Karungaapiyam (2023) Movie Script
'Karungkaapiyam'
'Dark Tales'
'This village will turn
into a place of peril'
'For sins to flourish'
'Your land will turn into a graveyard'
'Karungkaapiyam'
'Dark Tales'
- Hi
- 'Come soon and open the door'
- 'How long do I ring the bell?'
- Oh! You are here, huh?
I'm coming...coming
How long will I wait out?
Thank god you picked my call
Otherwise I would have
had to break open the door
I'm not a drama queen, Priya
And I'm not a scaredy-cat like you think
It's just a break up, chill
I know you are a brave girl
But I know during this time
how frustrating it can be, Umayaal
Yes, damn pandemic!
I thought I could just go
on a hike, Covid had to hit us
You have books all over the place
Read all this
Hmmm...done and dusted
- Tell me if you have any book
- Hey! Wait
My brother just bought an old library
and is wondering what to do with it
You can chill over there
- Really?
- Of course
What do you think?
'Wow!'
'Such a big library
belongs to you, da?'
'Yes, this library is 100 years old'
Thank you, Anand
I'm damn excited
You say it is ancient
Will I find any interesting book?
You'll get what you want
Let's go inside
It has been said, 'you can
find pleasure only in solitude'
Which do you prefer?
Fiction or non-fiction?
Fiction
Yes, that will be creative
This section is right from
when the library was started
Interesting and termite ridden
Thank you, Anand
Only 'thanks', huh?
Library
Lockdown
Love
Umayaal
Then the slippers on her feet
Point noted, I have a lot of work to
attend to regarding library renovation
You carry on
You carry on
'She insulted me!'
'Karungkaapiyam
Dark Tales'
Hmmm...interesting
'Karungkaapiyam'
'I dedicate this book to the truths I know
in this world full of mysticism and magic'
'The Jinxed Tongue Woman'
'In an independent apartment complex
Meera was crying seated on the stairs'
Listen
Something wrong?
Nothing
- I'll leave
- Hello, 1 minute
What is the problem?
If my life is care of sidewalk
how can anyone help me?
Why are you upset?
Tell me in a way I can understand
'Right at the time lockdown was imposed
my landlord chased me out of my house'
'Not knowing where to go
I was in a quandary'
Here
You said you were going back home?
Roadside inns have been opened
to those who can't return
Go and stay there
Then you will realize
My value
Get lost!
Hey! Your death will be horrific, man
With a bloody broken skull,
you'll lie an abandoned corpse
The corporation will clear the corpse
'Shut your gob and clear out'
- Hi Shalini
- 'Hey Meera'
'How are you?
Where are you?'
I am in Chennai
'Be safe, Meera'
'I heard the situation is really bad'
'Close everything
and stay put at home'
Er...I have a small problem, Shalini
My house owner asked me to vacate
I don't know where to go
'Oh...er...that is-'
Hello?
'I would love to take you home, Meera'
'But in this situation everything is vague'
'Don't even know
what to believe'
'I have 2 elderly people at home'
'I can't take chances, Meera'
'Er...if you want I can
suggest a good idea'
'Just fall at your owner's feet
Get back the key and go back home'
- Thanks, Shalini
- 'Sure, bye'
Now I have no clue where to go
I live alone in a double bedroom flat
If you don't mind you can stay
in my flat till this lockdown is over
Are you serious?
Please
'Follow me'
Please come
Come inside
That is my bedroom
- It's a bit messy
- That's okay
You can use that guest bedroom
Please come
This is your room
Make yourself comfortable
You want anything
I'm in the next room
Just feel free to ask
Hey! Um-
- Thank you so much
- What is this?
You are a godsend
Hey! What happened?
You know the guy in # B13
with a hairstyle like twisted iron rods
He passed away
Oh my God!
He's my landlord
He was fine
What happened?
Husband and wife quarrel
Aunty hit him with a rolling pin
Skull split into two
Man died on the spot
Bad time to die
No one to cremate him
Corporation is clearing the corpse
Shakthi, I think I'm to blame
for my house owner's death
- What?
- Yes
I cursed him and it came true
- Are you trying to joke?
- No, listen
'Your skull will split into two'
'With a bloody broken skull, you'll lie
an abandoned corpse' I cursed him
Whatever I said
has come true verbatim!
Are you serious?
You think your curse came true
like Kannagi or what?
You know last month that ironing chap
who was burnt to death in his shop?
- Yes
- He scorched my expensive sari
He was so rude and arrogant
I cursed him, 'you will burn to cinders
along with your shop, just like my sari'
Even that came true
What?
- Silly superstition
- You don't believe me?
Shall we put it to test?
Tell me
Okay
He has come
Come
- Thanks, brother
- Okay, sir
Was it your curse
for his bike to stall like this?
No, I felt bad for him
I couldn't curse him
I know you can't anyway
'Bah! Wifi and mobile data
don't work inside this place'
'How the hell does he live here?'
Shakthi
Shakthi
'Where has he vanished?'
What the hell?
Hey Shakthi!
- Shakthi
- 'I am coming'
What is this?
Such a big bag
Private stuff, Meera
Hey! Why did you go out
locking me in?
Out of habit, Meera, sorry
We'll have lunch in an hour?
'What is this?
Such a big bag'
'Private stuff, Meera'
'That is my bedroom
It's a bit messy'
'Hey Meera'
'What's up?'
Got up early?
Look what I have bought for you
Vanilla ice cream
Enjoy
'What are you doing, Meera?'
No, I heard some noise
I came to check
Even if the world is up in flames
...no one will come
at this unearthly hour
Come in
Come, let's have ice cream
This is why you shouldn't be over smart
If you had silently cooperated
I would have had my fill of you
and kept you blissfully happy
There would have been
no need for this violence
Get in there
Hiiii! What is it, dear?
Are you hungry?
I'll get lunch ready in half an hour
We'll spend some quality time together
I promise
Hey! Who are you?
'Hello, machi
How are you?'
'Why are you sweating so much?'
Dude, don't know if it is lack of sleep
I am imagining as if
somebody is in here
I think I am hallucinating
'What are you up to
that you can't even sleep?'
'You couldn't even have
scored during lockdown'
Machan, I don't have that problem
Just before lockdown
I kidnapped 3 chicks
On top of it, one more came
and literally fell on my lap
'What are you saying?'
You are the one enjoying life
to the fullest in this lockdown?
Machan, she is ultimate heaven
Her satin smooth skin
Her unique scent
'He's giving me a hard on'
But, dude
I can have a feast, nibbling
bit by bit like tasting a 'rasagulla'
Listen, even if we hunt
we won't get a chick like that
Don't make me feel jealous
Let me take a look
How frustrated can you get
I've sent you the photo
'Proper 'sweet cottage cheese', I say'
Wow! She is too good to be true
- What is her name, dude?
- Meera
Tell me her full name
Meera Krishnakumar I think
Done
Meera Krishnakumar
Go away
- Hey! Did you see it?
- 'I did, da'
Looks like he came out
of a cauldron of boiling oil
He's the ironing chap in my flat
- 1 month since he died
- What?
1 month, huh?
I think this is something controversial
I'll send you a link
Check it now
The Meera you mentioned
died 5 years ago
Hey! This isn't possible
This is some scam
I'm scared
I've been with her all these days
I slammed her head and
I've tied her up in my room
I'll show you
Hey look
She's right here
How do you explain this?
Where? I can't see anyone
What do you mean?
'The customer you are trying to
speak to is on another call'
I'm checking the file
in the archives, sir
Don't be flustered
Everything is perfect
- Anand
- What?
2 minutes
Just come down
I'm on an important call
I'll finish and come
Sir...sir, everything is correct
'Everything is perfect
You don't worry'
'Archive record is perfect
I'll bring it over to your place'
'Kajal Screamed Her Throat Hoarse'
Hi, ma'am
Look at the camera and say 'hi'
- Who are you?
- Ma'am, don't you know me?
I am 'It is That is' Prasanna
- So what?
- So nothing, ma'am
I have 1 million subscribers
in my YouTube channel
If you tell my viewers
your experience in this lockdown
And I upload the video on YouTube
it will be awesome, okay?
Yov! Cut that damn video
Lower your hand, duffer!
I think you don't know who I really am
Many directors and producers
follow my channel
And you look a lovely glam-doll
'They will take you
heart, mind and body'
You will be a heroine before
you blink your eyes, okay?
Short and sweet video
Poor, pitiful me, no?
It is a 'yes'?
Wait, I'll be back
'Party bit the bait!'
Show me your hand
Chee! Extend your palm
- Pucca! Let's shoot
- Wait, I say
Why are you being
'smarty-panty'?!
Panty, huh?
'She looks like Snow White'
'Talks like Cruella of 101 Dalmatians!'
Madam, vessels are scrubbed
with this cleaning powder
Shut up and scrub your hand first
Sprinkle all you want
No palmist can read my hand anymore!
I'm ready
Let's go, madam
Sparkling clean
Shall we start?
Aiyaiyo! Madam, this is acid
What are you doing?
My palm will go for a toss
This is to ensure
you don't get tossed
No chance
I might even die
It is spic and span
Let's start the shoot
Okay, but anyway
maintain an arm's distance
Got it?
Hi everyone
Last time many of you had asked me
How to reduce tummy fat
Keep fit
Stay healthy
And let's beat this Corona
Hey everyone
Today what is hip hop
and happening in our Kajal special
Finger 'biriyani'!
Yes, you heard it right
Not vi-ral biriyani
'Viral' as in finger biriyani
Lady's finger types
Take good look
It's so simple
And it tastes so, so yummy
So you should try this
in your kitchen too
And write your feedback
in the 'comments' section below
See you guys
Love from Kajal
Wow!
Awesome movie
Full on action
Watch films like this
If you know of good films
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Till then lots of love
from Kajal
I can't bear this
This isn't good at all
How much longer is this exile?
I feel I'll go stark raving mad
21 days have gone by
This lockdown seems eternal
Aiyo!
Shucks...shucks!
God help me!
Shucks!
It's all gone
My life is over
I don't know what he'll do next
Hello?
'Corona virus disease spread
can be stopped-'
Damn this Covid female
and her automated message!
Careful, dear
Father's robe!
Hey! Just shut your gob
I came to pray and look at this
You made me finger-less, my child
Show me your hands
Oh no!
Almost all fingers gone, huh?
You chopped one by one
saying you wanted for your 'biriyani'
Get lost, man!
Your fingers aren't tasty at all
Is that why you chopped
9 of my fingers, my child?
Come...come close
Let me give you absolution, my child
Father, what are you cribbing about?
He came here just like you
Look how quiet he is
Such a good boy!
'Why is he wearing such a big mask?'
He is my favorite
Thank God for electricity
I miss you a lot, my duffer boy
This leather-mouth was my inspiration
to upload my videos in Insta
Are all of you in the pink of health?
You brought fried rice
the other day, right?
Yes, akka
I hold the senior most position here
You locked me up in a room
even before Lock-down
'You sniffed and said'
My finger is stinking
You'll come back later
That's right
And you?
'Madam, milk'
- You?
- I'm Kabbas
I came to show you a demo
on how to clean your toilet
Hello, according to the order
my turn to speak now
You'll get it
Zip your lips!
Oh my ball!
Who are you, man?
Like a watch dog?
My dear, I'm the uncle
who lives in the opposite house
When the whole nation
was busy lighting lamps
I came to borrow oil from you
I've even taught you Math
when you were a kid
Don't you remember?
Yov! So-so soup!
You bore me to death
I've pickled you for too long
- D day today for you
- Don't, akka
Shut up!
Place your hand here
- No need
- Keep it here
Hey! Sssssh!
Hey! Don't wail
Show me the next finger
Sssshhh!
She's in a frock she bought
when she was 5 years young!
Who are you?
Body builder during
Corona holiday!
I am YouTube reviewer
Green shirt Naran!
- So...?
- I have another name
Left over rice Naran
What a yucky name!
People who were jealous coined it
We'll share back stories later
First give me your hand
Wait, man
First wash your hands
Why should I?
- What's this new habit?
- Show me your hand
'Smells good'
Madam, pour some more
Yov! What are you doing?
Must have a pure mind, right?
Why rub it in your head
to purify your mind?
My mind is in my hair
Yov! I must sell my house to afford
a sanitizer for your fizzy mop-head
'What is this crazy female
taking out now?'
You need your vessels scrubbed?
I have enough people at home to
do all that, show me your hand
Rub, man
My hands are gleaming like the moon
I feel like gifting my hands to you
No need now
Give me when I ask you
without creating a ruckus
How is that a problem, madam?
My 10 fingers are yearning
whispering 'Kajal, Kajal'
I'll gladly give
whenever you ask
- Yearning, huh?
- I am ready
Come in then
Jackpot!
Did you think 'Leftover rice Naran'
will get a 5 star buffet like this?
Even I didn't expect it, bye
'Why are all of you
sitting finger-less here?'
'MUMMMMY!'
- Hello?
- Umayaal
Sorry...sorry
I was on a work call
'What happened?'
Doesn't matter
If I tell you what I read
you won't believe me
What did you read?
There is a book by the name
'Dark Tales'
It must have been written
at least 100 years ago
It has current events
Present Prime minister
And even Lockdown has been
predicted with in depth analysis
So weird!
- Did you check the author's name?
- No
Give me a second
Oh God!
That page is in tatters
and author's name is faded
Oh! Okay, wait
All the books in this library will be
'...recorded in the archive for sure'
'Shall I ask my brother to find out?'
Okay, perfect
Call me once you find out
I'll be reading the other stories
Okay, bye
Sir, whatever it is, I'm on the way
We can discuss in person, okay?
Don't forget the cash, sir
I've locked the door now
On the way, sir
'Pitch Darkness'
Thanks a ton, Jacob
I was jobless for long
And hanging out with
random scumbags
I hope you'll pay me for this work
'We've called you only because
we lack that wretched cash'
Siddharth
Abhimanyu
'One who lives in the dark'
Isn't it Arvind Swami's name
in 'Thani Oruvan'?
Wow!
He must be a man
with class and style
You'll see him now
Siddhu, this is the new singer Shruthi
'Why is this bandicoot sizing me up?'
'He's weird!'
Yov! Why is your eye
popping out of its socket?
- Haven't you seen a girl in your life?
- No
No, huh?
No, why do we need
a swimmer for our studio
That's what I am thinking
Idiot!
May a buffalo pee
in your deaf ears!
She is a singer
Not a swimmer
- Get to work
- She is so beautiful
Can she sing?
- No touching
- Touchy!
Hello...hello
Why are you yawning?
- Shall we get to the lines?
- Okay
"Girl, all by yourself you came here
to carry water in your pot, dear"
"What is in your feet, I wonder?
Or your hands and head, I ponder?"
"Hair on your head...aaaaay...aaaay"
Stop it!
Hey! Shut up
This tune is so familiar
'Looks like he found out'
"What if we stay awhile and linger?"
This is a carbon copy
of Rahman sir's song
Why, man?
Why do you sink so low?
Sir, no one will know
Even if they find out, listeners will
crucify this song and make it popular
This is the present trending 'chattergy'
It will work out in our favor, trust me
Do your damn best
Start, Shruthi
"Girl, all by yourself you came here
to carry water in your pot, dear"
"What is in your feet, I wonder?
Or your hands and hea-"
'Buffalo bum-fellow
Junk of a jerk!'
"Hair on your head...aaaaay"
Shruthi, 1 minute
What is it now?
I heard someone call me
'Buffalo bum-fellow'
And worse, 'junk of a jerk'
Did you hear it too?
Very simple, Siddhu
Thinking of your plight,
you must have cursed yourself silently
Wasn't my mind voice
It sounded more like
someone was yelling in anger
Okay, okay
Once more, Shruthi
"Girl, all by yourself you came here
to carry water in your pot, dear"
"What is in your feet, I wonder?
Or your hands and head, I ponder?"
"Hair on your head...aaaaay"
'Stop caressing your paunch!'
- Cutting Shruthi
- 'Cutting' means?
How does it matter to you
if I rub my stomach?
- You there!
- SIRRR
She derided me
in a buffalo grunting voice
Jacob, what nonsense is this
'He is crossing his limit
This is too much'
I came here as a favor to you
and this creep is insulting me
Oho! As if you didn't insult me
You are cussing me in slum lingo
What do you take me for?
Brainless bonehead?
- Did I say so?
- Shut up!
Let's finish recording and go home
'Waste fellow!'
'Don't know if he's piss drunk!'
Okay...okay
Once more, Shruthi
"Girl, all by yourself you came here
to carry water in your pot, dear"
"What is in your feet, I wonder?
Or your hands and head, I ponder?"
"Hair on your head...aaaaay"
I'll chop your ear and feed it
to the dogs, 4-eyed fellow
Sir, you saw that?
A curly haired fellow
merged with that girl's face
He just now cursed me rudely
Yov! Jacob
This is too much
I can't put up with
this creature's eccentricity
- I'm sorry, I'm just leaving
- Hey! Shruthi
'Power outage
Siddhu, you lunatic'
I asked you to record
What are you up to?
Now it's all trashed
Happy now?
Shruthi...hey Shruthi
Jacob, I want to go home
Please drop me right now
Don't get tense, he didn't-
He's blabbering utter nonsense
You think I have to listen to all that crap
- I came here to sing
- He may have played a prank
Hey! Keep quiet
- Why can't I open this door?
- Move, let me open
Siddhu, why is it locked?
I think those 2 kids of my neighbor
played a prank on me as usual
What are you saying?
This is the prank by 2 playful kids
Then call that lady
and ask her to open the door
Aiyaiyo!
No signal in my phone, I can't call
Even I don't have
True, in my phone too
This is really frustrating
One of you at least go,
get a candle
Battery in my phone is draining
- Why is this place so smoky?
- True that
Siddhu, did you forget to
switch off the stove?
- Nooooo
- I'm feeling cold too
You don't have to be scaaaaaaaaared
Bringing the caaaaaaandle
Go now, da
Get the candle
Who is he, sir?
He seems such a dim-witted dumbo
You've trusted your film to him
Don't raise your tone
Professionals cost money
If you give peanuts
you get only monkeys like him
Weren't you talking about meeeeee?
I know only tooooooooo well!
Oh, no!
'Such a pain'
Idiot!
'Saithan soola-'
Devil's spear deadly!
Why are you blabbering?
Ignore it, man
My tongue just rolled
what my mind said
Oh, no!
No need this damp squib
I'll bring another caaaaaandle
Jacob, why is it so cold here?
Yes, it is cold
Ask her what she wants
Hi, I am director Jacob
Are you Siddharth's friend?
'What did I say to make you cry?'
'Hello-'
'Please don't cry...hello?'
Why are you crying?
What is the matter?
Are you okay?
My heart is racing
My mind is rattled
I wanted so many of
my dreams to come true
I wanted a family of my own
Husband, children
And cherish happy memories with them
All my dreams faded into nothing
Jacob, saw the true colors
of that palmfruit-head fellow?
Looks like a gullible idiot
He has cheated a girl
right inside his house
Tell me whatever has upset you
We will help you
Is he torturing you?
Confide in us
'I am baaaaaack'
Back with a new candle
Hey! Listen to-
Where...where did she go?
- Light, dear candle
- Scared of him, must be hiding
Cha! Will you exhale just when
I am lighting the candle?
You think we exhaled with force?
Yes
Give me the matchbox
Good lord! When I'm lighting
some oaf is blowing it off
I said these same words
Did you believe me?
You are talking as if
you are the son of darkness!
Fine, switch on the torch
in your mobile now
I need to tell you
something important
What, sir?
You've hidden a girl in your studio
and torturing her, right?
Talk about her
Aiyaiyo! Why is she behaving
like a stark raving woman?
Hey! Who...?
Dumbo, get lost!
Why is she calling me
dumbo jumbo, sir?
That's it, sirrrr!
My tension will shoooooooot up!
So what if your tension shoots up?
What will you do, huh?
Nothing...he will do n-o-t-h-i-n-g!
He'll get piss-drunk
and sleep on his paunch
My work will suffer
Get that into your head
Whatever! I need to use the restroom
What is this, sir?
In the end, you branded me an alcoholic!
Shall we have a peg?
Lunatic!
Why is the tap freezing cold to touch?
Water seems frozen?
"My dreams ended as embers frustrated"
"The many days I waited
became a dream deflated"
Hello?
"This bright butterfly
flitting in my heart died with a sigh"
"My dreams charred into cinders frustrated"
"The many days I waited patiently
became a faded dream abruptly"
My dear...look at me
I think some neighbor of mine
has opened his 'idli' cooker
The place is full of steam in spirited form
'Jacob'
Jacob, hurry
Aiyaiyo!
Stamping my toe like a buffalo
How is it you are alive?
Is this her weird sense of humor, sir?
She wants to know
how I'm still alive!
I saw you standing as a corpse
in the loo and that girl was screaming too
- I saw you
- What are you blabbering?
He's right before you
like a clay idol of Ganesha
I saw, I swear
Everything is wrong here
Come with me to the toilet, Jacob
- I'll show you
- Aiyaiiiiiiyo!
You are the one who is
uttering all the wrong words
Shut up
Siiiiiiiir
This girl kept harping
on the word 'toilet'
I really need to use the toilet now
If you don't mind, sir
I'll go in and relieve myself
You go in and check
after I ease my pressure
Yov!
Were you conceived
at a jinxed hour?
I don't know, sir
Shall I ask my father and let you know?
Just shut up and come
Okay
Jacob
Check behind the door
That girl will be lamenting
Behind the door?
Step in, Jacob
Why are you spitting on my face?
Come and see for yourself
Sir, this is a private toilet
I can stick whatever poster I want
How can you question that?
You stick any 'dash' you like
Why have you stuck my image
in-between these freaks?
That is...that is because
you are my 'impression'
So if I catch a glimpse of you
first thing in the morning
That's how much you respect me!
That's how LITTLE you respect me!
I'll curse you
Move aside
Shruthi, you said you saw
a ghost and a corpse inside
All I can see is
this creature's antics!
I know I saw, Jacob
But I don't know how
to prove it to you
Look over there
Dai! Who are you?
My gawd!
Dammit!
What happened, sir?
Siddhu, some bloody chit of an imp
rang a bell in the most crucial spot
He has plucked your fuse then
'I have an old emergency light'
'Okaaaay, I'll get it for you'
Brother, who are you?
Cooling tea in the midst of chaos here
Do you want some tea?
Hold the glass
Wow!
Brother, your tea is
out of this world
Special tea, Rs 20
Rs 40 for both of you
Pay up
Lock down
No money
Make do with this
Useless fellow fit to be
death's next client!
2 hot lentil fritters with this tea
would be simply super, no?
'Your taste buds need a whacking'
Aww! Ouch!
Why are you taking it
out of your fizzy mop?
You wanted hot 'vadai'?
Yes, it is piping hot
'Hey! Jacob'
Will you eat any crap you get?
Why are you being so rude?
In front of your eyes, he fished it
out of his sparrow-nest head
You want to eat THAT?
'She must be a rowdy girl'
'I am baaaaack'
I hunted high and low and
found a torch liiiiiight for us
Siddhu, instruct the tea vendor
in your studio to be more hygienic
He takes out 'vada'
from his fizzy head
She is deriding me
What nonsense you are talking!
There is no one else in this studio
other than the three of us
How dumb can you get
He is sitting right nex-
Hey...hey!
Where did he vani-
- Don't stamp my foot
- How strange?
That fellow sat here and gave us tea
Looked like your cousin
- Shucks! No charge
- Oh no! What you mean?
'Switch on the torch you're holding'
This is the girl who was
lamenting in the loo
This booze gives me a solid kick
'Someone is drinking in your house'
Penniless punk!
No...no
Random strangers
are roaming in here
This is the fizzy-head I told you
Is he your twin brother?
No, sir
'Wonder whose son, no idea'
'Aiyo! Bummer'
You keep looking at eye level
Give it to me, sir
Let's check if anyone
is below waist level
Who are you, man?
Yahoo!
'Why did you lie to me
he rang the bell on you, sir?'
'He has burst my bladder, sir'
'It has leaked now all over the place'
'Leaked here?
Shucks...shucks!'
'Not that
Just piss!'
'Give me your torch'
- Switch it on fast
- I am unable to
Switch it on...quick
Who are these people?
A whole village out here
Let's escape from here
'The Next Night'
Sir, I intended calling you
We encountered a minor problem
in the studio we went to recor-
'I know everything'
'Will a man get piss drunk
like this during lockdown?'
What, sir?
Drunk?
'Yes, man'
'He should sit tight at home
if he is so sozzled'
'Will he drive on the road
when fully tanked?'
'You know how many people
he has run over?'
'All dead on the spot'
I don't get it?
Sir, what are you saying?
'Why are you pretending
as if you don't know anything?'
'Don't you watch the News?'
Let me watch...I'll check now
'Go and do that first'
'You are stressing me out'
- 'I'll call later'
- Okay, sir
'Renowned music composer
Siddharth Abhimanyu'
'Died in a car accident'
'Cine-world and fans shocked'
'In his intoxicated state he ran over
and killed 5 innocent people'
Then-
Were those who died in that accident
roaming in the studio as spirits?
This lunatic Siddharth
was also a ghost?
'The name is Siddharth Abhimanyu'
'Good luck'
'Only the one living in bright light
will be terrified of darkness'
'I am living only in blackness'
Crazy stuff
Who has written these tales?
Hello...?
'Finger...finger'
Finger...finger
Finger...finger
'Finger'
'Finger...finger...finger'
'Kajal's barbaric act
making young men scream in fear'
'Finger...finger!'
'Pitch darkness'
'Music composer Siddharth Abhimanyu'
'Renowned music composer
Siddharth Abhimanyu'
'Died in a car accident'
Oh my god!
It's just not possible
'Two Bottles In The Whirl of The Wind'
'Saravana's house was cluttered
with empty beer bottles'
- Hello, Pambu
- Saravana, how are you?
How is lockdown treating you?
- 'What are you up to?'
- They say this is the 'new normal'
They have fought with a virus
a human eye cannot see
On the whole these Chinese
have brought the world to its knees
You won't survive without booze
You hoarded it beforehand, huh?
Don't annoy me, Pambu
One and a half months since I drank
I am desperate for a drop of liquor
Our area boys gave me
their home made concoction
I've been having the loosies
You call yourself area leader
And you'll soon be councilor
'Why are you cribbing
in such a pathetic way?'
You want to booze, right?
- Yes, you got, huh?
- I haven't hoarded any
But to hoard for 3-4 years and drink daily
'There are 100s of bottles
waiting to be opened'
We will grant their wish!
Where is this place, Pambu?
Only in our area
Didn't the owner demolish
a wedding hall and build a bar?
His bad time, he got corona
and he is in quarantine
But I know a way into the bar
not a single soul knows
Pambu, you are a true friend
Pambu, where are you taking me?
- Hey!
- Just follow me
Why get scared?
All this is familiar area
I told you, no?
Look how they have abandoned it
Come on
Why is it so dark?
Owner wouldn't have paid the bill
Check for a switch somewhere
- Where is the light?
- I found the switch
Hey!
All foreign babes, man
'Stash!'
Oh my God!
'What a stash'
'Which bottle do we open first?'
Aiyaiyuyuyuyuyou!'
Hey Pambu
We don't have a bag big enough
to hold all these bottles
Your brain hasn't grown
like your beefy muscles
No one will come here
till the Lockdown is lifted
We can flick these bottles
in instalments daily
Come on, open that first, Pambu
Let's have a peg or two
When you know it's a freebie
you are choosing the most costly!
Pambu, you said this place is empty
Sssshhh! Keep quiet
Let's see who it is
Thank god!
That door is slamming in the wind
You made me pee in my pants!
I was petrified, Pambu
He made my heart almost stop
Come on
Pambu, something grossly wrong here
I thought I heard a ghost crying
Shut up, da
I think someone got drunk
and is howling his head off
Give me your head
Who is he?
Bloody! After his dance performance
he has come to booze here
Duffer!
That wastrel is headless
and asking us for our heads
What does it matter
if he dances or drinks?
My tension is mounting
Let's have a couple of pegs each
'What is this, Pambu?'
'It is smoky everywhere'
This is a bad omen, Pambu
I am terrified
If there's gold inside
will you say no?
This is no treasure chest, da
- Let's escape
- Wait
Let's see what the hell is inside
I feel we shouldn't
What the hell is this?
'Can't see a damn thing'
Let go...let go of me
This is some voodoo
or black magic stuff, da
- Let's scoot
- Let's not drink
We'll take whatever bottles
we can and scoot
Who the hell are you?
Why are you scraping the floor?
Boneheads!
You stole the funnel
from a kerosene tin
And stuck it in your mouth
You are scorching me
- It's burning hot
- Careful, you're hurting me
They burnt our skin
with their flint stones
Who are you?
I'm Sarakkalatia's God Mother
Sarakalaya
Sarakalaya?
Why is your name and world
the Tamil word for 'booze'?
One of the galaxies undiscovered
by your human race in this world
Sarakkalatia
Then you are...?
Yes, we are aliens
You'll land in America usually
Why are you inside this bar?
We visit various planets often
Learn about the news
and views there
And understand the lifestyle of that race
We came to your planet this time
We noticed you had spat on
walls everywhere, trash all over the place
You had no sense of hygiene
and brought about Covid 19 also
You are dirty with a capital D
We wanted to get back home
You've locked us too
with your stupid lockdown
Our E-pass got rejected
Imagine rejecting their E-pass!
How are you affected
if we are under Lockdown?
If we have to return
...the power source for our rockets
we can get only when your factories open
So until this Lockdown is lifted
we are stuck in this bar
What a wild tale this is
How did you settle down
in this bar of all places?
Why not sit in a temple,
theater or mall?
This bottle spoils your health
This is our main staple food
'We can't live without booze'
That's why we settled in the right place
well stocked, till the end of Lockdown
Booze is what keeps you alive?
Madam, take us with you to your galaxy
We will come with you happily
You can't survive in our world
even for a single day
The wind has marijuana mixed in it
Main ingredient in our food is alcohol
Our water bodies, be it sea, pond,
lake, river will only be booze
You'll puke blood and die in 1 day
You have your world of booze
Sacrifice a few bottles from here
Sorry, extremely difficult
We don't even know if this stock is enough
for us to survive till your Lockdown ends
How unfair!
You have a bar with a variety of booze
We want just 2 bottles each
Give us, please
Can't part with 4
Just 2 on the whole
That too, only if you pass all my tests
Even the students who have arrears
have been promoted in this Covid time
You want to test our brains
We never offer anything
as a freebie in our world
Everything has to be earned
with self respect intact
So if you pass my test
I'll give you 2 bottles
What do we do?
Booze is priority
Are you okay with it?
Fine, we are ready for your test
'Coriander o'va'
'Coriander o'va
Coriander o'wa'
'Gumsaaka goooom'
Hello...what happened to me?
Enlightenment
You have the power to
make your dreams come true
What do you mean?
Will I get whatever I ask?
Whatever is embedded in
your heart will be fulfilled
'Heard that, Pambu?'
My astrologer-neighbor's
prediction has come true
Not only will you cross
your legs in comfort
You can even dance on anyone's head
Ask something useful
In a whirlpool of happiness
I don't even know what to ask
- My mind is stuck
- What to ask?
Ask her for 100 kg of gold
Bravo! Pambu
Gold
'Thangam'
100 kg gold
Oh my God!
Is she my wish come true?
Hey! What is this?
We asked for 100 kg gold and
she made our school 'ayah' sit on your lap
This one is also called Thangam
Won't you be weighing 100 kg?
Bloody moron of a mongrel!
I was cleaning the school toilet
and you brought me here!
Put me down, son of a gun
Sleazebag, scoundrel
- Let me go, junk piece
- You're hurting me
Where is she?
You showed your true colors from the slum
I never expected this 'Thangam' I swear
She has been embedded
deep in your heart
That's why she came here
'Coriander o'va'
'Coriander o'va'
Coriander o'wa'
'Coriander o'va'
Coriander o'wa'
Stop branding me
I'll give you one more chance
- Use it properly
- Okay...okay
Aiyo! Why are you bungling our boon?
Why did you ask for a 'veena' now?
Even I don't understand
Think deeply
This 'veena' has made
a deep impact in your heart
Think of the reason
I remember now, Pambu
When we were 10 years old
How keen your younger sister was
to learn playing the 'veena'
But the people around us said
'How can the hand that washes vessels
want a 'veena' to play music?'
How much they hurt
your innocent sister's heart?
Every day when she sobbed her heart out
I felt weighed down
and depressed
I used to think I should earn well
And buy her a 'veena'
It was on my wish list, dude
I don't know why
But somehow as I grew up
it slipped my mind
After so many years
Now my brain is refreshed
Why are you making me cry?
Get lost, you idiot!
You are a gem of a friend
I know I messed it up this time too
Ask them not to burn me all over
I'll try once more
No need, you passed your test
In fact we came to your world only to
learn this powerful sentiment from you
This emotion is the biggest power
of your entire human race
We are trying to learn
love and compassion from you
But you seem to have
forgotten these emotions
Only love and righteousness
will protect your world
You are not beasts
Don't forget you are human beings
I have to talk to
a very important person
I want to do so
when it is in my mind
Can I make a call?
Put it on 'speaker' mode
Hello, Mother Mary Home
Madam, is Valliammai grandma there?
Valliammai?
1 minute, I'll call her
Hello...?
Who is this?
'Hello?'
'Hello'
'Patti'
'Hello?'
How are you, grandma?
I am 'Pambu' speaking
Nagaraj
How are you, my dear?
Did you eat, my precious child?
Yes, grandma
How are you?
Why are you crying, dear?
You are my favorite grandson
'Don't cry, darling'
Whatever it is
'this too shall pass'
Please don't cry, my pet child
I'm sorry, patti
You brought me up with
such tender love & care
I allowed my parents to
admit you in that Home
'I cannot be forgiven, grandma'
When you went in the auto
You kept crying, pleading with me
'Don't leave me in an Old Age Home'
That image pricks me
like needles in my heart, patti
This is enough for me, dear
You are my most precious godsend
When I think I have my grandson
who will shed tears for me
'I feel so reassured about living'
If you can come and visit
your grandma as often as you can, dear
'Just a glimpse of your face'
I will be most happy and
I'll have peace of mind, dear
I'll come right away and
bring you back home, patti
'Don't be upset'
You be happy, grandma
Don't worry about anything
If anyone creates any trouble
before I meet you
I'll punch his face
This is more than enough for me, child
With you and all the family members
without getting in the way of any of you
I'll live in a corner
of your house, my dear
If I live with family members around
my mind and heart will be at peace
Ride safely, my dear grandson
Police are here
If you give us 2 bottles
we will escape
Definitely no bottles for you
Is this some kind of game?
I've given you a far more precious gift
than the booze you came in search of
Use it intelligently
'Coriander o'va'
'Coriander o'va'
Coriander o'wa'
'Coriander o'va'
Coriander o'wa'
- What did she mean?
- Listen!
What is the best gift you've given us?
What you already possess
Whatever you ask for
without being selfish you'll get
You can save this world
if you set your heart to do so
Best of luck, 'echakalai'
Heard what she called us?
Even an alien is deriding you
as 'leftover loafer'
We learnt a new word today
Find out what 'echakalai' means
Don't tell me you are all aliens!
You are right
You are alien to us
We are aliens to you
How's all of this possible?
All thanks to you!
I don't get it
How did you land here?
All because of you
Will you ask them to stop
making that sound please?
Really irritating
Okay
'Finger...Finger...Finger'
'Karungkaapiyam'
'Dark Tales'
'The Sorceress'
"Thamarabarani flows through Tirunelveli"
"Sleep now to rule our country efficiently"
"I will feed you, then you can sleep"
"My darling child, do not weep"
"In a soft blanket I will swathe you, love"
"I will come back later, sleep now"
My precious prince
Such a wonder you slept so soon
Wait, amma is coming to lift you
Jewel in my crown
Fast asleep, huh?
Let me see your face
My baby...aiyaiyo!
My baby is missing
Kaliaatha is crying
Find out what's wrong
Why are you crying?
My baby has suddenly disappeared
He was sleeping in this cradle
8 babies are missing so far
I was right here, I don't know
who took my baby away
Oh gawd! I want my baby
Kanda...?
Kanda
Where are you going, Kanda?
To...the river to
wa...wash the clothes
'Hide and seek...rae rae'
'Bug in the forest...rae rae'
'I cooked rice just for you'
'Buttermilk made by grandma too'
'You had a meal wholesome
So now, here I come'
'Wait and watch
Whom I catch'
Caught you
Umayaal baby lost this game
You have to help with
the household chores fully
Uncle is here
- What is it?
- Sister-in-law
You've got a letter
from my brother
Let me read
His army duty is over it seems
He is coming back home
Run...run...run
Come here
Why is everyone running?
Our dhobi is lying there
as a headless corpse, sir
'Quit India,
No more British Rule'
'Foreigner
Quit India'
'British paramountcy
Down down!'
'British rule
Down down!!'
'Won't you let anyone be
safe and sound in our village?'
What happened?
Who is this?
This is our washerman, sir
This is the 6th murder
All corpses are found headless
Something is fishy
Not just murders, annachi
8 babies have gone missing so far
This situation is going
beyond our control
We have to get the police
to investigate, annachi
Arunachalam, this is strange
coming from you
Have we allowed any policeman
into our village at any point of time?
The entire village is panic-stricken
I feel only the police
can handle this efficiently
Arunachalam
You are too young to make
any decision, mind your tongue
If your elder brother was here, well aware
of my status he would have kept quiet
Pipsqueak!
Our family has been protecting
this village through generations
Don't share your opinions with me
I'll bite your Adam's apple
Sir, listen to our gardener's tale
- What is it?
- Sir
My wife and I were sleeping peacefully
after a hard day's work in the grove, sir
Suddenly in the middle of the night
'We heard a voice, sir'
Sir...sir, the moment we saw
that gory, blood stained face
My heart almost stopped beating
If you employ both of us
in your house in any job
We can be live-in hired helpers
I'll smash your face
I asked you to take care of the grove
Will you get sozzled
and tell me ghost stories?
Annachi, I saw that gory sight too
We are petrified we will be next
Give us a job in your house, sir
Bloody useless donkey!
Defending your husband?
'Good for nothing oaf!'
I'll tie you both
and skin you alive
Sir, what he's saying is true
When I went to milk the cows at dawn
a girl with a gory face walked past me
Even I was spooked seeing her, sir
This issue is taking a new twist
All of you listen to me
No one should step out after sunset
Understand?
Ask the youngsters to
take turns guarding the village
Protecting this village
is my sole responsibility
Understand?
Don't be scared, go home
Bloody morons!
'Look at the spread for all of us
celebrating her husband's return'
'Forget the feast,
look at her cheeks'
'She is in the pink of health!'
Hey! Umayaal
Sitting like a princess
Get up, go and serve everyone
Thieving rascal!
Showing your cheap mentality
even if we are generous
If you don't put back
what you stole-
'Pandi, stop it'
How can you hit our guest?
What right do you have?
Does our guest have the right
to steal our possessions, madam?
- Go, attend to your work
- Yes, madam
Forgive me, madam
You help the whole village
How could I steal from your house!
I'm a wretched fellow
- Please forgive me
- What happened?
My wife is bedridden, madam
My children go without food for days
I pledged my fertile land
to my landlord
I have no job
I am plagued by hunger
and worry day and night
That drove me to this ungrateful act
- I am sorry
- No one should be in your shoes
Keep this, feed your family first
Send your children to school
You should be the deity
in our temple, madam
We are blessed
You got married into
a family in our village
You will enjoy peace and prosperity
being so golden hearted, madam
Pandi, pack food for his family also
I will do so at once, madam
You will come and eat unashamedly
whoever invites you, eh?
Welcome, annachi
What a surprise seeing you here
I would love to visit you often
But I am unable to, you see
Not bad, our army officer
has built a decent house
And given you a lovely daughter too
Come in, annachi
You are visiting us for the first time
I'll personally make
coffee with sugar for you
Sweet coffee
Enjoy your meal, all of you
I'll drink my sweet coffee
'Come, child'
Taste my black coffee
with palm sugar, sir
It seems you predict
for the entire village
It is an oracle from our village deity
Whatever you predict
comes true it seems
Is it so?
Sit down and predict my future
Nothing of that sort, sir
Whatever image floats before me
when I close my eyes and think calmly
I write it down
Few of those notes come true
I don't even understand
some of my forecasts
I have written down many of my thoughts
that is a mystery even to me
Read through them
These are beyond my comprehension
Imagine if events that will happen
100 years later are recorded here
But I don't know if all my predictions
will come true or not, annachi
Not bad
Tell me once you finish writing it
I know many publishers
We will print this as a book
- Thank you, sir
- All that is fine
Just write down whatever
strikes you this very moment
Let us see if it comes true
'Umayaal, bring me
a sheet of paper and pen'
- Drink your coffee
- Take that
Amma, take
You go
'This village will turn
into a place of peril'
'For sins to flourish'
'Your land will turn into a graveyard'
I wrote what came to my mind
Don't take it amiss, sir
You haven't written
anything new, dear
Our village is in a state of chaos
Let's ignore that
Think of something for me and write
Show me your hand, sir
'Why is she checking my pulse?'
'Will she blurt out the dark thoughts
in my mind openly?'
'She is super-hot!
So am I!!'
'Will she guess?'
'What is she writing?'
Don't break the pots, sir
Which pot did you-
Aiyo!
I meant this pot, annachi
If I hadn't said you will break this pot-
Maybe you wouldn't have broken it
May be so
I have such doubts nagging me too
Do things happen because I write?
Or is it an oracle flowing
out of my mind unknowingly?
It is a million rupee question
swirling in my brain
Amma, appa is here
Is it so?
Come...come
Pot
Oh gawd!
What...what is it?
Where is he?
Forgive me, 'anni'
They have bundled up
my brother and sent him
Why should it happen only to us?
Sister-in-law, don't
Don't go, anni
Karthika'ma
You can no longer adorn yourself
with flowers and 'kumkum'
You gave the entire village a feast
to receive your husband from the warfront
What a tragedy!
This house, fields, surrounding forest
Your husband has bequeathed
all his assets to you in his will
The military man has willed
all his possessions to you
'How will you manage
all this by yourself?'
Give it to me for safe custody
I'll ensure you lead a comfortable life
'What do you say, lawyer sir?'
You focus on bringing up
your daughter with a lot of love
I know to raise my child, sir
Take care and go back home before sunset
I heard many end up as
headless corpses in our village
Umayaal, come in
We haven't as yet finished
our funeral rites for my brother
You came flocking here so soon
like vultures to grab our wealth
Are you human at all?
Get up
Look at that young fellow deriding us
Arunachalam, wait
Hey Pandi
Attend to your work
What is happening here?
Is your sister-in-law
behaving like a widow?
She is decked up with
flowers, 'kumkum' and finery
- Won't you reprimand her?
- She is still in denial
I'm happy if she and her child
have peace of mind
Instead of poking your nose
in others' business
Investigate the missing children
and multiple murders in our village
What...arrogance!
- Hey Pandi
- Sir
Pandi, come here
Vanakkam, aiya
What is happening in this house?
She is decked in all her finery
He is blabbering
like a full-fledged fool
Sir, even I don't know
what is going on
Queer things are
happening in this house, sir
'Queer' means?
I mean
Tell me or I'll hit you
In the beginning her oracle
was astounding and amazing
But nowadays it is
scary and spooky, sir
What is happening
which terrifies you so much?
We have a dog called Muthu at home
It suddenly went missing
We looked for it all over the place
Couldn't find it at all
'But do you know
what happened that night?'
Muthu
MUTHU
Muthu...?
Muthu?
Muthu
Muthu
Muthu
Muthu
Is all this true?
I swear on my wife, sir
It didn't stop with
just the dog squealing, sir
I've even heard babies
and children scream in pain
Then all those children
that went missing in our village
Is she the culprit?
It seems too barbaric
to even think about it
'This is madness, brother'
'Ask all the fools to go home'
'My head is splitting'
'Don't step into my space'
Annachi
I've never seen my 'anni'
lose her temper like this
I don't subscribe to
any of your views
Kindly leave
He who lifts the cross
knows the burden
So many children missing
Headless corpses strewn everywhere
I am answerable to
the bereaved families
Somehow my suspicion is
on your sister-in-law
Our priest will clarify the situation
You keep quiet
If she is not the culprit
why should your 'anni' be scared?
Here he is
Bring him over
Come, 'nambudri' priest
Vanakkam
Where is the woman?
My sister-in-law is inside
Let us go in
Why isn't there a single picture
of God inside the house?
I think my sister-in-law lost faith in God
ever since my brother passed away
Yes, sir, I'm working here
for many years
I've never seen a single photo of God
I've never seen her
go to the temple
- Who are you?
- Servant Pandian
You can talk only when
I ask you to speak
- Understand?
- Yes, sir
Go and bring that woman
- Go
- Alright, sir
'Let go of me'
'You are hurting me'
'I can't bear this pain'
'Let go of me'
'God help me'
Sir...aiya, spare me
Don't ask me to go in
She is in a gory state inside
Arunachalam sir
I'll take my wife and children
and leave this village
- Sir...save me
- Hey! Pandi
Hey! Shut up
'Hey! Let go of me'
'Can't you hear me?
Let go, stop it!'
'Hey! Who are you?
Playing your tricks on me!'
'Stop...stop it'
'holy chant to exorcise evil spirit'
'Praise be to Goddess Bairavi
Protector of negative energy'
You must tell only the truth
to all the questions I will ask now
When this girl was born
...did her parents die after her birth?
I don't know
Hey! Yes, he is right
It was a postnatal death for the mother
When the father was informed
and he rushed home
He died in a train accident
When this girl attained puberty
was there any disaster in the village?
What is this, annachi?
He's asking such foolish questions
Be quiet, he's right in asking this
Kasi annachi, don't you remember?
On that specific day
Our school building collapsed
and many children died
Yes, priest
I didn't even eat
I rushed to the spot
And to my utmost horror
I found the news to be true
Is her husband alive?
Back to square one!
He got married to her and
a daughter was born to them
He joined the military force
Came back lifeless bundled up
'Fate dealt him a death blow'
'Nambudri priest'
What is the redemption?
She was born with a bad soul
Her power will only become worse
Unless we curb her obstinacy
The case of the missing children
Or these murders can be interrogated
When she predicted saying she is
the Oracle I knew something was amiss
Our foolish villagers were
praising her sky-high
What is the solution, nambudri?
Snip her tongue
so her words won't come true
Offer her to the village
to purify the bad soul
Only if she 'serves' everyone
in this village
...can her sins be redeemed
Here's the sacred ash
Apply on her forehead
'Barber, come here'
All of you move aside
Her tongue will be snipped off
Close your eyes, dear
"Time changes as seasons go by"
'humming a song'
'Kasi'
'Hey Kasi'
'Turn back and look at me, Kasi'
Ammaaa...!
Nam...nam...nambudri
You, huh?
Thank god you came in the nick of time
Something is calling me by my name
How?
Kasi...Kasi
Did it say, 'Turn back
and look at me, Kasi'?
Are you the murderer?
Yes, da
Hey...hey!
What happened, annachi?
Why are you so terrified?
That priest was...in front
of your house-
- I'll handle him
- Wait-
Not now
We'll deal with him later
Sit, take a deep breath
Tell me clearly
so I can understand
You are a godsend
Your servant and that priest
are the murderers we are hunting for
They are coming to kill me now
What happened?
They are chasing me
Dim-witted duffers!
Come here
Brainless idiots
If I had trusted you and sat inside
what will be my plight?
Driving your sister-in-law out of
your house worked as per your plan
We've offered her as a vow
Why this killing spree?
I'll pickle you to pieces
That female is having a hard time
'serving' random men
How can I enjoy my wealth
while she suffers?
Won't the villagers deride me?
What do you want us to do now?
All those who slept with
that female are missing
Our village head had his fun
with her, he is dead too
We don't have to do anything anymore
The people will take care of her
Cast this corpse
in the center of our village
Ask the people to assemble near the well
I'll bring that female over there
We'll close her chapter today
and divide the wealth
- Got it?
- Yes
GO
'Why didn't you kill yourself when
you were 'offered' as public property'
'This kid sleeping here'
'She will share your fate one day'
What are we doing here, ma?
'Forgive me, dear'
'I am a wretched woman'
- 'Stop'
- Amma
Give me the child
Did you see that? She tried to
push this child into the well
Sorceress!
Wonder how many more children
are lying at the bottom?
Wretched sorceress!
Where are our children?
We must not spare her
- Dissect her to pieces
- Dai Pandi
Priest
What do we do to her?
We have no option
Offering her life to God
is the only solution
Don't do!
You will rot in hell
You won't prosper in life!
STOP IT!
Whatever you want to do
don't prolong the torture
Why are you behaving
in this barbaric fashion?
Amma
Umayaal
Our priest has to pelt
the first stone at her
Start
Amma
Amma
'Stone her to death'
Lord Shiva!
Aiyo! You will rot in hell
What grave injustice you are doing
to this good hearted soul!
Hey!
'This sorceress isn't dead as yet'
She has to be hanged to death
Lend me a hand
"Sun has set, sleep with ease"
"As the owl hoots, rest in peace"
"Close your eyes, don't prolong the pain"
"Mind won't be restless ever again"
"Sleep eternally, for ties are fake"
"Forsake this world for your own sake"
Brain box you are, I say
You made your niece
kill her own mother
How will you dispose off
that small donkey?
When I could plan this cleverly
don't I know how to handle that kid?
Let her grow a bit
Accuse her of something
and make her a hustler
Brother is always right
- You drink, bro
- Pour some more
Brother, you promised me
half that forest land
Will you look into it?
- Did you leave the stove on?
- No, brother
I can smell something burning?
You are right
Something is burnt
I can smell it too
This is not the smell of food burning
Corpse
Smell of a corpse
This is not possible
Karthika has come!
No...no, please
Please...please
Please no
No
Priya
- 'Hello?'
- Priya
All the characters I read in that book
are coming alive and scaring me
What are you blabbering, Umayaal?
'Don't get flustered'
'I want to tell you
something important'
'Come home right now'
I'm coming
'I'm totally confused'
I don't understand
what's going on, Priya
I'm sitting here in a worse
confused state than you, Umayaal
What happened?
I read the missing pages
my brother gave from the archives
Oh my god!
My head is spinning
Take a look yourself
'Author: Umayaal Karthika'
Isn't your full name
Umayaal Karthika?
But how is this possible?
Even I don't get it
One of the characters in
that book is called Karthika
Her daughter's name is Umayaal
That Karthika character
possessed super powers
Oh my God!
1 minute
'Every single word of Karthika's
became an oracle from God'
'The stories and essays she wrote
turned into reality'
'God's Grace of looking into the future'
'She possessed that power'
- Do you know what this means?
- I have no clue
This book has been written
by the character Karthika
But the most cruel fact
She has written her own end
knowing very well what will happen
It's damn sad
All that is okay
But how do you share her name
Umayaal Karthika?
Maybe sheer coincidence
Okay, all this is coincidence
Let's assume all the characters you saw
are a figment of your imagination
But how can your handwriting
be ditto what's in the book?
That means?
Same name
Same signature
Can't you see?
You were Karthika
in your previous birth
Are you serious?
There's only one way to
find out of this is serious or not
You write in this book
like Karthika did
Let's see if it comes true
- What do I write?
- Whatever strikes you
'I am starving'
Give it to me
I am starving
A hot meal would be most welcome
Whaaat?
Hey!
Did you hear that?
Cooker whistle as soon as
I said I needed food
Because I kept rice for dinner
when I got back home
Write something else
Santa Claus will chase me to kill me
with a bell and an axe in each hand
How bizarre!
What a stupid note
Who is it?
Who is it?
Take that knife
Dai nutcase!
You, huh?
I'm your brother and
you're deriding me!
Why did you bang
on the door like this?
Priya is wanted at home
It's late, so I knocked
Are you coming or not?
Okay, bye
We'll continue the rest of
our investigation tomorrow
Okay, come
Enough hugging
There's food in the kitchen
Don't forget
subtitled by rekhs
'Karungkaapiyam
Dark Tales'
calibrated at AP International
'Dark Tales'
'This village will turn
into a place of peril'
'For sins to flourish'
'Your land will turn into a graveyard'
'Karungkaapiyam'
'Dark Tales'
- Hi
- 'Come soon and open the door'
- 'How long do I ring the bell?'
- Oh! You are here, huh?
I'm coming...coming
How long will I wait out?
Thank god you picked my call
Otherwise I would have
had to break open the door
I'm not a drama queen, Priya
And I'm not a scaredy-cat like you think
It's just a break up, chill
I know you are a brave girl
But I know during this time
how frustrating it can be, Umayaal
Yes, damn pandemic!
I thought I could just go
on a hike, Covid had to hit us
You have books all over the place
Read all this
Hmmm...done and dusted
- Tell me if you have any book
- Hey! Wait
My brother just bought an old library
and is wondering what to do with it
You can chill over there
- Really?
- Of course
What do you think?
'Wow!'
'Such a big library
belongs to you, da?'
'Yes, this library is 100 years old'
Thank you, Anand
I'm damn excited
You say it is ancient
Will I find any interesting book?
You'll get what you want
Let's go inside
It has been said, 'you can
find pleasure only in solitude'
Which do you prefer?
Fiction or non-fiction?
Fiction
Yes, that will be creative
This section is right from
when the library was started
Interesting and termite ridden
Thank you, Anand
Only 'thanks', huh?
Library
Lockdown
Love
Umayaal
Then the slippers on her feet
Point noted, I have a lot of work to
attend to regarding library renovation
You carry on
You carry on
'She insulted me!'
'Karungkaapiyam
Dark Tales'
Hmmm...interesting
'Karungkaapiyam'
'I dedicate this book to the truths I know
in this world full of mysticism and magic'
'The Jinxed Tongue Woman'
'In an independent apartment complex
Meera was crying seated on the stairs'
Listen
Something wrong?
Nothing
- I'll leave
- Hello, 1 minute
What is the problem?
If my life is care of sidewalk
how can anyone help me?
Why are you upset?
Tell me in a way I can understand
'Right at the time lockdown was imposed
my landlord chased me out of my house'
'Not knowing where to go
I was in a quandary'
Here
You said you were going back home?
Roadside inns have been opened
to those who can't return
Go and stay there
Then you will realize
My value
Get lost!
Hey! Your death will be horrific, man
With a bloody broken skull,
you'll lie an abandoned corpse
The corporation will clear the corpse
'Shut your gob and clear out'
- Hi Shalini
- 'Hey Meera'
'How are you?
Where are you?'
I am in Chennai
'Be safe, Meera'
'I heard the situation is really bad'
'Close everything
and stay put at home'
Er...I have a small problem, Shalini
My house owner asked me to vacate
I don't know where to go
'Oh...er...that is-'
Hello?
'I would love to take you home, Meera'
'But in this situation everything is vague'
'Don't even know
what to believe'
'I have 2 elderly people at home'
'I can't take chances, Meera'
'Er...if you want I can
suggest a good idea'
'Just fall at your owner's feet
Get back the key and go back home'
- Thanks, Shalini
- 'Sure, bye'
Now I have no clue where to go
I live alone in a double bedroom flat
If you don't mind you can stay
in my flat till this lockdown is over
Are you serious?
Please
'Follow me'
Please come
Come inside
That is my bedroom
- It's a bit messy
- That's okay
You can use that guest bedroom
Please come
This is your room
Make yourself comfortable
You want anything
I'm in the next room
Just feel free to ask
Hey! Um-
- Thank you so much
- What is this?
You are a godsend
Hey! What happened?
You know the guy in # B13
with a hairstyle like twisted iron rods
He passed away
Oh my God!
He's my landlord
He was fine
What happened?
Husband and wife quarrel
Aunty hit him with a rolling pin
Skull split into two
Man died on the spot
Bad time to die
No one to cremate him
Corporation is clearing the corpse
Shakthi, I think I'm to blame
for my house owner's death
- What?
- Yes
I cursed him and it came true
- Are you trying to joke?
- No, listen
'Your skull will split into two'
'With a bloody broken skull, you'll lie
an abandoned corpse' I cursed him
Whatever I said
has come true verbatim!
Are you serious?
You think your curse came true
like Kannagi or what?
You know last month that ironing chap
who was burnt to death in his shop?
- Yes
- He scorched my expensive sari
He was so rude and arrogant
I cursed him, 'you will burn to cinders
along with your shop, just like my sari'
Even that came true
What?
- Silly superstition
- You don't believe me?
Shall we put it to test?
Tell me
Okay
He has come
Come
- Thanks, brother
- Okay, sir
Was it your curse
for his bike to stall like this?
No, I felt bad for him
I couldn't curse him
I know you can't anyway
'Bah! Wifi and mobile data
don't work inside this place'
'How the hell does he live here?'
Shakthi
Shakthi
'Where has he vanished?'
What the hell?
Hey Shakthi!
- Shakthi
- 'I am coming'
What is this?
Such a big bag
Private stuff, Meera
Hey! Why did you go out
locking me in?
Out of habit, Meera, sorry
We'll have lunch in an hour?
'What is this?
Such a big bag'
'Private stuff, Meera'
'That is my bedroom
It's a bit messy'
'Hey Meera'
'What's up?'
Got up early?
Look what I have bought for you
Vanilla ice cream
Enjoy
'What are you doing, Meera?'
No, I heard some noise
I came to check
Even if the world is up in flames
...no one will come
at this unearthly hour
Come in
Come, let's have ice cream
This is why you shouldn't be over smart
If you had silently cooperated
I would have had my fill of you
and kept you blissfully happy
There would have been
no need for this violence
Get in there
Hiiii! What is it, dear?
Are you hungry?
I'll get lunch ready in half an hour
We'll spend some quality time together
I promise
Hey! Who are you?
'Hello, machi
How are you?'
'Why are you sweating so much?'
Dude, don't know if it is lack of sleep
I am imagining as if
somebody is in here
I think I am hallucinating
'What are you up to
that you can't even sleep?'
'You couldn't even have
scored during lockdown'
Machan, I don't have that problem
Just before lockdown
I kidnapped 3 chicks
On top of it, one more came
and literally fell on my lap
'What are you saying?'
You are the one enjoying life
to the fullest in this lockdown?
Machan, she is ultimate heaven
Her satin smooth skin
Her unique scent
'He's giving me a hard on'
But, dude
I can have a feast, nibbling
bit by bit like tasting a 'rasagulla'
Listen, even if we hunt
we won't get a chick like that
Don't make me feel jealous
Let me take a look
How frustrated can you get
I've sent you the photo
'Proper 'sweet cottage cheese', I say'
Wow! She is too good to be true
- What is her name, dude?
- Meera
Tell me her full name
Meera Krishnakumar I think
Done
Meera Krishnakumar
Go away
- Hey! Did you see it?
- 'I did, da'
Looks like he came out
of a cauldron of boiling oil
He's the ironing chap in my flat
- 1 month since he died
- What?
1 month, huh?
I think this is something controversial
I'll send you a link
Check it now
The Meera you mentioned
died 5 years ago
Hey! This isn't possible
This is some scam
I'm scared
I've been with her all these days
I slammed her head and
I've tied her up in my room
I'll show you
Hey look
She's right here
How do you explain this?
Where? I can't see anyone
What do you mean?
'The customer you are trying to
speak to is on another call'
I'm checking the file
in the archives, sir
Don't be flustered
Everything is perfect
- Anand
- What?
2 minutes
Just come down
I'm on an important call
I'll finish and come
Sir...sir, everything is correct
'Everything is perfect
You don't worry'
'Archive record is perfect
I'll bring it over to your place'
'Kajal Screamed Her Throat Hoarse'
Hi, ma'am
Look at the camera and say 'hi'
- Who are you?
- Ma'am, don't you know me?
I am 'It is That is' Prasanna
- So what?
- So nothing, ma'am
I have 1 million subscribers
in my YouTube channel
If you tell my viewers
your experience in this lockdown
And I upload the video on YouTube
it will be awesome, okay?
Yov! Cut that damn video
Lower your hand, duffer!
I think you don't know who I really am
Many directors and producers
follow my channel
And you look a lovely glam-doll
'They will take you
heart, mind and body'
You will be a heroine before
you blink your eyes, okay?
Short and sweet video
Poor, pitiful me, no?
It is a 'yes'?
Wait, I'll be back
'Party bit the bait!'
Show me your hand
Chee! Extend your palm
- Pucca! Let's shoot
- Wait, I say
Why are you being
'smarty-panty'?!
Panty, huh?
'She looks like Snow White'
'Talks like Cruella of 101 Dalmatians!'
Madam, vessels are scrubbed
with this cleaning powder
Shut up and scrub your hand first
Sprinkle all you want
No palmist can read my hand anymore!
I'm ready
Let's go, madam
Sparkling clean
Shall we start?
Aiyaiyo! Madam, this is acid
What are you doing?
My palm will go for a toss
This is to ensure
you don't get tossed
No chance
I might even die
It is spic and span
Let's start the shoot
Okay, but anyway
maintain an arm's distance
Got it?
Hi everyone
Last time many of you had asked me
How to reduce tummy fat
Keep fit
Stay healthy
And let's beat this Corona
Hey everyone
Today what is hip hop
and happening in our Kajal special
Finger 'biriyani'!
Yes, you heard it right
Not vi-ral biriyani
'Viral' as in finger biriyani
Lady's finger types
Take good look
It's so simple
And it tastes so, so yummy
So you should try this
in your kitchen too
And write your feedback
in the 'comments' section below
See you guys
Love from Kajal
Wow!
Awesome movie
Full on action
Watch films like this
If you know of good films
don't forget, send me your list
Till then lots of love
from Kajal
I can't bear this
This isn't good at all
How much longer is this exile?
I feel I'll go stark raving mad
21 days have gone by
This lockdown seems eternal
Aiyo!
Shucks...shucks!
God help me!
Shucks!
It's all gone
My life is over
I don't know what he'll do next
Hello?
'Corona virus disease spread
can be stopped-'
Damn this Covid female
and her automated message!
Careful, dear
Father's robe!
Hey! Just shut your gob
I came to pray and look at this
You made me finger-less, my child
Show me your hands
Oh no!
Almost all fingers gone, huh?
You chopped one by one
saying you wanted for your 'biriyani'
Get lost, man!
Your fingers aren't tasty at all
Is that why you chopped
9 of my fingers, my child?
Come...come close
Let me give you absolution, my child
Father, what are you cribbing about?
He came here just like you
Look how quiet he is
Such a good boy!
'Why is he wearing such a big mask?'
He is my favorite
Thank God for electricity
I miss you a lot, my duffer boy
This leather-mouth was my inspiration
to upload my videos in Insta
Are all of you in the pink of health?
You brought fried rice
the other day, right?
Yes, akka
I hold the senior most position here
You locked me up in a room
even before Lock-down
'You sniffed and said'
My finger is stinking
You'll come back later
That's right
And you?
'Madam, milk'
- You?
- I'm Kabbas
I came to show you a demo
on how to clean your toilet
Hello, according to the order
my turn to speak now
You'll get it
Zip your lips!
Oh my ball!
Who are you, man?
Like a watch dog?
My dear, I'm the uncle
who lives in the opposite house
When the whole nation
was busy lighting lamps
I came to borrow oil from you
I've even taught you Math
when you were a kid
Don't you remember?
Yov! So-so soup!
You bore me to death
I've pickled you for too long
- D day today for you
- Don't, akka
Shut up!
Place your hand here
- No need
- Keep it here
Hey! Sssssh!
Hey! Don't wail
Show me the next finger
Sssshhh!
She's in a frock she bought
when she was 5 years young!
Who are you?
Body builder during
Corona holiday!
I am YouTube reviewer
Green shirt Naran!
- So...?
- I have another name
Left over rice Naran
What a yucky name!
People who were jealous coined it
We'll share back stories later
First give me your hand
Wait, man
First wash your hands
Why should I?
- What's this new habit?
- Show me your hand
'Smells good'
Madam, pour some more
Yov! What are you doing?
Must have a pure mind, right?
Why rub it in your head
to purify your mind?
My mind is in my hair
Yov! I must sell my house to afford
a sanitizer for your fizzy mop-head
'What is this crazy female
taking out now?'
You need your vessels scrubbed?
I have enough people at home to
do all that, show me your hand
Rub, man
My hands are gleaming like the moon
I feel like gifting my hands to you
No need now
Give me when I ask you
without creating a ruckus
How is that a problem, madam?
My 10 fingers are yearning
whispering 'Kajal, Kajal'
I'll gladly give
whenever you ask
- Yearning, huh?
- I am ready
Come in then
Jackpot!
Did you think 'Leftover rice Naran'
will get a 5 star buffet like this?
Even I didn't expect it, bye
'Why are all of you
sitting finger-less here?'
'MUMMMMY!'
- Hello?
- Umayaal
Sorry...sorry
I was on a work call
'What happened?'
Doesn't matter
If I tell you what I read
you won't believe me
What did you read?
There is a book by the name
'Dark Tales'
It must have been written
at least 100 years ago
It has current events
Present Prime minister
And even Lockdown has been
predicted with in depth analysis
So weird!
- Did you check the author's name?
- No
Give me a second
Oh God!
That page is in tatters
and author's name is faded
Oh! Okay, wait
All the books in this library will be
'...recorded in the archive for sure'
'Shall I ask my brother to find out?'
Okay, perfect
Call me once you find out
I'll be reading the other stories
Okay, bye
Sir, whatever it is, I'm on the way
We can discuss in person, okay?
Don't forget the cash, sir
I've locked the door now
On the way, sir
'Pitch Darkness'
Thanks a ton, Jacob
I was jobless for long
And hanging out with
random scumbags
I hope you'll pay me for this work
'We've called you only because
we lack that wretched cash'
Siddharth
Abhimanyu
'One who lives in the dark'
Isn't it Arvind Swami's name
in 'Thani Oruvan'?
Wow!
He must be a man
with class and style
You'll see him now
Siddhu, this is the new singer Shruthi
'Why is this bandicoot sizing me up?'
'He's weird!'
Yov! Why is your eye
popping out of its socket?
- Haven't you seen a girl in your life?
- No
No, huh?
No, why do we need
a swimmer for our studio
That's what I am thinking
Idiot!
May a buffalo pee
in your deaf ears!
She is a singer
Not a swimmer
- Get to work
- She is so beautiful
Can she sing?
- No touching
- Touchy!
Hello...hello
Why are you yawning?
- Shall we get to the lines?
- Okay
"Girl, all by yourself you came here
to carry water in your pot, dear"
"What is in your feet, I wonder?
Or your hands and head, I ponder?"
"Hair on your head...aaaaay...aaaay"
Stop it!
Hey! Shut up
This tune is so familiar
'Looks like he found out'
"What if we stay awhile and linger?"
This is a carbon copy
of Rahman sir's song
Why, man?
Why do you sink so low?
Sir, no one will know
Even if they find out, listeners will
crucify this song and make it popular
This is the present trending 'chattergy'
It will work out in our favor, trust me
Do your damn best
Start, Shruthi
"Girl, all by yourself you came here
to carry water in your pot, dear"
"What is in your feet, I wonder?
Or your hands and hea-"
'Buffalo bum-fellow
Junk of a jerk!'
"Hair on your head...aaaaay"
Shruthi, 1 minute
What is it now?
I heard someone call me
'Buffalo bum-fellow'
And worse, 'junk of a jerk'
Did you hear it too?
Very simple, Siddhu
Thinking of your plight,
you must have cursed yourself silently
Wasn't my mind voice
It sounded more like
someone was yelling in anger
Okay, okay
Once more, Shruthi
"Girl, all by yourself you came here
to carry water in your pot, dear"
"What is in your feet, I wonder?
Or your hands and head, I ponder?"
"Hair on your head...aaaaay"
'Stop caressing your paunch!'
- Cutting Shruthi
- 'Cutting' means?
How does it matter to you
if I rub my stomach?
- You there!
- SIRRR
She derided me
in a buffalo grunting voice
Jacob, what nonsense is this
'He is crossing his limit
This is too much'
I came here as a favor to you
and this creep is insulting me
Oho! As if you didn't insult me
You are cussing me in slum lingo
What do you take me for?
Brainless bonehead?
- Did I say so?
- Shut up!
Let's finish recording and go home
'Waste fellow!'
'Don't know if he's piss drunk!'
Okay...okay
Once more, Shruthi
"Girl, all by yourself you came here
to carry water in your pot, dear"
"What is in your feet, I wonder?
Or your hands and head, I ponder?"
"Hair on your head...aaaaay"
I'll chop your ear and feed it
to the dogs, 4-eyed fellow
Sir, you saw that?
A curly haired fellow
merged with that girl's face
He just now cursed me rudely
Yov! Jacob
This is too much
I can't put up with
this creature's eccentricity
- I'm sorry, I'm just leaving
- Hey! Shruthi
'Power outage
Siddhu, you lunatic'
I asked you to record
What are you up to?
Now it's all trashed
Happy now?
Shruthi...hey Shruthi
Jacob, I want to go home
Please drop me right now
Don't get tense, he didn't-
He's blabbering utter nonsense
You think I have to listen to all that crap
- I came here to sing
- He may have played a prank
Hey! Keep quiet
- Why can't I open this door?
- Move, let me open
Siddhu, why is it locked?
I think those 2 kids of my neighbor
played a prank on me as usual
What are you saying?
This is the prank by 2 playful kids
Then call that lady
and ask her to open the door
Aiyaiyo!
No signal in my phone, I can't call
Even I don't have
True, in my phone too
This is really frustrating
One of you at least go,
get a candle
Battery in my phone is draining
- Why is this place so smoky?
- True that
Siddhu, did you forget to
switch off the stove?
- Nooooo
- I'm feeling cold too
You don't have to be scaaaaaaaaared
Bringing the caaaaaaandle
Go now, da
Get the candle
Who is he, sir?
He seems such a dim-witted dumbo
You've trusted your film to him
Don't raise your tone
Professionals cost money
If you give peanuts
you get only monkeys like him
Weren't you talking about meeeeee?
I know only tooooooooo well!
Oh, no!
'Such a pain'
Idiot!
'Saithan soola-'
Devil's spear deadly!
Why are you blabbering?
Ignore it, man
My tongue just rolled
what my mind said
Oh, no!
No need this damp squib
I'll bring another caaaaaandle
Jacob, why is it so cold here?
Yes, it is cold
Ask her what she wants
Hi, I am director Jacob
Are you Siddharth's friend?
'What did I say to make you cry?'
'Hello-'
'Please don't cry...hello?'
Why are you crying?
What is the matter?
Are you okay?
My heart is racing
My mind is rattled
I wanted so many of
my dreams to come true
I wanted a family of my own
Husband, children
And cherish happy memories with them
All my dreams faded into nothing
Jacob, saw the true colors
of that palmfruit-head fellow?
Looks like a gullible idiot
He has cheated a girl
right inside his house
Tell me whatever has upset you
We will help you
Is he torturing you?
Confide in us
'I am baaaaaack'
Back with a new candle
Hey! Listen to-
Where...where did she go?
- Light, dear candle
- Scared of him, must be hiding
Cha! Will you exhale just when
I am lighting the candle?
You think we exhaled with force?
Yes
Give me the matchbox
Good lord! When I'm lighting
some oaf is blowing it off
I said these same words
Did you believe me?
You are talking as if
you are the son of darkness!
Fine, switch on the torch
in your mobile now
I need to tell you
something important
What, sir?
You've hidden a girl in your studio
and torturing her, right?
Talk about her
Aiyaiyo! Why is she behaving
like a stark raving woman?
Hey! Who...?
Dumbo, get lost!
Why is she calling me
dumbo jumbo, sir?
That's it, sirrrr!
My tension will shoooooooot up!
So what if your tension shoots up?
What will you do, huh?
Nothing...he will do n-o-t-h-i-n-g!
He'll get piss-drunk
and sleep on his paunch
My work will suffer
Get that into your head
Whatever! I need to use the restroom
What is this, sir?
In the end, you branded me an alcoholic!
Shall we have a peg?
Lunatic!
Why is the tap freezing cold to touch?
Water seems frozen?
"My dreams ended as embers frustrated"
"The many days I waited
became a dream deflated"
Hello?
"This bright butterfly
flitting in my heart died with a sigh"
"My dreams charred into cinders frustrated"
"The many days I waited patiently
became a faded dream abruptly"
My dear...look at me
I think some neighbor of mine
has opened his 'idli' cooker
The place is full of steam in spirited form
'Jacob'
Jacob, hurry
Aiyaiyo!
Stamping my toe like a buffalo
How is it you are alive?
Is this her weird sense of humor, sir?
She wants to know
how I'm still alive!
I saw you standing as a corpse
in the loo and that girl was screaming too
- I saw you
- What are you blabbering?
He's right before you
like a clay idol of Ganesha
I saw, I swear
Everything is wrong here
Come with me to the toilet, Jacob
- I'll show you
- Aiyaiiiiiiyo!
You are the one who is
uttering all the wrong words
Shut up
Siiiiiiiir
This girl kept harping
on the word 'toilet'
I really need to use the toilet now
If you don't mind, sir
I'll go in and relieve myself
You go in and check
after I ease my pressure
Yov!
Were you conceived
at a jinxed hour?
I don't know, sir
Shall I ask my father and let you know?
Just shut up and come
Okay
Jacob
Check behind the door
That girl will be lamenting
Behind the door?
Step in, Jacob
Why are you spitting on my face?
Come and see for yourself
Sir, this is a private toilet
I can stick whatever poster I want
How can you question that?
You stick any 'dash' you like
Why have you stuck my image
in-between these freaks?
That is...that is because
you are my 'impression'
So if I catch a glimpse of you
first thing in the morning
That's how much you respect me!
That's how LITTLE you respect me!
I'll curse you
Move aside
Shruthi, you said you saw
a ghost and a corpse inside
All I can see is
this creature's antics!
I know I saw, Jacob
But I don't know how
to prove it to you
Look over there
Dai! Who are you?
My gawd!
Dammit!
What happened, sir?
Siddhu, some bloody chit of an imp
rang a bell in the most crucial spot
He has plucked your fuse then
'I have an old emergency light'
'Okaaaay, I'll get it for you'
Brother, who are you?
Cooling tea in the midst of chaos here
Do you want some tea?
Hold the glass
Wow!
Brother, your tea is
out of this world
Special tea, Rs 20
Rs 40 for both of you
Pay up
Lock down
No money
Make do with this
Useless fellow fit to be
death's next client!
2 hot lentil fritters with this tea
would be simply super, no?
'Your taste buds need a whacking'
Aww! Ouch!
Why are you taking it
out of your fizzy mop?
You wanted hot 'vadai'?
Yes, it is piping hot
'Hey! Jacob'
Will you eat any crap you get?
Why are you being so rude?
In front of your eyes, he fished it
out of his sparrow-nest head
You want to eat THAT?
'She must be a rowdy girl'
'I am baaaaack'
I hunted high and low and
found a torch liiiiiight for us
Siddhu, instruct the tea vendor
in your studio to be more hygienic
He takes out 'vada'
from his fizzy head
She is deriding me
What nonsense you are talking!
There is no one else in this studio
other than the three of us
How dumb can you get
He is sitting right nex-
Hey...hey!
Where did he vani-
- Don't stamp my foot
- How strange?
That fellow sat here and gave us tea
Looked like your cousin
- Shucks! No charge
- Oh no! What you mean?
'Switch on the torch you're holding'
This is the girl who was
lamenting in the loo
This booze gives me a solid kick
'Someone is drinking in your house'
Penniless punk!
No...no
Random strangers
are roaming in here
This is the fizzy-head I told you
Is he your twin brother?
No, sir
'Wonder whose son, no idea'
'Aiyo! Bummer'
You keep looking at eye level
Give it to me, sir
Let's check if anyone
is below waist level
Who are you, man?
Yahoo!
'Why did you lie to me
he rang the bell on you, sir?'
'He has burst my bladder, sir'
'It has leaked now all over the place'
'Leaked here?
Shucks...shucks!'
'Not that
Just piss!'
'Give me your torch'
- Switch it on fast
- I am unable to
Switch it on...quick
Who are these people?
A whole village out here
Let's escape from here
'The Next Night'
Sir, I intended calling you
We encountered a minor problem
in the studio we went to recor-
'I know everything'
'Will a man get piss drunk
like this during lockdown?'
What, sir?
Drunk?
'Yes, man'
'He should sit tight at home
if he is so sozzled'
'Will he drive on the road
when fully tanked?'
'You know how many people
he has run over?'
'All dead on the spot'
I don't get it?
Sir, what are you saying?
'Why are you pretending
as if you don't know anything?'
'Don't you watch the News?'
Let me watch...I'll check now
'Go and do that first'
'You are stressing me out'
- 'I'll call later'
- Okay, sir
'Renowned music composer
Siddharth Abhimanyu'
'Died in a car accident'
'Cine-world and fans shocked'
'In his intoxicated state he ran over
and killed 5 innocent people'
Then-
Were those who died in that accident
roaming in the studio as spirits?
This lunatic Siddharth
was also a ghost?
'The name is Siddharth Abhimanyu'
'Good luck'
'Only the one living in bright light
will be terrified of darkness'
'I am living only in blackness'
Crazy stuff
Who has written these tales?
Hello...?
'Finger...finger'
Finger...finger
Finger...finger
'Finger'
'Finger...finger...finger'
'Kajal's barbaric act
making young men scream in fear'
'Finger...finger!'
'Pitch darkness'
'Music composer Siddharth Abhimanyu'
'Renowned music composer
Siddharth Abhimanyu'
'Died in a car accident'
Oh my god!
It's just not possible
'Two Bottles In The Whirl of The Wind'
'Saravana's house was cluttered
with empty beer bottles'
- Hello, Pambu
- Saravana, how are you?
How is lockdown treating you?
- 'What are you up to?'
- They say this is the 'new normal'
They have fought with a virus
a human eye cannot see
On the whole these Chinese
have brought the world to its knees
You won't survive without booze
You hoarded it beforehand, huh?
Don't annoy me, Pambu
One and a half months since I drank
I am desperate for a drop of liquor
Our area boys gave me
their home made concoction
I've been having the loosies
You call yourself area leader
And you'll soon be councilor
'Why are you cribbing
in such a pathetic way?'
You want to booze, right?
- Yes, you got, huh?
- I haven't hoarded any
But to hoard for 3-4 years and drink daily
'There are 100s of bottles
waiting to be opened'
We will grant their wish!
Where is this place, Pambu?
Only in our area
Didn't the owner demolish
a wedding hall and build a bar?
His bad time, he got corona
and he is in quarantine
But I know a way into the bar
not a single soul knows
Pambu, you are a true friend
Pambu, where are you taking me?
- Hey!
- Just follow me
Why get scared?
All this is familiar area
I told you, no?
Look how they have abandoned it
Come on
Why is it so dark?
Owner wouldn't have paid the bill
Check for a switch somewhere
- Where is the light?
- I found the switch
Hey!
All foreign babes, man
'Stash!'
Oh my God!
'What a stash'
'Which bottle do we open first?'
Aiyaiyuyuyuyuyou!'
Hey Pambu
We don't have a bag big enough
to hold all these bottles
Your brain hasn't grown
like your beefy muscles
No one will come here
till the Lockdown is lifted
We can flick these bottles
in instalments daily
Come on, open that first, Pambu
Let's have a peg or two
When you know it's a freebie
you are choosing the most costly!
Pambu, you said this place is empty
Sssshhh! Keep quiet
Let's see who it is
Thank god!
That door is slamming in the wind
You made me pee in my pants!
I was petrified, Pambu
He made my heart almost stop
Come on
Pambu, something grossly wrong here
I thought I heard a ghost crying
Shut up, da
I think someone got drunk
and is howling his head off
Give me your head
Who is he?
Bloody! After his dance performance
he has come to booze here
Duffer!
That wastrel is headless
and asking us for our heads
What does it matter
if he dances or drinks?
My tension is mounting
Let's have a couple of pegs each
'What is this, Pambu?'
'It is smoky everywhere'
This is a bad omen, Pambu
I am terrified
If there's gold inside
will you say no?
This is no treasure chest, da
- Let's escape
- Wait
Let's see what the hell is inside
I feel we shouldn't
What the hell is this?
'Can't see a damn thing'
Let go...let go of me
This is some voodoo
or black magic stuff, da
- Let's scoot
- Let's not drink
We'll take whatever bottles
we can and scoot
Who the hell are you?
Why are you scraping the floor?
Boneheads!
You stole the funnel
from a kerosene tin
And stuck it in your mouth
You are scorching me
- It's burning hot
- Careful, you're hurting me
They burnt our skin
with their flint stones
Who are you?
I'm Sarakkalatia's God Mother
Sarakalaya
Sarakalaya?
Why is your name and world
the Tamil word for 'booze'?
One of the galaxies undiscovered
by your human race in this world
Sarakkalatia
Then you are...?
Yes, we are aliens
You'll land in America usually
Why are you inside this bar?
We visit various planets often
Learn about the news
and views there
And understand the lifestyle of that race
We came to your planet this time
We noticed you had spat on
walls everywhere, trash all over the place
You had no sense of hygiene
and brought about Covid 19 also
You are dirty with a capital D
We wanted to get back home
You've locked us too
with your stupid lockdown
Our E-pass got rejected
Imagine rejecting their E-pass!
How are you affected
if we are under Lockdown?
If we have to return
...the power source for our rockets
we can get only when your factories open
So until this Lockdown is lifted
we are stuck in this bar
What a wild tale this is
How did you settle down
in this bar of all places?
Why not sit in a temple,
theater or mall?
This bottle spoils your health
This is our main staple food
'We can't live without booze'
That's why we settled in the right place
well stocked, till the end of Lockdown
Booze is what keeps you alive?
Madam, take us with you to your galaxy
We will come with you happily
You can't survive in our world
even for a single day
The wind has marijuana mixed in it
Main ingredient in our food is alcohol
Our water bodies, be it sea, pond,
lake, river will only be booze
You'll puke blood and die in 1 day
You have your world of booze
Sacrifice a few bottles from here
Sorry, extremely difficult
We don't even know if this stock is enough
for us to survive till your Lockdown ends
How unfair!
You have a bar with a variety of booze
We want just 2 bottles each
Give us, please
Can't part with 4
Just 2 on the whole
That too, only if you pass all my tests
Even the students who have arrears
have been promoted in this Covid time
You want to test our brains
We never offer anything
as a freebie in our world
Everything has to be earned
with self respect intact
So if you pass my test
I'll give you 2 bottles
What do we do?
Booze is priority
Are you okay with it?
Fine, we are ready for your test
'Coriander o'va'
'Coriander o'va
Coriander o'wa'
'Gumsaaka goooom'
Hello...what happened to me?
Enlightenment
You have the power to
make your dreams come true
What do you mean?
Will I get whatever I ask?
Whatever is embedded in
your heart will be fulfilled
'Heard that, Pambu?'
My astrologer-neighbor's
prediction has come true
Not only will you cross
your legs in comfort
You can even dance on anyone's head
Ask something useful
In a whirlpool of happiness
I don't even know what to ask
- My mind is stuck
- What to ask?
Ask her for 100 kg of gold
Bravo! Pambu
Gold
'Thangam'
100 kg gold
Oh my God!
Is she my wish come true?
Hey! What is this?
We asked for 100 kg gold and
she made our school 'ayah' sit on your lap
This one is also called Thangam
Won't you be weighing 100 kg?
Bloody moron of a mongrel!
I was cleaning the school toilet
and you brought me here!
Put me down, son of a gun
Sleazebag, scoundrel
- Let me go, junk piece
- You're hurting me
Where is she?
You showed your true colors from the slum
I never expected this 'Thangam' I swear
She has been embedded
deep in your heart
That's why she came here
'Coriander o'va'
'Coriander o'va'
Coriander o'wa'
'Coriander o'va'
Coriander o'wa'
Stop branding me
I'll give you one more chance
- Use it properly
- Okay...okay
Aiyo! Why are you bungling our boon?
Why did you ask for a 'veena' now?
Even I don't understand
Think deeply
This 'veena' has made
a deep impact in your heart
Think of the reason
I remember now, Pambu
When we were 10 years old
How keen your younger sister was
to learn playing the 'veena'
But the people around us said
'How can the hand that washes vessels
want a 'veena' to play music?'
How much they hurt
your innocent sister's heart?
Every day when she sobbed her heart out
I felt weighed down
and depressed
I used to think I should earn well
And buy her a 'veena'
It was on my wish list, dude
I don't know why
But somehow as I grew up
it slipped my mind
After so many years
Now my brain is refreshed
Why are you making me cry?
Get lost, you idiot!
You are a gem of a friend
I know I messed it up this time too
Ask them not to burn me all over
I'll try once more
No need, you passed your test
In fact we came to your world only to
learn this powerful sentiment from you
This emotion is the biggest power
of your entire human race
We are trying to learn
love and compassion from you
But you seem to have
forgotten these emotions
Only love and righteousness
will protect your world
You are not beasts
Don't forget you are human beings
I have to talk to
a very important person
I want to do so
when it is in my mind
Can I make a call?
Put it on 'speaker' mode
Hello, Mother Mary Home
Madam, is Valliammai grandma there?
Valliammai?
1 minute, I'll call her
Hello...?
Who is this?
'Hello?'
'Hello'
'Patti'
'Hello?'
How are you, grandma?
I am 'Pambu' speaking
Nagaraj
How are you, my dear?
Did you eat, my precious child?
Yes, grandma
How are you?
Why are you crying, dear?
You are my favorite grandson
'Don't cry, darling'
Whatever it is
'this too shall pass'
Please don't cry, my pet child
I'm sorry, patti
You brought me up with
such tender love & care
I allowed my parents to
admit you in that Home
'I cannot be forgiven, grandma'
When you went in the auto
You kept crying, pleading with me
'Don't leave me in an Old Age Home'
That image pricks me
like needles in my heart, patti
This is enough for me, dear
You are my most precious godsend
When I think I have my grandson
who will shed tears for me
'I feel so reassured about living'
If you can come and visit
your grandma as often as you can, dear
'Just a glimpse of your face'
I will be most happy and
I'll have peace of mind, dear
I'll come right away and
bring you back home, patti
'Don't be upset'
You be happy, grandma
Don't worry about anything
If anyone creates any trouble
before I meet you
I'll punch his face
This is more than enough for me, child
With you and all the family members
without getting in the way of any of you
I'll live in a corner
of your house, my dear
If I live with family members around
my mind and heart will be at peace
Ride safely, my dear grandson
Police are here
If you give us 2 bottles
we will escape
Definitely no bottles for you
Is this some kind of game?
I've given you a far more precious gift
than the booze you came in search of
Use it intelligently
'Coriander o'va'
'Coriander o'va'
Coriander o'wa'
'Coriander o'va'
Coriander o'wa'
- What did she mean?
- Listen!
What is the best gift you've given us?
What you already possess
Whatever you ask for
without being selfish you'll get
You can save this world
if you set your heart to do so
Best of luck, 'echakalai'
Heard what she called us?
Even an alien is deriding you
as 'leftover loafer'
We learnt a new word today
Find out what 'echakalai' means
Don't tell me you are all aliens!
You are right
You are alien to us
We are aliens to you
How's all of this possible?
All thanks to you!
I don't get it
How did you land here?
All because of you
Will you ask them to stop
making that sound please?
Really irritating
Okay
'Finger...Finger...Finger'
'Karungkaapiyam'
'Dark Tales'
'The Sorceress'
"Thamarabarani flows through Tirunelveli"
"Sleep now to rule our country efficiently"
"I will feed you, then you can sleep"
"My darling child, do not weep"
"In a soft blanket I will swathe you, love"
"I will come back later, sleep now"
My precious prince
Such a wonder you slept so soon
Wait, amma is coming to lift you
Jewel in my crown
Fast asleep, huh?
Let me see your face
My baby...aiyaiyo!
My baby is missing
Kaliaatha is crying
Find out what's wrong
Why are you crying?
My baby has suddenly disappeared
He was sleeping in this cradle
8 babies are missing so far
I was right here, I don't know
who took my baby away
Oh gawd! I want my baby
Kanda...?
Kanda
Where are you going, Kanda?
To...the river to
wa...wash the clothes
'Hide and seek...rae rae'
'Bug in the forest...rae rae'
'I cooked rice just for you'
'Buttermilk made by grandma too'
'You had a meal wholesome
So now, here I come'
'Wait and watch
Whom I catch'
Caught you
Umayaal baby lost this game
You have to help with
the household chores fully
Uncle is here
- What is it?
- Sister-in-law
You've got a letter
from my brother
Let me read
His army duty is over it seems
He is coming back home
Run...run...run
Come here
Why is everyone running?
Our dhobi is lying there
as a headless corpse, sir
'Quit India,
No more British Rule'
'Foreigner
Quit India'
'British paramountcy
Down down!'
'British rule
Down down!!'
'Won't you let anyone be
safe and sound in our village?'
What happened?
Who is this?
This is our washerman, sir
This is the 6th murder
All corpses are found headless
Something is fishy
Not just murders, annachi
8 babies have gone missing so far
This situation is going
beyond our control
We have to get the police
to investigate, annachi
Arunachalam, this is strange
coming from you
Have we allowed any policeman
into our village at any point of time?
The entire village is panic-stricken
I feel only the police
can handle this efficiently
Arunachalam
You are too young to make
any decision, mind your tongue
If your elder brother was here, well aware
of my status he would have kept quiet
Pipsqueak!
Our family has been protecting
this village through generations
Don't share your opinions with me
I'll bite your Adam's apple
Sir, listen to our gardener's tale
- What is it?
- Sir
My wife and I were sleeping peacefully
after a hard day's work in the grove, sir
Suddenly in the middle of the night
'We heard a voice, sir'
Sir...sir, the moment we saw
that gory, blood stained face
My heart almost stopped beating
If you employ both of us
in your house in any job
We can be live-in hired helpers
I'll smash your face
I asked you to take care of the grove
Will you get sozzled
and tell me ghost stories?
Annachi, I saw that gory sight too
We are petrified we will be next
Give us a job in your house, sir
Bloody useless donkey!
Defending your husband?
'Good for nothing oaf!'
I'll tie you both
and skin you alive
Sir, what he's saying is true
When I went to milk the cows at dawn
a girl with a gory face walked past me
Even I was spooked seeing her, sir
This issue is taking a new twist
All of you listen to me
No one should step out after sunset
Understand?
Ask the youngsters to
take turns guarding the village
Protecting this village
is my sole responsibility
Understand?
Don't be scared, go home
Bloody morons!
'Look at the spread for all of us
celebrating her husband's return'
'Forget the feast,
look at her cheeks'
'She is in the pink of health!'
Hey! Umayaal
Sitting like a princess
Get up, go and serve everyone
Thieving rascal!
Showing your cheap mentality
even if we are generous
If you don't put back
what you stole-
'Pandi, stop it'
How can you hit our guest?
What right do you have?
Does our guest have the right
to steal our possessions, madam?
- Go, attend to your work
- Yes, madam
Forgive me, madam
You help the whole village
How could I steal from your house!
I'm a wretched fellow
- Please forgive me
- What happened?
My wife is bedridden, madam
My children go without food for days
I pledged my fertile land
to my landlord
I have no job
I am plagued by hunger
and worry day and night
That drove me to this ungrateful act
- I am sorry
- No one should be in your shoes
Keep this, feed your family first
Send your children to school
You should be the deity
in our temple, madam
We are blessed
You got married into
a family in our village
You will enjoy peace and prosperity
being so golden hearted, madam
Pandi, pack food for his family also
I will do so at once, madam
You will come and eat unashamedly
whoever invites you, eh?
Welcome, annachi
What a surprise seeing you here
I would love to visit you often
But I am unable to, you see
Not bad, our army officer
has built a decent house
And given you a lovely daughter too
Come in, annachi
You are visiting us for the first time
I'll personally make
coffee with sugar for you
Sweet coffee
Enjoy your meal, all of you
I'll drink my sweet coffee
'Come, child'
Taste my black coffee
with palm sugar, sir
It seems you predict
for the entire village
It is an oracle from our village deity
Whatever you predict
comes true it seems
Is it so?
Sit down and predict my future
Nothing of that sort, sir
Whatever image floats before me
when I close my eyes and think calmly
I write it down
Few of those notes come true
I don't even understand
some of my forecasts
I have written down many of my thoughts
that is a mystery even to me
Read through them
These are beyond my comprehension
Imagine if events that will happen
100 years later are recorded here
But I don't know if all my predictions
will come true or not, annachi
Not bad
Tell me once you finish writing it
I know many publishers
We will print this as a book
- Thank you, sir
- All that is fine
Just write down whatever
strikes you this very moment
Let us see if it comes true
'Umayaal, bring me
a sheet of paper and pen'
- Drink your coffee
- Take that
Amma, take
You go
'This village will turn
into a place of peril'
'For sins to flourish'
'Your land will turn into a graveyard'
I wrote what came to my mind
Don't take it amiss, sir
You haven't written
anything new, dear
Our village is in a state of chaos
Let's ignore that
Think of something for me and write
Show me your hand, sir
'Why is she checking my pulse?'
'Will she blurt out the dark thoughts
in my mind openly?'
'She is super-hot!
So am I!!'
'Will she guess?'
'What is she writing?'
Don't break the pots, sir
Which pot did you-
Aiyo!
I meant this pot, annachi
If I hadn't said you will break this pot-
Maybe you wouldn't have broken it
May be so
I have such doubts nagging me too
Do things happen because I write?
Or is it an oracle flowing
out of my mind unknowingly?
It is a million rupee question
swirling in my brain
Amma, appa is here
Is it so?
Come...come
Pot
Oh gawd!
What...what is it?
Where is he?
Forgive me, 'anni'
They have bundled up
my brother and sent him
Why should it happen only to us?
Sister-in-law, don't
Don't go, anni
Karthika'ma
You can no longer adorn yourself
with flowers and 'kumkum'
You gave the entire village a feast
to receive your husband from the warfront
What a tragedy!
This house, fields, surrounding forest
Your husband has bequeathed
all his assets to you in his will
The military man has willed
all his possessions to you
'How will you manage
all this by yourself?'
Give it to me for safe custody
I'll ensure you lead a comfortable life
'What do you say, lawyer sir?'
You focus on bringing up
your daughter with a lot of love
I know to raise my child, sir
Take care and go back home before sunset
I heard many end up as
headless corpses in our village
Umayaal, come in
We haven't as yet finished
our funeral rites for my brother
You came flocking here so soon
like vultures to grab our wealth
Are you human at all?
Get up
Look at that young fellow deriding us
Arunachalam, wait
Hey Pandi
Attend to your work
What is happening here?
Is your sister-in-law
behaving like a widow?
She is decked up with
flowers, 'kumkum' and finery
- Won't you reprimand her?
- She is still in denial
I'm happy if she and her child
have peace of mind
Instead of poking your nose
in others' business
Investigate the missing children
and multiple murders in our village
What...arrogance!
- Hey Pandi
- Sir
Pandi, come here
Vanakkam, aiya
What is happening in this house?
She is decked in all her finery
He is blabbering
like a full-fledged fool
Sir, even I don't know
what is going on
Queer things are
happening in this house, sir
'Queer' means?
I mean
Tell me or I'll hit you
In the beginning her oracle
was astounding and amazing
But nowadays it is
scary and spooky, sir
What is happening
which terrifies you so much?
We have a dog called Muthu at home
It suddenly went missing
We looked for it all over the place
Couldn't find it at all
'But do you know
what happened that night?'
Muthu
MUTHU
Muthu...?
Muthu?
Muthu
Muthu
Muthu
Muthu
Is all this true?
I swear on my wife, sir
It didn't stop with
just the dog squealing, sir
I've even heard babies
and children scream in pain
Then all those children
that went missing in our village
Is she the culprit?
It seems too barbaric
to even think about it
'This is madness, brother'
'Ask all the fools to go home'
'My head is splitting'
'Don't step into my space'
Annachi
I've never seen my 'anni'
lose her temper like this
I don't subscribe to
any of your views
Kindly leave
He who lifts the cross
knows the burden
So many children missing
Headless corpses strewn everywhere
I am answerable to
the bereaved families
Somehow my suspicion is
on your sister-in-law
Our priest will clarify the situation
You keep quiet
If she is not the culprit
why should your 'anni' be scared?
Here he is
Bring him over
Come, 'nambudri' priest
Vanakkam
Where is the woman?
My sister-in-law is inside
Let us go in
Why isn't there a single picture
of God inside the house?
I think my sister-in-law lost faith in God
ever since my brother passed away
Yes, sir, I'm working here
for many years
I've never seen a single photo of God
I've never seen her
go to the temple
- Who are you?
- Servant Pandian
You can talk only when
I ask you to speak
- Understand?
- Yes, sir
Go and bring that woman
- Go
- Alright, sir
'Let go of me'
'You are hurting me'
'I can't bear this pain'
'Let go of me'
'God help me'
Sir...aiya, spare me
Don't ask me to go in
She is in a gory state inside
Arunachalam sir
I'll take my wife and children
and leave this village
- Sir...save me
- Hey! Pandi
Hey! Shut up
'Hey! Let go of me'
'Can't you hear me?
Let go, stop it!'
'Hey! Who are you?
Playing your tricks on me!'
'Stop...stop it'
'holy chant to exorcise evil spirit'
'Praise be to Goddess Bairavi
Protector of negative energy'
You must tell only the truth
to all the questions I will ask now
When this girl was born
...did her parents die after her birth?
I don't know
Hey! Yes, he is right
It was a postnatal death for the mother
When the father was informed
and he rushed home
He died in a train accident
When this girl attained puberty
was there any disaster in the village?
What is this, annachi?
He's asking such foolish questions
Be quiet, he's right in asking this
Kasi annachi, don't you remember?
On that specific day
Our school building collapsed
and many children died
Yes, priest
I didn't even eat
I rushed to the spot
And to my utmost horror
I found the news to be true
Is her husband alive?
Back to square one!
He got married to her and
a daughter was born to them
He joined the military force
Came back lifeless bundled up
'Fate dealt him a death blow'
'Nambudri priest'
What is the redemption?
She was born with a bad soul
Her power will only become worse
Unless we curb her obstinacy
The case of the missing children
Or these murders can be interrogated
When she predicted saying she is
the Oracle I knew something was amiss
Our foolish villagers were
praising her sky-high
What is the solution, nambudri?
Snip her tongue
so her words won't come true
Offer her to the village
to purify the bad soul
Only if she 'serves' everyone
in this village
...can her sins be redeemed
Here's the sacred ash
Apply on her forehead
'Barber, come here'
All of you move aside
Her tongue will be snipped off
Close your eyes, dear
"Time changes as seasons go by"
'humming a song'
'Kasi'
'Hey Kasi'
'Turn back and look at me, Kasi'
Ammaaa...!
Nam...nam...nambudri
You, huh?
Thank god you came in the nick of time
Something is calling me by my name
How?
Kasi...Kasi
Did it say, 'Turn back
and look at me, Kasi'?
Are you the murderer?
Yes, da
Hey...hey!
What happened, annachi?
Why are you so terrified?
That priest was...in front
of your house-
- I'll handle him
- Wait-
Not now
We'll deal with him later
Sit, take a deep breath
Tell me clearly
so I can understand
You are a godsend
Your servant and that priest
are the murderers we are hunting for
They are coming to kill me now
What happened?
They are chasing me
Dim-witted duffers!
Come here
Brainless idiots
If I had trusted you and sat inside
what will be my plight?
Driving your sister-in-law out of
your house worked as per your plan
We've offered her as a vow
Why this killing spree?
I'll pickle you to pieces
That female is having a hard time
'serving' random men
How can I enjoy my wealth
while she suffers?
Won't the villagers deride me?
What do you want us to do now?
All those who slept with
that female are missing
Our village head had his fun
with her, he is dead too
We don't have to do anything anymore
The people will take care of her
Cast this corpse
in the center of our village
Ask the people to assemble near the well
I'll bring that female over there
We'll close her chapter today
and divide the wealth
- Got it?
- Yes
GO
'Why didn't you kill yourself when
you were 'offered' as public property'
'This kid sleeping here'
'She will share your fate one day'
What are we doing here, ma?
'Forgive me, dear'
'I am a wretched woman'
- 'Stop'
- Amma
Give me the child
Did you see that? She tried to
push this child into the well
Sorceress!
Wonder how many more children
are lying at the bottom?
Wretched sorceress!
Where are our children?
We must not spare her
- Dissect her to pieces
- Dai Pandi
Priest
What do we do to her?
We have no option
Offering her life to God
is the only solution
Don't do!
You will rot in hell
You won't prosper in life!
STOP IT!
Whatever you want to do
don't prolong the torture
Why are you behaving
in this barbaric fashion?
Amma
Umayaal
Our priest has to pelt
the first stone at her
Start
Amma
Amma
'Stone her to death'
Lord Shiva!
Aiyo! You will rot in hell
What grave injustice you are doing
to this good hearted soul!
Hey!
'This sorceress isn't dead as yet'
She has to be hanged to death
Lend me a hand
"Sun has set, sleep with ease"
"As the owl hoots, rest in peace"
"Close your eyes, don't prolong the pain"
"Mind won't be restless ever again"
"Sleep eternally, for ties are fake"
"Forsake this world for your own sake"
Brain box you are, I say
You made your niece
kill her own mother
How will you dispose off
that small donkey?
When I could plan this cleverly
don't I know how to handle that kid?
Let her grow a bit
Accuse her of something
and make her a hustler
Brother is always right
- You drink, bro
- Pour some more
Brother, you promised me
half that forest land
Will you look into it?
- Did you leave the stove on?
- No, brother
I can smell something burning?
You are right
Something is burnt
I can smell it too
This is not the smell of food burning
Corpse
Smell of a corpse
This is not possible
Karthika has come!
No...no, please
Please...please
Please no
No
Priya
- 'Hello?'
- Priya
All the characters I read in that book
are coming alive and scaring me
What are you blabbering, Umayaal?
'Don't get flustered'
'I want to tell you
something important'
'Come home right now'
I'm coming
'I'm totally confused'
I don't understand
what's going on, Priya
I'm sitting here in a worse
confused state than you, Umayaal
What happened?
I read the missing pages
my brother gave from the archives
Oh my god!
My head is spinning
Take a look yourself
'Author: Umayaal Karthika'
Isn't your full name
Umayaal Karthika?
But how is this possible?
Even I don't get it
One of the characters in
that book is called Karthika
Her daughter's name is Umayaal
That Karthika character
possessed super powers
Oh my God!
1 minute
'Every single word of Karthika's
became an oracle from God'
'The stories and essays she wrote
turned into reality'
'God's Grace of looking into the future'
'She possessed that power'
- Do you know what this means?
- I have no clue
This book has been written
by the character Karthika
But the most cruel fact
She has written her own end
knowing very well what will happen
It's damn sad
All that is okay
But how do you share her name
Umayaal Karthika?
Maybe sheer coincidence
Okay, all this is coincidence
Let's assume all the characters you saw
are a figment of your imagination
But how can your handwriting
be ditto what's in the book?
That means?
Same name
Same signature
Can't you see?
You were Karthika
in your previous birth
Are you serious?
There's only one way to
find out of this is serious or not
You write in this book
like Karthika did
Let's see if it comes true
- What do I write?
- Whatever strikes you
'I am starving'
Give it to me
I am starving
A hot meal would be most welcome
Whaaat?
Hey!
Did you hear that?
Cooker whistle as soon as
I said I needed food
Because I kept rice for dinner
when I got back home
Write something else
Santa Claus will chase me to kill me
with a bell and an axe in each hand
How bizarre!
What a stupid note
Who is it?
Who is it?
Take that knife
Dai nutcase!
You, huh?
I'm your brother and
you're deriding me!
Why did you bang
on the door like this?
Priya is wanted at home
It's late, so I knocked
Are you coming or not?
Okay, bye
We'll continue the rest of
our investigation tomorrow
Okay, come
Enough hugging
There's food in the kitchen
Don't forget
subtitled by rekhs
'Karungkaapiyam
Dark Tales'
calibrated at AP International