Rise of Raayan: Confrontation (V1E1)

VOLUME ONE: RISE OF RAAYAN

EPISODE ONE: COLLISION

CHENNAI Maanagaram

PONNI Racing Stadium

(OFF POONAMALLEE HIGH ROAD)

Raayan Kumaravel KNOWS it's going to be anEPICevening.

He smells the heat haze, FEELS the vibration ofseventy-five thousand crazed fans chanting…

HIS

name.

Time: 7.30 PM

Stadium capacity – 73,496

Occupancy – 110%

The sky - dark, cloudy.

The air - thick and humid.

The stadium - a hot bowl of blazing light and noise.

Seventy-five thousand people thumping their feet, pounding their drums, chanting the name of their hero.

RAA-YAN!

RAA-YAN!!

RAA-YAN!!!

Stadium announcer:Yoyoyoyoyo, y’ all ready for the big event?

YAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Stadium announcer: But where is Raayan?

PONNI STADIUM

GENERAL CAR PARK

7.32 PM

The vast area is full of cars and motorcycles.

But empty of people.

Widely spaced lamps make alternate pools

of light

and shadow.

In one of those many dark pools, two men.

Two men granite-jawed, massive-handed.

Standing a few feet away from each other.

They could be anything – two friends..

Two strangers..

Two acquaintances?

But they’re none of those things.

They’re rivals.

Raayan: …Really?

Killer Kulothunga: Yah.

Leaders of the two biggest teams in the Motorin’ Maayam League.

Raayan: You’re going to…kill me.. if I win this race?

Killer Kulothunga:That’s not what I said.

Raayan: It’s what you meant.

Killer Kulothunga shrugs.

Not…

…a normal argument.

Raayan studies Kulothunga. The sneer, the thick mustache, the knotted arm muscles.

A dry, warm wind sweeps through the parking lot…

…whirling discarded newspaper along the rough concrete.

Raayan scratches his bearded chin.

Grips his crutch handles.

Broad shoulders strain as he shifts his weight.

KK silent. Sneering.

Raayan: Why?

Killer Kulothunga: Don’t play games. Just drop your stupid plans, that’s all. You’re trying to do too much. Things that are beyond you. Just drop it. All of it.

Raayan: I’m only trying to help. All of us. Our league, our people, our city.

Killer Kulothunga: Drop it.

Raayan: If not..

Killer Kulothunga:Told you already.

Raayan believes him.

Knowing what is at stake.

Knowing what KK has done in the past for lesser stakes.

Raayan believes him.

A patrolling Police Jeep passes by, slowly.

But doesn’t stop.

Killer Kulothunga: This is my league, my town. My future.

Raayan: Since when?

Killer Kulothunga: Since now.

Raayan: You think you'll GET AWAY with this?

The sneer widens into a ghastly smile.

Killer Kulothunga: You think I’m ALONE?