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Good morning, Colonel.
- Good morning, Majors...

They've all come?
- Yes sir. All of them have come.

They're the local chieftains.
something like the lords in our country.

You know all the points?
- Sure, Sir. - with regards

I know, Sir. I'll help him.

I am Office Clerk, 1st. grade.
Kanara Menon

I speak 5 languages,
read and write 3.

Wonderful!
Gentlemen! Please...

Good morning, gentlemen.
- Namaste!

Good morning, Sir!
- Namaste!

You're Kannavath Nambiar?
- Yes.

This is Colonel Bowls.

This is Major Murray.

This is Major Gordon.

Gentlemen please be seated..

Bhandari, tell them.
- Yes, Sir.

Colonel Sahib has a letter
sent by Duncan Sahib.

Among the important things
it says... says...

Duncan Sahib knows all the
details of the accounts here.

More than 4 lakhs are due
as taxes.

To be precise, Rs. 4,40,000.

How can the farmers pay if
taxes are continually hiked?

Sir he says, the farmers...

I understand...

The rulers, the tax collectors,
all want their own shares.

What'll those
who can't pay do?

What's his problem?

Sir, he says the Company
increases the taxes.

The rulers add some more.

The tax collectors
want a share.

Mr. Menon, tell them
what happened to Chirakkal. - Sir

You know what happened
at Chirakkal?

Chirakkal Raja didn't hand over the
collected tax until the army arrived!

If the Company wants bribes
to delay payments...

The bribery issue...

Tell them, Bhandari.

Yes Sir. That is...

Sir, I will tell them.

The Governor Sahib
gives you 30 days.

Then interest, and interest on
that interest the next 30 days.

If arrears are not paid, the Company
will have the right to seize the lands.

It's the Governor's orders.
I can't do anything.

Mr. Menon
- Sir!

It's robbers and bandits
who've been ruling here.

The Company wants to subdue them,
allow people to live in peace.

The Company asks how to rule
without money in the treasury.

Excuse me, Colonel.

When the Mysore army attacked,
we faced them.

Your good-for-nothing kings...

...ran away with their families
And their treasures...

...showing no concern for their
country nor for its people.

Cowards!

Translate, Bhandari.

The Mysore army...
- Don't!

I understand, Sahib.
He needn't translate.

Not everyone ran away.

One prince stayed to fight
with you against them.

Remember, that's why you've
the right to live here now.

Explain, Bhandari,
if they don't understand.

I understand. You mean
Kerala Varma Pazhassi?

King Kerala Varma Pazhassi!

Yes, Sir.

The Company will never
forget the help they received.

But who prevents the Company
from collecting taxes now?

Who makes sure your assets are
confiscated? The same man!

Enough! We'll talk later.

Let them speak, Nambiar.

We're not here to argue.

But don't you see, they're
blaming King Pazhassi!

Good day, gentlemen.
- Namaste.

Mr. Menon, - sir, Bhandari, - sir, let's go to
my office to discuss this.

The Company knows the country's been
miserable after Tippu's invasion.

Still, with due respect for
the Company's orders...

Whatever remains from the
previous and current year's...

The current year's...

Added to the tax for
the current year...

We promise to hand over
Rs. 75,000 at once.

I have come...
Do sit down.

My Lord, if you make
a promise like that...

Try! You're the Revenue
Officer, Pazhayam Veedan.

You're responsible for
collecting taxes!

Write to Superintendent
Christopher Pele...

The Company's ever-reliable
Kottayam ruler, Veera Varma...

My Lord!

To sign as the ruler of Kottayam before
the conditions have been agreed upon...

A document that'll reach
even the Governor Sahib...

...leaving no doubt who the
Kottayam ruler is, I or Pazhassi!

Isn't Pazhayam Veedan Chandu
said to be a very wily fellow?

You don't know a thing!

I'll tell you.

What?

Let the Colonel go with
some people and ask...

...Pazhassi to come here to
draft conditions for the contract.

Need a nephew be ashamed to
come and meet his uncle. Kanaran?

Why? That's not shameful.

Let's put the facts before him.

Then imprison or try him,
as the Colonel wishes.

Didn't he hide Narangoli
Nambiar, the murderer...

...get mapillas out of jail,
and then hang them?

There's no evidence for that.

Create evidence then!

Who attacks the tax collectors?
And on whose orders?

Can the Company stop him?

That's what I ask them!

I wrote to say we'd pay 75,000
hoping to settle the matter.

Make sure you tell
the white men this.

I'll explain it myself.

I can speak to the white men
myself, if necessary.

Bring him here first.
Then the trial. Can you do it?

He may be your nephew.
But you don't really know him.

Think he'll come like a lamb
with the Colonel's men?

Send a whole army if a
small group's not enough.

What Kanara?

Come fast.

Syedalavi, take the boat to
Govindan's place.

I'll take all of them.
Let Kunkan know.

Makkam, don't hurry.
Be careful.

Brother Ambu,
what about Thampuran?

He'll come.
Do as Thampuran has told.

Did you hurt yourself?

It's nothing, nothing.

Stop there.

Where's Pazhassi?
Speak! Where's your master?

I don't know.

My God...

I won't allow you to enter.

Open the chest.

Gold.... real gold!

Go fast.

Good evening, ladies.

I think this must be
his bedroom.

There's nothing much
fancy about it.

How do I look?

The Raja's high seat!

Walk on!

Major, he said Pazhassi
left 3 days back.

So you've come at last?

Lord!

I've been worried to death.

Where is he Colonel Sahib?

Have you got him?

300 soldiers went there.

And where's he?

He'd left earlier.

Didn't your wife, Unniyamma, say
there'd be a big pooja there?

Yes.

But his wife, Makkam,
wanted it elsewhere.

Unniyamma didn't know.

The man's gone. What
about his wealth?

Don't know what the
soldiers did with it.

The coffers, the gold, all the
temple jewels: what about them?

Soldiers! They'd have
taken some.

The Company must be making
accounts for the rest.

It should have come here.
It's I who should make accounts.

Do you realize who
the ruler of Kottayam is?

I do, but the Company
must realize it too.

Be grateful your nephew's
escaped by God's grace.

What I tell...

Get out from my presence!

Subbarayan, turn off
the outside light.

I don't want anything.
I'm not hungry.

Subbarayan! Mani! Where's
everyone gone?

You wanted to conduct
a trial, Uncle.

We can have one now.

I asked them to bring you, but
I didn't think they'd raid the palace.

Atrocities increase,
robbers thrive!

And I encourage them?

The Company's found another
camp: the Pazhassi palace!

The idea of entering it...

They got in, plundered it!

You know soldiers seized gold and
jewels we'd stored for years.

Kerala Varma no longer
has a place to live in.

I didn't come here to submit
a petition for lost property.

I'll get it all back!

War doesn't mean entering and
ransacking an unguarded palace.

The Company's yet to see
how Pazhassi wages war!

We might not meet again.

The state of the country, not my
losses, should be your concern.

What can I do about laws
passed by the Company?

Aren't you responsible for
convincing the Company?

You know taxes are being raised
and people can't pay them.

The land's being ruined!

Farmers keep running away,
committing suicide!

I've become the Company's foe.
Let's not wage war, you and me.

It is my duty to tell you
this and I have done so.

I bow you, lord.

It must have been
the fall that caused it.

The baby died.

You must accept it as
what you're destined to.

It was a boy. Only
six months grown...

...but what a head of hair!
and what a fair complexion!

Lord Narayana!

Ravi Varma, take Mother and
Grandmother to Chirakkal.

Aren't the boatmen there?

My palace is gone.

The Company soldiers cook in
the rooms that aren't burnt down.

If we tell children the story of
our ancestor who built the palace...

...they'll laugh mockingly!

Go in. Makkam's weeping all the time,
asking when you'll come.

Lord Narayana!

Lie down.

Don't grieve. That's all
we were destined to.

I waited 8 years, with hopes I
never spoke of to anyone.

That I'd name him Ambadikuttan,
if it was a boy,

...or if its was girl, Shailaja, for Shaileshwari,
our family goddess.

She'd grow up here.

There'd be a playhouse next to
the palace and a classroom.

And a cart drawn by a little
mare for her to go out in.

Don't, don't! Don't
say anything more.

I must sometimes lay open a heart
that's caressed only a sword's tip.

Never mind. I won't voice
any more regrets.

I'm leaving, Unni.

Go along, I'll
come and see you.

All right.

Eat...

3 more days of rest,
then you can start.

Once you reach Kaitheri, don't
strain yourself for a while.

Ambu will be with you
till you reach home.

And you, my lord?

I have no palace, no guards.
Don't know where I'll camp.

I'll send people to find
out how you are.

Won't you come there? -I will.

You know the soldiers have
orders to imprison me.

So I can't give you an
exact time or date.

Won't they try to find out
where your camp is?

I have a set of new guards
whose swords won't sleep.

And the Mother Goddess will
walk with me, protecting me.

There'll be my prayers as well.

Your prayers are the
armour I always wear.

Let me leave now. I've so much
to say, but there's no time.

They'll hunt me, watch every
movement in Kaitheri.

But they won't attack women.

I know the white man.

It's our own people
we must be wary about.

I've told Ambu.

Don't worry.

Thaburan, good thing has come

Emman Nair, here?

I sent for him.
Sit down, Emman.

Okay.

Namaste!
- Namaste.

The whole Company, even
Wellesley, are Emman's friends.

So we must tell him
about our affairs.

Now the Company'll have
no problem, finding our camp.

Kaitheri Ambu, right?

I've seen you as a child.

I have always felt that
the sahibs should come...

...to a compromise with our Master.

Did that gentleman, the Governor,
order the looting of the palace?

Sekhara, who did we write
to last? -To Kuttyeri Raman.

Read.

If you collect taxes by force
your blood will stain the ledger!

Today and tomorrow letters
will go out to almost everyone.

We'll collect enough. But some
people want their own share.

Pazhassi brought up Pazhayam Veedan,
made him a revenue officer.

He trained with me, fought beside
me in the Mysore army.

People are shocked: how can he
forget the past so completely?

Human beings are often like that.

The white man has
great authority and position...

But in London, he's accused
of accepting paltry bribes!

When poverty struck, after
Tippu Sultan's invasion...

...it was Master who insisted
the farmers plant seeds and vines.

People know all that.

Not that I've got money.

How can a younger
son have money?

My accountants know the
debts I owe so many people.

The country must become free.
Old customs must be observed.

That's why I fought on the
Company's side against Mysore.

But I wonder now
who the real enemy was.

Master, I don't have
soldiers or weapons,

...but your camp will never lack paddy,
or any sort of food.

That's all I'll say now.

Ambu, this is my Master too.

Rayarappa!

Here's some money.

When it's over, more will arrive.
I'll leave now.

If you'll teach them to fight
with spades and axes...

Emman will send a 1 000 farmers.

No one in north Wynad
will oppose Emman.

Who's that?

What's this?
- It's pepper.

Keep all of it outside.

It's the army, come
to collect tax.

Don't touch it! I'll chop
off your hand!

Go away, man.

Gather all this up,
take it inside, girl.

Don't stare. Tie her up,
take her into the garden.

Leave my hand.

Great warrior, are you?
Let me see you fight!

Catch her.

Where are you running?

Sir! He's the rebel, Edachena Kunkan
the one who's been eluding us.

If you don't find spices when
you come to collect taxes...

...has the Company given you
orders to molest young girls?

It's rioters like him who make
it hard for us to collect taxes.

Take him in.
- Yes, Sir.

Take all these sacks and put
them back in their places.

All right.

Take all these inside.

Thank you, lord.

Lord...

I ran here when the kids
came and told me the news.

I came in search of you.

Master's been asking for you.

He's Pazhassi lord's army chief.

Lord! -Sit down.

Lord.

May you live long, Master.

Thalakkal Chandu. He studied
under me for 5 years.

Yes sir.

And who's this girl?

She's going to
marry Chandu.

Her name is Neeli.
Our betrothal is over.

You've learned martial arts?

A bit. I know how to use a bow
and arrow and other weapons.

Good.

Some disciples are here.
- Ask them to come.

Chappa, come on.

There are more who'll
come if we call them.

They're raiding all the huts.
Once people get to know...

...even those who hesitate
now will join us.

We can take people from
other tribes as well.

The ones who hunt boars
with spears and clubs.

Let all of them come. You
must help me in Wynad.

You have only to give orders.

We must fabricate
the weapons we lack.

In the future, it's guns,
not swords we'll use for war.

But in the forest...

...we'll continue to use
bows and arrows.

The white men's army don't
know the laws of the forest.

The forest's more important
than men or weapons.

The forest that protects and
punishes, that's our companion.

Chandu has disciples trained
in the martial arts.

Good.

But this is going to be
a little different.

I'm thinking about other
methods of warfare.

About guerilla warfare!

It has its own rules.

It's not enough if the
body becomes all eyes.

The ears must become eyes,

the eyes become hands,
and the body a weapon!

We can win only if we
use guerilla warfare.

Hold it carefully.
See straight.

No swirling swords in war,
no evading sword thrusts

Look right and left, keep an eye
behind you as you lower yourself.

Come Kunkan, it's a while
since I had some exercise.

I'm happy you've come.

I have no palace, no camps
for you to stay in.

I don't even know if you'll
get your food on time.

I cannot say how many of you
will get back to your families.

But I will be with
you until the end.

Can men who came as spice traders
be allowed to rule our country...

...and to frame its laws?

This land that the Gods rule
will always be indebted to you.

Here is the mountain.
These are the paths.

This is Periya Churam,
the Periya Ghat.

All Pazhassi's rebels and
supplies have to go this way.

And if we capture the ghats,
Pazhassi's army will be cut off.

Very good. Captain Cameron,
go ahead and proceed.

Yes, Sir.

Men, fire at will!

Men, get back!

It's a disgrace, Major!

Are you Indian coolies or
are you British soldiers?

Mr. Pazhayam Veedan, we've lost
control of both the mountain passes.

Just how many have we lost?

Answer me!

More than a 1 00 dead
and 200 injured.

What a shame, Major!

It's a disaster, Major.

He's making a mockery of us.

They were tribals, with
bows and arrows.

We did not know where
they were hiding in the forest.

Its' me... Kannavath Nambiar and his son...

Namaste...

A letter from the
King of Chirakkal.

It's an invitation to discuss a compromise
with 2 officers from Bombay...

...in the presence of
the King of Chirakkal.

If they agree, you can sign a
treaty in the Thalasserry Fort.

The King of Chirakkal
has taken the initiative.

I hear 1 000 men will come
by way of Tamarasserry.

If Dow Sahib's 2000 men
come from the north to...

...Manatheri or Pulpalli and the
white men unite and pitch camp...

...they'll comb the Wynad forests.

Emman, don't underestimate
our strength.

I'm not afraid of
the Company's strength.

Chirakkal is our well-wisher.
So when he invites me...

But Master, we can't agree
till we know the conditions.

What if Chirakkal says
it's a discussion and then...

Chirakkal will not be a party to
any move that will harm me.

Duncan Sahib's
given Chirakkal...

...his word that there'll be
no attack or confrontation.

Anyway, my hope is that
a compromise will be reached.

Enough, Ammukutty.
It's so bitter!

Doctor said you have to
take it for another 4 days.

Ma'am! They say Master
has reached Chirakkal.

How long can you
go on like this?

I feel sad, thinking of it.

It's I who sent a message
to Duncan Sahib.

May be I'm destined to manage
without an army, in some refuge.

The Company is
very strong, Unni.

Listen, I'm not clever.
So you the Superintendent...

...must advise me on what
whatever steps I must take.

I saw a secret copy of the letter
he sent Christopher Pele.

You must give me money
and an army to protect me...

...and the intelligence
I lack as well.

It's my uncle,
Veera Varma,

...who claims to be ruler of Kottayam,
who wrote that letter.

Now the Company can easily
seize all our territories.

What does the
Company want?

If we want peace,
what they say is that...

...you must go away to
some place like Travancore...

...and stay there
for 2 or 3 years.

I'll oppose the English forces
however strong they are...

Not because I want to
wrest authority from them.

Why should a handful of traders
rule our land? That's what I ask.

So you won't
come to Thalasserry.

I respect you,
my elder brother.

But you must realize, Kottayam's
fate may befall Chirakkal too.

Do you think I'd sign a contract
that exiles me from my land?

We must have peace here.
That's all I have to say.

And I too.

How is Makkam?

She's all right, sister.

Just drop in at Kaitheri
for a while.

She'll be waiting for you.

Did some lord today
gift golden rings...

To the konna tree
on yonder hill?

Did he come at night
in a palanquin?

With a full moon
accompanying him?

And birds singing joyfully
all along his path.

The paddy fields clothed...

...in tender young sheaves
like a new bride.

Who are you waiting to see.

With wicks of desire
burning high.

O lamp of midnight?

It's as if each flame
has seen that face.

Blushing deep red,
lovely in shyness.

Singing, someone makes
a milk offering.

To the serpent gods
in the sacred shrine.

Bless me, O Lord, who
wears a snake-garland!

Which ocean of love
will graciously fill...

The heart of this conch
with a drop of sacred water?

This tree that has flowered
in my courtyard.

Will the moon-bird come
down to swing on it?

Going close to its ear...

Which tale shall I first chant.

Which unsung song...

...shall I first hum?

At that sweet moment
when I yearn for...

The sweet nectar of
his sacred words.

Find him!

Govinda! Narayana!
Is anyone here?

No one will answer
if you call.

Don't move or
make a sound.

These are the
Company's people.

They want to meet Pazhassi.

He's not anywhere here.

Where's he?

Kammara, let our people go
back the Mattanoor way.

I want just you here at night.
No bodyguards at all.

Makkam, where are the
guards who used to be here?

Here's the prasadam.

I'm so thirsty, get me
some water to drink.

Go inside.

A palanquin's waiting.

The sahib's orders are
that you shouldn't walk.

Oh! God...

So you came yourself
to show me the way.

I gave up my old job. The
Company pays my salary now.

I've been appointed to collect
all the taxes in Kottayam.

The Company sent me here.

And what's the reward
you'll get for handing me over?

One more doubt...

How much money will
satisfy a person's greed?

Get up, lord.

Get up

Makkam, they tell me there's
no time to have lunch now.

I'm invited to eat with
the white man today.

I didn't get water.
Never mind. Let's move.

Get into the palanquin.

Here's the water.

Throw all of them into the palanquin
and send them to their superiors.

The sahibs must
be fed up of waiting.

Tom, I'm tired!

They suggested going by boat.

But you insisted on trekking
through the forest.

Now enjoy your little picnic!

Go fast.
- Careful darling

How far is Thalasserry?
Ask him.

You have to walk about 8 hours
to get to Thalasserry.

8 hours only.

8 hours?

We should make a camp
somewhere here.

It's not safe here.

Wild animals?

A wild man and
his band of rebels.

He's fighting the Company.

What does he want?

He wants the British to quit.

Why?

He says this is his land.

Is it?

How sweet?

Who is it? who's that?

Where are you?

Show your face you coward...

Come out you cowards

Stop, stop! What's this?

I think they're soldiers.

The sahib pointed a gun at me,
so I let fly an arrow.

This is a note we
found in their bag.

Variar, have a look at this.

Assistant Collector Baber,
he's a Company man.

I am Pazhassi Kerala Varma.
Your enemy.

When the Company ransacked
Master's palace, they killed 24 guards.

What shall we do?

Lock them up in jail. Don't
give them food or water.

No, let's chop off their heads and
send them to the white men.

Don't do anything.

These people are our guests.

Sahib, we have a saying.

Athidhi devo bhava' Understand?

I think that means,
'Guests are to be treated as Gods'

Chandu.

Bandage the sahib's foot.

It's dusk.

There are wild elephants
around here.

Tomorrow, blindfold them and
take them down the pass.

Is it poisoned?

What did she ask?

She's asking if
there's poison.

How did you understand?
- I guessed.

We've other arrows
that are poisoned.

The soldiers have threatened
all the shopkeepers.

They won't send us much
rice or salt or spices now.

There's just 1 0 of us
to cook for all these folk.

The soldiers are scared of Master,
so they endure it.

What you cook is
not fit to eat!

Careful, I have a burning
twig in my hand!

Here we are, at last.

But it was a
delightful adventure!

Lord here they come!

Gentlemen, meet my fiancee,
Dora.

Charming - Pleased to meet you!-
The pleasure is all mine! - Hello.. thank you

We will begin!

So you met Pazhassi?

Yes, we were
his guests.

Guests? You had
guns and porters.

You could have
taken him in!

He's a gentleman, not a
wild man as you had said.

Quiet, Dora.

Pardon me,
what was that?

Nothing. He's killed
1 00's of our men!

And how many men were killed by
your soldiers on his side?

Don't ask silly questions! darling
This is a war!

Do you remember the place?

It will be difficult to find
him in the dense forest.

We'll take a regiment to the forest and
hunt him down this instant!

That's not the way.
Come here.

Sir, they're going
the wrong way.

Stop them!

Those are our bloody weapons!

Shoot them!

They may be
among the rebels.

Come on, they're getting
away with our weapons!

Put the ammunition
away in dry spots.

It's just as well we
got a lot more guns.

To be read in the factory
office to Duncan Sahib or Macleod sahib.

If the Company's soldiers and servants
want to go back from Wynad...

...they must leave their camps
at once and go down the pass.

We give you a period of
3 days to do this.

The Pazhassi army will not
harm anyone who goes back.

We won't observe the rules of
war towards Company soldiers...

...who are seen in Wynad after
the stipulated period.

Their heads will arrive at the
gates of the fort every day.

We give you 3 days from the
moment this note reaches you.

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
Sri Krishna Jayam.

3 days! They allow us 3 days to
withdraw the army from Wynad.

Otherwise... -otherwise...

They say they'll kill all of
the Company's army in Wynad.

That's all!

This is not a letter. It's a threat,
a warning to the company.

He is a dangerous man!

Bhandari! - Sir.

Translate the letter and
send it to Governor Duncan Immediately.

Yes, Sir.

Let us await orders
from Bombay.

All of us want to come to
a compromise with the Company.

Let's all think of what to
do and make a decision.

I think the main point is this.

To ask the Kurumbranad ruler to stand aside,
to send for our elder brother...

...who's now in Travancore and to
hand over the position of ruler to him.

I'm content. Even if they place
it in my hands, I won't accept it.

It is my elder brother
who merits that position.

But will that be enough?

We must discuss it, find out
what the other conditions are.

We've not admitted defeat.
It's they who ask for a treaty.

I'm certain Duncan Sahib
won't do anything dishonorable.

Periya and Tamarasserry
are in our hands.

People come to join us
despite proclamations and threats.

Isn't that why the Sahibs
want to discuss a treaty?

It would benefit everyone
if the war were to end.

They have people who'll kill
or die for them.

And so have we.

But you must
not forget those...

...who suffer in the midst of this:
the people of our country.

Let the army chief have his say.

We'll always fight to preserve
our Master's prestige.

Keep that in mind, Master,
when you discuss the treaty.

Welcome, Pazhassi. I am
the Governor, Duncan.

Nice to meet you.

Please be seated.

Explain, Bhandari -Yes, Sir.

No. 1 ... Pazhassi Kerala Varma's
elder brother, who went away...

...to Travancore, must now be
made the ruler of Kottayam.

No. 2... Since the war is going to be
ended, no restrictions will be...

...imposed on Kottayam residents
who wish to go to and from.

No. 3...

The Company agrees to allow
Pazhassi Tampuran to live in...

...Kottayam and to give him
an annual subsidy of Rs. 8000.

No. 4... The Malabar Commission
will begin preparations at once to...

...return to Pazhassi the gold and jewels that
the army took away from the palace.

If any of these conditions
are violated, the witnesses who...

...have signed undertake to go
over to the Company's side.

Just a minute.

He's here and he's alone.
Why can't we arrest him right now?

He's not alone.

See his troops.

I know the Company has
vast military forces.

But we're not
afraid of that.

We'll resist them
to the last...

...in order to uphold our rights,
our dignity and our freedom.

The Company's military is very strong
we know

but we'll resist to the last...
to uphold our rights...

...our rights, dignity and freedom.

People should be able
to live in peace.

He say's People should
live in peace.

My people!

You are a
very wise man.

So the war is over.

Did we all risk our
lives only for you...

...to be given enough money
to run your household?

I signed the treaty...

...thinking that Kottayam
folk could now live in peace.

If people need a pass to walk in
the streets whom will they curse?

Me!

Even I'll need a pass
to come to Thalasserry.

So we'll live a quiet life now,
watch Kathakali and play chess!

And our elder brother, the ruler
can live an equally idle life!

I did not sign a clause saying
I would disband the army.

That was not in the treaty.

Kunkan, you're still the chief
of the Pazhassi army.

Going to Thalasserry?

I've not decided as yet.

The Company is
recruiting soldiers.

Soldiers will go wherever
they find a job.

Many will leave if they hear
Kaitheri Ambu has gone away.

What strength will the
Pazhassi army have then?

But the treaty's been signed.
Why have an army now?

Master hasn't
disbanded the army.

That's why they didn't
dare shut us up in jail.

The sahibs are afraid: Kunkan,
the army chief, is with them.

What strength does an army
chief have by himself?

It's knowing one is protected
on the right, left and rear...

...that gives one courage...

...spurs one on to do one's best.

The company army still talks of
how Mysore's Abdulkhader...

...was slain in Thalasserry Fort!

But I didn't fall that day!

A soldier's good fortune is
to fall at the right moment.

His stature will grow then,
through a ballad.

Magic, sorcery and legend
will possess his story.

I came to say that methods
of warfare have changed.

Those who lead armies must be
expert with guns and swords.

It's you who must lead
the Pazhassi army now.

I'll be there, standing
somewhere at the rear.

I see no indignity in that.

Edachena Kunkan, the army chief,
under Ambu? You're mocking me?

I don't have a tradition
like you Kaitheri folk.

My teacher took pity on
the little unfortunate boy...

...wandering around in search
of food for his noon day meal...

...gave him a soldier's white
loincloth and a potful of oil...

...and deemed him fit to be
Pazhassi Thampuran's attendant.

I've heard that you trained
as a soldier in Tulunad.

There are other legends as well.

When I became the army chief...

...my own relatives made up
tales of my family's prestige!

My Master knows everything.

Those days, setting aside half
the rice from his own packet...

My little Master would smile at me.
A smile that was...

...innocent of mockery, that filled
my stomach, my heart as well.

I did all the tasks he gave me.

When asked to lead his army...

...all I did was lay my sword at
his feet, make an obeisance...

...and take up that task as well.

Thampuran's not just my master,
he's a foster father to me.

There will be a big war.

Our Master must
not be defeated.

He who created
the entire world.

Is he not master
of the universe?

Did he not knit East
and West together?

Has he not hidden thousands
of secrets in every heart?

Doesn't he write in the heart
with a pen of gold?

Doesn't all happen by his decree,
his unlimited might?

There is no God but
Allah no might, no power.

The lamp of the
sun was lighted.

And the rays of the moon
were spread out...

...laying out lustrous pearls in
the coffers of the ocean.

Are we not travellers
in this world?

Are we not searching
for something?

Do we not wander over the earth
seeking the essence of pleasure?

Though we travel a million miles
we may not find our goal.

Getting millions in our hands
may not bring us peace and joy.

Not a leaf can move without
the consent of God.

No one knows that everything
happens by divine decree.

Sit down.

Will you drink something
before you chew betel leaves?

No, nothing.

I'm not sure I've seen you
I've heard a lot about you.

Pazhassi Raja's right hand!

There's some news.

Pazhassi Raja sent
him to tell you.

Did you hear,
Unni Mootha...

...the Company's got the right
to seize dead Mapillas' properties!

What kind of law is that?

Aren't Mapillas thieves?

In the eyes of the Company,
aren't you and I thieves?

There'll be new laws
to put down Mapillas.

We were thirsty, so we plucked
and drank 4 tender coconuts.

3 men are in jail for that!

My nephew, Moosakutty,
is one of them.

All weapons have to be
given up to the army.

They'll give us eight rupees
for a gun...

...and 8 annas more than its
weight in iron for a sword.

Pazhassi Thampuran wants
to discuss these matters.

But didn't he sign, agreeing
to a subsidy of Rs. 8000?

All will go well if the
conditions are honoured.

But if they are violated...

...do you think people will
abandon our Master?

We'll need your help too,
Unni Mootha.

It wasn't the Company
that hanged the 2 men...

...Chetty had put in jail. It was
Pazhassi Raja who did that!

He didn't allow us
to build the mosque.

He's always been an enemy
of the Mapillas.

Gurukkal, didn't he kill
3 people in Koodali?

Well, if you say...

It was Pazhayam
Veedan's tax collectors...

...who hanged the
men in jail, not Master.

They didn't want
the Company to find out...

...they'd taken bribes to delay
dates for tax payments.

The case was foisted on Master.

So plausible - he's the one who
prevents taxes being collected.

And you must investigate
the Koodali case properly.

The truth is, Kuttyali killed
the lord of Koodali, right?

They took their revenge,
there were deaths in both places.

Pazhassi Thampuran
had no part in it.

I am with him night and day.

I know. I would not tell
a lie just to achieve my aim.

Rulers will fall at the feet of
anyone who gives them money.

Only one man has had
the guts to oppose authority.

To silence him, case after
case has been filed against him.

Meanwhile, the Company hushed up the
fact that they had ransacked his palace.

The Company folk
will come here too.

They came, offering household
expenses and police supervision.

Will they let us release those
who are in jail for fake cases?

Will the law about seizing dead
Mapillas' property be changed?

I don't need the Company's
help to run my household.

My God! Who's this?

If you'd sent for me, Thampuran,
I'd have come to see you!

Thought I'd see the great
robber's camp for myself.

Sit here, Unni Mootha.

I'll stand here.
O my God!

Who's this who's come to
Unni Mootha's house.

Kunkan Nair told me
some of the news.

People who came here as traders
framed laws to govern the country.

The Portuguese first. The Dutch
followed, then the French.

Place 4 bolts of silk at their
feet and make an obeisance.

The rulers are very happy!

And if the chief administrator...

...is given Rs. 1 00, he'll chop
off the head of any dissenter!

What news from Mysore?

War continues.
I've sent people.

It was my duty to fight on
the side of the Company.

The Sultan knows this.

But if Tippu claims Wynad,
we will not give in to him.

No way we'll pledge our
land to sign a contract.

There are riots in Tamil Nadu.

It's a walk of a day
and a half to Sivaganga.

The Maruthu brothers
have an army of 5000.

If all of us unite, the Company
will have to leave South India.

According to the treaty,
aren't there many guarantors?

The treaty will stand only if
both sides honour the conditions.

Tell me the time and place.
My children will be there.

Gurukkal! Won't
you eat, Thampuran?

No. May your affection endure.

That's all I want.

The new house is wonderful!

Everything is like the
white man's bungalow.

A few bottles now and then & an invitation
to the Sahib's bungalow for a meal.

That's all the
man wants!

Do you know,
Kanara Menon...

...my husband's been blamed for
raiding the Pazhassi palace?

People say that the gold and
silver found their way here.

They'll say things like that.

The things they
say about me!

Don't they say
I'm the Sahib's man?

The Governor's worried, Sir.

About what?

Tax collection, Sir.

Bhandari is no good.

The ruler is not
at all efficient.

You should give full
authority to Mr. Chandu.

You know he is
very efficient, Sir.

Assistant Collector
Baber -I know.

Army Chief of Pazhassi.

So Kanara Menon, you're teaching the
Kaitheri women all the white men's customs!

I heard Pazhayam Veedan's
not only going to collect taxes...

...he's going to rule
Kottayam as well.

Now, who told me that?

What you heard is true?

If you need an army chief
you know, do send for me.

Don't mock me.
I'll need one.

Though you don't
have an army...

...you won't give up an
army chief's prestige.

It's just as well that
Baber Sahib's also here.

Listen!

No. 1 ... The white army has not
moved out of the Pazhassi palace.

The stipulated period is over, but
the wealth that was looted...

...has not been given back. Wrong!

No. 2... The subsidy agreed upon
has not yet been paid...

...because the superiors officers in Bombay
have not yet signed the papers.

Wrong!

No. 3... The promise that civil law would
be implemented has been broken.

People cannot walk around
without Company passes.

Wrong again!

The contract signed with
Governor Duncan on...

...1 0 Karkitakam 972,
22 July 1 797, is therefore...

...no longer valid for me
or for my guarantors.

Sri Krishna Jayam
Pazhassi Kerala Varma.

Copies will arrive
in the morning...

...for the Company, for Veera Varma
and the guarantors.

Unniyamma, don't wait for this evil
fellow to become the ruler...

...and make your loyal friends
and relatives hate you!

Don't.
- You move.

Leave me.

Come down to the courtyard.
Let's settle accounts like men!

Come!

This is not the place
for your swordplay!

Kunkan, will you go away?

We must meet once.
Just you and me.

That day will soon arrive.

Will you stop it?

How was the party?

He cancelled the treaty.

You mean?

Yes.

Your hero, Pazhassi!

Well did you return
the palace to him?

And the treasures
your men plundered?

Plundered? It was
a military campaign!

No, it wasn't.

Wake the runner.

Have him send a message
to the Commissioner.

Now! -Yes, Sir.

He's really bold.

He's a crook!

Your men are more crooked!

Thomas!

I shall have him arrested.

What's this?

Why are you
dressed like this?

I thought of leaving like Nala,
without saying goodbye.

Then...

Where to? At this time of day?

A new camp is being
set up in Wynad.

For those who left to return to I must
be there, to give them courage.

Where in Wynad?

I don't know myself.

As soon as the basic comforts
are ready, I'll send for you.

The Wynad forests have always
protected me like a foster-mother.

Don't weep. You must
be courageous.

My people are here
to guard you.

No, you're not coming now.

We're just
wayfarers now.

When it's time, Kammaran
will come for you.

- Wait! -Makkam!

I'm coming with you.

War will soon begin, we'll have
have to move camp very often.

There won't be a mansion,
or maids to serve you.

Don't say I can't come.
I won't stay here alone.

I can't be at peace
unless I'm with you.

My uncle wrote a
Kathakali song that says...

Our sole destiny is the forest'

That's a reality now.

I think that's
the military checkpost.

Let the cart go forward, let's see
how they man a checkpost.

Who is this.... let's see

Stop, stop! Where to?

To Mullankolli.

What's there is the cart?
Do you have tobacco?

We've nothing illegal.

And is it you who
knows what's illegal?

Get down!

What's in this bundle?

Tell me the truth. Who are you?
Aren't you Pazhassi's man?

Not Pazhassi's man.
Pazhassi himself!

Pazhassi Kerala Varma.

Who's there?
- Excuse me, Major

What is it?

We have information that the forest
checkpost has been attacked by Pazhassi.

So he has started
the war again!

This is the spot where
the first dawn flowered.

Here the first rhythm
of creation awakened.

Here great sages Were
plunged in penance.

To attain the divine
glow of enlightenment.

Here flowed the Ganges
of sacred sound.

Who carved out dens
here of pitch darkness?

Who stirred up a hornet's nest?

Who walked whistling
through mountain passes?

Breaking the silence
of mountains too high for...

...even elephants to climb.

Who's that who sings?
'Freedom is like The sky above us'

Is it the wind or
the mountain streams?

Which were the hands...

...that twirled the churning
rod In the inner soul...

...in order to kindle
the fire of knowledge?

Like blazing flames
glowing with sunlight.

A hundred gulmohar
flowers break into flame.

Big guns have come, Sir.
Subeidar Cheran.

Mr. Cheran has served with
General Stewart in Mysore.

Pazhassi must be
somewhere in the Wynad forest.

Organize patrols and
search everywhere.

Excuse me, Sir. We'll give
our peons special training.

They know every
nook and corner.

We want results. We will
not tolerate any failures.

For everyone in
the country to know.

The Company will give...

...huge rewards to anyone
who captures the rebels...

...under the leadership of
Kottayam Kerala Varma...

...or gives information that
will help to capture them.

For Edachena Othenan: Rs. 1 000
& Edachena Kunkan: Rs. 2000.

Pulloor Emman
Nair: Rs. 1 500.

Pazhassi's nephews: Veera Varma
and Ravi Varma: Rs. 1 000 each.

For those who capture
Pazhassi Kerala Varma...

...the leader of the rebels,
alive or dead: Rs. 3000.

Soldiers can be sent quickly wherever
needed, from Panamaram.

That's Wellesley's strategy.

They must be planning to make
Panamaram a central point.

Big guns and cannons
have arrived there.

Once they get information,
they'll surround this camp.

Before that...

War is like a game of chess.

You must be able to foresee
at least 3 moves.

For the moment, station
people everywhere...

...to watch their comings
and goings and report to us.

Let about 300 of our people
set up camps all the way from...

...Dindimul to Vallyoorkavu.

Our men are standing guard
at the foothills all day and night.

I have a few more people in
Manantheri. I'll tell them as well.

It's full moon tomorrow.

Let's go to the Goddess's temple,
Nambiar, to hear the oracle speak.

Don't go now, Master.

There are threats and
proclamations everywhere.

O you prestigious people.
Why did you come here?

On the orders of
Pazhassi Thampuran...

You must protect this land
where the God and Goddess rule.

For this, the important people
of the village and all of you...

...must join Pazhassi Thampuran
who is marshalling his army.

As you command.

Where's Pazhassi?

He's not there?

I don't see Pazhassi Thampuran.

That's Kannavath Nambiar.

Who is he?

Pazhassi's right hand.

If we catch him,
we'll get all the news.

You heard what
the oracle said.

Once, you had to give only rulers
and landlords a share of the produce.

Now you have to give
the army a share as well.

Speak...

Won't you tell?

Stop!

He is not telling
anything, Sir.

He is Kannavath Nambiar,
Pazhassi's right hand.

And the boy?

His son, Sir.

Hang them in
a public place.

Let it be a lesson
to his people.

Dickinson, these are
his accomplices...

...and the beginning of
the end for Pazhassi Raja.

Ah well! This is a jolly
little party, isn't it?

Are you afraid, Gopa?

No, Father.

Don't be afraid.

If you are, these
people win and we lose.

Thomas, what are you doing?

Dora, these are orders.

He's a boy! You
cannot hang him!

Miss Dora, this is no place for
a lady. Will you please leave?

You cannot do this.

Do not interfere! Do
as the Major says.

Get on with your job.

Well hung, Major!

Madam left, Sir.

Dora, please wait.

Dora, where are
you going?

Goodbye Thomas,
I'm leaving.

Dora, please!
Please,Dora...

Thank you, all.

Please convey my best
wishes to King Pazhassi.

It was only when we reached
Panamaram that we knew...

...Nambiar Sir had been
taken to Kannavath.

We ran there, Master, but it was
too late by the time we arrived.

It was all over.

The farmers usually gather
to hear the oracle speak.

They go unarmed. The soldiers
went there knowing that.

Our own people go with the sahibs to tell
them about the tricks they don't know.

There are other people
of ours in jail now.

More gallows will
be put up.

Emman Master...

I heard. Kannavath
Nambiar and his son...

I've come now with a message
from Srirangapatnam.

The Nizam has joined
the Company's side.

Tippu Sultan will not be able
to hold out any longer.

Will General Wellesley think
of sending cavalry from...

...Srirangapatnam to Wynad?
We must consider that.

If the entire army
comes to Panamaram fort...

We must surround the
fort and break it down!

Can we do it? That's
what you're wondering...

We can.
When... how?

That's what I'm
thinking about.

Narayani and Ammukutty
have come from our place.

They've brought cooking
vessels and a few clothes.

Who did they come with?

Brother Ambu arranged it.

The Company men are combing
the entire forest for my camp.

I've no idea when we'll have
to abandon everything and flee.

Clothes and vessels indeed!

Will you send for a swing-cot
and your jewel-box next?

This is why I said, no women!

I make the rule,
then break it!

But Neeli and
her folk are here.

The forest is like a
playground to them.

He came away with me
within a day of his betrothal.

I'm very upset now.

If my plans go wrong, how
many people will lose their lives?

When I think of that...

Your plans can't go wrong.
That's my prayer too.

The prayers of so many people...

It must be those prayers
that give me strength.

Uncle, Emman Nair's here.

Another messenger's came.

The Mysore army was defeated in
the battle with General Stewart.

The Sultan has fallen.

He succumbed to a bullet.

So Wellesley won that round!

To General Wellesley!

So the invincible
Tippu Sultan is no more! - Yes

Now we have one
more problem Pazhassi.

The tribals are the problem.
They strike fast and disappear!

That is his strength.

If the Company can defeat
Tippu Sultan's great army...

...then Pazhassi's coolies
and tribals are nothing!

What do you say to
that, Mr. Kanara Menon?

You are right, Sir.
Tribals are nothing! Cheers!

Get him... get him

Chandu, the arsenal?

Good morning, Colonel.

We lost the fort.
More than 300 killed!

Captain Dickinson?

Captain Dickinson, Lieutenant
Maxwell - all dead!

Kunkan's army was less
than 400. Yet we lost?

The tribals!

Yes, the tribals and
their bloody leader.

That rascal, Thalakkal Chandu!

You are the master strategist!
And yet you cannot capture him.

Just some tribal youth!

Come.

Good day.

Neeli had taken a vow that
we'dgo to the Muniswaran temple...

...as soon as
we were married.

And we've some offerings to make,
for having won the battle.

Go and come.
But be careful...

...even if they haven't
laid a price on your head.

Wait. It was Tippu
who first coveted Wynad.

Then, it was the Company.

Ships have always come here
with an eye on our wealth.

You know all this,
don't you, Chandu?

I've heard.

You were the owners.

When you gave it all up in
exchange for a wad of tobacco...

...and a couple of blankets,
the tribals became slaves.

You must keep your
people united. Right?

I can.

When I get back to Kottayam,
I must mark out divisions and...

...allot responsibility for each
one to different people.

If Manantheri, Pulpalli and
Bhoothadi are put together...

...it will be a huge area.

Remember, the Sultan
had appointed Foujdars?

Foujdar of eastern Wynad
- Thalakkal Chandu.

I want nothing. I'll do
whatever Master commands.

This is land where gold sprouts.

It needs a protector.
That's what I meant.

You know the spot where
I felled the wild boar?

Have you seen
anything beyond it?

The peacocks dance there.
Have you seen them?

I didn't mean that.

There's a little stream that has
water in it even in high summer.

Good red soil that all
kinds of grain will grow in.

How do you know that?

You must look at the colour of
the soil, see if it has moisture.

If you wield a bow, arrow
and spear all day and night...

...what will you know of farming?

So what must I do then?

We must build a hut there.
There's good soil and water.

There's bamboo in the forest.

A hut just for ourselves.

When all this is over...

So you won the war.
Place your weapons here.

I'll do a prayer for them.

You'll have no more bad times.

I'll give you a special
thread that's been blessed.

Some of my folk are coming.

Let them come. Pray
well, both of you.

Go! I'll come.

Go! I said I'll come.

Go!

Tie him.

Tie his legs tight. Tie tightly

So you're Thalakkal Chandu.
The intrepid warrior...

...who fights single-handed
against a hundred opponents!

You can be brave when you're
surrounded by your soldiers.

Untie me, if
you're a man!

I'll handle you one by one,
show you all Chandu's tricks!

I don't need a gun or sword.
Just my left hand will do!

Come on, untie me!

Tie him up and
drag him to the cage.

Mr. Kanara Menon! -Sir!

Ten for the peons.
Twenty for the sepoys.

You've told the
Sahib about me?

I will, once this
ritual is over.

Come on, Moopan.

He is the Chief.

Sit down.

Sit down! Moopan.

Thank you, Moopan.

Good work!

Very clever man!

Please take this gift.

A present!

I asked...

Yes, he'll give
it to you later.

What's he saying?

They promised him another gift
he wants to know where it is?

Sir, a bottle of whisky.
He is asking...

Give it to me.

This is not your
toddy or arrack.

It's whisky that's
made only in England.

Bisky -Yes, very
expensive whisky.

Let everyone who's with
you join the Company's side.

They're sure to listen
if you tell them, Moopan.

Then the sahibs will give you
everything you want, Moopan.

There's only one ruler
for this entire area.

And that's this Moopan!

Come out!

Wonderfully well done major!

Stand up straight!

Let all the sahibs have a look
at the great forest warrior!

Bark loudly, Pazhayam Veedan when
you eat the white man's leftovers!

Hey bloody rascal you...

Mr. Menon
- Sir!

Please read the death warrant.

This man, who joined forces
with the rebel, Pazhassi...

...and killed 1 62 white soldiers and around
300 sepoys is Kurichyan Chandu.

The Company's given huge gifts to Moopan,
who helped them to capture him.

The Company will return
their houses and farmlands...

...to all those who leave the
rebels and ask for pardon.

Those who do not will be
caught, sooner or later...

...by the army and punished
in the same manner.

Hangman, carry on.

Well, I'm glad I
came back for this.

I think this calls for a
little celebration tonight.

Oh God...
- You sinners.

Weep, Neeli.

Just burst into tears
and weep loudly. Neeli.. Neeli

It's my right hand
that's gone, Master.

And this one is
for Thalakkal Chandu.

The wild boar is plentiful.

Right enough, there's
plenty of game around.

What about Mr. Baber, Major?

He is Preparing his heroic
report to the Collector.

Go and see who
it is -Yes, Sir.

Soot that bloody native...

Get him inside

Move... Move away.

How many batteries remain?

Major's soldiers
from Bombay.

Mr. Cheran, this is Major Clapham.
- Sir - Good day

You're no longer
just peons.

You must be
soldiers as well.

Hunt for those who help
the rebels and their relatives.

Search the houses of
the Chettys who supply them...

...with rice, oil and so on.

Catch them, bring them here!

Weapons! Weapons
are more important.

Catch everyone who
is hiding weapons.

These are the new recruits Sir,

My Lord, we...

None of you must say goodbye.
I have no words to thank you.

When we're strong enough
to wield our weapons...

...we'll come back,
Master. We're leaving.

Uncle, we...

Go with them,
both of you.

Let your mother
be at peace.

You left home and family
a long time ago, Variar.

You too can go. There are
no letters to send or receive.

I have no home,
no land to farm.

Where can I go, Master?
I'll be with you till the end.

The army's come
through the pass.

There are
many groups.

I think they've
found our place.

We must move at once.

Makkam, get ready.
Where's Kunkan?

What is it, Ambu?

We have to move camp at once
and take our weapons with us.

Ambu, I'll hold the army back.
Take Master and go.

Listen to me. I'll block them
with some of my people.

You must move camp
within that time. Hurry!

Get ready.

My Goddess...

Get ready.

Give me my sword, let me
go. Ambu, by himself...

No Master.
Ambu can manage. Let's go!

Listen to Kunkan for now.

There are times when we'll
make decisions and you'll obey.

The palanquin is here.

There are wounded people here.
And those who have malaria.

We'll look after them.

Master, walk on.

Getup...

Go inside.

Look inside

Come here.

Where is Pazhassi? -Tell...

- Don't know.

Tell me, where's he?
- I won't tell you!

Don't waste cartridges.

Finish him!

Get her!

Come inside.

Makkam, look after Thampuran.
I will go to Ambu.

You can all go. The
army will come here.

It's me they want.

Rashness is not
courage. Go back.

I'll carry him.

Lay him down here.

Brother Ambu...

I thought I'd die in
the mud fort in Mananther.

Don't fret about all
that now, brother.

Makkam, you mustn't weep.

You must be with Thampuran
all the time, to give him courage.

When you win the war...

...and go back in jubilation,
I will not be there, Master.

That's my only regret.

You're with me in battle,
you'll always be with me.

All of us will die.

But the stories our swords
tell will endure forever.

In the days to come, even
children will narrate them.

Don't. You mustn't
give up, Master.

Swear, all of you, that
you'll leave the rebels...

...and go back
to your houses.

Touch the lamp
and swear!

I swear.

Company's ready
for operations.

Make groups and hunt him
down from burrow to burrow.

Put here.

Come fast.

Sir, these people know
where Pazhassi's new camp is.

What do you mean?

They know the place.

Mr. Menon, tell them
to surrender - Sir.

The Company soldiers
have surrounded you.

Those who wish to live,
put down your weapons...

...raise both your hands,
come forward and surrender.

I think they've left.

They can't have gone
far. Search for them.

Captain! Subedar!

There's no one here.

As long as I'm alive, I won't
give Master up to the Sahibs.

I saw you even as you
came up, showing them the way.

There's just us now.
No army, no guns.

Don't kill me, Kunkan.

Didn't we grow up,
playing together?

It's only now you
remember that?

And did you forget that other
person, who helped us grow up...

...when you laid a
price on his head?

Here is my obeisance
to my guru.

I heard how much you enjoyed
watching Chandu being killed...

...like a caged wild animal.

Here's the blood with which I,
Kunkan, perform a libation...

...to Thalakkal Chandu's
mountain gods!

We have you surrounded.

Kunkan, surrender yourself.

There's no hope for you now,
Kunkan. It's best to surrender.

Don't move!

Edachena Kunkan will not
die on the gallows, Sahib!

I will not say goodbye.

You have endured so much.

I could not even give you
the caresses I gave my weapons.

Go back to Kaitheri
with Sekharan.

I pray that you will continue
to have the strength to endure.

I'm leaving.

Those who protected me like
my brothers have gone ahead.

We soldiers do not
linger to say goodbye.

I'll go now, Makkam.

Forgive me for what I say.
You have no army, no support.

At this juncture, Master, isn't it
better for you to surrender?

With dignified conditions.
They'll honour them.

Yes, if I stand like a
watchdog, wagging my tail...

...waiting for the crumbs of
kindness they throw me!

Your life is precious
to us, Master.

So, in my old age, gazing at my
rusty sword, I must make up...

...wild tales of heroism and try to
make myself believe them!

Emman...

A shadow walks along with us
from the moment we are born.

One day, it turns
and faces us.

That is death.
I am not afraid.

Don't weep!

Or weep if you want
to, but not for me.

Weep loudly, thinking of this
unfortunate country.

I have never yearned for the hero's
heaven that I've heard described.

I have just one task left.

I must make a mark
here with my blood...

...to show who the rightful
heirs to this land are.

That's all. That's
enough for me.

Officers, you wanted
to meet me.

I am Pazhassi,
Pazhassi Kerala Varma.

Throw down your
weapons and surrender...

...if you value your life.

My life is worthless.

I value my country's
freedom more!

Do as the Sahib says,
Thampuran. Surrender!

You wretch!

I won't kill you.

This soil will be polluted
if your blood falls on it.

Go, go from my sight!

Soldiers on guard.

Take up arms.

Be prepared to fire!

Wait!

We need him alive.
Those are the orders.

Stand down!

Mr. Cheran!

Soldiers take him in...

He was our enemy,
but he was a great man.

A great warrior!

We honour him.

Present arms!