Come... step in.
Revamma... are you Kutty Srank's wife?
No.
Were you not living together?
No...
Used to come by sometimes.
That way...
Do you know how he died?
l don't.
Get, head constable Kanaran.
Do you know this man?
l know him -Tell us, how did Srank die?
Revenge, Sir...
He cleared out of here after screwing over Revamma's old man, Moopan.
No. that was not how it was.
Disappearing with a man's daughter. What else does one call it sir?
No, it wasn't like that.
Then how?
Tomorrow she is coming, after fourteen years.
Who?
...Revamma, my little girl.
She never came, these past fourteen years.
l've been waiting.
She'll arrive at the pier tomorrow. ln a sailing ship.
You are the one to go fetch her.
Right... you may go now.
Wait, one more thing.
Clean up the blood and guts in our abattoir near the chapel...
...and wash it down.
l'll clean up the place.
Have to go at dawn...
Have to throw out the filth and guts.
Don't forget.
You must be at the pier at daybreak.
Washing over and over doesn't get rid of it.
For nonbelievers, this blood is just water.
lf you believe, even water is divine.
Where were you all this while?
No wonder, brother Moopan says...
What does Moopan say indeed?
After all he is a Kutty Srank (small-time captain Kutty).
Just that nobody can say where he'll disappear and where he'll surface again.
We've been waiting here for you since dawn, to go with you to the pier.
How can one rely on you, Kutty Srank?
Brother Moopan is the only one who trusts you...
...you, his lieutenant.
Come, lets go. Let's not waste any more time.
What's wrong?
Blood!
When she returns after fourteen years...
...blood again.
You know how long the journey from Colombo is,
...don't you?
lf the storms keep away, one week.
Tie the rope.
Let me try...
Uncle.
Madhavi aunty.
This is Prasanna. A Buddhist monk.
He went to medical school with me.
He is on his way to Gaya
ls the monk's house in Gaya?
No, no...
A lot of lndians are converting to Buddhism at a ceremony in Gaya.
These people are all going to join them for that ceremony.
Then why did he disembark here?
To see our land.
To visit all the ancient temples around here.
Will be here for a week.
Then we'll go to Gaya after that.
Let him go... Why are you also going along?
lt's better if brother doesn't know.
Why shouldn't father know?
Shall tell him by myself.
Let him go...
No, that won't do.
lf Prasanna goes back in this ship l'll go too.
You will have to then go tell father that.
Brother Moopan's blood runs in her too.
She won't give in.
lf she says she will go, then she will.
She has always been like that.
She is more man than a lady.
How can we possibly go to Moopan's place with this monk?
There is a way.
We can put him up in the south wing of our house at Panamoodu.
You mean, in that haunted house?
lt's all good.
The monk will decamp in a week at best.
No one will go there looking for him.
Just that brother Moopan shouldn't know.
But... -But what?
Brother Moopan is like God for him.
He shouldn't spill the beans.
What's wrong my dear?
l have to tell you something important.
You shouldn't tell father about the monk just yet.
Don't you want to go see father?
When are you going to go see him?
Now.
Like this, without showering, wearing white?
To go visit, all cleaned up and showered? Who is he? God?
You shouldn't say such things...
You are inviting God's wrath.
God never kicked anyone to death?
Didn't Madhavi give you the new dresses?
l haven't showered.
Alright, after that is fine.
Let Madhavi know if you need anything.
For things outside the house, tell Kutty Srank.
He is the only one l trust around here.
Came somewhere from south.
He is always within earshot.
l have summoned all our folks here Friday afternoon...
...for something concerning you.
Concerning me?
What l have in mind for you, l will say then.
l will also speak then.
lf not, brother Moopan will kill that monk. l am sure.
You know that.
You must look the other way.
Don't do it for me...
but do it for the poor girl who returned home after 14 years.
A week at most,
at least until she is married off.
Do you want his blood spilled here before that?
Absolutely not.
l do not want to hear or know anything that Moopan doesn't know.
Even if it is his own brother hiding the truth.
l am going to tell him this.. right now.
One week.
lf the monk is here on the eighth day l will tell for sure.
l'll grab him by his neck and drive him across the river.
You better keep an eye on him till then.
Kutty Srank?
Moopan's boat driver?
No... His general.
Must have blood on your hands that does not wash off...
Don't forget the big feast on Friday.
lt's for you too, Revamma.
Will your Moopan invite Prasanna too?
Or l would invite him myself.
Prasanna won't be coming for the feast.
Madhavi... -Yes.
Why is she not here?
She'll come. -You go fetch her.
Darling... Why are you so?
Father and everyone else is waiting for you over there.
l am not coming
l can't... Tell father that.
Don't say that darling.
Father... -l won't come.
You go ahead...
l have not told him about Prasanna.
That was my first mistake.
A bit of treachery for the junior Moopathy
l have a name. You should use that.
Revamma should come there now, that is what is needed.
Moopan's prestige is at stake.
Don't do such things in front of everyone.
Do l have to teach you these things?
Alright l will come.
Do you think... l agreed to come Because of someone...
who goes about ready to die and kill for Moopan?
lt is for my mother... who loved and trusted me.
For my mother who was killed right before my eyes by father.
l am standing before you... to announce an important matter.
My daughter Revamma seated here...
..has returned from Ceylon after finishing medical school.
She will be the doctor... at the new hospital l am building.
She will be the heir to all my property except the saw mill.
l have arranged for her marriage also.
A well known doctor from Mangalaapuram.
He will also move to the new hospital after the wedding.
He is in London at the moment...
...and will return in six months...
The wedding will be on the first of the month of Chingam after he returns.
His folks are coming for the betrothal.
lt's my desire that all of you should be present at this occasion.
l will not agree to this marriage.
l do not want this blood-tainted wealth.
l am going to Gaya to embrace Buddhism.
He must be under pain.
Kutty Srank, you may go...
l have to sleep a bit.
Come, Kutty Srank, come on in, take a seat
l did not come here to sit.
l don't want your hospitality.
Take your snacks and shove it down the throat...
...of that son-of-a-bitch you are hiding next door.
You know well Kutty Srank.
We have put up the monk here for Revamma's sake...
Still, who would have thought she would say such things.
l have wronged Moopan badly.
l came here after seeing Moopan's heart shatter...
Shouldn't have.
l should not have played along with this.
He should have met his end in my hands...
and you all in Moopan's.
Laughing...eh. Just try laughing once more.
Leave him Don't beat him
l shall be with you even in renunciation.
Perhaps it has been ordained.
lt might be the atonement for all the sins of my father.
The blood that spattered from the saw is still on me.
lf only mother were here to wipe the blood from my mind.
Let the fairness of those sins...
...die away with my penance...
Let me remain celibate and virgin woman for ever.
lf you are a man...
lf Moopan's attack dog has the guts, hit me.
Why did you have to beat up this innocent man?
Do you know Srank,
l am a fallen woman...
my skin is dead.
This skin isn't even mine,
lf touched l don't even feel it.
Touch...
That feeling melted away through my fear.
Because, l know the reason.
The blood that was spattered on me in my childhood.
l began fading away...
l fade away a bit more with the blood...
...that flows each month.
That jewel which defines a woman...
...what my mind needs,
...my body does not.
The blood in my heart turned to stone long ago.
lt is now a rock that never bleeds however you hack at it.
Now l feel...
...my mind is not my body.
When we were in medical school together...
l had the desire.
Later l felt...
...maybe l don't want love or wedlock.
lt was l who told Prasanna that.
l told him that again...
...when he became a monk.
What is it...
be frank...
May l sit beside you...
...not as a lover or a woman.
Just to sit with someone who understands me,
...sees the true in me.
Prasanna...
l...
l feel... A lustful desire...
Do you know Srank...
l am a fallen woman...
my skin is dead.
This skin isn't even mine,
lf touched l do not even feel it.
Touch...
that feeling melted away through my fear.
Because, l know the reason.
The blood that was spattered on me in my childhood
l began fading away.
Before l becoming a nun...
lt was Prasanna who...
...insisted that l seek the blessings of my father.
He accompanied me here for that reason...
Srank, if you can believe me...
...hear this too.
lt was Prasanna who reminded me of a word "father".
l had long since forgotten...
Yet...
You must trust me from now on.
That he is not harmed in any way till you both reach Gaya.
l will make sure.
This is Srank's word...
forgive me...
please forgive me for everything.
You should understand...
lt's a craving that comes from not being loved...
my trust in Moopan...
my belief in you.
Who's love should l love back.
You should not stay here anymore.
You should leave.
Tonight l will take the monk away from here.
l do this instead of falling at your feet and begging for forgiveness.
Srank... wake up,
There is some work on hand. Quick, quick...
After fourteen years, why did my daughter return?
Just to get the better of me?
l know...
...she will never agree to the marriage l arranged.
She will go back too...
without even looking at all the wealth l have amassed.
l know these for sure...
l cannot change them either.
But there are a few things l can do.
l do not see any difficulty in doing them either.
My daughter let me down.
And l have to bear with it and get on.
But, what if you let me down?
No matter...
...because l have gotten back at you.
You just figure that...
without getting back at you, l won't have a restful night.
What you dumped in the middle of the ocean today...
...was the one whom you had given refuge to.
l had ordered them to leave a little bit life in him.
Maybe he might have felt like meditating...
...for one last time under the sea...
What if he felt remorse for messing with Moopan's life?
You need at least a bit of life to do that, don't you?
When you dumped him,
...what life was left in him would have struggled...
...and tried to hold on to your arms...
l am sure...
l could have ended my life too then.
But Prasanna had taught me...
...to seek the light...
...even when l am standing in darkness.
Philosophising to a policeman is in vain.
Just tell us what happened then...
Throwing him half alive into the ocean?
ls that Kutty Srank's protection?
You washed away with blood even the little bit of woman...
...that was left in Revamma.
There is no Revamma anymore...
Moopan killed Prasanna.
And you killed me.
No, not me...
l didn't know...
l didn't know what was in the sack...
...and that it was still alive.
l promise...
l have only one request.
Till the next ship sails to Madras.
Show me a place to hide.
A place that will not raise suspicion...
Somewhere l will not see blood...
lf we catch that scoundrel Kutty Srank,
cut his guts out...
Kumara... Come on, all together.
Chathappa, you keep a look out to the left...
Come on, all together.
Before dawn we should return with him.
Come in... Pemanna.
Who's that?
Kanara... Go find out...
Good heavens... sir...
The ballad of Carl's man (Charlemagne)...
This is our play today...
Of the twelve progeny of emperor Carlsman,
the most handsome is Goyver Kunju...
My Kutty Srank...
Oh my autumn moon my shining beauty.
My precious girl With a gem like heart,
You noble hearted one Oh the radiant one.
You noble hearted one Oh the radiant one
my kind hearted man You own my heart my beloved.
Sit down man.
hmm.. bridegroom.
Oh the very light of beauty, very picture of love.
My flower... here the jewel like city of Paris.
Look at it look at this city.
My flower... here the jewel like city of Paris.
Look at it look at this city.
Oh the valiant one... my dearest...
Descendants of Emperors My love.
l heard that a ship will sail from Cochin after the rains.
The details are in this letter.
We are on our way to Chavakkad.
The others are in the boat.
We are already late... l should go now...
Kutty Srank, wait up...
lt might stop the bleeding from your nose.
try this medicine...
The bond between us is through blood.
Why lose that?
The smell of blood has been there always.
lt will not go away so easily...
wonder if this medicine would work...
Let's try.
Why? Did you forget something?
The sight of you brings...
my mother back to mind for no reason...
my mother whom l have never seen.
Rehearsals started six months back...
...for staging the play at the church festival...
During the monsoon...
lt is the same play again...
Only the players keep changing...
Hey... Panchi...
Did maestro Loni say anything about my role?
Not yet... be patient.
Even though Carlsman is the emperor,
Roldan is the hero.
This time our play is going to be centered on Roldan.
lsn't it Sandhav going to be Roldan again? -No..
Let Sandhav play a different role on this stage.
...Sandhav is out...
A new Roldan is coming.
Who is Roldan then?
l would love to play Roldan this time.
Don't jump the gun Joppan.
Joppan is out too...
Hey, Panchi... we are at the berth...
You tie the line.
Maestro... your sister is here with lunch.
What's the big hurry... move over...
let the boat come ashore.
Hey maestro... who is the new Roldan?
Our Kutty Srank...
Let him shine...
You up to it?
l will do whatever the maestro says,
...and why not?
You don't have to be modest...
you will be spectacular.
Do we have the money to stage the play.
We can't expect a dime from the church.
We will get nothing from the church.
We always stage it using our own hard earned cash.
That is why the play flunks out every time we are on stage.
We can't produce a play without coin.
Why don't you do it then...
you have plenty of coin.
l will spend like there is no tomorrow if needed.
But l have to get the role of Roldan.
Joppa... are you trying to be funny.
Why... can't l pull it off?
Huh...you can't even pull it off..
when you do a dumb spearman on stage.
You are playing a woman again...
Roldan's lover Angelica.
You might get my dog to play it, if you are lucky.
ls Roldan grouching off?
Angelica... Here she is.
DearJoppa... go home and look in the mirror.
How can you play Roldan... with this dumb face of yours?
Hey... you better call Joppan back.
None of the folks sitting here can be a convincing woman on stage.
What if we have a woman on stage?
Oh why not?
Will the sky come crashing down if a woman gets up on stage?
Umm... maybe it will come down...
Enough... stop.
l am calling the shots here. l have decided.
My sister is going to play Angelica this time.
The troubles started then
l met Joppan by the river today.
Oh, then he must have enlightened you of all the rumours then.
Loni, why have you not thought of...
getting your sister married off for so long?
Don't beat around the bush... say it straight.
What did Joppan tell you?
That he would marry Pemmana. -Bhoo...
Why? You don't like him either?
Don't you have anything useful to do mother?
You wicked man, she is your only sister...
You didn't even think twice about sacrificing her into that play.
Be warned...
if you meddle in affairs that don't concern you,
l will cut up even if you are my mother.
She is your only sister...
Why did you come here now...
Srank won't be pleased at all...
Oh hell! lt's two days work.
You better forget about that match Joppan..
Looks like it won't happen.
Do you not like me so much now?
What can l say...
lt is the children who decide...
l didn't come here for that.
That outsider Kutty Srank...
...is going to be Roldan in our play...
l want that role...
My mind got set on it...
But... what can l do about that?
lt will happen if you try... Thatti.
You should... to Loni maestro...
No, that won't happen.
lf l stick my neck into his play...
he won't even pause to think l am his mother...
he will cut my head off.
Father...
Father Yonas...
Father Yonas..
Did you hear anything l just said... Father...
l get it... l get both your problems...
l am on it... you go along... go... go...
l can't play Roldan, Nor can l wed Pemmana
..because of Kutty Srank, Father.
Remember, he is an outsider who roams around without religion or caste.
lf we are not on the lookout,
That heathen will make off with a nice Christian girl.
Don't say l didn't warn you.
Really, what is Kutty Srank's religion?
l don't think even God Almighty knows...
The cross will be raised on Sunday...
Why don't you go and check up on the preparations.
l am keeping track of all that...
What about my problem?
Are you coming to church with me? -No.
Foreman, how is the work coming along?
Almost done Father... come and see the cross...
l am in a hurry now... lt is time for afternoon mass...
l will be back in the evening.
As you wish.
Oh, the radiant handsome one, arriving in a ship
descendant of a Great one, where are you from?
He, the Lord of the glorious France,
Caralsman... the Great Carlasman.
His very own sister's Son l am...
My betrothed one, my Uncle and my father
the treacherous one are watching closely...
your arrival under their gaze..
Oh no...
Roldan... why do you woo like a bull?
Oh...
The love should be there in your song and your steps.
Maestro...
How else could it be...
this deadbeat is even afraid to touch.
Maestro... look... Father Yonas.
Father... you should be really forceful in speaking to them...
How is the play coming along?
Why don't you see for yourself Father.
Continue where you left off
l have come only to see your beautiful kohl lined eyes
have pity... respond to me...
Oh damsel, don't panic..
Upon your word l give up panic and step on with you
in the outside world... with tenderness and love.
Oh my gifted treasure... my love inundated in total love.
No fear comes near me when you are by my side....
Oh my gifted treasure... my love inundated in total love.
No fear comes near me when you are by my side....
Oh my gifted treasure... my love inundated in total love.
No fear comes near me when you are by my side....
Oh my gifted treasure... my love inundated in total love.
Why...
Are you planning to stage this on the church grounds?
You seem like you have some doubts Father...
What is it?
We should avoid women from our play,
We are not so progressive yet.
Then...
Change him...
Give it to Joppan... that would be better.
You would be better off saying that in your next sermon...
That won't work here...
Remember, l am your spiritual Father.
lf you go against my word... Everyone will suffer.
You are still a Christian, aren't you?
None of that has changed Father.
You must come to church tomorrow with your mother.
That was great...
Oh my autumn moon... my shining beauty.
My precious girl With a gem like heart,
Maestro... Hey you... -Kutty Srank is calling you.
You go to hell.
Let it be... let it be...
Father...
Why did you summon us here Father?
Father, if we have done something wrong..
We will make amends.
What l want to know is whether your son is ready for that?
Tell us what this is about Father.
l heard you are going astray from this church son...
Loni, nothing goes against the church in this world...
Even if you die, you have to come here to be buried.
That is after l die, isn't it?
See... look at him talk back...
lf he were but a seed l could have put him on my lap.
But this one is all grown up into a tree... Father.
Father, you tell me...
What tomfoolery did l do?
lsn't it wrong to have your unmarried sister act along
side some guy in the play?
Going against the pastor's word, isn't that wrong?
Did you already forget all the nasty things.
You said in front of everyone?
But then, Father... l am a performer and an artist.
You mean you are better than the pastor... come on.
l have told him certain things
lt's your job to make him comply.
You will have to pay even if it is he who does the wrong.
Don't say l did not warn you.
You may go.
Why are you staring at?
What is your name?
Why, should l change it?
Perhaps.. -Not on your life..
l had mentioned something to your mother Pemmana.
Joppan, you came here now knowing that no one else would be home.
No... no, in God's name no...
Just to speak to you Pemmana...
nothing else...
To marry you...
Don't you have anything better to do?
You don't want me anymore because of Kutty Srank, isn't it?
Joppan, you better leave now.
No... l want the truth.
Oh, this is such a nuisance...
Beat it man... -Pemmana...
Look who is here?
Joppan, why are you waiting outside... go on in.
Looks like Pemmana doesn't want me here.
Don't worry about that... go on in
l am warning you...
Even brother Loni won't like it.
Shut up girl..
The tail need not wag when the head is here...
l am leaving...
Maestro...
Maestro... that is your dream girl's mansion.
Are all the old women asleep yet...
Sister-in-law...
So you are out to get beaten up, aren't you?
You go to hell... beating up an artist..
Have you even heard of such a thing?
Then you have to prove you are an artist.
Hold this.
Someone eat a mystus fish.
But the bone pricked my feet.
Beloved sister-in-law.
My beloved sister-in-law.
Not a fish but a mystus,
See the blood oozing.
Beloved sister-in-law.
My beloved sister-in-law
lt was not dead but alive.
Not dead but alive.
Maestro.. here it comes..
Here it goes..
Oh Father in heaven.
Give my arms the strength they need to sow...
the seeds of faith all around this world...
...so that they may be the symbols of your thy holy kingdom.
Father.. -What is it?
l will pull.. you must be tired Father..
Joppa, Joppa.. pull..
Pull Joppa...
Raise the cross.
Father.. look Father..
Raise the cross.
Oh no.. Jesus..
Three dead.
No one could come to terms with it.
Kutty Srank vanished.
Nobody knew where he had gone.
Why did he abscond?
Maybe because of his grief.
l have no idea.
The play stopped when Kutty Srank left.
Not to mention myself.
That he left is for your own good, sister Therutha.
Your girl Pemmana is nineteen now.
lt is an uncontrollable age.
You must get her married off as soon as possible.
As you say, Father.
l have arranged everything with Joppan.
He is willing.
lt is just a matter of letting the congregation know in church.
Can you arrange the wedding soon?
But... you should speak a word to Loni, Father.
Sometimes he acts as if he is raving mad.
What you said is correct. Once l told him that...
he should see a doctor to get rid of his madness.
He called me crazy then.
How about that?
Only God Almighty knows...
The length to which l had to go to get rid of Joppan's proposal.
ln the end, during that rainy season...
when it poured like the tears from the virgin eyes...
Christ... Oh Srank..
Holy mother...
What a sight...
Where do you show up from... bastard
l am sorry maestro...
forgive me...
Hey... our Roldan is here.
Hey move that side.
We must bring the house down with this play.
Yes, yes bring the house down with this play...
lf only l go against my word..
oh my lovely treasure...
you can order my beheading.
Oh my gifted treasure... my love inundated in total love.
No fear comes near me when you are by my side....
Oh my gifted treasure... my love inundated in total love.
No fear comes near me when you are by my side..
Oh my gifted treasure... my love inundated in total love.
What do you want? -Kutty Srank is back.
What more do you want me do now?
You must not change your word On making Pemmana agree to it Father.
You come back later. -Just see how he is staring at us.
Praised be the lord.
lf you are done with the rosary confess now..
Right away..
l have gone against the wishes of my mother and brother.
l have avoided celebrating mass with people whom l owe money to.
Then..
What then?
l have lied..
ls that all..
l did a sinful act.
Oh? With whom?
Was it with a man?
Oh no... that...
Rid your mind of the sin... speak.
No.
The sinful act..
No, forget l said that.
Are you here to make a mockery of divine absolution?
Those who are not willing to speak the truth..
..must not come to holy confessional.
No, l won't come again
l know who jilted you.
The man whom you embraced on stage and acted with.
Him... that boatman.
Look here.. Father don't say such blasphemous things...
l said it because you did it...
Beware... of your sin and go against our Lord's word...
you will be excommunicated... be warned.
l heard you said some things to a girl who came here to confess.
That concerns only us believers.
Who has it Father? ... Faith?
Do you think God? Almighty is sitting up there watching us piss and crap?
No...
This life is a naught Father...
l too am destined to lie in that box Father.
That's all.
Shutting your eyes doesn't make the sun go down..
Father, don't try to resurrect that corpse..
Leave it alone.. let's bury it soon.
Father, may the Lord be praised.
What wrong did l do to deserve this..
You brought up your little girl only to give her to the devil.
Oh. Christ!
Your son is staging the play in defiance of his pastor.
Don't you know?
As for your daughter you have let her loose to do as she may.
Do you know what she is up to with that heathen...
She walks off from the confessional.
Do you know the punishment for insulting our Lord?
The sinners grave.
Jesus..
This is your last warning.. remember..
Joppa.. don't be so resentful when paying our wages..
Those who don't want, leave the cash and go..
Joppa.. -What?
You won't rest until..
you see my family in a sinners grave, won't you?
That's right you imbecile...
Oh god!
You are a miserable corpse, neither man nor woman.
You will never ever be a part of my play.
Then that play will never be staged.
Run... flee you swine...
See! What l will do to you? -l'll see.
Only Jesus knows what will come of it next.
My fear is that it will indeed be the sinners grave for me.
We can't be in fear like that mother.
You calm down.
My child is sleeping.
l must go now,
but you be careful Pemmana.
Maestro.
Get up..
Maestro.
Day is up..
Maestro..
Where are they?
Maestro.
Open the door.
You have lived in peace for so long my children,
Why do you fight now?
Oh Jesus.. keep them safe.
Prayers are in vain this time Tathi..
Blood will be spilled, l am certain..
We will not be defeated for sure.
Oh my Lord..
Oh holy Mother..
Take care of us..
Bring the food.. for rituals
ln the name of the Father, the son and the holy ghost.. Amen.
The battle is tomorrow..
Kutty Srank and maestro should be careful.
Joppan's vendetta is with you.
Joppan somehow knows things that happen here between us.
For a friendly feast Let's march.
March we will, to the Fort.
Surround the valorous Parisians Break their rank and order.
Break into their troops Your imminent fall at our hands.
Will cut you into halves for sure.
As decreed by the Emperor of the South.
Will trap you in our conspiracy.
To avenge the dishonor of our woman.
Soon the valorous and the wealthy.
Have to face our swords
ln the war waged by us.
We will hold our heads high in the world.
Ever heard of a Defeat for France.
Tall claim indeed "Win the Parisians".
You Turkish army is
lncapable of sustaining a day here.
Hey! You Olivier.
Will use you to sharpen the spears.
Writhing in pain you will die.
Dying in pain you will writhe in pain.
Where is your Roldon?
Dare you say that l am not around...
you scoundrel!
Where is your Assiri?
Here l am in my full Armour, pointing my Sword
ln this world, you Turks, in this entire world
you will be torn to pieces
just watch in this very battlefield
pouncing upon you,
l will cut you to pieces, for sure.
Oh gosh! My leg..
We have been betrayed.
Maestro, everything is over -Brother!
Oh maestro..
Maestro... Oh god!
We have been betrayed.
Maestro... oh no.. Dear brother..
Holy Mother what am l seeing...
Dear maestro...
Dear maestro..
You have stabbed our maestro in the back, you swine...
You swine... l don't leave you... -Leave me!
l won't leave.. You..
You... son of a swine... l'll thrash you.
You swine go away.
Go... go... Let's go...
Go fast Fast.
Father... my son has left us...
Oh Father... l have no one now...
My dear..
He left us all here and has gone.. -Father..
Father, he is gone.
Virgin mother... look at my son's plight...
And to the sinner, turning to her Jesus said...
What is it?
lt is said that maestro Loni was poisoned...
Someone did it to him... l am sure...
Who might that be?
Kutty Srank must be behind it. -You are right.
His past suggests that.
No... He won't...
He loved brother Loni so much...
Then who did it?
Speak, if you know.
lt was Joppan and Sandhav.
Can you prove it?
Why did they do it?
Spite.
Sandhav slashed Srank on the stage.
That is not correct.
That didn't curb his venom.
ln the end...
You haven't found her yet, have you?
No...
There is no place left to search.
No, l cannot yield.
Do you want me to point this gun at my brother too?
Go..
You have a month to bring her here.
Father..
Our Joppan is dead.
Good sirs.. Come here.. quick.
Who is that?
ls that your daughter?
No..
She was staying with me.
Did she pass out on seeing the dead body?
She is pregnant..
Take her inside..
You go and arrange for some tea... -Ok sir!
Did you recognize Kutty Srank's body?
Did she recognize it..?
She is a mute sir.. you have to gesture.
Ask her.
He wants to know if the body is Kutty Srank's..
What did she say?
She said that it is not Kutty Srank.
How can it be?
Both of these women recognized it, didn't they?
Yes.
What did she say?
That she should at least be able to recognize her man
ls that true?
Yes sir.
His baby is growing in her.
She is four months along now.
Oh the moon faced one, my radiant emerald,
to see you Rushing l am... my love, my beloved.
Why... why are you milling around?
Don't you have something else to do?
You don't like that l am here?
Why so cross with me?
Do you hate me so much..
That you refuse to say even a word with love?
You have something on your mind..
Tell me..
Tell me whatever it is..
Remember, l had run away from here last monsoon
l landed on a different shore
l was there for good.
She gave her life to me believing that..
l cannot push that away..
l cannot betray her trust..
l must return... Pemmana.
Another women?
A poor girl..
a wordless being...
So this is the mute girl Kutty Srank spoke about
lt must be the alliance he made after vanishing from Cochin.
Name?
Listen.. We will ask the questions around here.
Paru, you take this girl and go sit inside.
When did Kutty Srank skip out from Cochin...?
During last year's rains.
Hey.. we have arrived, wake up.
Unnithan sir is here.
Oh wow.. isn't this Unnithan sir..
Just the person l was looking for.
The flot is not seated right..
Come on pull together.
We have to take it to the other shore by three O'clock..
Come on, faster..
What are they trying to do?
This ferry is too small for taking a flot across.
They take it across every year..
This ferry will do You mind your own business
lmbecile!
Why did she have to come here at this time.
Something bad will happen today.
Oh Goddess, protect us..
Get lost you bad omen..
Get out of my sight.
Stone her.. That godless woman.
Kill her..
Run.
Go away.
Stop.
Fast... hurry up..
We are already late.
Dead?
Then how did it turn out?
Kutty Srank saved everyone.
Kutty Srank, isn't it?
Yes -Oh great Goddess..
ln the end it had to be you, to save my life..
lt's her... that harbinger of evil.. She sunk this boat.
Damn her
lsn't that her, Kali?
She is still alive..
You ought to have killed her and sent her to the bottom of the lake.
That was how Srank got a place in Unnithan's house.
Bring it here... closer..
lt's him... he saved my life
lt is because he came here.
Speaking of which, why did you come here?
l forgot to ask that in the commotion.
Oh.. just so.. just jumped over here from Cochin..
Come on, don't coming here from Cochin for nothing..
You disappeared from here too ten years back..
Didn't you? -Yes indeed..
A spot of trouble.
Thought it was best to stay away before it turned into storm..
Why did you decide to come here then? Well
lt is the Goddess herself who brought you here.
You don't have to leave from here... stay
l too have a few boats.
You can drive one of them.
You and l gained at least this much due to that bitch. Don't you agree?
My dear D.Y.S.P. sir..
Superintend Mathai... hear this too..
Do you know how many inexplicable,
Dreadful deaths have happened here since she was born..
The flot that is usually sent to the festival from our village,
Even that did not happen this year.
Not that... it did not happen, it did because of her.
Why don't you finish her off right now, Unnithan?
l am here to take care of everything else, am l not?
lt is not like the thought did not cross..
Our minds back then, superintend Mathai.
Everyone is scared.
Almighty Goddess, keep us safe..
Why do you fear sir..
l am not afraid.
Why should l be?
l have collected all the curses a man could get right..
At the moment of my birth..
My creation.. l don't even know who created me
lt's just me and God
lt has been a while since l have been wishing for my own death.
He won't consent to that either..
Now, if it is because of her,
Then so be it..
l will be back only after l bury her.
Srank, you can stay in that house on the north side..
Dad, dad.. forget that Dad.. Let him go.
You haven't told Raghavan sir about the bridge till now.
Oh.. yes.. l forgot about it while talking about that mute girl.
This is the contract for the bridge over Erinjappuzha.
At least a couple of people have bailed out on it before.
None of them could get the project started.
Finally while the foundation stone was laid, At least thirty people dies..
The project never taking off.
There are always impediments
l wonder if it would take a human sacrifice or something..
You do whatever you have to.. l am with you, aren't l..
What do you say Unnithan..
lf you can't get someone for it,
l'll give you one..
Kali..
Open up..
Open the door.
Open this door...
You damned woman.. open, l say..
Open the door..
You won't, will you?
Open the door.
The truth might be claimed..
and contested by both sight and hearing
l had never seen her until this morning.
But l had heard a lot.
Hey Kali.. open the door
l came here in the middle of the night to tell you something..
Don't be afraid.
You don't have to open.
Hear what l want to say..
lt was you..
You who made me the captain of Unnithan's boat.
Let others say what ever they like
lt was you who..
Let me see..
Let me see that face.
Just open the door..
ln this silent night..
You and l are alone..
You really know loneliness only when you are alone.
Why the special ceremony now in short notice?
We had to have it soon
lt has been ten years since Vishnu got married
ln that short span of time..
How many untoward incidents have happened in this house..
Untoward incidents..
Untimely deaths..
One after the other.
My father fell first.
We found him by the bed, on the floor, one morning
lt was a stroke.
Vishnu, who l thought would be a support to me..
Turned out to be a drunkard.
We arranged his marriage in a hurry..
To get him off the bottle.
On the third day after his wedding..
His mother died.
Nobody knows till now how she died.
With that..
Vishnu started drinking even more.
Tomorrow Vishnu is setting off for Kashi.
To perform last rites for his mother in the holy river Ganga.
Let her soul at least, find some peace.
When the priest said on the eve of his departure...
l agreed.
lt might wipe off the negative energies from the mishap with the float.
Where is the junior master then...?
Come here my daughter...
Do you recognise her...?
Junior master's...
Five years ago her family had gone on a trip to Rishikesh.
Her father, mother, sister and her children,
they all died in an accident. Almost twenty were killed.
Fortunately she had stayed back here at that time...
Now l am everything to her...
My child, she is always sad.
Then there is another thing to forget her sorrow with...
Writing... writing stories.
Even now she is working on a long novel.
She says it is the story of these shores.
That damned girl Kali...
even she is in this story as the dark Goddess.
Oh Godess... -Am l in the story too?
She is a torment to this land.
A snake that spit's malice and damnation at all who cross her path.
But her...?
She moves away quietly through lonesome roads...
avoiding the well worn paths in the village...
... and the watchful eyes of the villagers.
lt's a shame that...
the venom doctor's daughter does not know...
how to drain the poison that has beset this land.
Where did you go during yesterday's ceremony?
l saw master searching for you.
My father is mad...
prayers, sacrifices and the lot...
Father is the sole reason for everything that is wrong.
He is the one who sold everything bit by bit in this name...
We are full in debt now...
if only l could get the contract for that bridge.
lf getting it calls for a human sacrifice so be it.
That is what l am going to pray for while in Kashi...
to clinch the contract...
When will you get to Kashi?
lt is a long trip, Kutty Srank.
You will reach when you get there...
that is all one can say.
Who will be able to convince Unnithan sir...
that things are not the way he thinks they are?
His craziness will be tempered...
if a good astrologer can convince him.
Where can one find...
a famous astrologer like Kumbazhathachan.
Oh, Kumbazhathachan? l can bring him here...
You mean the Kumbazhathachan...
Why doubt?
l can bring Kumbazhathachan right now...
and present him in person to Unnithan sir.
Sinister beliefs are not necessary...
to hear and tell grim dark stories.
A dark mind will do.
ls loneliness a curse?
Or a blessing?
l am not sure...
Kali...
the lonesome heroine in my story.
Oh lord...!
How do the auspices look for the present?
Don't panic Unnithan.
There is truth in the astrologer's craft.
The augury might be blocked for several reasons.
There are blind forces at work here.
The moon is powerless and appear feminine.
A dark form.
l cannot describe it to you any better.
lf the dominant deity is obstructed...
the directive is to not take the auspices at all.
To that extent...
Darkness...
a musky darkness...
l see clearly the onset of that darkness like a snake...
from the nether world.
A silent, all consuming shadow.
Silent...
speechless...
Aren't those the words Kumbazhathachan used?
A darkness that...
darkness that is muse...
lf there is something like that,
you have to rid this land of it for you to sleep in peace again.
l wonder who made a play here?
Was it God or the devil disguised as God?
Whoever it was she is the one who lost.
it's her...
that poor wordless being.
What is the matter...
You don't seem to have the same happiness you had when we came.
ls that true... what you said about a woman?
The scorpion has it's poison in it's tail.
The bee has it in it's sting...
and the snake in it's teeth.
Some vile people carry it in every cell of their body.
One cannot set such people right.
Unnithan is one among them.
She is a simple being...
An innocent one.
A man's search for his woman...
and a woman's search for her man...
is the greatest of all pursuit's.
Kali has found her man.
Perhaps she suffered prolonged loneliness...
and insults just so that...
this discovery can happen.
What about Kutty Srank...?
ls Kali the woman he has been searching for all his life...?
l don't know...
Why did he come to this land?
Was it for Kali...?
Perhaps God knows...
Kutty Srank's God...
Love is never silent.
lf it is in full bloom,
the women cannot remain without speaking to her man.
When she is in such a state.
Her passion places sounds on her tongue...
Kali may speak now.
But you came...
Just as l had dreamed of all this while...
You came...
God made man...
and then said... l can do better.
Then He made woman.
lt has been a couple of months, hasn't it?
Why did you come back again?
You could have stayed on with that rotting corpse...
You are not the old Srank now.
When you stayed with Kali...
l think she has send her evil spirit's with you...
Be gone from my sight...
From now on you too are a bad omen for me and this land.
Just like her.
You have to clear out right now.
From this house... and from this land.
Sir... there is a telegram.
Daughter...
lt's a telegram from Vishnu...
He is on his way back.
He is on board Monday's train from Kashi to Madras.
News.
Varanasi Express, that departed from Kashi on Monday...
headed for Madras...
... has derailed near Vijayavada in Andhra Pradesh.
The accident affected...
the five crowded coaches immediately behind the engine.
Latest reports indicate...
at least fifty people have lost their lives. -Dad...
What? -Over one hundred and fifty injured have been moved to...
the government hospital in nearby Vijayawada.
Ten women and eight children are among the dead.
Railway police and other rescue agencies...
have reached the site.
The rescue efforts are hampered by heavy rain.
The train that Vishnu was on has fallen into the river.
l heard it on the radio just now...
That curse is upon you...
as well and the remainder for me.
The allure of the death entices me...
What if l were is in that train as well...
lt's not a silly game but l have to redden my lips.
Chewing on tender betel leaves...
l have to redden my lips.
ls little bird Neeli meditating here?
Umm... what?
Please don't put me in such a predicament...
Don't abandon me.
Let me tell you a way out.
All you need is someone to marry you, isn't it?
Crying is of no use.
What is done is done.
Now the best we can do is to avoid harm.
No... No...
l can't marry someone like that.
l'll be there.
Any news of junior master?
Nothing yet.
Junior master will come...
Kali said so too...
Did she say that?
No...
but l heard her mind speaking.
Now l can hear that.
l am fortunate.
What do you have in your hand?
Holy powder.
Kali had pledged when l had a snake bite...
An offering...
What is your religion and caste...?
Don't know.
The ones culpable for my birth left without telling me that...
l never went after it either...
On some boat.. Or on a lagoon...
Or on some shore...
Whenever l please, l can go...
What about Kali?
You all are making up stories and trying to get her killed.
Truth be told...
l am writing Kali's story.
l thought that the story was at it's end..
Kutty Srank showed up.
Now how should l end it?
Oh Lord...
for the first time l am jealous of Kali.
Jealous of the love she receives now,
the safety and security she enjoys...
...and the warmth of a man's chest that she can get now.
We can get the stuff here too...
Who is up for it?
Bring it on... pour... Umm... more.
This is the real deal...
Drink up... drink up...
ls it the end of the story...
for me... and for her...
But one of the two should be left behind.
The one who is writing
or the one who is being written about...
who will it be?
A sacrifice to the goddess Kali.
No one should know...
lt is a human sacrifice...
They decided to sacrifice Kali one day.
Who? -Unnithan and others.
A human sacrifice...
Leave that to the police, Mr. Engineer.
lt's coming.
Have you brought the lamp?
ls the work going on?
lt's getting late. Come.
Come on.
Stop there Where are you running?
Wait, l'll come -Come.
Take Kali away from here fast...
Go, go quickly.
Or they will kill her.
Go... go now... hurry.
Kali, we have to leave immediately. Or they will...
Moopan's henchmen are here too... They are after me.
Come quickly.
Pea nuts!
Thirty years as a woman.
An empty womb
and a pen that has run out of ink.
lf all it takes is a life for the bridge to be built...
then here is my sacrifice...
my self sacrifice.
That night, Srank brought her to my house on the island.
She lived there for a while without anyone noticing.
One day he left saying that he had a play to stage.
We did not hear from him after that.
But the good thing is that...
We were able to nab Joppan's murderer.
Kutty Srank murdered Joppan...
...and then he vanished.
No.
l killed Joppan.
They are all ganging up to crucify me.
l have done nothing wrong.
Sit down Joppan.
Won't you believe me Pemanna.
l said something to maestro without meaning it.
Out of my rage that day...
l have done nothing wrong.
There will always be small misunderstandings amongst friends.
That's all.
Forgive me...
You must forgive me.
l understand you Joppan.
Holy mother at least you said that much...
l am so relieved.
This drink was brewed specially for those in the play.
Here is Joppan's share.
Joppan, you should be get going now...
Go on Joppan.
l shall come back later.
lt is a matter of doing time for at least fourteen years.
The dead Kutty Srank is wanted in this case.
Why not let it be like that for now sir?
l think so too sir...
Then... truth?
Oh, right Harishchadra's grandchild...
Do you have any proof for the murder?
The left over poison from what l gave Joppan is still at my house.
A blatant lie.
Well, that is all it would take to throw you in jail.
Why do you try to save someone who is already dead?
That is what l want.
Till the next ship to Madras sails...
can you find a place where l can hide and live...