synopsis
The Forgotten Story
Afsa Sr. suffers from dementia and Alzheimer’s, as she lives her last days playing carrom with her 20-year-old past self, Afsa Jr. in her hallucinations. She revisits the turning point of her life, when her marriage was about to break and she would lose everything, only to advise her younger self in her hallucination to stick to the decisions she has already taken to be where she is.
Afsa Sr. wakes up and walks over to the carrom board table in the living room every day, and starts setting up the board for a game. As soon as she is done with her setup, her past self, Afsa Jr. walks in with her luggage from the other room. They sit and start playing carrom as they discuss the course of action for Afsa Jr. because her husband is leaving her for another woman. Afsa Jr., who is dressed in her wedding saree, sits in despair as Afsa Sr., now a much more seasoned woman, directs her past self, Afsa Jr. into taking action, that is by getting her husband a child, for him if not from him. Having to lose everything if her marital status is lost, Afsa Jr. gives in to this, something she strongly opposes otherwise, and decides upon this course of action. They sit and play carrom as they reach this decision together.
As Afsa Jr. takes her final strike in carrom, Rami, Afsa’s son, walks in, in the middle of this conversation, and as the women reach their decision, both the Afsas instantly get up and say that they are pregnant.
Rami remains unfazed and simply walks over to the counter with medicines kept on it, and brings it to Afsa Sr., who, it is now revealed, is sitting by herself alone by the carrom board, with no sign of Afsa Jr.
Rami talks to Afsa Sr., and Afsa Sr. is not able to recognize him until he brings over a picture of a young woman holding a baby boy. Afsa Sr. points at the woman in the picture and recognizes herself, and calls out her name Afsa. Rami then pushes on, asking her to recognize the child in the picture with the woman, to which she sits silently. He nudges and asks her who is he, and she responds with silence.
CHARACTERS
AFSA SR.
AFSA SR is a senior lady, suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia, who took some tough calls to save her life and marriage, only to now suffer the hallucinations of it after all these years, as she speaks to her younger self over a game of Carrom.
AFSA JR.
AFSA JR is a young timid woman, who is desperate to save her marriage. She has not seen the tough world, but she's tenacious and wants to get what is hers, to be able to live her life. She seeks out her older self and speaks to her for advice over a game of Carrom.
RAMI
RAMI, is the son of Afsa Sr. He is a photographer who is going through a personal turmoil of a breaking marriage, an ill and aging mother, and his own identity crisis.
