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- Hide.

- Hide wherever you want to.

- We'll chop you up like mince-meat.

You made a company called "Well Done Power" with the money from eleven of us.

Don't think you can live peacefully by swindling our money!

- No matter where you hide, we'll catch you.

- You made a company with our money and hoodwinked us, you cheat!

- Don't think we'll let you live.

We're right after you.

Oh, God!

You surrendered, huh?

I didn't have a choice.

Couldn't you run away, Ganguly?

Stop there, you!

It's good that you took a spin and rammed into them.

Or else it would have gotten really messy.

Yes! They had come to kill me.

All I had was the car. I rammed it into them.

Move away!

Oh, no! My leg!

Hey!

Phew!

Had I slipped by just an inch,

the day after tomorrow would have been my memorial service.

Can't even imagine!

They are after me, Haider Ikka.

Wherever I go, they will come.

Let them come.

You have the car with you, right?

Ram it!

I shall fix the dents for you.

Don't worry at all.

Just ram it!

Hold it.

[in Tamil] Gently, gently! Gently, Chief!

[in Tamil] What is this, Akkamma?

Why are you so scared?

This is just a bed...

and not a child, right?

This is like a child to me.

If that's the case,

I can't do this job.

Don't say that.

Please...

do it gently.

Do it carefully, Chief.

With love.

- Ikka! - What?

- Do it gently. - What?

Every hit feels like a blow to my heart.

You know this car is like a daughter to me, right?

The ones lying here are my children and brother-in-laws.

- Yeah, right! - Unless you beat them mercilessly,

no one will reform.

So they must be beaten.

When is the next hit?

Considering the last hit, they might bring a truck next time.

You've come back to this city...

for a reason.

You know that, right?

I know, Ikka.

I am still after that.

What did you do to break it, Akkamma?

Well, you see...

I was missing my husband.

I suddenly sat down...

and it broke.

You know, right?

This cot is a gift from him to me.

It's my life.

Watch it, Ikka!

I am watching.

Sky blue. It's blue colour.

Even he's really fond of the smell of paint.

He had a paint shop, right?

Yes.

On the other side of this plot.

Even now, when you pass by there, the smell of paint lingers.

Watch it!. Careful, Brother.

- Do it slowly. - Careful!

Chief.

This...

Here you go.

It's your wage.

- It's okay, right? - I'm glad.

Okay.

Oh, you were here!

Oh no! Careful!

Huh?

Really?

He's showing concern now! Rascal!

Hey, listen...

I should be careful, right?

Right?

Yes, take this!

His bed and bag!

Take them!

What else is left?

Your dirty pants

and underwear!

Here's your broken cot!

Turn it around.

Turn it around, Brother.

Hold it tight.

Oh, no! What is this?

- Hold it carefully, Brother! - Doing it!

Lift, lift!

Move aside.

No sense at all.

Turn around, turn around.

His kerosene stove!

This... This is mine.

Slowly, slowly.

Lift it.

Wait. Move aside.

Careful, careful!

You can keep a couple of shirts if you want to.

You will look good in them.

I don't need any of your damn things. Just go away from here!

I avoided you when I rammed the car into them.

But, the bike you rammed into, fell on to my leg

and handicapped me, right?

Why did you come after me with those guys?

Huh?

When there is a knife up your butt,

even your Dad would come after you! Understood?

If you continue to live here,

I won't have a head left to dry after bathing.

Those guys will definitely kill you.

Wherever you stay, they will come after you.

Honestly, it's better that you don't stay here.

Do you know what your only strength is, currently?

It's your name.

What is your name?

Rukmangadan.

As far as I know,

no one in India has such a suffocating name.

Are you mad or what?

Otherwise, who the hell would ram a car on to them?

I am mad!

The best medicine for overcoming fear

is madness.

[in Malayalam] I put out this cotton bed in the sun for a while.

Doesn't it feel cottony soft now?

[in Tamil] If you put a cotton bed out in the sun,

it'll only turn cottony soft, right?

Three little spindles.

They went missing somewhere.

If you ask the carpenter, he will make new ones, right?

Original is always original.

It wasn't supposed to get lost, but it did.

Why do you love this cot so much, Akkamma?

This is the special cot

on which I slept alongside my beloved husband,

for seven months and nine days.

After he went away,

I couldn't sleep alone on this cot, dear.

Did you rent me this flat

because you have another flat in this building?

Yes.

It's been three months, right?

Where is the rent?

I'll pay it next week for sure.

Okay.

I am not taking what you just threw out.

You can bury them somewhere.

I have a car that doesn't break apart even after a crash.

She will take care of me.

- Hey! - Yes.

Do you have any money?

We'll split what's inside.

You are a real friend.

Until the day my soul ends,

you are my friend.

Love you, Ganguly!

[One Cot, One Room]

What happened, dear?

That's it?

I remembered it while attending the test.

Somehow I rushed back here.

Phew!

What about the job then?

I just avoided a fire accident, Akkamma.

That's true.

The fire engine didn't have to come like last time, right?

[in broken Malayalam] While living alone,

we must be most careful

not about ourselves,

but about our surroundings.

How sweetly are you talking in Malayalam, Akkamma?!

At times, it's like that.

I can speak perfect Malayalam.

I am also a Malayali.

I was born in Chittoor.

But, I fell in love and got married to

a King of romance, born in Thiruchendur.

Loving him, my Malayalam transformed into Tamil.

Despite asking many times,

why are you not telling me his name?

It is because...

It's because it hurts me when I say his name.

Because of him,

I became "Akkamma" to everyone now.

I'm fortunate, right?

This house,

this golden cot...

He saved up all this for me.

Now you're staying like a daughter in this house.

You sleep peacefully on this cot, okay?

This much fortune will do for now.

Towards the three months' rent that's due, I'll make a small payment now.

Did I ask you for it?

- Rent? - You do this now.

Send half of it to your family.

They'll have their own needs, right?

Well, what do you say for 'need' in Malayalam?

- "Aavashyam"! - Oh, yeah! "Aavashyam"!

Send it to your family.

They will have their own needs.

- Hey! - Yes.

Should I serve lunch for you over here?

Madhumiya had called Devu.

Who?

Madhu. Our Madhumiya.

Devu asked her again...

about where she is staying.

But she didn't say anything.

Why don't you inquire?

There are some bush beans.

Should I pick them now?

- No. It's not ripe yet. - As you wish!

Will see after two days.

That's what I said.

Let it ripen.

How about that stalk of banana?

- Did you have lunch? - No.

Here you go.

Let's cut a plantain leaf and have lunch here.

Get food from the kitchen and join me.

- Call Devu too. - Okay.

Where would she be?

Devutty has given me a hint.

But she has never been to this city.

My dear!

Where are you?

There are plenty of bananas.

Here you go.

Next one's for you.

For me too, Akkamma!

Eat until your tummy is full.

Okay?

This is a tasty banana, Akkamma. Where is this from?

- I don't know who he is, dear. - Really?

Someone sent this from the heavens.

Very good, right?

This is my husband's old scooter.

Nothing of this sort had happened until today.

If it happens again, just give a kick right here.

It will start immediately.

You are a gifted mechanic, Pop!

Yes, I'm a pop.

But I'm not a mechanic.

This is for you.

You said you're going to provide food for the children, right?

Give this to them.

- For me? - Of course!

Did you see?

See who?

Madhumiya.

But does Dad know where Chechi is?

Did he go with that banana bunch without knowing that?

Isn't it you who asked him to go search for her?

- Did you have lunch, dear? - Yes.

I had it twice.

Yeah, anyone would.

The curry is very tasty.

Did you have lunch?

Did you give her the bananas?

Why are you asking all this, Mom?

He must've seen her and given it to her.

But he won't tell us.

No one tells me anything!

Mom is too much!

If I ask her where she's staying, why can't she tell me?

No one will forcibly bring her back from there, right?

Enough.

How will Chechi get the bananas that you gave to a stranger?

Isn't it enough that someone's child gets it?

Then, that's like my child getting it, right?

It is!

Hey, stop!

Why are you running?

Where are you going?

That hospital interview that I missed the other day?

It will happen today. I'm already late.

Okay. Eat this and go. It's good.

[in Tamil] Keep it on the cot.

Did she just speak in Tamil?

Hello?

Did you come running behind me to give me this banana?

Yes.

How is it?

Very sweet.

Had you gone for the interview after having those sweet bananas,

you would've scored much more marks.

I didn't clear today's interview.

[in Tamil] The next test is on Wednesday.

Speaking to you constantly, I've started talking in Tamil now.

That's not what it is.

If you watch the moon, you can speak in Tamil, you know?

For many days, for many hours,

he and I used to watch the moonlight at our terrace.

Why can't you tell me his name?

There's something more beautiful than his name. Do you know that?

What's that?

The name that he gave me.

Did he give you a name as well?

Yes, dear.

As long as I still have it with me,

why do I need his name?

Can you please tell me that name?

Tripura Sundari. [Most beautiful in three worlds]

Beautiful!

- Akkamma!

Tripura Sundari!

♪ Upon my chest, if you rest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

Is it good?

Yes.

This is the song which he used to sing for me.

This song of his,

contains his heart, love, and everything else.

Then why did he leave his Tripura Sundari?

What is with you?

Don't speak in that manner.

You are my daughter, right?

Don't talk anything wrong about your Dad.

Alright. You go to sleep.

It's past midnight now.

Why haven't you slept yet?

I couldn't sleep, Akkamma!

Can you sing that song again?

No.

[in Tamil] Can you please sing?

You speak Tamil so beautifully.

I'm Akkamma's daughter, right?

When you say so,

I don't know why,

it reminds me of him.

♪ Upon my chest, if you rest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

Hey!

Bloody son of a gun!

How dare you try to kill us ramming your car?

Oh Lord! Please let me get sloshed with whatever is left. Amen!

Who is it at this hour?

Won't let me have a drink!

- Hey, I'm not here! - Open it.

- I'm at Kollam. Please don't get in. - Move aside!

Stop kidding! Move!

Move!

Oh Lord!

Hey!

My brandy! Don't finish it!

Oh no!

Don't waste it!

What's on your back?

Oh no! What is this?

Looks like a bear scratched you!

Hey, you can't be here. Leave!

Leave. I'm not as brave as Ganguly.

They're outside.

Oh no! Are they also here?

Oh Christ!

What an ordeal!

What sin did we commit to go through all this?

Shucks!

I'm feeling a bit calm now.

Actually, he should've slit my throat from behind.

Brainless dogs!

Is this the gang that nabbed Ganguly?

Yes.

Oh no! What a terrible situation!

We began that company with 14 shares, including the both of us and them.

And when things went down the drain, 11 of them joined hands.

Their plan is to suffocate us and squeeze out the maximum.

I won't let that happen!

When the ship sinks, you either swim to the shore together or drown.

That's the law of the oceans.

This isn't the ocean, but the land, right?

Can we swim on the land? We can only run, right?

That's what I told you.

Not just with me, don't even stay with yourself!

They will come and chop your intestines.

At times, I feel like killing them.

But, how can we kill eleven people all at once?

If we were in the army,

we could've shot them down with a gun!

Who asked you to sign the papers of those loan sharks?

You and Ganguly.

- I also told you, huh? - No, you scoundrel!

When the company went down and they sent goons after us,

it was me who ran in front and saved you guys!

- Did you forget that? - Hey!

♪ Rukmangada’s fate, I ain’t gonna chase ♪

♪ Still got fire in my life, in this race Time to alter the flow, pick up the pace ♪

Shucks! Come fast!

♪ Rukmangada’s fate, I ain’t gonna chase ♪

♪ Still got fire in my life, in this race Time to alter the flow, pick up the pace ♪

♪ This is the tale of a bird in a net, trapped tight ♪

♪ And the saga of birds in nets, fighting the fight ♪

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

♪ End this bondage, cease the tales, And shatter this net that curtails ♪

♪ Ignore your wounds, no need to stress, Get down to business, aim for success ♪

♪ End this bondage, cease the tales, And shatter this net that curtails ♪

Ganguly, get up! Run! Run!

Come on, run!

♪ Alter Rukmangada's destiny, set him free ♪

♪ This is the tale of a bird in a net, trapped tight ♪

♪ And the saga of birds in nets, fighting the fight ♪

Catch him!

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

♪ This is the tale of a bird in a net, trapped tight ♪

♪ And the saga of birds in nets, fighting the fight ♪

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

♪ Alter Rukmangada's destiny, set him free ♪

♪ I must unravel this tangled distress, Banish the dark, no more repress ♪

♪ Times will quake, in my presence, confess, Across the sky, my reach will press ♪

♪ Spread wide, my influence, no less, Liars to me will kneel, address ♪

♪ Feeding my kin, in tenderness, Caring for parents, in their oldness, ♪

♪ Evil tongues, I'll cleanse, redress ♪

♪ My triumph should cause your brow to frown ♪

♪ To uncharted distances, I'll hoist my flag, my crown ♪

♪ Despite the warnings that keep coming, Come, let's keep this game running ♪

♪ In the smithy, with weapons fine, You won't find a fire game like mine ♪

Hey!

My glasses! He has gone underwater!

I can't see anything.

He really drowned!

Catch him! Jump!

I don't know how to swim. You jump, boss.

Then, you jump. Quick!

Chop him off before he drowns to death.

You jump, boss! I'll die if I jump.

Wouldn't I jump if I know how to?

Did you know swimming?

- No way! - No?

I realised that I don't know it, the moment I jumped in.

I somehow came ashore splashing my hands, legs and my butt.

- Our butt is a balloon. - Huh?

It inflates the moment it gets into water!

His damn balloon!

Wouldn't it inflate?

What if they come again?

- If they come, we'll run! - What?

We'll run again.

I won't take up anymore contracts until I learn swimming.

Boss!

Look.

Oh, I forgot to take this!

We could've shot him when he jumped into the river.

- That's right! - There is water in the river, right?

Bullets won't fire if they are wet, right?

Dumbass!

The name mentioned in this application is Madhumiya.

In your PG certificate, it's Parijatham.

Who's this Parijatham to Madhumiya?

She's no one to me.

I changed that name to Madhumiya.

I've submitted that certificate too, sir.

Isn't Parijatham a good name?

Every loser starts teasing me once they hear that name.

So, I changed it.

You must ask them to get lost.

I did.

Everyone in the family left the house after losing fights with me.

Only my dad, mom and younger sister are there at home now.

- Why? Didn't they run away? - No.

They don't tease me.

Are you an activist, Madhumiya?

When it comes to me and my younger sister, I'm a full-on activist.

The newly ordered siren has arrived at the casualty, Dasan.

You do this.

Give it to Hareesh.

And ask him to squeeze the maximum from them.

He's the best in squeezing.

I'm also the best, sir.

Didn't you know that Hareesh was dismissed from his job yesterday?

Leave him.

Do this. Call Abraham.

So don't you need me, sir?

You grab the next one, Dasan.

You keep asking me to grab, Sir.

But I never get the credit or the commissions for the ones I grab.

If things go on like this,

I'll surely go live on social media about this.

One guy who went live is in the mortuary now.

Do you also want to go there?

Okay.

We like you, Parijatham.

We are ready to offer you this job.

But...

how can the company trust you, who changed your name to Madhumiya?

Would you mind if I say something openly?

Be open!

Don't trust me, Sir.

Because I don't trust any scoundrel!

All men are scoundrels, just like you people!

None of them have any ethics.

What happened?

- What happened? - Nothing.

- Hold him. - Oh no!

- Oh no! - Sorry!

Tell me before letting go, please!

Oh no!

Aren't you hungry?

- No, Akkamma. - Well, how did the interview go?

It went up in smoke!

Oh no!

Now I'm getting up only in the morning.

Why? Open the door.

I'm waiting outside.

You should never skip dinner!

Here's some hot Idly.

Eat slowly, okay?

And you should narrate your success story

after you pass the next interview.

Can this body bear hunger?

From the day he left me alone on that cot and went away,

I didn't sleep, nor did I speak to anyone,

for so many days.

Along with this cot, I too became wooden, dear.

Eat and go to sleep!

[phone notification]

Palarivattam, 7th street.

Ambujakshan.

It's 1:30 AM, and he's still awake?

Shall I go?

Don't cry, Prabha! Nothing's going to happen!

The cab will be here now.

But she...

It'll reach now.

Yeah, this is the one.

Come on. Get in.

Don't be so stressed, dear. She is safe.

She's so silly!

A friend of her fell into the river.

She didn't fall. She jumped off a bridge!

Don't cry like this, dear!

You'll reach the railway station in ten minutes, right?

Can you tell me the number?

Two-six-seven-three.

- Ambujakshan, right? - Yes, Ambujakshan.

She's Suprabha.

Drop her off at the second platform of the railway station.

Okay.

Don't cry, dear.

She's safe, dear.

There isn't much water there. She'll swim ashore.

Well, she jumped for the sheer thrill.

Even we'd jump if we get the water's vibe!

Definitely!

Be careful when you switch on the gas.

What's there to be careful about gas?

It will whooosh away if it's switched on or off.

You leave.

Okay.

See you.

Hey.

Don't go to the railway station.

Drop me at the bus stand.

Oh no!

The assigned destination is the railway station, Madam.

Do this. Change it now itself.

I'll get that option then.

Well, have you booked the cab from your phone, Madam?

No. It's from his phone.

Do one thing.

Ask him to book quickly, before he switches on the gas stove.

What happened?

I just want to go to the bus stand.

That's not possible, Madam.

Ambujakshan hasn't asked me to go to the bus stand.

Hey,

this is an online cab.

Do you see this line?

If I drive away from this line, I'll be in trouble.

If I land in trouble, so will you.

- Hello! - Have you reached the bus stand?

Not the bus stand. Railway station.

In that case, there's a ground before you reach the station road.

Get down over there.

Hey! There's a ground before you enter the station road.

Stop over there.

Why?

You just stop there.

The car is coming!

I will bring her gently.

- You keep the car ready. - Should I come?

Isn't this the ground?

This is not a ground, Madam.

This is a field.

Didn't I ask you to stop by the ground?

Hello. Anirudhan?

- Hello. - Yes.

- That car, right? - Yes.

Ask him to stop the car. I'm right behind you.

- Stop. This is the place. - Ask him to stop.

Stop!

Ask him to stop.

Go back.

Stop near that vehicle.

Start the car!

Are you Anirudhan?

Anirudhan...

is in the car.

Turn quickly!

Please get down, Chetta.

Come. Come out.

Where to?

Get out, you!

Leave me.

Who are you?

Aren't you the Anirudhan in the car?

No!

- Oh no! - Let me go, Sir!

No?

Yes, Sir!

I am the Anirudhan in the car.

He is the Anirudhan you haven't met.

Get lost!

Let's go! He's a cop!

Run!

What makes you women jump off the bridge?

Even your corpses won't be found!

Damn it!

Get out.

Check if he's still there.

Okay.

Didn't you go?

No. I got a call that she swam ashore.

So quickly?

Yes.

The door isn't locked. You may enter.

Shouldn't we help when someone tries to escape?

Otherwise, she'll have to wait until her next friend jumps off a bridge.

You're a master fighter!

You just knocked them out, right?

See you.

[phone ringing]

♪ You're the dream that blossoms within dreams, I find ♪

♪ The teardrop in my dream's eyes, defined ♪

♪ You're the soul that soars from my pyre's blaze ♪

♪ The waves in my sea of thoughts, always ablaze ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

[phone ringing]

- What is it, dear?

- Haven't you slept?

- Standing alone in the terrace?

Didn't you sleep yet, Akkamma?

- No.

- Well, I'm not able to sleep.

- Alright. - Okay.

Open it!

Open the door!

- What is it, Sir? - What are you doing?

- What? - What are you doing here?

- I was sleeping, sir. - Can't you go home and sleep?

I don't have a home, sir.

Superb!

I used to stay with my friends.

There are lot of problems.

Debts, goons and what not!

Goons will come looking for me.

That's why I drive at night and sleep during the day.

- Very well! - Don't you go home, Sir?

It's been six-seven months since I went to Kozhikode.

Crows have no respect for policemen!

Do you want some...

biscuits in the morning, Sir?

Morning?

It's 5:30 PM.

You've been sleeping!

Why can't you find a place to live?

- Should I help? - No.

I can't afford the rent, Sir.

Then?

My debt has rolled down my head and reached the other side of the earth!

The other side of earth is America, right?

Do you also have debts there?

Yes, Sir. I have a friend named Mathachan.

₹6 Lakhs from his friend,

its interest, and the interest on that interest!

I don't even know how much it is!

Look.

This is Mathachan.

Great!

He got drunk last night at the beach and we arrested him.

When we realized he'd be a burden on us,

we got him a black tea and sent him away.

- Oh no! - What else could we do?

He's really naive, Sir.

- We all were... - Well,

I understood all that. Let me tell you this.

You can't park here and there and live inside the car.

We've spotted this car at 11 different locations over the past three months.

Did you hear me?

- Right! - What right?

It's been three months since I came to the city for something.

I'll leave this place once it's done, Sir.

Listen. I'll also search for a lodge, for sure.

I shouldn't see you like this again.

- You heard me? - Yes.

Here, a guy with a house is unable to go there.

And this guy is living in a car!

All the rooms are superb. Come.

- How's this? - This one...

You don't want it? Okay.

We have other rooms.

No issues. Come.

This one's locked.

This is a superb room.

- That's locked as well. - How come?

Yes, here it is!

This is the room!

Look. How is it?

You don't want it?

There are others.

Come. So what?

Come. Have a look.

Fabulous!

- This is good, right? - No, Chetta.

- Let's look at another one. - Come. There are more rooms!

- Good rooms are on the other side. - What?

On the other side!

Look at the train! You can watch it when you are bored!

Which other lodge has this?

Come.

It's superb!

By God!

Lucky man!

This is the best room.

Isn't this enough?

Is there a better one?

This is the best room here.

Do you want it for monthly or daily rent?

Can I get it for weekly rent?

Regarding weekly rent,

I'll have to ask the boss.

Didn't they take this away yet?

What is this?

That's a footballer who poisoned himself

out of worry for not being able to score any goals.

He made a casket alone, got into it, and died!

Oh God.

- He died lying inside this? - Yes.

- Really? - Yes.

Where is the corpse?

A girl came, gave some money, and took it away.

The previous manager told me this.

I've only been here for five months.

In that case, what he said was a lie.

- The dead body is in this. - No way!

It won't be in here.

What are you saying?

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

Don't kill me!

Oh God!

Oh, no!

♪ Rukmangada’s fate ♪

♪ Time to alter the flow ♪

♪ This is the tale of a bird in a net, trapped tight ♪

♪ And the saga of birds in nets, fighting the fight ♪

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

♪ Rukmangada’s fate, I ain’t gonna chase ♪

♪ My mind is not empty, there's no space Time to alter the flow, pick up the pace ♪

♪ End this bondage, cease the tales, And shatter this net that curtails ♪

♪ Rukmangada’s fate, I ain’t gonna chase ♪

♪ Still got fire in my life, in this race Time to alter the flow, pick up the pace ♪

♪ Ignore your wounds, no need to stress, Get down to business, aim for success ♪

♪ Alter Rukmangada's destiny, set him free ♪

Do you have to leave today itself?

Here, Akkamma!

I am going home.

I have to get few certificates.

The job that I had refused?

They have called me back.

Oh God! No way.

From morning 8 a.m. to evening 6 p.m.,

you have to work in that factory?

You don't have to, dear.

I have to, Akkamma.

It's difficult to find another job.

Okay.

How are you going there?

- By bus. - Bus?

No, no. I'll book a taxi for you.

No need, Akkamma.

Just wait.

Great!

The cab is booked.

It will reach in 10 minutes.

There! It's already on the way.

When you reach the bus depot, I can track you, right?

You didn't have to, Akkamma. I would've taken a bus.

That's not necessary.

It's my treat.

Today is my husband's birthday, right?

Oh, no!

That car has vanished into thin air.

Anyway, you wait.

Let me try to book another one.

Forget it, Akkamma. I'll take a bus.

No, wait.

Didn't I tell you that it's his birthday?

Let's book another cab.

What birthday?

He left you and went away, right?

For me, such a person has never been born!

What he did to you was so unfair!

And here you are, hugging his cot and dancing,

hiding your tears.

He didn't leave me, dear.

When I came to know...

that he has another wife and child at his home-town, it was me who..

sent him away.

It was me.

He told me so many times that he won't leave.

Finally, he left all he had, at my feet...

and left.

He didn't leave me alone, dear.

I am the one who left him alone.

Today is his birthday, you see...

I must dance a lot today. I must dance for him.

♪ Upon my chest ♪

What is this?

Whose are these?

Listen!

Madhumiya has come.

Parijatham!

Parijatham!

Parijatham, my dear!

Not Parijatham. It's Madhumiya.

Who is inside now?

Madhumiya.

Then how about the Parijatham you gave birth to?

She is also inside.

So, are there two people inside?

No, it's just one person.

Dear...

Dear!

I don't think either of them are inside.

Sister is inside the room, Dad.

Really?

Why isn't she opening the door?

Yeah.

Yes, yes. She is inside.

Since she's speechless, her heart is pounding so loudly.

Thud! Thud! Thud...

Just kick on the door, Dad.

- She will open it then. - Oh, no.

Why should we break our own door?

Should I? I'll do it if you ask me to.

Listen! She opened the door and came out.

She took a bath and had food too.

After that, she locked herself up again.

What wrong did we do to her?

What is her actual problem, Dad?

Even you haven't slept, dear?

I can't fall asleep, thinking about her.

That's because...

you are her younger sister.

Dear...

it's really late in the night.

You get some sleep now.

Okay.

Didn’t you ask me what we did wrong to her?

At some point, she must have misunderstood what we intended for her.

That disappointment and stubbornness...

has made her speechless.

Don't worry!

You get some sleep.

Oh, you're back already?

I had gone to see the chief carpenter.

Has it been long since you came?

Yes. I reached at 9 a.m.

But instead of coming here, I went straight and joined the job.

Oh, good.

Did you have food?

- Yes, I did. - Also,

give me the keys before you leave in the morning.

Okay.

Parijatham!

Dear!

Parijatham!

It's not Parijatham.

It's Madhumiya.

Why can't you call her that?

Chechi,

How long has it been since all of us stayed together happily?

Why don't you come and stay with us at home, Chechi?

Come, Chechi.

Please come.

[phone ringing]

Who is it?

Why is she calling at such a late hour?

Hello?

What is it, dear?

You had the carpenter craft the little spindles, right?

What is this?

Look what the time is.

Don't you always say that original is always original?

What happened now?

Don't you want the original anymore?

The spindles you saw are the original ones, dear.

What was lost has returned.

It's a God who returned it.

After keeping it safe for so many months,

he came looking for me and handed it over to me.

Returned?

From where?

How is it, Akkamma?

It feels like I've got my life back!

This is the first time I'm seeing someone with such a deep love for a cot!

Since the day you left it in the car,

he has been searching for you.

- Is that so? - Yes.

I wish to meet him.

I need to thank him from the bottom of my heart.

You can meet him.

How?

He is always on the run.

Why?

He is in need of a room to use during the day for a few days.

He is on the hunt for it.

Just during the day?

What about the night?

He is an unusual guy.

Nights don't exist for him.

So for him, it's all about the sun...

with no room for the moon, huh?

That's right! No moon at all!

[humming a Tamil song]

Can I ask you a favour?

Favour?

A help.

Okay.

During the day, why don't you share this house with another person?

She will come only after you leave for your job.

She will leave before you return.

She works only at night.

She just needs a space to sleep during the day.

A very small favour. That's all.

Is it someone you know well, Akkamma?

Before you came to stay here, did I know Madhumiya?

No.

It was only when I saw this face,

that I realised you're a daughter of a God.

Is it that girl you danced with, who's coming to stay here?

It's your house, dear.

Your room. Only the cot is mine!

No one will come between us.

Okay.

Here you go. Keep the keys with you.

Okay.

I have a spare one.

- Alright. - Okay.

See you later.

- Akkamma. - Yes.

What if I feel like coming here during daytime someday?

You should come.

This is your house, right?

So, how about the Sundays when I'm on leave?

On Sundays, just head to some jungle.

She is a lady with the heart of an angel.

I have never seen a lady like her.

What's her name?

Tripura Sundari!

What?

Everyone calls her 'Akkamma'.

Is she from Tripura?

My foot!

Tripura Sundari means

the most beautiful in all the three worlds!

Oh! What are these three worlds?

The three worlds means... Our earth is the first one.

The second one is the sun.

And the moon is the third. That's all!

Where do you learn all these from?

I have a Master's degree in Malayalam, right son?

I set up this workshop when I couldn't get a job, right?

Did I learn any of these?

Careful! Careful while you turn it.

Why is she helping me?

What you safeguarded...

was something invaluable to her heart!

Even that tree wouldn't have thought

that just three pieces of its wood would bring you this fortune!

It was rosewood, Ikka.

We don't get that now.

You won't get another place like this to stay, either!

Now, you don't have to be afraid of anyone.

You can go and hit the car wherever you want.

What?

Leave it to me to repair the dents.

Give way for others, you scoundrel!

Where the hell are you looking at?

Where the hell are you looking at while driving?

You bloody...

Here you go. Have this.

You must be very hungry.

Why are you cursing these drivers, Dad?

Where do you stay now?

- Look. - What is this yellow thread?

Is it the wedding necklace of your house?

Is it?

Are they still after you?

- Shall I get you one more Parotta? - No.

Just finish them off if you can't bear it anymore!

When police ask you, just tell them my name.

Your Dad will go to the jail.

Your Dad will go.

How long can you be on the run?

Hey, please make them go away!

Looks like they're also in some deep trouble like you.

Who's beating whom?

- Akkamma! - Yes.

Are you back?

Has the daytime occupant arrived?

Yes. It's been four days since her arrival.

Four days?

Come on!

It doesn't seem like anyone stayed there.

How could you know that?

None of my things have been misplaced.

Don't they use the stove?

There's nothing that belongs to her in the kitchen.

Did you tell her that I also stay there?

I didn't say that.

I said that a husband and wife live there.

What's the problem now?

Do I have to ask her to leave?

Tell me if you want to.

I'll make her stay somewhere else.

[listening to an English song]

Are you brooding here?

Shouldn't we settle this?

We have to leave after finishing the job.

Run, dude!

- Oh, no! - Stop there!

Run!

Hey!

We could run away before he fired.

I have seen that gun somewhere.

Hey!

That's the gun we had, right?

What? How did he get that?

Did he chase our Boss and catch him the other day?

Did he?

He must be inside this.

Yes!

Could he have gone somewhere with his car, Boss?

Hey loser! His car is lying here, right?

Yes, you're right!

Blow the horn, Boss!

He will come.

Come!

Come.

♪ Rukmangada’s fate, I ain’t gonna chase ♪

♪ My mind is not empty, there's no space Time to alter the flow, pick up the pace ♪

Run!

♪ And the saga of birds in nets, fighting the fight ♪

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

♪ They possess the power to soar, With wings to rise above, explore ♪

Scoundrel!

All bosses are scoundrels!

Boss screwed us over!

- We will chop our Boss' head too! - We must!

♪ Who are you, stranger, in this place so slight ♪

♪ On this tiny island, hidden from the light? ♪

♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ Who are you? ♪

♪ You're like embers in a stove, damp and cold ♪

♪ The golden deer elusive, in tales of old ♪

♪ An illusion, a mirage, in the fold ♪

♪ You are near me, in my sphere ♪

♪ Yet you are far, not really here ♪

♪ Near, yet far, in this play ♪

♪ Far, yet near, every day ♪

♪ You are near me, in my sphere ♪

♪ Yet you are far, not really here ♪

♪ The sunlight has always sought its shadow's trace ♪

♪ But the shadow kept fleeing, vanishing without a base ♪

♪ You and me, in the night, lost, unfixed ♪

♪ Like comets to their demise, transfixed ♪

It doesn't seem like anyone has been staying there!

The folds on the bedspread are there just like they were.

The pillow hasn't moved even by an inch.

How's that possible if someone has been sleeping there?

What if she had slept on the floor?

Will someone sleep on the floor when there's a bed?

Yes. I have done that.

And the talcum powder that had fallen remains as it is.

What more?

The soap box that I accidentally left on the bathroom floor is still there.

Did you leave it accidentally...

or intentionally?

Leave it, dear.

If someone stays with us,

we'll get to see signs of their presence.

Right now, it is your home.

She is a guest who has come to stay there for a few days.

She'll leave once her work is over.

If someone stays with us,

we'll get to see signs of their presence.

She is a guest who has come to stay there for a few days.

She'll leave once her work is over.

Come, come!

Bring him over! Come!

Get him inside!

Get him inside! Fast!

Are you not getting inside?

Are you not getting inside?

[alarm ringing]

[alarm rings again]

[alarm rings again]

I overslept, Ikka.

I didn't hear the alarm.

I don't know if that family had been waiting outside.

No.

Not likely.

Where are you now, Ikka?

I am lying upside down on my Dad's easy chair, Son.

Why so?

All our lives are like...

an overturned vehicle, right?

It's been a long time...

since I heard you laugh.

Yes.

Feels like a gentle breeze is touching my heart.

My heart says...

that the task you came here for, will be sorted.

Why are you up so late?

You haven't slept either, right Chechi?

You picked up the call immediately when it rang.

- Yes.

Are Dad and Mom asleep?

Not just them,

even their cot is fast asleep!

Well, something funny happened today.

What?

While drawing water,

the rope broke and Dad fell into the well.

Oh, no!

- And?

When we looked, we found Dad swimming.

When Mom saw it and screamed,

Dad asked her to jump in with him.

He is a strange Dad.

You come here, Chechi.

It's so hilarious here!

- Hello?

- Chechi.

- Chechi?

Hey, Akkamma.

Yes.

You are just fooling me, right?

No one else is staying there other than me, right?

What do you want now, dear?

Shall I go bring her over?

No, no need.

- Then? - Well...

Why are you always looking for her?

- Akkamma. - Yes!

A glass fell off my hand and broke.

I've cleaned it.

Please ask that girl to be careful. Okay?

You were the one who said she's here, right?

Look around!

Is this the place?

[phone rings]

Oh!

Hold on properly.

Don't fall down.

Oh, no!

This is the first time,

I'm getting stabbed here by a weapon.

Well,

I am asking out of curiosity.

When the husband and wife over here fight,

do they throw and break glasses?

Do they?

What happened?

Listen.

I was thinking of going back.

Did you finish what you came for?

I'm somewhat close.

As soon as I find it, I'll give you the car and leave.

Oh, God!

Wait a minute.

Hey, then

what about Akkamma's house?

None of my belongings are there, right?

I've cleaned up today as well.

Hey,

Akkamma wishes to meet you in person.

Did you tell her my name?

I did. I told your name is Vasanthan.

Vasanthan [Spring-man]!

You should have said something like Rain-man.

Rain-man!

It's always pouring heavily on us, right?

Besides that, there's thunder, sun, and lightning as well!

Oh, God!

Where have you parked your car?

There's thunder and lightning, boy.

I am scared of thunder.

Why do you fear, Ikka?

Thunder is easygoing like you, right?

Yes, very easygoing!

Oh!

Oh, Ikka!

Oh!

It's about to rain.

- Hey! - Yes.

Look!

That's the girl we want.

Ponnan! Don't invite unnecessary trouble.

She is not a part of our plan.

Move aside!

Hey, listen to me!

- Hey! - Let me go!

- Hey! - Run!

- At times, he is crazy! - Hey!

- Back off! - Hey!

Hey!

I have no reason to stab you.

But if you ask me why I'm going to do it,

stabbing you will hurt the person I intend to hurt!

This is a contract.

A contract is like my lifeline.

I will finish you off today.

Come on!

Hey!

♪ Rukmangada’s fate, I ain’t gonna chase ♪

♪ My mind is not empty, there's no space Time to alter the flow, pick up the pace ♪

Yes! Who is it?

Wait, wait!

Who is it?

You?

What happened?

What happened, dear?

A goon came to stab me.

What? A goon came to stab you?

What are you saying?

Can I go to my room?

Has that girl already arrived?

She might have... but tell me what happened.

Come, sit.

Sit down first.

What happened, dear?

Tell me what happened.

He has been chasing me for some time now.

I was certain I'd be dead today.

Whom are you talking about?

Why would he want to stab you?

Okay, let it be.

Now you are safe with me, right?

Leave it! Don't be scared.

Let him come. I shall stab him!

[tumbler falls down]

That girl is in the room.

Shall I make hot coffee for you?

Have that and go to sleep.

Okay.

I'll wake you up later, okay?

- Are you scared? - Yes.

In that case, you sleep here itself .

No need, Akkamma.

I want that cot.

Akkamma!

So much blood!

What happened? What happened, dear?

What is it?

There's blood everywhere, Akkamma!

It's blood, Akkamma!

There's blood all over.

Here too.

What did you do?

I didn't do anything, Akkamma.

The blood was already here.

I want to see my Dad, Akkamma.

I want to go home.

[Nut & Bolt Garage]

Listen.

Akkamma,

while Vasanthan was running, he fell down on his chest.

He has got stitches.

He went to his home town.

He said that he will come and meet you, Akkamma.

How did he fall while running?

Akkamma, that...

All of us fall down even without running, right?

Vasanthan fell down while running.

Alright!

See, that girl...

fell down and got injured.

Look. She slept here without realizing that she was bleeding.

I want to see my Dad.

Are you a Daddy's girl?

Yes.

What are you looking at, Dad?

Well, the sky is so vast here!

Don't you notice all this, dear?

It's a marketing call, right?

Devutty keeps telling me...

that you hang up immediately when you get these marketing calls.

What happened, dear?

Ettan has come, Dad!

Is it?

Chechi is inside.

And Mom asked Ettan to sit.

Pick some ripe tomatoes, dear.

He has been coming so many times, right?

Then, shall I pick this bitter guard as well?

Sure. Here you go.

Here you go.

[phone ringing]

No. Sit down.

I saw this same look when those goons came to stab you.

I came to the city looking for you

because I wanted to steer clear of them.

You've never answered my call.

Even now, you were going to cut the call.

When I realized that you are safe,

for the first time, I hung up today.

I won't call you again.

And those goons won't come after you.

Stop there!

I didn't come here to beg or apologize to you.

You are a daughter born to a good father and mother.

I'm an autorickshaw driver.

I became a son to them when I loved my wife.

Even if we were born from the same womb,

you won't believe what I say.

I spent 1.5 years in jail for a fabricated case.

I've caused you a lot of humiliation.

And what happened at last?

The court acquitted me.

I was also granted compensation.

But did that stink go away?

It won't go away!

That's fate, dear!

Rukmangada's fate!

We have to appear in court for the divorce case you filed, on the 15th, right?

Here you go.

Just as you wanted, I have signed all the documents...

and I've freed Parijatham.

You can keep the Madhumiya you created.

The court will grant you a compensation.

And I shall pay it without making any excuses.

I can't hurt you anymore.

We were together for three years.

In the beginning, we were close.

Why should you suffer because I couldn't kick-start the startup?

From now on, you can live in peace.

I won't come after you.

One thing.

Since I've signed and given the papers,

we are ordinary citizens now.

So I'll leave after some small-talks

with Dad, Mom and Devootty.

- Hey! I think they're fighting inside. - Okay

He was fuming!

It's not fuming! It's freezing!

Colder than ice!

Have you seen him angry?

- No. - But I have seen it.

When he gets truly angry,

he becomes blind and deaf with rage!

- Oh God! - Only two headlights will remain!

- They will fire up! - Oh no!

We bought a car for the start-up, right?

I drive it as a call-taxi at night.

During the day, I sleep somewhere.

I got an apartment where only a husband and wife reside.

I reach there when they leave for work in the morning,

and come back in the evening.

You won't believe if I tell you.

Frankly speaking,

It was a good life, sleeping in a husband and wife's room,

in their stylish cradle-like cot with a bedspread,

without ever meeting them,

similar to a baby on its parents' lap.

Amidst these struggles,

there haven't been days when I was this happy.

Have you not seen them at all?

They were everywhere in that room.

The wife's bindi was always there on the wall.

Earlier, you used to stick it to my chest

and ask if I'd keep it safe while you bathed, right?

Just like that.

This chest was your wall!

When we were close,

I used to make rings with your hair I find from my shirt, right?

Remembering that, even when I find hair from there,

I used to make rings out of it.

Just for fun.

But that rascal ended all my happiness

with a single stab.

Look.

Blood spilled on the bed.

I vacated that room without telling anyone.

I never went there after that.

My life was a very good start-up.

It went down the drain.

That's okay.

Shall I leave?

Hey.

Don't believe whatever I said now.

Those were all lies.

You planted mostly bitter guards this time, right?

Yes.

I've signed the papers as per your wish, Mom.

She's happy.

I bought this car with the money you gave me.

You drive it from now.

Oh no!

I don't know how to drive a car, son.

You know how to drive a lorry, right?

We shouldn't drive a car using a license for driving a lorry.

♪ You, the raindrops the winds bestow ♪

♪ Melody of love's dove, in gentle flow ♪

[phone ringing]

♪ You sway as a shadow 'neath the sun's gleam ♪

♪ Eyes clear, pristine, like a crystal stream ♪

♪ You sway as a shadow 'neath the sun's gleam ♪

Hello?

Oh God! How long has it been?

Why didn't you call me?

Akkamma.

If I ask you something, will you be honest?

What is it, dear?

The one who stayed in my room,

and the one who slept on my bed.

Was that a girl like how you told me?

Why are you asking such a question now?

Was it a girl?

No, dear.

Please forgive me.

I didn't tell you because I thought it might scare you.

That was a guy.

He was...

He was hurt, and it was his blood on your bed.

His name is Vasanthan.

He's not Vasanthan, Akkamma.

His real name is Rukmangadan.

What?

Say it once again.

Rukmangadan!

Wow! What a beautiful name!

He is my husband.

Oh God!

I didn't know that he was telling the truth all these days, Akkamma.

Honestly, I didn't even know that you have a husband, dear!

Can I ask you one thing?

You left your husband

upon learning that he had another wife and child, right?

But didn't he tell you that it wasn't true?

What if that was the truth?

Has his Tripura Sundari seen his wife and child?

No. No, dear.

Then that's a lie.

What he said was the truth!

He doesn't have another wife and child.

I think that's how it is, Akkamma.

You must go back and hold on to him tight.

He is a nice man.

What you said is the truth, dear.

What I heard were all lies.

Because,

in the audio cassette...

which he gifted me,

You've only heard one side of that cassette.

Only the song he sang.

He's on the other side of that cassette.

I'll play it.

You listen to it.

Tripura Sundari!

Believing what some strangers told you about me,

you asked me to go away from you.

Everything they said were lies.

Other than you,

there is no other woman in my life.

I was on my knees, begging, as I told you this.

But you didn't believe me.

I went through a lot of pain, dear.

I can't handle even the slightest pain now.

My body and mind have lost their strength.

I'm going to isolate myself.

In my life hereafter,

never will I come before you, come what may!

Tripura Sundari,

you're the only one

who belongs to this Meiyazhagan.

You are mine, now and forever.

I'm leaving, dear.

This sound of my wavering breath

is my final song.

Please listen.

Even after he swore on his life,

I...

didn't believe him.

I...

didn't believe him at all, dear.

He passed away.

You...

You are fortunate.

You are fortunate!

Your husband...

is still alive, right?

- Dear,

- when we are being stubborn,

- no matter who says what, we'd only think that they're lying.

- That's what happened to you and me.

- We are wrong.

- They are right.

- Dad! - What is it?

What is it?

What happened to you?

Oh, God! I can't understand anything.

Take the car and go quickly, Chechi.

He wouldn't have crossed the junction yet.

Yes.

But... can she drive?

Are you still playing with the lights on?

I had run after snatching her wedding chain!

But I never thought she'd run after me and nab me!

♪ Upon my chest, if you rest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

♪ Upon my chest, if you rest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

♪ You're the dream that blossoms within dreams, I find ♪

My dear...

♪ The teardrop in my dream's eyes, defined ♪

Are you...

still asleep?

♪ You're the soul that soars from my pyre's blaze ♪

♪ The waves in my sea of thoughts, always ablaze ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ Upon my chest, if you rest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

♪ Upon my chest, if you rest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

♪ You, the raindrops the winds bestow ♪

♪ Melody of love's dove, in gentle flow ♪

♪ You sway as a shadow 'neath the sun's gleam ♪

♪ Eyes clear, pristine, like a crystal stream ♪

♪ You sway as a shadow 'neath the sun's gleam ♪

♪ Eyes clear, pristine, like a crystal stream ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ My love, it's you ♪

♪ Upon my chest, if you rest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪

♪ Upon my chest, if you rest ♪

♪ Even my breath would take a sleepy quest ♪