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Kick a stone, thinking it's nothing.

One day, it'll become a mound and bury you beneath it.

Stomp a spark, thinking it's nothing.

One day, it'll rise as a wildfire and consume you whole.

Make a man shed a tear, thinking he'll take it lying down.

One day, his shattered breath will rise as a tornado, leaving destruction in its wake.

The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the soil we stand on belong to all.

Live and let live.

We must preserve and pass down nature to the next generation.

But if greed consumes us, and we seize everything for ourselves...

The God who blessed us, will reincarnate and descend to destroy it all.

KOTHALAVADI

[WALKIE CRACKLES] Walkie calling!

Walkie calling!

Walkie calling!

Anyone at the station?

Walkie calling!

Walkie calling!

[LANDLINE RINGS]

- Hello? - Where the hell are you guys?

Namaste, Sir.

I've been screaming my lungs out for so long.

Do you have no sense to respond?

- Sorry, Sir. - Who is at the station?

Sir, Chikeerappa, Manju, Muniswamy, Ramesh, Gurumurthy and I are here.

Everybody get going right now.

I've received intel that people are coming to the stream.

Hurry up!

KAVERI WATER BOARD Trespassing isn't allowed. Mining and deforestation not allowed.

Filthy wastrels!

They must have gotten wind of our arrival and cleared the place.

Hand it to me.

LISTEN!

I very well know that all of you are hiding nearby.

Enough playing hide and seek with me.

If you willingly surrender now, your time in prison will be shorter.

But if I have to storm in and arrest you...

You'll rot in prison for the rest of your lives.

If you don't surrender now, I'll shatter every bone in your body.

Scoundrels!

Go ahead and smash them all!

♪ With eyes of fire, he’s pressed the seal ♪

♪ His body forged and hardened like a diamond. ♪

♪ He’s left his mark behind in a field of deceit ♪

♪ A fierce warrior, rising to defeat ♪

♪ Cruel to the khaki ♪

♪ A guide for the city ♪

♪ A saviour who stands for every pain and pity ♪

♪ Try stabbing from the back ♪

♪ If caught, he’ll cut no slack ♪

♪ An officer who stands tall in anger ♪

♪ Roaring, raging loud and clear ♪

♪ Destroying all, striking fear ♪

♪ This is the Roudra’s Kothalavadi ♪

♪ This the Radhe’s Kothalavadi ♪

♪ Everything belongs to Kothalavadi ♪

♪ The real chieftain of this town ♪

♪ Even if the gods came down calling it wrong ♪

♪ This adamant soul ♪ ♪ would stand strong ♪

♪ For the cause of the people who trusted him and their livelihood ♪

♪ He stood like a wall ♪

♪ The brave one who tames the charging elephant ♪

♪ A fierce force that even troubles death ♪

♪ Delivers justice right where he stands ♪

♪ The true chieftain of the land ♪

♪ This is the Roudra’s Kothalavadi ♪

♪ This the Radhe’s Kothalavadi ♪

♪ Everything belongs to Kothalavadi ♪

♪ The real chieftain of this town ♪

Balaraj?

How are you?

Sir...

Doctor?

- Hello, Sir. - Hello.

How are my officers doing?

Some have broken hands, and two have shattered legs.

A couple of others have damage in their spinal chord.

Over four of them have sustained head trauma.

All of them need at least two months to recover.

If I've to be honest about those in the ICU?

I doubt if they'll ever be able to serve in the department.

Doctors, if necessary, bring in surgeons from outside.

Give them the best treatment. They're my soldiers.

They must return to how they were before.

- Sure, Sir. - I'll do my best.

- Thank you. - Thank you, Sir.

You've endured the worst in training and conquered terrifying challenges.

All of you stepped into this department vowing to give up

your lives to shield the society, uphold law and order.

Will these injuries and pain stop you now?

I don't think so.

You're donning the Khaki. The symbol of courage and pride.

No matter what, your fighting spirit must never waver.

Inspire courage in your family.

Make them understand that you'll face countless hardships head-on and stand tall.

I'm always with you. Don't worry, okay?

Sir...

Get well soon boys. Come on.

Balaraj?

- Balaraj? - Sir?

This is a sensitive matter. Handle it carefully.

At no cost can the media find out about this.

[REPORTERS CLAMOUR WITH QUESTIONS]

Sir, wait a minute.

- Hello! - Hello, Sir. [IN UNISON]

- How are you doing? - Good, Sir. [IN UNISON]

- Go ahead. - Sir..

Your comments on the police team's serious injuries and hospitalization?

It was just a minor accident.

On their way to the Hanur fair, heavy rains caused

our driver to veer off the road and into a pit.

So, they've suffered minor injuries.

Why are you lying, Sir?

Apparently, there was a big fight between the Kothalavadi people and the police?

Does your department lack the spine to take on the sand mafia?

Don't utter nonsense without knowing what happened.

We're the ones to carry a storm on our backs.

No matter how much ash you bury the truth under, we know how to turn it into embers.

Looks like your department is only good for guarding VIPs and saluting politicians.

Mind your tongue.

What channel are you from?

If you think holding a mic gives you the right to question our efficiency,

I'll file a case and slap an FIR. Beware!

How could you threaten us?

Go ahead. File an FIR!

[NEWS REPORT] A Blow to Democracy!

Reporters threatened with police cases!

If this is the state of the media, the fourth pillar of democracy,

imagine the plight of the common people.

Do you think you're as powerful as Hitler, Officer?

What is this mess, Parashuram?

Being a senior officer, is this how you behave with the media?

Just because we wear the uniform, does that mean we have no emotions?

Without understanding the situation, they ask

provocative questions, trying to wound our self-respect.

But when you're working for the law, you have to control your emotions, Parashuram.

You must not take anything personally.

The media helps bridge gaps and smooth creases in our system.

Today, if the anti-social elements haven't

crossed the lines, it is because of fear of media.

If not for the fear of the media,

illegal activities in the society would have skyrocketed.

The media plays a crucial role in building a strong society.

Sir, visit the hospital once and take a look

at the conditions of our police officers.

It hurts to see their families in pain.

How can I stay silent when they demean those who risked their lives for duty?

Being a senior officer, it's my duty to be their moral support.

I did just that.

I can understand, Ram.

But what can you do?

Ours is a thankless job.

Let this be for now.

Who the hell is he?

How dare he lay a hand on us?

He is the guy.

His name is Mohana.

He works as a contractor who sends his villagers for lab our work.

Tell me more.

Does this guy have no fear for his family?

Sir, he lost his parents to illness when he was young.

The one and only thing that boy cares for is, Manji.

♪ Eyes as thrilling as lightning ♪

♪ A face that captivates ♪

♪ A dazzling jewel ♪

Manji too has no parents.

She lives with her Ajji (Grandmother).

Thanks to the local MLA's goodwill.

She works as a teacher in an Anganawadi.

♪ On the Gowri hillock ♪

♪ They are the king and queen of their world ♪

♪ Every day is a celebration of joy ♪

Guess what I've got for you?

Well.. I got to know.

Yes. You love it.

I got to know.

Then tell me what it is.

Then show me what it is and I'll tell you.

Fine. Don't show me.

Oh.

There you go.

This is yours.

Gosh! Slow down.

The heat hit me in the head.

Please kiss your Ajji's hand for me.

Yeah, right. I will.

Every time I bring up marriage, you bolt like lightning.

Back home, Ajji keeps pestering me to get married.

How the heck do I deal with this?

Why is that old woman in a hurry?

Has she sworn to take her last breath only after her grandson pees on her face?

Tell me.

Don't say such things about my Ajji.

Don't get angry, darling.

The thrill of secret love is nothing compared to the hassles of marriage.

So? Do you plan to keep this up forever?

Once you're in the water, you have to swim, don't you?

Before we fall, we can sit on the banks and relax a bit, can't we?

You mean to say...

We'll make kids first and get married after?

Exactly. That does sound pretty good.

How many children get the fortune of serving pickles at their father's wedding?

Don't try your tricks with me.

Listen to me, Manji.

Living alone like a vagabond and being a married man are worlds apart.

I live in an old house.

It leaks when it rains. I need to get that fixed first.

I've only started to make a little money.

Let things fall in place.

I'll come and ask your Ajji for your hand in marriage, okay?

Did the angry goddess in you cool down?

Or should I bow down and worship?

- Do what you think is right. - Thank God.

Manji melted away.

Fine. Let's go.

Talking to you, I lost track of time.

Drop me by the Anganawadi.

Let's go.

Gujari Babu alias Scrap Babu.

The kingpin behind the sand mafia.

Long ago, he owned a scrap shop in this village.

While people extract nectar from waste

He would extract treasure from the waste he found.

Politics and religion.

Two of the biggest sources of money in the world.

He grasped that quickly and played his luck to become the local MLA.

- Namaste, Babanna. - Yeah.

Namaskara, Sir.

Sit down, Chandru. Why are you standing up for me?

A politician's life like a game of musical chairs.

Plonk on the seat when the whistle blows, or you lose.

Your story is different.

It's a permanent throne.

Either your ass has to crumble away or the throne has to break down.

What brings you so far, Sir?

You only had to ask and I would've come to meet you.

It's a tradition for devotees to visit a temple for a glimpse of the deity.

Even if the roof over our heads collapse, traditions shouldn't.

- That's our Boss' policy. - Well...

- When did you get so witty? - All thanks to your company.

Sir, what will you have? Coffee or Tea?

Buddy, drink anything besides poison, and you'll just shit it out right away.

He's a diabetic.

- Get him some bitter-gourd juice. - Chandru?

Where's my driver?

- I don't see him around. - Sir, he's in that cell.

Oh. Is it?

I need to talk to him.

- You there. Open the cell. - Okay, Sir.

Annappa?

Darling?

Wake up, my dear.

What happened?

Asleep at 8 P.M.?

Did you guys get him something to eat?

Got him some Kushka. He didn't eat it.

Our man won't even touch Puliyogare without peanuts.

Why didn't you get him Biryani?

I didn't know, Sir.

You really are an idiot.

After drinking booze, you've got to stuff your tummy with food.

Or else, you'll end up burning your intestines.

Yea.. Yes, Boss.

What did you drink, Darling?

- Boss, I... - Tell me.

I had some local booze.

Local booze?! Really?!

Couldn't you have had a good drink?

You madman!

Our boy drank the cheapest available drink.

- Boss! Please! - Sir, let him go!

- Let him go, Boss. - Chandru Sir. Hurry up!

He'll die, Babanna.

- Don't do this! - Sir, please let him go!

- Babanna! - Let him go!

- Babanna, what's wrong?! - Sir!

- Babanna, why are you doing this? - He'll die! Let him go, Sir!

- What have you done, Sir? - Disgrace!

A driver's loyalty is the owner's true wealth.

This moron lacked the very thing!

This is a case of lock-up death.

They'll blame me for it!

Why are you panicking?

Panic clouds a man's mind.

- We're in trouble, Sir. - Get me coffee.

- Note down an FIR. - Huh?

Write it down!

A tractor carrying sand mows down a child.

The public lose their cool and beat the driver to death.

The driver died on the spot.

Before you could make it to the spot, he was dead.

Got it?

Is this even Coffee?! Disgusting!

Dandi Basaveshwara. It's all your doing!

Hand me a cigarette.

That dimwit didn't know the worth of sand.

He just went back to where he came from.

Take the tractor out.

A case has been failed against the tractor. I'll end up in trouble.

You want the tractor, right? I'll unload the sand and send it back.

That won't work, Sir.

Give it to me.

No need for this, Sir.

Keep it. This isn't for you.

The man in the cell?

Get his final rites done.

- Mohana is here. - Namaskara, Mohananna. [IN UNISON]

- Mohana, tell boss about us too. - Sure.

Birthday wishes, Babanna.

- Don't forget to vote, Master. - How could I?

- Mohana? Come on in. - Babanna.

You've brought a spark to my birthday celebrations.

He's my boy. A brother to me.

- What's with the sword, Mohana? - Here you go.

From today, whatever you do, do it in style. Cut it.

Sure. Your happiness is my happiness.

- Shall I begin? - Sure.

Let me take it for you.

My my!

- The cake's great. - Yes, Boss.

- Shall I cut? - Yes Boss!

Have it.

Happy Birthday, Anna.

Take a picture of my brother and me.

A perfect match for today's world of politics.

They say, 'Give power to a monkey, and the palace turns into a circus.'

Men like him prove it right.

Tell me this, Parashuram.

How did an ordinary man with a scrap shop become an MLA out of the blue?

Even in this age, miracles do happen.

If I have to tell you the amazing journey of Gujari Babu ascending the throne...

I will first have to introduce Kothalavadi to you.

Kothalavadi cradles nature's beautiful nature in its lap.

Kaveri that flows throughout the year, is the soul of the village.

The river and the villagers share an inseparable bond.

♪ A roof gifted by the creator ♪

♪ A place where hundreds of friendships thrive ♪

Dude, where's Mahesha?

- Quit taking so long. Hurry up! - Hold your horses!

Gowrakka, you get on that vehicle.

You haven't given me this week's pay.

I haven't got it myself. I'll pay you as soon as I do.

Let's go. We're late already.

- Keep moving. - Okay. We're going.

Hurrah!

Ranganna, they'll be there in 15 minutes.

Get going man!

Yeah. They're on the way.

Sure.

What's up, Babanna?

So, Mohana? Done with your grand assembly?

I bust my back all day for nothing.

The labour charges are never paid on time.

Your life is much better.

Rains don't matter to your business.

Money finds its way to you.

No hen can lay an egg without troubling its bum.

I know my troubles better.

- Namaskara, Anna. - Yeah?

Where can I find Mohana?

You're looking for God standing right in front of Him.

A relative of mine passed away.

We need people to grieve by the body.

Why is that?

Doesn't the person have any family?

The thing is, his wife died last year due to Corona.

His children are abroad.

They're not getting any time off work to make it.

They've asked me to complete the final rites.

They've promised to transfer the money.

Mohana, good days are here.

Sure.

With the money, ask those foreign kids to send their pictures.

Let's finish their rites too.

What's the point of their existence?

Come back tomorrow.

Sir, the body will decay if there's any more delay.

Mohana, one can be born an orphan.

One shouldn't die as one.

Make it happen.

Babanna, I'll be back.

Subbi, off to school, eh?

Nah. I'm off to rear cattle. Wanna join?

My my! You splutter like hot oil.

What did you eat this morning?

Well, I had some red soil.

Don't pregnant women crave for it?

You girl looked starved and I thought I could

buy you all some Dósé at Narayana's hotel.

Who needs your Dósé?

I've had my tummy's fill of Ragi hittu.

Oh really?

Is it enough if you've eaten your stomach's fill?

Who knows if your girls have eaten at all?

Come on. I'll buy you some Masalé Dósé.

- Manji, Dósé... - Shush!

No need. Let's keep walking.

I'll show you a movie in the tent talkies?

Come on. He's promising a movie too.

I've never been to a tent.

Didn't I say no?

Shut up or I'll give you one!

Manji, I've a small job for you.

Finish it by noon, go for a matinee show and head home.

What did I tell you? This is why I'm saying no!

Man's trying to butter us up and get his way.

Like I've not seen his tricks before.

- Shut up and come. Let's go. - Manji...

I'll pay you too.

Hundred rupees per head. What say? Huh?

Hundred rupees, he says!

- Shall we go? - Didn't you hear me?

Are you coming or should I leave?

- Shut up and follow me. - Manji!

- How about Two Hundred? - He's paying...

No need for it.

I'll be left with nothing if I pay Two Hundred.

Never mind.

I'm not finding anyone for work. Don't mind.

[CRYING IN UNISON]

Good Lord!

Chikkappa, you promised to buy me new clothes for

Yugaadi and left before the night of Shivaratri!

Wake up!

You promised to invite me home and left to his abode forever!

Whom do I live for now?

Wake up! [IN UNISON]

Now who will tell us good from bad, Doddappa?!

[WAILING OVERLAPS]

God! Who do I endearingly call Doddappa now?

Who will get me married now?

♪ Like the cute rabbit from Mungaaru Male ♪

♪ She carries a charm that's enchanting ♪

♪ No gold graces her skin, nor does she need a single adornment ♪

♪ Yet she radiates like a princess ♪

♪ A humble man living on daily wages ♪

♪ Now beholds the Goddess of Fortune before me ♪

♪ Here in the heart of Karunaadu, I've found my greatest treasure ♪

♪ What need have I now to chase after wealth? ♪

♪ The tender buds I tucked in my hair have quietly blossomed ♪

♪ It's you who breathed life into it all ♪

♪ This life is now yours ♪

♪ Like the cute rabbit from Mungaaru Male ♪

♪ She carries a charm that's enchanting ♪

♪ A fresh breeze stirs, flowing from all sixteen directions ♪

♪ Let's leave behind the old ways and step into a new world ♪

♪ The river of love now roars as a cascade ♪

♪ Shall we dive into the depths together? ♪

♪ You've spoiled me forever ♪

♪ ♪

The Rain Gods tend to play hide and seek with this village!

When famine struck, the villagers needed money for survival,

marriages, and functions, so they pledged their land.

They wish to clear their debts and are now waiting in front of a man's home.

His name is Kumara alias Lagori Kumara.

What's up, guys?

Looks like the whole herd's here.

I have paid you the complete principal and interest amount.

Yet, you're claiming that I still owe you money.

And?

It's been years since we paid our dues.

You've been stalling on returning our thumb-impressed papers.

If you willingly return it, we'll walk away.

Or else...

Or else what?

If you don't, I will...

You good-for-nothing imbeciles!

Even my shadow would make you dogs tremble in fear.

I'll give you a week's time.

You better pay me the principal and interest amount by then!

Pay me and take your land back.

If you don't, I'll auction them away and recover my money!

All we had was a tiny patch of land.

My drunkard father pledged the land with Kumara for his vice and died.

To get the land back, my Avva and Ajji have been

slogging every single day for the last 8 years.

If we don't pay the loan back in a week, we'll lose our only land, Mohana.

Don't worry. God is with us.

I have no trust in God.

If he was real, why would he make us poor and strangle us to death.

The land we till is ours, yet the rice isn't ours to eat.

Neither is the air we breathe, ours.

Our lives are worse than those of the strays.

Don't cry.

We still have a week, right?

We'll figure a way out.

I will never let your land fall into Kumara's hands!

Why do you have to deal with our ill-fate...

Please don't feel bad that I made you quit school, so you can work.

Education isn't for people like us.

We aren't fortunate enough to lead a life of comforts.

No matter how much we study, we can't escape becoming maids in our husbands' homes.

Neither can we not clean up after our kids.

Being the only one with a job, when will we ever be able to repay Kumara's loan?

Tell me honestly.

Mohana!

♪ Journeying towards an invisible destination ♪

♪ They alighted the horse of desire ♪

♪ The entire village has now turned into ashes ♪

♪ Whose curse was it? ♪

♪ O' Destiny! ♪

♪ How right were you to do this? ♪

♪ In the fear of making it to the banks of the river ♪

♪ The lives are screaming out loud for the lord ♪

♪ What happened to the guard of the lifeboat? ♪

♪ Has he slipped into a deep slumber? ♪

♪ Brahma, the writer of the destiny ♪

♪ Where has he gone into hiding? ♪

♪ The curse of the fallen is closing in ♪

♪ How will it ever let you escape? ♪

♪ Hoping to build a nest for themselves ♪

♪ These souls left the village ♪

♪ Before they could reach the trees ♪

♪ Why did they reach the burying grounds? ♪

♪ Getting past their horde of troubles ♪

♪ They wished to attain their dreams ♪

♪ Before they could fulfil them ♪

♪ Why did they burn away forever? ♪

Screw this! None of us will go to work any more!

So what if they died? Let's go to work!

- I won't be coming to work either. - What logic is this?

Stop it!

They say, a pauper's fury ends at clenched jaws.

If you won't work, do you plan to survive on eating mud?

Let it go, Babanna!

Instead of suffering and depending on farming for living,

it's better to starve and die of hunger.

Idiot! Why are you speaking of dying?

A man should live and prove himself.

All this suffering has dried our tears up.

This village has turned into a demon for us.

What a man you are!

What's the point of blaming the axe for the murder?

What can this village do about your screw-ups?

You said it right!

Did this village advice you to pledge your fertile land with Kumara?!

They are already grieving, Babanna.

Stop rubbing salt on their wounds.

These buffalo-skinned people understand only when told this way, Mohana.

What's the point in blaming the village for their foolhardiness?

You guys are lucky to have taken birth in this village.

Crying of thirst by the river!

What can I even say? Disgusting!

You're neither worthy of hard work nor smart enough to use what you have.

No God will grant you wishes!

He'll give you opportunities and you need to put them to good use.

Babanna, enough with the scoldings!

Elaborate what you mean to tell.

Mohana...

If all of your promise to work as a unit...

I have a plan to bring prosperity into all of your lives.

You'll be the king, the minister, the horse.

Your arena, your rules.

You won't have to live under anybody's obligation.

You can also repay Kumara's loan.

But how, Babanna?

Whose tree is this?

- Tree? - Forget the tree.

- Tell me whose village is this. - Ours. [IN UNISON]

If that's the case...

The wind that blows, the sun that shines, and the water that flows...

Everything should be ours alone!

Yes. It should be ours.

Morons! With a treasure in hand, why are you living the lives of beggars?!

Damn you guys!

Don't get started again!

Quit beating around the bush and tell us!

Fine! I'll get to the point!

Tell us what lies in the river that flows in our village.

What else apart from sticks and stones?

Below that?

What else but sticks and stones?!

What is Babanna saying?

I don't get a thing.

White Gold.

There's sand, fools.

With the monsoon comes flowing water.

And with it sand flows in effortlessly.

If we let it be?

The force of the water takes it to the ocean.

What purpose is that serving anyway?

Imagine if all of us together, take the sand out and sell it?

Our lives will shine like gold, buddies.

Won't be going against the police?

As if the sand belongs to the police!

When this village is ours, everything that is from here, should belong to us! Period!

I get what you're saying.

How will we sell the sand?

What am I here for?

You don't worry about it.

This life is for the Earth.

This breath of mine...?

For your prosperity.

♪ We grow up in this sand ♪

♪ We die in this sand ♪

♪ Our breath lies in this sand ♪

♪ Generations after generations ♪

♪ Have lived in this village ♪

♪ And it will never abandon us ♪

♪ The river carries a treasure ♪

♪ It says, "Here." offering it with open arms ♪

♪ "It’s yours. We share an old bond," it whispers ♪

♪ The chance to end our poverty stands right here ♪

♪ Right before our eyes ♪

♪ So keep moving forward ♪

♪ We are the lords ♪

♪ Without striving hard, you shan't enjoy the fruits of labour, my man ♪

♪ Right behind those who believe in hard work, God shall stand strong ♪

♪ Only when you bite the hard sugar crystal, do you feel the sweetness ♪

♪ Our lives are now joyous ♪

♪ Being alive has its ups and downs ♪

♪ The chance to end our poverty stands right here ♪

♪ Right before our eyes ♪

♪ Right in front of us ♪

♪ We are the lords ♪

♪ We're blessed with work in our hands ♪

♪ As the heavens descend upon the Earth ♪

♪ The river of bliss flows across our homes ♪

♪ Each day now blooms like a festival in the village ♪

♪ The creator's our deity ♪

♪ Our souls bow to it ♪

♪ The chance to end our poverty stands right here ♪

♪ Right before our eyes ♪

♪ So keep moving forward ♪

♪ We are the lords ♪

That's when the real story truly began.

With the strength of a honing tool called words,

he beat the blunt sword of innocence to mould, weld and create a spark in it.

Babu turned them into his weapon of destruction.

While the villagers were blinded on the night of no moon,

Babu showed them the moon in the sky, while eating the morsels for himself.

[NEWS REPORT] Agriculture Minister Tammanna's sudden death has left Kothalavadi's seat vacant.

With by-polls nearing, party workers urge the CM to nominate his grieving wife, Malini.

- Who do you want? - I'm here to meet, Madam.

Where are you from?

A village next to Terakanaambi called Kothalavadi.

Got an appointment?

Well, I don't...

I'm an admirer of Sir.

You'll be allowed inside only with an appointment.

Madam is performing rituals.

I can't let you in just like that.

- It's okay. I'll wait here. - Aye!

You can't stand there! Leave!

Fine! I'll leave!

Shows up in the morning just to ruin my day!

Sir?

- Keep this. - No need.

You'll need to for coffee.

I'll see you, Sir.

Sir?

Can I meet madam, today?

Madam's heading out! Move aside!

- Move away! - Wait, Sir.

I'm here to see the great lady!

Come on. Let me!

Mother! I'm your fan!

Greetings, Mother!

Man! Madam's heading for a meeting!

- She won't be back until evening. - Is it?

Get the hell up!

Madam! Greetings.

- Keshava? - Yes, Madam?

Who is he? He's been there all morning.

I don't know, Madam.

- Find out. - Sure.

Greetings, Sir.

Who are you?

The thing is...

I had to meet Madam once.

What is this about?

I had to personally tell Madam.

- Okay. Come in. - Sure, Sir.

No. Actually...

- Fine then. - Madam...

- Yes? - He wants to meet you.

Talk to you later.

Mother!

Dandi Basaveshwara! Please protect our mother!

- Get up! What are you doing? - I need your blessings.

- Sit down. - It's okay, Madam.

- Sit. - It's okay.

- Sit down. - Okay.

What is the matter?

My name is Babu.

I'm a scrap dealer.

Sir did me a lot of favours, Mother.

His death...

I wasn't in the village when he passed.

My heart pricks like a thorn, aching for one last glimpse of him.

I can't sleep even if I close my eyes.

So...

I'm here to ease my burdens.

What is that?

The commission I owed Sir.

Please accept it.

You could've kept it, right?

I could've kept the money.

But could I live in peace with this debt?

The tree...

How could I cheat the very tree that gave me shade when I was in need?

Please accept it.

I shall leave, Mother.

♪ Does Shakuni’s dice conspire with time itself? ♪

See you, Sir.

♪ Does Shakuni’s dice conspire with time itself? ♪

Well, he knows his side of the bed is already made.

But Ram...

How did Gujari Babu suddenly get such a huge amount?

- Was he printing fake notes? - No, Sir.

Babu is the type of person who goes wherever the wind takes him.

His presence of mind is his trump card.

In the bus accident that killed the villagers

The bus' insurance and fitness certificate had expired.

The driver didn't have his license.

Having found out about that, he sent a legal notice

to the owner and blackmailed him.

Worried about consequences, the owner called Babanna over for a settlement.

7 is my lucky number.

Make it 70 lakhs.

Let's look up and pray!

Dandi Basaveshwara! It's all your doing!

- Ram, I've got a doubt. - Sir?

He could've kept the 70 lakh rupees, right?

Why did he hand it over to the Minister?

Sir, Babu was to earn in crores from the sand mafia,

the 70 lakhs was change money for him.

Also, his political ambitions had begun to grow.

Oh.

To impress the influential in a big way.

Pretending of owing a moral debt, he made his offerings.

Built goodwill with them.

Built an Anganawadi center with his money.

He invited the late Minister's wife Malini Tammanna to inaugurate it.

ALL HAIL MALINI MADAM! [IN UNISON]

The inauguration was just an excuse.

He wanted to show his influential connections to the villagers.

He wanted to inform the minister's wife about the public support he had garnered.

Both his objectives were achieved that day.

Babu's dream of a throne spread its wings.

Oh! Mr. Rangappa!

Accept my offering.

Mohana! Put the money back inside!

Sir is right here!

He won't touch the money.

What else works for him? Booze?

- Which brand? - I don't know.

Sort it out with Sir directly.

You lay the money under the table, and the man's looking outside the window.

Let me shake your Sir's hands directly.

Good luck.

Namaskara, Sir.

Get the documents.

Well...

My vehicle doesn't have any.

This is all I have.

Take it.

I asked you to get me the vehicle documents.

There are none.

Not bad.

Your pride is as thick as a slab of fatty meat.

If there's not enough fat, the meat won't taste good.

Let me give you a little more.

You can enjoy some fatty meat too.

LISTEN UP FOLKS!

There's an order from the court!

No more digging for sand from today!

LISTEN UP FOLKS!

There's an order from the court!

No more digging for sand from today!

Hand me the notice.

Who are you to tell us not to dig?

We'll get to that later.

Listen to me. You are innocent people.

Since you're unaware of the law, we're here only to warn you.

Illegal sand mining is a punishable offence.

How is this fair?! This is our village!

We've been living here for generations.

You think you can come today and tell us that we don't have rights on the river?

We have no issue if you're taking the water.

But our issue is with you mining for the sand in the river.

Sand is government's property.

The cow's ours, but the calf isn't?!

What a thing to say!

When we were starving, none of you came and offered us food.

And now? You're here with your herd to snatch the plate away from us?!

Your empty threats don't scare us.

Yes! We refuse to yield to your empty threats!

People, it's our duty to give you the information.

We have done that.

If you still wish to violate the law, you'll end up ruining your own lives.

KAVERI WATER BOARD. TRESPASSING & SAND MINING IS PROHIBITED.

We've decided to give Malini Tammanna a ticket to contest in this year's by-polls.

Forgive me, Sir. I have no interest in this.

How can you say that?

Only you can retain that seat for our party.

I thank you for the affection and trust, Sir.

But I'm yet to recover from the loss of my husband.

If all of you consent, I wish to suggest someone else.

- Is the person our party worker? - No. He's a newbie.

But someone who's dear to me.

I will not agree to giving a newcomer a chance.

If things go wrong, we'll end up losing this constituency.

If you still wish to do it for a newcomer, give a

hard-working, sincere party worker of ours a chance.

What's wrong in that?

- You're right. - Correct! [IN UNISON]

The opposition is strong.

Bringing in a newcomer will make winning difficult.

Sir, please trust me.

It's my responsibility to get him to win.

Madam, you lack experience in politics.

It's a tricky game of chess.

Okay then.

If my opinion holds no value here.

Feel free to find your own contestant.

But don't ask me to campaign for them.

How will that work, Madam?

The party had given your husband all the social standing and dignity.

Sir, this is my final decision.

Ms. Malini? Sit down.

Sit.

The respect and trust this party had vested in Mr.Tammanna

should also be extended to Ms. Malini.

- What say? - Sure, Sir.

- Your wish is our command. - We've no issue with this decision.

Okay. Take it.

- Thank you so much. - Good luck.

- Madam, Babanna's here. - Welcome.

- The Great Mother! - God bless!

Mr. Babu, with the trust that you'll accept my offer, I've come to a decision.

Here you go.

- What is this, Mother? - B-form.

In the next by-polls, you're the candidate from our party.

Good Lord!

Mother, what is this?!

When elders like you are here...

I've no sense of politics.

Keshava Anna, please tell madam.

Don't worry. All of us will be with you.

- You will? - For sure.

If you say so.

Dandi Basaveshwara! It's all your doing!

Mother, I need a man to run around for the campaigning.

- Remember Mohana? - Yes?

- I want him by my side. - Go ahead.

But...

The police have arrested him.

Consider it done, Madam.

I'll talk to the Inspector.

- You get ready for the elections. - Sure, Mother.

- I'll take your leave. - Sure.

Madam...

Why did you turn away the fortune that knocked on your door?

You could have contested the elections.

As per the survey, the chances of my victory is only 50-50.

When such is the case...

With the General Elections a year away, why would I risk losing a by-poll?

I wish to gauge the extent of sympathy out there.

And that's why I've set this dark horse on the tracks.

Huh?! Mohana?

You're spilling the booze instead of drinking it.

What's wrong with you?

Pouring alcohol on wounds speeds up healing, bud.

Peeing on the wound also helps.

My father used to tell me.

- Really?! - Yeah, man.

Come. Let me heal you.

- I've got fresh stock for you. Come! - Why is he getting pissed?

Mohana!

Enough with the childishness.

Heard what he said?

Scoundrels who survived on cheap liquor now

pose as wise men after I funded their whiskey.

Let it go!

They're our men after all.

Tell me, guys.

One word from Malini Madam and that cop let you guys go without flinching.

That's the power of the big shots.

You're right, Boss.

Our village too needs a big shot.

Babanna, aren't you the big shot for all of us?

Yes!

- What?! How am I even a big shot? - Come on.

Babanna...

- He's telling the truth, ain't he? - Of course.

You think it's easy to become big in the society?

One needs power to get there.

Where can you get power?

Elections.

Elections should take place. Votes should be casted.

Only then will everybody listen to us.

Babanna...

Contest the elections. I'll vote for you

Will just your vote alone help me win? Idiot.

Babanna...

If I cast my vote, it's as good as the entire village voting.

There's nothing you don't know.

You're everything to us.

What say, guys?

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

If luck is on your side, even a nobody can rise to greatness.

And Gujari Babu is proof of that.

He put the opportunity to good use.

He used to villagers' innocence to climb the ladder and contest the elections.

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

ALL HAIL MALINI MADAM! [IN UNISON]

When a child cries, the mother offers her milk.

But this great mother?

Even before the child could cry, she nourished it with elixir.

Until my very last breath...

Until the last breath of mine...

I wish to declare that I will serve this Mother!

ALL HAIL MALINI MADAM! [IN UNISON]

He is the vile man who sweetens the lips with honey but slips poison into the mouth.

So?

What do you plan to do next?

How will you take control over the mafia?

I've learnt that tapping on the ant-hill yields nothing.

I've decided.

I will strike where it hurts!

I shall enter the arena personally.

I shall personally set a trap for Babu and Mohana.

In this war for sand...

Who will bite the dust?

Who will bury the others?

Let time be the judge.

♪ To the rogues drowning in illegal trades ♪

♪ Who is the warrior to bring them justice? ♪

♪ The one who turns fire into ash ♪

♪ The bearer of Ganga has now risen ♪

Came all this way for a newspaper. Very impressive.

- I'm not here to read this. - Well... Erm.

I'm here to host a Kabbaddi tournament in this village.

- A floodlight match! - A Kabaddi match?!

Forget Kabbaddi.

- We're brilliant at wrestling. - Really?

I'm a wrestling champion too.

I'm good at taming the opponent when I'm kind.

I drown the opponent when I'm not.

Listen carefully.

I am S.P. Parashuram.

I'm the newly appointed Superintendent of Police of this district.

Just came to get a good look at you all.

Despite the court's order, you've not stopped illegally mining sand.

You better stop it right here.

This is for your own good.

Did you really come all the way here for our good?

May God always bless you.

Ironically, we're already doing good.

Head home safe.

We've got work waiting.

I'm not here to request you guys.

I'm warning you.

Keep yapping and you'll end up behind the bars for no reason.

Sir, you sound like a broken record.

Everyone before you has played the same drum roll.

That drum roll is the reason I'm standing here.

Listen up. I'm being nice and asking you to change for your own good.

Or else, you'll end up facing the consequences.

Guys, Sir really must be deaf.

Like a broken record, he keeps repeating the same thing over and over.

Ignore. Let's get back to our work.

The messenger doesn't scare us. He thinks the message will.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

Why are you getting so worked up?

The police will never change their ways.

Looks like they need more perks, they're getting all cocky.

Mohana, I saw how the cop was determined.

It makes me very uneasy.

- Please be on the lookout. - Fine. You stop worrying.

HEY!

- Mohana? - Yeah?

He's the one who came by in the morning.

Looks like you got the update.

You guys make a good duo.

I need to talk to you, Mohana.

Go ahead.

I'll drop my girl to the Anganavadi and see you.

Don't worry, Lady.

Can you please get down?

Go on.

I need to speak to Mohana.

Get in my car.

My driver will safely drop you to your destination.

Go ahead.

Please.

- Venkatesha? - Sir?

- Take the girl wherever she wants to go. - Okay, Sir.

Where to now?

Take me to your favourite place.

Have one, Sir.

[SHEPHERD HOOTING]

Not bad.

You were smoking scrawny beedis .

You've now shifted to branded cigarettes?

It wasn't given to me.

I worked hard to earn it.

That is why I'm daring.

Man needs the nature, Mohana.

The nature doesn't need the man.

To dig into a flowing river and mine sand is like

digging into a mother's bosom and tearing her apart.

Extracting sand will deplete the lakes and ponds in the area.

Ground water is drying up in all the bore wells.

If this goes on, wild animals will flee the forest and invade towns.

Come rains and the river will flood the towns.

The livestock, the senile, and children will be swept away in the floods.

Before this river, your protector, turns enraged

and takes control of your lives like Goddess Kali.

Stop the destruction.

Sir?

Have you ever gone to bed with an empty stomach?

Have you lost your sick mother because you couldn't afford to save her?

Poverty has no ears. It only has mouths to feed.

Your speech won't feed them.

It's wrong to blame poverty and take the wrong path, Mohana.

This is a wrong path to you.

But a path of survival for us.

For our survival, we'll halt the very river that flows.

We'll even silence the wind that blows.

HEY!

Don't you frigging get it?!

Stop digging for sand! Get lost!

No one who's ever wronged Mother Earth has lived in peace, Mohana.

The beginning will be grand.

But the end will be gruesome.

Who knows what tomorrow holds?

Man craves the peace of today.

Your karma.

You'll face its wrath.

- Anna, tell me? - Mohana, I needed two loads of sand.

- It's urgent. - Sure. I'll get it.

Sir?

I've an order for sand.

Let's go?

Sir, this is my way.

This is yours. I'll take your leave then?

For the last time, arrogance doesn't pay.

By the time you recognize right from wrong, you'll have lost a lot in life.

Tell me if you wish to change.

I'll show you the right way.

Well, it's scorching hot.

You must not be used to it.

Stay cool in the shade.

If you touch the shoulders of those in the blazing sun, you'll melt.

Take this.

I don't like being in debt to anyone.

If you're serious about clearing the debt of your department's men with me.

You'll probably need a tipper just to carry that debt.

Tell me if you wish to settle it.

I'll lay down the numbers, yeah?

See you, Sir.

All the make-up, yet my greys are still visible. Dammit!

I'm a Leader of the Youth

The more the greys show, the faster the youth walk away.

Boss, salt and pepper is the trend now.

Looks funky.

- Really? - I mean it.

Spray the perfume.

- Wow. - How's the fragrance?

Funky again.

Even if one's rotting inside, one should smell great on the outside.

- Yeah? - Definitely.

Let's go.

Looks like everyone's here already.

Dandi Basaveshwara, save me from these idiots.

- Namaskara, Sir. - Namaskara. Hope you're doing well.

Hope everyone at home's well. Okay then.

- Is your daughter studying well? - She is.

- Everybody, have lunch before you go. - Sure.

- Hope you're doing well, Manjakka. - I am, Sir.

My daughter's wedding has been arranged.

- Please come. - Oh great. Give it to me.

Dandi Basaveshwara will bless you. Don't worry at all.

There you go.

Everybody, have your lunch before you leave.

- Sure, Sir. - Get in.

Make the arrangements.

Eat before you leave. Don't skip the lunch.

- How are you man? All good? - Yes, Sir.

What's up, Chandru?

What's with the pot belly?

I'm eating out all the time.

Ended up with Gastritis.

You have to work out.

Politicians need charm and the police need fitness.

- What say? - Okay, Sir.

What brings you this far?

Just came by to meet your SP Sir. Is he in?

Give me a minute. I'll tell him.

Okay.

Sir.

What is it?

MLA Babu is here.

Ask him to wait.

Sir, the MLA himself is here.

Be it the MLA or the CM.

This isn't a temple.

To make a VIP line and honour them.

Ask him to sit there.

I'll call him in once I'm free.

Tch. Ignore, Mohana.

The patient man wins.

Okay, Sir.

- Sir... - I heard it.

Looks like this one's a loud cracker.

Your boss must've woken up on the wrong side and fought with someone.

Take your seat.

He's making Babanna wait.

You think he'll spare people like us?

- Mohana? - Yeah?

Go and get some quality sweets.

Sure, boss.

- Mr. Ravichandra? - Sir?

Yes, Sir.

- Get your Sir here. - Okay, Sir.

Sir?

The SP is calling you in.

You wait here. I'll go in.

Namaskara, Officer.

Oh. Please come in.

Please take your seat.

Was busy with something important.

Sure.

Did I make you wait a lot?

It's okay, Sir.

Good things come to those who wait, right?

So, tell me.

What brings you this far?

I learnt that you'd come to my village yesterday.

I wasn't around.

Thought I'll pay you a visit.

And yeah, I've got some sweets.

Please accept my humble offering.

Also, Sir...

Why make an enemy out of those people?

They're doing it to fill their stomachs.

Just let them go.

I mean... I'm telling you for a reason.

They're crude people.

They lack awareness.

They go on a rampage without thinking twice.

Poor you.

You keep roaming around.

God forbid, if something goes wrong...

The blame will be mine.

I'm only telling you as a well-wisher.

For your good.

Thanks a lot, Sir.

- For being so concerned about me. - Come on now.

Our daily lives are intertwined with that of criminals.

To protect ourselves from harm...

The department has given us a gun.

They come with bullets too.

All it takes is one bullet to the chest of an opponent standing in front of us.

Even if there are thousand men behind him...

Fear will make them all take a step back.

Ask your men to test this out once.

You're a brilliant talker, Sir.

I'm now a fan of yours.

I have an urgent meeting to attend.

I need to leave, okay?

- Mr. Ravichandra? - Sir?

Your 'Sir' has got us some sweets.

Have a slice and make sure he gets one before you send him off.

Oy!

What's with you, Manji?

Why are you wriggling like a fish in the rain?

What's wrong?

What did that cop tell you?

You left without a word.

And you remembered me now?

Silly girl!

Why are you shedding tears for this?

Babanna had a word with him.

From now on, the cops won't interfere with us.

When a sword is forged, it isn't just the stone that gets beaten, Mohana.

The sword too suffers.

If we go against the cops...

- They won't let us live in peace. - We'll be fine.

I'll take care of it. Please relax.

I've to tell you.

This doesn't feel right, Mohana.

If something ever happens to you...

I will not live any more.

Manji.

You're making a hill out of a mole.

With you around, what could even happen to me?

I'll be absolutely fine.

Stop crying now. Cheer up.

Don't cry.

Miss Malini.

During the last by-elections...

Power came knocking at your doors.

What did you do?

You handed it to someone else.

Isn't it?

Today, the opposition party...

With the accusation that corruption took place during Tammanna's tenure,

they've knocked the doors of the ED with a petition seeking justice.

That's okay.

This is a political ploy by our opponent Shivalinge Gowda.

It's bound to happen.

Hear me out.

If you wish that your image doesn't take a beating...

You'll have to assume power.

Got it?

This legacy has to continue.

Once you win the elections...

It is my responsibility to get you a Ministry position under the caste quota.

Sure, Sir.

I'll contest.

That's good.

Take a call on the constituency you wish to contest from.

- The rest will fall in place. - Well...

Let me think it through.

- Take your own time. - Thank you.

- I'll take your leave. - Sure, Sir.

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

Well, look who's here.

Deveramma, hope you're doing well.

Yes, son. I'm doing well.

Can't relish the meat, nor chew the bones.

Is that all?

Go see a dentist and get some dentures.

I will.

You can chew the bones too.

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

My my my!

Teach a girl and a school starts right there.

- Which grade are you in? - Fourth grade.

Beautiful.

I can see the aura of Goddess Saraswathi in this girl's face.

Whatever this child decides to study...

I'll take care of the expenses.

- Buy her chocolate. - Thank you, Sir.

How are you doing, Ramakka?

- Babanna, this is for you. - Buttermilk, eh?

MOHANA!

Light the stove, Thimma. [KIDS REPEAT IN UNISON]

The heat burns, Amma. [KIDS REPEAT IN UNISON]

Write-back your lessons, Thimma. [KIDS REPEAT IN UNISON]

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

[KIDS SCREAM IN CELEBRATION]

Our teacher's a great one!

Idiot! Don't you have any sense?

Don't you see that I was teaching?

Manji, my darling.

Don't you dare touch me.

Listen up, Manji.

What's the point in teaching somebody else's children?

They tend to run away.

Let us get hitched.

Let us make our own children.

Teach them at home. No school bell can make them run away.

Keep blabbering nonsense and I'll slit your tongue.

Poor Manji.

Slit my tongue.

Thrash my body.

But you have to become mine.

If Mohana finds out, he won't spare you alive.

You mean the sand pirate Mohana?

His head's full of it.

But I on the other hand...

Know how to deal with sand and women.

Go ahead and tell Mohana.

That Kumara was here and that he bit Manji's shoulder.

GOD!

Try and take a bite now! Go ahead!

Let him go! Let go!

LET GO!

LET GO OF HIM NOW!

- HE'LL DIE RIGHT HERE! - BITE HER NOW!

LET HIM GO!

Are you planning to kill him?!

- Let him go! - I'll slaughter him!

Why are you dealing with this scoundrel?!

Come with me! [MOHANA] Come at me!

Disgusting!

What's wrong with you, Mohana?

Anger does no good to you.

If you'd killed him and landed in the prison...

What would happen to her?

You were wrong to stop me, Babanna.

I won't spare anyone who dares eye Manji. Yet he...?

I should let him go?!

If not for you, I would've slashed him and hung him upside down.

Listen to me.

Every village is bound to have its share of trash.

When you step on trash, you clean your feet and move on.

You don't war against it.

If something happens to you, what will happen to her?

Think of her too.

Here's what I think you should do.

The two of you get married.

Her home will no male-figure will finally have one.

Your life will straighten out.

♪ You're the king. I'm the queen. ♪

♪ The world has its eyes on us. ♪

Call me closer

Hold my hands

♪ Walk beside me in every lifetime ♪

♪ I'm here for you ♪

♪ You're here for me ♪

♪ Let's live, understand, and blend into one another ♪

♪ I'll forget my troubles ♪

♪ You're the joy of the fair ♪

♪ Your affection is all I need ♪

♪ Beyond everything ♪

♪ When two paths come together ♪

♪ There will be a shower of kisses ♪

♪ As love begins to bloom ♪

♪ The heartbeat races ♪

♪ A storehouse of dreams ♪

♪ The moment it blossomed in the heart ♪

♪ There's no second thought ♪

♪ It's a thrilling ride ♪

♪ As comfort deepens ♪

♪ As emotions take over ♪

♪ How lovely it is to walk this path together ♪

♪ Becoming stubborn for each other ♪

♪ Getting hooked on each other ♪

♪ Love is such a unique trait ♪

♪ Wherever I am, you're right there ♪

♪ Every night together, hand in hand ♪

♪ I now lean on you ♪

♪ You're my sweetest earning, aren't you? ♪

♪ There's a procession now ♪

♪ Within and around me ♪

♪ The heart is moving towards joy ♪

♪ The wanderer has found a new destination ♪

♪ The heart gives and craves ♪

♪ It's beautiful to lose ourselves in each other ♪

♪ Youth is aching ♪

♪ Time is slipping ♪

♪ The debt of love is beautiful ♪

Clean faster!

Madam's here?!

Babanna! Babanna!

Why are you screaming? What's...?

MOTHER!

When the lizard made ticking sounds this morning, I told him right away.

Something good awaits us today.

- Didn't it?! - You did, Babanna!

I'm glad you came to our village, Mother.

Today's an auspicious year for me. Ask the chef to make some sweets.

No need for that.

I'll come visit you again for that.

I had to discuss something personal with you.

As you wish, Mother. Get the umbrella man!

Mother, you wanted to discuss something.

The party is pressurising me to contest in this year's elections.

- I've decided to do so. - What a great news, Mother!

I shall strive day and night to ensure you win.

And that is why...

I've chosen to contest from this constituency.

This constituency?

Yes.

I'll make other arrangements for you.

The duty to ensure I win, falls on you.

I'll see you soon.

♪ The supreme position in this village has now been lost ♪

♪ The stone-hearted man with the iron chest is shaken. ♪

All these days, I revered her as 'Mother'!

She baited me like a worm stuck to her fishing stick.

She's no mother.

She's a step-mother.

She's wicked.

And now she wants me to campaign for her so she can win.

What about me?

♪ Like rusty vessels and useless junk, it's nothing but a bore ♪

♪ Like rusty vessels and useless junk, it's nothing but a bore ♪

♪ This love story is a bore ♪

♪ It's all a bore! ♪

- Now drink! - God! No!

How dare you mock me!? Now drink this!

Drink up!

Boss!

Boss?

Why are you so upset, boss?

She did tell you that she'll make other arrangements for you, right?

How does this change make a difference?

You think I'll win if I contest from another village?

I'm the King in my village.

I'm a slave in another village.

No dog will give a damn about me.

Do you know how hard I slogged to make it till here?

Power.

Power.

Without power...

I can't breathe.

Boss.

To stay in control of your power.

I have a great idea.

Yes, Boss.

Tell me.

Boss.

How long do you plan to be a bogey?

- Time to become the engine. - Quit speaking in riddles!

My head's a mess and trying to be smart.

Boss.

Don't you worry.

Calm down.

The party you currently work for.

How about you resign from this party...

And contest as an independent candidate?

You won't owe anyone anything.

You can blow your own trumpet, Boss!

Yes.

Please don't.

- You moron! - Boss, I was wrong!

- Don't hurt me! - You!

You revived an ICU patient today.

♪ Like brand new vessels and useful iron, it's all a bore ♪

♪ It's all a bore ♪

♪ Like brand new vessels and useful iron, it's all a bore ♪

[PEOPLE CRYING TOGETHER]

Lady, will these kids come back to life if you wail?

Calm down. Think.

What about making arrangements for the funeral?

Fine. Let's go. Did you inform the pendal guys?

[WOMAN 1] You left claiming to be back soon.

Happy now?

The very thing I feared would happen, has happened.

What did you say then?

That this wasn't a wrong path, but your path of survival.

You're not surviving on your hard work, but on these women's tears.

This won't stop here!

Your wife too...

One day, even she will break down and wail just like this.

[WOMAN 1] You went out to play and never returned home.

This is the consequences of your Karma.

One day, this village will drown.

Remember this.

What we give to the nature

Is what we get.

How will a man like you who's behind money understand this?

Go!

Go and check if you can make some money by selling their bodies.

What were you saying?

That poverty has no ears, right?

Scream!

Loudly!

Scream loudly! Everyone!

- Make sure everything's right. - Sure.

What was that?

Woman seems to be burning with anger.

Looks like the President told her about your resignation.

- You think so? - Yep.

Let's take a look.

Look at my child.

I never did anybody any wrong.

Yet God took the child away from me!

Please don't cry. Calm down.

As a woman, I understand your sorrow.

I can say a few words to console, but it won't help.

You have to swallow your grief.

I'm here to share your sorrow.

My door's always open for you.

Did you just see that, boss?

Saw how she threw the net at them?

The fly goes after sugar.

People go after money.

Keep this.

I'll ensure you get compensation money from the government.

With our children gone, what do we do with this money?

Please take this as my small contribution.

Mohana, you should take the initiative of completing the rituals.

- I don't want it. - Please take it.

I'll see you soon.

Boss, the scale seems to be weighing towards her.

Seeing her love and affection for the people

Your political career is 100% at stake.

Rascal!

Quit pouring kerosene in the burning fire, okay?

Boss, if you don't take up damage control right now

Forget your survival.

I mean it.

Listen up everyone! Stop crying!

- Please control yourselves. - Calm down.

What else is Babanna here for?

- I'll take care of everything. - Be brave.

♪ God, where are you hiding? ♪

♪ Watching this injustice unfold ♪

♪ In this cruel game of fate ♪

♪ You've let these deaths happen ♪

Beliefs died.

Dreams lie buried.

All the eyes see is darkness.

Not a trace of light.

Thinking of tomorrow makes me anxious, Mohana.

This sand has turned into a demon and is haunting the village.

If we continue living here, hunger will consume us before anything else.

Let's not.

Let's not stay in this cursed village.

Let's go far away, Mohana.

Manji, I...

When I see the faces of those dead boys, it hurts my soul, Mohana.

Let's go far away from here.

Let's not live here any more.

Let's go, please!

We were wrong.

We shall not mine for sand again.

Please forgive us.

We were wrong to mine the sand. Please forgive us.

Sir.

Please forgive us. We shall never do this again.

No matter what punishment I deserve for my mistake.

I'm ready to face it.

The law's intent isn't to punish, Mohana.

Its purpose is to reform society.

Crime was never in your nature.

Your circumstances pushed you into it.

I only wanted you to understand that.

Fine.

When a man wants to change from within and take a step forward

It's the duty of police like me to support him.

Good luck.

You may go.

How dare they cheat me?

Scumbags!

Get out!

Where are you all?

Hiding together?!

Get the hell out! Now!

Come out!

All of you stabbed me in the back together.

- Come out! - Babanna?

- Get out here! - What happened, Babanna?

Are you so naive to ask me what happened?

Why the heck did you hand over the sand trucks to the police?

Why did you?!

Haven't things gotten worse already, Babanna?

All of us have decided not to mine for sand any more.

Who the heck did you ask before deciding?!

Who should we ask?

Our trucks. Our decision!

Your wish?!

What do I tell the ones I took advance from and promised sand to?

- What do I tell them?! - Tell them you can't.

From now on, none of us will mine for sand.

Oh.

So this is what it’s come to?!

A rooster's crow doesn't make the sun rise.

I'll get men from other villages.

I'll get them to mine in front of you. Watch me!

We won't let them mine either, Babanna.

Why is that?

When we know we made a mistake.

We won't let others make it either.

All this while, the mongrels wagged their tails without a word,

and now you realise you were eating shit, huh?

Oh.

You guys took money from Malini

And are hatching a plan to slit my throat, eh?

Just because I resigned and am contesting the elections individually,

you think my word has no value, don't you?!

Babanna, you're being absurd.

We didn't know you had resigned.

Shut the heck up!

You guys are backstabbing scums!

Mohana...

You've tied anklets to a man who danced without them.

Now watch me put on a grand show.

I SHALL GET BACK TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!

How dare you cheat me?!

Start the damn car!

I will not spare you guys! I will have my revenge!

I shall kill each and every one of you!

How dare you betray me?!

Let's hurry up and return soon!

Babanna?!

Why are you sitting here? Come inside.

Babanna?

Please come inside.

It's okay.

I'll sit right here.

Get me a glass of water, dear.

- Get it, please. - Right away.

What's wrong, Babanna?

Aren't you angry with me at all?

Come on!

Swear on my mother. I'm not.

You're a spirit burdened by pain.

Should I let my heart turn bitter just because you lost your cool?

Tell me.

Wait! Babanna! What the hell are you doing?

- Let go! - Mohana? Babanna?

What is this, Babanna?!

There's not a drop of bitterness in your heart.

You're as innocent as a cow.

- Forgive me. - Come on, Brother.

Why are you being like this?

Don't you have the right to get angry with us?

Having lost my cool and spoken nonsense

I couldn't sleep all night.

I feel a lot better now.

I need to apologise to the villagers.

Otherwise

I won't be able to eat a single bite.

Come on now.

Why this divide among ourselves?

Let it go.

I'll ask everyone to come by the council.

Speak your heart out.

Please do that for me and do me some good.

The face palming did hurt.

Give me some water, dear.

- Want some coffee? - Not at all.

- Good evening, Sir. - Good evening, Parashuram.

Join me.

It's not easy to match your speed.

You look incredibly fit and graceful, Sir.

Thank you for the compliments.

No matter how stressful work gets, I walk eight kilometers daily.

You know I'm a fitness freak.

And yeah...

How did you pull off this magic?

How did you turn people's minds around?

I won't take credit for that.

The tragic death of children, changed their minds.

Then what are you waiting for?

Heard that Gujari Babu has resigned from the position of an MLA.

Arrest him and throw him in a cell.

Babu's like the Raktabeejasura demon.

Slash a branch, and he'll bloom from the blood.

Only destroying the roots will end him.

Also, the innocent villagers believe him as their God.

They'll teach him a lesson.

We only need to wait. Not react.

Okay.

- Anyway, good luck Parashuram. - Thank you, Sir.

Please ignore my mistake and forgive me.

I swear, I won't utter a word against you or this village again.

I have now lost my power.

I'm nothing but a has-been now.

I stand before you as the same old Gujari Babu.

What's done is done.

Why torment yourself all over again?

Even an elephant tends to trip and fall.

He's right, Babanna.

We hold no grudge.

You're one of us, after all.

With all the love you've given me, even offering

my own skin as a slipper wouldn't do justice.

I'm a loner. I have nobody.

All of you are my sisters.

You guys are my brothers.

All of you deserve a good life.

Babanna! Babanna!

Elections are coming up next month.

If one of you contests and wins, it'll benefit the village.

If not, we'll end up begging again like in the past.

I shall stand behind you and support as an ordinary party worker.

No, Babanna.

We're not familiar with the ways of politics.

You've gotten used to the game already.

- You contest. - Oh no, Mohana.

Come on. How will this work?

You have to contest for us.

The way we followed you earlier

We'll keep doing it going forward.

Stand strong.

What say everyone?

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

Listen! I will.

I'm ready to do anything if it helps you.

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

Namaskara.

Feel free to ask your questions.

Your party has always opposed family politics.

But today, you've given Tammanna's wife a ticket to contest in the elections.

How do you justify that?

You see...

This has nothing to do with family politics.

The demand came from our party workers, hence the decision.

And why?

Don't you want a woman to take part in politics?

We didn't mean that. Babu is the sitting MLA.

Why sideline him and give the ticket to Malini?

My dear, our party has its own strategies to deal with.

Did Babu voluntarily resign or did you force him to quit?

Tell us, please.

I don't wish to comment on this at the moment.

We've planned thoroughly and picked a strong contestant for the election.

Babanna.

The situation is perfect for you.

This is the right time.

Call the media and announce that you're contesting independently.

I mean it.

PEOPLE'S SERVANT PARTY

This is our party's symbol.

I've decided to contest this election as an independent candidate.

Media is the reflection of democracy's core principles.

So, I request your support.

Why did you quit the party?

Didn't the High Command give you a ticket or

was there pressure not to let you contest?

Were there differences with Malini? – Listen, son.

This isn't the platform to discuss it.

We have to do our jobs sincerely and become the voice of the public's woes.

Do you believe that you can win against a strong candidate such as Malini Tammanna?

I believe a 100%.

My people are my strength.

The people of my constituency are the High Command.

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

♪ Come on now, let’s vote! ♪

♪ Let’s gift this boon to our villages ♪

♪ Come on now, let’s vote! ♪

♪ Show your love with a vote ♪

♪ Day and night, the streets are abuzz ♪

♪ Everywhere you go, it feels like a festival ♪

♪ Colourful banners fill the air ♪

♪ Until it ends, this war goes on ♪

♪ Come on now, let’s vote! ♪

♪ Let’s gift this boon to our villages ♪

♪ Come on now, let’s vote! ♪

♪ Show your love with a vote ♪

My my my!

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

ALL HAIL BABANNA! [IN UNISON]

♪ Vote! Vote now! ♪

♪ Cast it! Cast your votes! ♪

♪ It's our right! ♪

♪ It's our vote! ♪

♪ Vote! Vote now! ♪

♪ Cast it! Cast your votes! ♪

♪ It's our right! ♪

♪ It's our vote! ♪

♪ No need to compromise ♪

♪ Go and cast your vote! ♪

'Kottalawadi's Assembly elections had caught everyone's

attention, and the counting is now underway'

'Thrilling details of showdown were revealed during the Pre-poll survey'

She shouldn't have gone against Babanna.

'In the first round of counting' - We'll be the winner.

'Malini Tammanna has a lead of over 5,000 votes'

'With Malini Tammanna leading the second round, Ramesh Babu remains behind in the race'

'Malini Tammanna maintains the lead in the 5th, 6th and 7th round of counting'

'As the vote counting concludes

Malini Tammanna secures victory with a 50,016 vote lead'

YES!

With only one vote to his name in his home ground,

Ramesh Babu is reeling from a disgraceful defeat.

ARGH!

I will not spare you guys!

I won't.

I WILL NOT!

Stop this! This is injustice!

This is a scam!

They've used faulty machines to win this elections.

- Stop right here! - LET ME GO!

Cheating!

If you have a problem, take it up with the Election Commission.

- Quit making a scene! - Why shouldn't I make a scene?!

- I'm a candidate. I'm going in. - Don't you get my words?

Let me go!

Go!

Just go.

How dare you hit an ex-MLA?

- Just go. - AYE!

How dare you hit me?

DOWN WITH THE POLICE! DOWN WITH MALINI!

You'll get it back, Mohana. Every bit of it.

- DOWN WITH THE POLICE! - Leave from here!

How dare you cheat me?

- Pick him up and put him in the jeep! - How could you all do this to me?

DOWN WITH THE POLICE!

DOWN WITH MALINI!

He's blabbering nonsense!

Take him to the station!

DOWN WITH MALINI!

You cheats! I will not spare any of you!

I will burn each and every one of you!

Malini Tammanna, who emerged victorious in the

Kothalawadi State Assembly elections, is now with us.

- Firstly, congratulations. - Thank you.

Your take on winning?

This isn't just my victory.

It's the Kothalawadi people's victory.

They have given me a chance to serve them.

I won't let their trust down.

What's wrong, Sir?

Dance.

- I said 'Dance'. - But why?

Dance.

Didn't I dance to your tune all these days?

Your turn. Dance.

Dance. Go on.

Keep dancing.

Why are you jerking around like you got electrocuted?

Dance properly!

All of you dance.

Dance! Go on!

Everybody clap.

Her lead was a lakh, wasn't it?

Bloody! Not a single soul in our village voted for me.

- I listened to you and...! - Boss!

Don't shoot the messenger. Please!

I didn't do anything.

How was I supposed to know people would switch sides?

All of this is Mohana's doing.

I shouldn't be alive. I will die!

- I'm going to die! - Boss!

LET GO! DON'T DO THIS!

Let it go!

It wasn't some cheap slipper to forget and move on.

I lost my position.

How will I live with this humiliation?

Until I am alive

My heart will keep burning.

If this heat has to go down.

It's time I show those scoundrels their place.

Kumara...

If you want Manji to become yours...

You need to finish Mohana.

Can you?

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Hope you're doing well, Subbamma.

Jagadeesha, hope everyone's doing well at home.

Kamalamma, hope everything's well.

How are you doing, Seena?

ALL HAIL MALINI MADAM! [IN UNISON]

ALL HAIL MALINI MADAM! [IN UNISON]

ALL HAIL MALINI MADAM! [IN UNISON]

ALL HAIL MALINI MADAM! [IN UNISON]

Namaskara, everyone.

The pride of our village.

The respected legislator, Malini Tammanna, is among us.

I request her to speak a few words addressing all of us.

Everybody, please welcome her with a huge round of applause.

My honourable voters.

This is your Malini Tammanna greeting you all affectionately.

Back then, I bowed down in front of you all, seeking your votes.

Today, all of you voted for me and helped me win with your support and blessings.

I shall always be grateful to all of you.

Mockery fades.

Work endures.

I won't bother about my opponent's trash talk.

My goal ahead, is clear.

To turn this constituency into a model one.

This isn't just an assurance. This is my promise.

ALL HAIL MALINI MADAM! [IN UNISON]

As you all know

The main pillar behind my victory

Mohana!

All my enemies have reached the heavens.

From today, this village is under my rule.

I'm the King.

You're the Minister.

Park the car on the side.

Enjoy your time with her.

I'll go ahead and arrange the coffins for the rest.

Right!

[PEOPLE SCREAMING IN HORROR]

Babanna! Please don't...

Don't spare them!

Take every one of them!

They love their sand, right?!

Let's bury them in it.

How dare you cheat me?

Dig deeper!

How did this scoundrel crawl back from the dead?!

KILL HIM!

Bury him with these morons!

♪ In this volcano of anger, he stood for revenge ♪

♪ In this land of Rudra, watch his cosmic dance of anger ♪

♪ In this theater of deceit, kill the hatred, O’ Shiva ♪

♪ The fiery force! ♪

♪ Come on! ♪

♪ Slit their chests! ♪

♪ Come on! ♪

♪ He’s the warrior of the battle! ♪

♪ Come at him! ♪

♪ He shall rip your chest and drink blood ♪

♪ The human who fights Lord Yama! ♪

Mohana! Don't!

Stop!

Stop it! Stop right there!

How could you hit me?!

How can you hit Babanna?!

If you kill me...?

You think Kumara will let Manji go? Huh?

You promised to mine sand but turned into a live landmine for us.

We trusted you and you...

Man! What did those kids ever do to you?

Kids?

What kids, Mohana?

♪ Like brand new vessels and useful iron, it's all a bore ♪

Boss, I've got a doubt.

That woman has political backing and a pile of money.

Our people too lack dignity!

What if they switch sides and say, "Hail Malini!"?

If that happens

I won't give a damn about infants or women.

I'll torch the whole village and leave nothing behind!

What will you do all alone in a village with nothing around?

I'll get people from other villages.

I'll get their documentation done.

I'll protect my vote bank.

It's not like these villagers are my own flesh and blood.

- Dude, run! - Stop! Who are you guys?!

- Stop! What were you all doing? - Sir, please.

- Where are you going? - We were just heading home.

Sir, we need to go home. Please let us go.

- Shut up and stand quietly. - My mother's waiting. Please let us go.

[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

If we let them go because they're innocent...

Sir, please let me go!

Boss! Let them go! They'll die!

What are you doing?! Let them go!

Babanna!

Mohana!

The day I learnt about it, I'd decided to slit you into two.

I was waiting for the right moment.

But you're not the one to wait, right?

You've fixed the time of your end.

And you want me to let go?

Mohana!

Good luck, Babanna.

Carry on.

Mohana, where's the monster?

We won't spare him today!

We shouldn't let him get away.

- Kill him! - Stop!

What are you trying to do?

We will bury him right in this pit.

What he did was indeed wrong.

But weren't we all a part of it too?

Swear on your heart and say it.

We have to fall into that pit and we need to be buried too.

When he pretended to uplift this village,

we should've kicked him out then and there!

What's the use crying out now, shouting “We're ruined!”?

What's the damn use?!

Tricked by his words, we dug up sand.

Shouldn't you and I face the consequences too?

Shouldn't we?!

Forget all of you.

I should be beating myself first for trusting him.

You don't give a knife to a fool or power to a scoundrel.

But we handed him our own necks.

We asked him to do as he pleases and he snapped them!

Why point fingers at him now?

Dinesha, we were at fault too.

We were wrong too!

It was our damn fault too!

When we don't have our wits about us, there will be many

waiting to burn us like firewood to keep themselves warm.

They'll devour us whole. And he's one of them.

Why should we kill him and go to the prison?

Sinners like him don't deserve an easy death.

He deserves to rot in pain and writhe until his last breath!

Babanna, you will meet your end for sure.

But not as soon as you wish you could.

You will suffer! Suffer like a dog!

But when you're dying, neither I nor the villagers will be there for you.

Die alone! It's all over!

Let's go!

Everybody! Start walking!

May good things happen to you, Babanna!

Wishing you well!