"As the unearthly sound of conch is heard"
"oh, woman, you start your day."
"With every passing day"
"you suppress your sorrows."
"You blossom into a lovely flower without anyone seeing."
"You hide your tears and wear a smile."
"You apply the vermilion of pain."
"As the unearthly sound of conch is heard"
"oh, woman, you start your day."
"With every passing day"
"you suppress your sorrows."
Keep it there. Otherwise, I'll beat you up.
"You offer your life happily"
"when your child is in need of you"
"and when your husband seeks your attention."
"Even though you are in grief"
"you dream of a beautiful life"
"and shed tears in silence."
"Even before the first ray of sun fall on the earth"
"you start your chores and wear out."
"As the unearthly sound of conch is heard"
"oh, woman, you start your day."
"With every passing day"
"you suppress your sorrows."
Stop watching TV.
Sit and study. - Mom!
I told you to study, didn't I? - I will study.
Oh, no! - Won't you obey me?
You're watching TV again! Come here.
Get back to studies.
"Oh, woman, doesn't the dark"
"ignite the fear in you"
"and the silence haunt you?"
"Even though you are the most wonderful creation"
"aren't you melting inside?"
"The bright days have ended"
"and darkness has filled your soul."
"The life is meant to be joyous"
"but hasn't your life given you bitter memories?"
"As the unearthly sound of conch is heard"
"oh, woman, you start your day."
"With every passing day"
"you suppress your sorrows."
Gosh!
Good Lord!
Hey!
Didn't you see me?
Can't you give me the newspaper?
Bend down and take it yourself, sir.
I have to deliver the newspaper in a lot of houses.
Stop! Stop right there!
Stop throwing the newspaper, sitting on your cycle.
Yesterday, the newspaper fell in the kennel.
When I took it out to read, it was stinking of dog's urine.
Sir
Will you only be satisfied if you abuse somebody every morning?
Yesterday, you complained about the news to advertisement ratio.
Today, you have a problem with dog's urine!
It's better that you print a newspaper on your own and read.
I'm not paying Rs. 3.50 to enjoy the advertisements.
Call up the press and complain. - I will.
Go ahead and complain. - Yes, I will.
Bloody idiot!
'Pay commission's recommendations to be implemented, says minister.'
I read the same news, the day before yesterday.
Hey, stop!
Are you still making tea?
This is for dad. I have kept yours there.
This tastes like starch.
It is neither strong nor hot.
You make a special tea for dad. - You drink that now.
Despite making special tea for him
he still has so many complaints.
Bindu! - I am coming.
Go quickly, Mom.
The news must be choking him.
Oh, no! Did the power go?
In that case, the bulb would go off too.
What's wrong then?
I think it's dead.
It has been breathing its last for quite some time now.
It's dead, Mom.
However you try, the mixer is not going to work.
Oh, my God! How will I prepare the curry before he goes to work?
Will you please do me a favour? - I am sorry.
I have a special class at 8:30 a.m. I'm going. - Hold on.
I want to see the results
of your hard work in the progress card too. Okay?
Bindu!
I am coming!
Rather than screaming your lungs out
why don't you get the tea yourself, Sugunan?
I can't multitask.
The mixer broke down when I was about to get you tea.
Do you prepare tea in the mixer?
What? - I was checking out the price of gold.
Are you planning to buy gold?
Can I check the rate only if I'm buying?
Women find satisfaction in finding out the price of gold, every day.
Oh, no! How did the cow break loose?
Don't laugh.
In times of crisis, if you want me to pledge gold
you should buy some.
Our daughter is growing up.
Did you see this news?
The pay commission is going to implement salary revision.
Good times are ahead.
Should I wait till then, to buy a new mixer?
It's been ages since the washing machine stopped working.
This situation is bad. I'll have to shut down the kitchen.
You can get it repaired.
I can't take it for repair anymore.
When I went there last time, the shopkeeper asked me
to buy a new one. - I see.
So you are ashamed to face the shopkeeper.
Bindu, Kerala is turning into a consumer state.
Thousands of refrigerators, washing machines and mixers
are being sold every day.
The amount of electricity required to run all these appliances!
Forget about it.
This is an era
in which multinational companies spring up like mushrooms.
You may not find small shops that repair mixers.
It's high time that we talk to the American Government.
What if they don't agree?
We will strike against them.
Don't argue with me about significant issues.
Come here!
He is talking to me about national issues!
National issues.. - By the way
if I have to prepare a curry before you leave to office
I will have to start right from scratch.
Doesn't she understand what I say?
Bindu, I know
that the TV advertisements have influenced you badly.
Oh, really? - Bring your damaged mixers to us
and take home a brand new mixer, today itself!
It's easy for the companies to make such statements.
A poor overseer like my wife and me shouldn't fall into their trap.
Sugunan
my dad gifted that mixer on Anju's first birthday.
It's been thirteen years.
How long will it work?
Don't say that.
Haven't your parents grown old?
Do you have any plan to exchange them for new ones?
No, right? So don't say that the mixer's old.
Old is gold.
In olden times
women never relied on electrical appliances.
They had good health.
One of my aunts
was due for her delivery. Listen.
Her date was due.
She had labour pain when she was milling paddy.
She kept the pestle aside
went to the bedroom, delivered a baby and asked the others
if she should continue grinding the rest of the wheat.
People working there asked her to get some rest.
Such is my family.
I didn't know
that women in your family were so efficient!
Yes, they were.
Delivery for them was
a cake walk. Like how you
pluck these papayas.
It was very easy.
They had the stamina.
But now, women turn the switch on and wait
for things to happen.
Not woman work hard.
What's the result? Here. Look at me.
As Mr. Kunjunni says, it's not delivery anymore.
It's only surgery.
You get a back pain for life, absolutely free of cost.
Just to trouble others.
Do you mean to say, I insisted on going for a C-section?
When I was about to deliver Anju
the nurses there told me a hundred times. - What did they say?
They told me that I need not go through all the pain.
They'd do a C-section and take the baby out.
But I wanted to save your money.
So I endured all the pain. Don't you know that? - I do!
I know how much pain you went through.
Suppose we buy a new mixer, the curry won't taste
as good as the one made using mortar and pestle.
Were you eating bland food all these days?
A cow has no choice when it is given rice starch to drink.
See, the cow seconds what I said. - I see.
The tea turned cold while I was talking to you. Heat it again!
A cow doesn't have the choice to ask for hot starch either.
See, the cow seconds what I said.
The cow is a thankless animal!
Anju, what were you looking at? - Nothing.
She doesn't keep anything in place.
After all, like father, like daughter.
Did dad go to take a bath? - I don't know.
I've served breakfast. Have it. - Okay.
Bindu. - There he goes again!
Coming!
Bindu!
What is it, Sugunan? - Here.
What is this? It's only 8:30 a.m.
I need to inspect a couple of houses today.
I just cooked rice. I haven't prepared the curry yet.
I would've made it if you told me you had to leave early.
Anju is taking Idly for lunch. Shall I pack the same for you?
Okay, I will have Idly thrice a day from today!
Then have lunch at a hotel today.
Lunch at a hotel!
Do you know the pay scale of an overseer?
After PF, loan and other deductions
all I get is a little amount at the end of a month.
You don't have to take a loan
to eat out, once in a blue moon!
I have no choice.
I don't have a sixth sense to guess you'd go early today.
But I..
Bindu, the time you spend arguing with me
is enough to cook.
But you are least bothered
about the nature of my job and the difficulties I face.
You know nothing.
Oh, really? Right from building a dam to stop the water flowing
channelising it through pipes, generating electricity out of it
distributing it to each house in the state, you do everything alone!
Sugunan, everyone has work.
Right from dawn to dusk
none of you notices how I toil up in here.
Stop it!
You rant about this often.
What do you do all day?
Nothing.
I wake up, go to the kitchen and tell the cooker
Dear cooker, I need rice for three people today.
On hearing that, the cooker pours water into it
cleans the rice and cooks it. Once it's done, it whistles at me!
You don't have to be sarcastic.
Our house is so small, and there's so little work to manage.
Do all the chores in this house for a day, and you will know.
Why just a day? I will do all the household chores for a year.
Will you earn money to meet all expenses instead?
Don't you have an answer?
Look at my shirt and trousers.
Don't you see that it's creased?
There are more such shirts in the cupboard.
So once you are done with all the chores
press all my clothes again.
I called you to say this.
She is complaining about her work!
What was today's issue?
Aren't you leaving? - There is time for the autorickshaw to arrive.
Mom, will you agree if I ask permission for something?
I will convince dad. - What is it?
Children from my school
have sent an application to participate in a reality show.
The prize money in the show is 5 million for the best dancer.
Shall I send an application? - Oh, No!
My daughter is not old enough to handle all that money.
Oh! - Stop thinking about exhibiting your dancing skills!
Mom, please. Reality shows are in demand than movies.
Haven't you heard of
dancer Prashant, Najeem, Hisham?
They shot to fame in the bat of an eye.
My daughter need not earn recognition in a jiffy.
Study well.
You will be in grade 10 next year. Do you even remember that?
I promise you, I won't let the reality show affect my studies.
Dear
do you know something?
I learnt classical dance for more than a decade.
I had also decided to make it my profession.
When your dad came with the marriage proposal
he had told me that I could continue to learn dance.
He had also told me to join a computer course.
But what happened?
At the age of 18, I got married and came here.
I haven't looked at those anklets since then.
A woman who doesn't have a job
will not get respect from her husband's family members.
After a few months into marriage
she is only a maid who doesn't have to be paid.
I don't want my daughter to go through the same plight as mine.
Mom.
Go.
We have thousands of women
who work in their husbands' house all day like a cattle.
The opinions of those women
who don't get paid for their hard work, have no value.
A housewife means a slave.
Most of the men think so.
Delivery and taking care of one's children
are the reasons that make many women stay at home.
Delivery is only a favour that we do to this world
for its existence.
If we decide not to deliver babies from now
the world will come to an end in ten or twenty years.
Most of us are like the stinking dishes
in the sink, unwashed.
The situation should change. - Yes.
Ego and pride are not just men's feelings
Women also have self-respect.
We need to prove it to the society. - Isn't the speech good?
With these words, I claim this Women's Day
to be the day to claim our rights.
With this, inaugurate the women's rally
Well said.
We've been standing here for a long time.
There is no one to collect the bill.
I have so many other works to attend to.
I know you're in a hurry to go home and drink.
You liar!
Yesterday, I saw you standing in a long queue
in front of a beverages shop.
You were patient then. - That was important.
Do you think this is not important?
This is a necessity too.
There is only one difference.
If you pay there, you get a pint.
And if you pay here, you get electricity.
So think of the God of liquor
and stand patiently.
The queue will be shorter soon.
Then you may drink and leave. I mean, pay and leave.
God! It is too hot out here.
You have grown old, Ma'am.
Why don't you send someone younger to pay the bill
and rest at home?
If you fall sick or faint here
there is no one to help. How sad!
Please move.
Girls need not move.
Okay, see you on 15th. Don't forget. Okay.
Sir, we've been standing here for the past two hours.
I need to cook after going home.
If we delay paying the bill by a day, you cut the power.
But there's no one to collect the money when we come to pay.
When I went to fix the line, I heard ma'am's speech, Chacko.
I heard it too. It was brilliant!
If women decide not to have babies hereafter
our world will come to an end
in twenty years.
Like Women's day, Mother's day
Children's day, Old people's day Valentine's day, we need
a special day to celebrate, don't we, Chacko?
Of course, we need at least a half day.
If we get a full bottle and chicken, we'll celebrate.
Full bottle and chicken!
Why is it taking so long to accept the bill? - There's no staff.
Mr. Sunny is getting married and Annamma is on leave.
Why don't you take the bill? Women are standing under the sun.
Men are there too.
Kabir and I are going to the field. - Excuse me.
I have to fix a few lines.
Chacko is getting ready
to buy a gift for Sunny's wedding reception.
Ma'am, only your share is pending.
Everyone else has paid. - Mohanan is preparing the salary statement.
He won't do other work until he's done. - All of us are busy.
You may collect those bills. - Correct. - Hey!
Yes, Ma'am. You came here to sign the register
and then left to inaugurate the rally.
If you had collected those bills
those women could've gone home.
You are right.
Until and unless you participate in the national financial issues
and also in the production of commodities
liberation of women is not possible in its real sense. Do you get it?
Sir, let's go to fix the electricity lines.
What did you say?
It was written in the newspaper I got when I bought fish yesterday.
I took so much of pain to by heart the lines.
Come, let's go.
The work in this house is never-ending.
He won't listen if I ask him to hire a maid for help.
He married me so that I do all the domestic work.
I need an extra pair of hands to take care of the people here!
To add to the difficulty, there's a cow and a dog.
I know I haven't fed you yet. Stop barking!
I'd rather work as a maid in someone else's house.
I will at least earn some money at the end of every month.
Sugunan can only bring you home.
But I have to slog like a donkey to look after all of you.
When I asked him to hire someone to milk you
he said that he didn't want someone who milks every cow
in the village to milk you.
In that case, he should do all this.
But he wants me to do all the work.
I've told him a thousand times to buy packed milk
but he is not satisfied with the quality of it.
I'm tired of this.
Someday, I will bury all the animals here.
He has kept the dog to guard our house!
One responsible person is enough to look after a house.
Entrusting one's job to a dog is of no use.
Who are you abusing?
Once Sugunan and Anjana leave in the morning
the only company I have are these animals.
Of course! I can see how happy you are
in the company of these cows and dog.
Other than these cows and dog
weren't there a few chickens too?
The chickens died of some disease. - For good, I believe!
You need not take care of them anymore.
Come in, Dad. What made you visit me suddenly?
Do I have to take an appointment and book a seat to see you?
You haven't visited me in a while That's why I asked.
Do you ever remember that you have an ailing mother
and the two of us as your family?
Dad, it's not that I don't miss you all.
I cannot leave these cows and dog alone at home and go out.
Well, don't trouble yourself. - Grandpa.
Is my granddaughter back?
I saw your car outside.
Uncle Ramesh is also here! - Why don't you help mom?
You are a grown up girl now. - Well said!
She won't do anything.
Will I be of any help to her, Grandpa?
Forget about it.
When will the Overseer return?
He had come home for lunch.
So, there is no point in waiting for him.
What is the matter, Dad?
There is good news.
It is time to welcome a girl into our family.
Before that, as his elder sister, we want you to meet her.
The girl is his colleague in the office and they're in love.
So, I decided to conduct their wedding. What say?
Come. - Ramesh
you did not give any of us a hint about it.
We will come on Friday.
I want you and brother-in-law to be ready.
Don't give me any lame excuses.
Shut up! We'll be ready on time.
Do you want me to go to his office tomorrow and invite him?
No, Dad. I will inform him.
Okay, then we'll make a move.
You didn't even have tea.
We aren't your guests.
You need not be formal. - Let's go.
Dad.
How is mom? - Her condition has not improved much.
The doctors say that we need not expect a miracle in her case.
But we cannot give up on her, can we?
Let's go.
Don't worry about mom.
She will recover before my wedding. You just wait and watch.
Bye, Anju. - Bye.
I used to carry him when he was a child.
He has grown into a young man and is getting married!
Everyone is carried by someone or the other in their childhood.
Does that mean, they will never grow up and get married?
You! - Okay.
Congrats! - Thank you.
She is the Assistant Engineer, in the office. - Hello.
All the best. - Thank you.
That's enough.
Fix yourself a drink. You rarely get a chance.
It is against our religion. My dad drinks.
But only on two occasions.
That's okay. - When it's raining and when it is not! - What?
What did Changampuzha write about women? - I don't know.
'Women are the reason for all problems in the world.'
'Limitless desire, I call you woman.'
Call whatever you like, but make sure they don't abuse you.
He is only two pegs down.
He is already reciting poems.
He is reciting poems because he is alone here.
Once Lisamma walks in, you will see him changing colours.
What did you say? - If you stand here and keep drinking
your wife, Lisamma will walk in any minute and see you.
Before that, have two more pegs and leave.
I only ordered for two pegs!
Let me gulp at least 4-5 pegs down before she comes.
What is this? - Man isn't in a hurry
even when he breathes his last.
True that.
Only Malayalees can gulp down liquor so quickly.
No twerp can be as quick as this when it comes to drinking.
Do you see him?
Is this the Electricity Board?
No, this is the house where a wedding is going on.
Overseer Mr. Sugunan? - Yes.
Will the Athirappilly project happen soon?
It will get delayed by two minutes!
It's a question of someone's survival.
That's why I asked. - That's why I replied
that it would take two more minutes. Please wait outside.
I have doubt.
What will the monkeys living there do? - Kabir.
Dear animal lover
when the water level rises
the monkeys know
that it has to climb to a greater height.
Will the monkeys climb up? - Yes, they will.
Here. Give this to him.
You may have this. - Won't there be a problem?
There's Paratha and monkey's meat. - Monkey's meat?
Yes. - Thank you.
Moron!
How many pegs did you have?
This is only my second peg.
You drink like a fish when you get liquor for free.
Yesterday's incident will repeat in front of the kids..
What happened yesterday in front of the kids?
Actually.. - You have to tell us. Come on, tell us.
I slapped him in front of them.
Is that all? - Very bad!
Didn't your wife come, Mr. Sugunan? - No.
Why didn't you bring her along?
I don't like to exhibit my wife
clad in a silk saree and adorned with gold ornaments.
She is least interested in attending such functions.
He should call me to know if I am interested in going.
He never does that.
My fate is to slog in this kitchen.
To be honest, it's embarrassing to go out with you.
If someone comes to meet us
they ask if I am your sister.
I'm tired of telling everyone that you are my mother.
You must be the only daughter
who envies her mother because she is beautiful.
Do you think you are Aishwarya Rai?
Yes, I was beautiful and that's the only reason
your dad got married to me at once he saw me.
I wish I had some guts too.
Mom.
Will you give me permission if I ask you something? - Reality show?
Noway! - Not that.
I dropped that idea long back. - What is your new demand?
A mobile phone.
Many students in my class have one.
It has many features.
I can call you once in a while.
You can call me just in case I get late. - Really?
Since the time you leave in the morning
till you return in the evening, I have nothing to ask you.
You will use it as an excuse to come late.
Even without these facilities
we faced no problems when we went to school.
In the last exam
you scored only 70 in Maths. Keep that in mind.
I will pull your eyes out if you score poorly in the next exam.
Both of you start arguing once it's evening.
I can hear your voice from the junction!
I didn't say anything wrong.
I was telling her about studies.
Is this how you teach children?
You should first understand what's on their mind.
Then without burdening the child
you must explain and convince things to her.
You must make studying fun.
Learn without burden.
That is our Government's new policy for education.
I taught my daughter all these years
without knowing all this.
That's why she scored poor marks in Maths, last time.
Look, teaching social and science is no big deal.
Mathematics and English are the important subjects.
Your mom is weak in both the subjects.
All the credits go to your dad and all the blames are on me.
Don't argue about Maths.. - Stop arguing about it.
Dad.
Did everyone in your office go alone for the wedding? - Why?
You attend all the functions alone.
So, I asked. - Dear girl
don't you know this?
The invitation card given to your dad
is always a special one.
'Please don't get your family along'
says the card. - Hey!
I'm not a henpecked husband to take you everywhere I go.
I know that. - What?
You're not a henpecked husband. - Don't.. - Dad!
Grandpa and Uncle Ramesh visited us today. - What for?
It's uncle's engagement on next Friday.
Grandpa will send a car in the afternoon.
Both of you may go. - I see.
Why did they come to invite in my absence?
They came in the evening so that they could meet you.
They did not know you had to attend a wedding reception.
They aren't outsiders. They're my father and brother.
They can come here anytime.
It's a love marriage.
He is going to marry his colleague. - I will slap you!
Go to your room.
She has a big mouth.
After all, she is your daughter.
Why are you livid for no reason?
I know you fight for little things when it's about my family.
You can then avoid talking to me for the next two days
so that I don't raise the topic again.
Although my mom is unwell, I haven't visited her since ages.
It's normal for human beings to fall ill.
There are so many Malayalees who work overseas.
Do they fly to Kerala the moment they hear of someone's illness? No.
But I'm not living abroad.
I will attend my brother's engagement.
No, you won't.
You may call and inform them if you want to.
If they want us to go, let them come and invite me.
Then I will think whether I should go or not.
Go and teach Anju now.
I'm not good at Maths and English.
And I know nothing about the new teaching techniques.
So, please teach her yourself.
Yes, I will teach her if required.
Do you want to see that? - Yes, go ahead.
Please go ahead.
Anju, get me your Maths book.
What is 16 multiplied by 12?
Come on, tell me. What is 16 multiplied by 12?
54, is it? - Answer me.
16 multiplied by 12? - I'll say.
Multiplied by 12.. - How much is it?
128.. No..
It's 1.. - How much is it?
156.
It's such an easy question. - Wait, I'll tell you. It's 157.
Were you dreaming?
Mom! - Come on! - Dad, don't hit me!
It's two hundred and.. - Stop! - No, Dad.
Please, Dad.. - Don't cry.
No, Dad. Please don't. - If you weep before I say something
I will break your head. - No, Dad.
There is a limit to my patience. Quiet!
Don't utter a word!
14.
This is called learning without burden.
Which line is faulty?
Okay. - Post!
Why are you shouting? Give it to me.
These are all for Ms. Tara.
Mathrubhumi, Bhasha Poshini, Manorama.
There's an envelope from every news paper's office.
Chacko. - Yes, Ma'am?
I think these are your poems. It has been rejected.
If you send different poems
they will send it back in different envelopes.
That is how different they are.
How did you know they were poems?
Mathrubhumi from Calicut, Bhasha Poshini, Manorama, etc.
won't write to you if they have complaints regarding power.
The street light on Avenue road is not working. Fix it before noon.
The street light has to work only at night.
Can't he go and fix it in the evening?
Just follow my orders. - Okay.
If there are more poems to post, I shall do it on my way. - Shut up!
Come, let's go and fix the street light.
Okay. - Sugunan. - Yes?
I met Sunny, yesterday.
Isn't he back from honeymoon yet? Where is he?
He was asking me if the four of us could go on a family picnic.
But I'm not married yet.
You are more than enough.
Lisamma is so thrilled by the idea.
I told her I'd confirm after asking your opinion.
He will plan such things as he is newly married.
You're an old man. Do you want to go for a picnic?
I have no money to spend on such things.
Disgusting! Picnic!
Are you taking your family for the picnic? - Yes, I am.
Does your wife has a younger sister? - Yes.
Okay, then I'll join you.
I'll give her company.
What happened, dear? What are you trying to find?
I can't find the key. Mom said that she'd keep it there.
Where did she go after locking the house?
For Uncle Ramesh's engagement. - I see.
So she went without my permission!
Let me check if she has kept it somewhere else.
Look, she has left the window open.
Okay, Dad. - Bye.
You locked the house and went to roam around!
How could I leave it open? - Where is the key?
I forgot to keep it, in a hurry.
It's with me.
Has it been long since you came?
You came quite early today.
Stop. Give me the key.
So your plan was to come back before I return from work, right?
What are you saying?
What else do you want me to say?
My wife should follow my orders.
You cannot go and come as you like.
Bindu.
I wanted to return before Anju came back from school.
There was heavy traffic. So I got late by 30 minutes.
You need not make a fuss over it.
I just came, Mom.
I was trying to find the key when dad walked in.
Then why are you questioning me?
Come, dear.
It's okay, Dad. Please go.
Come.
Bindu, stop there.
Sugunan
so this is how things are? - How?
When I asked her why you didn't turn up
she told me that the engineer called urgently
for some work and you had to go.
The engineer had called me
But I..
She could have informed me before she left.
Don't try to justify yourself.
Keep one thing in mind.
You cannot live alone all your life.
If you need a help in an emergency
we're the only relatives close by.
Not only for her
but also for you.
I think.. - Brother-in-law.
Please come here.
Where? - Come here.
Scolding one's wife in front of others
is not the sign of a man.
The urge to prove to others that your wife is
under your control
is inferiority complex. It's cheap.
You!
What do your father and brother think?
I have all the right to scold my wife in front of anyone.
Do you know what your father told me?
That I am an orphan and I behave like this because of that.
And your brother says that I have inferiority complex.
Look!
When I came to your house with an alliance
I was not an orphan.
I had lost only my father.
My mother was alive.
The day you entered my house
my mother passed away. Don't you know that?
Am I responsible for that?
This..
I don't hold you responsible for it because
I am a communist.
When you went in a hurry for your brother's engagement
you forgot to turn the fan off.
Do you even know how many units of electricity is consumed
when a fan of 60 watts work for an hour?
If there are careless women like you in every family in Kerala
so much of electricity will be wasted.
You keep cribbing about the electricity housewives waste.
Yesterday, I read in the newspaper
that a housewife walks at least 25 kms on an average per day.
Right from the day I married you
had I walked straight
I would've reached Dubai by now!
And you're telling me about wastage of electricity! - Dubai!
'Similarly, politics also says'
'The most important thing..'
Hello!
Why are you venting out the anger on the dishes?
I haven't made a grave mistake.
No!
Don't put on a long face.
I made a mistake, and I admit it.
I wanted to see my wife waiting for me when I return from work.
I didn't know it was a grave sin.
Don't play with words.
I want to see you both happy.
Of course, you keep us happy!
I know that I don't keep you happy.
I'm going to take both of you on a trip.
Hello, do you hear me?
For two days, forget about everything else.
And let the three of us have a good time together.
It's been 15 years of marriage.
Our daughter is 14 years old.
And you're taking us on a trip now!
How do I appease her? This is really sad!
Bindu. - Move away from me!
Bindu, are you still packing?
Everyone is ready. So are Anju and me.
All you have to do is get ready.
I have to do all the work alone.
Move. I'll help you. - No, this is done.
Just pour the water into the bottles. - Okay.
Oh! - What?
If you cannot do it, move aside. I'll fill. - No, go. I'll do it.
Go.
God!
What are you staring at?
Nothing, Dad.
Mom asked me to close all the windows.
You take these bottles outside.
Why are we carrying all this?
A bottle of mineral water costs only Rs.12.
Rs. 12 may not be of value to you
but for your mom and me, it's a big amount.
There are two more bottles in the kitchen. Please carry them too.
Dad is impossible.
Mom. - Yes?
I thought we'd eat out at least when we go on a tour.
But we are carrying water too!
In all these years, your dad is taking us on a tour
for the first time.
It's better that we curb our expenses on food items
so that we can see new places.
What are you doing, Mom?
I'm on cloud nine. I am not able to make the pleats. Help me out.
Mom, you're impossible!
I asked you to keep the bottles in the verandah and you're here!
Oh!
What is this?
Isn't it nice? Oh, God!
Why are you draping an expensive saree?
People who are coming with us know us well.
But we're going on a trip.
Bindu, when you sit in the bus
only half of your body will be visible outside.
People from different places will be there in Veegaland.
Andhra, Karnataka, Orissa, Bihar etc.
And Kodaikanal is full of Tamilians.
Nobody is going to notice you.
Then what is the use of wearing a lovely saree?
This looks like the advertisement of Chennai Kumaran Silks.
They have come. Come quickly.
Anju, the bus is here. - I am tired.
Mr. Sugunan. - Hello.
Hello, everyone. - Chacko!
Sugunan, are you still not ready? - I got ready a long time ago.
Isn't your wife ready yet? - She is changing. She'll be here.
Bindu.
I am coming.
Lisamma, what's this?
When it comes to dressing up, I keep it simple. - Correct.
It looks like an autorickshaw decorated with a garland. - Come.
Bindu! - I am here.
What are you wearing, Bindu?
You took so long to dress up. Couldn't you find a better saree?
Why can't you wear a nice saree at least when you go out?
Lisamma
when we sit in the bus
only half of your body will be visible outside. - Bindu.
And when we reach Veegaland
we'll see people from different places.
Andhra, Karnataka, Punjab, Orissa.
And in Kodaikanal
there are only Tamilians. - Hey, come here.
No one will even notice us.
Then why should we dress up?
It looks like an advertisement of Chennai Kumaran Silks.
Am I right, Sugunan? - I'd told her to wear a good one.
Really?
Bindu. - Yes?
You didn't attend my wedding.
She is my wife. - Yes, I know. She is Betty.
They just got married.
It was a joke. - That's her name.
What is it?
Not here, look there. - What is it?
At the back.
There's liquor.
Liquor? - Yes.
It is ready.
Bindu, do you have a problem if I go and sit there?
No. - Okay. Don't upset me.
Dear ladies and gentlemen
Overseer, junior, senior
there are no differences between us here.
Let us enjoy to the fullest.
Am I right, Chacko? - You are right.
Let us all enjoy ourselves.
Limit to two pegs. If you drink more, you will mess up.
I know. - Sorry.
By the way, I.. - What are you doing here?
Don't mess with her. Consider her as your sister. - Okay.
Kisses. - What did you do now?
I kiss my sister often.
Finally, I kissed someone!
Open the bag quickly. - Oh, you are impatient!
Here we go! - Yes!
Where is the soda?
Hold the glass. - No, I won't have it.
That's for me.
Cheers!
"It's a blessing to be born in this world."
"Let's make life happening."
We have reached Veegaland. Get down one by one.
"When in love.."
Oh, my God! - Come on.. - Get down..
Let them do as they wish. You need not dance to their tune.
Okay? - "It's a waste.."
"It's a blessing to be born in this world."
"Let's make life happening."
Look at that! - What's this? Isn't it fun? - Their heads will..
They rolled over!
Mr. Sugunan.
Come on.. - Bindu.
Please come. - You come out.
Get over here, I want to tell you something. - Sugunan.
Come here. Come on.
What is it?
Are you out of your mind, Bindu?
Do you really want to go on this ride? - Isn't it fun?
Yes, it is! Your head spins when you clean the web in our house.
Let us not experiment all this.
Sit there and watch. Come. - But Sugunan..
Come. Sit here and look up. You can see them spinning around.
Are you the operator? - Yes.
Do you know that the supply of electricity has been curbed?
No, I don't.
Do you know how much electricity is required to run this for an hour?
No. - Do you know that there are five amusement parks in Kerala?
I don't know. - With the electricity used by five parks
one village can be provided with electricity. Do you know that?
No. - What do you know then?
What do you want to know? - About the electricity bill?
Veegaland will pay the bill.
Go and sit somewhere, sir. - Dear friend
spending so much of electricity for a few hours of happiness!
I cannot tolerate this.
We have a generator here, sir.
Bindu. Is she gone?
Stop it..
Stop it, I say.
What is this, Bindu?
After delivering her, you have got a backache.
If that car comes and hits your back will be hurt.
I will have to take you to the hospital. - Dad, please..
Quiet! - Dad..
Get down. Sorry.
Sorry for the interruption. Please carry on. - Oh, no!
You may continue. - Sugunan.. - Dad..
Please Sugunan. - Come with me. - Let me say.
I'm done!
"You don't have to dig for truth.."
Oh, I managed to reach here.
Don't beat at once. Come here.
"Sorrow is our salary.."
Wow!
"Without money, our life is a waste."
"If good, life is like a flower."
"But if we slip and fall, life is like a thorn.." - Bindu.
Bindu, stop there.
If you take a bath in cold water
you will catch a cold.
Let us not bathe in this water. Come on. - Sugunan, but..
Listen to me. Come.
There's nothing to worry. It's sterilised water. - Really?
Why don't you drown your wife and children in it, then?
Come. - My family hasn't come.
They are all women in my neighbourhood.
I came as a spectator. - Is it?
You are wearing sunglasses so that you can see leer at women.
Do you want to see mine? - No! - Old man!
"And not a battle." - Don't watch from there. Come on.
Come on, Bindu.
"Love each other."
"There is no space for hatred."
"If you don't learn from your mistakes"
"every day of your life is a waste."
"It's a blessing to be born in this world." - Come, Bindu.
Come on, Bindu. It's fun.
Oh, my God!
Good Lord! We are safe!
It's okay, Mom. You know dad well, don't you?
Come.
He doesn't allow me to enjoy. Why did he bring me then?
Hello. Testing!
Bindu, wife of KSEB overseer, Mr. Sugunan
who has come from Erinjery
and their daughter, if you are around
please come outside the main gate.
Mom, isn't that dad's voice? - Is it?
Sugunan's wife, who has come from Erinjery
please leave immediately! What a shame!
Come on, walk.
What's he saying? - Say what you want to.
No! The window is there.
Water. - Mind his head.
Why are you rubbing his back?
It's to stop him from vomiting. - Okay.
Why are you rubbing my back?
So that you don't drink anymore.
Come on, rub his back.
Why do they drink so much?
He is fortunate.
He doesn't know anything about our struggle to find a room.
He is fast asleep.
Let me put his head down.
I will check if there's a room available.
What a cooperation!
Chacko! - Yes?
There's no room - Why?
Students from a North Indian university have come on a tour.
They say, most of the hotels and lodges in the area are booked.
What do we do now?
Let's sleep. - What? Let's sleep on the bus.
Come on. - I'm not sleepy. Shall we recite poems?
Poem?! The police will catch us, on the way if you recite a poem.
Come, let's get on the bus. - Come on, everyone.
Sleep on the bus. Come on.
It's very cold out here.
I wonder how people live here!
Have we reached the hotel?
Are you up?
Why didn't you wake me up?
After the first two hairpin curves, you were high.
I don't know why
I get high on just two pegs.
And I get a severe headache.
And he gulped down a full bottle.
Hey! I'll beat you up.
We don't have any rooms. All we have is a dormitory.
Will that do? - A dormitory?
Yes.
There are 15 beds and three bathrooms in the dormitory.
Hot water will be available only in the morning.
Sir..
We're separate families.
Could you please give us four rooms?
Only the dormitory is vacant. If you don't want it, please leave.
We'll take it.
We won't get a room anywhere at night.
It's just a matter of one night.
Please adjust. - It's my honeymoon!
"Oh, beautiful stream.."
Come.
We got the room. Please get down.
The men are all intoxicated. The young girl looks gorgeous.
I like her mother. She is as fresh as an orange. - What?
What?
What did you just say?
I didn't say anything. - What did you say just now?
I didn't say anything, sir.
You said something. - No, sir.
What did you say? Do you think
that Malayalees are useless? - Sugunan!
You better leave. - Are you threatening me?
You fool! How dare you talk like that?
Get lost! - Hey!
You don't know who we are! - Please don't..
What will you do if I abuse Tamilians? - Dad, let him go. No!
Dad! - Sugunan! - Let me go!
I say, let me go. - Sugunan! - Leave me! - Sugunan.
When they take water from Mullaperiyar dam
our Government doesn't speak up. If you tease our women.. - Sorry.
I will kill you! - Hey!
What did you say about Mullaperiyar?
Does the dam belong to your dad?
Please. I beg of you. Oh, no!
What did you do to him?
Hey!
I won't spare you.. - Dad, let him go. - Sugunan!
Hey, stop it!
There is no room or dormitory for you here!
Go to some other place.
Get lost!
Let's go to the police station.
I want to know if Malayalees can visit Kodaikanal.
Let's go. - No!
We don't want to go anywhere. Let's go back home. - Bindu, we..
Are you not done with the fun?
That's enough. Let's go back.
But I.. - Enough!
Come, Anju.
Bye.
Sir! - What is it?
Did you return early?
You told me you'd be back only after a few days.
Didn't you hear, Kodaikanal is closed now?
Kodaikanal is closed!
Sir, what's your opinion about physician, Dr. Rana Pratap? - Why?
I want to do physiotherapy.
If you tell anyone about what happened there.. - Never.
Oh, no! My body! - What's wrong?
Fix that fuse and come straight to the office. - Okay.
What's wrong with you?
I went for a debate yesterday, about Mullaperiyar dam.
As soon as the discussion got over they beat me up.
What happened then?
I think there's severe damage to my body.
Stop laughing and mind your business.
Aren't you going out on field?
Yes, I will go in the afternoon.
Kabir has gone out. I will go once he is back..
How was your trip to Kodaikanal?
I heard that you returned the same day.
Mohanan there's a new saying in the town.
Sugunan's day out in Kodaikanal!
Mr. Sugunan, your father-in-law is here.
Where is he?
Oh! - Go..
Even if you go slowly, he will wait for you.
Shut up!
I was passing by and thought to visit you here.
What's the matter?
My son's wedding is fixed on the 25th of next month.
I have to go and invite everyone personally.
This is my office.
I didn't mean you.
I was talking in general.
Please send Bindu at least a week in before the wedding.
There will be guests.
Her mother is not well.
If nobody is there to welcome..
I'm coming. - You may carry on with your work. I'm leaving.
I have to get the invitation cards.
Okay, bye.
Hello.
Hello, dear.
Bindu. - Mom! Mom..
It's been a long time since we spoke.
How are you feeling now? Did Ramesh dial my number for you?
No. I'm alone here now.
I'm feeling better these days.
You will recover before Ramesh's marriage.
I am sure.
You will soon be alright.
Are you taking your medicines on time? - Yes.
I pray for you, every day. - Leave it.
Won't you come at least a week before the wedding?
Yes, I will definitely come.
What's happening there?
Although I am not able to visit you
I'm happy that I could talk to you.
I want to tell you something.
Yesterday, Ramesh's fiancee's mother had come to our house.
Then? - Then, what?
She spoke to me for a long time.
Before leaving, she hugged me tight and said
that I should take care of her daughter like my daughter.
Even if I convince her to do so
how can I do justice to her?
When children are not in front of one's eyes
a mother's heart sinks.
Mom..
Bindu..
My child..
It's better not to discuss my illness.
I'm managing somehow.
Did you call me, Mom? - Yes.
They've been sitting here for a long time.
Tea and snacks have been served to them.
Are you coming so late, for your brother's wedding?
That's really bad.
Sugunan should be the one
to take all initiatives for his brother-in-law's wedding.
One should be lucky for that.
She has a family to run.
She cannot come whenever she wants to.
For weddings and funerals, one must give priority.
Am I right? - Don't make an issue about it.
Tea and snacks have been served.
Please go and have.
Bindu, come.
You don't take their words to heart.
They're old school.
Don't expect them to talk sense.
We shouldn't give them an opportunity to complain.
Go and manage the guests.
Mom, why isn't dad here?
He must not have finished making electricity!
He will be here once he is done.
What? Make electricity?
Greetings.
Hi. - Hello.
Let's serve the dinner? - If it's ready, go ahead.
I heard that Shankaran Nair is the caterer here.
If it's him, I just have to pay.
He will manage everything.
Everyone prefers catering service these days.
Weddings were a lot of fun in the olden times.
Putting up a marquee, cooking a feast.
It used to be so much of fun.
Nowadays
men who serve food wear a uniform and stand still as if in a parade.
And when we go to have food
we have to hold a plate and wait in line like a beggar.
I hate buffet system.
So, won't you dine here? - Yes, I will.
Babu.
Do you know him?
He is my only son-in-law.
He works at the electricity board. - Why are you so late?
He is a busy man.
Every day he has to visit houses
make sure about the supply of power
and sort out the issues. Am I right, Sugunan?
I wonder whether you'll be free until the wedding is over?
He didn't like what I said. He is innocent.
He is very committed to work.
Even wife and daughter are his second priority. - I see.
There is so much of illumination. - Yes.
Won't it consume much power? - Of course, it will.
But we don't have to fear the bill.
Why? - I pulled a wire from that electric post.
Which one? - That one.
Are you stealing electricity?
Don't you know it's a grave offence?
Stop it right now.
Hire a generator and light these bulbs.
What is your problem? - Problem?
Do you want to know what the problem is? - Yes.
I won't allow you to steal electricity from that post
and use for the illumination here. That's it.
Pulling the power cable across the road is illegal.
Do you understand?
Don't worry, sir. I'm the lineman of this area. - Is it?
Yes. No one will check here.
So, you're doing it on purpose!
Don't think you'll be able to work here peacefully.
I will kick you out of your job.
Who are you? What do you want?
What?
I want you to switch off the lights right now.
I won't allow anyone to steal electricity.
Leave it, Sugunan. After all, it's your brother-in-law's wedding.
Duty is the most important thing for an Overseer.
Will you unplug the wires or should I do it myself?
What's the problem?
You should understand something.
I've been working with the KSEB for 20 years now.
I have been sincere to my job till date.
And he is stealing electricity for my brother-in-law's wedding!
And that too from across the road.
Aren't you ashamed of it?
Speak softly. It's no big deal.
You are embarrassed when I speak out!
Aren't you embarrassed to steal electricity?
Dasappan suggested this idea to solve the issue of voltage.
Don't put the blame on me. I don't know anything about it.
I'll be doomed if he reports this.
Nobody will be spared.
It would still be wrong
even if you use the power from your house.
An application should be filed at the nearby electricity office
stating that you need more power.
The overseer in charge will check and let you know
how many units will be required and ask you to pay for it, then.
Without following the procedures
no one can consume more units of electricity!
What's the matter?
Do you understand?
Sugunan, it's your wife's brother's..
Electricity is precious than any relationship.
It's an unnecessary luxury to light
so many bulbs for a wedding.
I would've taken action if it was someone else.
I will turn off the power for sure.
No. You need not take the trouble.
Chandran, get paraffin lamps.
He is a loyal servant of KSEB.
We don't need electricity from his office.
Dasappan, you may leave. - Okay.
Go..
Your parents knew you would turn out to be useless.
So they named you as Sugunan.
Anyway, you turned the lights off
on the day before your brother-in-law's wedding. Great!
Come here. - Bindu, electricity..
Till now, I was sad that you didn't come.
Why did you come to create a mess?
Bindu, listen to me..
At times, you behave strangely.
Are you happy when I got embarrassed in front of the guests?
Do you know that everyone is making fun of you?
Bindu, when a responsible officer
does his job correctly
some people mock at him. Some respect him.
It's quite natural.
You're right. KSEB will reward you
with a golden transformer for being a responsible officer!
Go and collect it!
Long live revolution! - Long live revolution!
We haven't given up.. - We haven't given up..
The workers haven't given up! - The workers haven't given up!
We give you light. - We give you light.
We are KSEB employees. - We are KSEB employees.
Don't try to leave us in dark. - Don't try to leave us in dark.
Long live revolution! - Long live revolution!
Hail labour union! - Hail labour union!
Sit down, everyone. - Sit down, everyone!
Sit down, everyone!
That's not a slogan. I asked you to sit down. - Oh!
Long live revolution! - Long live revolution!
Hail labour union! - Hail labour union!
We haven't given up.. - We haven't given up..
The workers haven't given up! - The workers haven't given up!
The villages and the city.. - Hello! Who is speaking?
Have been provided with light! - Have been provided with light!
Yes, he is right next to me.
Okay, hold on.
Don't try to leave us in dark. - Don't try to leave us in dark.
Long live revolution! - Long live revolution!
Hail labour union! - Phone! There's a call for you from home.
Hello!
Sugunan, can you please come home immediately?
Why? - Dad had called.
He asked us to go immediately.
We haven't given up! - Bindu..
I am in the midst of a strike.
I'm going to meet the collector in a few minutes.
We will go in the evening.
You go in the evening.
I will get Anju from the school and go.
Whatever the matter is, wait until I come.
But dad said..
Bindu, please try to understand. The collector is waiting for me.
This is very important to me. Wait until I return in the evening.
Long live revolution! - Hold this.
We are not afraid.. - We are not afraid..
We are not afraid of the police. - Charge!
We are not afraid of the police.
Don't hit me!
Sir!
Don't hit me.
Are you from the television?
We are not afraid..
Will you telecast this in the afternoon news?
Fine.
I'm an overseer. Don't beat me up.
You will see my true colours if you hit me.
Follow me, cameraman. - Don't touch me!
No!
'We are not afraid.. Oh, no!'
'Hey!'
'Oh, no! - Kabir. - Oh, no!'
Oh, no!
Come.
Where's your bike?
It's in the office. - What have you done, Dad?
Grandpa has been calling throughout the day asking if we have started.
Someone must have come from Ramesh's wife's house.
Let me tell you something.
If your dad insult me again
I won't tolerate it.
Let's go, Anju.
Why do you walk differently, Dad?
That's because I sat for a long time in the collector's office.
My back is sprained.
If the police beat you up with a Lathi
you will get a back sprain!
Dad!
She was conscious till afternoon.
She passed away an hour ago.
The last thing she asked was whether you have reached.
Dad.
Bindu had informed me in the morning.
But I was held up with work.
In the collectorate.
Mom!
Mom..
Think of your mother
and all other people in your family who died
and pray for the salvation of their souls.
With folded hands, pray to them and bow your head.
Think of your mother and offer food
for her soul in the centre of the leaf and pray.
You shouldn't have left before the rituals got over.
Everyone was asking for you.
Bindu.
Are you sleeping here?
What's wrong? Why are you sleeping now?
Hey!
What's wrong with you? Are you down with fever?
I haven't got the morning tea yet.
Are you mad at me?
Tell me if you are not well.
Yesterday, when you slept without making dinner
I let it be.
But you can't do this every day.
I have to go to the office. - Yes, you should.
I have to take lunch.
Yes, I know that.
Then why are you sitting here? I have to leave in a while.
Yes, you have to go.
You are getting late.
You have to eat.
You are only concerned about yourself.
I slogged day and night, all these years.
All you want is a maid
who does all the chores in time.
I understood that my status is worse than a domestic help.
Isn't that why you are least bothered about anything
that happens in my family?
You don't care even if somebody in my family dies!
No matter how much I toil up in the house
right from dawn to dusk
you don't value that.
I wash, clean, cook and serve.
I struggle all day
but you don't consider it as work.
My job is neither accounted for nor am I paid for it.
It's the duty of a woman.
Even then
I don't get a word of appreciation.
No matter what I do
all I get to hear is complaints. I am tired of this.
Bindu!
I have just begun.
Don't expect me to do any chores from now.
Bindu, have you gone mad?
I don't care if you think so.
Government employees take voluntary retirement, don't they?
Don't you say that you will take voluntary retirement after 50?
I retire myself from the job
of serving you and doing all the chores in this house.
Bindu, you are.. - Don't you get me?
In your language, it's called retirement.
Living under a roof is of no use
when only one person makes all the compromises.
Bindu.
Anju.
You haven't lit lamp at the holy basil and turned the lights on.
Neither have I eaten anything today.
Go and get something for me to eat.
Then, you may light the lamps.
I'm famished.
What's wrong, dear? Didn't mom cook today?
Where is mom?
Mom hasn't come out of the room.
I see.
Has she decided to defeat me?
Bindu.
What's wrong? Have you turned deaf?
So you can hear me.
What are you up to?
Are you thinking of a plan to ruin our family?
Where are you going?
Answer me before you go.
Bindu!
Stop!
Bindu, open the door.
Open the door.
She is stubborn.
Is your mom on strike?
I asked her many times, but she did not say a word.
Mom seems to have taken a firm decision. - Really?
Okay, I am more stubborn than her.
I call the shots in this house.
I am the one who decides who should do what.
Don't you think you will succeed by going on a strike!
Dad, speak softly.
If someone hears this, you will be embarrassed.
Let everyone know.
If she cannot do the household chores
she should not have got married.
She should've gone to some hermitage.
Better don't give her any ideas.
She may even do that to put you down.
If she changes her name to Chaitanya Swarupananda Bindu
she will be famous in no time.
What happened? - No, that's not needed.
Sir, does she really have such a plan?
We are in Kerala, after all.
Not even God can predict
when someone will become a God here.
She is just throwing tantrums.
You can easily sort this out if you give her a tight slap.
Chacko, beating is not a solution to any problem.
You are newly married.
So, you won't understand all this.
Sunny, let two years pass.
Then you won't feel like taking your hands off her cheek!
Correct. Like how
your wife, Lisamma doesn't take her hands off your cheek!
You must have a knack to sort out such things.
This isn't a war between India and Pakistan.
There is only one solution.
Wait.
How old are you, Mr. Sugunan?
37 years.
Will you speak the truth, if I ask you something? - Yes.
How is the relation between the two of you? - What?
I'm shy to ask directly.
What do you mean? - I'm talking about the intimacy you share.
It's the same as every husband and wife.
So, is it daily?
It isn't a tablet we take every night before going to bed.
So, that's the problem. - What?
Sir
you got married at a very early age.
At the age of 18, your wife was already a mother.
At the age of 23, you were a father.
It's been more than a decade into marriage.
Have you ever thought of
your pleasures rather than leading a mechanical life?
No, you haven't.
Your daughter is a grown up girl now.
At this age, when she wants to
spend some private moments with you alone
you ignore her completely. How else do you expect her to react?
What do you mean? - I said it in Malayalam.
The problem is that you are not at all romantic.
Haven't you seen young men in the movies
romancing their wife?
Who are you talking about? - Mammooty.
Mohanlal.
Suresh Gopi!
Babu Antony.
I mean.. - Who is that? - Tilakan!
Why don't you try to be like them?
Do you expect decent women to adorn themselves sensuously
and come before you? This is how they'll react.
I must say, Kabir
you're the best.
Thank you. - Five, six months ago
Lisamma used to come to me
every night, all decked up.
Now, I understood the secret.
I will fulfil her desire.
I will, for sure.
Let him go. Come on, let go.
"The night is young and snowy. You are beautiful."
"I can't contain my desires, dear."
"Let me whisper mischievous words in your ears"
"and hug you like a breeze, oh, my beloved."
"With a lovely smile on your face"
"with the fragrance of a flower in full bloom"
"will you be a village belle, who blush in my love?"
"The night is young and snowy. You are beautiful."
"I can't contain my desires, dear."
"Let me whisper mischievous words in your ears"
"and hug you like a breeze, oh, my beloved."
"To warm you up in the cold"
"I shall hold you in my arms."
"I shall cover you with a warm hug, my sweetheart."
"Oh mist, do not clear."
"Oh night, don't close your doors."
"Oh eyes, don't go to sleep."
"Wait for the cupid's arrow to strike."
"The night is young and snowy. You are beautiful."
"I can't contain my desires, dear."
What's your intention?
I am your husband.
You are my wife.
So we're husband and wife.
In that case..
It took me some time to understand what your problem is.
Yes.
These things are significant
in the relationship of a husband and wife.
I failed to understand that. I'm sorry, Bindu.
Kabir made me realise that. - I see.
So, that is the point.
When you put up this funny act
I knew someone was behind this. - It's not that.
When the situation here got worse
I just..
discussed.. - You discussed and found a solution, right? - Yes.
Bindu..
If this was your problem
why did you behave so rudely with me?
What did you think of me?
Did you think I under strike to sleep in your arms?
Bindu.. - I pity you!
Show some respect.
You don't deserve respect.
You have come with your friends' advice to appease your wife!
Are you not ashamed? - You!
Stop it, I say.
Let me tell you one more thing.
I have not only retired from the domestic work
but also from all the duties of a wife.
Including what you just thought of.
You need not come to this room with that intention.
Yes.
I need a wife who can cook for me
wash and iron my clothes
and sleep with me.
Stay here only if you can do all that.
Got it?
So, she put an end to the strike and entered the kitchen!
A woman should be kept under control.
She must have felt the other way.
Mom left.
Gone? Where to?
To her house. She said that she wouldn't come back.
I see.
So she left early in the morning!
Did she think that you and I
wouldn't be able to live without her?
If she is stubborn, I am no less than her.
Don't think that I will call her back.
Let's see who wins.
I don't care who wins or loses. I want my lunch to be packed.
By eating hotel food for the last two days, my stomach is upset.
You concentrate on your studies.
I'll cook for you, dear.
From today, our house will turn into paradise.
A paradise where only the two of us will live.
She need not think she can defeat me.
It's difficult to find a maid, immediately.
I know a man who can work for you. Are you okay with it?
Sir, are you going to listen to his advice again?
I approached Lisamma the other day, after he advised you.
Good Lord!
I got an earful from her that I was shameless and desperate.
I couldn't even face my children, the next day.
You must have shown how desperate you were, like how you drink.
You need to be patient.
Will someone put his finger in a transformer before using a tester?
Morons!
Kabir, I want him to report tomorrow itself.
Sugunan, do you really want to take a decision in haste?
Can't this be discussed and sorted out with your wife?
No, Sunny.
She left my daughter and me.
I'm not going to call her back or sort out the problems.
Should we interfere?
No.
This is a family matter.
It's not something that friends can intervene and sort out.
I don't want any of you to talk to me about this again. Please.
Anju. - Yes.
Did you get your progress report?
Yes, Dad. - What is your percentage?
97. - Very good..
So, I have a present for you.
I know that you have been wishing this for a long time.
Here. - Wow! A mobile phone.
Dad, thank you so much.
It's not new, but the battery life is good, it seems.
Here. And listen.
Don't send messages to reality shows and waste money.
Never. - By the way
There will be one more person here from tomorrow.
A servant, to clean the house and cook for us.
As I told you, we'll celebrate our life hereafter.
Hello. - Hey!
You sound very manly.
This is me, Anjana.
Hi, Anju. Whose number is this?
Dad bought me a phone.
It's the solution he came up with, so that I don't miss mom.
Thank God.
I will not have to wait when I feel like talking to you.
That's not an excuse to call me often.
You told me that you'd wait outside my school today.
I waited for a long time.
I was about to leave
but grandpa asked me to accompany him to the doctor.
Okay, I don't have much balance.
I have permission for incoming calls only.
Bye. I'll call you at night.
Did you fight with Sugunan?
I suspected something fishy when you came yesterday.
I didn't want to ask you then.
Wait. What's the problem?
Ramesh told me that you won't go back until he apologises to you.
Is that true?
Disagreements and fights are quite natural
between husband and wife.
But it shouldn't affect the life of children.
When you try to bring him down
you're bringing down your daughter too.
I have her support.
I took this decision after discussing with her.
Dad, you are interrogating her, aren't you?
I was wondering what took you so long to question her.
This is her house.
She can come here anytime.
But I don't want her to fight with her husband and come here.
There's nothing wrong in what she did.
Let him learn a lesson.
He will suffer for a few days.
Then, he will come here with Anju. I'm sure about it.
Go. Sridevi is happy that she got a company.
Ramesh. - Yes.
She is your elder sister.
Later you shouldn't complain to me
that she has become a burden.
Noway!
Don't even think of doing it.
No..
It's better that you don't talk to me then.
Yes, I'm stubborn.
It was a friend of mine.
She was fighting with me. - Oh!
Where did you get this bat from?
Kuttettan bought it. - Who is he?
Didn't you tell me about a domestic help? He is Kuttettan. - Oh!
Is he here already?
He finishes the work in a jiffy.
He did all the work in an hour's time.
I know that.
We should love what we do.
Then we can finish work in no time.
I don't know why. I am famished.
Take a bath. The dinner is ready. - Okay.
What's this? Did he cook for a month at a stretch?
It's his habit to cook a feast
on his first day at work, it seems.
When did he go after he cooked all this?
I am here. - Oh!
My house is far off.
I thought I'll stay here at night.
Your wife isn't here. So you would want morning tea.
Kabir told me everything.
Where were you working before? - It's better not to talk about it.
They were not at all creative.
What? - I mean..
There are some morons
who think anyone can do household chores.
I cannot put up with such people.
From tomorrow, don't cook such a lavish meal.
Cook a simple dinner. - Okay.
This is the problem if you buy cheap rice.
You'll get good quality sortex rice in 10 kg packet.
There won't be stones or mud in it.
Here's Sambar. Please have it.
Is this coin yours, Kuttettan?
Thanks.
That's a nice trick.
It's very simple.
When actor Rajnikant does it, people applaud.
But when an ordinary servant does the same, no one applauds.
Show it one more time. - It's easy.
You can also do it.
I cannot do this. - I will teach you.
Come here.
Turn around.
Hold your hands like this.
Why are you holding comb in hand when I'm teaching you the trick?
Now, imagine that the coin is on this hand.
Slowly, we'll flip it. Look! The coin is here.
We place the coin back again.
Then, we flip it this way. Look, it's there again.
When we keep the money on your hand again
You should flip it.
Once we flip the coin
put your hand slowly in your pocket.
This way, we should take it from your pocket and..
Hey!
Don't hit me. - Oh, no! Dad.
Kuttan has taught this trick to many children.
And I will continue to do so.
You! - Oh, no!
I won't stay here anymore. - We don't need you either!
You will rot here, without getting a servant to help.
I will.. - This is why your wife left you.
Your daughter will also run away. I'm leaving. Oh, this gate!
Come out, if you have the guts.
I will show you who I am.
If he prepared a feast in an hour
I will do all the other chores in ten minutes.
Do you want to see it?
What? Oh! No.
He doesn't even button his shirt on his own.
I'm worried if my daughter
would be doing all the work instead of studying.
You rascal!
Go and ask your wife or mother!
Pervert!
I will smash your face, if you leer at me.
Sicko!
He would be paying a huge amount at the dry cleaning shop.
I'm sure about that, Sridevi.
He didn't realise your worth when you did everything for him.
You're right. Let him realise.
Oh!
Bindu, so many coconut shells are lying in the courtyard.
Water gets fill in those shells and leads to breeding of mosquitoes.
So many people die of chikungunya these days.
So, collect those shells, break them
burn and put them inside the iron box.
Do you know how many units of electricity we can save?
Not only that
my shirts will be crease-free.
Press the clothes. Your shirts will be crease-free.
I touched your udder for the first time
and you kicked me on my back! How dare you!
Thankless cow!
When Bindu comes to milk you
you give her milk, you shameless creature!
Look here.
Thousands of people in Kerala
drink packed milk, every morning.
I will also drink this.
I won't milk you, hereafter.
But don't think that you can get away.
Your udder will swell with milk
and you will beg me to milk you.
But I won't milk you.
And then, your udder will swell
and burst. You will thus die a horrific death, you thankless cow!
Why are you so livid?
Half an hour after I wake up, every morning
it's 10 a.m. Do you know that?
Then apply for a leave and sit at home, Mister.
You cannot come and go, as per your whims and fancies.
Can I leave after I sign the register on time?
That is what you usually do.
To awaken the women
preach about women's liberty
you go often. Don't you?
Doesn't the rule imply, then?
I'm superior to you. - Yes, you are, Ma'am.
Women can do anything.
You can go out and deliver a speech during working hours.
You can make your husband do all the household chores.
You can leave your home.
To maintain our pride and ego
we, men suppress all our feelings.
What are you saying?
You won't understand.
Not only you, but no woman will ever understand all this.
I have to pay my daughter's fees
renew the insurance
pay monthly instalments
have to give an expensive gift to brother on his wedding!
You just have to raise demands.
Ma'am, a man with an average monthly income
struggles to meet both ends meet, every month.
He should be felicitated with an award for that.
If a man stares angrily, says something to a woman
or slaps her in a fit of rage
she will immediately
fight with him, talk about women's liberation or leave the house.
Ma'am, men are undergoing too much of pressure
and tension.
Once, we will burst out.
And then those women who think we're their puppets
in their hands, will be ruined. Give me the register.
What are you staring at?
Women's liberation, my foot!
What is it?
Come.
What is the matter?
Ignore that.
What time do you go to bed at night?
Why are you asking?
I just want to know.
By the time I finish all my work and then, satisfy my husband
it's 11:00 at night. - What time do you wake up?
At 5:00 a.m. - What time do you reach office?
At 9:00 a.m.
The only time I'm free at home.
is between 6 to 7 pm.
My kids come back from tuition, after that.
Why did you ask, Sir? - Don't misunderstand me.
I wanted to know if it's possible to finish the chores before 9 am.
Is that all?
I finish all chores and drop my children to school before I come.
How do you manage to do this, Annamma?
It comes with practice, Sir.
Women are born with this quality.
I see. So, that's the point.
Things will fall in place, once I have that.
I will possess it very soon. - What?
The quality.
Take off your hand.
Please. For my sake. Just for today.
Please. - We're not coming.
My parents will kill me if I bunk school and loiter around.
We have only Malayalam lecture, today.
Then it's work experience. - No way! We are not coming.
Their school team has reached the final stage in 'Star Wars'.
We're going to see the live rehearsals.
We will have to go there, be it final or rehearsal. You go ahead.
We aren't coming.
Please come, for my sake. Only for today.
Please. - Come, let's go.
They aren't coming.
That's alright, let us go.
Me, alone?
I'm there with you. There is an entire team of girls and boys.
But, no. I won't come alone.
Don't get scared. Come on, quick.
I'll drop you back before 3:30 p.m.
Before any of your teachers see you get in the Jeep.
Sandeep, will you please stop?
Stop. - Why?
Stop.
Will you teach me driving?
Sure. Why, not?
Right now? - Of course.
Change the gear.
Come on.
"Oh, little bird, come with me"
"Come, let us sing a love song."
"Let us shine like the sun."
"Oh, flower that will never fade away"
"come, let's swing together"
"let us shake legs in this paradise."
Anju!
Dear.
Anju.
I came with you as you promised to drop me back by 3:30 p.m.
Do you know what the time is?
Don't panic.
God! When will I reach home?
Please stop crying.
Why did you come if you had no guts to face the consequences?
What shall I do? - Will you keep quiet?
Let me see if I can fix this.
Hello. - Hello, is that Neetu?
I'm Anjana's father. - Yes, Uncle?
Anjana hasn't returned from school.
Didn't you go together?
Uncle.. - What is it?
In the morning.. - Morning?
Anjana went with Sandeep
in his Jeep
Anjana!
This is me, your mom.
Hello.
Hello, dear.
This is me.
Why are you quiet?
What's the matter, baby? Any problem?
Hey, don't you hear me? - Sandeep.
I'm asking you what happened.
Don't you see, our car has broken down?
We know the way out.
Don't get livid at us.
Get lost! - Sandeep!
Let him go. - You!
Let me go.
Let me go. No!
Let me go. - Run.
Catch her!
Dad! Dad..
Dad...
Dad. - Hey!
Let her go.
Dad! - Let him go.
Dad..
Dad! - Let him go!
No! Dad.
Dad..
What's the matter?
Those rascals tried to abuse her, but then they got away.
Who is she?
I don't know. - Take them.
You and your wife are staying apart.
So, you were afraid that your daughter would go away too.
You wanted her support.
And so, you fulfilled all her desires.
Isn't that why you bought this cell phone for her?
But you never noticed who all called her on this phone.
Or at what time she spoke.
I checked the call list.
There's a call from a particular number.
Regularly after 10 p.m.
I'm sure you don't even know who that is.
It is with that person
that your daughter went to the rehearsal of a reality show today.
She escaped from a big trouble only because she was lucky enough.
This is not only about your daughter.
Most of the students of grade 10 and 12.
Keep their phones engaged.
After 10:00 p.m., every night.
And in their inbox, you will see nasty messages.
Including cell phone and internet, everything is for good.
But you should give it to your children only if it is required.
Why does a child going to school daily need a mobile phone?
Similarly
you should never provide your child.
A computer with internet connection in her bedroom.
Just like TV, even the computer should be in a place
that's visible to all.
That is the only way to stop kids from misusing it.
When they get a phone and computer like any other toy
I'll be surprised only if they are not trapped by those who misuse it.
First, learn to raise your child properly.
If your daughter got into this trap.
you're the only one responsible for it.
That boy won't trouble you again.
When we hit him, he agreed to leave his uncle's house
and go back to his place.
Stop it, now. Don't cry over it.
God never abandons us completely.
So, be thankful to Him for not making the scene worse and go home.
Your dad won't scold you for this.
Right, Sugunan? - Sir.
Okay, you may go now.
Study well.
All this happened
only because I didn't know how to raise you.
That is what the SP said.
Is that true?
Did I raise you in a wrong way?
I didn't realise that my daughter is
old enough to go with the man she likes.
I won't be able to stand it if your mom learns
that I'm incapable of raising you.
I was embarrassed in front of the SP.
I don't have the strength to fail in front of your mom.
I cannot bear the shame, dear.
'Bindu!'
'I'm coming! Instead of calling out from here'
'why can't you come to the kitchen and take it yourself?'
'I can't manage everything myself.'
'If I have to make a curry before you leave for work'
'I will have to start right from the scratch.'
'I have cooked the rice. The curry isn't ready yet.'
'Do you know how I slog here from dawn to dusk?'
'Do all the chores for a day. Then you will know.'
Where are you going to? - School.
Did you take your tiffin box? - Yes.
Wait for ten minutes. I'll join you.
My rickshaw will be here soon.
From today onwards, the autorickshaw won't pick you up.
I told him not to come.
From today onwards, I shall drop you to the school.
Wait till I come to pick you up in the evening.
Don't you trust me anymore, Dad?
It's not because of that, dear.
If you go to the school alone
I won't be able to concentrate on any work.
I'm coming with you
so that I can be at peace.
No!
Didn't you go to give the LT line connection on Avenue road?
Instead of neutral, you gave two phases.
What? - There were complaints from ten to twelve houses
in that area that their TV and refrigerators got damaged.
The contract workers say
that you instructed them to do so.
But I..
Don't give an explanation. I'll put the blame on the workers.
Mr. Sugunan, you are very careless these days.
Yes. - The day before yesterday, he went for an inspection
he approved for 3 phase connection instead of single phase.
When I told them about the money they have to pay
they yelled at me.
He gave them a three phase connection
for a wiring of 1500 Watts.
Hello, St. Mary's school?
Yes. - I'm Sugunan, the overseer calling from KSEB office.
We have power here.
Oh, no! Not that.
My daughter is studying there in grade nine.
Okay, tell me.
The school started at 10 a.m. itself, right?
Yes, it did. What's the matter?
You won't let the children out before 4 p.m., will you?
Hello.
We have a lot of homework today.
Okay, see you tomorrow. - Bye.
Hey! Hello.
Stop..
Hi, Anju.
What a pleasant surprise!
Do you remember me? - Of course.
Where are you working now?
I quit taking up household work, after I left your place.
Now, I'm a Chinese cook in hotel paradise.
Forget about that.
Did you learn to do this trick? - I forgot that long back. - Really?
Why are you standing here?
Dad has said that he'll come to fetch me.
Why give him the trouble?
I have my rickshaw.
No! Dad will.. - I'm going that way.
He said he'll come. - Come, I'll drop you.
Let me go.
Dad will be here, any minute. Let go of my hand.
Don't you see in front while driving?
Dad! - You!
Dad.. - Come on, let's go.
Stop! - Dad, no!
Listen to me.. I was..
I was only dropping her home.
What's wrong with you, Dad?
He..
Dad!
Anju!
Anju.
Anju!
What is it, Dad?
Did you hear a sound? - No.
Didn't you? - What's the matter, Dad?
Okay, then close the door and sleep.
Bolt the door from inside.
I'll be sitting outside. You sleep.
Okay.
'Put the newspaper here.'
Sir!
You!
Hey!
Sir, I've brought tasty rice 'murukku'. Only Rs.10 for a packet.
Didn't you read the board I've hung on the gate?
I don't know to read, sir.
Didn't you read the board I've hung on the gate?
I am illiterate.
But the 'murukku' that I bring is tasty.
Call your daughter.
Call her, Sir.
Hey! You..
We don't need it. Take it back.
It's very tasty, Sir. - I said, take them away!
You moron! Are you mad?
I will decide what my daughter should eat.
Take it away. - Madman!
Come out, I'll show you who I am.
Where are you going to? - School.
And then I will lose my peace. Come inside. Come on.
You sit here.
I have kept the food ready on the dining table.
Eat it on time.
and study from home itself.
What are you talking? - Malayalam.
Don't you understand?
Which is your first lecture?
English. - No.
It's Mathematics.
Here. First, learn mathematics.
And then, English, Malayalam and so on.
I am getting scared on hearing you talk like this, Dad.
I'm going to Mom. - Why mom?
You don't need mom.
Mom is not needed.
Dear.
You're my daughter. Sit here and study well.
Score good marks.
I'll be right back.
How much? - Rs.20.
'Deliver the paper, here.'
What is going on, here?
What was the need to get the bottle, here?
This is embarrassing.
Without Sugunan, you need not gulp it all alone.
Chacko is dying to have it as it is Scotch.
A bottle of Carnival that costs Rs. 67
makes him equally anxious.
Sugunan. - Sir!
Sugunan. - Give that here.
Hey! What brings you all here?
You never take a day off, usually.
But it's been a few days.
You haven't come. What's wrong? - Are you here to ask me that?
Mr. Sugunan
for fixing an electric connection immediately
a Gulf client presented this to me.
Look! It's Scotch whisky.
They think that all linemen are drunkards.
If I said no to him
he would've given me a packet of cigarette or perfume.
How would that benefit us?
Even this is less for him. - You're right.
He won't give me a tip in cash.
And I don't drink.
But I love to see you all sit together and drink.
If you are planning to drink and make merry in my house
I'm not interested in it.
Not interested! From when?
Sir. - He seems to be already two pegs down. His eyes are red.
Who among us will sing?
All I can do is recite a poem.
'Kali, wake up to fulfil my lust.' - Wake up.
'Your body smells so good. I want to strip you.'
'Kali, wake up to fulfil my lust.'
Stop it!
I have a daughter.
If you talk dirty here..
Oh, no! This is just a poem.
Chacko, please be quiet.
Stupid poem!
Don't provoke him.
Sir, please go and get two glasses and water.
Oh!
Who is this?
She looks very young in her school uniform.
Now, she looks old enough to be married.
Anju, please get us glasses
water and some pickle. - Hey!
Go inside!
How dare you look at my daughter like that? - Sir!
Why did you look at her lustfully?
What's wrong with you, Sugunan?
Get out! - He was only.. - Out!
Get out!
Get lost!
Don't break it. It's Scotch! - Get out of here!
Come, Chacko. - Go away!
Go away!
Are you all happy now?
You were missing Sugunan so much.
Are you satisfied now?
I will never come here, again. - Let's go.
Is no one answering the phone?
He might not be answering thinking that it would be you.
Anju can answer the phone.
What if Sugunan has asked her not to?
Now, he has asked her not to take your call.
Tomorrow, he may ask her not to see you.
He cannot decide that.
I can bring my daughter along.
Are you relying on this old man?
Or do you expect your brother to look after you both?
Ramesh won't abandon me.
I agree that. But for how long?
Tomorrow, they will have a child.
Their life will change.
In their happy life, do you want yourself and your daughter
to be a burden on him?
You left home to teach Sugunan a lesson, didn't you?
Didn't he prove that he can live without you?
If you stay here for any longer
you will never be able
to go back to Sugunan's life.
Do you mean
I should go back and apologise to the person
who didn't even call me once?
Dear
when I worked as a lawyer's clerk
I have seen many cases in the family court.
I have come across many husbands and wives who decided to separate.
I've written arguments for all those divorce cases.
That has taught me a lesson.
Everyone is a lawyer who justifies his mistakes.
We are smart lawyers who blow up others' mistakes.
We are always in a struggle
to prove what we did was right.
In the end
we realise there was mistake on our side too.
But by then, our life will almost be over.
For the rest of our life
we regret that we didn't get a chance
to rectify our mistake.
I'm saying this as I don't want
my daughter to go through that.
Go to Anju's school
fetch her and go to Sugunan.
Your daughter shouldn't blame you later.
If you want to stand in front of God and say that you won
it's better to lose to those you love.
Dad!
Without giving any reasons, she has missed school for two weeks.
And that too, without the knowledge of her mom!
What is all this?
No parent has ever behaved so irresponsibly.
I was at home for a few days
as my father was not well.
So what? Does that mean you should not enquire about your daughter?
If the student misses school for three consecutive days
we don't admit the student
unless they produce a medical certificate. Don't you know that?
We called from the school and sent a memo. But there was no reply.
Anjana was one of the bright students in school.
We need to rethink if we should allow her to take the exams.
Ma'am, please don't..
See, only if Anjana comes here with her parents
will we consider if she should study here or not.
That's all.
Bindu, after he threw us out of his house
we have never seen him.
We signed the register on his behalf when he remained absent.
After few days, Ms. Tara found out about it.
She would have sent a report to the higher officials.
He will surely lose his job.
I called him on the phone a few times.
But he didn't answer.
I thought that he must have repented and came to your house.
Will you all please come with me?
As I left all of a sudden
I feel embarrassed to return alone.
We didn't go there as we were embarrassed too.
Chacko, Ms. Bindu has come here all the way.
Let us go and enquire.
Sugunan!
Mr. Sugunan! - Sir!
Sugunan!
Anju! - Mr. Sugunan!
Mr. Sugunan. - Anju!
Open the door!
Let's look at the back side.
Anju! - Mr. Sugunan!
Anju!
Mr. Sugunan!
Mr. Sugunan. - Anju!
Dear! - Sir!
Sugunan!
Anju! - Ma'am.
Anju!
Anju.
It's your mom.
Dear.
Anju, you are fine. Nothing is wrong with you.
Your Dad is here.
I will change this and give you a new bed sheet.
Your fever will subside. - Sugunan!
No! - Open the door! - Sugunan!
Catch her! - Dad!
Send your daughter out!
Open the door, Sugunan!
Open the door!
What are you doing?
Open the door!
Sugunan! - Bring her out!
Open the door, Sugunan!
Come, dear. - Mom.
Sugunan! - Come, dear. - Open the door.
Go and drag her out!
You!
Sugunan, let her go.
Don't come near me.
Sugunan! - Send her to us.
Come on, send her here.
Don't touch my daughter. - Sugunan!
What are you doing? - Don't come near me.
Let her go. - Let her go!
Get lost! - What are you doing?
Sugunan! - Don't come close.
No! - Let Anju go.
Mom.. - Don't come close to me.
Don't come close.
Don't come close to me.
I will kill you all! - Come on.
You don't worry, dear.
Your dad is here. - Don't come close.
Let her go! - Get lost!
Ma'am, go and get Anju.
Dad!
Dad.
No!
Dad.
Anju!
Dad.
Look at your mom.
Anju.
Anju, my child!
'After a few days.'
Do you remember what happened?
Sugunan, you were murmuring something for some days.
You were in a subconscious state.
You repeatedly called out two names.
Anjana and Bindu.
It means that you haven't abandoned your wife yet.
Do you know what your problem was?
Super-ego!
You were anxious to prove that you were superior to wife in all ways.
As far as you were concerned
a wife was only a slave, who would do all chores
and whom you could control.
Am I right?
Wives don't deserve to lead the life of a slave.
Because no slave has ever loved his master.
When your wife left your house, you also lost your mind.
That is why even small problems
started troubling you and make you tensed.
When your daughter got into trouble
you lost your mental stability.
But you still did not bother to inform or call your wife back.
It's the woman of a house who protects her family.
The day she leaves, the family will be ruined.
You forgot one thing when you decided to live with your daughter.
Your daughter's age and her mind.
Only a mother can read her daughter's mind.
No matter how much a father tries to read it
he cannot understand it.
Doctor, please.
I want to meet my daughter.
Before that, I want to know something.
Do you intend to live with your daughter alone?
Bindu, you didn't give me a reply.
By leaving your teenage daughter alone
you committed a big crime towards the society.
Am I right?
Why did you leave your husband and go?
Is it because he did not pay you for the work you did?
Sugunan loved you.
What he expected from you
was not only a wife's love
but also the affection of a mother.
You failed to give him love and affection.
When he didn't get that, he reacted
by finding flaws in everything that you did.
Bindu
a husband's love and protection
is the biggest salary any woman can get.
There is a telepathic relationship
between every husband and wife, although you might deny it.
That is why you reached home
right when Sugunan was in trouble.
Were you at peace when you lived separately?
A fight between a husband and wife
is their stress taking another form.
There is no compulsion that I will only let you go after you decide.
Bindu, you can go back to your house.
Sugunan can go back home.
The court will take a decision regarding your daughter's custody.
Nurse, please bring the girl.
But when you are alone
think why you did all this.
Come, Anju.
Do you still have pain? - No.
Are you all right? - Yes.
Good.
Here are your parents.
You are the one who should decide whom you want to live with.
I'll just be back.
I want both of you.
I want mom and dad back.
Tea.
Let me check the rate of gold so I can tell your mom.
Are you going to buy gold, Dad?
Can I check the price only if I intend to buy it?
If that makes your mom happy let it be.
Bindu. - Yes?
There is no change in the rate of gold for the past one week.
You have never asked me for anything.
Neither have I bought you anything.
Now, tell me what you want.
I don't want anything.
Gold, ornaments
I want nothing at all!
Just be with me, always.
'VERUTHE ORU BHARYA'