Yamakaathaghi (2025) Movie Script
"She smiles dimpling
she flows rippling"
"With trees garlanding the banks in a row
Clad in her robe of mirrored glass aglow"
"Rain showers refreshing
on one side gathering"
"Cool breeze on the other side
Embracing nature in her stride"
"Filling the waters with lilies ample
Harvesting with elephants that trample"
"Flows our Kaveri
Sacred river is she"
"If the water in our river
overflows with gushing fervor"
"Cool breeze will also blow here
crowning our lives with cheer"
"If the cool breeze roams
refreshing our homes"
"Hands clapping, we sing along
Our feet tapping to our folk song"
"Our motherland it will enhance
and dance with a new fragrance"
"Our Mother Earth will be
robed in a new green saree"
"If Mother Earth drapes a new saree
showing off in a festive spree"
"Birds from western skies will migrate
to nest here with their soul mate"
"With sun's rays golden
as our constant companion"
"We'll come to the fieldsinjubilation"
Good news, Pasupathy
You have become our temple trustee
Conduct our temple festival in style
Our village should also prosper
Why do you think
you're an outsider, chief?
I am just a common man
All these titles and posts are secondary
What are we waiting for?
Our temple festival will be
conducted in a grand manner
Alright, sir
Next Monday by now, we should
have inaugurated the festival
We have a cart load
of preparatory work
Don't say, 'this isn't my job'
All of you join hands and finish it
Alright, sir
- Lend a hand to finish everything
- No problem, anna
Why is Ratnam angry?
He should have been the trustee
and presided over our temple festival
He was unable to, right?
That's why he is angry
- Balu
- Sir?
Work should go on real smooth
Your men are the sole cause
of all headaches every year
If repeated this year
you won't get off the hook
Alright, sir
'Amma, leave me alone
if I say I don't want to come'
If you don't come our representation
won't be complete, my dear
You are getting ready now
'Whatever you say
you know I won't come'
'Then why nag me, Chandra?'
If this was a function
on your father's side
You would've been ready on the dot
'Don't you understand what I'm saying?'
I know the grudge you are holding
in your heart and being so stubborn
'You are aware, right?'
'Why don't you just go then?'
How can you hold a grudge for 5 long years
and be so stubborn even now?
Your middle name should be 'angry'
How often my brother would have
come over and apologized?
'He will accuse me of stealing in public'
'Then apologize in private'
'I should grin and bear it
and visit him, no?'
Do you intend stepping out
of that room now or not?
When your father comes, I will
decide once and for all about this
Prema, he is dehusking coconuts outside
Bring 4 coconuts
I don't know who is more stubborn
Your daughter or you
Amma
Watch your step, dear
Sit down
I'll be back
'You'll be fine
Not to worry'
Don't be scared
I'm here
Feeling better?
I'll call my brother Murugan
and tell him none of us are coming
Ma
Is this something new?
It is a common occurrence, no?
I can take care of myself
All of you attend the function
This is only to your uncle's house
We can go anytime we like
I'll call my friend Swathi
You go without worrying about me
If I am the only one who doesn't attend
he will understand why I'm angry
Amma
Amma?
This has become her routine
Forever keeping an eye on that room
Turning a deaf ear to me
Amma?
Amma
Your granddaughter is suffering
from another wheezing attack
We are off to attend the function
in Murugan's house
Take care of her
'She is still trapped in her past
and staring at this door!'
Come
What bloody business!
Hey!
Ashok, don't let your tongue run
because you are tense
Did you listen to me
when I told you repeatedly?
Now everything is gone
He said it can be
returned within 6 months
Ask him what happened
Goddess Shakti!
This concerns divinity
I felt we shouldn't
take short cuts to fame
Greed...wanting to make quick money
Only our Goddess can save us
- Hey!
- Very funny
You steal from that Goddess
and ask Her to save you!
You think She will?!
Muthu, only because I trusted you
I gave you our Goddess's crown
knowing it was a risky thing to do
I don't know what you'll do
When we deliver the jewelry box
on Monday, that crown should be in it
- Or else-
- Hey!
Don't panic
No problem at all
I have organized everything
Inauguration is on Monday, right?
I'll give it to you on Monday
Be relaxed, da
Keep this inside
Can't we go for a function
within the auspicious time?
Sit, we'll be there soon
'If my mother breathes her last'
At least we can miss
the festival with good reason!
Appa!
This year
I have to go and stand there
as a third person
Because of the unpardonable crime
you have committed
Can I attend any function in our town
with my dignity and pride intact?
The way everyone looks at me accusingly
It is as if they are asking me
'why are you still alive?'
[hiccupping]
If you are educated
Well meaning advice
from parents is foolish, right?
We don't give you water
even in the porch
My fate, now she offers me water
inside my own house!
Doctor is here
Call the grave keeper
Why are you startled, sir?
The whole town refers to you
as 'Dead-ly doctor'
Hey, shut your gob
You please come
Why did you take so long
to get cash from the ATM?
Ask your son
You are his mother
Got delayed, ma
No cash in any ATM
How do we come soon?
Come back soon
Serve yourself lunch
We'll be back soon
Here, Anbu
Is everyone present?
You got late trying to mobilize the fund?
Why is Rathnam's mother
still alive and kicking?
What can I do?
As if I can strangle her
I don't know why she's still holding on?
In my town there was a lady like this
She was holding her life in her palm
When they enquired, the priest said
there are 2 souls inside her body
What are you saying?
Was the old lady pregnant?
Don't be so dumb
That lady was possessed it seems
Priest said the old hag will die
only if the spirit is exorcised
Did they succeed in driving out the spirit?
No, that lady died all of a sudden
Became 2 in 1 spirit
That's so true
Remember we were staying
in Senthalai for a while?
Same thing happened there
Keep quiet, aunt
She is an elderly lady
Nutritious food she ate when young
and working hard for her living
She is still hale and healthy
That's why her soul is still
in two minds to leave or stay
Leela, you roam around in the evenings
You know the cold wind
isn't good for your health
With a strong mind and will power
the body can combat any foe, Rani
As if you don't know
Ssshh!
Hey!
Wait
Shooo!
What happened?
Sit
Here
What's wrong?
I can smell a stink
I don't smell anything
I can smell it
The stink is from that room
How are you feeling now, dear?
Forget my health, ma
Something smells terrible in that room
What happened, dear?
I can smell a stink from that room
Ask someone to check
I don't even know
where we kept the key
'If this door is opened
it won't augur well for our family'
My mother believes it strongly
Open all the windows
Then the stink will evaporate
Will you open that door now?
Or shall I break that lock?
'Listen to me, son'
'We will be in trouble
if you break open that door'
'Our family will go to the dogs'
'Oh God!'
'Sir, dead rat inside'
Ashok
You promised to return it on Friday
I am well aware today is Friday
I am trying my level best
Heard you asked Raman for a loan
What? As usual did he
show you his empty hand?
I've asked in 4-5 places
Only 1 person refused, that's all
How...?
You've been asking for 8 months
Like that?
Borrowing from strangers
As if your family is poor
I don't want my family to know
Not understanding my plight
If I get into a mess
because of this
I'll come straight to your father
You want me to get caught
and die of shame in this town
I'm not a martyr
wanting you to be happy
Ashok, listen
Switch off the TV
Is this house like a home?
Noise pollution!
Angry with someone outside and
showing it here has become a habit
I made your favorite murrel fish gravy
- Eat, you'll feel better
- No need
I'm telling you I don't want
Even if we work hard and earn
food is as sacred as God
Even if you are raging with anger
how can you show it on the food we eat?
Don't add to my tension
Just go away
I'll have 1000 problems to face at work
Easy for you to talk
sitting at home and eating
What happened, ma?
Your father is so possessed, he's mad
He words are like dynamite
Go back to your room
How dare you criticize me!
Why did you slap amma
without any reason?
Don't kindle my anger
Go inside quietly
I'm sparing you because you are ill
If you hit the women at home
will your problem be solved?
I've been putting up with
his violence all along
How easily you use your muscle power?
Don't infuriate me
What happened?
Your parents fought
Why...?
I don't know
Were you simply gawking
oblivious of everything?
Clean up everything
I told you not to open this door
only because I anticipated all this
Wonder what else will traumatize us?
Goddess
Only you have to protect my family
Aiyaiyo!
I am responsible for
my sister Leela's death
I kept quiet thinking
only appa yelled at her
I would have consoled her
She was able to handle
her wheezing bravely
But she was unable to
deal with my harsh words
My dear...daughter
I'm alive while you are gone, dear
Your appa won't be alive for long, dear
She let me down
- She left me and went
- Mother-in-law
What happened?
My parents fought last night
Leela intervened I think
He lost his temper and slapped her
O' Goddess!
She shut herself in her room
We thought she was just going
in a huff and she will be fine
Didn't imagine
she would leave us forever
Before the word gets around and the police
make enquiries, let us inform them
How can we answer
their probing questions?
They will register a case
No need to inform the police
Let us handle this ourselves
Muthu, the police will drag
this case endlessly
They will take her for post mortem
and dissect her to pieces
Father...?
It seems it's better
we don't inform the police
If we do, her body will
be dissected to pieces it seems
He has a valid point
Let's give our girl a cremation
befitting an angel, pa
Do whatever you think is best
When she was just 5
With her eyes sunken
Hands so limp
Unable to breathe
You came carrying her half dead form
Do you remember?
Looking at her tender body
Do you know what the doctor said?
'Tell him to take this dead child', he said
Even at that tender age
She held on to her breath
She was stubborn enough to
come back alive to us
You killed her with
your words, wretched man!
Doctor, if you raise your tone
word will get around
Hey!
So what?
We have lost our child
Tell us what has to be done, docor
Otherwise the police
will get to know of this
I have an idea
She had respiratory problem, right?
Using her wheezing as an excuse
Call the ambulance
He will come and proclaim her as dead
Our town will fall for that story
This doesn't augur well
Aiyo! Oh God!
What happened, Prema?
Oh my God!
"If you twinkle, you shine like a star"
"You are a twinkling star gone far"
"She died unable to bear
her father's cusswords at her"
"She left us in hell
without a farewell"
"If you twinkle, you shine like a star"
"You are a twinkling star gone far"
"She went without a word of goodbye"
"Leaving us high and dry"
"Like the jasmine pure and white
growing in our garden bright"
"You bloomed with love and care
like a work of art so rare"
"You bloomed as a bud hither
And wilted away to wither"
"Leaving your poor father
grief stricken in despair"
"Ripening for the yield
like a sheaf of grain in the field"
"You grew slim, slender and tall
Best of the crop; a dainty doll"
"You grew only to fade and dry
leaving all of us to cry"
"I am the sinner who fathered you
I weep in waves of grief anew"
"If you twinkle, you shine like a star"
"You are a twinkling star gone far"
"She died unable to bear
her father's cusswords at her"
"She left us in hell
without a farewell"
I've informed him
Puniyam, come here
Take this and attend
to the necessary arrangements
Okay, pa
She has passed away
on a Saturday, mind you
We must slaughter a hen as redemption
I'll handle, it, brother
Don't call for a funeral band
- She was not married
- I'll take care
Muthu, have you informed
all your relatives?
Even if you are not on talking terms
Inform your kith and kin
through a messenger
Leela's maternal uncle is here
'She left us all of a sudden like this'
Oh gawd!
I asked, 'do you expect me to
apologize falling at your feet'?
I'm touching your feet now and asking, dear
You are not alive to forgive me now
My dear niece had
too much self respect
Such a rash and impulsive niece
You left me without forgiving me
You were so careless
You made her leave us
in this state of shock
'Leela's final journey to the next world'
'...will shortly leave from her residence
We share this with a heavy heart'
Is this your first time
announcing a funeral procession?
You didn't even specify a time
I'm asking them over the phone
They are not divulging the time
I thought we could go for a round till then
When is the cremation?
They want to know
Tell them, 2'o clock
Did you check the auspicious timing?
Someone get me calendar
Hey!
This is the funeral of a young girl
Let everyone cry and share their grief
Why this tearing hurry?
In the evening we only need to
fix the time for the funeral procession
- Then tell them 6'o clock
- Okay
Hello?
[loud lamenting]
She smiled at me yesterday morning
What a way to die!
What do you know
about this ailment, akka?
This wheezing will make the patient
gasp for breath all the time
Or die all of a sudden
in the blink of an eyelid
As if you are unaware
She had this wheezing problem
from childhood
Cold weather
It intensified
She died before the ambulance reached
"Stars in her tongue
"The words she speaks so sweet
Soft as a cotton mattress feast"
"My precious child so dear
before you left us bereft here"
"Without a goodbye to your mother
you left us for good forever"
[loud lamenting]
Chandra
They have come to take our child
to the graveyard now
Don't bottle up your grief
Her soul won't rest in peace
She tricked me
She has abandoned me
She deceived me
Come with me
Lift her
Why is it so heavy?
Any corpse will be heavy
Shut up and lift
I can't lift
Hey! Give us a hand, come
Come on, lift
Move aside
Her hands and legs are moving, pa
What's wrong with him?
- Her limbs are moving
- How is it even possible?
Hey! Go and check if she is alive
Go in and see
[shocked buzz of muttering]
- What are you saying?
- Yes, I saw her hands and feet move
When you tried to lift her
you shook her hands and feet
Don't create a scene
I swear I'm telling you the truth
Her entire body shook
as if she is still alive, man
Aiyo!
- Appa
- Why should my family face this plight?
Let go of me
Let me go
- Wait, I say
- Let go of me
We can handle it
You don't have to go, pa
Control yourself, uncle
Don't be flustered
Sit down, I'll take care
Sit...sit down
Youngsters here, go to bed
Don't cry
Who yelled so loud?
They say a Saturday corpse
tags a companion on the hearse
If you attend a funeral
lament and cry aloud, man
I don't object to that
What is the point in yelling in alarm?
As if you yell, the corpse will sit up!
Go...sit quiet
and lament out aloud
How can the corpse sit up?
Isn't it a miracle?
- Why is this happening?
- How do I know?
Why are you snapping at her?
Go, nothing bad will happen
I'll handle it
Aunt, take her inside
Come
All of you come here
Till we take her to the cemetery
Don't go back home
shirking your responsibility
We should be a source of comfort
to Selvaraj now of all times
Just before our temple festival
I don't know why this should happen
How strange!
Why is all this happening?
It's commendable we were able
to silence the villagers for so long
We have no idea what is in store for us
Hey! Nobody knows what is happening
We should maintain our cool now
Muthu
What happened to the crown?
You have no idea
what to ask and when?!
Hey!
Nothing to worry
I retrieved it yesterday
I've kept it inside my house
Really?
'What happened?'
'Your parents fought'
Sit with them
What is happening here?
This seems so strange and peculiar
Just like a child who plays near the well
will die in the well is a belief
One who died gasping for breath
is making us breathless!
Keep quiet, aunt
Shouldn't you know to talk
without being insensitive?
She is a royal pain
She'll always zip my lips
Rani, then why is it
they can't lift the corpse?
Tell us why
Something is wrong, no?
Wonder what unfulfilled desires
were tucked in that virgin's heart
Instead of singing an elegy
for the departed soul
We were gossiping
instead of mourning her demise
- Maybe that's why the corpse is heavy
- You have a point
In our village if we don't lament
as we rightfully should
I've heard the corpse won't go to its grave
But I am seeing it first hand only now
In my village Boodhalur
a pregnant lady died like this
She could not be lifted on to the bier
Funeral rites were performed
Even then she couldn't be lifted
That blessed woman delivered her baby
and only then let herself be cremated
True, Selvi
My aunt has narrated a story often to me
A girl hung herself to death
Even 10-20 people could not
lift her on to the bier
All the village youngsters gave a hand
and carried her to the end of the street
The funeral pot was broken
Her brothers covered her
with the funeral sari
The corpse was as heavy as
a mountain it seems
Not just an ordinary wind
A wild storm suddenly blew over the village
The youngsters just dropped the corpse
and ran for their lives
Oh my goodness!
End of the street, corpse, wild storm
It's too horrific even to think about it
Then they summoned the village priest
He danced as if possessed
and performed exorcising rituals
Only then they cremated her
Those tales are believable
You are talking of the corpse
being too heavy to be lifted
This female died and is now sitting up!
What is the solution?
You women
Don't talk utter rubbish
Don't we know about our Leela?
Wonder what unfulfilled wish
is holding her back?
Mayil, bring our priest from the temple
That's a great idea
How long can we sit here like this
What magic wand will he wave?
Isn't there a limit
for belief and superstition?
If a priest is the solution
for all our problems
I wonder who is
the fool amongst us!
Rani
Let it be, if you don't believe
We have complete faith in him
You will anyway wait and watch
What is a priest sprinkling sacred ash
in a temple doing in this funeral house?
Hey! Don't let him inside
He will sprinkle sacred ash
even on the corpse
Get lost!
Dai!
Where is the corpse?
I can see only the bier here
How strange!
The entire village is here
Who else are we waiting for?
Get lost, you morons!
Clad in white & white,
prim and proper even for a funeral?!
Hurry up!
Taking your own sweet time now
They are unable to lift the corpse
Go in and check
Step inside
Why are you hesitating?
Wondering how you can
step into their house?
Don't we come to the graveyard?
Go
Go and check
What's up with you?
Why are you dilly-dallying?
She's like a Goddess to me
She is waiting to say something
You can resort to anything
She won't leave without having her say
My dear spirit
Grey clouds have gathered in the night sky
Rain showers waiting to burst
Before the logs of wood stacked for you
get drenched in the rain
Please come to rest in peace
- Listen, dear
- What now?
- Cool down
- Listen without yelling at me
Let us tell everyone
Leela hung herself to death
- Ma
- You know very well
She is willful and stubborn by nature
Let us blurt it out
All said and done
she is our child
She died many hours ago
We can't tell now, ma
Think of our family's dignity
if we tell the truth
Hey! The doctor is here
Doctor, you came and saw, then...?
You are standing shell shocked
I request all of you to forgive me
Leela
She did not die
because of wheezing
She hung herself to death
What is he saying, aunt?
She hung herself to death, huh?
In our village, we look up
only to this family with so much respect
In order to protect his honor
I lied
Forgive me
He is accepting coolly he lied
This is a problem to be
tackled by our village
All of you should join
and make the right decision
He is our village head
We were nodding our heads
to whatever he said as gospel truth
Noble man
He lied about his own daughter's death
Hey! Shut up, man
Uncle
What is the use of standing like this?
We have gathered here
for the bereavement in your house
Don't make us out to be fools
Tell us what really happened
My daughter committed suicide
What is happening here?
Because she couldn't take
the way I shouted at her
My only daughter
in our family hung herself
If I had told you the truth
Would you have believed me?
How much you would have maligned me
You would have concocted
so many tales tarnishing her
That is the reason
I panicked
How could you do this, brother?
Regarding my daughter's death
Please don't speak ill of her
or spread negativity
She forgot our existence
and took her own life
As her father
Don't I have to do
the right thing for her?
Stop crying
If one of us faces a problem
You stand up for us
Will we abandon you
when you need help?
When your mind is flustered
and you stand heavy hearted
Don't torture yourself with words
What needs to be done
Let us do it properly
Stubborn as a mule female!
She has staged this
for her father to confess
Look at this angle
They thought of covering it up
and cremating her
Wonder how many such events occur
in the homes of big shots like them?
At least we got to know about this
'How will they come
without prior intimation?'
Don't you know you have to inform
the police when you found her dead, huh?
Arrange for post mortem
Okay, sir
Sir?
Our village chief's daughter
Is post mortem necessary?
- We can discuss and handle it
- What will you discuss?
Law isn't different for your village head
Allow us to do our duty
Sir?
They tried lifting the corpse earlier
But couldn't do so it seems
The corpse is sitting
of its own accord, sir
Yov! Don't tempt me
to use cuss words
Get lost!
Don't support the daughter
of your village chief
Come in
Sir, this was kept hidden
- Where?
- Over there, sir
We need 4 pair of hands inside
Lift
[grunting]
[flurry of voices in panic]
Hen that was tied here is missing
The hen is missing
Leela didn't wait for confessions alone
She is waiting to take
another life with her
'She Is Stubborn Beyond Death'
What is it now?
If no one takes any action
how long do we wait?
Young girl's curse
Needs a slaughter as redemption
This hen was bought to be sacrificed
as companion to a Saturday-corpse
Catch that hen quick and kill it
before anyone else falls prey to the curse
I have found a match for my son
The bride's family wanted
to visit us tomorrow
And looks like I can't go home now
Hunt for the missing hen
without sitting there gossipping
Look that side
Hey! Look here
What temerity!
Whole village is looking for you
You are standing here
in the middle of the road
You are the sacrificial hen
Otherwise I'll wring your neck now
Go and stand there quietly
blocking the way
Tread softly
Catch it
Don't shuffle your feet
Don't make a sound
Stay rooted to the spot
- Hey! That side
- Catch it
Grab it
They got the hen
- Is it this one?
- No, not this
- No?
- No
Not this one it seems
Check if it is this
- No, my son
- Is it this one?
Not this either
If you keep saying 'no'
then which one is it?
Somu
Somu
Here
Drink tea
Drunken slob!
Got sloshed early in the morning?
Yes, Rani madam
Please attend to your work
- Listen
- Tea for you
Sun as risen to another new day
Whom are you waiting for?
Huh...where?
Corpse isn't ready, drunken slob!
How will the corpse come to us?
Only few of us should go and carry it
Go and take the corpse to the cemetery
Waiting like gluttons for coffee and tea
even in a funeral house
I've exted you a number
Send me call details of that #
Sir?
Yov! This is a crime spot
Don't allow anyone inside
till the finger prints are dusted
Okay, sir
Goddess of Samayapuram
Protect us from all evil
'Until I reach home
safe and sound'
'If you protect me'
I will make a silver spear
for you, o' Goddess
Protect me, Goddess
Our present predicament
It isn't Leela's doing
It is the handiwork of our Goddess
- You've hidden Her crown inside
- Hey!
Muthu, shut up!
Look over there
Be quiet
We have only 1 day left
The crown should be in the temple
You meddled with divinity
Look what spot She has put us in
Goddess, help us
She gave us hell
retrieving what was pledged
Now
She is restraining us from replacing it
Revathy
Rathnam
- Where is he off to?
- Maybe his stomach somersaulted
[loud sobs]
'What is this?'
What happened?
How can this happen to my family?
Don't lose heart, be strong
Let me go in and see
It is 24 hours since the girl died
All of you are standing here doing nothing
- Logesh
- Grandma
Where is Rathnam?
He is in that canopy place
Pasupathy
Ask them to fetch 2 pots
of water from the river
Okay, grandma
Ask them to remove the chairs from here
Shouldn't you clear the way
for the corpse?
- Get up, boys
- Venkatesh
Grandma
Have you given eyes as offering?
- Bring it here
- Okay
Apply 2 lines of sacred ash
and decorate 2 pots with flowers
'Bring 7 types of grains'
'Get me 'kumkum'
from the temple'
'Roll sandalwood paste into 2 balls'
'Place a tumbler of water
opposite the front door'
- Talisman
- Offering eyes in silver, eh?
[flurry of voices]
Lift it
'Lift it higher'
'Drag it to one side'
'Lift the canopy cover'
'Raise it...higher'
'Lift the canopy'
'Move the chair'
'Make him sit on that side'
Drive towards Selvaraj's fields
Collect the dried leaves
in the southern side
Gather it into a heap
before you go
Greetings, Rathnam
What brings you here?
I wanted to tell you something personal
before you become the laughing stock here
What do you want, Rathnam?
As if you don't know what I want!
AM I like you?
You're the village head
Can I match up with you?
In wealth and assets for sure
Respect?
Zero
I don't want you to lose face
So I came to tell you this
Because respect and dignity
are very valuable, village chief
I have a feud with you
But I'm sharing it because we are
from the same caste and community
Your daughter
She was happily talking
and laughing with another boy
I am seeing it for the second time
Thank your stars
When I saw them they didn't cross
the limits of decency
Take care, chief
'Don't infuriate me'
Leela
You were with that boy
Talking in a normal manner
I lied to your father
ruining your reputation
Please forgive me
Don't cry, uncle
Did you yell at our child
believing his vile words?
Don't you know his true nature?
What is it?
Listen, buddy
When the grave keeper said
it is waiting to take someone else
They have got it all wrong
Actually all this is happening
because the spirit wants to send us to jail
Great wall of China has shrunk in size!
When the canopy fell
The kumkum dissolved and
flowed like a stream of blood
What does that mean?
Goddess is angry with us
Think about it
The business we started
pledging Her crown fell through
Muthu was our partner and
his sister committed suicide
Before something happens to us
we should retrieve the crown, buddy
If we don't replace it in the temple
Goddess won't let go of Leela
He claims he is a big shot!
He has enough skeletons
falling out of his cupboard!
'He killed a young girl
by maligning her character'
'Shameless fellow!'
Aunt, ignore him
You shut up!
Only if we show disapproval
he will mend his ways
Is Leela waiting to
take him to the cemetery?
Then he should have died
when the canopy fell on his head
So you mean to say he won't die?
He should be chopped to pieces
for maligning Leela
If Leela spared his life
Then someone else is the victim
That's a big question mark
Don't attribute natural events
to Leela and create panic here
Did only uncle Ratnam get hurt?
Even Somu got hurt
Then you mean to say Leela is
waiting to take Somu to his grave?
Hey!
I didn't do anything
One look at you and my skin crawls
as if I stamped on crap
You can follow me
for decades for all I care
I'll never look back at you
I don't want you to strain your neck
That's why I'm standing before you
Leela, I have been following you
for the past 3 years
Not giving me a proper answer
I've been telling you
all along how I feel
I'll wait as long as it takes
Give me a favorable answer
No chance in a million years
What are you doing?
Doesn't it look good folded like this?
In your dreams!
You have a bevy of boys running behind you
Your silly antics
are the last straw!
That Somu is crossing his limits
Wonder where this will end in!
Does he even count?
If I tell my brother
he will kill Somu in one blow
Then why don't you tell
At least your problem will be solved
He isn't worth all that trouble
You think I've tied it
into a proper 'lungi'?
You look truly beautiful, Leela
Will you follow me for 3 years
if I was an ugly duckling?
You keep misunderstanding me
Just nod your head and say 'okay'
I'll handle all your family problems
I'm telling you I don't like you
And you're still acting
as if you don't get it
You assume you can
make a girl change her mind
You think you can intimidate me
I don't understand the logic
in the heads of chaps like you
That's why I'm trying
to make you understand
Just like how you like me
Same way I dislike you!
Leave me alone
Leela
Your love is violence
This is what you resort to in the end
'That girl is hitting him, sir'
Let him get hit
I told Leela right then
she should tell her parents
She did not listen to me
Bash him up with a broomstick
They take it up as a hobby
to hound young girls like this
Aunt, don't interfere
Let them sort it out
What I did was wrong
I am the reason for
such a good hearted girl's death
What is the use of repenting now?
Defaming without an iota of compassion
They say one becomes mature with age
- Don't go on
- But for you?
You were evil head to toe
Don't lose your cool now please
They won't reform even with a cracked skull
Or if they fracture their limbs
Good-for-nothing fellows!
I think Leela stayed behind
only to reveal their true colors
'Look at him sitting there stone hearted'
You deserve to die
Even if it was any other girl
in Leela's place
...it would have been
the same turn of events
All of you are wondering
why Leela hasn't left as yet
I'm thinking how would Leela have resorted
to suicide for a flimsy reason like this
'Sir, one number has been in constant touch
with the # you sent us to check'
That number was switched off
as soon as Leela disconnected
It is still switched off
Whose name is it in?
Send me the address and photo
Did she have any other problem, dear?
Has she confided in you?
Do you know anything?
Sister-in-law, she was in love with a chap
He may know something
Who is he?
Anbu
Hey!
Who is he?
Which caste does he belong to?
Bring him here
Come along
Hey!
Started your heroism?
What are we police here for?
We will bring him
Don't do something drastic
and end up in police custody!
How do you know who lives
where in our village?
We know how to handle him, we'll go
Hey!
I won't trust any of you
I'm coming along with you
Come on
Start the car
Enquire if any relatives
of Anbu stay closeby
See if he is hiding there and nab him
Okay, sir
Come here, bro
- Do you know where Anbu is?
- Don't know, sir
Have you seen Anbu?
- Yes
- When?
- Yesterday
- Come with me
Sir, he saw Anbu
When did you see him?
Yesterday morning when I was
announcing the funeral information
I saw Balu and his son Anbu go past
in an auto in the opposite direction
Bro...let him go
What happened, bro?
Leave him alone, anna
Having been the cause of her death
You want to go there now
I was the one who killed her, pa
Appa, let me go
and just see her once
Allow me to go, pa
Hey!
Listen to me
You can't go there now
She is over sensitive, pa
I shouldn't have spoken to her like that
I didn't think she would take
such drastic measures
I didn't think she would
take my soul away
Will they spare you
if you go there?
- Pa
- Why, da?
Let me go and see her one last time
Please, pa
We've been convincing him
for a whole day
Is he paying heed to us?
Cry all you want
but stay put here
Why did you want to see me
at this time of night urgently?
4 days since you went
out of town regarding a job
You came back this morning
Didn't even occur to you
to want to meet me?
Why do you even have a girlfriend?
Hey! Leela
Pccht!
Leela
Hey! What happened?
Sit down
Soul mate
This misty dewy season
If it lasted a lifetime
Won't it be romantic?
Look
You had no such fear or worry
someone will see us
If something happens to me
How flustered you become
You take such good care of me
Anbu
Love you, my soulmate
'Soulmate, tell me what I'm doing now'
- You've recorded all calls on yourphone?
- 'Don't know, eh?'
- Only what we speak!
- 'I opened the window'
'I am admiring the rain'
'The wind is chilly
Close the window'
I can't
'Only in this rain'
'I first set eyes on you'
'This rain and you
walked together in harmony'
A flower takes in the rain
without ever having enough, right?
Just like that
in such a rainy scenario
I am reminded of you
How often will you tell me this?
I can repeat it zillion times
If it rains, I'm reminded only of you
"Nesting in my heart soulfully"
"You are my lovebird so lovely"
"You are the love of my life
My world, my to-be wife"
"You are my cascade flowing, dear
down my chest crystal clear"
"With lashes flirting a side-way glance
you send me spinning in a dizzy dance"
"You make my heart somersault gaily
with your laughter, you rule me daily"
"My lovely lassie I want to wed
I stick like the 'bindi' on your forehead"
"I will live in your eyes; sleepless
wrapped in your love-blanket, princess"
"In the flowers you pick with care
from your garden to adorn your hair"
"I will bloom in the petals duly
and make you mine, girlie"
"My eyes cannot see anything else
other than you, my precious"
"The whole world is your face
captured in my heart always"
"I flipped for your words bold and witty
I am still in a dizzy spell, pretty missy"
"Your pink blushes of shyness, I'll string
into a rainbow in the sky so endearing"
"Not even for a second, my soul mate
Don't kill me by drifting away in haste"
"Live the rest of your life
as my beloved wife"
'Hey kiss me, quick'
'Whats wrong with you?'
'Im in a bus
with so many co-passengers'
"In the flowers you pick with care
from your garden to adorn your hair"
"I will bloom in the petals duly
and make you mine, girlie"
I feel the same way as
when I flipped on first sight
"Nesting in my heart soulfully"
"You are my lovebird so lovely"
"You are the love of my life
My world, my to-be wife"
Soulmate, you seem to be in a happy mood?
You'll act pricey usually
if I say I would like to see you
Today 'sir' himself called
and asked me to come here
What's the good news?
Unusual for you, today you've
ironed your shirt and tucked it in
Tell me the good news fast
I got a job
Congrats, sir
Already I'm able to meet you
only once in a blue moon!
You won't have time hereafter
even to talk to me over the phone
Now and then visit your home town to meet
the girl who is always thinking of you, sir
Anbu
I'm telling you this
from when we fell in love
Seek a job outside this village
You are grinning so proudly
securing this stupid job
This is our home town, Leela
I've got a job right here
What more can we ask for?
Is this a job fit for a post graduate?
Get some other job, ditch this
- Anbu, I'm saying this for your goo-
- Get lost!
Stop...hey!
Hey!
Stop
Wait
Grab him
Give me a hand
Appa
Please, pa
Let him go
- Selvaraj
- Kill him
How dare you ruin our family honor!
How dare you come here
Don't be rash
You ruined a good girl
and sent her to her grave
Let go, sir
- Wait, pa
- How dare he come to see my sister!
- Shut up!
- Wait, sir
- Let go of me
- Don't act in haste
Don't stop someone
attending a funeral
Go and pay your respects
Leela
[crying loudly]
'I have been calling you repeatedly'
'Can't you pick my call?'
Pccht!
I answered, right?
Tell me
Pcccht!
You want to talk
or shall I hang up now?
'Why are you yelling at me?'
'I didn't call to fight with you'
'I think my father has got to know
we are dating each other'
'He will never raise his tone at me'
'Just now'
'He used cusswords'
'You didn't pick my calls'
'Till now I thought'
'Everyone loved me
and I was so happy'
'But now I feel all alone'
'I am so scared'
Don't feel bad
Don't panic
We can handle it
'What have you decided?'
What does that mean?
I joined duty today, Leela
My father was so happy
I could see it in his face
I can't let my father down
listening to your whims
'Am I asking you to let him down?'
'Is this really you?'
'Listen to me
without losing your temper'
'Holding on to mere
courage and confidence'
'We can't live peacefully
in this place, Anbu'
'Being brave is different'
'...from being smart'
'Try to understand me'
I am crystal clear in my decision, Leela
If you want to live with me
for a lifetime
Come home
Otherwise
Let go of me
'You think I can live
after we break up?'
Hey! Don't blackmail me emotionally
Leela
LEELA
Pccht!
Damn this phone
Enough of resisting
Come along
Don't resist any longer
Your stubborn streak doesn't
augur well for our village, dear
Consent to come along
Anna
What happened?
What is happening here?
Why is she like this?
Hey Selvaraj
She will go only if I die, my son
Kannamma hung herself unable to
tolerate what I told her
Kannamma is a rash
and impulsive creature
I told you not to open that door
I told you Kannamma's curse
won't spare our family
Did any of you pay heed to my warning?
My granddaughter who opened the door
hung herself to death, son
My sister is calling me
Kill me
Please let me die
Why are you distressing yourself
with all kinds of nonsense?
I didn't listen to your advice
Kannamma committed suicide
and I took her sari
And I have locked it up
in that room all these years
Kannama and this lady are twins
Take out that sari and
drape it around her
Finish all the rites right now
That spirit has been circulating
inside the house for decades
That's why it is so stubborn to leave
If we can bring it to the porch
it will leave Leela alone
Pasupathy
All of you join hands
and carry her out here
Grandma is right
We should have inaugurated
our temple festival tomorrow
A tragic occurrence should be
replaced by an auspicious event
Go inside
Hold the rope right
Heave ho!
Pull with all your might
Don't let go, pull
Are you all okay?
- We are alright
- Get up
Lift him up
Lift...lift
- Get up
- Lift
His foot is caught underneath
- Come
- Move a bit
Lift him up
Don't stamp his leg
Lift...lift him
Let's go, quick
Careful
Watch your step!
Someone may see us, hurry up
Before that girl died
You were the last person
she spoke to for 35 minutes
Come with me
I have to interrogate you
- Come
- Sir
Sir
Drag him to the police station, sir
My daughter has resorted
to suicide to expose him
Sir, we didn't talk for that long
Sir, Leela always records our conversations
You can check her phone if you want
Let me check
I told you not to go
Did you listen to me?
Look at our plight now
They are ganging up and
blaming us for no fault of ours
Hey!
Watch your tongue
Who is blaming whom?
Are you so innocent
as soon as Leela died
...father and son went into hiding?
You got thugs to threaten my son
not to step into your house
And now you're blaming me unjustly!
Is this what you call fairplay?
How dare you!
Acting good-goody here
after all your bloody bad acts
'I am crystal clear in my decision, Leela'
'If you want to live with me
for a lifetime, come home'
'Otherwise
Let go of me'
'You think I
can live after we break up?'
Anbu
He killed me with his cusswords
You are killing me with your silence
I thought you were angry
our appa yelled at you
I get it now
Your anger is directed elsewhere
I was aware of this all along
I should have broached
this topic with you earlier
I was stuck in some other mess
That's why I couldn't handle
your matter properly
This is normal at your age
But the family you are born into and
man you marry should be equal status
Understand what I'm saying
I saw you throwing the phone
Same way cast aside everything too
Wash your hands
Let's eat
You said it so easily?
I can't ditch him like that
and forget him, anna
This isn't something
that just our family decides
For what Lokesh did
Rathnam is roaming like a restless soul
unable to live or die
I can't be like him
Break up with him
Don't step into my space
I will talk to appa
You leave the room
I'm treating you like a child
and advising you
You are refusing to understand
You are insisting on
taking the same wrong route
Go ahead
I'll see how you get your way
Do you think no one is aware
of all your wrongdoings?
5 years ago
The girl you cheated
Shanthi who consumed poison and died
You think no one knows, right?
Poor wife of yours
I am keeping quiet
only for her sake
But, listen
Don't think you can wriggle out
scot-free from all your blunders
A roof over your head is no criteria
to lead a life of dignity and respect
Caste is absolute priority
We won't let him into the village
You want to let him step into our house
You bloody well die
Nab him
[overlap of angry voices]
Let me go
Let go of me
Let go of me now
If I hadn't done this
Wouldn't you have done it, pa?
Leela
She isn't a corpse
She is a Goddess
She is a Goddess
who treated all of us equally
Like the deity you worship
She died and became a Goddess
She exposed your act of
stealing the Goddess's crown
My dear child
My precious one
How can I appease my grief?
You'll console me often with
'Nothing to worry, ma'
Now tell me the same words
and get up and look at me, Leela
Leela, a woman is born
Only to die sandwiched between
reality and way of thinking
You always wanted me by your side, no?
Don't you want me
when you are lying dead now?
I bore him in this same womb
Without an iota of compassion
...he has proved he's also a man
in this patriarchal society, Leela
I raised you all these years
with such love and care
I didn't have an insight
into your heart, my darling
My tender flower
My bloodline, my child
He has killed my darling daughter
I failed you as your mother
You didn't let us down
You did not deceive us
You did not let us down, dear
She has waited to tell her mother the truth
I didn't understand that
Your mother is-
"Did you merge at last
as the azure sky so vast?"
'I can repeat it zillion times'
'If it rains, I'm reminded only of you'
"Did you merge at last
as the azure sky so vast?"
"Did you turn anew
into the sky so blue?"
"Did you merge at last
as the azure sky so vast?"
"Did you merge pristine pure
into the elements of nature?"
"Did you turn into the bird at rest
forgetting its nest in the forest?"
"Did you end up as the bird
losing her heart to the world?"
"Did you also submerge
with nature and merge?"
"Did you merge to be present
in the sky omnipresent?"
"Did you merge enmasse
on Mother Nature's canvas?"
"My nectarous honey"
"No longer in my life is she"
"My honey, my life
not here to be my wife"
"This seed that could grow as grain"
'Yamakaathaghi - The voice of the voiceless girls'
"Now all that is in vain
It will no longer flourish again"
"This seed that can produce grain
is now dust to dust; in vain"
"This child, our godsend
didn't cry 'amma' till the end"
"This child of destiny
is on her last journey"
"Without crying for her 'amma' in agony
God's gift is now in her last journey"
"Let us bid farewell as per her destiny"
"Patriarchy, masculine temerity"
"You rule the roost in totality"
"Tears of my heart in grieving lament"
"Now an epic of bereavement
A tale of lifetime torment"
she flows rippling"
"With trees garlanding the banks in a row
Clad in her robe of mirrored glass aglow"
"Rain showers refreshing
on one side gathering"
"Cool breeze on the other side
Embracing nature in her stride"
"Filling the waters with lilies ample
Harvesting with elephants that trample"
"Flows our Kaveri
Sacred river is she"
"If the water in our river
overflows with gushing fervor"
"Cool breeze will also blow here
crowning our lives with cheer"
"If the cool breeze roams
refreshing our homes"
"Hands clapping, we sing along
Our feet tapping to our folk song"
"Our motherland it will enhance
and dance with a new fragrance"
"Our Mother Earth will be
robed in a new green saree"
"If Mother Earth drapes a new saree
showing off in a festive spree"
"Birds from western skies will migrate
to nest here with their soul mate"
"With sun's rays golden
as our constant companion"
"We'll come to the fieldsinjubilation"
Good news, Pasupathy
You have become our temple trustee
Conduct our temple festival in style
Our village should also prosper
Why do you think
you're an outsider, chief?
I am just a common man
All these titles and posts are secondary
What are we waiting for?
Our temple festival will be
conducted in a grand manner
Alright, sir
Next Monday by now, we should
have inaugurated the festival
We have a cart load
of preparatory work
Don't say, 'this isn't my job'
All of you join hands and finish it
Alright, sir
- Lend a hand to finish everything
- No problem, anna
Why is Ratnam angry?
He should have been the trustee
and presided over our temple festival
He was unable to, right?
That's why he is angry
- Balu
- Sir?
Work should go on real smooth
Your men are the sole cause
of all headaches every year
If repeated this year
you won't get off the hook
Alright, sir
'Amma, leave me alone
if I say I don't want to come'
If you don't come our representation
won't be complete, my dear
You are getting ready now
'Whatever you say
you know I won't come'
'Then why nag me, Chandra?'
If this was a function
on your father's side
You would've been ready on the dot
'Don't you understand what I'm saying?'
I know the grudge you are holding
in your heart and being so stubborn
'You are aware, right?'
'Why don't you just go then?'
How can you hold a grudge for 5 long years
and be so stubborn even now?
Your middle name should be 'angry'
How often my brother would have
come over and apologized?
'He will accuse me of stealing in public'
'Then apologize in private'
'I should grin and bear it
and visit him, no?'
Do you intend stepping out
of that room now or not?
When your father comes, I will
decide once and for all about this
Prema, he is dehusking coconuts outside
Bring 4 coconuts
I don't know who is more stubborn
Your daughter or you
Amma
Watch your step, dear
Sit down
I'll be back
'You'll be fine
Not to worry'
Don't be scared
I'm here
Feeling better?
I'll call my brother Murugan
and tell him none of us are coming
Ma
Is this something new?
It is a common occurrence, no?
I can take care of myself
All of you attend the function
This is only to your uncle's house
We can go anytime we like
I'll call my friend Swathi
You go without worrying about me
If I am the only one who doesn't attend
he will understand why I'm angry
Amma
Amma?
This has become her routine
Forever keeping an eye on that room
Turning a deaf ear to me
Amma?
Amma
Your granddaughter is suffering
from another wheezing attack
We are off to attend the function
in Murugan's house
Take care of her
'She is still trapped in her past
and staring at this door!'
Come
What bloody business!
Hey!
Ashok, don't let your tongue run
because you are tense
Did you listen to me
when I told you repeatedly?
Now everything is gone
He said it can be
returned within 6 months
Ask him what happened
Goddess Shakti!
This concerns divinity
I felt we shouldn't
take short cuts to fame
Greed...wanting to make quick money
Only our Goddess can save us
- Hey!
- Very funny
You steal from that Goddess
and ask Her to save you!
You think She will?!
Muthu, only because I trusted you
I gave you our Goddess's crown
knowing it was a risky thing to do
I don't know what you'll do
When we deliver the jewelry box
on Monday, that crown should be in it
- Or else-
- Hey!
Don't panic
No problem at all
I have organized everything
Inauguration is on Monday, right?
I'll give it to you on Monday
Be relaxed, da
Keep this inside
Can't we go for a function
within the auspicious time?
Sit, we'll be there soon
'If my mother breathes her last'
At least we can miss
the festival with good reason!
Appa!
This year
I have to go and stand there
as a third person
Because of the unpardonable crime
you have committed
Can I attend any function in our town
with my dignity and pride intact?
The way everyone looks at me accusingly
It is as if they are asking me
'why are you still alive?'
[hiccupping]
If you are educated
Well meaning advice
from parents is foolish, right?
We don't give you water
even in the porch
My fate, now she offers me water
inside my own house!
Doctor is here
Call the grave keeper
Why are you startled, sir?
The whole town refers to you
as 'Dead-ly doctor'
Hey, shut your gob
You please come
Why did you take so long
to get cash from the ATM?
Ask your son
You are his mother
Got delayed, ma
No cash in any ATM
How do we come soon?
Come back soon
Serve yourself lunch
We'll be back soon
Here, Anbu
Is everyone present?
You got late trying to mobilize the fund?
Why is Rathnam's mother
still alive and kicking?
What can I do?
As if I can strangle her
I don't know why she's still holding on?
In my town there was a lady like this
She was holding her life in her palm
When they enquired, the priest said
there are 2 souls inside her body
What are you saying?
Was the old lady pregnant?
Don't be so dumb
That lady was possessed it seems
Priest said the old hag will die
only if the spirit is exorcised
Did they succeed in driving out the spirit?
No, that lady died all of a sudden
Became 2 in 1 spirit
That's so true
Remember we were staying
in Senthalai for a while?
Same thing happened there
Keep quiet, aunt
She is an elderly lady
Nutritious food she ate when young
and working hard for her living
She is still hale and healthy
That's why her soul is still
in two minds to leave or stay
Leela, you roam around in the evenings
You know the cold wind
isn't good for your health
With a strong mind and will power
the body can combat any foe, Rani
As if you don't know
Ssshh!
Hey!
Wait
Shooo!
What happened?
Sit
Here
What's wrong?
I can smell a stink
I don't smell anything
I can smell it
The stink is from that room
How are you feeling now, dear?
Forget my health, ma
Something smells terrible in that room
What happened, dear?
I can smell a stink from that room
Ask someone to check
I don't even know
where we kept the key
'If this door is opened
it won't augur well for our family'
My mother believes it strongly
Open all the windows
Then the stink will evaporate
Will you open that door now?
Or shall I break that lock?
'Listen to me, son'
'We will be in trouble
if you break open that door'
'Our family will go to the dogs'
'Oh God!'
'Sir, dead rat inside'
Ashok
You promised to return it on Friday
I am well aware today is Friday
I am trying my level best
Heard you asked Raman for a loan
What? As usual did he
show you his empty hand?
I've asked in 4-5 places
Only 1 person refused, that's all
How...?
You've been asking for 8 months
Like that?
Borrowing from strangers
As if your family is poor
I don't want my family to know
Not understanding my plight
If I get into a mess
because of this
I'll come straight to your father
You want me to get caught
and die of shame in this town
I'm not a martyr
wanting you to be happy
Ashok, listen
Switch off the TV
Is this house like a home?
Noise pollution!
Angry with someone outside and
showing it here has become a habit
I made your favorite murrel fish gravy
- Eat, you'll feel better
- No need
I'm telling you I don't want
Even if we work hard and earn
food is as sacred as God
Even if you are raging with anger
how can you show it on the food we eat?
Don't add to my tension
Just go away
I'll have 1000 problems to face at work
Easy for you to talk
sitting at home and eating
What happened, ma?
Your father is so possessed, he's mad
He words are like dynamite
Go back to your room
How dare you criticize me!
Why did you slap amma
without any reason?
Don't kindle my anger
Go inside quietly
I'm sparing you because you are ill
If you hit the women at home
will your problem be solved?
I've been putting up with
his violence all along
How easily you use your muscle power?
Don't infuriate me
What happened?
Your parents fought
Why...?
I don't know
Were you simply gawking
oblivious of everything?
Clean up everything
I told you not to open this door
only because I anticipated all this
Wonder what else will traumatize us?
Goddess
Only you have to protect my family
Aiyaiyo!
I am responsible for
my sister Leela's death
I kept quiet thinking
only appa yelled at her
I would have consoled her
She was able to handle
her wheezing bravely
But she was unable to
deal with my harsh words
My dear...daughter
I'm alive while you are gone, dear
Your appa won't be alive for long, dear
She let me down
- She left me and went
- Mother-in-law
What happened?
My parents fought last night
Leela intervened I think
He lost his temper and slapped her
O' Goddess!
She shut herself in her room
We thought she was just going
in a huff and she will be fine
Didn't imagine
she would leave us forever
Before the word gets around and the police
make enquiries, let us inform them
How can we answer
their probing questions?
They will register a case
No need to inform the police
Let us handle this ourselves
Muthu, the police will drag
this case endlessly
They will take her for post mortem
and dissect her to pieces
Father...?
It seems it's better
we don't inform the police
If we do, her body will
be dissected to pieces it seems
He has a valid point
Let's give our girl a cremation
befitting an angel, pa
Do whatever you think is best
When she was just 5
With her eyes sunken
Hands so limp
Unable to breathe
You came carrying her half dead form
Do you remember?
Looking at her tender body
Do you know what the doctor said?
'Tell him to take this dead child', he said
Even at that tender age
She held on to her breath
She was stubborn enough to
come back alive to us
You killed her with
your words, wretched man!
Doctor, if you raise your tone
word will get around
Hey!
So what?
We have lost our child
Tell us what has to be done, docor
Otherwise the police
will get to know of this
I have an idea
She had respiratory problem, right?
Using her wheezing as an excuse
Call the ambulance
He will come and proclaim her as dead
Our town will fall for that story
This doesn't augur well
Aiyo! Oh God!
What happened, Prema?
Oh my God!
"If you twinkle, you shine like a star"
"You are a twinkling star gone far"
"She died unable to bear
her father's cusswords at her"
"She left us in hell
without a farewell"
"If you twinkle, you shine like a star"
"You are a twinkling star gone far"
"She went without a word of goodbye"
"Leaving us high and dry"
"Like the jasmine pure and white
growing in our garden bright"
"You bloomed with love and care
like a work of art so rare"
"You bloomed as a bud hither
And wilted away to wither"
"Leaving your poor father
grief stricken in despair"
"Ripening for the yield
like a sheaf of grain in the field"
"You grew slim, slender and tall
Best of the crop; a dainty doll"
"You grew only to fade and dry
leaving all of us to cry"
"I am the sinner who fathered you
I weep in waves of grief anew"
"If you twinkle, you shine like a star"
"You are a twinkling star gone far"
"She died unable to bear
her father's cusswords at her"
"She left us in hell
without a farewell"
I've informed him
Puniyam, come here
Take this and attend
to the necessary arrangements
Okay, pa
She has passed away
on a Saturday, mind you
We must slaughter a hen as redemption
I'll handle, it, brother
Don't call for a funeral band
- She was not married
- I'll take care
Muthu, have you informed
all your relatives?
Even if you are not on talking terms
Inform your kith and kin
through a messenger
Leela's maternal uncle is here
'She left us all of a sudden like this'
Oh gawd!
I asked, 'do you expect me to
apologize falling at your feet'?
I'm touching your feet now and asking, dear
You are not alive to forgive me now
My dear niece had
too much self respect
Such a rash and impulsive niece
You left me without forgiving me
You were so careless
You made her leave us
in this state of shock
'Leela's final journey to the next world'
'...will shortly leave from her residence
We share this with a heavy heart'
Is this your first time
announcing a funeral procession?
You didn't even specify a time
I'm asking them over the phone
They are not divulging the time
I thought we could go for a round till then
When is the cremation?
They want to know
Tell them, 2'o clock
Did you check the auspicious timing?
Someone get me calendar
Hey!
This is the funeral of a young girl
Let everyone cry and share their grief
Why this tearing hurry?
In the evening we only need to
fix the time for the funeral procession
- Then tell them 6'o clock
- Okay
Hello?
[loud lamenting]
She smiled at me yesterday morning
What a way to die!
What do you know
about this ailment, akka?
This wheezing will make the patient
gasp for breath all the time
Or die all of a sudden
in the blink of an eyelid
As if you are unaware
She had this wheezing problem
from childhood
Cold weather
It intensified
She died before the ambulance reached
"Stars in her tongue
"The words she speaks so sweet
Soft as a cotton mattress feast"
"My precious child so dear
before you left us bereft here"
"Without a goodbye to your mother
you left us for good forever"
[loud lamenting]
Chandra
They have come to take our child
to the graveyard now
Don't bottle up your grief
Her soul won't rest in peace
She tricked me
She has abandoned me
She deceived me
Come with me
Lift her
Why is it so heavy?
Any corpse will be heavy
Shut up and lift
I can't lift
Hey! Give us a hand, come
Come on, lift
Move aside
Her hands and legs are moving, pa
What's wrong with him?
- Her limbs are moving
- How is it even possible?
Hey! Go and check if she is alive
Go in and see
[shocked buzz of muttering]
- What are you saying?
- Yes, I saw her hands and feet move
When you tried to lift her
you shook her hands and feet
Don't create a scene
I swear I'm telling you the truth
Her entire body shook
as if she is still alive, man
Aiyo!
- Appa
- Why should my family face this plight?
Let go of me
Let me go
- Wait, I say
- Let go of me
We can handle it
You don't have to go, pa
Control yourself, uncle
Don't be flustered
Sit down, I'll take care
Sit...sit down
Youngsters here, go to bed
Don't cry
Who yelled so loud?
They say a Saturday corpse
tags a companion on the hearse
If you attend a funeral
lament and cry aloud, man
I don't object to that
What is the point in yelling in alarm?
As if you yell, the corpse will sit up!
Go...sit quiet
and lament out aloud
How can the corpse sit up?
Isn't it a miracle?
- Why is this happening?
- How do I know?
Why are you snapping at her?
Go, nothing bad will happen
I'll handle it
Aunt, take her inside
Come
All of you come here
Till we take her to the cemetery
Don't go back home
shirking your responsibility
We should be a source of comfort
to Selvaraj now of all times
Just before our temple festival
I don't know why this should happen
How strange!
Why is all this happening?
It's commendable we were able
to silence the villagers for so long
We have no idea what is in store for us
Hey! Nobody knows what is happening
We should maintain our cool now
Muthu
What happened to the crown?
You have no idea
what to ask and when?!
Hey!
Nothing to worry
I retrieved it yesterday
I've kept it inside my house
Really?
'What happened?'
'Your parents fought'
Sit with them
What is happening here?
This seems so strange and peculiar
Just like a child who plays near the well
will die in the well is a belief
One who died gasping for breath
is making us breathless!
Keep quiet, aunt
Shouldn't you know to talk
without being insensitive?
She is a royal pain
She'll always zip my lips
Rani, then why is it
they can't lift the corpse?
Tell us why
Something is wrong, no?
Wonder what unfulfilled desires
were tucked in that virgin's heart
Instead of singing an elegy
for the departed soul
We were gossiping
instead of mourning her demise
- Maybe that's why the corpse is heavy
- You have a point
In our village if we don't lament
as we rightfully should
I've heard the corpse won't go to its grave
But I am seeing it first hand only now
In my village Boodhalur
a pregnant lady died like this
She could not be lifted on to the bier
Funeral rites were performed
Even then she couldn't be lifted
That blessed woman delivered her baby
and only then let herself be cremated
True, Selvi
My aunt has narrated a story often to me
A girl hung herself to death
Even 10-20 people could not
lift her on to the bier
All the village youngsters gave a hand
and carried her to the end of the street
The funeral pot was broken
Her brothers covered her
with the funeral sari
The corpse was as heavy as
a mountain it seems
Not just an ordinary wind
A wild storm suddenly blew over the village
The youngsters just dropped the corpse
and ran for their lives
Oh my goodness!
End of the street, corpse, wild storm
It's too horrific even to think about it
Then they summoned the village priest
He danced as if possessed
and performed exorcising rituals
Only then they cremated her
Those tales are believable
You are talking of the corpse
being too heavy to be lifted
This female died and is now sitting up!
What is the solution?
You women
Don't talk utter rubbish
Don't we know about our Leela?
Wonder what unfulfilled wish
is holding her back?
Mayil, bring our priest from the temple
That's a great idea
How long can we sit here like this
What magic wand will he wave?
Isn't there a limit
for belief and superstition?
If a priest is the solution
for all our problems
I wonder who is
the fool amongst us!
Rani
Let it be, if you don't believe
We have complete faith in him
You will anyway wait and watch
What is a priest sprinkling sacred ash
in a temple doing in this funeral house?
Hey! Don't let him inside
He will sprinkle sacred ash
even on the corpse
Get lost!
Dai!
Where is the corpse?
I can see only the bier here
How strange!
The entire village is here
Who else are we waiting for?
Get lost, you morons!
Clad in white & white,
prim and proper even for a funeral?!
Hurry up!
Taking your own sweet time now
They are unable to lift the corpse
Go in and check
Step inside
Why are you hesitating?
Wondering how you can
step into their house?
Don't we come to the graveyard?
Go
Go and check
What's up with you?
Why are you dilly-dallying?
She's like a Goddess to me
She is waiting to say something
You can resort to anything
She won't leave without having her say
My dear spirit
Grey clouds have gathered in the night sky
Rain showers waiting to burst
Before the logs of wood stacked for you
get drenched in the rain
Please come to rest in peace
- Listen, dear
- What now?
- Cool down
- Listen without yelling at me
Let us tell everyone
Leela hung herself to death
- Ma
- You know very well
She is willful and stubborn by nature
Let us blurt it out
All said and done
she is our child
She died many hours ago
We can't tell now, ma
Think of our family's dignity
if we tell the truth
Hey! The doctor is here
Doctor, you came and saw, then...?
You are standing shell shocked
I request all of you to forgive me
Leela
She did not die
because of wheezing
She hung herself to death
What is he saying, aunt?
She hung herself to death, huh?
In our village, we look up
only to this family with so much respect
In order to protect his honor
I lied
Forgive me
He is accepting coolly he lied
This is a problem to be
tackled by our village
All of you should join
and make the right decision
He is our village head
We were nodding our heads
to whatever he said as gospel truth
Noble man
He lied about his own daughter's death
Hey! Shut up, man
Uncle
What is the use of standing like this?
We have gathered here
for the bereavement in your house
Don't make us out to be fools
Tell us what really happened
My daughter committed suicide
What is happening here?
Because she couldn't take
the way I shouted at her
My only daughter
in our family hung herself
If I had told you the truth
Would you have believed me?
How much you would have maligned me
You would have concocted
so many tales tarnishing her
That is the reason
I panicked
How could you do this, brother?
Regarding my daughter's death
Please don't speak ill of her
or spread negativity
She forgot our existence
and took her own life
As her father
Don't I have to do
the right thing for her?
Stop crying
If one of us faces a problem
You stand up for us
Will we abandon you
when you need help?
When your mind is flustered
and you stand heavy hearted
Don't torture yourself with words
What needs to be done
Let us do it properly
Stubborn as a mule female!
She has staged this
for her father to confess
Look at this angle
They thought of covering it up
and cremating her
Wonder how many such events occur
in the homes of big shots like them?
At least we got to know about this
'How will they come
without prior intimation?'
Don't you know you have to inform
the police when you found her dead, huh?
Arrange for post mortem
Okay, sir
Sir?
Our village chief's daughter
Is post mortem necessary?
- We can discuss and handle it
- What will you discuss?
Law isn't different for your village head
Allow us to do our duty
Sir?
They tried lifting the corpse earlier
But couldn't do so it seems
The corpse is sitting
of its own accord, sir
Yov! Don't tempt me
to use cuss words
Get lost!
Don't support the daughter
of your village chief
Come in
Sir, this was kept hidden
- Where?
- Over there, sir
We need 4 pair of hands inside
Lift
[grunting]
[flurry of voices in panic]
Hen that was tied here is missing
The hen is missing
Leela didn't wait for confessions alone
She is waiting to take
another life with her
'She Is Stubborn Beyond Death'
What is it now?
If no one takes any action
how long do we wait?
Young girl's curse
Needs a slaughter as redemption
This hen was bought to be sacrificed
as companion to a Saturday-corpse
Catch that hen quick and kill it
before anyone else falls prey to the curse
I have found a match for my son
The bride's family wanted
to visit us tomorrow
And looks like I can't go home now
Hunt for the missing hen
without sitting there gossipping
Look that side
Hey! Look here
What temerity!
Whole village is looking for you
You are standing here
in the middle of the road
You are the sacrificial hen
Otherwise I'll wring your neck now
Go and stand there quietly
blocking the way
Tread softly
Catch it
Don't shuffle your feet
Don't make a sound
Stay rooted to the spot
- Hey! That side
- Catch it
Grab it
They got the hen
- Is it this one?
- No, not this
- No?
- No
Not this one it seems
Check if it is this
- No, my son
- Is it this one?
Not this either
If you keep saying 'no'
then which one is it?
Somu
Somu
Here
Drink tea
Drunken slob!
Got sloshed early in the morning?
Yes, Rani madam
Please attend to your work
- Listen
- Tea for you
Sun as risen to another new day
Whom are you waiting for?
Huh...where?
Corpse isn't ready, drunken slob!
How will the corpse come to us?
Only few of us should go and carry it
Go and take the corpse to the cemetery
Waiting like gluttons for coffee and tea
even in a funeral house
I've exted you a number
Send me call details of that #
Sir?
Yov! This is a crime spot
Don't allow anyone inside
till the finger prints are dusted
Okay, sir
Goddess of Samayapuram
Protect us from all evil
'Until I reach home
safe and sound'
'If you protect me'
I will make a silver spear
for you, o' Goddess
Protect me, Goddess
Our present predicament
It isn't Leela's doing
It is the handiwork of our Goddess
- You've hidden Her crown inside
- Hey!
Muthu, shut up!
Look over there
Be quiet
We have only 1 day left
The crown should be in the temple
You meddled with divinity
Look what spot She has put us in
Goddess, help us
She gave us hell
retrieving what was pledged
Now
She is restraining us from replacing it
Revathy
Rathnam
- Where is he off to?
- Maybe his stomach somersaulted
[loud sobs]
'What is this?'
What happened?
How can this happen to my family?
Don't lose heart, be strong
Let me go in and see
It is 24 hours since the girl died
All of you are standing here doing nothing
- Logesh
- Grandma
Where is Rathnam?
He is in that canopy place
Pasupathy
Ask them to fetch 2 pots
of water from the river
Okay, grandma
Ask them to remove the chairs from here
Shouldn't you clear the way
for the corpse?
- Get up, boys
- Venkatesh
Grandma
Have you given eyes as offering?
- Bring it here
- Okay
Apply 2 lines of sacred ash
and decorate 2 pots with flowers
'Bring 7 types of grains'
'Get me 'kumkum'
from the temple'
'Roll sandalwood paste into 2 balls'
'Place a tumbler of water
opposite the front door'
- Talisman
- Offering eyes in silver, eh?
[flurry of voices]
Lift it
'Lift it higher'
'Drag it to one side'
'Lift the canopy cover'
'Raise it...higher'
'Lift the canopy'
'Move the chair'
'Make him sit on that side'
Drive towards Selvaraj's fields
Collect the dried leaves
in the southern side
Gather it into a heap
before you go
Greetings, Rathnam
What brings you here?
I wanted to tell you something personal
before you become the laughing stock here
What do you want, Rathnam?
As if you don't know what I want!
AM I like you?
You're the village head
Can I match up with you?
In wealth and assets for sure
Respect?
Zero
I don't want you to lose face
So I came to tell you this
Because respect and dignity
are very valuable, village chief
I have a feud with you
But I'm sharing it because we are
from the same caste and community
Your daughter
She was happily talking
and laughing with another boy
I am seeing it for the second time
Thank your stars
When I saw them they didn't cross
the limits of decency
Take care, chief
'Don't infuriate me'
Leela
You were with that boy
Talking in a normal manner
I lied to your father
ruining your reputation
Please forgive me
Don't cry, uncle
Did you yell at our child
believing his vile words?
Don't you know his true nature?
What is it?
Listen, buddy
When the grave keeper said
it is waiting to take someone else
They have got it all wrong
Actually all this is happening
because the spirit wants to send us to jail
Great wall of China has shrunk in size!
When the canopy fell
The kumkum dissolved and
flowed like a stream of blood
What does that mean?
Goddess is angry with us
Think about it
The business we started
pledging Her crown fell through
Muthu was our partner and
his sister committed suicide
Before something happens to us
we should retrieve the crown, buddy
If we don't replace it in the temple
Goddess won't let go of Leela
He claims he is a big shot!
He has enough skeletons
falling out of his cupboard!
'He killed a young girl
by maligning her character'
'Shameless fellow!'
Aunt, ignore him
You shut up!
Only if we show disapproval
he will mend his ways
Is Leela waiting to
take him to the cemetery?
Then he should have died
when the canopy fell on his head
So you mean to say he won't die?
He should be chopped to pieces
for maligning Leela
If Leela spared his life
Then someone else is the victim
That's a big question mark
Don't attribute natural events
to Leela and create panic here
Did only uncle Ratnam get hurt?
Even Somu got hurt
Then you mean to say Leela is
waiting to take Somu to his grave?
Hey!
I didn't do anything
One look at you and my skin crawls
as if I stamped on crap
You can follow me
for decades for all I care
I'll never look back at you
I don't want you to strain your neck
That's why I'm standing before you
Leela, I have been following you
for the past 3 years
Not giving me a proper answer
I've been telling you
all along how I feel
I'll wait as long as it takes
Give me a favorable answer
No chance in a million years
What are you doing?
Doesn't it look good folded like this?
In your dreams!
You have a bevy of boys running behind you
Your silly antics
are the last straw!
That Somu is crossing his limits
Wonder where this will end in!
Does he even count?
If I tell my brother
he will kill Somu in one blow
Then why don't you tell
At least your problem will be solved
He isn't worth all that trouble
You think I've tied it
into a proper 'lungi'?
You look truly beautiful, Leela
Will you follow me for 3 years
if I was an ugly duckling?
You keep misunderstanding me
Just nod your head and say 'okay'
I'll handle all your family problems
I'm telling you I don't like you
And you're still acting
as if you don't get it
You assume you can
make a girl change her mind
You think you can intimidate me
I don't understand the logic
in the heads of chaps like you
That's why I'm trying
to make you understand
Just like how you like me
Same way I dislike you!
Leave me alone
Leela
Your love is violence
This is what you resort to in the end
'That girl is hitting him, sir'
Let him get hit
I told Leela right then
she should tell her parents
She did not listen to me
Bash him up with a broomstick
They take it up as a hobby
to hound young girls like this
Aunt, don't interfere
Let them sort it out
What I did was wrong
I am the reason for
such a good hearted girl's death
What is the use of repenting now?
Defaming without an iota of compassion
They say one becomes mature with age
- Don't go on
- But for you?
You were evil head to toe
Don't lose your cool now please
They won't reform even with a cracked skull
Or if they fracture their limbs
Good-for-nothing fellows!
I think Leela stayed behind
only to reveal their true colors
'Look at him sitting there stone hearted'
You deserve to die
Even if it was any other girl
in Leela's place
...it would have been
the same turn of events
All of you are wondering
why Leela hasn't left as yet
I'm thinking how would Leela have resorted
to suicide for a flimsy reason like this
'Sir, one number has been in constant touch
with the # you sent us to check'
That number was switched off
as soon as Leela disconnected
It is still switched off
Whose name is it in?
Send me the address and photo
Did she have any other problem, dear?
Has she confided in you?
Do you know anything?
Sister-in-law, she was in love with a chap
He may know something
Who is he?
Anbu
Hey!
Who is he?
Which caste does he belong to?
Bring him here
Come along
Hey!
Started your heroism?
What are we police here for?
We will bring him
Don't do something drastic
and end up in police custody!
How do you know who lives
where in our village?
We know how to handle him, we'll go
Hey!
I won't trust any of you
I'm coming along with you
Come on
Start the car
Enquire if any relatives
of Anbu stay closeby
See if he is hiding there and nab him
Okay, sir
Come here, bro
- Do you know where Anbu is?
- Don't know, sir
Have you seen Anbu?
- Yes
- When?
- Yesterday
- Come with me
Sir, he saw Anbu
When did you see him?
Yesterday morning when I was
announcing the funeral information
I saw Balu and his son Anbu go past
in an auto in the opposite direction
Bro...let him go
What happened, bro?
Leave him alone, anna
Having been the cause of her death
You want to go there now
I was the one who killed her, pa
Appa, let me go
and just see her once
Allow me to go, pa
Hey!
Listen to me
You can't go there now
She is over sensitive, pa
I shouldn't have spoken to her like that
I didn't think she would take
such drastic measures
I didn't think she would
take my soul away
Will they spare you
if you go there?
- Pa
- Why, da?
Let me go and see her one last time
Please, pa
We've been convincing him
for a whole day
Is he paying heed to us?
Cry all you want
but stay put here
Why did you want to see me
at this time of night urgently?
4 days since you went
out of town regarding a job
You came back this morning
Didn't even occur to you
to want to meet me?
Why do you even have a girlfriend?
Hey! Leela
Pccht!
Leela
Hey! What happened?
Sit down
Soul mate
This misty dewy season
If it lasted a lifetime
Won't it be romantic?
Look
You had no such fear or worry
someone will see us
If something happens to me
How flustered you become
You take such good care of me
Anbu
Love you, my soulmate
'Soulmate, tell me what I'm doing now'
- You've recorded all calls on yourphone?
- 'Don't know, eh?'
- Only what we speak!
- 'I opened the window'
'I am admiring the rain'
'The wind is chilly
Close the window'
I can't
'Only in this rain'
'I first set eyes on you'
'This rain and you
walked together in harmony'
A flower takes in the rain
without ever having enough, right?
Just like that
in such a rainy scenario
I am reminded of you
How often will you tell me this?
I can repeat it zillion times
If it rains, I'm reminded only of you
"Nesting in my heart soulfully"
"You are my lovebird so lovely"
"You are the love of my life
My world, my to-be wife"
"You are my cascade flowing, dear
down my chest crystal clear"
"With lashes flirting a side-way glance
you send me spinning in a dizzy dance"
"You make my heart somersault gaily
with your laughter, you rule me daily"
"My lovely lassie I want to wed
I stick like the 'bindi' on your forehead"
"I will live in your eyes; sleepless
wrapped in your love-blanket, princess"
"In the flowers you pick with care
from your garden to adorn your hair"
"I will bloom in the petals duly
and make you mine, girlie"
"My eyes cannot see anything else
other than you, my precious"
"The whole world is your face
captured in my heart always"
"I flipped for your words bold and witty
I am still in a dizzy spell, pretty missy"
"Your pink blushes of shyness, I'll string
into a rainbow in the sky so endearing"
"Not even for a second, my soul mate
Don't kill me by drifting away in haste"
"Live the rest of your life
as my beloved wife"
'Hey kiss me, quick'
'Whats wrong with you?'
'Im in a bus
with so many co-passengers'
"In the flowers you pick with care
from your garden to adorn your hair"
"I will bloom in the petals duly
and make you mine, girlie"
I feel the same way as
when I flipped on first sight
"Nesting in my heart soulfully"
"You are my lovebird so lovely"
"You are the love of my life
My world, my to-be wife"
Soulmate, you seem to be in a happy mood?
You'll act pricey usually
if I say I would like to see you
Today 'sir' himself called
and asked me to come here
What's the good news?
Unusual for you, today you've
ironed your shirt and tucked it in
Tell me the good news fast
I got a job
Congrats, sir
Already I'm able to meet you
only once in a blue moon!
You won't have time hereafter
even to talk to me over the phone
Now and then visit your home town to meet
the girl who is always thinking of you, sir
Anbu
I'm telling you this
from when we fell in love
Seek a job outside this village
You are grinning so proudly
securing this stupid job
This is our home town, Leela
I've got a job right here
What more can we ask for?
Is this a job fit for a post graduate?
Get some other job, ditch this
- Anbu, I'm saying this for your goo-
- Get lost!
Stop...hey!
Hey!
Stop
Wait
Grab him
Give me a hand
Appa
Please, pa
Let him go
- Selvaraj
- Kill him
How dare you ruin our family honor!
How dare you come here
Don't be rash
You ruined a good girl
and sent her to her grave
Let go, sir
- Wait, pa
- How dare he come to see my sister!
- Shut up!
- Wait, sir
- Let go of me
- Don't act in haste
Don't stop someone
attending a funeral
Go and pay your respects
Leela
[crying loudly]
'I have been calling you repeatedly'
'Can't you pick my call?'
Pccht!
I answered, right?
Tell me
Pcccht!
You want to talk
or shall I hang up now?
'Why are you yelling at me?'
'I didn't call to fight with you'
'I think my father has got to know
we are dating each other'
'He will never raise his tone at me'
'Just now'
'He used cusswords'
'You didn't pick my calls'
'Till now I thought'
'Everyone loved me
and I was so happy'
'But now I feel all alone'
'I am so scared'
Don't feel bad
Don't panic
We can handle it
'What have you decided?'
What does that mean?
I joined duty today, Leela
My father was so happy
I could see it in his face
I can't let my father down
listening to your whims
'Am I asking you to let him down?'
'Is this really you?'
'Listen to me
without losing your temper'
'Holding on to mere
courage and confidence'
'We can't live peacefully
in this place, Anbu'
'Being brave is different'
'...from being smart'
'Try to understand me'
I am crystal clear in my decision, Leela
If you want to live with me
for a lifetime
Come home
Otherwise
Let go of me
'You think I can live
after we break up?'
Hey! Don't blackmail me emotionally
Leela
LEELA
Pccht!
Damn this phone
Enough of resisting
Come along
Don't resist any longer
Your stubborn streak doesn't
augur well for our village, dear
Consent to come along
Anna
What happened?
What is happening here?
Why is she like this?
Hey Selvaraj
She will go only if I die, my son
Kannamma hung herself unable to
tolerate what I told her
Kannamma is a rash
and impulsive creature
I told you not to open that door
I told you Kannamma's curse
won't spare our family
Did any of you pay heed to my warning?
My granddaughter who opened the door
hung herself to death, son
My sister is calling me
Kill me
Please let me die
Why are you distressing yourself
with all kinds of nonsense?
I didn't listen to your advice
Kannamma committed suicide
and I took her sari
And I have locked it up
in that room all these years
Kannama and this lady are twins
Take out that sari and
drape it around her
Finish all the rites right now
That spirit has been circulating
inside the house for decades
That's why it is so stubborn to leave
If we can bring it to the porch
it will leave Leela alone
Pasupathy
All of you join hands
and carry her out here
Grandma is right
We should have inaugurated
our temple festival tomorrow
A tragic occurrence should be
replaced by an auspicious event
Go inside
Hold the rope right
Heave ho!
Pull with all your might
Don't let go, pull
Are you all okay?
- We are alright
- Get up
Lift him up
Lift...lift
- Get up
- Lift
His foot is caught underneath
- Come
- Move a bit
Lift him up
Don't stamp his leg
Lift...lift him
Let's go, quick
Careful
Watch your step!
Someone may see us, hurry up
Before that girl died
You were the last person
she spoke to for 35 minutes
Come with me
I have to interrogate you
- Come
- Sir
Sir
Drag him to the police station, sir
My daughter has resorted
to suicide to expose him
Sir, we didn't talk for that long
Sir, Leela always records our conversations
You can check her phone if you want
Let me check
I told you not to go
Did you listen to me?
Look at our plight now
They are ganging up and
blaming us for no fault of ours
Hey!
Watch your tongue
Who is blaming whom?
Are you so innocent
as soon as Leela died
...father and son went into hiding?
You got thugs to threaten my son
not to step into your house
And now you're blaming me unjustly!
Is this what you call fairplay?
How dare you!
Acting good-goody here
after all your bloody bad acts
'I am crystal clear in my decision, Leela'
'If you want to live with me
for a lifetime, come home'
'Otherwise
Let go of me'
'You think I
can live after we break up?'
Anbu
He killed me with his cusswords
You are killing me with your silence
I thought you were angry
our appa yelled at you
I get it now
Your anger is directed elsewhere
I was aware of this all along
I should have broached
this topic with you earlier
I was stuck in some other mess
That's why I couldn't handle
your matter properly
This is normal at your age
But the family you are born into and
man you marry should be equal status
Understand what I'm saying
I saw you throwing the phone
Same way cast aside everything too
Wash your hands
Let's eat
You said it so easily?
I can't ditch him like that
and forget him, anna
This isn't something
that just our family decides
For what Lokesh did
Rathnam is roaming like a restless soul
unable to live or die
I can't be like him
Break up with him
Don't step into my space
I will talk to appa
You leave the room
I'm treating you like a child
and advising you
You are refusing to understand
You are insisting on
taking the same wrong route
Go ahead
I'll see how you get your way
Do you think no one is aware
of all your wrongdoings?
5 years ago
The girl you cheated
Shanthi who consumed poison and died
You think no one knows, right?
Poor wife of yours
I am keeping quiet
only for her sake
But, listen
Don't think you can wriggle out
scot-free from all your blunders
A roof over your head is no criteria
to lead a life of dignity and respect
Caste is absolute priority
We won't let him into the village
You want to let him step into our house
You bloody well die
Nab him
[overlap of angry voices]
Let me go
Let go of me
Let go of me now
If I hadn't done this
Wouldn't you have done it, pa?
Leela
She isn't a corpse
She is a Goddess
She is a Goddess
who treated all of us equally
Like the deity you worship
She died and became a Goddess
She exposed your act of
stealing the Goddess's crown
My dear child
My precious one
How can I appease my grief?
You'll console me often with
'Nothing to worry, ma'
Now tell me the same words
and get up and look at me, Leela
Leela, a woman is born
Only to die sandwiched between
reality and way of thinking
You always wanted me by your side, no?
Don't you want me
when you are lying dead now?
I bore him in this same womb
Without an iota of compassion
...he has proved he's also a man
in this patriarchal society, Leela
I raised you all these years
with such love and care
I didn't have an insight
into your heart, my darling
My tender flower
My bloodline, my child
He has killed my darling daughter
I failed you as your mother
You didn't let us down
You did not deceive us
You did not let us down, dear
She has waited to tell her mother the truth
I didn't understand that
Your mother is-
"Did you merge at last
as the azure sky so vast?"
'I can repeat it zillion times'
'If it rains, I'm reminded only of you'
"Did you merge at last
as the azure sky so vast?"
"Did you turn anew
into the sky so blue?"
"Did you merge at last
as the azure sky so vast?"
"Did you merge pristine pure
into the elements of nature?"
"Did you turn into the bird at rest
forgetting its nest in the forest?"
"Did you end up as the bird
losing her heart to the world?"
"Did you also submerge
with nature and merge?"
"Did you merge to be present
in the sky omnipresent?"
"Did you merge enmasse
on Mother Nature's canvas?"
"My nectarous honey"
"No longer in my life is she"
"My honey, my life
not here to be my wife"
"This seed that could grow as grain"
'Yamakaathaghi - The voice of the voiceless girls'
"Now all that is in vain
It will no longer flourish again"
"This seed that can produce grain
is now dust to dust; in vain"
"This child, our godsend
didn't cry 'amma' till the end"
"This child of destiny
is on her last journey"
"Without crying for her 'amma' in agony
God's gift is now in her last journey"
"Let us bid farewell as per her destiny"
"Patriarchy, masculine temerity"
"You rule the roost in totality"
"Tears of my heart in grieving lament"
"Now an epic of bereavement
A tale of lifetime torment"