I am 40 years old.
Normally at this age in one’s life, there comes a big twist.
There came a twist even in my life.
I mean, really big.
One that changed my life.
Actually, let’s start at the very beginning.
Since I was a kid I have been living in this house with my
grandpa, grandma, mother and father.
My parents passed away when I was eight years old.
My grandparents took care of my upbringing.
When I was a child I was very cute.
People would pull my cheeks and say...
So sweet!
And this sweetness was even running in my grandpa's business.
Y. Y. Confectioners
In Mumbai, the outlets of our shop surpassed the greenery.
Please pack samosas and half a kilo of Jalebis, brother.
Brother!
Y. Y. Confectioners!
My grandpa always interfered in my love life.
At times he would call
and at times he himself would show up in person.
I never had a relationship so, clearly marriage was out of question.
Six!
Did you see, Rahul? Sachin plays so amazingly.
Though my grandpa was a die hard fan of Sachin Tendulkar...
he never applied the word "die" in his life.
Time passed on but he did not.
All my relatives settled abroad.
And then, it was 2013.
My grandpa’s 100th birthday!
All of my relatives gathered and, even the two tragedies of my life came.
My two friends, Bobby and Salim.
Once you reach there don’t be naughty at forty!
And both of you, mind your own business!
-Tanu, help me with the decorations. -One second.
What are you two planning to do?
Not just the two, it includes all of us.
Rahul, although it's grandpa's birthday, we have a gift for you.
Hot NRI women!
I’ve already spoken to them.
We'll be with them in Goa for six days and seven nights.
What sort of friends are you? For a week!
How will grandpa let me go for a week?
I'll be back.
He’s an idiot!
-You are also an idiot-- -Rahul...
Come here.
Grandpa.
Sir, you come with me.
Yes, Grandpa.
Did you bring me a gift?
You haven’t yet opened the gifts given by Vimal, Renu and the others.
They are others', not ours.
I am going to be 100 years old.
I will say wise things.
They like me because we’re related.
You love me which is why we are related!
I wonder what will happen to you once I'd be gone.
No, Grandpa...
Here we go! I’ve also begun to talk about dying.
Well, I am still young.
Why should we talk about what is to happen 20 to 25 years later?
Come on, show it to me.
A bat autographed by Sachin!
Come on, hit!
Grandpa, Rahul is thinking to open up a franchise of your shop in Goa.
Yes, go ahead and open it.
Why is he playing like this?
Grandpa, we have already seen an amazing plot in Panjim.
Grandpa, can we go with Rahul to finalize the plot?
-Go! -Okay.
Come on, Sachin! Hit it beyond the boundary!
Six! Sachin is on 99.
Hey, old woman. Look, Sachin is on 99.
Oh, Grandma! Such excitement for a century!
It’s just a game. He will make it again.
Grandpa!
Both grandpa and Sachin were knocked out at 99!
It was a strange feeling.
But then I read that...
a person’s death is already predestined before his birth.
I thought to myself if what has to happen
has already happened then what difference does it make?
After all, grandpa lived since the era of All India Radio to the advent of Twitter.
He lived a good life.
That’s it!
At that very moment...
I had made a decision.
Goa is on!
Grandma, I want to do something more in life.
I want to do something by my heart.
I cannot handle grandpa's business anymore.
Grandma, even I have some dreams which I've not been able to fulfill.
But now I want to see the world and learn things.
Grandma, I really want to live on my own terms.
Rahul, along with the property, you're free to do whatever you want.
Live your life the way you want to, nobody is stopping you.
But you will have to do me a favor.
Tell me, Grandma.
It was your grandpa's last wish...
that after he died...
half of his ashes should be immersed into the Ganges...
and the other half in Rameshwaram.
Rameshwaram?
Yes. I will go with Anshu and immerse his ashes into the Ganges…
but you will have to go to Rameshwaram to pour the other half of his ashes.
Grandma, me?
Yes, you!
This was your grandpa's last wish. You will have to fulfill it.
Rameshwaram is at the end of India!
That too in the exact opposite direction of Goa!
One minute, guys!
Salim, give me that.
The waters of Goa must be flowing up to Rameshwaram, right?
What do you mean?
Means if we pour out grandpa's ashes in the waters of Goa...
It will eventually float and reach Rameshwaram.
Yes, but Goa and Rameshwaram are miles away.
Oh, we are going to make them coincide!
Which means...
Goa is on!
Yes, Rahul.
Bobby, change of plan.
What? You’re coming to Goa, right?
Of course, I’m coming.
But to fool grandma we have to begin our journey by train.
What?
Grandma is going to come to see me off.
So in the next two hours I'll buy a ticket of any train going to South India.
I will get on the train, and I will get off at Kalyan.
You guys wait for me there, we will travel by road from there.
Which means, Goa is on!
Let’s go, grandpa.
Chennai Express?
Yes, Chennai Express.
As much as I know, I don’t think Chennai Express goes to Rameshwaram.
You did not understand.
Didn’t I tell you that I want to spend more time with grandpa?
So I am taking the long route not the wrong route.
I will get off at Chennai and take the road to Rameshwaram.
Rahul...
Do you know why am I taking your grandpa's ashes to the Ganges?
It’s because I don’t trust anyone here.
But I have complete faith...
that you'll immerse your grandpa’s ashes in the waters of Rameshwaram.
I did not like lying to grandma.
But by then, I had already done that.
Where are you, Rahul? We have already reached Kalyan.
Yes, I just took the train after bidding farewell to grandma.
I will be reaching shortly.
Rahul has arrived.
Rahul, where were you?
I’ve come, right?
-It’s going to be fun! -Yes!
-Ash! -What happened?
The ashes!
Grandpa’s ash!
Rahul...
Rahul, listen to us!
I’ve done this before.
Actually... Sorry, I have to go.
Meenamma, what did you think?
That you could get away from us?
What you are doing is totally wrong!
Don’t try to preach to us.
What are you guys fighting about?
People miss trains and because of you people I missed my platform.
Meenamma.
Please relax. Don't be upset.
Chennai express
That’s my seat.
I'll take off the bag. Nonsense.
Rahul, where are you?
I am in the train.
In the train?
I didn’t have the chance to get out.
So, this is what we are going to do…
We will meet at Karjat Station.
And listen...
Don’t worry about me.
I’ve got great company.
So, you finally found her?
Yes, she is sitting right in front of me.
What hair!
What amazing eyes!
What lips!
You're objectifying her! Won't she beat you?
She doesn’t understand Hindi.
Hey, wait! She’s looking at me.
She’s probably looking at me with love.
Make sure she’s not blind.
But its possible that she'll fall in love with me.
Listen, let's meet at Karjat Station.
Till then I will keep myself busy here.
Hopefully, I should be able to get her along.
When I saw you I knew my dear
That love is crazy my dear
Now where do I go
What makes you think I don’t understand Hindi?
The ones whom you helped
Are here to kidnap me
Kidnap?
We're in big trouble
So will you help?
So that they don’t suspect anything...
Talk to me through songs
Grant me forgiveness, For what I've done
I had no idea you knew the language
I will do as you say now
Since I’ve made a mistake, I should pay the penalty
Don’t you worry!
I am here!
Meenamma.
You sing.
So you go to the toilet
Toilet!
But why are you sending me to the toilet?
What is it that you intend to do, Tell me?
Your...
-I will use your phone to make a call -Okay
I will inform my friends
Go to the toilet
Toilet!
You must not have heard the name before.
Can I make a call from this?
Of course, you can.
Meenamma, what did you think?
You would call and we wouldn't notice?
That was my phone.
My friends are waiting at Karjat Station. How will I contact them?
That was my phone. My phone!
Meenamma, what is he saying?
It was his phone.
If I knew that earlier
I would have thrown him out with the phone.
What is he saying?
He’s saying that had they known the phone belonged to you
they would throw you out with the phone.
Is this your father's kingdom?
Are you trying to scare me?
Are you threatening me?
Meenamma!
Enough! This is too much.
You have made me so angry that I will sit down.
And if I sit down don’t think I won’t be able to stand up again.
And if I stand up don’t think...
I cannot sit down again.
And I forgive you for the mobile too.
I can buy the entire mobile company if I want to.
4G, 5G! I have a lot of money.
Poor people.
Brother, show me your ticket.
No.
What no?
If you don’t have a ticket then you will have to pay a fine.
I have my ticket.
This is a ticket.
If you don’t have a ticket then you will have to pay a fine.
From where have you boarded the train?
Are they with you?
Listen to me very carefully TC
Don’t take it easy on these hooligans
I swear all four of them Are carrying long weapons
These four friends have abducted this girl And taking her very far
Very carefully
Come on, get up.
Come with me.
Come on.
Now you will be in trouble.
You can go to jail and play ping pong!
You think you are King Kong?
What?
Why aren't you answering?
And Meenamma, you are on my watch now.
The TC is on our side.
See how he teaches them a lesson!
Enough!
This is too much.
You all have made me so angry that now I have to sit.
You sing and dance.
We are going by Chennai Express.
You laugh and cry. We are going by Chennai Express.
Meenamma?
Whatever happened with the TC, you are the solo witness to it.
That is why you will come with us to Komban village on Chennai Express.
On Chennai Express!
All my wishes were washed away with the ashes.
I had come to Goa to immerse the ashes but instead drowned the TC.
My friends tried to get in touch with me.
But they could not track me down because
My 35,000 rupees cell phone was lying somewhere on a railway track.
I want to sleep.
You sleep.
Periyanna, check on the next station.
I am hungry.
Okay.
Meenamma...
What is happening?
I cannot understand a thing.
You are scolding your kidnappers
And they are listening to you!
I will clear your confusion.
My father is a highly respected man in the Komban area.
He is a... You know, Periyathalai?
Periyathalai? You mean teacher?
No.
Don.
These four are listening to my pechi because...
Pechi?
-Chatter. -Chatter! Oh, I get it.
So they were listening to me because they’re my father’s goons.
Goons?
My father asked them to kidnap me and bring me back to Komban.
That means your father is Godfather of the South.
And he wants my Kalyanam to be done.
Kal...
With Tangaballi.
Yes, that is why I ran away!
I didn’t understand.
Tangaballi is my father’s friend’s son.
If I marry him then my father will own his friend’s village.
That’s why my father wants to get me married.
Did you understand the entire situation?
No.
It's your father, your goons, your marriage! What’s my fault?
The problem is yours, your kidnapping
that village is also yours and it’s my neck on the line?
That means, what is yours is mine?
No, Meenamma.
People fly kites in the air! Your goons throw mobiles and TCs in the air!
I was happily going to Goa.
Goa is on! But no!
Take the Chennai Express!
I am ruined!
I thought of running away at night
When I opened my eyes in the morning…
Will you have some Idli?
No.
I need to go.
-Will you eat? -No, I'll go.
Why is he not eating Idli?
Inspector Sir...
Periya.
What, officer?
Did you hear the sound of this chicken?
What did he say?
He said...
Have you ever heard chickens?
??
Check if there anything to eat?
Okay.
Meenamma.
That policeman instead of helping me, he--
From here the entire region belongs to my father.
Even the policemen here takes my father's help.
What do you mean?
It means that no one can do anything to these four.
That means from here anything can happen to me?
Yes.
-Means I could even lose my life here? -Yes
What are you agreeing on?
You should never tell a dying person that he’s about to die.
At least give me some sort of false hope that I will be safe.
You can be saved.
Now my ashes will also be immersed as that of grandpa's.
I don't know why did I give you my hand!
You gave me your hand?
In a bid to save myself I was running. Why did you help them?
Had I known that your brothers were goons
I would have kicked them instead of helping them.
Anyway, you are the root cause of this entire problem.
Ever since you’ve come into my life, my life sucks!
Why have you come to me?
You came on my side!
Forget about sides, Meenamma. Come to the point.
Is there any way for the two of us to get out? Tell me, please!
-Please! -Yes, there is.
What is it? Please tell me.
But you will have to do as I say.
As if everything was going my way till now.
I’ll do it. Tell me what has to be done?
Once we reach Komban, in front of my father...
whenever I look towards you, just nod your head.
Nod what?
Head.
What?
Nod my head.
I will eat idli, dosa. I will nod my head.
I will eat dosa...
Take the Chennai Express.
Hey, Chinna.
We reached. Come!
Let’s go.
What are you doing, brother? Meenamma, why did he pull the chain?
When we arrive at our village, we pull the chain.
We decide where the train station is.
Come on!
Come?
Hey! Move on.
Who is this?
My father.
How many times will you try to escape?
Why are you doing this? For what?
I don’t want to marry Tangaballi...
Meena was making her father understand, emotionally.
Her father was shocked with what Meena was saying.
I am in love with somebody.
Who is he?
-And I was... -Him.
And I was as clueless as you all are.
He loves me too.
Am I right?
The plan was to just nod my head. That is why...
After such a reaction, one thing was certain.
In the future, I wouldn’t be able to nod my head...
because it won't be there!
My dear...
Is Tamil your mother tongue?
What is your father asking me about my mother?
He’s asking you if you know Tamil.
Father, he is settled in the North.
I will teach him Tamil after our marriage.
Meena likes this boy. Bring him.
Meenamma, I thought they were going to kill me.
But your father's goons lifted me up on their shoulders.
What did you say to them?
I just told them three lies.
You lied?
At least tell me what you said, Ms Subtitle.
My first lie was that we are very much in love with each other.
My second lie was that we wanted to get married to each other.
That’s when you nodded your head.
Yes, I nodded. But that...
So, all of them have accepted this?
No.
The plan only worked when I told them the third lie.
What was that?
That you lived in North since you were a child,
which is why you don’t know Tamil.
He thought my story was genuine.
That's why they're taking us to the village to decide our future.
Not to decide on the future but to destroy my future.
Hey, brother!
Think about it Rahul, I will get married.
Brother!
At first there were four of them running after you.
Now the whole village will chase you.
I did this drama so we could buy some time.
We will run away as soon as we get an opportunity at night.
Run away...
I have a lot of experience in running away.
Meena’s family reminded me of the population in China.
Meena began telling them the story of Chennai Express.
As the story progressed, everyone seemed to be impressed with me.
But I was depressed.
I was stressed.
Because the place where I had arrived was a very dangerous one!
Everyone was treating me well.
But a goat is also well fed before it is sacrificed!
I’ve asked Bobby to get a fancy number at times but...
The numbers I was trying to call
Were all washed away from my brain.
The mobile technology definitely connected us with our closed ones but...
It had also messed with our heads.
At first when there were no mobile phones
Then we would remember all telephone numbers.
Now that we have a mobile phone we don't remember any numbers!
Meena...
What's the plan to get out of here?
Meena, don’t ignore me.
This drama has gone on for too long, it’s quite enough now.
-I’m losing patience. -Rahul.
Hello, Sir.
-Get him a coffee. -Get it.
The food is ready. Call everybody.
Madhi, come here.
Rahul.
Oh, no!
Hey, you are so smart.
What are you jabbering in Tamil? Talk in Hindi.
Hey, you are very beautiful.
You learnt Tamil in a day?
Meena, I am not this sort of a guy. Please!
-Meena. -Rahul.
-Madhi. -Puvi.
They came.
We just followed them.
Yes.
Let's go.
Go.
What’s the hurry?
Hey! Come.
Meena I want to get out of here. Please do something.
Do?
Are you doing fine? Vanakkam.
Singh.
We need to take a decision in some of these matters.
A Punjabi? Here?
So we should think and take a decision.
You are right.
But tell Meenamma that...
This Punjabi man is speaking in Tamil!
With the boy she should not...
Give me a minute.
You’re Rahul, right?
Yes. How did you know?
It’s the work of policemen, to identify a corpse.
A corpse? But I am still..
If it's not been done already, it will be done.
I’m in charge of this area.
You have a lot of guts.
Fell in love with Meena, knowing that you'll be in the bad books of Tangaballi.
No, not at all. People here have misunderstood.
Actually, these guys want to frame me.
You will be framed up on this wall
And a garland will also be placed on your photograph.
Garland! No, Sir. This is against the law.
Here you go, you should have thought about this before falling in love!
Hey! Tangaballi is here.
Tangaballi is here!
I have heard that this time somebody has come with Meena.
Yes! What can we do?
What is he saying?
Tangaballi is asking about you.
What is the father saying?
The father is saying you are the one because...
of whom Meena keeps running away from home time and again.
Oh, no!
My marriage with Meena was already fixed.
You are right, my dear.
What is he saying now?
The father is saying that his first choice for Meena is Tangaballi.
But he's helpless because Meena's first choice is you.
-No! -Yes!
I am not here to decide what is right and wrong.
It's about my prestige!
Sir, what is he saying now?
The father is asking to mutually take a decision on this matter.
Not him, what is the giant saying?
He’s saying that...
Now it’s not about right or wrong.
It’s a matter of his prestige.
If it’s a matter of his prestige...
then why is he trying to take away mine?
Sir, don't worry. I can handle this.
Are you the one who wants to marry Meena?
-At least hear him out. -Relax! I'll handle it.
Do you think you're a hero?
-Listen to me... -Its okay, he is joking with me.
If you are a real man, fight with me!
We'll fight tonight.
If you win, Meena is yours.
If I win, Meena is mine.
What do you say?
What gibberish was he talking?
Please speak up. Don't be scared.
He has challenged you.
-What? -You both will have a fight tonight.
-Why? -Yes.
Whoever wins, will get Meena.
My friend, you have just accepted the challenge!
But I don’t even understand Tamil, I just nod my head as Meena told me to.
You came here alive.
You will not leave from here alive.
I will cut you into several pieces and parcel it.
Tingu Sir, that’s what I’m saying. Peace, love, friendship, Gandhi...
Why didn’t you tell me what he was saying before?
You were tickling me instead!
-Let's see. -What?
We will see.
Who is stronger!
Who is stronger?
What do you mean who is stronger, Sir?
I am not at all strong. Make him understand.
I know there’s a little problem.
A little problem?
The fight has been fixed for tonight with that TV tower Tingu.
And even your father wants to find out who amongst the two of us is stronger.
-Strong? -Yes, strong.
Look, Meenamma.
If I get angry...
Then what will you do Rahul?
I will commit suicide.
I'll take poison, tie a noose around my neck and be run over by Chennai Express.
-No, Rahul. -The train is calling me.
Rahul... Rahul!
I will make a plan to run away tonight.
Till then you remain normal.
No, I cannot remain normal.
I will plan it.
You place a time bomb inside a person and ask them to be normal!
You must have heard that name before.
-Meenamma! -Yes.
So many people.
They are preparing for your fight with Tangaballi.
I know. But how are we going to get away with so many people around?
My escape plan is ready.
It’s ready? What is it?
You just go out and behave normal.
-I am normal. -Normal.
-I will come in a while and signal to you. -Okay.
Then the two of us will run away.
Till then you don’t make any mistakes.
No mistakes.
Dude, where are you going?
You are the one for me
Come and hug me
My body craves for you
Hey, he don’t know Tamil.
Sing in Hindi once again.
My exotic beauty
I have veiled it
And brought it for you, hiding it from the world
I am stuck between the devil and the deep sea
Will someone tell me what to do?
I wonder who has cursed me
How have I landed here
Don't worry, Be happy
Come and groove on the beat
One, two, three, four Get on the dance floor
Booty shake, booty shake
Dappan goothu hard core Let's dance hard core
Move your shoulders up and down
Move your body all around
Give me, give me Some more
One, two, three, four Get on the dance floor
Booty shake, booty shake
Dappan goothu hard core Let's dance hard core
Move your shoulders up and down
Move your body all around
Give me, give me Some more
It's amazing, it bombards the mind My heart is fluttering, buddy
Marry me my small cuckoo I'll provide you with slaves
You stabbed me here and there
And now she's coming To set you on fire
Just sway to the beats
I can sense trouble
There seems to be bad luck written In my future
My walk is the focus Of everyone's attention
Don't hide your racing heart from me, Don't act like a saint
The tinkling of your ear rings Come as a warning bell to me
One, two, three, four Get on the dance floor
Booty shake, booty shake
Dappan goothu hard core Let's dance hard core
Move your shoulders up and down
Move your body all around
Give me, give me Some more
One, two, three, four Get on the dance floor
Booty shake, booty shake
Dappan goothu hard core Let's dance hard core
Move your shoulders up and down
Move your body all around
Give me, give me Some more
I don't care if your name is Pushpa Or Champakali
I would rather run for my life Than stick around with you
Where ever you go, You will hear the one, two, three, four
One, two, three, four Listen to it hardcore
All doors are closed my friend, Talk less, dance more
One, two, three, four Get on the dance floor
Booty shake, booty shake
Dappan goothu hard core Let's dance hard core
Move your shoulders up and down
Move your body all around
Give me, give me Some more
One, two, three, four Get on the dance floor
Booty shake, booty shake
Dappan goothu hard core Let's dance hard core
Move your shoulders up and down
Move your body all around
Give me, give me Some more
Hey, Meena Lochini... Sundaram!
Meena Lochini... Sundaram!
What kind of name is this?
Addresses are shorter than this name!
I had gone on a holiday, and you took me on a trip!
No, I won’t nod my head now.
Hey, pot King!
Why are you sitting on that bike and staring at me?
I had full plans of having fun. Because of your ashes...
I’ve gotten into so much trouble.
Grandpa, I had full plans to immerse your ashes in the waters of Goa but...
You changed my entire plan!
Hey, brother!
Hold this!
You were scaring me by showing me your gun!
Now I will also show you something. Look!
Did you see? Can you do that?
No?
That's because your fat comes in between.
Fatty.
Hey, don!
You were threatening me!
Wait.
Can you do this?
No, right? Then?
Mr. Durgeshwara... Sundaram.
Tamil is not my mother tongue!
How are you, my darling?
You have become a referee!
You fixed a match between Tingu and me.
Where's Tingu?
Tingu!
Hey, you humongous monster!
Will you fight with me? Why?
Okay, you can fight.
But before that show me if you can do this?
Look, Tingu. Can you do this?
Catch him.
Tangaballi, can you do this?
-Hey, Sir! -Rahul.
What happened?
You and me will have some buttermilk!
Yes, we'll have some buttermilk! Come on, get up!
Get up!
You are completely drunk.
Careful!
Don’t fall again!
Careful!
Come, sit here.
Listen...
The station is on the opposite side.
Take the first train tomorrow at 5:30 a.m. and leave. Understood?
Understood?
And don’t tell anyone that I helped you.
Yes and let it remain a secret.
Else, the entire village will cut me into pieces.
The Almighty will take care of the rest. Go to sleep.
Sir!
Hey! Look!
How did you come here?
From where have you come?
Where is this boat going?
Sri Lanka! Why?
To get diesel.
Have you gone mad? Why are you going to Sri Lanka to get diesel?
We’re going to Sri Lanka with the smuggle diesel.
Everything is legal when one has to survive.
If the Sri Lanka Marine police catch us, we will be jailed.
If the Indian Marine police catch us, we will be jailed here.
If police don’t catch us, all is well.
Oil is well!
Shut up and stop the boat.
Help me! I've got on to the wrong boat.
-Bring out the gun. -Help me.
Gun!
Enough.
Catch them and arrest them.
You're the first smuggler who is so happy about being arrested.
No, Sir.
I’m not a smuggler.
I am not with them, Sir.
I am an Indian, Sir.
Is it? Show me your passport!
Passport? Why, Sir?
To verify whether you are an Indian or Sri Lankan.
But Sir, I am not with them.
I speak Hindi, Sir!
We can also talk in Hindi.
Listen. Hindi!
What?
We all speak in Hindi!
Sir, he’s my man.
And you are my wife!
What?
What are you looking at? Arrest him.
What does that mean?
They say if you suffix word Ji‚ o any other word
You gain respect.
Refu... Ji.
I did not gain anything!
Here my fate was being written by my grandpa sitting in heavens
Whereas Meena’s fate was being written by her father.
He decided to get her married to Tangaballi.
Meena was neither happy with it nor was it her choice.
Who would have thought That the tip of India
Would begin a new chapter In Meena's and my life.
Brother, what are you looking at with such fear?
-Is this yours? -Yes.
I’m sure there is RDX in it.
Not "there is." There was.
I mean, there was!
My grandpa is in it.
I mean my grandpa's ashes.
Allow me to show you.
I have been telling you that I am not a smuggler!
You know, Sir. I came from Mumbai to immerse my grandpa's ashes. That’s all.
I told the police everything truthfully.
My history. The geography of my travel.
And my chemistry with the people of Komban.
After hearing all this, all the Marine police officer said was...
So, the people of Komban know you, right?
Sir!
You!
Your fellow brothers are dropping me to Mumbai.
Give me a hug!
You left me there, right?
Because of some smugglers I went away to Sri Lanka.
You didn't go away. You came back...
-to Komban. -No, I can't come.
How can that happen?
Look...
I'll be back.
Brother, me too.
Catch him.
What are you doing, man?
Sir, please leave me for heaven’s sake!
Hello, Sir.
Hello.
Do you know him?
Do we know him?
We know him.
-Periya. -Yes.
He is our family member, isn’t it?
Yes, he is one of us.
Hey, where had you disappeared?
There’s such tension since you went missing.
Oh, family! So you are an Indian after all.
I will release you here and leave.
Officer, you cannot leave me here and go.
I am Sri... Devi
"How are you, my darling?"
Refree, right?
No, Sir. I meant, Periyathalai Sir...
Hanger, right?
I meant strong, Sir.
You called me fat?
Chewing gum, right?
Do not step ahead. I am warning you.
I will cut down all!
Hold this.
Nobody steps ahead.
If anybody comes forward, I will...
cut myself.
Okay, cut yourself.
Cut yourself.
I will cut Meenamma.
Stop.
I will cut Meenamma.
Meenamma, open the door.
Nobody moves!
Move!
What do I do, Meenamma?
Catch him.
Come on, get out.
First you get drunk and run away all by yourself.
Then you get into trouble and use me to run away.
And now you're asking me to get out of the car!
Yes, that’s what I said. Get out, please.
I won’t get out.
This car belongs to my father.
If you don’t get out, I will take you back there.
Then you'll get married.
Before that, from Rahul you will become Late Rahul.
I mean I think there's no parking here. Let's go.
Rahul!
What happened? Has the car broken down?
No! Who told you that?
What is with the smoke, then?
Smoke?
The car is smoking a cigarette.
And do you know why I came outside?
I thought to myself, that I could wait and relax here and Tangaballi would come by.
And, when he comes, the three of us can play together.
Can’t you see?
Your father's car is even worse than your Hindi.
You have wrecked the car!
Don't call this a car, it'd be a sin to call this a car.
This car has saved your life.
It’s not a car, it’s a wreck!
My father’s favorite car!
Catch it, Rahul!
I didn't mean it. Wait!
-No! -Oh, no!
Take it!
Take it, Meenamma baby.
Your father’s favorite car.
Actually the problem is not your father, or his wrecked car.
The problem is you.
Wherever you go, you carry a free trouble pack along with you.
Actually you are like a black cat.
Worse than a black cat!
If you cross the path of a black cat, it will get cursed.
Then why are you with me?
Why am I with you?
Why are you with me?
Please, Meenamma. Stop stalking me.
Alright.
But by the way, you stole the car and drove in the wrong direction.
Now we have only one way out.
We'll have to cross Komban again!
Don’t scare me with Komban.
If you are not with me, I will manage on my own easily.
There’s no word called impossible in my dictionary.
Really? From where did you buy such a rubbish dictionary?
Get lost.
I thought I would not meet Meenamma ever again.
But fate had decreed something else altogether.
Brother.
Hello, Sir.
I need to find the road.
Where is the highway?
What are you doing?
I want to see the road.
Where is the highway?
Relax, my child!
Don’t take so much trouble. I feel bad, then.
The two of us have the same problem.
At this age, we don't need a new language.
Hey, brother!
Please, stop.
Hello, brother!
What do you want? What is your work here?
I’m a boy, Rahul. I need a lift!
You’re from Mumbai, right?
How do you know so much about me?
The entire South knows you.
One fair boy has eloped with Durgeshwara Azagsundaram’s daughter in a car.
Oh my God!
Today you are in a car tomorrow you will be the headline of a newspaper.
-No, listen to me. -Go away.
You don’t know, the village people are chasing you with sticks!
Once you’re caught they will kill you and put that as a headline!
Let it be. Is it their kingdom?
The girl you have eloped with, this is her father’s kingdom!
Brother, please help me.
-Go away. -Brother, please.
Brother, help me.
Brother!
I became numb after hearing this.
I could see the road ahead
But there was no way out.
Except one.
Meenamma...
What is it?
What?
You’ve come back to me after all!
You figured out how does it feel to live alone, didn't you?
Look at your face.
It seems like you are getting a fever because you are so frightened.
Come on. I’ve come to take you.
We will go together. Come!
Again you’ve taken the wrong route.
This is the safer route. That side you will find Tangaballi.
Come on!
Meenamma, I'll save you.
Vidamba village.
Come on.
A wedding ceremony is going on here.
If we make up a story
we can stay here for a few days.
Until then father and Tangaballi’s tension will get a bit diffused.
Then why are you standing here and talking, Ms. Subtitle?
Go ahead and talk to them.
Such attitude!
Why don’t you go and talk?
I can.
I know kunjam kunjam.
"Apadiya sapadiya Po."
Your grandpa can go take a hike!
You know how to speak Marathi?
If you can speak Tamil, why can’t I speak Marathi?
Oh, mother! Meenamma, for now just go and talk in Tamil.
It seemed very pleasant but there was something fishy.
There was something definitely fishy.
Once bitten, twice shy.
That’s why, this time I did not nod in agreement.
The second time when the villagers looked at me, I...
What happened?
Hey! Don’t come to me.
Open the window. Let the fresh air come in.
Here is the towel and some clothes.
Rest well.
In the morning, after your bath, we will arrange the prayers.
Rest well. Take care of him. Bye.
You know, a film should be made on me.
I laugh my way into a mess.
Whenever people gladly lift me up on their shoulders, I know I am in a trouble.
And you, Meenamma...
What are the lies you have spun around this time?
I told them we got married and ran away.
Have you copyrighted this story of getting married and running away?
Then what did you say?
The second lie was that you're so good that you will never leave me and go.
Then you agreed to me.
Yes.
Then I said you got so tired with the journey
that you felt like fainting.
That’s why...
You nodded.
Yeah, like this.
Nodded!
That’s why I’m getting this special treatment.
No.
The special treatment is because I told them...
the reason why we eloped is because my father has a huge problem
with you being poor and me being rich.
I am very rich.
And you are a confectioner.
How did you know I was a confectioner?
You are a confectioner?
No.
Yes.
I am a confectioner.
What is so funny about that?
A confectioner is better than being a don.
Quiet.
That means my third lie is actually the truth.
You are making fun of me now?
Earlier, your father made a fool out of me.
What a great father-daughter duo!
I wonder how your mother tolerates the two of you.
Does she ever protest or does she also...
I don’t have a mother.
I had no idea.
I know what it feels like to not have a mother.
Why?
Your parents?
They died in a car accident.
I was eight years old then.
Since then you’ve been all alone?
Actually I never really missed my parents...
because my grandparents took their place. Especially grandpa.
He was always happy when I was happy.
He couldn’t live without me.
Rahul this, Rahul that... Rahul...
My grandpa.
Still Rahul...
To go through fifty years of your life without parents...
Yes, Meenamma. It is hard, but...
Fifty years?
Yes.
Do I look like I’m fifty years old?
Why? You’re not?
Don’t tell me you’re more than that?
Meenamma, will you sleep on the floor?
This is not for me. It’s for you.
Won’t you be able to control yourself if I sleep with you on the bed?
Shut up, okay! I have a problem.
Yes, exactly. You won’t be able to control yourself.
Stop your nonsense.
What does that mean?
-Stop your nonsense. -Do?
Naughty! Aunty! Remember? Do...
I will sleep on the bed because I am your spouse.
And as they say there is no business like show-her business.
Come on, Meenamma. Let us sleep, momma!
Fine, sleep if you want.
Don’t tell me later that I didn’t warn you.
I can give no guarantee for what will happen at night.
Rahul, consider that you will be taken advantage of
tonight because your wife has no control.
Tangaballi... Don’t come closer.
I will kick you.
Tangaballi... Don’t come closer.
I will kick you.
Tangaballi... Don’t come closer.
I will kick you.
Tangaballi... Don’t come closer.
I will kick you.
I will not leave you.
I’m sorry but I don’t know your language.
Do not come closer.
I will kick you.
Do not come closer.
Help me.
Meena has gone crazy.
Meena has turned into a witch!
Didn’t I ask you to not sleep next to me?
I kick in my sleep.
Am I your father's scooter that you will kick?
You’re not the daughter of a don. You’re the daughter of a donkey!
I will never sleep with you.
You’re a witch!
Get lost.
You get lost.
Now you do.
Are you dressed up for your morning jog?
No.
It’s the village ritual for newlyweds.
Ritual?
The husband carries his wife in his arms and climbs up the steps to the temple.
They believe it strengthens the marital bond.
Are you strong?
What is the need to be strong to watch a ritual?
You don’t have to watch, you have to do it.
We are husband and wife for them.
No, I will not be forced into doing anything.
No, the situation is like that.
What?
Helplessness!
What helplessness?
Do you want to stay here or not?
Yes, I want to stay.
Then you will have to carry me. You won’t drop me, right?
Meenamma, perhaps you are forgetting.
Confectioner?
We will reach the temple after climbing three hundred steps.
Three hundred!
I will reach heaven after climbing a hundred.
What happened?
Where has the power of the common man gone?
I know you will drop me after fifty.
Rahul, you carried your wife to the temple.
Meena, he will take care of you all your life.
What is he saying?
He’s saying that you’ve proved you'll look after me for the rest of our lives.
Raaja, may you live for a hundred years.
You both will live together for seven generations.
Ms Subtitle. What?
They believe that the couples who are able to complete this ritual...
God will keep them together for the next seven lives.
Why haven’t you put vermillion?
What is he saying?
Without the vermillion the ritual is not complete.
What?
You should have mentioned it earlier.
Does that mean all of this is wasted?
My body is hurting so much!
Put this vermillion, my son.
No, Rahul.
What happened?
This ritual won’t be complete without the vermillion.
These people will take us out from here.
Come on and hurry up.
We have to descend 300 steps and this time you will help me.
Like Lord Krishna, the one with Dark cloud like complexion
With a butter eaten mouth You stole my heart
Like Lord Krishna, the one with Dark cloud like complexion
With a butter eaten mouth You stole my heart
With nectar like sweetness You ruled over all Gods
On seeing this sweetness My eyes won't look at anything else
My heart, like a butterfly
Has taken flight far away
My heart, like a butterfly
Has taken flight far away
With sweet fragrances it has gone to stay
I have never felt this way A ray of light
Kisses the darkness away
My heart, like a butterfly
Has taken flight far away
Should I say it in words Or inscribe it on the sky
Praise be to you
My heart, like a butterfly
Has taken flight far away
With sweet fragrances
It has gone to stay
Your deep blue eyes
Tease me with a glance
Your soothing words can
Also put the birds in a trance
A little incomplete without you
Now I feel complete
Your simplicity has swept me off my feet
My heart, like a butterfly
Has taken flight far away
Should I say it in words Or inscribe it on the sky
Praise be to you
Like Lord Krishna, the one with Dark cloud like complexion
With a butter eaten mouth You stole my heart
Like Lord Krishna, the one with Dark cloud like complexion
With a butter eaten mouth You stole my heart
With nectar like sweetness You ruled over all Gods
On seeing this sweetness My eyes won't look at anything else
What happened, Rahul?
What? I am packing.
Why?
Do you want to forever live here in this Vidamba village?
Look, Meenamma. This is enough.
We will quietly slip away without telling anyone.
Otherwise, these people will keep making us do weird rituals.
You also get ready. Let’s go
No, Rahul.
If we run away from here then what will the villagers think?
They will think that we’ve run away.
Get ready.
It's about the villager's feelings, Rahul.
What about when they find out that we lied about being married?
Will they help anyone the next time?
Will these people be able to trust anyone again?
-As it is... -Meena..
Is it that you don't want to leave this place?
I’ve noticed that ever since you’ve started playing the role of being my wife
you have been having a lot of fun.
Look, don't get serious about the fact that I've put vermillion on your head.
That was a stupid ritual.
Rahul!
Only you can think this way!
Did you ever think how would the villagers feel?
Forget the village, have you ever thought about your grandma's feelings?
You only said that your grandpa had replaced your father, right?
And what did you do?
You changed the place where he wanted his ashes immersed.
Yes! I changed the place.
Do you know why?
Because I don’t have any feelings.
I am bad. Actually I am a very bad man!
Only you are very good. These villagers are very good.
Grandma, grandpa is.
And a bad person has no right to stay amongst good people.
So I’ll just go. You know what? You keep this with you.
You are good. He was good.
All of you make a company of good people and live together.
I am not going to live in this village alright.
Spare me, please!
Even though I was mad, I had a sinking feeling
about leaving Meenamma all alone.
You’ve come?
Rahul! This...
This is too much!
Tangaballi, hold on a minute.
No personal enmity here, Sir.
Why do you want to take me to Komban village and kill?
No point, Sir.
You’ve got your lady, Sir.
Leave me.
What?
From my heart, Sir.
I am speaking from my heart, Sir.
Throw away, Sir.
Do whatever you want with your lady, Sir.
Get married!
Sir, she’s your girl.
You can sing any song you want to with her.
Now Meena is all yours, my friend.
Hey, you!
You’re stupid, parasite and an opportunist!
You are leaving me and running?
-Try and understand. -Understand what?
-That... -What that?
-That only... -What that only?
I’ve played such a game
That I fool the opponent And the game comes in my hands
To save you idiot
I’ve played a ruse
So, this was your strategy?
Since when did you become brave enough to defend me?
Meena!
Washing powder, Meena!
No matter how wicked I am, I am human after all
I thought to myself that I must help you, Meena
Now do you understand what I’m saying
Meena!
Pick up the sickle that’s
Beside Tangaballi
Take it
Yes! I will take it
I’ve understood my lady love
You two think I don’t understand
And that you can make a fool out of me
Tangaballi is singing in Hindi?
Yes!
Balli Balli I am Tangaballi
I know your plan
Means?
Now you’re in trouble
You will not sing to him anymore
Now you will bid farewell to this world, while doing disco
Okay, that’s enough!
Hey, Tangu!
If you touch him, I will cut you.
You do not know...
who you are fighting with.
We're nice to good people and a nightmare for bad ones.
Understood?
We live in South but we are in the center of people’s hearts.
Whoever ridicules our honor and culture, we teach them such a lesson that...
they wet their pants.
Rahul!
Meena...
Nobody can understand women.
Even at a time like this she’s worried about her things!
Really, no one can understand women.
Let's go.
Here, take your ticket to Mumbai.
And you?
I am going to immerse grandpa's ashes in the waters of Rameshwaram.
You know Meenamma, I just realized...
No matter how wicked I am, I am a human after all, Meena.
You thought it right.
You just said one thing wrong.
I will also come with you to Rameshwaram.
What? Have you gone mad?
This is wrong.
-I’m doing the right thing. -How is it right?
With such difficulty, you’ve got the chance to run away.
I could have run away when you were drunk in the village.
I didn’t run away then. So, why will I now?
I will also come with you.
Meenamma, try to understand.
I’ve taken a decision. Let me complete it on my own accord, please.
And, you might be in danger there.
-What if Tangaballi reaches there? -Exactly.
I will save you from Tangaballi.
That’s why I should come with you!
Sometimes two roads travel side by side
They slowly converge At the end of the ride
Sometimes when trouble Become twice their size
They are halved when shared With someone nice
Our love story is so strange
Sometimes we progress, sometimes we curb
Though I am the North pole And you are the South
Yet our love has brought us together
Though I am the North pole And you are the South
We are equal partners in every situation
Though we fight
Our partnership is alright
With you everything seems alright
We are two different people With different attitudes
We wander the world in style
Sometimes we go apart and come back
We live our lives in the moment Our moods change like the seasons
Though I am the North pole And you are the South
The naughty north has given south a wink
Though I am the North pole And you are the South
We will be together Forget about the whole world
Sometimes two roads travel side by side
They slowly converge At the end of the ride
Sometimes when troubles Become twice their size
They are halved when shared With someone nice
Our love story is so strange
Sometimes we progress, sometimes we curb
Though I am the North pole And you are the South
Yet our love has brought us together
Though I am the North pole And you are the South
We are equal partners in every situation
Tomorrow morning we can complete the immersion ritual.
For tonight we will have to stay in some lodge.
You know, Meena...
We are all so busy running around in this fast paced life.
Our lives are no less than a marathon.
We’re all running to gain something in life.
Then someday we leave everything and go away.
Just like I will leave you and go tomorrow.
All your worries will come to an end.
But where will you go?
Pune.
My childhood friend lives there.
Chitra.
Meenamma, I was wondering if you will be safe there or not.
I mean what if you father's goons or your cousins reach there?
Meenamma, you come with me to Mumbai.
I have a house there. My grandma will be there.
You can stay there peacefully.
Thereafter, you can decide for yourself.
You can start afresh.
And what if my father’s goons reach there?
That’s not his kingdom.
That is not Komban village. It’s Mumbai.
Nobody can do such a thing there.
And if my father asks you, what I am doing in your house...
What will you say then?
Then I will tell him that both of us... You know?
You and me.
Pune is fine for me.
Anyway, I have troubled you a lot.
It’s not your sympathy But your love that I seek
I ask for your love As I know you love me too
Because of the fear of the world
I promise I will never Forfeit you, my dear
I will never let you go
If this isn’t love
Then what is love?
Now that I have won your love
I don’t care if I lose the world
I will never let you go
My life has lost its meaning
Since you are not there with me
Love is renowned
Since on this path I have walked down
I will not leave it mid way
From the path of your love I will not stray
I will never let you go
Where have we come, Rahul? You know--
We’ve come to the right place, Meenamma.
They will kill you.
-Without thinking-- -No, Meenamma.
I have come to this decision after a lot of consideration.
But Rahul...
Rahul, you have gone mad.
We had run away from here.
But for how long will you run?
But for how long will we run?
Don’t you have any dreams or a life of your own?
Hello, Sir.
You must be wondering that how I am back here by myself.
Father, he mean to say--
No, Meenamma.
Today your father and me don’t need any translation.
Because today I will talk by my heart and you will have to listen.
Mr. Durgeshwara...
Sir!
The most important man of Komban village.
Don!
You must be thinking why I've come here.
Who is he?
Am I mad?
Or am I drunk?
Not drunk.
I just came to find out why you are being so harsh towards Meena.
Why?
Don’t you love your daughter?
You don't?
Because in a wedding you give your daughter’s hand in marriage.
But you tried to sacrifice her life.
Would a father do such a thing?
Like...
Would a father do such a thing?
I am a confectioner.
But I will say something bitter.
You can be the father of this village, the God father of this village...
But you cannot be your daughter’s father. Never, sir.
Your pull and power, full marks for that. Very good, Sir.
But in one subject you have failed. Zero!
Don’t you have any value for your daughter’s emotions...
her wish, her happiness?
But alike Meena, no girl in this village have rights to celebrate independence.
No right!
Even you people...
If you don’t care for your daughter’s emotions, then this entire village...
this unity, Periyathalai!
This power is bullshit, Sir.
Now what do we do?
Do we fight? Come on!
Hit me.
I will not fight back because I want to do the right thing.
It's straight and simple, boss!
I am a common man. I get angry.
What is it that you had said?
“You've come here alive but that's not how you'll leave.
I will cut you into pieces and parcel it.”
I'll now fight with you.
I will fight with each of your men.
Fight everyone!
Fight the entire village if I have to. Only for Meena.
Rahul!
Father, please!
Father, please.
Father!
Rahul!
I will fight.
Enough.
My body...
My...
I certainly have a big body but your courage is bigger!
Very big.
You are like us!
You win!
Go, Meena is yours.
Meena is yours.
Rahul and Meena will get married.
He's saying that you'll look after me for the rest of our lives.
Those who complete the ritual
are kept together by God, for seven lives.
You love me so much?
Then we should have eloped from Rameshwaram.
Why did you risk coming to Komban?
Confectioner?
Confectioner.
Now will you nod your head for what I am about to ask you?
Do you love me as much as I love you?
Meena Lochini...
Will you marry me?
Will you kick me at night, mistaking me for your father’s scooter?
1635 languages are spoken in our country.
But today I realized, that the most important language is love!
Indeed, love has no language.
The credit of making a common man, the hero of Komban village
goes to my grandpa.
My grandpa!
He gave me a wake up call when
I was immersing his ashes in the waters of Rameshwaram.
One wrong train, Chennai Express, showed me the right way.
Today Rahul will surely tell Meenamma that...
those who truly love, get their love.