Original subtitles

"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 fields in jubilation"

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

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- 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 your phone? - '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'

'What’s wrong with you?'

'I’m 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"