Are you done fasting?
Get up. Come and gobble up!
Fasting!
I should break your limbs!
People like you..
Her mother is gravely ill.
She wasn't granted parole despite her mother writing a letter.
Hey. - Yes? - Only fools boycott meals
and express their displeasure. - Yes.
The food in jail these days is really good. - Yes.
No one can say it is bad. - Yes.
We get mutton once a week.
Fish is served twice weekly.
Stay here permanently then.
What's wrong here?
If you're smart enough, we can be happy here.
That applies only for the wardens' chauffeurs.
Hey.. Don't play the innocent woman.
Didn't you kill a child for a necklace worth half a sovereign?
There's no one among us who did such a heinous activity, is there?
As if you are the government's guest!
Enough!
What I did was something meant for bold women.
I hacked both of them!
After leaving me, who trusted that son of a bitch and left my family
he went with that whore.. - Silence!
Who is making noise?
I'll make you eat!
I just need two people to hold her.
There is no need for two people to hold her.
I can manage it myself.
Shall we force feed her, sir?
No.
Sir, if we charge her with Section 45..
She is very weak.
Can't you inject her with glucose if we hold her, Doctor?
No. We can't do it.
Is her mother really ill, sir?
Did the verification report arrive?
I have referred it to the IG.
Let him decide.
The inmates have more freedom now.
These are the aftermaths of that freedom.
It was foolish to end the practice of whipping.
Yes? This's the superintendent, sir.
Okay. But, sir..
Okay.
Sure.. The doctor is observing her, sir.
Okay, sir..
Okay.
The IG has referred it to the minister.
Amidst all that, some idiotic reporter has reported
that a hunger strike is going on inside the jail. Damn!
'End the injustice in jails'.
We shall refer it to the Parole Board.
Sir!
Why are you sitting? Get up!
My back is killing me!
Hey.. Take this.
Do we have to report daily at the police station if on parole?
No. When I was granted parole, the inspector was good.
He wanted me to sign once a week.
My fear when I got parole
was facing that son of a bitch!
My husband!
I'd hack him ignoring the fact
that the punishment doubles for it while under life sentence.
That's not true. It is just a myth.
It's not mentioned in the law.
14 days. Read it.
Just because the revolution has reached your neighbourhood
if you jump into it again..
The Government can cancel your parole.
It's up to you.
'PANCHAGNI'
Oh, God! I didn't expect that you would come.
Though I kept telling your mom that you'd come
I never really thought you'd be here.
Come.
She has been prescribed a tablet to alleviate the pain.
She falls asleep after taking it.
You may wake her up.
All those pleas proved to be fruitful.
Indira is here.
Why are you crying?
I can't believe she is crying now.
Savithri had visited.
Prabhakaran has to supervise some examination.
She said they'll come tomorrow.
I need to sit.
Okay.
Gosh.
Oh, God!
Prabhakaran and Savithri wanted to take her to the medical college.
But..
I don't want anyone to bother
about my treatment anymore.
I don't want to be a burden anymore
and so, I wish to breathe my last soon.
I wanted to see you.
I'm glad you are out of prison.
I don't know who to thank.
Whether it's God or the minister..
The minister obviously.
I guess God decided not to answer our prayers for a while!
Has Ravi come?
He might have gone somewhere.
Oh.
I sent a letter to your elder brother.
Then, I sent a telegram.
His wife wrote to me in reply.
The letter was all about the rise in the cost of living in Delhi.
We'd feel like sending them some money if we could.
We don't know how difficult it is for them.
Malu.
What is it?
If she could give me a sponge bath.. - Okay.
Can't you live her for a while?
She is Sarada's servant.
Do we have the ingredients to prepare a good dish? - Yes.
It's been long since you ate something worth relishing..
She is Velu's daughter.
She goes home at night.
I couldn't recognise you when I saw you.
But now I do.
What do you mean?
Did you take a bath?
Isn't there sesame oil in the kitchen?
To change..
What do they provide in the prison, sari or lungi?
Gosh! Get lost. Her stupid questions..
What's the harm in asking?
"Your mother dressed you up."
"You hold your precious flute in one hand and the staff"
"in the other. I humbly bow before You, Lord Krishna!"
Oh.
The doctor opined that it is a late diagnosis.
If a hysterectomy was performed earlier
she could've lived for some more years. - I see.
The minister had come to our village twice and I went to see him
since your mother asked me to. But I couldn't meet him.
Prabhakaran had sent pleas
after collecting signatures.
'Smoking causes cancer.' - Oh.
Thank God. Ravi has come early today.
Ravi!
Ravi. - I think he didn't recognise you.
He has grown up!
Don't touch me.
Don't you recognise your sister?
She is out of prison.
Why?
Why did you come here now? - Lower your voice
or your mother would hear you. - I don't care even if she does.
I'm the one who is suffering now as she sold all our properties
for the sake of independence!
Who the hell became independent?
Then..
He smokes ganja every now and then.
He doesn't even talk to his mother despite the fact that she is sick.
Death saved your father from enduring all the misery
that has loomed over your family now.
He was a good man and he is fortunate in this regard.
It is dirty deep down. Don't agitate the water too much.
The dishes I cook won't be very good.
Sarada cooks there usually.
I just help her.
Won't you get food three times in a day? - Yes.
Isn't Velu employed now?
Dad.. Dad passed away.
It has been four years.
My mom and brother
manage somehow.
Didn't you study?
I stopped after the fifth grade.
Please sit. I shall serve dinner.
I wrote nine tests. I passed.
But when I go for an interview, they reject me.
Do you know the reason?
It is because I am the brother of a woman who beheaded someone.
I won't be scared of you
because you were involved in such violent crimes.
Have dinner, ma'am.
Let them talk.
Sit, ma'am.
All that is left
is this house that is falling apart.
Because we can't sell it at shops
he has spared it.
I want to sleep.
Can you support my back?
Why do you look shocked?
When I touch you
won't you be scared, Mom?
Love is equal to God
according to what we learnt.
Do your books
oppose love?
No, Mom.
No.
You may sleep, ma'am.
I will be sleeping in your mom's room.
She looks tired compared to the previous day.
'Kelu Kutty Company.'
We are here to report.
What is the case?
She was ordered to report.
She is Indira.
Come.
Okay.
Isn't she the Indira
who killed Avarachan? - Yes.
She is from an honourable family.
How will someone feel like doing something so cruel?
Come here.
Come in.
Come. I will take care of you.
Wear your dhoti properly!
Hey.
There she comes. Look if you want to see.
The police have tortured her badly. I'm sure about that.
Don't be sad that you don't have an audience.
Of course.
I know her.
I have known her since our childhood.
Do you want to talk to her? Come.
Hey, come on.
What is the issue if we talk to her?
Can't we enquire about our townsfolk?
It will be fun. - Hey.
The CID and the special branch police might be watching her.
If the police nab you
and beat you up, asking you about her future plans
it will be great fun!
Go..
No. I shall talk to her later.
Sarada is alone.
Her parents are with their elder daughter in Madras
for some time.
I shall pay her a visit.
Okay.
Hey, Blacky.
What a co-incidence!
I was just thinking about you.
I was planning to visit you.
Malu had told me about your visit.
What is this? Come in.
I thought you'd be at the estate.
Aren't you there always?
Yes. I haven't gone there after 'Onam'.
You have grown thin.
I saw Rajan's photo in the newspaper.
Did he go to Europe? - Yes.
Judging by the last time I saw his photo
I assumed that it would be him. - Yes, he went last year.
Are you also a foreign return? - No.
He won't take me anywhere.
He will never do that.
Didn't he write to you, pretending to be me, fearing your dad?
The M.Com guy..
Yes.
I don't know if you remember.
You had cracked a joke that day.
I might have said something foolish
when we were young. - No.
You cracked this joke
when I was sad as I didn't get any letters.
'A miracle that lasts for nine days.'
'That is what love is.'
I was furious about that.
Not nine days
after almost six months
I understood that what you said was right.
I shall prepare tea.
I have told Malu to work there for now. - No.
I don't need anything.
I felt like writing to you at times.
But I wasn't sure whether it would get delivered.
I will get it.
After it is inspected.
Even if I get it after a review
I will get it.
Dad was scared whether the police
would question me.
He told me that your close friends
were asked about.
I was in Madras during that time.
Luck!
Look.
Many people have asked me
why you felt like doing this.
Tell me at least now.
What happened to you?
Nobody from home told me when I was in Madras.
Somebody told me that you quit your job by the third month.
Then I heard that you were going to marry Mr. Prabhakaran
and that he'd get a scholarship in England and you'd go too.
Nobody told me that you were revolting.
The last letter I wrote to you was about my engagement.
Do you remember?
Are you afraid to see me now, Sarada?
You can tell me if you're scared. I won't come again.
You came. I'm happy.
I was hurt that you were not with me.
You were there for me always.
I don't care what people say about you.
You should always be here. That's what all of us want.
Won't you be here?
I have to go to Ernakulam for a couple of days.
Okay. You can go.
I asked if you have some money. You rule the house now.
I don't. I'm just here to help her.
Under the pillow.. - Don't move much.
She is in pain. - If the minister orders
proficient doctors would come. He is her old disciple too.
You advised her and made her like this.
You had a lot to say back then. Even Rs. 300 is valuable.
Even ex-convicts get a pension.
Look at you now.
Bad luck. That's what this is.
Shekharan, are you sad about not marrying
and not having children?
Don't you feel lucky when you see all of this?
Someone is here to see you.
I hope it's not an old friend. Aren't you done with revolutions?
Greetings. - What? - My name is Rashid.
I am a journalist.
I'm not writing for a paper now. I'm freelancing.
I worked in 'Free Press' and 'Times' for a while. - Okay.
I want an interview with you. - For what?
That is a difficult question to answer. To be honest
I want to do it so I can make some money.
I don't have anything to say. - Your experiences.
Your reactions to men, matters, events.
Your life story in general. - I'm not a star.
Can I take a photograph? - No.
It was I who reported about your hunger strike at the UNA.
I know you'd be busy. I'll come when you're not. Just an hour.
No. I won't do it. - What about half an hour?
No. I have nothing to say to you.
'Avarachan murder case verdict. Life imprisonment for 3 people.'
How was the interview? - It didn't happen, Mr. Raman.
Didn't you see her? - I did, but she didn't agree.
Nothing to say. No comments.
You saw her. That's enough to make a story.
Explain the nature and weather.
Travelling through the shores of the mighty river, Bharathappuzha
and standing before the house that was centuries old..
Isn't that the current state of journalism? - How drunk are you?
Is it 200 or 250ml? - Nothing. I don't have money.
Did you see Lakshmikuttyamma? Her mother. - No.
Her story is more interesting. She picketed with her months old
baby and went to jail after that. Gandhi himself gave her a tribute
in 'Navajeevan.' Nobody would remember that now.
And nobody bothers. Give me Rs. 10.
I didn't get any cheques because of the bad weather.
I can't write without drinking first. - Right.
I need to write a story, poem, and a play about detergent.
Look what the bureau chief of 'Statesman' does now.
I've come down to earth.
I'm letting the people know how great Chackochan's detergent is.
Balan, Sundaresan, Chandrashekaran.
Narayanankutty.
'The benefit of the doubt.'
'Don't be obsessed with money. Listen to your heart at times.'
'That's why I am telling you..'
'We will celebrate your birthday'.
You have a visitor. - Tell them to sit in the office. - Okay.
Today is Sunday. I don't want to be bothered. - When you have a
lot of cases, pick good juniors. They'll take care of minor cases.
"Love is life."
"Love is a pit."
"The pit runs deep."
"Oh, Allah. - Oh, Allah."
Nobody told me you were back. - Devi, lower the volume.
Some movie's on the TV. Sit down.
Madhavan is in the middle east. He writes once in a while.
Somebody told me that Unni has a bookstall.
I'm not in touch with the others.
Would you like some tea?
I have a family now. I can't fight for society anymore.
Youth makes people feel like that.
Nobody helps when you're in trouble. I learnt my lesson.
A good life is all about perspective.
Whose life? Whose security?
The average man is afraid to come out of his shell.
Get rid of that fear first.
Are you listening to me, Indira?
People who want to rewrite history will have to endure a lot.
They'll have to sacrifice a lot. In the forests of Bolivia..
Is she gone? - Yes.
Who is that? What did you tell her? - She is an old friend.
You don't know her.
Mother would be almost cured just because you are here, right?
Father.
My story books.
We will get it later.
I have tried what I could.
I have collected signatures..
I know.
Sister!
Sister.
I always wanted to meet you.
But coming there to meet..
Please don't mind.
My heart didn't let me.
It's good that you didn't come.
God!
How many years have passed!
I feel like we met in the last birth..
Am I right?
Including nine months in custody
eight years and 20 days.
How is your health?
I am fine.
Jeez! What are you wearing?
Didn't you see the saris I'd kept in the room?
I didn't look.
Long prayers
number of offerings..
You might not believe.
But he knows what I did.
I am the student now.
But she still calls me 'sir'.
Now, let's take good care of you.
I'll do it.
What are you doing?
You! Come here.
Do you know here?
You've never seen her.
She is your aunt.
I used to talk about you.
I told him that someday you will..
Oh, aunt in Kannur!
Yes.
Do you have a swing there?
Where? - At you house in Kannur.
Yes.
Go and take a bath. - Okay.
Tell Ms. Kalyani!
Have the old colleagues
come to get closer? - No.
They won't make such a mistake.
I met one person.
That was more than enough.
Good morning.
Don't think that I am disturbing you.
I have studied the background materials.
Family reunion.
Can I take a photo?
No.
My aim is to have a serious interview.
My mom will be a better candidate.
She is inside.
But she is sick.
I know.
Mr. Raman talks about her.
Mr. Raman is my colleague.
The reader appeal will be high for your interview.
The next demand will be to pose naked for a mass appeal.
Get out.
That is not what I meant.
Please get out!
It's okay.
I feared you might hit him.
You are still the same.
Haven't I told you about how she hit the guy
who put a love letter in my library book?
My neighbour is a leading lawyer.
He said that in Criminal Procedure Code
Section 432.. - Enough!
Don't talk such things.
She should be happy.
That's all I want.
I was talking about.. - No.
All these happened because you gave her
such books to read.
I know that.
I am passing some laws and codes.
Silly and useless talks are prohibited.
That's rule one.
I will rule here for some time.
If your old friends come here with their thoughts
I will kick them out.
What say?
Yes, sir.
Past is past.
Let's not discuss about it.
Stay healthy.
Eat healthily and rest.
I will take care of mother.
I have brought a servant too.
I will take care of that section.
You are smiling.
I am happy.
Come.
No one from his family came for our wedding.
Later they came by.
His father loves Babu.
Mother said that you went to Ernakulum.
They won't give me free rides just because
there's a record of royal grant at home!
Mother is suffering a lot.
Can I go back?
Ms. Sarada will be alone.
Sure.
And one thing.
Tell her
that we are here
and that it won't cost her to visit us.
Wait.
It was a great relief having you here.
What is it for?
Keep it, since you have worked hard.
No.
I won't take it.
I will come when I am free.
Poor child. - Yes.
Savithri is here.
They brought a servant too.
Did Prof. Prabhakaran come? - Yes.
Water.
Kurup and Das will come from Guruvayoor.
Okay.
Grind the rice.
I might have to go to Thrissur with them.
Aren't you going to meet the old lady next door?
She likes us more than her relatives.
Visiting sick people is a custom.
Don't you know that?
Mr. Prabhakaran will be there.
Isn't he a teacher in a private college?
Professor.
Everyone says that after three years of experience.
Professor!
The eldest one is still in jail, isn't she?
Your intimate friend.
She is here.
Did she get out so fast?
Bring her here somehow.
I'll introduce her to my friends.
You are talking
like she is a two-headed creature.
She..
She is innocent.
Innocents don't end up in jail.
One thing.
She might be your neighbour and friend.
Don't get too close.
She is not good.
What was her name?
Don't you remember?
You have sent
lots of letters using her address.
Before our marriage.
Next
will you say
that you forgot my name too?
Prepare food for them.
Strangers will think that I am the elder one.
How is your mother?
No change.
Did Prabhakaran Nair come? - Yes.
Who is she?
She might have to make offerings
to God to get rid of her fear.
Can you swim, Aunt?
Your mother is a better swimmer.
Ask her.
Sister.
Do men and women live separately?
I just wanted to know.
It was you who made the rule that we won't discuss it.
Now you are breaking it.
To be frank
I used to wonder at night
about where you might be sleeping
and what you might be eating.
Things like that.
We're alone here.
Why did you do it?
Can you change the world?
What did you gain?
Have you gained anything?
Then why did you do it?
Tell me.
That..
You won't understand this.
You used to say this when we were kids.
'You won't understand this.'
I don't want to understand it either.
Aunt!
Can you get me those flowers?
Tell her.
Your aunt is a great tree climber.
Go.
There is one over there. - Oh.
How is it now?
If we don't admit our defeat
she will lose her mood for the day.
Here comes the pervert, Indira.
Idiot.
He is always loitering at the ladies' bath.
Hey, mister. The men's bath is over there.
Was it written there?
I didn't see it.
'The ugly guard at the ladies bath.'
Enough, Sister. Someone is coming. - Let them come.
I did it for people to notice.
'The duties neglected by the power thirsty..'
'The revolution of the government is fake.'
'Does democracy mean serving the law?'
'Dear Chief Minister, you are raping the truth.'
What are you writing, Sister?
You won't understand this.
Go back to sleep.
15-7.
He lost pathetically.
Did you get anything?
I have read a book like this.
It was boring.
Isn't it about feminism?
We are supposed to feel that it is boring.
Their ideals are stupid.
'Burn the bra.'
What a stupid slogan!
How can you spread revolution by doing this?
As if brassieres oppose the revolution!
Damn. What the hell are you saying?
You won't understand this.
Consider it a symbol.
A traditional symbol.
In the context.. - Please. - ...of our poor country..
You are talking as if it is a boon that our country is poor.
It is a fact. - Yes.
Everyone wants to eradicate poverty.
Including you, sir.
What do you mean?
Don't people use poverty
to sympathise on others to prove
their big-heartedness?
Even smart people like you do that.
You are the limit.
Shall we play once more? Let her finish looking at your books.
One game. - Let the game continue.
If she doesn't win, she will start to cry.
You will have to lose to her.
Oh! I don't need anyone's charity.
Come, sir. - Okay.
Mom!
Mom.
Look, Mom.
Aunt knows the story of the demon and the queen.
If she gets married and has kids
she will become normal.
I shall convince her.
During her college days
she had got many good proposals.
Even mom tried to convince her.
She wanted to study
and wasn't interested in getting married.
Even after getting a job
she got some proposals.
It is easy to talk about it.
Who will come
knowing all of this? Am I right?
Aren't you going to sleep?
Indira! Savithri!
Indira!
Mom!
When? - Yesterday night.
Did you inform the press?
Won't someone come?
Won't the guys from Mathrubhumi write an article?
They are supposed to write.
Shouldn't we inform the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister?
They won't stay away from informing the press.
She is someone present in the old records.
Now that Mohandas has reached
we need not wait for anyone else, right?
We shall arrange everything for the cremation. - Okay.
She was conscious till her last breath.
She did not suffer much.
She was fortunate.
Indira was able to come too.
It is God's will.
If I had known that
I would not have come!
You could have performed my last rites and considered me dead.
They have left as well.
Every one of your family has cursed
you in their minds.
Though I'm a stranger, I've done the same.
There was only one person who always
loved you.
It's your mother.
47 years!
I was her shadow for 47 years.
Even when she was ill, just the sight of her made me happy.
It used to make me feel alive.
I need to see her
at least once every day to feel content.
Whom do I have now?
I'm not here to pester you to ask for an interview.
You need not report at the police station today.
I've spoken to the inspector.
I came to know of the conditions of the parole.
Ten more days.
May those ten days bring you happiness.
What else can I say?
There are some useless men who won't die
soon, despite being a dipsomaniac!
I am one among them.
Mr. Raman.
I have a doubt.
Tell me under which sections life sentence are defined.
I know you were a law student
and that's when it all started.
When I realised how the law works, I chose not to be a lawyer.
A life sentence
implies a jail term for the convict's entire life.
I'm serious. - I am serious too.
A life sentence means until the end of the convict's life.
However, the law has reduced it to 20 years.
But some.. - The state government can reduce the sentence period.
As per the law, they can't reduce it to less than 14 years.
But the government can reduce it to as much as they want.
All one needs is influence!
I want you to come with me to a few places, Mr. Raman.
Having you alongside might help me
get in touch with higher authorities.
How many people remember me and what I did?
Nobody.
I'm just a back number.
Did they adulterate the quantity too?
It got over after just two shots. Damn.
Could you get me another half litre, Rashid?
Mr. Shekharan!
Did he leave?
Oh.
Could I get some munchies?
This is a house of mourning.
Right.
I understand that it's you
who is most saddened by my mother's death.
I won't stay here until the completion of the funeral rites.
I will leave after tomorrow's obsequies.
As you wish.
Drink some to give me company.. Get a glass.
You haven't tasted alcohol till date.
I have.
While we were picketing liquor shops
they poured toddy over us.
That was the first time both of us tasted alcohol.
I was 19 years old then.
Your mother carried you on her hip and you were only nine months old.
I realised it then and there!
Someone who could give you company is downstairs.
He'd be craving for it. Should I call him?
Your brother, Ravi.
Do you know something?
I was promoted to the rank of a colonel.
When I received the order
after the send-off party
I realised that I was suspended instead of being promoted.
And no one knows why that happened.
I read about what my sister did
in a Malayalam newspaper we got at the camp.
I had a bone to pick with you since then.
You deserve to be fed to the dogs!
You! - Brother! - Please don't!
No! Please don't! - Prabhakaran! - Listen to me! - Let me go!
Come downstairs. - Let me go! I'm going to teach her a lesson!
No, Brother-in-law! - I won't spare her. - Listen to me!
Let me go! - Will you please? - Just let me go! - Come with me!
Come on. - I won't spare her! - Leave me!
Leave me, I say!
Let Babu eat even if the two of you won't.
No, he will be performing the obsequies.
He is the only male in the family who has agreed to.
Someone has to do it.
Make the bed in the southern room.
She will be staying with us for a few days.
Okay.
That is my old room.
When we were kids, I used to stand
near the window to show gestures to you
who stood on the veranda on the top floor of your house.
Don't you remember? - Yes.
What about Mr. Rajan? - He keeps travelling all the time.
Okay.
Oh.
Did it settle down? - Yes, he left.
He left after mentioning the amount
he spent to come here.
Come, Babu.
Mr. Shekharan said that you have some things to do.
What if he comes back when he sobers up?
Your stay here would be comfortable.
You can stay here.
Pour three drops of water on the daub.
Yes. One more drop.
Once more. Take the flower, sesame seeds and sandal powder.
Pray for the departed soul and pour three drops.
Yes.
Take them. Okay, one more drop.
Yes. Take the sandal powder
and pour three drops.
Take the rice, pray for the departed soul
and place it over there.
Pour three drops of water.
Once more.
'It's a new dawn in the lives of the common people'
'who have been facing poverty'
'for a long time.'
New dawn, my foot! Close the window!
Such a nuisance! - 'Dear friends'
'let's all unite under one party'
'and work with each other. I humbly request you'
'to..' - That brat thinks that he knows the law better than me!
I can't believe it!
'A developing nation like India has'
'acquired a prestigious position..'
A convict could leave prison
when he wants to if he knows the right people.
And he can return having done everything he wanted to.
Call the jail's IG.
Get him!
Get the IG of prisons.
I have some things to ask him.
Do you know him? To phone..
Call him!
He won't recognise me if you say Raman or P. R Menon.
Tell him it's Padinjaril Ramootty.
Get me another half-litre bottle.
Call him!
Hey. If I get drunk, I can talk well.
Don't. We are here to discuss a serious matter.
They secretly drink scotch.
We openly drink arrack.
The intoxication is same.
In 28 years
they let go of many heinous murderers.
They reduced many of their sentences.
I have the details.
Quiet down. - What for?
I will give them five more minutes.
If they don't call us, I will go and get drunk.
And when I return
you'd better be ready to make arrangements for bail.
Are they journalists? - They must be.
Oh, that case.
What should I do about it?
There are rules involved.
Not only this
but the Government.. - Sorry. I am already late by 30 minutes.
Did you stop journalism and start
advocating for such people? - I will do what I like.
It's I who's advocating, Mr. Kumaran.
I brought Mr. Raman along.
My name is Rasheed. - Oh, hello.
I didn't recognise you at first. Aren't you still in Bombay?
No. - What else is new?
What do you do now?
I stopped journalism and am writing a sort of biography.
Okay. - A Reporter in Bombay.
Okay. - Bars run by Goan ladies.
Streets dwelled by prostitutes.
There are places we visited.
Don't you remember?
A series of journals including some old photos.
Come, Mr. Raman.
If we steal his time now
even God won't forgive us. Come.
Thank you, Mr. Kumaran.
Mr. Menon, go and meet the CM.
It's the CM..
Come.
Oh. - She's Indira.
The strayed sheep has returned.
Like they say in the Bible.
Have a seat.
Isn't the jail divided into sections?
Which one do you belong to?
Don't you have anything good to say?
Sorry. - I brought her here so that she can be happy.
Why not? Let us celebrate.
You two won't indulge in my celebration.
If you come to the estate, we shall watch some movies.
We can arrange cassettes of the movies that you missed.
We can have some hare meat as well.
Okay, fine. Make a good vegetarian dinner.
Let it be a change for me as well.
Is this how to be when you bring her here to enjoy?
Come to the mood.
"That night faded away."
"Those glorious.."
"That night faded away."
"Those glorious"
"thousand dreams are no more."
"That night faded away."
"The songs that your heart sings"
"are the ones you forgot to sing."
"That night faded away."
"Those glorious"
"thousand dreams are no more."
"That night faded away."
"I shall place in your lap, a rare pearl"
"from the shell of wonderful stories."
"I shall place in your lap, a rare pearl"
"from the shell of wonderful stories."
"Be the innocent child once again"
"who prepares food for her play toys."
"That night faded away."
"Those glorious"
"thousand dreams are no more."
"That night faded away."
"I shall tell you stories of celestial nymphs"
"who come as butterflies, seeking flowers."
"I shall tell you stories of celestial nymphs"
"who come as butterflies, seeking flowers."
"Stay with me as the pure love"
"which never hurts anyone."
"That night faded away."
"Those glorious"
"thousand dreams are no more."
"That night faded away."
We can't see the other side now that the trees are grown.
Why do you think of such things all the time?
Be happy now.
You haven't changed a bit.
I'm relieved.
When I was there
I used to imagine you with your kids
playing and taking care of them.
I had two miscarriages.
Don't you want anything like that?
You'll be proud when we reach the estate bungalow, won't you?
What is Rajan now? A group manager?
Pride! I don't even like staying there.
The parties and the noise.
The hunting!
Isn't that a part of your social status?
You have to tolerate it, right?
There is a limit to tolerance.
But.. - What?
He says he could have been much more.
He blames me for that.
What can you do? Isn't he happy with what he has got?
No. He wants me to get drunk at the parties hosted
by the chairman and the managing director
and become high.
He hasn't directly asked me to sleep with them.
I'm glad.
Are you talking about Rajan?
Are you talking about the same Rajan
who used to write about you
saying that you are as beautiful and precious
as a flower bud?
Oh, my God.
Are you calling the Gods as well, Indira?
It is getting late.
Go to bed now.
Goodnight. - Goodnight.
Didn't you sleep yet?
No.
I was thinking about you, Indira.
I couldn't sleep.
Eight years. Terrible.
Life's colours, music, smells..
Long eight years away from all of this.
I can't even begin to think of it. Won't people go insane?
Yes, some do.
All Sarada needs is her bed. She'd be soon fast asleep.
She'd be in a deep sleep.
Let's stay here in happiness.
I will make you happy.
You are young, Indira. You are beautiful.
All Sarada remembers is serving us food and music
and treating us with hospitality.
I realise the desire in others.
Isn't that right?
Get to bed, Rajan.
Cut the drama.
I know what to do.
Shut up and lie down.
Rajan!
What I meant was.. - I understood.
Some pity sex for the one who was deprived of it, is it not?
If this wasn't Sarada's house..
Get out!
Why are you up so early?
I didn't want to wake you up.
I'm heading back.
Your skirt isn't dry yet.
It needs to be dried properly. - Give it here.
Can't you go there once in a while?
Staying here.. - Isn't inconvenient at all.
That's not it. - Do you feel inconvenient here?
No, it's all the same.
I don't stay far away. I'll come soon.
Pray to the departed soul and place the offering.
Sister quit her studies after she finished B.A.
Mother couldn't afford to educate the two of us.
Have you visited her office, sir? - Yes. A couple of times.
Three months later
she quit the government job.
Mother was upset.
I was in college then.
I came to know about it during the holidays.
We can say that it was when she was working
that she became an extremist.
You can ask me the questions.
I was planning to come there to meet you.
Are you planning to spin stories about my family for sensation?
I have decided not to write about you. I promise.
We were just talking.
I had come across an interesting book.
Yes, slowly.
I forgot to take it.
It was Castro's interview by a British journalist.
The journalist is a lady.
She went to Havana to write a book about Cuba.
She called up the Secretariat to get permission to meet Castro.
When it was connected, she thought it was yet another secretary.
But what she heard was 'Fidel here'.
That left her stunned.
Yes.
It seemed like the President was quite busy
for an interview.
He asked her to accompany him and talk on the way
on his way to check on a dam's construction the next day.
She waited near the hotel as told
waiting for his arrival.
At about 9 o' clock, a jeep came by.
It was Castro himself who was driving it.
It's one of Penguin's books.
How is that related to this interview?
It's not.
I had other reasons to remember it.
The drama you have to face to see a ruling politician is unbearable!
Mr. Prabhakaran says that you used to read a lot.
I'm sure that you wouldn't have had time for it in the past few years.
Who said that I didn't?
I worked at a book binding centre for three years.
I see that you still know how to smile.
I'm glad.
I'll see you then.
I'll be glad if you could come over sometime.
An old man called Mr. Raman and some old books
are the only things I have.
That's all.
Black tea is the main food. You are welcome.
I shall come. - There was some news this morning.
Not news, but a tragedy.
I had to cover the news.
A mother threw her kids into a well and killed herself.
She survived though.
What was the reason? - Her husband's torture.
Neglect and poverty.
I've taken pictures. You might see the headlines
of three dead bodies on the front page of the newspaper.
I had an urgent call at the post office.
Take this.
I finished reading this.
Indira, you can come there when the college re-opens.
That'll be better for you.
You can also look for a job.
What are you going to do here by yourself?
How long do you have to report at the police station and stuff?
Well..
Employed or not, you won't be a burden for us.
I'm sure no one would retire at life when they turn 28.
You must fight for yourself.
To exist, to prevail.
Don't think of what others will say.
Indira isn't even interested in reading.
Being in jail is such a traumatic experience.
Haven't you read the book, 'Mathilukal', by Basheer?
In which a prisoner falls in love with a woman
listening to her sound and feeling her fragrance.
Won't women feel the same way?
I don't know. You should've asked her.
Do people still ogle at you?
I don't look at them. - Let's go. I'll accompany you.
I had met Avarachan's son, Sunnykutty, once.
I am not trying to be melodramatic.
Are you not afraid that the deceased person's
family would come to take revenge? - What for?
Hasn't someone said that we'll always be indebted to death?
'He is no true-story teller who'd keep death from you.' Hemingway.
But you might have different views about them.
What do you mean by that?
I am me.
My anger, my love and my sadness
everything belongs to me.
I have never sold my thoughts to anyone.
I was just kidding.
What if they extend your parole
or give you a remission?
Miracles do happen in this world.
There won't be any miracle
in my case.
If that happens, what will you do?
I couldn't find a lot of details about Avarachan.
Don't worry. I have no intentions
to sensationalise your story.
I was just asking.
What else do you want to know?
In my childhood, I used to feel dizzy when I saw blood.
But now, I always keep
a sharp knife with me to deal with them.
I met him on the first day after starting my new job.
Where is the officer? - He hasn't come yet.
He is not on leave. He will be here soon.
I had told him that I will be here at 10:30 a.m.
Did you get the TXD hybrids? - No, sir.
Don't give it to anyone else. I need it. - Okay, sir.
36.
Is this Nair?
Where are you?
Yes, I have told him.
If I give my word
it will happen.
I don't give empty promises.
You better arrange the other thing.
Come to my estate.
Isn't Annakutty there on duty?
Who is this?
Connect me to 47.
Is Moidukutty there?
Where did he go?
Tell him that I asked for him.
Just tell him that. He will understand.
Keep those two calls under government expense. - Sir.
Who is she? - She is the new welfare assistant.
To serve the tribal people.
Those guys are not going to change.
How long have you been here?
All the people who start their job here
come and visit me at my bungalow.
I felt like the office and the officers belonged to him.
It was more like a one-man show.
The law would stand away from him.
Chandrashekharan.
Adv. Chandrashekharan used to work in that area, isn't it?
Yes.
The people in their arts club used to visit.
Discussions, plays..
I was involved in this too.
There was a young 17-year-old boy named Ayyappan.
In one of his acts, he took a dig at Avarachan.
Everyone, including the Harijan women, laughed.
The majority of the population there comprised of Harridans.
The next day, we found his dead body.
Avarachan was that powerful.
I don't remember reading such news in the paper.
They might speak the truth.
But it's not necessary that they speak the whole truth.
That's what the media believe.
The arts club told us about the deeds happening at his guest house.
He had VIP guests every day.
Apparently, they used to visit him to eat quail's meat.
When he sends his men to get quails
he also asks them to get tribal girls.
A beautiful Harijan girl.
I had to see his hounds attacking an innocent pregnant woman.
In front of his bungalow.
No.. That's just..
You cannot believe it, can you?
I saw it myself.
Don't try to showcase your revolution skills in front of me.
What should I do if she is pregnant with someone's baby?
Should I adopt him?
What if she decides to stay here?
Really? - That's our decision.
Let your child be raised here.
Thomaskutty, set the dogs free.
Oh, God.
It didn't happen in the 18th century or in an African forest!
It happened here. In our country!
Please. Relax.
Please calm down.
Think about something good.
You will feel better
if you could write this down.
No, it's not a journalist's trick.
Consider it a friend's advice.
Even our literature would be blessed with a good book.
I will do it's English translation.
I will be happy to do that.
Can I sleep next to aunt? - Shut up.
You sleep next to her every day, right?
I will sleep next to her.. - That's enough. Stop it.
That's okay. Come here.
Isn't Ravi back yet? - Let him go somewhere.
Why should he step back?
He wanted to sleep next to me.
Do you want something to read? - No.
I am going to tell him a never ending story.
I will come to your house too.
Of course. Why not?
I shall take him to bed.
Let him sleep here.
He will kick while sleeping.
Are you scared to leave him with me?
Don't be silly.
I am not understanding anybody's reaction.
I don't want to be a disturbance for anyone till I leave.
Where are you leaving?
Didn't I tell you to come with us?
Where else will you go?
Anyway, I have to go.
Where?
I only have six days left for my parole to end.
After that?
I will have to go back to the jail.
No.
Yes.
After you go back..
Well..
They might let me go after seven years if they feel so.
They might even extend it to 12 years.
That is law.
20 years.
You talk as if it is something very simple.
Then what else do you expect me to do? Cry?
That seems to be the custom.
It's not that I don't want to escape.
But I cannot.
I am not ready to commit suicide.
I tolerated everything for so long.
I don't want to create a scene.
I don't want to let anyone know.
I want to leave with all happy faces around
when the right time comes. That is my wish.
I will take Babu to bed.
After that, you may close the door.
Let her get over her hunger for men.
Savithri, it's not like you think.. - I don't need an explanation.
Come here.
I did not complete the story, right?
Why do you look angry?
Do you kill people?
I should be blamed for being kind to you! - Savithri!
Where are you going?
Nearby. - Okay. Do you want me to say anything to Sarada?
No. - I came to give the salary to my mom.
I am late.
Won't you be coming to our place? - Yes.
This is a surprise.
I need a place to stay for around five days.
That's not an issue. We have a guest. Get her tea, Raman.
You probably feel that 14 days is a bit too much.
Don't you?
You are surrounded by fire
from all four sides, right?
That is obvious.
Home..
No! You don't have to explain.
My presumptions about people never go wrong.
It doesn't surprise me.
We have enough room for you.
I won't be a burden for you..
Come on. Move your things and clean that room for her.
Come. All the orphans belong here.
'Orphans of the world unite'.
'You don't have anything to lose!'
Come.
It will be hard for me to have a drink from now on.
I.. My friend has come.
I was with him.
He said he will get me a job if I go to Mumbai with him.
Let the rites be over.
But if you take a decision without thinking..
Okay, I won't go!
Do you have Rs. 25,000 with you to pay the bribe?
I will get a job in the bank if I go to Trissur tomorrow.
Can anyone give me Rs. 25,000?
We will get a good price for old timber.
Why can't we sell this house?
Look at how coolly he's talking about selling the house!
I don't think the government will convert this house into a museum!
Oh, yes. No one will remember Lakshmikutty anymore.
There is someone who is more famous.
A bitch who went behind murder and crimes.
I will kill you. You are a good for nothing brother-in-law.
You can kill everyone.
Move aside.
No! Please don't be stupid like him.
We only have Babu to perform the last rites.
That is why we are here.
We will leave after the ceremony.
Indira will also leave after four days.
You can do whatever you want after that.
There won't be anyone to oppose you.
Indira.. - She will go back to jail.
She is here for her parole of 14 days.
She has to go back.
After that?
I did not get you.
She might be able to return after 7 or 12 years if she is alive.
Misfortune..
When will aunt leave, Mom?
I will also go to Kannur with her.
Go and play outside.
Go..
Sister.. But she did not tell me anything.
She has always been open to you, right?
No! The old doubt that you had is still in your mind.
I am sure about that.
Your sister has never fallen in love with me.
I met her three days before her arrest.
I knew that she had got into some trouble.
I was ready to escape to any part of the world with her.
I am being frank with you.
Nobody can understand her.
She smiled at me
and told me to take care of you.
She said that nobody should blame you for her mistakes.
She wanted you to be safe.
That was the first time I saw her cry.
The next was yesterday, when you insulted her.
The brutal torture at the prison didn't make her cry. But you did!
Is there any way for her to stay?
Tell me. Is there any way?
No.
Why can't a man cook?
Why can't he look after a baby?
It is an age where feminism rules in magazines for women.
I shall serve.
Raman? - He will come.
He doesn't believe in any of this.
He has been surviving solely on fluids
for a while now.
Have it.
Forget it. Don't count the days. Please.
Forget all of it.
Please sit. - It's okay. Sit.
I am still in search, Rasheed.
It's been a while since I ate anything made by a woman.
I shall have a lavish dinner.
Not today though.
Don't give her all the credit. I chipped in, too.
Let me go and search once again. I'll be back. I've got work.
Doesn't he have anyone of his own?
Yes.
Me.
I don't think Raman will come back.
His errand.. I don't know.
It is a personal errand of mine too.
Would you like to listen to some music?
I have some old tapes.
"Oh, music! You awoke oceans"
"with your music. Your heavenly music."
"The music awoke me from within."
"The ripples from the celestial music."
"The oceans!"
"Do come and dwell"
"in this lonely path of mine."
"Do dwell.."
"Oh, music! You awoke oceans"
"with your music. Your heavenly music."
"It awoke me from within."
"Atop a bed kissed by the flowers"
"of the lonely night."
"Atop a bed kissed by the flowers"
"of the lonely night."
"Even the rays of the moon"
"seem to fade away."
"Which arms will gently caress"
"and wake me up?"
"Oh, music! You awoke oceans"
"with your music. Your heavenly music."
"It awoke me from within."
I will let no one take you away from me.
No one.. Not even the jailor.
I can't.
I.. I don't have..
Don't say it. - "The smell arose."
"The wind sings." - Don't say it.
"Whose fingers laid a mark"
"on this river's bosom?"
"Come and caress to rise"
"the clouds in my path."
"Oh, music! You awoke oceans"
"with your music. Your heavenly music."
"The music awoke me from within."
"The ripples from the celestial music."
"The oceans!"
Don't worry.
No.
No wonders will happen.
Then again, when I go back
I'll have these days to remember.
By that time..
Let me see another sunrise.
Wait for some time. - Okay.
Indira!
Aunt.
I've got a sari for you. It's a light coloured sari.
No, I don't need it.
The uniform is different there.
Let's go home. - I don't mind staying here until I go back.
Where are you going? - I've to go somewhere.
I will.. Even I'll come with you. Shall I go, Mom?
I will take you with me next time.
But not now.
Please don't curse me, sister.
I was harsh to you.
I regret it.
Please don't curse me.
Don't worry. Go.
I will come there before I go back.
I have to bid adieu to your husband.
Didn't you go?
Ravi!
Before I go back, I wanted to see you living happily
like before.
I won't blame you.
There's more than Rs. 200 in this.
These are my savings.
Don't worry, it's my earnings.
I get around Rs. 10 every month as my wages in jail.
This is what I earned in the last eight years.
You are the one who is suffering the most
from financial stringency.
If you come to visit me in jail when you think I have money
I will give you money.
Sister! Don't go back.
I don't want anything.
Go. Don't get addicted to anything in this world.
Go.
Do you understand?
'Police Station.'
Sit down.
Miracles do happen.
Do you believe it now?
We'll be busy from now.
Shall we give the declaration to a weekly?
Let's find the capital required for it.
I thought I should plan something which will interest you too.
Newspaper. That's a job I know about.
What do you say? - I am ready to do anything.
Your life with me will be miserable.
You won't even get a single penny as salary.
Are you fine with it? - Yes.
What do you know about me? You don't know anything about me.
You don't even know my full name, do you?
Yes, I do. What I know is more than enough.
What do you know? - Your name is Rashid.
Your caste is male and religion, humanity.
Hey..
Go and get me some booze if you are done flirting. - Mr. Raman..
You had doubts till the last moment.
Finally, you are free from all the problems.
Somehow..
Gosh. It drained me!
Go and prepare something to eat instead of thanking me.
Today I will have food from here.
I need something tasty to eat.
As per my perspective, since his birth
a man is a prisoner.
Do you know that?
Her remission order has been issued. - Really?
My God! - Let me tell Savithri about it.
A miracle!
Minor miracle.
I didn't have much hope about it. Still..
As we are not yet done with the post-funeral rites
of mom, we can't celebrate this happiness.
Where are you going?
Let me go and meet Sarada.
Oh, no..
Sorry.
I can't run away from myself, Rasheed.
Sorry.
Sister!
Aunt!
I'm going back to the big house in Kannur, dear.