Pookkaalam (2023) Movie Script

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Chapter 1: Birth
(Beginning, Origin, Creation)
Hey, Ittoop!
You may come inside now.
Go and see them, son.
They are inside.
- Let's get going.
- Let's step out.
Careful!
Hold him.
Careful!
Who is this?
Johnnymon!
Aren't you daddy's Johnnymon?
[Two alarms ringing together]
Why do you need to set two alarms?
One is good enough, right?
And this man doesn't
even wake up!
Now, I have to turn off
the two alarms myself!
Ichoy!
Look at him, sleeping like a log!
Ichoy!
Jesus!
Ichoy!
I'm not dead yet!
Get up, man!
It's Elsymol's engagement today.
Don't you remember?
Our eyes awaken to
the same dawn
Inseparable,
even our shadow is one
The same dawn
The same dawn
[ITTOOP]
The same dawn
Finish it, dear.
How about brother Johnny?
Your brother Johnny is not here.
You eat it.
The same dawn
Eat it, dear.
We'll give something
else to Johnnymon.
Have this, dear.
Why aren't you applying
it properly, Kochu?
You've spilled it here.
Oh! It's alright.
Leave it.
Just a little is enough, Ichoy!
This is very little!
Look!
The same dawn
It's okay.
It's alright.
What are you doing, Ichoy?
Don't move, dear.
Look! I've brought such a
nice Saree for my daughter.
Are you applying the
eye-drops properly, Ichoy?
Of course, I'm doing it properly!
It's just that...
They have arrived!
The kids have arrived!
I think Elsamma is here.
Dad!
Come quickly!
- Give it to me.
- No, I will bring it.
- You bring the luggage.
- Okay.
Get the luggage.
Why did you have to bring
this today, Venucha?
This will work today.
Just wait and see!
I really hope it works!
Come.
- Ichoy!
- Elsymol!
Come here!
Come!
Come here!
Ichamma!
- Are you two done with your baths?
- Did you bathe?
Yes, I did!
They are marrying
me off, Ichamma!
- Did you have the rice dumplings?
- Let's have it together.
We're going to make some.
Hey, check whether it has
been cooked properly!
Huh?
I've been making
these rice dumplings,
ever since I was as small
as this dumpling, right?
Stay still, Ichoy!
Let me cut it.
Cool!
Nice!
Show me your nose.
No, no!
That's not necessary!
My dear Ichoy, my fiance...
Do you know how handsome he is?
He doesn't have even
a single hair in his nose.
Stop it, dear!
- Ichamma.
- Yes.
This is my start-up idea.
It's been only 3 years
since I retired, right?
I could unleash the creativity
within me only now.
This is...
the 'Rice dumpling machine'!
- Give me your finger.
- What is it, dear?
Now,
if you press this
with your finger,
you can enjoy some freshly
made rice dumplings!
Stop it, kiddo!
He keeps coming up with random
stuff to waste my time!
And what do you
call this machine?
'Rice dumpling machine' a.k.a. 'KOMA'!
Time, blossoming
and withering endlessly
Oh, it's ready?
Together we live,
in harmony
Sugar...
I hope you didn't
cut down the sugar.
That will reduce the taste.
Oh, God!
Rice dumplings again?
You've been having it for 70 years!
Aren't you sick of it yet?
Get lost!
The two of us are still
as healthy as horses,
because of the rice dumplings
she makes for us.
Understood?
Wow! Look at this youngster,
bursting with energy!
In that case, along
with Elsy's wedding,
shall we find a bride
for Ichappan as well?
Well, if she is okay with it...
Get lost!
Shall we look for a groom
for Ichamma as well, then?
This man!
Elsy, Susheel.
I haven't received the
'Engagement Affidavit' yet.
Attention!
Up next is...
'Thought for the day'.
The relationship between us...
should be like a rubber band.
I'll pull it from one side,
and you'll pull it from the other side.
And it will break in the centre!
Who said that?
What is it?
Hey, it's me.
You have Elsy's 'Engagement Affidavit'
with you, right?
Don't come here without it.
Why don't you ask your Mom?
How will I know about it?
We have a priest in the family,
but you're of no use to us.
It's unfair that I have
to do everything myself!
I agree that I'm her brother.
But I'm a Father too, right?
Is it too much to
ask for some respect?
[Mom calling]
Wow!
Cool!
Superb!
Come on!
Next step!
I'm in the middle of a shoot, Mom!
I'll call you later.
- Where is Elsymol's affidavit?
- Hang up! More energy!
- Where is Elsymol's affidavit?
- What is it, Mom?
Where is Elsymol's affidavit?
Bride of beauty!
Dancing diva!
Dona-Dincy Travels!
Cut!
Awesome, Chechi!
Once we upload this tonight,
you'll be flooded with bookings!
- Great!
- Rs. 5000, please.
- Dona!
- Dincy!
What are you two doing?
It's already late.
Did you find the time
to do this only now?
They are huge celebrities, Ichaya!
They are available only today.
You are right, Chechi!
We are huge celebrities!
- Pay them!
- I have to do it, huh?
Are you happy now that
we've lost Rs. 5000?
Hey, where is Elsymol's affidavit?
Father Gabriel has asked us not
to go there without the affidavit!
Don't say that we
didn't warn you!
- Did he say so?
- Yes.
We pampered them both so much
that now they've become arrogant!
There's no use saying that now.
Where is the affidavit? Try to
remember! Where did you keep it?
- Try to remember.
- Affidavit...
Try to remember!
Affidavit... We gave it to
our Guinness, right?
- Yes!
- Guinness?
We gave it to Guinness.
That's correct.
Guinnu!
Hey Guinnu!
- What?
- Come down!
Where is Elsymol's affidavit?
- How will I know?
- What?
- He doesn't know!
- Oh my God!
Wait!
- I know where it is.
- Where is it?
I know it.
Shall I come there?
- No, no!
- I will come that way!
Okay!
Coming!
Take it.
- Bro!
Can I get a green bedsheet?
Nice!
Smile!
Beautiful!
Fantastic!
Lie down... Get up!
- Chetta, keep clicking non-stop.
- Of course!
Here are the flowers!
- I should look awesome, right?
- Throw the flowers!
Wow, marvellous!
- I look great, right?
- Of course!
Hey,
You are the same
age as me, right?
For how long have you
been married to him?
3 years.
3 years!
Hey, do you guys do it... daily?
Yes.
- Daily!
- Whoa!
Bring it on, bro!
Don't pull it from there.
It will get detached from here.
Oh! Then you do
it yourself, Chechi!
[Susheel]
Ichappa!
Aren't you ready yet, Ichappa?
What are you doing?
Let me finish
stitching this, boys!
- What stitching?
- I was talking about stitching...
- Keep it there.
- No, no!
Before entering my house,
everyone who has married into my
family has received a towel from me.
Do you know that?
There's no point
in saying that now.
It should be the same for my
Elsymol's groom as well. Got it?
But then, you haven't given a towel
to Elsy's dad Venuchayan yet!
Why is that?
That's because he abducted my
dear daughter Elsamma from me!
He doesn't deserve a towel.
Oh, that's the reason!
- Slowly!
- Come, come!
- Where are you taking me?
- Put him here. That's enough.
Enough!
Put me down!
Where did you keep
the affidavit, Ichappa?
- Affidavit?
- Elsymol's Engagement Affidavit!
Affidavit?
You must have kept it somewhere!
Oh! Are you even hearing
anything, Ichappa?
Stop it, Ichoy!
The kids are here, right?
I shouldn't have
given it to that boy!
Spring
About to hit a century
and you're still at it?
Does that mean he
should stop romancing?
So romantic, right?
Yes, yes!
Stop it, kids!
Should we just stand here
and talk about romance?
- Find the affidavit!
- Hey! Hey!
Don't open my suitcase!
Come, Ichappa!
Let's go and change!
There are many
valuable items in it.
- Come, Ichappa. Let's get ready.
- Don't take everything out!
Slowly, slowly.
- What are you doing?
- Where did you keep it, Ichappa?
Come! They will find it.
Get me that shirt.
Bring it quickly!
Who gave you
permission to open it?
- Why are you opening it?
- Where is the affidavit?
Let me check, Ichappa.
- Wear this, Ichappa!
- Hey, search over there!
Search for it, Guinnu!
- You don't need a belt, right?
- Belt? What for?
Why is this boy
looking up there?
Hey, search for it!
Get down, you useless fellow!
Woah! Woah!
Ichappa!
We got it only a week back.
Why are you searching for it in the attic?
Hey Ichappa!
If we lose something,
we must look high and low!
Let me search up here!
Yeah, right!
This looks interesting.
Don't get stressed.
Oh! You've hidden all the
good bedspreads here?
I must steal these somehow!
This boy has made
the room all dusty!
Have you got any idea
where it could be?
Hey!
I found the affidavit!
- Oh, you found it?
- Thank God!
Didn't I tell you...
that I had kept
it somewhere here?
- Is this for me?
- Yes.
My daughter should be the prettiest
person at the function today.
Has Clara arrived?
We are ready, right?
Shall we go, elder sister?
Come.
Oh, Mother of God!
Hey, hey!
Hey kiddo!
Take that ladder with you!
I will take it later, Ichappa!
Come!
Disobedient kid!
What do I say to these kids?
[To my beloved
Kochuthresiamma]
To my beloved...
Kochuthresiamma.
'Where to start...
How to start...
I don't know any of that.'
You must have seen
some fools who say so!
But I am not like that!
Where has she gone?
- It's 9 o'clock.
- They're clicking photos non-stop.
What are they doing?
Is this a film shoot or what?
Though it hasn't been long
since we met each other,
what we shared between us,
was much beyond friendship.
And the two of us know that, very well.
I should've bought
a green watch too.
- Sorry, sorry!
- Here comes the bride!
We were clicking photos.
We got some superb shots!
- What is this?
- I was at the photo shoot!
Where is Ichoy?
He will come now.
Ichappan is lagging behind!
Don't walk in slow-motion, Ichappa
- The engagement will get cancelled!
- Don't listen to him!
Come, Ichoy!
Slowly.
Praise be to Lord Jesus!
Where were you, Ichoy?
All of us were waiting for you!
Let's stand here.
Let's pray.
May peace be with us.
Bless them with the strength to abide by
the wedding vows they have made today,
to love and cherish each other
until death does them apart.
O' Lord Almighty!
Amen!
From the moment I got
to know you closely,
I wished that...
you should be mine!
Only mine!
Why do we need to play this
hide and seek game now?
We are already late!
Come.
The only thing I have to offer
you and your four children
is the love that I could give no
one else over the past four decades.
Let's embark on a
new life together,
one that is filled
with love and affection.
From your own,
Kochouseph..
Your attire is great!
You look superb!
Just a second, brother-in-law.
- Will you marry me?
- Oh my God!
Yes, yes!
- Give it.
- What?
Give me the ring!
- Here you go.
- Thank you!
- Well, put it then.
- Susheel!
- I love you!
- Oh!
This girl!
We're married!
Not yet, you're only engaged!
It's not time to leave yet.
- Hello! You started eating?
- Ichamma!
- Look! We're engaged!
- Hi.
-Is it good?
-Ichoy, how come you don't seem very happy?
Hey Elsy!
I must say, your groom
is very handsome!
Look at me!
I have been tolerating
him for around 80 years!
I'm kidding!
I was kidding.
Oh no!
I want to go home.
Who will drop me?
Who will drop me home?
Who is going to drop me home?
- There's no one to drop me?
- Elsamma, come.
Come on.
What happened, Father Gabriel?
Ichamma!
What's the matter, Father?
I don't know!
What happened to you, Ichoy?
Oh!
Don't tell me then!
O' Jesus!
I'll manage, dear.
Come.
Tomorrow morning,
I need all of you to be here.
By morning,
I don't mean your morning!
I mean, my morning!
Hey, you!
Give me the key.
- I won't give it.
- Hey!
- Come here!
- I won't!
Didn't I tell you to come
after dropping him at school?
How can I leave him when Ichappan
asked everyone to be here?
But why did Ichappan ask everyone
to come here early in the morning?
The partitioning was
completed a while ago, right?
Yeah!
Elsy, I heard that Ichappan was on
fire with his punch lines yesterday.
My morning... Your morning!
- Are there two mornings here?
- I don't know anything.
Did you notice, Rosechi?
Ever since the prayer started yesterday,
Ichappan has been feeling down.
Right! And that too, when all of
us got together after a long time!
Come, kids!
Food is ready!
- Yes, coming!
- I don't want it.
I will have Ichamma's
rice dumplings.
- Dad asked me to come. What's the matter?
- Oh, no! Father!
Where are you running off to?
Move aside!
Hey, Mathu!
Since your business has collapsed,
why not consider
investing in my 'Koma'?
Who will pay our
debts then, Venucha?
You and your Koma-dy!
Think about it once again!
You're already joking
this early in the morning?
Ichappan is here.
This...
This is a love letter
written fifty years ago...
to my wife Kochuthresia,
by some Kochouseph.
What?
I asked all of you to come here,
to show this to you.
I heard that Ichappan found a love letter
from a Kochouseph, addressed to you.
Is it true?
Ichappa, did you gather all of us
here just to show us this letter?
Read it aloud, Ichappa.
Let all of us hear it.
Yes, read it, Ichappa!
Let's hear it.
Now that it's gone this far, we
can't let Ichamma off the hook!
No wine for Ichamma for a week!
Not just a week!
No wine for Ichamma for one whole year!
- That's correct!
- Yes!
You tell us, Ichappa.
What should we do for you?
We will do anything for you!
Shall we find that guy and
bring him in front of you?
Tell us, Ichappa. Whatever you want,
we will get it done!
We promise you!
- Tell us, Ichappa!
- Will you get it done?
Yes, Ichappa!
We promise!
- Yes!
- Ichappa,
it's a Priest's promise!
Go ahead! Tell us!
What more do you need?
In that case,
I need only one thing.
Yes, yes!
Say it!
Say it, Ichappa!
- Say it openly!
- Come on!
I want to divorce her!
Chapter 2: Growth
(Development, Evolution)
It looks like the work is
moving along quickly, Ichoy!
All of this is the result
of your hard work, son.
Xavier, why aren't you
growing any taller?
Mom, big brother is here!
Okay.
Everyone is moving from
Ceylon to Persia now.
- Why?
- The prospects are better over there.
If I stay for a couple more years,
Boss has promised to send me there.
Is it?
If that happens, let's
renovate this house as well.
Right?
- How are you, Annamachi?
- He is Johnnykutty, my son!
He's coming from Ceylon.
Oh, my dear!
Hey!
You look really weak!
That's true.
You're having porridge
for breakfast?
- Where is my share?
- Oh! I don't need your share.
Sigh!
I missed this so much!
Who's this for?
Those are some clothes
for the two of you.
Hey!
This is a gift from me.
There's no need to quarrel
over towels now!
All of you will have
your own towels.
It even has your names.
This is cool!
Just press it over here.
It's a famous brand.
It won't get damaged.
Did you see this, Kochu?
We don't have to turn it.
We just have to shake it like this.
That's cool!
[Johnnymon]
[Mayathattakathu]
- Hey!
- Yes.
What do you think this is?
What do you think this is?
Hey!
I think Ichappan wrote this himself for
Ichamma long back and forgot about it.
I don't think so.
Come here!
If this news gets out,
even the wedding might get cancelled.
We need to find a
solution for this.
This won't stop here!
Hey!
In my opinion,
we should all get together and
make this divorce happen!
If it happens,
the Guinness World Record for the
divorce of the most elderly couple
will come to our house!
- Yes, that's true!
- Venucha!
Hey, you!
I will knock your block off!
I won't consider
that you are my son!
My dear son, I have told
you a hundred times...
that you were named
'Guinness' after a liquor bottle!
And not for you to bring
home a Guinness record!
You can say all that, Dad.
Now that you've named me so, I won't
rest until I bring at least one record!
- No use talking to him!
- You are satisfied, right?
this entire family is in
need of a spiritual retreat,
and it's high time
to arrange one.
Yeah, right!
In my opinion,
we don't have to
take this so seriously.
Let's consider this as one of
Ichappan's jokes and forget it.
Yes.
But what if it's true?
If it's true and
we pursue it,
what will happen?
We will lose face
in front of everyone.
We will be in a pickle
with court cases!
My daughter's
wedding won't happen.
And what if it's not true?
We will lose face
in front of everyone.
We will be in a pickle
with court cases!
My daughter's wedding
will still be cancelled.
Do you want me to help you?
What's the plan?
We're calling a lawyer, right?
- Yeah, right!
- Hey, tell him.
Ichappa!
Just draw a cross
and go to sleep.
This madness will go away
once you wake up in the morning!
They are right.
This is not going
to happen, Ichappa!
Go and lie down, Ichoy.
So,
no one is going to
support me, is it?
- No!
- No!
No one is going to support
you for this, Ichappa.
Fine!
I don't need anyone's support!
Happy?
Ichappa!
Move!
Careful!
I don't need anyone's support!
This is the end of it.
There won't be any further
discussion regarding this,
inside the house
and outside too!
Understood?
Yes.
You heard it, right?
Move your body with Susheel!
Your body, my moves!
Move it!
Move it!
[Meanwhile, outside...]
Hey, did you know?
Mayathattakathu Kochuthresia had an
extra marital affair long back, it seems!
Hey, grandma had an affair!
I'm not sure.
So, don't tell anyone!
Hey, grandma had an affair!
I'm not sure. So don't tell anyone!
Hey, grandma had an affair!
Don't tell anyone!
I will tell everyone!
What all am I hearing?
This is a disgrace to our Diocese!
- Hello? Who is this?
- What?
- I am your Bishop!
- What?
At his age, why does your
Ichappan want to get a divorce?
Has he gone nuts?
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Faster! Faster!
- Well... that...
- What?
- Who told you this?
- Who's left to know about this?
Even the dogs and cows
in town are talking about it!
If my findings are correct,
there isn't any truth to this.
Ammini, I think
Ichappan is delusional!
There's something sorrowful
about Ichamma's cowfeed today.
- Yes, yes.
- Poor thing!
Very true!
You...!
The whole town knows about it!
And you still want to marry her?
Both her and her grandma
are sluts!
Hereafter, our family has
nothing to do with their family.
Understood?
I don't want to hear anything!
Didn't you promise me when you
sent me here for higher studies...
that you'd get me married off once
you retire, if I don't study well?
How many exams did I fail?
It's been three years
since you retired, right?
- Did you marry me off yet?
- Bishop...
I was trying to force everyone...
- Force?
- Not by force!
I'm trying to gather everyone
together for a spiritual retreat.
What bloody good
will that bring?
- They will get reformed.
- Will they?
Yes, yes!
1:1.
Now it's balanced.
[Meanwhile, inside...]
O Guinness Gods, please bless our Ichappan.
Ichappa,
what are you going to gain by
getting a divorce at this age?
Shall we talk this
over and solve it?
Ichamma, we need to know!
Is there any truth
in that letter?
She had this affair when she was
the mother of my four children!
And you want me to talk
this over and solve it?
If it's true,
we need to know it now!
Shucks!
Don't you have any shame...
to ask this to your mother's face?
Shameless!
Aargh!
It's getting ridiculous how
often the power keeps going off.
What if they don't get reformed?
I will flee to Vatican!
Dear, I'm going
to Vatican anyway.
You can come along with me.
You can study in some parallel
college and get settled over there.
I won't consider that
you are a Priest!
Why don't any of you love me?
I wanted to marry some rich guy,
take care of his child,
and live happily!
You can't stand that, right?
Hey, don't you want to
live an independent life?
What will you all gain if
I become independent?
Should I take care of you all?
Mom!
Dad worked hard for so long in Dubai and
made all that money! Who is it for?
This guy...
This guy is in the church, right?
Why does he need money?
I don't need it.
I swear!
Ichamma,
is that Kochouseph a real person?
Stop wasting time
and tell us the truth.
Whatever it is,
just tell us, Ichamma!
[starts chanting prayer]
Oh shucks!
Oh, it's back?
Her wedding got cancelled
because of this, Ichappa!
Well, she isn't old
enough to get married yet.
Hey, girl!
You should go to some foreign country, study
there and become really successful, okay?
Ichappa!
Do you know how hard it
was for me to woo that guy?
I even learned to make
his favourite snack!
I want to get married!
What is it?
Here you go!
Oh no!
Hey, Mathayi!
What are you doing here?
'Light is sadness,
- darkness is Jayaprabha!'
- What?
How is it?
We learned it in school yesterday.
Cool, right?
It's not Jayapradha!
It's Philomina!
This is an actual power outage.
It wasn't me.
If there was a Guinness record for
power outages, our town would win it.
Shut up!
Don't talk!
[alarms ringing]
I thought I'd talk to you
once you've calmed down a bit.
Before reading that letter in front
of our children and grand children,
you could have asked me once!
Oh!
I couldn't do it.
Well,
if I ask you now,
will you tell me the truth?
What should I say?
You calm down first.
Me not calming down
is the issue now?
Tell me the truth.
Who is he?
My dear Ichoy!
After all, we've been living together
in this house for so long.
Yes. I'm asking you because we've
been living together for so long!
Who is this Kochouseph of yours?
Tell me!
See!
You don't want to
tell me the truth.
I don't want to live with someone who
doesn't want to tell me the truth.
We have been living in this
house for almost 80 years!
If you look carefully enough,
you may come across many things here that
are unanswered or have been forgotten.
It's on the other
side, dear Mathayi.
- Here?
- Yes.
Check there.
Where can it go?
Not there.
Down there!
- It's not here, Ichappa.
- Check the lower rack.
- Found it!
- Found it?
Bring it to me.
Now, open it.
Doctor...
Hospital...
Electrician...
Which one should I read out?
Lawyer!
Advocate!
The last time we came here
was for the partitioning.
Hey! This is the way!
Come on! Why does a house
need this many doorways?
- He attends only decent cases.
- So many doorways!
Ring the door bell!
Your Ichappan has called every
lawyer in the bar council!
He even started calling judges,
mixing up numbers.
Phew!
Dear,
tell them about different types of
divorce cases and their possibilities.
There are two types
of divorce cases.
One is 'Mutual' in which both
parties agree to a divorce.
It's a simple process. The court
grants it without much hassle.
The next one is 'Conditional' in which
one party wants it and the other doesn't.
That's quite tough.
Ichamma is not
interested in this divorce.
This is Ichappan's madness.
That's not what I'm thinking.
After this, two children will
stay with Mom for two weeks...
and two children be with Dad.
Even the twins might
be separated, right?
Hey Advocate! You keep mocking us always!
Enough with it!
This is our family matter.
We will resolve it ourselves.
Don't share this with anyone.
That's all!
As if they don't know it already.
Even the dogs and cows
in this town know about it!
It was the fish seller
who told me about it!
Get up!
Let's go!
Such a waste of time!
Come on!
These jobless lawyers
will cause trouble for us!
I got a little too excited!
- Such an indecent fellow, right?
- Yes.
My legal argument didn't
work with them, right?
Yes, but you proceed!
Good that there are so many steps.
They wouldn't have reached downstairs yet.
Hey Murali!
I mean... Venu!
Not a single lawyer whom Ichappan
called is willing to accept this case.
Separating a couple who are both in their
90s could harm the lawyers' reputation.
You don't have to worry at all!
He can only fight the case if
he manages to find a lawyer.
Please drop me at the
factory on the way.
Okay, Chechi.
Where have you brought me?
Five minutes!
Wait.
Susheel!
[Susheelam
Day Care & Zumba]
Long time, no see!
We met three days back, right?
Susheel...
Guinness, this is my space.
What?
Guinnu!
It serves as a kindergarten during the
day, and as a Zumba class at other times.
He is an entrepreneur!
An entrepreneur!
See! "Susheelam Day Care"!
Where has he gone?
- Hey Xavier!
- What is it, Ichappa?
Hey,
apply this on my body.
Apply this on my back!
Ichappa... I...
I called you because my
hands can't reach my back!
Ichappa... that...
I'm asking you to do it!
I will be right back, Ichappa.
I will do it.
Not necessary!
Bloody hell!
Who are you?
If you need donations,
there's nothing here!
- I don't need donations.
- Then?
- Prayers!
- Oh!
Praise be to God Jesus!
I was sent by the
Priest from the Church.
Thought I'll meet the Grandpa and
Grandma here, and pray with them.
It's been a while since they
visited the Church, right?
- Oh, are you a Brother?
- Yes.
Please have a seat.
Well,
It's okay. I will sit on
that platform.
As you wish.
That must be Grandma, right?
No, that is Grandma's daughter.
Oh, the eldest one?
- No, the eldest was a son.
He was very smart, but he died
in a shipwreck a long time ago.
After that incident, she was the
one who took care of the family.
Who else do you think was behind the
growth of our rubber band factory?
She was not like this earlier.
There was a time when she used
to keep Ichappan in line as well.
But now...
That... shucks!
She has "Asimer's disease"!
She doesn't remember anything.
We can't stop fate, right?
What else to say?
Hey, stop it!
- Is this why you asked to see me?
- What are you doing?
We both are wearing green!
We will rock!
- Sheesh! Elsy!
- What?
Hey! Open the door!
Have you locked it?
Are they making out?
Hey, leave me!
What are you...
This wasn't the reason
I asked you to come.
Then?
My parents don't want
us to get married!
Doesn't your grandpa have anything else to
do in his old age, other than this divorce?
So, you don't want to marry me?
Oh no!
My buttons are broken!
My dear Susheel,
I will stitch it for you!
Tell me!
Don't you want to marry me?
If I don't want to, will I take
the risk of bringing you here?
Phew!
I thought you didn't
want to marry me.
Yeah, right!
Praise be to Lord
Jesus, Grandpa!
Praise be to Him,
now and always!
He has come from the Church.
I sense that there's a great
sadness within you, Grandpa.
Why don't you make a confession?
Not to me.
Just imagine that you
are confessing to Jesus!
Let's sit in that room.
Okay.
Or...
let's sit in this room.
Hey, open this room.
Okay.
- Come inside.
- There's no hurry, Grandpa.
Kochuthresia and I have been
married for almost 80 years now.
Well, what can I do?
I never expected this.
I love her more
than anything else!
What is all this?
I'm making notes of the confession.
Notes... notes.
- Oh!
- You may continue.
How many boyfriends
have you had?
Well... that...
There have been too many
to count on my fingers.
What?
- Can't count?
- What about you?
Well...
Well, I can count
that on my fingers.
You are handsome!
Elsy!
Elsy!
Open this door, Elsy!
Susheeletta!
Elsy!
Mom had called!
They have left from the Church.
They will reach in ten minutes.
They will beat me to pulp today!
That's it?
A lawyer can easily
get you a divorce.
All the lawyers I know are dead.
Have you heard of
'God's will', Grandpa?
What?
I am a lawyer, Grandpa!
Where's the cord?
Junior!
Separating a couple who are both in their
90s could harm the lawyers' reputation.
You don't have to worry at all!
He can only fight the case if
he manages to find a lawyer.
Which foolish lawyer
will take up this case?
Contempt
Mockery
Severance
Roar at me,
let your voice take flight
No more scorching heat,
I've been my own might
You are a mere charioteer,
I am a warrior
An eight-legged octopus,
undefeated, unconquered
Here.
Yes, press it.
Come!
- Once again. Press harder.
- Who is this?
Come, come.
- Who is it, Xavier?
- He said he's from the Church.
From the Church?
- Who is it from the church? A Brother?
- Who are you?
- Who are you?
- Where? Let me see him.
There's no such
person in my Church.
We don't have
black robes either.
Tell me the truth!
Who are you?
Stop it!
Stop it right there!
This is the document that proves
that I'm your father's lawyer.
Come here!
Give me that document!
- I won't give it!
- Venu, let go of that boy!
If you manhandle me, I will file a case
against you under section 503! Move aside!
Hey kiddo, what's wrong with you?
Are you crazy to support
Ichappan's madness in this old age?
Crazy?
I am crazy?
Your father has raised a serious issue,
and you seem to be brushing it off.
So, aren't you crazy?
Have you ever thought whether there's
any truth to what he's saying?
Have you ever tried to see
from his point of view?
You should understand something.
You're talking about something
that happened 50 years ago!
Yes, exactly! That's my point!
What's your name?
- Elsamma.
- Yes!
50 years!
The life your father lived for
the past fifty years, was a lie!
How will you react
if you realize that...
half of your life was a lie,
as you approach your final days?
Tell me!
Come on, tell me!
- Tell me, Father!
- What?
Answer me!
You don't have an answer!
No one has an answer!
You don't seem to care even
if this man dies...
without finding the answer to
the greatest question in his life!
You are only concerned about
your daughter's wedding,
house warming, lent and
your family name, right?
Pathetic!
Lent?
So pathetic!
I will take up your Dad's case!
I will appear in court
on behalf of your Dad!
If you are planning to stop me,
I'll see you in court!
High five!
Move aside!
Where is my bag?
Move!
See!
The lawyer came here searching for me!
That's what!
The truth is on my side!
And God too!
Wait and watch!
- Elsamma!
- What?
We need to find out whether
God is on our side, right?
Breathe... and relax.
A wedding!
I can see it clearly.
But...
a wedding getting cancelled...
I can see that too,
very clearly!
Hey, Angelo!
Do you see anything?
I don't see a damn thing!
Our eyes are closed, right?
Shut up!
A Divorce.
I can see that clearly.
But...
A divorce getting cancelled...
I can see that too,
very clearly!
Oh!
This is like the weather forecast
we used to hear on the news -
it could rain,
or it might not.
- Rosammachi!
- Then what?
Is there a solution for this?
Solution!
- No solution!
- Oh!
Great!
Things are going to get
even more complicated!
There's a registered
letter for Kochuthresiamma!
It's the divorce notice, isn't it?
Ichamma...
All this while,
I have obeyed whatever
you've told me,
and I've come along with you,
wherever you called me.
Now,
if you're calling me to the court,
I will come there as well.
[reading an excerpt from 'The Ramayana']
Where have you reached?
In order to prove Sita's purity,
Lord Ram asked her to
jump into the fire!
We'll know the result tomorrow.
Ever since I can remember,
they've been deeply in love.
Ichappan pampered me a
lot while raising me.
Did this happen because
of my carelessness?
Could I have done something?
I don't understand
anything, Venucha.
You were just five or six
years old then, right?
What could you possibly do?
Nothing.
Well, since things
have gone this far,
shouldn't we find a
lawyer for Ichamma?
Yes, definitely.
We'll have to find the best
lawyer money can buy!
Hey, don't try to come upstairs!
I've locked the room!
I won't allow any indecent case
inside my chamber! Go away!
You came to your family
lawyer as a last resort,
after being unable to
find anyone else, right?
My chamber will not accept any indecent
case from such indecent people!
- Go away!
- Please, Sir!
Forget him!
Let's go!
- Him and his decency!
- Go away!
Who does he think he is?
- Juice...
- It's not cold, right?
Give it to him.
Let his head cool down!
Okay then.
It was orange juice.
Missed that as well!
You sit here talking
about decency.
Ever since Jikku left, our cow
Ammini hasn't been giving milk.
I will milk the cow, Ramani!
Oh! Is that why you've
built a glass palace?
It's a chamber,
not a palace!
- Don't get me talking!
- Ramani!
Have any of your junior lawyers
won any case yet?
No.
So, you know everything!
Well... Ramani...
Well, tell me what
to do. I will do it!
Yes, your honor.
Yes, your honor!
Yes...
I object...
I object!
I object, your honor!
I object.
I rest my case
for your honor
Case, your honor.
I plead for my client.
I plead...
I plead for my client!
Yes.
Ichappa,
we can go back, even now.
If we go any further,
it will be difficult
to turn back!
- Listen, Mr. John.
- Sir.
I only take on cases that
I am confident I can win.
- That's all, your honor!
- Stop!
That's all...
That's all... your honor.
Objection sustained.
Excuse me!
This man!
- Jose.
- Sir.
On a daily average, how many
litres of milk will a Jersey cow give?
- Well... that...
- Leave it. How about a Sindhi cow?
Oh, how will you know that? Only
a milker would know that, right?
Oh! The milker was here?
Sorry.
Advocate Jikkumon!
You will dare to appear
against me in court, huh?
Well, Mr. Junior Jose...
In the case that we
are going to win today,
you will have the opportunity to
learn a lot from my arguments.
You should learn
everything by-heart.
Judicial system needs a change.
I know this guy who's
hanging his head in shame.
Jikkumon!
Hey, why are you here?
My dear Ravi!
Are you the new judge here?
Yes, I got transferred here.
Such a nice place, right?
Very sunny and no shade around!
- Where can I get good pork here?
- What?
Pork, pork!
You haven't changed at all!
All clear on the digestion front?
It's going great!
You came at the right time, bro!
This is my first case.
I must win it somehow!
Don't talk to me like this.
I became a lawyer by copying
from your answer sheet, right?
Won't I show the
gratitude for that?
You haven't forgotten anything!
I won't forget!
You don't even have
to plead in court!
You have won this case!
You have won!
Okay?
- Will you plead?
- I won't!
You shouldn't!
Yes!
Yes!
Yes, sir!
Yes!
Say Hi to the Highness Ravi
The ruler of this court's decree
His word, final and true, will be
Your destiny, he'll rewrite with glee
Do you really need a divorce
at this age, Grandpa?
Don't you want to reconsider this?
Do you want to reconsider?
Please inform him that I made this
decision after thoughtful consideration.
He made this decision after
thoughtful consideration.
Grandma, do you want to go
through with the divorce?
My client has no interest in
pursuing this divorce, Your honor.
My client is interested in pursuing
this divorce, Your honor.
On what grounds,
do you need this divorce?
Grounds...
Adultery!
Infidelity!
I object, your honor!
He is defaming my client!
How can true events
become defamation?
- Sit down.
- What?
Your honor, this advocate
is asking me to sit down!
- Mr. Jikkumon!
- Yeah, Bro!
Are you even an advocate?
Please get up!
I'm not asking you to consider
their age or health condition.
Based on this
single piece of paper,
should you be trying
to separate this couple
who have lived together
for almost 70 years,
with five children and ten
or twelve grand-children?
Don't you have anything to say?
Don't you have any arguments?
Speak, Jikkumon!
Come on!
Cat got his tongue, I guess.
You asked me not to plead...
Answer me!
Well Sir, it's not for me.
It's this Grandpa who needs the divorce!
Oh!
Is that so?
When you put forth such
a strong allegation,
you should at least have the bare
minimum evidence for it, right?
One evidence as
the bare minimum?
- One evidence!
- Once more?
Bare...
Don't you know the
meaning of 'bare minimum'?
- 'At the very least'!
- Yes, bare minimum!
- Yes.
- One evidence!
Sir... that letter...
That letter is a love letter written
by Kochouseph to Kochuthresia.
May I interject, your honor?
No, you cannot!
Your honor, this advocate
is at it again...
Your honor, in my knowledge, there are
at least 37 Kochuthresias in this locality!
Sorry, 36!
One Kochuthresia died yesterday!
- Is it?
- Yes, in Olassa.
Some Kochouseph wrote a letter
to one of those Kochuthresias.
How can that be my
client, your honor?
This is a baseless
accusation, your honor.
Please dismiss this
case, your honor!
- No!
- No? Yes!
- Kochouseph wrote to Kochuthresia...
- Blah blah blah!
The love letter which Kochouseph
wrote to this Kochuthresia...
If this is not that Kochuthresia,
which Kochuthresia is that?
Jikkumon, Jikkumon, Jikkumon!
Who wrote this letter
to whom and why?
Is there any evidence for that?
It's a letter, Sir!
I'm not talking about circumstantial
evidence. Do you have any solid evidence?
Isn't that solid evidence...?
Without solid evidence, the court
cannot move ahead with this case!
That's it!
Next!
- Solid...
- It's over.
Hey, you!
Hey... Hey!
What the hell was that?
Lower your voice, Jikkumon!
I am a judge!
What all were you saying?
'Don't fight the case. You've already won!'
And when you went inside...
'Speak up, Jikkumon!'
'Answer me, Jikkumon!'
- Sir, is there a problem?
- What a show-off!
It's the rehearsal for
Bar Association's drama.
It will be over soon.
Jikkumon,
you know that my father is an
Oracle at the temple, right?
So what?
When he is outside the temple,
he is a drunkard,
but once he enters,
he transforms into God!
When I sit on that chair,
I am in that same situation!
I don't know what it is!
I feel possessed by righteousness!
I don't like it.
But what can I do about it?
Possessed by righteousness?
Jalaja!
- Hey Jalaja!
- Hey Ravi!
I'm coming!
- Why is he taking so much time?
- Yes.
Shucks!
Let's go fast. It's late.
- Let's hurry.
I got a little late, dear!
- Let's go.
- We will get pork today.
- Let's go.
- Go forward!
Go forward!
- Hey Micheal-Angelo!
- Yes.
Don't worry at all!
From where will that fool bring evidence
for something that happened 60 years ago?
With this, the case is closed!
It's over! Your words are final, and
there is no room for appeal.
Get in, Micheal!
- We should have a blast today!
- Here you go!
Anyway, it ended well!
I told you earlier, didn't I?
Hey, you know how
happy everyone is?
Are they boozing?
Yes, a lot!
- You are relieved now, right?
- Yes.
I believe that all the issues
have been resolved now.
Hey, which color do you prefer for
our wedding theme, green or blue?
No? How about Magenta or purple?
- Just a minute.
- No, no! Let's fix yellow!
Hello?
Elsy?
Hello?
Ichamma.
This blanket is full of dust.
It needs a wash.
You can leave, dear.
- Ichamma...
- You may leave, dear.
No one is ready to listen to me!
[indistinct chatter]
Grandpa,
do you think that...
I can win this case?
No.
Oh!
Don't say that.
What should I say then?
Well, though I argued
a lot saying...
'Kochuthresia is this',
'Kochuthresia is that...' etc.,
I don't think Grandma has...
Grandpa, are you sure that...
what you're claiming
has happened?
Are you on her side or mine?
The court has only
adjourned the case.
The case hasn't been dismissed yet.
Understood?
You go and bring the evidence!
This happened almost
60 years ago, right?
It's not possible to
produce evidence so quickly.
If you can't do it,
tell me!
I will hire another lawyer!
We both know that no other
advocate will take up this case!
Hey! Can you produce the evidence?
Can you?
Don't come back until you have
found the evidence, understood?
You're not allowed in this house,
until you bring proper evidence.
Understood?
Elsy!
The divorce got...
Oh, sorry! Wrong person!
Elsy,
It's really hot, right?
I never expected that the
case would get adjourned.
Sigh!
We missed a great opportunity to
create a Guinness record, right?
Can you just shut up, Guinness?
What happened to her?
Hey!
Hey, don't run!
You might slip!
Hey!
Hey, stop!
I was just joking.
It's a joke for the spectators.
But the two of them...
are really sad!
Elsy!
Hey!
Sister...
The entire family just wants
to avoid legal proceedings.
Not a single person...
Not a single person is
interested to know what happened!
Hey, I am interested!
I swear on my Guinness Gods that
I want to know what happened!
Really?
Yes.
Then, come with me.
We need to meet someone.
Come.
No, no! It's not possible!
No way!
These are all legal procedures!
It can't be done this way.
Don't enter my house!
- Is this his house?
- Oh, this guy!
I checked that letter thoroughly.
There is nothing in it.
- Relax.
- But just show it to us!
No!
That is evidence!
Get up!
Stop playing games and
give us the letter!
- Get lost!
- Wait, wait.
My dear lawyer,
we went through so much
trouble to find this place.
Give it to us.
Please!
What did you call me?
Lawyer...
Come, sit.
Here you go.
Hey, Jikku!
Jikku!
I don't care if
you are a lawyer!
I will file a court case against you
if you don't pay the rent!
Tell me if you have any cows in your
house. I will milk them for you!
That's all I can do now.
What's happening with
your treasure hunt?
It has his name
and family name.
- Shall we try with that?
- Yes.
I had already tried all that.
Family name?
Where is it?
"There will always be a room kept
vacant for you in 'Puthenveedu'."
Didn't you see it?
He has just mentioned that he has
a new house [Puthenveedu], right?
Silly girl!
No wonder you are sitting
here like a dairy cow!
'Puthenveedu'...
That's his family name.
Puthenveettil Kochouseph!
Who should we ask about events
that occurred 50 years ago?
Well, we do have
someone in our house...
who only knows about events
that occurred fifty years ago.
Hey, go and inquire at the
place mentioned in the letter.
We'll be back soon.
Go, do your job!
Yeah, yeah!
[Vintage Malayalam
song playing on radio]
Puthenveettil Kochouseph!
I don't know such a person.
Oh, yeah!
But there's one person
who would know that.
My brother, Johnny.
Johnny will tell you
everything, precisely.
- Shall we leave?
- Yes.
Okay.
Whom will we ask next?
We will have to ask her
brother Johnny next!
Get lost!
Hey, wait!
We had a music teacher.
- That music teacher's name...
- Yes?
His name was Kochouseph!
Hey...!
- Come!
- Yes!
Hello.
Yes. I'm making rounds
of the village office.
They are saying that
they don't know anything.
They are asking me to
check at some church.
We'll come there now.
Start searching
for music teachers!
Kochouseph is a music teacher!
Hold this.
Go quickly!
Music teacher!
Hey!
What's up?
I checked all the
churches in this area.
This is the only one left.
Okay.
You park it over there.
Yes...
Kochouseph, our music teacher...
from Puthenveedu!
Yes.
He used to sing
in the choir here.
He was the headmaster
of a school.
But he was better known
as a music teacher.
Okay.
He stays nearby.
I can introduce you to
him, if you want me to.
- Come up.
- Okay.
- Okay.
- This way.
What are you waiting for?
Come!
Hey!
Come up!
Come.
[Puthenveettil Kochouseph]
He was a great musician!
I come and sit here
during certain nights.
For what?
To hear him sing!
If you buy a liquor bottle
and place it on his grave,
he will sing all night!
Over there...
Where was it?
There's a Saramma over there.
She is a great dancer.
Sometimes, she wakes up
and dances till sunrise!
Hey kiddo!
Aren't you coming here?
Hey!
Come!
Shucks!
He doesn't want to come!
Should I stand over there?
No?
Elsy, I will be
near the vehicle.
Well, are you...
leaving?
We searched so much
only to find a dead man.
Hey, shall we go and check
at that Puthenveedu house?
Someone over there
might remember something!
- Should we do it?
- Why?
Something doesn't seem right!
Should we really go there?
You were acting so
brave in the afternoon!
- Come on man!
- He's useless!
- Are you coming?
- Follow us!
Yes.
Chetta!
Chetta!
Where is Puthenveedu?
Puthenveedu!
How do we reach Puthenveedu?
Puthenveedu!
Are you going to
the haunted house?
Yes.
What?
Will anyone go
there at this hour?
Just go straight.
Don't forget the way back!
- Thank you!
- Come. Let's go, check it out.
- Should we go?
- Hey, follow us!
- Hey, I think this is the place.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- There it is, Jikku.
Yes, this is it.
Puthenveettil...
Puthenveettil!
Novelty is only in the name!
Hey!
Aren't you coming?
Come!
Chetta, isn't anyone here?
Is there anyone here?
Who is it?
Chetta, isn't this
Kochouseph's house?
Yes.
He used to come to our
house to give music classes...
to our grandmothers.
Oh!
Students!
Come!
Come inside!
- Hey, come.
- Come, dear.
- You too.
- No, I will stand here.
- Come!
- It's alright.
Well,
how did you find this house?
We had gone to the church.
They told us.
Well, Dad still goes
to the church to sing.
Did you see that?
What?
Where?
Who?
Chetta,
who is this?
He is my Grandpa.
Kochouseph.
He was a great singer.
He had trained numerous
pupils in music.
Anyway, I will call the
person you came to meet.
Dad!
Dad,
you have guests today!
Come here before they leave!
He went inside to call this guy!
Didn't I tell you that
this place is not safe?
There are some problems here!
Let's go somewhere else
today, dear sister!
And come back tomorrow morning
with some more people.
- Can you be quiet for some time?
- This doesn't feel right.
Hey, this is not the
guy we thought he was!
This guy died in 1974.
He was 92 years old then.
The letter was written
almost 60 years ago.
60 years ago, he was
around 80-85 years old.
Did our grandma fall in love
with an 85-year-old man?
But he is Kochouseph...
and this is Puthenveedu!
And he is a music teacher too!
Something is wrong!
What?
What?
What is it?
What happened?
Get down.
- Get down!
- No!
Why do you want to see me?
What is this noise over here?
Why are you shivering? Keep
that cross away and get down!
No, no.
Who is this, Chetta?
Kochouseph, my Dad.
You came to see him, right?
Kochouseph, the music teacher.
Then, who is this?
That is my Grandpa!
I told you earlier, right?
- So. what is his name?
- That's the irony.
Both father and son
have the same name!
Kochouseph!
And they had the same profession.
Music teacher!
That's all?
Tell me why you have come here.
Grandpa, my name is Elsy.
I am from 'Mayathattakam' family.
Around 60 years ago,
did you write a love
letter to my Grandma?
Hey,
I think we've got the
wrong person. Come.
Sorry, Grandpa!
Sorry, Chetta!
- Hey... but...
- Don't stand there. Come!
Kochuthresiamma!
- Hey!
- Yes!
These should be
delivered tomorrow.
- Okay.
- Look here!
You should keep a
tab of all this.
Are you paying attention?
Yes, Mom!
Seven...
Hey, hold this!
- Hold it!
- Ittooppichaya!
Hey Gopi!
There's a telegram for you,
Ittooppichaya!
A telegram? Oh, yes!
It must be from Johnnymon!
He left for Persia,
two weeks back.
Read it aloud.
Hey,
I don't know English.
That's why!
Read it.
Ittooppichaya,
Johnnymon...
Johnnymon?
Johnnymon didn't reach Persia.
What?
Huh?
Is he still in Ceylon?
The ship that Johnnymon
boarded to go to Persia...
That ship sank!
Chapter 3: Blight
(Fatigue, Paleness, Decay)
Tell us the matter, Advocate!
Come quickly!
Follow me!
Grandpa!
Hold the vehicle!
Hold it!
Grandpa!
- Move aside, Chetta!
- We found the man!
I found the evidence!
We've found the man!
- We've found the man!
- Hey!
- What business do you have here?
- Get lost!
- I will take care of Grandpa. Move aside!
- Mind your words!
- You get lost!
- Huh?
We found the man who wrote
the love letter to Grandma!
He is 40 kilometres away.
He is still alive!
Come, let's go to Grandma.
He is still alive!
Is he deaf or what?
He is still alive!
Don't go there now, Ichamma.
- What is it?
- Nothing.
You sit here and eat, Grandma.
Let's not go there now.
- Me! This Jikkumon...
I was certain that this grandma
had done something questionable.
- I found it!
He is still alive!
Kochouseph, the secret lover!
Infidelity!
First class infidelity!
Get my walking stick!
Hey!
Give my car key to him.
Give me the key!
- Is that necessary, Ichappa?
- Do as I say!
- Give it to him!
- Give it, give it.
I will give it.
It's in the shed.
Hold this bag. It contains
essential items. Don't lose it!
Him and his bag!
Move, move, move!
- Jikku!
- Jikku!
Move, move, move!
Get in, Ichappa!
Let's go.
Okay.
Make it fifty, at least.
- The neighbours got 75.
- That's not possible, Chetta.
Forty! Even 40 is too much,
at this remote place!
Come, Ichappa!
Open the door.
- Bloody door!
- Where is he?
There!
Over there!
Go and ask him, Grandpa!
- What is the matter?
- Wait.
Move aside.
Hey, Kochouseph!
Hey, Kochouseph!
Mr. Kochouseph!
Kochouseph!
Ichappa, he is the man!
He is the culprit!
Are you Kochouseph?
What's the matter?
What is it?
You want to write
a love letter, huh?
Oh no!
Don't beat him!
Murder case!
It will be a different case then!
Tell me the matter!
- Don't you know it?
- Tell me!
Don't you know it?
I will make you say it!
You don't know me!
But you know my wife
Kochuthresia, right?
- Yes!
- Hold them back!
It was me who wrote the
love letter to Kochuthresia!
It was not for nothing!
We were deeply in love!
You...!
You were in love?
What was going on
between the two of you?
- Take it easy, Ichappa!
- What was it?
- Say it!
- Let go of me!
Hold them back!
- Ichappa!
Hey, Ittoop!
Go home, Ittoop!
Or else, you'll
have to hear things
that you shouldn't be hearing
in public.
Go back inside!
This is what happens when a
woman dares to venture out.
That poor man's fate is such!
Poor Ichappan!
I wonder how he tolerated it.
Having an affair is so cheap!
This is exactly why I believe
that we should never get married.
So, it was not just sorrow
in Ichamma's cow-feed.
There's guilt too, right?
Unbelievable!
Yes.
The people were right, Bishop!
It was infidelity indeed, Bishop!
What about my
Vatican trip, Bishop?
Where were all of you?
Move my bed to this room.
I am going to sleep
there hereafter.
What did you say?
Oh!
I forgot to wear it!
I'll be right back, Mom.
I am telling you guys!
He is still alive, Ichamma!
Ichappan went and met him.
Ichamma,
we need to talk.
After Johnnymon's death,
I made a mistake.
Don't ask me anything more.
No one has anything
left to say now, right?
Wow! We reached
so quickly, Jalu.
Jikkumon!
Jikkumon!
Jikku, you've arranged
the evidence, right?
If so, shall we move ahead
with a contested divorce?
Don't talk to me!
Don't say that!
Didn't I tell you that
I will solve everything?
This is my first case.
I must win it somehow.
After milking cows for so long,
my hands smell like milk!
Is it?
- Wow! Milma!
- Milma?
Dude, I always enter the courtroom
thinking about you.
But I have no idea why...
When I sit on that chair...
Do this.
Don't sit on that chair today.
What?
Don't sit on that chair today.
Yes!
You have won!
Sharath! Sunil!
All good?
It was the lack of evidence...
that made me think that this case
wasn't strong enough, so far.
But with the tireless efforts
of Advocate Jikkumon,
this case has taken a new turn!
It's true that there
is evidence, Sir.
But we should consider
their age too, Sir.
Does being elderly mean Grandpa should lose
his rights as a citizen of this country?
- Never!
- Be it 18 or 100,
the law of this country
is the same for everyone!
Ravi, Ravi!
What were you saying,
Advocate Narayanan?
Well, whether their age should
also be considered...
Yes!
We should definitely
consider that!
Right?
Okay then.
Congrats!
Jikkumon!
Where are you going, Jikkumon?
Jikkumon!
Where were we?
Let's send them for
marriage counselling.
Let them talk to each other
and try to resolve their issues.
Yes.
Jikkumon!
Sorry, Jikkumon!
Sorry! Please forgive me!
Sorry!
Sorry! Okay?
Jalaja!
Married life is really tough.
You'll need to be prepared
to face problems constantly.
But... real, successful
partnerships are formed...
when partners confront these
issues without resorting to separation.
Grandpa!
Grandpa!
It's me!
There shouldn't be any kind
of cooperation from your side...
during the marriage counselling.
Okay.
We will win this case only then.
- Okay?
- Okay.
Okay, good night!
Grandpa, I am writing a book, 'How to
boost the love between partners?'...
and the first chapter will
be about grandma and you.
I will solve your
problem, for sure!
Hey, kiddo!
How old are you?
I turned 28, this April.
How about your dad?
My dad is 63 years old.
My youngest daughter
is older than your dad!
Understood?
- Get out!
- What?
Get out!
- Well, Grandpa...
- Get out, I say!
- Get out!
- Don't hit me, Grandpa!
- Get out!
- Grandpa...
- Get out!
- Well, Grandpa...
- Grandpa? Whose Grandpa?
- Please don't hit me!
Here comes the counsellor.
- He is brilliant!
- And handsome too!
So, counselling
didn't work, huh?
How will it work, Sir?
There are troublemakers here who create
problems even during counselling!
My dear judge,
the least we can do is to arrive at a
decision in this case, at the earliest.
Trying to change Grandpa's
mind at this age is foolishness!
That's true.
Oh, Goddess!
- There's no point in wasting time.
- No point!
What kind of a solution is that, Sir?
Sir... What kind of a solution is that?
Sir, you know that...
couples are given 3 or 6 months of
trial separation, in similar cases.
We haven't even provided
them with that in this case.
This couple doesn't need that!
They lived together
for 80 years, right?
They're not going to do anything
more in a couple of months.
You move aside, Sir!
Is that for you to decide?
- Yes, of course!
- Wait, wait.
Advocate Narayanan has a point.
- What?
- Yes.
To take an immediate decision,
it's not a foul in a
football game, right?
- Yes.
- It's the life of a couple, right?
That's not what we discussed.
That's what we discussed!
Let the case go through
normal proceedings.
6 months trial separation!
- Thank you, Sir!
- I'm back!
Let me go and tell them before
this fool changes his mind!
Though he's crazy,
he is sensible.
Oh God! Wherever he sits,
it becomes a problem!
- Listen, Micheal.
- I am Angelo!
Sorry!
Listen, Dona.
I am Dincy!
It doesn't matter!
Too many twins to keep track of.
6 months of trial separation.
That means, Grandma and Grandpa will
be made to live separately for 6 months...
to see whether they'd
have a change of heart.
What all are
you saying, advocate?
That won't work.
You will see!
With this, you'll get an item
that you've never gotten until now.
Guinness record!
No?
Time!
A time period of six months!
The case won't move forward during
this period. It will be stuck!
You can get this girl
married during that period.
By then, people will
forget all about it!
If Grandpa gets to know that he
might see another baby in the family,
he might even
withdraw this case!
What do you think?
Tell me, twins!
What do you think?
Tell me! What do you think?
Huh?
I can't wait for 6 months!
She had this affair while
she was living in this house!
I want to leave this house
at the earliest.
Where is my chair?
It's missing!
You have changed a lot.
The Ravi I knew was
never like this.
True!
You do have some minor issues.
- Yes, there is some minor issue.
- Yes.
But I will do something today.
You just have to stand by me.
I'll always stand by you.
- But there's something wrong with me!
- It's nothing.
Just stand by me. That's all.
- There is nothing else.
- Really?
Oh!
Within the short span
of my life so far,
I've always attempted to do things rapidly
and in an unconventional manner.
It's not right to torture them like this
using the Indian Penal System.
Look at their faces.
The court building has
a lot of stairs, right?
Are you saying that they should walk
up and down these stairs every time?
No, not at all!
How can that be justified?
How is it fair?
What good can come of it?
Hard-hitting!
A trial separation of six
months is not necessary.
Sir!
Considering special privilege,
the court's decision is to have
the final hearing within 2 weeks!
Yes!
Don't say that
while standing, Sir!
Sit down and say it, Sir!
- Sit here and say it, Sir!
- Don't sit, don't sit!
- Sir!
Everything will be
solved if you sit down.
Where is this guy's chair?
- No, no!
- Sir!
Sir!
Get lost!
- Please!
- Should I take this chair?
Please sit on some
chair and say it, Sir!
Do you know what loneliness
feels like, Ichoy?
I know it.
Come, dear.
Tender shoots, do you wither away
As summer's delay prolongs the day?
In a way, it's good, dear.
It will all be over soon, right?
Go to sleep, Ichamma.
Does each petal fall, despite the root
retaining the water's haul
Hey!
They have been
married for 80 years.
Most people don't
even live that long!
If this has happened
between them...
Oh! You made this dirty again?
- I will wash it. It's okay.
- Susheel!
Are you listening to me?
Nothing of that sort
will happen between us.
We are awesome, right?
Have we ever annoyed each other?
No. But that's also
a problem, right?
There are many things I'd like to
discuss with you before the wedding.
But I don't even
know what those are!
Elsy...
It's quite normal to be
scared before the wedding.
This fear will go away
once we get married.
Well, that's what married
folks have told me!
We will figure it out.
Okay?
Relax.
Come.
Don't worry.
Is the sky turning dark,
before the fall of night?
Oh birds, won't you fill
it with melodies, light?
Hey.
That letter was found when they searched
for my Engagement Affidavit, right?
When they tried to delay the
court case for our wedding,
it ended up getting advanced!
I don't know. I feel like all
this is happening because of me!
I had a tough time
convincing my mother, okay?
This issue won't make much
noise any more. You just relax.
Hey Susheel, you know how
important they are to me, right?
My dear Elsy, they are
important to me as well!
But don't we have our own lives?
Why do you look so dull, dear?
Our wedding is coming up
in less than two months.
Why aren't you
thinking about that?
Hey, their divorce is
happening in two weeks.
Why don't you understand that?
How can you be certain that they
won't die in the next two weeks?
Oh, shucks!
Elsy, I didn't mean that...
Hey Elsy!
Hey, I'm sorry!
I didn't mean that!
Hey, please!
I'm sorry!
I lied to you on that day.
You are my first love!
I have not just two,
but four parents.
Honestly, I decided
to get married...
to experience what it
is like to be in love.
Susheel,
I have to rethink.
Hey, I'm sor...
Elsy!
Shucks!
I was thinking about
Ichappan and Ichamma, Aunty.
What happened to them?
- They are having a bitter fight, Aunty.
- What?
They are fighting again?
They had stopped fighting
after Lil' one left.
I don't know what to say.
They are saying that
they want a divorce!
Who, Aunty?
Lil' one.
Once she left,
they never fought.
Lil' one?
- You mean...
- Hey, what are you doing here?
Go and check the
load over there!
Go! They are loading
it right now.
Go on!
- Go on!
- Okay.
Hey, you can find
so many other girls.
But you got mesmerized
by her beauty!
Look here!
Mercy. She is a
nurse in America.
- Hey!
- Where is he going?
[Johnnymon Rubbers]
Aunty said something today.
And it wasn't like one of
her absent-minded ramblings.
I feel, there's
something more to it!
Hey, whom does
Aunty call "Lil' one"?
Lil' one?
What all are you saying?
Do you know where our old
photo albums are?
If this is Elsammachi,
who is this?
Who is this?
Who is this, Rosammachi?
She is my Lil' one.
Who is this, Rosammachi?
You needn't know that!
He is old enough to
know that, Grandma!
Yes.
We were told about this person
when we were his age, right?
Tell me.
Who is this?
She is our elder sister.
She left home long back.
She is a writer
based in America now.
Clara Chechi?
I am Elsy.
Elsamma's daughter.
Hey!
She agreed to come.
My dear daughter!
My dear daughter!
It's not from a plastic cover.
It's our own cow's milk.
I made this dumpling.
Try this, Clara Chechi.
Well, it doesn't
look like a dumpling!
Don't worry. It doesn't
taste like one either!
How is your writing going?
- It's going well.
- Where are you in America?
In New York.
- I don't want it.
- I stay outside the city.
What do you guys do?
- Angelo and I run a boutique shop in town.
- Oh!
We have two buses.
Oh, nice!
It's good that you
came, Clara Chechi.
'Chechi', it seems!
Don't expect me to address someone who
abandoned us 50 years ago as 'Chechi'.
- What are you saying?
- Let go of me, Mom!
'Chechi', it seems!
You must have come here after
learning about everything, right?
The final hearing is
happening tomorrow.
[chanting prayers]
Isn't anyone here?
Isn't anyone here?
- Ittoop, we've reached your house.
- Don't fall.
Kochuthresiamma!
Hey, go and put
the kids to sleep.
Come out.
Sister, he will either die
lying drunk on the streets,
or by getting attacked
by loan sharks!
Get lost!
What the heck!
What will happen?
Get lost!
Careful!
Careful, Ittoop!
Slowly!
Get away from me!
- Let's go.
Ichamma was lying
when she said that...
she made a mistake when
our brother Johnny died.
It was eight years after Johnny's
death, when this happened.
Go, give this to your dad.
Okay.
Ichappa...
Ichappa...
I have earned the
top rank in my exams.
What?
Why didn't you tell us?
- Show it! My dear daughter!
- This is the result of your efforts!
- Smart girl!
- It's all God's blessings, dear!
My lil' one has
become a big shot now!
You should look
after our family now!
True!
You and your rank!
Oh no!
As if she's going to
study and take care of us!
Nonsense!
Ichappan had this bias against
us girls, from the beginning.
Hey!
This is my gift for you.
Our elder sister accidentally
used Ichappan's towel to bathe,
on the day she got
her first period.
The next day, Ichappan gave each of us
towels with our names sewn on them,
because of what happened.
Hey Alamma, you hit the jackpot!
There's one for you as well!
If Ichappan hadn't burned
my certificate that day,
Ichamma might never
have met Master.
Who did this?
Well,
I dropped it into the
fire by mistake, Master.
Mom is lying, Sir.
- It was Dad.
- Hey!
Your daughter has told me that her father
is often found lying drunk on the streets.
It's been 8 years since
your son died, right?
Hasn't his anger subsided yet?
Come, dear.
Let's go and ask him!
Master!
If you really want to help her,
please issue a new
certificate for her,
and send her to study at a
college far away from here.
We don't need anything else.
Come, dear.
I have a friend in Calcutta.
Jacob.
When I checked,
getting her an admission
there won't be a problem.
So, he has asked us to apply
to the Calcutta University.
Though it took two months,
things started moving
forward because of Master.
But, in the meanwhile...
Okay then.
- Okay, Sir.
- Okay.
Thanks to God's grace, her
admission has been approved.
Even when I promised you
that I will get it done,
I didn't expect it
to happen so easily.
I never realized what was
going on between them.
But I was sure of one thing.
- Do flowers fly from the vines?
- No.
So what flies from it?
- Butterfly!
- Yes! Butterfly!
When you got late, I thought
you must have slept off.
Ever since brother Johnny's death,
that was the first time
I saw Ichamma smiling.
- Okay then.
- Okay.
Like the petals that bloom softly
So, what was in the vines?
- Butterfly!
- Butterfly!
A few days before
I left for Calcutta,
was the last time I saw Master.
Master came to see you.
You sit.
I will bring tea.
I came here to
give you something.
Calcutta University.
B.A., Literature.
Don't forget us when you
become a big shot. Okay?
What I have to say
remains the same.
The decision is yours, Thresia.
After that, Ichamma
never spoke to Master.
Instead,
she took Ichappan for a spiritual
retreat and made him quit alcohol.
She revamped the factory
along with my elder sister,
and paid off Ichappan's debts.
Have you come here after so long,
to defend your mother?
Should she have done what she did
while she had a husband?
But her husband was never
there for her, Ichappa.
Oh!
I haven't come here to
defend Ichamma.
When you lost your son,
you forgot that you
had four daughters!
I will never say that
Ichamma should live...
with someone who doesn't look
after his children and family!
Enough, dear!
After returning
from the retreat,
Ichoy took very
good care of her!
Ichoy wrote so many letters to you,
to apologize for his actions!
Did you reply to any of them?
Why do you want this
divorce, Ichappa?
Can't you just stop this?
Ichamma,
when you go to
the court tomorrow,
you should say that you don't
want to pursue this divorce.
Considering your age,
the court won't allow anything...
without the consent
of both parties.
Are you able to understand
what we're saying, Ichamma?
Aren't you going
to bed, Ichamma?
Ichamma!
Dear,
please write this for me.
Please write down
what I'm about to say.
To the Honorable Judge...
I know what you are
going to do, Ichamma!
The court will dismiss
the case tomorrow.
We don't need this.
I won't allow this!
I asked you to write it!
I told you, I won't!
Even after all this, you want
to make Ichappan's wish happen?
Go to bed, Ichamma.
You have to wake up
early tomorrow, right?
I have made up my mind, dear.
I've held onto this for almost 50 years.
I am not fulfilling
Ichoy's wish.
Consider that I am taking
a burden off my chest.
If you love at least me a little bit,
please write this for me, dear.
Ichamma!
I am unable to do it.
That's why.
Ichamma!
To the Honorable Judge,
I've heard that we learn more
about life as we get older.
I don't know how
much of that is true.
But I'm sure of one thing.
We don't make decisions,
one after another;
but rather make them
based on one another.
It's possible that the decisions
we make, thinking they are wrong,
may actually turn
out to be right.
And decisions we make,
thinking they are right...
may turn out to be wrong.
Without realizing this,
we've built a cage of
right and wrong decisions
that we continue to live in.
But...
the worst mistake we can make
is refusing to apologize even
when we are aware of our mistake.
I am convinced that I have made a
mistake that is beyond forgiveness.
And hiding it from my husband and family
for so long, was an even bigger mistake.
There is no forgiveness for this
mistake in the court of God.
I don't deserve forgiveness
even in the court of mortals.
Keeping aside laws
and legal bindings,
I humbly request the
honorable court...
to consider this as my
husband's and my final wish,
and grant us this divorce.
Yours faithfully,
Mayathattakathu Kochuthresiamma.
Careful, Ichappa.
Come.
Chapter 4:
Spring
Keep it over there.
- Claramma.
- Yes.
Is all this required?
It's his birthday, right?
How long do we stay gloomy?
Hey, fix some balloons
over there as well.
New leaves sprout
on the old trees around
This house awakens
to a new season, abound
As smiling sunrays
caress the window sills
Let's wear a smile,
as soft as silk
Let our spirits entwine,
in sweet unison
I remember Ichamma taking
Ichappan for the retreat.
Once he came back,
he started pampering her.
By then, I had crossed
the age for pampering!
I wasn't angry because you left.
It's because I couldn't
come along with you!
Didn't you feel like
coming back even once?
When I reached Calcutta,
it felt like a new world had
opened up before me.
After that,
I met John,
and then I got a chance
to go to America.
It was my mistake.
Sorry!
As smiling sunrays
I am sorry!
Caress the window sills
- Yaay!
- Come, Mathayi!
Your friends are here. Don't
you want to cut the cake?
Where is Ichappan?
We will go and meet
Ichappan later. Okay?
Don't just stand there, Mathayi.
Tell us your birthday wish!
Jesus, please end the fight
between Ichappan and Ichamma!
Happy birthday to you!
The dim wagon track went
no further than the prairie,
Susheel...
Hey, after meeting Claramma,
I feel like exploring the world!
I feel like continuing
my studies.
We can do that together...
I know! I can do all that
even if I am with you.
But...
But before I do it
with someone else,
I want to do all this on my own!
That doesn't mean...
that I don't love you.
I am head over heels
in love with you.
Hey! I was also lying that day!
You've seen my Dad
and Mom, right?
It was because of their
constant emotional blackmail...
that I even agreed to post my
photo on a matrimonial website!
Well, all that changed
when I saw you.
Let's wait for some time.
You go to America or Europe or
wherever you want, and come back.
In that case, what if I go to Canada
and fall in love with a foreigner?
Are you saying that I
won't find any other girl?
You won't find a girl like me!
Maybe not, but...
We will convince our
families in due course.
Okay.
Shall we go, have some pork curry?
Okay.
O heart of mine,
journey along with me
Day has come,
darkness has fled free
After a long time,
I saw smiles on everyone's faces.
I'm happy!
Go to sleep, Ichamma.
- Okay.
- Good night!
Come, come
Come, come
[alarm ringing]
- Ichappa!
- Yes.
We have to go to
our family home.
Didn't I tell you that I'm
never going back there?
What is it now?
You do this.
Apply this on my back.
Do it.
Apply it, dear.
Apply it properly, dear.
Do it properly.
Let's go to our family
home, Ichappa.
What is it, dear?
We must go to our family home.
My dear!
[indistinct chatter]
Don't you remember our
father's final days?
Good that it didn't
come to that!
I was worried she might
end up bedridden like that.
In a way, it's good that
the Lord called her soon!
Shall we give this
photo on the newspaper?
Yes, this photo is fine.
I will keep it ready.
There's no one here,
even to cry for her.
They have all lost...
an elderly person.
But we have lost our daughter.
Don't take it to your heart.
[chanting funeral prayers]
[Johnnymon Ittoop, Aalamma Ittoop]
Well, shall we...
Yes, let's go.
The kids have school
tomorrow, right?
Let's go.
Come.
Let's leave.
Ichappa,
shall we go home?
What?
Okay.
Shall I stay here tonight?
Why not, Ichappa?
Isn't this your house?
I will prepare your room.
I will come.
Clara Chechi.
Hey, come!
Dear,
if Ichoy is okay with it,
please prepare our room itself!
If you are okay with it,
Ichamma has asked us to
prepare her room itself!
That's fine.
Hey, let them have some privacy.
Come!
Let's go.
The other day,
if I had attended
Mathayi's birthday,
I could have seen our daughter,
one last time.
When we lost Johnnymon,
I thought only about myself.
Apologizing can be quite difficult
for people who aren't used to it.
Mother Mary!
These fleeting moments,
like windows to the past
Offer glimpses of unforgettable memories
that forever last
Long have we awakened
to the same dawn
[alarm ringing]
Long have we awakened
to the same dawn
Kochu!
Hey, Kochu!
You're sleeping like a log!
Kochu!
Kochu!
Oh no!
I am not dead yet, Ichoy!
Long have we awakened
to the same dawn
Long have we awakened
to the same dawn
All the events are unfolding
exactly as that astrologer foretold!
A divorce happened...
but it didn't really happen either.
And now, a wedding
got cancelled!
In that case,
there's only one thing
that's left to happen.
Dad!
- Elsy!
- Wow!
Xavicha!
Ichamma, go and give it to Ichappan!
Please go and give it to him!
Okay!
Ichappan will like it!
Thanks to the Goddess!
Dad!
O day, take varied paths to roam
- KOMA!
- Yeah! Congrats!
Long have we awakened
to the same dawn
The same dawn
The same dawn
Look!
Our Venuchan made these.
Try it!
- He will be very happy.
- Keep it there.
- You stand over there.
- What?
Stand there.
What is it, Ichoy?
Hold me.
80 years back,
when I married you,
no one asked for your consent.
Your father asked you to do it,
and you agreed.
And then...
And then...
6 months ago,
even when I felt that I
should end this marriage,
I never asked for your consent.
Yet, you agreed.
But...
I am asking you today.
Hold me.
- Hold me.
- Ichoy!
What are you doing?
I'm not sure about how
much time we have left.
But for whatever little
time we may have left,
do you agree to be my wife?
What all are you saying, man?
Do you agree?
Of course!
Then turn your hand around.
Show me your finger.
These unknown days, a joyous refrain,
Why give them a name in vain?
Long have we awakened
to the same dawn
Help me get up.
Help me up.
Hold me!
Oh Jesus!
This man!
My back is hurting!
You are crazy to
do all this nonsense!
Youngsters these days are like this!
We saw it during our
Elsymol's engagement, right?
They go down on their knees and ask
for consent before getting married.
Do you know that?
We have to grow along
with the times, right?
Oh! You want to grow
after you've crossed 90?
Oh God! My back is hurting!
Our bodies may age,
but our hearts can still bloom
like flowers in the Spring.
In the heart lies a new spring
A season of blossoming
Love's ring exchange, echoing,
In spring, the season of renewing
Eternal shores, forever in view,
Their captivating beauty ever anew
Desires awakening, ever true,
Whispers of love, forever to pursue
On bended knee,
seeking your consent
A face alight,
like waves that crest
The white mist
waves the kerchief in hand
A celebration,
of togetherness that stands
In the heart lies a new spring
A season of blossoming
Love's ring exchange, echoing,
In spring, the season of renewing
In the heart lies a new spring
A season of blossoming
Love's ring exchange, echoing,
In spring, the season of renewing
Ichappa, do you take Ichamma to
be your lawfully wedded wife?
I do! Always!
Ichamma, do you take Ichappan to
be your lawfully wedded husband?
I do, my dear!
Does anyone have any objection?
No!
Ring?
- Here it is.
- You don't have to pull it out.
Let it be there.
Ichappan had put
it earlier, right?
No need to pull it out.
So the ring exchange is complete!
Yaay!
Spring
From this moment on,
no one shall be left alone
Nor under anyone's feet,
shall they be thrown
A spring for us, and us alone
With blooming flowers that have grown
Here it comes,
dancing in celebration
As You and I unite,
an endless spring of love ignites
As You and I unite,
an endless spring of love ignites
As You and I unite,
an endless spring of love ignites
In the heart lies a new spring
A season of blossoming
Love's ring exchange, echoing,
In spring, the season of renewing
In the heart lies a new spring
A season of blossoming
Love's ring exchange, echoing,
In spring, the season of renewing