Ottu (2022) Movie Script

1
I've been sitting here wondering
if I'd have to finish both.
As if you don't like it!
Listen...
I stopped at the travel agency.
That's why I got delayed.
Sweden does have a
golden visa program..
but Kichu, its going to cost a minimum
of one lakh Euros for one.
We can't afford
even a normal visa!
Let alone Euro and gold!
Let's be practical here.
- Okay, fine!
- Okay!
Kallu.
Kallu?
Kalyani, baby?
Does Sweden have beaches?
There's only snow, right?
I wonder if people there
have vada pavs and frankies.
No, they dont!
Kichu, if you don't want
to come, just tell me that.
Stop goofing around!
What do I do with you?
Anything you wish.
Listen...
Did your Chaacha tell you
what today's meeting is about?
Nope!
Whatever it is, Kichu, don't
jump into it just for the money.
The moment you sense it
is something illegal, just bail.
You get it, right?
You wont get
even a tourist visa.
Don't say I didn't warn you.
Okay...
I'll see you.
Bye!
Kichu, you remember what I said?
Okay!
Chaacha?
Who are we meeting?
Would I ever do something
that'd put you in harm's way?
But you need so much
money to leave and so soon.
I was just wondering.
The lesser you know, the better.
You understand, don't you?
Talk to them..
...and take it up only if it's
something you think you can.
I'll take care of the rest.
I'll be waiting downstairs.
Would you like
something to drink?
Iced tea with mint..
Some water will do.
Thanks.
Did Mr. Shreedharan
give you a brief?
Chaacha told me
only about the money.
Your assignment is
to befriend someone.
Your Chaacha tells me you are
good with people.
[Snickers]
Nope...
He is not my type.
He is not anyone's type.
That is the problem.
Have you heard of Assainar?
He was the Kingpin of gold smuggling
in the Bombay- Mangalore sector.
Not a speck of gold would
move without his approval.
This man was his right hand.
David.
Not his right hand.
His beating heart.
Dawood...
that was Assainar's
nickname for him.
Some time back they
were attacked in Uduppi.
Assainar died on the spot.
David barely made it out alive.
Inside the van was gold
worth almost 30 crores.
What went down that day
who attacked them...nobody has a clue.
And him?
David lost his memory
after the incident.
Great!
A bullet went into his head.
Maybe it's that.
Maybe it's the shock.
He's not faking it.
He has gone through torture
that no human can survive.
If he was faking, he would
have caved a long time ago.
Does he not have any relatives?
No. Just like you.
What your Chaacha is to you
was Assainaar to David.
[snickers]
Umm..
If by any chance
he realizes I work for you...
...will he take out on me,
what you did to him?
No, he's probably
forgotten that too.
His mind is now shutting out
everything that causes fear or sorrow.
That's why its
hard so to open it now.
This is the last attempt.
This is your assignment.
You have two weeks.
By the end of it, you
have to befriend him
and find a way to
bring his memory back.
If you succeed,
twenty five lakhs.
And if I don't?
Five lakhs.
But you have to.
I had told you not to
jump in and say yes.
Kallu...
We need the money.
You'll lose this
job that you have waiting
and our visas without it.
Can I have a ticket?
Befriend a street thug
who's brain is a mush..
find out his past.
You are insane, Kichu.
I'm scared.
Something's about to go wrong.
Where are you
going to meet this man?
Don't even get me started, man!
Things just went from bad to worse!
I should have tried
Malayalam serials..
..should've tried my
luck in Malayalam serials.
Shouldn't have jumped
into this Hindi thing.
This Bhojpuri set up is pathetic.
These theaters are ancient!
Alright, man. I'll call you.
The movie's about to begin.
Bye.
[in Hindi] Uh..brother
Do you have any flavours?
Caramel? Cheese?
No?
Uh...
Damn, did he forget Malayalam too?
[Bhojpuri dialogues
playing on screen]
I've added some salt and chilly.
Anna!
Hang on, Anna!
Anna!
You're a Malayali?
I would have never guessed!
Hang on! How much is this?
Never mind.
How's the business here?
This is my first time here.
I was at Navrang
yesterday for the movie.
Aren't these the only
places that play Bhojpuri?
Gulshan Talkies.
In Kamathipura.
Oh. Not there!
My dream is to get
into Hindi cinema.
Not acting.
Something technical.
I was told that
Bhojpuri is the easy way in.
So first, I'd have
to learn their style.
The movie has started.
Well, I have to
return the favour!
When do you get off?
After this show's interval.
Great, then let's
leave together!
Okay!
Do you watch movies, Anna?
Do you not like them?
Or have you always not?
- I don't know.
- Namaste
Thank you, sir.
The film was unbearable!
But still better than some
recent Malayalam movies.
Do you only watch
bits and pieces of those as well?
Oh.
No memory trouble when it
comes to punch dialogues.
- How much?
- Fifty
It's on me!
The manager knows
people working in cinema.
I'll put in a word for you.
See you.
Ah Kichu,
Come on in.
- [Kichu sighs]
- Dinner?
I'm not eating.
I'm full.
I met him today, Chaacha.
Who?
David.
He is nothing like
what we thought.
He seems a nice man.
Nothing, no one is
like what they seem.
All these years, I
tried hard to make sure
you are not mixed up in that world.
Come on, Sreedharan da!
Have your dinner and go to bed.
Alright?
Go that way.
Ta-da!
Eat it while it's still hot.
That's when it tastes yummiest!
Here.
Kozhukkatta!
I couldn't tell the
manager about you.
Are you saying I'm trying
to bribe you with this?
It's yummy!
Do you like Kozhukkatta, Anna?
I don't know.
There's a stall near the Gateway.
The white tourists buy these.
Now it makes sense!
We're both artists!
No wonder we synced so well!
Would you like some tea?
I'm out of kerosene.
That's alright.
We can go out.
- Sir, brun masca and tea?
- Yes.
Do you always eat outside?
Occasionally I cook
something...rice and dal.
And are you married?
Please dont say you forgot!
[both laugh]
"Every city has a story to tell"
"Every dawn lends a line to it"
"There are so many streets to see here"
"So many dreams to conquer"
"Travelers they are"
"They find one another, and keep moving"
"These blue streets, days
and nights, come and go"
"Through words and gazes, the ice melts"
"Through memories and
moments, they see more clearly"
It looks like you're going to
steal my twenty five lakhs.
He's going to remember stories
from his past lives and tell you.
Someone's jealous!
Yeah, consider me jealous!
[Kichu] He is still
so good looking!
- Imagine when he was young!
- Come along, you idiot!
You're not too bad yourself.
"The depth of the ocean"
"does the sky know?"
"Will you search
for the worlds"
"under the dark of
the night, Sunlight?"
"On these paths
where stories flow"
"we look for twists and turns"
"Where is the deception in our smiles?"
"Where is the thrill we seek?"
"A shadow and another that follows it
merge into one"
"and they take on winds
and storms together as one"
"Every city has a story to tell"
"Every dawn lends a line to it"
"There are so many streets to see here"
"So many dreams to conquer"
It's been a week.
Apart from walking
around beaches and parks
what breakthrough have you had?
You told me to
befriend him first.
Do you know how hard that was?
In such a short time...
Now he trusts me.
I can build on this now.
We are not saying
that you aren't trying.
Just reminding you that
we're running out of time.
You can't run this
on a time table!
You have been trying to
do this for a while and failing.
Show some patience!
The time for patience is over.
David's soon
going to be history.
Can't you let the poor man be?
Let him live.
"The poor man"
He's a venomous snake.
You have no idea.
Maqbool.
I told you several times
that there's no point
dragging this on forever.
You do know that we
have no use for his memory.
If they end up killing each
other, all the better for us!
Call Patel.
Let's not keep David
alive any longer.
Get out.
Oh and one more thing.
You have never met us.
Or David.
- Do you understand?
- Ma'am?
Ma'am please.
Come, take a seat.
We have another plan.
Get David to
repeat the old trip.
You have to make
it happen somehow.
Bombay to Mangalore.
If we're lucky...
before you reach the place in
Udupi where we was attacked
his memory will return.
It's not just his memory
you hold his life in your hands.
They'll kill David.
Won't they?
I told you...the lesser
you know, the better
So my job is to
betray this man to his death.
They aren't going to let
David live for long now.
Damn this!
I had told you not
to get involved in this.
Get out of this now.
Call whoever you need to call.
Enough of this!
It doesn't matter
if I do it or not
It will happen.
If David remembers even a
tiny bit of who he used to be,
they won't be able to touch him!
I'm sure!
And what if he doesn't?
Then I will tell him everything.
Let him go somewhere and live!
And what about you?
Tell me, Kichu! What about you?
"My mind is searching for a
face in a thousand dreams"
"Melting into her in
a thousand pieces"
A trip has come up...home.
Need to drop off a
vehicle at Thalassery.
They'll pay for the
trip and some more.
It is a matter of two days.
I can't travel that far alone.
Will you come with me?
Take Kalyani along.
Oh...I asked her.
She's always busy with work.
Come along, Anna.
Please.
You get to see home.
Huh?
What home?
This is my home.
Home where everyone
speaks Malayalam.
Come on, Anna.
It'll be fun!
I have to ask my manager.
I don't know what
he is going to say
Yeah right!
No one's going to die here because they
couldn't eat popcorn for a couple of days.
Come on!
If you like Kerala,
settle down there.
For the rest of your life.
Happily.
What are you saying?
I'm just saying.
"Are you a dream?
Or the rhythm in my heart?"
"Are you the magic that sees through
me, that I myself haven't sought?"
"I turn into your soft breath
as I melt into your bosom"
"Let us don these wings tomorrow,
so that we can cross this ocean"
Sir?
The car is here.
Anna!
Hop in!
We need to hit
Goa before nightfall.
I dont know.
I have a feeling I will
never see this again.
Come on, mister!
We are going to be back
here in a couple of days.
- Hmm.
- Yes.
Put on the belt.
All set.
Okay?
"Two hearts like autumn
branches shedding its leaves."
"The leaf of oblivion has
given way to another season."
You'd have had a few
girlfriends in your time, right?
[humming] Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat,
Maratha, Dravida, Utkala...?
Oh yea, you dont know..
Fine...don't tell me!
Are you hungry, Anna?
- No
- No?
Let's have a tea then.
I'm tired.
Meanwhile, we can call Kallu.
[Marathi speech in the background]
Chaacha.
Where have you reached?
I don't know exactly
where we've reached.
Is everything alright?
Everything's great so far.
Have you eaten, Chaacha?
I just did. Did you?
[exaggerated bite]
Be careful.
Yes, Sreedharan da!
I will call you..okay.
Kallu!
[Marathi speech in the background]
[Marathi speech in the background]
Shall we leave?
Yeah.
[Marathi speech in the background]
Brother, what's happening here?
Accident, brother.
- Does this join the highway?
- Take this road
Ah..
Shall we?
- That way?
- Hmm.
Feels like we are
not on the right road.
As in? Wrong route?
Smugglers' route?
Smuggling gold and other stuff
past police and customs...
Really?
Easy, isn't it?
Hello?
Anna?
[chuckles]
If you're going to
sleep, I will doze off too.
And we will end up in a pit.
[yawns]
- Do you not drive at all?
- No.
Have you never driven?
No.
Look...
There are no vehicles
coming our way.
The highway is rolled
out like a mighty ocean.
[grunts no]
You can't sleep like this!
No, Kichu. Stop.
I'll fix this.
- Kichu, listen to me
- Get out
Come on.
No, Kichu!
- Come on!
- I don't know!
Come on, man!
Kichu!
Step inside.
Sit!
Okay!
Ignition...
Turn this on,
shift the gear,
press down on the accelerator,
and just hold the wheel.
The car and God will
take care of the rest.
Lets go.
We have to hit Goa
before nightfall.
[screams] Yeah!
Wohoo!
If this is what
you're going to wear
no girl in Goa is
going to look at you.
Not just you, they won't
even look at me if I'm with you.
We're going to have to
change up the whole thing.
Anna!
Wooo!
Do you drink, Anna?
No.
You can't come to Goa
and not have even a beer.
Wohoo!
Sit!
Sit down, man!
Nothing hot, right?
Hi, one pitcher of beer
and two mugs, please.
Okay,sir.
- Enjoy your drink, sir!
- Thank you!
So you've never
seen this before?
Yeah, right!
[mumbles]
Anna!
We reach tomorrow...
Once we do, you
settle down there.
Why?
Just do it...please. Please.
You have drunk enough for today.
No, you listen to me....
Hey!
Come here!
- Sweetheart
- Tell me, sir.
- One pitcher beer.
- Sure.
Anna!
Hey, what are you upto?
Come out soon
Are you sleeping inside?
Kick open the door, man!
Where do
you think you're going?
Cool cool!
Excuse me, very urgent!
Hey insane!
Sorry guys! It was
too urgent, okay?
Thank you. Please.
Where do
you think you're going?
Hey brother, I said sorry, no?
What are
you doing? I apologized!
I'm sorry!
Anna!
- Those guys are going to beat me up!
- Sit down
Hey brother, no!
Do something, Anna! Please!
I said sorry!
What?
Hey brother, no!
No issues, no fighting.
Already said sorry to them!
- Already said sorry to them!
- Is it a joke?
Anna!
I told you I said sorry, ah!
Anna, let's leave.
This is Goa.
What if they are
mafia or something?
Let's have another drink.
You are unbelievable!
They ran in all directions!
[laughing]
They got a thrashing!
I love you, Anna!
Hey!
Kichu!
C'mon, my man!
- Come on!
- Hey!
- Kichu
- [Kichu slurring]
The sea is a lovely...
- and we are so deadly!
- Kichu stop!
Kichu, be careful!
[Kichu screaming]
- Hey!
- [Kichu screaming]
Kichu, what are you doing!
- [Kichu slurring]
- Get up! Come on!
- Anna, you are just awesome!
- Keep walking.
You are killer, man! Killer!
Come with me.
I love you, man! I love you!
Alright, I get it.
I love you!
- Where are we going next?
- Sit down!
Get up
Okay...okay.
I love you!
Anna!
Woo!
Anna!
Anna!
Hey! Dawood!
What did you just call me?
Dawood!
That dead guy....
Assainar...
Isn't that what he used to call you?
Dawood!
Huh?
30 crores of gold...
- What did you just say?
- Huh?
What did you just say?
Kichu, what did you just say?
What did you say?
[yawns]
I am guessing this is your spot.
One loud bark..
at least a lick...
I would have woken up.
You can lie down here.
[Kichu] Ah...
He's up and running already!
What a tank!
Anna!
Let me freshen up.
Here.
You wont get your bun maskas here.
Oh but vada pavs...
You get that everywhere!
I wonder if you get
it in Sweden though.
Lets hope so!
This is why I
don't want to leave.
But I have to.
Kallu will have a future there.
Chacha is getting old too.
It's only fair that I
take care of him now.
What does your
Chacha do exactly?
Some shady businesses.
He doesn't really open up.
He thinks I am still a kid.
Have your food, Anna.
We need to leave.
We can get to
Mangalore if we hustle.
Or maybe Udupi.
They have the most
amazing masala dosa.
What do you think?
Udupi and masala dosa?
Works for you?
Hmm.
I'll get the tea.
Hungover, Anna?
You had a blast yesterday!
Both kinds.
This.
And this!
Who's Dawood?
Who?
Assainar?
So you have started remembering?
You said these names when
you were drunk yesterday.
I did?
Who are you?
Quickly! Who are you?
What am I supposed
to say, Anna?
Answer me without thinking
up lies. Who are you?
[Kichu mumbles]
What do you expect me to
say if you ask me who I am.
Then why did you
come searching for me.
Came searching?
Fine, I will tell you the truth.
Uh...
Remember we went to
that ice cream store in
Chowpatty beach...were
you get the green chili flavor.
I ran into an old friend there.
You probably don't remember.
He works with a newspaper...a reporter.
He asked me...if the man
he saw with me was David.
I said yeah...
And thats when he told me...that there
was this big businessman called Assainar.
He was good friends with you...
but he died.
and that he had a
nickname for you... Dawood.
Guess I blurted out all
this when I was drunk.
I can't hold my alcohol at all.
- But you, Anna,..
- Let's leave.
[in Hindi] Do you have alcohol inside?
[in Hindi] Ah..okay, okay.
[in Hindi] What
are you looking at?
Hey, Sawant!
[in Hindi] Step aside!
Sorry...extremely sorry!
[in Hindi] You can go.
[in Hindi]Open the gates! Quickly!
[Kichu] I guess you've
taken this route before.
I don't know! I don't know!
You tell me if you know.
Or you ask your
friend and then tell me!
[Kichu's distorted voice]
He was a reporter.
[Kichu's distorted voice]
A man named David...
[Kichu's distorted voice]
I'll be honest!
[Kichu's distorted voice] and that
he had a nickname for you... Dawood.
[Kichu's distorted voice]
[Kichu's distorted voice] that there was
this big businessman called Assainar.
[Kichu's distorted voice]
What is your friend's name?
Eh?
The reporter.
Turn the car around.
We are going back to Bombay.
I need to see this man.
How can we go back now?
We have come so far.
We have to!
I need to talk to him.
If we push, we can get
there tomorrow morning
give them the vehicle.
We don't need to stick around.
We will get the first
train out and come back.
I'll be in trouble if I
don't get the car there.
Call him then.
I want to talk to him.
I don't have his number.
Then turn the car around.
Let me try to get his
number from someone else.
[Kichu] There's
no signal here...
Let me step out and check.
[Kichu] Kallu?
I think he is starting
to remember things
But I dont think I will
be alive to collect the money.
He is not the person we knew.
He is like a wild animal now.
I should have listened to you.
I shouldn't have
set out for this.
Kallu?
I love you. I love you!
I need to take a leak.
That journalist
friend of yours...
[stutters]
I haven't gotten his number yet.
Did he tell you that
Assainar is dead?
[stuttering] That's
what I remember...
What happened?
Assainar is not dead.
What?
I am Assainar.
Who is the man I am with?
Who is this man you
have sent me with?
What?
What is up with you?
He says he is the dead Assainar!
Tell me! Who is he?
Did he say this?
No, I dreamt it up!
Tell me the truth!
Kichu, you did it!
Did what?
What else did Assainar say?
[woman on phone] Did he
say anything about the gold?
So the man I am
with is Assainar?
Kichu, listen to me!
I don't want to hear anything!
This is going to get me killed.
The man who's
sitting in that car...
He can kill half a
dozen people by himself!
You tricked me!
Kichu, please, you
have to calm down.
Look.
You won. We won!
You have done what
nobody else could.
It was David who was
killed in that ambush.
But when Assainar regained consciousness
he began to say that he is David.
Maybe something
happened to his memory.
The doctors say that maybe his mind
is unwilling to accept that David died.
Screw the doctors!
Why didn't you tell me the
truth when you gave me the job.
Kichu...
Had I told you to befriend
someone like Assainar,
wouldn't you have panicked
like you are doing now.
Try to understand.
She had told me
not to take this up!
Your Chaacha has told us
how you took this up because
you want to move to
Sweden with the girl you love.
We'll get you not twenty
five, but thirty five lakhs!
And we will get you both
resident permits there.
But you have to get Assainar to
Udupi....to where the incident happened.
We need to know who
attacked him that day.
...and what
happened to the gold.
Just one more clue.
Please, Kichu.
Kichu? What happened?
Tell me! What happened?
The man I am with...
is it the dead Assainar?
You could have told me, Chaacha.
They did not let me.
They said you'll back out
and forced me not to tell you.
But still, Chaacha...
Forgive me...come back home.
Enough of this.
We will find the money somehow.
Come back home.
No.
The money is sorted.
I'll get an extra ten lakhs.
They will take care of the visa too.
I have come this far.
I have decided to take him
to that shootout spot in Uduppi.
[Chaacha] Kichu?
I will call you, Chaacha.
Did you get the journalist?
I was just talking to
Kallu ...letting her know.
She was really
happy to hear this.
This will all become clear soon.
Anna..
I mean sir...stay strong.
I'm here with you.
We'll have a tea?
Uh. Two...
What a strange place.
Why are you so silent, sir?
Are you reminded of
anything from your past?
What about you?
Are you reminded of anything...
Dawood?
What did you call me?
Your memory is hiding
out here somewhere.
If only you could dig it out
like you dig for water in a well.
Right?
Anna, has this memory thing
made you crazy?
In a way, I am crazy.
I am crazy that I have
been waiting so long
for your memory to come back.
And then I put up this drama.
I swear it was all an act.
I got into this mess only
because I needed the money.
I swear to God I don't know what
you are talking about, Anna!
Is that the truth?
It is. Something
is wrong here.
Someone is trying to set us up.
Please?
Let me leave.
Right before I killed them,
when Adiga's thugs squealed
that it was you who set me up
it hurt like my heart was
being torn open, Dawood!
No matter what, there's one
thing the mind will never forget.
betraying someone who loved you,
trusted you like a sibling.
That is why we have waited so
long...in the hope that you yourself
will remember
everything...and admit to them.
Perhaps it never happened
because you never
understood my love for you.
Is it, you dog?
Tell me, why did you betray me?
It was not for money.
It wasn't to take
over my position.
It's something else. Tell me!
Tell me, Dawood!
I don't know!
I am Kichu. Kichu!
[Kichu sobbing]
I have to repay this treat!
When do you get off, Anna?
Come with me, Anna. Please!
We can see home!
[Kichu sobbing]
Anna!
These are the people
who put me up to this!
I swear I don't know! I don't!
Please. You have to believe me!
Anna, please!
David's time has come.
Tell them, Chaacha!
He'll believe you!
Tell him she put me up to this!
Tell him I don't know anything!
Nothing, no one
is what they seem.
Kichu.
Shall we head to
Mangalore, Sreedharanda?
- It is justice that we settle this there.
- Hmm.
Are we going in search
of the thirty crores of gold?
What gold?
If I am who you say I am...
then, who's Kichu?
Perhaps your dream.
A dream to lead a normal life.
a dream from which you cannot....
or you don't want
to wake up from.
Have you started remembering?
Dawood?
He's not anyone's type!
Dawood?
[Old man] Assainar's
beating heart.
Have you started remembering?
Dawood?
[woman] The kingpin of gold smuggling
Have you started remembering?
Dawood?
I am Assainar.
Have you started remembering?
Why did you betray me?
- Tell me, Dawood!
Assu!
Welcome!
I have some lovely fish here.
Sreedharanda!
Come!
Come, take a seat!
Really, Assu? Even now?
Is he still carrying you
around alive, Dawood?
[Adiga laughs]
That's good.
Hi!
So
Shall I...
pour you one?
I hope this is still the same.
This kid had just turned
sixteen or seventeen
he said he wants a beer
and made a fuss about it.
And we took him to that
dance bar remember?
Matunga...
or was it Powai?
Chembur.
Ah!
Chembur!
[laughs]
Though he didn't
like the taste of beer
he did take a liking to
a few other things there.
In the end
Sreedharandha had
to drag him out of there.
Do you remember, Sreedharanda
how this boy was?
Assu here can't look into
your eyes while he kills you.
You have to stare into
one's face when you kill them.
That's where the thrill is!
When I came to know
that you took those bullets...
and still didn't die
I was sad that I
lost to you again.
Then I thought about it.
I realised I had actually won.
Him.
Your heart!
The moment he fell into my hands
didn't you lose?
That very moment
didn't you die, Assainar?
Do you still not remember?
Sir?
I...[pauses]
What was it that I
used to call you?
Annan.
[softly] Annan.
One doesn't need to lose their
memory to forget someone, do they?
Can I ask you one thing?
Am I really David?
The moment David has
the slightest idea who he is...
no one will be able to touch him!
I'm sure!
Promise me, David
that the man I call my
husband, will be no more.
You have my word.
Assainar will not come back
alive from Mangalore this time.
[in Hindi] Now let's
see who can stop me.
"Darkness around me with
nothing to quench my thirst."
" A song from the folklore.
Weighed down by what's inside. "
" How convoluted are my
thoughts. When will this fog clear?"
" You blink for a moment
and friends turn to foes. "
" Who do we trust? Who
stands shoulder to shoulder?"
" Thousands follow cheering
loud, but waiting to betray. "
" There are a thousand blood
thirsty hounds around me."
" Smiling as
they stab me from behind."
" Termites gather
at my intricate thoughts."
" As past sins come back to haunt."
" Twirling in
place like a blindfolded doll."
" Standing in
front of the grave, with a smile. "
" War all around us."
" The smell
of fresh blood in the forest."
" with a mind like a crematorium
" a clan waiting to trip you."
" War all around us."
" Like serpent
with its hood up, day after day"
" Making moves
from behind the battle line. "
" Tear it down from its very foundations,
" in and out covered in darkness. "