'Hide and seek'
- Have you got my stuff ready? - Sure...long back
2 snake gourds Some curry leaves
Is it enough?
1/2 kilo Rs 10
Take this money
Don't you want the balance?
(raised voices of vendors)
- Howmuch is this? - Rs 350
- Must grind some more - Can't we just grind it in a mixie?
Girl, curry tastes better when spices are ground on stone the traditional way
Ask your mother She'll vouch for it
I've heard spicy tales of how you and mother 'cooked' together
- What? - Nothing
What?
There's neither rice nor vegetables here
Will you come home early today?
I'm driving I'll call you back later
Benny annamstop Benny anna
What's up?
Did you stop my auto just to enquire about me?
Alavi'kka appears to be out of town I had gone there
There's a courier for him
He must have stepped out to buy some river fish
Courier?
Leave it in my auto I'll deliver it
- But it needs his signature -I can sign, man
- Isn't that good enough? - Sure
Give it to me
Why are you stinking like this from every pore?
Don't forget Or I'll lose my job
Alcohol improves memory power
- Haven't you heard that? -Sure, I have
This one also
Leave it inside the auto
Heard they were having a party, a get-together or some such thing
So you are in for a blast today, eh?
Me having a blast? I'm just a gone case
- Hey! I need to see you later -Sure, we can meet up
MBRHDRG
Where the heck were you, man?
I had to buy all that you needed, right?
This isn't a Benz car Lend me a hand, dude
You have to pay extra for porter service
You and your lousy English!
You are eating your heart out for some booze today?
Later this booze will eat out your heart for good!
Alavi'kka?
I'll be back this evening
If you can manage, I want just 1 peg
Forget that dream
Siddhanh has arranged this get-together after so many years
Don't you dare hang around here
That isn't the point Ages since I had foreign liquor
Just a peg of Scotland
Siddhu's house...?
Please help me bundle myself in?
Park this car out of the way?
- Is he at home? - He'll be back soon
- Dude...? Can you buy me a bottle? - Dry day today, sir
'Moonshine' will do
You know... 'battery water'? That will do
Let me try, sir
Hey! My sandals Must be left outside
Can I get you something to drink?
What's your name?
MBRHDRG
'On the way I met my aunt at our ancestral house'
'One chap who claims he's your friend has landed'
'Reeking of booze Swaying on his feet'
Get up
It's been so long Where were you all these days?
I'm right here Where else will I be?
My wife Revathi
Raghu, you reached early, rig ht?
Look at you!
You are still the same smart guy, eh?
Pan of my job
Must be playing around behind her back, eh?
Why else do you glam-up like this?
Manu!
What are you doing?!
Com e, sit here
I'll be right back Let me get them settled in
Look at the state he's in. ls Annie really a fashion designer?
Why do you even tolerate him I wonder
- What are you doing? - Dad! Give it to me
It's not meant for games I have work to do
I leveled 72 points Give it to me
Dad
Okay, take it
- Is she also coming? -Who?
Your...once upon a time heroine
You mean Radhika? She's somewhere in America
Unpack this for me, please
MBRHDRG
- What's your name? - Manu
- Which grade? -4th
- You know me? -Yes
- Who am I? - Daddy's friend, right?
What's your name, uncle?
Rag huram
What do you do? No job
Ask dad He'll get you a good job
I will Your house looks good
Nice home
Manu
Go in and play, okay?
Be careful with that It's got important files
Just a minute
A couple of important stuff to attend to
You are like those prosperous chaps...
...with a home by the riverside who fish as a fashion statement
Where is your 'bait'?
Hey! No
I'll be done in a minute
Give it back, man
Just a minute
Now tell me
Where is your mobile?
In the toilet
I've been trying to reach you whole of last year
And it's always switched off Where did you lose it?
- I dropped it into the closet -What?
- Put it into the toilet - Toilet?
Yes, it would have gone deep into the earth
And disappeared by now
You just haven't changed one bit
I did it deliberately
Ad-agencies hire talented people for their creative department
And then ask them to create utter nonsense
Why do you agree to write all that nonsense?
You are capable of earning in millions
Just focus on that
Don't go back to your old ways
So nowl must earn millions
What else?
Car, house and wife, don't excite me.
And go in search of myself
At least that way I don't lose myself
Stop all this existentialism stuff
This was your problem all along in life
lam going in search of myself
What else? Where is Annie?
Rafique says you are always stone drunk
He says that's why she hardly comes home
You've been fiddling with it for a while
Is it an extra marital...?
I already have issues Be quiet, please!
She will be mad at me
Annie...!
I'll tell you when the time comes
About what?
- Can't get along -Whaaat?
- Not working out -What?
- Not compatible -Who?
Your stupid head!
Come with me We'll talk
Get up Let's talk
Let's have a drink
That gives you a pep, eh?
Look at that sudden spun of energy
The way you came in I thought you'll just sleep through the night
That was just to fool that old man
Where is the ash-tray?
No need for ash tray.
Tell me, what's the problem?
- No problem at all - Do you know?
I've watched you and Annie so often green with envy
Behind the commerce block under the gulmohar tree
Didn't you write a script...a story? Wanting hero Mohanlal to act?
Didn't you write impressive dialogs?
Annie and me under the gulmohar tree...?
If Lal had done that role he would be out of films now
Now there is neither the gulmohar nor the rain
There never was anything that connected us then
Even back then, we used to be at loggerheads
Radhika was the one who sorted out your squabbles
Mention her name and look at the rapid blood circulation!
Rad hika
In Mumbai I have seen all the top models you can find
But no one can hold a candle to her
Did you know?
One day in 1997 just after the summer holidays
I was getting off a bus at our college bus stop
I just stepped out and a sudden shower of rain from nowhere
As I look at the opposite road I see her walk towards me
- Radhika -And the way she looked
With rain drops clinging to her hair
And streaming down her face
Clara
It trickled down as I watched stunned
By stunned I mean I was lost in that moment
I just stood staring as she walked towards me
When I regained consciousness
After a long time, I simply ran to that-
Remember that old man's small eatery?
I ran, got an old umbrella from him and went back
I drew her under the umbrella
Just she and I under the umbrella with the rain lashing around us
In that rain, she and I under the umbrella
Do you know jasmine flowers?
She had jasmine on her hair
Fragrance from that jasmine The smell of rain
And fresh moist earth Her special scent
It will be ecstatic
I'm reminded of a poem by Ayyappa Panniker
Kurukkuthi mulla [Jasmine flowers]
Youth belongs to me whispered the flower
Jasmine close to the bosom are buds clasped to blossom
Pronounced 'njha' Jha, dha or whatever
My neighbor's surname sounds like that
He committed suicide Neck deep in loans
How you say it is no big deal
Come on Continue your Radhika story
And when I got off the bus- What's your wife's name?
That was a nasty mood killer, right?
What's the joke?
He was talking about his fans
Aa-radhika He meant fans!
Tea?
Shall we mix it in this? No! It will curdle
I'll tell you later
Does she know? Shall I tell her?
Come
Alavi'kka! Just get me an ashtray and my phone
How long have you been living here?
No, dude I come once in a while
Listen What's your issue with Annie?
Sit here and tell me
No issue
Leave it there
She isn't adjusting with your life style?
Is that the issue?
Or is it because you don't have kids?
How can being childless be a hassle?
Then what?
She deserves a better life
That's it
Rafique Ask him to come in
Hey'. Bucket
You fatso!
Return my 150 bucks
Mr Poet!
Here Let's begin auspiciously
Hey no! Meet Suhra
Suhra Rafique
Isn't he Rafique? Then why the emphasis?
Meet my greatest wealth Hannah
Hannah?
He is Rafique She's Suhra
Hey! She's Suhra Rafique
I'm meeting Suhra for the 1st time
That isn't surprising?! Keeps me like a caged bird
Isn't Annie coming?
She will
Hey! Radhi...
All of you have changed so much
Suhra come, we'll sit inside
I knowyou You write songs, right?
Not songs Poems
What's the difference! Do you booze so you can write?
I write to earn booze
Drink within limits Don't ruin your health
tiff
Is this how you talk to someone you just met?
Drunkards deserve... ...only such words
- Is he married? - Love marriage
Was she blind?!
Do you have any idea who he is??
He's not an ordinary contractor like your father
He holds a top post in an advertisement agency
Earns 150 million per annum
This unkempt fellow who reeks of alcohol?!
Your acid tongue is the reason I don't take you out anywhere
I know that only too well
You had no option this time, right? Just to show your friends I exist
Only 2 p995
If you drink more I'll tell my father
What the...!
Rafiquem!
What was all that for?!
Life is such a drag these days
Earlier Suhra used to wait up till I came back from hospital at night
After some time it was the maid
Nowadays she also is fast asleep
I eat whatever I can find and hit the sack
Same story Last 5 years
What about other 'activities'?
How long will you 'plough' your own 'field'?!
It is fun to trespass in someone else's field
Generally Malayali's start losing their prowess by 40
This lag begins when a man is 35 years
In my opinion the Kerala Govt should bring a rule
After 5 years of marriage, a wife must be declared as a man's sister
Then she should get married to someone else
Why do you smoke like a steam engine?
Rejuvenating, no? Then pass it to me also
Sidhu This is fantastic
I vote for this
Is it?
Just a minute
You've really changed a lot
Listen to him speak English!
What is he up to?
Come
tiff
I can prescribe tablets for blood pressure
I already gulp them like a 3 course meal
Get me my drink
Move that away
It's unnerving how stress piles up
College was such fun, flirting, rowdyism, playing peeping Tom
What a blast it was!
She occupied all my thoughts Radhika
Remember our library?
The pages of old books had a peculiar smell
My mind is full of that
He used to bring beef with Chinese potatoes
Wow! Delicious
I often went hungry in hostel
To eat the beef-potato he brought
After I became a doctor people asked me why I was so fat
Guys, from the day I got married I became a glutton with a capital G
I compensated for all those days of starvation
But I'd always wanted...
...a contented family life I often dreamed of it
But when I never got the girl I loved
I just gave uP
You loved a girl? Who is that now?
Who was it?
If you had just told us we would have got her for you
Sure
That was just a comedy
Love? Love is a joke? Love is not a comedy
It's an emotion that stealthily creeps into your nerves
Shut up!
What?
Cynical about love
What about you and Annie?
You just said something about smell, pages, library
You guys simply sizzled
Blunders born out of immaturity
It's because you don't realize the value of what you've got
When I lost the one I loved I just sold my soul
lam now a slave to Suhara's father
If he asked me to go on my bended knees...
...I'll happily crawl to him
You think I am being funny?
He's absolutely nasty
He takes off to Bangalore every now and then
But before that a session of massages at Kotakkal
That pig ought to be shot!
Old man! His worn out pans may need a little massage
My fate is sealed I'll be back
You want to shoot my father, right?
When your house was confiscated legally...
...you wanted my father as well as his money
Shall I call him now?
Drunk and deriding my father I will call him now
That woman will break this house into two
Mind your own business, will you?
Now that you are stable you want to shoot my dad
Don't you have any shame?
He is getting abused
I'll stop with this now Your friends may overhear
I told you not to drink more than 2 pegs
Getting drunk and finding fault with my dad
When we get back you'll get it from me!
Tiff
Son, be careful and don't lose it
It's an expensive gadget
Don't worry, sonny Your dad has plenty of money
What's up? What is this, dude?
Why don't you try something you are good at?
Uncle, are there any fishes in this river?
Of course
- Crocodiles too? - One is sitting inside the house
Did you bring it here? The crocodile brought me here
You just wait I'll tell all this verbatim to my dad
Alavi'kka, need any help? I'll call if I want help
Women should be more docile and gentle
Just mind your own business
I employ only women in my kitchen
My father won't allow men
This house generally is left locked
Sidhu comes once in a while and stays here alone
I've come here Maybe just once
Not a good decision
Sell this house and deposit the money in the bank
That is more profitable
Sohra, you are so business minded
I belong to Maliakkal family My family is full of traders
My father deals in real estate
The biggest building in Kozhikode belongs to him
Haven't you heard of Shalimar buildings?
Yes...Shalimar
I have, yes
- Alavi'kka? - Coming
Yes, Narayan'etta I am here
Will you come? Yes, sure I'm here Yes, sure I'm here
Dude, remember our Narayan'etta?
Narayan who made those yummy 'unniappams'?
He'll be here in half an hour
Narayan rescued him once
Rescued him? What is that story?
Don't you know? Farewell day
After college hours he and Chacko went to the ladies' hostel
- To meet Radhika? - To meet Radhika
Fix one for me, dude
Alavi'kka, you can go in now
Chicken is roasting now, bro
Enough That will do
Okay! go
- Listen to this - insensitive idiot!
We were fully sloshed when we jumped over the wall
We sawa guy sliding down from the 2nd floor window
None other than 'hunter' Xavier Father Xavier?
Father Xavier
Sidhu just pushed us away and went towards Radhika's room
Remember that lotus pond?
He sat there and looking up at Radhika's room and sang
What was that song, dude?
"Sumangali, do you rememb-"
Yes, that's the song
Before he could finish his song that guy looking like Seen Connery
- Sean Connery - That Connery guy came and caught us
Finally Chacko got him a full bottle of rum and squared it up
What a pity! Why didn't I hear of this?
If we told you, then Annie will also know
And then Radhika will also know So we hushed it up
You were not destined, dude Some other lucky guy got her
A lover boy whose love remained untold
Will Narayanan bring the 'unni appams'?
He will
That reminds me
You wrote a poem on these steamed fritters, remember?
Want to see?
Bring it Let's see
I'll be right back
I have been watching you ever since we came here
The very name 'Radhika' makes your adrenalin rush
Everyone who walks into your life will leave
I'll be the only one to stick on with you
- Who else is coming? - Our Annie
- Move aside Manu, my dear - Manu, come here
tiff
- There comes your 'unni appam' - Show it to me
Let me see if it tastes as good as it once did
Leave it
Did you think I saved this for your blessed fritters poem?
Then why?
Really want to know?
Rad hika
Did she write stories too? I never knew
You had eyes only for Annie
Both of them will write stuff no one could ever decipher
By evening they will begin to fight
Who will fritter away time writing poems on fritters?!
Don't make it a big issue
Read this Read it
MBRHDRG
Instead of introducing me as his neighbor casually
Couldn't he have said I was his best friend?
I was slig hted A guest insulted
I no longer wanted to linger there
I was in a hurry I turned and walked away
While my heart murmured
I should've never come
Never come when not welcome
Words on paper hurt like needles in my heart
It was that hurt which took me closer to her
Whenever I come here I sit and read that story
Just for the wonderful world she creates with her words
To be immersed in it is sheer bliss!
Some rascal run Creative Associates
Should make them read this to know how refined Malayalam is
Does Annie know you resigned?
Why should she when we are about to separate?
What did you say? I want to live in total freedom
Hence this separation
But if you talk it over won't she understand?
Why do you want to- What's left to talk?
She should have married a good Christian, a rubber estate owner
Why should she ruin her life being with me?
All this is because of your dirty behavior
- How is she responsible? - So what is your problem?
What's my problem?
Do you know Xavier and I got beaten up for your sake?
You can take the blows
But I won't let you pan ways with her
- Who wants your permission? - Do you know?
She's a simple soul I liked her very much
I even wrote her a letter without him knowing
This vagabond charmed her and took her away from me
Now he wants to-
You son of a-
You want to ditch her, right?
- Annie? -What is all this, Sidhu?
He is just showing off like old times after drinks
Showing his affection like old times
Is this how you show affection?
Stinks like hell
- How many rounds over? - We've just begun
- Why are you covered in dust? - That was just...nothing
Revathi, meet Annie
- Had a comfonablejourney? -Yes
- Meet Suhra - Rafique's wife
I know you
The one who fell in love and got married
Whatever, love or otherwise Don't bug us now
Annie, you've been travelling Go in and relax
Go in
Did you know, Sidhu?
It's been a year since he and I spoke
He doesn't even have a phone Do you know what he's doing?
It's true We'll set it rig ht
You go relax for some time It will all be fine
MBRHDRG
If Chacko and Radhika were here, this would have been complete
Radhika must be in California Wonder where Chacko is?
Where in California?
She must be leading a happy life there
Shall I tell you something that will make you happy?
What , Annie?
I've resigned my job at Mumbai
That's the end of Raghu's lonely life
Nowl'll be with him wherever he is
Also I am giving him a free rein only for today
But from tomorrow his booze and cigarettes will be rationed
Very good
Otherwise his insides will rot to pieces
Hey! Does this get together mean only booze and gossip?
Sidhu, sing a song
Add some life into this party No other work!
Song?
Sidhu will sing?
He was the star singer of our college
Go ahead Sing, dude
His golden voice
An entire campus used to get intoxicated hearing his voice
Look at him fiddling with that key pad?
His fingers flew 10 times faster over his guitar
You've been married so long Don't you know this?
Haven't you told her?
My head is full of debit, credit and consignments
Sing in this chaos, huh?
No other work!
We have no better work now
Tonight we are students back to our campus days
Retarded fellows with varied stubbles
Sing Sing, dude
Sing, man
Do you know who wrote this song?
Who?
Our own favorite poet
Shall I?
Tiff
"In these eyes can you see sweet love's pain poignantly?"
"In these lines can you listen a rhythm of yearning in between?
"Far away, a lonely moon lit sky merging into a woeful song at night emerging"
MBRHDRG
"On this earth, in my heart's alcove rain showered fresh drops from above"
"Touch of first love tinkling like bangles softly jingling"
"Memories brought me a melody filled with words of love in harmony"
"Far away, a lonely moon lit sky merging into a woeful song at night emerging"
"Without any rhythm converging in a languid feeling submerging"
MBRHDRG
Hannah, come here
tiff
"Blooming of youth is an awakening of senses buried within yearning"
"New raptures unrevealed Coven and concealed"
"Silent sensations bloom glad into a precious love ballad"
"Far away, a lonely moon lit sky merging into a woeful song at night emerging"
"Without any rhythm forging in a languid feeling submerging"
"As she faded away into an abyss Not knowing why this went amiss"
"In these eyes can you see sweet love's pain soulfully?"
MBRHDRG
Wasn't this the song that won you the inter-zonal 1st prize?
The old intensity still lingers
Thoughts of a special person got him the 1st place that day
Sidhu had a silent love when he was in college
Radhika Isn't it? I know
He has told me about her
Kaput:
tiff
What is it?
Did you lose interest in music only after you married me?
I am no Yesudas to choose it as my career
I sang because they asked me
That's all
I really don't know if Radhika was in your thoughts
But you sang beautifully
None of them ever knew thatl once liked Radhika
These guys, Rag hu, Rafique liked her too
I liked her a little bit more
That's all it was
Look, we are meeting after 14 years
The gap is 14 long years
Spare me for this one day
Is that too much to ask?
I am really stressed out Okay?
Ease up
If my husband had said this I wouldn't have taken it so lightly
If you're lenient with your men they will dance on your head
My dear Suhra
Don't comment and make it worse
Sidhu was the 5th guy who 'saw' me as a bride
Some of the men before him had liked me and so did I
But it was Sidhu I finally married
One day my father told me a groom was coming to 'see' me
It was only then I realized I was 'ready' to get married
Father told me a lot about the prospective bridegroom
That he was a good man, very rich with a big house
I went through the ritual of meeting the boy, talked to him, serving tea
After they left I started dreaming
About my honeymoon, my house, the kids I would have
Actually don't we all go through this dream-phase?
But next day the marriage mediator said the groom's family had rejected me
Why?
Because the groom's aunt didn't find a western closet in the bathroom
So?
I swear I was dumped
Many more proposals petered out for vague reasons
Rafique's proposal was the last one in the list
I shouldn't have agreed to a man with a 24x7job
If he had been a farmer, I would at least see him daily
Nowadays I must also fix an appointment to see him
I have always wondered
Why don't they have anything to discuss with us?
When they meet friends they talk nineteen to a dozen
At home, they clutch the TV remote and sit sulking, staring at the screen
We are all almost sailing in the same boat
And those who look a picture of contentment...
...lead the most pathetic lives
Wonder why we marry 1 particular guy among 100 others in the world
Marriage in our society is based on matching financial and social status
No one bothers whether our thoughts or feelings match
We bear their kids and live with the belief..
...we are the sole love of their life
We are left with nothing else to do
No man can be trusted when he goes past 35
They all go in search of other nests to roost
There used to be a nurse and a Dr Nadiya at Rafique's hospital
God! I was most worried till that doctor got married
I got my father to dismiss that nurse from there
What are you saying, Suhra? It is like that
Can't trust them at all
ls Radhika married?
May be
She's in America, right?
Must have got married at least a couple of times, no?
- I don't know - Is she pretty?
I have seen her in their college albums
Frankly she is really beautiful
She was the dream girl of our college
Was she?
What was it between Sid hu and Rad hika?
My dear Revathi Just an infatuation
if he meets her now, he'll realize, he's gotten over all that
She would have become a fatso by now in USA
Did my hubby have a crush on someone in college?
Oh! No
Why are you decked in gold like this, Suhra?
If I were you, I'd have sold the lot and gone for a world tour
Allah! Sell gold to go on a tour?!
If all the gold of women in Kerala are sold...
3 generations can easily eat and live without working
My gold need not be used to feed people
MBRHDRG
If I had a hammer in hand all this could have been bashed up
Ah! Yes The box
'Let's have 1 more'
'Is it the first time for you?'
'I was wondering how he fell into the pool'
'Sit up and drink' 'You're asking for trouble'
Dude, ask him not to go in for a separation
'Leave it'
'We only have one life, bro'
'Rafique, get up'
'Only friends can advise him' 'I have to talk to you'
'You don't know how to be diplomatic'
'I have seen how you treat Suhra'
'You can't step into his space'
- Sir? - There you are!
- Did you get? -Yes, sir
Today is a dry day
I finally got it from a military chap
Here's the balance
I don't want I never accept tips
I'll go?
Do you want a peg?
Can I have that one?
Sure
One more?
Thank you, sir
Can I leave?
Hey!
What's your name?
Name...? I must leave
Benny!
You son of a mongrel! Sidhu! Come quickly Look...Benny is here
Benny?
Get up
Benny? Why this scruffy look?
Rafique?! Benny is here Benny Chacko
Benny! Dude, watch out Pool
Fully fuddled!
Did you have to dig a pond in the middle of your garden?
Idiot! That's not a pond It's a pool
Get up
tiff
Howdid you guys recognize me?
When I look at the mirror, even I don't recognize myself
How did you know it was me?
Do you know how hard I tried tracing you?
Where were you?
Tried to trace me?
You never even bothered to come for my wedding
You got married?
Was it after marriage your life turned haywire?
I got married too
And that too to a TV actress
Remember the TV serial 'She was a goddess'
I married that goddess Sophia Menon
And...?
And...l don't intend to narrate my sob story for you to savor
If she had asked I would have told
Radhika! She was the only one who came for my wedding
Radhika came for your wedding? Sure, she did
All the way from Paris
She waited for a long time thinking you guys would come too
Dude, it was the day Revathi's uncle died
So I couldn't come
What a day he picked to conk off
00!
I tried calling him But never got through
My house was legally confiscated then
How can I come in when I was so 'happy'?!
So Benny, what do you do now?
I drive an auto rickshaw
- Auto rickshaw? - Yes
Do you guys often get together like this?
This is the 1st time, dude Although Sidhu and I often 'chat'
Xavier is not in whatsApp or FB
He needs permission from the Vatican for that
That's good
Or a single post will be enough for all sins to pile up on him
Who?! You mean our 'hunter' Xavier?
Is he a priest? My God!
Vicar of an entire Parish
Our Old Vicar
All he needed to do was look at a girl and she will conceive!
I was the one who helped his maid abort her baby!
Be quiet
Remember Mary Varghese?
You mean our 'disaster lady'?
Her love and passion drove him to distraction
She then eloped with someone else
Unable to bear his sorrow he chose the path of the Lord
'Dukhkham' You pronounce it as 'Kha'
Are you a Malayalam teacher? I'll kick you!
You're at it from the time I came
- Didn't you get me? -I didn't
You...!
This is like being bitten by a viper
Expensive stuff usually is
Let's go
Let's move from vices to virtues and eat
You mean what they feed horses?
Horses or even donkeys Come
You've all changed so much You're almost bald now
Who is this new entrant?
Suhra, he's Benny, our classmate
We were together
He is not at all what he looks like now
He is a 1st rank holder Science graduate Benny Chacko
Science graduate? What do you do?
I drive an auto
Science graduate driving an auto?
Why not? Won't the auto run?
My wife, dude
- Sit here - No, I'll sit here
This is more comfortable Where do you live, Benny?
Here, quite nearby
Allah! This is the first time I'm seeing a woman drink
if my father ever sees-
Dam n the 'father' word!
Do you know for how long I've put up with this 'father'?
Just stop it, will you, Suhra?!
Come back home I'll deal with you then
You are to blame for all this
You and your blasted poems that made me lose her forever
Otherwise I would have married her
Go ahead and take her now
Don't tempt me now, okay? Behave yourself
High time you stopped What the heck?!
My dear Rafique I did not fall in love with his poems
If that was the case, I'd have fallen for poet Chullikkad
I fell in love with Raghu the person
I was just...making fun
Just a minute
One minute I'll be back
Hey Sidhu...go
MBRHDRG
It's been so long since we were together like this?
Annie?
I want to...tell you something
That must be Xavier
Rafique? I think Xavier is here
Hey hunter!
Rad hika
What's up?
Tiff
Where is Sidhu?
Tiff
First time I'm seeing such implicit obedience
No, thanks
I'll happily have your share
Do I look like someone who does not drink?
What is it?
To the... ...red angel
Even if we were out of touch I get to know all the latest news
Our Xavier must be her informer
How was your journey?
Don't flirt
So boring
Talcum powder on your neck
Hey Mr Poet! Why are you looking like a gypsy?
- What's up? -Yes, I am
Annie looks just the same
Because she never had babies
You must share a bed to have babies!
These 2 live in different cities
It's better mad chaps like me don't father kids
- Can be free -Very true
Where is Xavier? Let me call him
- Beautiful saree, no? - Not so good
I haven't heard you compliment my red saree!
This isn't the same red, Suhra
Not able to reach him
He must be after some woman
Dark women is his weakness
Surya, Ranjini, Bhanupriya
Why not? Shouldn't dark people fall in love?
Of course they can But not priests of a church
Frankly I envy him a lot
No worries or tensions
Listen to women confessing their sins and float in a Heaven of his own
What news of Malayalees in the land of Obama?
Less said the better
They are trying to build another Kerala in the U.S
They watch live telecasts of all major festivals of Kerala
Their kids learn Bharathanatyam and even perform at the opera house
Onam is celebrated by every one That's true
It's the Malayalees living outside Kerala who celebrate Onam grandly
I was in Bombay for some time
Onam that's celebrated in August is extended till New year in mid April
Show me a Malayali who doesn't grab a chance to drink?
On Buddha's Enlightenment day too they will open a bottle or two
Rad hika?
Don't you practice Bharatanatyam these days
Nowl practice tango, salsa I even teach fitness oriented zumba
I have some students
Remember once in a students' fest What was the name?
Talent Time Remember you performed a dance?
Which one?
I know nothing about dance But that day you were too-
I was so impressed
You performed a flame formation
It was mind blowing
Thank you
She's gone Your wife just left
No wife will tolerate her husband going gaga over another woman
What will they think if you stay away like this?
Are you sick?
Head ache? Feeling feverish?
Mom, give me this charger Give it to me now
Will you go away? Go, Manu Don't pester me
Go
MBRHDRG
This guy is such a pest!
You'll fall sick if you get wet like this
Get out of that water now
Suhra, let him enjoy for one day
He'll make a habit of this
Want to tie me to your apron strings?
Just be quiet, Suhra
Do you also want to join us?
Give it to me
This is absolutely volatile
Then why don't you set it ablaze?!
- I too want it - Give it to me
This is not for you
I'll deal with this one!
Please come out of there You'll die of suffocation
lam just playing, Suhra
Playing? My foot!
I tried this once and blacked out
Today we'll also black out
What a beautiful shade of green
Now blow
Allah! Fire gorging drunkards!
I've been guzzling fire from the day I married you
Come on, man
That which burns must be sipped in waist deep water
No, thanks
Com e, sit here
Annie, both of you jump in
They tried Lo ng ag o
Aren't you a doctor? You want people to gossip? Come out now
What gossip?
Which 'people' are here to gossip?
Tiff
This is our wedding album
How is this saree?
This is my family My dad is a school teacher
Mom, housewife
Your wedding album?
Walk down memory lane and see how we looked then
You sit there
This is what happens if you drink too much
Beautiful album He puked all over it
He threw up, that's all One can't control that
Couldn't he have held back?
Com e, sit here
Love and vomit are alike
An overdose will make you gag, right?
Sit there
My friend, do you realize the worth in dollars...
...you threw up and wasted?
I'm so sorry
Hey!
- Look who's here - Sidhu!
Who's this? Narayan'etta?
Look who's here Rafique
Raghu my b°V
Rad hika
Who's this? Narayan'etta?
- Unniavr>a""
-unniavr>a""
Open it
Let this boost up your party
Take it
Delicious!
Remembering old bonds
A gift from old students to the 'unniappam' expert
I don't want it
- I can't handle it - Drink, Narayanan bro
Small one
No
Doesn't matter
Small drink Sit down
Tastes just like old times, Narayan'etta
Forgotten college days?
Have this
Where is your better half? What?
Where is the lady of the house?
Revathi
Go and call her
Your fritters are famous even in America
Do children these days like to eat 'unniappam'?
My daughter is a nurse in Australia
She feels it beneath her dignity to see me do this job
So I stay at home
What a pity!
Remember the poem you wrote about my 'unniappam'?
I had framed it and hung on a wall at home
She removed it
What a weird world!
Narayan'etta, can you tell me the recipe?
I'll go back and become a star in America
I will tell only you, my dear
- Shall I? - Of course
Rice powder
That too raw rice Must not be fried
But powdered finely
Then you must meltjaggery and bring it to a boil
After it bubbles and boils it has to be sieved
It will become like honey
You have to mix powdered rice and this jaggery into a fine batter
Then you must use a mature coconut cut into tiny bits
Add some finely chopped cashew and fry it in ghee
It will get fried and come nicely
Fry it to a golden hue with a heavenly flavor
To this add sesame seeds and mix the batter well
Then it must marinate for 4 hours
It takes 4 hours
Only then the 'marriage' of all the ingredients will stabilize
Deep fry in the 'appam' pan
'Unniappam' ready
But this is the ordinary recipe
I will tell you the secret of my special recipe
I add a few teaspoons of raisin juice to the boiling jaggery
That lends a flavor to the taste buds
And eases the tummy
Thank you, Narayan'etta
Cooking is an an by itself
You should not have given it up for your daughter
Hey! Look who's this?!
- Here! - Smart girl
Annie, I saw your photo in a magazine
Now let me leave It's quite late
I came all the way here only to see you enjoy my 'unniappams'
I feel so happy Now let me take leave
Have a couple of drinks
Not only that Have dinner with us
My daughter will call Checking up on me
Sol had better leave
Do you have to go?
I must Why displease anyone?
I will go eat at home
1 minute
- Put it back, Sidhu - Brother, this is-
Put it right back
I worked for a salary and served food to many children
I always felt you were children who belonged under one roof
I was not wrong! You are all still together
No one realizes the value of bonds like you do
I am very happy today
As if I was back in college
Let me leave?
Poor man!
He came and left so quickly
Where are you? I've been waiting for you
- I will be a little late -I thought you'll come early
You go to bed I'll call you later
Hey! Our Father Xavier
Ask him to bring some wine
- I will - Put it on speaker
Speak on
Praise be to the Lord
Leave that alone Where are you now?
Sorry, friends lam going back
Attend a Holy mass whichl can't avoid
If you don't come, we will perform your final mass
Radhika came all the way from America to see you
Are you a cross on the church wall?
I have to attend it
The Lord won't forgive me
Neither will we, you-
I will pray that only good befalls you
I'll have you in my prayers
He hung up on us
What does he do? Murder God with his jokes?
Will he come?
Let him be content with his Holy mass
Let us celebrate
As long as you don't make a mess of it
tiff
So...? Happy?
You mean my married life?
Happy married life
All those are dreams
They never materialize into reality
if they do then they cease to be dreams
That is absolute truth Shake hands on that
Years ago I met her on the road from the airport
Sophia
And?
Her car had broken down and she signaled my auto
I kept asking her questions all the way from the airport
But she never replied to a single question
When I dropped her at her place she gave me a 1000 rupee note
I refused and she threw it at my face
I said I did not have enough change
She said keep the change
I went back thrice to return the change to her
She is in Canada now
What was the need to go after a wife who left you?
Suhra, it wasn't you who went to her, right?
Why did you go?
Don't ask me why I have no answer
This is the problem with Malayali boys
They never come out in the open with their love
Sometimes I wonder why...
...not one of you fell in love with me
We thought why lose the friendship we shared
Right, dude?
Why were you so afraid?
Afraid of you?
If I had declared my love would you have accepted?
I can't even tolerate you
I bow to Annie
lfSidhu had... maybe life would have been different
Thank God I escaped
Hey! I was kidding
Shall I serve dinner?
Yes Let's have dinner
Manu, go wash your hand
Let's eat
Come, Sidhu
Dude, ask her to come
Sit down, dude Where are you going?
Bring those left over fritters
MBRHDRG
Alavi'kka, see if you can find that bottle
- Rafique? -Are you in Facebook?
Yes
You have time for Facebook But you can't talk to Suhra, right?
I've told you 100 times not to log into that site
Why don't just you eat, Suhra?
Call everyone for dinner
You can do that yourself
How can you mix up everything?
You don't talk Think you are a saint?!
Many a mickle makes a muckle
That's what it is
I want to pee
The loo is over there
I want to look at the stars and pee
He's totally tipsy
Is it a crime even to pee?
- What is this, Raghu? - Hey! What is it?
Nothing, he just wants to pee gazing at the stars
Haven't you seen people pee?
Come here if you haven't
He wants to divorce Annie
What?
Poor thing! She doesn't know as yet
MBRHDRG
Master chef Alavi'kka
Very true
Though he looks rough and tough
He's #1 in cooking
Fish curry is yummy Where's he?
- Yummy fish curry - Thank you
After the lunch at Benny's wedding...
...I'm enjoying authentic Kerala cuisine only today
Why did you and Sophie split?
I'll tell only if Radhika asks me
Okay, then take it I asked
Okay, I'll tell you because Radhika asked
Also Malayalees love to hear someone else's sob story
I was sitting in a restaurant and enjoying a 'masala dosa'
I happened to see a TV show
Sophia was yelling at her mother-in-law in it
I tracked her down and proposed to her
I was a 1st rank holder with a lucrative job
Car, bungalow, the whole works
- No hitches whatsoever -And?
We had a grand wedding
But on our wedding night, just for fun and my misfortune...
...I asked her a question
Whether I was the 1st man in her life
What did she say?
She said only if the light was switched on...
...she will know for sure
Smart girl!
But wondering if she was kidding or being serious...
...I broke into cold sweat
From that day I became suspicious
I started watching her secretly
This led to anger, hatred, fights, arguments
And not silly fights Violent quarrels
One day she said something and I kicked her on her butt
Great!
Then things moved in lightning speed
She was admitted in hospital
And a complaint filed through the women's commission
The case drained me of all my assets
My house and car were in her name
She just walked off with both
I got fed up with life I started drinking
And became a total wreck
- Now I drive that auto - Hey you!
While our child and I are starving at home...
...you are busy buttering up these gentlemen and hogging
When I called Prasad I realized you were here
How much did you earn today?
Nothing, Renu
It probably went down the drain in some bar
Don't think we will starve to death
Hereafter I will drive the auto
Just 40 bucks after a whole day's work, eh?
Did you send the rest of the money to your ex-wife?
Come home I'll deal with you there
I won't-
- Who was that? - That is my kid
Renu, she's the mother
When I became a drunkard...
...my brother drove me out of my own home
Aimless and loitering I landed up in her house
She helped me buy the auto
She's a simple soul, dude Hunger drives her to this state
Hey! Call her back Ask her to eat here
Call her back
She's a simple woman I'll bring her back
Lost the mood to eat
Benny?
- What...? - Take this
Hey! No need This is not for you
- For Renu - Don't do this
If Renu refuses it I'll take it back
No, no need Keep it
No need, let it be
Listen to me Take it
MBRHDRG
He's lucky being an auto driver
At least he enjoys freedom
He is free to drive or decide not to drive
It's not money but freedom that is most important in life
I have to move
What you say is right
The minute you get money you lose your peace of mind
And marriage makes it worse
Why?
We lose peace of mind
Would you have been better off, if you had married her?
Suhra, you do know, don't you?
He was deeply in love with her
Isn't it true?
He has written her many love letters
But she didn't budge
Haven't you told her all this?
Suhra!
Did she get angry and walk out?
Don't blurt out stuff in such an insensitive way
I thought she knew
So I'm not the only one in my husband's heart
Annie occupies it too
I studied in St Josephs school
I was a bright student I even got distinction in 10th grade
Father said, girls need not study This was more than enough
I tried to tell him I want to study further
And become a doctor
Father promised to get me married to a doctor
I'm so unlucky
No one listened to my wish to stand on my own feet
Don't feel so unhappy Annie has no interest in Rafiq ue
When in college I too had my crushes
But I never told anyone
It isn't possible to see into another's heart, can we?
Just think about it Try to love Rafiq ue
Even today you are more your father's daughter
You must understand you are Rafique's wife also
Everything will be alright
I really thought you would've told Suhra
You should have After all she's your wife
Only now she knows who my parents are!
Imagine confiding to her?
Radhika Any problem?
I've somehow comforted her Now just be quiet
Won't you understand?
Pour me a drink
Sing a song, Sidhu
Sing, dude
I sang once That is enough
- I am okay with this -You sing
Sing Sidhu
It's been so long since I heard you sing
Revathi is so lucky Sidhu has such a sweet voice
Do you know how many girls lost sleep over it?
Which song do you want, Radhika?
Whichever Up to you
Ladies and gentleman Sidhu will now sing
I'll start?
- Such a great feeling -What...?
- The earth, these rivers, this night -And...?
And you
"Such a lovely feeling too"
"This world, these rivers and this night with you"
"We are so close to each other Moon and stars are far out there"
"But why do they look unreal to me?"
"These moon and stars really?"
"While I feel the truth actually in all these around me"
"The earth, these rivers, the night..."
tiff
What is the problem now?
I want to know right now Who am Ito you?
Keep your voice down
Seeing her again...
...you forgot me and our son
Go live with her if you want
Don't sing in front of me I can't bear it
Shut up Keep your voice down
What flower did you say? Yes! Jasmine
That fragrance is still there in your heart, right?
I am going away with my son
You can sing, smell jasmine and do whatever you want
- Enough! -Why should I?
It's enough
I can't live a life of indignity like this
There's a limit to what I can tolerate
I have only that to say
I want to know rig ht now
Should Radhika be here or me?
What did you say?
Is it Radhika or me?
Sidhu
Hey Radhika!
- Are you happy now? -Why?
She went away
- Who? - Radhika
Get together My foot!
Whateverjoy we had is now lost
I don't blame Revathi at all
You should have been more in control
What did I do wrong? Is it a crime to sing?
Song?
You behaved horribly towards Revathi
What I-
You clean forgot she was your wife
Annie
Why was this party for? Who planned it?
I did
I wanted to talk to you, Annie
I asked Xavier to arrange this party
I insisted all of them should be here
What is it, Raghu?
Annie
Let us split
Let us once for all end everything
I have to move on
I don't know where
To travel wherever I want
I don't want any obstacles
Or any hindrance
tiff
Sidhu?
She's Renuka, I told you about her?
Suhra She's my daughter
Sit
Annie
You sit down
RaghumRafique
My wife Renuka is here
Why are you all looking so upset?
What happened? Where is Radhika?
Radhika left
Annie and Raghu are breaking up
This will be our last get-together
Raghu...Sidhu? What is all this?
Everything is a mess here
What is the issue?
Is there any family without problems?
Look at us We fight everyday
We can never be without quarreling
But in the evening we patch up, that's all
But your ego rules you
Poor Radhika! What did she do?
Ask Sidhu
He must be the one who is most miserable amongst us
'We met after so long
'Breaking up like this is so unfair'
Look! Our Xavier is here
Xavier?
Where were you all these years?
But you said you couldn't come?
God works in mysterious ways
Sorry! I'm a little late
I went for the last Mass
But found the lady hale and healthy milking her cows
Sit down
Xavier This is my...Renu
What's wrong? Where is Radhika?
- She was upset and left - Upset? Why?
Annie What happened?
Don't you know?
You arranged this party because Raghu asked, isn't it?
Xavier, I want to talk to you
Renu, take the baby and go home
I'll come a little later
Let me first get out of this
tiff
You are all such boors!
Everyone wants to know if his neighbor is happy
Try and love the woman in your own house
Then you'll realize all women are the same
But you seek greener pastures
And sail like ships around the world
You drop anchor in any port you get
You then end up feeling lonely and find your way back home
By then all bonds are broken
When she cooks a fish curry tell her it's tasty
That is all they expect
You aren't married How do you know all this?
Isn't this what I hear daily?
Is there any secret a priest doesn't know?
If you can't love the person you can see...
...how can you love God whom you can't see?!
How far can you fly as a free bird, dude?
Fly...but fly together
And still if you don't find peace, come back to me
I am in search of teachers who can teach orphans
Anyway you've given up everything in life
Teach those children Let them at least benefit
Remem ber this
You are not the only one living for yourself
Don't forget Annie Both of you travel together
Wherever the destination...
...if it is peace that you really seek
MBRHDRG
Don't get me wrong, please
Let me tell you what I personally feel
Marriage, kids, family are all messy affairs
I shouldn't be saying all this being pan of the Vatican
But why don't you lead life the old fashioned way?
Quarreling but bound by love too
Revathi
Dude, did you know?
Radhika has not been in touch with her husband for past 1 year
She doesn't know the reason
But he is in Paris and she in California
Maybe he is into another relationship
Last week I called him because she asked me to
I reprimanded him
He listened to me without saying a single word
And then hung up on me
Radhika can't even imagine a life without him
Poor thing!
She came here to get some relief
But here-
It's her birthday today
I did not mean to hurt Radhi-
Revathi, understand this
Radhika's heart belongs completely to John
There is no place in it for Sidhu
Benny, can you get a cake? She'll come if I call her
I can easily arrange a cake Our Prasad can do it
Just a minute
His mobile is switched off
Prasad gave me a box this morning
Alavi'kka
Where is the box I kept here?
You leave it lying around Someone will walk away with it
I've kept it inside
Xavier!
- What is it? - Look at this
Rad hika
Try calling that number
Switched off
- Happy Birthday, my love -John
Can you give me your phone?
MBRHDRG
'Dear Radhika I am Revathi'
'Amisunderstanding which lasted only for a minute'
'I couldn't control myself'
'Only now we found the gift John sent you'
'Your beloved John is waiting for you in Paris'
'Will you please forgive me?'
'Happy birthday, Radhika'
MBRHDRG