Diversity, thy name is Infosys!
Slide 1: Man is an emotional animal (fade in & fade out)
Scene 1: (Camera zooms out from Madhu’s mouth who is laughing out loud
animatedly)
Scene 2: (Kumara holding his hand on the head and crying out loudly in a
dramatic fashion)
Scene 3: (Paloma is grinding his teeth and eyes are burning in anger.
Camera zooms out and pans a little to the left to include Madhu laughing out
loud in the screen. Paloma is looking at Madhu.)
Scene 4: (Yogesh looks on everybody with a blank face. Camera pans to
show Kumara and focuses back on Yogesh. Yogesh turns towards his
computer to work.)
Slide 2: Emotions are diverse… (Text fades in) So are people… (Text
fades in) (Slide fades out)
Scene 5: (Project Party scene. Party atmosphere is highlighted with disco
lights, loud background music. Some people are dancing together in a tight
group. A boy & a girl are sitting at a separate table and busy with
themselves. Another guy is busy hogging from a big bag of chips. His mouth
is full and bits & pieces are overflowing. 2 girls are sitting aloof in a corner
watching what all others are doing.)
(The camera pans back to the tight group of people dancing and then zooms
in on their faces. The 4 people are Madhu, Paloma, Kumara & Yogesh.)
Note: If we cant shoot this scene entirely, we can flick some clips from
online videos and create some slides with flicked images to show all the
above or most of them at least
Slide 3: Some time ago… (Slide comes in from the right side of screen
quickly) Maybe 3 months… (Text fades in) Or maybe 6 months… (Text
fades in)
Scene 6: (Editing creates a very fast paced movement of frames on the
screen and the viewer is taken back to the Scene 1. Camera pans to Kumara
who is crying out loud and zooms out to cover the entire cubicle with 4
people in it.)
Note: The dialogs in this script will only be mouthed by the actors and not
recorded/dubbed. Instead all the dialogs will appear as sub-titles in the
screen.
Madhu: Ha ha ha… You know what? This guy was telling “3 is my lucky
number!” till today. Now looks like he will be getting a CRR 3 only! Ha ha ha
ha…
(Yogesh listens to Madhu’s dialog with a blank face and turns back to his
computer)
Kumara: (crying loudly) Boo hoo… what did I do to deserve this?? Nobody
likes me!! Boo hoo…
Paloma: (with an irritated look on his face) can’t you ever speak without
crying first??
Slide 4: (Slide comes from centre of screen to cover the entire screen – like
zooming. The slide has 4 parts, each with the face of one actor and some
keywords from their dialog)
Slide 5: 1 situation… (Text fades in) Diverse reactions… (Text fades in)
(Slide fades out)
(Blank screen for 3 seconds)
Slide 6: Some time ago… (Text fades in) Maybe 5 minutes ago… (Text
fades in)
Scene 7: (Kumara at his computer. Camera zooms on the screen from
behind him. A mail is open and it has the text “PFA the defect report.
Kindly fix the same by EOD.” Kumara saves the attached XLS to the
desktop which is already cluttered with a lot of files/icons/shortcuts. He then
goes to the desktop, searches the XLS and opens it. First line of the file has
the text “DEFECT REPORT” in a large font with a highlighted background.
Then he scrolls down using the mouse. The data rows keep popping up even
after 10-12 scrolls down. By now it is evident a large number of defects need
to be fixed! Now and then on the screen texts like “Critical”, “Major” keep
popping up and out. Camera zooms out and pans around to show his face
which is a mixture of horror, shock and self pity.)
Kumara: I can’t do this. It’s impossible! (Shaking his head) I think I’ll put
down my papers and continue my further studies. I’m going nowhere here!!
(He’s about to cry)
(Paloma enters the cubicle and sees him on verge of tears. She’s shocked.)
Paloma: Hey what happened? You seem very upset!
(Kumara looks up and breaks down. He starts crying out loud animatedly.
Madhu turns back to see Kumara. Yogesh also turns around.)
Kumara: There are so many defects here. I just can’t fix them all today! Boo
hooo….
Madhu: Hey shall I give u a simple solution? Go to the folder with all the
source files and do a SHIFT DELETE. No code, no bugs! Ha ha ha ha ha…
(Laughs out animatedly. Paloma casts an irritated look at Madhu and turns to
face Kumara.)
Paloma: Come on dude take it as a challenge!! Just sort all the defects in
order of highest priority and start fixing them all one-by-one. Come on, you
can do it! (Camera turns pans and focuses on Yogesh)
Yogesh: Just ask for more time, no one will kill you for that (Yogesh turns
back to his computer.)
Slide 7: (1 slide with 4 dialogs in 4 quarters of the screen. Each dialog has
few keywords from the full dialog which indicate the solution provided. The 4
quarters also have the images of the 4 actors in the background.)
Slide 8: 1 problem… (Text fades in) Diverse solutions… (Text fades out)
(Slide fades out)
(Blank screen for 3 seconds)
Scene 8: (Kumara/Kumara are shown playing basketball with fervor. Kumara
shoots the hoop and succeeds. Scene freezes at that point for 2 seconds.)
Scene 9: (Madhur takes a long run up and bowls to Kumara. He sets the
middle stump rocking. Scene freezes at that point for 2 seconds.)
Scene 10: (Kumara is seen bending over the pool table concentrating on the
shot at hand. He hits the ball with the cue and the ball rolls towards the
pouch. It’s a score! Screen freezes for 2 seconds.)
Scene 11: (Paloma is shown hitting the TT ball like a smash and the
opponent is not able to receive it successfully. Paloma exults with a jump
and pumping his hands in air. Screen freezes for 2 seconds.)
Slide 9: Diverse games … (Text fades in) One aim … To succeed! (Text
fades in) (Slide fades out)
(Blank screen for 3 seconds)
Scene 12: (Madhu gets a call on his extension. Screen splits vertically
showing Madhu on left half and JP on right half of the window)
Madhu: Hello! Hi! Good Morning! I don’t want any credit card or insurance
and I’m very healthy! Still want to continue??
JP: Ha ha ha ha ha…
Madhu: I do that a lot myself, thank u!
JP: Hey stop it man! This is your old pal from across the seas, living on a
small island…
Madhu: Hey “tharle putta”! Is that you?? What a surprise! When did you
return from Belgium?
JP: I returned only last weekend after finishing the requirements collection
from our clients.
Madhu: So anyone still staying back there?
JP: Ya. My team mate will stay back to coordinate with our offshore teams.
You know right, half my team is here in Mauritius and another half is in
Pune… he he he..
Madhu: Ya… Must be tough coordinating this circus na? So what is your
designation next? CM? Circus Manager? Ha ha ha ha…
JP: he he… Well it’s not really that difficult, you know? If I can talk in French
to these guys here, then I can definitely coordinate better with my Pune
team in English!
Madhu: Well… the only French connection for me is the fries I hog! Ha ha ha
ha…
JP: he he he… you are a funny guy! Ok buddy, catch ya later. Have a status
call with my DM in Chennai in another 5 minutes! (JP cuts the call)
Slide 10: (Screen shows a slide zoom in with the world map and text
popping up randomly all over like “Pune”, “Bangalore”, “Mauritius”, “
Chennai”, “Belgium”, “DCs”, “onsite”, “offshore”…)
Slide 11: 1 project … (Text fades in) Diverse locations … (Text fades out)
(Slide fades out)
(Blank screen for 3 seconds)