(piercing title music)
(chaotic scuffle, heavy thumps)
(angry, overlapping shouting)
(shouting in Malayalam) The principal is here. Run!
Run!
(crowd scatter)
(in Malayalam) Are you the new rowdy here?
(thumping music)
(rhythmic music)
- (keyboard clacking) - (indistinct chatter)
Sorry for the delay.
- Please come. - It's okay, ma'am.
I kept thinking something like this would happen.
He was really disturbed.
Actually, I should say his whole life was like that.
In the end, this is how he was meant to find peace.
Ma'am.
When did you meet Muthu?
I mean... for the first time.
If I remember it right, I think it was in 2004.
- Oh. - At that time...
Muthu was with my brother Benny.
That's when Muthu joined us as the manager of the orphanage.
Okay.
I was doing research there.
I think it was in 2005.
Exactly one year before Sindhu joined the internship.
That incident happened after that.
What incident is that, madam?
Who is Sindhu?
I'm also responsible for all this.
Sindhu was my student.
She was a brilliant girl.
I asked her to join the internship at the orphanage.
- (sharp crack of bat hitting ball) - (gasps)
Hey!
Hello! Ball!
The ball went inside.
Throw it outside.
Who are you?
Sindhu. I'm Jessy ma'am's student.
I've joined as an intern.
If you want to join as an intern, you should come to the office first.
You shouldn't play cricket with kids.
Go sit in the office.
Who's that?
Muthu!
I'm the manager.
Go on.
Hey, come and get the ball.
Go!
(footsteps approaching)
(distant kids playing)
(playful music)
Sit down.
Hmm.
You're speaking Tamil. Where are you from?
Sivaganga.
Where in Sivaganga?
Near Kovanur Murugan Temple.
Here. Fill this form and come tomorrow.
A new computer is arriving tomorrow.
Start filling the trust documents on that.
(loud thump) Hello.
I studied MSW.
I didn't come here to do your data entry job.
(loud thump)
What does that mean?
Master of Social Work.
Talking to people, getting to know them and their lives.
What?
(in Malayalam) Kuttu who came in yesterday
hasn't eaten anything since morning.
Okay, go. I'll come.
Hmm.
So, it's talking to people and getting to know them?
The kid who came in yesterday isn't eating, it seems.
Make that kid eat.
(loud thud) You can fill this form later. Go.
(heavy thud)
Sindhu.
That kid is the sole survivor of the fire accident at his home.
Handle it carefully.
(gentle music)
(kids chattering)
(emotional music builds)
Kuttu.
Why aren't you eating?
If you eat well and get good sleep,
your parents will show up in your dreams daily and tell stories.
Hmm?
Shall we eat?
Come.
You should eat like this every day. Okay?
Only then he found out, he didn't bring his pencil.
Then he took another pencil...
(gentle music continues)
(rhythmic humming melody)
What? Are you checking if I am teaching the class properly or not?
No, I didn't get such a chance to study at school.
I was just watching.
I'm sorry if I disturbed you.
You can continue.
Will you bring Muthu?
Let him be in our class.
(children shouting happily)
(children's voices calling Muthu)
(in unison) Please!
(in unison) Come!
(romantic score)
What is that, ma'am?
The bread and butter Benny sent us.
Oh.
- Shall I? - Take it.
Give that.
(trolley wheels clattering)
Yes!
(loud thud)
(trolley bag unzipping)
Is that it?
Okay.
I'll give ₹1.5 lakh to get the groceries.
- Settle everything. - Okay.
- Give some amount as an advance. - Okay, madam.
And pay the fees for our Thomas and Kuttan.
- Okay. - Settle everything.
There is ₹9.5 lakh here.
- And your student Sindhu came. - Huh?
- She's really good. - Mm-hmm.
- She's a little unusual. - What do you mean?
No, I meant... She seems like a good girl.
Oh!
All my students are good interns.
When a Tamil girl arrives, you go on and on about her!
Madam, speak like a professor, not like a politician.
It doesn't matter if she speaks Tamil or Malayalam.
I tried to say she behaved very well
- and seemed like a good girl. - I get it. I get it.
- What? What did you understand? - (Sindhu) Ma'am.
Ma'am, should I write my Sivaganga address
- or my Vathuruthy address? - Vathuruthy.
Madam, Onam is approaching. Can we buy clothes for the kids?
Of course.
Will we have an Onam meal then?
Hmm. I'll prepare it.
I'll also help you out.
Oh-ho!
Huh? What "oh-ho"?
I'll keep this cash
and bring the kids.
Okay?
♪ With your magnetic eyes ♪
♪ You won over me ♪
♪ Because of the intoxication The heart gives ♪
♪ You wove your magic on me ♪
♪ You are my companion ♪
♪ I'm becoming you ♪
♪ I became the thread That binds you ♪
♪ I'll not walk away I'll hold your hand forever ♪
♪ Such an elegant face he has ♪
♪ Do my eyes Not speak clearly enough? ♪
♪ My beautiful one Who knows everything ♪
♪ Even if only In the quiet of your feelings ♪
♪ Won't you see She belongs to you, my love? ♪
(melodic vocalisation)
(birds chirping)
(boy 1) Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, Catch a tiger by the toe...
All right. Now it's your turn.
(boy 2) Now it's mine.
Eeny, meeny... It's gone!
- (boy 1) Eeny, meeny, miny, moe-- - Hey.
- Did you see Muthu? - No, I didn't.
- I've had enough. - Hey!
- I'm leaving. - Wait, I'll also come.
(children playing)
(crickets chirping)
What is it?
- What is this? - Take it.
(Sindhu) Come home tomorrow morning 10 a.m.
It's an important matter.
You should come for sure.
(distant, echoing foghorn)
(bangles clinking)
(woman) Is this how you drape a saree?
Come here.
Hmm?
Where is the groom from?
He's a Tamil guy.
He met her somewhere.
- (neighbour) Oh. - As soon as he saw her,
I think he liked her.
- Is that so? - Turn around.
Kids are like that nowadays. They do everything by themselves.
He talked to her uncle.
He works as an officer in the railways.
- Oh! - A good match came for us.
Why should we let this go?
(neighbour) Okay, dear. I'm leaving now.
Hmm.
(distant foghorn)
Hey, they're here.
Are you ready?
- Son, hello. - Hi.
We were waiting for you.
- This is her uncle. - Come on.
- Hi. - Hi.
Sindhu.
Welcome. Come inside.
Sit down.
Your sister is very outspoken.
Yes, she grew up like that.
That's fine.
His wish is more important to me.
He wished for it. So, what's there to think about?
He'll become the station master in the next promotion cycle.
When he becomes a division head,
he'll move to Palakkad.
I don't think it's too far.
She can board the train
and come whenever she wants to meet you.
(Sindhu's sister) Wherever you go, is the train travel free?
(woman) Yes, I just went to Kasi.
(man) Not just train rides, schools and hospitals also.
- I'm going to raise him. - He's cute, isn't he?
Hmm.
Who gave this?
A big sister gave it to me.
- (Sindhu's sister) Muthu, come in. - Hey.
- Welcome. - Hello.
- Sit down. - Hello.
This is Muthu.
He's the manager of the orphanage where Sindhu works.
Bring your aunt.
Muthu, they've come to meet Sindhu for a marriage alliance.
At what time did I ask you to come?
Why are you late? Everyone has been waiting for you.
- What? - Take it.
Have it.
You too.
They both like each other.
Shall we discuss other matters?
Yes, we can.
Yes, but I like this guy... not that one!
We are going to get married.
(whispering) What are you doing?
Even he doesn't know either.
He's hearing this for the first time, like everyone else.
If you had told me before, I would've said it earlier.
This was unnecessarily...
- It's over now! - Well...
- Let's go. - Uh...
Well...
Congratulations.
- All the best. - Thank you.
You could've told me before.
You could've.
- Why? - Do I need to say everything?
Don't you know yourself?
- Huh? - I don't know anything.
Why are you doing this?
(water sloshing rhythmically)
What do you know about me?
You're saying you'll marry me.
What should I know about you?
Okay, if I need to know, tell me.
I'll listen.
But not now.
Let us court for a while.
Are you wondering how you'll take care of me?
You don't have to worry about that.
I'll take care of that.
If you want, I'll give you an option.
If you want, you can go to work.
Or else, stay at home.
Take care of our kids.
You cook very well.
(chuckles) What else would I need?
If you want, you can massage my legs sometimes
after I come home from work.
Huh?
Will you massage my feet?
♪ Whatever I've lived Until yesterday ♪
♪ I don't think it's life at all ♪
♪ After I saw you today ♪
♪ I found faith ♪
♪ A happiness I've never known before Is filling me whole ♪
♪ It warms me from within O my companion ♪
♪ I melted to skin and an island Unto myself at your touch ♪
♪ My mountain uncrowned by snow ♪
♪ My heart can't bear The thought of losing you ♪
♪ My love who breathed New life into me ♪
♪ Whatever I've lived Until yesterday ♪
♪ I don't think it's life at all ♪
♪ After I saw you today ♪
♪ I found faith ♪
(melodic vocalising)
- (kids' song playing) - (crowd cheering)
(crowd clapping)
There...
Superb!
(kids' song continues)
(whispering) Send him soon.
Superb! Wait, wait.
Go. Do well!
- Go. - (audience clapping)
(soft, rhythmic music)
(whistles)
Hey!
- Okay? - (Sindhu) It's so good. Go away!
Yay!
(glass shattering)
(loud thud)
(heavy thump)
(table cracks)
(groans)
(heavy thump)
(heavy thud)
(man groaning in pain)
(thunderous explosion)
(crowd screaming)
Inside! Come on!
(Sivendra) Come inside!
- (shouting) Everyone, inside! - Come, come.
- (man) Inside! - Take the kids inside.
Go, go.
Go, go on. Go.
Come on, come on.
Come! Don't be scared.
It's nothing. Hold her.
(Benny) Go that way! Bastin!
(Muthu) Come soon!
Come on!
(Jessy) Go inside. Go quickly.
(crowd screaming)
(woman screaming)
Go, go!
(ticking building in the background score)
(woman shouting and muffled voices)
- Sivetta! - (Sivendra) I'm okay.
(metal clinking)
Hey!
(groans)
Hey!
(thumping)
(screaming)
(groaning)
(thumping)
(man groaning)
Hey!
(men screaming)
(heavy thumping)
(screaming)
(screaming continues)
(metallic thud)
(men groaning)
(heavy thumping)
(screaming)
Hey!
(metallic clinking)
(intense thumping)
(metallic rattling)
Come here quickly, Bastin!
(metallic clinking)
Muthu!
(man groaning)
Hey!
(metallic thud)
(shouting) Muthu!
Be careful, Muthu! It'll explode!
Hey!
Muthu!
Sivetta, don't come.
Don't come here.
Sindhu, don't come here. Don't come.
(bone breaking amidst a guttural cry)
Be careful!
Sivetta, don't come here.
Don't come.
Sindhu, don't come here! Nobody come close to me!
- (Muthu) I'll handle this! - (man groaning in pain)
(man screaming in pain)
(intense music builds)
Get lost!
Muthu!
(shouts) Muthu!
(screams)
(metallic thud)
(screaming in pain)
Ma'am.
Why did they attack the orphanage?
Who were they?
They wanted Sivettan's money.
That case went on for a long time.
Whatever I told you, I have said in court too.
Where is Sivettan now?
In 2009, he transferred the trust and everything else to Benny and me,
and Sivettan went on a trip to North India.
After that, he didn't return to Kochi.
There has been no contact from him.
Oh, this is a missing case then.
Did you file a complaint with the police?
Benny, tell me.
There's something I want to tell you.
Two police officers from Tamil Nadu are inquiring about Muthu.
- Hmm. - Don't tell them anything.
I'll handle everything.
- Okay. - Okay?
- Okay. - Okay.
Okay.
It's my brother, Benny.
He said he'll meet you.
(in unison) Oh!
Great.
Uh... Ma'am, did you file a police complaint?
If there's anything more, you can ask Benny.
Because I told you everything I know.
And I have a meeting.
So, please.
Thank you so much, ma'am.
I'll meet you soon.
I don't think that will be needed.
Anyway, nice meeting you both.
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