Bison: Kaalamaadan (2025) Movie Script

Get over here, sister!
They're on TV!
- Get over here!
- Sports News.
At the Twelfth Asian Games,
being held in Hiroshima, Japan,
the Kabaddi teams of India
and Pakistan clash today.
At the Twelfth Asian Games in Japan,
the Indian Kabaddi team,
under the captaincy of Rathinam
from Tamil Nadu,
will compete against Pakistan
in its fourth game today.
Undefeated in the past three games,
if India were to win this one as well,
their dreams of winning gold
would come true.
The game commences in Japan
at 7:00 a.m. local time.
It will be broadcast in India
at 4:00 a.m. Indian Standard Time.
What is this, sir?
Is this our team's final list?
Kittan's name isn't here.
He didn't play
the last three games either.
He's in great form.
Give him a shot, sir.
You're forgetting, Rathinam.
We're playing against Pakistan.
It's do-or-die here!
I can't take any chances
with a newbie.
So, only senior players
will be playing.
This list is final.
Even if it is against Pakistan,
the game is Kabaddi.
We need good players.
For us, for you all we need
for Kabaddi are good players.
Kittan plays well.
Please give him a shot.
Anytime we play against Pakistan,
it becomes bigger than any mere game.
I won't take responsibility
for any shortcomings. Will you?
Kittan! Thought I could get you
into this match somehow.
But our coach shut me up by going on
and on about Pakistan!
Sorry, buddy.
What is Pakistan?
- Can I not play against Pakistan?
- Don't get me started!
By harping on and on about Pakistan,
they have brought in enmity
in every sport!
- Kabaddi's no different.
- What enmity?
"What enmity?"
The kind where folks like you and me
clash and kill back home.
Can't explain, right?
Here's the truth.
The coach was really irked
that you got selected.
He admitted to having brought you here
only as a substitute.
Anytime I ask, he says,
"Kittan's just a kid.
We'll use him if anyone gets hurt."
What am I supposed to do?
Didn't I tell you?
They took Kittan all the way to Japan,
but didn't let him play even one match!
The captain is a Tamil Nadu chap!
Why can't he let Kittan play?
Just watch!
They'll never let him play!
Everyone's a fraud!
Going to Japan
is a total waste for Kittan!
Focus and strike!
Strike on the right, Captain!
Let him play!
Let him play!
- Don't let him get away!
- Come on, Captain!
Kabaddi.
Kabaddi.
Don't go in!
Careful, Captain!
Don't go in!
We only need one point!
That's it!
We got two points!
Catch him!
MARGOSCHIS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL
Who's there?
Hey!
Look at me!
Get up!
What are you doing?
I asked you a question.
What are you doing here?
I was
I was
I was hungry.
I was hungry.
Prayer assembly's going on out there.
You have opened ten lunch boxes here!
One tight slap, you need!
Come on out!
- Want to eat first thing in the morning?
- Sir
- Came here only to eat, right?
- Sir!
- Sir!
- Go!
You're eating other people's food?
What sort of habit is this?
What habit is this?
Go, fetch your mother! Go!
Telling her is the best way
to handle this!
- Sir
- What? Go!
- Sir!
- Go, I say!
Do not come back here
without your mother!
Go and get her!
Why are you running there?
I told you to fetch your mother!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom!
Mom!
Stop! Stop!
Stop, I say!
What's wrong with you?
I told you to get your mother,
but you are running around like a lunatic?
You ran 12 rounds without stopping!
How were you able to do that?
- For Kabaddi
- Are you a Kabaddi player?
No.
Then?
I want
I want to become
a great Kabaddi player, sir.
That's why
I keep running every day.
"You run every day?"
Really love Kabaddi?
Kittan.
This is our school team.
I'll give you five trial raids.
Let me see how you play Kabaddi.
Got it?
- Hey!
- Sir?
Five raids.
No more. No less.
Let me see what he's got.
Three of you step outside.
- Go.
- Okay, sir.
- You're on.
- Step out, you three.
MARGOSCHIS HIGH SCHOOL
NAZARETH
Hold the line!
- Here.
- Let him in.
- Keep a watch there.
- Hey, wait.
Hey, bro
Kabaddi
Let him come in.
Be careful.
Let him play!
- Come.
- Kabaddi
- Kabaddi
- Get him!
- This damn guy!
- Get him!
One point! Step out, Sudalai! Good.
- All your damn fault!
- Get out!
Second raid!
Come on, guys!
Have him surrounded!
- Let him play!
- Cover every side!
- Don't let him get away!
- Let him try!
- Hey
- Kabaddi.
- Hey, careful.
- Stay put!
Let him come!
- No!
- Kabaddi
- Wait!
- What the hell are you doing?
- Watch it!
- One point!
- Watch where he goes to touch.
- Buzz off!
Third raid.
Kabaddi
- Let him play!
- Don't rush into it!
Kabaddi
- Go in!
- Don't be hasty!
- Let him play!
- Close in on him, everyone!
What the hell, man?
You're out!
Go!
Fourth raid.
- Don't let him get away!
- Got it!
Keep him in here!
Keep him in!
Strike the second he tries
to touch the ground!
Kabaddi.
Kabaddi.
Kabaddi.
Kabaddi
Stop!
- Stop him!
- Why are you rushing?
- Why hit him there?
- Two points!
Boys!
Fifth raid.
Last one! Don't let up!
Form a line!
Kabaddi
- Don't let him get away! Got it?
- Got it!
- He doesn't get away!
- Okay!
- Kabaddi
- Stay on him!
- Kabaddi
- Hold on!
Strike only if he touches the ground!
Let him play!
Let him play!
- Don't rush into it!
- Kabaddi
- Hold on!
- Kabaddi
- Strike!
- Kabaddi.
- Oh, come on!
- What the hell, guys?
- Oh no!
- Go!
Wow, Kittan! In just five raids,
they're all washed out!
From where did you catch
this Kabaddi craze?
You claim to run for Kabaddi,
to eat for Kabaddi!
Where is this coming from?
From where, you ask?
Why are you asking me that, sir?
In our village, from a very young age,
all guys go nuts about one thing.
Kabaddi!
They all dream about the day
they will play for the village team.
Same for me.
For your village team?
You're a natural.
So, what's the problem?
Why don't you play?
They wouldn't let me join.
Why not?
In our village, Sundaram is the be-all,
end-all of Kabaddi.
He's the captain.
A relative of mine.
He's the tiger
at the Tiger Sports Club back home.
That's how well he plays!
Seeing him play over the years
is what got me hooked on Kabaddi.
But he and my father
are always clashing.
Taking that to heart, he never lets me
set foot onto the ground.
- Dad!
- What?
Why won't Raani's brother
let Kittan join the Kabaddi team?
Why waste your breath talking
about that useless fellow?
Let it go.
The sight of Kittan seems
to piss him off, Dad.
His father wanted to dance
as our Lord Kalamaadan.
My father did not let him.
They have been fuming
with enmity since then.
Bloody idiots!
Good grief!
You fight over Gods?
Very well then!
There's the school team!
Show your magic there!
Got it?
- Hello, brother.
- Hello, sir.
Have you tasted the parathas
at this place?
- I have not, sir.
- Come! Have a taste!
Three parathas, brother.
- You got it!
- Five, sir.
- Alright, five
- Alright.
Have as much as you want.
In that case, can I have ten?
You can eat however much you want! Come!
Be it lunch boxes or parathas,
always ten, right?
You need to eat well at this age.
Only then can you play well.
Sit.
- Brother!
- Yes, sir?
Take good care of this young man.
- Anytime he comes for paratha, he gets it.
- Done.
- Put it on my tab.
- Got it.
Master!
- Is this kid a relative of yours?
- My student.
"A student"?
Is he from our caste?
Hey. You're here to eat food, right?
Why talk as if you're eating shit?
They're always like that.
Eat.
I'm off to the shop next door
for supplies.
Yes, sir.
Take care of the young man, brother.
THE FIERCE ENMITY BETWEEN
PANDIARAJA AND KANDASAMY
BATHED IN BLOOD
Now's the right time
to strike, Pandiaraja.
Go, finish it off!
KANDASAMY
Please don't!
- Run!
- Let's get out of here, guys!
Run!
Finish him!
- Who is that?
- Think it's a schoolkid!
Hold up!
Just a schoolkid, right?
It's okay.
Yes, brother.
DOUBLE MURDER INSIDE AN EATERY!
PANDIARAJA'S ATROCIOUS ACT!
HEAD TEACHER
You saw Pandiaraja in person?
Did you tell anyone about seeing him?
Don't. No matter who asks,
don't say anything.
Friends, classmates, cops
Tell no one.
Dad
You told me Pandiaraja
was a good man.
Then why does he kill people like this?
Our entire village is always fighting
because of the Pandiaraja-Kandasamy clash.
Why is that?
When did it begin, Dad?
Over a thousand tales
can be told about our village.
The most important one, Pandiaraja.
Our village used
to be surrounded by fences.
Fences for blocking water,
blocking fields, blocking roads
Why, even between people,
fences were put up to say
you and I are different!
The one who broke those fences
was Pandiaraja.
Only after he came along,
people tore apart
every fence there was,
and freely spoke their minds.
Pandiaraja went from town to town,
demanding justice for those people.
His quest for justice
made him a lot of enemies.
Auction report! Chidambaranar District,
Arumugamangalam Village.
In accordance with the
Keezhakadamba Agriculture Union,
the annual license for fishing
at the big pond
has been decided in a public forum
and has been leased to Mr. Balamurugan,
who is based out of Thoothukudi.
How can this be, officer?
Despite inviting so many people,
you consulted with no one
and decided to close the deal
in this man's favor?
Who the hell are you?
New around here?
Our committee decided this ages ago.
Is it our fault you were born late?
Everything happening here has been decided
by you people even
before we were born?
Did we invite you here, Pandiaraja?
Trying to preach to us, outsider?
We know what to do.
Zip it.
Didn't I tell you they won't get it,
no matter how many times you explain?
- Stay quiet.
- Discuss with the village first!
We didn't invite Pandiaraja here!
As the village chief,
I can confirm we already discussed it.
We agreed to it ages ago!
Auction it off!
We'll sign it!
It's not like these guys
were born yesterday.
They've been at it for ages!
Even our own people back them up.
- What can we do?
- They've been at it for a while.
We can't let it lie.
For them
Who are you?
Who the hell are you?
Creating a ruckus
without knowing your place?
Listen carefully!
You have no idea who you're messing with.
Big trouble if you keep this up.
Get going.
And if I don't?
"And if you don't?"
One squeeze
And your head will be in pieces.
Get lost.
- Get lost!
- Come, Raja!
- Get going!
- Leave, everyone!
- Bloody wastrels!
- Come, guys! Keep quiet and come!
- Think you're entitled to all this!
- Come, Raja!
What are you staring at?
Beat it!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Oh no, Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother!
Brother Kandasamy!
OUR CLAN'S GOLD
KANDASAMY
An ocean all around
An ocean all around
My dearest dad
There are marble palaces where you are
My dearest dad, as long as you
Were there, steady, we were
And there was no fear here
My dearest dad, as you parted away
We lost our balance
And fear rises its head here
An ocean around town today
An ocean around town
My dearest dad
- A soaring palace over there
- None of them should remain alive.
All those who stood by with Pandiaraja.
Anyone who saw.
Anyone who spoke.
Anyone who glared with him.
Anyone who laughed with him.
None of them should be drawing breath!
PANDIARAJA
PANDIARAJA-KANDASAMY CLASH
TWO OF PANDIARAJA'S ASSOCIATES KILLED
KANDASAMY
PANDIARAJA
KANDASAMY
This was how our village
became a war zone day after day.
Proudly proclaiming how one of us
was standing up to such a big shot,
our people stood behind Pandiaraja.
Claiming how a nobody
was opposing their guy,
who was virtually a demigod,
many of their people began
following Kandasamy.
Every home had a photo of either
Pandiaraja or Kandasamy.
It was a game of one-up man ship.
Since then, it didn't matter if you were
an old stud or a young buck.
All across Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi,
and the entire southern belt,
the Pandiaraja-Kandasamy feud
defined your life. All of our lives.
This is our struggle.
That also happens to be the biggest fear
of every father like me in this region.
Dad!
Can't you shut up?
Why tell him about this?
Drop it.
Let this remain between us, sir.
- Make sure the boy stays quiet about this.
- Get up!
Yes, sir.
From now on, he's our responsibility.
- Remember what I said.
- Definitely, sir.
Sir?
We've talked it out, sir.
He'll have no trouble.
They won't bother him.
- Okay?
- Thank you for saving my son.
Oh, please!
He's my student!
He's also a fantastic Kabaddi player.
- He'll make the school proud one day.
- I also came to discuss that.
- Go on.
- Keep him away from Kabaddi.
Why?
I put him up for the team
in his last school.
His studies got affected.
If the same thing follows here,
his education will be ruined.
What are you saying, sir?
His heart and soul
are fully immersed in Kabaddi.
And you want to take that away from him?
I'm aware, sir.
Even the dogs and cats in our village
can play Kabaddi very well.
But I also know where my son will end up
because of that sport.
- What I'm getting at...
- I also played Kabaddi!
So did my father!
I know fully well how far we can go!
For a family man like me,
this won't work out.
You may not know how small tiffs here
escalate to full-blown violence, but I do!
I know all too well!
We don't want this, sir.
Is your time and your son's time the same?
For how long will your kids, too, yearn
for the same things you yearned for?
You tell him, sir!
Kabaddi is his life!
My father prevented him from playing,
afraid he would join
the local troublemakers.
Quiet!
She doesn't know anything, sir.
As one hand feeds you,
the other won't hesitate
to slit your throat!
So much enmity around us.
You can't trust anyone. Even family.
In the name of Kabaddi,
they break your limbs.
A motherless boy, sir.
No need for Kabaddi, sir.
Sir!
No one here knows if we'll pick up
the knife or if time will hand it to us!
Please understand!
No, sir. We don't need this.
Kittan?
Go.
Go play.
You heard me!
- Raji!
- Quiet, Dad!
Go!
- Raji!
- Get going!
- What the hell are you doing, dear?
- He'll be fine, Dad.
It's bad enough I'm rotting my life away
between those walls.
At least let him pursue his dreams!
Don't be scared, Dad.
Let him play.
A sea of humanity in the southern belt
A sea of humanity that tills the land
A crowd that croons in the mud
With the crabs
A crooning crowd that sows the seeds
A crooning crowd that tills the land
The mighty River Barani flows
And graces this land
O Mighty Kalamaadan
He is the Almighty
We tie our plows, beat our chests
And sing our songs
We shrug our shoulders
And making dust fly, dance away
We narrate the tales
Of our ancestors' hardships
When blame and pain joined hands
To take revenge, we took to enmity
Oh! We took to enmity
PANDIARAJA GROUPS
Kittan?
What are you looking at?
Isn't that "Kalamaadan"?
This is a bison.
We worship it as a God, sir.
Lord Kalamaadan.
How did you get this?
My father was a forest officer.
I've had it for a long time.
Do you want it?
In a land drenched with deception
Within questions that seek wisdom
You are the answer, O God
Always stood by me, you did
In an orchard basking in the sun
Where the rays play within the fences
You came by as river, O God
Bloomed anew, you did
In all the paths we traverse
The scent of your forest wafts
When the wind speaks with spears
You shield us with your horns, O God
Come forth, O Great Bull
O Maada
You are our everything
What can time do
When fate dances away in our nests?
What can time do?
What can dreams do?
What can love do?
What can love do?
What can tears do?
A sea of humanity in the southern belt
A sea of humanity that tills the land
A crowd that croons in the mud
With the crabs
A crooning crowd that tills the land
The mighty River Barani flows
And graces this land
O Mighty Kalamaadan
He is the Almighty
We tie our plows, beat our chests
And sing our songs
We shrug our shoulders
And making dust fly, dance away
We narrate the tales
Of our ancestors' hardships
When blame and pain joined hands
To take revenge, we took to enmity
Oh! We took to enmity
Tickets!
- Where to?
- The Kalamaada Temple in Arumugamangalam!
- And the goat?
- Yes, one ticket for the goat too!
- How many?
- How many?
- Six.
- Seven, it is!
KANDASAMY
Uncle?
Couldn't we sacrifice it in our village?
Why do it there?
Thought about doing it in our village.
Figured it'd be better if we did it there.
So, let's proceed!
It's an offering to God,
so we'd better do it right.
So, let's go there.
Back away!
Look at what the bloody goat has done!
Tie up the goat!
Guys think they're all that!
- What's wrong?
- The goat almost pissed on us!
Alright, move the goat.
Tie it up.
Get lost!
- What are you doing?
- "What am I doing?"
Go away!
Talking crazy!
"Go away?"
Some goat you're raising!
- Kittan, no!
- What's your problem?
What's my problem?
- Sit, Kittan!
- You and your face!
A goat just took a piss.
Why are you so rattled by this?
What? I just kicked the goat.
- Didn't kick you, did I?
- Sit.
- Shut up and sit! Let go!
- Sit down, brother.
- "Brother?" Who is whose brother?
- For no reason
Don't talk disrespectfully to elders!
Got it?
- Now sit!
- Ask him to sit, brother.
You dare put your hands on me?
Old dog!
- Kittan!
- Who are you putting your hands on?
- Any idea who you just hit?
- No, Kittan!
- What are you doing?
- Let him go!
- Let go of my son! Back off!
- Dad!
- Get over here, Kittan!
- Back off.
- Can't you keep your temper in check?
- Stop, Dad! No! Don't hit him!
Go to hell!
You dare touch me?
No, Kittan!
Don't!
- Stop him, Dad! Stop him, Muruga!
- Don't do it, Kittan!
- Don't do it!
- Kittan!
Kittan!
Dad!
Stop him!
He pulled out a knife!
Stop, you!
Mom!
Stop!
Hey, you! Stop him!
Stop the bus!
- He tossed out the goat!
- Stop the bus!
- Don't spare a single one of them!
- Kittan!
Kittan, no!
- Kittan!
- Kittan!
Don't do it!
Hey
- Kittan!
- Kittan!
Dad! Stop him, Dad! Get him, Dad!
- Who do you think you're hitting?
- Kittan!
- Are you hitting my brother?
- You're dead meat!
Kittan!
Don't do it!
Come on, guys!
- Don't do it, Kittan!
- Bring it on!
Hey!
Drop it! Drop it, I say!
- Drop it!
- Get him, don't let go.
Drop that knife!
Drop it!
You dare pick up a knife?
Will you dare pick up a knife again?
Get over here, guys!
Don't spare them!
Come on, guys!
Get lost!
Don't look back!
What the hell are you looking at?
Go!
Go!
Get over there, I say!
Go!
Come, guys!
Keep going!
O Kalamaada
Everything is lost.
- O Kalamaada.
- Drive!
Let's go!
Get it now?
Do you get it now?
Do you see what kind of place
we live in?
Get it now?
Over nothing
They butchered
And started a huge feud.
Now do you realize why I raise you both
with a firm hand?
This is why!
I repeatedly told you not
to get involved with Kabaddi!
Saying you want to hone yourself
for Kabaddi,
you have brought needless
doom on us today!
We don't know who these people are
and where they're from.
We have no idea how this'll end!
You wretch!
In just five minutes,
you ruined everything!
Hey
Hey!
Come here!
Promise me.
Promise me!
Swear you'll never play Kabaddi again!
- Promise me!
- Dad.
Promise me!
- Come! Come here!
- No, Dad
If not, we do not move an inch
from this place!
Come on.
- Kittan
- Promise me.
Promise me!
Hey.
Promise me.
Watch the corner, Pritpal!
They'll come up behind you!
Look! Watch your back!
- Time's up! Come back quickly!
- Great!
- Keep going!
- Let him go in!
- Wait!
- Let him in!
- Ready?
- Kabaddi
What the hell?
One point to India!
What's the score?
17-17.
Listen, boys!
You're doing great! Keep at it!
All the best!
- We need to be in the lead!
- Okay, sir.
Stay completely focused!
You've played wonderfully so far!
Kabaddi
- Catch him!
- Kabaddi
- Kabaddi
- Let him play!
Kabaddi
Strike him!
Raider out!
One point for Pakistan!
- Great going!
- Three points, sir!
Out!
- Line touch, sir!
- No! Raider out!
- Raider?
- Explain it to him, Coach!
- No!
- Line touch, sir!
- We touched the line!
- It's our point!
- Raider
- No, sir! This is a mistake!
- We touched the line!
- I touched it!
- No, sir! This is a mistake!
- Raider out!
- No, no, no!
- I touched the line, sir!
In the Kabaddi division at the Twelfth
Asian Games being held in Japan,
today's match between India
and Pakistan
was suspended in the middle owing to
the Sri Lankan umpire's faulty decision.
As both teams had the same number
of points, the match was declared a draw.
Will there be a rematch or not?
Officials have announced that
a decision is yet to be made.
WELCOME
Stop!
What was that?
What the hell were you doing?
Thought it was a district match?
Do you understand how embarrassing
it would be if we lost to Pakistan?
Even winning ten gold medals
wouldn't make up for such a loss!
We didn't lose, Coach!
This match was a draw.
We'll have a rematch.
We won't lose. We will win!
Rematch?
A rematch with Pakistan?
Neither you nor I get to decide
if there'll be a rematch!
Only the higher-ups can!
As of now, there'll be no talk
about rematches, okay?
Hey! I'm still talking!
Where are you off to?
Bathroom, sir.
You came from India to Japan
to go to the bathroom?
Go!
He's a national player?
You and your state
recommended his name!
And he wants to go to the bathroom
in the middle of a serious discussion!
Get out of here!
What are you doing here?
Leave!
You swore to your father
you wouldn't play Kabaddi anymore?
I don't need to tell you that.
I don't get it.
Why must I talk to you about it?
Leave.
- Get going!
- No!
I can't leave!
How much longer can you scare me away?
I need an answer today!
What answer?
What answer?
What's the age difference between us?
You're as old as my elder sister!
Don't say a word. Please go!
Why bring up age?
Who can question me about that?
It's okay for your sister.
But not for me, right?
Listen up!
Say one word about my sister
And you won't be dealing
with a human being anymore. Go!
Good grief!
Your sister isn't a saint!
Why? Can't she wish
for something like this?
Go, check her trunk!
Then, you'll know who's lying!
Dear lady.
We have enough trouble
to deal with.
I beg you not to add to it!
Please go. Get lost!
I said, "No", right?
I won't leave! What will you do?
Hands off!
Back off!
The boy's name was Ezhilarasan.
We studied together.
He meant everything to your sister.
Even though she didn't like studying,
she went to school every day
just to see him.
He felt the same way.
Whether he studied or not,
he'd keep drawing pictures of your sister.
One day, they said he died
after falling from a palm tree.
Your sister came home crying
like she'd gone insane.
Your father tried
to beat an answer out of her.
In tears, she said she hated studying
and begged not to be sent
to school anymore.
Your father decided to let her be.
The day your sister quit studying
for that boy,
I quit studying for her.
- Hey! Where's your boy?
- Listen to me!
- Let me go!
- Come along!
Where's your son?
What do you need him for?
- To marry my sister to him!
- What?
- Like you don't know!
- What kind of nonsense is this?
Who's marrying whom?
Your son!
Why are you staring at me like that?
He calls her "sister" out of respect,
then cuddles her in the fields!
- Call him over!
- You've crossed the line!
- Dad.
- They treat each other like siblings!
How dare you question that?
And you call yourself human?
- Leave!
- Tell your son to say that himself!
Acting all high and mighty
while your son roams around
doing whatever he wants!
Sister, get him out of here!
Or I'll bury him alive!
- Leave!
- Hit me if you dare!
- Hey! Listen to me!
- Hit me!
- Stop it, Dad!
- Hit me!
- You asked for it!
- Dad!
- You dare touch me?
- Let's go.
- Dad!
- Get out of here, I say!
- Kittan!
- Let go of it, dear!
He's insulting my son!
- Kittan!
- Get him out of here!
- Come out, Kittan!
- Back off, shrew!
- You dare put your hands on her?
- Kittan!
- Come quickly!
- Go to hell!
Dad!
- You've had it today!
- Dad!
Kittan!
Come quickly, guys!
- Dad
- You hit my father?
- Kittan!
- You dare hit my father?
Dad, get up.
- Hey, why are you guys fighting?
- Hey, stop fighting.
- Come, guys!
- You dare hit my father?
- Hold him back, brother!
- How dare you hit him?
- He hit my father!
- Let go!
Listen to me.
- Let go!
- Let go!
That fool is hitting me.
Let go! He's hit my father.
- Hey, sister.
- Let him go, brother!
Let go, brother.
- He's gone, Kittan!
- You want to pursue my sister?
- Kittan, enough!
- You ever talk to her again
I'll kill you!
And you claim to be a man of God?
- Hey, big shot!
- Come along, dear!
You claim to see her as a sister,
and roam all over the village with her?
Get going!
Your death will be at my hands, you punk!
Raani!
Come!
What is it?
We need to talk. Come!
- For what?
- Come!
Tell the truth.
- What's with you and Kittan?
- Nothing.
If that's true, why did your brother
yell at us like a lunatic?
Look at me!
Your brother humiliated us!
Are you pursuing Kittan,
or is he pursuing you?
Right here, right now,
I want to know the truth! Tell me!
Not him.
It was me.
I like him a lot.
Like him?
What's the age gap between you both?
Are you insane?
If anyone finds out,
what will they say?
Who cares about them?
- You tell me.
- Tell you what?
Can I not love Kittan?
Your opinion is all that matters to me.
You lunatic!
Since when did you go crazy?
Since then, you've been crazy
about him.
It was you, right?
He wasn't going after you, yes?
Drop this now. He's just a kid!
He likes me as well.
He likes you as well?
You just said he didn't!
Since when did he like you?
Auntie!
Auntie!
Auntie!
Hey!
Where are you running to?
Answer me!
- No reason.
- What?
- Running just like that.
- You crazy fellow! Get on!
"Running just like that", it seems!
You haven't come to school for two days,
and I find you running here!
What happened?
Just tell me!
Nothing, sir.
We ran into trouble
while going to the temple the other day.
So, my father made me swear to him
I'd never play Kabaddi again.
You call that a problem?
Know how many promises I've made?
Promises are made in order
to do the thing you love!
And you think this is a big deal!
So what's your problem?
Playing for the school team
isn't enough.
You're itching to play
for the village team!
Fine, round up a few guys like you
in the village!
Form a new team with them!
Then, you can play!
Listen!
Body and mind are of paramount
importance to a player!
Don't let it go to rot!
Pipe down.
I'll talk to your father about this, okay?
- Hello, sir!
- Hey! Good to see you!
What's the matter?
Nothing, sir. Who is he?
- Hey.
- You! Get down!
- Hey, Moorthy! For what?
- Get down.
- Get down!
- For what?
- Tell him to get down, sir!
- And I ask why!
Tell him to get down, sir!
Why try to strike
when we are talking here?
Who is he? Why are you hitting him?
- Who is he? What happened?
- I asked you a question!
- Hey!
- Hold on, sir!
He beat me up on the bus
the other day, sir!
- I'll rip his throat out!
- Stop!
- Back off! He raised his hand before me.
- Let me go, sir! He hit me!
- Back off!
- Let me go, sir!
- Back off!
- Let go, sir.
You dare strike me in front of him?
- Sir!
- Come on! I won't spare you today!
- Moorthy!
- What are you doing?
Why'd you hit the teacher?
- Who is this guy?
- Say something!
Who is he? Tell me.
Hey!
Check if he's alright!
Finish this guy off!
Hey!
Come on!
Bring it on!
Kittan!
Go to hell!
- Stop! Don't spare him!
- Smash him up!
Don't spare him!
Don't spare him!
Kabaddi.
Who doesn't love Kabaddi, sir?
Would any guy born in this village
not love Kabaddi?
I love it, sir.
I've been crazy about the game.
There was a guy. Attur Kittan.
I've travelled far and wide
just to watch him play!
I went nuts watching him
twirl his mustache and play a great game.
Wherever he played,
I was there to watch.
I'd be the first one there!
I'd watch him play. Observe how
he'd reach for the hands and legs.
The epitome of Kabaddi!
I followed him like a devoted puppy!
I wanted to make my son
a great Kabaddi player like this man!
That was my dream then!
Do you know something, sir?
I grew such a big mustache
inspired by his!
A man I revered so much!
But do you know what he looked like
when I last saw him?
His mustache
They ripped out his mustache,
butchered him,
and tossed him into the river!
Seeing that gave me chills!
Since then, I could never go
near a Kabaddi ground.
The thought of Kabaddi terrified me!
All because of that mustache!
As a rebellious act, I kept the mustache,
but I let go of Kabaddi.
If that's how it was then,
do we even need to say how it is now?
The feud between Pandiaraja and Kandasamy
has driven this village insane!
Who told you that all Kabaddi players
end up as rowdies?
I was a Kabaddi player, too.
Didn't I become a Physical Training coach?
There are many guys
like me, well-settled
Sir!
You people can become that.
But us?
This village asks for our blood
just because our goat took a piss!
If people like us,
who live in such a place,
put our strength ahead of our brains,
we will get butchered!
No need, sir.
Don't fuel the fire!
Okay, sir.
Just one question.
Have you ever seen this kid
play Kabaddi?
There's a match today.
You've locked this kid at home.
Cast your promise aside just for today,
and watch him play.
Then, I'll listen to anything you say!
Our village won't let him play.
His own soil is filled with enmity.
They won't let him
if he plays alone, sir!
He's assembled a team for himself!
On this one ground,
let him play with his team.
They won't let him play, sir.
This is your village, right?
Don't you have rights?
I'm speaking to you right now
after getting assaulted for your son!
As a father, do you not wish
to do something for your son?
What is this?
You wish to give your son nothing
but fear and longing for his entire life?
Dad. Our village, right?
Just for today, Dad.
Let him play.
- After that, we'll do whatever you
- Stop it, dear!
- Dad
- You don't get how this place works.
Try to understand.
Dad!
I swear upon my mother.
I'm not rowdy.
Just let me do this, this one day.
Just let me play this one day, Dad.
I really want to get down
and play for our village!
Just for today, Dad.
Vanathi Tiger Sports Club presents
On behalf of our organization,
we proudly welcome you all to
the eleventh annual Kabaddi competition.
Playing in the first match tonight
Are the Seven Lions Rajapathy Warriors
against the JPS Nattathi Warriors.
Both teams have stepped into the arena.
- We ask the audience to assemble.
- Here.
- Yes?
- Add B-Team from Vanathi to the list.
"B-Team from Vanathi"?
- Who signed off on this?
- Who must do so?
- The village!
- "The village?"
Then where am I from?
- Easy, Brother Velusamy.
- Do it!
- Other villagers are here!
- Add it!
- Okay.
- Tell them you can't!
- Why not?
- It can't be done!
He's a respected man, Sundaram!
- What is this?
- Can't be done?
- Add their team!
- Brother, please
- Be calm!
- Can't do it?
- Let's talk it out!
- Then who's my son?
- One of us!
- Then what? Write it down!
- Alright.
- Brother!
What if he ends up embarrassing us?
Like you're undefeated!
- Get lost!
- You heard him!
- Add B-Team to the list.
- Got it, brother. I'll take that.
- Announce them next!
- Got it!
It is with utmost joy we announce
That the first match tonight
will be between
B-Team from Vanathi
versus Bharath Themankulam.
Go!
VANATHI TIGER SPORTS CLUB
KABADDI COMPETITION
Captains!
- Tails or heads?
- Heads.
Side or raid?
- Side.
- Side.
Toss won by Vanathi,
who has chosen the side.
The Vanathi B-Team has won the toss.
Main seven enter!
- Be careful. Play like me.
- Go!
- Let him play!
- Go on in!
Kabaddi
- Kabaddi
- Close in.
- Kabaddi
- Run for it!
Hold on!
He didn't touch!
- Strike only when he touches!
- Come on!
Raider out!
One point to Vanathi!
The first point has been scored
by the B-Team from Vanathi!
VANATHI-B
ONE
- Hold on!
- Wait.
Stepping into the arena
at this time
Is the son of our very own Velusamy,
a renowned Kabaddi veteran.
This young man is a phenomenal player
from the school grounds of Thoothukudi.
Here comes Kittan!
Careful.
Hey, he is coming.
Hey, take it easy.
Catch
No! Don't rush.
Kabaddi
I got this!
- Make some space!
- Stay on him!
- Don't rush into it!
- Wait!
What the hell, man?
One point to Vanathi!
Kittan has kicked things off
with a bang!
- Go on!
- Kabaddi
- Kabaddi
- Why strike at him there?
Two points to Themankulam!
Two points to Themankulam!
Let him get in there!
Wait! Let him get in there!
- Kabaddi
- Quiet! Let him in!
- Be patient!
- Kabaddi.
Hold on, let him come!
Get him!
One point to Vanathi!
Vanathi's captain
has scored yet another point!
- Get him!
- Kabaddi
Raider out!
One point to Vanathi!
Yet another point to Vanathi's B-Team!
Wait!
I got this one!
Hold on!
Come on, get him!
- Kittan is piling up the points!
- What the hell?
- Kabaddi
- Get him!
The B-Team continues their hot streak
with another point!
Kabaddi
Kabaddi.
Kabaddi.
Kabaddi.
One plus two!
Three points for Vanathi B-Team!
Be patient!
- Kabaddi
- Hold on!
Kabaddi.
Two points to Vanathi!
Your brother plays very well, sister!
- Really?
- Yes!
Move aside!
Kabaddi
- Raani!
- Did you see
- how our village boys are playing?
- Raani!
- Hey, Rukmini!
- Brother?
Call her.
Your brother's calling you.
Get over here.
Come here, I say!
One of our boys can play so well?
One point for Vanathi's B-Team!
- Get going! Go!
- And that's a wrap on the first half!
Intermission!
I told you not to come here!
Why did you come?
To watch the game.
To watch the game or watch him?
I came to watch him.
Came to watch him?!
What's the age gap between you both?
- What about it?
- Go!
Go!
- Get going!
- I won't!
- "You won't"?
- Dear!
- I said I won't! Let go!
- Dear!
- Leave!
- Let me go!
- Why hit her so?
- Take her away!
- I want to stay!
- Take her home!
- Go!
- Let go of her!
And we're back to the game!
Mention Kittan's name again,
and I'll break your legs!
Vanathi B-Team, 21 points.
Themankulam, 17 points.
- Wait!
- Strike only when he touches!
- Don't be hasty!
- Keep calm!
Here he comes!
Get him!
Two points to Vanathi!
- Let me go!
- Get in!
Get in there!
Won't you listen?
Why talk back to him?
I went to see Kittan!
What's it to you?
What's it to your husband?
I told you I want Kittan!
Don't you get it?
Lift him up!
The last raid of this game!
So far, Kittan has evaded capture
in every raid!
He's kept the momentum going!
Will the Themankulam players
get him this time?
Let's wait and watch!
Try getting Kittan out
at least in this raid!
- God!
- Don't let him get away!
Let him play!
What a great showing!
For securing a victory
in their very first game
on behalf of the village, we extend
our congratulations to the B-Team!
Hey, Mayil!
Kittan won this match!
He plays really well!
- Yes.
- Why wouldn't you add him
to the village team?
Who said we wouldn't?
Sundaram refused!
If he says so,
must the village bend to his will?
- He's the captain!
- So what if he's the captain?
He's turning a personal grudge
into a public issue!
Add him to the team!
No man is bigger than this village!
Sundaram!
Have you heard?
Kittan has been added to the village team!
"Added to the village team?"
- With whose permission?
- What's with the stick?
The village has decided!
Your tricks won't cut it!
Now on, Kittan is the identity
of our Kabaddi team.
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' ADVANCEMENHey, you, who traverses alone
Within the deep, dark forest
There is nothing to fear
Keep on running
Into the mighty fortress
Standing high atop a hill
Dash against and conquer
Remember, you are a raging bull
No army can bury your dreams
What you see is not an obstacle
No enemy can stand against
The dashing bull
When there's fear, there's no life
March on! Do not waver
Y.P.S KABADDI TEAM
ELECTRIC KABADDI COMPETITION
Pounce on! Do not cower
Hunt on! Do not hesitate
Play on! Do not give in
Go on!
The cage that confined you is unlocked
The cocoon tears apart
To make the butterfly flutter
As you fly, who is there
To draw your limits?
The yearning that's burning in you
Let it soar, let it soar right now
VANATHI
Hey, you, who traverses alone
Within the deep, dark forest
There is nothing to fear
Keep on running
RELEASE PANDIARAJA
ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED ON FALSE CHARGES
RELEASE PANDIARAJA
PROTEST AGAINST GANG ATROCITIES
IN THOOTHUKUDI
TWELFTH GRADE EXAM RESULTS
Spread those wings
Spread those wings
From the earth, from the tree
Take to the skies
Spread those wings
From the fields, from the fences
Take to the skies
Spread those wings
From enmity, from revenge
Take to the skies
Spread those wings
From darkness to the light
Touch it all and reach the skies
That chap is Kittan!
"Vanathi" Kittan!
Hey, you! Get over here
Let me tell you the tale of our Great Bull
Hey, you! Get over here
Let me tell you the tale
Of the Horned bull. Come
-You! Yes, you
-Kicking up the dust
-Taking the mud of your land
-Smearing it all over
- Come, you
- Shaking those shoulders
Come on, you
Wild elephants have but one path
Go on and seek a new path
This world spins for you
Set off like a raging storm
Break apart the mountains
That stand in your way
The light that's been hidden
Go on and bring it on
As those gates open
Let the good war begin
As you walk on, let those fences
That separate burn down
Hey. You, who traverses alone
Within the deep, dark forest
There is nothing to fear
Keep on running
No army can bury your dreams
What you see is not an obstacle
No enemy can stand against
The dashing bull
When there's fear, there's no life
March on! Do not waver
Pounce on! Do not cower
Hunt on! Do not hesitate
Play on! Do not give in
Go on!
The cage that confined you is unlocked
The cocoon tears apart
To make the butterfly flutter
As you fly, who is there
To draw your limits?
The yearning that's burning in you
Let it soar, let it soar right now
THE TEAM WILL BE HOSTING A COMPETITION
KABADDI TOURNAMENPANDIARAJA
- He'll definitely come, right?
- He most certainly will!
- Hey
- Brother?
Look there!
Somehow, they picked up our scent.
All three bikes had their guys.
Be ready.
Don't stop the vehicle, keep going.
Do it!
Hey!
Don't turn!
Head straight!
The next guy is coming! Go!
Throw it!
Keep going, don't stop.
Don't turn.
Go straight.
Hey, the bridge
Let's go down and hack him up, brother!
No need.
Let him die in agony!
What if he survives and comes back?
So what if he does?
We'll chase him all over town
before hacking him to death.
Give me one.
Happy to announce the sixth Kabaddi games
conducted by Puraiyur Thendral will unfold with much energy
and enthusiasm.
To inaugurate the proceedings,
our beloved brother will be here.
We proudly announce the imminent arrival
of our great Pandiaraja!
We humbly request the fans in attendance
to assemble in the arena!
See you later, dear.
Playing in the first round
is Jolly Friends from Kurukattoor
- Versus Seven Star Rajapathy.
- Where's the rest of the team?
Inside. What's up, Dad?
Okay, get on.
Hurry!
- What's going on, Dad?
- Come, I say!
What happened?
Pa
They killed Pandiaraja.
Hurry! Come on!
Put that away and come on!
"They killed him?"
When?
"When?" Get on, I say!
- What about the boys?
- They'll be right behind! Come!
Turn off the mic!
Why, sir? For what?
- Tell everyone to leave.
- Sir
Mr. Pandiaraja is on his way.
He's not coming.
- Sir!
- Get going.
- Why wouldn't he come?
- Turn off the lights!
- Why, sir? Why won't he come?
- He's dead.
What the hell are you saying?
- How could that have happened?
- Please listen!
Who's dead?
- Stop!
- What did you say about our brother?
They've killed Pandiaraja!
Who's there?
Turn off the light!
Turn off the bike.
- Your father!
- Stay back.
Dad.
- What?
- Listen to me. Back off!
There'll be trouble!
- No, Dad
- Wait, kid!
- What trouble, you old moron?
- Stand down! Leave!
You old shithead!
Kittan!
Kittan!
What are you so proud of?
Let him go!
Go to hell, you son of a shrew!
Let go of my son now!
- Let him go!
- Dad!
Get over here!
- Get over here, I say!
- Dad!
Come on, guys!
Pick up something!
Pick up something as a weapon!
Don't spare them!
Come on!
Dad!
Come on, guys!
Let go of my son!
Hey! Hold his legs!
Father and son think you're great?
Restrain him!
What are you yelling about?
Who's there?
The village folk are coming, Ganesa!
Get going, guys!
The village folk are coming!
Let's go!
Come on!
Get everyone and come!
Kittan.
Upon the path I run
When pricked by a thorn
You are that caring voice of concern
You are that pouring blood of mine
-As those clouds above come together
-Kittan!
And the flash of lightning
Slices through the thunder
You are the rain that taps on the rocks
You are the green that blooms as the crops
On a humble hut's roof
You are the tower, a sparrow builds
In the porch of a home
You are the silent sleeping shadow
You are the thought
That trembles so tenderly in the heart
From the bosom of the one who bore you
You are the milk that pours with love
The scent of jasmine fills the heart
Sleep, dear one
The scent of sandalwood in the crib
Sleep on, my little king
O beautiful work of art
Smile away with your sugar cubes
Sketch beautiful rainbows
For the world to see
Upon the tall palm tree
You are the singing cuckoo
Upon a barren rock
You are the dancing peacock
Across the expanse of the dark sky
You are the guiding light of the moon
The kid worked so hard
to make it that far!
And they're benching him?
Are they even human?
God is watching all this, right?
Do these Gods have eyes or not?
What can God do about this, sister?
"What can God do?"
We feel so horrible
just thinking about this injustice!
How horrible must that kid be feeling?
You came to Japan
just to go to the bathroom?
Go.
PANDIARAJA RECOVERS
FROM MURDER ATTEMPSUPPORTERS THRILLED
In spite of all those bombs thrown,
Pandiaraja survived!
Kandasamy threw it himself!
Hey, uncle!
Zip it and get going.
All of Thoothukudi is burning!
Don't shush me! An eye for an eye
is the right course of action!
Who is he, sir?
What's his problem with me?
I need to know who he is.
His hometown.
His street.
His house. I want to know it all!
- For what?
- Sir. He hit my father!
He broke my hand.
You want me to spare him?
Go! Take the knife
from your father and go.
I thought you were different!
But you sound just like them!
He hit me, too!
Despite knowing who I was!
Oh.
Is hitting you that one time,
having no choice
The same as hitting me
over and over again?
Alright.
This is our reality.
The issue doesn't matter.
All that matters
is between whom the issue is.
See this guy here?
If you had an issue with him,
no one would bat an eye.
But if you and I had an issue?
Gangs loyal to you and me would fight
and divide this village into two factions!
You intend to be ruined, too?
How can you even say this, sir?
Think we'd sit back
and take their hits?
Tell us who they are.
- This village is ready to end them!
- What are you saying?
Let this crap end with us!
These guys are built differently.
Listen, Kittan.
Don't shoot your mouth off
and do something terrible
to make your father's fear come true!
Yes! That's how it is!
You need to surpass this to win!
The ones who won
had it the same way!
If you believe in yourself,
if you respect Kabaddi,
let go of all this.
Get your arm healed
and return to the game!
Trust me. You have plenty
to accomplish in Kabaddi.
Don't lose your dreams for nothing.
Let him do this, sir!
Everyone here needs to realize
a man like this can never be stopped!
He'll play, sir!
You'll play, right?
You can do it, right?
Sir?
If you consent,
I can have Kittan play tomorrow
at a club team match
in Tiruchendur.
To all of you who have
assembled here today
From far and wide
to witness this fantastic game,
on behalf of this organization,
we proudly welcome you all!
SIVANTHI ADITHANAR GYM
TIRUCHENDUR
Why have they not started playing yet?
Some local team from Vanathi
was brought over, brother.
That's why our guys
aren't playing.
- Local team?
- Yes, brother.
Who brought a local team
to our ground?
Who else?
Our PT Coach.
Santhanraj?
Yes, brother.
If he brought them over,
they must be good.
Alright.
Go ahead.
Tell them to play.
Really, brother?
Our people will ridicule us
for being intimidated by a little team!
Tell them to play.
- Go!
- Yes, brother!
The game has begun.
- The Vanathi team has entered the ground.
- Vanathi raid!
- Kabaddi
- Come on in! Don't rush!
- Kabaddi
- Go!
Kabaddi
- Head up!
- Wait.
Let him in!
Don't strike! Let him play!
Don't rush, let him play.
Go in! Get in there, Suresh!
No! Get in there!
One point to KB!
Great showing!
The KB team has scored
their first point!
Let him play.
- Kabaddi
- Let him in. Easy, easy!
Hey, go.
- Take it easy! Let him in!
- Kabaddi.
- Touch, man. Take him.
- Let it be.
- Now on the ground
- Let him play, Muthu.
- The KB's player
- Go in!
Let him play!
Go in!
Great move!
Two points to KB!
Send in Kittan!
Easy, easy!
Don't rush!
Easy, easy!
Let him play!
Get in there.
- Kabaddi
- Let him play!
- Kabaddi
- Take it easy!
Fantastic raid!
- Even with a broken hand, he scores!
- Didn't I tell you?
- Three points to Vanathi!
- Give three points to Vanathi!
This player
What's his name?
Kittan!
- Head in!
- Kabaddi.
- Let's stay put!
- Hey!
Tremendous!
Two more points for KB!
- The game is heating up!
- Let him play!
Watch out. He is coming.
- Don't go.
- Now get in there!
- Kabaddi
- Leave it
- Wait.
- Don't.
- What, bro
- What the hell? I'm screaming my head off!
Good grief!
- One point for Vanathi!
- Vanathi has scored another point!
- Get him!
- Kabaddi.
Watch it!
- Super!
- Two points to Vanathi!
Excellent!
Two points to Vanathi!
The boy with the broken hand
plays so well!
Keep at it!
Let him play!
Come!
- Hey!
- One point to KB!
Did I tell you to hit?
Why'd you do it?
Play carefully! Go!
Let him play!
Great going!
Another point for KB!
Let him play, Jaga! Don't rush!
- Jaga!
- Yet another point for KB!
What are you staring at, dummy?
- Strike if he touches!
- Let him play!
Strike if he touches the ground!
- Two points to Vanathi!
- He got him!
- Kabaddi
- Huddle up!
Hey, why did you let go?
- One point to KB!
- One point to KB!
- Let him play.
- Close in on him!
- That's Kittan for you!
- Excellent game!
Kabaddi.
- Two points to KB!
- Did I tell you to hit him?
- Let him play!
- Wait, let him play.
- Super!
- Wait!
- One point to Vanathi!
- Give them hell!
Let him play! Muthu, go in!
Let him play!
Wait!
Let him play!
Two points to KB!
I'm screaming my head off
not to strike! Why do it then?
First half over!
Change your court!
I pleaded with both of you guys so much
not to strike at him!
Why'd you strike that guy there?
Why strike him when he's on that line?
It's easy! The guy with the broken hand
is on offense.
Get him, and this match is ours!
Who is that kid with the broken arm?
Don't know, brother.
"Vanathi" Kittan, apparently.
"Vanathi" Kittan?
He plays well!
He is not one of us, brother.
Did I ask you that?
Don't yap needlessly!
- And we're back to the game!
- Both teams, get ready!
You have to get him no matter what.
KB to raid!
Let him in, brother.
- Okay.
- Let him in!
Easy! Let him in!
- Let him in all the way! Let him play!
- Alright.
- Go in!
- Okay.
Go in, brother!
- No, brother!
- Wait until he touches, Kittan!
No, brother!
He touched!
Get him!
Two plus two!
Four points for KB!
- Two plus two! Four points for KB!
- Play carefully.
Wait!
- Hey!
- Yes, brother?
- Who is that chap with the broken hand?
- That's Kittan!
They lead by nine, Kittan!
Don't give them more points!
Quiet!
Close in!
- He touched!
- What the
Hey!
He's diving, and you're striking at him?
- What the hell?
- Three points to Vanathi!
- That kid plays well!
- He plays extremely well!
He touched!
Look how well he plays!
Let him play!
Wait!
Two plus two!
Four points to Vanathi!
Four points!
One point to KB!
- Hey, come.
- Get him now!
Two points to Vanathi!
- Are you okay, Kittan?
- Yes.
- Get him!
- Awesome play!
One point to KB!
Take him down!
Close in and take him down!
Three points to KB!
- Stay on him!
- He's right there!
KB, 26 points.
Vanathi, 25 points.
Both teams are giving it
their all tonight!
- Last two minutes!
- How many points did he say?
We're leading by one point.
Last raid, brother.
It's hard for them to win!
We got this!
The KB team is playing their last raid
in this exhilarating game!
- Don't! Get back.
- Last raid!
With two points required to win
The captain of Vanathi
enters the final raid!
Will he score those two winning points
required for this team?
This game has been truly sensational!
Don't let it slip away!
Let him play.
Let him play!
- Close in on him!
- Easy, easy!
Get in there!
He touched!
Three points to Vanathi!
Fantastic!
What an incredible victory!
What a fantastic game!
The Vanathi team has
secured a significant victory!
Match over!
That team has won!
On behalf of the Muruganandam Club,
we extend our congratulations to them!
This truly has been a fantastic game!
You said we'd win, right?
With one hand, he finished it off!
The committee also wishes to convey
Kittan has been named
the Man of the Match!
- Muruga! It's sir!
- Hello, sir!
- Mr. Kandasamy!
- What brings him here?
- Make way.
- Hello, sir!
Sir!
- Do you know Mr. Kandasamy?
- Yes.
Excellent game, my boy!
You rocked it!
I heard Santhanraj brought
over a local team.
You mopped the floor with them,
that too, with one hand!
You play very well, kid!
- Hey! Get that!
- Yes, sir!
Keep it there!
This sack has three hundred parathas.
And fifteen fried chickens.
It's yours. Eat well, all of you!
Walk with me, sir.
Let's have a chat.
The Nellai Friends team clash against
the Koodal Sports Club in a great game!
Why aren't you eating?
Hesitating because Kandasamy gave it?
Nothing like that.
Then what?
He's a friend of mine.
He watched Kittan play.
He wanted to talk to him.
That's why I brought him over.
Don't take it the wrong way.
- He watched the whole match?
- Did he watch it?
They were allowed to play
because he said so!
He was stunned watching Kittan play!
Kittan shattered that man's own team
in front of him!
He sent word about an important matter.
I was wondering how to break it to you
What is it?
If Kittan
If Kittan is okay with it,
he asked if he'd consider playing
for the KB team.
Hey! How can he play for their team?
Why not?
Why can't he play?
There are several club teams.
He owns one such team.
Did you know?
Players on his team come from different
villages, and they're not related.
He likes Kabaddi.
He likes good Kabaddi players.
He likes Kittan.
After that, it's your wish.
How will this work out, sir?
Both sides have a heated rivalry.
Should he play with them,
won't the village folk gossip?
You're really worried about gossip, sir?
Come on!
I'm not telling you anything
you don't know, sir.
Kabaddi isn't a game where we hold
our own hands.
It's a game of trust where we hold
the hand of another.
One needs to play in a club team
to rise up the ranks in Kabaddi.
Does it matter which club it is?
It's not about where Kittan comes from.
He's being called because of his game.
Have faith and let him do it.
It's not good to trust these guys
and send our boy there, Velusamy!
If something happens to him,
- we can't do anything about it!
- What are you saying, brother?
Despite so much feud,
people go and work in their fields, yes?
They haven't stopped
doing business here either.
We depend on each other.
Tell him to send his son over.
If the kid gets hurt,
who'll take responsibility?
You are talking about our kid,
but what about that PT Coach?
He took a beating for our kid!
Trust that chap and send your son.
Tell him, Muruga!
You ruined your son's education
due to Kabaddi.
This club team invited him.
They respectfully invited him, right?
Send him over.
What is it?
Do I scare you?
Not just you, sir.
The entire village scares me.
The same fear of every parent who
sends their kids to play in the street.
Who do you think broke his hand?
We don't know.
Who is he? Where's he from?
We have no idea.
But these feuds
All this time,
it has defined our lives.
A life where we have to protect our kids
with knives on our waists.
I know there's nothing I can say right now
that will alleviate your fears.
But I'll tell you this
with utmost certainty.
I've never wanted my personal feud
to spread among the village.
My Kabaddi team is the evidence of that.
I really enjoyed your son's skills
in the game the other day.
If someone like me,
who's a fan of the game,
supports such a player, he'll go far!
That's why I invited him
to join my team.
I'm glad you invited us over
to say this, sir.
But
What if my son gets trapped
inside your feuds and revenge?
Not just your son.
I won't let anyone in my team
get trapped in this feud.
I
I swear upon my younger brother.
Will that do?
You tattoo my name
And then go picking fights
with random people?
Moron!
From now on, he'll play for my team!
Try messing with him,
and I will end you!
Get lost!
Get going!
Always picking fights
with the wrong people!
Bloody morons!
Bring on the god's parasol
Blow on the conch
Take the sandalwood
Gather our people and offer a feast
In that narrow, winding path
Our God Bison comes running
At the height of a palm tree
Our God Bison comes dancing
With his horns itching
With his eyes blazing
Pouncing on all four
Our God Bison comes singing
With his horns itching
With his eyes blazing
Pouncing on all four
Our God Bison comes singing
Wearing a wild oleander garland
Here comes Our God Bison
Wearing a wild oleander garland
Here comes Our God Bison
He comes asking for a spread
Of raw meat offering
He comes asking for a spread
Of raw meat offering
Wearing bells around his neck
And smearing the land's mud
Wearing bells around his neck
And smearing the land's mud
Pouncing on all four
Our God Bison comes singing
Pouncing on all four
Our God Bison comes singing
Got no sense?
You're stepping on the jersey!
If you put it here, I will step on it!
- Hey, Sundaram. What's this?
- Step away!
Wherever I see this jersey,
I'll burn it!
Try it!
- You'll find out who I am!
- Whose T-shirt did they put there?
- Get lost!
- Traitor.
We need to be on our guard
with that chap Kittan, brother.
Why?
He's not one of us.
That's why I'm a little scared.
Kittan
After seeing how he played Kabaddi,
I brought him on board.
There's nothing in those eyes
except Kabaddi.
Hey, It's a forest of wild oleanders
Hey, It's a field of red blood
Hey, It's a forest of wild oleanders
Hey, It's a field of red blood
Enmity puts on a ghostly dance
In directions many, it rages on
Enmity puts on a ghostly dance
In directions many, it rages on
It rages on
Light up the firebrand, O lord
Let all the evil burn
Come with your rods and spears
O lord
Come on and break the fences
To burst the firecrackers
As the spark, He comes
To make foes shiver in fear
He comes with a bloodcurdling cry
When there's a dream in the eyes
Which await to take to the skies
When there's pride in the heart
Which throbs without a pause
When there's a dream in the eyes
Which await to take to the skies
When there's pride in the heart
Which throbs without a pause
Wearing a wild oleander garland
Here comes Our God Bison
Wearing a wild oleander garland
Here comes Our God Bison
He comes asking for a spread
Of raw meat offering
He comes asking for a spread
Of raw meat offering
Wearing bells around his neck
And smearing the land's mud
Wearing bells around his neck
And smearing the land's mud
Pouncing on all fours
Our God Bison comes singing
Pouncing on all fours
Our God Bison comes singing'
Kittan?
Continue eating.
I'll go wash up.
Brother.
Why are you eating
from that fellow's plate?
Shut up and come along.
Always droning on about that!
Don't go out there, brother!
Get off me!
Come out!
Run, brother!
Come on, guys!
Climb quickly!
Come on, guys!
They're running!
Get them!
Hey!
How did they find this place?
How the hell did they get here?
Kittan?
I'd like a word with you.
Kittan
Get going.
Best if you don't stay here anymore.
Leave.
Why am I the only one who has to leave?
You heard me.
Come back only when you hear from me.
Got it?
Get going. Go!
Brother?
What the hell do you want?
I'm really suspicious of him, brother.
We shouldn't spare him.
If you don't know for sure,
learn to admit that you don't know.
Instead of blaming an innocent boy!
I brought him here!
If you ever badmouth him again
Kittan?
Kittan!
Why are you sitting here?
Kittan!
What happened?
Dad!
Raji! Come here, dear!
What the hell happened, Kittan?
I asked you a question!
What's the matter, Dad?
I have no idea why
he's just sitting here quietly!
What happened, Kittan?
Kittan! What happened?
Tell your father.
How is that, Dad?
Even before I was born.
Even before you were born.
Even before my great-great-grandfather
was born.
There's hatred and blame
readily waiting for us!
How do I make sense of this?
How am I to understand this?
A random guy shows up!
He claims we're the same
and hugs me!
Another guy comes, says we're not
the same, and wants to cut me up for it!
With whom do I converse now?
Who do I smile at?
Who do I hang out with?
I don't understand anything!
They hurled bombs
at Mr. Kandasamy tonight!
The attackers took off!
But everyone looks at me
as if I did it!
Why are they looking at me
like that?
Why do they look at me
like that?
That thing you said that day?
It's a struggle to break past
these fences and leave!
It's a struggle to keep running
so that no one tries to fence us in, too!
Isn't that how I'm running?
Isn't that how I'm running, sis?
It's alright. Come along.
Let's go inside.
Come, Kittan.
I can't handle it!
I swear I can't handle it!
Living in this place feels like
I always have a bomb strapped to my head!
Kittan?
No need for Kabaddi, Dad.
Listen
I said I don't want
to play Kabaddi anymore!
- I don't want it anymore!
- How can you go on without it?
I can go on without it!
We've gone on without Mom, right?
When she died, did we also die?
We're still here.
We're still living.
If we can make it without Mom,
I can go on without Kabaddi, too.
I don't need Kabaddi!
ATTACK INSIDE KANDASAMY'S HOME
BY PANDIARAJA! TWO OF HIS MEN KILLED!
Tell me.
I feel like I don't need Kabaddi anymore.
Why?
I don't clearly understand the questions
that lie between my reality and my dreams.
By constantly mulling over
who's right and who's wrong,
I fear that I might no longer trust
anybody here.
You'll lose faith?
Upon whom?
Upon everyone.
Sometimes, even upon myself.
By blindly following anyone who supports
me in playing Kabaddi,
I'm starting to doubt myself.
I was in the crowd in Tiruchendur
when I first watched you play from afar.
I had no damn clue then
about you or your story.
It was your skill and passion for Kabaddi
that drew me to you.
I felt my team could use
a great player like that.
I swear!
I have no second thoughts
about that feeling.
Even if we're together until the end,
your identity can never be bound to me,
nor can mine be bound to you.
Because
This feud had grown way too far
even before you were born.
I don't know how to put it into words.
I've come way too far
to now give up on certain things!
That's the truth.
Each person's life
has given them a form of respect.
In order to protect my respect,
I'm still fighting.
I don't know how to stop.
I'll get straight to the point.
Henceforth, you needn't play for my team.
I've referred you to
the Win Paper Mill team at Thalaiyuthu.
They really like how you play, too.
Go and play there.
I believe you have a long journey ahead
in the world of Kabaddi.
Don't hesitate. Go play.
One important thing.
From now on, don't come by to visit me.
Let this be our last meeting.
Should you make it big in Kabaddi,
that's good enough for me.
DOORDARSHAN NEWS
The Kabaddi game between India and
Pakistan, which was stopped midway
at the Twelfth Asian Games
in Japan on the day before yesterday,
will be contested in a rematch
as agreed by both teams.
It has been officially scheduled
to take place tomorrow.
I asked who gave you permission
to appeal for a rematch, Rathinam!
I took the initiative, sir!
I'm the team's captain!
The game has to be played!
How else can there be a winner?
I'm also aware of that.
But do you know you're not the
only one who'll be answerable if we lose?
We won't lose!
We'll win!
But if we lose?
If we lose, I'll jump off
this twentieth floor and die!
Good enough?
What does that mean?
I'm speaking from the heart, sir.
Can't translate it.
Listen! We're not here
to wage war in Japan.
We're here to play Kabaddi.
Forget Pakistan is the enemy
and focus on the game!
Kabaddi means more to us
than any national feud! Always!
So this is how you'll be?
Won't talk to me?
Look at me!
I know you're leaving the village!
Wherever you go,
I'll live only for you.
Remember that!
Kittan!
Hey, kid!
Arrogant about being a good player?
Despite playing like lions,
there are many has-been players
with nothing to their name! Remember that!
Do you know what he said, sir?
What?
He said I had to fall at the feet
of many people to get here.
He said I was not worthy
to make it here.
That's why I hit him.
He was way out of line
for saying that.
But it's a huge miracle that someone like
you made it this far from that village!
Keep that in mind.
One last thing!
By claiming you made it here
thanks to others, quotas, or luck
They'll keep undermining you
and your talent!
You must surpass that and win!
For your victory will be the guiding light
to so many others who'll follow your path!
Keep that in mind and play!
RIOTS DOWN SOUTH
KANDASAMY'S MEN BOMBED TO DEATH!
SEVERAL COPS INCENSED
THE PUBLIC IN PANIC
COMMUNAL RIOTS STRIKE FEAR DOWN THE SOUTH
THE PANDIARAJA-KANDASAMY FEUD
IS AT ITS PEAK!
SIX BUSES BURNED IN NELLAI
AND THOOTHUKUDI!
PUBLIC OUTCRY OVER PANDIARAJA'S ARREST!
THREE OF PANDIARAJA'S ALLIES MURDERED!
HOUSES BURNED DOWN.
BELONGINGS REDUCED TO ASH!
SUPERINTENDENT PRATAP ASSIGNED
TO STOP COMMUNAL RIOTS DOWN SOUTH
FOUR VILLAGES ENCROACHED AND LOOTED!
Kittan! Come here!
Come here!
Know what time it is?
How much longer will you run?
Go, sleep!
No, sir.
I should be selected
for the Tamil Nadu team tomorrow.
I'm afraid they'll find an excuse
to kick me out.
- I need to make it in there, sir.
- Hey.
They already did that.
The selection list is out.
You're not in it.
I'm not on the list?
What are you saying, sir?
The selection is tomorrow, right?
- How's the player list out already?
- That's how it is.
Don't ask me anything else.
You're going to play tomorrow,
just for the sake of it.
Go to bed.
What are you saying, sir?
Sir!
I can't go back home, sir!
Sir!
I can't go back, sir!
Sir!
Hello?
Dad
Go ahead, son!
The selection list
for the Tamil Nadu team
Which is due tomorrow
What happened?
It was released today.
What?
My name wasn't in it.
It wasn't?
They're asking me to come
and just play for no reason.
When have they ever included
your name so easily?
No one will.
We must make them do it!
They think you're just a field ox, right?
Show them you're a goddamn bull!
You've got two horns too!
Play your game tomorrow!
We'll see how it goes.
What is it, Dad?
Bloody wretches!
They're playing with my son's life!
No idea what he'll do.
O Kalamaada!
TAMIL NADU KABADDI TEAM SELECTIONS
He's Rathinam.
Captain of the Indian team.
All major players.
You didn't make the list.
Don't play too hard
and hurt yourself.
Just take it easy.
There's always next year. Okay?
I don't know how to play like that, sir.
Fine. Take care.
Superb!
A new player.
Who is this guy?
He even outplayed Captain Rathinam!
- Hey!
- Sir.
Who's that player wearing number seven?
Kittan.
Kittan!
Raider safe! Four points!
Trials over!
Didn't I tell you yesterday?
You're not on the list.
Just can't listen, right?
Did anyone notice you giving it your all?
Never mind.
There's always next year.
- Another year?
- Sir!
Come, sir!
- How are you?
- I'm good.
Mr. Kandiappan.
- I know him.
- He's the coach of Win Paper Mill.
You played extremely well, Kittan.
You rocked it!
Yes, dear boy.
You were excellent.
I saw real fire in your Kabaddi.
Quite rare in this sport.
He's a bison, Dad!
You played like a bison!
Give me your hand!
My father became a big fan of yours
in just one day! So have I.
What's the point of him playing well now?
They've already made the list.
Yes, they made "a" list yesterday.
But today, they've officially
finalized another list.
Which included another name.
Bison!
As the committee head, I've come here
personally to share this with you.
Hey! You're "Bison"!
Your name was added to the list!
Give me your hand!
You're a part of the
Tamil Nadu state team, "Bison"!
Excellent, Kittan! Congrats!
"Bison."
What? That big shot sent you
as a messenger?
Not a damn thing anyone can do!
Go, tell him the wedding will happen
on the marked date!
The boy's one of us.
He's made it really far!
It's not right if we don't respect him.
Let's talk it out.
He's gone that far, right?
And how did he get there?
Who got him there?
He fell at our enemy's feet
to make it big!
He pretty much begged for alms from him!
- How can I marry my sister to him?
- Velusamy is willing to give up his God.
It's yours to perform.
Let's sit down, talk, and finalize this!
I don't need such a shameless God!
I won't let him marry my sister!
Let them know!
The man thinks his sister
is too special for us!
Didn't I tell you?
Kittan.
Tomorrow
They're finalizing Raani's wedding.
You lit the spark
-You lit the spark
-Kittan?
-And set my heart on fire
-Kittan?
-O wild goddess
-Can you hear me?
Say something!
O wild goddess
Hey! Kittan!
After nurturing for so long
You left this child to yearn
O singing goddess
O singing goddess
Come to me
Come to me
The very thought of you
Turned prickly thorns of the scrub forest
Your glowing smile
Bloom as flowers in the barren forest
-Come to me
-Betrothed, you walk away
Broken and desolate, I lie
You are the everlasting hue
Your pastels fill my heart
Go away
Go away
Seeking you, seeking me
My life doesn't cease running
My body burns alive
O mulberry bloom
O mulberry bloom
You set me ablaze
You set me ablaze
Raji!
Raji!
- Come on out, Raji!
- Hey!
- What is it?
- Excuse me?
"What is it?" you ask.
Don't you know?
- You don't know what's happening to me?
- Raani!
- You know, right?
- Raani!
Zip it!
You want me to end up like you?
Must I rot away in that house as well?
Don't you know about your father?
Drop the act, both of you!
Did you ever think about me?
- Hey!
- Raani!
Why? Why are you pretending?
Sundaram!
- Stay out of this, big shot!
- Raji!
- Enough with your drama!
- Listen!
- Mess with me again and you're through!
- Your drama will not work here
Quit it with the drama!
Come along!
O dancing peacock
Upon the armor I wear so proudly
Burns the flame of your love
My heart throbs with passion
O dancing peacock
The painful cries of your agony
Shatters my nest
Your scent invades it entirely
Your scent invades it entirely
Shatters my nest
Bursts my passion
Blazes with your love
Your scent invades it entirely
Shatters my nest
Bursts my passion
-Blazes with your love
-Come to me
O glowing gem
O painted portrait
As you wear wedding flowers and part
Here, in the fire, dies my heart
In the fire, dies my heart
In the fire, dies my heart
As you climb up the hill
I lie in the dirt
As you cross over to the shore
I drift into the sea
As the wind in the wind
As a dream in a dream
As the light in light
As the pain of pains
You go where I can't follow
You go where I cannot follow
The very thought of you
Turned prickly thorns of the scrub forest
Your glowing smile
Bloom as flowers in the barren forest
Betrothed, you walk away
Broken and desolate, I lie
You are the everlasting hue
Your pastels fill my heart
Go away
Go away
Seeking you, seeking me
My life doesn't cease running
My body burns alive
O mulberry bloom
O mulberry bloom
You set me ablaze
You set me ablaze
O tender song
Upon the armor I wear so proudly
Burns the flame of your love
My heart throbs with passion
O tender song
The painful cries of your agony
Shatters my nest
Your scent invades it entirely
Your scent invades it entirely
Shatters my nest
Bursts my passion
-Blazes with your love
-Blazes with your love
Your scent invades it entirely
Shatters my nest
Bursts my passion
Blazes with your love
Present the nuptial thread
to the groom, brother.
- What is it, dear?
- Don't, brother.
- She's not interested in this wedding.
- Hey!
Hey! What the hell?
You scold your wife in public?
- Go on, dear.
- It's nothing.
Present the nuptial thread.
Quiet, I say!
Continue.
The thing is
She's in love with another man, Brother.
He hails from our village.
A relative of mine.
They're forcing this wedding
so that she doesn't marry that boy.
- Who's forcing it?
- He
Shut your mouth!
You've got some nerve
to hit her before me!
Moron!
I'll rip your tongue out!
Tell me who that boy is.
His name is Kittan.
A Kabaddi player.
He'll be playing
for the Indian team soon.
He's a bloody wastrel!
Do you know who he begged to rise up?
Shut up!
A guy from this wretched corner
has risen up and gone that far!
He appears a bloody wastrel to you?
You don't know whose support he had!
Does it matter who helped him get there?
It's his talent that got him there!
Now and forever,
his identity is rooted in your soil!
Won't that suffice?
Listen! Guys like me who break fences
aren't the only rebels!
Guys who reach heights
that cannot be fenced in?
They are rebels, too!
Wastrel, it seems!
We tried to tell him!
He just wouldn't listen!
What? He wouldn't listen?
Listen!
This place is bound to follow my word.
Only on the day that the boy returns home
Is her wedding.
Kittan is her groom!
Try to mess with this in any way,
I'll skin you alive, Sundaram!
Learn to respect your family first!
Brother Pandiaraja is in a league
of his own! Excellent, brother!
Brother.
Come what may, you shouldn't have hit
Vanathi Sundaram before so many people.
Quiet!
Men like him, fixated
with toxic caste pride,
must be cut down
to size right away!
If not, when some guy shows up
spewing about their "noble bloodline",
they'd blindly believe him
and begin exploiting
those beneath them!
How could our people sink
to that level, brother?
Oh, they will.
Most people here have forgotten
why I picked up arms.
We started fighting
for the notion that we're all equal.
None above, none below.
Everyone has conveniently forgotten that.
Even these fights for our rights
will be deemed shameful in the future!
How can he refer
to a fellow kinsman as a wastrel?
If they are causing so much trouble
to one of their own,
I wonder how much more Kittan
will have to face from others?
Sit, Kittan.
I heard, dear boy.
Was the wedding stopped?
You were crying so much here!
Drink.
For the Asian Games in Japan,
the list of Indian players
Is ready.
Your name's not on it.
I tried my hardest to get you added,
but to no avail.
Don't assume it's your fault.
Just hear me out.
You don't need to give excuses, sir.
That'll hurt a lot.
I've gotten used to this, sir.
To be honest
I've prepared myself for this
from the start.
- Dear boy
- Then what, sir?
When everyone here knows who I am,
wouldn't I?
- Hey, Kittan!
- Sir!
It's the truth! I'm not kidding!
I'm aware, sir.
I'm aware I never get what I want
very quickly, sir.
Hey! Hold up!
If not this time, there's next time.
- Eat and go!
- No, sir!
- I feel strange!
- What's strange?
- Somewhat
- What is it, son?
It's hard to explain.
I feel a bit suffocated
It'll go away if I jog for a while.
- What for?
- So, I'll do just that.
Dear boy!
Kittan!
What happened, Dad?
Kittan's name was not in the player list
of the Indian team for the Asian Games.
I had no choice but to tell him that.
And he left.
Why is Kittan's name not on the list?
Everyone said "Bison" plays well!
Why wasn't he selected?
This is a huge political game.
I have a hard enough time with it.
At the last minute, they were adamant
about adding a player from Uttar Pradesh.
This is his last eligible year.
Huge pressure from the higher-ups
to ensure he makes it in by any means.
Fine, Dad. But must Kittan be cut
for that? Is there no one else?
They're firm about having
only one player from each state.
Tamil Nadu has two players.
One of them is the captain.
We can't cut him!
This isn't right at all, Dad!
You know Kittan and how hard he fought
to get here.
From a place where people kill
just to one-up another,
a man made it this far,
holding on to his dreams.
What brought him here?
The belief that folks like him,
who also made it big, would be here.
And they would give him a hand.
Don't crush his faith, Dad.
It's okay even if you lose your job!
Please help Kittan, Dad!
Please don't send him back
to that village!
I shudder to think what'll happen to him
if he returns there!
Stop crying. I'm here, aren't I?
Go inside.
Stay here, guys.
Why did he have to come here now?
- Needless hassle!
- Like he ever listens to us!
What to do?
Make some tea.
Dad!
Look here, Dad!
Your beloved Raja
has come to visit you!
Look, Dad! Dad!
What is this, Sivanaindha?
Why are you crying?
You'll be fine.
Be brave.
Don't be scared!
Why are you yelling?
I asked you a question!
It's okay! What's wrong?
Why are you yelling?
Hey!
Get over here!
S. BALAMURUGAN
Damn punks!
Brother!
Stab him.
Stab!
Hello?
What is it, buddy?
They hacked him?
When?
He's dead?
What happened, Dad?
Pandiaraja is dead.
Wait, I'll answer it.
Kittan! How come you're back here?
I asked you a question!
- Why'd you come here now?
- Dad!
I just came home, right?
Why make it sound like I dropped
into a cemetery?
- Let it go, Dad.
- What the hell are you saying?
How else will he ask
if you appear so suddenly?
It's okay, dear. Pipe down.
Listen, son.
This place is a bloody war zone!
Pandiaraja was murdered.
We're so agitated right now!
- Did you have to come at this time?
- Where else do I go?
They asked me to go home.
Must I not come here
when told to go home?
Where else could I go?
They asked you to go home?
What are you saying?
They didn't select you
for the Indian team?
I asked you a question!
You weren't selected?
- No.
- What?
I said I wasn't selected!
- I wasn't.
- Why not?
Hey.
Even Mr. Kandiappan said
you'd be selected!
Dad
Think Mr. Kandiappan is God?
To make everything happen?
Then who is the big god here?
- How the hell do I know?
- Dad! Kittan!
What do I know?
It could be anyone! Or anything!
Money, wealth,
caste, religion
It could've been anything!
How would I know?
- I'm an idiot, right?
- What the hell, man
Dad!
Dad
What happened?
- What is it?
- Tell us what happened!
- They killed our leader!
- What?
- They killed our brother!
- What?
Is that the truth?
How did it happen?
- What happened?
- They hacked Pandiaraja to death!
- Tell us what happened!
- They killed him!
Dear?
What's wrong?
- Why are you crying?
- They killed my leader!
Get up!
Raani!
- It's okay
- They killed our leader!
- It's okay
- Brother!
Brother!
Raji!
Raji!
What happened?
- Is Kittan here?
- Come in, first!
Son. Kittan.
Get up, Kittan!
Let's get going!
- Let's go.
- What happened?
I'll tell you!
Come!
- What happened?
- Let's leave first!
Where are we supposed to go?
- Let's get going. Listen to me!
- Go where?
Big trouble brewing all over.
The cops are here! Raani said so!
Listen. Things will go badly
if we stay back! Come!
We're in our own house!
Why must we leave?
We have no choice!
It's our fate!
- Why won't you listen? Come!
- Dad.
How much longer do I keep running?
I can't run anymore!
We have no choice but to run!
It's our fate! Try to understand!
Why won't you listen?
Try to understand!
I can't run!
- Hey
- I can't run, sis!
- Look
- Listen to him.
Please listen to what I have to say.
I had to run a lot
to get you where you are.
If they arrest us,
our lives will be ruined!
Enough, Dad!
Enough is enough!
Quit torturing me
with your endless fear-mongering!
Quit torturing me!
- Explain it to him!
- Quiet, Dad!
- Whatever happens, I'll face it!
- Please listen.
Wait, Dad!
- Hello?
- Hello? It's Pushpa.
Put your father on.
Put him on, please!
Hello?
Who is it?
This is Mr. Kandiappan's daughter.
- Oh, yes! Go ahead, dear.
- Who is it?
Good news!
Kittan has been selected for
the Indian team!
- They selected
- Yes, sir. The final list just arrived!
- Sir?
- Yes?
Tell him to leave for Madras
right away!
He must go to Japan
in two months!
Dear
- What happened?
- You could've told him that earlier
and kept him there!
Why send him back?
Our village is in a state of frenzy!
How am I supposed to get him there?
I'm sorry, sir.
Somehow, ensure Kittan leaves tonight
for Madras. Please.
We'll take care of him
once he's here.
- Alright, dear.
- Dad.
I'll make sure he gets there.
Alright, sir.
Thank you, Dad!
What happened, Dad?
What is it, Dad?
Your brother
Has been selected for the Indian team!
Kittan!
O Kalamaada!
Didn't I tell you?
How can you lose?
Crying like an idiot!
Go!
Dear
We need to get him out of here now.
- Okay? We must hurry!
- Yes.
Let's get him packed!
Don't spare a single vehicle!
- It's time, dear. Get your brother here!
- Hurry, Kittan! Come!
Kittan! Come.
Come quickly!
Take this.
Listen to me, Kittan.
Remember what I said.
- Don't worry about a thing.
- Yes.
- We're leaving. See you, dear.
- All will be well.
- Let's go!
- Be safe! See you.
Okay, finish him!
Brother!
What is it?
Nothing, brother.
I came to check if you've had dinner.
Hey! What is it?
I came to check if you've had dinner.
What are you blabbering?
What happened?
Tell the truth!
It's the truth!
I came to check if you've had dinner.
I had no choice!
Back off!
Traitor!
The cops killed our brother!
The cops killed our brother!
POLICE STATION
TIRUCHENDUR
Come on, guys!
POLICE
Burn them down!
Watch your step!
- It's the police!
- Who's there?
Who's there?
Come here!
- Stay quiet, okay?
- Get over here!
- Who are they?
- No idea, sir.
Who's there?
Why loiter around at this hour?
He studies at Nazareth, sir.
I'm dropping him at the hostel!
- "Hostel"?
- Yes.
- Where are you from?
- Vanathi, sir.
You're loitering here, unaware
of what's happening right now?
- Who is he?
- My son, sir.
He studies at Nazareth.
Vanathi is miles away,
and you're droning on about Nazareth?
You and your mustache
Something's off about you.
- What do you have on you?
- Nothing, sir!
Sir!
- Nothing?
- Nothing, sir.
- Sir.
- What's this?
- Nothing.
- Hold this.
- It's nothing, sir.
- Hands off.
- Sir
- Hands off!
Sir.
I'll tell you the truth, sir.
My son is a Kabaddi player.
He's been selected for the Indian team.
I'm dropping him off.
It's only for protection, sir.
- Sir
- Hands off!
Just for protection.
Nothing more.
You're carrying such a huge knife
and spinning tales about Kabaddi?
Dad!
Kittan!
Don't do this, Kittan!
- Don't hit, sir! Please don't, sir!
- Back away, Dad!
- Dad, move away.
- Please don't do this, son!
- Don't hit him, sir!
- Let me go, Dad!
- Sir! Sir!
- Let go, Dad!
- Don't do this, son! Listen to me!
- Let me go, Dad!
Don't hit him, sir!
- Restrain him!
- Please listen to me, sir!
Please listen to me, sir!
Let him go!
- Please let him go, sir!
- Restrain him!
He's innocent! Sir!
Please listen to me, sir!
- Don't hit him!
- Move aside!
- Don't hit him, sir!
- You dog!
- You dare hit me?
- Don't hit my son!
Why are you hitting my son, sir?
Why am I hitting your son,
you ask?
- Let me go.
- He dares to strike a policeman?
- He didn't mean to!
- I'll finish him!
Let him go, sir!
He's a great Kabaddi player!
You're carrying a huge knife
and spinning crap about Kabaddi?
Check our suitcase if you want!
He's a famous Kabaddi player!
"Vanathi" Kittan!
Ask around!
He's "Vanathi" Kittan!
He got selected
for the national team today!
That's why we were going out late!
We didn't do anything wrong!
Sir
The knife
I'm not carrying it to butcher anyone!
I carried it to ensure
my son's safety, sir!
I'm the one at fault!
He has nothing to do with this!
I'm the one who carried it!
Do whatever you want with me
for being armed!
Leave him!
My son is innocent, sir.
He has a long way to go, sir!
This was his dream!
My son has gone through a lot of hardship!
This is his ambition, sir!
I plead to you, sir!
Please let my son go!
I plead to all of you!
Do anything you want to me
with that knife!
Just spare my son!
Please let him go!
Please let my son go.
Please let my son go.
Let him go.
POLICE
What are you all doing here?
Pandiaraja's dead!
The village is in a frenzy over
the encounter killing of Kandasamy!
What are you doing here?
Who are these people?
Sir? Kandasamy was killed
in a police encounter?
When, sir?
"When"?
Don't you listen to the walkie-talkies?
Lazing around? Who are they?
That's Kittan, sir.
Who's that?
"Vanathi" Kittan.
A great Kabaddi player.
He plays for the Tamil Nadu team.
Heard he got selected for the Indian team
and is set to go to Japan.
You're going to Japan after overcoming
so much distress in this village.
Play well, son. Okay?
Kittan
You demolished all the fences
around you and made it out!
When you come back,
it must be as the immortal identity
of this soil!
The victory you attain in Japan
Will wipe away the fear
of every yearning father like me!
Win, Kittan!
Remember your father's words.
No matter what, don't give up!
The Kabaddi match between India
and Pakistan, which was halted midway
at the Asian Games in Japan,
will be contested tomorrow.
So far, India has defeated Bangladesh,
Nepal, and Japan.
A victory over Pakistan
will yield them the gold medal.
This game will commence
at 7:00 a.m. local time in Japan.
It will be broadcast here at 4:00 a.m.
Indian Standard Time.
I was fine with your appeal
for a rematch.
But now? What is this list?
Kittan is a newbie.
Didn't you see how he left a
serious discussion to go to the bathroom?
And you added him to this list?
Have you lost it?
This is my team.
Kittan is one of my boys.
This match is my responsibility.
Your responsibility?
Even with so many senior players,
you couldn't win the previous match.
And if you lose with this
new team, you'll lose everything!
- Everything!
- I'll say it again, sir.
If I lose, I'll throw myself off
this building and die! Got it?
Hey, they let our Kittan on the court.
- Come on!
- Come on, boys!
- Get him!
- Let him play!
- Get him!
- Let him play!
Ready.
Easy, easy!
Tighten up!
- Come on, Kittan.
- I'll strike if he goes near the ground!
Go! Play!
Come on
- Get him, brother!
- Raider out!
One point to India!
Watch the guy on the right.
Don't go up!
Focus on him.
- Get him!
- Don't go into the corner.
Careful!
Awesome, Arif!
One point, Pakistan.
National Player Kittan!
Keep it up!
Let him play!
Back up!
Damn it!
India, one point.
Play properly!
Out!
Why are you scared?
Go, play your game! Go!
Behind you!
I got this!
Come on!
- Go behind!
- Catch him!
Get him!
What are you all doing?
- Wait!
- No! Wait!
What the hell, man?
Come on!
Come on!
Kabaddi!
Marvelous!
Watch it!
Awesome!
Let him come.
- Let him play!
- Back up!
- Stop!
- Get him!
Let him in and take him down!
Get him!
Come on, brother!
Let him in!
First half over!
Change your courts!
We're leading by three!
They only have a three-point lead.
They need to maintain it.
Only then can they make it out of this!
- At this rate, we'll lose!
- We'll win!
- We're leading by three!
- Only three!
Let him in!
Let him play!
Don't strike yet!
Come on, Imran!
Easy, easy!
Awesome, brother!
Get him
Come on!
- Let him in!
- Kabaddi
Let's go.
Back away!
Boys
Let him play!
- No, no, no!
- Don't get behind!
- Score
- Next raid!
No, no, no!
He didn't touch!
- Come
- Go!
Let him play!
Saw the scoreboard, Captain?
27-27.
Three minutes left.
In those three minutes,
you might have to eat your words!
I'm aware, sir.
Good!
Come on, then!
Last three minutes!
No matter what happens in this raid,
we need to get him, Kittan.
Got it?
Focus!
Ready to go?
Go!
Back up!
- Play!
- Go!
- Let him in.
- Catch him!
- Go!
- Back up!
Stay on him!
Excellent!
Damn it!
That was the death blow!
All is lost!
- Tighten up!
- Surround him!
Captain!
This player is "Bison"?
Are you happy now?
Pakistan's got a two-point lead.
Thanks to you two idiotic players,
we'll lose to Pakistan.
Arjuna Award winner?
Every award, all your pride
it will all go up in smoke!
You are dead today!
Come on, boys! Come on!
Come on!
We need one point, Sardar!
However you do it,
get that point!
Let him play!
Come on!
Just one point, Sardar!
Last raid!
No idea what they're going to do!
- Go in!
- Me?
You heard me! Three more points.
Go, play!
Don't overthink it!
Just go, play!
What have you done, Rathinam?
Are you really that big an idiot?
Last raid! We need three points!
You should have gone in!
What's the problem now?
I'm saying you should've taken
the raid! Don't you get it?
All that's on my mind is the fear
of losing to Pakistan!
But he is driven to win over everyone,
including you and me!
He must do it!
He's right for the task!
What does that mean?
Translate!
I'm speaking from the heart.
Can't be translated. Just watch the match!
You both are confirmed dead!
Three points to India!
Come here!
Come here, I said!
The next Arjuna Award will be
presented to Kittan Velusamy
of the Indian Kabaddi team,
who hails from Tamil Nadu.
Through his extraordinary skills,
he has made the country proud.
I request Kittan to come up
to the stage and receive his Arjuna Award.