'THOOVANATHUMBIKAL'
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How can this be bad?
Since it is faulty. - Varghese, business is business.
Yes, it is. - Is this fair?
I let you trash all these.
What is there to lose in it?
Those aren't coconuts. - They must be areca nuts!
No matter what happens, I won't let you do this. - Jayakrishnan!
No.. - Don't be too smart, mister.
There's no point in arguing.
There's nothing more to inspect. - Let me see.
Damn! - Why are you surprised by his behaviour?
How would he not inspect?
His father was the type of man who would search even in excrement
if it helped in monetary gain.
So won't he show those traits?
Hey.. If you speak ill of my father..
Why are you taking that? - Repeat what you said. I dare you!
I didn't say anything to you, did I?
Then what did you say? - I was talking to him.
Even so, weren't you talking about me?
Weren't you? - Hold him.
Say it! - Jayakrishnan.. - He's gone crazy..
Let him say whatever he wants to. - I'll show you!
You didn't hear what this rascal said!
Come here, dear. - Leave it.
He's drunk and blabbering, don't.. - I must hack the old fool!
Let go! - Hack me.. - No! - Let go!
Let me go! - Mother!
How dare he say that!
I used to wonder if he was mute or dumb while your father was alive.
Now, look at him!
After the landlord died
everyone started showing their true colours.
What can't he say?
Isn't he a tenant? Isn't everyone on his side?
Who's there for the landlord? - That..
Don't! - I'll.. - Come here! - What did he think?
Come. - Go inside.
I'm talking to you after enquiring at the market price.
Yes..
The price is Rs. 1.20.
Isn't 90 paise your estimation?
Yes. I have 60 nutmeg trees too.
I can't say how much the yield will be.
Yes. There might be that much.
I'm expecting a slightly higher price.
What? I am not compelling you to.
Come if you're ready to pay the price I quote.
Why waste the fare otherwise?
What? I was stating the obvious.
If you're not here on the specified date, I can't help you.
Yes. I'll look for other buyers.
Yes. Okay..
Okay.
Can't you calculate this after taking a bath?
Let the pond cool down. It would still be warm now.
You're not bothered about cleanliness anyway.
Don't you know that I came back just now?
That's what I said. - Me too!
Who is that at this time?
Is that you, Rishi?
He's here! Now you won't bathe anytime soon!
Did you get it? - I did, my friend.
It takes a battle to get something repaired by that weasel.
Didn't you find anyone else for the job?
How can we blame him?
How many times has this thing broken down? Eight or nine?
Wow! It's good as new.
Now, it will run smoothly.
At least for eight and a half months.
Why stop there? Can't you say nine?
Rishi, will you reply honestly to a question of mine?
Ask away. - Don't you charge for taking this to town
and bringing this thing back from there?
What does that mean? - Accept payment.
That's it. - No! - What?
He is strict about his fee.
Rs. 5 for taking it there and Rs. 6 to bring it back.
The net transportation fee is Rs. 11.
What kind of a man do you think he is? He is cunning!
Rs. 11 for all this? Too bad!
Ideal friends you are!
How goes the new business? It seems profitable.
Profit, my foot!
What? - The only business I get is when a bulb blows out.
The wires, cables and other items are still there.
I hope they don't rust.
That will require some work.
I know what you do in that throne of yours by the roadside.
Ogling. Ogling at the young beauties
that pass by your shop.
You are right in a way.
Yes. - Sitting there yields such benefits.
That is one of the reasons why I sit there.
What is there to see in this village?
I can live here under my family's pride.
Like you live in the shadow of your heritage.
And isn't it the time when marriage proposals start to come?
If they inquire about my job
I can say that I run a business in the town.
It's like hitting two birds with one stone.
But as far as I know, you have only been throwing.
You hardly hit any birds. Such is your skill.
That's true, my friend.
You should see what some guys in the town do.
That too, youngsters.
Why take the town as an example?
You don't know since you pay weekly visits.
What do you think is happening here?
You should hear them share their experiences.
The real experiences!
You'll be shocked!
Damn! Shouldn't we break it in, man?
Do it. Who is stopping you?
Isn't Thresya Jose your neighbour?
Geez! - What?
She is the hot commodity at the moment.
The current trend.
Really? - Yes. Aren't all the guys on her tail?
I heard she comes to the town occasionally.
They say people come for her or she goes with them.
Isn't she your neighbour? Try your luck. What's there to lose?
I must not lose my dignity.
If we ruin our reputation here
where else can we survive?
If we are not careful, we'll be in trouble.
At this rate, you'll only gather stones and never throw any.
So will you!
Excuse me. Where is Devi Electricals?
Go that way. - That way? - Yes.
Yes! Found you!
Your shop is hard to find. I had to ask around a lot.
What brings you here? - What a heat!
Jose, two cups of tea, please. - No need of that.
I'm in a bit of hurry. - You just got here.
Yes. But that doesn't mean I am free, does it?
Your shop looks awesome.
It's fancy.
So what brings you here?
I need to buy a goat's head.
What? - It's for making some soup for my mother.
She has arthritis. The meat here isn't like that at home.
We get fresh meat here.
I'm also planning to buy some vegetables since I came here.
It costs only half the price we pay back home.
But will you spend money to travel 14 kilometres
just to buy a goat's head and vegetables?
Oh! - Do you believe me now?
I do. - Then come on. Let's go.
My vehicle is in the garage. - No need of that, my friend.
Jose, I'll be back soon. - Okay, sir.
What?
Here. 20. 22. 23.
This isn't what we agreed upon. - This will do.
What? - You heard me.
This is Re. 1 less. - Yes.
I know how much I gave you. Aren't you the one who accepted less?
I gave you the money I wanted to give. - I see.
Do you decide the price? - In this case, I do.
Keep this too.
This.. - That will do!
Why bargain over a corpse's head?
That's what I am telling you! - Me too!
God! What a heat!
They say the summer has only begun.
At its peak, the rooms will be too warm and uninhabitable.
I admire you, my friend.
Shall we drink some lemonade?
Lemonade with salt. It's good for the heat. - Yes.
But it will cost us. - Let it.
Why amass wealth if you can't enjoy life?
What do you think?
What? Do you need more salt?
Salt? - Yes. - That's cheap, isn't it?
Don't you have ice? - I don't.
What is a lemonade without ice? - We don't have ice.
Couldn't you have told us that earlier?
I see. You didn't ask me, did you? - Oh, so we have to ask for it.
Yes, you do. - Then why in the world did you hang this here?
What does 'Cool drinks' mean?
It means cold water. Do you know that, moron?
I'll go to school and learn it then. - What..
Don't, Jayakrishnan. - S-Shut up, will you?
After paying him our hard-earned cash
should we listen to him running his mouth?
Drink if you want to! Feel free to leave if you don't!
It's okay if you don't pay me. - I don't need your charity!
We don't need this moron's lemonade!
Drink up! We shall see if we can get lemonade with ice.
Come.
Are you for hire? - Yes.
Where are we going? - Just come, will you?
Go.
Come.
Let the rickshaw wait. We will be back once we drink some lemonade.
We'll be right back. - Okay. - Come.
Hey! - Let go!
Come.
'Smoking and alcohol consumption are injurious to health.'
Hello!
No one is here.
Thank God.
No one here knows us. - What?
Boys from our place come here sometimes.
Okay. - I have caught a few of them.
If one of them sees us.. - What will they do? - Hey!
Won't everything be finished? Won't we lose our faces?
How can that be?
What are you saying?
Will drinking lemonade defame us?
Hey, come here.
Do you have ice? - What is it for? Cooling your head?
Do you have ice or not? - We do.
Okay.. - Two lemonades with ice.
Both without soda. Add salt instead of sugar.
Okay. - Okay.
And use a lemon each. - Okay.
Hey. Shouldn't we enjoy as well?
Is this how enjoyment is supposed to be?
You're right.
Enjoyment must reach its peak, shouldn't it?
Yes.
How about we drink a couple of beers?
This summer heat demands some beer if you ask me.
That's true.
But now.. Here..
So, David.
Do you have some chilled bottles of Kingfisher beer? - Yes.
Two beers, please.
I was wondering what was going on.
Commence. - Okay.
Cheers.
So you drink, don't you, Jayakrishnan?
No! Just occasionally..
Look who it is!
Are you back again? - What? - Give it here.
You! He is Jacob. - Hello!
Hello. - He is Unni. He is Babu.
That is Enashu. - Get us some beers, man.
Stop staring. - Drink up.
Go on.
George! - Yes.
How are you? - What to say?
I was watching his new game unfold.
Varghese!
Come here..
How are you? - Good morning, sir. - Good morning. - A bag?
What's in it? - Nice! - Lots of stuff.
What is this? A snake gourd?
Spinach too. - What? - A goat's head, too.
Here. - What is this, Jayakrishnan? Put that down.
Didn't I show you? - Isn't that for the soup?
Didn't we go through a lot to buy it?
This can't be shown in public.
Let that stay there. - Let that stay there.
Rishi, this is Babu. Three of his buses go through our route.
Devamatha. - Yes. Devamatha.. - Yes.
He owns it. His family owns 17 buses.
Babu, he's Rishi. He runs an electrical business here.
Electrical business? What kind of business is that?
Where? - Here. In the marketplace.
Devi Electricals.
Devi Electricals?
Since when did you start selling electricity?
He's my friend. He lives near my house.
Leave him alone. - I did.
So let's start without wasting time, shall we?
Yes. - How did you escape the last time?
To say that.. It's a long story.
"She's a rich girl. She don't try to hide it."
"Diamonds on the soles of her shoes."
"He's a poor boy. Empty as a pocket."
"Empty as a pocket and nothing to lose."
"Sing.."
"She's got diamonds on the soles of her shoes."
"Diamonds on the soles of her shoes."
Jayakrishnan!
Hey! Jayakrishnan!
We didn't drink the lemonade.
We must not pay for it.
No way! - Hey! Sit down.
We didn't drink it.
So, Thangal. - I remember vividly.
I know. - What's the program?
Like we discussed. - I.. - Shouldn't we
rid him of his frustration?
Why not? I'm on my way.
I only need to bring the item. - We didn't. - We'll be back.
We have an auto.
"She's this.." - We..
Bye, David. - Okay.
Good night. - Okay. - Okay.
"Taken into.." - An auto rickshaw.
Hey! What is this?
Enough! Your intestines will come out.
What is this? He won't leave us in peace.
Hey! E-Enough!
What kind of vomiting is this?
Enough!
- We didn't drink..
We didn't pay for the lemonade.
Stop it. - Hey!
Hey! Shut up! I'll..
Stop it. Hey!
Lemonade.. - I'll kick you!
Hey!
I doubt the guy at the counter was from our place.
Screw him! What if he knows me?
Will he kill me? - No.. - Then?
Will the hotel's management have an issue? - No way!
We own this floor now, you know?
We have all these rooms.
In case there's a problem, I'll buy this hotel.
Do you want to see that? Do you? Come..
Hey. - What? - Come silently. Hold this.
We have a guest.
Didn't you express a certain desire? - Yes.
Go on..
Don't you know her?
Thresya Jose.
She is the girl from our neighbourhood.
What? Are you saying that you don't know me?
No. I know you.
You are not enemies, are you? - No. - No.
You will be happy!
Well, aren't you leaving?
Yes. - I figured.
If I stay, this will continue.
Then don't. - Won't you be here? - Sure.
You can leave. - He's our boy.
I got this.
Okay. I'll see you. - Okay. - Okay.
Isn't all this a game for him?
These are just silly things.
Did he leave last night?
Go to his home now.
He will be doing his usual chores.
So.. Which one is the game?
Everything is a game for him.
You can use this room till 12 p.m. - No. I'm leaving. - Okay.
Thangal, was that true?
About Jayakrishnan? - Everything about his is true.
Why should I lie about that man?
No. About him still being a celibate..
It's true as per my knowledge.
All his games are for his friends.
I got it. How come Jayakrishnan has so many friends in this town?
I never imagined. - You wouldn't.
He was on a roll in this town for quite a few years.
How do you think his college life was?
A lot of the landlord's ill-gotten gains were spent here back then.
Even now, he doesn't need anything to execute his will in this town.
How can that be? - That's how it is.
Everyone knows him.
In one week, he will personally pay
everyone the amount they name.
That is a secret trip of his to the town.
He'll leave without seeing anyone that time.
The monetary security he offers is better than that of a bank.
So the best hotels in town, pubs, taxis, brokers
et cetera offer their services free of charge to him.
He just needs to go to them.
If I tell this to anyone back home, they will whack me.
Why say unnecessary things?
I'm saying this because he allowed me to.
We should've brought aunt too.
All the houses are in different directions.
Mother knows that. Hence, she sent us.
She would've wanted us to wander.
Look. Someone's coming here.
Here? Who are they?
What are you staring at?
Mannarathodi manor..
What? - Where's Mannarathodi manor?
What is the matter?
Where are you from? - We're from the town. - I figured.
Why do you want to go to Mannarathodi?
I'm from Mannarathodi. That's why I'm asking.
Jayakrishna Menon? - Yes.
You might have heard, haven't you? - Yes. I've seen you as well.
You were my senior in college.
Really? What is your name? - Ranjini.
Ranjini. - You might not remember.
But you have changed a lot. - Yes.
How wouldn't I? So Ranjini, what do you do now?
I teach. I teach children at school.
Are you married?
Where is he? - He's abroad.
Where exactly? - In Saudi Arabia. - So you meet once a year. - Yes.
He came and went back recently. - God! What a life! Is it not?
We came to invite everyone. - Invite?
For what? - For a 70th birthday.
70th birthday as in 70 years old, right?
Both of you don't look 70. - It's not ours.
Our grandmother turned 70. - Whose grandmother?
Ours. - Okay. - She is Radha. - Okay.
She is my cousin. - Okay. - My father's sister's kid. - Okay.
I live with them in town. - I see.
When is it? On the seventh.
Next month? - There is no seventh again this month, is there?
I won't be coming.
It's okay if you can't. We came to invite the ladies.
Aren't Malini, Sreedevi and Mrs. Karthu there?
They will be coming.
What? Who?
How do you know them?
That? Don't you know Malini's late husband, Kunjikrishnan? - Yes.
His sister's husband is Mr. K. R. Parath.
Yes, Mr. Parath. - Radha's father has married Parath's sister.
Yes. - He is my mother's elder brother.
Uncle Bhaskaran. - So you're from Thiruvarpath..
Yes. - Now I realise who you are.
Isn't Madhavan, who writes articles, your brother? - Yes.
So you have come here. - Yes.
Long ago. - Good God!
How quickly you grew up!
She was the size of a key when she came here.
She used to sit on the handles of Madhavan's cycle
like a baby lizard while
she came with her brother back then.
So won't you be coming? - I'll try.
Go straight from here. You'll reach our areca nut farm.
You will see the manor from there. Go on. - Okay.
Excuse me! What did you say your name was again?
Radha. - Yes. Radha.
Excuse me.
What? - Speaking in a rude tone
to unknown people..
What is this? - So what?
Can people do that? That moron and his culture..
I only said that I like that girl.
God! Couldn't you have told me that while she was here?
Then what? - I'd have asked Ranjini.
Ranjini would have discreetly asked her.
Why beat around the bush?
Can't I tell her in person?
God! - Will she assault me if I tell her that?
How can we predict how girls today are?
But if we make a proposal, they will gladly accept it. - Yes.
That's not your skill, you fatso!
It is because you are the Justice Thampuran's son.
Do you think any smart and cultured girl would marry you?
One swoop and..
Jayakrishnan, the bell will ring now.
We'll be stuck here for an hour and a half if they go inside.
I'll get her out of the class if I have to.
What do you think? This is my college.
This is where I ruled for four years.
The current principal's first glass of alcohol
was served by me. Do you know?
He was a professor back then.
Go.. Watch out, though. - What for?
Yes. It was the cover story. Like we said..
You look glamorous today.
I came looking for you. Please come.
I am planning to marry you.
I hope you don't have a problem with that.
Tell me if there is any such disagreement.
Why put the mind at unrest?
How long have you had this notion for?
From the day I met you.
Better get rid of it, then.
Look. I'm serious about this.
I don't want a quick response.
I crash landed like this because I couldn't keep this from you.
What are you doing in college early in the morning?
This is not to create a scene.
You don't even have to answer me.
Malini or Ranjini will ask you.
You can give your answer to them.
Let this unrest remain as it is until then.
I like that.
I have nothing to tell Malini or Ranjini.
I'll give you an answer right now.
I don't like you.
I have heard a lot about you.
When I saw you, I realised that you are even worse.
Don't you want some unrest?
Leave me alone. Please.
Excuse me.
What is it? What is the matter?
Who is that man?
We'll handle him.
Do you know him?
Radha had a haemorrhoid problem when she left home this morning.
Haemorrhoid.. What do you guys call it? Piles!
Yes, piles. That's it.
Her mother sent me to check on her.
As soon as I asked her that, she exploded.
She is a bit angry. It's okay, dear.
It will hurt for some more time. Don't bother about it.
Go to class.
Who are you? - What the hell.. - Get out.. - We shall..
Stop there.. - What on earth.. - Who are you?
Did you see her? - No.
I couldn't see her. - Didn't I tell you?
So we.. - We're going back.
Where to? - How about we go
and have some lemonade?
Lemonade? At this time of the day..
So, is that what happened?
Yes.
Will she tell her family and make it an issue?
I don't care if it becomes news!
It's not that. I was thinking of what an idiot I am.
Should I have stayed like this all this time?
What was it for?
She doesn't like me. She doesn't have to.
I like her. Not only her but also every good looking girl.
Wait and see how I change the game.
Have it and go home, my man. It'll be trouble if you stay longer.
You'll get a bus now. Or I shall drop you in my scooter.
Don't stay here in town in this mood.
Don't.
"You're the only love I know."
"And I can't forget you."
Have a seat, Thangal. - Okay.
"I have a lot of love in me."
"If you come back to me."
"And that's all that matters now."
How did you know that I'm here, Thangal?
That? To be honest, I was planning to call you in a few days.
I have a reason to talk.
What is it? - Nothing. I want to discuss a personal matter.
You guys carry on, then.
I have urgent business back at my shop.
My dear friend, don't start another session for God's sake!
Don't let him drink, Thangal.
He is already upset. - Really?
No! He's just.. - I'm leaving.
What is the personal thing, Thangal?
That.. That's a small favour.
Favour? For you?
From me?
What are you saying?
There is something.
Then let's discuss it over some beer. - No.
This is not such a matter.
That's why I was even ready to come to your home.
What is so serious about it?
This is about bringing a new girl into the business.
We have our usual place. We'll discuss it there.
This place brings out unwanted thoughts.
It will get messy.
We won't get things done either.
Come.
I think this is it. Read it.
Clara. - That's it.
Clara. Who is she, Thangal?
Is she an active one?
Would I have troubled you if that was the case?
She wants to enter the trade through me.
What for? - To live, of course. What else would it be?
I have agreed to help her get in.
Her stepmother and I have cooked up a plan too.
This address is for that.
What should we do with this address?
We will write a letter. A letter on behalf of the mother superior
in a nearby convent. - Who?
Will I be writing it? - I am asking you since I am illiterate.
So, what should mother superior write?
I'll tell you that. Before that
you too must know everything about her.
True. Where did you meet her, Thangal?
Well, I first met her about a year ago.
Amidst a group of students who came here for an excursion.
I'd noticed her back then.
And last week. It was an unexpected meeting.
In a boat while I was running one of my errands.
No one will feel bad in me asking questions as I am a bit old.
I broke the ice with her.
And? - Mother's dead and her father is alive.
Education? - She failed her pre-degree.
Her father drinks a lot.
He is an alcoholic.
So, naturally, there are financial issues back home.
She has a stepmother. Her children are the only siblings Clara has.
Did you go to her house? - Yes.
I discussed everything with her stepmother.
And? - It was like she was looking for someone like me.
She had even cooked up a plan to get her out of the house.
Let her join the convent. They have got her father's blessings.
This letter is to convince him
and through him, an uncle of hers.
A letter from the convent.
That's her exit pass. She doesn't even have to show up for a while.
I have agreed to send such a letter.
I don't know how a Mother Superior writes, Thangal.
That's just a formality.
Just do it. It will be okay.
Don't we need a letter head and all for that?
Is that so hard? We'll print one if we have to.
I'll come home with that at dawn. - Okay.
Go and write one hell of a letter.
Like that guy said, head home without stopping for lemonades.
I will even take you to the bus stand.
Come. - Okay.
'Praise the Lord.'
'To Clara, The Lord's beloved daughter.'
'We are glad to have read your letters.'
'We are hereby informing you that by God's grace'
'you have been chosen to become the Lord's bride.'
'You should come to the convent with your stepmother'
'on the 23rd of this month.'
'Your stepmother is welcome to stay with us'
'for a couple of days.'
'By all means, we are glad'
'that you have reached this graceful position.'
'Do bring some snacks while coming here.'
Clara.
You shouldn't have been rude like that.
Why not? Doesn't everything have a limit?
Not only is he a miser, but also a shameless man.
I hope he won't trouble me anymore since I behaved like that.
The guys in college struck gold by his arrival.
They got a new name to call me. - Is that fixed?
Yes. They started calling that. - What are they calling you?
Like that? - Yes.
Did Jayakrishnan come and see you yesterday?
Yes. Who told you?
A brother of one of the students did.
Did it become news already?
Come with me, Radha.
I wonder what going to happen. Douchebag!
When I rejected him, he blurted something out like a madman
and went away. That's all.
He should have known that you are my sister. - He does.
He mentioned that back then.
If he makes another move
inform me immediately.
What will he do further? He won't even dare coming back.
He left all humiliated.
He must be repeating the same dialogue to some other girl.
He won't be. That's why you should be careful.
I have known him for a long time.
I can tell you many of his legendary stories.
But as far as I know, this is the first time
he made a request to a girl. I am sure of it!
So, he must have been devastated by your reply
as far as I know.
He's a man who is unpredictable even to his best friends.
A man who never backs down from a decision.
Do you know that he has an underworld to execute his will
in this very town?
That's why I told you to keep me informed on every small event.
Got it? - Yes.
You may go.
I don't recognise you. - Jayakrishna Menon..
Mannarathodi.. - This is it.
Okay. - He is here. - Okay.
I'll call him. Come inside. - Okay.
Where are you coming from? - Well..
I was passing by and.. - I haven't seen you around.
I have never come here before.
Sir!
What brings you here, sir?
Don't you know Mr. Kurikkal, my old teacher, Mother?
It's been so long, sir.
What brings you here? - Come inside, sir.
Come. - Sure.
Sit..
Would you like something to drink? - No, thank you.
That is not acceptable. Have something.
Tea. Oh, wait! You still don't drink tea, do you?
What a memory! He was always like this.
He is still adamant.
We shall have some lemonade.
What say you, sir? - Yes. That will do.
How about coconut water? - No. Lemonade is fine.
The other girl is here. - Who? - Clara.
Mother, do we have flattened rice? - Yes.
Can you soak it, put in some chopped bananas and bring it?
He is hungry. He was being polite.
I'll show him around.
Her stepmother is with her.
You have to do one more favour for me.
You must find out what's on her mind.
How can I?
I am coming to you because there is no one else whom I can trust.
If she works for me, even if there is no other girl
I'll get rich. So will she.
We will make a fortune.
But before that, we must know if she is loyal.
Can't you make her loyal on your own?
It's tough. As far as I know, she is a tough one.
What can I do about this? - You don't have to do anything.
Just come to the town with me. Stay there for a couple of days.
Tell your mother that you're helping Mr. Kurikkal.
Get to know her intentions.
What do you mean?
The first thing we must know
is whether she would ditch me if some rich guy
shows up and showers her with gifts.
What a mission!
What was the name again? - Punnoose, the contractor.
Punnoose. - Okay. - Don't forget the name.
Punnoose, the contractor..
310.
Come in, please.
This is the suite room here.
I see. - It is not much. Have a seat.
Okay.
Punnoose, the contractor. Didn't I tell you? - Yes.
Where is she?
There you are!
Mr. Punnoose. He is a famous timber contractor.
Sit. - I'll stand here.
Come here. - Come and sit, dear. What is this?
Shall I order some soda? - Yes.
What is this?
Nothing. I've seen people drink in the evening.
But this..
What? - She finds it funny.
It's like I forgot that her father drinks. Isn't that so?
What do they call you? What's your name?
My name used to be Glory.
But my parents and my husband call me Beatrice.
In the end, that became my name.
I grew to like that name.
The soda will be here any moment. - Okay.
The case?
So are you planning to stay until the soda arrives?
Gosh, no. I'm leaving.
That is room 310. This is room 311.
Call me if you need anything. - Okay.
Your child is lucky.
No wonder they say that if you must strike, strike gold.
Who do you think he is? - Is he a rich man?
If he likes her, he will cover her in gold.
Really. - Is that so? - Yes.
I'll check on you later. - Okay.
Why is it that you've never had feelings for someone before?
Wasn't that a lie? - Why do I have to lie to you?
So, haven't you really? - No.
Why is that so? - How do I know?
The guys I saw weren't good enough.
What about me? Am I good enough?
What difference does it make?
Don't you have a wife and kids?
Why should I come in the middle of that?
Will you tell me the truth if I ask you something? - Ask me.
Was this decision yours or..
Yes. - Why did you do so?
Did I ask you why you came to this room?
I didn't, did I? - No.
Come in.
You..
Haven't you done this before?
My God!
I didn't expect that.
That was so not what I had thought.
As far as I can remember, it was a fight.
I hated my life. It must be that.
Whom were you fighting with? Was it with Beatrice?
Mostly her. She'd scold me no matter what I do.
She used to beat me at first. When I grew sick of it
I hit her back one day.
Then we began fighting almost every day.
In the end, I won.
But I had to select this path to live in that house.
She was making arrangements for that.
To escape from damnation..
I will be ruined anyway. So why not do it with pride?
Why not die after fulfilling my wishes?
I see that you haven't opened the briefcase.
Here are the items you wanted.
I don't know if these are what you wanted.
Just a second, please.
Is that true? - Yes, Thangal.
No man had touched her before.
She was a virgin.
I know.
Even I didn't expect that.
Just think that it was meant for you.
Damn! I shouldn't have.
Hey! Instead of praising your luck, why are you..
Leave that. Did you figure her out?
Didn't you try or was she too tough?
I didn't ask her. She is not that easy to read, Thangal.
I thought so.
That is why I entrusted you with this job.
I think I too won't be able to do it.
Girls like these will only have one tale to tell.
A sob story. This.. I will only lose in front of her.
Everything will be fine. Open that briefcase.
The game and your mood will change. Come.
I forgot to ask you.
We have known each other for about seven years, haven't we?
Yes. - We have many tales to tell.
Yes. - Did the one who traps people and finds fun in it
get himself trapped this time?
No. - Like you said about her
I guess this was your first time as well.
Yes.
So, I'll buy you
a beautiful palatial house.
A house worth Rs. 8.
It'll be made out of cardboard for it to cost just Rs. 8.
You fool, I meant Rs. 8 lakhs.
Eight lakhs!
You know, Rs. 8 lakhs.
Grinder, fridge, TV, VCR
gas stove and everything will be there.
And then, a Maruti car. A green one.
It suits women like you.
Maruti will do.
Will you teach me how to drive? - Sure!
I think you are mocking me.
No. - Without even drinking a drop of beer
you made me drink all this whisky
and are enjoying that, are you not?
Are you enjoying it, my dear?
Don't enjoy like that.
Come. Let's go to the beach. - The beach? - Yes.
It's nearby. Across that coconut grove is the sea.
A nice sea! Come. - No.
No need of that. Don't do anything crazy.
Hey! Are you saying that only crazy people enjoy the wind on a beach?
The ones who do that in the evening are not mad.
But the ones who do it at midnight are.
Is that the rule? - Yes. - Then let us break that rule.
Come.
Hey! Are you rubbing against me?
Don't people here know you, Mr. Contractor? - Yes.
What will the hotel people think? - Why should I care?
I'll buy this hotel now. Do you want to see it?
Do you? - No..
What kind of a hotel is this? Is this how stairs are made?
Are steps made like this?
Why do you keep repeating yourself?
It is because you didn't give a clean answer.
I can't live as your mistress.
Are you satisfied?
Why?
The reason is that I know that there will be a lot of people
who'll want me as their mistress.
Let me first see a ballpark number of how many would want me.
If I am going that way, should I be a mere contractor's mistress?
Couldn't I go for someone richer?
You're a greedy one! - What?
Excuse me.. Call me that again.
Greedy one!
My dear contractor.
Who are you?
Tell me the truth.
I know that you have been lying to me
since this afternoon.
I disclosed everything after knowing that.
But we are compatible.
If you tell me the truth, it may help us in the future.
Tell me the truth. Only good shall come out of it.
I am..
I am the Mother Superior.
I figured so.
Had Radha not reacted in that manner then
I wouldn't have met you.
I might have.
But never like this.
I saved myself all these years..
I kept that part of me safe, to gift it to the girl
whom I'd love to the core..
Now I fear
if I'd start seeing other women.
You won't.
Go and meet Radha again.
Don't go to her college this time.
Let it be somewhere else.
No.
You will.
One day, Radha will be sitting in Mannarathodi.
She will be with your kids.
I'll come there one day to see that.
A lot of rules and some superstitions
and some vices.
That makes me, me. - I figured.
You broke another rule of mine.
What is that?
I had a prayer that I should not be the gateway
of any woman's ill fate.
I was strict on not destroying any woman's virginity
because of me.
If such a thing happened, I had made a vow that
I shall make that girl my companion
for life.
Shall I marry you, Clara?
Do you have anything against it? - No.
But you must join us.
What does that mean? - You must go fishing.
Okay. I'll go. - Not only must you go
you must also not come back empty handed.
Will anything do? - No.
Then? - With a boatful.
"The clouds began to thicken and it rained desire."
"The earth felt a new rhythm in its heart."
"The clouds began to thicken and it rained desire."
"The earth felt a new rhythm in its heart."
"Who got woken first? Whose pain was relieved?"
"Who came under whose wing? No one knows."
"No one knows.."
"The clouds began to thicken and it rained desire."
"The earth felt a new rhythm in its heart."
"Forgetting the effect of the scorching summer heat"
"the time lost itself in one entity."
"Forgetting the effect of the scorching summer heat"
"the time lost itself in one entity."
"The dreams of the land arise as tiny plants"
"it will then turn into blossoms"
"and then evolve into forests."
"They shall evolve into forests."
"The clouds began to thicken and it rained desire."
"The earth felt a new rhythm in its heart."
"The roaring sea grew with every rain."
"Corals flourished and filled its bed."
"The roaring sea grew with every rain."
"Corals flourished and filled its bed."
"The sensual essence of a warm embrace"
"is given by this song of the sea."
"This eternal song of human desire."
"The clouds began to thicken and it rained desire."
"The earth felt a new rhythm in its heart."
"Who got woken first? Whose pain was relieved?"
"Who came under whose wing? No one knows."
"No one knows.."
"The clouds began to thicken and it rained desire."
"The earth felt a new rhythm in its heart."
I hope you remember our agreement. - Yes.
I didn't say that for nothing.
I hope you know that. - Yes.
I'll be back. I won't go far.
I'm just asking you not to take such a quick decision.
Only you will be her client for some days.
It's not for some days, Thangal.
Forever.
I liked a girl for the first time. It went on its way.
I got intimate with a girl for the first time.
If I lose her, I..
Then I.. I'll ruin myself.
I know me better than you do.
I don't see you as just Thangal.
I consider you as my brother.
Please don't consider this as a business.
I'll make up for your loss.
She will come to Mannarathodi.
Discuss that with her stepmother
and do what's needed.
Unite us by assuming the role of my brother.
What is it, Antappan? - A boy from the hotel
asked us to go there immediately.
Is it a raid? - No.
It's something else. That woman is making a scene.
Didn't you come in a taxi? - Yes.
You don't have to come. - No, I too shall come.
No! My daughter is gone!
She left without a word.
Don't yell, lady!
No! My child! - Where did she go? - Who knows!
When I came in, she was not here.
This man says that she left some time ago.
I saw my daughter yesterday.
I have not seen her since.
You must return her to me. I entrusted her with you. - Stop!
Don't yell! - I will!
Let the police come! I must know where you took her.
Wretch! Stay quiet!
Damodaran, what really happened?
That girl left, Thangal.
Did you see her go? - I did.
She left through the front door. 30 minutes after you left.
We thought it was some arrangement of yours.
Where would she have gone?
She would have reached far.
She'd enquired about the train timings before she left.
The manager said so. - When does the train leave?
It left in the morning. She left at that time.
Are you telling the truth? - I'll say this in any court.
Won't that be enough, ma'am?
I hope she is all right.
Good Lord!
Come with us. Let us talk. - Okay.
Shall we go and look for her at the railway station? - Sure.
But I don't think it will amount to anything.
That girl is a fraud. I felt it from the beginning.
Lord Vishnu..
He didn't even tell me
about this when it happened.
He might have felt bad.
He told me that he liked her back then.
But how would I know that he would do all this?
Fool! He could have told me.
Did he ask anything about Radha after that? - No.
He keeps to himself. With farming, coconuts and drawing water
wages and his stinginess. And some trips to Guruvayur.
He would have forgotten that then.
But the situation of the person here is different.
Who? Radha? - Yes.
She had an image of him.
Only she knows what it was.
After this incident, Madhavan and I told her about Jayakrishnan.
Anyway, she feels guilty now.
She feels she shouldn't have said those things.
She wanted to talk to him here today.
She must have felt bad when he didn't show up.
What do I say?
Do one thing, Malini.
Inform him and send his birth chart.
I'll take care of the rest once it matches.
Uncle Bhaskaran is a bit strict about that.
You know how he is, right? That is why.
My horoscope is not to be sent like that.
I don't want such a marriage. - Isn't this a common tradition?
Let them check.
Or we'll get hers and check.
I said no, didn't I?
She may come only if she doesn't care about the horoscope.
Tell them I said so.
Who does she think she is?
He does crazy things and..
What are you doing, my man?
I saw you craving for 'lemonade' when she rejected you.
I saw how sad you were back then.
And when you know she likes you
why would you reject that?
What is your problem?
I don't have a problem, Rishi.
To like a girl for the first time
expressing it to her
she responding to it..
All these are events in everyone's life.
I know that. But all of that should be before one turns 20.
I didn't have that luxury back then.
Justice Thampuran's son didn't have freedom until his father's death.
That was the case.
When a girl you like says to your face
that she doesn't like you..
Damn!
Didn't she say that she likes you now?
It's okay, Rishi. She isn't in my heart anymore.
To check the birth charts
and to feel bad again if it doesn't match..
Why create unrest?
I am trapped in this now.
Now she too says that she doesn't want the horoscopes checked.
She wants you to tell that to Jayakrishnan.
So, I'm the one who is trapped and not you.
Why is she so persistent suddenly?
You are the main reason for that.
Don't look at me. It was you who changed her image of Jayakrishnan.
What did I say? - That he has an underworld in this town.
That he will do something to her. - Yes.
I expected such a provocation.
So did she. When she saw that there was no provocation
she started enquiring about Jayakrishnan.
To her friends, the old staff at her college and to me.
The niece of Babu, the bus owner, is her classmate.
When she enquired, she heard quite a few tales.
His night trips, him leaving home for fake trips to Guruvayur
his lavishness, trapping others, etc.
When she realised that what she saw and what she heard were different
she became curious.
She says that there will be yet another side of Jayakrishnan.
What is up with her?
He said that she could come if she doesn't check the horoscope, right?
The statement suited the hero image she had for him.
Even if he agrees to it
the problem lies in convincing father.
My father is the kind of man who checks the horoscopes secretly
for every marriage he comes across.
I told her that.
But she doesn't seem to care about it.
Madhavan, I went to her college the other day impulsively
and played a fool.. - Don't say that to me.
I've known you since college.
Though you are part of many games
I am sure that this was the first time you approached a girl.
I told that to Radha too.
But the mood I was in back then
and my current mental state..
Do one thing. Talk to her in person.
Won't that be better instead of looping me into this?
Can't you come over and talk to her? - No! I can't.
That is not even an option after all this.
Where else then?
Every Tuesday and Friday
she visits Vadakkunnathan Temple at dawn.
Be a little religious for a day.
When I behaved like that at your college that day
I did so with utmost sincerity.
When I thought of entering your life by making an impact
such events transpired.
So what? When I think about it, that's what attracted me.
But
I had the right to ask that back then.
Had you given at least a hum of consent
I would have taken you to a registrar to get married
in the state of mind I was in back then.
I was totally free and prepared back then.
You were the only thing in my mind back then.
Things have changed now.
Didn't you ask me to get involved in something else?
You hexed it.
It happened.
Who? - If you ask me who she is
she is a girl who entered and exited and my life out of nowhere.
Don't you know where she went? - No.
So let her go.
It's not like that.
She came to this town having received a letter
I wrote with my own hands.
And I spoiled her.
I opened a path of sin for her
by violating all the rules I'd laid upon myself.
I feel that we were connected somehow.
Maybe in a previous life.
How else could she have done what no one else could?
I still remember.
It rained when I first wrote a letter to her.
It rained again when we met for the first time.
What is her name? - Clara.
Clara. - Yes.
How did Beatrice leave?
Thangal and Antappan paid her off.
She must have gone home and said that Clara joined the convent.
If Clara had agreed while you went back that day
would you two have gotten married under Thangal's supervision?
If that shining ball is the sun
that wedding would have happened.
Then why did she leave?
Poor girl.
But you too failed to understand me at first, didn't you, Radha?
Agreed.
Both of you rejected me.
There is only one difference.
When Radha said it, you did so under the security
of family and relatives.
Clara did so without any of that.
And she set off to a place which was unknown to her.
When I thought about it, I realized that she didn't run away from me.
She ran away from the life she had till then.
From that woman. From Thangal's clutches.
That is her escape. It was her brilliance.
I agree.
But Clara will come again.
I feel so.
She'll come for me. - Why do you feel so?
I don't know. I feel so.
Such intuitions of mine are never wrong.
Only if she comes.
I don't think she will.
What if she does? - If she does.. - If she does..
Even I am not sure about me.
But she won't be the Clara you know when you see her again.
She'll never be. I know that.
Once you're sure about that, you'll never see her again.
You won't go to see her.
Really? - Yes. That's now it is.
Wait and watch.
I know..
I know why you are taking me to the lakeside.
Jayakrishnan, don't try to fool me.
You can try someone else. - Why make such noise?
I only asked you to come and see the property.
What if I don't like it? - You'll know once you see it, won't you?
Go and see it.
Agree only if you like it. - I don't want to see that land.
I loathe seeing it.
Why? Do you want my kids and me to drown when the water rises?
It won't happen.
What is this, Ramanunni Nair? - Are you planning to hurt me?
You..
Your wish to send me away
from here will remain a wish.
You.. - Jayakrishnan.
What is going on? Enough! - It's nothing, Sister.
I was asking him to see the property by the lakeside. - What?
Why should I? Am I a surveyor
to see look at properties?
It's not that. The plan is to move you there. - That's what I said.
I don't want to move.
Just because I am poor, should I get bullied?
It's too hard!
If they plan to throw me in the lake..
What else can they do?
Another word and I'll throw you in the sea, you dog!
What? - Yes.
Where is it? - No! - Where's the knife?
Come! - Come on! - Why would you talk to him?
Let go!
Father..
Don't kill us, Father! - Come! - Father!
I'll hack everyone!
I'll kill them before your very eyes!
Go inside! - Let our ghosts guard your manor.
Quiet down, will you?
Or else, take this.
Hack me! - Hey..
Hack me to death!
Hack.. - Come..
Hack me.. - What is this? Why are you behaving like him?
Come. - Hack me!
Hack me! - Come!
I built a hut and lived here all this time.
I am not ready to move to another place.
You can't make me do it, Jayakrishnan!
"Singing a sweet song and seeking only one thing"
"you came to the temple yesterday to meet The Lord."
"You sing a song and you seek love."
"Oh, little dove, whom the Lord favours."
"Singing a sweet song and seeking only one thing"
"you came to the temple yesterday to meet The Lord."
"You sing a song and you seek love."
"Oh, little dove, whom the Lord favours."
"These circular paths with their age-old floors"
"bore witness to many a morning veneration of love."
"These circular paths with their age-old floors"
"bore witness to many a morning veneration of love."
"Eyes gave offerings and silence sang the hymns."
"These tower gates know it all."
"Singing a sweet song and seeking only one thing"
"you came to the temple yesterday to meet The Lord."
"You sing a song and you seek love."
"Oh, little dove, whom the Lord favours."
"While your blue eyes resist sleep"
"your mind remains awake with his thoughts."
"While your blue eyes resist sleep"
"your mind remains awake with his thoughts."
"The you I saw back then, and the present you"
"are nothing but the magic of time."
"Singing a sweet song and seeking only one thing"
"you came to the temple yesterday to meet The Lord."
"You sing a song and you seek love."
"Oh, little dove, whom the Lord favours."
What are you doing there? - What?
Come here. Dig there.
Don't mess around here.
Okay..
Look! Someone's coming.
You have a telegram. - For me? - Yes.
Meet my mother before you leave. - Okay.
Why this sudden rain?
Meet her if you want to.
Don't go otherwise.
Don't say this and upset Radha since her exams are approaching.
When does the train arrive?
At 3:30 a.m. - Lord! It will be cold then.
I'm going anyway, Rishi.
She will be expecting me.
Why else would she remember me otherwise?
No wonder! She might have given such appointments to others.
Your time was early in the morning.
So be it. Anyway, she has given that time to me.
She will look for me in the station.
I must be there at that time.
Hey! Why are you staring at me?
They won't even let people walk at this hour!
Nice! - When will people learn how to treat women?
Hey, mister! Don't you have mother and sisters?
This nation is getting worse every day.
What?
I was a girl from Andhra Pradesh for the past week.
Gulthi.
A girl who doesn't know any language other than Telugu.
I'm still in the hangover. I'll be fine soon.
Did you receive my telegram? - What kind of a question is that?
Why else would I be here at this time?
Just stop it, will you?
You speak as if you are a busy man.
Stop talking and take my bags.
So where are we going now?
Suggest a destination.
We're not going anywhere else but for a walk.
At this time? - Yes. Aren't there two of us?
I just want to walk. I've had enough with
closed rooms.
Let us walk, Jayakrishnan.
Let us at least walk until dawn.
I wonder where he's going with her at this untimely hour.
Wherever she is from, she is one hell of an item!
A true bombshell!
The people here roam the nights freely. - I see.
Just leave it, will you? If someone tries that, let them.
We shall walk. - How about we hail a cab?
Don't even think of it. Lazy goose! Walk..
As a proof of me being a nun, I took a photo back then.
To send back home. Would you like to see it?
It's funny.
How is the attire?
Nice! It's the ideal outfit
for graceful girls like you!
So are you saying that this is my most suitable outfit? - Yes.
If not this, then without any clothes!
I would like for us to go somewhere where we don't have to hide.
That.. - A small courtyard and some wind.
I am fed up of rooms.
Like when I grew tired of like long ago, I'm fed up of rooms.
Walls and walls within them.
Those of the side room, the bedroom and the bathroom.
Walls everywhere.
When I get out of there, I enter moving walls.
Those of cars or trains.
I must enquire whether some friends of mine have empty houses.
We don't need any facilities.
We must see the sky when we look up day and night.
That's all.
There is this house. But whether you would come there..
Why? - It's an uninhabited house.
But that belongs to Thangal.
Don't you remember him? - Yes.
It's okay. We'll go there.
But it would be better if I don't meet him.
Why? Are you afraid?
It's not that. But I can't face him.
No matter how I put it, didn't I cheat him?
He is there.
Park the car. Just a moment. - Okay.
It's good that you came by taxi. He has gone there.
It's just that there are no facilities. No one lives there.
That's okay. Just yell if you need food.
A boy will come from the house below. He'll get you food.
Won't you be there for a couple of days? - I don't know.
That girl..
Did she ask about me?
She said she wanted to avoid meeting you.
She is waiting in the car downstairs.
It's okay. She doesn't have to meet me.
I am amazed.
I was supposed to have come here back then.
I evaded this place and ran away that time.
Like it was a smart choice.
And now, I come here after begging for its keys.
What is that?
I heard it before as well. - The cry of the lunatic.
A lunatic is locked up in a house over there.
He has been like that for a long time.
The boy told me.
The chains rubbed against his skin and it became a wound.
He screams when the chains rub against the wound.
I yearn to be the wound on that lunatic's leg.
A wound that never heals and is only in contact
with a single link of that chain.
Why did you tell her about me?
Did you really have to?
This was the only story I had to tell.
Hence, I told her. - You shouldn't have.
To make her upset..
Radha only fears one woman.
You.
I wouldn't have come if I had known this.
Hey! - Yes.
Here!
Everything would have gone cold. - Really?
How is it? - It's a bit cold. That's all.
It is spicy though.
It takes some time to cover all that distance.
How wouldn't it turn cold?
I'm leaving. - Okay.
I always remember.
I remember whenever I see a face.
Aren't the number of such faces growing?
One day, the growing number will make you forget this one.
I will, won't I?
Of course. Who wouldn't?
But I don't want to.
I thought on my way here
about what I would do if you propose to me again
this time.
But I felt that you wouldn't ask that again.
What if I had?
You didn't, did you?
I don't know if you noticed.
We talked mostly about Radha this time.
It's good. - Why?
To marry your first love
is reserved for the lucky ones.
Only good people get that opportunity.
Whom did you love for the first time
in your life, Clara?
That would be you.
For the first and last time.
'H. K. Lal Vaneen. Bombay.'
Who is this?
A Marwari guy.
He wanted to marry me the first time we met.
Like you did.
And? - What else?
He went and brought his parents.
I escaped somehow.
Who is this guy?
He has an office in almost all the states. 'Moni. J. Joseph'.
'Hyderabad'. - Yes.
Is he a Keralite? - Yes.
He's from Moovattupuzha.
But it's been a long time since he settled down in Hyderabad.
A very nice man.
Is he a regular? - I can't say so.
He too wishes to marry me.
Is he a bachelor playboy? - No. He is a widower.
His wife died in an accident.
Is he old?
My dear contractor..
Why are you asking such unnecessary questions?
What I am thinking about is
that it didn't rain this time.
It might mean that we may not meet again.
No. - Why should we meet again?
I don't know either.
But don't depart on the note that we might not meet again.
My arrival must not trouble Radha.
No. - She must not know that we met.
Okay. - Then we need not part ways saying that we won't meet again.
But we'll have to part ways one day.
How do you know that?
I just know.
You'll only get to see me until Radha comes to Mannarathodi.
See you, Mr. Contractor!
I pulled many a stunt during this time.
A few girls too crossed my path.
I remained the same in all those situations.
Then again I knew that if Clara came..
She came, didn't she? And she left.
Yes. - She won't come again.
Even if she does, you can choose not to see her.
Will you?
You won't.
In this matter, I..
Promise me it won't happen again.
I.. - You can break the promise after you make it.
That too, without my knowledge.
After giving such a promise.. - There's a reason. Promise me.
I promise. - You can't break this promise even if you want to.
Then I'm good. - Now I shall make a promise.
If you break the promise you just made, if I know about it
I will never be yours again.
Babu, shall we end him?
Sure. We shall.
Do the math. Isn't that better?
Yes. - Good. Come on, then.
Hey! Whom are we going to kill?
Come.
Our dear Ramanunni Nair.
We are going to kill him. Come! - Come! - Come!
Let's go.
Hey! You!
So, how are we going to do it?
We'll just go and kill him! How else will we do it?
So, are we just going to go there and kill him?
Is it like that? - No. Let's lake the weasel
tie his limbs, and bring him here.
And we shall dump him into the dam.
What say you, Babu? - That's it.
Isn't there a problem? - What is it?
Doesn't he live with his wife and children? - Yes.
So won't they make noise?
Won't people come if they hear the noise?
Babu. - Yes? - Stop the car.
What? - Just stop the car!
There is a way.
We shall set his house on fire.
Won't everyone run when the house is on fire?
Amidst the chaos, we shall kidnap him
without letting anyone know.
We'll put him in the trunk.
Won't everything be noisy?
Won't the house be on fire? Which car? Who kidnapped him?
That's a good idea!
Are the firebrand and petrol ready?
Everything is ready.
Who is it?
It's me. - What is it, Jayakrishnan?
Is there a problem? - Move..
Come here, Mr. Nair. There is a small problem.
I was wondering why a car would come here at midnight.
What is up at this ungodly hour?
Open it!
Remove your hand now.
Let us see if he screams or not.
No! Don't kill me!
Scream and we'll kill you, old fool!
No! I will vacate the house! - I'll kill you..
Silence!
There is no need to vacate now. - Okay.
We're going to dump you into the dam. - Yes! - No!
My wife and our five children! God!
Put the cloth in his mouth. Do it!
No need of that. I won't scream. - You won't, will you?
No. Shall I pray?
You may do so. - Lord Rama..
Lord Rama..
"Lord Rama.."
We shall lay him down, shall we? - Yes..
One stab!
And when we kick you
do you know where you will land like a football?
Lord Rama..
When will you move out? - Tomorrow.
Just leave me alone.
Do you know where you should go? - I do.
Where to? - Where Jayakrishnan asks me to.
Don't give silly excuses tomorrow. - I won't.
Do you know the way home?
I do. - How do you know? - I know.
How do you know? - I just know.
Should we drop you home? - You don't have to. I'll go.
No one should know about this. - No.
Even my children won't know.
We shall release him then, shall we not?
Should we do that? - God!
Lord Rama..
And did he vacate? - He is doing it at the moment.
He started construction on his new land.
I did it because it was that plot.
Father kept that land aside for Malini to build a house one day.
First of all, she has no one else. For her to stay alone somewhere..
Had he not agreed at that time, would you have killed him?
No! But it was good that it ended like that.
Or else, we would have continued it for the next few days
with Ramanunni Nair.
And it would have been a revelation or him. That's good.
My mother doesn't know about this.
She thinks it's the good luck because you're coming.
And it changed Ramanunni Nair's mind.
And he is vacating because of that.
Very nice! That's not what I'm saying.
You could have done this five years ago. - By whom?
By the two of you. - Everything has its own time.
Really? - Hey! Why did you put it like that?
Are you ridiculing that? If things didn't happen at certain times
wouldn't you have become my wife 18 months ago?
Why was that delayed?
Why didn't it happen?
Very well.
Were you too anticipating it? - Yes.
To be honest, to make sure of it, I made the astrologer
Nanu Ezhuthachan take a look at it.
It was a wonder.
He said he's never seen such compatible horoscopes.
Thank God!
Radha's exams got over last week, right?
Yes. - He told us.
So, you too are in a hurry, aren't you?
You would have found out the time and date, haven't you?
It can be done any day this month or the next.
Isn't this the season of weddings?
Decide a convenient time for both the parties.
Decide the venue. Isn't that all that is left?
I heard that you are going to regulate things.
That that's why you bought the car. - Yes.
So, it's not for taking your new bride around the world?
It needs fuel to move.
I know that. Why? - Don't be stingy at that time.
Don't say that you don't have to pay to travel in Devamatha buses.
If you fear that, postpone the wedding as much as you can.
His stinginess will surface only after marriage, won't it?
Won't he be lavish now? - My dear ma'am, don't ruin it.
Didn't Radha just finish her studies and become a free bird?
If it were me, I'd have waited another year.
That too, is fine by me.
Excuse me? Another year?
Yes. - I'll show you!
Hello..
Yes. This is Jayakrishnan.
Yes, ma'am. PP holding.
Yes.
Hello. PP holding, ma'am. Please speak on.
Hello!
Where are you calling from? - From somewhere.
A place far away.
Is it raining over there? - No.
It is raining here.
Oh!
By the way, didn't you get married?
No. - Why?
Like you said, Radha's exams should be over by now.
It is.
Were you counting the days, Clara?
Of course. Why the delay?
We're not delaying it. It will happen next month.
We're in the process of fixing a date.
So, are you sure that it will happen next month?
We had a deal. Do you remember?
That we'll only meet till you marry Radha.
I remember.
I'll come.
I'll send a telegram citing the date and the train number.
Like the last time.
Will you really come? Or will you bail on me?
I will. I will surely come.
Good night.
The 17th is a Tuesday.
Yes. - The train at 3:50 p.m.
Yes. - Today is Saturday.
Yes. - So, four more days.
Yes. - At Ottappalam station. - Yes.
When she called me, I wasn't sure that she would come.
That's why I didn't tell you about it.
You can choose not to go. Don't you have the freedom to do that?
I have the freedom. Then again..
Even I don't know how I will behave
when it comes to this girl.
What do you suggest? - No suggestions.
It's all up to you.
Your father and uncle were waiting for you
to know if you have anything to say.
And when you do this..
Father need not go there today.
What if we don't decide the date today?
Let us wait a week.
Go there only after I ask you to.
What are you saying, dear? - That will do.
It's already been a year and a half.
Nothing will happen if we wait another week.
But don't think it will happen if you decide without telling me.
There is no point in asking.
You did everything on your own. And you make people talk about you.
And when it gets serious, you dodge it.
What is this? Child's play?
She won't give a reason no matter how much I ask.
Let her stay here then!
We can't get a better alliance now.
The kids today ensure that the people know everything they do.
Let them. Whenever I said something
you got angry, didn't you?
And what came of it?
After being enthusiastic all this time, why did she say that now?
Did you guys fight? - No. There is nothing.
The why did she say so?
How did you come, Madhavan? - I came by taxi.
Would mother let it go? She summoned me from my office
and sent me here.
The house is gravely silent now.
Go home, Madhavan. I'll be coming to town.
I'll talk to Radha in person.
What if this is our last meeting?
What if this is to bid farewell and never to see again?
Didn't I tell you that it is your choice?
I don't do things that I feel is wrong. Never!
It's wrong of me to not go even after receiving the telegram.
I'd be wronging both her and me.
I didn't ask you not to go, did I?
Then? - Think about it.
You will understand.
She knows only because I told her!
I know many people.
The secrets that they keep! - Why did you tell her?
Because I am sincere. If she can't understand that
she shouldn't be my wife!
I need a girl who understands me.
It's the same whether it's Radha or Clara.
No one needs to come here.
I'm asking you not to!
Why come if I don't have anything to say?
What?
I won't be here.
Yes, that's all!
Who was that? - Madhavan.
We must talk, he says! He says he's coming with his friends.
Is this the way to respond? - How else should I respond?
I can only respond like this at the moment!
Your words are crossing the limit.
Who are you yelling at? What did she do to you now?
Come with me, Radha.
What for? - I need to talk to you.
Tell me. - This is not the place for it. That is why. Get in.
Get in! I'll drop you back.
It won't be late.
Come.
She's Mrs. Babu. - Hello. - Hello.
I hope you know them. - Yes.
Let us go upstairs. - Go on.
Come.
Come on, my son. Come.. Let us play. Come!
Sit there.
What are you doing at this time?
Get lost! - Can't you be silent?
Get lost!
Grab..
I understand your doubt.
You want to know if this is valid like a court marriage, don't you?
Yes. - It is.
This is the same.
The seals, ink pad, peon and all are here.
Right now, this is a register office.
I am here too.
Sign here.
You shall sign here.
Come with me for a second.
We'll conduct the ceremony some other time.
Let them decide that.
This is for my relief..
Clara has also given me a word like you.
That she won't meet me again once I become yours.
Isn't today the 17th?
Yes.
Won't she come this afternoon?
Yes. - Let her.
Let her come and go.
Remember this.
If I ever sign on a marriage register
that would be next to your signature.
Or else, it won't happen.
I shall sign. Someday.
But not today.
This is for my mental support..
No. - Either you drop me back
or let me leave.
I will get a rickshaw.
Come. I'll drop you.
Oranges..
Beedis, cigarettes, lemonades.. - Oranges..
This compartment..
Coffee..
Oranges..
I was worried you wouldn't come.
Why did you think so? - Aren't you getting married?
You will this time, won't you?
That's why I thought I'd meet you, though in a hurry.
I will get married. If not now
then it won't ever happen.
Why is it like that? - It is like that.
Mr. Moni Joseph. My husband.
Hello. How do you do?
How do you do?
Don't you know? He's the Mother Superior.
I know.
I can't say that. He says he wants to marry me.
Is he a bachelor playboy? - No.
He's a widower. His wife died in an accident.
I'll come in a minute. Let me get some water. - Okay.
Don't cry..
When did you get married? - It's been a year.
Remember the last time we met?
When the lunatic's cries echoed everywhere..
I got married the next week.
I felt that if I hadn't done something
both of our lives would've been ruined because of me.
To be honest, we passed through here a couple of times before.
Then why didn't you call me?
Well.. To forget.
Won't it be easy to forget if we don't meet?
All the best for the marriage.
Blessings!
To Radha too, though we have never met.
I'll let her know.
You may say that. But don't tell her that I came and went.
Why trouble her?