Ananthan Kaadu (2026) Movie Script
You know...
I never thought that I'd be
able to witness this moment.
Forty dangerous years
in police service!
Lots of risky operations.
Lots of attacks.
But my wife...
My lovely Kokila.
[Telugu] I thought she would be here
to witness this. But...
This is fate.
I'm sorry. I'm getting emotional.
This is a night of celebration.
My Rudramma is getting married.
To the man of her choice.
So please raise your glasses to them.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Doesn't he know
I'm at the function?
Tell him to call me only after he
arrives at the godown tomorrow.
Sir, Gowda is missing.
Missing?
- Where's Gowda?
- You won't see him again, sir.
Where's Gowda?
Gone.
Who are you?
My name is Ananthan.
Podiyan Ananthan.
Remember these names?
Krishnankutty...
Thankaraj...
Murali...
Jackson...
Karthi!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Let go of my father!
Father!
Father!
Mother, I'm hungry.
Can you give me
some more food?
Go, tell those four
Eat faster and come here.
Okay.
[indistinct chatter]
Selvi...
- Selvi!
- Yes?
Where's Kuppu?
He's outside with Brother.
- Did you all eat?
- Yes.
- Muthu...
- Yes, Mother?
- Tell Kuppu to come inside.
- Okay, Mother.
- Kuppu, Mother is calling you.
- Coming.
Vetri, it's not safe to stay here any
longer with these women and kids.
Because they are our
biggest weakness.
We're waiting for Thalaivar to come.
But there are lots of
checkposts on the way.
Brother!
What happened?
You still hungry?
Yes.
Come here.
Eat this and go to sleep.
Selvi...
Lie down.
Mother!
Let her go!
Mother...
Vetrivel Kumaran!
Your leader, Vetrivel Kumaran!
One of the 16 key figures of
the terror group...
that was banned by
the government of Sri Lanka.
We've got no fingerprints
or photos of him.
But we know that he and
his family are among you.
We've got his family's photo with us.
This is his father.
P S Kumaran!
He was put to death by us.
His mother, Periyanayaki.
His sister, Selvi.
His brother, Kuppuswamy.
Do you know them?
You know them?
Do you know?
Do you know?
Do you know them?!
Do you know?!
Father!
Maara! Please leave him.
Periyanayaki!
That's me!
Then...
This must be your daughter.
Selvi!
You're Vetri's sister, aren't you?
Will your brother come
if I touch you?
She's a small girl.
Leave her alone.
You can kill me if you want.
Hey, that won't do.
This is my land, you play by my rules.
Who does your son think he is, taking
everyone and settling in Lanka?
Hanuman?
If not?
Who is your leader? Lord Rama?
Tell me!
Where's her brother?
Where's her brother?!
Where is her brother?!
Where is your brother?
Stop it, Vetri!
Brother...
Take them away!
Vetrivel Kumaran, huh?
See for yourself what's
going to happen here now.
Let him go.
Leave him. Oh, God!
My poor son
Don't kill him!
Oh God!
Maara!
Don't kill my child!
My child!
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
Brother...
Brother...
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Selvi!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Do you understand now?
How it hurts when someone
touches your people on your own soil?
Together, we're
marching towards freedom
You cannot finish off
the children of sea anymore
You should always
remember this moment.
Today you're going to cut just
a tiny nail from the hand of an Asura.
But that's not our target.
Behind that nail, there's
a whole finger.
That finger and
the hand it belongs to...
The body that hand connects to...
And on top of that body,
there's a head.
That head is what you need to take.
That head is your target.
You should remember that.
Always!
Freedom...
O, freedom!
Freedom...
Who are you?
I'll show you!
You!
It matters not who you are
We are the messengers of death
Hey!
You know who I am?
If something happens to me...
my dad will hack you all to
pieces and dump you in the pond.
Make it fast.
It's not the first time
we're doing it, brother.
Why overcomplicate it?
We should've just
stabbed him and left.
- It's needed.
- For what?
If we carry it out neatly,
we can wrap this business up for good.
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
'Ananthan Kaadu'
'Ananthan Forest'
India is an ancient civilization.
But a very young nation and
yet, we have our hopes, our aims.
I dream of an India, powerful, free
and in the forefront of world nations
and while doing so we'll also serve
the world in our own noble ways.
O suffering ones on
this sorrowful earth
O suffering ones on
this sorrowful earth
Justice that roars and stands blocking
destiny is our very breath
Justice that roars and stands blocking
destiny is our very breath
Are there such women
on this earth?
Did they fall from the skies?
Come, let's go take
a look, darling
I'll feed you and shelter you
One! Two! Three! Four!
Got it, sir!
Even if it's a bar of gold
It'll knock you to
the ground if flung at you
Even if it's a needle of gold
It can pierce your eyes
O golden girl...
You rise...
O golden girl, do not rise
too close to the skies
Do not steal our gold and
our hearts, and kill us
Who dares challenge
the incarnation of this lotus girl?
Who dares challenge
the incarnation of this lotus girl?
Choose your moves with care,
or you may lose your head
I'll come closer to you
and make you yield to me
With all the skills we've mastered
Come on, let's meet in combat
Sir, they are dangerous criminals.
If we destroy this completely, there
won't be any evidence left.
There are around 40 cases,
including murder and extortion.
This isn't the first time, right?
Now this is what you call
first-rate sound quality.
Our main issue is the lack
of a proper sound system.
You know what a good
sound system is like?
If Thankan brother and
Murali stand here and sing...
the statues of Madhava Rao at Statue junction
and Veluthampy outside the Secretariat...
should leap on to the road, scramble
onto a bus and start dancing.
That's the power of
a proper sound system.
Of course!
There's no use
otherwise, brother!
It's only because of my Hindi song that we
get at least one or two bookings a year.
The ladies are coming to our shows just
to hear me sing 'Papa Kehte Hain'.
Ladies, it seems!
Listen, you'll never be able to
sing Hindi songs the way Kumar does.
Kumar, my foot! Get lost!
Thankan, here.
What's it? You want a sip-up?
Give him one sip-up.
- Murali, is the program over?
- Yes.
I guess she went home.
Do you understand now?
The ladies are Murali's fans, not yours.
Brother, I'll come back in a bit.
Murali, I'm also coming.
Drop me off at Thampanoor.
No, I have to go somewhere else.
I know where it is. I'll wait.
Thankan, what he said is true.
If we want to earn money through music
shows, we'll have to invest more.
Or else we'll have to
go back to our old business.
Hey, Podiyan!
He's barely out of the nest. Come here!
Murali...
Warden will come now.
My job...
Eat the bribe I gave you first.
We have a lunch party in our
department next week at college.
A birthday treat.
There will be around
10-12 people.
- Can you arrange it?
- Of course.
How about a music concert
by our Orchestra?
No, thanks.
I still haven't gotten over
the programme you did at the hostel.
Even yesterday,
someone was talking about your poor
sound quality and lack of instruments.
The songs you sing
are very old.
And you guys don't even
wear decent clothes.
I got you tickets to 18 AD's concert to
show you what a real concert looks like.
But your were looking
at me all the time.
You ruined my mood.
Murali, the warden's out.
Leave. Hurry up!
Here. Finish it.
See you!
Listen, she's way out of your league.
Oh! It's alright.
Have this too.
Hold it.
Her grandma's throwing a fit
at home for not bringing her.
Why don't you take her home then?
As if I'm against it!
You know I don't have
the time for it.
Go take your baig.
It's bag, not baig!
Go.
None of you believed me when I said it.
Did you all understand now?
Has there ever been a chief minister
like him in the history of Kerala?
No! And there will never be.
We will never have a CM like him again.
Why are you quarrelling with me for it?
You want them to live here with you?
As if you've got a palace here!
Of course!
What?
Hey, stop it.
His goddamn drums!
Don't get on Radha's nerves.
If she throws you out,
you will have to go
sleep in the temple.
It's not that.
There's enough space for your
wife and daughter here.
What will you do with her father then?
- Turn him into a statue?
- Get lost!
- Just get lost!
- This woman!
Instead of standing here like an
idiot, go earn something for tomorrow.
Back when you were into rowdyism, at least
you used to bring me money for groceries.
Now that's also stopped.
And you started a mechanical shop in your
dad's name just to ruin his reputation.
That scooter has been lying
there since the opening day.
Look at its condition now.
Please give me some peace!
Get lost, you rascal!
-Then only there will be development.
- Goddamn development!
Simply irritating me!
Move!
His goddamn song!
- Hey, move.
- What's her problem?
What your mother said is right.
Though we quit the old business, we
haven't found our footing yet.
When we were doing all
the dirty work for them...
we should've demanded proper payment.
Instead, we were happy with
the booze they tossed us like alms.
Now I'm getting
an earful from my mother.
The only upside is that...
We only spent time in lockup,
we didn't end up in jail.
Yeah, what an upside!
And we don't have
any health issues either.
They kept their word.
We can't just ignore it.
I don't have time to waste.
Start the rehearsal.
I have practised my song.
Start!
Poor man's Yesudas, please start.
Brother, those comrades
thrashed Anil.
- Where?
- In his college.
They slapped him hard.
His face is all swollen.
You got slapped badly?
Did you cause any trouble there?
No, it was for tying
the sacred thread from our temple.
Son, don't tell this to your grandfather.
He's already very upset.
If he sees this...
Come on!
You want to hit him back?
- Do you?
- Yes.
When I said I was from
the colony, they hit me even more.
Brother, police arrested
Shiva and Tamilalagan.
Forty five people in total, including them.
He's the one who ratted on them.
Eighteen of them got
killed by police and agents.
The rest are being tortured at the camp.
Stupid swine!
He has to be eliminated first.
Move our cadets from
Dindigul at the earliest.
Stupid swine!
Hello, Thirupachi.
How are you?
I'm good, Krishna.
How about you?
I'm good.
Has Mani arrived?
You said he would arrive only by 6:30.
Oh yes!
My boys have gone to fetch him.
Brother, he isn't problematic, right?
No. There's nothing like that.
Just petty theft and
pickpocketing. That's all.
- Did you see him?
- He's not there anywhere.
Where is he?
Did he get off at Thirunelveli
instead of Thiruvananthapuram?
Hope he won't be a bother.
Is he there under the bus?
Look over there.
You check inside the bus.
-Did everyone hop off the bus?
-Yes.
Mani?
Thirupachi Annachi's friend?
Come on!
Why are you sitting in the dark?
You could have
opened the door, right?
They said they would wait
until you come.
Come!
- What's your name?
- Mani.
I don't care what it is.
We don't know if you're here
after getting into trouble.
But Thirupachi has helped
us out lots of times.
So when he asks for a favour,
we can't say no to him.
That's why we're letting
you stay here. Got it?
And that girl, Karthi.
You must have understood what
she does for a living, right?
But if you dare
to misbehave with her...
We'll bust your head wide open.
You better lie low until
Annachi calls you back.
He must have told you
about us, right?
I'll be bringing you food.
If you want to step out,
just tell him.
He will inform us, and
we will take you out.
If you want to talk to Annachi, one of
us will accompany you to the phone booth.
- Got it?
- Got it?
The toilet is at the back.
You can use it for shitting.
Oh!
Let's go.
Karthi...
- We're leaving.
- Okay.
This goddamn power cut!
Murali!
Hello, Teacher...
- Is this the birthday girl?
- Yes.
- Shall we arrange it over there?
- Okay.
Who are you?
You seem to be as old as me.
How come you're still in college?
Ani...
Ani!
What's your problem with colony kids?
His mother got him a sacred thread and
put sandal paste on his forehead...
as he was joining college.
Who are you to cut it off?
Who are these people?
There have been customs and
beliefs here even before their time.
Those beliefs and yours
can coexist here.
Just the way it
should be. Got it?
Just the way it should be!
This is where you cut
his thread, right?
Am I right?
Open your mouth
and answer, idiot!
Yes.
Here is the thread. Cut it.
Try wiping off the sandal paste.
How dare you come here
and act smart?
Sura, call the boys!
Boys!
Come on!
Come on!
Move!
I'll finish you off today!
I'll hack you to pieces.
Hey!
You!
This isn't fair, sir.
Why have you put us in jail?
What to do?
Its their party at the helm.
They have the right to do as they please.
Only two more
years are left.
Menon, the one making you do
all this dirty work will go down...
...along with that
Telugu police officer.
After that, you'll all
pay dearly at my hands.
Get lost! Go!
Come.
Hey, wait!
Let Gopalan Sir's
grandson stay here.
His grandfather and
mother have come.
How can I let him go
without talking to Gopalan sir?
Sir, you may leave.
- Go!
- We'll wait outside.
Ask them to come.
Sir, I wasn't aware of it.
What to say!
Sir, they are calling
you both inside.
They will leave him only with you.
Jackson, go with them.
Why did you go to the
college and make a scene?
You know I'm an ex-communist, right?
It's because of communists that we
all get to roam around here freely today.
These guys are different from the
communists you're talking about.
What are you even saying?
Whatever you said.
It was wrong to create
a scene at the college.
Brother, forget it.
That's over.
Hey!
Looks like you have
forgotten our God too.
Hear me out!
Oh, please don't come
up with any predictions.
I see you striking a deal...
that will make you do a
huge offering at the temple.
His goddamn prediction!
A top-class deal!
Sir...
Oh, Abraham?
Have you been waiting for long?
No, sir. Just two hours.
Well, you're used to it, right?
Back in '82, at the
Trivandrum party office...
you'd come all the way
from Erumeli to see me
carrying a mattress and
counting all the posters on the way.
Well, that's an old party joke.
Old tales and times
have now ended up on the floor.
Oh, that?
It was done by my grandson.
He's a karate champion.
But I'm here to say something new.
I wanted to tell you that myself
before that Telugu DIG...
who usually gives you all the news first.
Our finance lord who does the
funding for NINF and us...
Mr. Veerappa Perumal
Mudaliyar from Dindigul.
He had called me.
- Mudliyar called you directly?
- Yes.
What's it?
I don't know the issue
between you and him.
Tell me the matter.
If NINF needs any more funds from him...
Sir, you'll have to step down as both
the Chief Minister and the Home Minister.
And?
And, he wants me to take your place.
If we don't make a decision
in the next party meeting,
he'll withdraw his money.
Take a seat.
Sir, this is the first time
you're saying this to me.
But that's not needed anymore.
Sir, you please make a
decision at the earliest and...
not me...
before the party members get to
know of it, inform the High Command.
That's the right way to do it.
If Mudaliyar has made
such a decision...
I should be the first person
to know about it, right?
Sir, when was the last
time Mudaliyar contacted you?
It's been a while.
When I think of it now...
It's been a long time.
Arrange a meeting with him.
In Dindigul, at his ancestral house.
Sir!
Unofficial. Personal visit.
Hello, sir.
Please come inside.
Where's Mudaliyar?
Father is upstairs.
Come inside, sir.
What's going on here?
These are the preparations
for our upcoming festival.
Come in, sir.
We've known each other for many years.
Then...
Why do you need the help of a
party scoundrel like PK Abraham
if you want anything from me?
I've given you everything you've asked
for, without asking you any questions.
PWD contract, sand,
granite quarry, everything.
You know I don't discuss business
and politics over here, don't you?
Let's go to one place.
Just you alone.
You be here.
You stay here.
Okay, sir.
Good morning, sir.
It was my late son's greatest wish...
to buy a theatre in our village.
A special show is running in it.
It would be a great pride for me
if the CM of Kerala watched it.
This film was financed by my son.
It was a big hit in South India.
I'll play a song in that.
Watch it and let me
know your opinion.
- Hey, play it!
- Okay, Dad.
With that graceful look,
you make people fall for you
You're making me run
like a racing horse
I'm the ambassador,
come on a trip with me
Oh my candy, my caramel lady
Oh my, your gaze keeps
tugging at my heart
The don in me is gone
This doll is my girl
She's sweet as sugar
She blazes like fire
O rainbow princess,
sweet as honey
You flash like a
streak of lightning
Come, I'll give you cold water
May your thirst
be quenched
Half a kilo of gold melted
and carefully crafted
To make your sculpture, dear
Do you mean to rob
me of my youth?
Don't talk to me with
that cold charm
Oh my, your gaze keeps
tugging at my heart
The don in me is gone
This doll is my girl
She's sweet as sugar
She blazes like fire
- Do you know this heroine, sir?
- Yes.
She's a big actress
in South India.
What was her name?
- Priyamvada.
- Oh, yes!
Sir, you don't even
remember her name.
It's for her that someone
killed my son.
When I got to know that...
it was done by a political scoundrel
who was in power because of me...
I was shaken.
You killed my son for her...
and now you don't even
remember her name?
What?
I killed your son?
What are you saying?
I killed him for this cheap actress?
You didn't even think of my age.
My son wished to marry her.
She was supposed to be
my daughter-in-law.
Don't tell me that you're
innocent and don't know anything.
Tell that to her!
I'm not kidding, sir.
I really thought this
through before deciding.
This is something you say
every six months, Priya.
No, sir. This time I'm serious.
Okay! Who's it this time?
Any film actor?
No. You know him.
Veerappa Perumal Mudaliyar's
son, Muthuvel Mudaliyar.
What about us then?
You're blindly believing
a random film actress?
- Mudaliyar, we've known each other for...
- Hey!
It's very clear from your face.
I know that you are behind it.
It's been two years
since my son died.
In these two years, I was on
the lookout for his murderer.
It's after finding out that you're
behind it that I made you come here.
If I wanted, I could chop
you into pieces right here.
But that's not enough.
Ill strip you of
the CM post first...
and isolate you within
your party.
Then I'll destroy you and
your power, one by one.
You'll run here and there
like a cow in distress...
and then come kneel before
me begging for forgiveness.
Then I'll chop off your head and
keep it in front of my son's photo.
Whatever!
You've come all the way to my house.
I don't send back anyone who
comes to visit me empty-handed.
Dear, come here.
Slap him.
Go ahead, slap him!
Go!
Get lost!
Aren't you eating?
I'll eat later with them.
You have it.
Mani...
Why are you in hiding?
Petty cases. An intercaste
relationship, pickpocketing....
He's a poor boy.
It isn't anything like that.
It's evident from his eyes
that it's something serious.
Isn't it, son?
See his reaction!
He agreed with her.
How can you be such an idiot?
You!
Thankan brother...
What happened?
Come inside.
Can you please come out?
Whats the matter?
Come and have dinner, dear.
Today is Athira's birthday.
Murali got biryani for all of us.
It's okay, auntie. I ate.
Come on in.
Please come out.
I'll come now.
What happened?
Your Telugu boss wants to meet you.
What's this?
Is he torturing you?
What's the use in saying all that to you?
There's only one difference between us.
He uses you guys to torture others.
And he tortures me like this himself.
Didn't we agree two years ago
not to spill any more blood?
Let's stick to that.
We're short on money.
But we're able to sleep peacefully now.
Peacefully?
Do you know how many murder
cases are against you?
Didn't I get them all settled for you?
Those cases could land you
in jail for 10 to 70 years.
Sir, it was all done for you.
And you paid us peanuts in return.
This won't be like that.
You will all be paid handsomely.
It's for CM.
If you help us one more time...
CM or I won't come to you with
such works anymore.
We want to think it over.
Sir...
We're ready.
- This will be the last.
- Very good.
- But we've got two conditions.
- Okay.
We want to meet CM in person.
- What's the second condition?
- Sir...
Sir, you can keep Karthi as your mistress.
We don't have the right to
say anything about that.
But please don't torture her like this.
She's like our sister.
Sister?
Sister?!
Then marry her off to me! Come on!
I have told you many times
not to talk about it.
Talk business here.
You want to meet CM?
That's all, right?
- Sir...
- No, Thankan.
Sir!
Sit down.
- You may go.
- Okay, sir.
How's everyone at home?
- Thankaraj, how's your daughter?
- Fine.
Murali...
Jackson...
Krishanankutty...
I heard you're into music these days?
Does it pay you anything?
- Grandpa...
- Oh, this boy!
Can you sign this progress card?
Your grandma will sign it.
Take it to her.
She's gone for a meeting.
I'll sign it tomorrow. Leave now.
So, let's come to the matter.
No advance payment.
You'll be paid 15 lakh rupees at once.
Now, the target.
Veerappa Perumal Mudaliyar.
Dindigul.
- Sir, he's beyond our reach.
- I know.
If you do this one last job,
you'll be safe forever.
Didn't Rao tell you yesterday?
You're like my siblings.
Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing
here at Cliff House like this.
All that you've done for me so far...
I've kept it here.
I'll easily get people
to carry out this job.
But it won't be like how you people do it.
If you help me with this...
as long as I'm alive...
no matter where you are
or in what condition...
you will have my support.
You know the value of 15 lakhs, right?
It's not something you get paid
for doing things within your reach.
I'm paying you this because I trust you.
This is to seal the deal.
Extra two lakhs.
Hello, Annachi.
Krishna!
Where's Mani? Any problem?
No, he's fine.
But I need a small favour from you.
Help.
What help?
There's a man named
Veerappa Mudaliyar in Dindigul.
Do you know him?
Yes.
He's a big landlord.
What's the matter?
There's a small job.
Actually, it's a big job.
Tell me what it is.
Okay.
- Is Mani there with you?
- Yes.
Give him the phone.
Mani, Annachi wants to talk to you.
- Tell me, brother.
- Just listen to me.
Don't say anything back.
They are going to finish off Mudaliyar.
That bloody swine!
For the government's support,
he ratted out 50 of our men.
They got killed, Vetri.
The police killed our brothers.
Fifty of them were brutally
tortured and killed.
Even as we speak,
Mudaliyar is selling out our brothers.
Traitor!
And it's to kill him they are going.
But it's not a job meant for them.
It should be done by us.
His death must be at our hands.
He's a betrayer of Tamilians.
He must not escape.
You should make sure he dies.
[invoking Lord Madan]
O Mother Kali, the Supreme Power
O Mariamman, Divine Mother
O Mother Kali, the Supreme Power
O Mariamman, Divine Mother
The one who strikes
fear into every heart
An offering laid with
bow and arrow in hand
You are the sky, the earth,
the wind, and the fire
Come, Mother, come to us
Come, Mother, come to us
After keeping vigil through the night
The world has dawned, O Mother
At Your sacred feet, all
pride bows and dissolves
Mother, you are unshaken amid the chaos
Strike back, we stand in victory
Holding the spear, come to us, Mother
The one who strikes
fear into every heart
An offering laid with
bow and arrow in hand
You are the sky, the earth,
the wind, and the fire
Come, Mother, come to us
The world has risen to take vengeance
You will answer for the blood you shed
For every drop cries out your name
Come on!
The world has risen to take vengeance
You will answer for the blood you shed
You're a Tamilian?
You call yourself a Tamilian?
How could you rat out so many people?
Do you even know how many
suffered and died because of you?
Are you really a Tamilian?
Are you really a Tamilian?
Bloody swine!
Mani...
Tell us the truth.
Who are you?
Truth?
About me?
Someone who lost his sister.
Someone who lost his brother.
Someone who lost his father.
Someone who lost his mother.
The real son of Mother Earth.
A Tamilian.
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
Mudaliyar was a constant companion of NINF.
We are all deeply shocked and saddened by his
brutal killing by political terrorists.
But no one should think that
his death is a major setback...
to our party's financial standing.
I had a meeting with two
of my Marwadi friends...
who can easily take Mudaliyar's place.
They're ready to give us twice
as much as Mudaliyar did.
That's because they have
trust in my leadership.
At the upcoming interstate
party conclave in Rajasthan
That means, at the grand conclave
of NINF, I'll present this matter.
Are you all with me?
Are you all with me?
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
Forget Onam.
I've cut at least 20 more
Christmas cakes than you.
Understood, Abraham?
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
We do not know what
happened until yesterday
Nor do we know what
will happen tomorrow
We do not know what will
happen to us the next moment
Nor do we know when it will perish
The people who are with us now
If God wishes they may
disappear or be dead
In a few days time
A healthy man can be
paraded to his funeral pyre
Some people see this truth
And only some people accept it
Some others are unable
to comprehend the truth
Though they know whatever
they see is an illusion
Though they know whatever
they see is an illusion
- Is it working now?
- Turn that knob.
Krishna, Govinda, Narayana, O Hare
O Achyuthananda Govinda Madhava
Sachchidananda Narayana O Hare
Know that the thing that keep
us all tied to this world
Is our past karmas
Brother!
Brother!
Madahvankutty, turn down the volume.
Don't you have anything else to do?
Turn the volume down.
Don't be attached to anything
Don't let anything
be attached to you
I'll only come if you raise my
salary by at least 150 rupees.
Didn't you walk out of the troupe? Get out!
It's perceived as one
For those people who
don't stick to anything
It becomes hard to comprehend
There's nothing like another
But they all have the same spirit
There's no attachment to anything
And it looks like God created the world
All three worlds into one
There was no such world at that time
O Krishna, Mukunda, Janardhana
Krishna, Govinda, Narayana, O Hare
O Achyuthananda Govinda Madhava
Sachchidananda Narayana O Hare
Sister!
Sister!
Open the door!
Open the door!
Sister!
Sister!
Sister, open the door!
Brother, my sister is not opening the door.
She's not responding either.
- Karthi!
- Sister...
- Karthi...
- Sister, open the door.
Karthi!
- Karthi!
- Sister...
What's it?
What do you want?
What happened to you? Tell me.
What happened to you!
What happened to you!
What happened to you!
What will you do if I tell you?
Say it and see.
Fine!
See for yourself!
Sister...
I wanted to send him to school.
But later I understood that
there's no use in going to school.
You do all this studying just to
end up as a politician's bootlicker.
What's the use of studying then?
In the beginning, I wished
to escape from that man.
But not anymore.
If anyone dares to touch a girl in our
colony, their hands will be cut off...
by Thankan, Krishanakutty,
Murali and Jackson.
But now, even their lives are at his mercy.
There's no bloody
justice, law or God here.
Sir, I didn't come here to
declare a war against you.
And you proved I havent
reached that level yet.
Then why have you come now?
Mudaliyar's murder case
has been handed to the CBI.
I got to know.
Sir, they will come here too.
You will always be my mentor.
I don't want to send you to jail
or turn the party members against you.
But High Command wants you to step down.
Sir, you should resign.
If the CBI comes to meet me, or I
get a chance to meet them
I'll have to give this to them.
I don't want you to say later
that I betrayed my mentor.
If CBI reopens the
Mudaliyar case file...
there's a chance they will
approach Priyamvada
or that she'll approach them.
No, she'll definitely go to them.
I can handle that.
This is not the first time I'm
facing a CBI investigation.
But there's a difference this time.
The NINF royal family has
turned against me.
They hold a special regard for Pathrose and Katrinas
son, Abraham, as they all belong to the same community.
Well, no one knows that like I do.
But the upside is that...
whenever things turn against
me and favour Abraham...
he's the first to let me know of it.
He says it's his way of
showing respect to his mentor.
But I call it a political gun-jump.
If he's the stumbling block...
I mean, this P K Abraham...
Let's just finish him off.
It's easy.
A car accident.
A train mishap.
It's very easy, sir.
It's easy in your Rayalaseema.
This is Kerala!
Let's finish off.
Not Abraham.
These people!
Sir?
CHOOLA ORCHESTRA
We've made them do a
lot of the dirty work for us.
Well, there are hundreds of people
in different parts of this country,
who can do the same job better.
I only need to make one phone call
to Matunga, Jamshedpur or Bellari.
But there's a lesson I learned
the very first day I put on this khadi.
Always strike your enemy with a
sword made in your own workshop.
Only then can you melt it
down after the jobs done...
and turn it into a ring like this.
Sir, are you talking about a
police action against them?
We have no proof with us even
to issue a warrant against them.
We're the ones who destroyed them.
I know.
- Make a reason.
- How?
Provoke them.
This is my wife.
I want her to see this.
But my daughter Rudramma
shouldn't see this.
This is strictly adult content.
So, no!
This is the wedding feast
This is the wedding feast
The vegetables and curries are a marvel
This is a respectful offering
This is enough for me
This is the wedding feast
The vegetables and curries are a marvel
This is a respectful offering
This is enough for me
The bajji is over there
Where is the stuffed roll?
The bajji is over there
Where is the stuffed roll?
Let the happiness overflow
Where are you?
Show yourself if you dare!
Just as things were falling into
place, the next issue arrived.
You shouldn't have gone
without telling us.
Leave it, brother.
He anyway deserved it.
Mani...
I'll bring you the food.
There's only one more week left.
This is a small space,
but you'll be safe here.
Mani, we've got a music show
the day after tomorrow.
Hang in here until then.
Oh no!
Swami, the Madan festival
is the day after tomorrow, right?
- So?
- Just be careful.
You see this threshold?
No one will cross this other than me.
If at all someone comes...
Lord Madan will take care of the rest.
Fire in Mysore Film Set.
16 including Priyamavada in critical condition.
Kooni, you should slay
"Papa Kehte Hai" today.
I can't stand Roby's damn attitude.
Shove this song down his throat.
Sure!
-Hello...
- Where the hell are you?
Sir...
CBI has opened the file.
They are moving incredibly fast.
Everything is in place, sir.
You can announce the operation.
The force is ready, sir.
Is there a Tamilian with them?
- Didn't you hear me?
- Yes, yes!
Where?
Where?!
In Karthi's house.
Karthi's house.
Sign here.
Operation Anantha has been declared.
In the wake of former PM
Rajish Gupta's murder,
intelligence reports reveal terrorists
are scattered throughout South India
Since it's a big challenge
to the nation's security...
Based on the newspaper reports that there has
been a rise in goons in the city's colonies...
Since these people could pose a
threat to national security...
This government has initiated
a large-scale police operation
which is the first of
its kind in the state.
This should be the basic
media PR release line.
Mic testing.
Mic testing.
We want you all to cooperate
with us for 10 minutes.
You don't need to worry.
This is a normal combing.
We're here to nab a few people.
If any one of you
interferes with our job...
I swear, we will beat
the pulp out of them.
Got it?
Sign here!
Swami, did you see a Tamilian with cat-eyes
and a tattoo on his hand around here?
I don't know, sir.
- Thanka...
- Yes?
Something feels off.
What?
I don't know.
Play the music.
Didn't you move that Tamilian from here?
Something far bigger than
this is awaiting you.
CHARGE!
Mother!
Move!
Move!
That's his house.
I'll handle it.
- Sir...
- Is this Thankan's house?
Swami!
Where's your son?
He went for a music event with his team.
- What happened, sir?
- I'm going to make him sing for me!
His bloody workshop!
So all those men live with you?
How do you manage these
many men at this age?
What a pain!
Madam, let me see if you have
hidden any warriors inside.
Step aside!
Mother!
Swami, open the door.
Oh no!
What?
This is my husband's house.
It's his photo that you destroyed.
When you were wetting your
pants, he was ruling this colony.
I might forgive you for the
atrocities you did here.
But this photo...
You won't leave from here
without keeping it back.
So sad!
Sir!
You better keep that photo back!
What if I don't?
Will you take out your sword?
Is there anything tied around your waist?
Shall I check?
Shall I?
You!
Open the door!
Hey!
Leave me!
How dare you slap me?
Open the door, Swami!
Open!
Mother...
Where is your mother?
Did your aunt die or what?
Why the hell do you always look so glum?
Go get me tea!
What?
Did you finally succeed
in killing my mother?
Father!
Hey, no!
Mother!
Mother!
Krishnankutty, tell them to stop.
Thanka, believe it or not.
When she slapped me hard,
I just pushed her away.
That's all.
Please don't....
Don't do anything!
Hey!
Thanka, please believe me.
Sathyendra...
When the blood of our dear ones is
spilled, we answer with more blood.
Even if we hack you and your
family to pieces right now
we can get away with it easily.
It's because of our connections...
we've managed so far, and
will continue to do so.
Thanka, do whatever you want to me.
But leave my family out of this.
It hurts, right?
Father!
Doesn't it hurt?
Thanka, leave him.
Let him go.
You know why we're letting you go?
So that you writhe in pain
hearing what we're going to say.
Make sure to save well for your
childrens studies and their future.
You won't live to see your
second child walk, jerk!
These are Krishnankutty's words.
You know me, right?
Thanka, let's go.
Let's go.
Jackson, leave them.
Leave her!
Father, no!
Hey, stop there!
Leave me!
How dare you put on a show at a police
officers house and just walk away?
How the hell you've the nerve
to act on your own damn terms?
Isn't it because of the support of the CM
who has made you spill blood for him...
and his Telugu IG, right?
All this while, you've been
getting your hands dirty for them.
But now the tables have turned.
You guys are the targets now.
I've been given the task
to finish you all off.
Operation Anantha!
It was carried out just to
wipe you all out, morons!
You know who's making the
Telugu IG do all this?
The same old man.
The lord who rules this land.
Your CM, His Highness K. K. Menon.
If you have the balls, go to his
house and make a scene like this.
Jackson, no!
Game has changed.
We're the targets now.
- It's out of our control. Leave it.
- Krishnankutty...
We can handle him later.
Thanka, why are you silent?
I deliberately kicked your
mother in the stomach.
Not just hers.
I'll do the same to your wife too.
You've a little girl, right?
I won't do anything to her.
I know how to make use of her.
Jackson!
It matters not who you are
We are the messengers of death
Father!
It matters not who you are
Here, go stitch it!
Jackson, stop it!
You know who you killed?
When I was abandoned on
the road as a newborn...
that poor lady took me
under her wing and raised me.
I used to call her 'auntie'...
But she was my mother.
My mother!
Good!
Don't issue the lookout notice now.
Media shouldn't get wind of this.
Okay, sir!
Keep an eye on the magistrate courts.
I'll give you two days' time.
Call me only when you've
finished them off.
- Got it?
- Okay, sir.
So, you don't know that Tamilian?
I deserve it.
Yes, I deserve it!
I looked after you all this while...
took care of all your expenses...
I got you a bungalow in
the forest, a car...
all those just for you.
I loved you more than my Rudramma.
I deserve it!
Okay, we've been searching for
them for the past two days.
Do you know where they are?
You won't say anything.
I'll give you one more day.
Within that, tell me where they are.
Sir...
I know that you consider the
colony people as pests.
If you take a liking to them...
you'll take care of them
like a caged bird.
Or else you'll burn and
torture them like anything.
Thankan, Krishnankutty, Murali, or
Jackson was not born to my mother.
But if my brother and I have anyone to
truly call 'brother', its only them.
Even if I know where they are...
even if you hack me into pieces...
don't expect to hear it from me.
You don't know me well.
- I'll...
- Kill me?
Sir, I died the day you touched me.
Once again.
You have one more day.
If you don't give me
the details you know...
Rao will not...
touch Karthi.
But I will touch him.
I'll put him inside a cage and
make him suffer until death.
So bye.
Give auntie a kiss.
Come.
Why are you doing this?
Did he pester you again?
Mani, can I ask you
one more favor?
Tell me.
You should take care of
him and raise him as your own brother.
I want to see him live with his
head held high courageously.
Someone who won't hesitate to
shed blood in the name of revenge.
Just like you.
Will you do it?
For me?
Why are you talking like this?
Sister...
Swami!
Where are they?
Podiyan...
Jackson, there isn't much time left.
No one should get away!
No one!
Come on!
Jackson!
Why don't you understand?
This will be our final game.
You're all set to go.
Don't stay here. Just leave!
How can I go?
I won't go until we settle this matter.
Don't say anything more.
What's his problem?
Make him understand.
You think the CM is behind this?
Yes.
- Are you really sure?
- Yes.
Come.
I'm taking this boy.
Come, let's go.
- Madhavankutty, do you know him?
- No.
This boy's got state security.
Even then, if CM sends
him here without a single guard...
it shows the trust he has in us.
Shall we go?
Brother!
Don't worry, son.
We won't do anything
to you. Come on!
Come!
There's no use in roaming
around wearing this khaki uniform.
This is what even the sewage workers wear.
CM, my foot!
Home ministry, public
works, port, education!
You've got it all!
Is it because you don't
handle the child welfare
that you didn't bring
back your grandson?
Parvathy Amma, go inside.
What will I tell my
daughter when she calls?
Tell her to come take care of the
child from her first marriage herself.
If something happens
to Madhavankutty...
Go inside!
- Did the media find out?
- No, sir.
Block everything.
Okay, sir!
Sir, shall we deploy the force?
The police are responsible
for his security, right?
What the hell were you doing then?
It's because I don't have
trust in your security that...
I begged the STF to provide
me a guard for my security.
And now youre here
to deploy the force!
What do they want?
- What, sir?
- What, sir!
I asked what the hell they want!
They want to meet
you in person, sir.
At the place and
time of their choice.
That's their condition.
Full amount is not there.
There's a hut in the colony
belonging to my late mother.
You can seize it for the remaining money.
Didn't you cut off a police
officer's hand for that?
Yes, we did.
- We'll do it again.
- Stop it!
You called yourselves warriors
of the folk ballads...
who wouldn't touch
women or children.
When the need arose, you showed the true
colours of a Thiruvananthapuram native.
If Thiruvananthapuram natives
have such a character...
it's because of the attitude of outsiders
like you who came uninvited to our city.
Sir, you smile in their faces
and stab them in the back.
But we speak our mind and
strike straight to the chest.
We have to survive among venomous people
like you without getting bitten, right?
There are more women and
children in your family.
But we didn't touch them.
Do you want to touch them?
What must I do for you
to return my grandson?
Tell me, I will do it.
The boat's swaying heavily.
It is to talk peacefully that...
we picked these backwaters,
lying between north and south.
Anchor the boat first.
Then we talk.
We'll tell you what we want.
The moment you meet our demands,
your child will come back.
Or else, we will hack him into pieces, and
send them to you wrapped in neem leaves.
You!
Rao!
We don't want much.
We have no future here, and
we don't trust you either.
Visa, passport, and a job abroad
for Thankan and his family.
For Jackson too.
Murali will leave this city.
Don't go after him.
Once I'm assured they've all left
safely, you'll get your child back.
Don't you want anything?
No.
Brother?
I'm close to 70.
I don't have a wife or a family.
And I'm done living.
If I survive, I'll sing to
make a living.
If I die...
the music will rise and I'll be gone.
That's all.
Are you okay with our terms, sir?
It matters not who you are
We are the messengers of death
- Here.
- Thank you.
Vetri, listen to me.
We haven't got time.
Agencies are searching
everywhere for our people.
I have hidden the container
in the forest.
We have to leave before
the forest officers find it.
No, brother.
They are all family to me.
I can't come without
helping them.
Let Krishnan come back first.
How can you be so cool, sir?
I mean, we have
struck a deal. But...
Mr. Sampath Rao IPS...
You know, this city, Ananthapuri...
It used to be a forest.
This used to be a wild
forest with all this...
Brother, aren't you...
How many times do
I have to say it?
If all three of you are
out there alive...
no one will dare
to touch me.
- Brother...
- Stop your drama and leave.
- Bye.
- Murali...
Jackson...
Thanka...
What?
The deer grazing in the fields
was afraid of the tiger.
But the tiger was
afraid of someone else.
Come fast.
- Bye.
- Okay.
You could have come
on time at least today.
We're going.
It's already late.
See you!
What are you doing?
There was a venomous snake at the
tiger's feet waiting to bite it.
Murali...
We live again knowing the dark
The snake was afraid
of the mongoose.
We dance again knowing the dark
Let's go.
Where's he?
Stay here.
Madhavankutty....
Come, son.
- Let's go, son.
- Go with them.
Come on, son.
Go.
Here?
You were at my place?
Are you alright?
Let's go.
Who all were there
with you, son?
Was there anyone
else with you?
Yes.
Who?
- Only one.
- Who? Where?
Where?
- Comb the entire diameter after this.
- Okay, sir.
Fall in!
I knew you would do it,
son of a wretch!
Hear me out!
I've taken the lives of many
strangers who did me no harm...
following your commands.
Seeing them die in my hands...
I knew my fate would
also be the same.
I came here to die.
I don't have anything to lose.
My boys have left.
Didn't I say the other day that
I don't want to live anymore?
Kill me and throw my
body into this stream.
By the time it reaches Meenmutty,
the fish will have consumed it.
That's how it should be.
Go ahead.
Finish me off.
Vetri, no!
They have left.
Your boys have all left.
Over there.
- Mr. Thankaraj Ponappan?
- Yes.
Just a minute.
Five rupees.
Hello, Teacher...
Where are you off to?
There's a small issue
with my documents.
Jackson and I will take
the next flight.
Means?
Murali!
There's a date issue on the ticket.
- Is there any problem?
- No. I'll come on the next flight.
Jackson and I will
come together.
Dad's coming on
the next flight, dear.
Will you take care of your
mom and grandpa?
- Yes.
- Good girl!
Don't worry!
Murali!
Murali!
Stay there!
Madam...
We live again knowing the dark
We dance again knowing the dark
Come!
Murali!
Last chance.
Tell me where that Tamilian is.
I'll let you go.
You!
Teacher!
Otherwise, everything I
made you do all this time...
I'll do the same thing to you.
Try to act smart now.
Come on!
You!
Hey!
Murali!
Go!
Murali!
Kill him!
It matters not who you are
We are the messengers of death
Stop it!
Come on!
Move!
Murali...
Murali!
Murali, get up!
Get up!
Fire!
This is what!
This is your problem!
You take on everyone's problems.
We tried our best for them.
But it didn't help.
If we stay here any longer,
we will be in danger.
We have a purpose.
Why don't you understand that?
Brother, why did we
wage war in Jaffna?
We took on others
problems as our own...
even when everyone warned it was
too dangerous to keep fighting...
we stayed, and that's what
made us who we are today.
If we don't avenge their deaths...
we'll be betraying ourselves.
Tamilians don't do that.
[people shouting slogans]
Whats the need for
this heavy security?
It's needed, sir.
This place is still a
dacoit-infested area.
What's the use in saying we're a
national party spread all across India?
Look where they are
conducting the grand conclave.
Rajasthan deserts!
How far is it from here to the airport?
- One and a half hours.
- Okay.
Sir, didn't you tell a
story the other day?
What story?
A forest, a tiger, deer, snakes...
That's not a story.
It's a puzzle.
A riddle.
In the end, the tiger
killed the deer.
And the snake killed the tiger.
The mongoose ate the snake.
The hunter finished
off the mongoose.
Now comes the riddle.
Tell me. Who am I in this?
- Tiger.
- No.
Well, you should then be the hunter.
The hunter!
None of them.
The forest that fed them all, later took
their lives, turning them into manure...
from which it grew even bigger.
That forest is a city today.
Its name is Ananthapuri.
But deep down it's still a forest.
An urban jungle.
That forest is the head of
the ruler of the white palace.
Now, I'm that forest.
Ananthan Kaadu!
Cover CM's car. Hurry up!
- What happened?-Sir, there's danger.
It's dangerous.
- We will have to go back.
- Hurry up!
Okay, sir.
Reverse, go back!
Hurry up!
- What's going on?
- Going back is also dangerous.
We'll have to take
some other route.
Hurry up!
Take left from there.
Sir, there's no road to the left.
Come fast. Cover the car!
Make it fast.
Rao...
Rao...
- Rao...
- Sorry, sir!
Rao...
My name is Vetrivel Kumaran.
You don't know who I am.
I am...
Live, live your life without fear
Let each breath be
wholly your own
In this world, there
are thousands of
underprivileged who
cannot speak for themselves.
People who lost their
lives because of you.
You treated them like dogs
for your own gain.
Finally, when you were
done with them...
you crushed them like insects
and buried them deep in the soil.
They cannot speak
for themselves.
But this gun will
speak for them.
Understood?
Come closer to the boat.
Help the boy.
Take that can.
Mani brother!
Podi...
I would have killed Rao.
But I left him for you.
Your grief will end only when
you kill him with your own hands.
He's your target hereafter.
Live, live your life
without fear
Let each breath be
wholly your own
Live, live your life
without fear
Let each breath be
wholly your own
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
I never thought that I'd be
able to witness this moment.
Forty dangerous years
in police service!
Lots of risky operations.
Lots of attacks.
But my wife...
My lovely Kokila.
[Telugu] I thought she would be here
to witness this. But...
This is fate.
I'm sorry. I'm getting emotional.
This is a night of celebration.
My Rudramma is getting married.
To the man of her choice.
So please raise your glasses to them.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Doesn't he know
I'm at the function?
Tell him to call me only after he
arrives at the godown tomorrow.
Sir, Gowda is missing.
Missing?
- Where's Gowda?
- You won't see him again, sir.
Where's Gowda?
Gone.
Who are you?
My name is Ananthan.
Podiyan Ananthan.
Remember these names?
Krishnankutty...
Thankaraj...
Murali...
Jackson...
Karthi!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Father!
Let go of my father!
Father!
Father!
Mother, I'm hungry.
Can you give me
some more food?
Go, tell those four
Eat faster and come here.
Okay.
[indistinct chatter]
Selvi...
- Selvi!
- Yes?
Where's Kuppu?
He's outside with Brother.
- Did you all eat?
- Yes.
- Muthu...
- Yes, Mother?
- Tell Kuppu to come inside.
- Okay, Mother.
- Kuppu, Mother is calling you.
- Coming.
Vetri, it's not safe to stay here any
longer with these women and kids.
Because they are our
biggest weakness.
We're waiting for Thalaivar to come.
But there are lots of
checkposts on the way.
Brother!
What happened?
You still hungry?
Yes.
Come here.
Eat this and go to sleep.
Selvi...
Lie down.
Mother!
Let her go!
Mother...
Vetrivel Kumaran!
Your leader, Vetrivel Kumaran!
One of the 16 key figures of
the terror group...
that was banned by
the government of Sri Lanka.
We've got no fingerprints
or photos of him.
But we know that he and
his family are among you.
We've got his family's photo with us.
This is his father.
P S Kumaran!
He was put to death by us.
His mother, Periyanayaki.
His sister, Selvi.
His brother, Kuppuswamy.
Do you know them?
You know them?
Do you know?
Do you know?
Do you know them?!
Do you know?!
Father!
Maara! Please leave him.
Periyanayaki!
That's me!
Then...
This must be your daughter.
Selvi!
You're Vetri's sister, aren't you?
Will your brother come
if I touch you?
She's a small girl.
Leave her alone.
You can kill me if you want.
Hey, that won't do.
This is my land, you play by my rules.
Who does your son think he is, taking
everyone and settling in Lanka?
Hanuman?
If not?
Who is your leader? Lord Rama?
Tell me!
Where's her brother?
Where's her brother?!
Where is her brother?!
Where is your brother?
Stop it, Vetri!
Brother...
Take them away!
Vetrivel Kumaran, huh?
See for yourself what's
going to happen here now.
Let him go.
Leave him. Oh, God!
My poor son
Don't kill him!
Oh God!
Maara!
Don't kill my child!
My child!
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
Brother...
Brother...
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Selvi!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Do you understand now?
How it hurts when someone
touches your people on your own soil?
Together, we're
marching towards freedom
You cannot finish off
the children of sea anymore
You should always
remember this moment.
Today you're going to cut just
a tiny nail from the hand of an Asura.
But that's not our target.
Behind that nail, there's
a whole finger.
That finger and
the hand it belongs to...
The body that hand connects to...
And on top of that body,
there's a head.
That head is what you need to take.
That head is your target.
You should remember that.
Always!
Freedom...
O, freedom!
Freedom...
Who are you?
I'll show you!
You!
It matters not who you are
We are the messengers of death
Hey!
You know who I am?
If something happens to me...
my dad will hack you all to
pieces and dump you in the pond.
Make it fast.
It's not the first time
we're doing it, brother.
Why overcomplicate it?
We should've just
stabbed him and left.
- It's needed.
- For what?
If we carry it out neatly,
we can wrap this business up for good.
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
'Ananthan Kaadu'
'Ananthan Forest'
India is an ancient civilization.
But a very young nation and
yet, we have our hopes, our aims.
I dream of an India, powerful, free
and in the forefront of world nations
and while doing so we'll also serve
the world in our own noble ways.
O suffering ones on
this sorrowful earth
O suffering ones on
this sorrowful earth
Justice that roars and stands blocking
destiny is our very breath
Justice that roars and stands blocking
destiny is our very breath
Are there such women
on this earth?
Did they fall from the skies?
Come, let's go take
a look, darling
I'll feed you and shelter you
One! Two! Three! Four!
Got it, sir!
Even if it's a bar of gold
It'll knock you to
the ground if flung at you
Even if it's a needle of gold
It can pierce your eyes
O golden girl...
You rise...
O golden girl, do not rise
too close to the skies
Do not steal our gold and
our hearts, and kill us
Who dares challenge
the incarnation of this lotus girl?
Who dares challenge
the incarnation of this lotus girl?
Choose your moves with care,
or you may lose your head
I'll come closer to you
and make you yield to me
With all the skills we've mastered
Come on, let's meet in combat
Sir, they are dangerous criminals.
If we destroy this completely, there
won't be any evidence left.
There are around 40 cases,
including murder and extortion.
This isn't the first time, right?
Now this is what you call
first-rate sound quality.
Our main issue is the lack
of a proper sound system.
You know what a good
sound system is like?
If Thankan brother and
Murali stand here and sing...
the statues of Madhava Rao at Statue junction
and Veluthampy outside the Secretariat...
should leap on to the road, scramble
onto a bus and start dancing.
That's the power of
a proper sound system.
Of course!
There's no use
otherwise, brother!
It's only because of my Hindi song that we
get at least one or two bookings a year.
The ladies are coming to our shows just
to hear me sing 'Papa Kehte Hain'.
Ladies, it seems!
Listen, you'll never be able to
sing Hindi songs the way Kumar does.
Kumar, my foot! Get lost!
Thankan, here.
What's it? You want a sip-up?
Give him one sip-up.
- Murali, is the program over?
- Yes.
I guess she went home.
Do you understand now?
The ladies are Murali's fans, not yours.
Brother, I'll come back in a bit.
Murali, I'm also coming.
Drop me off at Thampanoor.
No, I have to go somewhere else.
I know where it is. I'll wait.
Thankan, what he said is true.
If we want to earn money through music
shows, we'll have to invest more.
Or else we'll have to
go back to our old business.
Hey, Podiyan!
He's barely out of the nest. Come here!
Murali...
Warden will come now.
My job...
Eat the bribe I gave you first.
We have a lunch party in our
department next week at college.
A birthday treat.
There will be around
10-12 people.
- Can you arrange it?
- Of course.
How about a music concert
by our Orchestra?
No, thanks.
I still haven't gotten over
the programme you did at the hostel.
Even yesterday,
someone was talking about your poor
sound quality and lack of instruments.
The songs you sing
are very old.
And you guys don't even
wear decent clothes.
I got you tickets to 18 AD's concert to
show you what a real concert looks like.
But your were looking
at me all the time.
You ruined my mood.
Murali, the warden's out.
Leave. Hurry up!
Here. Finish it.
See you!
Listen, she's way out of your league.
Oh! It's alright.
Have this too.
Hold it.
Her grandma's throwing a fit
at home for not bringing her.
Why don't you take her home then?
As if I'm against it!
You know I don't have
the time for it.
Go take your baig.
It's bag, not baig!
Go.
None of you believed me when I said it.
Did you all understand now?
Has there ever been a chief minister
like him in the history of Kerala?
No! And there will never be.
We will never have a CM like him again.
Why are you quarrelling with me for it?
You want them to live here with you?
As if you've got a palace here!
Of course!
What?
Hey, stop it.
His goddamn drums!
Don't get on Radha's nerves.
If she throws you out,
you will have to go
sleep in the temple.
It's not that.
There's enough space for your
wife and daughter here.
What will you do with her father then?
- Turn him into a statue?
- Get lost!
- Just get lost!
- This woman!
Instead of standing here like an
idiot, go earn something for tomorrow.
Back when you were into rowdyism, at least
you used to bring me money for groceries.
Now that's also stopped.
And you started a mechanical shop in your
dad's name just to ruin his reputation.
That scooter has been lying
there since the opening day.
Look at its condition now.
Please give me some peace!
Get lost, you rascal!
-Then only there will be development.
- Goddamn development!
Simply irritating me!
Move!
His goddamn song!
- Hey, move.
- What's her problem?
What your mother said is right.
Though we quit the old business, we
haven't found our footing yet.
When we were doing all
the dirty work for them...
we should've demanded proper payment.
Instead, we were happy with
the booze they tossed us like alms.
Now I'm getting
an earful from my mother.
The only upside is that...
We only spent time in lockup,
we didn't end up in jail.
Yeah, what an upside!
And we don't have
any health issues either.
They kept their word.
We can't just ignore it.
I don't have time to waste.
Start the rehearsal.
I have practised my song.
Start!
Poor man's Yesudas, please start.
Brother, those comrades
thrashed Anil.
- Where?
- In his college.
They slapped him hard.
His face is all swollen.
You got slapped badly?
Did you cause any trouble there?
No, it was for tying
the sacred thread from our temple.
Son, don't tell this to your grandfather.
He's already very upset.
If he sees this...
Come on!
You want to hit him back?
- Do you?
- Yes.
When I said I was from
the colony, they hit me even more.
Brother, police arrested
Shiva and Tamilalagan.
Forty five people in total, including them.
He's the one who ratted on them.
Eighteen of them got
killed by police and agents.
The rest are being tortured at the camp.
Stupid swine!
He has to be eliminated first.
Move our cadets from
Dindigul at the earliest.
Stupid swine!
Hello, Thirupachi.
How are you?
I'm good, Krishna.
How about you?
I'm good.
Has Mani arrived?
You said he would arrive only by 6:30.
Oh yes!
My boys have gone to fetch him.
Brother, he isn't problematic, right?
No. There's nothing like that.
Just petty theft and
pickpocketing. That's all.
- Did you see him?
- He's not there anywhere.
Where is he?
Did he get off at Thirunelveli
instead of Thiruvananthapuram?
Hope he won't be a bother.
Is he there under the bus?
Look over there.
You check inside the bus.
-Did everyone hop off the bus?
-Yes.
Mani?
Thirupachi Annachi's friend?
Come on!
Why are you sitting in the dark?
You could have
opened the door, right?
They said they would wait
until you come.
Come!
- What's your name?
- Mani.
I don't care what it is.
We don't know if you're here
after getting into trouble.
But Thirupachi has helped
us out lots of times.
So when he asks for a favour,
we can't say no to him.
That's why we're letting
you stay here. Got it?
And that girl, Karthi.
You must have understood what
she does for a living, right?
But if you dare
to misbehave with her...
We'll bust your head wide open.
You better lie low until
Annachi calls you back.
He must have told you
about us, right?
I'll be bringing you food.
If you want to step out,
just tell him.
He will inform us, and
we will take you out.
If you want to talk to Annachi, one of
us will accompany you to the phone booth.
- Got it?
- Got it?
The toilet is at the back.
You can use it for shitting.
Oh!
Let's go.
Karthi...
- We're leaving.
- Okay.
This goddamn power cut!
Murali!
Hello, Teacher...
- Is this the birthday girl?
- Yes.
- Shall we arrange it over there?
- Okay.
Who are you?
You seem to be as old as me.
How come you're still in college?
Ani...
Ani!
What's your problem with colony kids?
His mother got him a sacred thread and
put sandal paste on his forehead...
as he was joining college.
Who are you to cut it off?
Who are these people?
There have been customs and
beliefs here even before their time.
Those beliefs and yours
can coexist here.
Just the way it
should be. Got it?
Just the way it should be!
This is where you cut
his thread, right?
Am I right?
Open your mouth
and answer, idiot!
Yes.
Here is the thread. Cut it.
Try wiping off the sandal paste.
How dare you come here
and act smart?
Sura, call the boys!
Boys!
Come on!
Come on!
Move!
I'll finish you off today!
I'll hack you to pieces.
Hey!
You!
This isn't fair, sir.
Why have you put us in jail?
What to do?
Its their party at the helm.
They have the right to do as they please.
Only two more
years are left.
Menon, the one making you do
all this dirty work will go down...
...along with that
Telugu police officer.
After that, you'll all
pay dearly at my hands.
Get lost! Go!
Come.
Hey, wait!
Let Gopalan Sir's
grandson stay here.
His grandfather and
mother have come.
How can I let him go
without talking to Gopalan sir?
Sir, you may leave.
- Go!
- We'll wait outside.
Ask them to come.
Sir, I wasn't aware of it.
What to say!
Sir, they are calling
you both inside.
They will leave him only with you.
Jackson, go with them.
Why did you go to the
college and make a scene?
You know I'm an ex-communist, right?
It's because of communists that we
all get to roam around here freely today.
These guys are different from the
communists you're talking about.
What are you even saying?
Whatever you said.
It was wrong to create
a scene at the college.
Brother, forget it.
That's over.
Hey!
Looks like you have
forgotten our God too.
Hear me out!
Oh, please don't come
up with any predictions.
I see you striking a deal...
that will make you do a
huge offering at the temple.
His goddamn prediction!
A top-class deal!
Sir...
Oh, Abraham?
Have you been waiting for long?
No, sir. Just two hours.
Well, you're used to it, right?
Back in '82, at the
Trivandrum party office...
you'd come all the way
from Erumeli to see me
carrying a mattress and
counting all the posters on the way.
Well, that's an old party joke.
Old tales and times
have now ended up on the floor.
Oh, that?
It was done by my grandson.
He's a karate champion.
But I'm here to say something new.
I wanted to tell you that myself
before that Telugu DIG...
who usually gives you all the news first.
Our finance lord who does the
funding for NINF and us...
Mr. Veerappa Perumal
Mudaliyar from Dindigul.
He had called me.
- Mudliyar called you directly?
- Yes.
What's it?
I don't know the issue
between you and him.
Tell me the matter.
If NINF needs any more funds from him...
Sir, you'll have to step down as both
the Chief Minister and the Home Minister.
And?
And, he wants me to take your place.
If we don't make a decision
in the next party meeting,
he'll withdraw his money.
Take a seat.
Sir, this is the first time
you're saying this to me.
But that's not needed anymore.
Sir, you please make a
decision at the earliest and...
not me...
before the party members get to
know of it, inform the High Command.
That's the right way to do it.
If Mudaliyar has made
such a decision...
I should be the first person
to know about it, right?
Sir, when was the last
time Mudaliyar contacted you?
It's been a while.
When I think of it now...
It's been a long time.
Arrange a meeting with him.
In Dindigul, at his ancestral house.
Sir!
Unofficial. Personal visit.
Hello, sir.
Please come inside.
Where's Mudaliyar?
Father is upstairs.
Come inside, sir.
What's going on here?
These are the preparations
for our upcoming festival.
Come in, sir.
We've known each other for many years.
Then...
Why do you need the help of a
party scoundrel like PK Abraham
if you want anything from me?
I've given you everything you've asked
for, without asking you any questions.
PWD contract, sand,
granite quarry, everything.
You know I don't discuss business
and politics over here, don't you?
Let's go to one place.
Just you alone.
You be here.
You stay here.
Okay, sir.
Good morning, sir.
It was my late son's greatest wish...
to buy a theatre in our village.
A special show is running in it.
It would be a great pride for me
if the CM of Kerala watched it.
This film was financed by my son.
It was a big hit in South India.
I'll play a song in that.
Watch it and let me
know your opinion.
- Hey, play it!
- Okay, Dad.
With that graceful look,
you make people fall for you
You're making me run
like a racing horse
I'm the ambassador,
come on a trip with me
Oh my candy, my caramel lady
Oh my, your gaze keeps
tugging at my heart
The don in me is gone
This doll is my girl
She's sweet as sugar
She blazes like fire
O rainbow princess,
sweet as honey
You flash like a
streak of lightning
Come, I'll give you cold water
May your thirst
be quenched
Half a kilo of gold melted
and carefully crafted
To make your sculpture, dear
Do you mean to rob
me of my youth?
Don't talk to me with
that cold charm
Oh my, your gaze keeps
tugging at my heart
The don in me is gone
This doll is my girl
She's sweet as sugar
She blazes like fire
- Do you know this heroine, sir?
- Yes.
She's a big actress
in South India.
What was her name?
- Priyamvada.
- Oh, yes!
Sir, you don't even
remember her name.
It's for her that someone
killed my son.
When I got to know that...
it was done by a political scoundrel
who was in power because of me...
I was shaken.
You killed my son for her...
and now you don't even
remember her name?
What?
I killed your son?
What are you saying?
I killed him for this cheap actress?
You didn't even think of my age.
My son wished to marry her.
She was supposed to be
my daughter-in-law.
Don't tell me that you're
innocent and don't know anything.
Tell that to her!
I'm not kidding, sir.
I really thought this
through before deciding.
This is something you say
every six months, Priya.
No, sir. This time I'm serious.
Okay! Who's it this time?
Any film actor?
No. You know him.
Veerappa Perumal Mudaliyar's
son, Muthuvel Mudaliyar.
What about us then?
You're blindly believing
a random film actress?
- Mudaliyar, we've known each other for...
- Hey!
It's very clear from your face.
I know that you are behind it.
It's been two years
since my son died.
In these two years, I was on
the lookout for his murderer.
It's after finding out that you're
behind it that I made you come here.
If I wanted, I could chop
you into pieces right here.
But that's not enough.
Ill strip you of
the CM post first...
and isolate you within
your party.
Then I'll destroy you and
your power, one by one.
You'll run here and there
like a cow in distress...
and then come kneel before
me begging for forgiveness.
Then I'll chop off your head and
keep it in front of my son's photo.
Whatever!
You've come all the way to my house.
I don't send back anyone who
comes to visit me empty-handed.
Dear, come here.
Slap him.
Go ahead, slap him!
Go!
Get lost!
Aren't you eating?
I'll eat later with them.
You have it.
Mani...
Why are you in hiding?
Petty cases. An intercaste
relationship, pickpocketing....
He's a poor boy.
It isn't anything like that.
It's evident from his eyes
that it's something serious.
Isn't it, son?
See his reaction!
He agreed with her.
How can you be such an idiot?
You!
Thankan brother...
What happened?
Come inside.
Can you please come out?
Whats the matter?
Come and have dinner, dear.
Today is Athira's birthday.
Murali got biryani for all of us.
It's okay, auntie. I ate.
Come on in.
Please come out.
I'll come now.
What happened?
Your Telugu boss wants to meet you.
What's this?
Is he torturing you?
What's the use in saying all that to you?
There's only one difference between us.
He uses you guys to torture others.
And he tortures me like this himself.
Didn't we agree two years ago
not to spill any more blood?
Let's stick to that.
We're short on money.
But we're able to sleep peacefully now.
Peacefully?
Do you know how many murder
cases are against you?
Didn't I get them all settled for you?
Those cases could land you
in jail for 10 to 70 years.
Sir, it was all done for you.
And you paid us peanuts in return.
This won't be like that.
You will all be paid handsomely.
It's for CM.
If you help us one more time...
CM or I won't come to you with
such works anymore.
We want to think it over.
Sir...
We're ready.
- This will be the last.
- Very good.
- But we've got two conditions.
- Okay.
We want to meet CM in person.
- What's the second condition?
- Sir...
Sir, you can keep Karthi as your mistress.
We don't have the right to
say anything about that.
But please don't torture her like this.
She's like our sister.
Sister?
Sister?!
Then marry her off to me! Come on!
I have told you many times
not to talk about it.
Talk business here.
You want to meet CM?
That's all, right?
- Sir...
- No, Thankan.
Sir!
Sit down.
- You may go.
- Okay, sir.
How's everyone at home?
- Thankaraj, how's your daughter?
- Fine.
Murali...
Jackson...
Krishanankutty...
I heard you're into music these days?
Does it pay you anything?
- Grandpa...
- Oh, this boy!
Can you sign this progress card?
Your grandma will sign it.
Take it to her.
She's gone for a meeting.
I'll sign it tomorrow. Leave now.
So, let's come to the matter.
No advance payment.
You'll be paid 15 lakh rupees at once.
Now, the target.
Veerappa Perumal Mudaliyar.
Dindigul.
- Sir, he's beyond our reach.
- I know.
If you do this one last job,
you'll be safe forever.
Didn't Rao tell you yesterday?
You're like my siblings.
Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing
here at Cliff House like this.
All that you've done for me so far...
I've kept it here.
I'll easily get people
to carry out this job.
But it won't be like how you people do it.
If you help me with this...
as long as I'm alive...
no matter where you are
or in what condition...
you will have my support.
You know the value of 15 lakhs, right?
It's not something you get paid
for doing things within your reach.
I'm paying you this because I trust you.
This is to seal the deal.
Extra two lakhs.
Hello, Annachi.
Krishna!
Where's Mani? Any problem?
No, he's fine.
But I need a small favour from you.
Help.
What help?
There's a man named
Veerappa Mudaliyar in Dindigul.
Do you know him?
Yes.
He's a big landlord.
What's the matter?
There's a small job.
Actually, it's a big job.
Tell me what it is.
Okay.
- Is Mani there with you?
- Yes.
Give him the phone.
Mani, Annachi wants to talk to you.
- Tell me, brother.
- Just listen to me.
Don't say anything back.
They are going to finish off Mudaliyar.
That bloody swine!
For the government's support,
he ratted out 50 of our men.
They got killed, Vetri.
The police killed our brothers.
Fifty of them were brutally
tortured and killed.
Even as we speak,
Mudaliyar is selling out our brothers.
Traitor!
And it's to kill him they are going.
But it's not a job meant for them.
It should be done by us.
His death must be at our hands.
He's a betrayer of Tamilians.
He must not escape.
You should make sure he dies.
[invoking Lord Madan]
O Mother Kali, the Supreme Power
O Mariamman, Divine Mother
O Mother Kali, the Supreme Power
O Mariamman, Divine Mother
The one who strikes
fear into every heart
An offering laid with
bow and arrow in hand
You are the sky, the earth,
the wind, and the fire
Come, Mother, come to us
Come, Mother, come to us
After keeping vigil through the night
The world has dawned, O Mother
At Your sacred feet, all
pride bows and dissolves
Mother, you are unshaken amid the chaos
Strike back, we stand in victory
Holding the spear, come to us, Mother
The one who strikes
fear into every heart
An offering laid with
bow and arrow in hand
You are the sky, the earth,
the wind, and the fire
Come, Mother, come to us
The world has risen to take vengeance
You will answer for the blood you shed
For every drop cries out your name
Come on!
The world has risen to take vengeance
You will answer for the blood you shed
You're a Tamilian?
You call yourself a Tamilian?
How could you rat out so many people?
Do you even know how many
suffered and died because of you?
Are you really a Tamilian?
Are you really a Tamilian?
Bloody swine!
Mani...
Tell us the truth.
Who are you?
Truth?
About me?
Someone who lost his sister.
Someone who lost his brother.
Someone who lost his father.
Someone who lost his mother.
The real son of Mother Earth.
A Tamilian.
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
Mudaliyar was a constant companion of NINF.
We are all deeply shocked and saddened by his
brutal killing by political terrorists.
But no one should think that
his death is a major setback...
to our party's financial standing.
I had a meeting with two
of my Marwadi friends...
who can easily take Mudaliyar's place.
They're ready to give us twice
as much as Mudaliyar did.
That's because they have
trust in my leadership.
At the upcoming interstate
party conclave in Rajasthan
That means, at the grand conclave
of NINF, I'll present this matter.
Are you all with me?
Are you all with me?
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
Forget Onam.
I've cut at least 20 more
Christmas cakes than you.
Understood, Abraham?
One and only leader!
K.K. Menon, our leader!
We do not know what
happened until yesterday
Nor do we know what
will happen tomorrow
We do not know what will
happen to us the next moment
Nor do we know when it will perish
The people who are with us now
If God wishes they may
disappear or be dead
In a few days time
A healthy man can be
paraded to his funeral pyre
Some people see this truth
And only some people accept it
Some others are unable
to comprehend the truth
Though they know whatever
they see is an illusion
Though they know whatever
they see is an illusion
- Is it working now?
- Turn that knob.
Krishna, Govinda, Narayana, O Hare
O Achyuthananda Govinda Madhava
Sachchidananda Narayana O Hare
Know that the thing that keep
us all tied to this world
Is our past karmas
Brother!
Brother!
Madahvankutty, turn down the volume.
Don't you have anything else to do?
Turn the volume down.
Don't be attached to anything
Don't let anything
be attached to you
I'll only come if you raise my
salary by at least 150 rupees.
Didn't you walk out of the troupe? Get out!
It's perceived as one
For those people who
don't stick to anything
It becomes hard to comprehend
There's nothing like another
But they all have the same spirit
There's no attachment to anything
And it looks like God created the world
All three worlds into one
There was no such world at that time
O Krishna, Mukunda, Janardhana
Krishna, Govinda, Narayana, O Hare
O Achyuthananda Govinda Madhava
Sachchidananda Narayana O Hare
Sister!
Sister!
Open the door!
Open the door!
Sister!
Sister!
Sister, open the door!
Brother, my sister is not opening the door.
She's not responding either.
- Karthi!
- Sister...
- Karthi...
- Sister, open the door.
Karthi!
- Karthi!
- Sister...
What's it?
What do you want?
What happened to you? Tell me.
What happened to you!
What happened to you!
What happened to you!
What will you do if I tell you?
Say it and see.
Fine!
See for yourself!
Sister...
I wanted to send him to school.
But later I understood that
there's no use in going to school.
You do all this studying just to
end up as a politician's bootlicker.
What's the use of studying then?
In the beginning, I wished
to escape from that man.
But not anymore.
If anyone dares to touch a girl in our
colony, their hands will be cut off...
by Thankan, Krishanakutty,
Murali and Jackson.
But now, even their lives are at his mercy.
There's no bloody
justice, law or God here.
Sir, I didn't come here to
declare a war against you.
And you proved I havent
reached that level yet.
Then why have you come now?
Mudaliyar's murder case
has been handed to the CBI.
I got to know.
Sir, they will come here too.
You will always be my mentor.
I don't want to send you to jail
or turn the party members against you.
But High Command wants you to step down.
Sir, you should resign.
If the CBI comes to meet me, or I
get a chance to meet them
I'll have to give this to them.
I don't want you to say later
that I betrayed my mentor.
If CBI reopens the
Mudaliyar case file...
there's a chance they will
approach Priyamvada
or that she'll approach them.
No, she'll definitely go to them.
I can handle that.
This is not the first time I'm
facing a CBI investigation.
But there's a difference this time.
The NINF royal family has
turned against me.
They hold a special regard for Pathrose and Katrinas
son, Abraham, as they all belong to the same community.
Well, no one knows that like I do.
But the upside is that...
whenever things turn against
me and favour Abraham...
he's the first to let me know of it.
He says it's his way of
showing respect to his mentor.
But I call it a political gun-jump.
If he's the stumbling block...
I mean, this P K Abraham...
Let's just finish him off.
It's easy.
A car accident.
A train mishap.
It's very easy, sir.
It's easy in your Rayalaseema.
This is Kerala!
Let's finish off.
Not Abraham.
These people!
Sir?
CHOOLA ORCHESTRA
We've made them do a
lot of the dirty work for us.
Well, there are hundreds of people
in different parts of this country,
who can do the same job better.
I only need to make one phone call
to Matunga, Jamshedpur or Bellari.
But there's a lesson I learned
the very first day I put on this khadi.
Always strike your enemy with a
sword made in your own workshop.
Only then can you melt it
down after the jobs done...
and turn it into a ring like this.
Sir, are you talking about a
police action against them?
We have no proof with us even
to issue a warrant against them.
We're the ones who destroyed them.
I know.
- Make a reason.
- How?
Provoke them.
This is my wife.
I want her to see this.
But my daughter Rudramma
shouldn't see this.
This is strictly adult content.
So, no!
This is the wedding feast
This is the wedding feast
The vegetables and curries are a marvel
This is a respectful offering
This is enough for me
This is the wedding feast
The vegetables and curries are a marvel
This is a respectful offering
This is enough for me
The bajji is over there
Where is the stuffed roll?
The bajji is over there
Where is the stuffed roll?
Let the happiness overflow
Where are you?
Show yourself if you dare!
Just as things were falling into
place, the next issue arrived.
You shouldn't have gone
without telling us.
Leave it, brother.
He anyway deserved it.
Mani...
I'll bring you the food.
There's only one more week left.
This is a small space,
but you'll be safe here.
Mani, we've got a music show
the day after tomorrow.
Hang in here until then.
Oh no!
Swami, the Madan festival
is the day after tomorrow, right?
- So?
- Just be careful.
You see this threshold?
No one will cross this other than me.
If at all someone comes...
Lord Madan will take care of the rest.
Fire in Mysore Film Set.
16 including Priyamavada in critical condition.
Kooni, you should slay
"Papa Kehte Hai" today.
I can't stand Roby's damn attitude.
Shove this song down his throat.
Sure!
-Hello...
- Where the hell are you?
Sir...
CBI has opened the file.
They are moving incredibly fast.
Everything is in place, sir.
You can announce the operation.
The force is ready, sir.
Is there a Tamilian with them?
- Didn't you hear me?
- Yes, yes!
Where?
Where?!
In Karthi's house.
Karthi's house.
Sign here.
Operation Anantha has been declared.
In the wake of former PM
Rajish Gupta's murder,
intelligence reports reveal terrorists
are scattered throughout South India
Since it's a big challenge
to the nation's security...
Based on the newspaper reports that there has
been a rise in goons in the city's colonies...
Since these people could pose a
threat to national security...
This government has initiated
a large-scale police operation
which is the first of
its kind in the state.
This should be the basic
media PR release line.
Mic testing.
Mic testing.
We want you all to cooperate
with us for 10 minutes.
You don't need to worry.
This is a normal combing.
We're here to nab a few people.
If any one of you
interferes with our job...
I swear, we will beat
the pulp out of them.
Got it?
Sign here!
Swami, did you see a Tamilian with cat-eyes
and a tattoo on his hand around here?
I don't know, sir.
- Thanka...
- Yes?
Something feels off.
What?
I don't know.
Play the music.
Didn't you move that Tamilian from here?
Something far bigger than
this is awaiting you.
CHARGE!
Mother!
Move!
Move!
That's his house.
I'll handle it.
- Sir...
- Is this Thankan's house?
Swami!
Where's your son?
He went for a music event with his team.
- What happened, sir?
- I'm going to make him sing for me!
His bloody workshop!
So all those men live with you?
How do you manage these
many men at this age?
What a pain!
Madam, let me see if you have
hidden any warriors inside.
Step aside!
Mother!
Swami, open the door.
Oh no!
What?
This is my husband's house.
It's his photo that you destroyed.
When you were wetting your
pants, he was ruling this colony.
I might forgive you for the
atrocities you did here.
But this photo...
You won't leave from here
without keeping it back.
So sad!
Sir!
You better keep that photo back!
What if I don't?
Will you take out your sword?
Is there anything tied around your waist?
Shall I check?
Shall I?
You!
Open the door!
Hey!
Leave me!
How dare you slap me?
Open the door, Swami!
Open!
Mother...
Where is your mother?
Did your aunt die or what?
Why the hell do you always look so glum?
Go get me tea!
What?
Did you finally succeed
in killing my mother?
Father!
Hey, no!
Mother!
Mother!
Krishnankutty, tell them to stop.
Thanka, believe it or not.
When she slapped me hard,
I just pushed her away.
That's all.
Please don't....
Don't do anything!
Hey!
Thanka, please believe me.
Sathyendra...
When the blood of our dear ones is
spilled, we answer with more blood.
Even if we hack you and your
family to pieces right now
we can get away with it easily.
It's because of our connections...
we've managed so far, and
will continue to do so.
Thanka, do whatever you want to me.
But leave my family out of this.
It hurts, right?
Father!
Doesn't it hurt?
Thanka, leave him.
Let him go.
You know why we're letting you go?
So that you writhe in pain
hearing what we're going to say.
Make sure to save well for your
childrens studies and their future.
You won't live to see your
second child walk, jerk!
These are Krishnankutty's words.
You know me, right?
Thanka, let's go.
Let's go.
Jackson, leave them.
Leave her!
Father, no!
Hey, stop there!
Leave me!
How dare you put on a show at a police
officers house and just walk away?
How the hell you've the nerve
to act on your own damn terms?
Isn't it because of the support of the CM
who has made you spill blood for him...
and his Telugu IG, right?
All this while, you've been
getting your hands dirty for them.
But now the tables have turned.
You guys are the targets now.
I've been given the task
to finish you all off.
Operation Anantha!
It was carried out just to
wipe you all out, morons!
You know who's making the
Telugu IG do all this?
The same old man.
The lord who rules this land.
Your CM, His Highness K. K. Menon.
If you have the balls, go to his
house and make a scene like this.
Jackson, no!
Game has changed.
We're the targets now.
- It's out of our control. Leave it.
- Krishnankutty...
We can handle him later.
Thanka, why are you silent?
I deliberately kicked your
mother in the stomach.
Not just hers.
I'll do the same to your wife too.
You've a little girl, right?
I won't do anything to her.
I know how to make use of her.
Jackson!
It matters not who you are
We are the messengers of death
Father!
It matters not who you are
Here, go stitch it!
Jackson, stop it!
You know who you killed?
When I was abandoned on
the road as a newborn...
that poor lady took me
under her wing and raised me.
I used to call her 'auntie'...
But she was my mother.
My mother!
Good!
Don't issue the lookout notice now.
Media shouldn't get wind of this.
Okay, sir!
Keep an eye on the magistrate courts.
I'll give you two days' time.
Call me only when you've
finished them off.
- Got it?
- Okay, sir.
So, you don't know that Tamilian?
I deserve it.
Yes, I deserve it!
I looked after you all this while...
took care of all your expenses...
I got you a bungalow in
the forest, a car...
all those just for you.
I loved you more than my Rudramma.
I deserve it!
Okay, we've been searching for
them for the past two days.
Do you know where they are?
You won't say anything.
I'll give you one more day.
Within that, tell me where they are.
Sir...
I know that you consider the
colony people as pests.
If you take a liking to them...
you'll take care of them
like a caged bird.
Or else you'll burn and
torture them like anything.
Thankan, Krishnankutty, Murali, or
Jackson was not born to my mother.
But if my brother and I have anyone to
truly call 'brother', its only them.
Even if I know where they are...
even if you hack me into pieces...
don't expect to hear it from me.
You don't know me well.
- I'll...
- Kill me?
Sir, I died the day you touched me.
Once again.
You have one more day.
If you don't give me
the details you know...
Rao will not...
touch Karthi.
But I will touch him.
I'll put him inside a cage and
make him suffer until death.
So bye.
Give auntie a kiss.
Come.
Why are you doing this?
Did he pester you again?
Mani, can I ask you
one more favor?
Tell me.
You should take care of
him and raise him as your own brother.
I want to see him live with his
head held high courageously.
Someone who won't hesitate to
shed blood in the name of revenge.
Just like you.
Will you do it?
For me?
Why are you talking like this?
Sister...
Swami!
Where are they?
Podiyan...
Jackson, there isn't much time left.
No one should get away!
No one!
Come on!
Jackson!
Why don't you understand?
This will be our final game.
You're all set to go.
Don't stay here. Just leave!
How can I go?
I won't go until we settle this matter.
Don't say anything more.
What's his problem?
Make him understand.
You think the CM is behind this?
Yes.
- Are you really sure?
- Yes.
Come.
I'm taking this boy.
Come, let's go.
- Madhavankutty, do you know him?
- No.
This boy's got state security.
Even then, if CM sends
him here without a single guard...
it shows the trust he has in us.
Shall we go?
Brother!
Don't worry, son.
We won't do anything
to you. Come on!
Come!
There's no use in roaming
around wearing this khaki uniform.
This is what even the sewage workers wear.
CM, my foot!
Home ministry, public
works, port, education!
You've got it all!
Is it because you don't
handle the child welfare
that you didn't bring
back your grandson?
Parvathy Amma, go inside.
What will I tell my
daughter when she calls?
Tell her to come take care of the
child from her first marriage herself.
If something happens
to Madhavankutty...
Go inside!
- Did the media find out?
- No, sir.
Block everything.
Okay, sir!
Sir, shall we deploy the force?
The police are responsible
for his security, right?
What the hell were you doing then?
It's because I don't have
trust in your security that...
I begged the STF to provide
me a guard for my security.
And now youre here
to deploy the force!
What do they want?
- What, sir?
- What, sir!
I asked what the hell they want!
They want to meet
you in person, sir.
At the place and
time of their choice.
That's their condition.
Full amount is not there.
There's a hut in the colony
belonging to my late mother.
You can seize it for the remaining money.
Didn't you cut off a police
officer's hand for that?
Yes, we did.
- We'll do it again.
- Stop it!
You called yourselves warriors
of the folk ballads...
who wouldn't touch
women or children.
When the need arose, you showed the true
colours of a Thiruvananthapuram native.
If Thiruvananthapuram natives
have such a character...
it's because of the attitude of outsiders
like you who came uninvited to our city.
Sir, you smile in their faces
and stab them in the back.
But we speak our mind and
strike straight to the chest.
We have to survive among venomous people
like you without getting bitten, right?
There are more women and
children in your family.
But we didn't touch them.
Do you want to touch them?
What must I do for you
to return my grandson?
Tell me, I will do it.
The boat's swaying heavily.
It is to talk peacefully that...
we picked these backwaters,
lying between north and south.
Anchor the boat first.
Then we talk.
We'll tell you what we want.
The moment you meet our demands,
your child will come back.
Or else, we will hack him into pieces, and
send them to you wrapped in neem leaves.
You!
Rao!
We don't want much.
We have no future here, and
we don't trust you either.
Visa, passport, and a job abroad
for Thankan and his family.
For Jackson too.
Murali will leave this city.
Don't go after him.
Once I'm assured they've all left
safely, you'll get your child back.
Don't you want anything?
No.
Brother?
I'm close to 70.
I don't have a wife or a family.
And I'm done living.
If I survive, I'll sing to
make a living.
If I die...
the music will rise and I'll be gone.
That's all.
Are you okay with our terms, sir?
It matters not who you are
We are the messengers of death
- Here.
- Thank you.
Vetri, listen to me.
We haven't got time.
Agencies are searching
everywhere for our people.
I have hidden the container
in the forest.
We have to leave before
the forest officers find it.
No, brother.
They are all family to me.
I can't come without
helping them.
Let Krishnan come back first.
How can you be so cool, sir?
I mean, we have
struck a deal. But...
Mr. Sampath Rao IPS...
You know, this city, Ananthapuri...
It used to be a forest.
This used to be a wild
forest with all this...
Brother, aren't you...
How many times do
I have to say it?
If all three of you are
out there alive...
no one will dare
to touch me.
- Brother...
- Stop your drama and leave.
- Bye.
- Murali...
Jackson...
Thanka...
What?
The deer grazing in the fields
was afraid of the tiger.
But the tiger was
afraid of someone else.
Come fast.
- Bye.
- Okay.
You could have come
on time at least today.
We're going.
It's already late.
See you!
What are you doing?
There was a venomous snake at the
tiger's feet waiting to bite it.
Murali...
We live again knowing the dark
The snake was afraid
of the mongoose.
We dance again knowing the dark
Let's go.
Where's he?
Stay here.
Madhavankutty....
Come, son.
- Let's go, son.
- Go with them.
Come on, son.
Go.
Here?
You were at my place?
Are you alright?
Let's go.
Who all were there
with you, son?
Was there anyone
else with you?
Yes.
Who?
- Only one.
- Who? Where?
Where?
- Comb the entire diameter after this.
- Okay, sir.
Fall in!
I knew you would do it,
son of a wretch!
Hear me out!
I've taken the lives of many
strangers who did me no harm...
following your commands.
Seeing them die in my hands...
I knew my fate would
also be the same.
I came here to die.
I don't have anything to lose.
My boys have left.
Didn't I say the other day that
I don't want to live anymore?
Kill me and throw my
body into this stream.
By the time it reaches Meenmutty,
the fish will have consumed it.
That's how it should be.
Go ahead.
Finish me off.
Vetri, no!
They have left.
Your boys have all left.
Over there.
- Mr. Thankaraj Ponappan?
- Yes.
Just a minute.
Five rupees.
Hello, Teacher...
Where are you off to?
There's a small issue
with my documents.
Jackson and I will take
the next flight.
Means?
Murali!
There's a date issue on the ticket.
- Is there any problem?
- No. I'll come on the next flight.
Jackson and I will
come together.
Dad's coming on
the next flight, dear.
Will you take care of your
mom and grandpa?
- Yes.
- Good girl!
Don't worry!
Murali!
Murali!
Stay there!
Madam...
We live again knowing the dark
We dance again knowing the dark
Come!
Murali!
Last chance.
Tell me where that Tamilian is.
I'll let you go.
You!
Teacher!
Otherwise, everything I
made you do all this time...
I'll do the same thing to you.
Try to act smart now.
Come on!
You!
Hey!
Murali!
Go!
Murali!
Kill him!
It matters not who you are
We are the messengers of death
Stop it!
Come on!
Move!
Murali...
Murali!
Murali, get up!
Get up!
Fire!
This is what!
This is your problem!
You take on everyone's problems.
We tried our best for them.
But it didn't help.
If we stay here any longer,
we will be in danger.
We have a purpose.
Why don't you understand that?
Brother, why did we
wage war in Jaffna?
We took on others
problems as our own...
even when everyone warned it was
too dangerous to keep fighting...
we stayed, and that's what
made us who we are today.
If we don't avenge their deaths...
we'll be betraying ourselves.
Tamilians don't do that.
[people shouting slogans]
Whats the need for
this heavy security?
It's needed, sir.
This place is still a
dacoit-infested area.
What's the use in saying we're a
national party spread all across India?
Look where they are
conducting the grand conclave.
Rajasthan deserts!
How far is it from here to the airport?
- One and a half hours.
- Okay.
Sir, didn't you tell a
story the other day?
What story?
A forest, a tiger, deer, snakes...
That's not a story.
It's a puzzle.
A riddle.
In the end, the tiger
killed the deer.
And the snake killed the tiger.
The mongoose ate the snake.
The hunter finished
off the mongoose.
Now comes the riddle.
Tell me. Who am I in this?
- Tiger.
- No.
Well, you should then be the hunter.
The hunter!
None of them.
The forest that fed them all, later took
their lives, turning them into manure...
from which it grew even bigger.
That forest is a city today.
Its name is Ananthapuri.
But deep down it's still a forest.
An urban jungle.
That forest is the head of
the ruler of the white palace.
Now, I'm that forest.
Ananthan Kaadu!
Cover CM's car. Hurry up!
- What happened?-Sir, there's danger.
It's dangerous.
- We will have to go back.
- Hurry up!
Okay, sir.
Reverse, go back!
Hurry up!
- What's going on?
- Going back is also dangerous.
We'll have to take
some other route.
Hurry up!
Take left from there.
Sir, there's no road to the left.
Come fast. Cover the car!
Make it fast.
Rao...
Rao...
- Rao...
- Sorry, sir!
Rao...
My name is Vetrivel Kumaran.
You don't know who I am.
I am...
Live, live your life without fear
Let each breath be
wholly your own
In this world, there
are thousands of
underprivileged who
cannot speak for themselves.
People who lost their
lives because of you.
You treated them like dogs
for your own gain.
Finally, when you were
done with them...
you crushed them like insects
and buried them deep in the soil.
They cannot speak
for themselves.
But this gun will
speak for them.
Understood?
Come closer to the boat.
Help the boy.
Take that can.
Mani brother!
Podi...
I would have killed Rao.
But I left him for you.
Your grief will end only when
you kill him with your own hands.
He's your target hereafter.
Live, live your life
without fear
Let each breath be
wholly your own
Live, live your life
without fear
Let each breath be
wholly your own
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death
It matters not
who you are
We are the messengers of death