(drunk on sugarcane juice) Mara zamana ma, 36% means... failure! Aaj kal, 36% means celebration! What a fall of education system!
Laughter. Kokila Bua leaves angrily, tripping over the door frame. Post-interval. Everyone is calm. Pappu is sitting sadly. Baa brings him tea.
Na kare to mone batav jevi ritena marks change karva.
Goli! Tu to genius chhe!
Goli comes running.
(excited) To hu pass?
Tame principal chho! Fail karo ene!
Online aavshe. Goli ne dikhad.
(calmly) Pappubhai. Aapno result... error chhe.
(freezes) Sachu? (Tears up) Mara dada ne... pass thai gaya? (Hugs Pappu tightly, then pushes him away) Roko. Pela marksheet bata. Pappu pass thai gayo gujarati natak
Pappu enters, still in pajamas, yawning. He stretches.
Everyone freezes. Then – explosion of joy.
Nae, 25 lai aavish. Confidence chhe.
Deal!
Sun. Tamara total marks 32% chhe. Science ma 18. Maths ma 21. Gujarati ma pass chho.