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Transcript: Nikhil and Jay and the Lucky Striker
Nikhil and Jay: Nikhil and Jay and the Lucky Striker
Descriptive Transcript
[Upbeat opening sequence music]
DESCRIPTION: In animation, a boy with short brown hair, Nikhil, opens the front door of a townhouse. Nikhil wears a red hooded pullover sweater. His younger brother, Jay, jumps up to the door. Jay has short brown hair and wears a purple long-sleeved shirt with a green collar and green cuffs.
NIKHIL: Hi, I'm Nikhil.
JAY: And I'm Jay!
NIKHIL: Here's a little story about where our family's from.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls down a map. Illustrations of their mother, Amma, and their father, Appa, appear. Amma has chin-length brown hair and wears orange glasses. Appa has short brown hair and a thick brown beard.
BROTHERS [singing]: It starts in South India with Amma, our mom. She caught a plane to England and met our dad, Appa!
DESCRIPTION: Appa and Amma dance side by side while Appa holds a cup of tea. Amma wears a blue top with orange pants. Appa wears a red quarter-zip sweater and blue pants.
BROTHERS [singing]: She loves to dance, and he makes the best cuppa!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay dance together and with their parents.
BROTHERS [singing]: Oh! And then we came along. Oh! And this is our song. Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay! Oh-oh Nikhil and Jay!
JAY [singing]: Nikhil likes… Missions!
NIKHIL [singing]: Jay likes… Being loud!
BROTHERS [singing]: We both love to dream!
DESCRIPTION: Miniature versions of Nikhil and Jay play on a carrom board. The brothers fly through the sky in a rocket ship.
BROTHERS [singing]: We can shoot a carrom pocket! Yeah, or blast off in a rocket! We make the greatest team.
NIKHIL: Wait.
JAY: What!?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay hold up a tablet, displaying a video call with their grandparents, Ammamma and Thatha. Ammamma is wearing an orange-and-blue sari, and Thatha is wearing a beige shirt with glasses hanging around his neck. Behind Nikhil and Jay are their other set of grandparents, Jim and Nana. Jim has gray hair and wears a green shirt. He is holding a plate of food. Nana has gray hair and wears a yellow high-visibility jacket. She is holding a crossing guard sign.
BROTHERS [singing]: There's Ammamma and Thatha! And Jim and Nana! And don't forget Max the cat!
DESCRIPTION: An orange cat, Max, licks his paw. The whole family dances together.
[Max meowing]
FAMILY [singing]: Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay! Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay, Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay, Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay!
[Opening credits] “BBC”.
[Title] “Nikhil and Jay.”
[Credits continue] “Based on the books by Chitra Soundar.”
[Episode title] “Nikhil and Jay and the Lucky Striker.”
[Credits continue] “Series Director: Jamie Teehan. Director: Nandita Jain. Written by: Chitra Soundar.”
DESCRIPTION: The carrom board is set up in the living room, with brown, red, beige, and white circular pieces lying across it. Nikhil, Jay, Appa, and Amma sit together around it. Amma sits on one side, and Jay sits on the other.
JAY: Boom!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Appa hold microphones.
NIKHIL: Only one can win. Will it be…
DESCRIPTION: Amma wiggles her fingers and snarls.
NIKHIL: ..the current carrom champion - Amma?
[Snarling]
[Laughing]
APPA: Or will it possible maybe be...
JAY: Me!
DESCRIPTION: Jay leans in across the board. Amma puts her face close to his and pokes his nose.
JAY: I'm going to beat you this time, Amma.
AMMA: Not a chance. This champion is going nowhere.
[Both chuckling]
APPA AND NIKHIL: Fighting talk.
DESCRIPTION: Amma takes her striker, a white circular game piece, and lines it up.
NIKHIL: It's the tensest moment of the match.
DESCRIPTION: Amma blows on her fingers.
[Blowing]
NIKHIL: The crowd are on the edge of their seats.
DESCRIPTION: Max is fast asleep in his bed.
[Snoring]
AMMA: Here you go.
DESCRIPTION: Amma flicks her striker. She splits two pieces and sends them flying into opposite pockets. Nikhil and Appa’s eyes widen, and their mouths are agape. Jay holds his head in his hands.
[Clattering]
AMMA: Boom!
[Both gasping]
JAY: Aw!
APPA: Sweet dosa and chutney, she's done it again!
DESCRIPTION: Amma dances around the living room.
[Appa laughing]
[Amma vocalizing]
AMMA: Boom, boom, boom!
DESCRIPTION: Max quickly wakes up and falls out of his floating cat tree.
[Meowing]
AMMA: Oh.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil walks over to Jay.
NIKHIL: You okay?
JAY: Ugh, can I beat Amma ever, ever, ever?
AMMA: Maybe one day, Chellam, but not today!
APPA: Ah, you keep at it, lad. It's all in the fingers.
DESCRIPTION: Appa wiggles his fingers at Jay. Suddenly, the tablet begins to ring from somewhere in the living room.
[Tablet ringing]
[Everyone gasping]
AMMA: Jaldi, jaldi, where's my tablet?
DESCRIPTION: Jay looks under the carrom board.
JAY: It's coming from down here.
[Tablet ringing]
[Nikhil and Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay stick their heads under the board. Max is lying on the tablet.
[Meowing]
NIKHIL: You love hiding our stuff, Max.
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Max walks off the tablet. They prop the tablet on the carrom board and answer the video call. On the call are Ammamma and Thatha.
AMMAMMA: Hello, hello. Did you get our special parcel yet?
NIKHIL AND JAY: Parcel?
THATHA: Ah, it's a big surprise.
[Doorbell ringing]
[Nikhil and Jay gasping]
APPA: I'll get it.
[Both giggling]
APPA: Ta-da!
DESCRIPTION: Appa returns with a small parcel that can fit entirely in his hands. It has brown wrapping paper covered in stamps. Nikhil frowns.
NIKHIL: That's not big, that's small.
THATHA: It may be small but it contains something with big powers.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Ooh.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay jump to grab the parcel, but accidentally launch it across the room.
[Grunting]
APPA: Whoa-oh!
DESCRIPTION: The parcel lands on the couch.
[The parcel bouncing on the couch]
DESCRIPTION: Max tiptoes over to the parcel and lies down around it.
[Feet twinkling]
[Purring]
[Nikhil giggling]
NIKHIL: Max, we saw you hiding it.
[Giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Max shakes his head.
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Jay tries to grab the package, but Max sinks his claws into the wrapping. They play tug-of-war with the parcel.
JAY: Huh?
[Jay straining]
DESCRIPTION: The wrapping on the parcel tears, and a small, white object flies through the air.
[Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: The small, white object lands in Amma’s hand.
[Amma gasping]
AMMA: This is Ammamma's lucky striker!
AMMAMMA: Yes, yes, I won many championships with it. Now it's time to pass it onto...
AMMA: Me? Yes.
AMMAMMA: Nikhil and Jay!
DESCRIPTION: Amma frowns as Ammamma and Thatha celebrate.
AMMAMMA AND THATHA: Yay, yay!
AMMA: Aw.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Thanks!
DESCRIPTION: Amma hands the striker to Nikhil. He compares it to their striker.
NIKHIL: Hm. Ammamma, why is it lucky?
AMMAMMA: Do you see a lucky red star?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil turns the striker. On one side, a red star is drawn in the center of the lucky striker.
AMMAMMA: Thatha drew it for me, and ever since, I've been winning.
NIKHIL: Wow.
AMMAMMA: He has always believed in me.
DESCRIPTION: Ammamma rests her head on Thatha’s shoulder and smiles. Jay looks at the lucky striker with hearts in his eyes.
JAY: Does that mean I'll always win with this?
THATHA [chuckling]: If you believe you can, you will.
DESCRIPTION: Ammamma leans in close to the tablet camera.
AMMAMMA: Now, go and be victorious. Destroy every opponent. You are the champions! Bye, kutties.
BOTH: Bye!
AMMA: Champions? Hm. We'll see about that.
DESCRIPTION: On the living room wall, a photo of a young Amma displays her holding a golden trophy surrounded by carrom pieces. Jay kneels on the couch with Nikhil, holding the lucky striker.
JAY: Yes, now I can beat Amma!
AMMA: Lucky striker or not, I always win.
DESCRIPTION: Amma wiggles her fingers at Jay.
[Amma laughing maniacally]
NIKHIL: Looks like we've got ourselves a rematch.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Appa take out microphones.
APPA: Is this the showdown of the century? Only time will tell.
DESCRIPTION: A moment later, all the pieces are stacked in their starting positions on the board.
[Piece clacking]
JAY: I'll start!
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds up the lucky striker.
JAY: Make me win.
[Hands rubbing together]
[Stretching]
DESCRIPTION: Jay flicks the lucky striker. It scatters the pieces across the board and perfectly sinks a piece.
[Pieces clacking]
JAY: Yay!
[Amma gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay hits the striker again and sinks another piece.
JAY: Whoo!
APPA: Yay!
AMMA: Huh?
NIKHIL: Yeah!
[Giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jay hits the striker again and splits two pieces, sinking them in opposite pockets.
NIKHIL: Whoo! Yeah!
[Amma growling]
AMMA: Ugh.
[Giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil gives Jay a thumbs-up.
[Pieces clacking]
NIKHIL: Could this get any more exciting? Are we going to have a new carrom champion?
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds up the lucky striker and looks at it lovingly.
JAY: The new carrom champion. Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: In his imagination, Jay slides around on life-sized carrom pieces.
[Triumphant music playing]
JAY: Yeah! Zoom! Whoosh! Whee! Whoo! Yes! Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
[Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jay stands on a first-place podium wearing a gold medal. Back in reality.
JAY: Boom, boom, boom!
DESCRIPTION: Jay dances with the carrom piece.
JAY: Champion, champion, champion, champion, champion!
DESCRIPTION: Jay accidentally throws the carrom piece. It bounces across the living room and falls in front of Max. Jay does not notice.
[Bouncing]
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Max hides behind the couch.
[Meowing]
JAY: I'm going to be the new carrom champion!
APPA: Hey!
APPA AND NIKHIL: Champion! Champion! Champ--
[Record scratching]
[Groaning]
DESCRIPTION: Amma groans at Nikhil and Appa. They stop dancing.
AMMA: Uh… You do know you have to actually finish the match if you're going to win.
JAY: Uh…
DESCRIPTION: Amma holds up her striker and leans in close.
AMMA: Ready?
DESCRIPTION: Jay leans in and holds up his hand, but he does not have his lucky striker.
JAY: Ready with my lucky striker.
DESCRIPTION: Jay looks down at his empty hand.
[Screaming]
JAY: Where is it?
APPA: Uh-oh.
[Dramatic music sting]
[Both gulping]
APPA: You must have dropped it.
AMMA: Oi-yoi-yoi-yo, Ammamma had it for 20 years and we lost it in 20 seconds.
BOTH: No!
APPA: Time out. We'll be back right after this search for the striker break.
DESCRIPTION: Max hides behind the couch.
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Later, the family sits on the couch, holding small objects they found around the living room. None of them holds the lucky striker.
NIKHIL: Three jingly bells.
APPA: One pebble with a face.
AMMA: Two crayons.
JAY: But no lucky striker.
AMMA: Hm, no. But you can play with our old striker.
JAY: I can't win with this. It's not lucky.
NIKHIL: Maybe the luck from the lucky striker has rubbed onto your fingers, Jay.
JAY: Hm.
APPA: What a turn of events. Will Jay's lucky fingers lead him to victory, or will Amma claim back her champion position?
[Crowd cheering]
DESCRIPTION: Back at the carrom board, Amma perfectly sinks a game piece.
[Pieces clacking]
[Both gasping]
AMMA: Boom, boom, boom!
DESCRIPTION: Amma dances around.
APPA: Unbelievable. She's back in the match.
[Vocalizing]
[Jay sighing]
DESCRIPTION: Amma sits back down at the board.
[Hands rubbing together]
DESCRIPTION: Amma flicks the striker, but it doesn’t go anywhere. Amma frowns.
[Piece clacking]
APPA: Or is she?
[Amma grunting]
NIKHIL: Come on, Jay.
DESCRIPTION: Across the board, Jay sulks.
AMMA: Careful not to pocket the striker.
DESCRIPTION: With a frown, Jay pockets the striker.
[Groaning]
NIKHIL: No!
APPA: His striker has gone flying into the pocket. He needs to pay up with a coin as penalty.
DESCRIPTION: Jay hands Amma a coin.
JAY: I need the lucky striker!
NIKHIL: Hm, where could Jay's lucky striker be?
DESCRIPTION: In his imagination, Nikhil is surrounded by different carrom pieces. He jumps from piece to piece.
[Techno music]
NIKHIL: Wow. Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Suddenly, all the pieces pop away until the only one left is the lucky striker.
[Popping]
[Gasping]
[Popping, lucky striker shimmering]
DESCRIPTION: Back in reality.
NIKHIL: Hm… A-ha! Actually, I know what to do. Time for another short break.
APPA: Oh, good idea. I need a wee.
AMMA: Yes, me too.
DESCRIPTION: Amma and Appa look at each other.
APPA: Me first.
AMMA: Me.
DESCRIPTION: A little while later, Nikhil looks through a cup full of markers.
[Max meowing in the background]
NIKHIL: Where's my red marker?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil takes out an orange marker instead.
NIKHIL: Hmm, orange! That'll do.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs back to Jay, who still has his head on the carrom board. Nikhil hands him a striker with an orange star.
NIKHIL: Jay, look what I found.
JAY [Gasping]: The lucky striker! Thanks, Nikhil. You're the best big brother ever, ever, ever. Now I can win.
DESCRIPTION: A little bit later, Jay and Amma play against each other again.
APPA: We are live from the living room. Amma has fought back, but the lucky striker is in Jay's hands! Will we see the making of a brand-new champion? The crowd is going wild!
[Gasping]
[Max snoring]
DESCRIPTION: Jay sets up his shot.
JAY: Lucky striker, here we go! Boom!
[Crowd gasping]
[Pieces clacking, chiming]
DESCRIPTION: Jay sinks three game pieces with his new lucky striker.
[Gasping]
NIKHIL: He's done it! Jay wins!
JAY: Boom!
APPA: Boom! Huh?
DESCRIPTION: For a moment, Amma looks at the carrom board, shocked, before breaking into celebration.
AMMA: Boom, boom, boom! Shabash, Jay! Or should I say… champion of carrom!
[All exclaiming excitedly]
DESCRIPTION: Appa’s eyes water.
APPA: What a game. What a moment.
[Appa sniffling]
APPA: What a...
[Laughing and sniffling]
APPA: ..champion. Anything to say to the fans?
JAY: Boom, boom, boom! Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Come on, Max!
DESCRIPTION: Max stands up, and the original lucky striker with the red star falls in front of Jay.
[Meowing]
JAY: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds both lucky strikers.
JAY: How come we've got two lucky strikers?
NIKHIL: Uh… Actually, I, uh, made a new lucky striker for you, Jay. Because Ammamma's striker was lost.
JAY [Gasping]: So, I wasn't playing with the lucky striker?
NIKHIL: Nuh-uh.
JAY: But how did I win then?
DESCRIPTION: Appa’s eyes are filled with tears.
APPA: Because Nikhil believed in you.
AMMA: And then you believed you were going to win.
[Gasping]
[Both giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jay hugs Amma and Nikhil.
AMMA: And because you're the son of the best.
APPA: Hm...
AMMA: Because you are the best carrom player in the house.
AMMA: For today.
APPA: Huh?
[All laughing]
DESCRIPTION: The whole family hugs. The lucky striker falls on the ground.
[Lucky striker clattering]
DESCRIPTION: Max sees the lucky striker and attempts to grab it.
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Max lands on the carrom board, and the whole thing falls over.
[Meowing]
[Pieces clattering]
[Sighing]
BOTH: Max!
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Everyone laughs and smiles as they hug. Max winks.
[All laughing]
[Upbeat music]
[End Credits] “Cast. Nikhil: Shiv Senthilkumar, Jay: Sai Ganesh Nadesan, Amma: Charithra Chandran, Appa: Ben Harris, Mr. Awan: Tez Ilyas, Max: Harriet Carmichael. Casting: Brilliant Casting. Additional Voice Direction: Jessica Hann. Composers: Sidh Solanki and Shridhar Solanki. Lead Storyboard Artist: Rosie Cash. Storyboard Artist: Sophie Osinski. Script Editor: Becky Overton. Produced with funding from the Northern Ireland Screen & Cake. King Banana, Paper Owl Films for BBC. An Albert Certified Production.”
Descriptive Transcript
[Upbeat opening sequence music]
DESCRIPTION: In animation, a boy with short brown hair, Nikhil, opens the front door of a townhouse. Nikhil wears a red hooded pullover sweater. His younger brother, Jay, jumps up to the door. Jay has short brown hair and wears a purple long-sleeved shirt with a green collar and green cuffs.
NIKHIL: Hi, I'm Nikhil.
JAY: And I'm Jay!
NIKHIL: Here's a little story about where our family's from.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil pulls down a map. Illustrations of their mother, Amma, and their father, Appa, appear. Amma has chin-length brown hair and wears orange glasses. Appa has short brown hair and a thick brown beard.
BROTHERS [singing]: It starts in South India with Amma, our mom. She caught a plane to England and met our dad, Appa!
DESCRIPTION: Appa and Amma dance side by side while Appa holds a cup of tea. Amma wears a blue top with orange pants. Appa wears a red quarter-zip sweater and blue pants.
BROTHERS [singing]: She loves to dance, and he makes the best cuppa!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay dance together and with their parents.
BROTHERS [singing]: Oh! And then we came along. Oh! And this is our song. Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay! Oh-oh Nikhil and Jay!
JAY [singing]: Nikhil likes… Missions!
NIKHIL [singing]: Jay likes… Being loud!
BROTHERS [singing]: We both love to dream!
DESCRIPTION: Miniature versions of Nikhil and Jay play on a carrom board. The brothers fly through the sky in a rocket ship.
BROTHERS [singing]: We can shoot a carrom pocket! Yeah, or blast off in a rocket! We make the greatest team.
NIKHIL: Wait.
JAY: What!?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay hold up a tablet, displaying a video call with their grandparents, Ammamma and Thatha. Ammamma is wearing an orange-and-blue sari, and Thatha is wearing a beige shirt with glasses hanging around his neck. Behind Nikhil and Jay are their other set of grandparents, Jim and Nana. Jim has gray hair and wears a green shirt. He is holding a plate of food. Nana has gray hair and wears a yellow high-visibility jacket. She is holding a crossing guard sign.
BROTHERS [singing]: There's Ammamma and Thatha! And Jim and Nana! And don't forget Max the cat!
DESCRIPTION: An orange cat, Max, licks his paw. The whole family dances together.
[Max meowing]
FAMILY [singing]: Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay! Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay, Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay, Oh-oh, Nikhil and Jay!
[Opening credits] “BBC”.
[Title] “Nikhil and Jay.”
[Credits continue] “Based on the books by Chitra Soundar.”
[Episode title] “Nikhil and Jay and the Lucky Striker.”
[Credits continue] “Series Director: Jamie Teehan. Director: Nandita Jain. Written by: Chitra Soundar.”
DESCRIPTION: The carrom board is set up in the living room, with brown, red, beige, and white circular pieces lying across it. Nikhil, Jay, Appa, and Amma sit together around it. Amma sits on one side, and Jay sits on the other.
JAY: Boom!
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Appa hold microphones.
NIKHIL: Only one can win. Will it be…
DESCRIPTION: Amma wiggles her fingers and snarls.
NIKHIL: ..the current carrom champion - Amma?
[Snarling]
[Laughing]
APPA: Or will it possible maybe be...
JAY: Me!
DESCRIPTION: Jay leans in across the board. Amma puts her face close to his and pokes his nose.
JAY: I'm going to beat you this time, Amma.
AMMA: Not a chance. This champion is going nowhere.
[Both chuckling]
APPA AND NIKHIL: Fighting talk.
DESCRIPTION: Amma takes her striker, a white circular game piece, and lines it up.
NIKHIL: It's the tensest moment of the match.
DESCRIPTION: Amma blows on her fingers.
[Blowing]
NIKHIL: The crowd are on the edge of their seats.
DESCRIPTION: Max is fast asleep in his bed.
[Snoring]
AMMA: Here you go.
DESCRIPTION: Amma flicks her striker. She splits two pieces and sends them flying into opposite pockets. Nikhil and Appa’s eyes widen, and their mouths are agape. Jay holds his head in his hands.
[Clattering]
AMMA: Boom!
[Both gasping]
JAY: Aw!
APPA: Sweet dosa and chutney, she's done it again!
DESCRIPTION: Amma dances around the living room.
[Appa laughing]
[Amma vocalizing]
AMMA: Boom, boom, boom!
DESCRIPTION: Max quickly wakes up and falls out of his floating cat tree.
[Meowing]
AMMA: Oh.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil walks over to Jay.
NIKHIL: You okay?
JAY: Ugh, can I beat Amma ever, ever, ever?
AMMA: Maybe one day, Chellam, but not today!
APPA: Ah, you keep at it, lad. It's all in the fingers.
DESCRIPTION: Appa wiggles his fingers at Jay. Suddenly, the tablet begins to ring from somewhere in the living room.
[Tablet ringing]
[Everyone gasping]
AMMA: Jaldi, jaldi, where's my tablet?
DESCRIPTION: Jay looks under the carrom board.
JAY: It's coming from down here.
[Tablet ringing]
[Nikhil and Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay stick their heads under the board. Max is lying on the tablet.
[Meowing]
NIKHIL: You love hiding our stuff, Max.
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Max walks off the tablet. They prop the tablet on the carrom board and answer the video call. On the call are Ammamma and Thatha.
AMMAMMA: Hello, hello. Did you get our special parcel yet?
NIKHIL AND JAY: Parcel?
THATHA: Ah, it's a big surprise.
[Doorbell ringing]
[Nikhil and Jay gasping]
APPA: I'll get it.
[Both giggling]
APPA: Ta-da!
DESCRIPTION: Appa returns with a small parcel that can fit entirely in his hands. It has brown wrapping paper covered in stamps. Nikhil frowns.
NIKHIL: That's not big, that's small.
THATHA: It may be small but it contains something with big powers.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Ooh.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Jay jump to grab the parcel, but accidentally launch it across the room.
[Grunting]
APPA: Whoa-oh!
DESCRIPTION: The parcel lands on the couch.
[The parcel bouncing on the couch]
DESCRIPTION: Max tiptoes over to the parcel and lies down around it.
[Feet twinkling]
[Purring]
[Nikhil giggling]
NIKHIL: Max, we saw you hiding it.
[Giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Max shakes his head.
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Jay tries to grab the package, but Max sinks his claws into the wrapping. They play tug-of-war with the parcel.
JAY: Huh?
[Jay straining]
DESCRIPTION: The wrapping on the parcel tears, and a small, white object flies through the air.
[Jay gasping]
DESCRIPTION: The small, white object lands in Amma’s hand.
[Amma gasping]
AMMA: This is Ammamma's lucky striker!
AMMAMMA: Yes, yes, I won many championships with it. Now it's time to pass it onto...
AMMA: Me? Yes.
AMMAMMA: Nikhil and Jay!
DESCRIPTION: Amma frowns as Ammamma and Thatha celebrate.
AMMAMMA AND THATHA: Yay, yay!
AMMA: Aw.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Thanks!
DESCRIPTION: Amma hands the striker to Nikhil. He compares it to their striker.
NIKHIL: Hm. Ammamma, why is it lucky?
AMMAMMA: Do you see a lucky red star?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil turns the striker. On one side, a red star is drawn in the center of the lucky striker.
AMMAMMA: Thatha drew it for me, and ever since, I've been winning.
NIKHIL: Wow.
AMMAMMA: He has always believed in me.
DESCRIPTION: Ammamma rests her head on Thatha’s shoulder and smiles. Jay looks at the lucky striker with hearts in his eyes.
JAY: Does that mean I'll always win with this?
THATHA [chuckling]: If you believe you can, you will.
DESCRIPTION: Ammamma leans in close to the tablet camera.
AMMAMMA: Now, go and be victorious. Destroy every opponent. You are the champions! Bye, kutties.
BOTH: Bye!
AMMA: Champions? Hm. We'll see about that.
DESCRIPTION: On the living room wall, a photo of a young Amma displays her holding a golden trophy surrounded by carrom pieces. Jay kneels on the couch with Nikhil, holding the lucky striker.
JAY: Yes, now I can beat Amma!
AMMA: Lucky striker or not, I always win.
DESCRIPTION: Amma wiggles her fingers at Jay.
[Amma laughing maniacally]
NIKHIL: Looks like we've got ourselves a rematch.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil and Appa take out microphones.
APPA: Is this the showdown of the century? Only time will tell.
DESCRIPTION: A moment later, all the pieces are stacked in their starting positions on the board.
[Piece clacking]
JAY: I'll start!
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds up the lucky striker.
JAY: Make me win.
[Hands rubbing together]
[Stretching]
DESCRIPTION: Jay flicks the lucky striker. It scatters the pieces across the board and perfectly sinks a piece.
[Pieces clacking]
JAY: Yay!
[Amma gasping]
DESCRIPTION: Jay hits the striker again and sinks another piece.
JAY: Whoo!
APPA: Yay!
AMMA: Huh?
NIKHIL: Yeah!
[Giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jay hits the striker again and splits two pieces, sinking them in opposite pockets.
NIKHIL: Whoo! Yeah!
[Amma growling]
AMMA: Ugh.
[Giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil gives Jay a thumbs-up.
[Pieces clacking]
NIKHIL: Could this get any more exciting? Are we going to have a new carrom champion?
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds up the lucky striker and looks at it lovingly.
JAY: The new carrom champion. Yeah!
DESCRIPTION: In his imagination, Jay slides around on life-sized carrom pieces.
[Triumphant music playing]
JAY: Yeah! Zoom! Whoosh! Whee! Whoo! Yes! Yeah! Whoo-hoo!
[Jay giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jay stands on a first-place podium wearing a gold medal. Back in reality.
JAY: Boom, boom, boom!
DESCRIPTION: Jay dances with the carrom piece.
JAY: Champion, champion, champion, champion, champion!
DESCRIPTION: Jay accidentally throws the carrom piece. It bounces across the living room and falls in front of Max. Jay does not notice.
[Bouncing]
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Max hides behind the couch.
[Meowing]
JAY: I'm going to be the new carrom champion!
APPA: Hey!
APPA AND NIKHIL: Champion! Champion! Champ--
[Record scratching]
[Groaning]
DESCRIPTION: Amma groans at Nikhil and Appa. They stop dancing.
AMMA: Uh… You do know you have to actually finish the match if you're going to win.
JAY: Uh…
DESCRIPTION: Amma holds up her striker and leans in close.
AMMA: Ready?
DESCRIPTION: Jay leans in and holds up his hand, but he does not have his lucky striker.
JAY: Ready with my lucky striker.
DESCRIPTION: Jay looks down at his empty hand.
[Screaming]
JAY: Where is it?
APPA: Uh-oh.
[Dramatic music sting]
[Both gulping]
APPA: You must have dropped it.
AMMA: Oi-yoi-yoi-yo, Ammamma had it for 20 years and we lost it in 20 seconds.
BOTH: No!
APPA: Time out. We'll be back right after this search for the striker break.
DESCRIPTION: Max hides behind the couch.
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Later, the family sits on the couch, holding small objects they found around the living room. None of them holds the lucky striker.
NIKHIL: Three jingly bells.
APPA: One pebble with a face.
AMMA: Two crayons.
JAY: But no lucky striker.
AMMA: Hm, no. But you can play with our old striker.
JAY: I can't win with this. It's not lucky.
NIKHIL: Maybe the luck from the lucky striker has rubbed onto your fingers, Jay.
JAY: Hm.
APPA: What a turn of events. Will Jay's lucky fingers lead him to victory, or will Amma claim back her champion position?
[Crowd cheering]
DESCRIPTION: Back at the carrom board, Amma perfectly sinks a game piece.
[Pieces clacking]
[Both gasping]
AMMA: Boom, boom, boom!
DESCRIPTION: Amma dances around.
APPA: Unbelievable. She's back in the match.
[Vocalizing]
[Jay sighing]
DESCRIPTION: Amma sits back down at the board.
[Hands rubbing together]
DESCRIPTION: Amma flicks the striker, but it doesn’t go anywhere. Amma frowns.
[Piece clacking]
APPA: Or is she?
[Amma grunting]
NIKHIL: Come on, Jay.
DESCRIPTION: Across the board, Jay sulks.
AMMA: Careful not to pocket the striker.
DESCRIPTION: With a frown, Jay pockets the striker.
[Groaning]
NIKHIL: No!
APPA: His striker has gone flying into the pocket. He needs to pay up with a coin as penalty.
DESCRIPTION: Jay hands Amma a coin.
JAY: I need the lucky striker!
NIKHIL: Hm, where could Jay's lucky striker be?
DESCRIPTION: In his imagination, Nikhil is surrounded by different carrom pieces. He jumps from piece to piece.
[Techno music]
NIKHIL: Wow. Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Suddenly, all the pieces pop away until the only one left is the lucky striker.
[Popping]
[Gasping]
[Popping, lucky striker shimmering]
DESCRIPTION: Back in reality.
NIKHIL: Hm… A-ha! Actually, I know what to do. Time for another short break.
APPA: Oh, good idea. I need a wee.
AMMA: Yes, me too.
DESCRIPTION: Amma and Appa look at each other.
APPA: Me first.
AMMA: Me.
DESCRIPTION: A little while later, Nikhil looks through a cup full of markers.
[Max meowing in the background]
NIKHIL: Where's my red marker?
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil takes out an orange marker instead.
NIKHIL: Hmm, orange! That'll do.
DESCRIPTION: Nikhil runs back to Jay, who still has his head on the carrom board. Nikhil hands him a striker with an orange star.
NIKHIL: Jay, look what I found.
JAY [Gasping]: The lucky striker! Thanks, Nikhil. You're the best big brother ever, ever, ever. Now I can win.
DESCRIPTION: A little bit later, Jay and Amma play against each other again.
APPA: We are live from the living room. Amma has fought back, but the lucky striker is in Jay's hands! Will we see the making of a brand-new champion? The crowd is going wild!
[Gasping]
[Max snoring]
DESCRIPTION: Jay sets up his shot.
JAY: Lucky striker, here we go! Boom!
[Crowd gasping]
[Pieces clacking, chiming]
DESCRIPTION: Jay sinks three game pieces with his new lucky striker.
[Gasping]
NIKHIL: He's done it! Jay wins!
JAY: Boom!
APPA: Boom! Huh?
DESCRIPTION: For a moment, Amma looks at the carrom board, shocked, before breaking into celebration.
AMMA: Boom, boom, boom! Shabash, Jay! Or should I say… champion of carrom!
[All exclaiming excitedly]
DESCRIPTION: Appa’s eyes water.
APPA: What a game. What a moment.
[Appa sniffling]
APPA: What a...
[Laughing and sniffling]
APPA: ..champion. Anything to say to the fans?
JAY: Boom, boom, boom! Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
NIKHIL AND JAY: Come on, Max!
DESCRIPTION: Max stands up, and the original lucky striker with the red star falls in front of Jay.
[Meowing]
JAY: Huh?
DESCRIPTION: Jay holds both lucky strikers.
JAY: How come we've got two lucky strikers?
NIKHIL: Uh… Actually, I, uh, made a new lucky striker for you, Jay. Because Ammamma's striker was lost.
JAY [Gasping]: So, I wasn't playing with the lucky striker?
NIKHIL: Nuh-uh.
JAY: But how did I win then?
DESCRIPTION: Appa’s eyes are filled with tears.
APPA: Because Nikhil believed in you.
AMMA: And then you believed you were going to win.
[Gasping]
[Both giggling]
DESCRIPTION: Jay hugs Amma and Nikhil.
AMMA: And because you're the son of the best.
APPA: Hm...
AMMA: Because you are the best carrom player in the house.
AMMA: For today.
APPA: Huh?
[All laughing]
DESCRIPTION: The whole family hugs. The lucky striker falls on the ground.
[Lucky striker clattering]
DESCRIPTION: Max sees the lucky striker and attempts to grab it.
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Max lands on the carrom board, and the whole thing falls over.
[Meowing]
[Pieces clattering]
[Sighing]
BOTH: Max!
[Meowing]
DESCRIPTION: Everyone laughs and smiles as they hug. Max winks.
[All laughing]
[Upbeat music]
[End Credits] “Cast. Nikhil: Shiv Senthilkumar, Jay: Sai Ganesh Nadesan, Amma: Charithra Chandran, Appa: Ben Harris, Mr. Awan: Tez Ilyas, Max: Harriet Carmichael. Casting: Brilliant Casting. Additional Voice Direction: Jessica Hann. Composers: Sidh Solanki and Shridhar Solanki. Lead Storyboard Artist: Rosie Cash. Storyboard Artist: Sophie Osinski. Script Editor: Becky Overton. Produced with funding from the Northern Ireland Screen & Cake. King Banana, Paper Owl Films for BBC. An Albert Certified Production.”
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