Hostel Days (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Room no. 209 - full transcript

Hey, Chitta! What are you looking at?

Huh?

What?

What's wrong? Are you okay?

I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?

It was a casual question, man.
Carry on.

Mind your own business.
Maybe you'll stop stinking then.

Huh?!

Stop poking your nose into my business!

Why is he acting weird?

Is he constipated or what?



Phew! I made it!

Hey!!!

Thep...

Theppa sir, you're up early!

Good morning, Theppa sir.

Something urgent has come up.

I have to go.

What are you hiding?

It's just my hand, Theppa sir. Look.

Just my hand.

I'm not hiding anything, Theppa sir.

There you are!

Look what your roommate's done.

To this holy hostel...



To our hostel...

No, Theppa sir. Please.

He has sneaked in incense sticks.

Traitor!

You're such a disgrace!
-How could you do it?

We can't let him go.

Yes, sir. Can you believe he
was enquiring about study hours?

Stop it, dude!

Bro, he's innocent.

You know, he's a top ranker.

He isn't aware of the rules.

He'll learn. I'll teach him.
-Hey!

Learn, my foot!

He's been here for 3 days and
he doesn't know our pledge yet.

What are you saying?
Of course, he knows!

Quiz him.

Quiz him, brotha!

Are you ready?
-Err... Ready, sir.

What is this?
-Our Kingdom.

Our saving grace?
-Alcohol, joint and smoke.

Our treasure?
-Porn.

Our goal?

Have a fricking blast!

Our motto?
-Come or die.

Louder!
-Come or die!

Come or die!
-[everyone] Come or die!

Very good, bro.

Before tonight,

come up with 10 new cuss
words and read them to me.

Consider it done, bro!

Thanks.

Disperse!

Let's go.

I told you not to go alone, right.
-Pavan sir...

I mean, Theppa sir...

You're a fresher just like us.
Why are you ragging us?

Who's a fresher?

Brotha may have gotten
the college admission now.

But he's been in this
hostel for 4 years now.

What was a kid doing here?
-You think it's funny?

I'll break your face.

He first came here to
give his entrance exam.

Though he failed, he didn't give up.

He stayed back...

supplied cigarettes and alcohol
to students and lecturers...

and finally...

Self-made man!

Our inspiration!

Wow!

So empowering!

Bro, I'm not a rich brat.

All I've gained is...

Respect!

You... Theppa! Come down!

What did I say?

Respect!

It's this way, dude!

Ragging me, bloody!

Say the pledge?

I'll tell the Dean about this.

You must be kidding, right?

What did they do to you?

Ragging, which is illegal!

Don't be silly, man.

You call that ragging?

They simply asked you
to learn a few cuss words.

That's good, right?

Listen!

Cuss words come in really handy in life.

I was planning to teach you anyway.

Chuck all that.

If they find out that it's
you who complained...

you're a gone case!

Gone!

They'll chase you down like a
fricking chicken on the loose.

Trust me and mug
up these cuss words.

Enroll. Study. Graduate.

Get into family business.

As simple as that, bro!

You get into business.

But I want to do Masters.

I want to do PhD.

I want to buy a Porsche.

For that, you need to get out of here.

So shut the hell up and learn those.

Mother's...

Grandma's... Grandpa's...

Yadav, what is this? Yuck!

That's how cuss words are meant to be.

Yewww!

Douche bags!

Engineering colleges are
home to the 'Good-for-nothing'

The thing is...

Nobody has a count of the number of
Engineering colleges in the 2 States.

Students have no clue why
they're enrolling in Engineering.

It's all scrap!

That's the thing.

Year after year,

batch after batch,

you'd assume that the
trash would come and go.

But here, the trash just keeps piling up.

It's one sheep after the other.

See?

Hey! Watch out, man!

What's going on?

We didn't want the seniors to notice you.

Hi. I'm Chitharanjan Bhattacharya.
Mechanical branch.

Bhattacharya? You speak Telugu?
-I was brought up in Hyderabad.

We Bengalis treat everything
as a subject. We're quick learners.

Naveen Yadav.

Peddamma Poultry Farm, Warangal.

He's a top ranker.

I bribed my way in.

Top ranker, huh!
You must be a book worm.

Haha! More like a book hippo!

Yadav, this is 2022.
Body shaming is not cool.

It was out of habit, man. Let it go.

Bro, you are?

Sai Ram.
-Hail, Lord Sai Ram! Your name?

Sai Ram's my name.

From Vijayawada, Civil batch.

Oh, Civil!
Interesting! Nice!

Actually, I wanted to go for CSC.

But it didn't work out.

Why?

Parents don't have the money for it.

I don't have the brains for it.

Bro, what's that?
-Comforter.

I want to feel comfortable on my first day.

Cool. Nobody's stopping you.

But, do it in your room.
-What?

This is room no. 209, right?

[both] 209?!

Don't forget to call every night.

And don't forget to exercise.

How many times do I repeat myself, Kavya?

Clock should be in the front.

Otherwise, you'll lag behind.

Okay?
-Okay.

Okay. Just a second.

Let's go?
-Yeah. Give me 2 minutes.

I spoke with your coordinator.

Mid-sems are in 3 months.

Let's see how you fare in the exams.

Okay, daddy.

Okay, Kavya. Bye.
-Bye, mom.

Keep in touch.
Take care. Bye.

Bye, daddy

Thank god!

Madam! Madam!

I never said that he lied.

I said that our students
don't participate in ragging.

Calling him names like 'Snake
Raja' doesn't count as ragging.

Madam, your husband's a Professor.

Students should complain to him.

It's just disgusting if he
complains on the students.

Get some sense into him.

Yeah. Which room did you say?
-209, sir.

209...

Sai Ram Pulleti and Naveen Yadav.

Sir, what about Chitharanjan Bhattacharya?

Chitharanjan!

Chitharanjan...

Found it! 208. The adjacent room.

Hey! That's Theppa's room.

Sir, please don't do this.

The two of us have already bonded.

You don't call the shots here. I do.

Sir, if I vacate the room...

my bedsheets will get wrinkled.

No worries. Ramu does
a great job at ironing.

Very cheap price!

And he's our college alumni.

It's okay, sir. I showed up late.

I'll only move there.

Sure?
-Yeah. Yeah. Sure. I can do this.

Rule no.1

All kinds of people drop by for me.

Police.

Peddlers.

Pregnants.

But you can't tell any
of them that I live here.

Rule no.2

That's Chotu.

He's preparing for the entrance exam.

He'll be staying with us till he clears it.

So, get comfortable.

Rule no.3

I'm an ardent fan of Lord Ganesha.

So if you mess with any of the rats here...

I'll mess with you.

I can't do this!

Not bad!

Auntie has organized the room well.

Hey!

What are you doing here?
-You didn't know?

We're roommates.

What?!

Yeah. Since your dad
and my dad are friends,

they thought we'd get along well.

Your dad and my dad?

I can't handle this!

Yes, dad. I've organized
the room like you said.

I've also hung the Lord
Sai Baba photo on the wall.

And I've mailed the
syllabus like you asked.

Just send the time table
and I'll blindly follow it.

You should also take your
meds on time like a good boy.

Okay?

Hmm.

Either someone tells us
what to do or vice versa.

Has nobody got any clarity in life?

We do it because we care, right?

You can do it because you care.

Or because you want to control.

Shit.

I'm so sorry. I was upset
about something else.

Sorry, dude.

Err... I'm Rithika. Mechanical batch.

Kavya. Civil batch.

What's wrong? You seem tense.

Err...

Do you have a roommate?

She's not here yet.

Can I move in?

Let me check with my dad.

It's okay.

That room was allotted to me.

It's only fair that I go.

Man!

Cut the drama.

No, man. I thought enough.

Hey!

Who'll tutor me if you leave?

How will I pass?

Bro, I can tutor you. You can pass easily.

You?

Yes, bro. I'm also a good friend.

Very caring too.

Listen, Sai.

It's not about who'll move out.

No human can survive in that room.

And Theppa isn't human.

You're right.

Follow me.

Bro!
-Where are you going?

Come with me.

Where are we going, bro?
-To meet the College President.

He's like George Reddy.

He told me the gates
are always open for us.

Hey, 3 idiots!

Where are you headed?

We're going to the College
President regarding...

Bunch of kids, you three!

You should sort your own issues.

That's like being a man.

You seem like a bunch of losers.

Seem like?

They are a bunch of losers.

You guys are screwed.

Come with us. Move!

Yes, mom?

Are you moving to a different room?

Yes.

Monica is the best roommate you can get.

In the sense that she'll help
me out or leak information to you?

Kavya!
-What the hell, mom!

I came this far to pursue Engineering,
so that I can escape your influence.

I need some space to figure myself out.

You can't get in the way of that.

I'm sorry, mom. Please.

Till now, you've been
deciding what's good for me.

For once, leave it up to me.

What did she say?

Nothing I haven't heard before.

She'll write one long email soon.

I take it she's pissed?

Yeah. I mean, I was aggressive than usual.

She's pretty pissed.

It's okay.

My books...
-Kavya, listen.

My sister's a senior here.

So, you better don't hurt my feelings.

Oh!

Just a minute.

Where is it?

Ah, found it!

Sir, I can't pick it up.

I don't know how to grip it.

What do you know?

What do you know?
-Sir!

Sir, I don't know anything.

I don't know what I'm doing here.

I don't know why I enrolled
into Engineering either.

Is he seriously crying, dude?

I can't believe you idiots!

Go do the spider man pose!

Hey, boy.

Yes, you. Step forward.

Recite the SD.

SD?

Intro, my dear.

Your name, your achievements so far...

Go ahead.
-Hi, I'm Sai.

Whoa! English!

You've been here 3 days
and you don't know the SD yet.

Bro, it's not his fault.
He arrived today itself.

And who are you?

The Gang Leader?

Nothing like that, bro.
-Who is it then?

This Chota Bheem?

I need to know who the Gang Leader is.

Pick up the ruler and measure it.

Whoever has the longest is the leader.

Measure what, sir?
-Fricking dimwits, man.

Oh, I get it now.
I'm sure mine's the longest...

Oh, is it that long?

Let's see it. Unzip your pants.

Unzip!
-Bro... Bro... Let him go.

Do you want to unzip too?

He'll unzip, bro. Go ahead, dude.

Come on!
-Unzip right now!

I said unzip!

Do it!

Unzip!

Unzip it already!

[upbeat song playing]

It's party time, boys!

Theppa!

Darling!

Jai Balayya!
-Jai Jai Balayya!

Jai Balayya!
-Jai Jai Balayya!

What are you guys looking at?
Go get some snacks.

Hey, Theppa! You came at the right time.

Bunch of morons, I tell you.
He was really going to unzip his pants.

Maya, they're first-time freshers.

Spare them.

Rag me, damn it!

Hey! No! No!

Did you give my sister the middle finger?

No, sister...
-Sister? Sister, my foot!

Ma'am, I was just expressing...

You've whined about
staying with Monica, right?

Let me show you how it
is to stay without her.

Don't mind her.

Take it easy.

Monica is her sister.
We're not obliged to have her back.

9 records. 12 hours.

Finish them before the first
bell and we'll have your back.

Come, girls. Let's go.

Thanks a lot, Theppa sir.
You've saved us in time.

Yeah, bro.

I'll be your roommate
if you're okay with it.

I'll clean everything and
also look after your pan shop.

Bengalis are brainy, you see.

Bro, this room was allotted to me.

So I'll take care...
-Brotha! My whole family is into business.

We'll make a great pair.

Like two hen under one basket,
it will be full-on bromance.

Did you come here to thank me?
-[all three] Yes.

That's great.

I'll keep my space.

You three adjust in that room.
-Three of us in one room?

Brotha...

No. No. It's not possible, sir.

So ragging's possible?
-Uh-huh.

Where are you going?

I said you can't stay here.
I didn't say you can't clean it.

Get started.
-Brotha!

Come on, brotha!

Dusting the place builds bromance.

How did he get it up there?

I can't wrap my head around it.

Did he do it standing up or lying down?

Couldn't have done it standing up.
The angle's not right.

Guys!

Pray to the man and offer apologies.

I can't even come to the mess right now.

You guys go.

Yadav.
-Hmm...

Yadav.
-Hmm?

Can you please move your leg a bit?

Do I put it on your head instead?

Yadav, we've talked about this.

I can't sleep if the fan's in full speed.

It's not just the two of us anymore.
Now there's a third person.

And it's pretty hot in here.

I don't care about the number.

I can't handle full speed.
-Why are you yelling, man?

Why did he walk out?

Maybe he took offense.

But this isn't about him.

Maybe he assumed it is.

So, do we...

go after him?

No. Let's give him space.

If we call him back,
he'll be just another roommate.

But if he comes back,
he'll become our friend.

I wish he comes back.

We've bonded well.

[laughing hysterically]

Bro...

Bro...

Where can I find a peaceful spot over here?

I want to be alone.

Hi, my man! How are you?

I moved into the hostel this morning.

Just felt like talking to you.

Okay. How's the hostel?

I don't know, man.

Dude, I'm actually outside with my friends.

Can I call you back?

Yeah. Yeah. Sure.
-Okay. Bye.

The number
you've dialled is currently busy.

What the hell!

Hi! I mean... I mean, sorry.

Raju bro...

Songs... Sing...

I heard someone singing and...

Actually, I had my ear pods on.

I couldn't hear you.

I'm Kavya. Civil batch.

I'm Sai. Same batch.
-Oh!

Do you want to sit?
-Yeah. Yeah. Sure.

Bad day, is it?

Umm... Not really.

Just unexpected.

Same.

But I got what I wanted.

Long story.

We just met.

So, maybe some other time.

I think...

That is how it is.

Kuch paane ke liye kuch khona hai!
(You lose some to gain some)

Oi! You're leaving?

I've lost some.

Now it's time to gain some.

What?!

Why is he running in the
wee hours, you may ask.

Well, it's not their fault.
It's the age talking.

Like they say, young
minds are monkey minds.

They're right.

Young guys are like monkeys.
This is like a jungle.

But don't you forget...

humans evolved from those very monkeys.

And sometimes, geniuses do too.

Engineering colleges may
or may not build careers.

But character building, most definitely.

[humming randomly]

Problem solved!