"NANDALALA – Lullaby" "Music:" "ILAYARAJA" "ASHWATH RAM" "ROHIlNI and SNIGDHA" "LEENA and SOFIA" "LAKSHMI and LAKSHAYA" "Special Appearance:" "NASSER" "Direction:" "MYSSKIN" "Give me 100 rupees, Agi." "The old one won't give," "I'll give it back when I get my salary." "You owe me 220 rupees." "Give the money, I'll tell you a secret." "The old one said not to tell you." " Did some letter come from mom?" " Yes." "Here." "My sweetheart." "A woman's life is fulfilled when she becomes a mother." "If the baby cries for milk..." "Agi, are three sets of clothes enough?" "Baby dances to the tune of angel's wand..." "Grandma, at least this time, will mom come for my birthday?" " l don't know." " Mom nurtures the child..." "Living for her is one life." "A child is happy not looking at the moon, ...because that child knows that the moon will not come to eat rice with that child" "What the child enjoys is that the mother also becomes like a child, seeing that happiness" "For that reason, she sings... "Come atop the mountain"" ""Bring the jasmine flower"" " What was that noise?" " Someone broke the radio box." "Someone broke the radio box." "Mom..., mom..., mom..., mom..." "Mom..., mom..., mom..." "Mom..., mom..., mom..." "Mom..., mom..., mom..." "Mom..., mom..., mom..." "God, how many more days like this?" "When will my child be well?" "How many more days to suffer like this?" "Don't cry, you're making my ears burn." "I cried so much, did your ears burn then?" "You say we have fever and you leave us here." "Do you ever come back to get us?" "Fever stopped so long ago but he's still injecting us." "See there, he's been crying so much that he's laughing now." "Give me money, give me money!" "Money, money, money, give me money!" "How much?" "Here." " Hey, which way to Thaivasal?" " Go back in." " Shall I take a piss and come?" " Go back in." "How many times do I have to tell you?" "Don't come near the gate!" " See you sir!" " But he's going?" "He is not wearing your uniform." "Go back in." "Go!" "Where's your mom dear?" "Where's your mom?" "Where's your house?" "Your mom?" "My darling, your mother has come, don't cry, my dear" "My god!" "Dear..." "Don't cry dear." "So, a five- day's tour?" "I also wanted to go Velankanni Church one day." "How can I?" "Is it true that in Kanyakumari, the sun rises in the west?" " That is Sunset." " Ok, come." "You go home, I'll go in." "No, I'll leave you inside the school and go," " Or else, that old woman will shout." " You go." " Your granny... - lf you come inside, everyone will think that you're my mom." "Such attitude." "Why Agi, are you giving me money?" "Every day, massage grandma's feet." "What?" "Hey, move!" "That mad man locked me up inside, sir." " Who man?" " 102, sir." "Which way to Thaivasal?" "Ask someone on the road, go." "I'm hungry" "There's a food stall in that alley, go." "Go, go." "Go man!" "Hey, what is this?" "Take it." " Take it!" " lt's ok, keep it." "Hey, take it!" "Hey, give it." "Give it now!" "Be a man!" "Your wife works." "You go work somewhere." "There's nothing for you here." "A mango juice, please." "How can I go to Annaivayal?" "By bus or train?" "At this time?" "Bus is easiest." " What is this?" " Nothing man, we're just talking" " Who is this?" " My boy." "He's crying." "Hey, what are you crying for?" "It would hurt, no?" " Come." " My purse, my money." "Uncle, uncle, uncle." "Uncle..." "Potato head!" "We have to punch him." "Who told you to piss there?" "What, wouldn't come if you pissed here?" "Money's all gone, money's all gone." "Now how to go to Thaivasal?" "What're you looking at?" "Turn around!" "Hey, is Thaivasal this way or that way?" "is this east, or west?" "You don't even know this." "How'll you know Thaivasal?" "Go!" "Oh, see this." "Thaivasal is here." "How could Thaivasal be here?" "This is a map." "You can find your way with this" "See, Annaivayal is also close." "My mom is there." "I'm going to see her." "You're also going to see your mom?" "My money, my money, give me my money!" "Give me that, it's my mother's!" "Give it, give it." "How does that feel?" "Go, give this to your mom, go!" "Uncle, I'll take you to Thaivasal." "You take me to Annaivayal, ok?" "Ok?" "One for Tansipuram." "Sungadam, one." "Samuthiram." " Hey, does this bus go by main or bypass?" " Goes by road." "Two for Annaivayal." "You've got 100 rupees." "The rest?" "Don't have it?" "Go, go." "I'll go for piss and come I'll go for piss and come I'll go for piss and come" "Will you go to Annaivayal?" "It'll take two more hours." "Kid, what time is it supposed to leave?" "I don't know" "Kid, are you going to Sungadam?" "Kid, are you going to Sungadam?" "Kid, to Annaivayal?" "Kid, are you going alone?" "Kid, are you going alone?" "Kid, are you going alone?" "With my uncle." "I went for piss." "Hey, where are you going?" "To see my mom." "Hey, what?" "We need to go to Annaivayal." "You say you're going to Annaivayal, ...but you've got nothing with you?" "I have." "Whatever I asks, you answer." "That one doesn't speak?" "I'm going by Perungulathur, so I agreed to 100 rupees." "Else I'd be damned." "Hey, I've seen your uniform somewhere, ...at some hospital." "Where do you work?" "Talking till my throat runs dry, ...you won't say anything." "Is he mute?" "He talks" "What, is he talking?" "He says nothing." "A mental case?" " Don't hit me, don't hit me!" " Mental, mental!" " Say mental, say mental!" " l won't say, won't say!" "I won't say, won't say, won't say!" "Do you work at a hospital?" "Work?" "Nothing like work at all." "Get up when the bell rings." "Bathe, no matter how cold it is." "Then the bell." "Then porridge." "If it's got green worms, it'll be real tasty." "Then walking." "Someone will bring a cake." "They give me money." "Then bell." "Then sleep." "Then bell." "Work?" "Nothing like work at all." "Don't you have a mother?" "Had one before I had fever." "Then no." "When I was this tall, that wench left me at the hospital and went." " Your father?" " He ran off somewhere, don't know why." "Your mom didn't come to see you?" "Why?" "That's what I'll ask." "That's why I'm going" "Left me out, you cunning wretch." "I'm coming woman." "Do you think they'd wrap me up and take me away?" "I'm coming woman!" "Oil your cheek." "I'll slap you, I'll slap you woman!" "Don't talk about mother like that." "Your mother didn't leave you and go?" "My mom has gone to work." "What work?" "I will know when we go to Annaivayal" " Your father?" " Soon as I was born, he ran off." "He also ran off?" "They all raced off!" "You're also going to slap your mom?" " No" " Then?" "To hug my mom and kiss her just once." "Hey, why are you asking him for water?" "I'm asking for a lift." " What's that?" " Show like this, someone will stop." " Show like this then?" " They'll go." " What?" " Can I wear them once?" "Oh no, it's become night." "Hey, it's stopping, it's stopping." "Oh no, uncle, put down your hand!" "Listen to what I say!" "Uncle listen to me please." " What is this?" " Thaivasal..." "We are going to Kovur, uncle." "We are going to meet my cousin." "Not by bus, as I am writing a composition about the road, ...which I have to submit by 6th May before 5pm." "I have to go to Kovur and win the competition." "Passing Tansipuram now." "is the SP there?" "He's at Rangapuram station?" "We'll be there in 20 minutes" " Kid..." " l understand uncle." "The reason I'm going alone is that I don't have anybody." "If there's somebody, it doesn't make a difference." "I prefer to go with anybody." "That anybody is this uncle." "He is good, loving, caring, and creates no problem." "Hey, where are your children studying?" " Corporation school, sir." " No chance." "Then, where do you work?" " Work?" " Nothing like work at all." "Get up when the bell rings." "Bathe, no matter how cold it is." "Then bell." "Then prayer." "Then bell." "Then porridge." "If it's got green worms.." "How long it will take to reach Kovur uncle?" "Another half hour till Kovur." "What're those green worms?" "If it's got green worms, the porridge will be tasty." "If it's got red worms, the porridge will be nasty. lt'll stink" "those green worms.." "I told you no?" "Asking that again!" "Blockhead!" "Now what?" " My stomach hurts." " Stomach pain?" "Stop the jeep." "You..." "Who are you?" "Where are you coming from?" "Where are you going?" "Tell me." "What happened?" "What happened?" "Hey, he's going somewhere, go look." "Why are you following?" "Where are you going?" "Sir, those two are shitting, sir." "Hey, wretched fellow, come!" "Does it hurt?" "Feel better now?" "I asked my father for money, he said no." "Now what will he do?" "Come, climb on." ""As the cart is trundling slowly Slowly on the village road, ln the cart that trundles," "Who is coming along?" "Like a swing that's moving Swaying slowly back and forth," "With tender little hearts," "Children pass along." "In the sky even the stars wish to go with them too" "With this motley crew, won't those stars come too?"" "Will you go safely?" "You'll also go safely, no?" "If the wound bleeds, put some spit on it. lt'll be ok" "Four loads, I need to move each day." "Ok, where are you going?" "We're going to Annaivayal" "Oh, the names of the bulls?" "This is Raman, this is Ravanan." "Why are you sitting so quietly, brother?" "Let's pass the time, just say something." " Blockhead!" " Slowly?" "I'm going slowly." "If I go any slower, we'd have to walk and go." "Go..." "Hey..." "Hey stop..." "Please move sir, please move." "Sir, why did you stop the traffic?" " Sir, we're in a hurry." "If you stood aside..." " Go aside." " Go..." " Go away..." "Have any matches?" "Have any matches?" "Have anything to eat?" "Those people, fighting over there, how can we pass them, uncle?" "Have any money?" "I'll leave you at the next main road." "Give me five rupees." "Shall we go?" " Go slowly man." " Eight more miles, how will you go?" "Some other cripple will come." "I'll kill you, go!" "Don't touch my stick." "Useless leg." "Uncle?" "Wasn't I sitting quietly by myself?" "." "Why did you come and call me?" "They all call me crippled, so I came and sat there." "Now I can't come any further I'm just a cripple." "You find your way and go." "You're no cripple." "I am a cripple!" "Don't lie, just go." "Damn that cursed woman!" "Died as soon as I came out." "She could've died before I came out, no?" "Your mom also left you and went?" "Dirty asslicking bastard, leave me!" " Why should I pay for what my husband did?" " Hey, what are you doing?" "This whore's daughter wants to get a worm in her womb." "Shut your mouth, whore!" "That day our caste girl cried like this." "Did your husband leave her alone?" " Hey, leave her!" " Just watch and enjoy yourself." " Go away!" " Leave me." " Brother..." " Leave me." " Hold her." " Oh god!" "Leave me." "Motherfucking cripple." " Oh god!" " My leg, my leg." "Oh god!" "My leg." "My leg..." "My leg..." "My leg." " My leg!" " Runaway." " Oh god!" " Oh god!" " Kill him, kill him!" " Kill him!" " Kill him!" "My leg, my leg." "My leg..." "Brother, what caste are you?" " Mental." " What caste is that?" "Uncle, shall we go?" "Where?" "That uncle gave the money back." "Uncle, it's really dark, no?" "Pity, those two will have to stand in the dark, no?" "As the cart is trundling slowly Slowly on the village road, ln the cart that trundles," "Who is coming along?" "Like a swing that's moving Swaying slowly back and forth," "With tender little hearts," "Children pass along." "Hey, will you go to Thaivasal?" "Ok, will you go to Annaivayal?" " What's that?" "Annaivayal?" "What Annaivayal..." "get lost..." "Ok, Thaivasal?" "Wretched fellow, let me sleep!" "." "Drop us off along the way." "Get down, or I'll go crazy mad." "Go, go!" "So you just want to hug your mom and give her just one kiss, that's all?" "You see, boy, we're not going that way We are on our way to Munnar." "But however far we go along your way, we'll take you till then, ok?" "So sad, you know?" "You climb on, dear." "This one also comes with me." "Stop, stop, stop!" "Go." "Go!" "I'm going slowly." "It's nothing, just a small..." "She's here, want to talk?" "Can you go a little faster?" "Mom has said to go at 40 km's speed" " Come!" " What is it?" "Beer." "Drink." "is it bleeding?" "Go straight, go." "Hey buddy, move." "What did I do?" "All because of them." "All because of you." " What did I do?" " Please, come quietly!" "How?" "My mouth would go mute." "is this your father's well?" "Come out!" "Come out..." "Come out..." "Oh god!" "Bathe, bathe!" "Bathe, bathe!" "Bathe, bathe!" " Leave me, leave me!" " Bathe, bathe." "Bathe, bathe." "Take it now man." " Don't want it now." " Hey, take it now." "Hey, take it now!" "Uncle, uncle!" "Uncle..." "Uncle..." "You only asked me to take the horn." "He only asked me to take it." "Each one has company in this world." "But it's love alone that's orphaned." "Each one has company in this world." "But it's love alone that's orphaned." "Who would see and care for this?" "Who would hold this in their arms?" "Who would come to vow a bond?" "Who would grace love itself with love?" "Each one has company in this world." "But it's love alone that's orphaned." "If you think of me as one with you." "My heart would overflow with bliss." "To those that reach to lift the sad." "The heavens too will lend a hand." "Why are all these temples here." "If not emblems too of love?" "What is given to those who are poor," "Won't all this reach the hands of God?" "For those without eyes." "If we step as feet." "On our earth." "Who is an orphan?" "Who is an orphan?" "Each one has company in this world." "But it's love alone that's orphaned." "My uncle, my uncle." "Lines fall across the land alone." "Who's drawn lines across the heart?" "Do children belong to parents on this earth?" "All this, no more than a way of seeing." "There is no flower without its kin." "Only once planted does it grow." "Without relations were we born?" "Who was born without a mother?" "From wherever it is that we came here." "All those who come are only our kin." "On our earth Who is an orphan?" "Who is an orphan?" "Each one has company in this world." "But it's love alone that's orphaned." "Who would see and care for this?" "Who would hold this in their arms?" "Who would come to vow a bond?" "Who would grace love itself with love?" "Each one has company in this world" "But it's love alone that's orphaned." " What is it?" " lt's mom, Agi, grandma." "Your mom is very pretty, no?" "As soon as you see your mom, will you hug and kiss her?" "Shall I also give a kiss?" "She'll also give a kiss, no?" "Then we'll all eat together... and sleep without an injection, ok?" " What do you want?" " Indra I'm coming, mom." "Why do you shout?" "Torture when will she die?" " Whom do you want?" " Number 59." "Numbers have changed." "Ask someone else..." "What do you want?" "Agi's mom..." "Please just wait" "Where's my mom, uncle?" " Where is my mom uncle?" " Your mom isn't here." " Uncle, where's my mom?" " Your mom isn't here." " My mom is here, my mom is here" " Your mom isn't here." " My mom is here, my mom is here" " Your mom isn't here." "My mom is here." "Where is my mom, uncle?" " Where's my mom, uncle?" " Your mom." " Your mom..." " Where's my mom, uncle?" " Your mom, your mom." " Where's my mom, uncle?" " Your mom is in Thaivasal." " Where's my mom, uncle?" " Where is my mom uncle?" " Your mom..." " Your mom is in Thaivasal." " Where is my mom?" " Where's my mom, uncle?" " Your mom is in Thaivasal." " Where is my mom, uncle?" " Your mom isn't here." "I'll show you your mom, I'll show." "Searching for mom..." "How many kilometers to Thaivasal?" "How many kilometers to Thaivasal?" " That many kilometers." " l don't understand." "He doesn't understand." "Maybe 25 kilometers." "Maybe 25 kilometers." "That far?" "Give him one, man!" "Hey potato head!" "Why's your face always so glum?" "I want to see my mom" " l don't know where she is." " My mom is in Thaivasal, no?" "Tell me uncle, please, where's my mom?" "Tell me uncle, where's my mom?" "Please tell me uncle." "Your mom is in Thaivasal, don't cry." "The Puncture Shop." "The tube's gone, can't patch it." "Go buy a new tube." "Shall I give you a kite?" " How to go?" " lt's nearby, wait for a share taxi." " Name of the village?" " Annaivayal" " What did you do?" " l gave my mom a kiss." "Did she kiss you back?" " How would a photo give a kiss?" " Then why did you give one?" "See how my mom is carrying me?" " That's not your mom." " This is my mom!" " How do you know?" " My grandma told me." "Who told you that this was your grandma?" "Was it your mom who came and told you?" "This isn't your mom, this isn't your grandma." "They're all mental." "Nothing happened, no?" "100 rupees, gone." "Are you mad?" "Why such a hurry?" "If you had waited for some time, I would've come, no?" "Ok, come, including that man, give 200 rupees." "What, another man too?" "Then give 300 rupees." "You!" "You beggar!" "Who told you to throw a rock and save me like some movie star?" "Not one truck since morning." "Finally one stopped." "Bargained for 50 rupees." "That beggar!" "And then you had to come before I got that money, you wretch!" "Could've gone straight to see your mom, no?" "Why poke your nose around like this?" "Scavenger..." "Burning hunger all morning, not even one tea to drink" "What's this?" "Think I'm some beggar?" "Go!" "Come!" " Leave me!" " Hey, grab her, bring her!" " Please leave me!" " Bring him!" " Left it." "Oh God!" " Come, let's go." " That mother is in trouble." "That mother is in trouble." "A dying man sniffing after panties?" "Leave me, you crooks!" "Open the door!" "Open the door!" "Save me!" "Oh god!" "Hey, don't hit him!" "You have it, dear." "Aren't you hungry?" "Not now" " What, you don't like me?" " He doesn't like kisses." "I don't either." "What to do?" "If I take money, I've to kiss everyone." "oldmen, drunkards, invalids..." "My body stinks even my mother's corpse didn't stink so much." "Did your mother die?" "I killed her, by running away" "Only fathers run, why did you run?" "I didn't run, I went by car." "A driver stayed in front of our house, ....for three days with a broken- down car." "On the first day, I liked his white shirt, his white pants." "On the second day, he asked for water, and I liked his smile, his white teeth." "On the third day, sitting beside him in his car, I liked him." "He gave me something to drink on the way." "I felt light- headed, I liked that too." "He got onto me and did this and that." "I liked that too." "I opened my eyes to look," "My whole life was like some tattered ruin." "All around me, stinking women saying "Fresh goods, fresh goods..."" "In three days 36 men sniffed me out." "After that, I stopped counting." "That old man came last." "He saw the mole on his mother's breast on my breast too, ...and chased after me I ran away to see my mother, but she turned her face away." "Even when we buried her, her face was turned away." "In hunger I began to stand by the road." "Now all those who pass chew me up in little bits and throw out some money." "At first my body stank." "Now even my heart stinks." "Bathe, bathe, bathe, the stink will go!" "Take this truck, they'll drop you in Thaivasal." "You?" "We may come by lorry if we can, otherwise it's bye-bye." "You go." "Mom!" "Uncle, mom's photo's gone, uncle." "Stop the truck!" "THAIVASAL!" "Uncle, where is mother?" "Will you go?" " You'll leave Agi and go?" " Yeah, I'll see his mom and go." "Where'll you go?" "I don't know." "If Agi doesn't like his mom and he hugs and kisses you, ...will you stay with him?" " Ok." "What happened?" "A mark on his face, enough?" "No, you just hold him well." "I've got to hit his head with this beer bottle," "Then take him to hospital myself." " Oh, ok." " What ok?" "I said ok." "I just said ok." "Just follow me." " Hey, where are you going?" " Come." "Come here." " What she is doing?" " Oh gosh!" "They are trying to rape me, save me!" "Go..." "Uncle, shall we go see mom?" "Uncle, where's my mom?" "Where's my mom, uncle?" "Where's Agi's mother?" "Where's Agi's mother?" "Will you tell me now or not?" "Won't tell." "Why won't you tell?" "She is not a good woman." "Mothers are not good people." "Mother bad, all mothers, all mothers." "Garbage, garbage!" "All mothers are good people." "You haven't seen mom." "Mother is bad." "Shall I show my mother?" "I'll show my mother, come, come!" "She is not good woman." "Where are you wench?" "Where are you woman?" "Come out woman!" "I'm coming woman, I'm coming to slap you woman, wait!" "You left me and went away, no?" "I'm coming woman!" "Hey you, wench, come out woman!" "Will you come out or should I come in?" " Who is it?" " Where is she?" "Tell her to come out!" "Left me in the hospital and went away, you woman?" "You know how many people beat me, woman?" "When you're beaten you'll know." "Come woman, that's why I've come to slap you." "Have you ever been behind the bars?" "Have you ever been behind the bars?" "Come out, woman, quickly!" "Need to slap you." "Oil your cheek and come, I need to slap you." "Tell her to come quickly." "Baskar Mani?" "Hey, Baskarmani." "Who's that?" "My head hurts." "It's you, Batchi, don't you know me?" "It's Nandu, your brother." "Look, your grandma." "Don't know anyone." "Tell her to come!" "Tell that woman to come, to come quickly." "She's in the backyard." "Hey 'Thiruttu muuli' what're you doing back there?" "Oil your cheek, woman, I'm coming." "'Thiruttu muuli', where are you woman?" "'Thiruttu muuli', where are you woman?" " Who's this?" " Our mom." "Our mom, it's our mom." "She left you in the hospital and came and sat here." "Didn't come back into the house ever since." "Why is there a chain in her leg?" "At night she'd go off somewhere, saying "To bring my child from school." "To Bring back my child from school"" "So that chain..." "Go away!" "Go!" "To hear a lullaby, so many days I've been waiting." "She is my mom... my mother." "My mother!" "Mom!" "Mom!" "To hear a lullaby, so many days I've been waiting." "Mother, just to see you, I ran here thirsting." "Ma, when I see you, I have no words." "Now when I see you, like a small child." "Who's there to sing a lullaby here?" "To hear a lullaby, so many days I've been waiting." "When you were bearing me, did you feel I was a burden?" "Why then did you take me as a burden and push me away?" "There was a time when you bound me with a chain ls it just that you too have been bound by chain?" "What wound upon your body?" "The pain grows in my heart." "My beloved, this sadness." "To hear a lullaby, so many days I've been waiting." "Mother, when I see you, I have no words." "Now when I see you, like a small child." "Who's there to sing a lullaby here?" "Because of your age I cannot put you in a pram..." "Apart from you, my heart can't stand it." "The pain of giving birth." "Which child can relieve it?" "Mother, you are a flower." "That I will cover and protect." "Ma, your ma has come here, ma." "In the love of your child." "To hear a lullaby, so many days I've been waiting." "Mother, just to see you, I ran here thirsting." "Ma, when I see you, I have no words." "Now when I see you, like a small child." "Who's there to sing a lullaby here?" "To hear a lullaby, so many days I've been waiting." "Mother, just to see you, I ran here thirsting"" "Do mothers suffer this much?" "Only now do I know what suffering is." "Uncle, come uncle, let's go see mom." "Uncle, come uncle, let's go see mom." "Sir, buy a jackal's tooth, sir." "Sir, buy a jackal's tooth, sir, ...everything good will happen to you." "Luck will come to you, sir, buy a jackal's tooth, sir." "Buy one to wear around your neck, sir, ...you'll get whatever you want by tonight." "You'll get what you are looking for!" "Can I get my mother?" "Mother?" "You'll even get your father too." "Take it, dear, the tooth has ripened well." "How much?" "Twenty rupees, dear." "You give me ten rupees, that's enough." " Dear, you don't have change?" " No." "Sir, do you have change?" "Dear, I'll get change and take it." "Uncle, after the old man comes back, ...shall we go to see mom?" "Uncle, after the old man comes back, ...shall we go to see mom?" " You can't see your mom." " Why?" "Why can't I see her?" "Your mom is dead." "You mental!" "I won't be mental, I won't be mental!" "Now how does it feel?" "How would I feel?" "Why did you say that, uncle?" "You could've lied, no?" "She's dressed in green and sitting there, ...you could've lied, no?" "That's some other baby's mom in this photo, you could've lied, no?" "Here, this is your mom, you could've lied, no?" "I would've kissed her, no?" "Sorry uncle, sorry." "I won't say this anymore, uncle, sorry uncle." "uncle, sorry uncle." " Bye grandma." " Ok dear!" "Mom, coffee." "Balloon!" "Baskar Mani uncle!"