Original subtitles

'Born To Rule'

'Good evening'

'Breaking News'

'In Kashmir valley 6 European tourists...'

'...were held hostage by unrecognized terrorists'

'Besides a huge ransom'

'...they have also demanded the release of 21 terrorists in various prisons in India'

'According to reliable sources'

Enough

I can't wait any longer

'You promised you will come if anything happens to me'

'Let go of me, uncle'

'Nandu is going'

'Ask him not to go'

'Vijay, come with me'

'Our news'

'Amongst the hostages, 6 Europeans were saved'

'And 1 succumbed to the terrorist's bullet'

Good evening, sir

The NDTV team has come to meet you

Ask them to come

You set the camera in here

Okay, you guys wait outside

I'll join you

I heard one of your men died

You have conducted this Operation in such a secretive manner

Is this a wedding to tell the whole world?

You risk your life and save the country

But unlike cricket and cinema...

...are you aware you don't get your due respect?

This isn't cinema or a game of cricket

In fact it isn't a game at all

A girl's life is not a game either

Am I a Pakistani?

If you had told me-

You would have telecast it

Protect my to-be husband and let him not succumb to the enemy's bullet

This would've been my prayer to God

Our enemies pray to a different God They aren't scared of our God

Then talk behind closed doors Why argue in front of us?

What?

Even me?

Then what...me?

Okkkay

What if anything had happened to you?

What will I do with this?

A love letter?

No

Beyond all that

Complicated

What is it?

- What is this? - What is written here?

Someone is pregnant...who?

I'll pound you to a pulp

Who it seems! It's you

Am I pregnant? You never told me

I said 'because of you' Read the name properly

- How? - What do you mean how?

A saint came, blessed me and gave some sweet porridge and I drank it

You could have been more careful and been on the pill-

Why won't you say all this now?

I said an emphatic 'no' to some specific days

Who threw a tantrum like a kid sprawled on the floor?

Me or you?

Me

I'm standing out, sir

Don't eavesdrop

Teju darling

You could have said 'no'? Why didn't you?

Only because of this

What?

Because of this look of yours

When you talk with your eyes-

You could have said 'don't look at me'?

When you hug me tight with all your super strength

Am I a commando?

Poor me! I'm a young girl after all

If you were so chaste you should've said...

'I hate all this Go away, bloody dog!'

I liked it

Then why harass me?

You think I'll ditch you?

I intend marrying you

The wedding is in May

We are in December now

How will I look into my 3rd trimester?

Did I hurt you?

You are right

Everyone will laugh if the bride is pregnant

The whole world will laugh!

Except my parents

Have you told your dad?

Don't know if he can bear it

You are the pregnant one Why should he bear it?

I'm worried...how he will react

What to do now?

- What? - 1 request

When Vijay tells his uncle you pretend as if you had no clue

Why?

When he brings it up if you say,'Oh, is that so?'

He won't have any other option but to take it easy too

Why?

If the bride's parents are not shamefaced about it-

Dumbass!

Sorry, if they are not 'worried'-

Is 'compassionate' a better word?

'Foolhardy'

- Are you looking for an apt word? - For my slippers

- My slippers will fit her - You spoil her-

Uncle is here

Hello, please come in

Good to see you

You brought the Coonoor cold weather

This place is no match for it

It's freezing even more here

Must be minus 4 degrees

This is only once a year

But in Coonoor it is freezing whole year through

Only 1 hand is operative I can bring 1 by 1

Fine, then you drink this

Vijay, shall I-

No, I'll tell

I mean...I'll pour him a drink

This is a different cue

I should say it

Pour

Some more

Some more?

Pour

I can take it

You can take it But what about your liver?

Like a person who has won time

...I have won over cancer

With this computer throat I'll bless your son at his wedding

Looks like she is hungry

She's rubbing her stomach

No, not at all

Then...? Stomach ache, huh?

Actually a new kind of head ache

In her stomach?

Uncle is joking

Aiyo! Don't confuse him

Our groom wants to say something

You go ahead

Not that

I thought of opening up after I drink this

You drank it raw?

Not Rao or Reddy

They rushed me all of a sudden

We 'rushed' you?!

Okay, uncle

You know what Teju did

Me?

Fine...me too

Uncle, why beat around the bush?

My child, uncle

Oh! Really?

17th January is an auspicious day

I'm okay with it

By then if the judgement is in our favour...

...Nandu will also be with us

Judgment is next week, right?

Asylum committee has got a stay from the court

As what?

Dr Rao has said if Nandu is released he will be a danger to our society

So unfair!

For a crime he committed when he was a kid...

...life sentence, huh?

Not a punishment It's a form of treatment

As a doctor

As a citizen

I think it's my duty to keep him locked up

'In our asylum we don't treat all our patients like this'

'If Nandu had put his mind to it...'

'...he could have become a scholar, poet, a writer'

'Or even a doctor like me'

'Nandu made himself a psychopath'

'His mind is stripped of all cultural norms'

'In our language'

Pass me the 'lathi'

What are you doing here?

Go, go

Take a seat

Please sit down

Close the window

Monkeys are coming in

Can I talk?

What is this?

This one

This is Tejaswini

That's fine

Why is she here?

She is my fiancee

I thought as much

When is the wedding?

17th January

Women are spiders

What?

Men are insects

I don't understand

You don't want to understand

Who fixed the wedding date?

I did...why?

'Vijay, don't look at her'

Women have 9 eyes All over their body

She would have told you, 'I am pregnant'

How-

- Did you tell him? - No

Don't look at her

Look into my eyes Talk to me

Why won't you talk to me?

Will you let me handle this?

This is her doing

- Who? - Our aunt

I killed her on 17th January

She also claimed to be pregnant This one is spinning the same yarn

If I come out she knows I'll save you

So she interviewed the doctor and stopped my release

Doctor was influenced-

Doctor is good She is bad

Con...conspiracy

No bloody conspiracy Don't behave like a lunatic

Not like a lunatic

But lunatic

You are to be blamed for this

It's your fault

Was it my fault?

Sacrificing for you is my fault?

Like animals in the zoo the loneliness I'm going through...

...is my fault

If it had been heads instead of tails?

Think about it

My faults will be yours

I would have been on that side and you here

But I wouldn't have got hooked by this hooker

How dare you!

What?

You are talking about my bride

Remember that

Remembrance

You don't But I do

That's your disease

Memories

Better to forget certain incidents, Nandu

Remember the female who came into our lives

Forgetting she was a she-devil...

...our father fell into lust's black hole and dug his grave

It isn't good for anyone to forget

Nandu, you need not forget

But can't you forgive?

Ask that creature not to talk to me

The creature has a name You can call me by my name

Teju, why are you falling for his bait?

Will you keep quiet?

Your wife won't stay quiet She can't even if she wants to

She is used to crossing limits

"Don't trust women"

I trust her

That's enough for me

Whenever you talk like this look into your mind's reflection

'I trust her That is good enough for me'

"Born through a woman's trust your umbilical cord gets cut"

"The mango tree trusting the ground uprooted in a hurricane will fall down"

"Your organs trusting you even will one day let you down sudden"

"But if you trust a woman's fidelity will she be faithful till you die?"

'The poem is interesting'

Did you write it?

I don't have to pen it down

Words will flow when I recite

She even made me talk

She is distracting me with her sweet talk, shameless hussy!

Watch your-

Keep quiet

I blame myself for coming here

Bringing you here was even more of a blunder, let's go

No worries

This is normal sibling-talk

That was not your fault

This is your blunder

She...!

Once again I have to save you

I'm not scared of anything

Don't think you've tied my hands

'For the skilled, even a blade of grass is a weapon'

"Men who go in search of sculptures beautiful to touch"

"Why indulge in a love affair with lesser women as they are?"

"Does chastity exist? Does protection persist?"

"Pregnancy is a shield to bait a better yield"

"Pregnancy is an armor to bait a better offer"

You wait out

I will join you

Now do you understand?

Why we don't let Nandu out?

Why is he angry with me?

He thinks it's his duty to save Vijay from your clutches

He lives in a different world

We can't even call it his world

It's his own personal hell

It has been ordained from when he was young

Malathi, ask the guy with the blue sweater to go out

Man in the blue sweater

Why isn't he eating?

Make him eat

Eat...eat

Hope you won't fall down

You'll be alright I presume

Nandu

My dear prince

Sultan is here

Open your eyes, prince

Allah

Did they inject you?

Is it paining?

Did they inject you?

It's all a game, right?

Everything fell in place as per our plan

Tabha tattooed me

Tattooed me

Did he bite you on your chest?

- Yes, he did - Show me

Aiyo! Where?

It's over here

Now just like this Stab and push me down

And bite me here till I bleed

Who...me?

It will pain, prince

Don't...no need

What?

I'm telling you not to do this

Don't make me hit you

Come

You tell me sitting right there

Are you scared?

No

Then come

What...what?

Enough

He bit me

I'll take you to the doctor, come

If glass breaks it's good luck

Is it so?

Yes, even I've heard this

Bad luck only if a mirror breaks

In Kerala? Keep quiet

No, no, I've heard of this too

My dear groom-to-be why don't we play some music?

Is there any song better than laughter, uncle?

"Laugh forever"

"Smile, snort, snigger"

"Snigger"

"Shriek, smirk, snicker"

"Snicker, rib tickling laughter Split your sides, twit, titter"

"Twitter!"

"Laugh at ease"

"Gales of laughter please Till tears run down your cheeks"

"Cheeky giggle"

"Oh-h...gurgle"

"If an animal knows to laugh 'man' it is classified"

"If a man has forgotten to laugh 'animal' he is certified"

"Peals of laughter please Till tears run down your cheeks"

- Hey! Laugh - Why?

Just ha-ha-ha!

"Jape, jest, joke, jeer hoot, howl, chuckle, cheer"

"Hey! Make merry"

"Now that we are engaged formally shall we exchange jokes informally?"

"If we almost die of laughter, shall we get admitted in a hospital quickly?"

"Full throated laugh, ears pop Till eyes water nonstop"

"Hee-haw"

"Hey! Guffaw"

"Yahoo, whoopee!"

"Grin from ear to ear, yipee!"

A joke!

A mother tells her son:

'Son, I've found the right bride for you'

'You should marry only this girl so true'

Wait, dumbass I haven't finished!

'Her tinkling laughter is priceless With a face so lovely, like a princess'

Son replied it seems 'No, ma, I won't, I can't'

"The bride you picked for me has pretty eyes and nose may be"

"But the bride I chose, mummy has a 'bun in the oven' tummy"

- That means? - Moron!

'She is carrying my baby!'

"Wise crack, wheeze, be witty"

"Thigh-slapping laughter please Till tears run down your cheeks"

A wife derides her husband:

'Prakash kisses his wife day in and day out, 24x7'

'He kisses her standing, sitting, walking sleeping, even while she's talking!'

'And look at you, useless!'

'When will you follow suit?'

The husband's reply, 'Hrumph, sure, I'll comply'

'I'll wait for Prakash go out of town!'

"Roar, roll in the aisles Banter, be all smiles"

"Hey! Use a smiley!"

Uncle...come on

"Like a hurricane into the bedroom rushed a little girl and asked her mom"

"I have a question, mummy What is 'sex' tell me?"

"Mom dear got flustered and in a tizzy explained to her daughter, A to Z"

"That young kid got irritated Looked at her mom, hesitated"

'½" space of 'sex' in the application form I must write so much information, eh, mom?'

"So much stuff for just M/F?"

"Belly laugh and tease Till tears run down your cheeks"

"LOL, PMSL, ROFL, ROFLMAO Ha-ha-ha, he-he-he, ho ho, oh no!"

"Having got engaged this evening shall we share jokes enlivening?"

"If we get cramps laughing hysterically let's get admitted in a hospital quickly?"

"Laugh till you cry please when tears run down your cheeks"

"Laugh your head off, happily Smile, sniggle, snicker heartily"

"Crack up"

"Horse around"

"Bring the house down!"

Hope you know how to dial the number

You might have dialled a STD number

First comes the STD code, then the number

And the extension if any

Keep the key back in its place

We can take it with us

There should be no evidence

Okay

Where is Nandu?

Nothing to worry I'll finish him in a jiffy

Look, job well done

Give me that axe

Give it to me

Why?

You will kill me like Tabha and throw me into this bush

Who said so?

Your eyes

Your eyes say so

Hey, I'm your friend

Answer my last question

What...what?

Question

Can I kill my pet dog?

Answer

If that dog is rabid...

...I can kill for sure

Tattoo on your hand

Bite in the chest

Who will die now?

Tell me

Me...me

Wrong answer

I'll die

Sssshhhh!

Other guests are in the room

How can they have 'Peeping Toms'?!

Uncle!

Very funny!

Your boss gave it

I think its cash

Careful

You keep it with you

We don't have any emergency expenditure

You keep it safe

Uncle Ranga, that is the house I was born in

This is cash from the house I'll live in

Sentimental attack!

I know I am tanked But is my brain also kaput?

Why?

What are we doing here?

Switch on the lights

- No need - Switch on the lights

Love is blind Why do we need light?

I want to see

You are the one with the dirty mind!

I want to see your face

I want to see your eyes

What?

What, baby?

What are you doing?

What happened?

Wondering how the channels were changing

I thought the TV was screwed

TV didn't get screwed!

I got screwed by you You got screwed by me!

Another remote, huh?

Oh wow! Darling!

The remote is imprinted on your back

Including the brand name

What are you doing?

I am trying to read it Then a special massage

You have become an expert

In massaging?

Er...in that too!

Hey! What now?

Oh gosh! You have written down all this

This is also in a way our 1st wedding night

Twenty first night!

You have an account of everything

21 unforgettable nights

You forgot a few daytime sessions

What was your favorite night?

What?

I'm a small kid

Such questions make me feel shy

What was your favorite night?

6th...?

16th

Then you didn't like any of it

I did

Which?

Tonight

If I ask you tomorrow?

Same answer

If I ask you?

Same answer

(muttering)

What?

I intended saying, 'long live tonight'

But banged into your body!

(doorbell rings)

Uncle

Uncle?

The commissioner is here

Request him to avoid a post-mortem

Your department is insisting on a post-mortem

What happened?

'The day before he escaped both got into a fierce fight it seems'

'Sultan bit your brother This is the scar'

'My theory is Nandu would have been the mastermind behind the escape plan'

As soon as Nandu came out...

...Sultan would have caught him off guard-

Nandu is very strong

"Half God and half beast I am a combo offbeat"

"I am a beast outside, God inside An enigma of a poem unidentified"

"To kill my animal instincts I try To develop Godliness I strive"

"But..."

"...the Go(o)d in me is killed by the beast Only the bestiality rises its head to feast"

"Nandakumara With a special aura"

"Will you kill the beast tomorrow at least?"

"From the saliva of the beast you kill life into God again will you instill?"

"If man evolved from the monkey can he be untainted as purity?"

"O' man, from the animal species born!"

"Will you unite with the divine light?"

"Nandakumara...alias me"

"Half God and half beast I am a mixed bag complete"

"I am Hyde outside, Jekyll inside A puzzle of a poem unspecified"

"To kill my beastly instincts I try To develop goodness in me I strive"

"The g(o)od in me is preyed by the beast Only the beast rises its head to feast"

"Half God and half beast"

"I am a medley offbeat"

Like Nandu, Sultan was also not equipped to handle our society

If only Nandu had been with him he would've managed for a while

If he forgot his daily dose of medicine he would be very uneasy

But a prescription is essential to avail those drugs

Mine is more lethal!

Look up

Is this your bag?

What's the time now?

Can I ask you a question?

What happened to time?

How will I know?

I'm working in this shop

Go and ask in that watch shop

"Train on rail leaves a trail"

"Train on the track Wheels go front and back"

"The station in between told the train Stop, stop, stop, rest-train!"

"Tadak badak rhythmic feel Rails made of iron and steel"

"From here to there there to here"

(popular hindi nursery song)

Aren't you ashamed to steal an icecream from a kid?

You're look strong hefty But your top floor is empty

I have no clue what you're saying

No...?

You'll understand if you read the subtitles below!

Are you mad or what?

I was just talking to him and he punched me

'Huge amount of taxpayers' money goes down the drain is disappointing indeed'

'A patient who escaped from the asylum-'

'Son of a mongrel! How can you escape from me?'

Are you that person?

Maaa...ma!

'What, darling?'

Nothing is working right for me

The whole world is wrong

'Then you must consult a doctor'

'Did anyone toss a coin in front of you?'

'Did they belt you?'

No one tossed a coin

They thrashed me with a belt

'Fine, they beat you'

'But your violent actions have increased'

No, it's just the same

'Your fighting techniques are new'

'Where did you learn all this?'

Like all kids do I picked it up from cartoons

'We must research this thoroughly'

'How do you spell cartoon?'

'Okay, fine'

'Go to sleep now'

'Hush a bye baby'

(phone rings)

I...I am-

I'm not Sultan

Of course you are Sultan As if I can't recognise your voice

My voice sounds like that...

...because they injected the wrong drug

Who did that? Nandu...?

Sultan, listen to me

I won't

When I was there, he listened to whatever I said

Now he has become headless

Yes, true Nandu is dead

He is in the process of dying

He is being beaten by all black and blue

Sultan hit Nandu and turned into an iron pole

Became an electric pole, doctor

Where are you now?

I'm stuck in a public cage Enough of this torture

I'll come back right now

I can help you, only if you tell me your whereabouts

Where?

'We are newly married'

'We are in a world of love night and day'

'After we come out of our dizzy spell...'

'...if we do'

We will find Sultan

Or Nandu

Then whom did you do the last rites for?

Sultan and Nandu share a few common factors

Both are strong

They have both murdered their aunt in their childhood

According to the post mortem report...

...the body in the mortuary has been circumcised-

Will we ignore such a basic fact?

For health reasons we've circumcised all the patients in the asylum

Satisfied?

How can Sultan get my personal telephone number?

Inspector wants to show you something

When Nandu was a kid, he would draw this when he was angry

Sultan learnt this too from Nandu

What happened? You-

Wha...what is this?

Nandu's death certificate

No, look at this

"Is there chastity? Is there security?"

"Is there an armor to protect from a wile source of life-threat?"

Showing off your acting talent to ME?!

What is your name?

Shar-mi-lee

My name is Nandak-

Do you know?

What else do you know?

You-

It was freezing Now it's normal

Thank you, Miss Desire

To ward off the cold it felt good

Enough

'Are you attracted to her?'

'You danced with her'

'I saw you'

It was my dream sequence

I thought I imagined it

'Am I also a figment of your imagination?'

Only for a reason

She will be there

She came here to tell me this

Convince my mother

Oh! You drove by yourself?

- His invitation is also with me - Kumar, come here

- Do you know madam's husband? - I have seen him once

Tell me for sure Can you find him?

Fine, this is his invitation

He will be in the parking lot Make sure he is seated

This is...?

She will be interviewing you

She is the one who made me wait

Your perfume smells good

She is expecting

How many months?

Three

Interview, huh?

You can do so after the show

Don't make me wait again

Sir, you parked your car in no time

Your wife asked me to give this to you

"This is an African tiger"

"Preys on humans for dinner"

"This is a tiger in the Congo forest Preys on humans for its feast"

"Sniffing searching a previous birth's kinship"

"Before this song ends today the hunter has to kill his prey"

"With eyes flashing fiery the tiger hunts its quarry"

"This is an African tiger Preys on humans for dinner"

"Sniffing searching a previous birth's kinship"

"Before this song ends today the hunter has to kill his prey"

"With eyes flashing fiery the tiger hunts its quarry"

"In my last birth here I was born as a herbivores deer"

"As a carnivorous tiger fiercely why did you maul me?"

"Hunted by you, then I was a poor deer Now I'm the hunter, a predatory tiger"

"Even if you reach heaven for sure I'll get even"

"With your blood I will paint the sky a crimson red tint"

"Today or whenever will celebrate with murder"

"Only then my anger will appease altogether"

"This war I'll win In blood I'll swim"

"This tiger's skin I'll shed to be a flower instead"

"I glanced, I gazed at sin's reflection unfazed"

"I vouched, I vowed To kill my prey I avowed"

"Lord Vishnu as Narasimha is history"

"Tiger's avatar is today's story"

"Seeing my eyes blood red in wild fury"

"Wind will be the cable for electricity"

"Even if the prey begs or pleads, no way Only after killing will the hunter go away"

"I don't know my past life really But till now I didn't sleep soundly"

"Tonight I'll sleep like a baby"

(overlap of excited voices)

What timing!

I will be there You go now

Open the door

No

Tamilian? From which town?

You danced with me whole night and pretend as if you don't know me

Dumbo bimbo!

Where is the other bimbo!?

Where is she?

Who?

Oh! That female?

She will be in my room

Again the same name, Nandu!

This...?

This is my room

Open this door please

Otherwise break it open

Is this yours?

It's called ecstasy A jolly drug

Why?

I am here

Where is she?

Who...Tejaswini?

Are you her boyfriend?

Of course not, I swear

I can't wait anymore

Where is she? Not in the room

I will take you there

You take me along

Too many doors

Will you give me just 1?

"This is an African tiger"

"Grab a cake Drink a Coke"

Your interview

"I told you I'll be there shortly Why do you hassle me?"

This lock is broken

Yes, it is broken

Add it in my bill

Yes, teeny weeny little bit

Little, huh?

You uncle Scrooge!

This is my return gift to you!

What is this?

Do you like it?

'What do you do?'

'You never told me'

You didn't Neither did I

Am I cola?

'Cool it' it seems!

She might be a celebrity

I'm a cinema star

What is your profession?

I dream

I also dream

Now what is your dream?

To kill Tejaswini

We will do it together

I will be the one to kill her

If you want, I can give you the dead body for you to play with

I must see a R.M.O soon

You won't understand

As soon as I help my brother...

...I'll make a beeline to the mental asylum

I'll also come with you

I must leave all this...

...and give a lousy interview to that dumbass!

My mind tied up your knee and my bald head into a knot!

I don't know how much longer this will take?

Why should you be waiting in the lobby?

Come to the room and wait

Who are you really?

"Half God and half beast I am a combo offbeat"

"I am a beast outside, God inside An enigma of a poem unidentified"

God is inside

You're touching the beast

Demon outside God inside

I want both

You can get only one

Shall we toss a coin?

Heads God Tails devil

Hey! Animal

It was my fault

I blundered, Sharmilee

'Nandu, what is this?'

'The God in you turned into a monkey?'

'You are kissing a corpse?'

I...I don't wa...

...want to talk to you

I want to talk to my mother

'Oh! You don't want to talk to me?'

'Talk to your mother'

'How could you, Nandu?'

I thought it was her, ma

'How could you think that?'

'Fine, don't cry'

'Stop crying'

'What has happened has happened'

'But how?'

'You were singing and dancing happily yesterday'

'Now what happened?'

'You lost it suddenly?'

"To kill my animal instincts I try"

"To develop Godliness I strive"

"But..."

"The g(o)od in me is killed by the beast Only the beast rises its head to feast"

"Fire from 3rd eye of Lord Shiva, charred the 3 cities Tripura"

"Fire from the tail of Anjaneya set fire to Srilanka"

"Fire held by the mother is her womb"

"Let the fire I hold grow and grow as a tomb"

"I am God and beast 50-50"

"I am an offbeat medley"

(indistinct voices)

'You have killed the wrong woman'

'Aren't you ashamed of yourself?'

Don't you laugh, aunt

'What is your problem, Sultan?'

'Nandu keeps nagging He is such a pain'

'Did you fall?'

'Headless ass'

'Remembrance'

'That's your disease'

'Better to forget certain incidents, Nandu'

- Did you get anything? - Yes, sir

Finger prints on the phone

What number?

No, sir

Then it is a local call

'Don't go there!'

Then who died?

When the fire alarm went off...

...the person I couldn't see too clearly near the lift

It could be Nandu Not could be

Now can you think and tell us where Nandu is?

Now

He might be standing in the dark watching us talk

Leave this investigation to us

You both take a flight and get out of this city

He won't follow you for sure

If it is Nandu, he will definitely come

But it isn't Nandu

Vijay, go to Goa or Darjeeling or someplace else

Why travel within India?

Go abroad

Listen, I am a commando

I can't be scared of anyone and flee the city or country

I anyway have to go to Coonoor to sell my father's property

But I can leave only after the parade on Army Day

Are you okay?

Ask me if I am okay?

Instead of apologizing to me!

Who should be careful?

Will you be coming back this way?

Yes

It's okay if you even stamp someone's toe

But don't stamp a pregnant women

How will I know she is pregnant?

I'll ask them to announce in a bit

Do that first

- What happened? - Kicking me

Who?

My son or daughter

My little one is somersaulting inside

Someone may hear you and jinx it, don't talk loudly

Where are you going?

Where is that wretched female?

Another door here?

Don't shout

You won't die

You will survive

"Your beauty is thanks to your mother"

"Your intelligence is Tamil's power"

"Your fame is the sky's merit Patience from our land you inherit"

"Your complexion is flower's edit For your bosom, mountain takes credit"

"For your sweet voice, koel scores For our baby, me of course!"

"My sole soul mate, my love My world is in your hands now"

"My kindred soul, sweetie Your lips are c/o me!"

"Light of my life"

"My lovely wife"

"The sheet I cover is your doing"

"For your sweat I do the wooing"

"The sheet I cover you are the cause For your sweat I am the boss"

"For your dreams you're the leader For your ardor I am your liberator"

"Your income is your responsibility"

"Your expenditure is my duty"

"Your beauty is thanks to your mother Your intelligence is Tamil's power"

"Your fame is sky's merit Patience from our land you inherit"

"Your skin tone is flower's edit For your bosom, mountain takes credit"

"To warm my cold body is your duty For a baby you need your's truly"

"Love of my life My lovely wife"

"My world as a whole under your control"

"My kindred soul, honey Your lips are under my lock and key"

"Desire of my heart"

"Till death do us part"

"My equal half, my sweetheart"

Come...come

If we renovate a bit it's enough

20 bucks extra

Uncle intended to, poor soul! He left us to a better place

3 parties are interested

The Bombay party is staying in Ooty

I was waiting for you to clinch the deal

Sorry, bro

Don't mistake me

I am allergic to dust

I will wait out here

(loud sneeze)

Why do you want to sell it?

We can renovate it and keep this as our holiday home

Why?

Ask your wife to watch her step

The steps are not safe

What are you doing standing here?

This was my father's study

Few books and plenty of booze

Hey! Wait

Our room was upstairs

Looks like I've travelled back in time

Nothing has changed

There were 2 small tables for me and Nandu here

If his progress card had too many red lines...

...Nandu used to hide it right here in this almirah

'Beedi'

We were naughty to the core

There was a plank, he used to-

Is this his progress report?

Nandu's diary

'Today is 18th May'

'1971'

'Dear diary'

'That wretched sinner had the gall to enter our house'

Who?

My aunt

My dad was having an affair with her for a long time

My mom committed suicide because of her

Not even 2 months after my mother passed away...

...my father brought that female home

'It is crystal clear to me she is a devil who has come...'

'...to ruin our family'

Nandu...Vijay?

Come down

Hereafter she is your mother

My new wife

Total love and respect expected of you, okay?

Take her blessings

'I could sense her false smile...'

'...and cigarette smoke when I went close to her'

'30th May'

'Dear diary'

'Our nights lengthened'

'Dad's days shortened'

Now do you believe me?

She smokes I won the bet

- Give that wrapper - That's mine

No, it's mine

Run...hurry

'20th June'

'Dear diary'

'Dad was becoming an alcoholic'

'Spent more time drinking than with his family'

Who is it?

Who was that?

'I will shout'

- 'Don't I know about you? - What do you know?'

'You were the one who chased me'

'20th August Dear diary'

'Love leads to lust, then from friendly squabbles turns nasty'

'But looks like tonight's fight is more serious than ever before'

You hit me

I am leaving

Let go of me

I lost my cool I won't yell at you again

'I thanked God for getting rid of the devil from our lives'

Jayanthi, don't

'God quite often isn't merciful at all'

'We didn't see the last of her'

'4th October'

'Dear diary'

'My teacher 'Fatso' Mani came home to complain about me to my dad'

He uses a lot of swear words

He is a bad influence on the other students

- Both of them? - Nandu is worse

Because they are together Vijay is also influenced

What kind of swear words?

I can't-

Coming, daddy

It seems you are using a lot of swear words

Where did you pick it up?

From you I can hear you both talk

We are not deaf

Just orphans That's it

You should not talk like this, Nandu

Come to mom

If I should go to mom then I have to die!

Don't hit me, daddy

'This was the retaliation for the whiplash I gave'

'When Vijay tried to protect me...'

'...he was also whipped'

No respect for elders?

Will you be rude?

Buffaloes!

'A buffalo is ridiculed and demeaned in this society'

But we treat it as God

It's got a hard hide to prevent itself from the heat

'20th October'

'Dear diary'

'We saw a different weirdo in the Thoda tribal settlement'

'After a long, long time we actually laughed'

'His name was Thaynooshkot'

Even after severe punishment you haven't changed?

Can't you stay with the other boys?

I'll report to your father

Kids cannot be disciplined through violence

Go, rascals

Sir, do you know what they did?

'Fatso' Mani couldn't even sit for 3 days'

'In our eyes Thaynooshkot looked like a brave warrior'

'3rd November'

'Dear diary'

'Thaynoosh, Vijay and I tried to smoke a 'beedi' today'

You should blow like how a stove is lit

This stinks

'Besides the 'beedi' we caught her red handed too'

Who...who is it?

Didn't I tell you she is up to no good?

Who?

Run...run

You'll never repeat this after getting the hiding of your life

Dad, don't

We won't do this again

Vijay, don't beg a female Such a disgrace!

Let's get punished for what we did

You get bonus blows for calling your mom a 'female'

For calling you a 'female', sorry

Don't! They are just kids

Even if he is a kid mistake is a mistake

Same wrong holds good for an adult, right?

Boys, go now

Don't retort and get into trouble

How could you, dear?

You are behaving more like a kid than them

Nandu saw me smoke

He is a kid He got confused

All lies and you are believing her

What did you say?

Why are you being so unruly?

Bloody dog!

Ask her what she was up to in the backyard?

You are again being disrespectful

Maaaa...!

What's wrong with you?

You don't know your strength

What if he dies?

Let him die So what?

'Dear diary'

'She is a demoness'

'She is not human, she-devil''

'How do I tell dad about her lover?'

'Does it look real?'

Nandu, this has magic

It has a meaning too

This is Vijay This is me

One snake is Sudar, ray of light The other is Suravali, hurricane

One body 2 lives

What will happen if these 2 fight?

Only 1 will win

We should not fight

If they fight both will die Do you understand?

If you had chosen 3 heads as the design I would have had it tattooed too

3 lives 1 body

- Isn't that novel? - Don't be silly, madcap

You are my friend He is my brother

I will get a 3 headed snake tattooed Then I will be your brother too

'18th November'

'Dear diary'

'We were happy when we were with Thaynoosh'

'Or when our uncle visited us'

They are fond of you in their own way

Adjust and move on

You can adjust with your sister's murderer

But we can't, uncle

Shut up, Nandu He talks too much, uncle

All this lovey-dovey act is for your benefit

After you go, she will be her she-devil self

Take us with you, uncle

Can we file a case in the court claiming this house as ours?

'19th November'

'Dear diary'

'Uncle closed the only door which was our escape hatchet'

I have throat cancer

I am undergoing chemotherapy

Any hope of survival is 50-50

I will become a burden to you

Next time I visit you...

...I will talk to your dad and get you admitted in the Army boarding school

You are beating a pregnant woman

What if anything happens to me?

Your baby will die

Waiting for our dinner

We are starving

- Same state here! - Let me go

Go to your room

Mummy will call you when it's ready

Your kids have grown up now

You can't be a Romeo in front of them

He is reading adult books

Hey! What are you doing?

Hiding my diary

If dad reads it chapter close!

I told you not to Did you listen to me?

I have to get my sadness out

Share it with me

'Considering the circumstances the diary habit was stopped temporarily'

'25th November'

'The hibernating diary was brought to life again'

'We caught the she-devil red handed once more'

'We came back from school earlier than usual that day'

'Because our Math teacher passed away'

'Dear mother'

'She lied about her pregnancy'

'Now blaming me for her abortion is also a lie'

'Truth is only my pain'

(tribal song)

Sit...sit down

Greetings, sir The boys are eating

You can also join us

Hey! Come Bloody rascals!

Motherless children Don't scold them

Don't advise me

Claiming you kidnapped my sons I'll put you behind bars

Did you peep through the window?

Daddy, actually what happen-

Vijay, you keep quiet Let me explain

So you are the leader!

No, I peeped

Only I peeped

Maaaa!

'27th November'

'Dear diary'

'Uncle had come to admit us in a boarding school'

'Uncle and dad argued vehemently'

Don't think I don't love them

I expected only 1 baby

But like a pig 2 were born

I need 1 son with me

You can take 1 boy to raise him the way you wish

I won't refuse

But I want 1 son to bring up the way I wish

I have the right

Okay, you are fully entitled

I'm not denying-

Okay, let them decide

'Dear diary, a mere coin tossed in midair decided my destiny'

'Vijay was the lucky one'

'It seems even during the delivery...'

'...I sent Vijay out first and I entered the world later it seems'

'In twins the 2nd born is only the first embryo conceived'

'Brother is born to rule'

'To share my throne I got a brother'

'Even now it was history repeating itself'

'Coin fell as 'heads' in favor of my brother'

'30th November Dear diary'

'Often I've read the news of people killing themselves consuming pesticide'

'I didn't die I only puked'

Are his activities in school okay?

No, doctor Even in school he is-

Don't try your silly suicide drama with me

If you want to die let me know

I will teach you Understood?

All this drama is just to bunk school again

He runs a temperature bingo in the evenings

Next morning after school starts he is fit as a fiddle

How is it possible, dear?

Ask him to take a cold shower

He will be fine

Is this a new way to bunk school?

Go bathe in cold water Your fever will vanish

Get up

'5th December Dear diary'

'In my hell hole of a life my only warm comfort is...'

'...memories of my mom'

Ma...?

Mom...?

'Dear diary'

'My fever shot up that night I dreamt of my mom'

'At first I thought it was a dream'

'My mother came and she spoke to me'

Don't worry about anything

I am here for you

Tell me whatever troubles you

'Once the dream ends you will disappear'

'What will I do during day time? I asked her'

'Do you think this is not real?'

'Even if it is a dream...'

'...you can dream during the day too'

'If I don't come, write your thoughts in your diary'

'We can talk through your diary, okay?' she said

'7th December'

'Dear mother'

'Dad had a heart attack today'

'All because of her'

Ma, can you comb my hair like you used to when I was a kid?

What are you doing? Come down fast

Let her yell You comb my hair, ma

I've been yelling for the past 1/2 hour

Didn't you hear me?

Hey! Baldy

- Egg head - Baldie

I told him right then

My dad forced me to bathe in cold water

She is the culprit

I'll take leave

Really sorry

Will you accept my apology?

'12th January Dear diary'

'Thank you'

'To my mother and to malaria'

'In a loveless forest where ghosts wander...'

'...my mom and I were the only human beings'

'Humane beings'

"To a stone few flowers you offer This in a temple as God you refer"

"That stone you circumambulate mumbling some chant or meditate"

"Will that stone talk at all while the Lord is within your soul?"

"Can the ladle and the pot know the taste of the curry in it?"

"Not me or you either Not God I declare"

"The light isn't in the sky It is within us as our ally"

"When you and I join will our pulse be an illusion?"

(poem from Sivavakiyar's collections)

'17th January Dear mother'

'Dad got his 2nd heart attack today'

Dad...daddy

Jayanthi, call the doctor

Dad...daddy

No

Nandu, I'll be back Take care of dad

Dad...daddy

Ma...?

'Don't worry, Nandu'

'I'll be with him'

'You go see what she is up to'

Should I get him to sign?

That man will listen to whatever I say

You are the lawyer You should tell me

'Instead of a will if he writes a letter, will it cause a proble-'

You called the lawyer instead of the doctor, murderess!

I will kill you first

Get lost!

Get out of the house

I will finish you off

You are my enemy

I will kill you first

Get lost!

Don't hit me

Ma, she is hitting me

- Don't hit me - 'Come to me'

Ma, she is hitting me

Don't hit me

Pa, she is hitting me

My son

Let him die

Don't hit me

Ma, appa is also with you?

How will I stay with that she-devil all alone?

I will also come to you

'Not now'

'Come when I call you'

'If you also come who will protect Vijay?'

'Now you have work to do'

No, I wasn't able to

That brat messed up everything

And by then he died

You said it will fall in place

Now what to do? Tell me

I wasted 1 year of my life sleeping with that fellow

I will not die

Won't die

'19th January'

'Ma, the house is clean today'

'A slight odor of death'

'That's all'

'I don't intend opening the door to anyone'

'This is my house My world'

'No one can enter in here without my permission'

(mobile rings)

Who?

I was telling you, right?

I was right

Who was that?

Police commissioner

Now he agrees Nandu is alive!

Signal is weak here

In Parade ground...?

He has looked for you in 2 places

Why do you think he won't come to the 3rd place?

No, dear

We are standing and talking here

He may be outside watching us now

Come

Come this way

I'll talk to the Bombay party

Can you come tomorrow?

Not necessary We are leaving for Delhi

Why?

Nandu...hurricane

Why...sshhhh?

What happened?

I thought I heard a voice

I was talking to the driver

Why?

That she-devil has taken it

What has she taken?

My diary

You should have heard that story

A demon will be stuck inside a bee

If you kill the bee the demon will die

She took my diary

My whole life is in it

Bloody she-devil!

Vijay, you've also read this diary

It isn't rubbish

A child's cry for help

If motherly love is overflowing in you...

...preserve it for this baby

Nandu is a murderer

So are you

You even get awarded for it

How fair is that?

How fair-

To Nandu killing is a game

To me it's duty

When I kill, something within me also dies

But Nandu-

Continue

If he is threatening to kill only me...

...I'll even try to forgive him

But if anything happens to you and our baby, even if he is my brother-

Even if...?

I may have to kill him

Someone is here to see you

He says he knows you from your childhood days

He looks a little loony

- His name? - I don't know

He is a local chap

We wouldn't have allowed him inside

He mentioned your name

Okay, I'll come

I'll go meet him

Lock and take the key

I want to shower

What, sir?

This man, sir

Sir, do you recognize me?

Where are you going?

I'm not going anywhere

I'm happy

Can I hug...can I hug you?

It isn't wrong Let me hug you

Hold this

My 'veshti' is slipping

What?

You are the bright flame

He is the hurricane

How are you?

I have grown old...old

Still mad as ever

But good madness

Good...Thaynooshkot

Sorry

If I say it out loud no one is ready to listen

What did you say?

I am scared

You don't get scared

What are you saying?

There's no electricity Can you look for a candle?

You got your key?

What key?

Your room key

I'm from House keeping

I opened the room for you just now

What happened?

Why did you-?

'Name announced earlier was wrong and-'

Gawd! Blood How did you get hurt?

'Nandu alias Nandakumar is the escaped patient'

'...said the Police commissioner'

'The person in this picture is mentally retarded'

'Police has warned the public to stay away from him'

'Nandu might have murdered many after escaping from the asylum'

Good morning

I don't want the police to hassle us, I'll tell you the truth

It is true Nandu came here

But he isn't here now

Look at Thaynoosh

He is mentally ill but has been with us all his life

Haven't we taken care of him? He is like that too, right?

I have prayed to God and tattooed him

Hurricane will once more become a bright flame

He is your brother

Don't chase him away

'We look after cows and goats'

'Can't we look after a mentally retarded boy?'

"He was born to rule"

"His mind like a whirlpool"

"He came to rule"

"With his own psychotic schedule"

"He came to make wrong right"

"He came to rule with all his might"

"He is nobody's fool"

"This man, born to rule"

"With his childhood trauma"

"He came to enact his drama"

"He came to rule continents five"

"Like a 1000 suns lighting up the sky"

"To live life to the fullest he came"

"To retrieve his throne was his aim"

"He arrived with hate, so the army he could decimate"

"To stretch till the border of the blue sky yonder"

"He breathed fire and fury"

"He came to fight his brother's enemy"

"He came as cloud of mercy"

"Like a 1000 suns lighting up the sky"

"He came to rule"

"With his own psychotic schedule"

"He was born to rule"

"He came to make wrong right"

"He came to rule with all his might"

There was a man in the car

We didn't find a body

Menon is here

I'll go meet him

Don't get tense

I will be back soon

Security guards are outside

Anyway latch the door from inside

See you soon

Sir, couldn't we tackle 1 fellow?

With so many cops And commandos

We are just 2 commandos

But Nandu is a full battalion!

Sir, I think your fear is a little over the top

The word 'fear' does not exist in Nandu's dictionary

I'm a little scared That too for Teju's well being

Where is the staff entrance?

- There is an entrance here, sir - Too many entrances

That's what bothers me

Captain, until we reach the airport

I'll take it from you later

Yes, sir Four

Is this the staff entrance?

Who is allo-

Hey! Who are you?

Who are you?

Who is he?

That bald chap took this lift

In the 10th floor there is a service elevator

Elevator used for bringing food Go to that elevator

'Don't walk...run'

I'm going to the service elevator, sir

I have a pistol with me

The person inside the lift is very dangerous

The lift is here

There is no one inside

Go inside the lift and check

He is using the lift rope

From the 11th floor, he will try coming to the 10th floor

Don't allow him

Rajesh, stay down

He went up He is up, sir

'Iron helmet and shield cannot save you'

'What will you do if I shoot you in your face?'

'Don't think my hands trembled and I missed my aim'

'I didn't shake My blood ties did!'

'Save yourself'

'Don't chase me'

My life...!

Ma, she is hitting me

Again

'Don't hit me'

'Don't hit me'

'Don't, please'

'I will finish you off You are my enemy'

'I will kill you first'

'Ma, she is hitting me'

'Nandu, enough'

'Come to your mother'

'Get lost!'

'GO...!'

'Come to me'

Maa...!

Where are you going?

Listen to-

Are you scared to die?

Who isn't?

Not me

I am not scared

I have come to conquer death

You are a mere human being Left over of this flesh

Okay, fine You are born to rule

Come up

'Nandu, you've suffered enough'

'Come to your mother'

From above my xerox copy is calling me

Below is the printing press that produced me

Where will you go, Nandakumar?

From the womb which will become my tomb

'Nandu, I'm here'

'Come to me'

'Come, baby'

I have some work left to do

Otherwise Vijay will fall into her trap

'She isn't there'

'She is torturing me even here'

- Who is that? - 'She is different'

'Look! She is here'

Why didn't you tell me this before?

'You never asked me'

Listen to me

Don't be scared

You'll be safe and sound

I'll kill her

You apologize to that girl on my behalf

Nandu, put that down

If you want to be alive...

...listen to me

Who are you to decide my fate?

Only I will decide

The coin decides

The head

"O' man, from the animal species born!"

"May you unite with the divine light"

I can see twins

Don't worry

This pair of babies won't share my fate

Because they have wonderful parents

You

Me

Half God and half beast

I am a combo offbeat

"I climb on to the wind's back Dance in the rain's track"

"I am the bird quite contrary singing aloud this poetry"

Subtitled by rekhs

"Half God and half beast I am a mixed bag of treat"

"I climb on to the wind's back Dance in the rain's track"

"Every single rain drop that's falling So cold in the veins of life spiralling"

"When all the drops are freezing cold why are only two too hot to hold?"

"Nandakumara, you foolish fellow Raindrops are not hot, don't you know?"

"The raindrops running down your cheeks will you realize are teardrops please?"

"Both you've experienced together Raindrops that burn and freeze forever"

"You ensured raindrops bathe too in rivulets of tears, Nandu"