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You know...

I never thought that I'd be able to witness this moment.

Forty dangerous years in police service!

Lots of risky operations.

Lots of attacks.

But my wife...

My lovely Kokila.

[Telugu] I thought she would be here to witness this. But...

This is fate.

I'm sorry. I'm getting emotional.

This is a night of celebration.

My Rudramma is getting married.

To the man of her choice.

So please raise your glasses to them.

Cheers!

Cheers!

Doesn't he know I'm at the function?

Tell him to call me only after he arrives at the godown tomorrow.

Sir, Gowda is missing.

Missing?

- Where's Gowda? - You won't see him again, sir.

Where's Gowda?

Gone.

Who are you?

My name is Ananthan.

Podiyan Ananthan.

Remember these names?

Krishnankutty...

Thankaraj...

Murali...

Jackson...

Karthi!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Let go of my father!

Father!

Father!

Mother, I'm hungry.

Can you give me some more food?

Go, tell those four Eat faster and come here.

Okay.

[indistinct chatter]

Selvi...

- Selvi! - Yes?

Where's Kuppu?

He's outside with Brother.

- Did you all eat? - Yes.

- Muthu... - Yes, Mother?

- Tell Kuppu to come inside. - Okay, Mother.

- Kuppu, Mother is calling you. - Coming.

Vetri, it's not safe to stay here any longer with these women and kids.

Because they are our biggest weakness.

We're waiting for Thalaivar to come.

But there are lots of checkposts on the way.

Brother!

What happened? You still hungry?

Yes.

Come here.

Eat this and go to sleep.

Selvi...

Lie down.

Mother!

Let her go!

Mother...

Vetrivel Kumaran!

Your leader, Vetrivel Kumaran!

One of the 16 key figures of the terror group...

that was banned by the government of Sri Lanka.

We've got no fingerprints or photos of him.

But we know that he and his family are among you.

We've got his family's photo with us.

This is his father.

P S Kumaran!

He was put to death by us.

His mother, Periyanayaki.

His sister, Selvi.

His brother, Kuppuswamy.

Do you know them?

You know them?

Do you know?

Do you know?

Do you know them?!

Do you know?!

Father!

Maara! Please leave him.

Periyanayaki!

That's me!

Then...

This must be your daughter.

Selvi!

You're Vetri's sister, aren't you?

Will your brother come if I touch you?

She's a small girl. Leave her alone.

You can kill me if you want.

Hey, that won't do.

This is my land, you play by my rules.

Who does your son think he is, taking everyone and settling in Lanka?

Hanuman?

If not?

Who is your leader? Lord Rama?

Tell me!

Where's her brother?

Where's her brother?!

Where is her brother?!

Where is your brother?

Stop it, Vetri!

Brother...

Take them away!

Vetrivel Kumaran, huh?

See for yourself what's going to happen here now.

Let him go.

Leave him. Oh, God!

My poor son Don't kill him!

Oh God!

Maara!

Don't kill my child!

My child!

Mother!

Mother!

Mother!

Mother!

Mother!

Brother...

Brother...

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Selvi!

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Brother!

Do you understand now?

How it hurts when someone touches your people on your own soil?

♪ Together, we're marching towards freedom ♪

♪ You cannot finish off the children of sea anymore ♪

You should always remember this moment.

Today you're going to cut just a tiny nail from the hand of an Asura.

But that's not our target.

Behind that nail, there's a whole finger.

That finger and the hand it belongs to...

The body that hand connects to...

And on top of that body, there's a head.

That head is what you need to take.

That head is your target.

You should remember that.

Always!

♪ Freedom... ♪

♪ O, freedom! ♪

♪ Freedom... ♪

Who are you?

I'll show you!

You!

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

Hey!

You know who I am?

If something happens to me...

my dad will hack you all to pieces and dump you in the pond.

Make it fast.

It's not the first time we're doing it, brother.

Why overcomplicate it?

We should've just stabbed him and left.

- It's needed. - For what?

If we carry it out neatly,

we can wrap this business up for good.

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

'Ananthan Kaadu'

'Ananthan Forest'

India is an ancient civilization.

But a very young nation and yet, we have our hopes, our aims.

I dream of an India, powerful, free and in the forefront of world nations

and while doing so we'll also serve the world in our own noble ways.

♪ O suffering ones on this sorrowful earth ♪

♪ O suffering ones on this sorrowful earth ♪

♪ Justice that roars and stands blocking destiny is our very breath ♪

♪ Justice that roars and stands blocking destiny is our very breath ♪

♪ Are there such women on this earth? ♪

♪ Did they fall from the skies? ♪

♪ Come, let's go take a look, darling ♪

♪ I'll feed you and shelter you ♪

One! Two! Three! Four!

Got it, sir!

♪ Even if it's a bar of gold ♪

♪ It'll knock you to the ground if flung at you ♪

♪ Even if it's a needle of gold ♪

♪ It can pierce your eyes ♪

♪ O golden girl... ♪

♪ You rise... ♪

♪ O golden girl, do not rise too close to the skies ♪

♪ Do not steal our gold and our hearts, and kill us ♪

♪ Who dares challenge the incarnation of this lotus girl? ♪

♪ Who dares challenge the incarnation of this lotus girl? ♪

♪ Choose your moves with care, or you may lose your head ♪

♪ I'll come closer to you and make you yield to me ♪

♪ With all the skills we've mastered ♪

♪ Come on, let's meet in combat ♪

Sir, they are dangerous criminals.

If we destroy this completely, there won't be any evidence left.

There are around 40 cases, including murder and extortion.

This isn't the first time, right?

Now this is what you call first-rate sound quality.

Our main issue is the lack of a proper sound system.

You know what a good sound system is like?

If Thankan brother and Murali stand here and sing...

the statues of Madhava Rao at Statue junction and Veluthampy outside the Secretariat...

should leap on to the road, scramble onto a bus and start dancing.

That's the power of a proper sound system.

Of course!

There's no use otherwise, brother!

It's only because of my Hindi song that we get at least one or two bookings a year.

The ladies are coming to our shows just to hear me sing 'Papa Kehte Hain'.

Ladies, it seems!

Listen, you'll never be able to sing Hindi songs the way Kumar does.

Kumar, my foot! Get lost!

Thankan, here.

What's it? You want a sip-up?

Give him one sip-up.

- Murali, is the program over? - Yes.

I guess she went home.

Do you understand now? The ladies are Murali's fans, not yours.

Brother, I'll come back in a bit.

Murali, I'm also coming. Drop me off at Thampanoor.

No, I have to go somewhere else.

I know where it is. I'll wait.

Thankan, what he said is true.

If we want to earn money through music shows, we'll have to invest more.

Or else we'll have to go back to our old business.

Hey, Podiyan!

He's barely out of the nest. Come here!

Murali...

Warden will come now.

My job...

Eat the bribe I gave you first.

We have a lunch party in our department next week at college.

A birthday treat.

There will be around 10-12 people.

- Can you arrange it? - Of course.

How about a music concert by our Orchestra?

No, thanks.

I still haven't gotten over the programme you did at the hostel.

Even yesterday,

someone was talking about your poor sound quality and lack of instruments.

The songs you sing are very old.

And you guys don't even wear decent clothes.

I got you tickets to 18 AD's concert to show you what a real concert looks like.

But your were looking at me all the time.

You ruined my mood.

Murali, the warden's out.

Leave. Hurry up!

Here. Finish it.

See you!

Listen, she's way out of your league.

Oh! It's alright.

Have this too.

Hold it.

Her grandma's throwing a fit at home for not bringing her.

Why don't you take her home then?

As if I'm against it!

You know I don't have the time for it.

Go take your baig.

It's bag, not baig!

Go.

None of you believed me when I said it.

Did you all understand now?

Has there ever been a chief minister like him in the history of Kerala?

No! And there will never be.

We will never have a CM like him again.

Why are you quarrelling with me for it?

You want them to live here with you? As if you've got a palace here!

Of course!

What?

Hey, stop it. His goddamn drums!

Don't get on Radha's nerves.

If she throws you out,

you will have to go sleep in the temple.

It's not that.

There's enough space for your wife and daughter here.

What will you do with her father then?

- Turn him into a statue? - Get lost!

- Just get lost! - This woman!

Instead of standing here like an idiot, go earn something for tomorrow.

Back when you were into rowdyism, at least you used to bring me money for groceries.

Now that's also stopped.

And you started a mechanical shop in your dad's name just to ruin his reputation.

That scooter has been lying there since the opening day.

Look at its condition now.

Please give me some peace!

Get lost, you rascal!

-Then only there will be development. - Goddamn development!

Simply irritating me!

Move!

His goddamn song!

- Hey, move. - What's her problem?

What your mother said is right.

Though we quit the old business, we haven't found our footing yet.

When we were doing all the dirty work for them...

we should've demanded proper payment.

Instead, we were happy with the booze they tossed us like alms.

Now I'm getting an earful from my mother.

The only upside is that...

We only spent time in lockup, we didn't end up in jail.

Yeah, what an upside!

And we don't have any health issues either.

They kept their word.

We can't just ignore it.

I don't have time to waste.

Start the rehearsal.

I have practised my song.

Start!

Poor man's Yesudas, please start.

Brother, those comrades thrashed Anil.

- Where? - In his college.

They slapped him hard. His face is all swollen.

You got slapped badly?

Did you cause any trouble there?

No, it was for tying the sacred thread from our temple.

Son, don't tell this to your grandfather.

He's already very upset.

If he sees this...

Come on!

You want to hit him back?

- Do you? - Yes.

When I said I was from the colony, they hit me even more.

Brother, police arrested Shiva and Tamilalagan.

Forty five people in total, including them.

He's the one who ratted on them.

Eighteen of them got killed by police and agents.

The rest are being tortured at the camp.

Stupid swine!

He has to be eliminated first.

Move our cadets from Dindigul at the earliest.

Stupid swine!

Hello, Thirupachi.

How are you?

I'm good, Krishna. How about you?

I'm good.

Has Mani arrived?

You said he would arrive only by 6:30.

Oh yes!

My boys have gone to fetch him.

Brother, he isn't problematic, right?

No. There's nothing like that.

Just petty theft and pickpocketing. That's all.

- Did you see him? - He's not there anywhere.

Where is he?

Did he get off at Thirunelveli instead of Thiruvananthapuram?

Hope he won't be a bother.

Is he there under the bus?

Look over there.

You check inside the bus.

-Did everyone hop off the bus? -Yes.

Mani?

Thirupachi Annachi's friend?

Come on!

Why are you sitting in the dark?

You could have opened the door, right?

They said they would wait until you come.

Come!

- What's your name? - Mani.

I don't care what it is.

We don't know if you're here after getting into trouble.

But Thirupachi has helped us out lots of times.

So when he asks for a favour, we can't say no to him.

That's why we're letting you stay here. Got it?

And that girl, Karthi.

You must have understood what she does for a living, right?

But if you dare to misbehave with her...

We'll bust your head wide open.

You better lie low until Annachi calls you back.

He must have told you about us, right?

I'll be bringing you food.

If you want to step out, just tell him.

He will inform us, and we will take you out.

If you want to talk to Annachi, one of us will accompany you to the phone booth.

- Got it? - Got it?

The toilet is at the back.

You can use it for shitting.

Oh!

Let's go.

Karthi...

- We're leaving. - Okay.

This goddamn power cut!

Murali!

Hello, Teacher...

- Is this the birthday girl? - Yes.

- Shall we arrange it over there? - Okay.

Who are you?

You seem to be as old as me.

How come you're still in college?

Ani...

Ani!

What's your problem with colony kids?

His mother got him a sacred thread and put sandal paste on his forehead...

as he was joining college.

Who are you to cut it off?

Who are these people?

There have been customs and beliefs here even before their time.

Those beliefs and yours can coexist here.

Just the way it should be. Got it?

Just the way it should be!

This is where you cut his thread, right?

Am I right?

Open your mouth and answer, idiot!

Yes.

Here is the thread. Cut it.

Try wiping off the sandal paste.

How dare you come here and act smart?

Sura, call the boys!

Boys!

Come on!

Come on!

Move!

I'll finish you off today!

I'll hack you to pieces.

Hey!

You!

This isn't fair, sir.

Why have you put us in jail?

What to do?

It’s their party at the helm.

They have the right to do as they please.

Only two more years are left.

Menon, the one making you do all this dirty work will go down...

...along with that Telugu police officer.

After that, you'll all pay dearly at my hands.

Get lost! Go!

Come.

Hey, wait!

Let Gopalan Sir's grandson stay here.

His grandfather and mother have come.

How can I let him go without talking to Gopalan sir?

Sir, you may leave.

- Go! - We'll wait outside.

Ask them to come.

Sir, I wasn't aware of it.

What to say!

Sir, they are calling you both inside.

They will leave him only with you.

Jackson, go with them.

Why did you go to the college and make a scene?

You know I'm an ex-communist, right?

It's because of communists that we all get to roam around here freely today.

These guys are different from the communists you're talking about.

What are you even saying?

Whatever you said.

It was wrong to create a scene at the college.

Brother, forget it. That's over.

Hey!

Looks like you have forgotten our God too.

Hear me out!

Oh, please don't come up with any predictions.

I see you striking a deal...

that will make you do a huge offering at the temple.

His goddamn prediction!

A top-class deal!

Sir...

Oh, Abraham?

Have you been waiting for long?

No, sir. Just two hours.

Well, you're used to it, right?

Back in '82, at the Trivandrum party office...

you'd come all the way from Erumeli to see me

carrying a mattress and counting all the posters on the way.

Well, that's an old party joke.

Old tales and times have now ended up on the floor.

Oh, that?

It was done by my grandson. He's a karate champion.

But I'm here to say something new.

I wanted to tell you that myself before that Telugu DIG...

who usually gives you all the news first.

Our finance lord who does the funding for NINF and us...

Mr. Veerappa Perumal Mudaliyar from Dindigul.

He had called me.

- Mudliyar called you directly? - Yes.

What's it?

I don't know the issue between you and him.

Tell me the matter.

If NINF needs any more funds from him...

Sir, you'll have to step down as both the Chief Minister and the Home Minister.

And?

And, he wants me to take your place.

If we don't make a decision in the next party meeting,

he'll withdraw his money.

Take a seat.

Sir, this is the first time you're saying this to me.

But that's not needed anymore.

Sir, you please make a decision at the earliest and...

not me...

before the party members get to know of it, inform the High Command.

That's the right way to do it.

If Mudaliyar has made such a decision...

I should be the first person to know about it, right?

Sir, when was the last time Mudaliyar contacted you?

It's been a while.

When I think of it now...

It's been a long time.

Arrange a meeting with him.

In Dindigul, at his ancestral house.

Sir!

Unofficial. Personal visit.

Hello, sir.

Please come inside.

Where's Mudaliyar?

Father is upstairs. Come inside, sir.

What's going on here?

These are the preparations for our upcoming festival.

Come in, sir.

We've known each other for many years.

Then...

Why do you need the help of a party scoundrel like PK Abraham

if you want anything from me?

I've given you everything you've asked for, without asking you any questions.

PWD contract, sand, granite quarry, everything.

You know I don't discuss business and politics over here, don't you?

Let's go to one place.

Just you alone.

You be here.

You stay here.

Okay, sir.

Good morning, sir.

It was my late son's greatest wish...

to buy a theatre in our village.

A special show is running in it.

It would be a great pride for me if the CM of Kerala watched it.

This film was financed by my son.

It was a big hit in South India.

I'll play a song in that.

Watch it and let me know your opinion.

- Hey, play it! - Okay, Dad.

♪ With that graceful look, you make people fall for you ♪

♪ You're making me run like a racing horse ♪

♪ I'm the ambassador, come on a trip with me ♪

♪ Oh my candy, my caramel lady ♪

♪ Oh my, your gaze keeps tugging at my heart ♪

♪ The don in me is gone ♪

♪ This doll is my girl ♪

♪ She's sweet as sugar ♪

♪ She blazes like fire ♪

♪ O rainbow princess, sweet as honey ♪

♪ You flash like a streak of lightning ♪

♪ Come, I'll give you cold water ♪

♪ May your thirst be quenched ♪

♪ Half a kilo of gold melted and carefully crafted ♪

♪ To make your sculpture, dear ♪

♪ Do you mean to rob me of my youth? ♪

♪ Don't talk to me with that cold charm ♪

♪ Oh my, your gaze keeps tugging at my heart ♪

♪ The don in me is gone ♪

♪ This doll is my girl ♪

♪ She's sweet as sugar ♪

♪ She blazes like fire ♪

- Do you know this heroine, sir? - Yes.

She's a big actress in South India.

What was her name?

- Priyamvada. - Oh, yes!

Sir, you don't even remember her name.

It's for her that someone killed my son.

When I got to know that...

it was done by a political scoundrel who was in power because of me...

I was shaken.

You killed my son for her...

and now you don't even remember her name?

What?

I killed your son?

What are you saying?

I killed him for this cheap actress?

You didn't even think of my age.

My son wished to marry her.

She was supposed to be my daughter-in-law.

Don't tell me that you're innocent and don't know anything.

Tell that to her!

I'm not kidding, sir.

I really thought this through before deciding.

This is something you say every six months, Priya.

No, sir. This time I'm serious.

Okay! Who's it this time?

Any film actor?

No. You know him.

Veerappa Perumal Mudaliyar's son, Muthuvel Mudaliyar.

What about us then?

You're blindly believing a random film actress?

- Mudaliyar, we've known each other for... - Hey!

It's very clear from your face.

I know that you are behind it.

It's been two years since my son died.

In these two years, I was on the lookout for his murderer.

It's after finding out that you're behind it that I made you come here.

If I wanted, I could chop you into pieces right here.

But that's not enough.

I’ll strip you of the CM post first...

and isolate you within your party.

Then I'll destroy you and your power, one by one.

You'll run here and there like a cow in distress...

and then come kneel before me begging for forgiveness.

Then I'll chop off your head and keep it in front of my son's photo.

Whatever!

You've come all the way to my house.

I don't send back anyone who comes to visit me empty-handed.

Dear, come here.

Slap him.

Go ahead, slap him!

Go!

Get lost!

Aren't you eating?

I'll eat later with them. You have it.

Mani...

Why are you in hiding?

Petty cases. An intercaste relationship, pickpocketing....

He's a poor boy.

It isn't anything like that.

It's evident from his eyes that it's something serious.

Isn't it, son?

See his reaction!

He agreed with her.

How can you be such an idiot?

You!

Thankan brother...

What happened?

Come inside.

Can you please come out?

What’s the matter?

Come and have dinner, dear.

Today is Athira's birthday.

Murali got biryani for all of us.

It's okay, auntie. I ate.

Come on in.

Please come out.

I'll come now.

What happened?

Your Telugu boss wants to meet you.

What's this?

Is he torturing you?

What's the use in saying all that to you?

There's only one difference between us.

He uses you guys to torture others.

And he tortures me like this himself.

Didn't we agree two years ago not to spill any more blood?

Let's stick to that.

We're short on money.

But we're able to sleep peacefully now.

Peacefully?

Do you know how many murder cases are against you?

Didn't I get them all settled for you?

Those cases could land you in jail for 10 to 70 years.

Sir, it was all done for you.

And you paid us peanuts in return.

This won't be like that.

You will all be paid handsomely.

It's for CM.

If you help us one more time...

CM or I won't come to you with such works anymore.

We want to think it over.

Sir...

We're ready.

- This will be the last. - Very good.

- But we've got two conditions. - Okay.

We want to meet CM in person.

- What's the second condition? - Sir...

Sir, you can keep Karthi as your mistress.

We don't have the right to say anything about that.

But please don't torture her like this.

She's like our sister.

Sister?

Sister?!

Then marry her off to me! Come on!

I have told you many times not to talk about it.

Talk business here.

You want to meet CM?

That's all, right?

- Sir... - No, Thankan.

Sir!

Sit down.

- You may go. - Okay, sir.

How's everyone at home?

- Thankaraj, how's your daughter? - Fine.

Murali...

Jackson...

Krishanankutty...

I heard you're into music these days?

Does it pay you anything?

- Grandpa... - Oh, this boy!

Can you sign this progress card?

Your grandma will sign it. Take it to her.

She's gone for a meeting.

I'll sign it tomorrow. Leave now.

So, let's come to the matter.

No advance payment.

You'll be paid 15 lakh rupees at once.

Now, the target.

Veerappa Perumal Mudaliyar.

Dindigul.

- Sir, he's beyond our reach. - I know.

If you do this one last job, you'll be safe forever.

Didn't Rao tell you yesterday?

You're like my siblings.

Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing here at Cliff House like this.

All that you've done for me so far...

I've kept it here.

I'll easily get people to carry out this job.

But it won't be like how you people do it.

If you help me with this...

as long as I'm alive...

no matter where you are or in what condition...

you will have my support.

You know the value of 15 lakhs, right?

It's not something you get paid for doing things within your reach.

I'm paying you this because I trust you.

This is to seal the deal.

Extra two lakhs.

Hello, Annachi.

Krishna!

Where's Mani? Any problem?

No, he's fine.

But I need a small favour from you.

Help.

What help?

There's a man named Veerappa Mudaliyar in Dindigul.

Do you know him?

Yes.

He's a big landlord.

What's the matter?

There's a small job.

Actually, it's a big job.

Tell me what it is.

Okay.

- Is Mani there with you? - Yes.

Give him the phone.

Mani, Annachi wants to talk to you.

- Tell me, brother. - Just listen to me.

Don't say anything back.

They are going to finish off Mudaliyar.

That bloody swine!

For the government's support, he ratted out 50 of our men.

They got killed, Vetri.

The police killed our brothers.

Fifty of them were brutally tortured and killed.

Even as we speak,

Mudaliyar is selling out our brothers.

Traitor!

And it's to kill him they are going.

But it's not a job meant for them.

It should be done by us.

His death must be at our hands.

He's a betrayer of Tamilians. He must not escape.

You should make sure he dies.

[invoking Lord Madan]

♪ O Mother Kali, the Supreme Power ♪

♪ O Mariamman, Divine Mother ♪

♪ O Mother Kali, the Supreme Power ♪

♪ O Mariamman, Divine Mother ♪

♪ The one who strikes fear into every heart ♪

♪ An offering laid with bow and arrow in hand ♪

♪ You are the sky, the earth, the wind, and the fire ♪

♪ Come, Mother, come to us ♪

♪ Come, Mother, come to us ♪

♪ After keeping vigil through the night ♪

♪ The world has dawned, O Mother ♪

♪ At Your sacred feet, all pride bows and dissolves ♪

♪ Mother, you are unshaken amid the chaos ♪

♪ Strike back, we stand in victory ♪

♪ Holding the spear, come to us, Mother ♪

♪ The one who strikes fear into every heart ♪

♪ An offering laid with bow and arrow in hand ♪

♪ You are the sky, the earth, the wind, and the fire ♪

♪ Come, Mother, come to us ♪

♪ The world has risen to take vengeance ♪

♪ You will answer for the blood you shed ♪

♪ For every drop cries out your name ♪

Come on!

♪ The world has risen to take vengeance ♪

♪ You will answer for the blood you shed ♪

You're a Tamilian?

You call yourself a Tamilian?

How could you rat out so many people?

Do you even know how many suffered and died because of you?

Are you really a Tamilian?

Are you really a Tamilian?

Bloody swine!

Mani...

Tell us the truth.

Who are you?

Truth?

About me?

Someone who lost his sister.

Someone who lost his brother.

Someone who lost his father.

Someone who lost his mother.

The real son of Mother Earth.

A Tamilian.

One and only leader!

K.K. Menon, our leader!

Mudaliyar was a constant companion of NINF.

We are all deeply shocked and saddened by his brutal killing by political terrorists.

But no one should think that his death is a major setback...

to our party's financial standing.

I had a meeting with two of my Marwadi friends...

who can easily take Mudaliyar's place.

They're ready to give us twice as much as Mudaliyar did.

That's because they have trust in my leadership.

At the upcoming interstate party conclave in Rajasthan…

That means, at the grand conclave of NINF, I'll present this matter.

Are you all with me?

Are you all with me?

One and only leader!

K.K. Menon, our leader!

One and only leader!

K.K. Menon, our leader!

One and only leader!

K.K. Menon, our leader!

Forget Onam.

I've cut at least 20 more Christmas cakes than you.

Understood, Abraham?

One and only leader!

K.K. Menon, our leader!

♪ We do not know what happened until yesterday ♪

♪ Nor do we know what will happen tomorrow ♪

♪ We do not know what will happen to us the next moment ♪

♪ Nor do we know when it will perish ♪

♪ The people who are with us now ♪

♪ If God wishes they may disappear or be dead ♪

♪ In a few days time ♪

♪ A healthy man can be paraded to his funeral pyre ♪

♪ Some people see this truth ♪

♪ And only some people accept it ♪

♪ Some others are unable to comprehend the truth ♪

♪ Though they know whatever they see is an illusion ♪

♪ Though they know whatever they see is an illusion ♪

- Is it working now? - Turn that knob.

♪ Krishna, Govinda, Narayana, O Hare ♪

♪ O Achyuthananda Govinda Madhava ♪

♪ Sachchidananda Narayana O Hare ♪

♪ Know that the thing that keep us all tied to this world ♪

♪ Is our past karmas ♪

Brother!

Brother!

Madahvankutty, turn down the volume.

Don't you have anything else to do?

Turn the volume down.

♪ Don't be attached to anything ♪

♪ Don't let anything be attached to you ♪

I'll only come if you raise my salary by at least 150 rupees.

Didn't you walk out of the troupe? Get out!

♪ It's perceived as one ♪

♪ For those people who don't stick to anything ♪

♪ It becomes hard to comprehend ♪

♪ There's nothing like another ♪

♪ But they all have the same spirit ♪

♪ There's no attachment to anything ♪

♪ And it looks like God created the world ♪

♪ All three worlds into one ♪

♪ There was no such world at that time ♪

♪ O Krishna, Mukunda, Janardhana ♪

♪ Krishna, Govinda, Narayana, O Hare ♪

♪ O Achyuthananda Govinda Madhava ♪

♪ Sachchidananda Narayana O Hare ♪

Sister!

Sister!

Open the door!

Open the door!

Sister!

Sister!

Sister, open the door!

Brother, my sister is not opening the door.

She's not responding either.

- Karthi! - Sister...

- Karthi... - Sister, open the door.

Karthi!

- Karthi! - Sister...

What's it?

What do you want?

What happened to you? Tell me.

What happened to you!

What happened to you! What happened to you!

What will you do if I tell you?

Say it and see.

Fine!

See for yourself!

Sister...

I wanted to send him to school.

But later I understood that there's no use in going to school.

You do all this studying just to end up as a politician's bootlicker.

What's the use of studying then?

In the beginning, I wished to escape from that man.

But not anymore.

If anyone dares to touch a girl in our colony, their hands will be cut off...

by Thankan, Krishanakutty, Murali and Jackson.

But now, even their lives are at his mercy.

There's no bloody justice, law or God here.

Sir, I didn't come here to declare a war against you.

And you proved I haven’t reached that level yet.

Then why have you come now?

Mudaliyar's murder case has been handed to the CBI.

I got to know.

Sir, they will come here too.

You will always be my mentor.

I don't want to send you to jail or turn the party members against you.

But High Command wants you to step down.

Sir, you should resign.

If the CBI comes to meet me, or I get a chance to meet them…

I'll have to give this to them.

I don't want you to say later that I betrayed my mentor.

If CBI reopens the Mudaliyar case file...

there's a chance they will approach Priyamvada…

or that she'll approach them.

No, she'll definitely go to them.

I can handle that.

This is not the first time I'm facing a CBI investigation.

But there's a difference this time.

The NINF royal family has turned against me.

They hold a special regard for Pathrose and Katrina’s son, Abraham, as they all belong to the same community.

Well, no one knows that like I do.

But the upside is that...

whenever things turn against me and favour Abraham...

he's the first to let me know of it.

He says it's his way of showing respect to his mentor.

But I call it a political gun-jump.

If he's the stumbling block...

I mean, this P K Abraham...

Let's just finish him off.

It's easy.

A car accident.

A train mishap.

It's very easy, sir.

It's easy in your Rayalaseema.

This is Kerala!

Let's finish off.

Not Abraham.

These people!

Sir?

CHOOLA ORCHESTRA

We've made them do a lot of the dirty work for us.

Well, there are hundreds of people in different parts of this country,

who can do the same job better.

I only need to make one phone call to Matunga, Jamshedpur or Bellari.

But there's a lesson I learned the very first day I put on this khadi.

Always strike your enemy with a sword made in your own workshop.

Only then can you melt it down after the job’s done...

and turn it into a ring like this.

Sir, are you talking about a police action against them?

We have no proof with us even to issue a warrant against them.

We're the ones who destroyed them.

I know.

- Make a reason. - How?

Provoke them.

This is my wife. I want her to see this.

But my daughter Rudramma shouldn't see this.

This is strictly adult content.

So, no!

♪ This is the wedding feast ♪

♪ This is the wedding feast ♪

♪ The vegetables and curries are a marvel ♪

♪ This is a respectful offering ♪

♪ This is enough for me ♪

♪ This is the wedding feast ♪

♪ The vegetables and curries are a marvel ♪

♪ This is a respectful offering ♪

♪ This is enough for me ♪

♪ The bajji is over there ♪

♪ Where is the stuffed roll? ♪

♪ The bajji is over there ♪

♪ Where is the stuffed roll? ♪

♪ Let the happiness overflow ♪

Where are you?

Show yourself if you dare!

Just as things were falling into place, the next issue arrived.

You shouldn't have gone without telling us.

Leave it, brother.

He anyway deserved it.

Mani...

I'll bring you the food.

There's only one more week left.

This is a small space, but you'll be safe here.

Mani, we've got a music show the day after tomorrow.

Hang in here until then.

Oh no!

Swami, the Madan festival is the day after tomorrow, right?

- So? - Just be careful.

You see this threshold?

No one will cross this other than me.

If at all someone comes...

Lord Madan will take care of the rest.

Fire in Mysore Film Set. 16 including Priyamavada in critical condition.

Kooni, you should slay "Papa Kehte Hai" today.

I can't stand Roby's damn attitude.

Shove this song down his throat.

Sure!

-Hello... - Where the hell are you?

Sir...

CBI has opened the file.

They are moving incredibly fast.

Everything is in place, sir.

You can announce the operation.

The force is ready, sir.

Is there a Tamilian with them?

- Didn't you hear me? - Yes, yes!

Where?

Where?!

In Karthi's house.

Karthi's house.

Sign here.

Operation Anantha has been declared.

In the wake of former PM Rajish Gupta's murder,

intelligence reports reveal terrorists are scattered throughout South India…

Since it's a big challenge to the nation's security...

Based on the newspaper reports that there has been a rise in goons in the city's colonies...

Since these people could pose a threat to national security...

This government has initiated a large-scale police operation

which is the first of its kind in the state.

This should be the basic media PR release line.

Mic testing.

Mic testing.

We want you all to cooperate with us for 10 minutes.

You don't need to worry. This is a normal combing.

We're here to nab a few people.

If any one of you interferes with our job...

I swear, we will beat the pulp out of them.

Got it?

Sign here!

Swami, did you see a Tamilian with cat-eyes and a tattoo on his hand around here?

I don't know, sir.

- Thanka... - Yes?

Something feels off.

What?

I don't know.

Play the music.

Didn't you move that Tamilian from here?

Something far bigger than this is awaiting you.

CHARGE!

Mother!

Move!

Move!

That's his house.

I'll handle it.

- Sir... - Is this Thankan's house?

Swami!

Where's your son?

He went for a music event with his team.

- What happened, sir? - I'm going to make him sing for me!

His bloody workshop!

So all those men live with you?

How do you manage these many men at this age?

What a pain!

Madam, let me see if you have hidden any warriors inside.

Step aside!

Mother!

Swami, open the door.

Oh no!

What?

This is my husband's house.

It's his photo that you destroyed.

When you were wetting your pants, he was ruling this colony.

I might forgive you for the atrocities you did here.

But this photo...

You won't leave from here without keeping it back.

So sad!

Sir!

You better keep that photo back!

What if I don't?

Will you take out your sword?

Is there anything tied around your waist?

Shall I check?

Shall I?

You!

Open the door!

Hey!

Leave me!

How dare you slap me?

Open the door, Swami!

Open!

Mother...

Where is your mother?

Did your aunt die or what?

Why the hell do you always look so glum?

Go get me tea!

What?

Did you finally succeed in killing my mother?

Father!

Hey, no!

Mother!

Mother!

Krishnankutty, tell them to stop.

Thanka, believe it or not.

When she slapped me hard, I just pushed her away.

That's all.

Please don't....

Don't do anything!

Hey!

Thanka, please believe me.

Sathyendra...

When the blood of our dear ones is spilled, we answer with more blood.

Even if we hack you and your family to pieces right now

we can get away with it easily.

It's because of our connections...

we've managed so far, and will continue to do so.

Thanka, do whatever you want to me.

But leave my family out of this.

It hurts, right?

Father!

Doesn't it hurt?

Thanka, leave him.

Let him go.

You know why we're letting you go?

So that you writhe in pain hearing what we're going to say.

Make sure to save well for your children’s studies and their future.

You won't live to see your second child walk, jerk!

These are Krishnankutty's words.

You know me, right?

Thanka, let's go.

Let's go.

Jackson, leave them.

Leave her!

Father, no!

Hey, stop there!

Leave me!

How dare you put on a show at a police officer’s house and just walk away?

How the hell you've the nerve to act on your own damn terms?

Isn't it because of the support of the CM who has made you spill blood for him...

and his Telugu IG, right?

All this while, you've been getting your hands dirty for them.

But now the tables have turned.

You guys are the targets now.

I've been given the task to finish you all off.

Operation Anantha!

It was carried out just to wipe you all out, morons!

You know who's making the Telugu IG do all this?

The same old man.

The lord who rules this land.

Your CM, His Highness K. K. Menon.

If you have the balls, go to his house and make a scene like this.

Jackson, no!

Game has changed. We're the targets now.

- It's out of our control. Leave it. - Krishnankutty...

We can handle him later.

Thanka, why are you silent?

I deliberately kicked your mother in the stomach.

Not just hers.

I'll do the same to your wife too.

You've a little girl, right?

I won't do anything to her.

I know how to make use of her.

Jackson!

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

Father!

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

Here, go stitch it!

Jackson, stop it!

You know who you killed?

When I was abandoned on the road as a newborn...

that poor lady took me under her wing and raised me.

I used to call her 'auntie'...

But she was my mother.

My mother!

Good!

Don't issue the lookout notice now.

Media shouldn't get wind of this.

Okay, sir!

Keep an eye on the magistrate courts.

I'll give you two days' time.

Call me only when you've finished them off.

- Got it? - Okay, sir.

So, you don't know that Tamilian?

I deserve it.

Yes, I deserve it!

I looked after you all this while...

took care of all your expenses...

I got you a bungalow in the forest, a car...

all those just for you.

I loved you more than my Rudramma.

I deserve it!

Okay, we've been searching for them for the past two days.

Do you know where they are?

You won't say anything.

I'll give you one more day.

Within that, tell me where they are.

Sir...

I know that you consider the colony people as pests.

If you take a liking to them...

you'll take care of them like a caged bird.

Or else you'll burn and torture them like anything.

Thankan, Krishnankutty, Murali, or Jackson was not born to my mother.

But if my brother and I have anyone to truly call 'brother', it’s only them.

Even if I know where they are...

even if you hack me into pieces...

don't expect to hear it from me.

You don't know me well.

- I'll... - Kill me?

Sir, I died the day you touched me.

Once again.

You have one more day.

If you don't give me the details you know...

Rao will not...

touch Karthi.

But I will touch him.

I'll put him inside a cage and make him suffer until death.

So bye.

Give auntie a kiss.

Come.

Why are you doing this?

Did he pester you again?

Mani, can I ask you one more favor?

Tell me.

You should take care of him and raise him as your own brother.

I want to see him live with his head held high courageously.

Someone who won't hesitate to shed blood in the name of revenge.

Just like you.

Will you do it?

For me?

Why are you talking like this?

Sister...

Swami!

Where are they?

Podiyan...

Jackson, there isn't much time left.

No one should get away!

No one!

Come on!

Jackson!

Why don't you understand?

This will be our final game.

You're all set to go.

Don't stay here. Just leave!

How can I go?

I won't go until we settle this matter. Don't say anything more.

What's his problem?

Make him understand.

You think the CM is behind this?

Yes.

- Are you really sure? - Yes.

Come.

I'm taking this boy.

Come, let's go.

- Madhavankutty, do you know him? - No.

This boy's got state security.

Even then, if CM sends him here without a single guard...

it shows the trust he has in us.

Shall we go?

Brother!

Don't worry, son.

We won't do anything to you. Come on!

Come!

There's no use in roaming around wearing this khaki uniform.

This is what even the sewage workers wear.

CM, my foot!

Home ministry, public works, port, education!

You've got it all!

Is it because you don't handle the child welfare

that you didn't bring back your grandson?

Parvathy Amma, go inside.

What will I tell my daughter when she calls?

Tell her to come take care of the child from her first marriage herself.

If something happens to Madhavankutty...

Go inside!

- Did the media find out? - No, sir.

Block everything.

Okay, sir!

Sir, shall we deploy the force?

The police are responsible for his security, right?

What the hell were you doing then?

It's because I don't have trust in your security that...

I begged the STF to provide me a guard for my security.

And now you’re here to deploy the force!

What do they want?

- What, sir? - What, sir!

I asked what the hell they want!

They want to meet you in person, sir.

At the place and time of their choice.

That's their condition.

Full amount is not there.

There's a hut in the colony belonging to my late mother.

You can seize it for the remaining money.

Didn't you cut off a police officer's hand for that?

Yes, we did.

- We'll do it again. - Stop it!

You called yourselves warriors of the folk ballads...

who wouldn't touch women or children.

When the need arose, you showed the true colours of a Thiruvananthapuram native.

If Thiruvananthapuram natives have such a character...

it's because of the attitude of outsiders like you who came uninvited to our city.

Sir, you smile in their faces and stab them in the back.

But we speak our mind and strike straight to the chest.

We have to survive among venomous people like you without getting bitten, right?

There are more women and children in your family.

But we didn't touch them.

Do you want to touch them?

What must I do for you to return my grandson?

Tell me, I will do it.

The boat's swaying heavily.

It is to talk peacefully that...

we picked these backwaters, lying between north and south.

Anchor the boat first. Then we talk.

We'll tell you what we want.

The moment you meet our demands, your child will come back.

Or else, we will hack him into pieces, and send them to you wrapped in neem leaves.

You!

Rao!

We don't want much.

We have no future here, and we don't trust you either.

Visa, passport, and a job abroad for Thankan and his family.

For Jackson too.

Murali will leave this city.

Don't go after him.

Once I'm assured they've all left safely, you'll get your child back.

Don't you want anything?

No.

Brother?

I'm close to 70.

I don't have a wife or a family.

And I'm done living.

If I survive, I'll sing to make a living.

If I die...

the music will rise and I'll be gone.

That's all.

Are you okay with our terms, sir?

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

- Here. - Thank you.

Vetri, listen to me.

We haven't got time.

Agencies are searching everywhere for our people.

I have hidden the container in the forest.

We have to leave before the forest officers find it.

No, brother.

They are all family to me.

I can't come without helping them.

Let Krishnan come back first.

How can you be so cool, sir?

I mean, we have struck a deal. But...

Mr. Sampath Rao IPS...

You know, this city, Ananthapuri...

It used to be a forest.

This used to be a wild forest with all this...

Brother, aren't you...

How many times do I have to say it?

If all three of you are out there alive...

no one will dare to touch me.

- Brother... - Stop your drama and leave.

- Bye. - Murali...

Jackson...

Thanka...

What?

The deer grazing in the fields was afraid of the tiger.

But the tiger was afraid of someone else.

Come fast.

- Bye. - Okay.

You could have come on time at least today.

We're going. It's already late.

See you!

What are you doing?

There was a venomous snake at the tiger's feet waiting to bite it.

Murali...

♪ We live again knowing the dark ♪

The snake was afraid of the mongoose.

♪ We dance again knowing the dark ♪

Let's go.

Where's he?

Stay here.

Madhavankutty....

Come, son.

- Let's go, son. - Go with them.

Come on, son.

Go.

Here?

You were at my place?

Are you alright? Let's go.

Who all were there with you, son?

Was there anyone else with you?

Yes.

Who?

- Only one. - Who? Where?

Where?

- Comb the entire diameter after this. - Okay, sir.

Fall in!

I knew you would do it, son of a wretch!

Hear me out!

I've taken the lives of many strangers who did me no harm...

following your commands.

Seeing them die in my hands...

I knew my fate would also be the same.

I came here to die.

I don't have anything to lose.

My boys have left.

Didn't I say the other day that I don't want to live anymore?

Kill me and throw my body into this stream.

By the time it reaches Meenmutty, the fish will have consumed it.

That's how it should be.

Go ahead.

Finish me off.

Vetri, no!

They have left.

Your boys have all left.

Over there.

- Mr. Thankaraj Ponappan? - Yes.

Just a minute.

Five rupees.

Hello, Teacher...

Where are you off to?

There's a small issue with my documents.

Jackson and I will take the next flight.

Means?

Murali!

There's a date issue on the ticket.

- Is there any problem? - No. I'll come on the next flight.

Jackson and I will come together.

Dad's coming on the next flight, dear.

Will you take care of your mom and grandpa?

- Yes. - Good girl!

Don't worry!

Murali!

Murali!

Stay there!

Madam...

♪ We live again knowing the dark ♪

♪ We dance again knowing the dark ♪

Come!

Murali!

Last chance.

Tell me where that Tamilian is. I'll let you go.

You!

Teacher!

Otherwise, everything I made you do all this time...

I'll do the same thing to you.

Try to act smart now.

Come on!

You!

Hey!

Murali!

Go!

Murali!

Kill him!

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

Stop it!

Come on!

Move!

Murali...

Murali!

Murali, get up!

Get up!

Fire!

This is what!

This is your problem!

You take on everyone's problems.

We tried our best for them. But it didn't help.

If we stay here any longer, we will be in danger.

We have a purpose.

Why don't you understand that?

Brother, why did we wage war in Jaffna?

We took on others problems as our own...

even when everyone warned it was too dangerous to keep fighting...

we stayed, and that's what made us who we are today.

If we don't avenge their deaths...

we'll be betraying ourselves.

Tamilians don't do that.

[people shouting slogans]

What’s the need for this heavy security?

It's needed, sir.

This place is still a dacoit-infested area.

What's the use in saying we're a national party spread all across India?

Look where they are conducting the grand conclave.

Rajasthan deserts!

How far is it from here to the airport?

- One and a half hours. - Okay.

Sir, didn't you tell a story the other day?

What story?

A forest, a tiger, deer, snakes...

That's not a story.

It's a puzzle.

A riddle.

In the end, the tiger killed the deer.

And the snake killed the tiger.

The mongoose ate the snake.

The hunter finished off the mongoose.

Now comes the riddle.

Tell me. Who am I in this?

- Tiger. - No.

Well, you should then be the hunter.

The hunter!

None of them.

The forest that fed them all, later took their lives, turning them into manure...

from which it grew even bigger.

That forest is a city today.

Its name is Ananthapuri.

But deep down it's still a forest.

An urban jungle.

That forest is the head of the ruler of the white palace.

Now, I'm that forest.

Ananthan Kaadu!

Cover CM's car. Hurry up!

- What happened?-Sir, there's danger.

It's dangerous.

- We will have to go back. - Hurry up!

Okay, sir.

Reverse, go back!

Hurry up!

- What's going on? - Going back is also dangerous.

We'll have to take some other route.

Hurry up!

Take left from there.

Sir, there's no road to the left.

Come fast. Cover the car!

Make it fast.

Rao...

Rao...

- Rao... - Sorry, sir!

Rao...

My name is Vetrivel Kumaran.

You don't know who I am.

I am...

♪ Live, live your life without fear ♪

♪ Let each breath be wholly your own ♪

In this world, there are thousands of

underprivileged who cannot speak for themselves.

People who lost their lives because of you.

You treated them like dogs for your own gain.

Finally, when you were done with them...

you crushed them like insects and buried them deep in the soil.

They cannot speak for themselves.

But this gun will speak for them.

Understood?

Come closer to the boat.

Help the boy.

Take that can.

Mani brother!

Podi...

I would have killed Rao.

But I left him for you.

Your grief will end only when you kill him with your own hands.

He's your target hereafter.

♪ Live, live your life without fear ♪

♪ Let each breath be wholly your own ♪

♪ Live, live your life without fear ♪

♪ Let each breath be wholly your own ♪

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪

♪ It matters not who you are ♪

♪ We are the messengers of death ♪