All language subtitles for Laabam-2021-Tamil-TRUE-WEB-DL

Red salute to our guru and the people's
beloved director, Mr. S.P. Jhananathan!

We cannot simply assume that
the British were interested

in capturing the Indian subcontinent
for purely business reasons

because it was self-sufficient
in the production of food crops

such as pepper and coffee.

The Madras Presidency at that time

had many arable lands and
copious quantities of water levels.

Most importantly, cheap labor
was available in abundance.

These were the factors that attracted
the foreigners to a large extent.

They realized that our soil was
not just appropriate for food crops,

but also for cash crops
such as cotton and sugarcane.

Only because we never
understood all of this,

we have been slaves
for the past 300 years.

Apart from the fact that they
waged war and captured our entire nation,

they also increased the cultivation
of cash crops over food crops

and started exporting them as well.

Due to regular scarcity
of food and incessant drought,

people started migrating
in search of livelihood.

Due to the greed for huge profits,
only cash crops were given priority,

thereby leading to
a major scarcity of food.

In spite of cultivating so much in our
soil, they brought about famine!

And this was the greatest sin
that was unheard of the world over!

The bodies of both
children and the elderly

started falling apart
due to the scarcity of food.

Since all the bodies were
scattered across the streets,

even the living bodies along with
the dead became food for eagles.

As per the recorded history,
the famine witnessed by

the Madras Presidency during that period
claimed close to almost one crore lives.

This film is dedicated to
all those who died due to the famine,

and those who continue to suffer
and die due to scarcity of food.

PERUVAYAL
4 KM

-If possible, we shall meet again.
-We certainly will.

Your dream is my goal!
Your growth is my profit! - Vanagamudi

The Supreme Court verdict.

The verdict on reservation…

What did you say? Pakkiri is back?

For the last five to six years,

I've been getting calls from people
claiming that they have seen Pakkiri!

First make sure that it is Pakkiri.

I have seen him closely.
It is definitely Pakkiri, sir.

We will finish him off, sir.

Hey, Mr. Coconut Fiber!

Is Pakkiri really alive?
You told me he was dead!

Today is the agrarian association
election. You better get here right away.

All I have got is high quality cotton.

No one will buy it in India.
I have to export it.

The consignment is going to Australia.
I have to send it tonight.

How are the preparations
for the elections going?

They are in full swing.
You are the treasurer.

Well, then, we are going to win!

You take care of all the election work.

I'll join in later.

Hey, start with the packing!
We have to send everything to the harbor.

Why do you keep chanting that Pakkiri
is back? It's as if some leader is back!

Let's first finish the elections,
claim our posts and then handle this.

Sir, this seed cane is the best.

This is so annoying.

Hello?

Hey! That Pakkiri is a drunkard!

Don't allow him inside the village.
Finish him off!

Okay, brother.

Pakkiri…

Pakkiri, do you recognize me?

How will I not recognize you?
You are Iyarettu, right?

-Let me go and inform everyone!
-Hey!

What is this, Pakkiri?

I thought at least you, who had
left this village, would be living well.

But you have returned
like a complete vagabond.

Forget about me.
Where are you people headed?

Agriculture is dead.

We are going in search
of a livelihood elsewhere, Pakkiri.

Agriculture will never die.

I have come back to do agriculture.

Hey! Pakkiri is back!

-What?
-Who? Is it our Pakkiri?

Sister! Pakkiri is back!

-Why did you hit me, man?!
-I'm sorry, bro!

-Hey, stop!
-In the agrarian elections that's--

-Pakkiri is back!
-What…

All of you, gather at
Lord Ayyanar's temple!

Get going!

What an idiot!
Vote for Mr. Vanagamudi!

-We'll kill you!
-We'll kill you if we see you again!

They seem new.
I don't recognize them at all.

We were waiting for you
at the railway station.

Okay, sister. Calm down. He will
talk to all of you. Please wait.

Come on, Pakkiri.

All of you, listen carefully!

Six to seven years ago, our Pakkiri,
who our villagers had bid adieu to,

has come back, just for us.

Although Pakkiri wasn't in the village,

he had been in touch with us.

Greetings to everyone!

After leaving our village
and traveling around the world,

I have understood just one thing.

"Wherever they go, the world
eventually must follow the plougher."

The knowledge I have
acquired about agriculture

is what I want to implement in our
village, and that's why I'm back.

I firmly believe that
all of you will support me.

We will!

-We shall attain victory!
-Victory!

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

Times are changing

Take the first step
Sing a song and whistle to the tune

In unity, he gave us a bright future

There will be no more failures

There lies beauty
In treating everyone equally

There will be an upheaval in the world

History will change when everyone unites

The chains of slavery will be destroyed!

Nothing on Earth is impossible

Through courage comes change
Let's march on!

Times are changing

There will be no more failures

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

What is fair? What is justice?
You are the one who knows it all

With a great leader in our path
We begin to hold our heads high

Without identity
We were drowning in a quagmire

We have now gained knowledge and clarity

Mother Earth's fragrance
Is bestowed upon you

It will keep spreading for eternity

Leader, your words
Have been lapped up by everyone

There are no remnants left

You gave us wings
You touched our hearts

This entire clan is with you!

Times are changing

There will be no more failures

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

Times are changing

Freedom is not found
Under one man's leadership alone

Any war can be won together

With will power
One can win the world

Let's embrace the path we choose

There exists no sorrow
In a world where there is equality

We aren't sacrificial goats anymore!

AGRARIAN ASSOCIATION

" Times are changing!"

There will be no more failures

Why have you gathered
such a huge crowd?

I didn't gather this crowd.
Brother, do you know them?

I don't know them.

Sign here, sir.

Here.

Announce the election results soon.
We have a lot of work to do.

There is still time. Besides, what if
someone comes and files a petition?

-Careful, Pakkiri. Let's go inside.
-Excuse me, sir.

Move aside.

-What's your problem? Get out of the way!
-Move!

-We're going in.
-Let's go in.

Give us the nomination form
for the post of the leader.

Brother!

Are you really going to contest
against our leader? Who are you?

It's me! Pakkiri, alias Pakkiriswamy.

We've come to contest for all the other
posts like treasurer, secretary, etc.

Give them proof of our identities.

Our ration cards, aadhaar cards,
and our association membership cards.

All our deposit money.

Pakkiri's lifetime membership card.

Here.

If you contest against our
leader, you will not be spared!

Give me a withdrawal form.

Sir, why have you taken this decision?

Don't withdraw, Uncle.

Think twice before
making a decision, sir.

Sir, what are you doing?

I've paved the way for the younger
generation by withdrawing my candidacy.

You all may contest if you want.

How can we contest without you?

Give us those forms as well.

Here.

Give it here.

I hereby declare that in the
agrarian association elections,

since all of Mr. Vanagamudi's candidates
withdrew their nominations,

Mr. Pakkiriswamy's team wins all posts.

I thought you wouldn't come back,

-but here you are.
-Sir!

-Leader, bless us!
-Oh, I'm not the leader!

Enough of masquerading! Get down!

You will always be our leader.

You have made this
old woman very happy, Pakkiri.

Now that you have
become the leader…

you will have to deal with a lot.

I will, former leader.

I told you to finish him off
before he could get here.

They allowed him enter the association!

Let's go!

He made a very hasty decision.

Sir!

Every year when we step into
the fields to harvest our sugarcane,

the creditors come and ask us
to pay up the interest and capital,

thereby strangulating development!

Even this year, in spite of
receiving the cutting order,

we haven't been able
to start the process, sir.

Hey, only if we cut
the sugarcane can we sell it,

and pay you back the capital and interest.

There is nothing left to discuss.

Make arrangements to
start the cutting process.

We will pay back the interest and
capital after we sell the sugarcane.

It is the responsibility
of the association.

All of you, go and start
the cutting process! Go on!

Go and start the cutting process!

Thank you so much, sir.

This is a genuine agrarian association.

Have you loaded all the luggage?

Quickly, light it.

Are these damn rituals
for you to reach America?

You should be on your way.

That's fine, Dad.

I heard you gave up
your post of leadership.

It was important for the international
agreement we're about to sign.

The leadership post is still
in our hands. You leave now.

Hey, I know that he withdrew!
Just give the phone to the sub-inspector.

File it under the section I'm telling you.

The Supreme Court should pass
judgment based on the section we file.

Do you understand?

I'll talk to the minister and
take care of it. You hang up.

-Hello?
-He's coming upstairs.

He seems angry.

I'll handle it, sir.

Sir, all the factory owners have
arrived. I'll bring them upstairs.

Mr. Vanagamudi, your
blood sugar level has increased.

Please take 21 units of insulin.

You can consume two idlis, one vada,
one cup of pongal and one cup of sambar.

Greetings, sir.

If you had contested the election,
you would have definitely won.

We would have been
the management committee.

And as always, we could have had the
executive committee meeting here.

He's someone who has always
been winning. What if he had lost?

Losing by a single vote
is also a loss, right?

Well, didn't Kakkan lose?
Didn't Kamaraj lose?

Who among us is Kakkan,
and who is Kamaraj?

Hey!

No one should ever contest
against me in any election.

In case someone does contest,
even his votes should be mine.

If all the votes have to be
ours, there is just one way.

We should use Electronic Voting Machines
even in the association elections.

Oh, no! Sir, he has started
cutting the sugarcane!

Hello?

This is the association leader
Pakkiri speaking.

Pakkiri!

Put it on speaker.

Pakkiri, tell me.

Some of our sugarcane farmers
want to have a tour of the factory.

-Ask them to come.
-Sure, Pakkiri.

Come to the factory
tomorrow in the morning.

We'll give you a complete makeover by
giving you a Hollywood star-like haircut!

-What do you think I should do?
-We should always be ourselves.

Well, then, go ahead.

-Give him a different hair cut.
-Okay.

One minute, sir.

-Pakkiri.
-Put it down.

If you sign this, we can solve
the sugarcane cutting issue.

Here.

We are the third generation
of sugarcane farmers in our families.

But we haven't seen
the sugarcane factory even once.

What is that huge wheel
that is rotating over there?

Wow! Look how it's pouring down!

We should call all our farmers here

-and show them around.
-Sure, we will.

-Do you see that smoke?
-Yes.

They generate electricity
in that tank out of sugarcane bagasse.

Oh!

The whole factory
runs on that electricity.

-Electricity from sugarcane?
-Yes, brother.

Do you realize what you're saying?

Yes, I do. Sugarcane juice
is being boiled inside this.

That generates pyroelectricity, which
is distributed across the entire factory.

They to get a lot of by-products

by converting the sugarcane
that we cultivate to sugar.

-Can you see the sugarcane dregs?
-Yes.

Those dregs go straight to the paper mill.

And all of it is used to make paper.

-Pakkiri.
-Yes?

-My cousin is a watchman at that mill.
-Okay.

Not once did he tell me about this!

He could he have told you
only if he knew!

-Brother.
-Yes?

They seem to have been making sure
we didn't have any knowledge of this.

Good observation!

That's a very good observation.
They should be ashamed of themselves.

The sugar we get at our sugarcane farms
are the color of lentils.

Pakkiri, how does that kind
of sugar turn so white?

They use sulphur dioxide
to make the sugar white.

This is sugar. Eat it.

Has the bagasse come to the boiler? Over.

Sugarcane juice is boiled over there.
And here, it crystallizes into sugar.

-Greetings, sir.
-Pakkiri…

looks like you will impart all the
knowledge to them in just one day!

Nothing like that, sir.

It's just that they are not aware of how
hard you work to process the sugarcane,

and manufacture sugar out of it.

And you aren't aware
how unaware they have been all this while.

You should get to know each other, right?
Only then will things fall into place.

You seem to know everything.
Go ahead and continue the tour.

The whole sugarcane factory is stinking.

What is this? It looks like a drainage!

This is not a drainage.
This is called molasses.

This is where spirit is procured.

And it is from that spirit that
all kinds of liquor such as

whiskey, brandy, beer,
etc. are manufactured.

Brother, you drink, right?
Now you know where it comes from.

That means we are the actual bigwigs
running the liquor business!

Absolutely!

We are about to leave.
Do you have any more doubts?

The government belongs
to these private companies.

But factories should belong
to the government,

and the government should belong to
the people. Isn't that true democracy?

-So, you've understood, right?
-Yes, we have!

Hey, watch out!

The minute we asked
for a tour, they agreed.

Sorry, Pakkiri!

Sir, please do put up
Mr. B. Srinivasa Rao's photograph.

Is it working now?

It's clear now. Fix it.

K. PAKKIRISWAMY

Put the old table away.
Make way for the new one.

Until now, from the highest post
to the post of the office bearer,

only people belonging to
a particular caste have been selected.

In the name of agrarian association,
they've been running a caste association!

The accounts show that Vanagamudi
and the association executive

have traveled abroad very often, sir.

When Nammalvar and Nellu Jayaraman
had come to our association,

they refused to meet them.

By abandoning our traditional
agrarian practices,

they are attempting
to do something else.

The state government has allocated
money for dredging every year.

Although they have taken
the money multiple times,

dredging has never been done.

Study the functioning
of the association thoroughly.

Find those who have contracts, lease
agreements, have made auction bids,

and have not paid up. I want you to
issue warnings to each one of them.

Now the association's money
is kept in a fixed deposit.

The fixed deposit has been mortgaged.

The mortgaged amount
is with a charitable trust.

And that trust is under the control
of Vanagamudi. How is that possible?

In many associations, this is
how charitable trusts function.

Think of this as Vanagamudi,
and this as the association money.

Now repeat what you said.

The association's money
is kept in a fixed deposit.

The fixed deposit has been mortgaged.

The mortgaged amount
is with a charitable trust.

And that trust is under
the control of Vanagamudi.

Now I understand, sir!

Although we have won, the association
is still under the control of Vanagamudi.

We should somehow
retrieve the association.

Yes, we will.
That's why we are here, right?

We're going to be villains for him now.

Hey, laugh like a villain!

The village Peruvayal has seen a drastic
change in the last five to six years.

This is the land I was talking about.

Almost 450 acres between
south and north remain barren.

The people of south belong to one caste,
and the people of north belong to another.

Even if some cattle or goats enter
the turf by mistake, violence breaks out,

and at least four to five
lives are lost.

This area has been marked as dangerous
even in the police station records.

If we resolve the caste issues
between these two groups,

we will get a solid
450 acres for cultivation.

Let's forget the caste and
approach them based on their class.

Okay.

Sir, even those 260 acres
remain uncultivated.

-He owns about three acres of land there.
-Yes.

That land used to be a lake. And during
heavy rains, the lake would get filled up.

It dried up as it wasn't utilized properly
and the dredging was never taken care of.

Now take a look at this.

These 30 acres belong to an old lady.

Her husband passed away.

She knew that
her life would be in danger

if the property was in her name.

So, she registered it in the name
of the Tripuathi Temple trust.

There's about 650 acres of land here.

A father divided the property
amongst four of his children.

They lost their land because of the loan
they had procured for one boy's education.

The issue was taken to court.
The court only kept adjourning the case.

The elder brother took to drink, and he's
been roaming the streets like a madman.

If we solve that problem,

we'll definitely get those 650 acres
for the collective farm project.

This land is under
the control of Veerabagu,

Thandavam, Rangamanaru
and Bethaperumaal.

Okay, Benny.

-Send a legal notice to all four of them.
-Sure.

Let's mobilize people for protests.

Let's work with confidence.
Good things will happen.

Hi, honey.

Hey!

Take a bath and come.

-Please sit.
-Greetings, sir!

What is it?

Pakkiri said that he is
going to start plowing

the 500 acres of land near
Lord Ayyanar temple tomorrow onwards.

That land belongs to the four of us.

Can he plow anyone's land just because
he is the agrarian association head?

Whose name are
the documents registered in?

In our names, sir.
120 acres belong to me.

And 80 acres belong to me.
My grandparents had invested in it.

I've planned to set up
a sugar research center for my son.

See, I've also got
the documents and the approval.

This is new.
I bought it from a Reddiar.

I was planning to set up
a knitting factory,

I've even arranged for a loan from
the government with these documents.

Give me all your land documents.

-Give it to me, brother.
-Here.

Hey…

did we not have one leader for
caste issues, one for language issues,

one for race issues
and one for religious issues?

They all became corporate heads long back.

So what if they have gone?

Find a leader who can address the crowd
with emotional and revolutionary speeches.

Find out what is Pakkiri's price.

Sir, all their documents are perfect.
The police are also on our side.

I can ask the collector
and get a shooting order.

After the Thoothukudi incident, they
all seem to flee at the sight of guns!

Try to fix a price
for Pakkiri's aides as well.

This land comes under a survey number in
the sub-registrar's office of Peruvayal.

Even this comes under the old
Madras Presidency gazette.

All this comes under
the Peruvayal Revenue Department.

Today's protest is to retrieve this.

Attention, all of you!

You have assembled here
based on wrong information.

This land belongs to five people, who have
got all the necessary legal documents.

If you still go ahead and plow the land,
severe action will be taken!

All you village folks…

Hi.

Is everyone here?

Yes, we are here!

-How many plows in total?
-Fifty plows.

Hey! Who are you?

Show some respect!

I'm the leader of this protest.

My name is Pakkiri.

You call yourself a leader!

You've brought these innocent people to
partake in a protest. Isn't that a crime?

What is a crime?

Just because you have power,
you have come here

to shoot the farmers
who provide you with food!

Don't you think that's a crime?

This land belongs to other people.
Take a look.

These are documents from the 80s.

Well, did anyone complain and tell you
that these documents belong to them?

-Here, Pakkiri.
-Show it to the police. They are unaware.

Take a look, sir.

The British, without an intermediary,
wanted to exploit manual labor.

So, in 1892,

under the Slavery Abolition Act,
in the parliament of London,

a new law was introduced, which
stated that all unused waste lands

should be given to the working
class of the Dalit community.

And right now, we are standing
on that Panchami land.

In 1951, Vinoba Bhave,
on behalf of the Bhoodan Movement,

divided 50 acres of land
amongst 25 poor people.

In 1961, according to
the Land Ceiling Act,

the government acquired
100 acres from all the people

who owned surplus land in Peruvayal.

After that, they acquired 50 acres
according to the Land Ceiling Act of 1971.

It was 500 acres in total.

This is all the documented proof that my
team has collected in the last five years.

Till the year 1972, you will only find
details about the people in India

who sold their land,

and not the details
about those who bought them.

They have been making sure
that we remain unknowledgeable.

They've cheated us
and acquired this land!

You cannot do anything
without informing the police.

-There is no need to inform you, sir.
-Hey!

We have informed the police already.

Sir, you belong to the
Law and Order division.

We showed all the documents to the SP
of the Anti Land Grabbing division.

He checked and understood everything.
Only after that we came here.

Now you tell us, based on whose
complaint have you come here?

Pakkiri, it's the SP.

-Sir, shall I put the phone on speaker?
-Please do.

One minute, sir.

Give me that.

Mr. Soundarapandian, all the documents
presented by Pakkiri are original.

They have bought all the land
in accordance with the law.

If the press gets wind of this,
it will become a national issue.

I will talk to the home secretary.

All of you may disperse from there.

My dear farmers!

All of you had been thinking
that you had no land.

Each one of you owns a land,

and you have all the legal
documents to prove the same!

He has done his research
and is providing us with new facts!

-Long live…
-The agrarian association!

My dear friends in the police force…

the land retrieving protest
is about to begin now.

If you want to shoot, then shoot me.

Please don't shoot the innocent farmers
who have placed their trust in us.

Hardworking hands
Are the most powerful weapons

It has the ability to create a world
That will be full of monumental wonders!

When the time is right

Even the hand that holds the plow can rule

Hardworking hands…

Come on. Open the gate.

Are the most powerful weapons

It has the ability to create a world
That will be full of monumental wonders!

Come to the hall.
We have a meeting.

This locker seems too huge
for the pittance we have.

How can you dismiss it like that, Maari?

By acquiring areas as small as
three, five and ten acres,

we have procured documents
for about 250 acres of land in total.

Well, almost half of the people whose
documents we've got aren't alive.

And we don't know
where the rest of the people are.

Sir, our association has
around 25 sovereigns of gold.

Apart from all this, there are
several civil and criminal cases

filed against our association in the local
courts as well as the Supreme Court.

All this is the wealth of our association.

It is our duty to
retrieve it for the association.

-You all may leave.
-Okay.

-Let's face all the cases one by one.
-Hey, Tesla!

You're the techie.

Instead of setting a password,
you are playing with that toy!

-You think this is a toy?!
-Isn't it?

This is the digital minute book
of our association.

Pakkiri, you go and set the password.

-One of you can do that. Go on.
-Pakkiri, you go and set it.

-Hey!
-Any one of you can do it!

-Why such formalities?
-Go and set it.

-The leader's post is no joke! Go on!
-Go on!

I'm resigning from my post
right now! One of you go set it!

-You guys taught me how to set a password!
-Go already!

Don't forget the password, okay?

Did I say something wrong?

-Okay, let's shut the door.
-Come on.

Brother, please attend the gathering.

Brother, make sure to the gathering.

Greetings! Did you receive the pamphlet?

They are all agricultural laborers.
They came here as they had no work.

So, I gave them
the job of breaking rocks.

Next let's go to the sand quarry.

-Okay.
-If you're done, let's go!

To clarify your doubts, please come ahead!

This productive plan is going to
transform the village Peruvayal!

Pakkiri invites everyone!
Come one, come all!

Please come, brother.

Do attend the gathering.

Dear farmers, come and benefit
from the concept of collective farming!

Brother, come to the gathering.

Sister, please come.

Sister, please come.

Come to the gathering without fail.

Please come to the
gathering without fail.

Yeah, come on.

Ready? Okay. Same posture.

Beautiful.

More expressions.

-Hello?
-Uncle, Pakkiri is causing trouble again.

He has been distributing pamphlets to
people about a new plan.

Yes. I heard that.

Rangamanaru, Bethaperumal,
Veerabhagu and I want to meet you.

Why are you whining about everything?

How did all of you become businessmen?

Okay, come over. Let's talk.

In spite of the fact that we invest
lakhs of rupees and do business,

we are still agriculturalists.

Not just agriculturalists.

We've believed in the products
manufactured by the farmers

and invested crores of rupees.
We are the agricultural bosses!

And agriculture is what
has brought us together!

If there is no work in
the agricultural sector,

the farmers will move to town
and work as servers or cleaners.

He who owns a land
will sell it and deposit the money

in the bank of a neighboring town
and settle down peacefully.

Our business completely depends on
these two entities. What should we do?

I have taken orders
world over for basmati rice.

I'll have to stand
responsible for all that.

I'm also a farmer.

Will I allow this kind of destruction?

Unlike what you think,
Pakkiri is not an ordinary man.

He has come with a plan to
transform the entire village!

This is India.

Even the richest men couldn't change it.

What can Pakkiri possibly do?

-Parama.
-Sir?

People who will raise questions
and those who will answer--

I'll get them ready, sir.

We'll all go to the gathering tomorrow.

-Cheers!
-Cheers!

Greetings to everyone who accepted
our invitation and came here.

Shall we begin?

Greetings!

I welcome our former
association leader, Mr. Vanagamudi.

They have been saying
one thing for a long time.

"Only if a farmer
soils his feet in the fields,

can we lay our hands on food."

Agriculture is not just a small entity.

It is, in fact, huge.

Not just that.

It is on this soil

that the raw materials
required for all the factories grow.

Only because of the sugarcane
that we produce,

the beer manufacturers
in America are functioning.

Only because of the
cotton that we produce,

many cotton industries are functioning.

Do you know the pants that come from
London with tags that read "100% cotton"?

The raw material are bought from us.

Everyone who buys from here
enjoys a profit.

But unfortunately, the farmer
who cultivates it faces a loss

and hangs himself to death.

Changing that kind of agriculture
into a more utility-based profession

is what we should aim for.

We should all get together…

and do collective farming
in all the land that is available here.

And that is what is
known as collective farming.

Here, brother.

What are you saying?

We are four brothers.

Due to a dispute over the canal we haven't
been talking to each other for ten years.

There has been incessant violence
and visits to police station and courts.

We aren't able to live in peace
in our own house.

And you're talking about
uniting the entire village!

Don't drag your family dispute into this!

Look at this elderly man.
He has given five acres of his land.

We've been distributing the harvest fairly
and there have been no disputes so far.

They say it's a collective farming plan.
And it looks like it will yield results.

Thank you.

We own a land which will be of use
to us during an emergency.

If we give you the land,
what will we do, sir?

We are not asking for your land.

We only want you to sign
an agreement which states

that you agree to do collective farming

on your land
in collaboration with the association.

So, you're saying that if we
join the collective farming plan,

our hens won't fight?

-What--
-It's alright.

They will make such
sarcastic comments to corner us.

We should learn to handle them.

If you say it like this, the hens will
understand that we are together in this

and that we shouldn't fight.

Hey, Pakkiri!

Why you still hanging on to a plan
that has always been a failure world over?

First of all, congratulations to you!

You are aware of what philosophy is.

Here's the thing.

If we are slaves and we realize
that we are being exploited,

we will fight for our independence.

Now suppose that we lose.

So, should we remain slaves…

or fight for our independence again?

We will fight!

We will fight!

We will fight!

-We will fight!
-That's what this is.

Greetings, brother.

There are many of us who are
agricultural laborers without a land.

We don't necessarily
get work throughout the year.

Only during harvesting and plowing,
we get work for about 30 days.

What should we do
during the remaining days?

Please give us a glimmer of hope
through your collective farming plan.

-Sir-- May I talk?
-Sure.

Sir, our traditional agriculture

followed a fantastic system
of growing crops such as

daily crops, weekly crops,
monthly crops and yearly crops,

so that all of us would
have work throughout the year.

-No, not just that.
-Come ahead.

Through the collective farming
that we are going to begin,

we will try our best
to provide each one of you

with work for 365 days,
just like the traditional practice.

Pakkiri, I have ten acres of land,
whereas he has five acres of land.

I have a well, whereas he doesn't.

In that case, how will you
divide the profit equally?

You may have five acres,
he may have five acres,

someone else may have 50 acres,

and another person may have 500 acres.

The profit will we divided in accordance
with the acres owned by the individual.

And depending on the amount
of water we take for irrigation,

the profit shall be compensated fairly.

And the farmer who
puts in labor will be compensated

in accordance with
the hours of work done by him.

Superb!

There is no availability of water.
How are you going to do farming here?

For the last 100 years, we have
had good rainfall every year.

Do you see what the problem is?

If we manage the water levels carefully,

we can fix the problem
and do our farming.

He has just become the leader.

For the last 20 years,
Mr. Vanagamudi has been our leader.

-Yes.
-It's only because he backed out!

If you had contested the election, you
would have known who the true leader is!

I feel very confident looking at
the faces of these young men.

They all look like fraudsters!

I hope they don't loot
from the collective farming!

How many people do you
expect us to get cheated by?

Won't you do any good?

-Greetings.
-Greetings.

The new leader has announced a plan.

And it seems like a good plan
for the village and its people.

And because I believe in them…

I will give my five acres

to this collective farming plan…

and initiate the process.

Here's the letter of agreement.

-Long live philanthropist Vanagamudi!
-Long live philanthropist Vanagamudi!

We are grateful to Mr. Vanagamudi,
the philanthropist.

-Thank you.
-Thank you.

Long live philanthropist Vanagamudi!

You seem like a nice man.

We'll all have a discussion,
and we'll let you know our decision.

Okay.

-Brother, wait.
-What is this? No one gave their land.

Just because we spoke for 10 minutes,
you think they will come behind us?

You saw how Mr. Vanagamudi
gave his land. He is a true leader.

Pakkiri convinced him to give
the land. He's the true leader.

Sir, do you think the speech should
have been a little more emotional?

Giving emotional speeches
only attracts people's attention.

That will never be of any use.

Let them think it through
and come around to the idea.

-Okay?
-Okay.

Let's go.

-Balaji.
-Yes, Dad?

The biodiesel we are going
to manufacture at Peruvayal

should be priced lower than
the biodiesel coming from other countries.

Only then we can
compete with world markets.

Then our profits will be very low, Dad.

How will we manage?

Hey, we will hike up the price
of the fuel that we sell in India.

Dad, we ourselves require a lot of land,

and you gave away five acres
for the collective farming project!

The uncles were upset, Dad.

Who? Those four comedians?

Don't I know that we require
5000 acres of land at Peruvayal

for our biodiesel factory?

Well, it's not that easy
to unify all the land.

The five acres I gave away is a gambit.

I'm getting Pakkiri to do the job
that we are supposed to do.

That's called the King's Gambit.

And well, we need those four jokers
around. So, just keep them happy.

Will there be similar kind of
entertainment in your village?

Four bullock carts, two to three cows
and goats, a few men wearing just shorts.

That's all the entertainment
you will get in Peruvayal.

We only use that village to make money.
All the spending is done overseas.

We are stating that profit
is nothing but robbery.

How do we explain this to the layman?

Hold this. Grandma, how
much does this corn cost?

-Three rupees.
-Okay. Three rupees.

After sowing the seeds and
harvesting the corn,

she has to boil it and
then sell it on the streets.

But she has priced it
at just three rupees.

In the metropolis,

the same thing will be sold for 20 rupees
with a few spices sprinkled on top.

-Now what does the 17 rupees mean?
-Robbery.

-Robbery, right?
-Definitely!

So, wherever you go, just explain it
to the people in layman's terms.

They will understand.

All that is just fine,
but no matter what we do,

nobody seems to be interested
in our collective farming project.

Tesla, I have an idea.

All of you take a look at this.

Her name is Clara.
She's a very popular dancer.

We can invite her dance troupe here,
and through their performance,

we can make people understand
the benefits of collective farming.

-We can easily get people to join.
-Why will they come to see a dancer?

If a doctor advocates something
good, it reaches just 100 people.

But if an actor advocates even something
mediocre, it reaches millions of people!

So, let's go for her performance
tomorrow night.

CLARA! I LOVE YOU, MY SWEETHEART!

Mic check!

The gorgeous woman!

The angel of Instagram!

The beauty of Facebook!

Her fashion icon is Jennifer Lopez!

She's a world enchantress!

And to top it all…

she's blessed with a beautiful body!

She's like a Palestinian beauty!

She's like a bottle of ginger beer!

She will give you a high!

She's our Clara!

Clara! My name is Clara!

I dance with gay abandon!

She loved passionately
She woke up knowing the arts

She ripened and then blossomed

She sang day and night
She practiced and earned fame

She has been to many places

The world…

I have conquered!

I have no interest in men

Clara! My name is Clara!

I dance with gay abandon!

When I went as a daily wage laborer

No one believed me

Even when crores of rupees rained on me

The world didn't bother

Whether you are a caretaker
Or you are a mere laborer

Everyone wants to ogle at women

She could be someone's wife
She could be a saint

Without even uttering a word
They want to have her

I never fell for you!

Later I never hesitated
To cross the line either!

I can be lustful

I'm here to buy all the happiness
I'm a rogue you wouldn't wanna mess with

Clara! My name is Clara!

I dance with gay abandon!

Clara!

THE INDIAN AGRARIAN ASSOCIATION
PERUVAYAL

Is he the leader?

-Yes. ma'am.
-Greetings.

Don't you have an air conditioner
here? It's really hot.

There is no air conditioner here.
What's your name?

What is this?

-I can't believe this!
-He'll get to know you soon. Don't worry.

Hey!

Anyway, he was saying that you want us to
showcase your collective farming concept

in the form of a musical.

First tell us how much you will
charge, and then we can talk.

We are a group of fifteen, out of
which eight are nonvegetarians,

and six are vegetarians.
And he is an eggetarian.

Crazy guy!

What does that mean?

A vegetarian who eats eggs
is called an eggetarian.

We'll charge 30,000 rupees.
This is especially for you.

-We cannot afford 30,000 for a month.
-Excuse me!

Mr. Leader, it is 30,000 rupees
for a single show.

Hey! We'll convince people by ourselves.
Please ask them to leave.

We have tried doing that
many times. It hasn't worked.

Let's just give them a chance.

Ma'am, you may continue.
He will listen now.

I'll need one new outfit for each show.
An extra outfit will cost 500 rupees.

And a special outfit
will cost 1500 rupees.

I don't wear swimsuits. Okay?

In my team, the driver is also the cook,
the tabla player is also the stylist,

and the guitarist is also
the makeup artist.

So, it's mandatory that
you double their daily wage.

Okay?

And if there are scenes that
require me to smoke or drink,

-that would cost another 1000 rupees.
-No, that's not needed.

A few members of our team drink.

Just find out what their
favorite brand is and order it.

Hey, sit down! Don't tense up.

For me, just fresh juice will do.

Just like me.

Send them away. We don't need them.
We can do the work by ourselves.

-Don't be hasty!
-No! I'll get going.

I'll get going.
I'm Clara. So, I'll leave.

Com eon, get ready.
Pack all the instruments.

-Sister!
-What?

We don't have any shows for the next
six months. It'd be better to book this.

Six months?

See…

Facebook, Twitter…

Listen.

Twitter, Youtube, Instagram…

I've crossed a million views
on all these platforms.

I'm world-famous Clara.

Stop quoting prices separately for hair
accessories, lipstick and nail polish.

You can earn how much ever
you want through your shows.

We just want the people of Peruvayal
to come and see the show.

We'll give you 10,000 rupees for a show.

Sister, 10,000 rupees is a big amount
for us right now. Just say yes.

Okay, the team has agreed.

Get the agreement ready.

You will have to pay
50% of the amount in advance.

We'll be able to give only 5%.

We are okay with that!

Okay, give me the details of the show.

We will work!
We will work, comrades!

Bring on the enthusiasm!

We will sow…

We will sow our sweat

We shall attain victory, comrades!

Wait! Stop!

-What are you doing?
-I just showed you how to sing.

Do you want to gather a crowd
or drive them away?

Gather, for sure.

Gathering a crowd is our
expertise. We'll handle it.

We are good with hip-hop music, and we
can rock the local dance moves as well.

Dude, I'm Clara!

World-famous Clara.

You just write the song
and give it to me.

-I'll sing it.
-Sure.

-Hey, guitarist!
-Yes?

Keep one pitch on beats 2 and 4.

No, not like that.
Go with the swing rhythm.

Yeah, like that!

That's correct!

Get the shakers, the wood block
and the shehnai get ready.

Stop!

Let's change the pattern.

-Hey, guitarist!
-Yes?

-Give me a D scale.
-Okay.

What does D scale mean?

Okay. Now get the synthesizer
and the rhythm pad.

Set the tempo at 120, the beats
at 2 and 4, and start a pattern.

Correct!

-Play this Chinese instrument erhu.
-Okay.

Listen up!
Let's all unite!

To fulfill our needs
Let's all come together

Listen up!
Let's all unite!

We have now arrived
To exhibit our expertise

We've sowed the seeds
We've plucked the weeds

We've held flags
We've bled beads of sweat

Generations will tread
The path that we have discovered

-All the brothers…
-Are holding a plow!

-The glorious elders…
-Will recite stories!

-I know for a fact…
-The village will prosper!

-If you act as told…
-A new life will blossom!

Put your trust in us
Your life will change

Collective farming is about to begin!

Listen up!
Let's all unite!

We have now arrived
To exhibit our expertise

Check your accounts before spending
Don't worry, just be calm

Dig the soil and sow the seeds
Share the harvest with the entire village

With ample rice, lentils and paddies
The man who yielded it is jubilant!

Equal distribution is our aim
Integrity is the association's pedestal

A new path has been sighted
We have a new address in the making

The harvest has reduced
This is the chance to retrieve it

Lives will take a turn for the better
Equality is what we live by

Goodness is a gift to mankind

Trickery and sabotage is uncalled-for

Comrade, you who sowed the seeds!
It's now time to change the destiny

Come on, my comrade!
A new dawn is here

Listen up!
Let's all unite!

What we have been searching for
Is right before our eyes

Come on, everyone!
Let's get together!

We will bring a better tomorrow

We are going to rule with self-sufficiency

We wouldn't have to seek anyone's help

We will grow
We will overcome all obstacles

Without a ladder
We shall touch the sky!

Listen up!

It seems like a new music instrument.

-That girl is playing it really well.
-Look at the amount of makeup!

It has made her look nice.

How are we going to get
the land from these people?

Please don't get me wrong.

In my opinion, our collective
farming plan is a failure.

I think so too.

Don't jump to conclusions.

Have some tea.

-Pakkiri, let's talk in the morning.
-I'll take your leave.

Grandma, what you looking for?

I'm looking for
the agrarian association office.

That's over here.

Is that so. Who are you?

I'm Selvaraj.

Oh! You're Rasamakka's grandson, right?

You're a nice boy.
Tell me, is Pakkiri in there?

Come, let's meet him.

The people whose
Panchami lands we retrieved,

have been gathering and discussing…

Pakkiri, she wants to talk to you.

Please sit, grandma.

Please sit.

Tell me.

I have come to specifically
tell you something.

-Is that so?
-What can you probably tell us?

You have written off all your wealth
to the Tirupathi trust.

That's true.

Well I'm a villager who is well aware

that the temple trust can
squander my wealth away.

So, I had written my wealth in the name
of my grandson who resides in Tirupathi,

bearing the same name as the Lord.

I'm here to give you that land
for the collective farming project.

What are you saying, Grandma?

You have initiated a very important thing.
Thank you so much.

-Come on! It's not that big a deal.
-Thank you, Grandma.

Success!

The collective farm plan is
not a failure, but a success.

The old generation is
asking us to kick-start it.

So, what does the younger
generation say about it?

Let's begin with confidence, sir!

-Greetings, sir!
-Greetings!

Sit down. Please sit.

Sir, we wanted to organize a function
and give the Panchami lands,

that you retrieved for us,
for the collective farm project,

Hence, the delay.

Brother, you giving us the land
itself is a big event.

I have just one thing to say.
Neither me nor the association

intends to execute
the collective farm project

to contest the next elections,
procure your votes and cheat you.

In this letter, all the owners
of the Panchami lands,

wholeheartedly and
in complete consciousness,

state that they are giving their lands for
collective farming, and have signed it.

Here it is!

Silence. Tesla!

All of you have to provide
individual letters.

Only then it will be easy
to divide the profits.

Only because there was no work
in the agricultural sector,

we went to roll cigarettes.

We will work night and day.

Can you give us half of
the wage as an advance?

Do you think this is like the
olden days of farm slavery

only to give you food and extract work?

Here, you will work only for eight hours,
and you will be paid a deserving salary.

-If we don't pay up, you should demand it.
-Okay, sir.

That's your right.

We are going to see those
who didn't come to the show.

-Hey! Look who is here!
-Greetings, ma'am!

They are all the laborers
who break rocks.

Hello! Here, take the pamphlet.

She looks so beautiful
even without makeup.

Ma'am, one selfie.

What are you doing?
Let them do it. It's okay.

All of you can take selfies
and photographs.

A musical in our village?!

Yes… but this is not about the musical.

It's about the collective farming
project, so that you can join.

We have heard about this, but still…

Everything is happening legally.
Why are you hesitating?

-These fruits are from our estate, ma'am.
-Superb!

They're seedless and sweet, ma'am.

He means they're without nuts.

What do you mean without nuts?
I planted cashew nuts last year.

A lot of nuts have grown.

Both of you have planted nuts.
But will it grow?

It won't grow!

In the future, if you want the nuts
to cultivate, there is only one way.

Join the collective farming project.

-So, will you join?
-Yes, we will!

THE INDIAN AGRARIAN ASSOCIATION
PERUVAYAL

-I'm glad, brother!
-Be careful, it's hot.

Pakkiri, why you serving tea?
You're the leader now.

-Aren't we all one?
-Yes.

So, that's it.

This is the bank loan document.
It has to be cleared immediately.

Thanks, Pakkiri.

-Thank you.
-Greetings, sir!

Greetings!

I'm new to this village,

-and I've come here to clarify a doubt.
-Go ahead.

You're running this collective farming
project under the name of Srinivasa Rao.

Is he your father?

I've also been meaning to
ask him that for a long time.

Come here, sir.

He was born in Karnataka

to a so-called upper caste family.

He fought for the farmers of Tamil Nadu.

And he died fighting
passionately for their cause.

Will the temples and Gods here

Provide us with wheat and rice?

If the laborers don't exist

Will the world find peace?

We will work!
We will work, comrade!

Bring on the enthusiasm!

We will sow
We will sow our sweat

And attain victory, comrade!

Comrade!

Comrade!

THE INDIAN AGRARIAN ASSOCIATION
PERUVAYAL

I cannot afford your education and
help you become a doctor, as you wished.

Let's just consume this
poison and end our lives.

I know you, Dad.

You consume it first,
and then I will do it.

Because if you struggle after consuming it
and I'm not there to look after you, who…

I have arrived at the right time.
I'm famished.

Come on. Give me that.

Give it here.

-No… no, brother!
-Why?

It… it contains poison, brother.

Poison?

Why are you feeding your daughter
poison along with rice?

I have a land, but I'm
not able to use it for farming.

Why aren't you able to use it for farming?

All the contractors have taken
all the springs under their control.

Even if the cows go to drink water,
they hit and chase them away!

When will my farm,
located at the very tail end,

get water surpassing all these
politicians and contractors?

When will I be able
to use it for farming?

It hasn't received any water for the last
20 years. How will it happen now?

Brother… it will receive water this year.

Brother…

That's why we have set up the association.

Just trust us.

To do fishing in the lake, two crore
rupees has been auctioned for a year.

The association has received
one crore rupees as an advance.

Just like farming, fishing
is also an important industry.

About 24 villages are waiting for access
to the lake water to carry out irrigation.

Grandma, you are aware that nature
has bestowed us with all the wealth.

Then why do you keep praying?

I pray for what I have received.

Praying is their belief. What are you
going to give them by taking that away?

Politics is different from their belief.

There's a difference between
knowledge and spirituality.

Hey! You can manage
the sludge only if there is water.

Otherwise, it will get in
the way of plowing.

Hey! Is there water
in the third canal yet?

He's going to sow.

Once it's ready, he'll harvest it.

And after the harvest he will
come to each one of you to sell it.

After that, he will come to me.

This is what politics is all about.
Come on, let's go.

What resource is not available
In this great country?

Why should we seek help from elsewhere?

Toil well on the farm land

And your value will
Increase on foreign land

All hail the farmers!

All hail the farmers!

They are inside, right?

I'm very hungry.

-One portion quail fry…
-Okay.

-one portion ginger chicken…
-Okay.

-one fish fry…
-My wallet is dry.

-and an egg pan cake.
-Okay, ma'am.

Aren't you guys eating?
Why did you put the leaves away?

We are fasting.

The association's working committee
has fixed a budget for food expenses.

Do you need permission of the
working committee to eat two idlis?

The egg is ready, the other
dish is being prepared.

Ma'am, will you also eat
the symbol of love?

If everything symbolizes
love, then what should I eat?

Have you been in love?

I think I have.
Have you been in love?

I have.

-I've had two breakups.
-I read it in the paper.

But now I feel like I'm
falling in love with him.

He's straightforward and simple.

He's helping people.

I really like all his qualities.

Do you love me?

I'm asking you! Do you love me?

Oh! Do you need permission of
the working committee for that as well?

-Nothing like that.
-You have to, right?

Here you go.

This is my symbol of love. Egg!

Pakkiri, has been trapped.

He took it.

So, you have accepted my love.

It's confirmed!

Now we can dance, sing,

and do anything we want.
None of you can question us.

-I'm warning you guys!
-Okay.

Confirmed!

Would he just hold the egg
for so long if he hadn't confirmed?

It looks like there is smoke coming
from the northern side.

Spray the pesticide quickly.

Okay, brother.

Pull over near the stairs.

Just check if both the fertilizers
are available and send it.

Stack all the sacks inside.
Take all of them separately.

Tamizh, keep a record of it.

Is this the lake
where we did the dredging?

Yes, it is.

There is so much water in it which
has not been seen in the last 35 years.

Just one more shower of rains, and the
water content will increase to one TMC.

One TMC means?

-One thousand million cubic feet of water.
-That is a lot!

The whole of Peruvayal has to do farming.
So the entire lake has to fill up.

So, once the lake is full,
we will get married!

No.

So, when will we get married?
After I grow old?

No.

After the first harvest of Peruvayal.

-Okay.
-Okay?

Let's take a selfie.

You're really beautiful.

Hello!

Come!

You've transformed the entire
village of Peruvayal into a paddy field.

This whole area comprises of paddy fields.

And 600 acres on that side
is full of sugarcane.

On the other side,
there are 300 acres of cotton.

On the other side of the mountain,
for about 600 acres, we have sunflowers.

On the other side of the pond, there are
plantain trees spread across 800 acres.

So, through collective farming, we have
succeeded in yielding various crops.

As far as we can see,
the yield is excellent!

Our collective farming project
is a huge success.

Wow! Unbelievable!

The village was nothing like this
when I first came here.

Our village Peruvayal has transformed
into a self-sufficient village.

We have got online business
of above 70 crores.

Let's shake on it!

The Peruvayal collective farming model
will be the benchmark for agriculture.

-You have achieved it.
-You too.

Let's call all the people tomorrow, divide
their profits and give it to them in cash.

No, let's give them checks.

They can cash the check
whenever they want.

Let's not do all that.
Let's just pay them in cash.

Only then will they get the joy of
the profit made from collective farming.

Let's keep all the money
in the association's locker.

Yes. It will be the safest there.

Yes.

Let's get going, Miss Clara!

Even though the locker
is password-protected,

it is our duty to lock the door.

Hey, Pakkiri!

-Hi, Benny.
-Hi, Pakkiri.

-Hi, Clara.
-Hi, Tamizh.

Pakkiri, here's what I told you about.

These are the details.

The price is too low.

The price quoted for cotton is
far less than what we expected.

That's right.

All this cotton will be
up for sale tomorrow.

You, just have to check
and give a go-ahead.

If you meet and talk to Mr. Vanagamudi,
we can increase the price of the cotton.

Not Vanagamudi. He was the
former leader and it's a little tricky.

Let's just try to reach a peaceful
solution with Bedhaperumal.

TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT COTTON WHOLESALE

Hey, Benny!

You guys ranted about collective
farming, and acquired all the land.

And now you have come back
to Mr. Bedhaperumal, our boss!

You will get only five or ten rupees more.
Is this what you were bragging about?

-What's up, Benny?
-Hi, Pakkiri.

-Hi.
-Hi, Clara.

What did Govind say?

Govind was peddling advice.

Shall we keep the price?

Take it.

Come on!
Do I need to call you separately?

Govind!

This is the price
we are fixing for the cotton

through the collective farming project.

Boss, Pakkiri is pricing the cotton.

His price has no relevance
to the Indian market price.

He's a fool!

How much the cotton
should be bought for,

how much the thread
should be sold for,

and the other details have come to all
the bosses in India via text message!

Who does he think he is?
This is insane!

Tell him to come and
meet me in private!

Hey, go ahead and do it.

-Brother.
-Pakkiri.

The boss wants to see you.

I'll be right back.

Sir, are you happy now?

-Greetings, Selvi.
-Go inside.

Pakkiri, I never
expected you to do this.

But the thing is, assuming that
you are doing good for the farmers,

you have quoted a price for the cotton.
But it's like digging a grave for them.

Though I was giving them
five to ten rupees less,

I bought their cotton
and helped them earn a livelihood.

You have increased the price big time
and made it impossible for them to sell.

You have ruined their lives!

Bedhaperumal, an entire family needs
to toil to sell one sack of cotton.

The grandpa sows the seed,
the grandma waters it,

the mother and father fertilize it,

and the children start working in their
uniforms after returning from school.

But you are quoting
a price just for the cotton.

Am I right?

Aren't you using cottonseed

to extract vegetable oil?

Also, there's cottonseed cake
and cotton milk.

There is absolutely no wastage in this.

I have not quoted a price for profit.

It is in principle and for the
hard work of an entire family.

Because I don't have a
place to sell my cotton,

you are quoting the price for it, right?

Why do we have schools, temples,
churches and mosques?

For people to use, right?

I'll sell it there.

What I have is white gold,
and it will last a long time.

Just imagine if I don't supply it
to you. What would you do then?

Mr. Bedhaperumal!

-Hello?
-It's ten o'clock.

The cotton price still hasn't been fixed.

What the hell are you
doing in that village?

I will set everything right
and call you back.

In Peruvayal, a village in Tamil Nadu,
surpassing an age-old tradition,

the source price of the cotton that
was yielded through collective farming

has been quoted by Pakkiri,
the head of the agrarian association.

Hello, Kathir!
How is the situation there?

The whole of Peruvayal
is bubbling with excitement.

All the farmers have come together.

Pakkiri!

Every rich or a powerful man in
this village has a strong background.

Vanagamudi has an extensive
support of the police.

Rangamanar is an ex-MLA. He can
make a call to Delhi whenever he wants.

Veerabhagu has the support
of his entire community.

I don't have any such background.

And I don't require any such background.

That's because I can
thrash you by myself!

What was that noise?

If it strikes here, it will weaken Mumbai.

If it strikes Mumbai,
the London Stock Exchange will fall.

If it strikes London, the
American market will weaken.

Every blow that we strike here
will resonate world over.

-The cotton market is huge!
-Yes.

And far more valuable than gold.

The price keeps fluctuating
worldwide each day.

In India, people gamble on cotton.

India is the second largest
market for cotton worldwide.

We can't look at this
just as a problem regarding cotton.

There are other industries
dependent on it,

such as the spinning mill,
dyeing unit and garment factories.

Hence, all the productions
have come to a standstill.

India's entire export and import standing
seems to be under the scanner.

Is this situation, created by Pakkiri,
good for the farmers or not?

It is definitely good, ma'am.

It is definitely bad!

Has the government ever
fixed any price for you?

Today for the first time, a farmer
has quoted the price for the product

manufactured by him.

Sir, Pakkiri has quoted the price
as the representative of the people,

and he has no vested interest in this.

Is there a problem in fixing
the price of cotton?

-Just a smidgen.
-Solve it quickly.

They have been in there
for quite sometime now.

Yes, comrade?

We have been eagerly awaiting
the price which you have quoted.

Ask him forcefully.

That's exactly what I'm doing!

Sir, cotton has been there ever
since the Indus Valley Civilization.

If cotton has been there ever since the
Indus Valley Civilization, you might even

say that peas have been there
since the Harappa Civilization!

-It's pointless!
-Sir!

Sir, because of the price
fixed by Pakkiri,

people will have access to more money.

Because if that increases, their
buying power will also increase.

And when the buying power increases,
the entire economy will stabilize.

Call Bedhaperumal.

-Sir!
-What's happening, man?

Sir, please forgive me this once.
I'm obliged to listen to Pakkiri.

He has literally squashed me to dregs!
Please forgive me.

Hey!

COTTON WHOLESALE
PLEASE COME IN AND SHOP

Comrade, we are waiting eagerly
for all the farmers in India

to get the cotton price you fixed.
Thank you very much. Red salute!

Red Salute!

A solution seems to have been figured out
for the issue that is being discussed.

Let's find out what that is.

According to the information
I last received,

the mill owners will announce
the cotton price directly.

Pakkiri, the head of Peruvayal agrarian
association, has become a hero overnight.

Pakkiri is not an ordinary guy.

He has decided to
seize the economic power.

He has understood that's where
the politicians derive their power from.

Phone…

Listen, everyone!

Today onwards…

not just for Peruvayal,
but for the whole of India…

cotton will be priced
at the amount fixed by Pakkiri.

He is a true leader!

Hello, Pakkiri.

-Greetings, brother!
-Greetings.

Come here.

Would you like some tea?

-I'll have a dry ginger coffee.
-A dry ginger coffee, please.

Pakkiri, the cotton mill owner, the sugar
mill owner, and the rice mill owner

are infuriated with you.

But the hard working tribe still loves me.

Do you believe these people
will always remain the same?

-They certainly will.
-Then it's fine.

-It's for him.
-Thanks.

-Won't you have some?
-No.

-Have you eaten?
-Yes.

Here.

Give me another one.

My grandchildren also
keep binging on them.

What do your children
and grandchildren do?

They are all doing fine.

-They just abandoned me like an orphan.
-Don't cry. It's okay.

Sir, if you can give all of us a
sweeper's job in your association,

we will be able to have regular meals.

You cook so well.
Why don't you go and sell all this?

How do we sell the food
that we cook for ourselves?

Not like that, Granny.

All these days, you worked for your
children and grandchildren for free.

Now the association will buy you

all the necessary ingredients
to make the peanut candy.

After you make it,
the association will also sell it for you.

After the sales, the profit goes to you
and the principal goes to the association.

Who are all of you? Skilled laborers.

Skilled laborers!

Check if there is
a GST for peanut candy.

Skilled laborers shouldn't cry! Okay?

Sekhar, your children are here.

I'm coming.

Place it on top.

-Just wait here.
-Okay, Dad.

Hey! It's weighing a 100 grams less.

Pakkiri, don't go near that girl!
She will torture you by asking questions.

-About what?
-Well, talk to her and you'll know.

This boy is good and unproblematic.
But this girl--

She asked me what profit means!

I explained everything to her
in detail, but she still has doubts.

Okay. Tell me, what is
profit according to you?

Oh, no! I'm out of here!

People put money in a business.
And from the money that they make,

what remains after the principal amount
is deducted is the profit earned.

They say that man evolved from an ape.

So, the first of that kind
must have gotten a space in the forest

were he could live, right?

-Now what is the principal he invested?
-His labor.

Because he worked and
changed everything, right?

You understood that, right?

Do you have a slate in your bag?

Give it to me.

There's a loaf of bread in here.

-Whom is it for?
-For Dad.

For your dad!

So, let's discuss with
the bread in context.

Suppose someone called A
starts a bakery.

Okay.

Okay?

He needs to manufacture bread.

And to procure all the ingredients
for that, he goes to the market.

There's a person selling sugar.
"Hey, give me sugar worth ten rupees."

Another person is selling refined flour.
"Give me flour worth ten rupees."

Another person is selling yeast, and he
gets yeast worth five rupees from him.

Now for A, who started the bakery,

has some extra expenses
like rent and electricity bill

that amounts to, let's say, five rupees.

So, all this together,
amounts to 30 rupees.

But will the bread just
appear out of nowhere?

-No, it won't.
-It has to be made.

So there was one person
sitting next to all the others.

He asked him, "What are you selling?"

He replied, "I'm selling my labor."

How can you sell labor?

Just like one sells sugar,
flour and yeast,

one can also sell labor
as well as buy it.

Here, your father is selling his labor.

Now A bargains with B, and
procures the labor for ten rupees.

This is the only aspect
where bargaining happens.

Now how much can we sell this for?

We can estimate a profit of 20 rupees,
so we should sell it for 60 rupees.

A profit of 20 rupees.

We retained the sugar
at the buying price.

We also retained flour
at the buying price.

For all the ingredients, we have
retained the buying price.

The total amount has
come up to 40 rupees.

Should we not sell
the product for 40 rupees?

But you mentioned
20 rupees profit, right?

This amount is nowhere to be seen.
Where did it come from?

Was it there with the guy who
invested his labor as the capital?

-Did he have it?
-No.

No. It came through
the course of the process.

Where is the calculation going wrong?

When it comes to the market,
the entity called profit gets added.

That later turns into daylight robbery.

That is where the division
of two classes happens.

A is the employer class,
and B is the labor class.

Have you understood? Okay.

Always ask your doubts.

-Pakkiri, are you done?
-Yes.

-Don't ask anymore doubts, okay?
-Hey!

Your knowledge will grow
only if you ask questions.

He who tells you
not to ask questions is an idiot!

Don't ask any question to that idiot.

-Greetings, sir.
-Thank you.

Dad, will we get all the land
required to set up our factory?

We will get everything.
You're just delaying the signing process.

Once that's done, the deal will be sealed.

Okay, Dad.

I'm going to explain in detail
about the VM biodiesel project

that we are going to set up in Peruvayal.

That is the storage for the
jatropha curcas plant.

This is where the seeds are sieved.

This is where they are ground.

This is where the conversion
to biodiesel happens.

What is converted into biodiesel

is stored in these tanks.

This factory will be built
across 60 acres of land.

And within the surrounding
40 kilometer diameter,

if we have yields for three seasons,

only then we can work
three shifts over 365 days.

That is the machinery capacity we have.

We can provide employment for almost
3000 villagers through this project.

Amongst them, 1500 will
be only contract laborers.

In the year 2050,
according to some statistics,

the demand for petroleum products
will be double the amount.

In India, we have only imported
animal crude oil until now.

We are going to manufacture biodiesel
from the jatropha curcas plant hereafter.

This is autonomous economy.

And this is how we are
going to campaign as well.

The by-products of this project
can be used as food material as well.

We already have export orders
that will last us over a hundred years.

Our country is supposed
to receive only 50% orders.

Our country is also supposed
to receive 50% only.

But we believe in you.

In the future,
within a short span of ten years,

you need to establish
more factories like this

so you can supply
all the biodiesel needed for our country.

Whatever agricultural subsidies
are available from the government

can be availed by us.

Since this comes under
the venture capitalist sector,

we can avail the subsidy for that as well.

Has the ministry's percentage
been included?

Whichever government comes to power will

-avail the percentage set aside for them.
-Good.

But why did you choose Peruvayal?

The aim of this project
is to convert water into oil.

There is a railway station close by.

If you travel by train,
the harbor is three kms away.

That harbor is internationally connected.

If you travel along this road
for around four kms,

you will hit the eight-lane highway.

And from there, if you travel for around
two kms, you will hit the quadruple route.

Through that quadruple route,

we can supply our products
to all the hamlets across India.

In these reservoirs,

we can preserve products
that are required for an entire year.

So, when the price increases,
we can also sell it for a higher price.

I consulted our guru who said

that we need to carry out some rituals on
the land and begin work on a no moon day.

Who registered this address
on Flipkart under Clara's name?

I did.

In a way, I'm also a fakir like him.

I travel from place to place.

So I always give the address
of my current the location.

Give it here.
It's 12,500 rupees, right?

-Gosh!
-Give me cash.

This cannot be footed
by the association.

-Just give me an advance on my payment.
-Yeah, right!

There is no money in the association now.

If the leader consents, I can use
the association's debit card--

Superb! Swipe it.

What's this, sir?

Other than doing agriculture,
do we also supply lingerie now?

This is just a normal thing.
Don't you men wear underclothes?

-Good question! Right, Tesla?
-Sure.

Looks like Pakkiri is going to be
the biggest obstacle for our factory.

There is no other way.
You have to meet Pakkiri.

He might just procure a stay
from the Supreme Court

through the association
against our project.

Our factory might be notified
with a stay order.

So, just go meet Pakkiri,
and make peace with him.

He will definitely compromise.

Pakkiri, you have
unified all the lands!

You have done what I was supposed to do.

Withdraw the case.

No one's going to gain anything
by going to court.

Is that so?

When people come together,

you know that any kind of revolution
can be achieved, Mr. Vanagamudi.

After reading Marx, Engels,
Stalin and Mao Tse-tung…

all of you are simply preach revolution.

Those are weapons
that existed 50 years ago.

They are all rusted now.

You must have only read the
translated version of Marx,

whereas I have read it in
the native language German.

Boss!

To understand all of that…

you need to know beyond the language.

Also…

you wouldn't understand
even if I explain it to you.

The people of Peruvayal
should receive all benefits.

That is your agenda, right?

Calculate the expenses
that would be incurred

in hundred years and give it to me.

I will settle it in one payment.

You can live as a great leader and die!

You shall be honored
even in the association.

Should I beg you for alms
to live on my own land?

In the pursuit of making diesel,

stop trying to convert
Tamil Nadu into a desert.

I will spare you alive.

Pakkiri, don't feel shy.
Just agree to the deal.

There is no one around us.

Is that so?

Well, what I believe is that
you are frightened of me…

and you have arranged for
your henchmen to lurk around.

You have come prepared.

I knew it!

You thought only you guys
could come with a plan in place?

Don't we know how to conspire?

Don't we have guns?

The minute you intend to kill me…

you will be dead.

You're looking only at Peruvayal.

I'm looking at the whole
of India as Peruvayal.

I'm looking at
the entire world as Peruvayal.

Just the way you're in partnership
with the businessmen of the world,

we are in a partnership with
the laborers of the world.

If you see a huge profit
in a particular business,

your class of people
will even stoop to selling off

their parents, siblings,
wives and children!

But even if our laborers'
friends are in trouble,

they will be ready to face a cannon.

I will give you…

two choices.

One, you run away from this country.

Two, I will hack you to pieces
on this very soil of Peruvayal,

and use it as fertilizer
for our collective farming.

Make a decision fast.

Chopra…

I want you to finish off
this guy called Pakkiri.

We deal with international people.
Who the hell is he?!

We will destroy him!

Want to try a puff?

Okay, chill.

We have set up
a special agriculture camp.

Those who own cows, goats and poultry,

can address your issues
with the respective doctors.

There is a different booth
for every animal.

Please head to the correct booth
along with your respective animals.

All the hens seem unhealthy.
Please check.

We need to get all the plows fixed.

Mr. Vanangamudi will say a few words
in praise of the special camp

we are conducting
for the well-being of the livestock.

Get going.

Come on, sir.

I'm going to tell all of you
something you don't know.

The profit that we made online
with the agricultural products

that were manufactured
through collective farming…

about 70 crore rupees and jewelry

has been robbed along with the
association safety-deposit box.

They have broken the
association locker as well as the lock

where the safety-deposit
box was and lifted it.

That safety-deposit box's password
only the association head Pakkiri knows.

Oh! No!

They have taken all the money
along with the safety-deposit box.

When the police inspector showed me

the video of Pakkiri carrying
the safety-deposit box,

I came to know.

Give me that video.

We have received CCTV footage of Pakkiri
and the members of the association,

carrying the safety-deposit box
in the middle of the night.

Inside the safety-deposit box,

there was the people's money, jewelry,
land documents, mortgage documents,

which were collected by them
for collective farming.

What's happened to our
jewelry and money?!

It could be a lie, Dad.

An eyewitness who saw
the entire incident has been identified.

Gang robbery under section 395 IPC.

Theft of public property
under section 406 and 407 IPC.

Deception under section 420 IPC.

Various cases can
be filed against Pakkiri.

Listen, with your hard earned money,

he has bought lingerie
for that dancer Clara!

You can see the bill in the video.
Take a look.

Don't spare him.

Question him!

One minute just listen to me…

Don't hit him.

Just question him, that's enough!

Don't hit him. Kill him.

He might die.

Just hand him over to the police.

Don't hit him!

Please listen to me.

Don't hit him.

Kill him.

Why have you spared him?

Clara's van has arrived.

Get in.

I'll just go to the pharmacy
and come, you get in.

This is like an ambulance
with all the facilities. Get in fast.

Hey! Please follow us.

-It's the public's money.
-Yes.

They'll take care of it.

Come fast!

Hey, be careful!

-Hurry up!
-Be careful while carrying the sack!

There won't be smoke without fire.

Hey! What you have seen
and heard is all a lie!

THE INDIAN AGRARIAN ASSOCIATION
PERUVAYAL

Celebrating the closure of
Srinivasa Rao's collective farm.

Dhanam you drive,
let me go attend to him.

-Switch off the GPS.
-Okay, sister.

We've got information.

Gangsters and the police are chasing us.
All of you, please be careful.

There's danger. Be careful.

I repeat, gangsters
and police are chasing us.

Be careful.

Danger!

Send Clara away.

Okay, I will leave safely.
You be careful.

-Send Clara away.
-Are you listening?

Are you listening?

Pakkiri!

Pakkiri…

It's okay. He's just fainted.

We are moving around with
a hurt person is this safe?

All of you stay together.

From the time we got down,

we have walked about
15 kms into the forest.

No one can access this place easily.

Here. Open it.

Take it out.

All the necessary action
for our safety has been taken.

I've terminated all
digital communication.

Now no one can follow us
or communicate with us.

That's alright, but figure out
a way for us to communicate.

I've been thinking about
it. I have a few ideas.

Can you see what that is?

Yeah, a telegraph pole.
Hey, we had a post office,

and a telegram office in our house.

I also know how to send a telegram.

None of them are in use now.
We are g1

Red salute to our guru and the people's
beloved director, Mr. S.P. Jhananathan!

We cannot simply assume that
the British were interested

in capturing the Indian subcontinent
for purely business reasons

because it was self-sufficient
in the production of food crops

such as pepper and coffee.

The Madras Presidency at that time

had many arable lands and
copious quantities of water levels.

Most importantly, cheap labor
was available in abundance.

These were the factors that attracted
the foreigners to a large extent.

They realized that our soil was
not just appropriate for food crops,

but also for cash crops
such as cotton and sugarcane.

Only because we never
understood all of this,

we have been slaves
for the past 300 years.

Apart from the fact that they
waged war and captured our entire nation,

they also increased the cultivation
of cash crops over food crops

and started exporting them as well.

Due to regular scarcity
of food and incessant drought,

people started migrating
in search of livelihood.

Due to the greed for huge profits,
only cash crops were given priority,

thereby leading to
a major scarcity of food.

In spite of cultivating so much in our
soil, they brought about famine!

And this was the greatest sin
that was unheard of the world over!

The bodies of both
children and the elderly

started falling apart
due to the scarcity of food.

Since all the bodies were
scattered across the streets,

even the living bodies along with
the dead became food for eagles.

As per the recorded history,
the famine witnessed by

the Madras Presidency during that period
claimed close to almost one crore lives.

This film is dedicated to
all those who died due to the famine,

and those who continue to suffer
and die due to scarcity of food.

PERUVAYAL
4 KM

-If possible, we shall meet again.
-We certainly will.

Your dream is my goal!
Your growth is my profit! - Vanagamudi

The Supreme Court verdict.

The verdict on reservation…

What did you say? Pakkiri is back?

For the last five to six years,

I've been getting calls from people
claiming that they have seen Pakkiri!

First make sure that it is Pakkiri.

I have seen him closely.
It is definitely Pakkiri, sir.

We will finish him off, sir.

Hey, Mr. Coconut Fiber!

Is Pakkiri really alive?
You told me he was dead!

Today is the agrarian association
election. You better get here right away.

All I have got is high quality cotton.

No one will buy it in India.
I have to export it.

The consignment is going to Australia.
I have to send it tonight.

How are the preparations
for the elections going?

They are in full swing.
You are the treasurer.

Well, then, we are going to win!

You take care of all the election work.

I'll join in later.

Hey, start with the packing!
We have to send everything to the harbor.

Why do you keep chanting that Pakkiri
is back? It's as if some leader is back!

Let's first finish the elections,
claim our posts and then handle this.

Sir, this seed cane is the best.

This is so annoying.

Hello?

Hey! That Pakkiri is a drunkard!

Don't allow him inside the village.
Finish him off!

Okay, brother.

Pakkiri…

Pakkiri, do you recognize me?

How will I not recognize you?
You are Iyarettu, right?

-Let me go and inform everyone!
-Hey!

What is this, Pakkiri?

I thought at least you, who had
left this village, would be living well.

But you have returned
like a complete vagabond.

Forget about me.
Where are you people headed?

Agriculture is dead.

We are going in search
of a livelihood elsewhere, Pakkiri.

Agriculture will never die.

I have come back to do agriculture.

Hey! Pakkiri is back!

-What?
-Who? Is it our Pakkiri?

Sister! Pakkiri is back!

-Why did you hit me, man?!
-I'm sorry, bro!

-Hey, stop!
-In the agrarian elections that's--

-Pakkiri is back!
-What…

All of you, gather at
Lord Ayyanar's temple!

Get going!

What an idiot!
Vote for Mr. Vanagamudi!

-We'll kill you!
-We'll kill you if we see you again!

They seem new.
I don't recognize them at all.

We were waiting for you
at the railway station.

Okay, sister. Calm down. He will
talk to all of you. Please wait.

Come on, Pakkiri.

All of you, listen carefully!

Six to seven years ago, our Pakkiri,
who our villagers had bid adieu to,

has come back, just for us.

Although Pakkiri wasn't in the village,

he had been in touch with us.

Greetings to everyone!

After leaving our village
and traveling around the world,

I have understood just one thing.

"Wherever they go, the world
eventually must follow the plougher."

The knowledge I have
acquired about agriculture

is what I want to implement in our
village, and that's why I'm back.

I firmly believe that
all of you will support me.

We will!

-We shall attain victory!
-Victory!

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

Times are changing

Take the first step
Sing a song and whistle to the tune

In unity, he gave us a bright future

There will be no more failures

There lies beauty
In treating everyone equally

There will be an upheaval in the world

History will change when everyone unites

The chains of slavery will be destroyed!

Nothing on Earth is impossible

Through courage comes change
Let's march on!

Times are changing

There will be no more failures

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

What is fair? What is justice?
You are the one who knows it all

With a great leader in our path
We begin to hold our heads high

Without identity
We were drowning in a quagmire

We have now gained knowledge and clarity

Mother Earth's fragrance
Is bestowed upon you

It will keep spreading for eternity

Leader, your words
Have been lapped up by everyone

There are no remnants left

You gave us wings
You touched our hearts

This entire clan is with you!

Times are changing

There will be no more failures

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

Times are changing

Freedom is not found
Under one man's leadership alone

Any war can be won together

With will power
One can win the world

Let's embrace the path we choose

There exists no sorrow
In a world where there is equality

We aren't sacrificial goats anymore!

AGRARIAN ASSOCIATION

" Times are changing!"

There will be no more failures

Why have you gathered
such a huge crowd?

I didn't gather this crowd.
Brother, do you know them?

I don't know them.

Sign here, sir.

Here.

Announce the election results soon.
We have a lot of work to do.

There is still time. Besides, what if
someone comes and files a petition?

-Careful, Pakkiri. Let's go inside.
-Excuse me, sir.

Move aside.

-What's your problem? Get out of the way!
-Move!

-We're going in.
-Let's go in.

Give us the nomination form
for the post of the leader.

Brother!

Are you really going to contest
against our leader? Who are you?

It's me! Pakkiri, alias Pakkiriswamy.

We've come to contest for all the other
posts like treasurer, secretary, etc.

Give them proof of our identities.

Our ration cards, aadhaar cards,
and our association membership cards.

All our deposit money.

Pakkiri's lifetime membership card.

Here.

If you contest against our
leader, you will not be spared!

Give me a withdrawal form.

Sir, why have you taken this decision?

Don't withdraw, Uncle.

Think twice before
making a decision, sir.

Sir, what are you doing?

I've paved the way for the younger
generation by withdrawing my candidacy.

You all may contest if you want.

How can we contest without you?

Give us those forms as well.

Here.

Give it here.

I hereby declare that in the
agrarian association elections,

since all of Mr. Vanagamudi's candidates
withdrew their nominations,

Mr. Pakkiriswamy's team wins all posts.

I thought you wouldn't come back,

-but here you are.
-Sir!

-Leader, bless us!
-Oh, I'm not the leader!

Enough of masquerading! Get down!

You will always be our leader.

You have made this
old woman very happy, Pakkiri.

Now that you have
become the leader…

you will have to deal with a lot.

I will, former leader.

I told you to finish him off
before he could get here.

They allowed him enter the association!

Let's go!

He made a very hasty decision.

Sir!

Every year when we step into
the fields to harvest our sugarcane,

the creditors come and ask us
to pay up the interest and capital,

thereby strangulating development!

Even this year, in spite of
receiving the cutting order,

we haven't been able
to start the process, sir.

Hey, only if we cut
the sugarcane can we sell it,

and pay you back the capital and interest.

There is nothing left to discuss.

Make arrangements to
start the cutting process.

We will pay back the interest and
capital after we sell the sugarcane.

It is the responsibility
of the association.

All of you, go and start
the cutting process! Go on!

Go and start the cutting process!

Thank you so much, sir.

This is a genuine agrarian association.

Have you loaded all the luggage?

Quickly, light it.

Are these damn rituals
for you to reach America?

You should be on your way.

That's fine, Dad.

I heard you gave up
your post of leadership.

It was important for the international
agreement we're about to sign.

The leadership post is still
in our hands. You leave now.

Hey, I know that he withdrew!
Just give the phone to the sub-inspector.

File it under the section I'm telling you.

The Supreme Court should pass
judgment based on the section we file.

Do you understand?

I'll talk to the minister and
take care of it. You hang up.

-Hello?
-He's coming upstairs.

He seems angry.

I'll handle it, sir.

Sir, all the factory owners have
arrived. I'll bring them upstairs.

Mr. Vanagamudi, your
blood sugar level has increased.

Please take 21 units of insulin.

You can consume two idlis, one vada,
one cup of pongal and one cup of sambar.

Greetings, sir.

If you had contested the election,
you would have definitely won.

We would have been
the management committee.

And as always, we could have had the
executive committee meeting here.

He's someone who has always
been winning. What if he had lost?

Losing by a single vote
is also a loss, right?

Well, didn't Kakkan lose?
Didn't Kamaraj lose?

Who among us is Kakkan,
and who is Kamaraj?

Hey!

No one should ever contest
against me in any election.

In case someone does contest,
even his votes should be mine.

If all the votes have to be
ours, there is just one way.

We should use Electronic Voting Machines
even in the association elections.

Oh, no! Sir, he has started
cutting the sugarcane!

Hello?

This is the association leader
Pakkiri speaking.

Pakkiri!

Put it on speaker.

Pakkiri, tell me.

Some of our sugarcane farmers
want to have a tour of the factory.

-Ask them to come.
-Sure, Pakkiri.

Come to the factory
tomorrow in the morning.

We'll give you a complete makeover by
giving you a Hollywood star-like haircut!

-What do you think I should do?
-We should always be ourselves.

Well, then, go ahead.

-Give him a different hair cut.
-Okay.

One minute, sir.

-Pakkiri.
-Put it down.

If you sign this, we can solve
the sugarcane cutting issue.

Here.

We are the third generation
of sugarcane farmers in our families.

But we haven't seen
the sugarcane factory even once.

What is that huge wheel
that is rotating over there?

Wow! Look how it's pouring down!

We should call all our farmers here

-and show them around.
-Sure, we will.

-Do you see that smoke?
-Yes.

They generate electricity
in that tank out of sugarcane bagasse.

Oh!

The whole factory
runs on that electricity.

-Electricity from sugarcane?
-Yes, brother.

Do you realize what you're saying?

Yes, I do. Sugarcane juice
is being boiled inside this.

That generates pyroelectricity, which
is distributed across the entire factory.

They to get a lot of by-products

by converting the sugarcane
that we cultivate to sugar.

-Can you see the sugarcane dregs?
-Yes.

Those dregs go straight to the paper mill.

And all of it is used to make paper.

-Pakkiri.
-Yes?

-My cousin is a watchman at that mill.
-Okay.

Not once did he tell me about this!

He could he have told you
only if he knew!

-Brother.
-Yes?

They seem to have been making sure
we didn't have any knowledge of this.

Good observation!

That's a very good observation.
They should be ashamed of themselves.

The sugar we get at our sugarcane farms
are the color of lentils.

Pakkiri, how does that kind
of sugar turn so white?

They use sulphur dioxide
to make the sugar white.

This is sugar. Eat it.

Has the bagasse come to the boiler? Over.

Sugarcane juice is boiled over there.
And here, it crystallizes into sugar.

-Greetings, sir.
-Pakkiri…

looks like you will impart all the
knowledge to them in just one day!

Nothing like that, sir.

It's just that they are not aware of how
hard you work to process the sugarcane,

and manufacture sugar out of it.

And you aren't aware
how unaware they have been all this while.

You should get to know each other, right?
Only then will things fall into place.

You seem to know everything.
Go ahead and continue the tour.

The whole sugarcane factory is stinking.

What is this? It looks like a drainage!

This is not a drainage.
This is called molasses.

This is where spirit is procured.

And it is from that spirit that
all kinds of liquor such as

whiskey, brandy, beer,
etc. are manufactured.

Brother, you drink, right?
Now you know where it comes from.

That means we are the actual bigwigs
running the liquor business!

Absolutely!

We are about to leave.
Do you have any more doubts?

The government belongs
to these private companies.

But factories should belong
to the government,

and the government should belong to
the people. Isn't that true democracy?

-So, you've understood, right?
-Yes, we have!

Hey, watch out!

The minute we asked
for a tour, they agreed.

Sorry, Pakkiri!

Sir, please do put up
Mr. B. Srinivasa Rao's photograph.

Is it working now?

It's clear now. Fix it.

K. PAKKIRISWAMY

Put the old table away.
Make way for the new one.

Until now, from the highest post
to the post of the office bearer,

only people belonging to
a particular caste have been selected.

In the name of agrarian association,
they've been running a caste association!

The accounts show that Vanagamudi
and the association executive

have traveled abroad very often, sir.

When Nammalvar and Nellu Jayaraman
had come to our association,

they refused to meet them.

By abandoning our traditional
agrarian practices,

they are attempting
to do something else.

The state government has allocated
money for dredging every year.

Although they have taken
the money multiple times,

dredging has never been done.

Study the functioning
of the association thoroughly.

Find those who have contracts, lease
agreements, have made auction bids,

and have not paid up. I want you to
issue warnings to each one of them.

Now the association's money
is kept in a fixed deposit.

The fixed deposit has been mortgaged.

The mortgaged amount
is with a charitable trust.

And that trust is under the control
of Vanagamudi. How is that possible?

In many associations, this is
how charitable trusts function.

Think of this as Vanagamudi,
and this as the association money.

Now repeat what you said.

The association's money
is kept in a fixed deposit.

The fixed deposit has been mortgaged.

The mortgaged amount
is with a charitable trust.

And that trust is under
the control of Vanagamudi.

Now I understand, sir!

Although we have won, the association
is still under the control of Vanagamudi.

We should somehow
retrieve the association.

Yes, we will.
That's why we are here, right?

We're going to be villains for him now.

Hey, laugh like a villain!

The village Peruvayal has seen a drastic
change in the last five to six years.

This is the land I was talking about.

Almost 450 acres between
south and north remain barren.

The people of south belong to one caste,
and the people of north belong to another.

Even if some cattle or goats enter
the turf by mistake, violence breaks out,

and at least four to five
lives are lost.

This area has been marked as dangerous
even in the police station records.

If we resolve the caste issues
between these two groups,

we will get a solid
450 acres for cultivation.

Let's forget the caste and
approach them based on their class.

Okay.

Sir, even those 260 acres
remain uncultivated.

-He owns about three acres of land there.
-Yes.

That land used to be a lake. And during
heavy rains, the lake would get filled up.

It dried up as it wasn't utilized properly
and the dredging was never taken care of.

Now take a look at this.

These 30 acres belong to an old lady.

Her husband passed away.

She knew that
her life would be in danger

if the property was in her name.

So, sh1

Red salute to our guru and the people's
beloved director, Mr. S.P. Jhananathan!

We cannot simply assume that
the British were interested

in capturing the Indian subcontinent
for purely business reasons

because it was self-sufficient
in the production of food crops

such as pepper and coffee.

The Madras Presidency at that time

had many arable lands and
copious quantities of water levels.

Most importantly, cheap labor
was available in abundance.

These were the factors that attracted
the foreigners to a large extent.

They realized that our soil was
not just appropriate for food crops,

but also for cash crops
such as cotton and sugarcane.

Only because we never
understood all of this,

we have been slaves
for the past 300 years.

Apart from the fact that they
waged war and captured our entire nation,

they also increased the cultivation
of cash crops over food crops

and started exporting them as well.

Due to regular scarcity
of food and incessant drought,

people started migrating
in search of livelihood.

Due to the greed for huge profits,
only cash crops were given priority,

thereby leading to
a major scarcity of food.

In spite of cultivating so much in our
soil, they brought about famine!

And this was the greatest sin
that was unheard of the world over!

The bodies of both
children and the elderly

started falling apart
due to the scarcity of food.

Since all the bodies were
scattered across the streets,

even the living bodies along with
the dead became food for eagles.

As per the recorded history,
the famine witnessed by

the Madras Presidency during that period
claimed close to almost one crore lives.

This film is dedicated to
all those who died due to the famine,

and those who continue to suffer
and die due to scarcity of food.

PERUVAYAL
4 KM

-If possible, we shall meet again.
-We certainly will.

Your dream is my goal!
Your growth is my profit! - Vanagamudi

The Supreme Court verdict.

The verdict on reservation…

What did you say? Pakkiri is back?

For the last five to six years,

I've been getting calls from people
claiming that they have seen Pakkiri!

First make sure that it is Pakkiri.

I have seen him closely.
It is definitely Pakkiri, sir.

We will finish him off, sir.

Hey, Mr. Coconut Fiber!

Is Pakkiri really alive?
You told me he was dead!

Today is the agrarian association
election. You better get here right away.

All I have got is high quality cotton.

No one will buy it in India.
I have to export it.

The consignment is going to Australia.
I have to send it tonight.

How are the preparations
for the elections going?

They are in full swing.
You are the treasurer.

Well, then, we are going to win!

You take care of all the election work.

I'll join in later.

Hey, start with the packing!
We have to send everything to the harbor.

Why do you keep chanting that Pakkiri
is back? It's as if some leader is back!

Let's first finish the elections,
claim our posts and then handle this.

Sir, this seed cane is the best.

This is so annoying.

Hello?

Hey! That Pakkiri is a drunkard!

Don't allow him inside the village.
Finish him off!

Okay, brother.

Pakkiri…

Pakkiri, do you recognize me?

How will I not recognize you?
You are Iyarettu, right?

-Let me go and inform everyone!
-Hey!

What is this, Pakkiri?

I thought at least you, who had
left this village, would be living well.

But you have returned
like a complete vagabond.

Forget about me.
Where are you people headed?

Agriculture is dead.

We are going in search
of a livelihood elsewhere, Pakkiri.

Agriculture will never die.

I have come back to do agriculture.

Hey! Pakkiri is back!

-What?
-Who? Is it our Pakkiri?

Sister! Pakkiri is back!

-Why did you hit me, man?!
-I'm sorry, bro!

-Hey, stop!
-In the agrarian elections that's--

-Pakkiri is back!
-What…

All of you, gather at
Lord Ayyanar's temple!

Get going!

What an idiot!
Vote for Mr. Vanagamudi!

-We'll kill you!
-We'll kill you if we see you again!

They seem new.
I don't recognize them at all.

We were waiting for you
at the railway station.

Okay, sister. Calm down. He will
talk to all of you. Please wait.

Come on, Pakkiri.

All of you, listen carefully!

Six to seven years ago, our Pakkiri,
who our villagers had bid adieu to,

has come back, just for us.

Although Pakkiri wasn't in the village,

he had been in touch with us.

Greetings to everyone!

After leaving our village
and traveling around the world,

I have understood just one thing.

"Wherever they go, the world
eventually must follow the plougher."

The knowledge I have
acquired about agriculture

is what I want to implement in our
village, and that's why I'm back.

I firmly believe that
all of you will support me.

We will!

-We shall attain victory!
-Victory!

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

Times are changing

Take the first step
Sing a song and whistle to the tune

In unity, he gave us a bright future

There will be no more failures

There lies beauty
In treating everyone equally

There will be an upheaval in the world

History will change when everyone unites

The chains of slavery will be destroyed!

Nothing on Earth is impossible

Through courage comes change
Let's march on!

Times are changing

There will be no more failures

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

What is fair? What is justice?
You are the one who knows it all

With a great leader in our path
We begin to hold our heads high

Without identity
We were drowning in a quagmire

We have now gained knowledge and clarity

Mother Earth's fragrance
Is bestowed upon you

It will keep spreading for eternity

Leader, your words
Have been lapped up by everyone

There are no remnants left

You gave us wings
You touched our hearts

This entire clan is with you!

Times are changing

There will be no more failures

Come and hold the flag
Together we are a force

He has arrived!
Mr. Pakkiri as arrived!

Times are changing

Freedom is not found
Under one man's leadership alone

Any war can be won together

With will power
One can win the world

Let's embrace the path we choose

There exists no sorrow
In a world where there is equality

We aren't sacrificial goats anymore!

AGRARIAN ASSOCIATION

" Times are changing!"

There will be no more failures

Why have you gathered
such a huge crowd?

I didn't gather this crowd.
Brother, do you know them?

I don't know them.

Sign here, sir.

Here.

Announce the election results soon.
We have a lot of work to do.

There is still time. Besides, what if
someone comes and files a petition?

-Careful, Pakkiri. Let's go inside.
-Excuse me, sir.

Move aside.

-What's your problem? Get out of the way!
-Move!

-We're going in.
-Let's go in.

Give us the nomination form
for the post of the leader.

Brother!

Are you really going to contest
against our leader? Who are you?

It's me! Pakkiri, alias Pakkiriswamy.

We've come to contest for all the other
posts like treasurer, secretary, etc.

Give them proof of our identities.

Our ration cards, aadhaar cards,
and our association membership cards.

All our deposit money.

Pakkiri's lifetime membership card.

Here.

If you contest against our
leader, you will not be spared!

Give me a withdrawal form.

Sir, why have you taken this decision?

Don't withdraw, Uncle.

Think twice before
making a decision, sir.

Sir, what are you doing?

I've paved the way for the younger
generation by withdrawing my candidacy.

You all may contest if you want.

How can we contest without you?

Give us those forms as well.

Here.

Give it here.

I hereby declare that in the
agrarian association elections,

since all of Mr. Vanagamudi's candidates
withdrew their nominations,

Mr. Pakkiriswamy's team wins all posts.

I thought you wouldn't come back,

-but here you are.
-Sir!

-Leader, bless us!
-Oh, I'm not the leader!

Enough of masquerading! Get down!

You will always be our leader.

You have made this
old woman very happy, Pakkiri.

Now that you have
become the leader…

you will have to deal with a lot.

I will, former leader.

I told you to finish him off
before he could get here.

They allowed him enter the association!

Let's go!

He made a very hasty decision.

Sir!

Every year when we step into
the fields to harvest our sugarcane,

the creditors come and ask us
to pay up the interest and capital,

thereby strangulating development!

Even this year, in spite of
receiving the cutting order,

we haven't been able
to start the process, sir.

Hey, only if we cut
the sugarcane can we sell it,

and pay you back the capital and interest.

There is nothing left to discuss.

Make arrangements to
start the cutting process.

We will pay back the interest and
capital after we sell the sugarcane.

It is the responsibility
of the association.

All of you, go and start
the cutting process! Go on!

Go and start the cutting process!

Thank you so much, sir.

This is a genuine agrarian association.

Have you loaded all the luggage?

Quickly, light it.

Are these damn rituals
for you to reach America?

You should be on your way.

That's fine, Dad.

I heard you gave up
your post of leadership.

It was important for the international
agreement we're about to sign.

The leadership post is still
in our hands. You leave now.

Hey, I know that he withdrew!
Just give the phone to the sub-inspector.

File it under the section I'm telling you.

The Supreme Court should pass
judgment based on the section we file.

Do you understand?

I'll talk to the minister and
take care of it. You hang up.

-Hello?
-He's coming upstairs.

He seems angry.

I'll handle it, sir.

Sir, all the factory owners have
arrived. I'll bring them upstairs.

Mr. Vanagamudi, your
blood sugar level has increased.

Please take 21 units of insulin.

You can consume two idlis, one vada,
one cup of pongal and one cup of sambar.

Greetings, sir.

If you had contested the election,
you would have definitely won.

We would have been
the management committee.

And as always, we could have had the
executive committee meeting here.

He's someone who has always
been winning. What if he had lost?

Losing by a single vote
is also a loss, right?

Well, didn't Kakkan lose?
Didn't Kamaraj lose?

Who among us is Kakkan,
and who is Kamaraj?

Hey!

No one should ever contest
against me in any election.

In case someone does contest,
even his votes should be mine.

If all the votes have to be
ours, there is just one way.

We should use Electronic Voting Machines
even in the association elections.

Oh, no! Sir, he has started
cutting the sugarcane!

Hello?

This is the association leader
Pakkiri speaking.

Pakkiri!

Put it on speaker.

Pakkiri, tell me.

Some of our sugarcane farmers
want to have a tour of the factory.

-Ask them to come.
-Sure, Pakkiri.

Come to the factory
tomorrow in the morning.

We'll give you a complete makeover by
giving you a Hollywood star-like haircut!

-What do you think I should do?
-We should always be ourselves.

Well, then, go ahead.

-Give him a different hair cut.
-Okay.

One minute, sir.

-Pakkiri.
-Put it down.

If you sign this, we can solve
the sugarcane cutting issue.

Here.

We are the third generation
of sugarcane farmers in our families.

But we haven't seen
the sugarcane factory even once.

What is that huge wheel
that is rotating over there?

Wow! Look how it's pouring down!

We should call all our farmers here

-and show them around.
-Sure, we will.

-Do you see that smoke?
-Yes.

They generate electricity
in that tank out of sugarcane bagasse.

Oh!

The whole factory
runs on that electricity.

-Electricity from sugarcane?
-Yes, brother.

Do you realize what you're saying?

Yes, I do. Sugarcane juice
is being boiled inside this.

That generates pyroelectricity, which
is distributed across the entire factory.

They to get a lot of by-products

by converting the sugarcane
that we cultivate to sugar.

-Can you see the sugarcane dregs?
-Yes.

Those dregs go straight to the paper mill.

And all of it is used to make paper.

-Pakkiri.
-Yes?

-My cousin is a watchman at that mill.
-Okay.

Not once did he tell me about this!

He could he have told you
only if he knew!

-Brother.
-Yes?

They seem to have been making sure
we didn't have any knowledge of this.

Good observation!

That's a very good observation.
They should be ashamed of themselves.

The sugar we get at our sugarcane farms
are the color of lentils.

Pakkiri, how does that kind
of sugar turn so white?

They use sulphur dioxide
to make the sugar white.

This is sugar. Eat it.

Has the bagasse come to the boiler? Over.

Sugarcane juice is boiled over there.
And here, it crystallizes into sugar.

-Greetings, sir.
-Pakkiri…

looks like you will impart all the
knowledge to them in just one day!

Nothing like that, sir.

It's just that they are not aware of how
hard you work to process the sugarcane,

and manufacture sugar out of it.

And you aren't aware
how unaware they have been all this while.

You should get to know each other, right?
Only then will things fall into place.

You seem to know everything.
Go ahead and continue the tour.

The whole sugarcane factory is stinking.

What is this? It looks like a drainage!

This is not a drainage.
This is called molasses.

This is where spirit is procured.

And it is from that spirit that
all kinds of liquor such as

whiskey, brandy, beer,
etc. are manufactured.

Brother, you drink, right?
Now you know where it comes from.

That means we are the actual bigwigs
running the liquor business!

Absolutely!

We are about to leave.
Do you have any more doubts?

The government belongs
to these private companies.

But factories should belong
to the government,

and the government should belong to
the people. Isn't that true democracy?

-So, you've understood, right?
-Yes, we have!

Hey, watch out!

The minute we asked
for a tour, they agreed.

Sorry, Pakkiri!

Sir, please do put up
Mr. B. Srinivasa Rao's photograph.

Is it working now?

It's clear now. Fix it.

K. PAKKIRISWAMY

Put the old table away.
Make way for the new one.

Until now, from the highest post
to the post of the office bearer,

only people belonging to
a particular caste have been selected.

In the name of agrarian association,
they've been running a caste association!

The accounts show that Vanagamudi
and the association executive

have traveled abroad very often, sir.

When Nammalvar and Nellu Jayaraman
had come to our association,

they refused to meet them.

By abandoning our traditional
agrarian practices,

they are attempting
to do something else.

The state government has allocated
money for dredging every year.

Although they have taken
the money multiple times,

dredging has never been done.

Study the functioning
of the association thoroughly.

Find those who have contracts, lease
agreements, have made auction bids,

and have not paid up. I want you to
issue warnings to each one of them.

Now the association's money
is kept in a fixed deposit.

The fixed deposit has been mortgaged.

The mortgaged amount
is with a charitable trust.

And that trust is under the control
of Vanagamudi. How is that possible?

In many associations, this is
how charitable trusts function.

Think of this as Vanagamudi,
and this as the association money.

Now repeat what you said.

The association's money
is kept in a fixed deposit.

The fixed deposit has been mortgaged.

The mortgaged amount
is with a charitable trust.

And that trust is under
the control of Vanagamudi.

Now I understand, sir!

Although we have won, the association
is still under the control of Vanagamudi.

We should somehow
retrieve the association.

Yes, we will.
That's why we are here, right?

We're going to be villains for him now.

Hey, laugh like a villain!

The village Peruvayal has seen a drastic
change in the last five to six years.

This is the land I was talking about.

Almost 450 acres between
south and north remain barren.

The people of south belong to one caste,
and the people of north belong to another.

Even if some cattle or goats enter
the turf by mistake, violence breaks out,

and at least four to five
lives are lost.

This area has been marked as dangerous
even in the police station records.

If we resolve the caste issues
between these two groups,

we will get a solid
450 acres for cultivation.

Let's forget the caste and
approach them based on their class.

Okay.

Sir, even those 260 acres
remain uncultivated.

-He owns about three acres of land there.
-Yes.

That land used to be a lake. And during
heavy rains, the lake would get filled up.

It dried up as it wasn't utilized properly
and the dredging was never taken care of.

Now take a look at this.

These 30 acres belong to an old lady.

Her husband passed away.

She knew that
her life would be in danger

if the property was in her name.

So, she registered it in the name
of the Tripuathi Temple trust.

There's about 650 acres of land here.

A father divided the property
amongst four of his children.

They lost their land because of the loan
they had procured for one boy's education.

The issue was taken to court.
The court only kept adjourning the case.

The elder brother took to drink, and he's
been roaming the streets like a madman.

If we solve that problem,

we'll definitely get those 650 acres
for the collective farm project.

This land is under
the control of V��