"The Vagabond" "before the independence in slave india... the british people landed here to introduce tea in india and cultivate for export many forests in the hills were destroyed to make way for tea plantations... to do such risky work... from the southern regions of the Madras Province" "hordes of villagers were taken as bonded labourers..." "Lakhs of innocent folk left their homes to escape famine and drought... for the warm tea which we have today... people who sacrificed there blood for this tea plantation.." "This is the true story of the poor people." "SALUR VILLAGE, 1939" "O Righteous men!" "Thavudu Thalli's son Thangarasu... and big house Mookkaya's daughter Karuthakanni... on January 7, a Thursday will be united in marriage..." "O Righteous men!" "You must all remember the gifts they've given you... and shower them with gifts now O Righteous men!" "Hey Bin-Picker." "Your job is over." "We know what to do, so go!" "O Righteous men!" "Respected sisters-in-law." "Are you trying to kill me with that noise?" "You old lady If you die, will yor dead son do last rites" "I only have to do all that So quiet, you hag!" "True!" "You haven't cooked yet?" "The hag will be dead soon." "Respected Aunts" "I know its you forget that." "When are you getting married?" "No dearth of girls for me." "Give me hot food." "I'll tie the knot and carry you away am I right uncle?" "Beware boy!" "A knot?" "You need a strong rope to control her." "Your nephew wants to marry me." "Shall I say yes?" "Nice try!" "A prince in return of some ragi?" "What a rascal!" "Dear sister-in-law." "The child's asleep" " Be quiet!" "My baby.. prince has come." "What have you named my little one?" "His father's name oh you are here?" "I hear you eat non-stop and laze about jobless." "Go away!" "Useless.." "You'll get diarrhea if you eat alone." "It's okay." "Bye, sister-in-law." "Don't be cruel!" "He's just a guileless fellow." "Ensure Mariamma comes well before the wedding remember it sure sir..." "Aunt, your prince's here." "Prince, where's your minister?" "Forget about mine." "Yours is peeping out from your dhothi." "Aunt, have you gone deaf?" "Stop screaming!" "I'm starving give me something to eat." "It's your lucky day." "You get to feed me!" "Go..go.." "You've spoiled him." "Look how demanding he is." "Couldn't you scrounge elsewhere?" "The missles except you here don't cook till noon." "Feed me or I'll go." "Don't threaten me." "Leftovers?" "Don't call me a missy now for not serving fresh food." "You are a missy!" "You don't even serve me with side dish." "Lord!" "How he troubles me." "Uncle." "To win respect, must one drink like a buffalo all day?" "My son, bin-picker its not just enough something else too now you itself say." "You have an uncle." "How many more aunts have you?" ", tell me." "How would I know?" "Neither do I. Not enough fingers to count them all." " Do you know how many?" " Ask that non-sense to your minister." "Careful!" "You'll choke careful son..." "O Righteous Men!" "The proud king of kings... the brave heart of the warrior clan." "The bravest of brave and a fool's grandson." "Our village Bin-Picker." "The tireless Filth-Sniff... comes searching for leftovers." "Banging on his drums O Righteous Men!" "Quiet!" "Who'll marry a foul-mouth wretch like you?" "Won't you marry me, Rasa?" "Now you say my name but You called me by another name?" "Bin-Picker." "Right?" " That's okay... after that?" " I forgot." "You tell me." " Aunt, what did she call me?" " I don't know." "I was busy." "Uncle?" "You say?" "She called you Twig-Picker." "The twigs you collect for fire?" "Loser!" "Hey...!" "I'll hit you, if you call my father as loser I will tell everyone in the village about your name." "Please, no angamma." "I hate it!" "Let's make a pact aunty and uncle you are my witnesses" "I won't call your father a loser." "Swear never to call me that." "Call you what?" "Filth-Sniff?" "Filth-sniff!" "Grandma..." "Grandma..." "Wretched fellow!" "Stop" "I called you, no reply I thought you were dead." "You wish!" "No one will give a damn about you if I died." "My only heir had to be crazy" "I drummed so hard and rushed back to feed you if you Call me crazy and you'll never see me again." "Shove your threats up someone's arse!" "Are you a young man?" "You don't have the capacity to earn your food... and I shamelessly eat the crap you pick up." "What a rotten life, you good-for-nothing." "You'll never see Rasa again" "I'll gouge your eyes out are you getting hurt?" "The whole village heckles you and you're fine" "I say one word and you feel hurt?" "O God!" "What cursed fate do You have in store for him?" "My poor daughter." "What kind of son you gave birth to?" " Shut up, hunch back!" " Eat and go" "I ate at Uncle's." "So you had your fill." "When I die, eat the rice grains off my mouth, Bin-Picker!" "Hey, Filth-Sniff." "Let's take the next lane." "The bride's calling you." " I'm busy." "Why did you call?" " I didn't." "Take the girl to see the groom." "She wants to see him?" "Not that girl... this girl." "Did you see your groom before the wedding?" "Don't stop!" "Superb!" "Come here, my son." "You're my heir." "Take care of this." "Come here, my darling." "Dance with me." " We'll dance after we're married." " Perfect!" "Super!" "Is he dead?" "Oh lord!" " Why are you wailing at a wedding?" " Your husband's dead!" "Dead?" "Quiet!" "Don't tell the drummer." "He'll spread the news." "Let our poor folk eat good food at least one day." "You are so generous you have a kind heart." "Couldn't you say it after lunch?" "Balaiya's dead." "Balaiya Uncle's dead." "The wastrel had to die on such an auspicious day." "Don't tell my grandson till the wedding's over." "Time for the ceremony." "Where's Uncle?" "He couldn't have died." "Go and see." "Enough!" "Hurry." "Priest, wait!" "Uncle isn't here yet." "Tie the knot." "Count the widows." "You'll have the number of his mistresses." "First count the edibles." "Bin-Picker, where are you off to?" "Rasa's hungry." " Where's your Uncle?" " I can't find him." "Find him and then eat." "How long to bless a cutlet?" "Pray after we eat." "Make sure he doesn't eat." " Did you see my Uncle?" " Go search, you pest." "Rasa's hungry." " Where's he?" " Couldn't find him." " Eat after you find him." " I'll look later." "Listen to your elders." "Go!" "Hey bin-picker Help us." "Clear the used leaves come fast." "You've slogged since dawn on an empty stomach." "Go and eat." "You'll fall ill." "A cutlet?" "Is a cutlet more important than your Uncle?" " Have you seen Uncle?" " I'm busy." "Ask someone else." "A drink for Rasa?" "A cutlet for Rasa?" "Look at him." "You'll never see Rasa again." "I think of you." "I love you." "Hey!" "You cheesy guy You tacky guy." "Why is this naughtiness" "I'm a dark little bird that desired the dry fish." "Like the rain in small measure gathered in a coconut shell." "In my nest of heart that you fill." "Like a bit of salt dissolved in porridge." "You're hidden in the eye socket." "Our lands are all dried up." "But the life is wet." "In the moisture of your tongue." "Hey!" "You cheesy girl You tacky girl." "Why is this naughtiness." "Shall I boil the water hot?" "Shall I pour it over you in a pot?" "With the hands that are rough - try." "Shall I, your face that's dry?" "Scrub me with the coconut shell." "It's itching in my armpits as hell." "Stay away and... touch me not." "Shall we go to see the stage play?" "Will you come with me all the way?" "I'll listen to all the words you say." "Will you give me some cooked rice?" "I'll give you winged termites in sesame seeds." "Will you give yourself for all my needs?" "Covered in front piece of cloth, I'm all flowers." "Won't you smell the scent of your lover." "You fool, have fun of peck and play" "I'm dumb and intelligent hard hit." "To be neck pulled and neatly cut." "Like a calf cut off the rope that tied" "I wandered as a mystic that defied." "You naughty chic." "You've tied me to your sari." "And laugh at, in feelings free." "Your secret scheme has come out true." "The cat has fallen in to the paddy bowl." "She's not in." " Stop calling her by her name." " Rasa likes it!" "Are you ill?" "Why are you pounding gently?" "Allow me." "Get me coffee." "Sesame pancakes?" "Angamma likes them with jaggery" "I'm her mother." "I know what she likes." "No, you don't!" "She's all skin and bones." "Rasa likes her a little chubby." "Don't talk nonsense." "What will people think?" "Forget them." "I'm in love with Angamma." "What?" "Clean your ears out!" "How your son-in-law say all this?" "I said I love Angamma." "He's a filthy Bin-Picker... and dares look at my daughter!" "I knew it" "I knew there was a girl when he started brushing his teeth." "Did you come here to grin like fools?" "Kick him out of the village aunty I won't go alone." "Give me Angamma, we'll go together" "I'll break your bones." "How dare you kick a man?" "Damn women dare to fight!" "Village Elders!" "Stop them." "Why don't you women stop them?" "Ask him to swear he'll leave her alone." "Promise her." "Go on." "Hold on!" "It's all over." "Disperse, you idlers." "All grown up but have no shame!" "Idiot!" "Didn't you hear that shrew?" "Hush!" "I'm thinking of Angamma." "Look at what she's been up to with that innocent act." "Shut up and get us married, you hag" "I dream of announcing my wedding." "Even I get dreams of you both begging." "You can't earn a penny but want a woman." "I'll castrate you." "Stop or I'll burn you alive." "Burn me!" "The witch's cast a spell on you." "Righteous Men!" "Righteous Men!" "I'm looking for work, Master." "How dare you sit on the bench?" "I'm an outsider." "I didn't know." "There's a drought, sir." "Give this slave a job." "Please sir, I'm sorry." "Arrogant fellow, you dare wear a shirt?" "Make him chop wood." "Go on." "Hurry" "I'm done, Master." "Rasa needs to go home." "Eat something." "No, thanks." "Just pay me my wage, sir." "The slave dares to ask for money as a wage." "What bad times!" "Master.." "Stop wailing." "You'll pass on your bad luck to me." "I must go home by dusk." "Please give me my money." "Send him here." "The Supervisor will give you a lump sum, go." "Frogs in the well are doomed to live miserable lives." " Where are you from?" " Salur." "Bin-Picker, stop!" "Master, you speak." "Don't starve to death here." "Come with me and you'll get... good wages, a home, rugs, meat and Sundays off." "Work must be tough?" "Then even crapping is tough for a man with piles." "You'll only pluck tea leaves and cut dry branches." "It's child's play!" "Too good to be true." "What's the pay, Master?" "A bagful of cash for a year's work!" "Hide it in your underwear and when you're back... buy land, a house, jewels for your wife... and if you have any savings, get a mistress." "He's a funny" " Yes, he is." "Can't we come back for a wedding or a funeral?" "You can't travel alone in a forest." "You value rituals more than cash?" "It must be really far" " Who cares!" " Can we bring the wife?" " As long as it's your wife." "Bring her." "Double wages." "How can we leave our children behind?" "Bring them along." "They can work too-master." "Will we get some alcohol to keep warm?" "Pure and unadulterated." "A white man will pour it as you waltz with a white lady." "You'll fry in the white woman's heat." "But how can we trust you?" "How we come with empty hands?" "Caution gets you nowhere on this parched land." "Fortune favours the brave no one needs to come with empty hands." "Sign these, take your advance, settle debts and leave." "I won't drink there." "Please don't cry." "Stay here." "Don't cry as they're leaving." "It's a bad omen, sister advice her." "Send him with a smile." "Dear grandson." "Where's my grandson?" "The old hag's wailing for you" "I'm right here." "O my golden grandson..." "Oh!" "The red forest!" "The rough turf!" "Shall I take leave?" "Oh!" "All the woodlands and spurges plants!" "Shall I take leave?" "Like the corpses trudging away from the grave." "People slog on the route as a helpless tribe." "Oh!" "The crow and the sparrow..." "are craving for food in home town." "The mass of humans are plodding out in hunger." "When a thorn pricks a ripened cactus shoot." "In haste without being late milk oozes out." "Crying out for many, many years." "We have drained our eyes for tears." "Life has shrunken to bony frame." "In the time of dreadful famine, like the famished leg of crane." "Masses of people are trudging to live." "Death too walks along with a gift to give." "From the barren lands and the home we played." "Innocuously innocent people moves away" " Oh!" "Will it lead to death or life?" "Without knowing the direction, the path is stretching a far." "To carry the life is bit of a pain." "But to tug the stomach is but a bigger pain." "With the destiny calling, we seek a life to escape famine." "Who will rise from?" "And who will fall below?" "Whoever knows?" "Where we tilled hard and toiled, parched and cracked is our soil." "It tries to bury us in the busted land." "The God, he is a heinous fiend." "The body is still alive indeed taking in boiled tamarind seeds." "To flee from famine and barely exist, to stub the starving stomach and resist." "Show us a land so green." "Wretched whore!" "I wish you were dead." "Someone stop that witch." "Are you all right, dear?" "She's pregnant with the Bin-Picker's child." "Get lost!" "Go after the vagabond and rot in hell!" "You can't stay here after sleeping with that filthy creep!" "Don't cry." "I'm still alive." "I'll take care of you." "Gravel stone ripping the foot, the dust hitting the eyes." "Crossing a place and searching a land, a village goes in motion as a human strand." "Going past a forest of thorn and plants and the highs of spring in the hard rocks." "One can make it to the home land, will the life hang on till he reaches?" "There is no other way so far." "People are going behind, believing the words of overseer." "A herd of crabs is led by a wily fox." "Will the life reemerge?" "Will the body reappear?" "Whoever knows?" "48 days later." "Oh God!" "Save my husband, Master." "What happened?" "Please help." "Give him some water." "He's collapsed, Master." "Darling, please open your eyes." "Please save him, Master." "He won't survive the journey." "Throw him aside." "Go on, everyone." "Don't leave him like this." "There's no time to bury him." "Ill-fated wretch!" "Move along now." "He's alive, he's breathing." "Save him, Master." "We must get there before dusk." "Let him be." "Pachai Malai Estate." " Get Cruz to check them." " Yes, uncle." "Did the British Durai give you the anklets?" "All I've ever got, is to check these legs for eight years." "Hey Cruz!" "Call me "Doctor"." "You're just a compounder to me." "Uncle wants you to assess the new coolies." "Get hot water ready." "Sister, cook him two wild hens." "Get up!" "Men here." "Women over there." "Hurry." "Take your shirts off." "Line up." "Strong frame." "He'll last long." "Rotund like a yam..." "Sahib will give you more yam." "Go stuff your face." "He's shorter than the bushes." "Supervisor brings anything he finds." "He's built like a bull." "He'll last 20 years." "Righteous Men, can we write letters?" "What?" "Your coolie's calling me a dog." "Not a dog." "The fool's calling you a righteous man." "Righteous, ha!" "Pay two annas to write a letter or have one read." "They look strong." "Two rolls of tobacco, aluminum vessels..." "One jar salt, half a measure ragi and four tapioca roots." "One lantern, one blanket." "Chillies, onions." "Palm jaggery." "Quick!" "From the frying pan to the fire!" "You've landed straight in a graveyard." "A talisman alone can't cure your son." "Offer a hen to the Goddess." "Give your ten days' wages to me." "Don't mix the kith and kin." "Who the hell are you?" "Bloody dog!" "Put that down." "Get out." "Don't dare come in, you male dogs." "Our feet are blistered from the hellish journey." "Have we come this far to prune plants?" "They're 100 year old trees, not plants." "They're kept pruned and stunted." "The Supervisor was dripping honey and look at the viper now." "Workers are scared to say a word." "There are more people than trees in this forest." "We aren't the only ones here." "There are hundreds of people... from several places, all over these hills" "I don't see a single white woman." "Quiet and get to work." "Hey, you with the baby!" "20 new coolies in your herd." "Go, train them to pluck leaves." "Tie up the saree above your knees." "Cover yourself with a sack." "Or the branches will tear your skin." "Rub tobacco on you, so leeches won't bite." "Yet a couple will latch on." "Stand still." "Sahib, is the Durai coming today?" "Why don't we ask Malayamma?" "Sahib, watch it." "Call me Elizabeth." "That's the name the Durai gave me." "Whatever!" "Is he coming or not?" "Yes." "He was with me all day yesterday, in my lap." "He said: "I'll definitely come my darling"." "Ripe leaves won't be weighed." "Pluck tender ones, 2 leaves... and a bud." "Minimum 30 baskets a day." "Why haven't you come home recently?" "Keep plucking." "Don't look up." " What's her name?" " Tell him your name." "Karuthakanni." "Karuthakanni, my Lord." "Karutha...?" "Means black curry." "Black curry?" "Mama?" "Mama means My Lord." "Supervisor, you're screwed." "Bloody hell!" "What's wrong with her?" "Sir, please..." "Hell with your new found labourer's!" "Take them away.." "Sir, I'll be ruined" "British bastard!" "What happened?" "You dare insult him." "Is he your husband?" "Sir, why do you beat us?" "You were our deity." "We trusted you." " We'll go back." " Go back, will you?" "Bloody dog!" "Beware all of you." "No one leaves unless I say so." "Dare dream of going and I'll bury you alive." " It's horrifying." " I should've come alone." "No, I'm glad I came" "I would've worried." "At least we're together" "I won't be a burden on you" "I'll be of help, okay?" "You think you can escape?" "Don't even dream of escaping." "Your husband is the only one who got away, right?" "Get lost!" "Durai!" "Mercy!" "Show me mercy" "I'll be ruined, Durai." "Who is that girl?" "The new coolie." "A newly-wed" "Cruz said she was fresh meat." "Bring her around quick." "Is this red water?" "Is the red water." "Filled half with tears?" "For a petty sum as handout cash." "Is it just to give poor the gash?" "Half the life is lost to the slave driver." "Half of blood is lost to vicious leeches." "The legs and body shrunken thin to skin." "To the footwear of the taskmaster, an add on." "Hey!" "The rain that falls thin." "Along with the body the heat of life is lost." "Hey!" "The wind that blows chill." "The cover of our ancestors too are ruined to shreds." "A mad and hunter dog fights." "For the remains of the body bones." "The heart that lives in honor." "Runs without ceding the frontal piece." "The Gods that saves the life, shuts their eyes too." "Durai's waiting for you." "Go inside." "Where are you off to?" "Duari's wife will stand guard." "You stay here." "Angamma!" "Angamma!" "Why are you here all alone?" "We left the home and youth decayed." "Became a crowd of mice wedded to cat." "Losing sleep in frenzied rain and bitter cold." "We eat the food in honor doomed." "When the snake tested in hunger." "What befalls to the chic in nest?" "What happens to the tiny mush rooms." "At the huge foot of elephants stomping." "The only wealth she saved with life." "Is being threatened to be lost in strife." "Put her down." "You'll twist her arm." "Who's Bin-Picker?" "Me, sir." " Aren't you Rasa?" " My pet name." "You have a letter." "Get money." "I'll read it." " Give me two annas." " Do I have your money?" "Lend me some." "Take it." "Come, everyone." "Rasa's got a letter." "Karuthakanni's uncle is in jail, fighting in the freedom struggle... so no time to write." " Who sent the letter?" " Your Grandma." "My dear Rasa." "It's me, Grandma." "We are fine here." "Are you all right?" "What about our friends?" "Bathe and brush your teeth everyday." "Rub hot ash if your arse festers." "Don't worry about us." "Eat on time." "Important news." "My mother's pregnant." "Good Lord!" "The old lady's mother is pregnant?" "It's Angamma." "My Angamma." " Who is Angamma?" " His wife obviously." "Rasa's Angamma." "Don't worry." "Tie an amulet to your waist... your wife will deliver her baby safely." "She pines for you." "Earn some money and come back soon." "There's more." "Angamma says... are you well?" "Take care of Karuthakanni and Thangarasu" "I miss you" "I'm scared." "When are you back?" "Come in time for my delivery." "Come soon and marry me." "O Goddess!" "Should I tie the amulet to his waist or penis?" "Does Rasa want a boy or a girl?" "A boy." "Like Rasa." "No, a girl." "Like you, Velli." "For all that simpleton act, what a sneaky thing to do!" "It wasn't me." "It was Angamma" "I'll kill you if you blame the girl." "Settle accounts, go back and marry her." "Don't live in sin." "Hold on, my dear." "Hold her legs." "Breathe." "Push harder." "Push." "My handsome boy." "Just like his father" "18 months later." "Supervisor's finally settling the accounts" "I'd prefer herding pigs, but I'll never come back here." "Good riddance to this wretched forest." "Cursed place!" "It nearly killed us" "I'm coming for you, coward!" "I'll hunt you down and kill you!" "Who?" "Don't you know?" "The selfish rogue who left me and Velli to rot." "We'll buy toe-rings for Angamma, a rattle for the baby" "I'll come later to see Angamma and the child." " What are you buying them?" " Nuptial chord for Angamma." "Unsure of the gender, so a hip chain for the baby." "Clothes for everyone." "Sweet candy for the hag." "She can't bite but loves chewing candies." "They're settling accounts." "Why the pretense of settling accounts each time?" "Just flashing money once a year... will keep their spirits up." "Palm jaggery, salt, ragi, tobacco and yam." "Eight clinic visits, medicines for 38 days." "Too much sick leave." "You must stay another year." "An amulet, two cockerels sacrificed to the Goddess... totals a month's wage" "I've got nowhere to go." "Lost my family here, I'll die here too." "Chase the useless fellow away." "He's a burden." "Worked the hills for 282 days... cut timber for 38 days... over to you, Sahib." "Vessels, 3 blankets, a lantern, 4 bars of soap." "Tobacco, tuber, jaggery, measures of ragi." "What a glutton!" "How much does he owe you?" "Thirteen clinic visits 12 bottles of cough syrup and a fever." "Medicines and tablets, 18 in all." "Your advance, the journey expenses." "Living expenses." "Plus interest." "You have to work another 3 years to settle your debt.." "Do you understand?" "O Righteous Men." "I must go to Angamma." "Another word and you'll die right here." "Who'll settle your husband's accounts?" "Get lost." "I can't take another whipping from the Durai, madam." "He jumped the fence." "Runs fast" "Cruz!" "Come, cut his foot nerve" "I'm tired of repeating this." "He's a harmless fool." "Just warn him." "Do as I say." "We'll have bad karma." "Tie his legs or he'll kick me." "Angamma!" "Oh!" "The wily dance of Time." "The life is lost forever." "Watching the plight of the poor." "The forest sheds tears of cry." "A home without a person." "And a sheep without a leg." "Are mates for one another." "A heart of mother..." "a boundless love." "Are pure as rain water." "Never has he told his pains the spoken language of the poor." "Is tear, that's his mother tongue." "The helpless anxiety of your son elsewhere." "Here, it is my relation as girl child." "An animal never makes... one another a slave." "When a man is a slave... it's wretched work of another." "It's a terrible attack this time." "Satan's returned after four years to claim lives again." "A deadly disease." "Burn the bodies quickly or we'll all die too." "With your new coolies, get me some new jewellery, my love." "We'll see." "Stay safe." "Keep the good ones back at accounts and discard the sick ones." "My brother will take care of it." "Stop crying!" "It's an ill omen." "Park aside." "The Durai is here" "I'm the doctor." " Who was the doctor in charge?" " Me, my lord." "I am the doctor." " Where did you study Medicine?" " Right here." "Here?" "I am self-taught." "This is a pig sty." "Gandhi's right to protest." "It's a cemetery, not a tea estate" "Jesus won't stand for this." "We must clean it up" "I'll talk to the Durai." "This place needs cleaning now." "Save my child, sir." "Don't worry." "The Lord has sent me to care for you." "Keep praying." "Yes, Compounder?" "We're of the same clan" " I pray to Goddess Mari." " Goddess Mari?" "Goddess Mary!" "This place is filthy, Cruz." "It's teeming with infection." "No wonder the disease is spreading so fast." "Praise the Lord!" "May the great Father in heaven save and protect you." "May God be with you." " How many Christians here?" " Only me." "Only you?" "I don't want any damn treatment." "Next week is pay day." "They'll cheat me out of my money and force me to stay." "The souls of the departed are blessed by Father." "Let's celebrate my merciful Father's birthday... with faith and humble gratitude." " Is your father a doctor too?" " Our Father Lord Jesus, you fool." "Have you been baptised?" "You must be." "He sacrificed Himself to save our souls." "He came as light to save the earth." "He sacrificed Himself to save our souls." "He came as light to save the earth." "The Messenger of God, born in a manger." "The Good Shepherd guarding the flock." "The Virgin's son leads us through the dark forest." "Let us dance, let us sing in praise of His holy name." "Glory to the Redeemer of souls." "Praise to His glory!" "The One who came to save the Earth." "Hail to the Saviour!" "Rise up like the ocean at high tide, say a prayer in the Son's name." "In the name of the Holy Spirit, rise in fervour and Praise the Lord." "Hallelujah!" "The Protector of the deserted and the poor." "Lord Jesus come to deliver the souls of sinners." "Amen." "We sing Hosannah" "4 years later." "Every year he is taking stock ritually.." "Neither retribution nor death comes to us!" "Isn't this Maragadham's girl?" "If you love her so much... pay her father's and dead mother's dues." "It'll take you nine years." "Get it?" "O Righteous Men..." "O Righteous Men!" "Show mercy, O Righteous Men." "She's a motherless child, O Righteous Men" "I'm a destitute soul, O Righteous Man." "I want to see my folks, O Righteous Man" "I've never harmed a soul, O Righteous Man." "You've fallen in straight to hell, my Angamma." "O wretched girl." "Have you come this far... only to see me in this pathetic state?" "With no one to console me." "Have you come here to share my sorrow?" "O poor girl." "Have you come to tell me... we have a son I can call my own?" "O ill-fated girl." "Have you come to hear... the tale of my maimed limb?" "What a cursed birth!" "Have you come to... barter your body to pay my debt?" "Meant to be in a nuptial bond." "But destined to be torn apart." "Have you come here to be united in death?"