Wonder!
Doctor, how is my child?
Doctor, what happened to my child?
- Don't bother him - let me enquire
We can see Chandru right away
Come...
Sit...
Tell Chandran not to...
That's all we can say, after all
Chandran's wife...
What did you say, Vasu?
- Chandran's wife and child - My God!
Come little one, let grandma carry you
Dear little one, have you seen grandma?
Are they calling us?
what?
Both of us can't go in. You go first.
I'll go
Who are you? Chandran's doctor?
My God!
What's happened to my child!
They said it's a slight fever...
What's all this?!
It's nothing, mother
My God! Can't my child even speak?!
God, I can't bear it!
Tell me the truth...
what's wrong with you?
Don't cry...
Krishna!
I'm not ill at all...
What's this I see? He can't move his limbs!
I'll explain
Don't worry, mother...
Sit down
Why are you like this, if you're not ill?
Let's go home.
We can get you treated there...
Just tell them son
I'll tell them
Sit down, Mother
We rushed here as soon as we heard
I'd never even dreamt of coming here
Our KizhakkupattuVasu has come along
I'd asked him to come
We met them, even though you hadn't told us
Whom?
Your wife and child
My heart missed a beat...
They're so beautiful!
When the child touched my feet...
I can't find words!
She looks just like your father
Your father is so happy
And Vasu- I saw his eyes well up
Who's that foreigner? kept crying often...
I didn't understand...
She's a friend.
You wouldn't know...
Photos and questions- what's all that child?
They asked me a few
I didn't understand anything
You can tell them what I want to say...
It's been so long since I last saw you!
Didn't see you all these years...
Later I heard you are doing well
I was happy for you
Even if you're faraway, you're happy with your wife and child
Mother, what's in the packet?
The sweet appams you like so much, my son
This scent...after so many years!
A very special scent...
Come close mother...
Mum's scent...
These scents, of starched clothes
of the sacred ash on your forehead...
It was to smell them again...I sent for you
Let's go home together
You'll get well if you're treated there...
It must be rheumatisim
They don't know it here
These tubes can't cure you
Why is your wife outside?
Shouldn't she be right here
It's now you need her
You lying here alone...
I'm not alone, we need our privacy
It'll be crowded otherwise
That's good in a way...
Look,
today's Nelluvaya Ekadashi
When the 'Gate to Heaven' opens
I'll sit here and pray
everything will be alright
You pray too...
- [Chanting] - You go and ask father to come in
What for!
Why can't your father join me here?
That's...
I'll sit here and pray
Pray with you
[Chanting]
What are they shouting?
Time's up, mother
What time?
For you to leave me and go mother
Go where?
What's the hurry?
You have to leave mother
Leave now, happily
Must I go, child?
Now place both your palms on my face
My child...is it hurting badly?
I won't go anywhere
Sister, can I stay a little longer?
Don't ask me anything
I don't know anything...
Don't ask me anything
- What are they asking? -Nothing. Come on.
Don't pay attention to them
What's wrong Vasu?
I'll tell you, sit
You know what they're asking?
Sit down...
My God...
God, how can I stop worrying?
Chandran made the decision...
What did you say?
At 12 noon today...
At 12 noon?
carry out Mercy killing...
I won't allow it!
-stop -Let me go!
I won't allow it! Let me ask him!
Is this why he asked us to come!
-Listen to me -No!
Let me go! I want to ask him!
Let me ask him! let me go Vasu!
Let me go!
Why did he ask me to come!
I want to die!
Daughter, didn't you hear?
Go tell them, not to kill my son!
Quickly, tell them!
Go quickly before those cruel men kill him!
Why aren't you saying anything?
Look, tell them in English. They'll listen.
Go and tell them
She won't tell them Rukmini...
Why won't she?
She's his wife
Go on daughter, tell them...
She won't.
She fought in court for his death. Then why would she?
What? She fought a case to have him killed?!
My God, is that true?
You want to kill my son, do you?!
You vixen, do you want to kill my son?!
Is that why you summoned us?
Vasu, tell them before they kill him and drink his blood
Calm down Rukmini...
It's because she can't bear to see him suffer
She needn't see.
Let me bear my son's pain!
I suffered the pain of child-birth...
Please tell them Vasu...
If anything happens to my son...
I'll die!
Tell them Vasu!
You go...
I'll see him later
I won't go back...
Sit down, Vasu
Why are you so upset?
I didn't ask to see you this way
Then...?
Should I dance with joy?!
Vasu sit down...
I didn't realize you're so cruel Chandran...
You think I'm cruel Vasu?
Yes...
You never came home when you could...
Heard you became a famous playwright`
never bothered to visit your parents then
Now...you wish to end your life...
You asked them to witness it....
Scold me all you want, I'll listen
I don't know how else to say...
I don't know how to say good things, being a performer...
Listen Chandran...
Please reconsider...
Your mother is lying there, shattered...
bearing witness to her son ending his life...
I used to love life, so much...
Do you know...
any second now, my eyes and ears will...
your face, your beautiful voice...
Sing me the verse from Nalacharitham...
Sing...
Can't...
I won't be able to...
You can...!
You won't be able to deny my request...
You've agreed...
As children,
when Sarojini and I played hide-and -seek
I gave you company...
But you picked up and left...
Poor girl!
Sarojini gave me a piece of paper
What is it?
Don't know...
Vasu,
Stand near me
Hold the paper so I can read it
No...
I can't seem to read it...
My vision...
You read it
No, that's a sin
No
It might be,
It's a blessing now
Read...
My...
What can I write?
Seems like it was in our past lives...
The smell of bats hanging from the old temple attic...
Once the temple is shut,
afternoons when no leaf stirred
Vasu kept watch below
I was always a stupid girl
While playing house,
playing on the river banks,
the foolish girl who lost every game and cried
But,
Truth is...
I can still savour the sweetness of those games
That phase is over
Now, you're famous!
No, I have no desire...
I don't even wish to see you
Our river has dried up
Only burning hot sand remains
The clever make money from selling it
Even then, I hoped for a stream beneath the land
That...
certain land can be like that...
like a dream...
Stop...
All this coming from that same old scrawny girl...
Lord...
the human mind...
You're a writer, even then...
It's raining outside, isn't it?
Rain over the sea,
I've never understood it
maybe because we don't have the sea
we didn't notice the river drying up
drinking water too
The river is dry
but not the sea...
perhaps the sea too...
The sea waves and the curtain for Kathakali
When I see you look over it,
as if you're looking out from the waves
Vasu, sing
'Nalacharitham'
you must perform
sing...
sing!
Beautiful, doe-eyed woman!
who knows her...
together,
they sported in delight
A sin, an offence...
a weakness
thinking of how it was made to happen...
a weakness...
Vasu,
Did he agree to leave?
didn't say anything
what, didn't you ask him?!
If you can't, I'll go and ask
I'll go and ask...
you tell them, we have to go home
Please ask!
Sit here
why did you come with us, Vasu?
Couldn't you tell them not to do it?!
why didn't you!
what did he say?
we spoke...
and.. what did he say?
will he come with us?
20 years ago...
You've grown old, Father
Forgive me!
You didn't do anything wrong to forgive, Unni
I left home 20 years ago...
not once did I...
That's alright
We lived all these years, hearing your success stories
We realized you were busy
at times I had to lie to Rukmini was all
that you might come today or tomorrow...
Even now, we brought her here on a lie
She may cry a bit
She'll forget...
She's forgotten so much...
this too...
A son, just to be forgotten...
right?
Now she can be proud of him too
First mother in the world who's son requested for mercy killing
what more can she ask for?
There's some land in your name back home
That...
For my daughter...
If she ever comes there someday
Progress begins from here...
I believed that myself
But you needn't have progressed, only to die like this
Father...
we may not...
Your mother asked me to say, don't...
But how can I say that?
To die without pain is your selfishness
Even in pain, to see you alive is my selfishness
Your father wishes to see you win, anyday
Father...
I'm scared...
Think about your grandfather and his forefathers
what'd he say?
Did he say he wouldn't die...?
What did he say?! why won't you speak!
Only he knows his pain...
I can't understand...
Lord!
What'd he say!
How can it be like this, I don't understand!
Doctor, please don't kill my son!
We'll take him home!
What did he do wrong to deserve this doctor?!
We'll take my son home!
Lord, I don't understand!
If you touch my child, I'll kill you!
Tell him Vasu!
Tell him, if he touch my son I'll kill him!
Tell him Vasu!
Doctor, is there any law to get my son back alive?
Daughter, it's upto you now...
to get my son back alive...
It's not about him dying...
his death will shatter the self-confidence of so many others in pain
To do away with pain, the mind must change
Don't healthy people commit suicide?
So it's the mind, not the body that matters
Try telling him...
For what?
For helping me to escape from this pain
You're the only one who really loves me
No...
It's not love, it's selfishness
To not stand by and watch you in pain
my way out...
I repent it now
for trying to win the case
Maria,
I thought atleast you understood my pain...
All pain is real...
your father, mother, friend, actor are heart-broken
Isn't that pain?!
Don't you see pain in her eyes, the one you love more than me?
The doctor who's saved so many live...
won't his heart break when he kills you?
won't this child be a disgrace to a whole generation?
who's this for then?
If you think of it as pain, everything is pain
If you think it isn't, nothing is painful
It's all in your mind...
Everything!