE SCOFFS

'Kay, er...

I was handling it on my own.

Laila, yes? Yeah, I remember.

Erm... did you like the food? Look...

It was a totally normal argument between a couple.

A couple under pressure, yeah, but he's not always like that, OK?

That's not even why I'm here, so...

Look, we don't do Indian dramas.

Pagal.

What did you say?

Nothing. No, go on.

What did you call me?

Pagal. SHE SCOFFS

I'm not the crazy one here.

OK, but coming here to fight with the guy that tried to help you,

I mean... I think that's a little crazy, right?

You didn't help me. I don't need your help.

I don't need anybody's help. I'm not a kid.

OK, then let me take you home to your pagal husband,

and you can both fight all you want, right?

I'm not fighting.

I came to find my purse and make my point.

Right. And your complaint has been taken very seriously,

and now you can leave.

I'm... I'm not finished.

Well, what else is there?

I mean, your purse isn't here, right?

So... why are you really here?

What are you doing here?

THUD

MAN BREATHES HEAVILY

Eddie?

Eddie, it's Mo.

Mo. My friend. Agh...

Shall I call an ambulance? What happened?

Oh, they threw me out. Weren't even arguing with them.

And I was just making a point, and I fell over like a twat outside.

Oh. What did they want me to do?

Go home to four walls?

Look, it's OK, Eddie. OK? I need to take a look at your hand, OK?

We're gonna get you inside. Can you help me?

Yeah. Yeah, sure. We're gonna pick you up Eddie.

EDDIE GROANS OK. Come on.

Here, sit here.

EDDIE GROANS OK.

EDDIE WINCES Ooh, sorry.

PHONE BUZZES It's just like paper cuts.

The shallow ones still hurt.

We need to get you home, Eddie. Oh, what's the point?

My wife passed a while back. I'm so sorry.

I'm just gonna get the medical kit.

Oh, I don't wanna be any trouble.

What are you still doing here at this time?

So... how long were you and your wife married?

Oh...

38 years. We met at school, and that were that.

Wow.

Mo's kept you quiet.

Oh no. We're... I'm just a customer.

Right.

I'm getting married in a week.

Ah, congratulations! Who's the lucky guy?

His name's Mark.

We met at school too. Mark?

Yeah, he's not Indian.

What was that like?

Hard... at first.

Really hard. Hm.

What? Nothing. I just know what you mean.

My wife, Anne, she was seeing someone before we got together.

Think she thought I were a bit of a prat.

I was a bit of a prat, but she was so... stuck up.

Well, the thing fell apart with her other bloke,

and we just kinda...

Think it surprised us both. CHUCKLES SOFTLY

We didn't really know where it was going. We just kept going.

Just went for it. We had a great wedding day.

There was even a fight in the car park.

THEY CHUCKLE

Oh, it's all so civilised now, though,

your wedding lists and your RSVPs.

There's nowt wrong with a good punch-up

and getting ten toasters as gifts, you know.

And then for the next 38 years, we lived the same day over and over.

Our mates thought we were dead boring.

I could just get home of a night, close the door and just...

SHAKILY: ..breathe.

I didn't even need to talk.

And then...

...one day, I called up to say breakfast was ready.

And I heard her walking across the landing,

and then it was just...

...quiet.

Bleed on the brain, they said.

You don't know when it's coming.

Are you ready for it, then? The wedding?

It's, erm... Difficult?

It's all difficult.

It's all complicated.

It's all not what you planned in your head.

It's why I come here on the difficult nights.

Mo's always around.

It's not the first time I've hit the window.

Can I get some water? Yeah, sure.

OK.

OK, hold still.

EXHALES SHARPLY

Guess what? I'm going to London.

PHONE BUZZING You got a place on the course?

Well, a provisional acceptance, yes.

Ah! That's brilliant news. You got the visa sorted?

Er, well, I haven't yet. But...

Well, it'll happen. Don't worry. It'll happen.

Yeah, I'm not worried. I'm not gonna worry.

I'll miss you. I'll miss you too, man.

EDDIE CHUCKLES

Where d'ya live? Do you want a lift?

Ah, no, it's all right. I'll see my own way home.

Are you sure? No, honest. No trouble.

She's lovely, Mo. It's not like that.

I thought that once. Heh-heh!

Good night, Eddie.

Is he gonna be OK?

Yeah, I'll call him later.

You were really good with him.

So I'm not completely an arse?

Not completely. Mm.

I better go.

See you around.

SIGHS

So, you came back.

I was just walking past.

So, was everything OK, the other night when you got home?

So, when do you go to London?

You heard that? Yeah, I did.

So?

What's in London?

Well, what if I told you it was a secret?

OK, it's not a secret.

Everything.

Well, mostly cooking school. Well, that's the dream.

I'd really wanna open my own restaurant.

Don't laugh. HE CHUCKLES

I'm not. I'm not laughing. I just...

So, what's the dream? You gonna get a Michelin star?

Hey, that's the plan.

And what about your visa?

What about it?

No, nothing. Just...

If you want any help with that, I could take a look.

I work for a solicitors, and I've helped people in the past.

Yeah, that's very kind of you, but honestly, it's all taken care of.

It should come through any day now. But thank you.

You really know what you want in life, don't you?

That's nice.

It's good.

Realistically speaking,

do you believe your dreams will come true?

Hi. Hey.

How are you? Good. You?

Yeah, I'm good. How hungry are you?

Mm... I could eat.

Put in more than one.

How many sugars? Cheers me. Cheers me.

THEY LAUGH

So, this is the website. Renfield Culinary Institute.

This is where the course is. It's not bad, right?

Fancy. Yeah.

? Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam

? Pyar hota hai divana sanam

? Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam

? Pyar hota hai divana sanam

? Abb yaha se kaha jaye ham... ?

OK, so... why don't you try this?

? Mar jaye ham

? Tujhe dekha toh yeh jaana sanam

? Pyar hota hai divana... ?

SHE CHUCKLES Yeah? Good. You like it?

It's delicious. You do? OK.

Mmm! Amazing! OK. That's enough.

That's enough. No more. Stay there.

? Teree baho me mar jaye ham

? Tujhe dekha toh Yeh jaana sanam... ?

Hey. Hey.

You hungry? Mm-hm.

I've been thinking about this all day.

They're a bit on the small side.

HE CHUCKLES What?

They're not even a mouthful.

That's because they're two mouthfuls.

Well, they're meant to be bigger.

No, they're not. Yeah, they are.

Samosas are supposed to be something that farmers take to the field.

Those are Punjabi samosas.

Yeah, the best kind. Yeah, these are Gujarati samosas.

Smaller, more delicately crafted, more sophisticated.

And what are you saying?

Punjabi samosas are rough? The roughest.

Hey!

What's that?

Er, it's my recipe book.

I mean, it's a complete mess,

but this is where I put all my ideas.

That would be my first menu at my restaurant.

Er, a-and, well, that's my favourite recipe.

I mean, the secret, really, is chilli powder, but, yeah.

Oh, and this too. I love this.

The mushrooms as well. Yeah, I should make that for you.

Hey, what's wrong?

I'm sorry. I just need a minute.

It's not been great for a while. SIGHS

Not... bad either, just...

We're different people now...

...Mark and me.

When we first got together, we were teenagers, and...

it was fun, and we'd sneak around.

The only person who knew was his mum.

She was OK. STUTTERS

You know what it was like. The small things.

She'd spray air freshener about the place whenever I was around.

She's fine now.

SHE SIGHS

I don't even know what I'm saying. I think...

We managed to hide it for so long.

We even hid it from our friends.

You met Danisha. She couldn't keep anything quiet.

And then one day...

one of my aunties, my dad's sister...

...she saw us on the back of a bus on the way home.

And my mum just...

...screamed at me.

"A gora?!"

And my dad's face.

It was like I'd killed everything he'd ever worked for.

And so I don't know.

I think we just held on as tight as we could for as long as we could.

And now we're getting married.

And I'm...

...lying to him every night, telling him I'm working late.

And instead, I'm coming here...

...to see you, and we're...

SHE SNIFFLES

Good, right?

Will you come back tomorrow?

Yeah, it's OK.

I understand.

The other day when...

...I came back...

...and we talked about your dreams. Yeah.

Do you think they'll come true?

I mean... CHUCKLES SOFTLY

...what else can I believe?

PHONE DIALLING

CHATTERING

RADIO PLAYS Mo?

Mo? Mo?

Mo?

Hey. What's happened? What's going on?

Oh, no. My final appeal.

I'm officially an overstayer.

I have to present myself to the Home Office for voluntary deportation.

This can't be right. We can appeal.

We can... reapply.

Why do they make us go through this?

I mean, they could just say, "Sorry, we don't want you here."

You know, "We want people."

Yeah, I mean, "We love people.

"We welcome people with open arms but, you know,

"just not your kind of people.

"You're just a number to us.

"And you can come here, and you can work hard,

"and you can win, and you can serve us, and, you know,

"we'll even help you celebrate win with open arms,

"but, you know, just remember.

"Jus-Just remember, you'll never, ever be one of us.

"And then on the day of our choosing,

"on any day, we can tell you to leave.

"No, sorry, we can MAKE you leave."

You know they bulldozed my house in India?

They said it was a building violation.

Wrong permit.

You know what they should have said was "wrong religion",

but hey, nobody wants to be honest, right, so...

Everybody just wants authentic.

Authentic culture. Authentic cuisine.

Authentic cooking. "Your culture is so fascinating."

That's what they say, right, but...

HE SCOFFS, SIGHS

...nobody wants to be honest.

They just stare at you like you're an exhibit in a museum,

but nobody wants to hear the exhibit speak.

No, no, they don't care about that.

They don't care about...

...how you feel.

They don't care. SNIFFLES

Hey.

Look at me.

There has to be another way to fix this.

You know we could do this every day?

What, wind each other up? Yeah.

Ooh.

We could, you know.

We could leave, go somewhere together.

Go where?

Well, I have friends in London.

I could do my cooking course.

You could transfer your job or... or get a new job or something,

and then... well, eventually, we could get...

Wait. Wait.

You don't have to put up with that circus any more.

It's not a circus.

'Kay, then, what is it?

What is this?

Just tell me.

Tell me that you still love him and then we can...

we can just leave this here.

It's not that easy.

Well, you do, or you don't. That's not fair.

Look, it's taken you this long to get married,

and you don't think that means something?

No.

There are a lot of couples that are happy without getting married.

'Kay, but are you happy?

That means no.

I do love him.

Why?

It's 20 years of my life. You don't understand.

'Kay, then, what am I to you? Just some joke?

No! I do love y...

But we don't really know each other, not really.

OK, but we can find that.

Together, we can find that if we go. No, I-I...

Don't you dare say that to me.

Yet you still can't take this off, huh?

Hm? This?

This is the problem? It's just a ring.

'Kay, then take it off.

I can't do this.

This is so easy for you, isn't it? Easy for me?

I'm just some stupid Indian boy to you, right?

I never said that. Yeah, I'm just some silly game

for you to play to have some fun with, right?

An adventure? Huh? Stop it.

Stop it! I never said that.

But this is my life!

It's 20 years of my life.

Tell me.

Tell me why you came back that night. Tell me.

Tell me. I wanted...

You know, you English girls are all the same.

How can you say that to me?

Except this time, I'm not some poor Indian boy

that you got to save, right?

You weren't the one I was trying to save.

And you didn't want my help, even when I asked.

Well, then I guess we both lost, didn't we?

SHE SIGHS

You know, all this was just a big mistake, wasn't it?

You don't mean that. Yeah, I do.

You know, I want you to leave.

I want you to go back to your husband

and have your perfect little wedding,

and I never want to see you again!

No. I'm not leaving.

Leave! No.

Go! Get out!

Fuck you.

So, you ready for all that mithai?

Just take small amounts, even if they feed you big pieces.

You've got a lot of aunties. SHE CHUCKLES

It's all meant to be for good luck anyway, so just take a little bite.

Honestly. I've seen a woman puke before.

Total bad luck. And that couple only lasted a year.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean...

My mouth.

I mean, I would say I've heard a lot of advice

dressed up as blessings from some old ancient chachi.

Proper like, "Feed your husband, mm?

"Take care of your house. Raise your children."

Proper old-fashioned.

What's your advice, then?

Can you just...

...sit together, in silence?

Not ignoring each other, just... being?

No pressure?

Where'd you hear that? TikTok?

Just finishing up. I'll be quick. I promise.

Don't wanna make you miss your own party.

Oh! I nearly forgot.

Right, just open your palm,

and we can put it here, his initials.

Just carrying on this little design.

All my customers really like it.

It's a fun little icebreaker game for the wedding night.

Yeah, I don't need it.

Been together years.

I know. I know. It's just a bit of fun.

So, his initial's Mark Baker, so MB, yeah?

Don't wanna make it too obvious, but...

...you still want him to find it.

SNIFFLES, STIFLED SOBS

BREATHES HEAVILY

EXHALES DEEPLY

Let's go.

Let's do it.

Do what?

Let's leave. Let's go.

Well?

Don't say that if you don't mean it.

SOFTLY: I mean it.

Really?

Mm-hm. Really?

THEY LAUGH

Have you always got a packed bag?

I have to.

Who else lives here? I heard some people last night.

Well, I don't really see them much,

and they work different shifts somewhere else.

Uncle knows them.

So, what time will you be back?

Need to go home and pack... Mm-hm.

And then I've gotta go to work and sort everything out.

But you will be back, yes? I promise.

OK.

Can I help you?

I-I-I was looking for M-Mo.

Shop's closed, sorry. What happened?

Nothing. We'll reopen soon.

Yeah, but was there a break-in?

Open your eyes. It's over.

Let it go. I don't understand.

I know.

I love him. That probably didn't help.

Help what? There was a tip-off.

We were raided. They're all gone.

Every single one of them.

I tried to warn him. I told him to be careful.

He tried to call the police that night, and now look.

All the commotion this morning, and people just carry on.

The world keeps turning.

World keeps turning.

Take it.

How could you do this?

METAL JANGLES

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