"'All incidents and characters in this film are fictitious, bear no resemblance'" "'A small spark of fire I found'" "'Placed it in a burrow in a forest tree's hollow'" "'The spark razed the forest to the ground'" "'How does it matter, to set it aglow?" "A spark is enough for an inferno!" "'" "'Breaking Po(in)t'" "'Welfare Society' Year - 1999" "For the people of our caste Mr Adhavan struggled throughout his life" "To glorify his achievements one day won't do" "4 years back, he set up an union for our caste specially" "And carried out many good schemes" "A man with a heart of gold" "But the brain behind this idea was our leader, Mr Ulagappan" "To garland and welcome Mr Ulagappan our newly appointed chairman I request our secretary Mr Kumar to the dais" "Not even 15 days since our leader passed away" "Why garland me?" "Honor his picture first" "Okay, before we look into the accounts of our union let us discuss erecting a statue for Mr Adhavan" "I've spoken to the concerned authorities regarding this matter" "Choose an ideal place" "And we can make the arrangements" "Forget the place" "Decide the town first" "Let it be in our town" "No, in our town, only then it will be the right choice" "Muthaiya" "I agree our new leader Mr Ulagappan is respected in quite a few towns" "But Mr Adhavan is highly respected among the people of our caste in 22 towns" "Listen to my suggestion" "In the college in our town opposite the opposition party member's statue ...if we erect a bigger statue it will be a feather in our cap" "Fine, let us do that" "But not because of your reasoning" "Mr Adhavan was born here and he passed away here" "Not to compete Not near their statue" "Because 8 years ago caste issues instigated riots between us" "If we do as you say looks like we are provoking them" "That's wrong" "'Parliamentary election date'" "We must attend class today for sure" "Don't be late" "Anna, lower it down soon" "Okay, see you during the smoke break" "Yes, ma'am" "Are you looking out for Agnes?" "Shut up!" "Do you still love her?" "Excuse me, madam" "Get inside" "Cigarette behind your ear" "The phases present the various temperatures" "Its stainless steel" "Its stainless steel various elements are added in a small percent" "Usually less than 5%" "What are you up to?" "May I know what you want to achieve in life?" "To enjoy life, be jolly" "Same, to be jolly, sir" ""Kantha..." "look at what life offers Million meanings hidden of course"" "Baskar, give me some paste" "Why don't we quit drinking?" "Why do you throw a bombshell?" "You think we are drunkards?" ""Kantha..." "look at life's myriad views Not only black and white, many hues"" ""Kantha..." "look at life's essence Million meanings in existence"" ""There will be people In every town a handful"" ""Look into issues good or bad In your own backyard"" ""During college days, worries at bay"" ""Our 'dhaba' is the venue for a conference and review"" ""Kantha..." "look at what life has in store Kaleidoscopic colors sing an encore"" "Without wasting time make arrangements for our leader's statue" "All taken care of, uncle Only need to order it" "That too, cement, right?" "Will be done in no time" "Okay, on my way back I'll get it from the 'dhaba'" "Ramanathan" "These people work part time and come here to study Engineering" "Don't waste their time" "Sketch looks good" "But when will the statue be ready?" "You wanted it as soon as possible" "I'll finish it in 1 week for sure" ""In our life too with a speed of summer lightning indeed"" ""There are days which sting sharp as a needle under our skin"" ""Creating such a ruckus Political drama surrounding us"" ""If we ignore, we'll be good-for-nothing truly"" ""Kantha..." "look at life's myriad views Not only black and white, many hues"" ""Kantha..." "look at life's essence Million meanings for reference"" "'College is like life, right?" "'" "'Old batch gives way to a new one'" "After we leave college you think we can meet up like this?" "We must create our own opportunities" "Wherever we are we will meet somehow" "We'll book a room and booze all night through" "Even if we are old and tottering we will have a ball" "That's tough" "If we are like this imagine how our kids will be" "They will be avatars of Uncle Scrooge!" "That's true" "Quarter's son will treat him like a street dog and chase him" "Get lost!" "Why are you teasing him?" "Don't get mad Take a puff" "Don't you sell bells in front of the temple?" "What are you doing here?" "I came to eat" "No food here Get out!" "What are you looking at?" "I told you to leave" "Get out" "Hey, come here" "Won't you see who comes in?" "I'll slap you" "Hey!" "Clear out" "Drag that man out" "Hello, what if he comes?" "He has money, right?" "Then what?" "This doesn't concern you" "It concerns us 100% Tell us why" "He should not come here" "Why?" "If he eats here, then other customers won't come" "The owner will pull us up" "Your customers are only our college students" "We don't object What's your problem?" "You wait, sir Why should he leave?" "This hotel serves food for all, right?" "Will you let him eat now or not?" "What's the issue, Lenin?" "It seems if he eats here we won't come inside" "According to him" "Will you let him in or not?" "Hey, ask him to sit" " Babu" " Tell me, anna" "What did I order?" "Did I order this?" "Bring my regular drink" " Go" " Okay, anna" "He is giving your company's brand to you!" "Another 15 minutes?" "Kumar is still missing When will he come?" "He is in Karanur 'dhaba'" "He will be here in another ½ hour" "When I asked you a while ago you said he's in Thamarappati 'dhaba'?" "He owns 3 shops" "All I can pass on is the information I get" "Why are you getting bugged for no reason?" "Let us finish our work and come back, partner" "Suresh anna still not puked?" "They are kids 1 of you is more than enough" " Why so many?" " Show us the boys" "I will show" "Just give them a few tight slaps" "Not in my shop" "Show your might outside" "If Kumar anna gets to know he will bring the roof down" "'Machi', I have a question for you" "Will cigarette manufacturers be of the same caste?" "No way" "What about rice and medicine?" "No chance" "What about our pant and shirt?" " Our inner wear?" " No chance at all" "They want the lower caste to pitch in But they won't give them food and shelter" "How fair is this?" "Doesn't the man in this poster belong to your caste?" "Yes" " This owner too?" " Yes" "Why don't you ask him to resolve this unfair issue?" "Hey!" "Stop" "How dare you come to our town and deride our own caste!" "Hit him" "Stop it" "Wait" "What's all this?" "Wait" "Go in and attend to your work" "They made fun of our caste" "That isn't true" "Your employee Vadivel refused to let an old man come in and eat" "We said that was wrong" "That's all, we didn't ridicule any caste or creed" "No, anna, they spoke about our community" " What did they say?" " Hey!" "Wait" "We said 2 of us are from your caste" "We wanted to complain to the union and ask for justice to be rendered" "We didn't talk about you or your caste in a wrong manner" "He misunderstood us" "If we wanted to, we could have derided you, straight to your face" "We aren't scared" "I'll chop your hand" "Will you brandish your sickle for this?" "They are our regular customers" "They wouldn't have derided or ridiculed deliberately" "You wouldn't have picked a fight unnecessarily either" "Whatever" "You misunderstood them and started a fight" "Will you use your sickle for such a small issue?" "I don't know if it's right or wrong" "Put an end to it" "They have left their home town and come all the way to study here" "We should be the ones to be magnanimous and move on" "Boys, go now" "Just go to your hostel, I'll manage" "They had the audacity to hit me and you let them go scot free" "I am sure you would have retaliated!" "If you had continued the whole college would have rushed to their aid" "Election time" "Press will carry reports of me hitting innocent boys" "Besides 2 of them belong to our caste" "Tomorrow if we want to start a party of our own won't they say we killed boys from our own caste" "But if he hadn't come they would've killed us" "Will we let them escape?" "Won't we give tooth for tooth?" "What is the use after we lose our limbs?" "Will you send the load tomorrow?" "I have no idea" "My father takes care of the business" "He asked me to collect the cash, so I came" "Why are you like this?" "You don't go home it seems" "You stay mostly in the lodge" "My father lamented to you, huh?" "Get married without delay" "You got married and divorced your wife within a year" "You are a fine one to advise me!" "Serves me right for trying to be helpful!" "Here is your payment" "Leave right away" "Looks like he has got a posting in the union" "Is this a big deal?" "His uncle heads the union" "His father is not Ulagappan?" "Kumar's parents died when he was very young" "Only he brought him up" "We need this shop till we earn money in politics" "It's doesn't depend only on lorry drivers eating here" "Students who booze here are our backbone" "Go with the flow and adjust according to the situation" "No, anna" "If you heard what they did prior to this you'll be ready to thrash them" " You know what?" " What?" "Even if we get 60% in the final semester it is 2nd class it seems" "It applies to those who score more than 60%" "Why are you worried?" "Have you emptied all the matches?" "Aren't you ashamed?" "There goes your friend" "Hey Bhaskar!" "Go and buy a matchbox" "Why is your girl upset?" "Strike a conversation with her" "You go and talk to Agnes" "Is this Akil?" "Why hasn't he switched on the head lights?" "No one around" "They were in the tea shop" "Let's go to the 'dhaba'" "My dear man, hurry up" "Looks like the wedding will be over before you land up" "Is there a problem, bro?" "4 goons ran this way just now" "They said they escaped from some college boys and ran" "Was it this chap?" "Yes" "Karthi, stop" "We'll be in a fix if he dies" "Shouldn't we admit him in a hospital?" "Don't bother" "Only then they won't hassle us" "What's the matter?" " Why did they beat you?" " I don't know" "I was standing in the shop" "Hey!" "Why are you glaring at me?" "You are the one glaring at me" "How dare you talk to me with such scant respect!" "Whom are you hitting?" "Take your hands off" "Beat him to a pulp" "Did any of them look like the ones who fought with us at the 'dhaba'?" "Not like any of them" "If it was them they would have followed us and sliced us to pieces" "Why invite trouble?" "I told you Kumar anna said not to spoil for a fight" "Then why did you go?" "Anna, we didn't intend hitting him" "We were simply sitting there" "Dilute it and drink" "You might end up dead if you guzzle it raw" "That checked shirt and his friends were the ones who hit Das" "Hey!" "Where are you going?" "Wait, I'll come" "Where are you going?" "I'll slap him so hard he will never forget" "'How dare you talk to me with such scant respect!" "'" "'Whom are you hitting?" "'" "'Take your hands off'" "You are just jobless jerks fit only to booze" "Not enough if we just beat them" "We should amputate their limbs!" "Das, lie low for now" "Kumar anna will pull us up for not listening to him" "Hey!" "Careful" "If you break even 1 bottle I'll make mince meat of you" "Arrange it over there" "Nothing to worry, bro Just a small mistake" "A small mistake?" "Label is most important" "Our sales depend on it" "Okay, I'll ask my boys to stick an expensive brand's label" "Of course it will look as good as the original" "According to the market price your profit will be 80%" "Oh!" "Also look into this" "There was a battery inside a bottle it seems" "Check the bottles before you send" "Alright?" "Who is calling you?" "Part time chap is showing off with his cell phone" "The 'party' is in the lodge" "Are you coming?" "You claim to be faithful to your wife?" "Drama king...?" "Look at the way he smokes" "Like he's into drugs" "When it comes to sex, I don't know any chap who is monogamous!" "Shall we try drugs once?" "Where do we source it?" "In our chemistry lab" "If we smell that, more than enough" "What if we sniff a quarter?" "Your eyes will pop out of their sockets and you'll die" "Give me a puff" "Look, your girl Agnes is coming" "Whom are you talking to?" "Who" "Why are they drooling?" "Hey!" "Why are you looking there?" "Suresh, shut up" "Hey Vasu" "Come here" "Ignore them He looks like a bull" "But if a problem crops up he will ask us to pipe down" "They are discussing us" "They don't have the guts to talk face to face" "What's cooking between you and Agnes?" "You aren't telling us" "It happened in our 1st year" "Why can't you try convincing her again?" "She said her family is priority How can he hook her then?" "Her sister eloped with a Hindu chap without informing her family" "Aren't you Christian too?" "Then why is your name Lenin?" "In memory of the Communist leader" "Don't get worked up" "If all her problems at home get sorted out I'm sure she will talk to you" "That's true" "Let's think positively" "Cheers up dude" "For our friend's ex-love" "For our friend's 'love'!" "Go and talk to her" "I wasn't looking at her" "Simply looking that way" "Don't pretend" "Accept you are scared to talk to her" "Hey!" "You think I'm a coward?" "If you have guts then go and propose to her" "Bet, Rs 50" "She is very reserved" "She will abuse me even if I say 'Hello'" " Imagine saying 'I lov" " You are such a scaredy cat" "Go back to work" "Hey!" "Vijay" "I lu" "Can I borrow your rubber?" "Thank you" ""The green parakeet lured me She made me dazed and dizzy"" ""When I asked for one kiss cheeks pink, she flew, this miss"" ""The green parakeet trapped me Made me go in circles, tipsy"" ""Cheeks pink, when I asked for a kiss she ran a mile, this lovely miss"" "New trend, huh?" ""Doe, a deer, I thought you're mine I hid my thoughts in my soul confined"" ""Hey, my dear deer I thought you were mine to revere"" ""I kept you under cover in my heart's chamber"" ""The green parakeet lured me She made me dazed and dizzy"" ""All I wanted was just one kiss Cheeks pink, she flew, this pretty miss"" ""From sugarcane red jaggery even I extracted"" ""My heart where did you hide?" "Won't you tell me, sweet child?"" ""From sugarcane red jaggery even I extracted"" ""Where did you hide my heart?" "Won't you tell me, sweetheart?"" ""My love, I saw your face only yesterday after all these days"" ""I yearned, my graceful vine to bond and make you mine"" ""Girl, you know my heart's want Don't pretend to be ignorant"" ""Don't erupt like a volcano in your words and glance also"" "Has the chemistry worked out?" "Shut up!" "Let's go" "Come" "Won't you come with me?" ""Doe, my dear, I thought you're mine I hid my thoughts in my soul confined"" "Happy Birthday" "Oh!" "Thank you" "Hi...!" "I..." "I lu" "You have a rubber?" "'Dear people, as a tribute to our leader late Mr Adhavan' '..." "Mr Ulagappan will unveil his statue'" "'We request the people of our town to grace this occasion'" "Shall we leave then?" "Hey Kumar Let's go" "Check it" "How dare you touch the statue?" "Stay calm" "We can discuss it" "What's all this, sir?" "What are you doing?" "Collector has ordered us to seal the statue" "Yov!" "How can you" "What is the problem?" "Why should you seal it?" "When you came to enquire about rules to erect a statue what did I tell you?" "Statue shouldn't be erected in the road or any public area" "Next" "Statue shouldn't be made of any damageable material" "This is not road or any public property" "I own this land, if you want check my documents" "Yes, then why do we need permission?" "But it is made of cement And can be damaged easily" "How can it get damaged?" "What if anyone else does it?" "What are you saying?" "Do you know who you are talking to?" "We can talk it over What are you trying to say?" "With the riots that took place 8 years ago in mind our Collector has instructed us" "We are just the mediator" "You know the statue near the college" "Inaugurated by the MLA of his party leader" "It is also made out of cement" "But that was inaugurated before the riots" "Don't give some silly excuses" "It is evident you are here because the MLA sent you" "Even if the statue had been made in gold under some silly pretext you would have sealed it" "According to the order issued it is our duty to seal the statue" "I would appreciate it if no one hindered this procedure" "He is a freedom fighter" "And we are not allowed to erect his statue" "We even got permission from our Panchayat" "And I own the land" "I am sure someone is against our caste" "Whatever your mindset I feel starting a party for our caste is the only solution" "Mr Adhavan did not want caste to be dragged into politics till the very end" "But we don't even have permission to honor him" "Even so, how can we garner a huge support?" "Our aim for our caste is to start a party in a small way" "In Tamil Nadu there are 100s of small parties" "Our only aim should be to be unshakeable in our constituency" "With this clout as bait, catch a bigger fish from bigger parties" "If we prove no party volunteer can become a politician without votes from our caste they will take notice of our power" "When it comes to MLA elections in our constituency there are nearly 1, 20,000 votes" "Votes from our caste constitute a mere 15,000" "Don't underestimate our votes" "Listen to my analysis" "So far only 70% of the people have voted in our elections 70% of 1,20,000 is 84,000" "That's the total count" "In 84,000, what is our %?" "Can we win with 17% alone?" "Why not?" "If we join as coalition to a bigger party" "How will they accept us?" "He gave us all the figures" "The competition in our area is only between 2 parties" "In the past 4 elections with a difference of only 8,000 to 10,000 votes ...they have been winning alternatively" "Our 15,000 votes will decide the winning party" "But cannot win if we stand alone" "That is not the question now" "If we are excluded no one can win" "To sum up what you've said only if 100% of our people from our caste vote ...your analysis will work Otherwise it's wishful thinking" "Till we inaugurate our leader's statue let us go in a procession to the 22 towns ...inhabited by the people belonging to our caste" "Visit 1 town a day Also fast unto death" "They have to agree to our plan looking at our manpower" "They will not allow us to fast for 22 days" "Why not?" "They will brand it as inciting caste based riots" "Let them say what they want" "We don't need any permission if we do it in a peaceful manner" "If you don't have police permission you'll be behind bars" "If not they will disperse the crowd with 'lathi' charges" "How will they arrest us?" "They can't touch us!" "'Government!" "Do not refute permission for unveiling martyr Mr Adhavan's statue'" "Well students!" "We can continue heat treatment of steel" "Karthikeyan, take the specimen" "This is 1.5% carbon steel" "Keep it in the furnace and set the temperature" "I presume you know its austenitic temperature?" "1000 degree celsius" "Go and place it" "Your final semester project is heat treatment, right?" "And you don't know the temperature" "My legs are paining" "Get the specimen and quench it" "Where are you off to?" "Intend taking apples out of the fridge" "Go and wear gloves" "He has won with people from our caste voting for him" "He is refusing to let us erect our leader's statue" "Won't our leader somehow get permission?" "He can, but he will fast and die to get it!" "To erect one leader's statue another leader has sacrifice his life!" "This is our plight" "But this has to change in your time" "When we begin fasting the police and opponent will try to prevent us for sure" "If anyone beats you, retaliate" "If anyone kicks you, break his leg" "We must overcome all obstacles and move on pursuing our goal" "In the same way we must get students who get aid from us in all the towns to join our union" "Done, bro" "Our leader is against us setting up a party" "You don't seem the least bit bothered" "Why worry when we have a good chance?" "I don't understand" "When our leader is bust fasting in every town we will meet people belonging to our caste and show them the 'carrot' ...of how to become a counselor and get their support, right?" "After the police beat them to a pulp they will give up saying 'no' to forming a party" "'Our leader fell down and he has been hospitalized'" "What are you saying?" "He fell down on his neck rather abnormally" "His spinal cord is fractured" "Immediately he needs to be operated to re-align the bone" "Otherwise he won't even be able to sit" "Sir, don't worry You will recover fast" "You can fast unto death instead of our leader" "Will I be able to pull the kind of crowd my uncle can?" "If he has got this kind of following it is only because of his association with Adhavan sir" "Election is round the corner within 3 months" "Starting a party and contesting independently" "And get 15,000 votes is a herculean task" "What do we do?" "Wait, I'll come" "Hey Baskar" " Yes, bro" " Come here" "My sister's marriage invitation" "Why this formality when we are from the same home town?" "It's okay" "Then whom will I invite?" "Okay, care for a cup of tea?" "No, but give me your bike key" "Must go with Karthi to the 'dhaba'" "It's getting late" "Yov...!" "(song from Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen)" "'Finally got a project'" "Hey!" "Move aside" " Sit here" " No, it's okay" "Chee!" "Scumbag!" "Scoundrel" "Watch your words" "Respect is the last thing you'll get" " What happened?" " I fell on her by mistake" "And she is creating such a ruckus" "Then you must take an auto" "How dare you touch her!" "Thrash him" "I saw him He did it on purpose" "Least excuse you make a pass" "I've kept the key in your room" "Okay" "Hey!" "Quarter How long?" "The boys have gone for the juniors' party" "Look at him swaggering" "Did you see it directly?" "It could have happened unknowingly too, right?" "Get lost!" "Whatever" "You gave it back, right?" "That's enough" "Don't go and announce this to our gang, they will blow it up" "College closes in another 2 months and we can go home" "Anyway they will get to know" "Quite a few from our college were also in the bus" "Remember, you don't know if he did it on purpose" "The girl was upset So you beat him up" "Okay" "Don't blabber anything else" "Don't!" "Listen to me" " Let go of my hand" " Not in the hostel" "It will be too crowded" "I want to kill them right now" "We will do it" "But not in the hostel" "We'll go to their usual hang out" "Don't know which boys" "The 4 boys who supported an old man you wouldn't allow inside to eat" "Oh!" "You mean them?" "They are here" "Is there a Lilliput with them?" "He just came in" "Why...what's the matter?" " He is there it seems" " Let me talk" "Hey Vadivelu I will send my boys" "Just identify him" "Any problem?" "How does it bother you?" "Just do what I say" "Which fellow?" "The one who thrashed Das and you resolved the issue" "Who?" "2 of them who said they belong to our caste?" "The Lilliput who was with them" "Did Ramanathan tell you what the issue was?" "No, anna" "He said he will send his boys" "And he wanted me to identify them" "I tried to find out" "But he hung up on me" "Okay, you don't identify anyone" "They may get you into trouble" "If they come, shall I say that boy is not here?" "Oh no!" "Don't" "If Ramanathan find out we lied it will backfire in my business" "I'll talk to Ramanathan" "He must have done it deliberately?" "I don't know" "What's his name?" "Ramanathan" "Metallurgy department it seems" " Anna, cigarette?" " No, not now" "He is always high on drugs and a perennial troublemaker" "What to do?" "If you can get him on the phone ask him not to send his boys to my 'dhaba'" "Looks like the boys are anticipating a problem" "They are ready and waiting!" "What to do now?" "Murthy, I am leaving" "Ramanathan's goons will come asking for me" "Tell them my father is sick And I've gone to the hospital" "Take care" "Babu?" "Murthy'na" "Where is Vadivel anna going?" "2 fried rice 1 chilly chicken" " What else?" " That's all" "Murthy'na 2 Fried rice 1 Chilly chicken" "Tell me, anna 3 beer" " Then?" " That's all" "Hey!" "Who is Vadivelu here?" "He has gone out" "Where?" "When will he come?" "Why are you asking?" "Stop being so inquisitive" "Did he leave any message?" "He said some men will come in search of him" "Did he ask you to identify anyone?" "Did he tell you anything else?" "How can I tell you?" "I don't know you from Adam" "Hey!" "We are those men he was expecting" "Only Moorthy anna knows the full details" "Murthy'na Ramanathan's men are here" "Vadivelu anna told you, right?" "Those men" "INTERVAL" "If the boys had not been alert, it would've been a blood bath here" "What can I do?" "Hoarding illicit liquor here should I take such a risk?" "Fine, let me try and send the thugs out" "Wait, bro" "If you let those boys out you will have to deal with the police, law etc" "Makes better sense to pacify those goons" "Pacify?" "If anything happens to me like it did to your uncle my son will be forced to take over my business" "Only if the business flourishes both you and I can make a profit" "You get what I mean?" "Ask your Ramanathan to come" "Ask him to come here" "Will you or won't you?" "Stop it, he might conk off" "Please don't interfere in what doesn't concern you" "You don't even know what happened" "How can you say that?" "I got a call asking me to identify you" "Because you are one of us, I sent Vadivelu to the hospital" "Instead you could have told us and sent us away" "Before I could enquire and let you know you got ready for a fight" "I wasn't able to contact Ramanathan" "I thought I'll directly go and solve the problem if possible" "You were in a rush" "But you don't know if he did it on purpose?" "He is capable of doing so deliberately" "You must first know why I'm interfering in this" "I know you boys well and Ramanathan's father" "Ramanathan is a bad fellow" "But his father is not like him" "He is a gem" "When I came to know he had sent his men here I informed his father" "He felt very sad" "He even offered to apologize to all of you" "I told him it was not necessary" "And I will handle it as I know you boys well" "What I'm trying to say is you have punished him for what he has done" "Will you kill a dead snake again and again?" "On top of it, you beat his goons to a pulp" "What if he sends someone again?" "Trust me, he won't" "I stand guarantee Is that good enough?" "Don't go overboard" "Be lucid to plan out our next move" "Our college gets a bad reputation because of boys like him" "Sir, he started it" "That's possible, sir" "Ramanathan's conduct is not commendable" "Fine, it was an accident" "Does that justify beating up our college student like a rowdy?" "I don't get this" "Why are they interrogating him?" "The new vice principal is on overkill mode" "Where you drunk that day?" "Don't act innocent" "If you go to their hostel room it looks like a club, sir" "Bottles everywhere" "Pin ups of half clad women on all the walls" "How long is this enquiry?" "They will poke and prod as if they are CBI officials" "Here he is" "What did they say?" "What?" "What did they want to know?" "They have asked me to bring my parents" "I just don't know how I'll tell my father" "Forgive him just once, sir" "Listen, madam Only for your sake I'm letting him go with 1 month's suspension" "He cannot attend college for 1 month, nor stay in the hostel" "He will have a backlog in his studies then" "Please reconsider one last time" "Ma, you don't have to beg him" "Let's go" "Your son is calling Please follow him" "Quarter's mother is coming" "Clean the room" "Hide the opener" "Hide the bottles" "'See this photo instead'" "'If all of you hanker after Aishwarya Rai how can I get so many copies?" "Bro, you wanted Simran's photo" "'He told me Simran means the world to him'" "Karthikayen, come" "Welcome, ma" "Come to our room" "Are you his roommates?" "Yes, ma" "Where are all your stuff?" "All that is in the next room, ma" "Hey, Sait Your roommate" "She is Karthi's mother" "What?" "Quarter is my roommate" "I was your roommate" "Karthi is my roommate" "So we are all roommates, no?" "What?" "She is Karthi's mother" "Understood" "He isn't too fluent in Tamil" "He has come to call me for lunch" "I'll eat and then see you" "See you" "Food" "Come quickly" "Hey!" "What's up?" "Nothing is up" "Something is brewing in the canteen, let's go" "Hi, Suresh Lunch for Karthi's mother, huh?" "Yes" "Can you lend me your bike later?" "Sure, you can take it when I get back" "Suspension is no big deal" "I'm not coming back home" "I'll study here" "Your vice principal said you cannot stay here" "They say all that" "But they won't bother" "Last year Suresh and I were suspended for 2 months" "Why take such a risk?" "I feel it's better if you come back with me to our home town" "That's not an issue at all" "I'll stay here" "Next week is his birthday" "His sister's wedding the following week in Namakkal" "We want to go together" "Look after my son" "We will take care" "You go Don't worry" "Hey Quarter" "Baskar has kept his bike key in your room" "He asked me to tell you" "'Parliament Election on 12th May'" "Anna, if we don't show our strength in the coming parliament election we have to let go of our MLA election" "Only 2 ½ months left for the elections" "Statue should not be made in any material which is easily damageable" "How strong will the statue be?" "Any chance of it being easily damaged?" "It is made out of cement" "Though not the same as bronze" "Can he go on a fast?" "Are you mad?" "I thought you will ensure he takes complete rest?" "Fasting for the first 10 days should take place peacefully" "We should create only awareness of our party 10-12 days later we must concoct problems" "So much of planning involved just to make a few fast bucks" "But you put a spoke in the wheel in the last minute by falling down" "Are you my guardian?" "You are the villain who hinders my development" "Shall we invite all the students we know for the party?" "No need, this will be the last birthday in college" "Let us drink alone" "If you want we can invite everyone tomorrow" "Shall we go to the 'dhaba'?" "We just got into a mess there" "Why go there again?" "Let us go somewhere else" "Look at that jerk sitting there jobless" "You don't invite trouble" "For the past 10 days, they have also maintained their distance" "Let them be, okay?" "Tea for the 3 of you" "Anna, 4 cups tea" "It's getting late Let us go to the lodge" "He must have snitched to the vice principal" "Hey!" "What are you hinting?" "Tell us straight on our face" "Such a sissy!" "Hey!" "I'll thrash you" "How dare you!" "Bloody dastards!" "If you are rude to us I'll break your teeth" "Why lower our dignity talking to them?" "If you see that girl again I will kill you" "Forget it, he already got it from me" "Shut up" "What is that look supposed to mean?" "Go...go" "Cheers!" "Happy birthday" "Disgusting fellow!" "Started again, huh?" "Are you okay?" "I don't know how I get stuck with such passengers" "Try to hold it Next stop is our college" "Bus, I say" "Brother, what's this?" "More of a sound than actually vomiting" "Why are you embarrassing me?" "At least puke out of the window" "Why aren't you vomiting?" "I already did!" "Brilliant" "Bro, how can you mess it up and leave?" "Where are you going?" "Is this buffalo building a house or what?" "Hurry up" "Wait, let me relieve myself" "Stop the vehicle" "Stop...stop Look at him" "What are you doing here?" "Why are you beating him?" "Leave him alone" "How dare you!" "Just wait Listen to me" "Our leader's statue is here How can you pee in front of it?" "He looks like a lunatic No use hitting him!" "Let's go" "You leave, buddy Let's go" "'Why do you pick up a fight with a lunatic?" "'" "Let's go, I'll pee in the lodge" "Look who is here now" "I am sore all over" "We must teach a lesson to that bus driver" "Isn't that the scumbag who glared at us?" " Is it him?" " It's his car" " We should beat him up" " I will do it right down" "Calm down" " Did it hit him?" " No, machi" "Hey!" "Come here" "Who is it?" "Why did you ruin our leader's statue?" "Why would we do that?" "We tried hitting a car passing by" "Don't come up with some stupid excuse" "Stop...stop" "Hey!" "Find out what happened" "Why did you resort to vandalism?" "We agree It's our fault" "But we did not target the statue" "Yes, it was unintentional" " Are you blind or what?" " Couldn't you see the statue?" " Immature kids!" " They are drunk" "Typical youngsters That's all, go...go" "Don't create an issue" "Try despoiling our leader's statue!" "We shouldn't dissect them" "But these devotees intervened" "Looks like the boys were drunk" "Their good time, they escaped" "No thugs around to magnify it" "Just a while ago Marimuthu beat up this beggar" "Why?" "You want to know why?" "He pissed near our leader's statue" "There is no end to inter-caste violence" "He is a lunatic Not one bit in his senses" "Why beat him up?" "Why do we always get into some problem or the other?" "However innocent we are if the people around us are not good, it will naturally affect us" "'Just a while ago Marimuthu beat up this beggar'" "'There is no end to inter-caste violence'" "'He is a lunatic Not one bit in his senses'" "'Why beat him up?" "'" "'These 2 boys belong to your caste'" "'We shouldn't dissect them'" "'Their good time, they escaped'" "'No thugs around to magnify it'" "'If they had been there, definitely things would have turned ugly'" "(Song from Minsara Kanavu)" "Don't sing, machan" "It's horrrrible" "I'll recite a poem instead" " Listen" " Tell me" "'This is a poem'" "Hey!" "Who?" "Who is sitting here?" "My dear man?" "Who are you?" "What do you want?" "Match, huh?" "Here it is" "What are you doing?" "This is yours" "The full cigarette is mine" "Cigarette is burning up" "It's almost over" "I have only one with me" "Give my cigarette" "Yov!" "My cigarette" "What are you up to?" "Hey!" "Wait" "'Who is he?" "'" "I know because I spoke to him" "He is really a lunatic!" "Forget about it" "Let's sleep for some more time" "You slept like a corpse till now" " Then what?" " Am I a superman?" "To be stable after getting drunk like a skunk" "I am hung over" "I am going" "Don't know if we should take this seriously or not" "Why would that lunatic carry him and put him in the corner?" "Let him be mad Why should he target him?" "But only Karthi was sleeping on the side" "What if he isn't mad at all?" "Don't be silly" "He must be some junkie" "For a petrified man, everything in the dark looks like a ghost!" "You are getting scared for no reason" "Only Ramanathan should be peeing in his pants" "We are suspicious only because they are targeting him specifically" "I've vehemently told him and his father not to create any trouble" "I don't think he would have sent someone after that" "But if he was thug he would've slit his throat" "He really must be a lunatic" "We don't know for sure" "But we will surely retaliate" "If they try messing up with him again accident or whatever" "They will have to face the same consequences" "Okay, let me talk about this to him and his father" "Get us his address" "Address?" "We want to know where he lives" "He lives in Kizhaputhur But I don't know his address" "You just want to know his residence, right?" "Yes" "He owns Sakthi Park Inn behind Kalairangam theatre" "He is always holed up there" "He doesn't even go home regularly" "If you are hell bent on his address..." "What are you studying?" "He is into electronics And we've taken metallurgy" "Metal allergy?" "What does that mean?" "This course is available only in 3 collages in Tamil Nadu" "Engineering about metallic elements" " How many years left?" " 2 more months" "Oh!" "Only 2 more months" "What was the hassle near the statue last night?" "I was passing by and I saw you there" "Nothing serious" "A grease tin we threw fell on that statue" "It might not be a big deal for us" "But they will blow it out of proportion" "If you have any problem come to me" "I am not caste conscious" "But to protect our interests we form community unions" "You both belong to our caste, right?" "Anna, you know what happened?" "What?" "It seems some college students despoiled the statue of a leader from your caste?" "Yes, I believe they were drunk" "Irony is 2 of those boys belong to our caste" "Our clan's reputation gets tarnished only because of such boys" "Hey!" "Who is it?" "Who are you?" "Hope it looks like he fell down by himself in a drunken stupor?" "Hope you haven't left any incriminating evidence" "'If you see that girl again...' '..." "I will kill you'" "'Forget it, he already got it from me'" "'What is that look supposed to mean?" "'" "'Go...go'" "You gave an overdose?" "Sure he won't survive?" "Generally if someone has a brain damage or if he drank excessively in too short a period" "Or if he has taken a drug overdose he could die or slip into a coma stage" "Your son slipping into coma can be a mixture of all the 3 reasons I mentioned" "'With the parliamentary elections round the corner...' '...intense campaigning has started now'" "(Sakthi Park Inn)" "What are you saying, man?" "You really killed him?" "No, not completely He is still alive" "Just about breathing, right?" "That's why I have left him" "Okay, hear me out" "Do whatever you want to the fellow who bashed you up" "But leave the others" "Isn't that fair play?" "It's illegal for a suspended student to stay behind in the hostel" "How can we be held responsible if he was tanked totally?" "When do the study holidays begin for the final year students?" "5 days more" "That very night, everyone should vacate their rooms and leave" "Make a strict announcement" "Ask them to come 1 day before the examination" "If the boy dies, we may have to face unnecessary problems" "Vice principal has asked us to vacate" "How will you manage?" "We have to think about it" "Shall we go?" "Let's leave now" "X-ray" "We will take it later" "'His sister's wedding the following week in Namakkal'" "'We want to go together'" "'I forgot to tell you Bike key is in your room'" "'Take it if you want It's on the table'" "I think he moved to vegetative state" "Like I mentioned earlier body functions mechanically" "Like breathing, digestion etc" "Other than that he can't feel anything" "Can he regain consciousness?" "Recovery from the vegetative state depends on the patient's brain damage" "My only worry is his brain has been damaged severely" "His fall is not the only cause" "It is also his addiction to drugs" "'Is it necessary at all to ruin his own life like this?" "'" "'And make his parents go through hell on earth"" "Ramanathan anna?" "He is expected anytime now" "Who are you?" "What?" "Water" "Who asked for it?" "Got a call" "Someone must have got the room number mixed up" "'Hey, close the door'" "Forgive me" "Forgive me One last time" "Let me go" "I asked him to just knock him up a bit" "He went overboard" "In all fairness, you should take revenge on him, not me" "I'll fall on your feet if need be" "Let me go" "I'll listen to whatever you say" "If you want I'll punish him" "Satisfied?" "Please spare me" "Whaaaat...a fight?" "In # 304?" "'If they try messing up with him again...' '...accident or whatever'" "'They will have to face the same consequences'" "'E.M.M.K" " President:" "Ulagappan Vice president:" "Kumar'" "When is the next bus to Chennai, bro?" "All the buses have left" "The next one leaves only at 6:00 a.m" "All the rooms are empty" "How about the room with the light switched on?" "No" "You told me no one will go home for these holidays?" "Looks like they have also left" "With their friend in this condition they wouldn't have gone" "Then where do you think they will be now?" "I saw them in the hospital kind of tense, in the evening" "I think the boy's condition has worsened" "So they may have stayed behind" "Will wait and watch" "I don't think it is safe for you to be there" "Come to my home town right away" "No, we will stay in the hostel and go home tomorrow" "No need Listen to me" "You can reach my place in 1 hour 45 minutes by bike" "Baskar's bike key is in your room" "Take the bike and come straight here" "He is asking us to come to his place" "Can we switch off the light?" "What if they remember?" "They won't remember all this" "'Headlines today'" "'Unrest in Tiruchirappali district'" "'2 students belonging to the same caste were murdered in the most brutal manner'" "'Their heads were thrown under the feet of a statue of a leader belonging to another caste'" "'The boys belonged to Mr Adhavan's caste His statue was also broken to fragments'" "'These 2 boys playfully flung a grease tin on a car...' '...which missed their aim and fell on the leader's statue'" "'The people in that area tried to attack the boys'" "'Besides that, following the breaking of Mr Adhavan's statue incident...' '...violent acts broke out last night'" "'Particularly the people belonging to the caste of the boys were attacked'" "'Also, houses, vehicles and fields were burn to cinders'" "'According to the latest news...' '...poison was mixed into wells containing drinking water'" "'2 bodies were found sprawled in the open field'" "'This may result in a communal revolt and the panic button has been pressed'" "Get me a sheet of paper" "'Are the lives of boys of our caste worthless?" "'" "'If our boys made a mistake unknowingly, should they be killed?" "'" "Neither the ruling party comes to our rescue" "Nor the opposing party" "But didn't the men from your caste retaliate?" "They only defended themselves" "They did not initiate this riot" "People with some kind of dignity and self respect will retaliate" "Like them we didn't kill in a savage manner" "In 1 day we have lost 4 lives" "We have to protect ourselves" "If that can be achieved only if we enter politics we won't hesitate to do that either" "We will obey whatever our leader orders us to do" "We did not want people from our caste to suffer in any manner" "So all these years we avoided politics" "It is pointless to be patient any longer" "We have to save our lives and preserve our rights" "We will start a political party with people from our caste" "We will show our power and opposition to the whole of Tamil Nadu" "In the MLA election 6 months later we will select Kumar as our candidate" "We will ensure the present MLA takes to his heels as fast as he can" "Before that we will apply for the parliament election" "We will ensure we get our 15,000 votes and show our power to everyone" "'Rs 500000 should be paid as relief fund to the victims from the union-'" "Your Adhavan statue plan" "Estimated vote percentage" "All that was good" "But nothing happened" "Hope this won't flop too?" "Kumar" "Our people might stay calm" "If you ignite the right way even a matchstick will do" "It can burn a mighty forest to the ground to cinders" "Do you think so?" "If we have to instigate further start some rumor" "Like they threw a newborn baby into the fire" "Before they find out if it is a rumor or fact..." "Before they find out if it is a rumor or fact they will kill one another" "No worries" "Only those 2 boys have come" "When we mention the name of our caste" "Hope you haven't mixed poison in this" "No, uncle Tell me" "When we mention the name of our caste we should make people think only we are their leaders" "Shouldn't allow anyone else to usurp our position" "Then it might divide the votes" "That's okay, uncle" "But why give 500000 to the union?" "In order to earn 10 million we must invest 500000 as capital to earn a good name" "I am only their servant" "I don't have any personal animosity to either of you" "Our leader planned everything" "He is the brain behind it" "'Kumar and Ulagappan had planned to kill us belonging to their caste'" "'And thereby create riots in an otherwise peaceful town'" "'They wanted to use the riots as a pretext to enter politics'" "'For their own selfish gain...' '...to prevent innocent people here...' including us becoming slaughtered lambs' '...we killed them'" "'We are writing this letter to expose their true colors'" "'And then we will remain incognito'" "'From Vadivelu and Das'" ""A small spark of fire I found"" ""Placed it in a burrow in a forest tree's hollow"" ""A small spark of fire I found"" ""Placed it in a burrow in a forest tree's hollow"" ""The spark razed the forest to the ground"" ""The spark razed the forest to the ground"" ""How does it matter, to set it aglow?" "A spark is enough for an inferno!"" "'Subtitled by rekhs'" ""Lightning flashes Strikes and slashes"" ""The waves in the sea in brave fury battering the skies in wild glory"" ""Thunderous cloud Clashing around"" ""With 'koo koo' sounds looping Skies rummaged by wind whooping"" ""The skies echo a chorus to the roaring rhythm glorious"" ""A small spark of fire I found"" ""I placed it in a burrow in a forest tree's hollow"" ""A tiny spark of fire I found"" ""I placed it in a burrow in a forest tree's hollow""