"Good Lord!" "What respect!" "Sir, you're a politicianWhy are you getting up?" "Thanks to him,I became a politician" "Let me respect him untill marry his granddaughter" "Greetings, sir" "Hey!" "Get him a chair" "Kesavan, turn the crane atthe temple a little to the left" "Let it face the temple tower" "Yes, drill the temple" "Don't" "Listen to me" "I'm a Govt. officer" "You deserve to die" "Do you have any ideaof the stakes involved?" "Sir...sir, someone is coming" "Son...sonny, who are they?" "Who stabbed you?" "If you want tosave this village open up the temple" "Open the temple" "If we have tosave our village our temple next to the damshould be opened at once" "King Lingeswara built this templenear the reservoir 70 years ago" "We should open it immediately" "This isn't my order" "The King wishes it so" "I'm just repeating" "(clears throat) ...what he himselftold me in my dream" "I thought as much" "When the man who drilled the templewas killed by a wild deer I knew somethinglike this would happen" "What do you say, MP bro?" "If our village will benefitwe should act immediately" "Yes, we can open it" "But you should know this" "We are not eligible to open the doorsof the temple built by King Lingeswara" "My father promised the kingonly his heir will do the honors!" "The king's only son is deadis what we heard" "The king's grandson is alive" "Wonder where he is now" "Let's find him, whicheverpart of the world he may be" ""Hey!" "My bosom pal so trueCome...shall we rock, dude?"" ""Hey!" "My best friend and allyShall we open up the sky?"" ""If affection many a gallon, 24x7doors will open in Heaven"" ""We'll indulge in every trenddiving for precious pearls, my friend"" ""In our right palm, the endless skyand earth in the left, life is ours to fly"" ""Hey!" "Well-wisher, so trueShall we live it up, dude?"" ""Hey!" "Boon companion, bull's eyeShall we unlock the blue sky?"" ""Friend, giving forever"" ""Amigo"(Spanish)" ""Fragrance spreader"" ""Ami"(French)" ""Famous laughter"" ""Amico"(Italian)" ""Sparks sparkle in mid-air"" ""My blood brother"" ""Mitra"(Sanskrit)" ""Giver renowned"" ""Mitharya"(Sinhala)" ""Scent Godsend"" ""Dost"(Hindi)" ""Cheer laden"" ""Rakan"(Malay)" ""Tongues of flame extend"" ""Lady and love, meant to be relishedIn both cases don't cross the limit"" ""Go with the flow to avoid miseryFish, don't swim beyond the sea"" ""Gather your good fortunes togetherYou need a friend to rejoice, remember"" ""Follow your forefathers' policyChange with the times if need be"" ""Hey!" "Close friend I most valueWe'll kick our heels, dude?"" ""Hey!" "My guide and mind's eyeShall we unlock the sky?"" ""Celebration spreeGlee to the nth degree"" ""Shall we sing readily?" "Shall we play headily?"" ""Shall we dance feverishly?" "Shall we live it up lavishly?"" ""Joy on earth is natural, sorrow artificialDon't carry a cross, additional trouble"" ""In life's cycle, sorrow follows happinessPal, don't lose control of your senses"" ""Try living with a heart of goldYour joys will multiply manifold"" ""Share yourself with everyoneWorld will be yours to enthrone"" ""Hey!" "My bosom pal so trueCome...shall we rock, dude?"" ""Fountain of laughter cheer ladenHave a ball, paint the town red"" ""Hey!" "My backup and back boneThe boundless sky shall we open?"" ""Fragrant presentGodsend scent"" ""Wholesome flavorto savor forever"" ""If affection in plenty, 24x7doors will open in Heaven"" ""We'll indulge in every trenddiving for rare pearls, my friend"" ""Endless sky in our right hand,earth in left, life is ours to command"" ""Best friend, my 'nanban' trueLet's rock and roll, dude"" "Sir, 'Lord of all lands'" "Yes, my friend?" "Even when you are in jailhow do you dream away to glory?" "Which are the citiesyou wandered today?" "BrazilLondon" "PhilippinesNorway" "Are we with youin your dreams?" " No" " Thought as much" "You'll bring usinto jail with you" "But if it's Germanyyou'll have solo fun" "How do you go aroundthe world in 7 days?" "Do you think he isa scumbag like you?" "He's blue blooded royal clanKing Lingeswara's grandson" "Haven't I told you not tobring up that man's name?" "Sorry, my tongue just slipped!" "You travel millions of milesin your dream, right?" "Don't you want to seeAmerica and London 'live'?" "Wish-list is plenty, fatsoBut my bank balance is zero" "That's why I said'let us pull off 1 last heist'" " You're turning a deaf ear" " With you in our gang, huh?" "When we went to stealing that bungalow they went andrang the door bell!" "And he talks of a huuuge heist!" "Politics is our best bet" "Even as a councillorwe can settle down in Canada" "Hey!" "Aluminium amphora!" "Why be stingy andsettle for less?" "Why not aspire to be a Governor,Prime minister or Chief minist" "Inspector is here" "You'll deny us the joyof a helicopter ride" "Praise be to You,Goddess Mahalakshmi" "Look at Lord Ganesha's mouseshowing off his cool coolers!" "Bad penny back again, huh?" "Good morning" "Have you fileda case against them?" "Not yet, sir" "Why didn't you, man?" "Haven't got any matter, sir" "Don't you knowabout this gang?" "They won't share their spoils" "No one will come forwardto bail them out either" "Sir, why don't youlet us out, just like that?" "Phrase 'just like that' doesn'texist in my dictionary" "But you simply get paidfor sitting just like that?" "I'll pierce this baton fromyour mouth to your back" "Oh!" "You're a magician too?" "Show me a demo" "It's not magic" "If I really pierce youyour life will be a tragedy" "You can never get married" "File a report against him" "Here, sir" " Sir?" " Who is that?" "My name is Lakshmi, sir" "Lakshmi...?" "Place your right foot forwardand step in as my lucky charm" "Look at him droolingover the name 'Lakshmi'" "Who is she?" "She sparkles like Hindu ritual bronzesscrubbed with tamarind" "What do you want, dear?" "Take out on bail, sir" "Bail, huh?" "Who, Mahalakshmi?" " Oh wow!" " Shut up" "Who is it you wantto take bail for?" "Aren't you King Lingeswara'sgrandson K.Lingeswaran?" "Yes, what about that?" "Then he's the one I needto take out on bail, sir" "I have no cluewho she is, sir" "Shut up" "The whole place knowsyou are the 'super star'!" "Don't try to fool me" "Listen, dear" "Nothing happens herewithout Lakshmi, dear" " Without me?" " I didn't mean you" "I meant Lakshmi,the Goddess of wealth" "Not enough, dear" "Like a girl who has hiddennotes to copy in an exam she's picking up notesfrom all parts of her body" "Rs 10,000" "Okay, dear" "Release Lingaa alone" "Lingaa won't come aloneIt's either all or none" "He's a true- ...friend!" "If you want me torelease everyone Goddess of wealthshould be more generous" "Ugh!" "Yov!" "That's disrespectful" "You don't deserve respect" "You are lootingmore than we ever did" "File a case against usWe won't step out" "I won't forego money fromGoddess Lakshmi on a Tuesday" "I'll collect the rest laterTake your gang and go" "What a modest girl!" "Serenity personified!" "Take them, dear" "Hey!" "Leave now" "Visuals are clear?" "Yes, madam" " Audio?" " Okay, madam" "Come in" "Oh gawd!" "MediaCover your face" " Get ready for the shoot" " Light, come forward" "Ready, madam" "Roll camera" "Rolling" "'Good morning viewers'" "'What you just now sawis the footage from...' '..." "ShivarajanagarF23 A Police station'" "'This inspector-'" "Yov!" "Turn" "'Rajavarman'" "'Without filing a case, you saw himclearly accepting bundles of money'" "'This is the worst racketin our country at present'" "'This is the basis of all thefts'" "'With cameraman DevarajLakshmi from Public TV'" "On your knees" "All of youkneel down" "Shut up" "What's with you?" "I swear when I see you, it's likeGoddess Lakshmi is in front of me" "Such a moron, I saw the moneyand didn't see the camera, dear" "These chaps only taught meto be corrupt and take bribes" "I'm like a childVery innocent" "I'll disregard my Tuesday sentimentand return the money to you, dear" "Give me the money" "Here, sir" "All yours" "Short by 6" "Is that so?" "Who flicked that?" "I took it assumingit is my share, sir" "Just by the twist of a wristhe flicked 6 notes" "He seems morecriminal minded than us" "You tore my dignity to tatters" "Can I take them, sir?" "Please do, dear" "Come along with me" "Ma...ma...madam" "What now?" "Footage you filmed" "Hear it in Public" "The public will only thrash me" "'Public' TV!" "You want me to openthe temple in Solaiyur?" "Are you trying to be funny?" "If it has been locked for 70 yearsthe doors are bound to be stuck" "Take a few carpentersand get the door opened" "Why call him?" "Ho...joke, huh?" "Good joke, laugh out loudIf it's weak, turn a deaf ear" "For a whole week, do youknow how many people have been huntingfor you all over the place?" "That's the stamp of a celebrity!" "How did you find out?" "I anchor a reality show" "Instead of palaces, I looked for himin the cities he was born and raised" "I never thought such royal bloodwill be holed up amongst rogues" "Do you know your grandfatherwas the most revered king ever?" "How can youresort to thieving?" "Yes, agreedI am a thief" "I've also heardall the tales" "My grandfather built a temple,dug a pond, served the people" "What did he do for me?" "What did he give my father?" "Not even a tiledor thatched hut!" "My father was a teachertill his last breath" "Do you have any ideahow much my parents suffered?" "When I think of itmy blood boils!" "My grandpa lived life royally,had his fun and passed away" "I'm living in my dream world" "Do you know how many daysI've stood outside the palace?" "I wasn't even allowed in" "He drained his wealth to the last paisaand left behind only his name" "I'd have deletedLingeswaran too" "But since it isLord Shiva's name...!" "So I shortened it to Lingaa" "Eat, manDon't gape" "You don't respectyour grandpa one bit" "Come to my village, you'll thenrealize how people worship him" "Money brings name,fame and the whole works" "But when you're in trouble,no one will lend you a hand" "Holds good from mythological Karnato film comedian N.S Krishnan" "All you want is moneyIsn't that why you steal?" "Tell me how muchI'll give you" "You thought the word 'money' willmake him flash his 'close up' smile?" "Money it seems!" "Okay, how muchwill you give?" "Don't be cheap" "Listen girl, I'll get involvedin a job only if my heart says so" "Only if I've shed my bloodand sweat, I'll accept money" "But stealing isno sweat for a thief!" "Dear, ear, eye, nose, mouth, limbs,heart and brain work as a combo only when it comes to stealing" "Any job you can doand sleep in peace" "But this is the onlysleepless profession!" "They won't understand" "Zip-zoom!" "I haven't finished eating" "Stuff the resting your pocket" "Lingaa...please" "You didn't let usfinish our meal" "We are all downto the last penny" "But style we have in plenty!" "Why?" "For getting us out" "Can I hug you?" "Will you come just onceto my village, please?" "He'll tell only onceYou should take the hint" "Shouldn't bug him like someonepestering for an insurance policy!" "Job over?" "Zip-zoom!" "'How can I take him home?" "'" "Oh gawd!" "My chain?" "Give Rs 8000" "Who should give?" "Me give" "Say 'I will give'" "Teach this moneylenderto speak proper Tamil" "As if he'll ever learn!" "Bargain and close the deal 8000 bucks won't evenlast for 4 days, Sait" "If you flick chains frommodern girls, that's all" "How do you knowshe's a modern girl?" "Because they preferchains light as feather" "We would love toflick chunky jewelry" "But such decked up women don'tshow up even in a grocery store" "Will your wife be coveredin jewels head to toe?" "Oh!" "She loves wearing them" "But all coveringImitation only" "Why do you give hersuch cheap stuff?" "As if you don'thave real gold?" "I have a gold mine!" "But too many thieves around" "Not you, man" "He meant himself" "Here...all yours" "Why stress him outfor no reason?" "Lingaa, why team up with thesepetty thieves and settle for less?" "How do I hit the jackpot?" "They all wear fake gold" "I must only target a bank" "You can't do all that" "Even high tech men get caught" "Listen, for 3 daysin a 5 star hotel Lalitha jewellery is holdingan exhibition and sale" "Just 1 necklace flicked from therehe will give you 15 million bucks" "Huh?" "!" "I will give you" "That's a whammy1 necklace is 15 million?" "That's not just gold" "Gold necklacestudded with emerald" "Wait, Sait" "He's twirling his gray cellsto see how to pull it off" "Is emerald that expensive?" "Of course" "Besides, the necklaceis an antique piece" "We don't fancy aunties" "Lingaa, before teaching me Tamil help these morons tospeak proper English" " Come this side" " Yes, my lord" "Tomorrow Lingaa coming withthat 15 million antique piece" "It isn't a walkoverlike you think" "Nothing in life comes easy" "But with effortnothing is impossible" "Zip-zoom!" "We buy jewelry every month" "My husband gives metonnes of cash" "We'll buy jewelry andkeep it in our home town" "Where does your husband work?" "He runs an elementary school" "You'll telecast thisdefinitely, won't you?" "You'll even be raidedby the income tax guys" "Most welcome" "We can admit their kidsin our school also" "Thank youLet's go" "I haven't finished" "I told you not to hire thisI feel itchy all over" "Hello, sir, which stationare you coming from?" " Which place are you from?" " This is my home town" "Your dress is superWhere did you flick it?" "Where did you stitch it?" "How much did yousell my chain for?" "Rs 8000" "Security" "Sir...sirJust 1 question" " Go away" " Go ahead, ask" " Who is this?" " My wife" "What's her name?" " Meera" " Is she a Hindu?" " No..." "Jasmine" " Christian?" " Oh no!" " Converted" " Nazar" " Huh...?" "Nazriya" "What's your husband's name?" "Manick Basha" "Is it, raja?" "Yeah...yea...ya!" "Ask them to telecastmy program at night" "I'll be very busyduring the day" " Okay, fine" " Thanks, madam" "Where did theydisappear now?" "CCTV camera is right aboveNote down the number" "My hands are itching to 'lift'" "Shall I just hide itin my 'purdah'?" "Don't touch itThe alarm will go off" "What's the price?" "30 million?" "But that moneylender saidit was only 15 million?" "This was worn bythe queen of Udaipur" "I don't want a necklaceworn by some other lady" "Get me a brand new one" " We'll take a look" " Sir, there are many models" "We'll look around, sir" "You remembeall that I told you" "Printed it in my mind" "Zip-zoom!" "Record everythingproperly in the OB van" "Is the camera visible?" "No, it isn't" "Why is he drawinga 'kolam' on the cupboard?" " Madam?" " What now?" "When will you telecastmy interview?" "Sunday evening" "Where are they?" "Whom are youlooking for, rani?" "Of course you only" "Your handiworkwon't work here, raja!" "If I take up a jobI won't leave it half done" "If it's not do-ableI won't take it up at all" "Same with me" "I won't leave this placewithout getting you caught" "Better luck next time" "Where's your wife, raja?" "She has gone into change her dress, rani" "Don't groan too muchYou might download right here" "Sir, tea" " Yov!" "I just drank tea" " This is special tea" "Try it" "Are you a new recruit?" "Where's the usual chap?" "His stomach was somersaultingSo he asked me to take over" "Ladies and gentlemenTime is up today" "Please visit us tomorrow" "Sir, closing time" "Please leave, sir" "Sir, time is up" "Security...!" "How strong your" "Sssshhh!" "You're too strong" "What are you doing here?" "I'm watching TV!" "Trying to be funny?" "Tomorrow I'll telecastyour footage in the same TV" " Which footage?" " The one I've taken" "Everything has beenrecorded so far" "Take a lookat the camera" "This camera" "Where is it?" "Oh gawd!" "My camera" "Give it back" "Do you know howexpensive it is?" "It was a minute pieceI had stuf" "How did you flickthe camera from here?" "I am a crookof the first order!" "You and I will beshown in the same TV" "Fat hopes!" "I'll announce that both of ushave come here to steal" "Want to watch?" "Hellooooo...!" "Who is it?" "Who called out to me?" "I'll really lose facePlease be quiet" "Wait...watch your step, sir" "My respect and dignitywill be 'gone with the wind'" "I heard some sound this side" "Go and check it out" "Okay, sir" "Then do what I say" "They won't shutthe door properly" "This has become a habit" "All these new recruitsare bloody careless" "They come here not to workBut to flirt with girls" "My boss should filterthe applicants thoroughly" "This is what happensif lazy louts are employed" "Boss must give itsome thought" "Not take in all and sundrywithout interviewing them" "Why are you holding my waist?" "Why did you takeyour hands off?" "!" "He has locked us in" "What will we do now?" " Chee...no" " Drama queen!" "You seem to have storedan entire store in your coat?" "Take this" "Mark the placeI tell you to" "Mark here" "Are we constructing a building?" "Make it smaller" "Why are you breathing downmy neck?" "Move a little" "Is this a Govt. park?" "Mark here" "You couldn't havemarked it smaller than this!" "Make it bigger" "You'll keep picking on me" "Another mark here" "I won't, you cando it yourself" "You are such a sweetheartPlease mark here" "Is this your marking 10th grade Math?" "Yov!" " Security" " Yes, sir" "Your tea is making me drowsy" "If my special tea ismaking you sleepy means the deity of ill luckhas leased your face!" "You'll be fine if wesprinkle diluted cow dung!" "What are you doing?" "Wasn't it recordedempty yesterday?" "I'm setting it upto make it play" "All that won't set properly" "'Thumbs down' is Kothandam!" "If he wakes up, he willfind out it isn't recorded" "Bent-mouth blockhead!" "Do you think Lingaais dumb like you?" "That's whyhe sent this" "It's a sticker 'bindi'What will you do with this?" "Now watch" "Lingaa's con job" "Doesn't it look recorded?" "Dot...!" "Don't get me caught withyour village bumpkin bag!" "Hide it" "I swear you aresuper intelligent" "What's up?" "I've pressed 'play back'Will 'live' still get recorded?" "1 minute" "If one wants to view 'playback'will it record 'live' even then?" "For sure" "Oh!" "Then you'll get caught" "I'll handle it differently" "Who is the expert adviser?" "As if that's important now" "Idiot, rascalHang up now" "Why is his tongue on a roll?" "Has our anchor partygot anchored by him?" "Mr Meddle, poking his nose" "Get in...oh gawd!" "What's wrong now?" "You only said everythingwill get recorded in 'play back'" " Yes, I did" " Camera is outside, no?" "Is that why you asked?" "Yes" "Goddamn goons!" "Now I'm an accomplicein your bloody heist?" "!" "I'll clob" "He's eating withoutsharing it with us" "Why are you playing with theseballoons you got from the kids?" "What are you doingwith my 'dupatta'?" "My...huh" "Hey!" "The alarm went offLet's go and check" "Hey!" "Come awayYou'll get caught" "Door close" "Why did the alarm go off?" "Go and check" "Look into every room properly" "They've started?" "Super" "My favourite Goddess, help me" "They won't let mebe in peace!" "Useless!" "He's sleepingWake him up 1-2-3-4" "Everything is in order" "Where is this soundblaring from?" "Why are you sleepingwhen you are on duty?" "Sorry, sir" "I swear you area smart cookie!" "You'll get caught now" "You mean 'we' will get caught!" "You...!" "See if the securityis checking...double up" "Why did the alarmget activated?" "I don't know, sir" "Everything is perfect" "Jewels are in place" "Terrified of lizards, huh?" " Only that" " That's okay" "Chee...make it go away" "I think it's a short circuit?" "No chance" "My uncle is the chief electrician" "Maybe a rat problem?" "That old bandicoot is surethere's no such problem!" "Turn off the alarmand turn it on again" "Or else the managerwill bring the roof down" " Gone?" " Going...gone" "All because you werecareless and slept" "Both of you check" "Sleepyhead!" "Rewind and check which alarmis causing such a racket" "I can't find the mouseI'm searching for it" " Where did you keep it?" " On this table" "How will it fly away?" "You sleptThat's why" "Where are youdisappearing again?" "Can't even enjoymy dinner in peace!" "Are you mad or what?" "Playing like a kidwith a ball now?" "Can't you be serious?" "They'll come here" "Yov!" "Come along" "Not a soul in sight" "But where the hellis this sound from?" "Don't know, sir" "Totally confused" "(voices overlapping)" "Don't miss a single spot" "Cupboard, toilet" "Every bloody nook and corner" "He'll yell at melouder than thunder" "Why is this sound piercingmy ear drums repeatedly?" "Don't know, sir" "Why did we stitch uniformswith 15 meters of cloth and send a battalion behind you?" "Height of inefficiency!" "This sound is driving me deaf" "Maybe a short circuit problem" "It seems long circuit to me!" "All the customersare badgering me" "Shouldn't give 5 star hotelsfor exhibitions like this!" "Urgent, switch it off permanently" "Heard him?" "Switch it off permanently" "Must switch off the alarmpermanently it seems" "Whiz-king!" "All this drama for the alarmto be switched off permanently" "Yes, if you let go of mewe can attend to the next job" "Why has it suddenly hung?" "Seems like magicI'm clueless" "Fatso is denyingthe short circuit theory" "We can see itin the CCTV clearly" "It's got stuck" "I asked you to checkthe monitor, did you?" "I'm lookingfor the mouse, sir" "You're just repeatingthe same dialog" "What are you doing here?" "You said the mouse was missing" " I found it, sir" " Very good" " Soooper" " Here you are" "Quick...rewind and check" "Check where the soundis blaring from" "Is this a wedding cassetteto rewind many times?" "Even more important" "'Narrow escape frombeing nailed to the cross'" "Tell me" "Now all floors fire" "Okay, bossI'm ready" "Sir, look over there" "Oh God!" "Why areall the cameras covered?" "Sir" "In this state of undresswhom will you go and catch!" "Get inside" "I can see a balloon" "Saw it up there?" "I told you so" "Some kids have beenplaying with balloons" "Not kids, a super con manhas planned this so cleverly" "He is inside and somethingdrastic will happen now" "Yov!" "Why are we hearingfire alarms in every floor?" "Come out...run" "Run this side" "No exit on that end" "Run this side" "Tell me" "Everything is goingas per our plan, right?" "I'm taking everyone down" "Direct them this way" "Come this way" "Your eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands, legs,brain, heart work superbly as a combo" "If you use it to your advantageyou'll go right up to our Parliament!" "Why is everyone coming this" "Crowd is rushing in, sir" "Please visit the templein my village just once" "Send them that side" "Stop everyone" "Excuse meDon't rush" "Keep an eye on the jewelry" "There's no fireBut the alarm is on" "First switch offthe fire alarm" "Customers are panicking" "Where did you hidethe necklace you stole?" "Look at your neck" "When did you fix it?" "When we rushed out now" "How do your partswork so smoothly?" " Sir...?" " What, man?" "Look here" "Wretched hoodlums!" "They literally prayed tothis heirloom in Hindu fashion" "Sanctified itand stole it" "This is daylight robbery!" "Do you really thinkit's a fair price?" "Selling price isonly 30 million" "Whoever buys outsidewill only offer 20 million" "Shouldn't I getat least 1/4 share?" "Okay, fish out the cash" "Come tomorrow at 11 sharp" "Collect your cash and cheerio!" "You're going backon your word?" "You must trust meas a human" "Yes, we also know you must sneezeinside a flour mill" "We know all thisNow cough up the cash" "As if I'm loadedwith cash 24x7!" "My transactions arecarried out at midnight" "I'm also like Lingaa" "If I give my wordit will be to the last letter!" "Quotable quotes tothe 'punchline' king?" "What if yourun away suddenly?" "What, sir?" "Trust him, man" "Sait was born andbrought up here" "I know he ownsa house in Rajasthan" "Leave now andshow up in the morning" "Have we come here to beg?" "'Oil can' is hand and glovewith the 'Hutch dog face'" "Is the Sait tipping youa handful of coins?" "Why is heinsulting me?" "He's also one of us" "Add tinker, tailor,security, spy to our gang!" "Lingaaa!" "He's going overboard as usual" "Look here, Sait" "I'm off now andI'll come tomorrow" "I'd better see hard cashOr else you won't have a shop" " Okay" " What's this?" "Zip-zoom!" "Didn't I tell youhe is one of us?" "Are you scoringbrownie points?" "'If I take up a jobI won't leave it half done'" "'If it's not do-ableI won't take it up at all'" "'Why are you holding my waist?" "'" "'I am a crookof the first order!" "'" ""Mona, she's a dream girl 'celestine'With her smile she lights up like gasoline"" ""Mona, creation of perfectionMona, lethal fuel of combustion"" ""Hey Mona, my dear gasoline!" "My heart bounces like trampoline"" ""Are your eyes a compass?" "Am I your Columbus?"" ""I cast an anchor for you to tangoSea is like 4th of July firework show"" ""Hey Senora..." "Spanish ladyTo fill up fuel I'm always ready"" ""Hey Linga..." "let's jinga-lingIf I'm gold, are you the king?"" ""You set the ship ablazeBlue sea in orange flames"" ""With the wind to conspireyou set my heart on fire"" ""Mona, you cast a spell so dizzyMona, with fuel you ignited me"" ""Mona, always in my thoughts lingeringMona, my catalyst gasoline darling"" ""Your Mona is like Fort Knox treasuryShall I open, so gold coins you can carry?"" ""You are my little princessMy beautiful stimulus!"" ""Like the strings of the 'sarangi'I yearned for you soulfully"" ""When you caressed meI forgot myself solely"" ""I was asleep solitaryin a cannon's sanctuary"" ""With your love you kindled meI sky rocketed delightedly"" ""Did I flip for your skill fabor your super gift of the gab?"" ""Into my cold clever heartyou shot many a fire-dart"" ""No one has looted meever in this way previously"" ""Mona, in your aura mysteriousfuelled by your impulse I obsess"" ""Mona, my dear diesel gasoline!" "My heart springs like trampoline"" ""A fish I baited with my arrowOn a deer I raided a deathblow"" ""Honey, with my eyes sharp as arrowI checked you out from head to toe"" ""Gasolina, pouch drink in Puerto Ricoplus your beautiful gasoline also"" ""I took your biometric verification"" ""I placed On your foreheadas keys to my Heaven"" ""Like a computer, I was locked, unexploredWith your kisses you opened a new world"" ""Hi-tech way your heart I hackedI saw myself in you in fact"" ""No one has imprisoned meever in this way previously"" ""Mona, glam-doll genuineFueling gray cells like gasoline"" ""Mona, mythological Saxon deityGasoline is Mona's identity"" ""Hey Mona, my dear gasoline!"" ""If I'm gold, are you the king?"" ""Are your magnetic eyes a compass?" "Am I your navigator Columbus?"" ""I cast an anchor, when you complysea is like fireworks on 4th of July"" "Look this side" "What do you want?" "We've been togetherall these years" "In the army, huh?" "We were in jail caughtfor chain snatching" "If you want a shareout with it loud and clear" "What share?" "In the 15 million, if you partwith 1 million each we can settle down for life" "What about the rest?" "You can keep it" "All are equal!" "3 million each?" "Boss!" "Show us your feetWe'll prostrate our thanks" "Here...my feet" "They are saying you sharethe same blood as your grandpa" "I'll really get madif you bring up his name" "Why hide like you sawyour father in a wine shop?" "I'm a man of principle" "Handcuff me but keepall my stuff behind" " What now?" " Police" "The Police have caught Sait" "Sir, you want the emeraldnecklace only, right?" "Leave the rest behind" "It must all be stolen stuff" "Load all the seized stuff at the back" "Shove this chap in front 3 million in 3 secondsvanished into vapor!" "Sir...sir" "He kept all the jewelslocked up in his box" "And only gave meimitation jewelry" "He didn't let me enjoyany of that even once" "He won't prosperLet him rot in jail" "Lingaa, forget it" "If not this, we can alwaysflick some other piece" "What?" "Poor girl!" "Sait's wife is crying" "You are blind to our sorrowbut her tears touch a soft spot!" "'Tar tin' is rolling towards us" "Got the necklace" "Give...give it to me" "You must be kiddingIt's a miracle I escaped" "You are worriedabout a necklace" "Sait has squealed on you" "You ask him for extra 50 buckshe'll bicker for half a day" "Look how promptlyhe squealed on us" "The police departmentis looking for you" "If you get caughtthey'll take you apart" "Get out of town immediately" "I'll also escape from here" "Shall we go to Chilikanur, in Andhra?" "My uncle lives thereWorks in marketing" " What does he market?" " Didn't you get it?" "Player In Management Position" "You want us to join him?" "Chee...get lost!" "I can't be beaten upby the police" "My body can't take it" "See you" "Your friendship is cut" "Get lost, moron" "Linga, find outwhat's wrong" "What happened?" "I've gone madI don't know anything" "Police can't pin any case ona mad man, even if they catch me" "We don't wantyour performance" "One look at you and we knowyou're a mad monkey, get lost!" " My wifey whacked me" " Hubby bit the wifey!" "So-called friends!" "I don't know anyonefrom out of town" "Whom do you knowinside the town?" "!" "Idea is working out now" "His train of thoughtshas gone into his brain" " Zip-zoom!" " Yeah!" "We thought it overfor a looooong time" " What's your place?" " Solaiyur" "We decided to visityour village, Solaiyur" "We cancelled ChilikanurSo do we have a choice?" "Now it gets a placein your heart, huh?" "Otherwise they'll get us, no?" "Only because we like itwe decided to visit" "Don't kill us withquestions, please" "Take us to your place" "Oh!" "Are you alsocoming with us?" "How can a king travelwithout his ministers, dear?" " Bro...?" " Boss!" "Where are the other two?" "They've gone totheir hometown" "You mean both of themran out of town?" "!" "How did you find out?" "The financier got caught thanks to me" "You black sheep!" "The moneylender gothis due for his misdeeds" "You'll pay for yourssoon enough" "Why this venomousvengeance against us?" "Not vengeance, man...plan!" "My plan is to takethe king's heir to Solaiyur" "She isn't even a female!" "Let's go somewhere else" "Zip-zoom!" "Don't you know?" "What?" "That I'm a female" "Why are you touching him?" "Hands off!" "Don't think you can attack" "He's high voltageYou'll be reduced to ashes" "Hey...no touch 2 feet gap" "What about no gapnear the cupboard?" "That was situational" "You fell into my trap" "This is also situationalYou fell into my web!" "How?" "I've called the policeThey'll be here in half hour" "They'll bruise usblack and blue!" "We won't beable to take it" "Then come withoutputting up your price?" "Just nod your head" "Please say 'yes'" "Okay" "Aren't you gettingtoo taken in?" "Okay...okay" "Long live the king!" "Even if you say 'no' looks like the peoplewon't let go of you!" "I meant the respectthey're flooding you with" "Greetings, sirWelcome" "This village is showering uswith so much respect" "Not for 'us'But for the lead" "All the grandmothersof this village are here" "Your grandpa must havebeen quite a player!" "He squanderedhis wealth and made me a pauperinstead of prince!" "Just walk along with me" "Wherever he walkshe's got style" "Hype it up some more!" "Greetings" "Everybody is so happyby your arrival here" "He's a politicianfrom my village" "He won by a huge marginin the previous election" "But I didn't get your vote!" " Can we click a photo?" " Be handy if cops get us" "Raja, I have a veryimportant appointment" " I'll take leave" " Please...okay" "Greetings, sir" "I'm a poet" "Our clan's custom is to singing praise of the king who'll reward us" "I want to followthat custom today" "What does he want?" "It seems he has beggedby singing for generations!" "To beg is to takewith permission" "That isn't wrong" "My ancestors have said'to steal is a crime'" "How does he know about us?" "That's what puzzles me" "Please sing" "If he singsyou must pay him" " Got money?" " He won't ask!" "'What will he bestow?" "What will he endow?" "'" "'Wondering though'" "'He'll shower goldLavish gifts untold'" "'If 'not enough' I declareHe'll pile more on a platter'" "'If even these don't sufficehis own self our king will sacrifice'" "'Even he'll forsakehis life for our sake'" "'Lord of compassion!" "'" "Just throw himand squash him flat" "Poet!" "Old man!" "Kothandam, I left my gold braceletin the car, please bring it for me" "Shall I sing anothersong in praise of you?" "He wants to singanother song it seems" "Please sing" "'When shade is necessarynearby will be a tree'" "'When enmity eruptsa support will show up'" "'After the dark nightdawns sunlight'" "'There is a bright futurefor each and every creature'" "Boring bee!" "Everyonehas a future, do you?" "Yes, I can see itright before my eyes" "Kothandam, I've kept a Rado watchalong with my bracelet, bring that too" "Sir, another small song" "Kothandam, please wait" "Akon hasn't finished singing" "Last song" "Shall I?" "Good...go ahead" "'Beautiful'" "You?" "Not you" "'You are beautiful'" "'Your walk is breathtaking'" "'Your laughter is spellbinding'" "'Tamil you speak is endearing'" "'Only handsome man living'" "'Most stylish man ever'" "'You're Mr World forever'" "He's got epilepsyHold him" "Kothandam, along with the braceletand watch there's a Rs 1000 bundle" " Please get that too" " That's Rs 100000" "Let it be" "Bring that and takethe car back home" "Would be great if I couldreceive it from you" "He won't come" "Hasn't he goneonly up to the car?" "No...no, he'll drivestraight back home" "Then all that you wanted to give?" " Poet...?" " That's me...me" "When you sangin praise of me how happy I was" "You should be" "When I said I'd give youbracelet, watch, money how happy you were?" "Of course!" "Then we are quits!" "I never expected this from you" "You'll borrow songs written by laureatesKannadasan, Vaali and Vairamuthu" "And I should pay you, huh?" "Get lost" "Sir...!" "Grandpa, you need nothave any doubts" "He's our king's grandson" "I have all the proof needed, fromhis birth certificate to DNA test" "I don't needany of those, dear" "His face is proof enough" "He is from that king's lineage" "The same laughterWelcome, my son" "You should open the templethe next Full moon night" "Shall I go aheadwith the preparations?" "No rush, grandpa" "We were planning torest here for a while" "You can stay herefor many years" "This is your place" "This place is ours?" "How many acres?" "Thanks a lot" "Son, I need to talkto you in private" "Shall we go in?" "No need alone" "Whatever it iswe can discuss here" "It's very important" "He's calling you in, right?" "He might show yousome bureau" "Check if we can line our pocket!" "Signal from inside" "Owning such a big bungalow,why do you work in a TV channel?" "If you rent it for a TV soapyour bank balance will overflow" "What can I doin this village?" "At least in the city I cancheck out a few handsome hulks" "Whaaat...?" "You go out on dates?" "Why do you pouncelike a monkey for that?" "So many girls end upin a drunken stupor" "After all she's only dating!" "This village is under the impressionthe 'linga' in the temple is ordinary" "Let me share with you somethingeven my granddaughter doesn't know" "It is made of emerald" "Made with the mostprecious stone" "After this temple is opened,with tight security you should be the one toannounce this fact to our folks" "Okay" "This is a big matter, sir" "Here, sir" "Thanks a ton" "You've saved mefrom a huge crisis" "This is life and death for youThat is even bigger for me" "Look over there" "Next week, celebrating'Cancer awareness' I'll ensure these hugeballoons float in the sky" "When people are busylooking up in awe we'll finish our job below" " Got it?" " Understood, sir" "It will definitelybe done, sir" "'Linga' studded with emeralds, huh?" "Yeah...!" "If an emerald necklaceis worth 15 million won't an emerald lingafetch about 15C?" "15C and 21C are all busesparked in Mandaiveli terminus!" "Cheapo!" "Stop thinking at cow dung level" "Junk piece!" "It will be worthmore than 300 millions" ""Cash, dough, dollar, rupee, money"" "But we have to waitfor the Full moon night" "You'll wait patiently till 10 p.mfor the wine shop to open" "Can't you wait for this?" "We can lift it only afterthe temple is opened" "We'll do it todayWe'll do it right now" "And then we canscoot from this place" "Correct" "Ideas and chips are same" "If you delaythey lose the crunch!" "Zip-zoom now" "Hello!" "Your latest planis to steal what?" "Linga" "Don't blabber, she didn'teavesdrop properly!" "We're telling Lingaa aboutyour height, weight and bright" "And the sunrises in the west!" " She isn't believing me" " Then say it so she'll buy it" "We were discussing who the chap isback in the city you intend hitting on!" "As if he doesn't know" "Tell and then touch" "No time to announceIt's a spontaneous gesture" "Heard that?" "Even the stiff onebites the dust!" "You angle to tangleI'm off to bed" "I'm also not sleepy" "Let's just strollaround the village" "Why choose this time of night?" "That's the fashion now" "Day is too much disturbance" "Yeah, it's likeA.R.Rahman style" "But remember not to gonear the dam or temple" "Why...why is that?" "I believe ghostsfrequent that place" "'Smash you with a slipper'" "'Bash you witha broomstick'" "My father used to sayghosts will fly hearing this" "Yeah!" "Zip-zoom?" "Landing in this remote corner building a templewith an emerald 'linga' ...if your grandpa had chosen Madrasour job would've been eas" "Don't yell" "Lord Shiva, guide us to" "Why do you carry this yellow baglike a gypsy who tells the future?" "It's a retribution bag" "If I carry it,no ghost can come near us" "Liar!" "You're with us all the time" "Your route is truly unique" "All-ways!" "Check if the wood is strong" "Are you intending tomake it into door jambs?" "Get in soonClimb up fast" "Stop harpinglike a bus conductor" "Who is that jumping intothe temple compound?" "Come fast" "Wait, my yellow baghas got caught" "Come" "It is so ancient" "What if someone elsehas stolen it before us?" "Why do you invitebad omen?" "We've taken the trouble ofscaling this wall, we'll get it" " Get a stone" " Here" "Hit...hit" "Hit harder" "Are you breaking a betel nut?" "It's a lock, give itone strong blow" "Success!" "Move aside" "Did God know we were coming andlatched the door on the inside?" "Let's push barefeetwith sanctity!" "Well done" "Is spider man living here?" "So many cobwebs?" "This temple doesn't look likeit has been shut for 70 years" "More like 700 years" "Lingaa, this doesn't looklike an emerald 'linga'" "Then Abraham Lincoln or what?" "Bring water from that well" "You call the officersI'll go and call the villagers" "Before you bring themthey'll escape" "What to do now?" "Snake!" "Do something" "How did you pull this miracle?" "Just one glare and you madethe snake disappear" "Are you such a brave man?" "Enough of pressing your footon the sewing machine pedal" "No other go" "I can hear the alarm" "Snake has slithered away" "Watch out" "Your headBend down" "Who sounded the siren?" "See if we can escape that way" "Look thereYou look this side" "Did you seeface to face?" "We both saw" "Circle the temple" "Go all around" "Like crows diving for dried fish,they are zeroing in on us" "No way out" "We are dead meatThey will skin us alive" "Are we boiled eggsto be peeled?" " Arrogant ass!" " Don't bite me" "Bro is grindinghis gray cells" "He'll come up with something" "Wait and watch" "Move asideGive way" "Greetings, sir" "Who saw?" "We did, sir" "Do you know who jumped?" "Our king's heir who has comefrom out of town and his 2 stooges" "You nincompoop!" "He's of royal lineage" "He's the grandson ofthe one who built this temple" "Why do you get angry?" "If we open the doorwe'll know the truth" "Let's do that" "If you give us permissionwe can open the temple door" "If the heir whom I thoughtshould open this door is now a suspect,what's the point in waiting?" "Open the door" "Let the entire village lend a hand" "Come, let's open" "Push...push" "Push harder" "Push some more" "'From His thick forest-like hair agleamand matted, flows a clear stream'" "'In His consecrated neck hangingis a splendid garland of serpent hissing'" "'Damad damad damad damadTo this sound of the drum'" "He danced His divine TandavaMay He shower prosperity, Lord Shiva!" "'From His thick forest-like hair agleamand matted, flows a clear stream'" "'In His consecrated neck hangingis a splendid garland of serpent hissing'" "'Damad damad damad damadTo this sound of the drum'" "'He danced His divine TandavaMay He shower happiness, Lord Shiva!" "'" "'In the pan of His matted hair agleam'" "Praise be to Lord Shivathe destoryer of all evil" "'In the well of his hair-locksCelestial Ganges st(r)eams across'" "'Dhagad dhagad dhagad flameson His forehead's surface'" "'With crescent moonas jewel on His head'" "'May I find joy alwaysin His constant Grace'" "You gave me such a huge honor" "I won't forget it in this birthand all my births to come" "This village has been blessedeven more than you, son" "Someone saidhe committed a misdeed" "We were the oneswho made the mistake" "We planned a Full moon nightto open Lord Shiva's temple" "That was our biggest mistake" "What's today?" "'Holy night of Lord Shiva'" "That's the day the Lordmarried his consort Shakthi" "That's why we weremade to open it tonight" "Even if what you say is true why jump over the wallto open the door?" "If they had told uswe'd have done this in a grand, religious manner" "He did so because the templeclosed by the entire village should be openedin the same way" "You may be unaware" "Or some might have diedwith this secret to their grave" "But he knows his grandfatherKing Lingeswara only too well" "Just like him, one daythe king too came here" "He came to our villagefrom some unknown place" "Everyone is part ofa looting gang, huh?" "No, we are freedom fighters" "A brave man is onewho attacks his enemy" "Not one who loots" "Freedom is when onestruggles for his country" "Not for your house" "We are also patriotsfighting for our country" "Then why did you jump on toa running train at midnight?" "To kidnap you" "Who?" "We came to kidnapa British Collector" "But I never expected himto be an Indian" "Only the unexpectedis always interesting" "What do you gain bykidnapping the Collector?" "I'll hold him as hostage and freeour imprisoned freedom fighters" "If you get them freed...?" "We'll release the Collector" "If they are arrested again?" "Will you kidnapanother Collector?" "Fool!" "If you're truly patrioticinstead of being so stupid join the real freedom fightersand support their cause" "If you want the non violent'ahimsa' way, follow Gandhi" "If you want to take up armsjoin Subash Chandra Bose's force" "Use your brain" "Don't wear a hoodand fool yourselves" "Go on...move it" "Greetings, sir" "I'm the Sub Collectorof this district" "Lingeswaran" " How do you do?" " Fine, sir" "Johnson?" "Leave themLet them go" "No, sir" "You rememberall that I told you" "Careful" "Don't get beaten up again" "How far is Solaiyur?" "6 miles, sir" "Stop the train" "Stop the train please" "This has becomea daily ritual here" "Move aside, man" "Blocking our way" "Wonder what troublethey will cause now!" "Yov!" "Bone marrow!" "Why didn't you stop?" "What, man?" "You're also huffing andpuffing just like your train?" "Why did you come early today?" "Aiyo!" "This is the right time" "Oh!" "So you comelate daily, huh?" "Don't mess it up" "You'll make me lose my job" "Yov!" "Start the train, man" "You'll move from here, huh?" "Try leaving withoutgiving us water!" "My dear girl!" "I can't give waterCollector is watching me" "So what?" "Why shouldwe be bothered?" "Each of us willgive you 2 tapiocas" "Just give us on the slyand 'chug-chug' away" "I have a familyto take care of" "My job is at stake" "Listen to me" " Collector sir" " Gawd!" "He has seen me" "Ask him to give us water" "Okaaaay, sir" "You'll break your insides,bone marrow!" "This is for you,Bag-o-bones" "My boss is watching" "Collector sir'Tanks' a lot" "No mention" "Want a tapioca?" "Thank you" "Naughty girl!" "Oh my Lord Easwara!" "Greetings, sir" "I'm the village chief of Solaiyur" "This is Sammandham,once a wealthy man" "He's Kavi BharathiBig shot in this village" "He is" "A very good afternoonto everybody" "Come to the point" "We have handed over countlesspetitions expressing our troubles" "We even sent telegrams" "But it has all been in vain" "If we submit100 petitions Collector will comeHe'll meet all of us" "And promise to lookinto it later and disappear" "They were all BritishAnd they didn't lift a finger" "You seem to be one of us" "We are sure this timewe will be lucky" "As a Collectorwhatever I can I'll do my best" "Tell me what your problem is" "Water is our problem" "See the river over there" "Look how dry it is" "This is how it is9 months in a year" "We have to walk 6 to 8 milesdaily to fetch drinking water" "Otherwise, know the rail engine?" "Half the crowd will rush toget hot water from the engine" "Suddenly rains from somewherewill cause a deluge in the river" "The flood will washour village away" "The boy standing therelost his father in the flood" "This young girllost her husband" "The flood will even wash awaythe goats we rear for our livelihood" "In this drought seasonwe won't have water" "Fields will be dryNo rainfall" "But hunger alone is hereto stay in our village" "In a nutshell,we are at a loss whether this river iswith water or without" "My God!" "An entire familyhas fallen into a huge pit" "That isn't a pitIt's an old well" "Poor souls!" "Often our folks are forcedto commit suicide" "Bharathi!" "Imagine their anguishto end their lives like this" "God knows how many morewill die in this famine?" "In a state of total despairunable to survive without food they preferredto end their lives" "This is the plightof our village" "This kind of farmer's suicideisn't a rare incident" "It is a daily occurence" "Rather than live in miseryif we ask them to find work outside they refuse sayingthey were born here" "To die in hunger like thiswhat does it matter which soil?" "Our pleas fall only on deaf ears" "Wonder who will take totalresponsibility for this death toll" "We don't know who will comeand prevent all this, sir" "Hereafter, not even 1 life will belost due to famine in this village" "I won't let it happen" "Hasn't he eaten?" "Not yet" "Sir, why haven't youhad your dinner?" "If I skip 1 meal in a dayit isn't the end of the world" "Only if one is unable toeat even once a day...!" "'If an individual is denied foodwe'll destroy this world, we would'" "We have to build a damfor the people of Solaiyur" "Yes, it is a dam" "I want to build forthe people of Solaiyur" "Damn it!" "Mr Lingeswaran, you got no ideathe cost of constructing a dam" "Not one of the Collectorspresent here is aware" "Even I don't know" "But you definitely do!" "Why?" "Because, you haven't passedjust the Indian Civil Service" "But an efficient engineer who hasstudied Civil engineering in Cambridge" "Yes, sir, I know as a civil engineerwhat the total expenditure will be" "So how will we getsuch a huge amount?" "Why can't you build itwith the taxes collected in India?" "How does the British Govtbenefit by doing so?" "If we block the waters whichwould otherwise reach the sea and build a dam, how fertilethe surrounding land will become" "Don't you know thatas a Collector?" "And are you unaware ofthe increased income you'll get?" "And how much tax tolevy on the farmer should an Indian teachthe British Govt, huh?" "We are fully aware" "No necessity for youto teach our Government" "Mr Lingeswaran, first approvemy plan that you objected" "You see, if you laid a train trackfrom Madurai to Cochin Govt.can see returns" "Won't that cost money?" "It will, but" "In spite of it, at onceyou'll gain multifold, right?" "That's why you builtall these railroads in India" "From gold, diamond, emerald, ruby,coral, pearl, lapis lazuli to pepper countless products you planned tosmuggle from here to your country" "So you laid these tracks" "Or else to enjoy withyour family in hill stations" "I am sorry" "As Madurai CollectorI can't approve this" "Yes, we won't sanctionthe approval either" "You're also workingfor the British Govt" "So don't plan on whatto give the people here" "Think of what you cantake to Buckingham!" "In fact you should think of whatyou'll take when you finally go up" "You are lettingyour tongue run!" "Yes, wishing to do some good formy motherland, I'm talking too much" "You have to getyour salary from us" "Don't forget that" "I work as a Collectorfor the British Govt" "Not for your salary" "I want to serve the people" "For the joy it gives meand for my satisfaction" "What if we dismiss youfrom your post as Collector?" "What's the use of beinguseless to everyone?" "Why should you dismiss me?" "I'll myself resign" "By resigningyour Collector's job you've already failed" "I haven't failed" "I've just postponedmy success!" "I know where and how to getpermission to build the dam" "See you soon" "No use trusting this Govt" "Even the newly appointed Collectorhas resigned his job it seems" "Only God cansave us hereafter" "My...fabulous!" "What a palace!" "Do you want one like this?" "What a joke?" "Hey Janet, never everunderestimate me" "Oh!" "Bless you" " Madam?" " Not for me, thank you" "That is fantastic" "It's Italian, sir" "Collector, sir, he isthe landlord of Rayakottai" "Nice to meet you" "Evening" "Governor is on the way" "Be alert" "Your Excellency!" "Maharaja is coming" "Hey!" "He's Collectorof Madurai, right?" "Not anymore" "He was the Collector of Madurai" "But always a king!" "Ladies and gentlemenand my dear friends" "As you all know, His Highnessthe Maharaja of Kodiyur..." "Raja Lingeswaran has so graciouslyinvited us here tonight for dinner and celebration of his birthday" "And to him I wisha very long life" "Everything is madeof silver and gold" "He really is a very rich man" "Yes, I've justcome to know" "Well!" "I have been heremore than 10 years" "I know TamilJust a few words" "But I understand it very well" "Was this your father's placebefore it was yours?" "So you are followingin your father's footsteps?" "Actually my ambition wasto become an engineer" "So my dad sent meto study in London" "But his last wish wasfor me to study ICS" "And become a Collector" "Why ICS?" "My father used totell me quite often" "Our ancestors had a lot of powerwhen they were kings" "They could do what they wantedfor the people without constraints" "But in your British ruleonly Collectors have the power" "So he wanted me to becomea Collector and I studied ICS" "Then why did you resign?" "I couldn't do what I wanted" "Go on, what did youwant to do?" "Tell me" "I think this isn't the rightplace and time to discuss" "It's always the right place and timeto discuss things between friends, right?" "With my resources I want todo a lot of good for my people" "Who is going to object?" "This isn't about objection" "I want your permission" "What do you wantmy permission for?" "I intend building a damfor the people of Solaiyur" "You are going to buildthis dam on your own" "I have enough resourcesto spend on my own and build" "Permission granted" "Thank you very much" "I'm really honouredon my birthday" "God bless you, my friend" "Thanks a lot" "Congratulations" "Excuse me, sir" "What is it, Lawrence?" "If an individual builds a damin our British Govt that's an insult to us, sir" "Do you actually think he canbuild a dam by himself?" "Impossible, sir" "Then why botherarguing about it?" "Right now, all these rajasare watching us closely" "Already we are facing problemswith Gandhi in the north" "Why create a new one here?" "We also needIndia's support in the 2nd world warwhich has just begun" "We need the support ofeach and every king on this table" "We can't oppose any of them" "You understand he'll neverbuild that dam, don't you?" "Absolutely not" "Your Highness, my man here,Collector Lawrence, tomorrow morning will bring to youthe orderyou desire" "That's what we were discussing" "We didn't consent, so you usedyour birthday dinner as an excuse and in a devious, cunning mannergot the Governor to agree, right?" "Didn't you comeinto India as traders with East India companyas a smoke screen ...and deviously deceivedthe kings here to loot our country?" "Was what I did worse than that,Mr Lawrence Hunter?" "Anyway permission aloneisn't enough, Mr Lingeswaran" "Without our support let me seehow an Indian can build a dam?" "Haven't you seenthe Grand Anaicut in Trichy?" "King Karikala Cholabuilt it 2000 years ago" "Look at Kodiveri damin Coimbatore" "It is strong even today" "That was whenthey ruled as kings" "All that a king needsis the support of his subjects" "Always by God's grace I havemy people's support in all ways" "I don't care who supports youYou can't build that dam alone" "It's a challenge" "To achieve a goalsupporters will be in plenty" "But one man as enemy will bethe reason to make it happen" "You'll be that reasonto finish building this dam" "It will never happen" "Wait and see" "Is he coming?" "No, he isn't" "Coming?" "Not yet!" "Hey, give it to meYou're not lucky at all" "I'll take a lookGive it to me" "How long I've beenasking for your earrings" "Give that to me first" "Why are you alwayseyeing my earrings?" "My father wears studs" "But he refusesto buy me a pair" "Okay, when my fathergets me another pair I'll give thisto you, okay?" " Promise?" " I swear" "That's half a promiseYou didn't pinch!" " Is he coming?" " Yes, coming" " Coming...what's coming?" " Some 'pleasure' is coming" "'Pleasure'?" "Horse carriagethat the British use" "Oh!" "See who's in it" "Remember the Collectorwe saw in the station" "He's coming" "Why is the Collector coming?" " Hey, Collector is coming" " Oh my God, Collector is coming!" "Stop...!" "Stop the car" "Boss, some girl is runningin the middle of the road" " Stop...stop" " Yes, I see her" "Please stop" "Stop...!" "Bharathi, stone" "Oh gawd!" "Looks like someoneset this nail deliberately" "Move a little bit" "Look out...water!" "I showeredin the morning!" "Bharathi, I'm talkingabout being flooded" "And you are simplywalking away like that?" "I heard some noise" "Let me go and check" "Our boys would've usedexplosives to dig a well" "Why waste time?" "You cleaned the car that wascovered in dust in seconds?" "!" "Drenched completely" "Hmmm...who was it meant for?" " Math teacher" " For what?" "Because they didn'tdo the sums properly look how he has hit them" "Hey, show him" "Seems quite a hard blowBruises are a ripe purple!" " Why didn't you show?" " Why don't you...?" " Chee...!" " Likewise" "You saw the bruises" "That's why" "We did this to teacha lesson to the teacher" " So...whose idea was it?" " Bharathi" "You got the brainof an engineer!" "Lord Easwara!" "Hey!" "How can you callour boss by his name?" "Good lord!" "Didn't I tell you the Collectoris a good man and won't get angry?" "Who told you...?" "Of course you'll be punished!" "Sir, hold tight" "You seem to be a pro" "What's that village?" "Palaiyur" "Rain water has startedflowing into the river" "I don't know whenthis place will get flooded" "I thin" "Do as I told you" "When you do things on the sly,you do it happily, right?" "You intend building a dam?" "That would cost a king's ransom!" "How much arethey spending?" "Permission is theirsExpenditure is mine" "Cooperation is your contribution!" "You'll be doingour people a huge favor" "Why won't they cooperate?" "We'll take care of that!" "Thank you very much" "By the way, how will youcollect that huge an amount?" "I'm the only son ofking Parameswara of Kodaiyur" "Lord Easwara!" "Does that meanyou are a king?" "I haven't come here as a king" "But as an engineerto build this dam" "You are a king not onlybecause of your wealth" "Even your heartis made of gold" "Finally good time hasdawned on our village" "You've got the king himselfin the palm of your hand" "You're something else!" "Sir, because of the rainthe whole place is flooded" "Won't it be difficultto build the dam now?" "We must divert the riverand then start work" "Won't it be too laborious?" "If you want your wish fulfilledyou got to sweat it out" " Greetings, Your Highness" " Come...welcome" "This is my only childMani Bharathi" "She wants to work hereWill you take her in?" "A very naughty girlI've seen her!" "But what work can she do?" "Household choresHelp the cook" "She can do all that" "But she's a teenagerAnd this is a small village" "Won't people here gossipabout this arrangement?" "I'm a follower of Bharathi,Tamil poet and social reformer" "Like he visualized, I raisedmy daughter as a liberated girl" "I don't care whatthe villagers will think" "If you got any problemslet me know!" "She can work hereas long as you're fine with it" "'Danks'" "This was built for the employeesof landlord of Rayakottai to stay" "You intend staying here?" "I've also come hereonly to work" "But you're a king, used toa royal life in the palace" "Whatever heightswe may reach while sleeping we occupythe space of only our height!" "Excellent...!" "I'll take leave" "Sami Pillai...?" " Bharathi?" " Father?" "This is another level!" "Behave accordingly" "You're the only girl hereto have studied the most" "Let that not make youhigh-and-mighty" "I won't let it go tomy head, father" "Make sure you don't spoilmy icon, poet Bharathi's name!" "Are you the only girl herewho has studied the maximum?" "Of course, my father sent meto a faaaar off school of repute" " What have you studied?" " 4th grade!" "Hey, hit it hard" "Bang on its head!" "Sir, when can I join work?" " Your wish- 'Danks'" "Hey!" "Why are you takingyour own sweet time walking?" "He feeds you thrice a dayand also pays you, buck up!" "Why are you looking at my face?" "Paint properly...paint...paint" "What a slipshod job!" "It's still so dirtyWash it with water" "'Was...was'" "Sir, palm jaggery coffee" "Thank you very much" " No 'mansion'" "This is a flood zone" "If we build the dam herewater will get collected here" "Sir...coffee" "My God!" "What have you done?" "Do you know howimportant this plan is?" "You've becometoo playful these days" "I don't want youworking for me" "Clear off" "From now onjust serve food" "I don't even want food" "Get out" "I'm starving!" "Sami Pillai..." "Sami Pillai" "Everyone is fast asleep" "Where do I find food now?" "Wow..." "Bharathi!" "Steamed rice cake is soooper" "'Tanks'" "We also agree'Puttu' is real yummy" "Can 'inside' coming?" "!" "In this whole village, onlymy 'puttu' has a special flavor" "My father swears by it" "Hey hold...hold" "My plan...grab all the papers" "Catch the papers 3, 4, 5" "8, 11, 12" "Sir, forget it" "We'll draw a different one" "That was a crucial plan" "I have to measureall over again" "Easier said than done" "Go back to workWhat do you know?" "Sir, I didn't miss outeven a single plan" "There are 38 in total" " Thank you" " No 'mansion'" "Oh!" "Important planCatch it...get hold of it 39...39" "Catch...over there" "How are you todayMr Lingeswaran?" "Fine, thank you" "I came this way to hunt" "Looks like you're also hunting!" "Just to see howyou'll build that dam I got transferred to Madurai" "By deceiving the same Governor" "Oh!" "I see" "But doesn't seem likeyou're working on any dam" "I think you're only workingon wooing this girl" "You're doing a good jobMarry her, she's very pretty" "Thank you very much" "'Marry herShe's very pretty'" ""Oh king, Your majestyI'm not the only beauty"" ""But unrivalled leader you are"" ""Yes, you are our Super star"" ""You wished to seize stars teeny-weenyYou ravished this silver moon readily"" ""Enamored by stars teensy-weensyyou devoured this bright moon headily"" ""Lion-hearted untoldWill you touch my life with your soul?"" ""Your eyes, pierce eagle-eyedin search of flowers denied"" ""Your hands, fingers unbiddenexplore for roots hidden"" ""I relished plucking stars itsy-bitsyI ravished this silver moon greedily"" ""Sir Galahad the gallant knight!" "Will you touch my soul with your life?"" ""Bold, blue-blooded beauBlend my soul with your life, will you?"" ""From tusks of elephants five scoreivory armor on your chest you wore"" ""With my domes I invaded your armorto plunder your heart with my ardor"" ""Southern flower untouchedCave island, honey drenched"" ""Milky white swan you areI'm your hungry lover"" ""Pot of desire nectarousPearled waist sensuous"" ""With your bosoms beckoningspread me a feast, my queen"" ""You relished plucking stars itsy-bitsyYou ravished this butter moon greedily"" ""Dauntless in body and mindMy life with yours will you bind?"" ""Snow-white buds the sun hasn't seenhand them in my hand, my sunbeam"" ""Conqueror of 7 lands and seas, this kingcraved for your pinky toe, imagine!"" ""From basics to base 4let's enjoy an encore"" ""Let our souls ventureto the summit of surrender"" ""Evolved scriptureBeloved sculpture"" ""Let's revel in rhapsodyMost revered majesty"" ""Besotted by stars teensy-weensyI feasted on this full moon hungrily"" ""Besotted by stars teensy-weensyyou feasted on this gilded moon fully"" ""Courageous to the coreWill you touch your life with my soul?"" ""My daring dashing beauMerge our life and soul, will you?"" "Bless us, boss" "May you be happy" "What's this, Sami Pillai?" "Her people are hell benton ruling our country" "I thought I could overruleat least one and show her hell!" "So I married her" "What did that girl say?" "Get back to work!" "Not 1 or 2..." "I've spokenwith all our village folks" "Not even in his dreamscan he construct this dam" "You might think I'm lying" "By this time our people would havechased that king out of this place" "What if they change their mind?" "No, they won't" "I've set up our menin every village around here" "That's why our budgetexceeded a little bit" "Bring me the good newsthat the king has left this place" "I'll even bequest an entirevillage in your name" "It's all in cash" "Subburaju, why is everyonesmiling from ear to ear?" "You've chased the kingout of this place, right?" "Come and look for yourself" "Rangan" "Murugan...go" "Palanisamy...go" "Maintain the queue" "Ramasamy" "Muthaiya" "Ganesan...?" "Kuppusamy...?" "What happened?" "We came just like you saidto chase him away from here" "True, if we builda dam here not 30 but 36 villagesto the east will submerge" "That's what I've beensurveying all these days" "Not to worry, 8000 acres of landing the west belongs to this man" "Landlord of RayakottaiMy childhood friend" "He has offered youthis huge extent of land" "I thank him forhis good heart!" "I'm not good hearted" "He is golden hearted!" "I'm not givingthis land free of cost" "He has already paid me!" "Whoever has land in the east,he has asked me to transfer the same extent of landing the west in all their names!" "If we construct a dam in the east,then in your land in the west you can harvestfor 3 seasons in a year!" "Thank you very much" "Thank you so much" "But on 1 condition!" "You must transfer in my nameyour eastern land that will be flooded" "Only when I ownall that land can I build the damwithout any hassle!" "You don't have todonate it free of cost" "I'll pay you twicetoday's value" "Are you willing?" "You're giving us sugar caneand paying us to eat it!" "Will anyone refuse?" "Of course we are willing" "Aren't you okay with this?" " We accept" " We agree" "Hey!" "Stop it" "All that can't be done" "That land belongsto my grandfather" "How can I transfer it to you?" "All that can't be done" "Tell him you can't" "Listen, he's givinghis land to replace ours" "And also offering to pay ustwice the value of our land" "Why?" "For our village to prosper" "That's going over your head!" "This is my ancestral property" "I refuse outright" "Is the welfare ofthis village important?" "Or your dead grandfather?" "You're keeping quiet whilehe's letting his tongue run" "You better accept it" "Otherwise the whole village will uniteand destroy your entire lineage" " What, man?" " Of course" "Say 'yes'" "Or else we'll packall of you to hell" "Lord Easwara...!" "If we had protested further our own folkswould've burnt us alive!" "That's why we alsoaccepted their money" "He beat us with his money" "You can beat mewith your slipper!" "What's the pointing beating you?" "Dammit!" "True!" "All dam's fault!" "But he can't be stopped" "The dam will bebuilt for sure" "Lord Easwara...!" "83, 84" "Look at thisIt's pathetic!" "Break it" "Break it real hard" "How can you askstudents to help?" "Stop this" "Get up" "You should study" ""Indian...join me en masseto build anew Himalayas"" ""Youngster, bright and boldLet's turn rainwater into gold"" ""Tiny drops of water make a riverThat droplet in history is your avatar"" ""Lend a hand, strong manYour right hand will be the dam"" ""Prop mountains, stop the riverlet's build a scientific cloister"" ""Shall we unite and planas one caste and clan?"" ""Shall we in solidarityunite as a sea of humanity?"" ""Let our villages convergeWith enthusiasm plunge"" ""Revel in a golden periodJoy widespread"" ""Indian...join me en masseto create a brand new Himalayas"" "Hey ladies!" "You can't build this dameven if you become grandmothers" "Hit you hard!" "Hit you if you don'twear sandals at work!" "Only iron helmetswill protect you" "Wear it...secure it firmly" "Our king" "When he comes tothe court chamber" "This was on his birthday" "Boss...sir...?" " Hey!" "Who is this?" " Aiyo!" "No 'mansion'" "Subbu, ask themwhat they want" "At once, sir" "Eat well" "What do you want?" "Shall I serve you some gravy?" "That's whyi warned you!" "I told you, before startinga project of this magnitude it's our practiceto sacrifice a goat" "Do we sacrifice for famineand also to eradicate famine?" "Well said!" "Shouldn't there bea limit for superstition?" "It's safer to sacrifice" "If you kill 100 goats,villagers will be happy!" "Even if we kill you,the whole village will rejoice!" "Shut your gob" "Listen, if we build this damwithout any mishap I'll build a templefor this village" " There won't be any hitch" " Glad to hear this, sir" "Why are you back?" "Go and take rest!" "It's just a small woundI'll get back to work" ""Human race without watercan't survive...so volunteer!"" ""Change won't take placewithout human species"" ""Come out into the lightand like a tiger fight"" ""Shall we join forcesas one family, no fences?"" ""Shall we bond and growas people, no high or low?"" ""As bonded beasts foreverwill we live hereafter?"" ""Golden period to treasure"" "Don't show yourBritish arrogance here!" "Come hereServe here" "Okay sir" "Hey Shanmugam?" " Yes, sir?" " Come here" "Planning to getyour daughter married?" "She's still youngWhat's the rush?" " But she's in a rush!" " What are you saying?" "Look over there" " Get lost" " Don't play the fool" "They are just kidsplaying with each other" "And you're makinga mountain out of a mole" "If you get them both married,you won't have any hassles later" "How can you even say this?" "You know very well that boyis from a caste lower than ours" "Oh big deal!" "How can caste bea criteria these days?" "Look there" "From barbarians to gypsies castes, high and low" "They are eating togetherwithout any discrimination" "Can you differentiateby caste, creed or religion?" "In those days even wells weresegregated according to castes" "Aren't we building the damover there without hierarchy?" "Tomorrow when we getwater from that source people from all casteswill go and fetch water" "We will all work togetherfor our daily existence?" "How come caste comes into playonly when you start a family?" "Hey Vasantha!" " Get up from there" " Father?" "You brainless nitwit!" "You are eating along witha boy from a lower caste" "Are you all bird brained?" "Sit according toyour caste and eat" "If you still want to eat,ask our caste to eat first" "Then serve food toother lesser mortals" "Hey!" "You think we arebeggars to eat leftovers?" "You stupid numskull!" "Your skull is the thickest" "Hey!" "Shut up" " People, get up" " He's demeaning us" "If they have an ounceof pride, let them go" "If I send a couple of men like youbehind Gandhi, we'll rule India hassle freefor another century" "Not 100 years, sirbut 1000 years" "Aiyo!" "Madam is coming!" "What the hell is thisscoundrel always doing here?" "Not 'Gounder', my ladyI belong to another caste!" "Sir, how come there isn'ta single soul here?" "Where have they gone?" "Things are strewn all around" "Bring it" "Listen to me carefully" "This is your life" "This is the progressfor your children" "This is your future,livelihood, labor, food clothing, shelter,happiness, everything" "Now, this very moment,to build this temple and dam will you lend me your hand?" "Or do you want to dieof hunger and starvation?" "And turn this villageinto a graveyard?" "Decide for yourself!" "One more announcement" "I don't want any Mudaliyar tocome forward to build this dam" "Nor do I want Naidus" "Chettiars, Gounders, Iyers,lower caste, higher caste" "Hindus, Christians, Muslims" "Not a single soul" "Beyond the barrierof caste and religion if one of youin this gathering ...if he or she is an Indian ...and if the Indian bloodis running in your veins ...I want only that Indianto come forward" "I don't want anyone else" "Sami Pillai, pull upa chair for me" "I'll also sit" "Do I have to sit facingthese dumb people?" "Turn it aroundthe other side!" ""Indian...join me en masseto build anew Himalayas"" ""Youngster, bright and boldLet's turn rainwater into gold"" ""Tiny drops of water make a riverThat droplet in history is your avatar"" ""Lend a hand, strong manYour right hand will be the dam"" ""Prop mountains, stop the riverlet's build a high-tech cloister"" "Ladies and gentlemen" "People of all castes, come andwork in solidarity...cooperate" "Aiyaiyo!" "No 'mansion'" ""Revel in a golden periodJoy widespread"" ""Indian...join me en masseto create a brand new Himalayas"" "'Pongalo Pongal'" "'May your life brim with prosperityon this harvest festival day'" "Sir, please forgive me" "Plenty of events happenedwhen you weren't here" "What happened?" "Sir, now I understand whymillions follow Mahatma Gandhi" "That king has a weaponmore powerful than your cannon" "I'm talking about man power!" "Sir, you'll shoot something andmy people will burn me to ashes!" "Hey fool...!" "You British villain!" "Step forwardand take a look" "Satisfied?" "You shot this flag" "Shoot now" "Let's see how manyflags you can shoot" "That's an Indian for you!" ""Dispelling Whites' darknessmay Gandhi's nation become famous"" ""Let Ganges hurryto touch Cauvery"" ""Let us leave footstepsin our desert sands"" ""Shall we bond as 1 nationwith no discrimination?"" ""Shall we win overFate's endeavor?"" ""Shall we create history?" "My precious rosary"" ""Good times shall we see?" "Look forward to eagerly"" ""Shall we rewrite history?" "Autographed with melody"" ""Will life be hunky-dory?" "Sheathed in glory"" ""Connect to win; nothingin this world is too big"" ""Isn't the sky that fliesconsiderably huge in size?"" ""But in front of wingssky is of no significance"" ""Let us merge our nationwithout exclusion"" ""Shall we be one nationwithout apartheid notion?"" ""As one single forcelet's seal fate's doors"" ""Indian...join me en masseto build anew Himalayas"" ""Youngsters, bright and boldLet's change rainwater to gold"" ""Tiny drops of water make a riverThat droplet in history is your avatar"" ""Lend a hand, SupermanYour right hand will be the dam"" ""Prop mountains, let rivers be stilllet's build an illuminated temple"" ""Mountains proppedRivers stopped"" ""Scientific house of prayerlet's build now and forever"" ""Let's live without biasNot be caste-conscious"" ""Shall we conquerFate's signature?"" ""We built mountains substantialShall we build a dam for survival?"" ""Shall we rule our country,our flag fluttering in victory?"" "Sir...he's coming" "Sir, chair?" "I knew you'd comein search of me" "Mr LingeswaranKing of Kodaiyur" "Only now you're standingin the place fit for you" "Our ancestors didn't put youin your rightful place" "That's why I'm standingMr Collector!" "What's the matter?" "First, rain has floodedthe western Ghats" "And before the floods target us,we need dam's shutter equipments" "Otherwise are you worried, your damwill be washed away in the flood?" "No, I'm worried this whole villagewill be washed away in the flood" "How can I prevent that?" "As District Collector, you haveconfiscated all the equipments" "Why should I?" "Ego" "You suffer from a complexyou may lose this challenge" "I have nothing of that sort" "Then grant mepermission at once" "Okay" "What's your 2nd problem?" "Not minePeople's problem" "I transferred land from the landlordof Rayakottai to the people of this village" "Your Govt has confiscated it" "As per our Govt's orders, landlordscan own only a certain amount of assets" "It isn't the landlord's propertyIt belongs to the people now" "But our Govt already bought it" "Thanks to your conspiracy" "You predated the documentby 2 years and cheated my friend" "You found out, huh?" "The whole countryknows you inside out" "So what?" "What do you want me to do?" "Simple" "As a Collector, pass an order statingthe farmer owns the land he cultivates" "Can do, but nowit is Govt. property" "We can't lift our fingerwithout any proof" "I know only too well" "State your rate" "Do you want twice or 5 timesthe present land value?" "I want 100 timesthe present value" "My God!" "Thanks to the dam it is nowfertile and equal to gold" "That will be its value tomorrow" ""A lion can conceal its growlTigers can smile and play foul"" ""Some are pro in deceivingWolf in sheep's clothing"" ""Praise you right up to the skiesAnd then drop you in an abyss"" ""Within a bouquet there isa snake that will hiss"" ""Even if the mighty elephantfalls into a bottomless pit..."" ""...no one can trampleits spirit unshakable"" ""Truth will triumph one day whenyou'll get a standing ovation then"" ""Only you, this village will proclaimYou deserve all the name and fame"" ""Lies blow like a tempestBut truth speaks the calmest"" ""Instead of thorns on that dayroses will pave your way"" "This is atrocious!" "Let's meet the GovernorGo to the High court" "Or if need be, even toLondon High court!" "We are runningout of time now" "This is not the workof a mere individual" "It's a joint conspiracy!" "Okay, I'll pay" "I'll pay your price" "I need 4 days grace time" "Why 4 days?" "I don't have ready cashOnly immovable assets" "To make final settlementfor the sluice gate I have to sell gold andsilver from my palace" "To pay your exorbitant rateI'm forced to sell the palace" "I need time tofinalize the deal" "Why sell it tosome random stranger?" "I'll give you moneyto pay for the sluice" "Give me the palace" "With all the gold, silver,furniture and fittings" "Done" "Tomorrow I'll comewith my palace documents" "Wait...!" "Janet, can youplease take her inside?" "If you want our dealto be implemented 2 conditions" "You shouldn't tell anyonewhat transpired between us" "Ettappan like Brutuswill hide behind you 2nd condition?" "Accept the dam was not builtby you but by the British Govt" "I'm prepared to go to any lengthfor the dam and my people, okay?" "Will you keep up your word?" "See you tomorrow" "Very good, sir" "I've prepared an order stating the Rayakottai landbelongs to the farmer" "Hand it over safelyat the Collector's office" "Yes, sir" "Look, he bought these landsfor peanuts from us" "That's the land document" "He's selling our landsto the British!" "Holy cow!" "Look at thosepiles of currency notes" "He's taken many moresuch boxes before" "How do you know?" "One of the cops here ismy nephew...he saw them" "Why is the dog barking?" "Security, checkif anyone is there!" "Let's scoot" "All the silveris in the car" "How can you still smile?" "You built a dam for the peopleYou lost your name and wealth" "You lost yourtitle and palace" "But I haven't lostmy peace of mind" "How long will you livehoarding all this?" "For what I did today many generations will benefiting years to come, you moron!" "Come, Sami Pillai" "Why is this 'linga'green in color, sir?" "It's made of emerald" "Really costly" "We'll tell your fatherto appoint tight security" "Okay" "We'll inform the village later!" "Yes" " Hey Dubash!" " What, ma?" "Where are your wife and children?" "Gone to her parents' house" "Why?" "For the next delivery" "Where are all our people?" "No idea" "Everyone is aware we are openingthe temple on Lord Shiva's Holy night" "Your majesty, pleasecall a chaste virgin" "With goodness of heartlet her light the lamp" "The whole villagewill be prosperous!" "Bharathi, light the lamp" "He'll soon want you tolight his heart and home too!" "You took the callbefore me, huh?" "!" "Go, dear" "Leader...chief!" "Why are youdragging him?" "Chief...please listen to me" "Go away" "Better clear out of this village" "Hereafter, you don't havethe right to step into this village" "What are you saying?" "You don't know" "You didn't see" "But we all did!" "We saw him accept a box filled withloads of cash from the British Collector" "Who...he did...?" "Did he take moneyfrom our enemy?" "Yes...see if he canrefute my allegation!" "Your majesty, did you takemoney from that British Collector" "Yes" "Now do you believe me?" "He himself has accepted" "Ask him why he did so?" "How can he answer that?" "How can he revealwhat happened there?" "Blue blood it seems!" "It's an insult to him" "Hey!" "Why shouldhe be humiliated?" "Sami Pillai!" "As if we won't knowif he doesn't tell us!" "He told usif the dam is built then all lands to the eastwill be submerged" "So he bought themfrom us for pittance" "Then he sold it to the Britishfor a king's ransom!" "And went to and fro collectingbox-load of money from the Collector" "Isn't it the truth?" "Tell them" "We saw him hand overour documents to the British Collector" "Yes" "Why did he giveour documents to him?" "Land that may submerge in watershould only be with the builder" "What are you saying?" "Ask him that question" "If the dam was built bythe British Govt or by him?" "Sir, was this dam built bythe British like they are saying?" "Yes, this dam was builtby the British Govt" "Then all these days why did youact like you built this dam?" "Forget that" "He gave us the land ownedby the landlord of Rayakottai which he bought to replace ours" "Isn't that also a drama?" "Show him the notice" "Did you takea good look?" "He has sent us a noticeasking us to return those lands!" "British took those lands fromthe landlord of Rayakottai long ago" "Read it" "What's your answer?" "We've lost our lands" "What do we do now?" "I know what to do" "I will take him apar" "Stop there" "Don't even dream of steppinginto this village again" "Go away" "Correct, how canhe tackle the British?" "Let's all fall at the feet ofthe Collector and request him" "He'll return all our landsI can guarantee you that!" "Why should a kingstoop down to do all this?" "Business, naturally" "He has done the same wheelingand dealing all rich people do" "He isn't guiltythe way you all think" "I'm talking frommy experience!" "Look at his face" "Does his face look likehe'll harm anybody?" "Old lady, you'll vouchfor him and leave this world" "We have to live with it" "Go...go and buildsome more palaces" "What are you looking at?" "Listen!" "It's hard to build" "But easy to demolish!" "After all this,if you still wait here we'll ourselves destroy the damwe built with our sweat and toil" "Want to see that happen?" "HE will take careof everything" "Thank you very much" "He betrayed us and builta temple like he's a saint!" "Let's first shutthe temple doors" "Come on" ""Truth will triumph one day whenthis world will glorify you then"" ""Only you, this village will acclaimYou...you sure deserve that fame"" ""Lies blow like a stormBut truth speaks slow and calm"" ""On that day, in your lifeyou'll win over all strife"" ""Don't buckle underDon't sign over"" ""Don't knuckle underDon't melt under pressure"" ""Don't weep...neverDon't lose hope ever"" ""Don't let the doors closeYour dream don't lose!"" ""Even Lord Rama cried"" ""Yudishtra was also teary eyed"" ""But you however didn't weep"" ""You will never face defeat"" "Stoppppp!" "Please stop" "Hey!" "That's our girlStop the train" "Bharathi, what are you doing here?" "Where are you going?" "Get off the train" "How can you leavethe place you were born" "Train is moving" "Will you get down or not?" "Tell me to dieand I'll gladly do so" "But I won't goback to that village" "The people theredon't have a heart" "But I lit the lamp withgood faith in my heart" "Who denied that, my dear?" "If you don't like me drop me in some othervillage, but not Solaiyur" "Had it been like before only the houses along the banksof the river would've got swept away" "Wonder what will happen now!" "What will happen?" "Dam will break and the wholevillage will get washed away!" "Kill-joy!" "Why are youalways negative?" "If I'm positive,dam won't break, huh?" "You foul-mouthed fellow...!" "Hey!" "Our king studiedengineering abroad" "He'd have built it real strong" "If you believed thatwhy didn't you stay behind?" "Why are you strugglingalong with us?" "Shut up, man" "Nothing has happenedto the dam, it is safe" "Good time has finallydawned on our village" "That golden-hearted kingwill only think of our welfare" "I told you peopleDid you listen?" "Brainless blockheads!" "Hurray!" "Good time has begun" "Solaiyur can at lastenjoy a golden period" "Greetings, sir" "What's news?" "The newly built damsurvived the storm and flood" "It has passed the test" "The king is a shrewd businessmanBut he's an engineer who knows his job" "All that's irrelevant" "Sir, only you should maintainthe dam your British Govt has built" "You should open the sluicefor our fields to be irrigated" "To enable our farmersto cultivate their crops please provide waterby opening the sluice" "Your Govt should return the landbelonging to the landlord of Rayakottai to us farmers, so thatwe can cultivate the lands, sir" "You can levy whatever tax you wantJust give our lands back to us" " Yes, sir" " Please, sir" "If I should do what you wantthen embed a culvert on that dam" "'This dam was builtby the British Govt' ...should be the wordsinscribed on it" "Invite me formallyto cut the ribbon" "Only then I'll allow it" "Nonsense!" "How can you take creditfor something you didn't do?" "Are you not ashamed?" "Go inside at once" "Why should I?" "Whatever you wanted to grabfrom that king, you did" "Isn't that enough?" "Like a coward you nowwant to usurp his name also" "Would you changeyour father's name also?" "Shut upYou cunning dastard!" "All of you are stupid" "You have no hang upslicking anyone's feet?" "Who built that dam?" "You don't know" "But I do" "'I want 100 timesthe present value'" "'Okay, I'll pay'" "'I'll give you moneyto pay for the sluice'" "'You shouldn't tell anyonewhat transpired between us'" "'For what I did today...' '...many generations will benefiting years to come, you moron!" "'" "'Come, Sami Pillai'" "Hey!" "What are you doing, idiot?" "Look!" "Your king soldhis palace to this man to get the order foryou to be the legal owners" "See my husband's" "Sorry" "The Collector's signature on it" "That man, that rajah is your God" "Don't you ever come lookingfor this devil here again" "Get out of here" "Madam, even amongst the Britishthere are a few good souls!" "You proved it today" "We are deeplyindebted to you" "Where are you going?" "I'm ashamed to livewith you anymore" "I want to leave you" "I can't copewith this anymore" "You are an embarrassment" "Listen!" "But there isnothing wrong on my part" "I just behaveaccording to the Govt" "It's known to the world our Govt has been lootingthis country for generations" "But there is real justiceAnd even bravery in it" "You are nothingbut a coward" "And I will not livewith a coward anymore" "But I did all this for you" "For what?" "For me?" "You wanted to bury mein that palace" "Janet!" "Please, Janet" "Let go of me" "I can't livewithout you" "I can't livewithout our child" "Please, Janet" "Then do one thing" "'Built from 1939-1944by King Lingeswaran'" "I am sorry forwhat I have done" "This dam was built byKing Lingeswaran only" "Not the British" "Thank you" "Traitor" "We won't spare your life" "Stop!" "Trying to escape?" "King LingeswaraForgive me" "Why are youso deep in thought?" "By mistake we closedthe temple he built" "We will forgive onhis feet for that" "Bharathi, we should throwourselves at his feet" "And make only him openthis temple once again" "We don't knowhis whereabouts" "He sold this palace" "When he left he gaveall of us land for our upkeep" "Thanks to his generositywe live without any wants" "The last we saw of him was whenhe took the 'linga' from this temple" "He told us, 'Solaiyur is my villageand my relatives still live there'" "'I plan on residing there'" "He has many such palaces" "Why don't you ask around there?" "Let's spend the night hereand look for him in the morning" "We can't go backwithout finding the king" "Father, I'm hungry" "Where will I find foodat this time of the night?" "Please bear with your hungertill tomorrow morning" "We are all as hungryas this little boy" "Yes, chief" "Sir?" "Who is it?" "We were toldwe can get food here" "Come inside and sit" "Come" "Eat this 'puttu' firstFood is getting ready" "You said you were hungry" "Eat...why are yougetting distracted?" "Please eat" "Bharathi, dear" "Welcome, father" "Eat firstWe can talk later" "Al of you eat" "What's all this?" "I can't bear to see you like this" "I am fine, father" "You must be hungryPlease eat" "Where's Collector sir?" "He's in the backyard" "You first eat" "Oh gawd!" "I have sinned" "What I did was unforgivable" "When did you come?" "Please forgive me" "Forgive this sinner" "How can you say this?" "You're all big shots" "More than you?" "!" "Stop crying, pleaseWhen did they come?" " Just now, sir" " Did they eat?" "No" "First serve them dinner" "Okay" ""A conch even if burntremains white, dude"" ""There's an air about nobilityThey carry a definite dignity"" ""Even if exiled by our societyour king will always be royalty"" ""Even if fallen from gracehelping hand is never in disgrace"" ""Even if he loses his landand everything in hand..."" ""...no one can rob this engineerof his inimitable cheer"" ""Truth will triumph one day whenthis world will glorify you then"" ""Only you, this village will claimis a man worthy of name and fame"" ""Lies blow like a hurricaneBut truth unhurried has its say"" ""On that day, in your lifeyou'll win over all strife"" ""Don't give up hopeDon't lose faith and mope"" ""Don't be low-spiritedDon't be brokenhearted"" ""Trust in 'This too shall pass'It'll be the nightmare that was"" "How was the dinner?" "Was that dinner?" "It was a royal feast!" "Feast, huh?" "How is the dam?" "It must have withstoodthe wind and stormy weather" "UnshakableAs strong as you" "No one can shake iteven for a 1000 years more" "How are our people back home?" "Forget all thatWhy are you like this?" "You saw me as a king,Collector, engineer" "And now you're seeing meas a cook, you mean that?" "What work we chooseto do isn't important" "But it is important tolove whatever we do" "You gave comfort and stabilityto people in 36 villages" "But now..." "like this" "What do I lack?" "I have this hall built by my fatherto welcome tired travellers" "I have the means to feedmy guests without saying 'no'" "Didn't you see the cowsgiving us fresh milk daily?" "What else do I need?" "You sold your palaceYou lived a life of royalty" "I'm the king here too!" "Your daughter is the queen" "Am I a king only ifI live in a palace?" "Wherever one is, to be happyand to give people what they lack whoever follows thisway of life, is a king" "However much you may justify we want to see youas king like we did before" "This isn't good enough" "We'll return the landsyou gave us villagers" "You buy backthe palaces you sold" "May you live as the king we lovefor 100 years majestically" "Even now I can go backto my old life if I wish" "I'm educated withample mental strength" "And my bodyhas a firm backbone" "But I've seen that side of life" "I like my present lifestyle" "I asked my wife BharathiShe said she's happy this way" "If heart beatswith happiness one can be happy anywhere" "If that joy is missing herewherever one goes" "Sir, come back to our village" "We'll treat you like royalty" "In my lifetime I wanted to leavesomething memorable behind" "Solaiyur dam is my identity" "Having built itmy work there is over" "Don't hold whateverhappened in your heart" "Sammandham" "Why rake up the past?" "Forget it" "Son-in-law?" "Can I call you so?" "Can he call me'son-in-'law'?" "Very funny!" "At least come and openthe temple you closed" "What's broken oncecannot be patched up" "Please don't compel me" "I'll take leave" "See you, Bharathi'ka" "See you, dear" "Father...?" "If I feel like seeingyou and my mother I'll send wordWill you visit me?" "Karunakara, come here" "Tell the people back homethe king is happy in his palace" "If you tell all this, they won'tunderstand and they'll feel sad" "We toiled for their happinessPlease keep that in mind" "But Your majesty, when you are readyto forgive us, come back to Solaiyur" "The temple you builtwill until then be closed" "This is a promiseI make on myself!" "The promise madeby my father has come true today70 years later, through his heir" "Just as the king wished the temple has been openedon Lord Shiva's Holy night" "And the sacred offeringto God has been made" "And the man who madethis happen for us you're accusing himof being a thief?" "Not just this idol" "The temple, dam, green fields and100s of villages around this place all belong to his family" "They gave it to usgraciously as charity" "Why would he stealhis own possessions?" "Lingaa...?" "Why Lingaa?" "Don't call me Lingaa hereafter" "Call me Lingeswara" "I'm privileged to have beennamed after my grandfather" "You said you weregoing back home...why?" "I don't want to spoil his name" "Wait, I won't stop you" "Take it" "My grandfather kept thisin memory of king Lingeswara" "Son, hear me out" "The king didn't tell mein my dream to open the temple" "That was a lie" "The chief engineerwho inspected the dam said" "'If you want to save this villageopen the doors of the temple'" "We've opened the temple nowas per the engineer's last wish" "But we are in the dark aboutthe danger in store for this village" "Villagers think the engineer waskilled by a wild deer, that's not true" "I saw 4 men stab and kill him" "When we thought our villagewill be totally destroyed the king, your grandfathercame in time to save all of us" "Once again our village isfacing danger 70 years later" "Only you must protect us" "To save the village, why didhe want the temple opened?" "But we were the oneswho opened the temple" "Hey!" "Give meyour yellow bag" "'A very good morningto viewers of Public TV'" "'In order to createCancer awareness...' '..." "Mr Nagabooshan, MP of Solaiyurhas released a latex hot air balloon'" "Greetings, sir" "You're putting upyour price it seems" "I can't do it, sir" "I'm too scared to do it" "Let me go, sir" "This is exactlywhat he also said" "I won't" "I won't bow downto your vile threats" "The dam IS strong" "I've certified it faces no dangersealed and even signed it" "That's what I want" "Where is it?" "It's safe and sounding the place it should be" "Hey!" "Go in and search" "Get hold of him" "As soon as you gethis report, burn it" "If I don't find it?" "Burn the house down" "Hey listen!" "If Uthaman bore the bruntof the wild deer's antlers remember you've taken15 million from me as advance" "You'll end upas a mound of ash!" "Don't, sir" "Tell me what I should do" "You'll come tomorrowfor the dam inspection, right?" "You'll be drilling a holefor 50 meters, right?" "In those small holes, place bombsgiven by my men and connect them" "Certify the dam is weakand you can go your way" "Will the bomb explode, sir?" "I'll detonate them one by one" "The explosion will be drownedby the sound of the water" "But if the dam breaksbecause of the explosion?" "Bomb is mineVillage is also mine" "Will I destroymy own constituency?" "Go...goSee you tomorrow" "He wants to discusssomething important" "He'll be here anytime, madam" "Hey Latchu" "Why did youwant to see me?" "Sit inside" "How much longershould I wait for you?" "Did I ask you to wait?" "You didn't" "But you know this isa childhood bond!" "I know" "Even my beard is going grey!" "You didn't have it dyedaspiring for a minister's post!" "Look at that!" "Come and talk tomy grandpa tomorrow" "Is it raining or what?" "Today is my lucky day!" "Luck always piles up in a heap" "That's also said of troubleIt never rains but pours!" "Call the contractor" "Why are youblocking the road?" "To find out whyyou've assembled here" "As if you don't know!" "None of you know?" "We have come toinspect the dam" "With the Court order" "And police protection" "Hey!" "Is he trying to scare us?" "Are we thieves to be scared of them?" "As if we've never seen a cop!" "You came and inspectedthis same dam last month" "What happened to that?" "Good question" "This has becomea habit for them!" "Tell him, he hasevery right to ask" "True, our engineer cameto inspect the dam" "But he died beforehe could submit his report" "He didn't dieof natural causes" "He was murdered" "Look, that's a different case" "If the engineer hadsubmitted his report then our visit nowis totally unnecessary" "Who told you thathe didn't submit a report?" "Certifying this dam will bestrong even after 1000 years sealing it with Govt stamp,signed and scanned ...it has been throwninside the temple" "Everything insidethe temple was old" "Only this 'rudraksha' was new" "This new armor against negative vibeshas come to save our old dam" "Insert this pendrive intoyour laptop and check" "Get your laptop" "Okay sir" "Oh no!" "You deleted it" "It's on its way alreadyon a worldwide procession" "Too late to try andpush it under the rug" "Sir, its already in Facebook,Email, Twitter, V-chat, I chat" "Enough!" "They got the message" " Lingaa?" " Sir" "They've anyway come hereLet them do their duty and go" "If the previous reportis endorsed again it is to our advantage!" "MP sir, they aren't hereto inspect the dam" "But to place bombsto destroy the dam" "Who said so?" "You did" "What do you mean?" "Lakshmi sweetheart, you recordedall that he said in your OB van" "Please play it for him" "LED screen ready?" "Look over there" "She's a very bad girl, sir" "See you" "No one can guess whereshe will place the camera" "Look thereYou can't miss it" "Good news!" "We'll get the certificate tomorrowattesting that the dam is damaged" "You've paid meonly half the money" "Transfer the remaining amount40 billion into my Swiss account" "We just won't miss it this time" "They aren't comingto inspect the dam" "But to place the bombsin strategic points" "Even if anyone files a caseto the Supreme Court that the dam is strong" "If they come and check,dam will obviously be weak!" "Transfer the money tomorrow" "Yov!" "Playing the foolwith me or what?" "Did I use my party,office and influence to build a new damfor 400 billion bucks" "And got sanctionfrom the centre?" "You're cribbing topay me a 20% commission?" "You'll also earn25 to 30%, right?" "Transfer the money immediately" "Why glare at her?" "She's my girl" "I had my doubts about you" "That's why I sent Lakshmito your balloon function" " You...!" " Hey!" "Scumbag!" "You move 1 step forwardI'll burn you alive" "Now I know you murderedthat poor engineer" "You pride yourself in being a Member of Parliament?" "You tried to kill the peoplewho voted for you?" "How can he kill us?" "We'll squash him to a pulp" "Come on" "Hey Lingaa!" "You take 1 step forwardmy men will kill your innocent people" "I'll kill this girl" "Don't move" "Is there only1 dam in India?" "Your depositis safe with me" "If not this contractI can get you another" "Listen to me" "You don't know aboutmy political connections" "Crap!" "Drive straightto Madurai airport" "Speed up" "With bashed up faces are you tryingto blow up our dam?" "Move itOr I'll shoot" "What are you saying?" "I'll convey the message to him" "They've dismissed youfrom the party" "I lost 40 billion" "I lost my dignityamongst the villagers" "I lost my post as MP now" "The girl I wanted to marrybackstabbed me in every way" "After everything is ruined for mewhy should this village alone exist?" "Not just Lingaa" "The dam that was of no use to meshould also be destroyed" "Hey...hey...drive straightto the balloon function place" "Get the nitro glycerinebomb we have stocked" "Put it inside a balloon" "I'm on my way there" "How much longer?" "We'll go upin a little while, sir" "Go...go up fast" "I don't know anythingabout this, I'm not involved" "You think you can escape afterdoing all these villainous acts" "Yeah...via Sri Lanka" "There's a yachtwaiting for me" "It won't happen" "Who can stop me?" "Look over there" "Hello...!" "Bike is cool" "But it has no wings,my dear fellow" "How long will it taketo be right above the dam?" "3 minutes accordingto my calculation, sir" "Set the timer for 3 minutes" "I'll strap the bombon to you and wheeeeeeee!" "In another 3 minutes,you, your Lingaa the dam his grandfather built,this village, everything ...will go up in smoke" "What are you doing?" "I will kill you" "Switch on the burner" "Get up andswitch it on" "Strap the bomb on to her" "Lingaa, are you ok" "Lakshmi" "Hold" "Hold on tight" "You're a respected elder and howcan you bow your hands to me?" "I feel I am seeingKing Lingeswara in person" "Why don't you livewith us here, son?" "This is your village" "I'll take leave, sir" "Let me achieve somethingto prove I lived in this world" "And then I'll be back" "In the last minutethey blew our cover" "Our dignity and self respectwill be in tatters" "I thought I shouldn't tarnishmy grandfather's name" "Looks like that isa pipedream, Lingeswara" "Oh!" "The mastermind, huh?" "I was wondering why he hadn'tmade his special appearance?" "!" "Do you know who he is?" "He's 'Finishing Kumar'" "Asst. Commissioner" "However important a case, he'll onlygive his finishing 'Celluloid' touch!" "Why are you saluting me, sir?" "I came here to catch youwith proper evidence" "But after hearingyour grandfather's story I got a new foundrespect for you" "Sir, what's the problem?" "Don't worry" "Since he saved the damand protected the people here Govt is conferring an award" "So I've come in person toescort him right royally!" "My friend!" "We are well known police" "Still there's a minor enquiry" "Will you get intothe jeep quietly?" "Thanks a ton for savingour self respect, sir" "Welcome" "We won't leave youand go away at all" "You are only our king" "They will betray you and thenfall at your feet it seems!" "I took you into my gangI should blame myself" "Bye" "I will handle you later" "Stoppppp!" "Wait for me" "When the whole village was gatheredshe could have come then, right?" "She got up at 4 a.m andwent into the dressing room" "Girls way of dressing islike a mechanic taking his bike apart andreassembling it" "Grandpa, bless me" "May you be happy, dear" "Don't run in slow motionThe next show will begin" "Do you want me totake her also for enquiry?" "We can get them marriedin your august presence" "OkayDone" "For her height she can evenget into a lorry without help" "Her hand is taken!" "Zip-zap-zoom!" ""Indian...join me en masseto build anew Himalayas"" "Subtitles by rekhs" ""Youngsters, bright and boldLet's turn rainwater into gold"" ""Tiny drops of water make a riverThat droplet in history is your avatar"" ""Lend a hand, the entire clanYour right hand will be the dam"" ""Prop mountains, stop rivers specificlet's build a classic cloister scientific"" ""Shall we unite and planas one caste and clan?"" ""Shall we unite in solidarityas a sea of humanity?"" ""Let our villages convergeWith zeal and zest plunge"" ""Revel in a golden periodJoy widespread"" ""Indian...join me en masseto build a brand new Himalayas"" ""Human race without watercan't survive...volunteer!"" ""Change won't take placewithout human species"" ""Come out into the lightand like a tiger fight"" ""We shall bond as 1 nationwith no discrimination!"" ""As bonded beasts, will welive hereafter, tell me?"" ""Golden period to treasureDelight in and nurture""