Complex sentence: Once Palekar finished reading it and thye discussed it, Chatterjee then showed him the script that had been written based on this story to read, and thereafter asked him if he would like to play the leading role in it.
Split into simpler sentences: Once Palekar finished reading it, Chatterjee showed him the script that had been written based on this story. He thereafter asked him if he would like to play the leading role in it.