WAHID’S MOBILE BOOKSTORE TIMECODE TRANSCRIPT 2 seconds black to show start Fade In Fade Out Text 00:03:18 00: 08:26 Mumbai, India KEY 14 frames 70 frames 00:22:01 00:27:27 Wahid’s SHOW TITLE Mobile Bookstore 60 frames SUBTITLES 00:30:12 00:32:05 This is a good one 00:32:06 00:35:04 Take this one. Take “The Secret.” 00:35:05 00:36:21 They are all good books! 00:36:28 00:39:13 - 200, Madam… - No… 00:39:14 00:41:01 How much do you want to pay ? - 100! 00:41:02 00:43:04 Now the light is turning green… Hurry up! 00:43:05 00:46:01 - Give me 150! - No, no… 00:46:27 00:48:02 Ok…Last price… Give me 150 00:48:03 00:48:28 Give me your best price for both books! 00:49:01 00:50:06 Give me 150 for each! ($3) 00:50:07 00:51:06 150/150 ? DIALOGUE – Hindi – NO SUBTITLE 01:01:28 01:08:23 Take one. Sir, sir, take one. SUBTITLES 01:10:14 01:13:26 My name is Mohammad Wahid 01:13:27 01:17:10 I study and sell books 01:19:23 01:24:26 Dad cuts hair and Mom stays at home 01:24:27 01:28:10 This is my sister 01:28:11 01:32:17 She is 7 01:32:18 01:34:21 I am 9 01:36:03 01:38:21 I go to the traffic signal at 8 am 01:38:22 01:41:01 and at 11:30, I leave to go home 01:41:04 01:43:12 Then at 12:30 I go to school. 01:43:13 01:46:26 I eat lunch at home, and then go to school. 01:49:09 01:52:15 I get done at 5:30, go home, 01:52:16 01:55:11 and again go to sell books. 01:55:12 01:59:12 Then I come back, and do my homework. 01:59:13 02:01:23 Then I fill water for storage 02:01:24 02:03:29 and go to sleep. 02:04:25 02:07:04 I sell the books in English. 02:07:05 02:10:15 The boss tells me a little bit about them. 02:10:16 02:14:11 And people know about the books. 02:14:12 02:18:24 I don’t know English, so how would I be able to read them? 02:18:25 02:21:27 How would I know the stories? 02:24:21 02:28:13 Barack Obama… He has become 02:28:14 02:32:14 the leader of America. 02:32:15 02:34:16 He wants to do good 02:34:17 02:36:27 for everybody in America! 02:36:28 02:40:07 He is going to make everybody rich! 02:40:08 02:42:20 Whoever is poor will become rich! 02:42:21 02:45:06 I see it on TV 02:47:08 02:51:26 The police caught 2 of his brothers for drugs. 02:51:27 02:56:02 And I saw that 02:56:03 02:58:29 2-3 books of his have been published. 02:59:00 03:02:03 I sell them. 03:02:04 03:06:06 I have already sold 2-3 of his books. 03:07:02 03:11:06 White Tiger… 03:11:07 03:16:09 Chicken Soup… 03:16:10 03:20:06 There is another one… The Monk one… 03:20:07 03:21:12 Warren Buffet! 03:21:13 03:24:09 No, no… The Monk who sold his Ferrari… 03:26:00 03:28:09 So now, tell me the price for these. 03:28:10 03:29:27 300 rupees for each ($6) 03:29:28 03:33:06 I’ll take two… How much? 03:33:25 03:36:07 I’ll make it less, for you… $200 each! ($4) 03:36:08 03:37:11 No… 200 is too much! 03:38:25 03:42:19 You see, we have no money, so I need to sell books. 03:42:20 03:46:16 Dad’s work brings in only 40-50 rupees ($1), 03:46:17 03:48:20 we spend it all on food, so we have to work. 03:48:21 03:50:29 Otherwise we wouldn’t have to work. 03:53:15 03:55:17 The house it’s this much… It’s small… 03:56:05 03:59:09 It’s only 1 room. It’s a slum. 03:59:29 04:03:04 There is one room downstairs and one upstairs. 04:03:05 04:06:09 We live upstairs and another family downstairs. 04:07:03 04:08:28 There are 7 people in the house. 04:09:03 04:13:14 Dad, Mom,my little sister, elder sister, 04:13:15 04:17:13 me and my elder brother. 04:18:03 04:22:02 And my relative from the village. 04:22:03 04:28:06 I sleep on a bench, and everybody sleeps on the floor 04:40:07 04:42:18 I came from the village because of necessity. 04:42:19 04:44:17 The children couldn’t study. 04:44:18 04:47:18 The father couldn’t look after them alone, 04:47:19 04:50:02 so I had to come to look after them, 04:50:03 04:53:25 to send them to school, etc… 04:55:08 04:57:20 We let them sell the books because of necessity. 04:57:21 05:00:27 We know they are pirated. 05:00:28 05:04:10 But what to do? Necessity is a big thing. 05:05:02 05:09:11 Yes I know all that! But people who want these books, they buy! ENGLISH, NO SUBTITLE 05:09:14 05:14:24 These books might be pirated, but they’re helping them in some way.I think its helping them come out of their poverty. SUBTITLES 05:17:16 05:22:19 Those who are really rich, they buy from the bookstores. 5:22:20 05:25:19 for 400, 900, 1200 rupees ($8, $18, $22). 05:25:20 05:28:29 Those people buy them… But those who don’t have money, 05:29:00 05:32:21 they want to buy them from us for 100 rupees ($2). ENGLISH, NO SUBTITLE 05:32:25 05:42:09 Seeing the age of this little boy and his sincerity, I think we must try and help them rather than them going on the wrong track in life and taking up to drugs or something. SUBTITLES 05:46:14 05:49:08 Sometimes they make 100—200 rupees in a day. 05:49:09 05:53:01 Sometimes nothing for even 2 days. 05:53:02 05:54:27 There is no guarantee. 05:54:28 05:56:17 If they feel like it, they buy. ENGLISH, NO SUBTITLE 05:57:12 06:02:01 So its better to pick up from these people, they just give it to you right inside your car, what else do you want? SUBTITLES 06:04:11 06:07:09 We have many hopes, 06:07:10 06:10:03 but cannot see any way ahead to realize them. 06:10:04 06:13:12 So we can’t do anything. 06:13:13 06:16:06 If we have money, then we can plan ahead. 06:16:07 06:18:23 Right now, we can’t… 06:18:24 06:24:03 If the children get hurt of hit by a car, what will we do? 06:24:04 06:27:25 But necessity is a big thing. What can we do? 06:37:16 06:40:02 Yes, once I was hit. 06:40:03 06:43:08 I was selling books, and asking for a ride to the traffic light 06:43:09 06:47:08 I was waiting for the bus, but it wasn’t coming, 06:47:09 06:49:23 so I stepped onto the road, 06:49:24 06:52:19 and this car came zooming fast, 06:52:20 06:55:17 and hit me, and I fell down. I was badly bruised. 06:55:18 06:57:18 I went to the Doctor, 06:57:19 06:59:19 then I became better in 2-3 days. 06:59:20 07:02:08 Then I went back to selling books. 07:02:09 07:05:17 No, it didn’t stop. He ran away. 07:08:22 07:13:28 I like the village more… There is nobody here to play with. 07:13:29 07:18:27 In the village, we used to climb the trees, pluck the mangoes 07:18:28 07:20:10 and eat them. 07:22:01 07:24:17 Here I don’t like anything. 07:25:01 07:27:14 You cannot make much money in the village. 07:27:22 07:33:05 Whatever one makes is used for food 07:33:06 07:34:27 No money is left over. 07:34:28 07:40:08 That’s why we came here and work to make enough money to eat 07:40:09 07:44:20 I buy the books for 70-80 rupees ($1.5) 07:44:21 07:48:01 everything above it is mine. 07:48:02 07:51:16 In the books, I make 100-200 rupees ($2-4) per day 07:51:17 07:57:01 I give it all to my mother. And put 10 rupees ($0.20) in my piggybank 07:57:02 08:03:03 So far I have saved 150 rupees ($3). 08:05:05 08:10:23 I am going to go back to my village and buy a bicycle. 08:12:07 08:14:10 I like the magic shows! 08:14:11 08:17:02 Harry Potter… Naaginn… 08:18:08 08:21:04 Cartoons…. 08:22:09 08:23:26 I like Tom & Jerry very much. 08:25:22 08:27:09 Specially the cat. 08:27:10 08:29:14 The mouse teases the cat a lot. 8 frame dissolve out 08:43:10 08:46:15 When I grow up, I want to be a Doctor…. Or something else. 08:46:16 08:49:08 I have to study a lot to become a Doctor 08:49:27 08:52:09 First I’ll earn the money, then I’ll do computers. 08:52:10 08:55:13 Then I’ll become a Doctor. 08:56:20 09:02:00 First I’ll study, then I’ll work, save money, 09:02:01 09:04:01 And buy the computer. 09:04:02 09:06:10 Then I’ll learn English also! 09:06:11 09:10:06 Then I’ll study, become a Doctor, and make money. 09:11:08 09:15:06 You see, the Doctors don’t come easily to work in the villages. 09:15:07 09:17:25 Everybody is sick there, but the Doctors are reluctant to go there. 09:17:26 09:20:21 Even the medicines they give are fake. 09:20:22 09:23:10 So the people get even more sick. 09:23:11 09:25:05 That’s why I want to become a Doctor 09:25:06 09:28:14 and give them the right medicines 09:28:15 09:31:23 I’ll study tons, so much 09:31:24 09:36:27 that until now, no Doctor would have ever studied so much! 10 frame dissolve out 09:42:57 10:06:19 Credit Roll 10:04:15 10:08:22 Copyright Ó 2009 24 frames 72 frames ImagineOn Film dissolve in dissolve out bell rings in black, then end at 10:10:27