‘Kammaran, The Event!‘
Alcohol",
is the official beverage of Kerala, as per the old saying.
The governments that came to power one after the other,
kept changing & correcting the liquor policy, as per their whims and fancies,
and kept shutting down bars or re-opening them.
To find a permanent solution to this,
for their own survival and daily bread,
the liquor barons of Kerala",
gathered under this flag that you can see here, in this house,
for a secret rendezvous.
KP Manukumar gave me a secret information that a battle has commenced at Palayam.
If this is true,
this ministry will not last any longer than one year.
And this one year's time is what we have in hand.
Within that, we should turn this small party called lLP into a mega institution.
Achaya, in our state, there are some Lefties and some Righties.
And the people whom they trick and get votes from, by taking turns.
No one cares what all was done by who all"!
If you have ruled for 5 years, the others should rule for the next 5 years.
That's all...!!
This is a land where nothing new grows.
One Left and one Right",
and we're the ones who are in trouble.
It's like that saying that even if the father or the uncle comes,
the mother can't sleep.
Sheesh!
Boys,
from the day Kerala was formed on November 1st, 1956, until today,
on every flag that was hoisted by the politicians here,
on every graffiti that they created,
in every meeting, procession, protest and strike held by them,
what flows is the money that came out of us liquor barons' sweat & blood.
But hereafter",
Hereafter, we are not going to help any of them.
To sell only beer and wine when they ask us to,
to shut down and re-open at their command,
hereafter,
they won't get any self-respecting liquor baron here to do that.
Because, hereafter",
we're going to play the political games here, ourselves.
Be it Left, or Right.
Hereafter, there should never be a ministry in Kerala without our ILP in it.
That should be our goal.
The goal sounds good.
But this is a party that can't even win a Panchayat ward, even if it contests alone.
And you're dreaming of all that, with this?
What the hell does this party have?
History!
Not just history,
a historical figure, as well.
Historical figure?
Achaya,
even we know history.
Anything else? - It's not enough that we know it.
The people of Kerala should know it.
Boys,
I had a reason to out-rightly buy this lame, paralysed party called lLP.
What ILP has,
is not some teeny-weeny leader who shouted lame slogans wearing torn undergarments,
against the useless ministers of the 1960's and 70's.
True! True!
Instead,
one who fought against the British empire,
one who stood with his head held high in front of British leaders,
one who kissed the British hangman's rope,
the brave and mighty,
moreover, the oldest freedom fighter alive today,
Kammaran.
|LP's very own...
Kammaran Nambiar!
People should know about this history and this historical figure.
Have a look.
Page 120. Chapter 8.
Kammaran Nambiar!
"Kera|a's forgotten hero"!
Is this about our Kammarettan?
No one has heard about this old bloke so far.
If we bring him to the forefront one fine morning.. Shucks!
Is this your damn plan?
Sheesh.
Hey! Had you heard about Tsunami before 2004?
Had any of you heard about Anna Hazare before 2011?
This Kammarettan whom we have with us,
has the capacity to be the grand-daddy of An na Hazare.
We just need to create a small earthquake",
and what awaits us here would be a political tsunami.
It's not any good for nothing Pillai, Nair or Embranthiri...
who has written about our founder leader.
It's a first class 22 carat Englishman!
Look! Robert S. Coogan
Let me see.
My dad kept forcing me to learn English.
But I didn't listen.
Good that you didn't learn it.
N.. O.. V.. E.. L
Achaya, this is not history. It's a novel!
You fool...!!
The novels written by the British,
have always been considered to be history by Indians. Don't you know that yet?
But Achaya, how are we going to create this earthquake?
Cinema..!!
Francis sir,
I read this book that you gave me.
Nothing interesting.
There's just one chapter about Kammaran.
There are no details.
It's just usual period stuff.
If I have to make a movie in Malayalam,
moreover, if I have to make a movie about someone who's still alive,
I need something interesting.
Maybe, if I meet him.
Pulikesi sir, we need only what's there in this book.
Englishmen won't write lies, do they?
It's not just that.
(speaking in broken Tamil) This Kammaran..
he was a great freedom fighter" - Francis sir,
Talk in Malayalam.
I know Malayalam.
Oh! You do?
Very good.
And that Am ruthasam ud ram mentioned in this book..
Where is it?
That's a godforsaken place.
At the KeraIa-Karnataka- Tamil Nadu border.
You've to climb many hills..
So,
let's meet Mr. Kammaran.
That's Kammarettan's son.
His name is Bose.
He named him after Netaji, out of extreme patriotism.
Namaste! - Come, sirs.
All of you have come? - Yes. Namaste.
Well sir, will this movie have just my father's story,
or will it have his son's story as well?
Calm down, Bose.
Didn't I tell you? This will be beneficial for all of us.
I don't trust this because you're part of this.
This ILP (s) of his..,
it was actually a party founded by my father.
In the 1957 election, EMS' boys beat him badly.
With that, my father quit politics.
He was the one who used to buy tea for my dad then.
This Southie" Surendar Ji.
And during the election in '97,
he told me that Kammarettan is a freedom fighter.
And if Kammarettan's son contests, we'll definitely win and made many such promises!
I lost all my hard-earned money I made from the Gulf.
And a studio which I had, he got it registered to his name!
Let it be, Bose.
How is your father?
Father, look who all are here to see you!
Get up.
Who is it?
It's me, Kammaretta. Surendran.
Not just him, father.
There are some other gentlemen too. - You aren't dead yet?
We came to give you a great news.
What?
All of us are going to make a movie about you, Kammarettan.
You won't let me be in peace, right?
Please get up.
Hey,just hold him.
Slowly".
Let him see..
It's all coming back to your mind, right?
Yes.
How did you find all this?
We found it!
He's a great director from Tamil.
All the films he made... are superhits.
Your mother is a Malayali, right?
Yes.
H.. How do you know that?
I like artists.
But these businessmen,
and politicians,
Bose...
All of you step out. Didn't you hear him?
Take your wife also. -Are you sick, dad?
You also go out. - Chandrabhanu, come on.
Huh? - Chetta,
Come. - This is trouble from the beginning itself.
- Bloody old bloke! - I'll kick you. Try calling me again!
Achaya, what the hell is this?
Aren't we spending the money? So shouldn't we hear the story?
First let the director listen to it. We'll hear it later.
So the producers don't have any value?
But sir..,
why do you need a Tamil director to make a Malayalam film?
Bro..,
every director in Malayalam is inclined either towards the Left or the Right.
If we give this to them, we'll be screwed before we know it.
Right? - That's true.
My lighter?
Sit down, kiddo..
Thank you sir.
Do you know, kiddo?
It's been a really longtime...
since I slept.
Until 5 or 6 years back,
if I stretched my back",
and held my palms close to my chest",
my eyes used to close on their own.
And I'd get a peaceful sleep.
One night,
I lost my sleep, kiddo.
Have you heard of Selvan Baba, the Clairvoyant?
He's a great sage.
With extra sensory powers.
There...
He came and stood there once,
and told me..,
Kammaran,
7 years from now,
someone born to a Tamil father and a Malayali mother,
will come searching for you, to listen to your story.
Before him,
like an enthusiastic parrot,
you should narrate everything that happened so far, truthfully.
Or else, you would never be able to sleep.
So...
You are the one, he told me about!
Shall we start then?
Listen, kiddo",
This is not a story.
This is the actual History.
(Chapter 1 : The story, as per Kammaran) Didn't you climb a hill on the way, kiddo?
That's called 'Traitor's Hill'.
Back then, the Nambiars who betrayed the Kolathiri King,
were banished to the other side of the hill.
So, the hill that the traitor crossed, became the 'Traitor's Hill'.
Back then, it was 'Malayil' Kelu Nambiar, who ruled the land as the landlord.
Unbeknownst to the British,
Kelu brought in Tamilians from Ceylon,
made them work day and night, and Geared the forests at Amruthasamudram,
and turned it into huge sugar cane fields.
He tortured and killed the men among the Tamilians"
And he enjoyed their women as much as he wanted!
Othenan.
He said that he went away to study.
But I know,
he left because he hated it here.
It's all right, grandmother.
Gosh! Uncle Ke|u..!
How are you, mother?
Come.
I educated you till 7th grade, so that you could help your grandmother.
And not for your mother, who eloped with that bloody scoundrel; my sister!
Kelu...
When a man commits a sin..,
...Time would stand still and silent like a mute.
But..
It will open its mouth some day in the future.
It will shout out whatever it has to say...,
rip apart the one who committed the sin, and eat him up!
Hey!
Doppanna,
Pay up!
Next one. Move!
Murugesha...
Sir..
Karuppan.
Azhakan.
Go! Get going!
Give me some more time, master.
More time? - I can't now.
Please show some mercy. - Malia",
beat up this rascal.
Sir.. Tell him!
No, sir..
The sugar canes have all dried up in the summer.
There is no income.
No more women left for your Landlord... to devour.
How will we pay UP?
Hit him!
Shameless fellow.
Sir.. Please tell them...
Uncle! Uncle!
Uncle!
Murugesha...
calm down.
I'm here, right? I'll go inside and talk to the Landlord.
Take care of your uncle.
Brother!
Leave him.
I'll go inside and talk to the Landlord.
Brother, please tell him.
Hey! Stop it.
Kammaran Nambiar, son of Vishwambharan.
Say son of Physician Vishwambharan.
You haven't paid your due for the past 2 months, physician Kammaran!
I'll give it, sir. Keep this for now.
Rest I'll give later.
This is what you always say.
I want to meet master.
Is it Aphrodisiac?
No. - Then?
It's a lot more potent!
Kammarodisiac.
Master"
That mad Saheb of yours who's under the spell of Indians, what's he saying?
Nothing special, Master.
Some terrorists have landed, apparently.
Here.
Neem leaves from Ezhimala were necessary for this.
Only then it will affect the nerves that 'need to rise'.
It took some time to find gold-dust and sandalwood.
That's why there was a delay.
Conga“ Saheb is quite anxious.
And,
I heard that a new Collector is coming to Pavanagudi.
The talk in the town is that he is really troublesome.
Why?
Is it a re-su rvey or what?
No.
Didn't I tell you?
Terrorists!
I heard that they came here after quitting the INA.
No one knows where their hide-out is.
Must be to catch them.
Here.
I got this from Saheb's pocket.
It's in English.
I have to keep it back there.
There's a letter, sir.
Okay. I'll give it.
Saheb and Madam...
Th...There is a letter, Master.
Here.
It's Othenan's letter.
For his grandmother.
Give it.
Pattar,
BhanumathL. - Who's the letter for?
It's for Malayil Amma. Give it to her.
My Lord,
I've been paying the interest and capital for a longtime now.
If I could get the title deed document of my house back"
Okay.
Kammaran sir..
Please talk to Lord Kelu.
There's no one other than you to help us, sir.
Master...
these people are struggling so much!
Please do something for them, Master.
Hey! - Yes..
Close that door.
Okay.
Tell him that we will pay the full amount next time, sir.
Who the hell are you to appeal for these bloody pigs?
First you pay the interest for the interest; then pay the interest.
We'll talk about the capital after that.
Bloody Nambiar, who chews the Saheb's jaggery.
Get lost, you dog!
Go and give medicines to my mother.
Then shall I?
Sir...
Thank you so much sir.
You will be blessed abundantly, sir.
Kammaretta, did you get it?
It's first class saffron powder.
Have it with skimmed milk.
Now you're as bright as gold...
Once you have this, you will shine like a diamond!
What's in the letter?
Nothing. Come.
Othenettan's small talk with grandmother.
Is Othenan planning to come anytime soon?
To stay for so many years in England...
Bhanu...
Grandmother"
Kammarettan.
Malayil Am ma..
Look who's here!
Kammaretta, Gandhiji is coming to Madurai apparently.
To the Meenakshi temple. - Huh?
To Madurai?
Gandhiji? - Yes.
Didn't the old man leave last time,
saying that the lower castes should be allowed to enter the temple,
and that he won't set foot there until they do that?
That's what.
But now, "Harijans" are going to be allowed inside the temple"
Did you see this?
English? - Pattar brought it from town.
No photo? - Yes. Here.
There's a photo!
Then it must be true!
Oh my Gandhiji!
You don't like Gandhiji?
I like him ..
But I'm a follower of Netaji.
Why so, Kammaran?
Well" Malayil Amma...
when you say Gandhiji, there's this...,
but when you say Netaji, there's this...
Not just that...
Do you know?
Netaji is a Nam biarl!
Nam biar...!?
Isn't Netaji a Bengali, you idiot?
Yes... But...
The Nambiars in Bengal are called 'Bose'.
They belong to the upper-caste!
Salutes, sir.
Sir..
Go and shit inside your house, kiddo.
Sir.. -Are you doing good?
Medicines for the pain?
I'll bring the medicine in the morning.
Keep waiting for it.
Sheesh. These kids don't even bathe!
You know how long I've been sitting here, brother?
It's been 3 days since I washed Bhanu Chechi's clothes.
I thought I'll take it to Lord Ke|u's house..
Take it there?
Will you go and give it?
He is a women-eater.
If you ever land in front of him, I myself will kill you.
Bhanu Chechi is always in front of him, right?
She is his own blood.
He won't touch her.
You are not like that.
We were born as slaves.
She wants to take it there, it seems.
Go and give it to Aunt Gomathy.
Kiddo...
The leaves for Aunt Gomathy's medicines are over.
Tell her that I'll make it once I pluck them from the deep forest.
Oh! Right!
This deep forest is some English medicine shop in the town, right?
Aunt Gomathy says that you have the same skill as father.
Only I know the truth..
Kiddo..
It's getting dark"
Go via Thi|akan's shop.
Don't take the short cut.
Okay, "Kiddo"!
What's happening there?
Can't trust these guys!
Bloody scoundrels".
Yapping all the time..
This place will be clean only if they are all burnt down.
Most of the officers appointed to the police station in Amruthasamudram,
were Inspectors sent there on punishment transfers.
To complaint against Kelu Nambiar",
one had to go meet...
Robert S. Coogan, who was called 'Mad Saheb' by the Tamilians.
The fanatic craze that Saheb had towards Indian arts...,
was much more than what the British Government",
or even his wife, Madam Irene could tolerate.
As Malaria claimed her dear son's life at Amruthasamudram",
she hated that village.
She kept venting out that anger against Saheb.
Madam, please tell him..
They broke my back, sir. Madam, please...
- Kammaran sir, please tell the Inspector" - Leave them , brother.
What are they doing?
Saheb" - Hey Kammaran!
What you asked for, yesterday...
I brought it from Pavanagudi.
What's your "Lord Ke|u" saying?
Some nonsense about you, Saheb.
I feel ashamed to tell you.
Come on. Tell me.
Well",
he is saying...
that your father...
Daddy!
He's saying that your daddy was some crazy Tamilian.
And that's why you're listening to these Tamil songs.
Bloody Indians.
What do we do now?
Just give him this medicine.
Mother, hold this.
Murugesha...
apply this all over your uncle's body. - Okay sir.
The leaves were brought from Ezhimalai.
It's a little expensive.
This is all I have, sir.
This is not enough. But it's okay.
Don't cry..
Murugeshan, come..
Come fast. - Coming, sir.
Murugesha... - Tell me, sir.
Need to tell you something.
That Kelu molested your sister, right?
Yes sir..
To avenge that and this...
I will give you a chance.
Sir.. If you give me such a chance, I'll forever be indebted to you!
Kammaretta"
Thilakan? - Everything is over, Kammaretta.
This is the latest news.
Hitler is dead!
I heard this yesterday itself.
He was hung to death, right? - No.
Didn't he shoot himself?
He must have shot himself while hanging"
Then why didn't you tell me?
I didn't want to make you sad by letting you know.
In a way, it's good that Hitler died.
Do you know what Coogan Saheb says about Hitler?
If Britishers are pigs,
Hitler is a wild bull.
He will keep blabbering like that. Mad Saheb.
No man is alive, to avenge us.
No one!
There is!
Who?
The Japanese!
Japanese?
Have you..
Have you seen their eyes?
One look at their eyes, and you know they were born to win.
True.
So that's why you're saving up Japanese currency?
Bhanu Edathi, how is Malayil Am ma now?
The suffocation to breathe has gone down.
She is on sedation from all those medicines now.
Is Kammaran at home? - No.
Kammarettan has more work during the night, Aunt Gomathy.
He says that only the leaves plucked during full moon can abate diseases.
If he has said that, it must be true.
The oil to apply on my leg is over.
He never forgets that.
Don't know what happened.
The pain starts immediately when that's stopped.
Sigh! Forgot that.
Those leaves can be found only in the forest within the hill.
He couldn't get it when he went there.
Aunt Gomathy, I'm leaving.
Kammarettan had come there yesterday.
A Tami|ian's life was saved only because Kammarettan intervened.
There's no one else to save those hapless souls.
Only he is there if we need something, in this damned village.
I'm thinking of getting you married to him.
There will be someone to take care of the house as well.
Kammarettan?
Kammarettan is an innocent chap, mother.
Very naive.
'Was it me, or the night, that came swimming across the darkness?'
'And waited far away, unseen'
'Like a wind, like a rain... came to your window sill'
'By your side... just to get a glance of you'
'Oh Krishna... The dark Lord'
'Come to me, with a shower of your sweet tunes from the Bansuri'
'Oh Krishna... The dark Lord'
'The Bansuri playing, blue eyed one'
'Was it me, or the night, that came swimming across the darkness?'
'And waited far away, unseen'
'The silky umbrella of sunshine opens in the morning'
'In the drizzle at night, bangles jiggle and smiles bloom'
'A face like a pure stream'
'Through the window sill'
'I caught a glance of it'
'I drowned in the beauty that flows through it... like a cloud'
'Oh Krishna... The dark Lord'
'The Bansuri playing, blue eyed one'
'Was it me, or the night, that came swimming across the darkness?'
'And waited far away, unseen'
'As the sugar canes are filled with honey, the harvest season is here, the mind awakens'
'Sounds of birds chirping on the scattered grains'
'I wandered many a time'
'Where do you disappear?'
'A lifetime is not enough'
'I keep searching for many paths to reach you'
'Like a burning ember'
'Oh Krishna... The dark Lord'
'The Bansuri playing, blue eyed one'
Sir, he created a lot of trouble when we went to hunt for women from his house.
Come here.
This land is mine...
Yourwoman is also mine!
Understood?
Who is it?
Go check!
Terrorists are hiding and attacking. Run!
Run!
Master! Master!
Master! Don't go!
Maheshwari"!!!
Othenan"!!!
You must have gone for your night stroll at the sugar cane field.
What is it, brother? What happened?
Kerosene is over.
When you buy it for the Saheb, buy a little for us too.
Blood! How did this happen?
Show it.
I said no!
You never listen when I tell you to take a torch while going for night walks.
Why do you want to make me anxious?
Keep it here.
I'm just tying it with a cloth. Don't worry.
I won't apply any of your medicines.
Bhanu Edathi &Aunt Gomathy have only nice things to say about you.
But they don't know about this habit of yours!
Stopped having your gruel?
Why can't you tell me if there are stones in it? Won't I throw them away?
Who am I making all this for?
Why did you want to meet me?
Othenettan is here.
He asked me not to tell anyone.
But if I don't say this now,
Othenettan will be in danger.
I can't say this to anyone else.
He's not the same person who left from here.
He has changed completely.
Bhanu...,
did he come to meet you?
No!
You always liked him, right?
I mean...
Between you both...
You should meet him and talk to him.
He's talking about freedom, revolution and all sorts of things.
You should convince him to have a change of heart.
This is not just my necessity.
Grandmother is also worried.
Without knowing where he is, how can I?
Kammaretta"
To the east of Traitor's Hill, there's a wild stream.
He said that it flows to the river Kabani.
It's somewhere along the shore of that stream.
Along with him, there are armed outsiders, apparently.
What happened to your leg?
An old wound!
It has opened up, againm!
Kamala" - Yes.
Where's my purse that was in here?
What is it, brother?
Got it.
Why are you buying this Japanese currency paying such a high price?
Thilakan Chettan told me that Hitler is dead.
Thilakan Chettan!
Just call him by his name!
All he has is that fairness!
Do you know which caste he belongs to?
It's that one!
I have to climb Traitor's Hill tomorrow morning.
The leaves for the medicines are over.
Let me go to sleep early.
Kamah,
Only Hitler is dead.
The Japanese are still dropping bombs like mustard seeds...
You know what? Huge bombs!
In the war, the British would lose to the Japanese.
Then, India would be under Japan's rule.
All the bosses here including Kelu,
and the Sahebs... would be destroyed.
Then there would only be Kammaran, the Japanese and their currency.
And then, I'll walk with my head held high.
Walking is fine! But take care of your leg.
Okay. Go to sleep, Kiddo.
We've captured two spies in the jungle area.
So our camp should stay alert.
And be ready for any situation.
Brother, I've brought that dog. He was running away.
But we captured him. What do we do with him?
Take him away, question him; ask him why he did it.
How he did it...
And on whose command.
Done, brother.
Take this traitor away!
Question him thoroughly! - Yes sir.
Come on! Move!
Forward!
There are two more people.
They came climbing the hills;
Looks like they are from this locality.
I have a doubt on them.
What do we do?
Bring them. - Okay.
Bring them both!
We came looking for medicines to increase Malayil Am ma's eyesight;
and now we've lost our eyesight.
Come here, you..
Where are they taking us? - Careful!
Come on!
You come this way.
Open it.
Kammaretta, it's Othenan.
These are my people, Satnam.
My Very own.
Okay brother.
Inspector Saheb suspects that there are INA members somewhere in this hill.
Many in the town also know about this now.
That we are here? - No.
Then how did you know?
Be careful with the fire.
It can be seen from the fields.
So you came to check, seeing the fire?
Satnam! - Sorry brother.
Physician Vishwambharan?
He's no more.
Do you remember my father, Othenan?
A faint memory.
When I was little, I was bit by a scorpion here once.
None of the English medicines worked.
It was his medicine that healed me.
How did he die?
My mother had a very serious illness.
For her treatment,
our house and field were mortgaged.
To Lord Kelu...
Father!
When he couldn't pay the interest two consecutive times..,
as the Tamilians stood watching...
Lord Kelu spat at my father.
That hurt him deeply.
The next day, he took me and my sister to Pavanagudi town,
and bought everything we wanted to eat.
Then"
he dropped us back home and told us,
Look after your mother and sister.
I will go meet Lord Kelu once more and come.
Eat...
Did he die,
or was he killed? I don't know!
He was found in the river Kabani.
In the river Kabani.
Othenan, we are also with you. Right, Kammaretta?
Kammarettan is very close to the Inspector Saheb here.
Kammarettan will pass on information about them.
Kammaretta‘.!
Oh my God! Othenan!
This is the punishment for traitors.
The Japanese will fight from outside...
We will fight from within the country...
Then these white rats would be helpless.
And thus, our country would be free.
So the news hasn't reached here?
What news?
The Japanese lost in the war.
H...How...!!??
Atom bomb.
At Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan surrendered.
Didn't Kammarettan say that they had huge bombs with them?
Having is not... detonating!
Smart men did it before they could!
What is it, brother?
Everything is over, dear.
What happened?
hast!
Who? The Japanese?
No.
Me!
This Kammaran Nambiar!
Japanese, it seems!
One look at their eyes, and you know that they were born to lose.
Bloody dogs!
When America bombed Japan, it wasn't just my dream, that was shattered.
It was Coogan Saheb's life as well.
Even though Saheb said that Britain won the war,
and that they would be able to go back soon...
Madam didn't believe him.
Scared that the next transfer would be to an even more terrible place,
she left Coogan and left the country forever.
Madam, I'll take it.
Back off, you bloody Indian!
So be it.
Saheb,
While leaving...,
what did Madam show with her finger?
Thank you.
I should learn everything in English, like this.
If I die..,
only you are there for Gomathy and her.
She's your bride-to-be, according to our custom.
Fighting for the country is good...
But..
you should remember this as well.
Othenan!
You should give me a word.
What is it, grandmother?
Don't do anything to Kelu.
It's only after your mother's death,
that he turned into such a terrible person.
How do you think that mother died?
He killed her.
Promise me!
Othenan!
Bhanu...
loving one's woman,
does not mean forgetting the love towards one's own mother.
This country is..
my mother now.
I will come.
To take you along with me.
But...
Tonight is not that night.
Today, there's only one thing on my mind.
My mother.,!!
Didn't you go to study in England, Othenan?
Then how did this happen?
I had set out to go to England.
When I reached Bombay",
the news about the war broke out.
I was excited to watch a war.
To take part in it.
And during my stay in Bombay itself, I joined the British Royal Army.
Our platoon was sent first to the Eastern Front.
65 miles North of Singapore",
in a sudden attack by the Japanese army...,
they made the British Indian Army prisoners.
Among the Indian soldiers who were captured as prisoners...,
they decided to transfer high ranking officers alone...,
from Singapore to an unknown place.
Unveil the gun.
I said, unveil the gun!
Everything is over.
Prepare the gun!
Fire!
Stop!
We didn't understand the meaning of that letter, on that day.
That letter was to enrol us Indian soldiers to the lNA..,
and make us fight in the war against the British.
After a week..,
the Japanese took us to an arena in Singapore.
They told us that a great man from India would come, to address us.
Namaste.
Friends of the war for freedom,
Soldiers,
Brothers and Sisters,
Freedom calls for sacrifice.
You give me blood, I will give you freedom!
I realized what patriotism was, when I heard those words on that day.
Hail Netaji!
Wejoined INA fascinated by Netaji's radiance...,
..to save our own country from centuries of slavery.
When Indian soldiers themselves reach the border of our country...,
the numerous Indian soldiers in the British army would feel guilty",
they would change sides as a whole group and join the |NA..,
and thus, a huge battalion could be marched to Delhi...!
That was what Netaji believed.
But he was wrong.
What we saw there was",
a fierce battle between Indians who were on the British payroll",
and the Indians who were given new lives as alms by the Japanese.
Wait for sometime, brother.
Let this battle get done...
After that!
Sure, brother.
Move forward!
Forward!
Come on!
Move forward!
Glory to the Mother Goddess.
Himanshu, stop!
Himanshu!
Brother!
Vande Mataram. (I bow down to thee, Mother)
Himanshu"!
Brother, stop!
Brother, open your eyes.
Satnam"
Where is Himanshu?
Himanshu?
Look over there.
He's my brother!
Don't shoot me!
No, brother! No!
Unable to defeat the Indian troops of the British...,
when lNA's war front failed",
we understood one thing.
The war for India's freedom...,
should be led from within India.
From Indian minds!
Me and Satnam wandered endlessly.
Somewhere down the line, we had an idea in mind.
|LP..!
Othenan, you should be careful.
Towards the South, the villagers themselves tie up INA members to trees..
And hand them over to the police to get rewards; that's what I heard.
I know.
I also know that the greatest enemies of the Indians trying to save India,
are Indians themselves.
I don't want to live long.
But as long as I'm alive, I don't want my head to bow down!
We have our reasons for coming here.
I'll tell you that when the time comes.
A true patriot!
Right, Kammarettan?
TheAmruthasamudram branch of Indian Liberation Party...
We're officially inaugurating it here today.
You should say the pledge that I taught you.
Take an oath, by holding your palm over the flame.
Me first.
I, Thilakan, hereby pledge that,
I am a member of Indian Liberation Party from this moment onwards...
.. and saving India from enemies within and outside, is my primary & final duty,
With my hand upon this burning flame,
I swear! I swear!
Oh my God!
Kammarettan‘.!
Do it confidently, Kammaretta.
I did it, right? It won't burn.
I have some bad news for you.
It's something that would make us lose our courage.
That's why.
I didn't say it yet.
What is it?
Our..
Netaji has been killed...!!
In an aeroplane accident.
The media has killed Netaji several times earlier as well.
At times, the news of Netaji's death was spread with his approval as well.
To hoodwink the British!
This isn't that.
It's a secret information that Coogan Saheb received.
It never goes wrong.
It's in English.
SIS Document.
Kammaretta, you also take the oath.
My Netaji..!!
Don't cry.
Othenan is a good man.
Don't cry, dear.
My brother Kelu, is really fond of you.
He only hates the sight of me, his sister.
Even brother knows that you are Othenan's girl.
You go along with him.
You will only be blessed.
Don't worry about me.
I have Kammaran and Kamala here, right?
Get up, dear.
Eat something.
It's a face that has been engraved in my heart ever since I can remember.
I've longed for her so much, Selvan Baba...
Whereverl look within me, I can only find Bhanu.
Just her.
I want her.
Don't cry!
Don't cry. Let's see.
God!
My dear"
pick a card auspiciously.
You are fortunate!
In this world, only one in ten thousand gets this card!
Look...
Ravanau‘.!
The one who has 10,000 shrewd ideas in his 10 heads.
Just like you.
You aren't fortunate at all!
This girl has another Lord Sri Ram whom she's waiting for.
Doesn't she?
Don't go there with your desire for her.
Your Lanka will be burnt to ashes.
Don't use force on any woman.
That's disgraceful!
Isn't there any other way, Baba? - No.
Wait.
Let's see once more.
Is there any way for this Ravana to get Sita?
I can see a sign!
Here.
Green leaves and fire!
What is this? - Listen carefully.
At midnight, if a bunch of green leaves burn on their own..,
...you will get her..!!
(Tries to repeat)
What was it again?
Come here.
At midnight, if a bunch of green leaves burn on their own..,
...you will get her..!!
What if I burn them myself?
Get lost!
Brother!
Merchiston is here.
It's time for revenge!
Brother!
Collectorate, "Pavanagudi"
That's when I realized that",
.. Merchiston Saheb had come there thinking that there's some treasure in the temple,
to loot it.
During Coogan Saheb's initial days in Amruthasamudram",
to become his close aide and gain his trust",
I had narrated a lot of both true and false stories about this village and its people.
One among them, was the story of a treasure inside the temple in the forest.
I had never even dreamt that this crazy Saheb would believe it...,
and write it in his book.
A new revelation that he has to return to his own land and his own woman..,
with his head held high..,
..made Coogan Saheb switch back to his real persona from the Mad Saheb that he was.
He says that he didn't come here to sit & chew the betel nut.
What is he saying?
Othenan said that he's going to study in England",
but joined the INA instead, apparently.
Well".
If you give any information about Othenan sir...
he has promised a reward of 1000 Rupees.
Don't shoot!
Come.
Othenan!
Come, Kammaran.
What is it? - Othenan"
I don't know to talk about revolution like you.
But I know one thing.
The best among the weapons to win a war,
is not any of the weapons with you.
It's a man who has a burning heart full of vengeance.
Shall I give you one such person?
Murugesha...
Coming.
Tell him. - Give me a chance, sir.
I'll fall at yourfeet, sir.
Just one chance, sir.
Just one chance, sir!
Tomorrow morning, 11.30 AM...
The south entrance of the Collectorate" - Wait.
There's a problem.
What problem?
Merchiston Saheb will reach Am ruthasamudram after dark tomorrow.
The temple is his target.
For that, Coogan Saheb will make the necessary arrangements.
To make it a law and order problem",
Lord Kelu's goons will attack the Tamil slums.
It's a plan hatched by all three of them. - What's the proof for this?
Here.
This is a book written by Coogan Saheb.
They have made their plan based on this book.
Call Satnam.
Sir, he has gone out with the scout team.
I have to go down the hill once more.
I have to ask the Tamilians to be cautious.
They have to be shifted elsewhere.
I would like to have some weapons.
Send some weapons with him.
Sir, I'll also come with you. - No.
You stay here.
You and Thilakan should stay here.
Okay sir.
Lord Kelu has some doubts. That's dangerous.
You stay here.
Be really cautious. - Okay sir.
Kammaretta, be careful.
Sir, you'll be blessed abundantly!
Salutes, sir.
Sit down.
How is he now?
The pain has subsided.
Did he drink the medicine? - Yes, sir.
I'll give another medicine for the pain.
Sir, Murugeshan came with you in the morning.
He came there in the morning; didn't he come back?
No. sir.
He will come. - Okay sir.
Please bring some water to drink.
I'll bring it, sir.
Oh God! - Be careful".
Kelu Nam biar's goons will attack the Tamil slums tonight.
Othenan and ILP members will come there.
We should finish everything by tonight.
Traitor!
Namaste Pattar...
I came to give a medicine for MalayilAmma.
Okay. Go ahead.
Kammarettan.
Sir..
What is it?
Malayil Amma is really sick.
She wants to meet you.
Kammaran is here as well.
Listen carefully to what I'm going to say now, Bhanu.
Othenan...
is going to kill the Collector.
Tomorrow.
We need freedom...
We need to protest...
I will be there for all that.
I can understand all that.
But..
This is a dangerous game.
I'm saying this because I know the might of the army in Pavanagudi through Coogan Saheb
They wouldn't win...
and every single one of them would fall dead.
Oh no!
Who is in there?
It's me, Bhanu.
When you were about to fall..
Kammaretta,
you should save Othenettan somehow.
I tried my best to convince him.
He didn't listen.
Don't worry.
I will be there as a shield to him!
Always.
But..
Can you see to it that Othenettan doesn't go tomorrow?
Bhanu! - Yes.
Don't be afraid.
I am with you all.
With you!
You should be here.
With grandmother.
Okay? - Yes.
Othenan will be captured by the Whites any moment.
I know where Othenan is.
I'm not asking for anything unreasonable, sir.
You should return our house and land, that belong to my sister and me.
Pattar"
Hey Pattar" - Yes.
Return his documents.
The 'Aadhaaram' (Title Deed)
Sir, that. - Give it back!
Tell me.
Where is he?
I'll tell you.
But..
Before that, you should give me a word.
Nothing should happen to my house or my sister.
You have my word. Tell me.
Sir...
Othenan and his gang are given food and shelter",
by the wastrels in the slums.
They have a grudge against you as well.
Sir, the Tamilians are innocent people
Must be out of helplessness. - Go!
Then shall |.. - Get lost!
Singh Bhai..
You bloody traitor!
Not Traitor! Aadhaar (Title Deed)
What is it?
Singh Bhai!
No! Please!
You dog who licks the Britishers' shoes!
Singh Bhai..
Singh!
Don't kill me!
I did everything for ILP.
Forgive me.
I haven't done anything wrong.
I'll give you everything I own.
Don't kill me.
You bloody traitor!
Your game is over!
Kammaran Anna, nothing happened to you, right?
Who is he?
What's the problem?
He is Ke|u's man.
He came to molest your women.
I was stopping him.
You please leave.
We will take care of this.
Hey! Pick him up!
Pick him!
Grandmother,
Othenan"
Othenan will kill Kelu.. - Nothing will happen"
What happened, brother?
What's that on your face?
Come.
What is it?
Tell me what happened!
Father"
Kiddo..
Here.
Hold this.
Keep it here.
Kiddo...
this key,
it's yours from now on.
This house, fields, this title deed; everything is yours from now on.
Our poor father"
Brother"
Bring the gruel, dear"
Brother,
Did you see Thilakan Chettan?
Torch all the huts!
Sir, bomb!
Fire! Fire!
It's them! |LP..!!
What's happening there?
Sit down, kiddo!
Othenan...
like Kammarettan said, Kelu and his goons are attacking the Tamil slums.
Where is Satnam?
You take care of the goons.
Merchiston is mine!
Go! Go!
Come on,fast!
Thimmappa! - Master!
Beat them all to death!
Othenan...
Othenan! - Grandmother!
Gomathy" - Nothing will happen, grandmother.
Othenettan will come.
Othenan... - Grandmother"
Stay here itself.
Gowda, burn everything!
Don't spare anyone!
Don't spare even a single hut.
Torch them! Torch them all!
Whatever happens, whatever you hear, don't open the door.
Don't step outside, at all!
Grandmother!
Othenettan will come.
Go that way! Fasﬂ
Torch it!
Pour it all over. Torch every single one of them..
At midnight, if a bunch of green leaves burn on their own;
you will get her.
Sir, save us. Please!
They have burned everything, sir.
Save us, sir.. - I'll save you!
Come here..
You and your bloody ILP!
Sir..
Malayil Am ma".
Her condition is really bad. You should go there quickly.
Burn all these huts and even the fields!
We fed milk to snakes!
Mother!
Mu rugeshan!
Get up!
Come.
We shouldn't let Kelu get away.
Come.
Grandmother!
Sir..
What happened, sir?
Sir..
Oh no! Who did this?
Was it Murugeshan? - Yes.
No!
It's me!
Vishwam bharan Nambiar's son.
Kammaran.
Kammaran Nam biar.
This is not over yet.
Kam maran has just begun!
Oh God!
Save me!
Kammaran?
Yes!
Go along with Kelu Nambiar, to hold his umbrella!
Sir! Save us!
Sir! Please save us!
Go! Go!
Get up and go!
Save me, sir.
Go! Go!
Sir, everything is burning!
We've lost everything!
Leave me, sir..
Kammaran!
Othenan"
Take the women and children away.
Kammaretta‘.!
You were betraying us?
You traitor!
You betrayed this land and that innocent Othenan..
Long Live ILP!
Othenan"
Kammaran"
There's someone behind all this.
I'm sure about that.
Or else, how did the Inspector know that we would reach there?
Where did Satnam go?
Kammaran"
Freedom and revolution,
are ideals.
Even if I get killed..,
a thousand Othenans will rise from my pyre.
If you are able to escape",
you should do one thing for me.
I have to inform something to someone.
Kammaran"
This letter will save you from the British.
Saheb.. Othenan?
Saheb"
Thank you!
Aunt Gomathy!
What do I say"
It's all over, Aunt Gomathy!
Othenan has been taken to Calcutta.
I heard that he would be deported to Andaman from there.
Saheb said that they will kill him.
Oh no! Othenan, my dear!
Don't cry, aunt.
I'm there for you.
I'll be there for you.
Sit here, aunt.
Bhanu"
In:
I tried my best.
But I couldn't.
This Kammarettan couldn't do it.
We were betrayed!
We were betrayed by Lord Kelu!
Bhanu"
Kammaretta‘.!
Don't cry!
I'll be there for you.
I'll be there for you...
I'll be there for you hereafter" This Kammarettam.
Kamala
Kamala!
What is she doing?
Kamala!
My kiddo...
Thilakan Chettan said that Hitler is dead.
Did you see Thilakan Chettan?
I didn't know this, my kiddo...
So what happened to Othenan?
Had you met Othenan after that?
Slogan: "Somewhere down in the South.."
Slogan: "At the shore of waves"
Slogan: "When her husband was not around..."
Kammaran sir...
Are you okay?
Kammaran Sir..
Bose!
Francis sir.
Francis sir!
Sir, did you see Othenan after that?
Oh no! Father! - What happened, sir?
Did he kick the bucket?
Dad!
Dad? - Open your eyes, dad.
I would've got some money. The old man won't let me have that too!
What happened to Kammarettan?
Nothing. He went to sleep.
Pulikesi sir, how is the story?
I have never heard such a story in my lifetime!
I want to make this real story into a film.
Did he say anything about my protests and strikes?
No?
Francis sir...
contrary to what you think, he's no MGR (hero)!
MN Nambiar! Villain!
Villain?
So it won't happen? - Why did he say that?
Achaya, I'll tell you something.
If you're planning to make an art film like...
‘Kanchanaseethd, 'Mathi|uka|' or'Ponthan Mada;
I'll break your head with every award statuette that it gets!
Got it? - Siju,
Calm down, Siju.
If this is a snake I brought, I'll take out its poison myself!
Understood?
It will do good for us, only if we boost ILP.
We should turn this MN Nambiar into an MGR!
For this we need a full on mass movie...
that promotes this Kammarettan, Surendran and Bose to the T.
Will any of this happen?
It will happen.
How?
VIP...!!
Pulikesi sir,
In Tamil, your remuneration is 1 crore, right?
I'll give you 2 crores.
That too, in black.
Here is one crave as advance.
Francis sir, I understand what kind of film you need.
If you want me to make the film as you wish,
I have 2 conditions.
What?
Condition No.1...!
you need to give me the Tamil-Hindi rights for Kammaran's story.
That means? - No way!
Only then I can make the movie in my way, over there.
Achaya, that's not possible! - That's okay!
It's in Tamil & Hindi, right?
But one thing.
You can start there only after it releases here.
Of course!
Condition No.2...!
You need to give me artistes who match these photos exactly.
Sure!
And for Othenan's character, Tamil star Siddharth.
That's all your choice, sir.
And for Kammaran's character,
your Weep sir.
Then who will do my character?
Dulquer?
Then"
First I need to see the flag of your ILP.
The flag is here. - Do we have a flag?
The flag is all dusty.
How is it? - Hold it the other way round!
How is it?
What is this?
We need a new flag.
Take that black cloth.
What for?
A black flag?
Vignesh, give me the marker.
Here, sir.
Oh! A new design?
Sheesh!
Crow shit on a black flag!
Draw! Let me see!
A raining cloud.
A lightning bolt.
Hereafter, this will be |LP's flag.
In the scorching heat of corruption, with a raining cloud of virtue;
like a lightning bolt, ILP!
How is it? -Awesome!
Nice, right?
And ya, director!
What's the name of our movie?
The name of the movie is...
Sam bhavam ('The Event')
It's time for an interval now!
And watch the rest of the movie in the theatre!
Hey Bose!
Bose!
Why do you keep calling Bose, Bose all the time?
I'm here only.
Hey..
Some truths and facts that I told the director who came that day,
I'm anxious to know how the people would respond to it.
You said whatever came to your mind, without any memory or sense.
And now you're anxious?
God only knows what all troubles are going to come ourway.
Hey..
When is that film releasing?
They have finished shooting it. It will release next week.
I want to see that film.
Why?
Isn't it...
my own story, after all?
Waiting to see your biography as a movie like Kanchanamala?
Shut up and go to sleep, you old man!
You're about to die and you want to watch movies?
Hey Bo..
God! I hope there won't be any trouble.
Drink it, my darling.
Vishwambharan!
You son of a b@$%! Come out!
Kammaran!
Beyond this step", it's our country!
Our free country.
No White man,
and no Indian with his knees bent before him..,
should cross this step!
If they do, slice them up, boy!
I'll take care of mother and sister.
You go ahead, father.
Who wants to kill this Vishwambharan? Come!
Othenan!
Is he the Lok Mariya Thilak of Am ruthasam udram?
Thimmappa! - Madam!
Hail... Motherland...!!
Father!
'The Event'
But who? Where?
You both have only one job.
You must deliver these two letters safely.
Netaji, we've captured two of your soldiers who were acting as double agents.
What would you want us to do with them?
These two?
Kneel down!
Forgive us, Netaji. - Forgive us, Netaji.
We made a mistake.
Forgive us, Netaji.
Dhi||on..
Deliver this photo to Himanshu. - Yes sir.
Command him to show it to the recipient of the letter,
so that he understands that this is my last command.
Even if Netaji is alive or not...
Bapuji should definitely stay alive.
Long Live... India!
Get the dogs down!
Move! Move!
Prepare your guns.
Fire.
Brother!
Himanshu Roy...
Namaste, my friend.
Othenan!
Othenan...
Nam biar!
Brother, see this.
Whom has he sent it for?
Satnam, quick!
Maheshwari",
the farmer's sweat is like nectar for the land.
But..
if his blood falls on the soil, this land will burn!
The crops will burn!
God created landlords, to pluck unwanted weeds amongst the serfs.
And not to advocate non-violence and stay coughing and barking!
If there's no serf..,
there won't be a landlord! Remember that!
Maheshwari!
When a person commits a sin..,
...Time would stand still and silent like a mute.
But...
it will open its mouth some day in the future;
It will shout out whatever it has to say...
A... for Atrocity!
B... for Bravery!
That's me!
A for? - Atrocity!
Br.... - Oh no! Teacher!
Bhanu Chechi, Maheshwari Amma. - Don't worry.
Sir, no. Please!
Maheshwari Am ma is here!
Move! Move away!
- Move! - Maheshwari Am ma!
Salutes, Am ma!
Amma, he wants to say something to you.
Am ma,
please give us some more time.
Some more time? Beat him to death!
Stop it!
Ammﬂ
Don't hit me, Am ma!
Don't hit me!
Don't hit me, please!
Reveal yourself!
Bhanu Chechi,
It's Kammarettan.
(Cheering)
Kammaran,
I finished paying the full amount with interest.
But still".
Hey Kammaran...
When he pulled your father Vishwambharan Nam biar to the pole..,
with his neck tied to a sugar cane shoot",
he spat out phlegm, and shat his pants",
and palpitated like a dying dog!
And screamed like a little girl!
You weren't lucky enough to see or hear that.
You were too late...!!
You could only see the Vishwambharan swinging dead on the pole",
with mucous and eyes popping out.
You didn't hear anything! You didn't see anything!
That's why you are here, standing like a pole in front of me!
Maheshwari Am ma...
By seeing what never happened",
By hearing what was never told",
By reporting what was never true..,
You people have destroyed the lives of many innocent people...
for crimes they never committed.
This has become the land of fake Messiahs like you!
To save this land from demons like you...
I have taken a re-birth. And my name is Kammaran!
Re-birth, my foot!
Are you trying to scare Maheshwari with these wastrels?
The people who are with me..are not wastrels!
They are not like your men, who lick boots at the very mention of the word "Money"!
They desire nothing. They believe in truth alone.
They have pledged their lives and souls to destiny.
They are my fellow warriors, who have come prepared for the final battle!
This was their land.
Their own land, that was snatched away from them.
BY you!
If you dare...,
try touching these poor people again!
Hail... |LP..!!
Hail... Kammaran..!! - Pattar..
Hail... Kammaran..!! Hail... |LP..!!
Maheshwari Am ma,
inform everyone near and dear to you...
Your fall has begun!
Hail... Motherland...!!
‘Kammaran, The Event..!!'
' You drown in the sea, Only to rise, O! Mighty sun! '
' The star of absolute truth...!'
' Friend to the poor... Messiah to the downtrodden...‘
' You break all webs of deceit... '
' Alone, you bring Great Britain to her knees... '
' Handcuffs, you make flowers of... Kammaran, you are an event! '
' Kammaran, you are an event! '
‘Kammaran, The Event..!!'
' Elements, five, tremble at yourtale‘
‘Kammaran, The Event..!!'
"Oh men, who give me your love, You are my only power! "
" Here, for you, is my battle! "
‘Kammaran, The Event..!!'
' This tale of Kammaran... ls written by the brave...!! '
"No need to play slaves... To the English blokes. "
" Together we will... Bring down this demonic rule...!! "
' He is the highest cloud.., when at war...!! '
' He is limitless.., when with friends...!! '
' You drown in the sea, Only to rise, O! Mighty sun! '
' The star of absolute truth...! '
' Friend to the poor... Messiah to the downtrodden...‘
' You break all webs of deceit... '
' Alone, you bring Great Britain to her knees... '
' Handcuffs, you make flowers of...‘
Hey Pattar"
This freedom struggle & revolution are like cancer.
They should be burnt down as soon as they raise their heads.
Saying 'don't do anything now'..,
if we don't do anything at the right time..,
it will be really difficult, later.
It's because we didn't do anything",
that these scoundrels have grown taller than our roofs!
What you said is true", mother!
God! Master Othenan!
Even after so many years, you are still beautiful, mother.
Son..
Namaste"
Your father.
Kelu Nam biar!
I don't want to see...
...that "patriot"!
India shouldn't win freedom.
This country should be ruled by the Whites and us.
Imagine how it would have been if the British hadn't come here.
Everything that we see here, was made by them.
Roads, bridges, electricity, trains, everything!
If they are given freedom, the people here would fight each other in the name of..
Pork and beef, and pounce at each others' throats!
No Kammaran shall rise from this Amruthasam udram.
All this will be over.
All the powers against us, would be destroyed.
But there's no point in chopping and severing their horns and limbs.
They should be uprooted.
Their very foundation should be uprooted.
They should be killed.
Yes.
Kammaran should be killed!
No, mother.
Then?
Wait. I'll tell you.
For the time being, no one should know that I have come here.
Including my father.
I need to meet Kammaran.
First I have to join him as his close aide.
Kammaran!
Kammaran,
I came here to meet you.
To hand over a letter to you.
Himanshu was killed in British bombing.
Netaji gave this letter to me...
...at Formosa.
I had to break three security walls of British agencies to reach here.
This is a command for you.
Netaji's last command!
Netaji got this photo clicked for you, Kammaran.
Gandhiji...
in Madurai..!!?
They have planned to kill Gandhiji.
At Madurai.
We should stop them.
Even if we have to sacrifice our lives.
This is Netaji's last command.
We will stop them.
Definitely!
How do you know Netaji so well, Kammaran?
After my father's death",
I left this village.
I decided that I'd need the help of great powers, to wage a war against injustice",
and wandered a lot.
The place I walked in, first, was Gandhiji's abode.
Kammaran,
please be calm for some time, son.
Congress badly needs patriots like you.
Bapu,
My only leader... is you, Bapu!
Whoever is with you in the Congress party,
all of them are completely dishonest, Bapu.
I cannot fight this war for freedom, along with them.
Son,
I have summoned someone to meet you.
I strongly believe",
that if you talk to him,
you will definitely have a change of heart.
I be|ieve..,
that you would forgive me.
Hail Motherland! - Hail Motherland.
I decided that I can't save this country by staying there.
Finally,
at Imphal,
I found my hero.
Netaji!
Come on!
Careful.
Lie down, sir.
A raining cloud,
and a lightning bolt.
This will be the symbol of our party.
|LP..!!
Gandhiji will be killed.
But the one who's going to be caught",
will be your nemesis, mother.
Who?
Kammaran Nam biar.
How's it going to happen?
Gandhiji is coming.
On the coming February 2nd..,
to Madurai,
and the Meenakshi temple there.
The lower castes should be allowed to enter the temple..,
and unless they are allowed there, he said he won't set foot there!
Yes.
But now, he is coming to visit the temple, knowing that it has been permitted.
Beautiful whiskey.
I got it imported from abroad.
Don't worry, mother.
First Gandhiji,
Then Kammaran.
Using the rat snake Kammaran",
we should execute the "Mahatma" we all fear, Gandhiji..!
Gandhiji's death...
More than the Whites, it's the landlords here who want it to happen.
If my calculations are right",
the attack will happen at one among the three places I'm going to mention now.
Madurai
One.
The entrance of Madurai Meenakshi temple.
Two.
The royal path through which the procession that brings Gandhiji will pass.
Three. Madurai railway station.
Thilakan will be commanding the ILP cadre around the temple.
The responsibility of the royal path will be for Murugeshan.
Then, Madurai railway station",
...the most dangerous landing point.
There.. - Me and Satnam will be there.
From the moment Gandhiji's feet touch this Tamil land",
...till he leaves from this land,
I will be there, as his shadow!
Hail... |LP..!!
Hail... "Mission Daddy"!
Bhanu...
loving one's woman",
does not mean forgetting the love towards one's own mother.
This country is my mother now.
I will come, to take you along with me.
But tonight is not that night.
Today, there's only one thing on my mind.
My mother!
You should come.
Kammarettaa"
Shall I also come to save Gandhiji?
No Surendran.
You should be here.
To protect Bhanumathi. - When did this happen?
Keep quiet. It's nothing... but truth!
Ya rig ht!
There will be tight security arrangements by the police and ILP,
at Madurai railway station.
It's impossible for us to go there.
We're not going to Madurai, Satnam.
Then?
We will go to Thiruchirappally.
Before reaching Madurai railway station...
Gandhiji will have his last meeting",
...with us!
Kammaran shall find GandhijL.
...but a dead Gandhiji"!
Kammaretta‘.!
Kammaretta... BETRAYAL!
Othenan is a traitor"!
He came here to kill Gandhiji"!
And he's planning to frame you for that"!
Lord Kelu told this to me..!
Saw the twist?
What if I wasn't there?
Anyway, Othenan is not a fool to attempt it at the railway station.
Then?
Thilakan,
let all of them go inside the station.
Move to positions..!!
What about us?
'Oh my departing beloved'
'Co m e back'
You seem to be in a good mood, brother.
If this mission turns out to be successful,
you must get married next year.
Satnam",
my bride is this country's destruction!
Attention!
He is in the next compartment.
Take cover.
How did Kammaran know about our plan?
This mission can't fail!
He's coming after me. Finish him!
Thilakan...
Othenan..!! Don't spare him!
Kammaran!
You cannot stop me!
To defeat me, or our British Empire, on which the sun never sets",
...you or your ILP haven't grown as yet, you son of a B!##h!!
The British and us, will RULE India!
First you!
Then your Gandhiji"!
I am IMMORTAL"!
You traitor!
To defeat your British empire, on which the sun never sets, and you..,
...this Kammaran alone is enough!
If there's a Maheshwari Amma behind you..,
....behind me, there are millions of people betrayed by you!
There are the prayers of so many mothers!
Kammaran...
You mustn't stay alive to attack Gandhiji again, you deceiver!
If I say that I boarded that train,
to save Gandhiji, from Indians who are my brothers",
and the British, who were hand-in-hand with them..,
...would you believe that?
No..!
If I say that it was Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who commanded me,
to board the train and protect Gandhiji's life...
Leave alone today",
would you ever be able to believe it?
No.,!!
I have nothing more to say, "Saheb"!
Go!
Go and test if the hangman's rope is strong enough!
It's a rope that has to take the life of a truthful man!
It needs to be strong.
Go!
Jawahar,
he is the person I was talking to you about.
There are very few patriots like him.
He is Kammaran Nambiar...
from Amruthasamduram.
If it is a boy that you give birth to",
name him,
Bose..!
Name him Subhash Chandra Bose..!
Dad!
Hail... |LP..!
Long Live... Kammaran Ayya..!!
Officer",
didn't you ask me what my last wish was?
I want to watch my death with my own eyes.
Don't cover my head. - That's not possible.
It's a rule.
"Saheb"!!
Kammaran... has been acquitted..!!
Long Live... Kammaran..!! Hail... |LP..!
Long Live... Kammaran..!!
Long Live... Kammarettaml!
Long Live... Kammaran..!! Hail... |LP..!
You should lead us, Kammaran.
No.,!!
This is a land that gave birth to so many people much greater than me.
To rule you, there's the Congress.
There are many Sanghs, parties and accomplices.
If ever a day comes, when this land slumps into corruption and violence",
on that day",
if this country feels that it needs me..,
and if I am alive on that day",
I will definitely come...!!
Long Live... Kammaran..!!
Awesome, dad.
- Dileepetta, awesome. - Thanks.
Long Live... KammarettanJ! Hail.. lLF-‘...!!
(cheering continues)
Lalu, just a minute. - It was superb.
Thanks. - Dileepetta, awesome!
Dad, should I hold you?
Excuse me.
Just a minute.
Kammaran sir..
Oh! It's actor Dileep.
Namaste.
lam Dileep.
What do you do? - Huh?
He is the actor, who played your character in this movie - Dileep.
Uh..Oh! Make way!
He's an old man, right?
The crowd has gathered to catch a glimpse of Kammarettan.
As Kammaran sir's son, what is your opinion?
It's a great blessing that I was born as this father's son.
I grew up listening to these stories of my father from my mother.
Okay Dileepetta! - Bye.
See!
Look at their excitement!
Lalu,
I'm the one who suffered and took all the troubles.
Look! - That's how it should be, right?
The audience should always be with the character",
and not with the actor!
What? - Well".
the credit for that goes to the actor. To you!
Congratulations! - Ya right.
All the best, Kammaran sir.
‘To rule for five years..., The tender has been called for! '
' The run has begun!'
' The land is all quaking! '
' The biggies are shaken... The foxes are bewildered! '
' What will we get? What will we get? '
' For standing with you, what will we get?‘
"Notes and tickets, you will get!"
"And seats for the lucky ones!"
"We'll sing all the way... And win the race!"
"Brew it! Mix it..!!"
"Add some soda to it..!!"
"Then, think and think, on how to win back the defector"
"We'll throw notes, and win seats!"
"We'll throw notes, and buy votes!"
"We'll hoodwink the people..,
and win, win and WIN...!!"
The agonies that both Kammarettan &| went through, to save Gandhiji"!
Have you not seen it? Don't you know it?
I have fought",
against the British!
I have waged wars!
"Milk will flow! Honey will flow!"
"Let's bluff, bluff and bluff...!!"
"We'll seduce them all", and make them fools...!!"
"We'll sweep the elections...!!"
"We'll overthrow them.., and rule the land...!!"
"We'll 'sack' the voters, and... win, win and WIN...!!"
You should nominate me for the Chief Minister's post.
Bose Kammaran, Kerala Chief Minister.
"We'll sing all the way... And win the race!"
ILP wave all over Kerala.
For the first time in the history of Kerala,
without a Left front or Right front,
the third front led by the ILP rises to power.
Kammaretta...
The media is waiting for you.
After the election in '57,
this is the first time that journalists from America are waiting here, apparently.
Please come.
And announce who's going to be the Chief Minister.
Namaste, everyone.
I had never desired to be in positions of power.
I've always handed over positions and fame to others, and stayed away.
There's no change in that, even today.
I have only a few days left to die. - Father!
So,
it's wise to give the power to people younger than me.
But what is the greatest threat that our land is facing today?
An irresponsible line of leaders.
In such a situation, no politician whom you are familiar with,
should be given the Chief Ministefs chair.
Time and History... are saying that to me.
Move. Move to the backside.
Another habit of this country is..,
to fit the hats of the fathers on to the heads of the children..,
and raising them up as Pappus!
Children should prove themselves that they are the true successors.
So,
I have the responsibility to make my own son stand away from power now.
Then who else?
I shouldn't be deciding that.
That should be decided by you, the people who voted.
Who should be leading you?
Who should be your Chief Minister?
Kammaran Ayya!
It's me, Murugeshan from Am ruthasamduram. Don't you remember me?
Did you forget me?
We know very well how much you toiled for this land!
Didn't he die then?
You should be the next Chief Minister!
Long Live... Chief Minister Kammaran Nambiar..!!
Freedom fighter Kammaran Nam biar is the Chief Minister of Kerala.
The ILP front meeting at Thiruvananthapuram...
unanimously selected Kammaran Nambiar as the Chief Minister.
Let it go on like this for the time being.
Kammarettan won't be around for long.
We'll sort it out.
Just pressurize Siju & Rajappan & we'll get them on our side.
The old man isn't like how you think.
He is like Bheeshma!
He himself has to decide when he should die.
Last month when I took him for a check up, the doctor said"
.. that he has the heart of an 18 year old & blood pressure of a 21 year old.
How's he going to die?
But he's 96 years old, right? Isn't he human? Shouldn't he die?
We'll have to beat him to death.
Will you stand with me?
Kammaretta, we won!
As all of us wished, you became the Chief Minister as well.
I've made a list of things that we have to do first. I'll read it out.
Say it during the speech after the assembly meeting.
We will correct the erratic liquor policy of the earlier governments.
Instead of changing the liquor policy with every ministry",
we will make a permanent liquor policy for the state.
Just bluff that you'll do everything to lead the people to abstinence from liquor
Okay.
Let me see that once.
Francis... - Yes..
I am not that old Kammaran, now.
I'm not the heroic Kammaran you portrayed in the movie, either.
I'm a new Kammaran... a public leader.
OOPs!
This Kammaran cannot look at a piece of paper which looks like a grocery list",
and do things according to your command.
First",
let me study about the liquor policy.
What about us then? After spending so much money...
Yes.
There's one way.
Create a communal riot or unleash violence in the name of some random problem.
Or else, make some woman com plain that the opposition leaders molested her.
Then both the media and the people will go behind that.
In between all this ruckus,
we will make the liquor policy permanent.
We'll keep all the bars open.
And many other things will follow that"!
Such a shrewd brain!
You needn't sit again. Carry on.
And...
it's not us..,
who won.
It's me!
This very me!
Kammaran!
Kammaran Nambiar!
Lost that money as well.
Are you happy now, Achayan?
He wants to study it, it seems!
I had warned you not to trust this old bloke. Suffer now!
If things aren't sorted out according to what we say",
I'll come wearing a belt bomb like Lankan militants!
Then, I'll kill this bastard, & end my life as well..!!
Talk softly!
I swear on my three children!
Achaya, he's not a Chief Minister. He's a Thief Minister!
Will our matter be sorted out? - Everything will be all right!
Ya right! - Why can't you understand?
Here comes your director!
Hello sir. - He came again?
Thank you so much forthe 'favour' you did for us.
Come. Let's go!
Kammaran sir.. Greetings.
Pulikesi. Director.
When I saw that beard and hair, I couldn't recognize you".
Sit down. - Thank you sir.
A film of yours became successful because of me, right?
Yes.
Why did you want to meet me alone?
Just like that.
I just wanted to meet you and wish you.
You're the Chief Minister now, right?
When everyone forced me, what could I do...
Kammaran sir, I'm planning to make your story into a Tamil movie now.
You don't worry at all.
I'll see to it that your name is not damaged.
But to make this story as a film in Tamil",
I need to know the real end, to the story.
Real story.
Didn't I ask you that day itself?
What happened to Othenan?
Othenan Nam biar.
Do you remember, sir?
Slogan: "Somewhere down in the South.."
Slogan: "At the shore of waves"
Slogan: "When her husband was not around..."
Don't worry.
Slogan : "The Government that burned Glory, a pregnant lady"
I haven't come to kill you.
And not to tell the people that you betrayed me and my Movement.
Why did you come here now?
What if someone sees you?
There are C|D's all over.
Who will see me?
Who will they see?
Only you know me.
And only |.. KNOW you!
Let's move there.
India got Independence, it seems!
It's a huge country now!
'Food' for everyone,
'Shelter' for everyone.
'Equality'. 'Impartiality'.
We used to fight for justice back then.
But, today?
When they tortured me in the cells of Andaman",
I wished to stay alive because of only one desire.
A desire to see someone.
Kammaran",
do you know where Bhanu is, now?
I need Bhanu.
She is all I need!
Tell me.
Where is Bhanu now?
Bhanumathi...
is my wife now.
She's the mother of my child.
You traitor!
Yes. I am a traitor!
What else can a Nambiar, who was born at Traitor's hill, be..,
other than a traitor?
You might remember, Othenan"
That night, when I told you about my father's story atop hill.
Didn't I tell you that my father's body, which was half-eaten by the river fish",
was found in the river Kabani?
I'll tell you the rest.
I swore touching that rotten head of his on that day",
that I'll destroy everything that belongs to Malayil Nambiar.
You were everything to him, Othenan!
Weren't you..?
I made your Bhanu mine!
Kammaran!
Kammaran has never returned anything that he has stolen.
Except for the promises he made.
Kammaran sir,
Kammaran sir!
You didn't say anything.
Did you see Othenan after that?
Pulikesi,
I narrated my story to you.
That's a fact.
You added a lot of masala and made it into a movie...,
in your own style.
The people... believed it.
Now you needn't change it.
What I said... was the truth.
Whatever the public believed... is also the truth.
And this is called...
HISTORY...!!
There's something that all my predecessors on this chair did.
I also must do it.
Forget the roads I travelled, to reach here..!!
Now that Kammaran has arrived",
he has to get Kerala sorted..!!
The time is perfect..!!
Subtitled By Vivek Ranjit