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a place not foundin the world map oh! it has come finally!!! my dear vattanatharapanchayat members the machine!it has arrived! what we've been waiting fora handsome, bewitching machine a novel technique to avoidoutsiders climb trees for us the success chant of progresslet's all stand up and clap just shut up! sit
hereafter, it's the age of women power we don't need mento climb coconut trees women can also use this gadgetto climb trees and pluck coconuts on 7th, bhama a girl of our panchayatwill officially inaugurate this machine mr president, can we pluckjackfruits also with this? jackfruit your...!!!heck! not when women are here! - how many machines did you buy?- what? how many did you buy totally? - totally 40- what?
-55- tell us the exact number we applied for 40, they agreed for 45and 50 of them were delivered - now what?- all lies! how much commissiondid you get per machine? the curse of this town isthe suspicious mentality of opposition in my tenure as presidenthas there been a murder? no - rape?- no - or even a small robbery?- never
- a small robbery has not occurred- who the hell is that? but a big one has taken placein our ('saet') financier's shop what?robbery in my pamhavar? go and have a look, ezhuthachanwhen you were listing out... "imaginary feats, i, opposition leadersugunan, was the 1st one to go there i'll not believe this, memberscome with me, to find out the truth come, come opposition members, come with meto see the truth with your own eyes - what?- i said that, to my people!
beneath the spreading umbrella oi the skyon the lap of misty mountain ranges existed a place, unseen and unheardnot found even on the map of the world do you know this, have you heard of it? a land oi people, good and humanetimes turned topsy-turvy one day strangers, who never conformed, came to stayruining its honest and unique ways that land was conqueredand its people, crushed tiff people with nature like prickly cactusesfilled this place and grew in numbers rampant were betrayals, as was burglarythe plain little water bird, lost her chastity
resonating voices, joyful and happywere now cries of war and disunity do you know this,have you heard of it? existed a place, unseen and unheard i had 2 extra pegs last nightthat's why i got up late today but the point is, the longer it takes meto start my day, the longer you'll be alive what? fed up of life, is it?this is what i call sheer arrogance goats have reason to be arrogantmutton costs rs 400 a kilo - how is gold today?- gold is good, no fever or 'loosies'! always giving meback-handed replies!
in that town, vattanatharawhere our madhavankutty is teacher... ...there was a burglaryall cash and gold stolen see? when gold price riseslife becomes more dangerous so, don't inquireabout gold price, okay? as if, when it was lessyou bought me gold in kilos! if you don't want to buy just say soinstead of giving such silly excuses what a female to adorn with gold! madhavankutty! isn't that scream fromour schoolmasters house?
yes, oh god! i think an accident...come - come quickly!- please help! madhavankutty!daddy? what happened? why has he done this to us?he hanged himself from the fan aiyo! move aside n“; q! please, stop it! you've made thisquite embarrassing!
hold me, i'm goingto let go and come down okay i thought i'd clean the fanand got on to the stool it just slipped off i thought i'd jump, but i was worriedthe fan blade would have injure my hand mol saw through the windowyour feet dangling and started crying i was shouting out, i wasn't deadbut in this noise no one heard me why lock the doorto clean the fan? i was dressing to leave
why didn't you ask me to do it? you wanted to leaveby the 1st bus to vattanathara did you reallyhave to do all this? sorry to disappoint you, antofor not being dead, as expected it's alright, but next time i'll send someoneto ensure you are dead before i come there's a crowd out therego and explain to them madhava, ravi, just a smallmisunderstanding, that's all i'm happy there are a few peoplerushing to my aid when i'm in a crisis what actually happened?
anto will explain in detail any more delay, i'll miss my busvimala, where's my bag? ticket 1 ticket to vattanathara but you alreadybought a ticket? - who...me?- well, not me look in your pocketyou already have a ticket if that is the casei'll go to consumer court 2 tickets issued to the same personto the same place! is it fair?
if that is the case, i'll stop andask you to get out of the bus now you'll have a stronger casehaving sent you out of the bus, right? what did he say? - if i argue, i'll be late for school- oh, you are a peon at the school, eh? - madhavan master?- when we got in you were fast asleep where are you coming from? - from the town- didn't you hear about the robbery? i read it in the news papersdid they nab the thief? since such a thing has neverhappened in vattanathara...
...police suspect outsidersresiding in the town vattanathara get off! - greetings, master- greetings don't think you can knock me downwith your cycle, i have learnt kalari - chey! missed by a second- there's always a next time - where's your cycle journey to?- what? - how far can you go, on a cycle?- just going to madhu's house - good! since both of you are jobless- murali, you can go to madhu's house...
...and madhu can come to your house don't make fun of me, mastercomrade sugunan, has promised me a job don't trust him fullycarry on, it's time for my school vimala has packed prawn picklescome home, we'll have dinner together oh, okay master master! - where were you?- i was hungry, so went and ate idlis why? wasn't anything prepared here?where is bhama? bhama chechi didn't come todaythe police were here looking for you
police? why? didn't you hear aboutthe financier shop's burglary? i did but for that, police have to goto his shop, why come here? i don't know, when i said you were not herethat sub inspector idiculla swore at me... ...and threatened me with his lathii'm still shaking with fear i'll file a case against that lunaticfor violation against human rights am i supposed to be herewhen the saet's shop is robbed? they claim you can see from your balconyall that's happening at the seat's shop
do they have any other suspicions? may be they do,but i wasn't told - where did bhama go?- to climb a coconut tree what? yes, that sweet girlbhama, the beautiful maiden... ...placing her delicate feet 1 by 1and climbing the tree step by step ...proving women are not meantonly to cook, toil or deliver babies bhama is going up higherand higher right up to the top! look there dude, bhamais climbing the coconut tree
bhama has reached the tree top yes, you are right this is what happensif you drool and cycle, move now! - get up- she is nearly there the pride of our town, bhamahas already reached the top she has now reached the top don't come near the treea girl is up there don't comeno, stay back - 1st you come away, president- what?
- you come away, 1st- sure, let me be a role model this why i insistedthey wear pants as uniform when they climb treesboys will gape underneath! cut the bunch!now 1 more! look! bhama has plucked coconutsall of you clap she is now coming downexactly the way she went up smart! very, very smart!give her a hand! she's not only kumaran's daughterbut belongs to our own panchayat - let me carry you up- get lost you...!!!
no, don't help me up hey! stop it, i say! a display of women's powerof conquering height is what you saw we realized thatwhen you tried to lift her ...with this gadgetthis brave girl...oh, okay... ...this daring girl went right upto the crown of the coconut tree i wish her all success to reachgreater heights from there if she goes any higherwill she not fall on her head? come here
move! chew! when we are celebratingthis moment of success... ...a corner of my heartis bleeding for saet the thief will be caughtwe will definitely catch him! - master, hope you are okay?- sure you carry oni'll come by later come masterji, comedid you hear the news? yes i did, such a tragedyi couldn't believe it when i read the papers
burglary in mid afternoon? i took a light nap after my lunchsee, like this...that's when it happened oh god! please save me! police are on the look outthey will catch him immediately saet, you don't worry long live women's power equality in all jobs that is our slogan wait! let me look at youi'll be right back
quench your thirst and go do you want tender water? - no?- move girl mother let it burstlet the next soda also burst no more, my dear boy, this sodais for smart girls from me, karthiyayini drink it up, dear now on, some fellows around herewill be forced to lower their vicious hoods! sh! shhh! master!
here catch this, let's go long live long liveequality of women... keep this tender coconut with you we shall liberate this town we will rescue this land liberation! is a town liberatedby plucking a bunch of coconuts? are we tied up to these treesfor us to be rescued? very true! - comrade, tea or coffee?- the blood of those who just went
no, teatea will do keep this there, krishna'etta do you know what womenempowerment means? when you go climb treeswithout giving me food - anyways, ezhuthachan is a fiend!- at least, now you realize that - i meant a fiend in intelligence!- which means? he's turning bhama into a lady candidatethis tree climbing is the 1st step if he makes bhama his candidatefor next elections in this ward... ...she will have a sweeping winand take away your 'sitting seat'
very true if that happens, i'll hangmyself from that peepul tree there's a branchtowards the other side if you hang from thereyou won't fail in your attempt - you scorn me today- that's nothing new, we always have hey old man, better be quiet'very true-ing' for everything i want to scatter your teeth with a slapbut don't find any in your mouth dude, just climb an electric postand make a bulb shine by itself... ...then i will call you prakash (light), till theni don't want your vote, you blackness (iruttu)
stinking beggar! prakash and iruttuhey! that's not bad what's not bad? - prakash, any clue about the robber?- you mean from inside this savory? well the president saidhe'd be caught right away, didn't he? sure, the robber sitting in his kitchento be caught right away! master! stop for a minute greetings, as manager of your schooland you a teacher, this is no way to meet but you do know the panchayat100 problems to be looked into
- i am already late to school- it's alright it's our school i heard recently you are educatinga poor boy, is it true? - vinod, he has no parents- oh! you are indeed a great mani bow in reverence to that generosity - i too, am educating a few children- where? not here, for mbbsat chi...chikamagalur where in chikamagalur? weren't your wife and kidscoming here regularly? - yes- ask them to come
they can stay in my house since the kids are growingvimala has plenty of work they could still come on weekendsmaster, you must come home with me now? i have classes to attend to i'll talk to the hmyou won't be marked absent i must talk to you urgentlycome, get in, we have a car sit in front, i'll sit behindor even in the boot of the car let's go carry on, let the work go on
i have spent my life serving andworking for the benefit of this town the entire vattanathara townbelonged to my ancestors they were also liberal like me there's an incident thathappened about 50 years ago if it's along storyi'll come later then i'll make it short neither robbery nor cheatingnot even a grain of falsehood was uttered this was not sung during king mavelibut by people of this land about my forefathers i didn't know people here sang
how long have youbeen in this town? i complete 8 years in june in all these years has there beeneven a teeny-weeny robbery? - not to my knowledge- this is exactly my problem now the robbery at saet's shophas stunned me and the people here if i don't catch this thief, i'll losethe good name i've enjoyed all these years only 1 man canrescue me from this shame who is that? a role model, a good-naturedman, which is you, master
it's the job of the policewhat is my concern in this? the police will do their dutybut we need a reliable witness you master, is that witness saet's shop can be seenfrom your house but i wasn't there at alland didn't see anything people don't always say thingsonly after seeing directly - but i...- no buts you are also a reasonfor this robbery h ow?
if you'd been therewhen they came to burgle... ...you'd have seen themand foiled their attempt, isn't it? it's your fault you were not therenow, this is a chance to atone you must come to the police stationi've made all arrangements i am not used to police station,courts and such places well, this is a good time to start not only that, i've given my wordthat i'll get you to be witness - tea or coffee?- i don't feel up to it master, we ask for nothing elsejust a signature on this inquest
- a small statement in court, that's all- true, that's all what is it, that's written there? you were standing in the balconyenjoying a smoke after lunch 2 fellows come on a scooter 1 of them goes to the shopopens the locker containing the money he grabs the money and the goldgets on the scooter and goes off - yes, that's all- but i have not witnessed all this the bible says those who believewithout seeing are fortunate - so also says the bhagavad gita- i haven't heard that
master, we've caught the culprits... ...but to punish them we needwitnesses and evidence we are asking yousince you are not a fool... ...and you live at a placewhere you can witness it how can i say, i sawsomething which i haven't? who do you think you are?epitome of honesty? just ask aroundhow dangerous it is to cross me, sir? my dear master, 1 signatureto save the honor of our panchayat
- my conscience- crap! i am the manager of the schoolyou are a teacher, don't forget that it's alright ezhuthachan, master can gowe are not in any rush think about it andcome back in 2-3 days why haven't youbuttoned the top one? but remember, come backonly with a positive decision you said you got the culpritsis it true? nothing like that, all a big lie there are permanent fellowsin our neighboring panchayats
if master agrees to testifywe'll get one from there sure, that'll do the honor of the panchayatis most important in a way that burglarywas capital gain to our party does it mean our partygot a share of the loot? be quiet! why do we needwhat others stole? but you said so just nowthat the robbery was capital gain for us no one needs to teach ushow to make money - do we teach cattle to swim?- of course not
i meant that, this wasa good chance, to blacken and... ...bring down ezhuthachanand his party members the culprits should not be caughtthe case should not be solved we must be able to convincepeople, they are no longer safe come, comrade murali i hope all of you haveunderstood everything lets disperse now he's madhuhe's come to join the party - what do you do for a living?- i've not yet found a job
very convenient, we needpeople who'll give jobs to others have you been to jail? yes, for 3 days,a small squabble while studying very good! experience inboth police punches and jail life people like youare needed by the party welcome to the partylal salam! hereafter, you are no longeran ordinary human being don't talk to people too much when you do, you mustuse certain words very often
long live the revolution? chey! no! does anyonesay that in conversation? i'll tell you, very easywords like, 'globalization' central syndicateamerican supremacy party betrayers, bourgeoisso on and so forth which you know he'll say all that very smartly what happenedto the job you promised? i went to talk about it to ksrthat's when this burglary occurred don't worry, i'll get you a jobsure, now you carry on
lal salam! lalsalam! there! he's learnt it already why at this odd hour, master'? - a small problem- what is it? aravindan, weren't you witha lawyer, before your job here? yes, i was a peonto poduval lawyer what is it, master'? will there be a problem if wegive a false statement in court...
...claiming to have seensomething i had not witnessed? only 7 years in jail, that's all which case did yougive a false testimony? i did not sometimes peoplewho are criminals by birth... ...are often prompted to givefalse testimony and escape but, this is notsuitable to you, master if the court comes to knowyou were lying... ...you'll be in deep trouble
under indian evidence act 118anybody can be a witness but if the prosecutionfails to prove the authenticity... ...of the witness in front of the courtthe person can be punished under ipc 193, up to 7 yearsof imprisonment and penalty not only that, it is an of fenceequal to being traitor to our country understand? ii the court is convinced you are lyingyou'll be in deep trouble and 7 years of jail not only that, it is an of fenceequal to being traitor to our country i am back here, okay?
so you are backafter your nomadic life isn't there anywhereelse you want to go? where can i go?i will be here, always isn't this what you sayafter every trip? i'm not goinganywhere, i'm tired - will you stay, hereafter?- okay, i'll be right here don't you keep your word?just like that - all dirty, still go around hugging it- none of these are dirty wouldn't have washedever since you left this place
- have you eaten?- no there's porridge and beans, go eatand sit here quietly hereafter you think i won't listen to you? go find someone else playing games with me? lal salam is it foreign? i never expected such a big giftfor such a small job it's not such a small jobbhama has to join our party
it does not have a stingis it really booze? hey, pass me some the sting is therethough not in its smell give me some, i say granny, this is foreignif you drink it you'll be in trouble give it, i too haveseen foreign stuff no peace, let mepour some down her throat look at her gulping it down okay, now enoughwhat capacity she's got!
- what about my request- of course she'll come, suguna da! leave some for medon't finish it all up look, membership campaign is going on now is best time to joinafter that, only 3 years later she's coming - let her come- what eyesight at 108 years it will not be wise tocontinue sitting here dad! go with sugunan now, otherwiseyou can't for another 3 years
not me, he said so haven't i asked younot to bring this poison home? i didn't, he brought it for me what do you want? i wanted you to takea party membership i don't need it for livelihoodplease go now, suguna'etta wait take this and godon't ever come here with such stuff ab; o'. has he taken w!?
giving him backthat bottle was totally unfair i'd have gone to the roadfinished it, before coming back i'll beat you, till you dieand then go to jail an adolescent boy's diary,very interesting - what was the name of the writer?- townsend - ls the language tough?- i'll give you a pocket dictionary too you should readgood books, at any cost but you must return itto me without fail murali, sit
where were youall these days? are you donewith climbing trees? i'd asked vinod, to tell you i've always heardof tree climbing girls now i see oneright in front of me master, it is a job which is most in demandand there aren't many to do it so right from the inaugural dayi got 3 to 4 chances for this job i got money also you are already toilingday and night making money
it's high time i got marriedbut dad, a drunkard has no such ideas neither has he saved enough for that i have saved up gold, about10 to 12 sovereign all by myself without gold and moneymen have no respect for such girls after the initial novelty wears offthey start talking accounts i will make at least25 sovereigns of gold by working i'm determined, my weddinghas to be performed in full glory - bhama- yes? - can we have 2 tea?- okay
what is sugunansaying about the job for you? he is playing hide and seeki have no hopes - what will you do?- i am going away, master - where to?- to chirapunji i have a friend therehe says, he'll get me some job won't you getthe same some job here? what job do we get here? we hardly get men here for jobsbut men go away from here looking for jobs outside our state they'll do anythingbut in our own place, its ego problem
1st you must have a mind-set to toilplease explain it to him, master it's so much better to strugglein your own land than a strange place i'll leave, master i've heard it rainsheavily in chirapunji why don't you gowhere it rains less? i'll think about it may i take leave? tiff i listened all ears, to notes of lovewere your replies, in droplets of rain?
far, faraway, waves of clouds wroteverses, random words, wet and moist within a water-drop, on each tip oi grassi searched, fondly for that lovely face, lass like leaves of kadali,enveloped its loveliness within among the green grass,embracing garden border like a flower you stood, in full bloom waiting for an answering notelike a petal yearning to unfold waiting at the wayside, listening all earswere your replies, in droplets of rain? on a silver platter, virgin green fieldsadorned with raindrops, flower-showers like petals oi jasmine, among curling tressestrembling fingers, yearning to scatter them
i wandered in, as a gentle breeze giving me a flagrant smilerare, fresh and intoxicatingly alive oh, you are back! why did you come back? have you any thought,that i am alone here in this house what about granny? she won't stay more than 2 daysyou know that very well, father there is none in this country,who dare lay his hands on my daughter sure, you are district collectorthere's a letter for you, sahib
- who will write to me?- the indian prime minister here read it, you'll never realizehow i've struggled to save it, will you? don't panic, its only loani haven't sold it, have i? that cheat saet, dares to send mea notice to wreck the peace of my home i pass his shop 10 times a day?couldn't he have told me then? i will finish him off today what are you going to do? i am not only a drunkard, i know tospill blood and that vagabond must know this no, don't go pick up a fighti will pay and get it back
i'll kill him todaywait and see i heard everythingreally a pity! master, please tell the financiernot to sell that gold give me time, i'll paythe money and get it back you do know it was boughtwith my very 1st earnings he's my father otherwise i...! you son of a gun! look here, i say! look, kumaraettanhas gone there
today we canexpect fireworks what is it, kumara? as if you didn't know? why do you disclose to womenwhat happens between us men, you rascal don't swear in front of the shop, kumara of course i willin all possible ways! if you act crookedi'll say it anywhere to anyone you money fleecing saetcouldn't you have told me directly? you and your noticewho are you, the magistrate?
pah! monkey! you have destroyed the peacein my house, you social evil! he and his letter! don't think i'll pay youand take that gold go ahead, sell itand eat it, you rascal did you think i'll getscared seeing the notice? all this is just nothingfor me, you dirty dog! you are the kind to lick upa coin even from crap, rascal don't talk rubbishi'll call the police
you and your police!i too have met policemen let them come your shop will be struckby lightning and burn down the minute he said policelook, they are already here kumaran is trappedlook! he's running away why are the police going there? - why heading to master's house?- no idea chey! my hands are itching bring him in, dude
don't give me a chanceto swear at you, master how many days moredo you need, to take a decision? i did not come becausemy decision was not favorable master, don't make me mad ...of the witness in front of the courtthe person can be punished... ...under ipc 193 up to 7 yearsof imprisonment and penalty that means, false testimony will land me7 years of jail as well as a penalty there's no question of my testifying stop it!don't make me a fool
don't teach me ipc do you know ipc 123456789? blah! blah! don't touch it! i won't allowanyone to touch it you know wc'!? well, i'll tell you a sectionwhich you don't know if you avoid testifyingyou are helping the accused there is a law which can arrestthat witness and bring him to court
you understand, my dear boy? it's been so long comrade! master's coming nothing, let's go i was worried, so asked himto come along with me did you agree to testify? no, i categorically said, i will not! very good, this should endhis rule and bourgeois ideas you must be bravewe are with you, master
i'll just warn idiculla and come you carry on comrade, be careful, he's nastyhe'll put you behind bars only when a comrade is inside jailnow and then, he becomes a true comrade do you want tobecome a true comrade? - not right now- then come, let's go ezhuthachan hiding, eh? the foundations of your forthas become unsteady
i can see that fear on your face manure that mango tree on the south sideyou'll need it suddenly for a funeral you will rot and rot and rot forever! now everything will open slowly sir, please call this number - sir this...- be quiet - sir, please this...- hold this be quiet, when the callgoes through, give it to me - sir- hello
hello, sub inspector speaking the call was from here, sir can't you tell mefrom where ever it is? sir don't make me...i'll slap you sir, the call was fromthis phone to that phone what?is that so? couldn't you say so?dirty fellow, get lost no wonder people call youmango-seed faced
the saet's shop robbery has notbeen solved, not even 1 clue i came to let you knowour dissatisfaction and protest do you have even a pointer'? you want to see a pointeror the whole thing before you go? i have no intentions to go, mr idiculla your salary belongs to the people how is that? i draw my own salaryhow is it the people's? - it is through the taxes they pay- so?
you have to catch the culprits soon who told you, we have not? the minute we knew about itwe spread our nets understand?spread our nets are you fishermen? don't giggle making fun of my family, eh? my father spreads netor uses a fishing rod you can use nets, rod or whateverbut you must arrest the true culprits
this is a technique we police usewe investigate and put the culprits in you can do thatbut they must be the real ones how can you decide that?have you seen the original one? i am not wearing this uniform, to catchculprits suggested by you or the public we spread our nets... ...and we found the real one then where is he?let me see him when he's broughtto court, you can see him you are a great leaderand comrade, if so...
mask that master to comeand sign this statement don't sweatgo, let your sweat dry - playing games with me?- sir, phone - isn't it the same phone?- no, sir - didn't you get a phone call earlier?- yes well it's the same oneget lost idiots join the police forceto give me a headache so now it is the other way round, eh? now both talk and decidethen you can call me
now kiss each other master, it's me please wait i decided this 5-6 months agoi wanted to tell you, but forgot you are no longer just masteryou are head master of this school tell me who is there to matchyour education and wisdom - are you happy?- no, lam not happy nambisan masteris already head master here he is not okayi'll make him retire voluntarily
lf l become head masteri have to go to the treasury... ...have to look after salariesno, i prefer to remain a teacher don't be foolish, do you knowthe salary scale of a hm today? i feel what i get now ismore than what i deserve do you think this is a ployto get you to agree to testify when fish are not willing to swallowwhat does it matter, you bait or don't? - i don't understand- what? why do they needa witness to arrest a culprit? they don't actually
but some culprits, who confesschange their stand later in court that is where a witness comes in if a decent person testifieshe saw the crime, the court will believe so if someone like prakashtestifies, court will not believe it sister, please leave me alone you also can testify, sister karthiyayini oh great! my knees tremblewhen i even see the judge people like master who areeducated and wise must do it very true? then why don't you testify?
that will be fun when the judge or lawyerasks questions, he'll say... ...very true, very true!and all of them will turn insane! - very true- oh god, please kill me it's for our own peoplego ahead and testify, master it's not all that easy - you don't belong here actually...- look don't ever say that lam living here in vattanatharaand this is like my own home-town but i have certain limitationsplease understand
master! your tea!chey! i never knew till now, that they couldarrest a man who refuses to testify i too didn't know if i go to jail, think of vimala and the kidshow will i face the children in school? then go and testify, master this girl refuses to understandtestify falsely and its 7 years of jail so what to do? that's exactly what i am asking tooif i don't testify its arrest, if i do its jail do you realize now, a man who hascommitted no crime, cannot live here?!
even though i didn't see iti was very much here se? i will testify i saw it - will you go to jail?- you can be saved, master you need not rescue me, okay?the minute you are in court, you'll pee what a grand witness you'll be! couldn't the policeget anyone else? the snake has to bite the onealready struck by lightning, isn't it? what else can i say?!
karthyani sister, i've keptthe money here, okay? our madhavan kutty master has run away what? run away, at this age? all his toilette stuff are missingthat's how we found out who told you? that boy stayingwith master, vinod he must have gone visitinghe'll be back in time for school why would he takehis toilette to visit someone? go look in kumaran's housesee if bhama is also missing
comrade, stop it i know your dirty mind's track! then he must have run away,afraid to testify ezhuthachanwait a minute you can find a replacementfor your master in school your witness has run away a robbery in this land, anda panchayat president totally clueless since you've realizedyour worthlessness... ...resign with dignityand sit at home
he, who couldn't save a witnessis out, to save this town ride slowly hey dad! mom! dad has come home let me goi must leave how come suddenlywithout even a phone call? don't you have school? i am going to kasargod,to attend a seminar for teachers pack my clotheslf l miss the bus, i'm trapped
if you go now, you'll reach late nightis the seminar at night? this seminar does not consider day or nightthe minute we reach it is seminar time - move, i'll do it for you- quickly - are you leaving, right now?- please stay back today lam in no conditionfor all that, my dears how many days? we'll know only afterreaching, may be 10 or 15 - what kind of a seminar is that?- latest trend in seminars i'll come back and explain
- why don't you have lunch- lunch, i'm fed up of eating - call as soon as you reach- let me reach 1st - am i late?- no...no the drill master in my school yes, he wanted to learn more of drillso he invited me home kids will get scareddon't arrest and disgrace me here vimala, get some tea for our master what about your kasargod trip? go bring tea
- you have sugar?- i've not brought it - i meant diabetes...- oh, i see come unni so you were running awayto kasargod, eh? not running awayan aunt in kasargod died of cancer - did they bury her'?- please sit wherever you gomufti police will be after you right now, they havesurrounded your house i won't leave you, my dear!
i won't say anythingin front of your family but after teawe return right away please, she was my favorite auntafter mother died, she brought me up when did master's aunt die? aunt? remember that aunt...?oh! you don't know her which is this auntthat i don't know it's okay sister, like kids are bornnew aunts are also born and they also diestrangely of cancer!
there are many moreaunts, isn't that enough? so let's leave is the drill master alsogoing to the seminar? don't interrupt when are talking it's been postponedhe came to inform me don't you have work in the kitchen? seminar is postponed, eh? let me spend 2 days with my familyi'll definitely come after that okay but if you go backon your word...
...i'll come in my uniformwith arrest warrant no, i won't break my promise aiyo! soap in my eyes do you go to school to roll in mud?your body is full of dirt what's the use?like father like son i haven't seen dad roll in mud when you slept last nighthe rolled for a long time mom, come here!dad has scattered all his things why?
no idea, he's not replyingcannot enter the room at all he seems to be a changed man! take this and towel him dry, my dear what have you done? my, that thing, is missing what thing? not that, remember i broughtthat thing before dad died doesn't that thing have a name? - my horoscope on palm leaves- rubbish
vimala! don't insult my horoscope is that why you created this mess?why this sudden horoscope interest? to know the time you could look at the clock my time, the period, whethermercury or venus rules we don't need to seeyour horoscope for that you have only 1 planetruling you and that is saturn you live with lunatics in vattanatharahow can saturn go away? no need to huntit's gone forever
your son, 1 day playedhouse-keeping and cooking he used those palm leaves as firewoodi saw it only after it was fully burnt my god! i haven't heard you call out to godbetter put back all these things i've heard, god answers your callwhich god is that? that postman bhaskaran's housethere's 1 behind his house but you have to go near and callonly then he will hear tell me the truthwhat is the problem? i just hope there won't be any
if you go on like thisi will create problems, i warn you go and showerlet your head clear we must go to the marketi can't bring it all back, you also come go on! have you taken your purse?don't blink when asked for money are there any astrologers here? madhavankutty, get on shall we go? when did the 'hanged man' come?
now i actually want to hangwhen does your job get over'? you want company to hang?not this week, let's do it next week - i want some advice from you, anto- not some, you need plenty of advice do as i say, come home tonighti have good military stuff oh i see, is thiswhy you slipped away? we were talking aboutsupplying stuff to the military sure, i understood, when he wentmissing from the vegetable shop hold this see you , ante
whoever gives false testimonythe mountain crow will... ...tear his eyes out, says the bible but that is only for christians what kind of a master are you?it was only after christ the christians came there is no religion for great wordsit was created to guide you to true paths are there mountain crows in kerala? it will come from jerusalemhow is the pork? - it is very tasty- then eat, don't think of anything else cicily is great! entertaininga husband who drinks like this...
...you are lucky, dude what else do you want? did you hear that?he says i am lucky what's so surprising about that? master can go after dinnerlet me fry the fish if i don't testifyidiculla will arrest me, anto then go and do itdon't irritate me, okay? a school master who ought to bea role model for future generations has cheated the law and societyby giving false testimony
the court is convinced thathe has done these shameful deeds... ...to save culprits and to punishthe innocent people so as per ipc 193,7 years oi jail andrs 50000 penalty is decided by this court do you have anythingto say in your defense to this? cowards will always dream like thiswhat a pity! haven't they caught the culprits?now they have to be punished a false testimony for thatis not such a big crime if caught, it is 7 years... that's only a distant possibility
it's not good to be in the bad booksof idiculla and the school manager don't worry too muchsleep, i'll call you at 5:00 a.m may be we will meet nextwhen i am in jail i've wanted to seea jail for a long time does it have to bewith me inside it? go, madhavankutty hello? yes madhavankutty has gonehe's on his way there
what?bhama? oh god! madhavankutty?! get down quickly! this town is under evil influencewe must ask the astrologer for a solution yes, we must are you satisfied now? are you happy now that this town andthat girl's fate are both ruined? please tell me in detailwhat actually happened?
that girl is ruined, i meanshe was abused and violated! whom are you talking about? that poor girl who wasworking for you, bhama who did it, ezhuthachan? how do we know, when she's lyingunconscious in a hospital, almost dead if you had given your testimonyculprits would have been punished... ...people would have feared committinganother crime, you could have saved this town you will pay for this!suffer severe consequences! we are now standing atthe primary health centre, vattananthara
bhama is fighting for her lifewhere even basic medical aid is sparse is this rain the tears of a 17 year old bhamacruelly used and discarded by someone? the incident has shatteredthe people of this town let's find out what, kumaranbhama's father has to say about this my daughter...!i am all alone now! master! my daughter! what does the doctor say? we must wait for 48 hoursbefore anything can be said who is there with her'?
her father, i've askedvinod also to be there i'll come there that's of no use, she's in the icuthey don't allow visitors nothing will happen to heri am praying for her i'll call you later who raped is not the questionwhy was it done is the question i've been serving this towndiligently for the last 30 years someone is out tomalign me, in sheer jealousy he will be caught, whoever it isthat social evil doer will be caught
we are standing at the town's localcommon meeting place now no, you are nowstanding on my foot! sorry! let's hear what comrade sugunanhas to say about this incident our dear sister bhamahad been keen to join our party i'd even promised her a membershipwhich the opposition knew i have strong doubts they hada hand in this ugly incident oh my dear sister! so unfortunate! i fear all my other sisters in this townare also in danger of being raped
i feel the panchayat presidentand his supporters... ...who have a moralresponsibility should resign where the heck is he now? - what happened, idiculla?- oh! you are here we have walked intoevery house, in this town... ...and questioned every malebut no one admits to be the rapist goodness! you are so stupid! if you ask anyone this questiondo you think they'll admit? then how should i do it?
i have told you many timesget police dogs to sniff and find there are no better dogs than usin the police force right now i myself have sniffedand solved so many cases - come here- what? - i smell something now- what smell? you had rum, didn't you? answer me, dude! i feel dizzyinquiring around with this case - will you give me 4 pegs or not?-4 pegs? then make it 5
on condition that, i won't give a dropto those dumb men, who've come with you okay, don't give themshall i bring some pickles? - do you have soda?- yes, of course one minute listen, i have an important matterto discuss, i'll be back in half an hour hey! where's the presidentwho was standing here, a minute ago? - gone inside- couldn't you say so earlier? president? she is conscious now1 of you can go see her
kumar'etta, bhama is consciousgo inside and see her - is it true?- the nurse said so, go no! i cannot bearto see her like that if she says anything to memy heart will break, my boy is one of you, coming in? - father?- he's outside kumar'aetta!...she...she's gone! what is it vinu? master!our bhama'echi...is no more!
memories, only in memories, you live nowto nurture and caress your form, hereupon as a radiant star, within my heart you liveeyelashes beating a rhythm to its twinkle are you far, far beyondor somewhere here around like a leaf-bowl of virgin moonlighttender as petals of the lovely elengi you remain foreverjust a vision to remember sweet bird, my maiden, a chatterera lovely cloud, aren't you a wanderer? oh sweetheart, weren't you always mine? the rainbow has vanished, gone foreverlaughter has faded...now, never as the beautiful moonlight sobbed in agonyyesterdays, were they our dreams, only?
were only dreams? long live the revolution! ezhuthachan the rottingold man must resign! ldiculla has to be beatenand chased away! prepare to attack the police station! the rapist must be hanged! stop! look at those placards sir, it saysidiculla be beaten and chased away - take that gun- which gun?
oh, there are no bullets, eh? okay, we are enough in numberwe have lathis, get ready for an attack they are more in number, sirthey have the placard sticks also then turn the jeep around look there! police come on! don't leavenot even one of them turn around, dude oh, so throwing stones, eh?go throw it at your mothers, you dogs! do you know who lam?
come quickly, dudeare you learning to drive? come on, take off!they are almost here! keep your salute...you! aiyo! aiyyaiyo!why don't you hold it open? sorry, sir! sir, this is si vattananthara... why!? from vattanantharasi idiculla speaking please send a battalionof crp! it's an emergency
- what is the occasion?- my death ceremony is nearing - what?- people are in a rage they attacked the police jeepwe don't have tear gas or even water-canons there was a burglary and a rapewhy haven't you caught any culprit? cowards need not be in the policeif you can't, then resign and get lost - how will i get salary, if i resign?- stupid! there is not even a single bulletin my gun in case i am attacked what did you do to themswallowed them, eh? - no sir- then?
i shot into the air thrice recentlythat's how the bullets were spent who asked you to fire into the air?bloody fool! since it was into air, i thoughtno permission was needed do we need permissionto shoot in the open? - you do as i say- yes, please tell me - buy some sesame sweet balls- and? put them into your gunyou can fire them - what the heck!- idiot! you can buy those ballsput them into your gun...
...and fire them into yourown mouth, you wild monkey! - hey! bhimasena, i mean, arjuna?- what is it, sir'? get the jeep readyi have to go out - they'll start pelting stones, sir- let them, let me die, let's go turn the jeep aroundi'll be right back i was busy with the rape caseand got delayed, come, let's go now have you got any clueabout the rapist? do criminals informthe police before such deeds? come, there's no time2 signatures, 1 in each inquest
2 signatures? yes, 1 for the robberyand the other for the rape, 2 inquests i don't follow the rape also took placefrom where you could easily see so you are witnessto that case also we are unable to getother reliable witnesses who do you think i am?a doll dancing to your tunes? don't make a mountainout of a molehill, master we have with usregular culprits
i'll line them up for youjust point out one to us so you lied to me abouthaving caught the burglar, eh? culprits are caught and punishedso they don't commit crimes again, right? so how does it help punishingsomeone who hasn't done it? so that the police canescape awkward questions that's cheatingthe people and the town don't chatter too muchthen let me put it this way you tried many times to seducebhama, the girl who worked for you but she did not give inso you became adamant
creating proof that you went homeyou returned at midnight and raped her if you don't testifyyou will be the accused if you ever say this againi'll chop your tongue off i feared the court and policeunnecessarily, but not anymore you claim you have a clausethat gives you a right to arrest me go ahead, arrest me dude!arrest me! you will be here, won't you? you are drinkingtoo much these days it's because of tension, my dearwe haven't got our witnesses yet
come on, pour! - who can it be at this hour'?- what do i do now? - go hide somewhere- shall i come later'? no, i'll be with you soonjust go hide at the back why are you here?i'd have come there i'm unable to sit peacefully the senior officerswearing on one side people throwing stonesin protest on the other i heard about it
oh did you? then whydidn't you come to inquire? i was about to comethat was when there...here... that master, the rascalrefused outright, to testify what? then arrest him!didn't you say you had a clause for that? i have found an easier waywhich i thought of just now tell me what it is, dude we need a credible personto testify, don't we? both the cases can betestified by you, ezhuthachan let's say, you went to meetthe master of your own school
you saw the burglaryfrom the balcony of master's house another day, same way,you saw the rape too but i haven't seenthese incidents at all! isn't this exactly what, we wereconvincing that master also to do? i don't have time to waste, we'll goright now, sign the inquest and return! look here, why don'twe find someone else? don't provoke me into my true colorsi won't hesitate to arrest, do you want that? i will have a shower... it is 7 days since i showerednothing is wrong with me
why shower for just a signature? - i'll wear a shirt and come okay?- okay dude!wait, don't run! stop i say! who are you? i'd come to give an applicationto the president for a self-help job did you give it to him? have you found a self help job? this kind of jobs fallsunder a different category
- get into the jeep- aiyo! please, sir - sir- get in,woman you toddy cat! who did he call a toddy cat? there are so many of themin the coconut shed... ...i was just inspecting that who is she? don't you recognize her?my aunt's sisters eldest daughter's sister dropped in to see me on her wayto the temple at guruvayur
shall i explain who she is?kalyani's 2nd daughter, sarojini... ...the one that army man marriedisn't that so? both of you get into the jeep don't humiliate me publicly - come in for a minute- let go of my hand it is of great use1 minute what kind of president are you? don't force me to testify orinvolve me in any other case don't put me behind bars anddisgrace me in my dotage
nobody is here to see you you've put me in a fixi need the money too, what to do! if you are prepared to spendthere is another way tell me, what is it? an aggressive methodget the people to agitate till he testifieswe'll keep him under house arrest we'll make the public stay guardso that he does not run away but, you'll have to spend for them i will! i'll do anythingthat stinker!
- who?- i meant that master you can go up the stairsbut you can come down only if we permit after bhama died, you are in a fixwith no one to cook for you all that will end today,your meals will reach you on time people of vattananthara are not fools we loved and respected youbut you didn't reciprocate with gratitude without testifyingyou won't go out, master the president and policeare cheating us they have not caught the real culprits
but forcing me to testifyagainst innocent fellows we already know that this is howyou were going to justify yourself i am telling you the truth we are not prepared to believe that that is up to youbut i won't testify falsely we will compel him we will...we willmake him...testify master, you vagabond master to save our vattanantharayou, master, should testify
stop! stop!my throat aches the stuff to cure thathas not yet come - we can continue after it comes- you insisted on foreign liquor, that's why there's a huge queuein front of the beverage shop the actual problem isthat stock is over master testifying is ezhuthachan's needso, that stuff will surely come i'm worried, if master agreestomorrow itself, what will we do? we will decidewhen master should testify there...it has come
don't be excited! greetingsplease be calm let it come be calmeveryone will get only 1 quartereach one take only 1 don't drink more than that this should be done in peace all protests shouldbe peaceful, said mahatma the salt satyagraha
when the poor did nothave money to buy salt... ...they made salt fromsea water led by mahatmaji like that, for an ordinary manto have a bit of booze... ...this panchayat hasintroduced this free booze scheme be calm1 quarter for 1 person jai! hind! if he has not called, don't worry men do go nearbywithout informing he usually calls twice a dayi have a strange fear
- i was thinking why not go there?- why don't i go, instead - no anto, i'll be at peace only if i go- then let's all 3 of us go the kids have school if it's not a problem can youplease look after them till i return? is this a problem? let the kids stayor maybe, we'll shift here are you feeling sleepy? if so, we'll take turns guarding hey! comrade and junior comradesare coming, is it a trap? would it be a quotation (to kill)?
my dear comrades we are not comrades don't categorize like thatthere are comrades like me here we know that you've come to enjoy free boozeand food the president supplied, right? don't say that, my friendthis is for a common cause a citizen of this towncannot but participate in it don't mix politicswith food and booze sunil, shibu, anil, thangappa?start distributing, come on, quick
hey! a pint don't fight like dogs, comrades if ezhuthachan is givinga quarter with rice... ...we give you a pintand chicken biriyani even if the partydenounces drinks... ...unlike me, there areleaders who do drink from lentil pancakes to foreign liquorour party is growing comrades hello?si, idiculla what?when?
oh my god?i am on my way i don't want this salutewhere is the jeep? - it's gone for a puncture repair- why did it have to now?! what happened, sir? that vagabond of a masterhas run away again with so many people on guard? his...!!! the only hope of saving our honorhas flown, why the heck are you guarding? in case master had gone for a walkwe thought we'd wait, and put him back
not only that we didn't getanything today morning sure, i'll stuff it down your throat did you bother finding outwhere he's gone? he must be at his homein kuttichira, where else? then a few hefty fellows,go and get him come vattananthara! get down! don't mention this to anyone - isn't she that devil's wife?- yes, she is
what is it? i came lookingfor madhavankutty what? hasn't he come home? no, where is he?what has happened here? last night he was herethis morning he has disappeared he has escaped despitethose standing guard standing guard, why? what crime did he committo shut him up and stand guard? you threatened him,to give false testimony
you, along with the policei want to see him right now we will find himsomehow, my sister he was the sole personto trap the master in this dilemma da! after swallowing what i gave he loved the children of this landmore than he did his own kids if anything ever happens tomy husband, i'll make you count bars! the president isin deep trouble, i think! instead of swallowing thistell us a way out, idiculla - there's one way out- what is that?
just swallow this and be at peacei don't see any other way what punishmentis this, oh god? hey, my girl, wait - did you go to the temple this morning?- yes i saw you on the way to the church i'm a christianbut no religious differences - where do you live?- i now... i will explain in detailyou go and feed the cows go
- where was she all these days?- why? nothing stop it, idiculla where did that girl go? i want to lie downi sent the jeep away i'll go early in the morningwhen will that girl come? look here... when she comestell her i'm asleep - of course i will- i feel very sleepy
don't worry if the jeep leavesi'll drop you, my driver is here - what?- he is sleeping there chandrappa! - why?- to drop you home in short, you want me to go no! it was just foryour convenience i'm not drunk, i'll walk grey and time to sit meditatingbut even now playing with dolls! - what?- nothing
- poor thing!- go inside eat all aloneyou'll rot, you thief! pushpa? yes m other? go, give this - who is this parcel for?- for master's wife i thought she left? how can she be without knowingwhat happened to her husband? when we read the papers, we thinkrape and robbery happen only elsewhere
with so many on guardhow did master escape? probably with a ropefrom behind the house well, shouldn't the ropebe hanging there? - she refused- didn't you force her? i tried my best then leave it there there is no other optionfor ezhuthachan but to resign - any news about master'?- yes, some theories he may have joinedthe maoists, is one of them
people claim to have seen masterentering the forests of uttar pradesh anyway, it's confirmedthat he won't be here to testify comrade, tea or coffee? no time to drink or eati'm a social worker now just pack somei'll eat it on the way all of you hear, ezhuthachan will resign1 among you, that's me, will take over please co operate we must drive that moronidiculla, away from here never should a crimehappen here again
- how much?- nothing, it's alright you have your tea here, i haveto send a report to the area committee no! don't!don't! get lost, man! identityidentity central syndicatecentral syndicate what's this master, i have to sayeach word twice before you open the door - isn't that our code?- yes but i did not complete it!you opened the door before i did
i recognized your voice, sugunan suppose someone mimicked my voice? masters are all like this, they teachbut they themselves don't learn in the face of hurdles, new methodsmust be used to overcome them the way in which,i rescued you from that place... ...was not taught by karl marxit was my practical brain but looks like, i fell fromthe frying pan into the fire... ...scorpions, cockroachescentipedes, i couldn't sleep a wink aren't you ashamedto say this, master?
were you really bornto this land of brave comrades? i wish, i wasn't born at alli am leaving where will you go? anywhere till all thisis thrashed out and solved for that, ezhuthachan has to resigni have to become president... ...and idiculla transferred when will all this happen? - we'll wait and see- no! i won't stay here a minute longer here, i've broughtbreakfast for you
no! as an ordinary school mastersuch arrogance is dangerous lf l brought you here, i'll see thatyou won't leave till i get what i want not only thatwhen i become president... ...in my list of achievementsi must have some victories, isn't it? saet's shop robbery, bhama's rapeyou master, must testify this was destined, masteryou were born to be a witness i won't, even if i have to die then you will die!
only if you live, will you beable to take another's life murali! i had been waiting to get himfor this, since so many days he was the one, master...my bhama! move aside! all of you move all of you, who shouted slogansagainst the police, now do you realize? within minutes of a murder,we've nabbed the culprit on the spot the witness is also ready
shouldn't we get him tothe hospital and confirm death? not necessary if he doesn't die, it'll be a case ofmere attack and disadvantageous to us dear townsfolk... this cruel murdereri will now arrest where is it? - get up- don't you dare touch him - what?- he is not the culprit it was not muraliwho killed comrade sugunan
don't joke, m aster for the time beingi prefer to arrest him i am the witness who's going to testifyand i declare he's not the defendant are you playing games?forcing us to play along? who played games with whom?i am the only witness in this case on the witness stand, i'll expose alland that police cap will go for a toss! you have plentyof defendants with you, right? i'll point out 1 among themand get you the defendant what do we do now?
whoever testifiesthe case has to be filed then better, let's go to the police stationand get the statement, isn't it? that's better, don't waste time no master, don't rescue mei will go with them people like you, capableof fighting evil, should not be in jail... ...but active, amongst people, doing good - shall we leave?- sure let's go, what else can we do? madahvankutty?!
where were you? what is all this? you came worried thatyou hadn't heard from me, isn't it? don't worry vimala, just as you told me, i'll testifyfalsely and come back quickly subtitled by ia the 8, rekhs
