""The Epic Hero"" "[British India period when stage players were at their peak]" "Greetings sir This is my son" "'Like a cat abandoning its kitten, my father left me in the drama company'" "What is your name?" "R.Gomathi Nayagam" "'This is my teacher'" "'Madurai Theatre Maestro, The Hounorable Sivadas Swamigal'" "'Swamigal was an ascetic A follower of lord Hanuman'" "'A blazing fire, He was'" "Please mother, I'm hungry" "'Kali was begging in the train'" "You sing very well What is your name?" "Kaliyappa" "Kaliyappa" "'Liking his singing'" "'Swamigal took Kali into our company]" "It's not "Avall Pori" but "Aval Pori"" "It's not "Avall Pori" but "Aval Pori"" "'All the other kids would mock Kali, Calling him "Beggar Boy"'" "'I was the one who used to chase those kids away'" "'That's why Kali liked me so much'" "'He always called me "brother" He had so much affection'" "'We grew up together in the drama company'" "*With pristine Tamil*" "*Invoking divine music*" "*Dazzling stories,we will tell*" "*With the moon as our witness*" "*We would tell you stories of victories*" "*We're the 'Madurai Sri Bala Shanmugananda Drama Company' *" "*Come on folks, Come on*" "* Come to see our drama*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come to see our drama*" "*Of green, yellow, red, white and violet*" "*Of Mira with the blue- hued Krishna*" "*Of green, yellow, red, white and violet*" "*Of Mira with the blue- hued Krishna*" "*Magic within your eyes, we can create*" "* A rainbow inside ypur heart, we can create*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come to see our drama*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come to see us dance*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come to hear us sing*" "* Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday, Thursday and Friday*" "* Singing 'Ta- ra- dum - dara- re'* 55 00:07:33,033 -- 00:07:34,951 * Monday, Tuesday , Wednesday, Thursday and Friday*" "* Singing 'Ta- ra- dum - dara- re'*" "*Worlds you've never seen before, We'll show*" "* Your day dreams into realities, we'll change*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come to see our drama*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come to see us act*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come to hear us sing*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come in your carts*" "*Come on folks, Come on* * Come to see our drama*" "Brother Kumbakarna" "The one you're talking to, is the lord of demons, Ravanan" "I'm warning not with mere mortals" "I'm warning against the Lord Supreme, who rules the earth and the sky" "After worshipping his dazzling eyes and lotus form" "I'm warning against him" "Yes, Kumbakarna" "This is my birth's destiny" "A fame that no one can claim" "I await Rama's bow" "Let his arrow tear my heart apart" "Let him drink my blood and search within my heart..." "And let him see for himself it's the Lord name that is in there!" "Wow!" "What applause!" "Looks as if the stage will collapse" "Kali, one day I too, must stand here as the 'hero' and gather loads of claps" "What's there in claps, brother?" "How can you say that, man?" "Brother, if you see Ravanan's tears, would you want to clap your hands?" "Won't you raise your folded hands in respect and cry?" "If these people are claping their hands, Thay haven't seen Ravanan still" "All they see is 'hero' Bairava Sundaram's acting!" "What's wrong with that?" "Today, Bairava is no. 1 'hero'" "I must become like him someday" "Brother,our guru Swamigal is 100 times a better actor than him" "How he would dazzle with his dance!" "I must act like him, at least for one day" "No one even needs to see my acting" "If I know for myself that I've arrived, that's enough." "Hey!" "What's happening here?" "All of you come here" "Hey, it,s time for your 'Thirupughal' lesson." "If Swamigal sees this, he will go berserk." "Come on" "What crap!" "Even boys playing child roles, have no fear of me" "What sort of life is this,Kandasamy?" "Palavesam" "What is it, master?" "Why the streamer?" "Not a streamer It's loincloth" "Why so many?" "Don't I need a fresh one everyday?" "Hey, I've seen this cloth somewhere" "Let me see if you find out" "Hey,why does this cloth smell of me?" "Will your dhoti smell of you or me?" "Hey!" "I only had two dhoties, you have torn one,isn't it?" "For sitting jobless, is'nt one enough?" "Hey duffer-son" "If I don't kill you and drop you at Swami's feet, today" "Behold master's anger!" "Oh no!" "Swami is here" "Hey,Palavesam" "What is this?" "Runnig around with loincloth?" "They have torn it, Swamigal" "Were you sleeping till they tore it?" "Not the one I was wearing They tore the one I had put out to dry" "Hey!" "Swami is here!" "Swami, I'm not able to control them." "Let's see who that is show me" "Hey master" "Swami" "They are learning their lessons well Why talk ill of them?" "No,they were..." "Don't laugh, you silly fellow" "Master!" "Swami" "Are they just cheatig in the crow?" "Or they have learned the lessons well?" "I have taught each one well" "You ask each one individually" "Sing properly, you fool!" "I'll kill you" "Wonder what's going to happen todat!" "[Stutters first line of Thirupughal verse] it's a good start Go on" "[Blabbers few words in the second line]" "Go on" "How many years since you joined?" "You can't even say the first lesson" "Get lost Go, kneel there" "I had taught him well" "Yes I can see that!" "'Next is him?" "Thrashing Guaranteed!" "'" "[Jumbles up the words of Thirupughal]" "Donkey!" "Go on and kneel down" "Go!" " Is this what you taught them?" " I taught them well the duds!" "Palavesam will tell it well" "[Uses a food- related word in the middle of solemn verse]" " Hey!" " Don't you want it fully?" "You're called 'Palavesam' (many rules) and can't even do one role." "He has asked me to kneel down Don't you know that I know nothing?" "Then why bring Swamigal straight here?" "I'll take care of you later" "I'll make that last dhoti into loincloths as well" "He was a fool even before he joined our company" "And he has been a fool from his birth!" "Swamigal, I have lost faith" "Instead of asking each one to kneel down, ask everyone to.I will going them too" "Now, this is fair!" "Gomathi" "Swami" "Arriving at Mount Meru that gathers gold" "A glittering golden cane, you threw, my dwelling" "The mad devourer of everything in a vessel" "Born with the dark, O MurugOne!" "Brilliant!" "At this point, instead of saying "Murugan" Arunagiri addresses as "MurugOne"" "Why?" "To get the rhyme right..." "You fool!" "You cow!" "Is it merely for the rhyme?" "That's right Swami" "That's why he stresses on 'O' to end in KathiOne,MurugOne" "MurugOne and MuthalOne" "I'll thrash you and kill you, you donkey!" "Arunagiri wouldn't sing without meaning, just to rhyme" "Murugu means beauty KOne means king" "Arunagiri sings of Lord Murugan as 'king of beauty'" "That's it Do you understand?" "You're finding fault with Arunagirinathar haimself" "In ' Born with the dark'," "What does 'dark' mean?" "'Dark' refers to 'elephant' which means Ganrsha" "Arunagiri says that Murugan was born as brother to Ganesha" "Hey, do any of you know why?" "Dark refers to the night Arunagiri says, 'Beyond night is the light Murugan'" "Just as the sun comes after the dark" "After the dark son Ganesha, the fair Murugan was born, he says" "Hey you fools!" "Don't read your lessons mindlessly" "Beneath each word, a thousand meaning lie buried" "Bring it out and relish it, you guys" "Don't skim the surface like a herd of cows" "For your voice and form, you should have become a great hero" "Then, why did you become just a master?" "It's a love story, brimming with tears, my boy" "Go on and tell that nonsense" "I don't know her real name I used to call her 'Rasathi'" "Why?" "I used to be like a Rasa (king)" "She, a Thi (fire) that's why" "Oh my!" "How he lies!" "In those days, in the Madurai district, I was famous 'hero'" "You were 'infamous' , right then?" "Hey!" "Let him speak, man" "Go ahead" "In those days, donning the role of the hero" "If I stand tall on the stage..." "It will be doomed!" "Look at him" "Why?" "Alright..." "You go on" "From a toothless granny to an unborn baby, all would look at me, mouths open" "How will an unborn child look with mouth open?" "Kali, how can you?" "you are sloshed You leave" "Go on, tell" " I won't" "Look at me and tell me" "Rasathi said that she wanted to see me act" "One day, I brought her and made her sit, right before the stage" "Just because she was sitting" "I raised my voice three pitches high and sang" "And then?" "The guy next to me in the heroine's role, he looked at her and she looked at him" "She looked and he looked" " Where did you look?" "I was looking at that nonsense" "Then what happened?" " After the play was over, they eloped" "What crap!" "Because she behaved like that, considering it an insult to all heroes" "I stopped acting and choose to be an 'master' for living" "World of drama had a narrow escape!" "Swami!" "Of late, don't you like me?" "Am I always outside your heart?" "What are you saying?" "I never miss a single word in your lesson" "I train day and night" "I never make even a single mistake" " Good" " But..." "But you don't seem to take that into account" "Neither do you accord the place it deserves" "In all these years, have you praised me, a single time?" "Who said that?" "You will be a man of fame and name'" "No dearth for life, wealth, knowledge" " I don't want all that" "Even though, I learn my art sincerely" "You cast me aside like Ekalavya, the low- born student" "But Kali..." "Is kali, your preferred 'Arjuna'?" "Hey!" "Don't talk like a fool" "Do you think you both are different to me?" "Everyone is like my on child" "Don't develop these disturbing thoughts in your mind" "Go" "It's late Go sleep" "Don't you have a rehearsal early in the morning?" "Go" "Mother, that person is Swami" "Greetings, Swami" "Who is it?" "What do you want?" "We come from Kazahugu Malai, near Srivilliputhur" "This is my daughter" "Wretched souls roaming the streets for a bowl of rice" "Please show your mercy on us" "Give something and see them out" "Oh, no!" "No, Swami Look at this girl" "If I send her to do a maid's work Will they let her live in honour?" "'She looks like a actress She will seduce our men!" "' they say" "So, I've decided to make her join a drama company and brought her here" "She sings very well" "It would be like Goddess Saraswathi herself singing" "Swami must listen to our plea and show us some mercy" "Whatever you say is right" "You must understand something" "It's a 'boys' company Young men live here" "We don't take in girls anyway, you are here Have some food and leave" "Take care, master" " As you say, Swami" "* I am a rascal lusting after women with arrow- like eyes*" "* A stupid, characterless scoundrel*" "* An uneducated and completely impoverished soul*" "* A useless idiot*" "* Afflicated by diseases under the cover of my unyielding Karma*" "* And lacking in honesty Please do not ignore or discard me*" "* Your holy feet bejewelled with anklets will give me a heavenly life, one day*" "*Saga Narada, praised in songs by poets once described to you, the gyspsy girl Valli*" "*You sought her company in the forest, I warrior!" "*" "*You, the leader, the one who mounts the great peacock!" "*" "*Goddess Manonmani the Supreme Mother*" "* Parvathi of sweet speech You are her younger son*" "*With groves reaching the skies, in their shade lies this great place*" "* Thiruchendur, your favorite abode, O Great One!" "*" "Marvellous" "It's like looking at Goddess Saraswathi herself" "May you be blessed with name, fame and wealth" "But we can't have you here If swami decides, that's final" "He has never ever changed his decision Please return back" "Master!" "Swam" "Let them be" "Why differentiate 'male' and 'female' when it comes to art?" "Won't a woman add beauty to the place?" "How well you danced" "What a rich voice!" "How can I send you back?" "You can stay in this company" "I will teach you, now and then" "Swami" " Be well" "Good things will come to your way" "Master, they can stay with Paavayi" " As you say." "Swami" "Go" "Firecrackers have neen burst!" "Drama' about to start" "Come soon" "Hey, the lord's car is here!" "Move aside" "Welcome, my lord Welcome" "Get up, every one The lord is here" " Get up and greet him - greetings, my lord" "Welcome" "Greetings, my lord" "My lord, please take a seat" "Greet you,princess" "My lady, please take a seat" "Sit down, everyone" "*Welcome, welcome*" "* Greetings to everyone*" "*Welcome, welcome*" "* Greetings to everyone* *come, take a seat!" "*" "*Rush to get the front one!" "*" "Hey Ganesha,place a lamp in the path It's so dark" "What Bairava?" "You couldn't do this in the morning?" "Will it come to your mind only when you are about to wear make-up?" "You are the lord Krishna too!" "Of late, toy don't seem to be doing your job with devotion" "Pay attention" "When the bell rings, don't I stand promptly on the stage?" "Then why is this old man shouting?" "*Here comes, Alli!" "*" "* She is a beauty, a great beauty*" "*Here comes, Alli!" "*" "* She is a beauty, a great beauty*" "*The one with a beautiful face*" "*The one with mehendi coated nails*" "*The one with thighs like temple pillars*" "* The one with a flowing plait like tree snake*" "* Watching her gait*" "* The breeze seeing that, sweating, feels so much inferior*" "*Here comes, Alli!" "*" "*Here comes, Alli!" "*" "* She is a beauty, a great beauty*" "*Why did you call me?" "why?" "*" "* My dear Arjuna, my dear friend!" "*" "* Alli, the queen of Madurai*" "*She stole my heart, the naughty one *" "* Like a lizard sticking to my heart*" "* I need to rule her in bed *" "* You need to help mw, Krishna*" "* You need to unite us as one!" "*" "* Don't foeget that I'm Bama's uncle*" "* Don't forget that, you!" "*" "* Who do I have other than you?" "*" "* Who will help me, pray tell!" "*" "* I will show you the way Listen up*" "* Your shoulders shall bear wedding garlands*" "Hey, stop it!" "What is happening here?" "Is'nt it wrong to enslave a girl, subdue and marry her?" "If Arjuna does it, will the wrong become right?" "Tell me!" "You seem to get so angry for enslaving a girl" "The British have enslaved this land for 200 years" "Why don't you get angry for that?" "Why not?" "The anger you have, for enslaving a mother" "Won't you get the same for your motherland?" "Shouldn't it be the same?" "Sit down" "* The heart is unable to bear*" "* Should Mother India be a slave to the British?" "*" "* Should she suffer in chains around her hands and legs forever?" "*" "* In the fire of freedom, give your hand*" "* Will the foreigners shoot?" "*" "* People don't give a hoot This is the greatest shame *" "What's this?" "Why 'freedom fight' songs?" "* Where will this country go?" "*" "* This place we call our home*" "* The heart is unable to bear*" "Had you sent a word, we all would have come there" "Let that be" "It's said you have to honor a dramatist on the drama stage!" "This is 'hero' Bairava Sundaram." "Greetings, my lord" " Your diction was very good" " Thank you so much" "Take this" "This is Gomathi Nayagam, who played the heroine 'Alli'" "Greetings, my lord" "A great song Excellent performance" "Being a man, you have made a woman appear right here" "Take it" "This is Kaliyappan Bagavathar" "Arjuna, is it?" "Excellent improvisation" "You sang so well It was hilarious" "You have a great future" "Here, have this" "Father, please give him this too" "Why don't you give it yourself?" "Hey Palavesam, didn't you knock on Ammani's door last night?" "Oh, no!" " I saw it you did!" " What if master comes to know?" "What's this, Kali?" "A basket with dove's feathers?" "Let's go search over there" "Hey, girls are coming!" " Bring it soon" " Where has it gone?" "Don't they look like foreigners?" "Wearing pants and shirt" " There!" "They have it" " Hey!" "that's ours" "No, it isn't" "It's in that hand" "It's not in that hand" "Will you give it or not?" "Listen, is your name tattooed on it?" "Even if it isn't tattooed, it is ours, give it!" "Hey, these are those drama guys" "That's right We are the drama guys" "It's princess" " Greetings, princess" " Greetings, greetings, princess" "Why have you come to the lord's estate?" "Lord's estate?" "Just returning after having a bath We wandered unknowingly" "Right?" "You acted so well yesterday" "Thank you, princess" "My friends haven't seen your acting" "Can you act for them once?" "Say you want to see me act, princess I'll act and show here" "If your friends want to see, ask them to come to the theatre" "Hey show-geek, our lady is asking, right?" "Do it, now" "I'll break your teeth, if you call me show-geek" "Hey snub-nose, hey ugly- nose, I'll gorge your eyes out" "Hey side-kick acting so hoity-toity?" "Know what will happen if my lady wishes?" "Your lady?" "What will happen?" "You know what will happen if we wish?" "Your lady will bacome a mommy" "Hey show-geek, stop it!" "Why are you making a big scene?" "Hey, can you act or not?" "Hey, if you give me a ring, should I act wherever you ask me to?" "I can't" "If you want to see me play, come to the theatre!" "Don't just ask me to act wherever you see me" "An actor has his respect and integrity" "Come on" "Want to see the play, come to the theatre!" "When you do, bring these fatsos too!" "Hey, Kali!" " You, cow!" "Welcome, princess Welcome" "The princess is here" "Miss Lord is here with hee fatso horde" "What to do?" "Kali!" "He wouldn't be expecting us" " Yes" "Seeing us, he's going to blink and gape" " What to do?" " We'll show them who an actor is" " Looks like it will get late" " So eager?" "* Hey wild horse, come right before me*" "* Hey the Madurai horse ame right before me*" "* Mohana, shall I become your beau?" "*" "* Shall I become a Bheema?" "*" "*Come close for lips to touch*" "* Hey wild horse, come right before me*" " Hey, he's singing about you" "* Hey the Madurai horse ame right before me*" "* Mohana, shall I become your beau?" "*" " No, no it won't be like that" "* Shall I become a Bheema?" "*" "*Come close for lips to touch*" "* A,B,C" " A long an winding tongue*" "* Don't glare at me from there *" "* Hey wild horse, come right before me*" "* Hey the Madurai horse ame right before me*" "* Elephant calf *" "* Kitten *" "*Goat kid*" "*Owlet*" "*Dear fawn*" "*Calf and baby, I'm going to tie your mouth*" "*Hey bunny, blinking bunny*" "* Right opposite to you, is a handsome crocodile*" "* A,B,C" " A long an winding tongue*" "* Don't glare at me from there *" "* Mohana, shall I become your beau?" "*" "* Shall I become a Bheema?" "*" "See what all they are singing!" "Need to do something to him!" "* Hey koel, a barking koel*" "* The train that British sent*" "Hey, he's insulting you!" "* Hey wild horse come right before me*" "* Hey the Madurai horse ame right before me*" "* Mohana, shall I become your beau?" "*" "* Shall I become a Bheema?" "*" "* Crackers of every color wil fail before you*" "* This is the truth as it is*" "*Hey Squirrel brother!" "*" "*What's the story here?" "*" "* I understand, brother rabbit it is very clear*" "*Hey doe, drop of honey, it's enough if you become better*" "*Elephant calf, kitten, goat kid, calf*" "*Squirrel pup,owlet, tiger cub bear cub, colt, koel,peachick...* *...chick, rat pup, fawn*" "*Which kid is this kid?" "Just a kid who talks too much*" "*Lord's little kid girl kid*" "*My dear darling kid, sugar drop*" "*Give me a kiss*" "To appreciate our dance and song, have you come on to the stage?" "I was sent to honor you with a gift" "I don't accept any gifts'" "But, I have to give it" "I don't like to receive gifts" "He doesn't want it Give it to me" "It's to him I will give" "He won't accept it Please give it to me" "It's to him, I shall give" " He will never take any gift" " Palavesam" "Give it to me!" "They want to gift Why are you saying no?" "Go on Pin it" "Pin it" " Mother!" " Palavesam" "Oh no!" "She has stabbed me in" "I'll kill you!" "Palavesam, Will you tease someone so much?" "Because she used a needle, it stpped here" "Had she used a knife?" "Looks like you'll go give these ideas to that girl!" "It's all because of him" "Don't worry, Palavesam I'll not rest until I take revenge on her" "Don't they are people high-up We'll leave it right here" "She will get it from me surely, one day" "Then, he will get it on the other side to" "It aches even if you just say it" "Hey mister, how did you get inside my room?" "Go!" "You will stab with a needle and leave dil you think we'll watch silently?" "If you tease me, will I leave you?" "Go out" " What?" " Get out" "What will you do if I don't?" " Go out" " Don't throw it!" " Am I not telling you?" " Listen to me" "Go" "Go outside" "Hey, don't come near me!" "Let go of me" "Let go" "You are throwing things I won't let go" "Why did you tease me?" "If we tease you, will you stab with a needle?" "That's what I will do" "Because you stabbed me, my friend is dying there" "What are you going to do about that?" "Leave me It is anching" "Hey, you teased me I stabbed your friend" "We are even Go out!" "How can that be?" "What about the one dying there?" "If you want, you can stab me with a needle too" "How can I ... with a needle...there?" "It won't be right" "How can I stab there?" "I said it unknowingly" "It's alright!" "What shall I do?" "Then..." " You could give me a kiss - a kiss?" "Palavesam is in his death bed there If he happens to die, it's murder" "Murder!" "Hey mister, why are you shouting?" "It is swollen like a bun for Palavesam" "I'm just asking for a mere kiss, as a consolation" "Come close" " Hey master" " What is it?" "Where to?" "Why are you squeaking like a rat?" "Off to see Ammani, right?" "My stomch is churning I'm going to the toilet, you crazy nut!" "Go!" "Just one dhoti, please understand!" "Here I come" "Hey!" "Hey Vadivu!" "Hey, don't movie it I'm coming there" "Wait" "So Vadivamba wants to be the heroine?" "Will you be the heroine?" "Here you go." "Wear it all I wait outside" "*Vadivu plays the heroine today*" "*Vadivu plays the heroine today*" "Vadivu looks fantastic as the heroine" "Can't believe my own eyes" "Hey Palavesam" "Vadivu, why are you simply standing?" "Say a few lines" "She will, Palavesam Go on dear, say a few lines" " Say it" " Say it Vadivu" "That's the respect you give for the costume" "To stands before my sword" "To stand fearless by my spear" "To win over me and to rule me forever" "Who is that prince charming, my friend?" "Who is that prince charming, my friend?" " Hey, it's Swami." "Run everyone" " He's going to ask us to kneel!" "Hey!" "Boys, it's Swami" "I'm the crown that rules the three worlds, Soora Badhman" "Whoever comes, whatever illness comes, there is no death for me" "What is this?" "Why the change?" "Why is Gomathi speaking Soora Badhman's dialogue?" "Let it happen, Swami It's going very well" "Where is he?" "Look out our boys..." "Performimg beautiful..." "Hey master, did you send word about the rehearsal or not?" " I did" " Then, what?" "" I have seen more than 100 stages, What is there to do different?"" "" I'm going to do the same old thing You handle the boys", he said" "He said he would come straight to the stage" "How long has this been going on?" "Bairava..." "Hey, Bairava..." "Dil you call me?" "Bairava, did you join my company yesterday?" "Don't you know the routine?" "Don't you know every single actor, big or small, must come to the rehearsal?" "You may be an expert..." "Shouldn't the artists who are new and the young ones know your cues?" "Sholdn't they understand and act with you?" "Go on, say the lines" "I'm the crown that rules the three worlds, Soora Badhman" "Whoever comes, whatever illness comes, there is no death for me" "How can a mere mortal shout at my fort's gates?" "How degrading!" "Singa Muga, who is he?" "Bairava..." "In your dialogue delivery, the diction is great" "But, the feelings..." "Repeat it again" "Palavesam, bring some water for him" "Bairava, I don't have to tell you" "Only if mind and body move in the same stance, it is acting" "If that goes in one direction and this in another..." "What is that to be called?" "I have been watching you, yes" "In soorakkotai, we had a little issue" "Keeping that in mind you are humiliating me before these kids, is it?" "What fait have you found in my acting?" "In this entire district, is there anyone else who can be the 'hero'?" "I have seen a hundred stages" "I have received many medals from lords, for my acting" "If a lord pins a medal, will whatever you do become acting?" "Only when you sharpen it again and again, a gem will shine" "Fathers and grandfathers of acting have walked on this earth" "You are mere dust, that flies apart in sigh" "Hey, master" "You need to rehearse "Soora Badhman" 10...no 100 times, with him, today" "He acted, it seems..." "A lord pinned a medal, it seems..." "Hey master, come here" "What is it, Bairava?" "So,you are going to rehearse 100 times,is it?" "A reaharsal for me?" "Is the audience coming to see his historical crap?" "They are there for my face To see me act" "He speaks so much,doesn't he?" "Ask him to play the part" "Even if one fellow watches that, I'll chop off my head" "Bairava,don't say things in haste" "Hey..." "For my acting, 100 women come there" "I happened to touch one of them" "What is wrong in that?" "This old man is jealous" "Don't talk about Swami like this" "Hey..." "I'm telling you now I'm leaving this company now" "I will start my own company" "I will be my own king and my minister" "Bairava" "Hay,are you coming, guys?" "Are you?" "Just for a bowl of rice, you are sitting here, right?" "I will give you 20 rupees" "I will talk to Swami and set it all right, don't act in haste" "Swami?" "Bairava..." " He is leaving, master... go" " Bairava!" "Bairava, wait!" "There is a play today Tickets are sold, how can you leave?" "Ask that old man to act" "You are talking in anger" "We'll talk to Swami and settle it Don't leave in haste" "Hey, go away" "Listen to me, for my sake, I'm asking you, please don't leave" " Listen, am I not asking you?" " Leave me , man" "Let him go Unmatchable Hero, it seems!" "What is it?" "Has Bairava left with his bag and baggage?" "He has left, I tried to stop him but he didn't listen" "But there is a play in town, this week" "There are plays successively for two months in this town" " Don't know what to do" " So what?" "Even a stone in Bala Shanmugananda company's backyard can act" "Don't worry" "Hey Gomathi..." "Weren't you the one rehearsing as Soora Badhman?" "Yes, Swami" "Say your lines" "I'm the crown that rules the three worlds, Soora Badhman" "Whoever comes, whatever illness comes, there is no death for me" "I was born to be victorious" "Lord Brahma hasn't penned failure in my fate" "Neither has he created anyone to defeat me" "Today,the lords Shiva and Perumal fear me!" "Victory is not something I need to celebrate" "It's an everyday thing!" "Will you do it?" "Oh,no!" "Me?" "Come on, do it" " Swami!" " Come and do it" "I'm the crown that rules the three worlds, Soora Badhman" "Me" "Whoever comes, whatever illness comes, there is no death for me" "I was born to be victorious" "Lord Brahma hasn't penned failure in my fate" "Neither has he created anyone to defeat me" "Today,the lords Shiva and Perumal fear me!" "Victory is not something I need to celebrate" "It's an everyday thing" " Master..." " Swami" "Soora Badhman..." "Let Kali be 'Soora Badhman' Let Bomathi be 'Murugan'" " It will work out well" " It will be done, Swami" " Swami, bless me" " Be well" "You will be great" "Hey, Kali has become the hero" "Hey Palavesam, Swami might see Put me down" "Brother Gomathi!" "Kali, I knew long ago that you will be the next hero!" " Thanks, Palavesam" " Kali..." "With the blessing of Sankardas Swamigal, you've become a hero, so young!" "Congrats" "Thanks, master" "Why am I not the hero?" "Tell me, Swami Why am I not the hero?" "I need to know" "Logic, is it?" "Go on...go, do your work" "That small kid will become a hero I should remain a side-actor, is it?" "I put my heart and soul and made Soora Badhman stand before your eyes" "Did you not like it?" "Soora Badhman is a demon He will talk like a demon" "That's what I did" "But he..." "What did he do better than me?" "Tell me, Swami" "Like a bridled horse, you were walking on the same old path" "When everyone thought., this is how Soora Badhman will be..." "Didn't he do something totally new?" "That is improvisation" "I can't be explaining everything" "You need to fell it at times" "Why are you looking at me like that?" "You acted so brilliantly today" "Thank you, princess Thank you" "Seeing you act, I wanted to hug and kiss you, right on the stage" " I couldn't" " That's alright" "You may kiss me know" "First, the gift Then, the kiss" " A gift?" " Yes" " God!" " Don't shout" " You scaredy- cat!" " I'm not scared" "Thank you, princess Thank you" "That...?" "* Hey...*" "* Hey Mister Minor, why do you look at me?" "*" "* You want to make my nights a torture*" "* You seem to tie anklets to the legs of the wind that flows*" "* You seem to shake hands with love and pull it close*" "* Hey Mister Minor, why do you look at me?" "*" "* You want to make my nights a torture*" "* You seem to tie anklets to the legs of the wind that flows*" "* You seem to shake hands with love and pull it close*" "* You seem to make me your admirer*" "* You seem to increase your beauty a hundred times, everyday*" "* When I think evil eyes may fall...*" "* Staying in my heart, you smile*" "* Hey Mister Minor, why do you look at me?" "*" "* You want to make my nights a torture*" "* You seem to tie anklets to the legs of the wind that flows*" "* You seem to shake hands with love and pull it close*" "Duryodhana, I come to tear your heart and drink its blood" "The deception I see in your eyes is sharping my arrows" "Thank you, princess" "She is the Radha of all the Radhas in Brindhavanam" "This Krishna's Radha too" "* Desires seem to come knocking at your heart*" "*Tries to dress you up*" "* To speak, words stand begging at the heart's door*" "* To speak, wht don't you lend your mouth?" "*" "*Dreams are opening their eyelids*" "* Nights are raining on the lips*" "* A dewdrop is breaking a flower apart*" "* As you and I come close, time leaps away*" "* Hey Mister Minor, why do you look at me?" "*" "* You want to make my nights a torture*" "* You seem to tie anklets to the legs of the wind that flows*" "* You seem to shake hands with love and pull it close*" "* You seem to make me your admirer*" "* You seem to increase your beauty a hundred times, everyday*" "* When I think evil eyes may fall...*" "* Staying in my heart, you smile*" "* Something seems to tickle me and leave*" "* Seems to tear my cheeks apart and throw it to the wind*" "* The cheek seems to ask for alms of kisses*" "*Give me your lips*" "* For the first time, passion spreads*" "* All the moments are orchards in her grasp*" "* When gaps decrease, it's the juice of the lips*" "* When eyes falter down, you lie there down below*" "* You seem to make me your admirer*" "* You seem to increase your beauty a hundred times, everyday*" "* When I think evil eyes may fall...*" "* Staying in my heart, you smile*" "* Hey Mister Minor, why do you look at me?" "*" "* You want to make my nights a torture*" "* You seem to tie anklets to the legs of the wind that flows*" "* You seem to shake hands with love and pull it close*" "Kali had told me that he was in love with the lord's daughter" "That night, I happened to eake up by chance" " Hey, Kali!" " Rangamma" "Maybe the cat's on prowl" "It's not the cat, Swami" "It's me" "What are you doing here, at this hour?" "Your honour mustn't be shipped off, right?" "That's why" "What?" "If anyone else had seen what I saw this night not a single person will be alive in this company, tomorrow" "What is that great thing you saw?" "Didn't you make that beggar-boy, a hero?" "That dog is now licking the lord's bowl" "You need this, Swami" "You need it" "You won't care about people with discipline and integrity" "You will suffer" "Even beyond this, too" "Why, Swami?" "Why at this hour?" "Where is Kali?" "Kali must be sleeping" "Go wake him up" "Go" "Hey, master, what has happened?" "I have searched all over Kali is missing" "Is he at the whore's or at the liquor store?" "Can't you keep watch on everyone?" "Is this why I've had you here, all these years?" "Like a temple!" "I had kept my company like a temple" "You have made it all, a waste" "Let him come" "He has to come this way, right?" "Let me sit right here Let me sit here till dawn" "Let that dog come" "Hey, bring that chair" "What, Swami?" "Started lessons so early in the morning?" "Let's do ' Kutrala Kuravanji' today" " Hay, Gomathi" " Hey!" "From where, is sir heading back?" "I woke up early to go to the river The Vishnu temple is open now" "All night, I was waiting without a blink, for you to come" "Where did you crap?" "Which river did you wash yourself?" "Swami?" "Which whore's place, are you returning from?" "Beneath whose feet, were you lying?" "Tell me" "Tell me now" "Did you lay hands on the lord's girl?" "Did you?" "Do you accept it?" "You know how much I trusted you?" "You have brought shame upon me" "I should kill you!" "You, womanizer!" "We both are in love with each other, Swami" "Lo Love?" "In love, is it?" "What is that you have to do there at night?" "Why go there at night?" "Hey, do you think she fell for you?" "She fell for the part you were playing!" "Using that..." "You have indulged in lustful revelry with here, right?" "Is it for this?" "If the lord knows this, he will kill you!" "He will kill me He will kill everyone" "Swami, stop...enough He is the child you brought up" "Swami!" "Don't, Swami!" "Swami!" "Ask him to leave He must not stand before me!" "Hey, I'm going to curse him" "His mouth shall say no lines" "His legs will not touch the stage" "No makeup will adorn his face" "It is a curse It's Swami's curse" "It's your teacher's curse" "Swami!" "Swami!" "Master, tell him something" "Swami...!" "Swami, forgive me" "Please forgive me!" "Don't curse me, please!" "I don't know anything other than acting" "If I don't act, I will die" "I will do whatever you ask me" "Please don't chase me away" "Please let me be here" "Swami, let me be a dog near your feet" " Please don't ask me to leave" " Master!" "With a fire as a witness" "Ask him to promise that he won't see that girl or think of her" "Yes, Swami" "Gomathi, come!" "Oh no, Swami!" "Even if you promise, a curse is a curse" "Let this dog lick its bowl and remain a housejold help" " Master!" " Swami" "Pack all the bags We leave this town, now" "Brother!" "Swami,which is going to be the first play in this town?" "Let's perform 'Pavala Kodi'" "Who will be the hero?" "Hero?" "Ask Gomathi to play the part" "Heroine?" "Let Vadivu do it" "It will be good Let's bring in a new change and see" "This is what I was in penance for all these years" "So I'm very happy" "Bless me, Swami" "Let Goddess Saraswathi's blessing be upon you" " Swami" " Be well" "Perform boldly, dear" "* Warm welcome to all...*" "*Greetings!" "Greetings!" "Greetings!" "*" "You thief, who came in the night?" "Tell me, who are you?" "I'm Arjuna" "How come?" "How come you have added new lines to the script?" "Look at my eyes" "You will see the flames of love blazing" "Didn't you understand this dialogue, Vadivu?" "Tell me, Vadivu" "I need to know what's in your mind" "Kali!" "What is it?" "The lord's daughter is dead" " What are you saying?" " That's true." "I came right away" "Talks were finalized to get het married to a lord from the south" "She was stubbornly refusing to marry him" "They locked her in the house Thrashed her, asking why" "She jumped off a cliff and died" "Thay talk that she was pergnant too" "Rangamma" " Swami!" " Kali" " Come outside, Swami!" " Kali, no!" " Come outside!" " Kali, don't shout" "Go away!" "Swami..." "Come outside, Swami" "What's the commotion here?" "I'm going to die" "I'm going to die right now" " Are you drunk?" " Yes" "Hey, drag him away from here" "You have killed my Ranggama, so unjustly" "You have killed my dearest, Swami!" "With a child in her womb, she jumped off a cliff" "The child in her womb was mine" "You have killed an unborn child" "You spoke of justice, like some great person" "Did you think about the girl, who trusted me?" "If you can't think of that, then how can you be a 'Swami'?" "Tell me!" "Listening to you,for the sake of acting, I left Rangamma" "I killed my Rangamma myself" "I killed my dearest myself" "Should only the teacher curse?" "I will curse the teacher himself" " You will be doomed" " Kali, what are you saying?" "Don't, Kali" "You will be in ruins" "The tongue that sang of Saraswathi and Ganapathi will cease to be!" "I promise you this!" "You will be in ruins!" "You will be doomed!" "You will be doomed!" "My Rangamma will not let you be in peace" "My Rangamma is dead" "Rangamma!" "Swami!" "Hey, lift him up!" " Careful...gently" " Make him lie down" " Wave the fan" " Swami!" "Swami?" "Swami, what has happened to you?" "Open your eyes" "I have made my teacher come to this state" "Curse me, Swami I will be in doom" "Curse me, Swami" "You will be graet" "Master" "I've got an offer to perform plays in 15 places in Colombo" "So, going forward I've decided to run this company" "Whoever wants to come with me,can!" "We have nowhere else to go!" "You are everything to us hereafter" "Everyone can come" "Everyone" "Good" "But not Kali" "Why, brother?" "Why this punishment for me?" "I too shall come with you" "You are the one who killed our Swami" "This is the company he created" "If you are here, it will be doomed" "Just go away" "Swami forgave Kali and blessed him" "Why all that?" "Swami is my God" "The one who caused his death, I can't have by my side" "Even if Swami forgives, I can't" "Why talk this way?" "Kali is like your younger brother" "He must go" "Else, I will leave this company" "Brother" "When I come to know of Rangamma's death" "I lost my senses" "I didn't know what to do" "That's why I shouted at Swami, in anger" "Hey, if you are a man of respect, you should have married her" "You should have gone away somewhere!" "What are you saying, brother?" "Just because Swami asked me to, I left her" "Shut up!" "Because Swami said so, you left her like a coward, isn't it?" "Swami is not the reason for her death, it's you" "Gomathi!" "Who are you raising your hand against?" "Why did you give her a child and come away?" "You dog!" "You killed her" "Then blaming Swami for that you killed him too" "Call yourself a man?" "You rascal!" "Go on and mind your business" "Supporting this fellow!" "You have hit me, haven't you?" "You have hit me and and thrown me away, is it?" "What did I do?" "You are drunk and trying to hit me!" "He has already suffered for his mistakes" "Don't thrash him" "Let me go I'll kill him" "Gomathi, let him go" "Where will he go?" "Who is he?" "Let him go anywhere He must not be here" "If I see you before by eyes, I will kill you, you dog!" "Please forgive him and take him back" "You come to a decision Do you want him or me?" "Only if both of you are there, it will be good" "That won't happen" "If he is there in this company, I will be off" "What Gomathi said is true" "I'm the person who killed my Guru" "That sin won't let me be in peace" "If I'm here, it will all be doomed" "Let brother Gomathi be here, I will go" "I will go away somewhere" "Let this company prosper" "Forgive me" "I will go away" "Hey, all of you listen well" "If anyone wants to leave with him" "Now leave right now" "[Colombo Theater Association, Ceylon]" "[Malaysia Tamil Association, Penang]" "Hey Gomathi..." "You have arrived!" "'Empreor od Performing Arts' The 'hero' Gomathi Nayagam!" "The world famous leading man" "So what if you have achieved all this?" "Bur, Vadivu isn't yours" "Vadivu" "Vadivu" "Vadivu" "Vadivu" "'Having planted our flag abroad'" "'I returned to our country after five years'" "Praise be to Mother India!" "'Freedom fight' groups seem more active than before" "Ever since Mahatma Gandhi came to Madurai, even farmers are now waving flags" "On behalf of Tamil Arts Association and Madurai Performing Artists" "We felicitate 'Hero' Melasevalpuri Gomathi Nayagam Pillai" "'Singing Sensation' Vadivambal" "In a huge stage set in Madurai" "With sets and sceneries, we must stage a fantastic historical play" "We have a great troupe" "No surprise about that!" "We need fine artists to paint the screens and skilled men to assemble the stage" "All of Madurai is in my palm It will be an ace job!" "How is 'Hero' Bairava Sundaram doing?" "He was acting for a while" "Drinking too much drinking He lost everything, drinking" "Then..." "What about the 'hero' Kaliyappa Bagavathar?" "Kaliyappa?" "There's no one by that name" "There is an oldie named 'Kandappa' A clown, can't even see properly" "No..." "'Thalaiva Kottai' Kaliyappa Bagavathar Sivadas Swamigal's direct disciple" "In this entire Madurai district, if someone was performing as the 'hero'" "He can't exist without this Karaikudi Kanayya's knowledge" "I swear that there is no such person here" "If it's someone close to you, just tell me" "I'll search high and low, find him and bring him over in my Plymouth" "That won't be necessary" "I asked just like that" "Okay" "Palavesam,did you inqire about Kaliyappa?" "I inquired in the area where our drama folks live" "Nobody seems to know anything, Vadivu" "They say there's no one by that name" "I can hear wedding bells for you, already" "Hey, be quiet, brother!" "Shall I talk to Vadivu?" "Why are you still heisitating?" "No" "I don't know what's in Vadivu's mind" "In 5 years, she hasn't said a word" "Maybe he is still in her heart" "Now, it looks like he doesn't even exist" "Even she doesn't have any other go" "Shall I talk to Vadivu and make her agree?" "The whole town is buzzing about the play which sir and Vadivu are to perform in" "All the tickets are sold out Houseful for 8 days" "Going to be great business all year We'll have a feast tonight" "Greetings, sir" "Has sir left to a temple or something?" "He's lying down A bit fever" "What?" "Fever?" "This is some kind of poison flu Fever will surely be threre for 5 days" "You need a lot of rest to recover" "I'll see you later" " Greetings, doctor" " Greetings" "What has happened?" "I saw you yesterday" "You were fine" "Ftom last night, fever, vomiting and headache" "Careful" "My whole body is throbbing with pain" "What to do?" "It's 'Houseful' The play must happen" "Sir, we don't have an option" "You are unwell" "Doctor has asked you to take rest too" "We'll stop the show for 10 days" "Hey, are you playing the fool?" "It's festival time" "If we don't stage the play, they will burn the theater" "Not only that" "Theater rent for 10 days, all the advertising cost" "How will I account for all that?" "If the first ting flunks, who will lend money again?" "Listen, if sir is unwell, how can we stage the play?" "So the play won't happen today?" "No way" "Hey show geeks," "I don't care what you do, how you do" "But the show must happen today" "I'm staging it with loan money" "Like you, haven't got it from Singapore in cartloads" "Why are you shouting like this?" "Should we dance naked for you?" "If you are a showman, You must dance naked too" "Didn't you get the money?" "Didn't eat off it?" "Didn't you go the whore house's in red street?" "Hey, master You don't know about me" "Leave him, right now!" "Don't fight" "Hey, you'll get the money and won't put the show?" "We will!" "We will put the show!" "Not fearing you But for the sake of my name!" "That's better Else, you'll be in big trouble" "The show will happen tonight Get ready" "What's this?" "Fearing him, you've said the show will go on" "You are unwell, how will you perform in this condition?" "Sir, may I say something?" "What is it?" "Why don't we find some 'special' dramatist?" "When will get them?" "It's festival time too" "Even if we find them, they must know 'Karna's heaven' fully" "All that's being performed are Shankara Swamigal's plays" "All these 'special' actors know every play by heart" "They will come directly to the stage and perform the part beautifully" "Master, give the painter some money" "Hey, bring two men before noon" "Yes, sir" "Here you go" "Bring good ones" "Welcome, please come" "Welcome, greetings Welcome, please go inside" "Welcome, please be seated" "Sir...sir?" "Drink a bit of the concoction Then only the fever will break" "Two 3rd class ticket please" "Welcome...welcome" "Greetings to the honourable police officer" "The most important official in the entire district, you've come here" "What's this?" "Stunning advertisements Brought someone from Colombo too" "Smuggling money,is it?" "Sir, don't you know about me?" "From my grandfather and father's days, staging plays has been our job" "I hardly make anything out of it" "Hey, what about the ' Singing Sensation' Vadivambal?" "Oh my!" "She will be like a golden statue" "The lords from all around are waiting to have one look from her" "Do you want to see to?" "Some on I'll show you" "What has happened?" "Is the person here?" "No one there in 'Make up' street, it seems" "Festival time, everyone has left to perform elsewhere" "He has gone to Virudupatti Ha has promised to surely bring someone" "If someone doesn't come, I can only hang myself" "Hey, start the play!" " You shouldn't trust these drama folks" " How long to wait?" "Will they start the play or not?" "Hey!" "Ready?" "Sir, isn't it time for the play?" "Why haven't you still worn the makeup?" "Many landlord and officials are waiting out there" "Crowds surging What to do if he lies like this?" "Just wait for 10 minutes,please" "What?" "The play was supposed to start at 7 It's 7:30, what are you going to do?" " Just wait a little bit" " Hey, master!" "I don't care what you do In 10 minutes, I should hera the bell" "Else, it will be a bloodbath here!" "Let's go" "I will perform myself" "Sir!" "That man who went to Virudupatti will surely bring someone" "Just take rest" "He's here" "He has brought a person Goddess Meenakshi hasn't forsaken us" "Greetings" "Not a place I missed." "Madurai, Sivagangai, Virudupatti" "I've brought this one from Srivilliputhur, he's a 'special' actor" "But because of his bad habit, no one invites him to act" "I thought it's just for a day and brought him along" "Will he act?" "He will act" "Manage somehow today Tomorrow I will bring you the best" "Tell him to come" "Hey, come inside, man" "Kali!" "It is Kali!" "Brother Gomathi" "Master sir" "Palavesam" "Is it our troupe?" "Is it really you, brother?" "He didn't day it was you" "Are you well?" "Why do you have medicine on your forehead?" "Are you unwell?" "Such a high fever?" "A fever?" "How do you feel?" "Have you had your medicine?" "What ,master sir?" "I've had it." "It's nothing much It's just a fever" "But, why have you become like this?" "I'm bird that missed its flock" "I didn't know where to go" "I shouldn't blame anyone" "It's all my fault" "It's my fault" "A woman's curse and a teacher's curse surrounded me and doomed me" "I became like a beggar" "A beggar" "I didn't die" "That's all" "Brother, I've seen you all, today" "I'm very happy" "This is enough for me" "What play is it, brother?" "I saw it outside 'Karna's heaven', isn't it?" "We'll do a great job" "Who am I?" "Karna or Arjuna?" "Tell me, brother" "Ask them to ring the bell, Palavesam I will be ready in 5 minutes" "I will get ready in 5 minutes, master" "Brother" "I'm asking you like I ask Swami" "Don't chase me away, again" "Let me be here, please" "Let me be a slipper beneath your feet" "What's this?" "Why hasn't the bell been rung?" "Tell them to ring the bell, brother" "Please don't chase me away" "Palavesam. go ring the bell" "Get the clow on the stage too Go on, guys" "Go wear Karna's costume, go on" "Master!" " Sir" "I will wear Karna's costume" "Let Kali be Arjuna" "Sir, how can that be?" "You can't even stand up How will you say your dialogues?" "If you could have done it why ask him to be brought?" "Hey, do as I say" "You are so unwell How willl you do it, brother?" "When you can act" "Why can't I?" "It's been a long time now" "Since we both acted together" "We'll se today" "Greetings to the audience" "My mother My mother who bore me!" "Where are you?" "Instead of giving bearth to me and throwing me into the river" "You could have killed me and thrown me into the river" "Had you killed me as soon as I was born" "I wouldn't have had to bear so much shame today" "Ask whatever you may want, mother" "I will grant it, without a 'nay'" "Vadivu, how are you?" "I never thought I would see you" "How are you?" "Mmm..." "I'm doing fine today" "Even though I had a mother, I became an orphan" "Even though I had the crown before me, I became a slave" "Even though I had brothers, I became a lone man" "I decided to give my life for the man who trusted me" "What is this fate, O God?" "What is this fate, O God?" "Wow" "Brother is performing so well" "I didn't think brother would act so well, with such a high fever" "He has brought Karna right before our eyes" "I will never forsake Duriyodhana" "Kaliyappa took to drink and killed his art" "But our man Gomathi" "He has swam through fire and water and has held Goddess Saraswathi's hand" "He is excellence himself" "My dearest!" "Have you left me and gone away?" "As far as I know, in 'Karna's heaven', after Karna's dead, story ends" "He is starting at the end" "*Tell me!" "*" "*Tell me the final judgement!" "*" "*Stand upright*" "*Stand upright,here in this war!" "*" "*Leave!" "*" "*Let this war and leave!" "*" "*If you want any more lives,* *kill me first*" "*Krishan, kill me first!" "*" "*Why did you * *make me bear the bow?" "*" "*Why did you make me* *swim in blood?" "*" "*Why did you make * *this world to win?" "*" "* Why did you * *defeat me, deep inside?" "*" "*You made me win the world*" "*You defeated me, deep inside*" "*Arjuna asks, Krishna!" "*" "*It is Arjuna asking!" "*" "*Tell me!" "*" "*Tell me the final judgement!" "*" "*Stand upright!" "*" "*Stand upright, here in this war!" "*" "*You have the wheel of time* *in your hand*" "*But it is me* *who is spinning in that*" "* The net of deception* *expands in your eyes*" "*But the one caught* *in it, is me!" "*" "*If the sin of killing Karna,* *goes to Krishna*" "*Where will the sin,* *of making Krishna, go?" "*" "*Tell me!" "*" "*Tell me the final judgement!" "*" "*Stand upright!" "*" "*Stand upright, here in this war!" "*" "*O World*" "*What is the need for war?" "*" "*O Lives*" "*What is the need for blood?" "*" "*O God*" "*What is the need for sorrow?" "*" "*O Heart*" "*What is the need for hatred?" "*" "*Krishna, stop the chariot!" "*" "*Defeating everything*" "*Who to live with?" "*" "*Stop the chariot!" "*" "*Let the bloodbath end*" "*Stop the war!" "*" "*For tomorrow's world to prosper*" "*Stop the war!" "*" "Sir, Sivadas Swamigal, Behold your disciple" "Swami, you are not dead!" "You should have listened when asked to rest" "Yesterday, you were so stubborn that you should be on the stage" "You danced all night" "You definitely must take rest for 10 days" "Please leave" "I need to jab an injection in his buttocks" "Jab wherever but make him better" "Brother, you did a fantastic show last night" "Master, will the show happen today?" "It will" "How many ever oppose me" "I will not rest until I sever his head" "Your ego and stubbornness will make your army fail" "A wretched woman, I am, who has lost everything" "Lost my homw, lost my town, and lost my country" "Because he shouldn't be the 'hero' for a single day, you went on stage" "For 10 days now, he is the 'hero' What could you do?" "To the honourable Kaliyappa Bagavathar, I offer the cash money as a garland" "Following this, for Vadivambal" "They have been stopped calling us 'Colombo group'" "They are calling us ' Kali group'" "Have this" "Ever since I started out as the 'heroine', I was waiting eagerly to act with you" "That has happened only now" "Won't you say anything about my acting?" "I have travelled the world and received titles too" "But, what I want to know is what you think of my acting" "You are beautiful, Isn't that enough?" "Why?" "Don't you like my acting?" "Don't ,Vadivu Leave it" "Here I'm asking you and you are leaving silently?" "When I see you on stage, I want to stop the play and give you a few tight slaps" "Do you think what you do there, is acting?" "Decking yourself up and gyrating?" "Disgusting!" "Lauding the 'hero' Kaliyappa Bagavathar..." "I offer this gift" "Behold the ship with our flag!" "Behold the ship with our flag!" "Freedom!" "Victory to Mother India!" "Victory to Mahatma Gandhi!" "Praise be to Mother India!" "Hey, take him away" "Lauding the 'hero' Kaliyappa Bagavathar..." "I offer this gift" "For the gift you gave on stage, here's the gift!" "Thanks, sir" "We must oppose the British We must lead the people" "Brothers, he is the best dramatist in this entire districrt" "He is Kaliyappa Bagavathar Madurai Sivadas Swamigal's direct disciple" "Your acting is excellent We have seen you perform, a few times" "Thank you" "How long will dramatists like you, perform historic plays and fool the people?" "What is the state of this nation today?" "For 200 years, sitting on our heads, the British have been ruling us" "In the North, there is a revolt in every corner, but here" "Shouldn't they have a bit of shame at least?" "What should we do?" "Your plays must change" "You must change." "Perform 'freedom fight' plays" "We are all here with you" "The plays you perform must make the blood of everyone boil" "It must instigate the fervour for freedom" "I'm making arrangements for your bail" "We'll know in a few days" "Brother, I met some freedom fighters here" "They made me understand the state of our nation" "Let's perform 'freedom fight' plays" " 'Freedom fight' plays?" " Yes" "Why?" "Is it not enough that you are in jail?" "Do we need to put the entire company in jail?" "It's not that, brother" "Because no one questions them, the British are doing such atrocities" "Through plays, we must instigate fervour" "Hey!" "If you have any such tought" "Don't even come near my company again" "Let this be the last time I see you" "'Freedom fight' plays, it seems" "Don't worry, brother Very soon, we'll be released" "We shall perform 'freedom fight' plays" " What do you say, Ilandeva?" " Definitely, sir" " Let's start a new drama company" " For sure" "What shall we name it?" " Swadeshi Drama" " Bharat Drama Company" "Vadivu" "You were fantastic in today's play" "Excellent" "Our company is profiting these days" "You get 100 rupees daily" "I'm planning to increase it to 200 rupees" "That's good Please talk to mother about it" "Ok And..." "It seems master had a word with you" "Tell me, Vadivu" "When shall we get married?" "Why marry?" "It's to make a contract out of it, isn't it?" "Then, you are also afraid that might leave with Kali,Isn't it why?" " Do you know what are you talking?" " Yes, I know" "I know you well" "I have been observing you, right from Swami's house" "What you will think, what you will say, I know everything" "Then, before asking mt hand in marriage" "You talk about increasing my salary" "Why?" "If you mention 'money', will I just come and fall in your lap?" "Who am I, in your mind?" "A whore" "Daughter of Ammani, the whore, isn't it all?" "No, Vadivu" "I never thought that way" "I said" "I said I wanted to marry you" "Rather than being a married whore, it is better to remain just a whore" "I don't want this" "I'm a slave to Kali's song A slave to his skill" "If he comes and snap his fingers,enough." "I will follow him like a dog" "That's what I'm waiting for" "What are you saying, Vadivu?" "They have arrested him" "He can not get out, in this life time" "Who said so?" "Are you the government?" "He will be released" "I will wait for the day he's released" "WE both can not act together Settle my accounts tomorrow" "You can't leave when you want, Vadivu" "You have signed a 15 year contract saying you will act with me" "If you go, will I let be?" "I will inform the police and put you behind the bars" "Are you trying to threaten me?" "The police will put me in jail, isn't it?" "It's alright I will remain by my Kali's side" "Why, Vadivu?" "Won't you understand at all?" "Kali, Kali, Kali!" "All the time, it's Kali In everything, it's Kali" "What has he ever done for you?" "You, who was once a beggar girl, who made you 'Singing Sensation' Vadivu?" "Malaysia, Singapore, Colombo, taking you to all the places I went" "Didn't I make every place echo your name?" "Why?" "Why, Vadivu?" "Because I loved you so much" "I'm a millionaire today" "If you marry me, I'll make you a queen" "But, you..." "Why don't you like me?" "Tell me, vadivu" "Why don't you like me?" "I need to know" "Life is not about living like a queen" "Life is about living with the one you love" "Don't compelme any further Just leave me" "*Should Mother India be* *a slave to the British*" "*Should dhe suffer in chains* *around her hand and legs forever?" "*" "*In the fire of freedom,* *give your hand*" "*Will the foreigners shoot?" "*" "*People don't give a hoot*" "*This is the greatest shame*" "Right there" "Come, Vadivu" "I have left from there" "Told him, 'I can't act with you anymore'" "I have come here" "Mother wants me to be a lord's mistress" "He is compelling me to marry" "I didn't know what to do" "I can't" "Im'begging you with folded hands Please save me" "Give me a place near you" "I will always be with you" "Don't want me to act, I will remain a cook" "Vadivu" "Already, there is a load of sin on my shoulders" "Don't compel it" "Even after I have said so much, your heart doesn't relent to take me in" "You think I'm a disgraced soul" "Don't kill me with your words" "I can't" "I can't now" "I will leave now" "But, I will not act anymore" "Until you heart relents and calls me,I will not act" "This is a promise" "I will not act It is for you that I wait" "Victory to Mother India!" "Praise be to Mother India!" "' Kali grew like a forest fire in all directions'" "' As he was growing, I was dying'" "'Looking at the deserted theater, I felt ashamed'" "'I just wanted to hang myself'" "Payasam, Palavesam and others have joined Kali's group" "A few others have gone to bioscope" "Let them go" "Let everyone go" "Whoever leaves as the lone man, this Gomathi Nayagam will perform" "Why?" "Leave if you want to" "I'm not here, trusting in anyone" "I'm here, trusting only me" "I will perform the plays, on my own" "Just on my own" "Thanks We'll meet tomorrow" "The rehearsal starts tomorrow" "I'll inform everyone" "Kali" "What is it?" "Vadivu has sent it" "To my beloved, honourable sir" "Vadivu writes with sincere greetings" "You did not accept me" "I don't even have the fortune of being a cook to you" "That's all I deserve" "No use in being upset with you" "If you so desire, you can do something about it" "*Like a voice in an empty theater,* *you are within me*" "*From somewhere,* *you seem to pull my strings*" "*Yours,* *Your heart*" "*What shall I tell my heart,* *which is seeking you everyday?" "*" "*Without listening to a word I say,* *it keeps searching for you*" "*Like a voice in an empty theater,* *you are within me*" "*From somewhere,* *you seem to pull my strings*" "*Yours,* *Your heart*" "*A world made of music*" "*Only you and I shall dwell there*" "*A home made of dreams*" "*Only we will live there, real*" "*Those were the beautiful times*" "*The times when I was in your lap*" "*Using the stairs called lips* *it stepped into my heart*" "*Love love love*" "*In an empty theater*" "*Like a voice in an empty theater,* *you are within me*" "*From somewhere,* *you seem to pull my strings*" "*Yours,* *Your heart*" "*What shall I tell my heart,* *which is seeking you everyday?" "*" "*Without listening to a word I say,* *it keeps searching for you*" "*In an empty theater*" "Praise be to Mother India!" "Burn clothes from foreign soil!" "Praise be to Mother India!" "*I don't need words to talk*" "*Just if we see, that will do*" "*Should this singing nightingale* *be a lone bird?" "*" "*You were the one who turned me* *into a sculpture and worshipped me*" "*Why do you want turn me* *into a stone again?" "Tell me!" "*" "*Like a voice in an empty theater,* *you are within me*" "*From somewhere,* *you seem to pull my strings*" "*Yours,* *Your heart*" "*What shall I tell my heart,* *which is seeking you everyday?" "*" "*Without listening to a word I say,* *it keeps searching for you*" "We stand by Mahatma Gandhi" "The revolt will not cease until we get freedom" "It will continue" "Even if I can't be a good son, I wish to be a good citizen" "If I fall, I shall become a seed" "Welcome" "Hey!" "If I summon you, won't you come?" "You were the one who wanted to see me" "To be fair" "You should come and see me" " Sit down" " I'm not here to sit down" " Come to the police station" " Do you have a warrant?" "You show-geek!" "Talknig law, is it?" "Yes, it's the law" "To follow you for no reason, I'm not a criminal" "You are charged with treason" "Treason?" "Tis is my land, my country" "If we question, does it become treason?" "Treason is what you are doing" "Self- rule and freedom is round the corner." "You will get your punishment then" "Hey, shut up!" "Who do you think you are talking with?" "I will shoot down, the whole lot" "If you happen to talk or sing on stage" "Even your body can't be found for the last rites" "Mr Nanjunda Rao Just a minute" "Come August 10th, we are performing a 'freedom fight' play" "' The victory of Kathar'" "Pleaes do come with your family" "We can give you a free pass" "Hey!" "I will come with a warrant to shoot you down" "Praise be to Mother India!" "Hey, the time now is 7" "Only 13 tickets have been sold on the wole 11 rupees, 3 and 1/4 ana, 2 paisa" "Do you know that I have spent 8500 for this theater alone?" "Are you playing the fool?" "Where is he?" "The 'Singing god' Melasevalpurai Gomathi Nayagam Pillai!" "My foot!" "He can't even draw 4 persons to theater, why does he need a moustache and a bun?" "Where is he?" "Gomathi Nayagam..." "I have not made any money" "Only 13 tickets have been sold, that's why" "What did you say?" "An actor is such a low being, is it?" "Get out" "Leave Go, right now" "You have hit me, haven't you?" "I used to be a way-side robber" "I could pull your gut out and wear it like a garland" "But, what the hell You appear as Lord Krishna to me" "Get out, you man" " I will" "If people don't come to the theater, for the money I've put in, I can only beg!" "Show me a way for my money, I'll get going" "Sir, what's this?" "Will this be enough, brother?" "No?" "Oh, no!" "The gold medals I received acting all over the world" "Throw it at that dog's face" "Go, brother Let it be done with" " Sir...?" " Go, brother" "We have searched all over town." "Not a single girl is willing to act" "That Rao has terrorized everyone" "How can we stage this play?" "A man could do the role" "But it will be good only if a woman does it" "There is a way" "I thought I shouldn't do it But, I have to do it for the nation" "Palavesam, please bring Vadivu, saying I called her" "Hey, have you decided to go with that Kali?" "Listen to me, if you go with him, you'll end up eating gruel in the prison" "It seems prison gruel tates good" "If you leave, don't ever come back again" "I'm done with you" "I don't want a mother who sends me off with a lord" "I'm done with you too" " Come, Palavesam" " Let's go, Vadivu" "I knew you will call me someday" "That's what I was waiting for, all these days" "It's a 'freedom fight' play" " There may be police..." " Whatever it is, it's fine" "It's enough if I act with you" "No fear..." "No fear at all!" "Even if the skies fall upon our heads..." "No fear..." "No fear at all!" "Victory to Mother India!" "Come, Vadivu" "Did I act well today?" "You were beautiful, as always" "But, with all this beauty, acting was holding hands" "You acted so well today, Vadivu" "The fervour in your voice and acting beyond a point, going against me, I started admiring you" "Today you stood like a fire on stage" "I thought then" "I want a son like you" "Art should become a child in my womb, and live generation after generation" "Will you accept me?" "Brother..." "It is a great grief for an artist to lose everything, brother" "You could have told me" "Wouldn't I have stood by your side?" "When maser told me, I felt very sad" "That's why I went and redeemed everything from Kannayya" "Take this, brother" "What are you thinking?" "Shouldn't I do even this for you?" "Won't you stand by me, for something tomorrow?" "If you don't mind, I'll tell you something" "Come and join my company" "You can be the 'hero'" "I will be the 'heroine' or 'side-part'" "Like we were in Swami's compay, we will all be happy again" "Come, brother" "Don't think so much Do come, brother" "Alright, Kali" "I will act" "Kali, we just got word" "They have banned our play, 'Bhagat Singh'" "If you disobey the order and act, they have got a shooting order too" " What are you saying?" " That's right, Vadivu" "They have made a complaint to the collecter that Kali and his group are inciting revolt through their plays" "So, he has issued a shooting order" "Even if we lose our lives, we'll stage the play" "Let the people know That we don't have the right to speak our truth in our land" "I'm scared" "Don't be scared, Vadivu" "Bhagat Singh is a great warrior of our nation" "You should not hang him without a thought" "Bhagat Singh!" "Who is he?" "Is he a lord or God?" "This is the last day" "This is not a hang rope" "It's a reward offered to me, for the service to my nation" "Do not say that Bhagat Singh perished!" "Say that he attained a brave heaven!" "Praise be to Mother India!" "It's the police!" "Praise be to Mother India!" "Hey..." "All of you disperse" "You are staging a play against rules" "I have shooting order too" "Hey, better surrender" "Or else, I will shoot you down" "Come on Shoot me, you traitor" "Let the rope of foreigner decorate Bhagat Singh's neck" "Let the bullet of foreigner's servant decorate Bhagat Singh's chest" "Shoot me, you dog" "Praise be to Mother India!" "Hey, arrest him and drag him out" "Praise be to Mother India!" "We will not let you to arrest Kaliyappa!" "Don't hit the police Let them do their duty" "We will not let you to arrest Kaliyappa!" "They are here to arrest me Let them do that" "Please stop it!" "We will not let you to arrest Kaliyappa!" "Kaliyappa, you need to live for drama" "Don't become a prey to a bullet" " Escape from here" " Let's go" "Come, Kali You come" "All of you run away and save your lives" " Run away... run" " Kali, escape somehow" "Run away...!" "Hey Kali, don't run!" "I'll shoot you" "Hey Vadivu, where are you going?" "I don't know what's happened to him I need to see him now" "Hey, why are you talking like a fool?" "There's police all around us" "If they see anyone of us, they will shoot us" "It's alright I need to know now" "Won't you understand at all?" "Alright, you wait inside that temple I will go and find out" "Go, Vadivu Go hide inside the temple" "Hey, wait!" "Hey, don't run!" "Wait!" "Vadivu!" "They have shot our Kali, Vadivu!" "Kali!" "Vadivu!" "What a great artist!" "Can there ever be another like him?" "Why have you left us, Kali?" "Kali can not be destroyed" "He is living here He will be born again" "I will pray to Goddess Meenakshi" "Ask the one who is to perform the rite to come sit here" "Go, sit down" " Me?" " Yes, it should be you" "I can't do it, master" "Someone else please go sit down" "Kali thought of you as his own brother Isn't Kali your younger brother?" "You should be the one to do it" "Come, it is you who must do it" "What are you saying?" "I can't..." "One of you sit down" "Don't say no Only you have the right to do it" "Please come" "Please sit down" " How did you...?" " Why did you come here, brother?" "There'e police all around Should we both get caught?" "Where's Vadivu?" "Vadivu is safe" "Hearing gunfire all around, she was worried about you" "She wanted to see you immediately" "That's why I made her to wait safely and came here" "Nothing will happen to me I will escape somehow" "Brother, you come along with Vadivu to Samanallur Rail bridge" "I will come there too Let's get on board a good train" "We can reach Pondicherry silently" "British policemen can'r do anything, if we get there" "Go carefully, this side I will go the other way" "Praise be to Mother India!" "What's this brother?" "Hey, Kali..." "I can't do it anymore" "I can not act as a good man anymore" "When I look at you, I'm filled with mad rage" "What is this, brother?" "Hey..." "You, without deserving it, even a bit, will keep winning forever" "Me, in spite of deserving it every bit should I keep failing before you, all my life?" "What are you saying, brother?" "What great acting skill do you have?" "Giving my heart and soul, I stand there as Soora Badhman" "That old man makes you the 'hero'" "You will be the 'hero' and I should be a side-part, is it?" "Should I?" "Hey, in 'Karna's heaven'." "how can Arjuna have a song?" "You will sing some somg of your own and get all the applause" "I can't... bear it" "Why did you start staging 'freedom fight' plays and destroy my plays?" "It's because of you" "It's only because of you I was completely broken and lost everything" "Let that be..." "You recovered everything that I had lost and gave it back as alms to me" "For that..." "Just for that, I should kill you" "You were a mere playboy" "But, me..." "Was I like that?" "Hey..." "Vadivu..." "I loved her so much" "But, she..." "She threw me aside and walked out, wanting only you" "Forgive me, Kali" "Forgive me" "But..." "Only if you die, my anger will subside" "After that, it doesn't matter if I live or if I die I will be at peace" "I promise you, I will be at peace" "I understand how much pain you have been going through" "I will die" "I'm going to die anyhow" "I will say something before I die" "I have no enmity towards you, even now" "I have no hatred too" "To tell the truth You are still my elder brother in my heart" "You are my everything, brother" "Hey... don't talk" "Don't talk, Kali" "From a very young age..." "Because I competed with such a great actor like you..." "I have come to this stage" "Day and night, it is you I thought of" "I was competing with you" "That's why..." "Even when you thought harm for me..." "I thought it was all for good" "What did you say?" "I'm a playboy, is it?" "The only person that I loved in my life, my Rangamma" "It was you who separated Rnagamma and ma" "What are you saying?" "i had told no one but you that I loved Rangamma" "If you didn't tell him, how could Swami know of it?" "That is..." "If you had not sent me to jail that day..." "I wouldn't have joined that freedom fight" "I know that you sent that person" "This name..." "This fame..." "These titles!" "This life!" "All these were aims that my elder brother gave me" "Thank you" "I say it with all my heart" "Thank you" "Kali..." "Shoot me, brother Let it end, why do you hesitate?" "Kali, leave it" "You'll be happy if you shoot me, isn't it?" " Kali, leave it" " Shoot me, brother" " I'm telling you, leave it!" " Shoot me, brothr" "No, let go of it" " Shoot me, brother!" " No, Kali!" "Shoot me, brother!" "Hey!" "[Varanasi]" "Brother Gomathi!" "Kali..."