(distant owl hoots)
(phone vibrates)
- Hi, Mom... - Rosu, where are you?
You've been out for a while.
It got a bit late when I left Adithi's place.
Adithi has sent us some cupcakes.
Okay, okay.
Come home soon, then.
Okay, Mom. Bye.
Bye.
(eerie tone rises)
(eerie music)
(ominous music)
(tense music)
(heavy breathing)
(fast-paced tense music)
(screams)
(fast-paced tense music continues)
Mom?
(shouts) Mom!
Mom!
(sharp cymbal)
(gasps)
(heavy breathing)
(calming music)
(title music starts)
(music fades out)
(birds chirping)
Is your research over, chettan?
Huh?
Your research... Is it over?
Actually, the research will be finished today.
Now,
only a few paper submissions are left.
I can even go back home and send them from there.
But...
I was thinking...
I could stay back for a few more days
and finish everything before leaving.
I mean, only if you are okay with it.
Just a few more days.
What? Is something wrong?
- Then, it's fine. - No...
There's nothing wrong.
Right, Shobha?
(John) By "a few more days" you mean?
At most four or five days...
That's okay.
Oh, thank you!
Then tonight's dinner is on me.
I'll bring food when I get back.
No! No need for that.
We can cook a grand meal right here.
Jerry, you haven't tried John's famous pork fry, right?
No, no...
Yes, yes... You must try that.
(music rises)
(Jerry) Hi, Grandma!
Yeah. I'll pass the phone to her.
- (Grandma) Make it quick! - Gosh, just wait a minute!
Chechi, it's my grandma.
Huh?
Hi, dear!
- Hi, Aunty. - I'm very grateful, dear.
Even after all this time, I haven't called or spoken to you.
He isn't troubling you there, is he?
Ah.
No, Aunty.
He told me he asked to stay back for three more days
and that you gave him permission.
- Thanks for that too, dear. - Hey!
No need to thank us, Aunty.
We are actually cooking and celebrating
the completion of Jerry's research paper.
Carry on...
I'm very happy to hear that, dear.
Okay, Aunty... Just a minute.
Here...
- Grandma, I will call you. - All right, son.
- All right then. - Okay.
(gentle music)
(sombre music rises)
(music fades out)
(theme music playing)
(playing Allen's music)
That's a tune Allen used to play all the time.
- How do you know it? - Is it?
This is a famous piece.
Oh!
Oh, no... I'm sorry.
Oh, no. Don't apologise.
We should be the ones thanking you.
Do you know how long it's been
since we last heard it?
Thanks, man.
(Shobha) Thank you, Jerry.
(Jerry) It's okay.
(vigorous tapping)
HE WON'T BE IN THIS HOUSE ANYMORE
(music rises)
(music fades out)
I'll give it right away.
Here you go. Eat!
Hold on!
- Lift it up! - (both grunt)
Thank you!
I'll be back only after noon today.
Well, aren't you going today, Jerry?
Just the final submission is left.
I can prepare it from here.
- Okay. I'll see you in the evening. - Okay.
Mani, start the vehicle.
(van engine starts)
(car engine starts)
(birds chirping)
(Shobha) Rosu!
It's 5 o'clock!
You can close the nursery.
- Okay, Mom. - I am heading to the market.
Are you coming?
No.
Then stay inside with Aaron.
I will be back soon, okay?
(car approaches)
Shobha!
Praise the Lord, Father.
Praise be to Him!
The other day,
you had asked if I could speak to your daughter, right?
- Right. - I was on my way to your house.
That's when I saw John.
Oh, that's good.
She is at home, right?
- Yes, she is, Father. - All right.
(Aaron babbling)
(phone vibrating)
- Hello. - Dear...
- You are at home, right? - Yes.
Dad picked me up on the way back.
The priest is with us too.
He is coming over to speak to you.
We've crossed the chapel.
We will reach there in five minutes.
All right.
Okay.
(reflective music)
Here!
(tense, methodical music)
(bangs on door)
- Snake... Snake! - What?
- Snake! - Snake? Where?
There's a snake in the house!
The baby is alone, and Dad and Mom aren't home.
Can you come over, please?
Please come!
Hey!
This isn't one of your tricks, is it?
(scraping and tapping)
(sighs)
(scraping and tapping)
Where is it?
You might find it if you look over there.
(scraping and tapping)
(tense tone builds)
Where is your snake?
It was inside. It just went out this way.
Listen!
I told you
not to pull any tricks.
What are you trying to do?
(car approaching)
If you behave yourself,
it'll be better for you. Got it?
Calm down!
(tense music rises)
Mom!
She... she's acting!
She brought me here, saying a snake got into the house.
No, Mom! There was a snake!
There was a snake!
He was inside the house, and I went to call him.
By then, the snake had got out.
He scolded me without believing me.
- And he held my hand. - Hey!
That's not how it happened.
- I held her back when she tried to slap me. - All right...
- It's okay. - (crying harder)
It's okay. Just relax.
Relax, dear.
Rosu...
Father's here to talk to you, dear.
Let's go inside.
Okay, Jerry.
Father, you recognise Jerry, right?
He had visited the church with us that day.
Come, Father.
Fuck!
(tense music)
(tense music rises)
(music fades out)
What's all this that she's talking about?
Do you have any idea what's going on?
She's saying he's a dangerous man.
Is it true that he covered her mouth one day?
Father... well...
Who is he to touch her like that?
What did I just see when I came here today?
Listen,
she's a grown-up girl now.
It's not like before.
She says the work he came for is over.
Then why is he still staying here, in this house?
It's because you allowed him to, right?
My dear Shobha...
John...
I'm not saying this as someone in authority.
Before something terrible happens,
it would be wise to talk to him and persuade him to leave.
This is just my opinion.
Please think it over
and decide what's best.
We'll do that, Father.
- Here. - Thanks.
Jerry, I called you because...
Err...
Jerry, if you don't mind...
tomorrow could you...
Well...
You had mentioned about leaving earlier, right?
You said you could send it
by mail or post, right?
It's because...
Father had a long talk with us about this.
He was quite unhappy with what happened here today.
Maybe the mistake was Rosu's.
But you know, as parents,
- we don't have any other-- - Yes.
I will leave, Uncle.
I'll leave tomorrow itself.
Hope you can understand.
You don't have any hard feelings, right?
No!
We're also going to the city in the morning.
We could leave together.
We'll have breakfast and leave happily.
- Okay, right? - Sure.
Also...
Kavitha doesn't need to know about this.
Uh, okay...
(pleasant music rises)
HE GOT TRAPPED...
(theme music on piano)
I'm really sorry for what happened yesterday.
Bye.
(motorcycle engine starts)
(engine revs)
(tense music)
(car engine starts)
(music fades out)
(clock ticking)
(solemn music starts)
(music rises)
(music fades down)
(pleasant music)
Satisfied now, aren't you?
He didn't just leave the house.
We made sure he's gone out of the town.
"Out of the town"?
We sent him out of the entire district!
♪ Like a petal of a cloud ♪
♪ Like a curl of chill ♪
♪ Did feathers fall? ♪
♪ Did feathers of snow fall? ♪
♪ Softly in every parched cell ♪
♪ Softly in every waking thought ♪
♪ Did it flow past? ♪
So which snake got in?
Huh?
Inside the house?
Which snake did you let in?
Huh?
♪ One day, unknowingly All over the tired body ♪
♪ Did feathers fall? ♪
♪ Did feathers of snow fall? ♪
♪ Like a petal of a cloud ♪
♪ Like a curl of chill ♪
♪ Did feathers fall? ♪
♪ Did feathers of snow fall? ♪
♪ In moments where borders fade ♪
♪ All that was sought Stands as shade ♪
♪ O gasping breath ♪
♪ Will you slow down? ♪
♪ In the searing blaze Of a molten sun ♪
♪ Down broken paths The journey runs ♪
♪ The nest itself will stand and stay A guard, a shield along the way ♪
♪ Like within riddles ♪
♪ Through a lone concluding word ♪
♪ The answers Shall reveal themselves ♪
♪ In moments where borders fade ♪
♪ As everything sought Stands as shade ♪
(Roslin) Don't even think about having any more paying guests here.
That is Allen's room.
And it will be Aaron's when he grows up.
Leave it the way it is till then.
Promise?
Promise.
(Priest) There is a perfect time for God to act,
and it does not depend on human expectations,
but on His will alone.
The Lord will never abandon the righteous.
His love
is that pure and untainted.
You look so happy.
All my nightmares are gone, Uncle.
Wow, really?
So, did you fight your fears?
(theme music)
(thunder rumbles)
(music fades out)
(ominous cymbal)
(heavy breathing)
(thunder rumbles)
(suspenseful music)
(music rises)
(music fades out)