This story is fictitious
IRUVAR
'THE DUO'
Sir, he is a student of New Boys company
He can sing, dance and act very well...
If you could use him in your film...
Call the driver...
- Good morning sir
- Kasi told me
Come & see me tomorrow
I won't go tomorrow
Let them send for me, if they want
Shut up
Just keep trying
Work hard
God will take care
Hero's friend costume
Inspectors's outfit
It was stitched for Mahalingam
for the last film
- Will it suit him?
- Perfect
Your salary is Rs 10
You will be paid after the shot
The assistant director will
give you the dialogues
Get him ready quickly
He is the one
- Are you the Inspector? Come soon...
Can you ride a bicycle? - No
Why didn't you say so earlier?
Change the person
- I can ride a bicycle
- Then come soon
- Are you sure?
- Yes
Hey! Come here...
Arrest this old lady, hang her
- Old lady
- Is this Anand?
Come down
- Mother
- I'm here
Did you earn this?
Name?
I'm Anand
I have acted in many plays
I'll tell you if there is a good role
Go now
- I can act well
- Want to act as Hanuman?
Next...
Cast him as 'Angadh'
Sir, do you remember me?
I'm Anand from New Boys Co.
- They are waiting, move away
- He is doing small roles in films
His mother does odd jobs
to make both ends meet
- lf you recommend him...
- Shut the door
Photography
SANTHOSH SIVAN
Music
A.R. RAHMAN
Direction
MANI RATHNAM
This is not a walking stick?
It is sword
I know how to hold a sword
I have learned from
reputed teachers for 10 years
He has guts & spirit
He will be the hero in our film
In a country where
famished babies cry for milk
When will the tradition
of bathing stones in milk end?
When will the religious fanatics learn
to respect the poor & make them happy?
Aren't you the writer Tamil selvam?
When will this country reform?
- What is your course of action?
- I have read your work
I admire your style,
but can't agree with your views
It's obvious
White handloom attire...
the local power hungry whiteman's dress...
A chain of beads...
The Tamilan is ignorant of science
But he knows
the God of death comes on a buffalo
Cows & men are defied alike...
Leave all this
Cowdung in the forehead...?
- Is holy ash cowdung?
Then God? - Does not exist!
- That which is in a temple?
- Is a piece of stone
- Sacred vedas... - Sheer cheating
- Scriptures? - Superstitious faith
- Marriage ceremony... - Enslaving women
- Noisy band... - Job of the jobless
- Vermillion on lady's forehead
- Foolishness -Wonderful, marvelous...
Applauding my views,
or my mode of expression?
Neither of them, I'm lucky!
Your language and my histrionics
How your words & my acting will match!
Will you write such
stylish dialogues for our film?
The audience will be
mesmerised by your poetry
- I too will be accepted as a hero
- Calling me an imposter?
Only you can dazzle
the audience with such beautiful words
Is this hero a dear friend
or an esteemed foe?
A fan for the moment...
Endowed with a face
like a full bloomed lotus...
With soft sandal like shoulders...
A set of teeth like buds of jasmine...
Ears like white flowers
Can this flowery softness
hold a heart with stony toughness?
I pine for blissful moonlight
You pushed me in to a dark blight
I craved for a feathery freedom
But received prison and doom
Tuneful music, I yearned
In stony silence you replied
I longed for the nectar of love
But you gave me tears and affliction
All I got for a bed of flowers
was a pyre of embers
I waited for day-break
But you went into an eternal sleep
I came to offer my heart
But you lie there with frigid hands
Why didn't you allow gentle
breeze to enter my windows?
I waited with open arms
You shut your heart for me
Like salt drained in sea...
My love pang finds no responses
Well done...
You have a bright future
Mark my words...
How was that...
- A star is born...
- All due to your dialogue
They talk of Patriotism of independence
Call for revolution to attain freedom
Who wants this freedom?
Living as downtrodden
slaves in our motherland
With a life of burden
for a morsel of food
Emaciated of our valour & discretion
When will the Dravidan lot relish freedom?
Who should be the rulers of this land?
You... the poor simplemen...
not the Aryans
Let the days of enslavement perish
Let the Dravidans awake
from their deep slumber
and get ready to revolt unitedly
If other party's routes are wrong
what will you do
If you're in that place?
If this country is entrusted with you...
...& you're its King,
Minister or politician, what'll you do?
As of now, we haven't started
a party of our own
Ask me after we start one
Why dream till then?
If power is in your hands what'll you do?
- I'll reform everything
- what?
Rules should be laid down
to enter into politics
the rich shouldn't enter
Enough of the atrocities on
the poor by the whites & rich
Will it be fine, if we drive the rich out?
Low caste, untouchables & slaves...
should enter the ministry
Capitalism should be extirpated
Politicians exploiting
the police should be stopped
Power, rule, status is a
responsibility, not a weapon
Poverty should be eradicated
No one should starve for want of food
People should live happily
Fame of Tamil &Tamil Nadu
Should spread far &wide
I'm proud of my friend
These dreams must become a reality
We should strive to make it come true
I'll be there with you
- What's all this?
- Politics
Nonsense
- 'Ayya' has come
- Let it be
You've become a brave warrior
Get well soon and come
This is just the beginning
Tougher wars, imprisonments
are all waiting for you
To bear all that with strength
tone up your body & soul & come
I want a big battalion like you
For upliftment of
our ideals, our institutions
...needs heroes, ready to
sacrifice their blood
Get well & come...
You are in bed with a fractured face
He did not enquire
about your recovery
But is inviting you to get
your other leg contused
Ok how will my
bride react to this?
A wedding with
this face?
Look, tell me the truth,
why are you here?
I told you, I got a telegram
that Mother is unwell
They said that, did they?
Look what I got!
To brother Kashi,
from sister Annam
Anand & Pushpavalli are getting
married on Wednesday
Come with family to
grace the occasion
I am going back by
the next train
- I will break your legs
- Your are trying to make a fool of me
Its my responsibility
to take you there
- Stand
- Let me go!
Leave my shirt
- Come
- Leave my shirt
What is this?
Is marriage, a joke?
Your son has come
get up...
As I had promised...
Oh! Goddess Shakti... goddess
I am not marrying anyone
I am going back by the
next train
Stop it, what are you getting
this ready for?
There is no wedding here
get up
No be seated
Am I a dumb lout?
I am obedient does not mean,
I am an idiot
Who agreed to this marriage?
Have your bath
& see the girl
We will leave if you don't like her
Have you bartered
me for money?
I am not forcing you
If you don't like her
you are free to refuse
Then why this haste?
Why trick me into this?
Do you think I am a wastrel?
Or is she deaf,
dumb, blind or...
Shut up...
Have you decided?
I am asking you
What do you say?
I know I should not have agreed
I told them to proceed
with the wedding
I gave my word that
you will agree
If you refuse
they will be shattered
What do you say?
- I have not even shaved...
- I will get it done
If I agree, then you...
Anand has agreed...
- Only if you agree to my...
What do you mean...?
- Be patient?
It gives me great pleasure to
conduct the wedding of...
Tamil Selvan, the son of
Mr&Mrs. Sundaralingam and...
Maragatham, daughter
of Mr. &Mrs. Sandanam
I, son of Mr & Mrs Sundaram
accept Maragatham
...As my life partner
from today
I daughter of Mr & Mrs
Sandanam accept...
...him as my husband
Long live the couple
How can I talk to you if
you don't look at me?
I can hear you
I can hear
Do you know, how this
wedding took place?
Yes...
- How...?
Against your wishes
Was it the same
with you?
Tell me
- I will tell you tomorrow
You won't...
- Why?
Shall I tell you?
- Tell me
You were mesmerized by me
You seriously think that?
Yes, I was mesmerized
but don't tell anyone
I already did!
- Oh I am doomed...
I am not a child to be pampered...
I am a husband wanting to
share my heart & feelings
If you think I am a child
take me in you lap
If I am your husband
come to me
Why are you falling
at my feet?
Mother told me, so...
Did'nt your mother tell you that
man and woman are equal?
Should I also not fall at
your feet then?
Don't say that
What should I say then?
Shall I speak poetry?
Shall I speak love?
If that's what you wish...
No, your wishes are important too
Your wants are important
Your needs are important
tell me, what you like?
Oh! God! I don't know...
Why call God to the bedroom?
This omen is not good
- What?
My saree, catching fire
on our wedding-night...
The drape on you, was burnt not
by the lamp's fire
but by the raging fire
of desire
Your husband's desire
my darling...
You seem to be intelligent too
Yes, I am
- What do you expect from me?
You should be a good man
- Am I not a good man?
However rich & famous you become
you must not change
And if I do?
- I will push you...
How?
Like this
O Fragrant bud,
Please stop for a second near
Open your ruby-red lips
and utter the words I wish to hear
On that night, in the moon light
With water dripping down your forehead
Was it you, who bathed in the lotus pond?
On that night, in the moon light
With water dripping down your forehead
Was it you, who bathed in the lotus pond?
Oh! Charming man,
Please look for a moment nigh
You who came on a white horse...
Yield to the inspired utterance of my eyes
In the moonlit night,
while bathing in the lotus pond...
Wasn't it your eyes,
that were roving over me?
In the moonlit night,
while bathing in the lotus pond...
Wasn't it your eyes,
that were roving over me?
Leave me
Why did your cupid-arrows,
smite my heart?
Why did your cupid-arrows,
smite my heart?
Why did a glance at you
make me crave for you?
The image in the moonlight
Still haunt my dreams at night
The image in the moonlight
Still haunt my dreams at night
I crave with longing for you
And the jewelled belt at my waist,
refuses to stay in place
O Fragrant bud,
Please stop for a second near
Open your ruby-red lips
and utter the words I wish to hear
In the moonlit night,
while bathing in the lotus pond...
Wasn't it your eyes,
that were roving over me?
On that night, in the moon light
With water dripping down your forehead
Was it you, who bathed in the lotus pond?
Though we were like aliens
How did our hearts get enticed with love?
Though we were like aliens
How did our hearts get enticed with love?
You and I are strangers,
yet how did we unite?
You touched me only once,
yet how my soul has blossomed!
You touched me only once,
yet how my soul has blossomed!
Like a stream of water
reaching fertile lands
How did our hearts entwine?
Should I repeat it several times?
What happened?
- Go & see, everything's over
What's wrong?
They have given us our train tickets
Accountant was searching
for you, go and meet him
What's wrong sir?
Sign the voucher & take
your salary & ticket
The film has been shelved
Fate, it's God's will
Pay & send everyone back
Is it true that the film has been shelved?
Was I the reason? Was it shelved
because I wasn't good?
No, a financial problem
They will start once it is settled
Don't say that, This is my
maiden film as a hero
I am doomed if they shelve it
How can they stop when the
film is half complete?
Look, I don't
need a salary
I will even return what
you have paid me till now
I will talk to everyone
We won't pay anyone
till the films is complete
Let's start again...
What else can be done...
It's no use...
This film can't be completed
You don't give up,
hard work always pays
You cannot help it if I am unlucky
I am delaying you...
Whatever happens
I will never forget your help
Where is it? Your long strides of pride
Your noble visions that guide?
Our film has been shelved
My first film as a hero
Your first film as dialogue writer
They have closed down everything
Films & money will come & go
Forget it
But they have wiped
both of us off
A new history is
born here today
A new party with
new principles
A new path-community, language,
intelligence, development
I am upset & you are talking
politics!
Whit is important to you?
Cinema or politics?
Your father's a teacher
with a steady income
You learnt Tamil
you are not starving
You eat at home & talk
politics outside
Have you ever starved in you
childhood?
Have you worked in drama troupes
instead of going to school?
Ever watched your mother
being slippered...
...because she couldn't
repay loans?
- You have touched my heart
my friend - Go man
If you ever enter politics,
you will eat me alive
I am thinking of joining the army
Whatever you have obtained
is only a handful
What you are gonna achieve
is as large as the world
Choose one!
Tamil cinema or politics?
Where is your long strides of
pride, your noble visions that guide?
Where did your gallant sword go?
And where is your valiant heart?
Those strong shoulders
that never faced defeat?
Hope you won't be glum when
I come back
I cannot solve all
your problems
I am not a Goddess
You can at least smile for me, can't you?
Get inside, dear
Why are you leaving me and going away?
- Your are the one who is sending me
- Hey! You should not cry now
You hid something from me
Why are you joining the army?
To get away from us?
Your are doing this to feed me
I can take care of myself
Don't sacrifice
your desires for my sake
I won't go anywhere
I will be here waiting
Yo must bring me back
I won't come on my own
To accept small roles after being
a hero is slightly difficult
- Mind your own business
- I have seen many actors come and go
Director's coming...
Have you learnt your dialogue?
Say it!
Is he good?
He has destroyed my family
Killed my father,
gave him a loan & then tortured...
Spoke ill about him
for having borrowed...
To save his respect,
he hung himself from a tree
You scamp! Even if an
old man's corpse lies on the road...
You were happy with
your... safe full of... money
You say the dialogue...
Is he good? He ruined my faimly
killed my dad...
Come here,
give his dress to him
Don't worry,
you will get another role
Give him the Landlord's dress
Veluthambi's doing the role
Then give him that constable's dress
Get him ready before the Director screams
Don't be upset,
accept any role that's offered
I will be branded 'Police Anand
I am going home
Conceal your face with this beard
Let them think you are someone else
Don't lose opportunity
Is he good?
He has destroyed my family
Killed my father,
gave him a loan & then tortured...
Spoke ill about him
for having borrowed...
To save his respect,
he hung himself from a tree
Where is the dialogue?
Came to see your son doing exra roles?
Pushpa...
Pardon me son-in-law
Pushpa has left us
It was only a fever
but it proved fatal
As we are alive
We have buried here and not cremated
I want to see her face
I want to see her face
how could you do this?
Ask them to dig
I want to see her face, how could you?
Come soon...
Director Jeevaraj is waiting for you
- But he has seen me, before...
- I don't know that, but he has called you
- For which role?
- Role of a hero
- For me? Oh! God!
- Hurry!
- Sir...
- Come Anand, lost weight?
- Not exercising?
- You asked for me...
Yes, I did, I didn't know then
You were good in Arjundas' film
- But the film was shelved
- I saw bits of it, you have potential
I have recommended you to the producer
They are thinking about it
Go & meet the producer
He is there outside
Ask him about the role
- What role is it?
- The hero
- Go and meet him
- Thank God!
Your daughter's unable to
tolerate this pain
Go and get a saree
and hot water
Where are you going?
Your wife's in labour and...
- Your are going for a party meeting
- He never told us...
Anand asked me to deliver this
bring you along
We are about to attain
one of our choices
Come soon - From Anand
It is a baby boy
Look at you father...
Sir... writer Tamil Selvam
he writes well...
I know, I have seen his plays
What kind of a job do you expect?
I write stories
& dialogue...
- Can you write songs?
- Oh! Yes...
A brave Tamilian has to
rescue an abducted princess
A song by the hero on horse back
- Please repeat
- A brave Tamilian has to...
We'll award this body for the land
For Tamil, our life we shall grant!
- Let's say this loud & clear
- Revolutionaly Hero...
To bind the races
Let's take weapons of might that is new
And Princess should be
brought back...
If cunning foxes intrude our winning path
To heaven we shall feast fast!
We'll award this body for the land
For Tamil, our life we shall grant!
Let's say this loud & clear
We'll award this body for the land
For Tamil, our life we shall grant!
Let's say this loud & clear
To bind the races...
Let's take the weapons of
might that is new
If cunning foxes intrude our winning path
To heaven we shall feast fast!
We'll award this body for the land
For Tamil, our life we shall grant!
Let's say this loud & clear
To bind the races...
Let's take the weapons of
might that is new
If cunning foxes intrude our winning path
To heaven we shall feast fast!
For a new born to walk
Spare a spear to stalk
If a child is born dead,
A soldier's funeral it shall get
When war drums start beating
Our love-making shall cease
We shall fill the tanks with blood
and pluck victory with ease
Legs which encroaches into our nation
will become our land's manure
Hands that touch our women
will become firewood
We'll award this body for the land
For Tamil, our life we shall grant!
Let's say this loud & clear
To bind the races...
Let's take the weapons of
might that is new
VEERAPRADHAPAN
- Welcome... Hello...
- Anand has come to join our party
Having adored Gandhi
&Netaji as my leaders...
...I have been walking
on the path shown by them
After them, I worship
only you as my leader
I wish to join the party
& serve the people...
If the star on the sky adorns
a shoulder it pleases all
I am happy... Glad...
Poet Madhivannan,
Tamil Arasan, Cuddalore Kannappan
The youth wing
Rest are workers from Madurai, come...
Long live, leader
Tell me the truth
Why this sudden love for politics?
Why did you join the party?
Are you the sole owner
of Tamil Nadu Politics?
Do we have to enroll
Movie stars in our party?
Does our party
need this ostentation?
You're a success due to
our principles and dialogues
To make it everlasting
you've joined the party...
...and your sudden love for politics
Am I right?
What have you got against films?
After all we are all from the theatre
To exploit cinema for
political aspirations is different
But using politics to rise in films
should be condemned
I thought, you will be happy
with my decision
If only we join hands,
we'll be the monarchs of the world
Our party has grown due to orations,
articles, philosophy & drama
Tomorrow can't films
also be a tool?
Steps taken with the purest of intentions
Will make us attain the unattainable
Let our horizons expand!
Let our ambitions soar!
Let the world mutely wonder
At our camaraderie!
Cinema is a science; not a demon
Let's use Anand for the
party's upliftment. O. K?
Let us live to achieve this
or else give up this life as tinsel!
You're unhappy with my decision
Serve him properly
Give it to me
Is he doing it sincerely
or pretending?
- He cooks well too
Doesn't rely on anyone -Eat
They're all my relatives
I've told them to remain in the kitchen
They want to see you
If not interested, doesn't matter
- Go out
- No, call them, -Come on
She is my niece, her sister
where's brother-in-law?
- Then these kids...
- Have you all eaten?
Speak to him...
They wanted to talk to you
Get up... wash your hands...
come with me...
He hasn't eaten...
Come soon
Go & see
This is power...
Lenin, Stalin, Hitler
toiled hard to get this
The power to reach
the hearts of the people
- I'm only an actor...
- They don't think so
Look, they've your image
inscribed in their hearts
They'll sacrifice their
lives for you
What do you intend to do with this?
- What should I do?
- Don't ignore this
Expand it multifold
Exploit it for our party's principles
Everything relies on your
face & that silver screen
Don't say no to reservations
Only solution to society's
high & low is reservation
The enslaved should rule us in future
We'll arrest them
if you say
This is what they want...
Why are you lying down here?
The down-trodden &
backward community
...should have reservations
This is our aim
Enforce a rule in favour of
reservations or else we fall dead there
- This is a hindrance to public
- Let the public oppose our movement...
- Please get up...
- Sounds of our request...
...or of the agony when we
lie crushed under the train...
...should be audible to
the power at Delhi
Long live Tamil...
Only solution to society's
high & low is reservation
Long live Tamil...
Don't say no to reservations
Long live Tamil
Only solution to society's
high & low is reservation
- Take them to the van
- Long live Tamil Selvan
This protest will continue
Won't stop till we achieve our goal
The Flower is the stem's smile
The wave is the river's smile
The rain is the cloud's smile
And you are the smile of my love
The Flower is the stem's smile
The wave is the river's smile
The rain is the cloud's smile
And you are the smile of my love
The full moon is a month's smile
How in your approach does
blossom my life's smile?
My life's smile...
The Flower is the stem's smile
The wave is the river's smile
The rain is the cloud's smile
And you are the smile of my love
If your shadow falls on the ground...
I will carry it on my lap
If your shadow falls on the ground
I will carry...
She would have slipped
If your shadow falls on the ground
I will carry it on my lap
When you get wet in the rain
I'll wipe you with a gentle breeze
Test me one day
and your wish will be my command
Your wish will be my command
Correct the sound
and go to the earlier position
I am changing, please
wait outside
Don't act smart with me
Why are you flirting with him?
Trying to seduce him?
Have you forgotten
what I have done for you?
Remember my sacrifices to
make you an actress?
But you are having a gala time
and clad in colourful sarees
- Go out
- Shut up
Who helped you to come up in life?
I've spent a fortune to make you a star
What have your parents done for you?
- You have just used me
- I'll thrash you
- I've left my wife & kids at home...
- What are you doing?
Just for you...
- Ungrateful bitch...
- Leave me
Flirting right under my nose?
How dare you?
I'll teach you...
All are waiting...
- Coming
The Flower is the stem's smile
The wave is the river's smile
The rain is the cloud's smile
And you are the smile of my love
The sky without its blue...
...is like a house without a roof
The sky without its blue
is like a house without a roof
The horizon without the sun...
...is like a forehead
without vermillion
And if you turn away from me...
My life has no guarantee
Sir come, let's go...
We were unaware of your
public support outside
We have orders to release you
Long live the brave Tamil Selvan
I won't go there again
He's capable of anything
My parents are also
on his side
They hit me
I don't want films or money
I want a place to live
This sword is not a gift
for my achievements
But it's a foundation stone
for my future work
Don't think, I'll crave for a
golden sword, next time
After I sacrifice myself
in this revolution...
...My leader will shed tears over my corpse
...This is the gift
I crave for in this world
- Actor Anand will speak now
- Why involve me? Oh! Poet!
Am I a stage orator?
No
- Am I an eloquent speaker?
- No
- Fluency over Tamil?
- No
- Can I talk poetically?
- No
But I know to voice my opinion
- I know to speak the truth
- Yes
We've one leader...
Veluthambi's our leader
One commander
Tamil Selvam is our commander
Your friend's clever...
He knows, how to lure
the mass towards him
If our commander orders
us to rise...
If our blood is needed for the
coming elections. We're ready...
Smart friend
I'm going to marry Ramani...
- Any luggage to lift...?
- No
Greetings!
The train has arrived so early
Selvam has sent us here
Senthamarai
An own house in Madurai...
...employed at a Govt. school...
...and you're earning Rs 300/-
Next year it will be Rs. 450/-
Father's pension is Rs. 150/-
You've a comfortable family
We searched frantically for 2 months...
To find the whereabouts
of my Senthamarai
They thought I was mad
Am I the only mad one here?
When I wrote to you
to come to Madras...
...You left everything
& came, Why?
For your four
lines of poetry...
...You called and I came...
I walked out of home for you...
But who am I here?
My love...
My desire... My friend
Every moment
that I spent with you...
...is unforgettable even
in my death bed
90 minutes was all that
we touched & embraced
But it feels in my heart
as if 800 years have raced
A few minutes in glances
A few minutes in fear
A few minutes embraced
A few minutes in tears
Norms ignored
on your body entire...
I planted kisses, a few
minutes of desire
Every moment
that I spent with you...
...is unforgettable even
in my death bed
Did not bother about
right or wrong
Did not realise whether
day or night
Who should start & who should end
We seemed to have no clue
We were in this together
And that my love, is surely true
Apprehension I abandoned
Your desire shone through
The moment I disrobed
Shyness overcame you
What my eyes feasted on disappeared
like a dream that flashes past
But the tears you shed in the end
still moist in my palm are all that last
Delhi rule couldn't put
an end to starvation
But we will, when we come to power
Because it will your rule
- What's wrong?
- Just fever...
My small token for the
coming election...
The party doesn't need your money
Reach the common man
Votes will pile up automatically
I've become a star,
because of this party
The party has decided to
make you contest this time
Despite opposition
'Ayya' has decided
I was the one who opposed it
Many have served the party
Instead of giving them a seat...
...to give it to an actor
though my best friend
...is not permissible
But 'Ayya' didn't accept that
He said, you were our mascot
Enough of being a well wisher
Take a step forward
Whether we sit as the opposition
or the ruling party in the Assembly
...relies on you three
Will I win if I contest?
Even if God is your
opponent, you will win
- What's her name Kanchana?
- No Kalpana
Hello Mr. Opposition!
What's the answer to my question?
For a long time I've been waiting
and right now I am 1 8
Hello Mr. Opposition!
What's the answer to my question?
For a long time I've been waiting
and right now I am 1 8
My love, my love...
I won't let you go
I'll hold your hand forever
I'll never let you go
Eyes are true, Beauty is true
I won't let you leave me!
Hello Mr. Opposition!
What's the answer to my question?
For a long time I've been waiting
and right now I am 1 8
Darling, If we separate
if our love withers...
A world war will erupt
in our hearts
If you ever forget
If you disappear from my sight
My eyes will become a desert
The union of young hearts
is bound to end in desperation
But if opposite poles unite
there shall never be separation
Our love shall inspire poetry
Hello Mr. Opposition!
What's the answer to my question?
For a long time I've been waiting
and right now I am 1 8
Even if roots are separated from the earth
Even if the sky loses its blue
Even if the eyes lose their sparkle
I will never leave you!
If literature & Tamil get dispersed
If sound is separated from music
If rhythm is dispersed from tune
I will never leave you
My mother gave birth to me
to live with you
May be my fate is
to unite with you
Was the day I saw you
a golden one?
Hello Mr. Opposition!
What's the answer to my question?
For a long time I've been waiting
and right now I am 1 8
Tell him to stop
If not interested
We'll book Girija Rani instead
She was getting stale
So I thought...
- O.K. I'll tell her
- What's wrong with you? She's good
- I don't want her
Don't interfere -I like her
- You won't get one like her
- You will feel sorry -Don't reject her
- She is educated -I am going
Are you coming or not?
The girl is lovely, don't wait
Pay her the advance immediately
- I will convince him
- OK
I know, I am right
Don't worry, everything will be fine
- Stand up Kalpana...
- Why should I?
This is democracy
All are equal here
School & Cinema are different
Nothing wrong in
wishing a senior artist
This is not about democracy
Get up
Why did you leave me and go away?
I loved you
more than my life
I worship you daily in
the temple of my heart
Have you forgotten my eyes?
Your lover questions you
Answer me!
'Kneel down before your
conscience & ask'
He has skipped
the dialogue...
I won't come to the sets
Do what you like
I neither want to act
nor be in the movies
Look, Anand is waiting
for you in the sets
It's a crime to laugh or talk
I shouldn't sit or stand
Whatever I do is wrong
I don't want this grandma
- Look, the producer has come
- I'm not coming, Sir
- I don't like that man
- Watch your tongue
He is constantly staring at me
Am I a demon or a ghost?
I don't want cinema
I'll go & study
- Are you coming for the shooting or not?
- Say yes
I'm one among the thousand in a group
Order me,
I'll be the commander of the troop
If I set my mind and
wish something, it will fructify
After it fructifies
faces of the poor will smile in mirth
If I call
the mountains, rivers and seas
Will march along with me
If the world should shut it's doors...
...I'll kick it & it shall open...
If the burdened heart
in courage rises
The doors of heaven
to the poor shall open
I'm one among the thousand
in a group
Order me,
I'll be the commander of the troop
Be it a King...
Be it a Queen...
...I'll fight forjustice...
I'll always support the righteous
Before their sweat
touches the earth
The toiling masses will be
paid their worth
I'll forever stand by truth
If the world should shut it's doors...
...I'll kick it & it shall open...
If the burdened heart
in courage rises
The doors of heaven
to the poor shall open
I'm one among the thousand
in a group
Order me,
I'll be the commander of the troop
Let revolution blossom
Let happiness spread
Let the sun in every home
sparkle on its own...
Let life dawn bright...
Let poverty disappear out of sight
The world belongs
to the working class
This truth, let them cherish
So, let the rising sun, rise
Let the ignorant masses arise
If old rivals raise their heads
Use the sword & mind to stay ahead
Shouldn't you be there in your position?
Don't forget our symbol
- Anand was shot dead
- What do you mean?
- Who did this?
- I don't know
- Who said that he is dead?
- That's what all are saying
Entire Tamilnadu is shedding
tears over this incident
For actor Anand
There's just one way out of this
Let Veluthambi form the ruling party
This is a plot by crooks
to threaten our foundation
Usually a dummy pistol is
used while shooting a film
But to shoot in the neck
with a real pistol...
...can't be taken as an
accident. It's unbelievable
If we vote for the ruling party
they promised us all comforts
But everything is barren here
Enough of public getting
duped all these years
Don't get duped in the coming elections
Don't forget your emblem
If only we join hands
We will be the Monarchs of the world
Steps taken with pure intention
will make us attain the unattainable
- Did your party win?
- 158 seats for us
Have a look
Welcome
The brave knows no pain
& a worker knows no rest
I knew, you'll be OK
I heard, you've taken a
major decision
Don't strain, You'll recoup
faster with complete rest
Our party, without you
I've decided to
quit politics
How can we expect a teacher
to appear for an exam?
The party's orphaned without you
My brothers are strong and wise
Select a chief
from amongst you
Form a Govt. & make
our dreams come true
You got discharged yesterday
& without taking rest
Why has 'Ayya' decided to quit?
A few want Madhivannan
as the chief minister
- Some want me to contest
- You?
What's our chief saying?
What do you feel?
Half the party's waiting
for your decision
- What did Madhivannan say?
- Ignore him
Leave the responsibility to me
Shall we go?
under the leadership
of Veluthambi
Our party has won an overwhelming
majority in the elections
As he has decided to retire
from active politics
we've gathered here
to select a leader
We can select
one person unanimously
Voting becomes necessary
in case of more than one
Now each one of us can
voice our choice
I propose Madhivannan's name
for the post of Chief Minister
I second that
- I propose Selvam's name
- I second him
I support it
support it
By the way, who is Pushpa?
You called her once
when you were wounded
Once when
you were semi conscious
Twice outside the hospital
in all 4 times. Who's Pushpa?
What is the connection?
If I could picturise the
reverse of her, that's you...
How...?
- Pushpa's very humble
- I...
You don't know the
meaning of the word "humble"
Pushpa's wise
a lady of few words
One should pay
you to be quiet
Pushpa's a homely girl
with long hair, patient & soft
Very quiet, gives respect
to elders, lovely nature
Continue...
You're arrogant as
you're educated
Your hi-fi English
proud that you are educated...
Always waiting to
topple someone
Why did you call me Pushpa, then?
Why did you call me Pushpa?
You both have the same face
Same eyes, nose, mouth
An unbelievable resemblance
You're lying...
I don't believe you
I can't bring her
here to prove it
- Why? Is she dead?
- The same face...
I don't believe that
But it is good
Was she your wife?
- Careful
- Were you deeply in love with her?
Are you going to
fall in love with me too
Look, I have the same
eyes, nose and face
Don't you feel
the same love?
Tell me about Pushpa
else I'll jump into the water
Then the film will be shelved
and the producer
will go bankrupt
Sit here
your dress will get wet
Then tell me...
If I had not married you
what would you have done?
- I would have gone to jail
- Jail?
With Gandhiji
or with kasturba...
...I would be in morchas
holding the flag
I wouldn't have gone on
hunger strikes
Police would have arrested me...
- You're stuck with me instead?
- Yes
I'll hit you
Mother my wife is hitting me
Then...
What's this glittering?
Meenalochani had put
them on her cheeks
She was a princess
How did it get stuck on my forehead?
- Did you stand very close to her?
- Yes, like this...
Then...
Tell me more
The rain won't stop now
Tell me
When you embraced her
what did you think?
- About another girl
- Who?
With big eyes, tiny hands
cuts mouth, little sense
- Me?
- Yes!
- What are you thinking now?
- About her
- A mole. Can't be removed
- Is it to ward off evil eyes?
You think you're a beauty?
Shall I tell the truth?
Bulging eyes, blunt nose, flat mouth
Only this mole is round
perfect & beautiful
- Shall I take it?
- No, you can't
Oh! White moon...
I've fallen in love
In my eyes is
the drizzle of wine
It was love at first sight
Baited like a fish
O pure one you became
Am I the reason?
Tell me
My man, what did you see
to become bewitched
Why did your eyes look love lorn?
You were born elsewhere
I was born elsewhere
Yet at one glance, you drank my soul!
If I close my eyes,
your eyes come & pinch my heart
If I go to bed, the night just extends on
From the roots I shiver
To whom this do I utter?
Turn the vehicle
- I'm Perumal speaking - Yes, tell me
C. M's going to Patel road house
- He may be late
Ok
What are you staring at?
I am the same man.
Haven't changed
No, in this one year
everything is different
- What?
- The way you walk, talk
Your thoughts
Men around you, waiting with guns
Everything is changed
Your taste for love has also changed
You are not the same poet anymore
I've studied in an
open air school in a village
But I'm the chief minister today
I'm ignorant about economics
Unaware of industry
No knowledge about finance
but I'll be more popular
than the previous Ministers
Turn...
Ask the I.A. S officers under me
Then what are you so worried about?
W o r r y...
Does it show?
Maragatham is better for me
This was the reason
educated girls weren't preferred
Why are you worried, oh poet?...
Every moment that I spent with you...
Is unforgettable even in my death bed...
Remain the same...
don't change!
Haven't changed, have you?
- About Pushpa...
- No talk about her
Is C. M your dear friend?
How much do you like him?
How much do you hate him?
You didn't know that yourself, did you?
Forgotten Pushpa & now started
with politics, have you?
Don't you wish to be the C. M?
Anyone in your position
will wish for that
- Careful -Aren't you both friends?
Now who is bigger than the other?
Why are you interested in politics?
- Why shouldn't I be?
- Who brought you up?
- No parents or kith & kin
I grew up on my own
like plants and trees...
Careful... what is this?
Call me Pushpa or else
I'll jump out of the jeep
Are you mad?
- Call me Pushpa or I'll jump
- OK, jump
I am not hurt
I didn't get hurt, I'm alive
- What is this?
- Nothing
Why did you put it on?
For fun, I'll wipe it off
Don't! let it be
Something chilly caressed the grass
A flower bloomed suddenly
Perplexed breeze
enquired about it
Femininity revealed the truth
Let's go
This is what I was scared of
- What?
- I was scared this would happen
- What?
While the bee dozed off with flower...
- Keep quiet -Let's go
While the river dozed off
with the tides...
While you were sleeping with me...
Let's go.
The love in me bloomed!
It is time for the meeting
They'll start at six
Who is the first speaker?
When is selvam' s speech?
Chief Minister will speak last...
after Madhivanan
It'll take 1 1/4 hrs atleast
You should be on the dais,
before he begins...
- I'll go when Selvam starts his speech
- Ok sir
Are you deliberately going late?
Why are you going late?
Don't tell me! I understand...
Will you take me with you?
I want to meet your friend
This party has ruled only for 3 years
But it is progressing
with a youth's enthusiasm
This is the time for us to feel proud
How many vital plans...
I will take care...
Anand has come to meet you
Let him wait
- No Ilango
While at Theni
you have stayed in his house
Periyakulam Arumugam
Come in
- Why this sudden visit?
- Any problem in the party?
Be patient, you will know
when the time comes
I heard that you are
going to expand the ministry
Who told you?
You should give me
the portfolio of Medicine
Health Ministry?
'Ayya' has promised me a place
Am I not worth the post of a Minister?
Your services to the party are invaluable
When the ministry was formed initially...
I placed your name in the list
But the working commiittee said that...
If Anand were to be made a Minister...
...he should quit the films.
I argued, but in vain
So you won't give me the portfolio
If you quit films...
- Even tomorrow...
- Tomorrow?
You will become the minister
He is doing it deliberately,
he is jealous
We have given him the power
He is showing his true colours now
When the crowd mobbed you at the meeting
He was very upset
He has come to power because of you
He shouldn't forget that
I knew long ago,
only you think of him as a friend
But he...
If ungreatful men get power...
Stop the car
Get out...
Aren't you ashamed trying to
create a rift between friends?
One more word against the C. M
I will hit you
Go home, walking...
Is she asleep?
Is it true, Anand was denied
the post of a Minister?
The working committee decided that
Don't lie!
He is an actor!
How can we make an actor a minister?
Are all the present members
in the ministry geniuses?
You are a teacher
teaching hundreds of children
Aren't you ashamed to
ask me to offer a seat to an actor?
Shall I make him the industry Minister
Or the Minister of Educaton?
Shall I tell you what I think?
You are worried he may become your rival
He is a celebrity
Has the support of M.L. A's too
You are afraid he will supercede you!
Anand a C. M...?
What happens to the party?
You are not
thinking of party, but yourself
Yes, I am
I want to be known...
...as the best C. M!
Among my predecessors and successors
I should be quoted as the ideal CM
What is wrong wit h that?
- Is there honesty & justice in this Govt?
- CM has to answer this question
A coin has 2 sides like this house
Head on one side & a tail on the other
Head without a tail won't give it a gloss
If the head is scrapped off,
it ceases to be a coin
So with the intention of
destroying the ruling party
Don't make baseless allegations
C. M with his rhetoric...
is trying to disguise the truth
C. M is trying to
shield the guilty Minister
We don't want the niceties of Tamil
What we want is action
The tiger whose blood diffused the
fragrance of the spirit of revolution
The poet, whose immortal songs
are but translations of his ideals
...has been snatched away
from us by sadist death!
Oh! great soul, whom shall we revere?
Oh! You, the giver of true
wisdom & reason
Alas! have you become but an illusion?
I am not going to read a poem
Not going to shed a few tears and go away
I want an answer to my questions
Why should 'Ayya'
leave us like orphans suddenly?
This condolence meeting
and few tear drops won't do
We must prove our caliber to the public
Those in power
should publicise their wealth
Corruption in the party
has caused leader's death
Read this,
you called him brother, didn't you?
See, what he has said
He spoke against the party again in Salem
He is angry that the party
is not dancing to his tunes
He thinks only he is
influential with the masses
He thinks no one can
question his movements
He feels, he is superior to the C. M
The working committee is
waiting for your opinion
Greetings!
What have you decided?
It would be easy to
decide with your opinion
A few want Anand
to be expelled from the party
Others feel the party
will be split, if he is expelled
I want to convey an important message
They have expelled you from the party
Who told you?
Our men have just arrived
from the committee meeting
Don't know, whether it is
temporary or permanent
- Leader
- Long live
Silence
Silence
There is a news that
you have been expelled
I too heard
We won't accept that
Is this news genuine?
- I am happy if it is!
Today is a happy day in my life
Suppose you are expelled permanently...
Freedom...
What do you plan to do?
I am going to treat you all with sweet
- Leader
- Long live
Have sweet porridge
Then you will ask.
Have it
Have sweet porridge
Take it.
Freedom...
Freedom...
Don't blind fold your eyes
Don't believe all that you see
A crow can't become a cuckoo, my friend
Are all the bearded men Tagore?
Are all the moustached men Bharati? (Poet)
Don't get carried away
by appearance my friend...
- There's no burden in your laps
- There is no fear...
- There are no stains in our hearts
- There are no smears!
Till we attain our aspirations
Oh friend!
The people are on my side...
The evening breeze is on my side...
The chirping sparrows are on my side...
The plants & trees are on my side...
The poor Tamilians on my side
The womenfolk are forever on my side
All directions are on my side
Don't sigh!
Only the coward will brandish a sword
The brave will rely only on truth
If the working class unite...
Flags & fort will change in minutes!
Don't you ask me to stay away
Don't dream that I will fall
By throwing around money
You can never buy charity
The clouds that shower silver rain...
Will not pour at your call...
The public will not bend for money
They will not fall!
Fill the silver lining appears
Only darkness shall resign
Then east brightens
Darkness will end...
A new dawn it shall send!
Delhi has planned to
topple this government
This govt has the people's mandate
CM is casting aspersions on Central govt
Those who were with us
stand today as our opposition in Delhi...
...and are plotting to topple our rule...
Shouldn't talk about
those not present in house
We have come to the place where we belong
- Was I wrong in questioning them?
- No
They can throw me out of the party
- Can they throw me out of your hearts?
- No
In Vilathikulam,
we are leading by 1 1000 votes
In Mayavaram leading by 8000 votes
Messages are pouring from all places
We are leading in
Aruppukottai by 25000 votes
- 27
- That is Vilathikulam
I am coming after voting
for the first time
For the anger I have for you
I should have gone away from you
Or I should have died
But I have come after voting for you
I know why you didn't come to the temple
In a weak moment
you said that you will marry me
But afterwards you regretted it
Don't use Ramani as the reason
I won't believe that
Your colleagues would have
advised you...
...that you have started a party
and election is in progress
...that it would be bad for your image...
...to have an actress as a 2nd new wife
with crying or sobing...
...the dead won't return
What happened?
Come, what happened?
- Our party is leading in 62 seats
- They?
158 leading
Recounting in 4 places
Don't want...
We are leading in 62, they in 158
Recounting in 4 places
That is our way too
I feel light...
I have an intelligent daughter
I feel like watching you
Let Anand keep that crown of thorns
I am the opposition
Can't you let it go
Now I will be asking the questions...
And that actor will have to reply
When I open my eyes
you stand in front of me
When I close my eyes
You are the cynosure of my dreams
It is your turn now
Mother...
- Me?
The gentle breeze that
caressed us will visit tomorrow also
I keep me awake with hope...
- Today left alone
...My heart is too feeble to receive it
It is my turn...
Greetings sir!
We've got the Gupta commission report
This is enough to dismiss the Govt
If we play it right
What happened to Gupta commission?
Home minister was not hurt
But the congress leaders were hurt
Tomorrow when the Prime Minister arrives...
...under Selvam's leadership...
...they are planning a procession
Promulgate 1 44 order
If they breach that...
Arrest Tamil Selvam...
- lf we arrest him
- lf we do?
How could they arrest you?
They expected problems in many places
If I am to say
You have emerged victorious
What do you call a victory?
To arrest an old friend and jail him?
I did not mean that
- Have you eaten?
- No
Please come
- No sir -Come
Why did you resign?
I wish to say something
as a party member
Did I tell you that I will not listen?
Last week, I was offered
Rs.60 lakhs for my signature
If it is 60 lakhs for a
10crore project...
...then in a budget of 7500crores...
...how much would
the other Ministers be getting?
The people trust you
Atleast for that faith...
...the people around you
should not be corrupt
That is why sincere men
like you are in the Council
To lend a blind eye
to a mistake is wrong
Have people given us power
to benefit the ministry?
Why did not you
raise this in Selvam's regime?
Why are you raising it now, when
you should have done so, then?
We came here as we knew
what happened was wrong
So I left that party and
joined your party
The Treasury was empty
We said that they plundered the state
What do you think
is happening here, now?
It is happening
ten times more than that
Do you include yourself in the scam...
...or am I included too?
- No... I mean...
My esteemed leader's
lovable public...
Today, on his death Anniversary...
We expect your help
Tell Kalpana that I want her to return
Don't come to Madras without her
Shall we go?
He has not been cheerful for a long time
He has called you for a good reason
- I think, he has big plans for you
- Stop praising me unnecessarily...
There is a rumour that C.M. is
refusing to meet the press
Have the people entrusted
an ordinary responsibility to me?
We are the mirrors of
the ruling party, are we not?
Just as a fan's applause for an actor...
...people's vote to a politician
...only these are mirrors
- Then we are?
- Magnifying glasses...
Magnifying everything out of proportion
We will write
whatever you say, without magnifying
Did C.M. feel, that the two parties
should not have separated?
Why did this friendship terminate?
- A car on Ooty Road...
- Who...?
- Nambi was also in it...
- Who?
- We have found the Nambi's body...
- Kalpana? - We are searching
- That would be all
- One last question
One last question
It is our family function
Today is a happy day for all of us
C.M. is coming,
they wanted you to know...
You take care of your C. M
I will take care of myself
Marriage is an agreement
between two persons
This idea was not accepted on those days
Had not Veluthambi struggled for it...
...several of us would have gone
unnoticed by the public
But for him we are holding certain posts
If he has not done hard work...
If he has not start this...
Greetings!
It is a pleasure to have
the ex-C.M. and the present C. M...
...and others in such an
idealist's family's wedding
- Come
- I will sit there
These leaders have come
to grace this occasion
Amidst difference in ideologies...
It is 5:30
You wanted to go for the campaign...
They will be waiting...
What's wrong... what has happened?
Wake up
Open your eyes...
What happend to you?
Wake up
Open your eyes
- Sir C. M...
- Call me C.M. after I win
C.M. Anand is dead
Must be a rumour
No, Arivazhagan had phoned
But it has not been declared officially
Dressing is going on
Please wait
Hello Sir, the crowd is increasing
It may become a security risk... so...
My dearest friend...
My alter-ego!...
A precious shower of gems...
Where are you wandering?
Once upon a time,
in the prime of our youth...
...we ate together,
we dreamt together
Those memories... Tears well up,
And I choke with emotion!
Our gazes differ,
But our dreams cohere
Our desires differ,
But thoughts are similar
Our bastions differ,
But our policies are similar
You are a legend...
who yearned to be ever victorious
Are still in the vanguard...
even in death
Where are the hands
that crowned my victory?
Where are the fingers that
wiped away my tears?
Where is the voice that sounded
like the sweet melody of the flute?
Where are those lips that wore
the pearl-words of my dialogues?
Where are those shoulders
that held me aloft?
Alas! Will you never deign
to see me again?
No trace of bitterness left
No stamp of enemity felt
No anodyne equals death in
cleansing the heart...
I longed to speak with,
but I could not...
I yearned to caress and comfort you...
But I could not...
Today, I long to kiss your rose-face...
But I cannot...
I want to check the flow of
my gushing tears, but I cannot
Good bye, my friend!
Spare a little space for me
by your eternal bed
For this earthly sojourn is
bound to end in death
If another golden moment.
comes in search of me...
...if another opportune time,
blesses me with the scepter...
Yours dreams and my dreams...
...will be realised in a trice
And that happy news,
will reverberate inside your grave!