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<font>رسانه اینترنتی </font> <font color="Green">مای موویز</font>   <font color="Orange">MyMoviz</font>  جامعترین سایت فیلم و سریال

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<font>رسانه اینترنتی </font> <font color="Green">مای موویز</font>   <font color="Orange">MyMoviz</font>  جامعترین سایت فیلم و سریال

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The people in this film speak
the Kadar language of the tribe.

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For the audience’s understanding. certain portions
at the beginning have been translated into Tamil.

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'Hey! Blurt it out'

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'I don't know anything. sir'

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'I know you stole. tell me'

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'I swear I don't know anything. sir.
I wasn't even in town'

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Sir!

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Where did the accident happen?

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Near Kaana Vilakku

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- 'Aiyo!
- Hit the child and drove away'

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'Wretched fellow!
Hit the child and drove away'

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'Go and save the child'

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'Ambulance will be delayed'

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'Bring an auto'

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'For every individual'

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'Time and Need provide
multi-fold experiences'

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'Accepting that as a given'

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'Looking at it repeatedly
and moving on. is life'

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'A memorable experience embedded
for eternity in my thoughts'

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'...is thanks to only one girl'

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'In this hamlet. only a few men
knew to speak Tamil'

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'Women knew only their own
tribal language'

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'Some people living here have not
even seen the outside world'

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'Despite the barriers
faced on a day to day basis'

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'She nurtured self confidence to prove
each and every obstacle can be surmounted'

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'Transformed her trials and tribulations
into a lesson for all to benefit

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'That girl is Kurinji'

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'Arulvaan'

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'One Who Blesses'

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"Enchanting water lily
My mountain ebony"

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"Won't kurinji buds bloom all around
with your footprints on the ground?"

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"Won't the tailor bird yearn to hear
your nectar-sweet voice. my dear?"

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"Cool drizzles stretch their hands to you"

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"Our deities lift you with love so true"

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"Eternal rain showers waiting to
celebrate your success with you"

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"Sheaf of grains turn towards you
instead of the sun. to admire anew"

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"Enchanting water lily
My mountain ebony"

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"Won't kurinji buds bloom all around
with your footprints on the ground?"

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Don't throw a tantrum.
If you shouldn't go. you should not

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I will go.

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Why are you sitting quiet?

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- Simply sitting and watching
- Why make a fuss. dear?

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Let her come with me.

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I'm with her. right?
Why be worried?

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- You come with me. child.
- Okay. father.

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You're pampering her
too much. not good at all.

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Hold your plait.

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Don't wander around.
Come back safe and sound.

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"In your hands. our dear princess
our world exists boundless"

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"To sleep peacefully in your shadow"

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God. bless us
Come. let's go

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Appa. where are we going today
to gather honey?

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The honey on top of the hillock
is ready for harvest

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We will bring that down.

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- How far should we walk. pa?
- We’ll have to walk through the night.

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"Koel's sweet songs heard crystal clear"

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"In the lines of your palm. dear child
happiness flows free and wild"

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"Honestly I praise you
as pearl pure and true"

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"Not wrong at all to hail you as the light
dispelling darkness in every home bright"

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"For our clan. my dear. heap wealth"

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"You'll realize our forest is your breath"

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Don't be scared.

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It's the God we worship.

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It won't harm us.

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Kurinji

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Good looks and brains
are not enough for a girl.

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She needs to be courageous.

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Not be scared.

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You should not feel sad
if you have no one to help you.

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A forest can be
really thick and vast.

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You should learn to be courageous
to face any adversity in life.

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Can you see the hillock over there?

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I'll harvest honey and
be back. you sit here.

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- Okay?
- Okay. appa

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"Looking at your lovely face so innocent"

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"Even the radiant full moon wanes 100%"

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"When your eyes smile with love and care
even cicadas buzz and bloom everywhere"

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"In hair's parting. above your forehead"

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"Stars float & shine guiding the way ahead"

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"With steps of our favorite child's dance
the soil beneath enhances in fragrance"

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"You breeze in like a butterfly. my dear"

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"You will cross the sea limitless
Touch the vast sky. our princess"

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"Like a spring that never dries; bountiful
you will wander spreading love plentiful"

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"On its bank like the cool wind spiraling
narrate stories to all. awe-inspiring"

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"Enchanting water lily
My mountain ebony"

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"Won't kurinji buds bloom all around
with your footprints on the ground?"

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"Won't the tailor bird yearn to hear
your nectar-sweet voice. my dear?"

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Appa. where are they going daily for work?

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They are not going to work. dear.

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They are going to school.

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- School?
- Yes. dear

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School? What do they do there?

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A school is...

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a place where all the children gather...

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There will be a teacher
to teach them lessons.

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Children will be given books to read.

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Why should one study?

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Education is what shapes
and controls a person.

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An educated person will
be listened to by others.

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Same goes for our
land and clan too.

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Education is the
path to a better life.

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Why didn't you study then?

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It was not an option for us.

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No body bothered to educate us.

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Hearing all this makes
me want to study as well.

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Father. let me study as well.

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Let's see. dear

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- Buddy...
- Yes...

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- Be careful. Mr.Danger is on his way.
- Okay.

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If he asks. tell him we
went to Mekkadu for work.

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Okay.

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Sir. we got two scapegoats.

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He won’t spare us even without anything.
Now we’ve got stolen mushrooms too.

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Greetings. sir.

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Where were you?

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Sir. we just got back
from Mekkadu after work.

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What's in the bag?

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Lunch. sir.

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Hand me the bags.

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Sir. these are edible mushrooms.

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Is this your lunch?

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Mushroom omelette and Mushroom soup. is it?

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- Sir. please forgive us.
- Are you trying foreigner's cuisine?

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Why wait for lunchtime?

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Let's feast rightaway.

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What do you say. dear?

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Hey. come on...

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Thrash them...

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How dare you cross the fence
and enter foreigner’s garden?

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Bloody thieves...

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You want mushrooms. is it?

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Who do you think you messing with?

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If the villagers come to know
about this. it might be a problem.

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Slap an FIR against them.
Say they killed a deer or peacock.

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Bring them.

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If anyone dares to step
into the foreigner’s garden…

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this will be their fate.

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Pandian. what's happening?

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When are you going to hand over
this magical gold mine to us?

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This magic gold mine belongs to us

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Another 10 days you can trip
on these magic mushies.

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And you can trip and die
in this mushie gold mine.

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You don't worry. I'll take care
of the dirty. ugly tribal villagers.

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Why didn't any of you study. ma?

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In our clan. girls are generally

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not allowed to
interact with other men.

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We were told this over and over.

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This even forbade us from
interacting with the teacher.

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Then how can we study?

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Why do we need education?

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Only those who desire
a lot need to study.

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We are happy with our
life within four walls.

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Before you were born
we had schools in our community.

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What good will it do if girls study…?

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Using that as a lame excuse...

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Even the boys did not go
to school. just like the girls.

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That is the reason...

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Govt closed down the
school here. my dear

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Mr.Paper. stop there.

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What brings you here?

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- I am going to visit the village on the hills.
- You can't go there.

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Why is that? Is the forest on
fire? Or are you going to light it up?

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You sound arrogant.
Come. speak with the officer.

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Where are you going?

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To the hillock.

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Why do you have to drink inside a forest?
Don't you have wine shops back home?

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I meant I am going to
the village up in the hills.

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Are you drunk?

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Being sarcastic. are you?

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Check his bags.

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Don't you dare touch my bag.

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Tell me why I shouldn't go to the village.

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Movement between the plains and the
hill village is banned. Government order

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This is to stop smuggling of goods.

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I will kill you. if I see you again.

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Get lost. Look at his funny attire.

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Aren't you the one who
smuggles goods all the time?

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This isn't the only route to the village.

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How are you?

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We are fine

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Why have you missed your path?

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The entire forest is fenced

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I got lost. not knowing
which way to go

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Let's go

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- Be careful.
- Yes. come on.

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- How is your village chief?
- He is fine. sir

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Sir. I have a request...

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The fencing is causing us trouble.

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Even in emergencies. we’re forced to
take a longer route. adding 10 extra km.

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Even there. the foreigners have
put up electric fences in many places.

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If even people can’t tell which fences
are electric. how would animals know?

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Please inform the authorities
and help us reclaim our path.

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Dividing and claiming forests
in bits and pieces isn’t new.

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This has been
happening for ages.

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I won’t let this slide.

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I’ll write about it
in our magazine.

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It will create a stir
among the higher officials.

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I have an errand in
the neighboring village.

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You go your way.

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- Take care
- Okay

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'Magic mushroom'

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'It isn't the edible kind'

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'It is an intoxicant
that dims our senses'

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Hey!

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Who are you. man?

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Hey!

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Call the forest officer.

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Sir. right here...

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You brute...

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Have you lost it?

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Because of you. the whole
clan will be thrown behind bars.

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If he had died. who would
be answerable to his country?

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If anything happens to the
foreigners or the wild animals.

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You got to pay the price.

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Get lost!

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Move...

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Let's go.

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Come on.

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Aa...maravalli...

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Aa... maravalli...

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My father gave a feast to the entire
village and named me 'Amaravalli'...

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Pronounce my name correctly.

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Shout only if you can pronounce it right.

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Stop calling me
A…valli or B…valli!

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Hold this.

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What is this?

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I got into a fight with those foreigners.

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Hey. it’s nothing.

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Why do you care about others?

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Why do you get so angry?

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They keep trampling over
us because we stay silent.

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My father and grandfather
created this forest.

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How dare they block
me from entering?

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Do you want me to wish
them well and walk away?

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Should I stay quiet when
my people are in trouble?

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I have only one daughter.

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What if something happens to you?

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What will I do then?

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Why are you crying over this?

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Just give me your word…

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I’ll gladly give you a son.

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You’re good with words. all right.

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00:19:07.208 --> 00:19:09.916
The boy from the southern
village seems like a good boy.

246
00:19:10.625 --> 00:19:12.791
Your father is coming.
Don't tell him about this.

247
00:19:13.333 --> 00:19:14.333
Father...

248
00:19:15.833 --> 00:19:17.041
Where were you?

249
00:19:17.541 --> 00:19:19.000
Mariamma from our
village has attained puberty.

250
00:19:19.208 --> 00:19:21.250
So I went to buy pooja
items for the ritual.

251
00:19:21.416 --> 00:19:22.416
Where is your kid?

252
00:19:22.583 --> 00:19:23.875
She has gone to river to take a dip.

253
00:19:24.375 --> 00:19:25.666
- Ask her to come.
- Okay.

254
00:19:25.666 --> 00:19:26.916
- Dear...
- Yes...

255
00:19:26.916 --> 00:19:28.875
Come on. Let’s go for worship.

256
00:19:31.791 --> 00:19:33.833
They are the ones who
pave the paths in the village.

257
00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:43.958
Grandpa. how long have you been
doing this deity-possessed dance?

258
00:19:44.375 --> 00:19:45.833
I’ve been doing it since I was 16.

259
00:19:46.083 --> 00:19:48.291
Who did it before you?

260
00:19:48.583 --> 00:19:49.666
My father did it before me.

261
00:19:49.833 --> 00:19:51.041
My grandfather
did it before him.

262
00:19:51.166 --> 00:19:52.333
My great-grandfather before that.

263
00:19:52.541 --> 00:19:54.166
We’ve been doing this for generations.

264
00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:56.083
Your mother is next in line after me.

265
00:19:56.541 --> 00:19:58.250
Since I had a daughter…

266
00:19:58.500 --> 00:20:02.000
my son-in-law will take over as my son.

267
00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:06.083
You’re a girl. so your
husband will do it in the future.

268
00:20:06.375 --> 00:20:07.958
Dear. do you want to do it?

269
00:20:08.333 --> 00:20:10.000
No. I am going to study.

270
00:20:10.250 --> 00:20:11.500
Alright. dear.

271
00:20:11.791 --> 00:20:13.458
Usually mom and daughter dance in anger...

272
00:20:13.458 --> 00:20:15.916
Hey. stop everyone!
Stop! Where are you going?

273
00:20:19.250 --> 00:20:21.208
Which forest are you
going to set on fire?

274
00:20:21.458 --> 00:20:23.791
Sir. we are on our way to
worship our ancestral deity.

275
00:20:23.958 --> 00:20:24.750
Deity? Who?

276
00:20:25.208 --> 00:20:26.583
Ancestral deity.

277
00:20:26.875 --> 00:20:28.666
- Where is that?
- In Mekkadu.

278
00:20:29.250 --> 00:20:30.500
Mekkadu?

279
00:20:31.333 --> 00:20:32.875
From whom did
you get permission?

280
00:20:33.708 --> 00:20:35.916
Sir. we haven’t needed
permission all these years.

281
00:20:36.000 --> 00:20:37.208
You must get permission from me.

282
00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:39.166
You can’t enter the forest as you please.

283
00:20:40.583 --> 00:20:42.416
It would be a sin if we don’t complete
this ritual for our ancestral deity.

284
00:20:42.458 --> 00:20:44.166
To hell with the deity and the sin.

285
00:20:44.458 --> 00:20:46.416
What is all this?

286
00:20:47.083 --> 00:20:49.041
You worship trees and hills. don’t you?

287
00:20:50.583 --> 00:20:52.416
The trees and hills are all around you.

288
00:20:52.625 --> 00:20:53.958
Offer your prayers and get lost.

289
00:20:54.166 --> 00:20:55.500
Sir. why are you causing trouble?

290
00:20:55.625 --> 00:20:58.208
The foreigners are exploiting
the forest for mushrooms.

291
00:20:58.375 --> 00:20:59.333
You don’t question them.

292
00:20:59.375 --> 00:21:01.500
Why are you troubling us?
All we wanted was to offer prayers.

293
00:21:02.416 --> 00:21:04.375
- Who are you?
- Dear. it's alright.

294
00:21:05.083 --> 00:21:05.916
Stay quiet.

295
00:21:05.958 --> 00:21:07.250
Hey. Mr. Chief...

296
00:21:07.916 --> 00:21:09.708
Is he a rowdy in your village?

297
00:21:10.208 --> 00:21:12.375
Don’t you know how
to speak to an officer?

298
00:21:13.083 --> 00:21:15.958
I should have thrashed you the very
day you fought with those foreigners.

299
00:21:16.708 --> 00:21:18.541
I took pity on you people.

300
00:21:19.291 --> 00:21:21.416
Two months ago. someone
was killed by an elephant.

301
00:21:22.333 --> 00:21:23.791
Three people were killed by a tiger.

302
00:21:24.208 --> 00:21:25.416
What if you get killed too?

303
00:21:27.250 --> 00:21:28.916
Who do you think will
answer to the government?

304
00:21:29.958 --> 00:21:30.958
Will you answer them?

305
00:21:33.291 --> 00:21:34.875
Take everyone and leave.

306
00:21:35.833 --> 00:21:37.416
Drive everyone away.

307
00:21:37.416 --> 00:21:39.375
Get away everybody. Leave now.

308
00:21:39.541 --> 00:21:42.500
People. bow before
the hills. Let’s leave now.

309
00:21:42.708 --> 00:21:44.708
- Let's go.
- Dear lord.

310
00:21:45.125 --> 00:21:46.833
- Let's go.
- Why is the officer so adamant?.

311
00:21:46.916 --> 00:21:48.125
Let's go everybody.

312
00:21:49.458 --> 00:21:50.416
- Hey
- Yes. sir.

313
00:21:50.416 --> 00:21:54.083
If we single out the chief. we
can drive the villagers away.

314
00:21:54.208 --> 00:21:55.708
Let’s target him first.

315
00:22:24.041 --> 00:22:25.375
Is that a gunshot?

316
00:22:25.583 --> 00:22:27.333
It sounds like someone
fired a gun inside the forest.

317
00:22:27.375 --> 00:22:28.958
You go ahead. I’ll
check and join you.

318
00:22:28.958 --> 00:22:30.000
Okay. chief.

319
00:22:32.333 --> 00:22:33.625
I don’t know what that
gunshot was about.

320
00:22:33.833 --> 00:22:35.708
- Let our chief check and come
- Come on

321
00:22:41.625 --> 00:22:43.958
I shoot a deer. and
a monkey shows up.

322
00:22:48.833 --> 00:22:51.083
Hello. clan chief.
What brings you here?

323
00:22:51.458 --> 00:22:53.125
Sir. I heard a gunshot…

324
00:22:53.166 --> 00:22:54.250
That’s why I came running.

325
00:22:54.291 --> 00:22:56.458
Did you come after hearing
the shot. or did you fire it?

326
00:22:56.541 --> 00:22:58.500
Sir. where would
I even get a gun?

327
00:22:58.541 --> 00:23:00.000
But there’s a dead deer here.

328
00:23:02.041 --> 00:23:05.583
Sir. snakes and other creatures
here are like our own family.

329
00:23:05.666 --> 00:23:08.458
Even before cutting a
tree. we ask its permission!

330
00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.708
Why would we harm them?

331
00:23:09.750 --> 00:23:13.916
So you ask the trees for
permission to cut them. but not us?

332
00:23:14.208 --> 00:23:16.083
Who killed this deer?

333
00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:18.666
Whoever killed it will die a painful death.

334
00:23:18.833 --> 00:23:21.000
Hey! Watch your tongue!

335
00:23:21.125 --> 00:23:24.250
You say you didn’t shoot it? Then give me a
written statement that you didn’t kill it.

336
00:23:24.333 --> 00:23:25.333
Come on...

337
00:23:25.708 --> 00:23:28.458
Is your signature enough?
Or should your entire clan sign?

338
00:23:28.625 --> 00:23:31.208
My signature is enough. sir.
People will listen to me.

339
00:23:32.166 --> 00:23:37.458
Clan chief. write here
that you didn’t kill the deer.

340
00:23:37.958 --> 00:23:39.708
I don’t know how to read or write. sir.

341
00:23:39.875 --> 00:23:41.666
We’ve had no access
to education at all. sir.

342
00:23:44.791 --> 00:23:46.625
Then leave your thumbprint.

343
00:23:46.916 --> 00:23:48.291
I’ll fill it in for you.

344
00:23:49.166 --> 00:23:51.166
Not your right hand.
Use your left hand.

345
00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:53.416
Place your thumb there.

346
00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:35.333
Sir. what is this atrocity?

347
00:25:35.458 --> 00:25:36.791
Why are you measuring our land?

348
00:25:36.916 --> 00:25:38.375
How can you even ask me that?

349
00:25:38.583 --> 00:25:41.666
Didn’t you sign an affidavit
promising to evict these people for me?

350
00:25:42.291 --> 00:25:45.291
Sir. are you trying to
turn us against ourselves?

351
00:25:45.958 --> 00:25:48.000
First ask your men to
move out of our village.

352
00:25:48.166 --> 00:25:50.958
Clan chief. you are
going back on your word.

353
00:25:51.708 --> 00:25:53.708
I thought you would
evacuate the village for me…

354
00:25:53.958 --> 00:25:56.541
How dare you ask my
survey men to leave?

355
00:25:56.708 --> 00:25:58.375
Should I tell everyone
what you did?

356
00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:00.083
This man standing here…

357
00:26:00.333 --> 00:26:03.625
He promised to evacuate the
entire village within eight days…

358
00:26:03.666 --> 00:26:05.833
and in return. he took a
bundle of cash in his dhoti.

359
00:26:06.208 --> 00:26:08.208
Isn't it true that he took the money?

360
00:26:10.541 --> 00:26:12.291
- Look at what he did?
- Dear Lord...

361
00:26:12.958 --> 00:26:14.000
Chief...

362
00:26:14.375 --> 00:26:17.708
To this day. our chief
has never touched money.

363
00:26:18.083 --> 00:26:20.916
It’s a vow like no other. You
wouldn’t understand even if I explained.

364
00:26:21.750 --> 00:26:23.041
I swear on everything sacred.

365
00:26:23.125 --> 00:26:25.083
This man didn’t even
count a single currency note.

366
00:26:25.250 --> 00:26:27.125
He bundled it in his lap and
walked away. swaying his hips.

367
00:26:27.166 --> 00:26:30.625
When this mountain gives us
a livelihood to live comfortably…

368
00:26:30.791 --> 00:26:32.208
why do we need
this paper currency?

369
00:26:33.625 --> 00:26:36.333
Hey! Go search
the chief’s house.

370
00:26:36.625 --> 00:26:37.666
Okay. sir

371
00:26:37.916 --> 00:26:39.875
We’ll know the truth soon.

372
00:26:40.125 --> 00:26:43.666
If our livelihood is threatened.
we won’t mind to risk our lives.

373
00:26:44.166 --> 00:26:47.958
This mountain gave us the
strength to stand against anyone.

374
00:26:48.750 --> 00:26:51.750
The same mountain
taught us patience.

375
00:26:52.291 --> 00:26:54.041
Don’t take that away from us.

376
00:26:54.250 --> 00:26:55.625
It won’t end well for you.

377
00:26:55.666 --> 00:26:57.166
Chief. are you hearing this?

378
00:26:57.541 --> 00:27:01.375
Instead of taking your people down to
the plains. you’re causing trouble here?

379
00:27:01.625 --> 00:27:03.791
Share the money I gave
you with your entire clan.

380
00:27:04.166 --> 00:27:07.583
You’d better ask your villagers to
abandon the hills and move to the plains.

381
00:27:09.750 --> 00:27:12.125
Sir. this is despicable.
You did this for money?

382
00:27:12.458 --> 00:27:14.083
Do we have anywhere
other than the forests?

383
00:27:14.083 --> 00:27:16.041
Where are we supposed
to find work with our kids?

384
00:27:16.916 --> 00:27:18.458
Chief. please don't cry.

385
00:27:18.875 --> 00:27:21.458
I beg you. my people...

386
00:27:22.125 --> 00:27:23.875
I did not betray you.

387
00:27:24.458 --> 00:27:27.958
Even if a dog licks the
offering we make to God.

388
00:27:28.333 --> 00:27:31.166
our devotion to the
Lord never fades.

389
00:27:31.791 --> 00:27:34.666
Your head. held high.
will never bow in shame.

390
00:27:35.041 --> 00:27:36.166
Don’t be upset.

391
00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.583
Even if it cost him his life…

392
00:27:42.625 --> 00:27:45.791
my father would never have done something
like putting his hand in the fire.

393
00:27:47.750 --> 00:27:50.750
My father innocently put
his thumbprint on that paper.

394
00:27:50.875 --> 00:27:52.875
Look at the misery
it has brought us.

395
00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:56.833
If even one man in our
clan were educated…

396
00:27:56.958 --> 00:27:59.750
we wouldn’t be facing
exile from our own land.

397
00:28:00.250 --> 00:28:01.291
Daughter…

398
00:28:03.583 --> 00:28:04.916
What is it. father?

399
00:28:05.333 --> 00:28:07.791
Send some hot herbal
tea if you have any.

400
00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.375
I’ll send it over.

401
00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:16.708
When the whole hamlet speaks ill of
a man who never wronged anyone…

402
00:28:17.166 --> 00:28:18.250
my heart feels heavy.

403
00:28:18.291 --> 00:28:19.958
Please don’t trouble yourself.

404
00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.500
- Kurinji
- Ma?

405
00:28:24.708 --> 00:28:27.458
- Take this to Grandpa. Be careful not to spill it.
- Okay

406
00:28:27.958 --> 00:28:29.875
Take this. Watch your step.

407
00:28:30.166 --> 00:28:31.666
Be careful. dear.

408
00:28:34.416 --> 00:28:36.083
The Chief has made
a terrible mistake.

409
00:28:36.125 --> 00:28:38.625
We are doomed.
Where can we go now?

410
00:28:38.666 --> 00:28:40.500
Don’t judge him so quickly.

411
00:28:40.666 --> 00:28:42.625
- But he sold the land!
- Hush. his grandchild is coming.

412
00:28:42.833 --> 00:28:44.458
- It’s dark. Watch your step.
- Okay. anna

413
00:28:45.208 --> 00:28:46.958
How are we going
to solve this issue?

414
00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.291
Nobody knows the truth.

415
00:28:51.166 --> 00:28:52.166
Grandpa. take this.

416
00:29:02.958 --> 00:29:04.333
Don’t worry. grandpa.

417
00:29:05.333 --> 00:29:07.916
This is our village.
No matter who threatens us.

418
00:29:09.041 --> 00:29:10.333
we will never leave this place.

419
00:29:11.291 --> 00:29:13.291
I have no words. child.

420
00:29:14.791 --> 00:29:16.583
My peaceful life has
come crashing down.

421
00:29:17.458 --> 00:29:20.000
How much more
betrayal must I face?

422
00:29:20.166 --> 00:29:21.916
I’ve lost trust in everyone.

423
00:29:22.333 --> 00:29:25.791
For our clan to move forward
with our heads held high.

424
00:29:27.291 --> 00:29:31.541
never put your thumbprint
on a blank sheet blindly.

425
00:29:32.916 --> 00:29:34.500
Why do you say this. grandpa?

426
00:29:35.583 --> 00:29:37.208
“This mountain belongs to me.”

427
00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:39.708
“My word is law.
I make the rules.”

428
00:29:40.083 --> 00:29:42.166
He spoke to me
with such arrogance.

429
00:29:42.458 --> 00:29:44.750
That arrogance came
from his education. child.

430
00:29:45.375 --> 00:29:48.208
He made me stand there.
not letting me move an inch.

431
00:29:49.083 --> 00:29:51.000
He ordered me to obey him.

432
00:29:51.041 --> 00:29:53.500
His sense of authority
came from his education.

433
00:29:54.333 --> 00:29:57.541
Education alone gives
courage and confidence.

434
00:29:57.791 --> 00:30:01.375
For generations. our biggest mistake
was believing in an old superstition.

435
00:30:01.750 --> 00:30:07.541
We told our girls not to look at
any man other than their husband.

436
00:30:08.125 --> 00:30:10.791
To enforce that rule. we
kept you all uneducated.

437
00:30:12.291 --> 00:30:13.625
You must study. dear.

438
00:30:13.833 --> 00:30:15.500
If all of you study…

439
00:30:15.708 --> 00:30:18.375
your education can reclaim what we lost.

440
00:30:18.583 --> 00:30:21.166
Promise me you will study.

441
00:30:25.291 --> 00:30:26.500
Don’t be upset. grandpa.

442
00:30:27.333 --> 00:30:28.708
I promise I will study.

443
00:30:29.166 --> 00:30:31.041
Alright. go home safely.

444
00:30:31.583 --> 00:30:34.125
Let me rest for a while. dear.

445
00:30:46.041 --> 00:30:47.833
Grandpa!

446
00:31:04.875 --> 00:31:08.083
'The chief. shattered
by the village’s mistrust…'

447
00:31:08.291 --> 00:31:09.625
'and consumed by guilt.'

448
00:31:09.666 --> 00:31:13.416
'severed the very thumb
that was used against him.'

449
00:31:13.458 --> 00:31:15.125
'And then took his own life'

450
00:32:06.958 --> 00:32:09.000
Why are you creating
unnecessary trouble?

451
00:32:09.083 --> 00:32:10.125
Trouble?

452
00:32:10.250 --> 00:32:13.041
We’re here to speak up for people
whose basic rights are denied.

453
00:32:13.125 --> 00:32:15.750
The government and its officers
are meant to hear your concerns…

454
00:32:15.791 --> 00:32:18.041
and ensure you
receive proper support.

455
00:32:18.333 --> 00:32:21.125
But you fenced our land and
handed it over to foreigners.

456
00:32:21.166 --> 00:32:23.291
You’ve stopped our
people from moving freely.

457
00:32:24.916 --> 00:32:27.041
You killed a deer and
pinned the blame on us.

458
00:32:27.125 --> 00:32:28.791
It’s a ploy to
grab our land. sir.

459
00:32:31.416 --> 00:32:34.250
Are they asking for the impossible?
They just want to live here.

460
00:32:34.625 --> 00:32:38.041
Leaving their ancestral gods and land
behind… where are they supposed to go?

461
00:32:38.125 --> 00:32:41.333
Your officer tricked an illiterate man
into a thumbprint for a no-hunting pledge

462
00:32:41.333 --> 00:32:43.375
Now he’s using it to seize their
land. How can we stay quiet?

463
00:32:43.416 --> 00:32:45.708
If they are guilty. I will
make them face punishment.

464
00:32:45.750 --> 00:32:49.208
But first. ask him to show where the deer
is buried and produce the necropsy report.

465
00:32:53.625 --> 00:32:54.625
Alright…

466
00:32:54.791 --> 00:32:56.541
You won’t be troubled anymore.

467
00:32:56.583 --> 00:32:57.958
I’ll take it from here.

468
00:33:00.291 --> 00:33:01.958
Have faith in me.

469
00:33:02.125 --> 00:33:03.375
Please disperse now.

470
00:33:03.375 --> 00:33:05.541
Sir. we trust you. We’ll leave.

471
00:33:06.958 --> 00:33:08.250
Everyone. let’s go.

472
00:33:08.625 --> 00:33:10.041
Don’t worry. Everything
will be sorted out.

473
00:33:10.041 --> 00:33:10.916
He’ll take care of it.

474
00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.291
Appa

475
00:33:13.416 --> 00:33:14.583
What?

476
00:33:14.750 --> 00:33:15.833
I want to study

477
00:33:20.250 --> 00:33:22.791
There are already three
complaints against you.

478
00:33:22.916 --> 00:33:25.958
I have a full file of your
misconduct on my desk.

479
00:33:26.375 --> 00:33:28.708
You’ve brought disgrace
to the department.

480
00:33:28.916 --> 00:33:30.416
Is this how you treat the public?

481
00:33:31.166 --> 00:33:32.291
This is your last warning.

482
00:33:32.541 --> 00:33:33.791
Nonsense.

483
00:33:33.916 --> 00:33:34.916
Get lost.

484
00:33:37.208 --> 00:33:40.541
Sir. the villagers ruined
our deal with the foreigners.

485
00:33:41.208 --> 00:33:42.625
We shouldn’t let them off easy.

486
00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.666
I’ll take care of it.

487
00:33:47.166 --> 00:33:50.000
Sir. we should bury
everyone left in the village.

488
00:33:50.291 --> 00:33:51.875
How many 'couplets'
have you memorized?

489
00:33:51.916 --> 00:33:53.208
Only five.

490
00:33:53.208 --> 00:33:54.750
I memorized ten.

491
00:33:54.750 --> 00:33:56.250
- Recite them. then.
- Shall I?

492
00:33:56.333 --> 00:33:59.333
'Though the world spins. it follows
the plow. Farming is supreme'

493
00:33:59.375 --> 00:34:01.541
I memorized what the
teacher taught yesterday.

494
00:34:01.541 --> 00:34:03.208
- Did you?
- No

495
00:34:03.625 --> 00:34:06.625
She’ll scold you.
You’re in trouble today!

496
00:34:41.333 --> 00:34:44.333
...but it is good to forget
a wrong immediately.

497
00:34:44.625 --> 00:34:47.250
- Shall we learn two new couplets?
- Yes. Teacher.

498
00:34:47.250 --> 00:34:49.375
- Bhuvaneswaran. stand up.
- Yes. Teacher.

499
00:34:49.458 --> 00:34:54.083
"To forget a good deed is not good. and good
it is to forget at once what isn't good."

500
00:34:54.125 --> 00:34:55.833
Tell me the meaning of this couplet.

501
00:34:55.875 --> 00:34:58.541
When someone does a good deed.
we must be grateful forever.

502
00:34:58.583 --> 00:35:01.291
When someone does a bad
deed. we must forget it that very day.

503
00:35:01.583 --> 00:35:02.583
Very good.

504
00:35:02.708 --> 00:35:04.250
Everyone. give him a hand.

505
00:35:04.333 --> 00:35:06.000
- 'Sister'
- Thank you. teacher

506
00:35:07.958 --> 00:35:09.333
'Sit down. Bhuvaneswaran'

507
00:35:12.333 --> 00:35:13.583
Who are you. child?

508
00:35:13.750 --> 00:35:14.958
What do you want?

509
00:35:16.791 --> 00:35:17.875
Okay. come in

510
00:35:18.791 --> 00:35:19.958
Come inside...

511
00:35:23.333 --> 00:35:24.416
Hey!

512
00:35:24.708 --> 00:35:25.916
Who are you?

513
00:35:26.083 --> 00:35:27.208
Where are you from?

514
00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.583
Sister…

515
00:35:30.875 --> 00:35:33.291
I’m from Poonkudi.

516
00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.958
I want to study.

517
00:35:37.583 --> 00:35:38.958
Will you teach me too?

518
00:35:41.791 --> 00:35:42.833
Children...

519
00:35:43.250 --> 00:35:45.125
Did you understand
what she said?

520
00:35:45.166 --> 00:35:46.666
No. teacher.

521
00:35:47.125 --> 00:35:48.666
- Bhuvaneswaran. come here
- Yes. Teacher

522
00:35:49.666 --> 00:35:51.833
Find Kumar. the
honey seller. downstairs.

523
00:35:51.916 --> 00:35:53.375
Let’s see if he understands her language.

524
00:35:53.416 --> 00:35:54.750
- Go call him
- Okay. teacher.

525
00:35:54.791 --> 00:35:56.666
- Careful...
- Yes. teacher

526
00:35:56.875 --> 00:35:58.208
Wait. He’ll be here soon.

527
00:35:58.583 --> 00:36:00.291
Okay. tell me.
What is your name?

528
00:36:00.750 --> 00:36:02.750
Teacher. Kumar anna is here.

529
00:36:02.875 --> 00:36:03.958
Come in...

530
00:36:04.666 --> 00:36:06.375
- Hello.
- Greetings. teacher

531
00:36:06.458 --> 00:36:09.333
Kumar. see if this child
speaks your language.

532
00:36:09.750 --> 00:36:11.291
Ask her what she wants.

533
00:36:12.708 --> 00:36:14.208
[Kadar] Where are you from?

534
00:36:15.375 --> 00:36:16.541
Poonkudi...

535
00:36:18.083 --> 00:36:19.625
She speaks our
language. Teacher.

536
00:36:20.166 --> 00:36:22.166
Why have you come so far?

537
00:36:22.916 --> 00:36:23.958
Brother...

538
00:36:24.625 --> 00:36:27.666
There’s no school
in our settlement.

539
00:36:29.833 --> 00:36:31.333
None of us can read or write.

540
00:36:31.416 --> 00:36:34.875
She says there’s no school in her
village. No one there is educated.

541
00:36:35.083 --> 00:36:38.250
The Forest Officer tricked her
grandfather into signing a paper.

542
00:36:38.291 --> 00:36:39.833
They’re forcing the
villagers to leave.

543
00:36:39.875 --> 00:36:41.791
Her grandfather
died of heartbreak.

544
00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:44.583
So she came here. looking for a school.

545
00:36:47.791 --> 00:36:48.875
Come here. child.

546
00:36:49.291 --> 00:36:50.375
Come.

547
00:36:51.583 --> 00:36:55.208
Your desire to
study is admirable.

548
00:36:55.708 --> 00:36:59.000
Especially that you came on your own.

549
00:36:59.041 --> 00:37:02.041
The government
supports girls’ education.

550
00:37:02.333 --> 00:37:07.583
But you shouldn’t have
to walk 15 km to study.

551
00:37:07.833 --> 00:37:10.375
We can start a
school in your village.

552
00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:13.791
You must gather
your village elders.

553
00:37:13.916 --> 00:37:18.583
Ask them to go to town
and meet the Village Officer…

554
00:37:18.625 --> 00:37:20.291
…or the Revenue Officer.

555
00:37:20.833 --> 00:37:24.958
They’ll review it and send
a report to the Collector.

556
00:37:25.375 --> 00:37:27.791
The Collector will pass an order.

557
00:37:28.375 --> 00:37:30.708
Then your village will get a school.

558
00:37:32.291 --> 00:37:37.375
Kumar. explain this
to her in your language.

559
00:37:37.583 --> 00:37:41.125
Tell your elders to meet the Collector.

560
00:37:41.208 --> 00:37:42.958
Then you’ll get a school in your village.

561
00:37:43.125 --> 00:37:45.500
Where can I find this… ‘Colloctori’?

562
00:37:45.541 --> 00:37:48.416
Go down the mountain.
He’ll be in the town.

563
00:37:50.208 --> 00:37:51.500
You go and tell your elders.

564
00:37:51.583 --> 00:37:52.750
They will know what to do.

565
00:37:53.958 --> 00:37:55.000
Okay.

566
00:37:58.458 --> 00:37:59.583
Go home safely.

567
00:38:18.125 --> 00:38:19.375
- Amaravalli...
- Sister. tell me.

568
00:38:19.416 --> 00:38:20.333
Father...

569
00:38:20.375 --> 00:38:21.375
Your kid has come.

570
00:38:23.583 --> 00:38:25.708
I went to the school in
the neighboring village.

571
00:38:26.125 --> 00:38:28.000
I saw many girls like
me studying there.

572
00:38:28.500 --> 00:38:31.416
'Hey. focus on your work. Stop staring.'

573
00:38:33.583 --> 00:38:35.875
The teacher said it’s
too far to travel every day.

574
00:38:36.041 --> 00:38:39.083
She said if our elders meet the Collector…

575
00:38:39.250 --> 00:38:41.000
...we can get a school in our village.

576
00:38:41.250 --> 00:38:43.000
She said I can study here.

577
00:38:44.666 --> 00:38:46.625
Father. can you go and meet the Collector?

578
00:38:47.250 --> 00:38:48.250
Then we can all study here.

579
00:38:50.166 --> 00:38:52.958
Hey! How dare you go that
far without telling anyone?

580
00:38:54.208 --> 00:38:55.750
Don’t you know wild
animals roam the forest?

581
00:38:56.291 --> 00:38:58.500
Stay home like a good girl.
Don’t make me come hit you.

582
00:38:58.625 --> 00:38:59.625
Go back home.

583
00:39:02.250 --> 00:39:03.916
Hey. let it go.

584
00:39:04.625 --> 00:39:05.791
Don't scold the child.

585
00:39:05.916 --> 00:39:07.125
- Go on. Keep pampering her.
- Dear...

586
00:39:08.666 --> 00:39:09.916
It's the collectori. right.

587
00:39:10.291 --> 00:39:11.291
We will go meet him.

588
00:39:11.541 --> 00:39:12.541
You go home now.

589
00:39:12.791 --> 00:39:14.000
Let me finish the work.

590
00:39:14.041 --> 00:39:15.458
Alright. go on.

591
00:39:16.708 --> 00:39:17.708
Okay father.

592
00:39:19.833 --> 00:39:20.750
Yes.

593
00:39:20.916 --> 00:39:23.500
The Collector is right here.
plucking weeds. waiting for you.

594
00:39:23.875 --> 00:39:25.041
Let it go.

595
00:39:25.166 --> 00:39:26.416
Don’t scold her. She’s just a child.

596
00:39:26.416 --> 00:39:28.583
She acts this way because you pamper her.

597
00:39:37.000 --> 00:39:38.458
She just wants to study.

598
00:39:38.791 --> 00:39:40.583
Just nod and let her be.

599
00:39:41.041 --> 00:39:43.500
Why are you yelling at her?

600
00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:46.750
You shouldn’t encourage this.

601
00:39:48.541 --> 00:39:49.916
After puberty…

602
00:39:50.458 --> 00:39:52.625
…the custom is to pick a
stone and choose a husband.

603
00:39:52.666 --> 00:39:53.750
We must drill that into her.

604
00:39:53.916 --> 00:39:55.833
Enough! She’s just a child.

605
00:39:56.083 --> 00:39:57.291
Let her study.

606
00:39:57.333 --> 00:39:58.875
We can worry about marriage later.

607
00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:00.916
Let her do what we couldn’t.

608
00:40:01.166 --> 00:40:02.708
Stop yelling at her.

609
00:40:03.000 --> 00:40:04.666
If I give in. she’ll
become uncontrollable.

610
00:40:05.333 --> 00:40:07.250
Leave it to me.
I’ll set her straight.

611
00:40:08.166 --> 00:40:09.416
Do whatever you want!

612
00:40:17.666 --> 00:40:18.666
Kurinji!

613
00:40:19.166 --> 00:40:20.166
Kurinji!

614
00:40:26.833 --> 00:40:28.250
My dear Kurinji…

615
00:40:34.166 --> 00:40:36.125
Dear. what are you doing here?

616
00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:38.208
What happened?

617
00:40:38.875 --> 00:40:39.875
No. Dad…

618
00:40:40.166 --> 00:40:41.166
it’s nothing.

619
00:40:42.750 --> 00:40:43.750
My dear…

620
00:40:44.125 --> 00:40:45.750
Do you think I don’t
know my daughter?

621
00:40:46.375 --> 00:40:48.666
Tell me what’s bothering you.
Dad is here.

622
00:40:52.583 --> 00:40:53.416
Dad.

623
00:40:54.958 --> 00:40:56.500
When I’m married off tomorrow…

624
00:40:58.125 --> 00:40:59.541
You’ll all be happy. won’t you?

625
00:41:02.666 --> 00:41:04.625
I heard what you and
Mom said about me.

626
00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:09.833
You gave me your word back in the village.

627
00:41:11.208 --> 00:41:12.458
But within these four walls…

628
00:41:13.875 --> 00:41:15.458
…you just nod to whatever Mom says.

629
00:41:18.625 --> 00:41:19.625
Then how…

630
00:41:21.125 --> 00:41:22.458
How do you expect me to trust you?

631
00:41:25.291 --> 00:41:26.583
No. dear...

632
00:41:30.916 --> 00:41:31.916
In this village…

633
00:41:33.375 --> 00:41:35.083
…no one cares about anyone.

634
00:41:37.833 --> 00:41:39.291
Because of the ignorance of the village…

635
00:41:41.666 --> 00:41:43.208
…I lost my grandfather.

636
00:41:48.875 --> 00:41:49.875
Tomorrow...

637
00:41:50.750 --> 00:41:53.625
…we might face the same fate.

638
00:41:58.416 --> 00:41:59.958
He cared so much for this village.

639
00:42:01.750 --> 00:42:02.750
But today…

640
00:42:05.250 --> 00:42:06.750
…they believe he betrayed them.

641
00:42:09.916 --> 00:42:10.750
He…

642
00:42:11.916 --> 00:42:13.541
…made me promise…

643
00:42:16.250 --> 00:42:17.458
…that I should study.

644
00:42:21.375 --> 00:42:22.291
But...

645
00:42:23.583 --> 00:42:26.250
I hesitated at first.
thinking of the villagers.

646
00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:33.250
Still. I gave my word.
because I believed in you.

647
00:42:36.791 --> 00:42:38.208
I trusted you.

648
00:42:39.666 --> 00:42:40.666
Was that wrong?

649
00:42:42.708 --> 00:42:43.500
My dear…

650
00:42:44.333 --> 00:42:45.708
What I told your mother…

651
00:42:46.083 --> 00:42:48.625
…was just to convince her.

652
00:42:49.166 --> 00:42:52.000
But what I told you was a promise.

653
00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:55.000
There’s a big difference
between a word and a promise.

654
00:42:55.625 --> 00:42:58.583
As a father. I promise you. You will study.

655
00:42:59.125 --> 00:43:01.125
As a father. I am responsible
to make that happen.

656
00:43:02.791 --> 00:43:05.041
Don't worry. dear. I am here.

657
00:43:29.166 --> 00:43:30.625
We must find somehow
bring the school here.

658
00:43:30.916 --> 00:43:32.833
Hey. do you think the
Collector will meet us?

659
00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:34.500
They say the Collector is kind.

660
00:43:34.916 --> 00:43:36.583
We’re not going for a personal issue.

661
00:43:36.875 --> 00:43:38.166
We’re going to request a school.

662
00:43:38.166 --> 00:43:40.791
It would be great if he can
bring a school to our village.

663
00:43:40.833 --> 00:43:41.708
- Yes. that's true.
- Oh. yes.

664
00:43:45.666 --> 00:43:48.208
Kandha! Stop there!

665
00:43:48.416 --> 00:43:50.291
Your daughter has come of age.

666
00:43:50.625 --> 00:43:52.500
- What?
- She’s attained puberty.

667
00:43:56.375 --> 00:43:57.375
Muruga!

668
00:44:00.208 --> 00:44:03.291
Kandha. your daughter has come of age. You
must not cross the forest for eleven days.

669
00:44:03.291 --> 00:44:04.333
We’ll meet the Collector later.

670
00:44:04.875 --> 00:44:06.625
- Let's go back to the village.
- Come on.

671
00:44:11.166 --> 00:44:14.208
Start the wedding arrangements soon.

672
00:44:27.291 --> 00:44:29.750
Why are you hiding me like this?

673
00:44:29.791 --> 00:44:32.541
Neither the sun nor a man’s
gaze should fall on you.

674
00:45:31.125 --> 00:45:35.458
Amaravalli. Kurinji will be married in
a week. You’ll soon have a son-in-law.

675
00:45:35.666 --> 00:45:37.708
- You’ll be a grandmother within a year.
- Isn’t that good news?

676
00:45:37.750 --> 00:45:40.250
Please help me with my problem.

677
00:45:40.416 --> 00:45:43.208
My husband doesn’t
care if it’s day or night.

678
00:45:43.250 --> 00:45:44.833
He only thinks about
his own pleasure.

679
00:45:45.041 --> 00:45:48.083
Sister. some women worry
their husbands aren’t romantic.

680
00:45:48.208 --> 00:45:50.125
- Why do you worry?
- My body can't take it.

681
00:45:50.416 --> 00:45:52.041
Please give me a solution.

682
00:45:52.708 --> 00:45:55.583
You’ll find cat droppings
somewhere in the forest.

683
00:45:55.583 --> 00:45:58.125
Rub it on your body at night.

684
00:45:58.416 --> 00:46:00.666
The smell will keep
your husband away.

685
00:46:01.458 --> 00:46:04.958
I asked for help. and
you’re teasing me.

686
00:46:05.291 --> 00:46:07.583
- Come quietly.
- Let her be.

687
00:46:18.291 --> 00:46:19.708
Oh my God. It's him.

688
00:46:23.416 --> 00:46:25.958
You were talking about a cat.
looks like a fox has come.

689
00:46:26.583 --> 00:46:27.708
Keep quiet.

690
00:46:48.791 --> 00:46:50.666
Where are you going?

691
00:46:51.375 --> 00:46:52.416
To gather firewood.

692
00:46:52.583 --> 00:46:54.708
Didn’t we tell you
to vacate the village?

693
00:46:55.208 --> 00:46:57.416
Yet you keep going about your work.

694
00:47:00.958 --> 00:47:02.750
If you don’t leave your village...

695
00:47:03.208 --> 00:47:05.875
everyone in your village
will end up like your father.

696
00:47:06.083 --> 00:47:07.166
Do you understand?

697
00:47:07.250 --> 00:47:09.208
If you complain to higher officials…

698
00:47:10.333 --> 00:47:11.458
do you think I’ll be scared?

699
00:47:15.916 --> 00:47:17.125
Go inform your villagers.

700
00:47:18.250 --> 00:47:19.708
Get lost.

701
00:47:19.708 --> 00:47:21.750
What do you think you’re doing?

702
00:47:24.916 --> 00:47:26.833
Picking bloody firesticks. it seems.

703
00:47:43.708 --> 00:47:45.166
Kandha. stop. Don't do it.

704
00:47:45.166 --> 00:47:46.416
Hey. stop there.

705
00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:49.125
You bloody tribe...

706
00:47:51.333 --> 00:47:53.125
Stop there. You rascal.

707
00:48:03.416 --> 00:48:04.875
Come on.

708
00:48:17.833 --> 00:48:18.958
You pervert.

709
00:48:19.708 --> 00:48:21.166
How dare you touch a woman?

710
00:48:21.541 --> 00:48:23.208
We’ve seen your perversion.

711
00:48:24.250 --> 00:48:26.041
How dare you stop us
from entering the forest?

712
00:48:26.333 --> 00:48:28.291
I’ll kill you and
bury you right here.

713
00:48:28.291 --> 00:48:29.583
Hey. hold on...

714
00:48:30.833 --> 00:48:31.958
Let me go. I won’t spare him.

715
00:48:31.958 --> 00:48:33.875
The festival is near. Let it go.

716
00:48:34.333 --> 00:48:37.083
He’s a madman.
Don’t mess with him.

717
00:48:56.666 --> 00:48:57.916
Everyone. listen!

718
00:48:57.916 --> 00:49:01.041
Do the neighboring villages
know Kurinji is ready for marriage?

719
00:49:01.083 --> 00:49:03.166
Sir. there are five eligible
bachelors across four villages.

720
00:49:03.458 --> 00:49:06.125
Let’s see who the lucky groom will be.

721
00:49:06.333 --> 00:49:07.333
Let us see.

722
00:49:07.375 --> 00:49:09.250
- Open the box.
- Yes. sir.

723
00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.958
Sir. this stone
represents Mariyappan.

724
00:49:18.125 --> 00:49:19.416
This is Muthu...

725
00:49:20.458 --> 00:49:22.291
'This is Sengayan.
This is Kaani.'

726
00:49:22.333 --> 00:49:23.750
This is Vellaiyan

727
00:49:24.583 --> 00:49:25.958
- Dear...
- Chief?

728
00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:27.250
Please come forward.

729
00:49:27.666 --> 00:49:29.208
There are five suitors in here.

730
00:49:29.791 --> 00:49:31.583
- Take this to your daughter.
- Okay. sir

731
00:49:31.625 --> 00:49:33.750
Ask her to choose
the one she wants.

732
00:49:35.125 --> 00:49:36.625
May she find a good match.

733
00:49:44.875 --> 00:49:45.958
What is this?

734
00:49:46.125 --> 00:49:47.916
Your future husband.

735
00:49:48.083 --> 00:49:49.375
Pick one of these five stones.

736
00:49:50.833 --> 00:49:52.458
Is this stone my husband?

737
00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:56.041
I don’t want a stone.
I don’t want a husband.

738
00:49:56.583 --> 00:49:57.791
I want to study.

739
00:49:59.458 --> 00:50:02.250
Infront of our clan.

740
00:50:02.541 --> 00:50:04.916
...don't bring us shame.

741
00:50:05.208 --> 00:50:08.791
I will study and
make you proud. Ma.

742
00:50:09.208 --> 00:50:12.000
If you care about our
honor. pick a stone now.

743
00:50:14.666 --> 00:50:16.000
No matter what you say...

744
00:50:16.375 --> 00:50:17.833
...I won’t get married.

745
00:50:19.041 --> 00:50:21.250
I want to talk to
the village head.

746
00:50:23.041 --> 00:50:24.083
Call him here.

747
00:50:24.125 --> 00:50:25.750
I’ll slap the nonsense out of you!

748
00:50:25.791 --> 00:50:27.791
Who do you think you’re calling?

749
00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:31.708
Amaravalli. go get the
chief. Let her speak to him.

750
00:50:39.541 --> 00:50:40.541
Kurinji!

751
00:50:41.041 --> 00:50:42.916
Kurinji. it's me. The village Chief.

752
00:50:43.000 --> 00:50:44.166
Pick a stone. child.

753
00:50:47.250 --> 00:50:48.250
Chief...

754
00:50:48.750 --> 00:50:50.125
I don't want to get married.

755
00:50:50.666 --> 00:50:51.791
I want to study.

756
00:50:52.291 --> 00:50:53.958
I’m not here to
grant your wishes.

757
00:50:54.250 --> 00:50:55.541
You must pick a stone first.

758
00:50:57.083 --> 00:51:01.625
If even one person in our clan had been
educated. would my grandfather have died?

759
00:51:01.708 --> 00:51:04.375
We earn our livelihood from this
mountain. What use is education to us?

760
00:51:04.416 --> 00:51:06.125
And even if we wanted to
learn. where would we go?

761
00:51:06.208 --> 00:51:09.708
Your grandfather. the old chief. was
tricked and killed by the forest officer.

762
00:51:11.250 --> 00:51:13.125
We need a school in our village.

763
00:51:13.250 --> 00:51:14.750
Please go and
meet the Collector.

764
00:51:15.083 --> 00:51:16.666
- Have you lost your mind?
- Stop it!

765
00:51:16.958 --> 00:51:17.958
Okay. dear

766
00:51:17.958 --> 00:51:19.458
If this is truly your wish...

767
00:51:20.083 --> 00:51:22.583
...we elders will
discuss it and decide.

768
00:51:22.625 --> 00:51:25.083
I will meet the Collector myself
and ask for a school for our clan.

769
00:51:25.250 --> 00:51:26.958
We’re not marrying you off tomorrow.

770
00:51:27.125 --> 00:51:29.833
But the ritual must be completed.
Pick a stone and confirm the groom.

771
00:51:32.458 --> 00:51:33.500
Okay. Chief.

772
00:51:34.291 --> 00:51:35.625
I believe you.

773
00:51:36.250 --> 00:51:37.666
Ask my mother to come in.

774
00:51:39.541 --> 00:51:40.791
I will choose the stone.

775
00:51:41.666 --> 00:51:43.125
Amaravalli. go inside.

776
00:51:49.583 --> 00:51:50.791
Don't you worry...

777
00:51:50.791 --> 00:51:52.208
Your wish will come true.

778
00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:53.500
Now. pick a stone.

779
00:51:57.208 --> 00:51:58.666
God. please grant us a school...

780
00:51:59.083 --> 00:52:00.708
for our clan.

781
00:52:10.625 --> 00:52:14.166
'Trusting in God and tradition. they
began the wedding preparations.'

782
00:52:15.125 --> 00:52:17.583
'They made offerings so their
family deity would lack nothing.'

783
00:52:18.708 --> 00:52:21.458
'In gratitude to the
mountains and the honeybees.'

784
00:52:21.625 --> 00:52:23.708
'The wedding rituals continued.'

785
00:52:23.750 --> 00:52:27.125
'Kandhan dressed himself
as the Divine Father.'

786
00:52:34.708 --> 00:52:39.750
"Praise be to the Spear Holy
Personification of Shiva and Shakti"

787
00:52:40.708 --> 00:52:46.125
"Praise be to the sacred lance
Held in Lord Muruga's hands"

788
00:52:46.666 --> 00:52:52.333
"Torch of flame scorching red ablaze
Lord Muruga's spear protects always"

789
00:52:52.666 --> 00:52:58.166
"This holy spear appeared naturally
to safeguard the world eternally"

790
00:52:58.250 --> 00:53:01.250
"His hands wield the Holy trident
with the ferocity of a raged elephant"

791
00:53:01.291 --> 00:53:04.541
"On His peacock rides Skanda
the valiant son of Lord Shiva"

792
00:53:04.583 --> 00:53:10.666
"Muruga. through Your unchanging austerity
bestow grace on me. Your humble devotee"

793
00:53:10.750 --> 00:53:16.541
"Your grand crested rooster will stay
as our guardian throughout the day"

794
00:53:16.583 --> 00:53:19.250
"O supreme remedy and medicine
Praised by all demi gods in Heaven"

795
00:53:19.291 --> 00:53:22.625
"Eldest son of Lord Shiva
Praised by the Vedas. Muruga"

796
00:53:22.666 --> 00:53:28.500
"6 Holy abodes where You reside divine
transformed into our mother's lap sublime"

797
00:53:28.500 --> 00:53:34.458
"Mountains. forests & beasts roaming free
turned into Lord Muruga's form naturally"

798
00:53:34.666 --> 00:53:40.625
"As Lord Muruga is with us to guard
unending hardships will be resolved"

799
00:53:40.708 --> 00:53:46.291
"Praise be to the Spear Holy
Personification of Shiva and Shakti"

800
00:53:46.666 --> 00:53:52.416
"Praise be to the sacred lance
Held in Lord Muruga's hands"

801
00:53:52.583 --> 00:53:58.416
"Torch of flame scorching red ablaze
Lord Muruga's spear protects always"

802
00:53:58.666 --> 00:54:04.791
"This holy spear appeared naturally
to safeguard the world eternally"

803
00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:24.875
This is an ancient
custom of ours.

804
00:54:26.333 --> 00:54:27.958
- Kurinji?
- Appa

805
00:54:28.166 --> 00:54:29.708
Princess of our hills.

806
00:54:29.875 --> 00:54:31.541
God is with you.

807
00:54:31.750 --> 00:54:34.666
Your wish to study will surely come true.

808
00:54:34.833 --> 00:54:37.166
Remember. your father
supports you. Don't you worry.

809
00:54:38.416 --> 00:54:39.541
Okay. father.

810
00:54:40.500 --> 00:54:45.250
"Worldly life in endless motion
like waves swelling in a mighty ocean"

811
00:54:46.625 --> 00:54:51.333
"Muruga. our red-hued lord. divine
In boundless love. His grace will shine"

812
00:54:52.666 --> 00:54:58.291
"To make our wishes and dreams come true
the world revolves to see us through"

813
00:54:58.500 --> 00:55:01.916
"The world evolves to fulfill our aims
while Time creates the right frames"

814
00:55:03.333 --> 00:55:04.666
Kurinji dear. please stay put...

815
00:55:04.750 --> 00:55:06.333
I am headed to the festival.

816
00:55:06.416 --> 00:55:08.250
Your aunt will accompany you.

817
00:55:08.333 --> 00:55:10.250
"Self-invited. Guhan came with grace
as baby Muruga to bless our place"

818
00:55:10.291 --> 00:55:16.041
"In childlike form. He shines bright
soothes our hearts with healing light"

819
00:55:16.125 --> 00:55:19.208
"Vedic rituals performed
Through aeons confirmed"

820
00:55:19.250 --> 00:55:22.250
"In a moment transformed
with His blessings affirmed"

821
00:55:22.541 --> 00:55:26.833
"His radiance so bright
dispels the darkness of night"

822
00:55:28.750 --> 00:55:34.500
"Torch of flame scorching red ablaze
Lord Muruga's spear protects always"

823
00:55:34.750 --> 00:55:40.666
"This holy spear appeared naturally
to safeguard the world eternally"

824
00:55:40.750 --> 00:55:46.458
"Torch of flame scorching red ablaze
Lord Muruga's spear protects always"

825
00:55:46.833 --> 00:55:52.875
"This holy spear appeared naturally
to safeguard the world eternally"

826
00:56:18.416 --> 00:56:20.125
Kurinji. eat your dinner
and go to sleep.

827
00:56:23.250 --> 00:56:24.458
Aunty...

828
00:56:24.791 --> 00:56:27.083
As the Chief promised...

829
00:56:27.291 --> 00:56:28.958
...after you meet the Collector...

830
00:56:29.416 --> 00:56:32.333
...will you really make sure
a school is started here?

831
00:56:32.916 --> 00:56:34.916
That’s not going to happen.

832
00:56:35.208 --> 00:56:37.208
It was a lie to make
you choose a stone.

833
00:56:37.500 --> 00:56:39.458
How could you
betray me like this?

834
00:56:42.375 --> 00:56:44.166
Did the whole village
conspire against me?

835
00:56:44.916 --> 00:56:46.708
Just to trap me in a marriage?

836
00:56:46.958 --> 00:56:49.833
Yes. Picking the stone
sealed the marriage.

837
00:56:50.166 --> 00:56:52.500
All that remains is for
the groom to arrive.

838
00:56:52.666 --> 00:56:55.375
You will be handed over to him then.

839
00:56:56.541 --> 00:56:57.916
What about my education?

840
00:56:58.333 --> 00:56:59.833
It is your destiny.

841
00:57:00.083 --> 00:57:01.125
We can't help it.

842
00:57:01.166 --> 00:57:06.458
'Kurinji realized that the promise. that
she could study if she married. was a lie.'

843
00:57:29.708 --> 00:57:35.750
"When our dear daughter entered teen age
it is time for sacred thread & marriage"

844
00:57:35.791 --> 00:57:41.625
"She stands transformed. child to maiden
Woeful tears all of a sudden fall unbidden"

845
00:57:41.666 --> 00:57:47.541
"Handsome Muruga's handiwork divine
to exchange garland with her groom in time"

846
00:57:48.166 --> 00:57:53.916
"Muruga's antic. Lord Shiva's son sublime"

847
00:57:53.958 --> 00:57:56.833
"His hands wield the Holy trident
with the ferocity of a raged elephant"

848
00:57:56.875 --> 00:57:59.083
'Amaravalli...Amaravalli'

849
00:57:59.083 --> 00:58:00.833
'Kurinji is missing'

850
00:58:00.875 --> 00:58:06.250
"Muruga. through Your unchanging austerity
bestow grace on me. your humble devotee"

851
00:58:06.375 --> 00:58:07.375
Kurinji!

852
00:58:07.666 --> 00:58:08.666
Kurinji!

853
00:58:08.916 --> 00:58:11.166
"Your grand crested rooster will stay
as our guardian throughout the day"

854
00:58:11.208 --> 00:58:12.333
Kurinji!

855
00:58:12.333 --> 00:58:15.041
"O supreme remedy and medicine
Praised by all demi gods in Heaven"

856
00:58:15.041 --> 00:58:18.333
"Eldest son of Lord Shiva
Praised by the Vedas. Muruga"

857
00:58:18.375 --> 00:58:23.958
"6 Holy abodes where You reside divine
transformed into our mother's lap sublime"

858
00:58:24.250 --> 00:58:29.833
"Mountains. forests & beasts roaming free
turned into Lord Muruga's form naturally"

859
00:58:30.250 --> 00:58:31.875
"As Lord Muruga is with us to guard
unending hardships will be resolved"

860
00:58:32.541 --> 00:58:34.041
Who gave you permission to hit them?

861
00:58:36.375 --> 00:58:41.500
"Mountains. forests & beasts roaming free
turned into Lord Muruga's form naturally"

862
00:58:42.416 --> 00:58:47.875
"Self-invited. Guhan came with grace
as baby Muruga to bless our place"

863
00:58:48.083 --> 00:58:50.041
Do you think you can do
anything to control the crowd?

864
00:58:50.458 --> 00:58:52.166
Sir. they are not listening to us.

865
00:58:52.541 --> 00:58:54.500
We were just making sure
there’s no trouble when the CM arrives.

866
00:58:54.833 --> 00:58:56.416
And they’re not very cultured.

867
00:58:56.750 --> 00:58:57.750
They don’t behave well.

868
00:58:58.666 --> 00:59:00.125
The CM is coming here for their sake.

869
00:59:00.333 --> 00:59:01.583
Kurinji!

870
00:59:14.291 --> 00:59:17.250
Separating people in the name of
culture. Do you call that social justice?

871
00:59:17.541 --> 00:59:20.875
People will treat us
the same way we treat them.

872
00:59:21.625 --> 00:59:23.208
This program is
for their benefit.

873
00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:26.125
- Seat them in the front row.
- Sorry. sir.

874
01:00:07.750 --> 01:00:11.708
"My child. so pure with ideals high
No soul on earth can touch your sky"

875
01:00:11.958 --> 01:00:16.083
"Where have you gone. our dearest?
Mother Nature is on an earnest quest"

876
01:00:16.125 --> 01:00:20.041
"Our entire clan is in distress
Searching for you. o' princess"

877
01:00:20.250 --> 01:00:24.333
"Nowhere to be seen. my dear?
Our entire hamlet is searching now here"

878
01:00:24.708 --> 01:00:28.208
"Without your voice to lilt me through"

879
01:00:28.291 --> 01:00:32.416
"No flute am I. just a hollow bamboo"

880
01:00:33.083 --> 01:00:38.625
"Without your steps to match its song
our forest stream falters to flow along"

881
01:00:38.708 --> 01:00:40.750
I don't understand
what you're saying. dear

882
01:00:40.791 --> 01:00:43.041
Please go and ask
somewhere that side

883
01:00:43.208 --> 01:00:45.291
"Without you. our roosters stay mute
No crowing wake-up call of salute"

884
01:00:45.333 --> 01:00:49.333
"On tree tops. due vigil honeybees keep
In hives they wait for you. shunning sleep"

885
01:00:49.416 --> 01:00:53.583
"The low wall guarding our village boundary
may crumble and fall without you. dearie"

886
01:00:53.666 --> 01:00:58.125
"Water set to cook rice daily anew
just refuses to boil without you"

887
01:01:56.458 --> 01:01:57.541
Go away

888
01:02:33.250 --> 01:02:36.166
'A girl should have the courage
of a lion in the forest'

889
01:02:36.583 --> 01:02:38.916
'Others should be scared of you'

890
01:02:39.041 --> 01:02:40.833
'You should never be scared
of anyone or anything'

891
01:02:41.541 --> 01:02:45.708
"If you walk at night all alone
like smoke drifting on its own"

892
01:02:45.750 --> 01:02:49.708
"Can you reach your destination
without any sense of direction?"

893
01:02:49.833 --> 01:02:54.000
"Even if the stream burns all night
and baby fishes cry in morning light"

894
01:02:54.041 --> 01:02:58.250
"Will the waters turn a blind eye?
Likewise we still search with many a sigh"

895
01:02:58.291 --> 01:03:02.416
"Like drizzles lost in the vast. blue sea"

896
01:03:02.458 --> 01:03:06.416
"Days drifted by without any identity"

897
01:03:06.583 --> 01:03:14.583
"Dawn and dusk elusive and illusive
Your absence hurts as a grief effusive"

898
01:03:14.625 --> 01:03:18.750
"My child. with ideals lofty & true
No soul on earth can surpass you"

899
01:03:18.833 --> 01:03:22.916
"Where have you gone. my dear?
Our hills & forest call from far and near"

900
01:03:22.958 --> 01:03:27.125
"Our entire clan is in distress
Searching for you. dear princess"

901
01:03:27.166 --> 01:03:31.375
"Nowhere to be seen. my dear?
Our entire hamlet is searching now here"

902
01:03:33.083 --> 01:03:34.500
Walk that way.

903
01:03:46.958 --> 01:03:47.750
Do you need some fruits?

904
01:03:47.750 --> 01:03:48.791
Sir...

905
01:03:50.333 --> 01:03:51.750
Whatever you are saying...

906
01:03:52.708 --> 01:03:53.958
I don't understand.

907
01:03:55.041 --> 01:03:56.333
Whatever I am saying...

908
01:03:57.333 --> 01:03:58.875
You don't seem to understand either.

909
01:04:00.750 --> 01:04:02.708
To go back to my own village...

910
01:04:03.333 --> 01:04:04.708
I don't know the way.

911
01:04:07.375 --> 01:04:09.541
If I am able to meet the 'collecotor'...

912
01:04:10.166 --> 01:04:11.750
I was told I can study in a school.

913
01:04:12.833 --> 01:04:14.208
That was the only reason.

914
01:04:14.708 --> 01:04:16.916
I ran away from home.

915
01:04:19.916 --> 01:04:21.500
I want to meet the 'collecotor'...

916
01:04:22.875 --> 01:04:24.208
Please help me!

917
01:04:28.625 --> 01:04:29.791
Here. take this.

918
01:04:30.583 --> 01:04:31.625
Come on.

919
01:04:34.458 --> 01:04:36.791
Why are you crying?
Eat and appease your hunger.

920
01:05:32.125 --> 01:05:33.416
Whose child is this?

921
01:05:34.666 --> 01:05:35.708
Hold this.

922
01:05:37.041 --> 01:05:38.041
My dear...

923
01:05:38.541 --> 01:05:41.041
I don't know whose child
She is burning with fever.

924
01:05:41.125 --> 01:05:42.333
Get up. dear.

925
01:05:43.125 --> 01:05:44.708
'Come. dear. get up'

926
01:05:47.750 --> 01:05:49.041
Seat her in that chair.

927
01:05:50.333 --> 01:05:52.041
Sit down.
Don't be scared.

928
01:05:52.083 --> 01:05:54.708
Can you check the child.
She is unwell.

929
01:06:00.666 --> 01:06:02.333
Inhale and exhale...

930
01:06:05.541 --> 01:06:07.083
Give me that injection

931
01:06:14.666 --> 01:06:15.833
What is the girl's name?

932
01:06:15.875 --> 01:06:17.500
We don't know. doctor

933
01:06:17.875 --> 01:06:19.666
We had gone to the temple.

934
01:06:19.750 --> 01:06:21.791
She was shivering and lying
under a tree over there.

935
01:06:21.833 --> 01:06:24.541
I didn't have the heart to abandon her.
So I brought her here. doctor.

936
01:06:25.000 --> 01:06:26.833
This is only a normal fever.

937
01:06:26.958 --> 01:06:28.458
But the child is a bit weak.

938
01:06:28.583 --> 01:06:31.375
A couple of drips will do her good.
Wait for 3 hours and take her.

939
01:06:31.458 --> 01:06:33.958
I have an errand to run. doctor.
Can I come back and take her?

940
01:06:34.791 --> 01:06:36.625
I'll pay the fees and go.

941
01:06:37.458 --> 01:06:39.875
- It's okay. I'll attend to it.
- Thank you. doctor.

942
01:06:58.833 --> 01:07:00.083
Aiyo!

943
01:07:00.125 --> 01:07:02.916
'Wretched fellow!
Hit the child and drove away'

944
01:07:02.958 --> 01:07:04.833
'Someone call for an ambulance'

945
01:07:04.916 --> 01:07:05.958
'Lift her'

946
01:07:06.000 --> 01:07:07.541
Who admitted her in the hospital?

947
01:07:07.583 --> 01:07:09.583
An auto driver admitted her. sir

948
01:07:09.833 --> 01:07:11.833
'We interrogated him too
He is not at fault'

949
01:07:12.000 --> 01:07:13.291
'Take her to the hospital'

950
01:08:00.083 --> 01:08:01.625
'Her life is not in danger'

951
01:08:02.291 --> 01:08:04.458
'Her hands and legs are fractured'

952
01:08:06.083 --> 01:08:09.041
'She had an IV line on her hand
when she was admitted'

953
01:08:10.500 --> 01:08:11.708
Her ovaries...

954
01:08:12.666 --> 01:08:13.833
has been stolen

955
01:08:15.958 --> 01:08:17.583
From such a young girl?

956
01:08:18.250 --> 01:08:19.666
Bloody heartless!

957
01:08:20.750 --> 01:08:22.333
Let me get hold of the rascal!

958
01:08:22.375 --> 01:08:23.958
Did you ask the booth police?

959
01:08:24.041 --> 01:08:26.875
Yes. sir. but the police arrived
a bit late to the spot.

960
01:08:27.083 --> 01:08:29.000
The bystanders took her
to the hospital. sir.

961
01:08:30.166 --> 01:08:32.458
- Send the CPR copy to all the stations
- Okay. sir

962
01:08:32.500 --> 01:08:35.250
If they receive any call about
a missing child. inform me immediately

963
01:08:35.291 --> 01:08:36.583
- Okay. sir
- You can go

964
01:08:39.416 --> 01:08:41.166
- Are all of you here?
- Yes. sir

965
01:08:41.208 --> 01:08:42.708
- 'Good day to all
- Vanakkam. sir'

966
01:08:42.833 --> 01:08:46.500
Collector sir has come
to our special village meeting

967
01:08:47.625 --> 01:08:50.583
He is presiding over this meeting. okay?

968
01:08:50.625 --> 01:08:55.333
For the water tank in ward 3
Rs 300000 was the fund allocated

969
01:08:55.750 --> 01:08:57.666
2.25.000 has been spent already

970
01:08:57.916 --> 01:09:00.458
Contractor says he can finish
the rest of the job

971
01:09:00.625 --> 01:09:02.625
Rs 300.000 for street lights.

972
01:09:02.666 --> 01:09:07.541
Excluding all this. we have collected
a temple festival fund of Rs 300.000

973
01:09:07.666 --> 01:09:09.208
- Do all of you agree?
- Yes. sir

974
01:09:09.750 --> 01:09:11.333
- Good morning. sir
- Tell me. sir

975
01:09:11.791 --> 01:09:14.416
Sir. 4 days ago a child was
involved in an accident

976
01:09:14.500 --> 01:09:15.500
Accident?

977
01:09:15.583 --> 01:09:17.291
We are unable to understand
the language she speaks.

978
01:09:18.000 --> 01:09:20.500
We haven't been able to identify.
Nor has anyone come looking for her.

979
01:09:20.666 --> 01:09:24.583
But repeatedly she says 'Collector'
trying to convey something to us

980
01:09:24.750 --> 01:09:27.500
So I think it will be better
if sir can come over here.

981
01:09:28.125 --> 01:09:29.875
Sir is in a meeting

982
01:09:30.166 --> 01:09:31.875
I'll convey this immediately.

983
01:09:32.125 --> 01:09:33.208
- Okay?
- 'Okay. sir'

984
01:09:33.291 --> 01:09:34.291
- Greetings. sir.
- Greetings.

985
01:09:34.333 --> 01:09:36.708
It has been ages since lamp posts
were erected in our village

986
01:09:37.000 --> 01:09:39.208
But we have no current
nor light. sir

987
01:09:39.250 --> 01:09:41.208
Our village has been blessed
with your presence.

988
01:09:41.291 --> 01:09:43.416
Kindly help us get electricity. sir.

989
01:09:43.625 --> 01:09:46.333
Sir. this is not a meeting to find faults.

990
01:09:47.166 --> 01:09:49.166
This meeting is for you to
claim what is rightfully yours.

991
01:09:49.333 --> 01:09:51.875
If your streets are not lit
as it should be. ask for your right boldly.

992
01:09:52.375 --> 01:09:54.625
Decisions made in a village meeting...

993
01:09:54.750 --> 01:09:57.083
It is equivalent to
a law passed in the Parliament

994
01:09:57.250 --> 01:09:59.583
Even the Court cannot refute it...

995
01:10:00.166 --> 01:10:01.708
But the decisions taken.

996
01:10:01.791 --> 01:10:04.125
Should be only for
the welfare of the village.

997
01:10:04.583 --> 01:10:06.666
No religion should be
targeted or demeaned.

998
01:10:06.708 --> 01:10:08.500
Nor should an
individual benefit selfishly.

999
01:10:08.750 --> 01:10:10.583
There should be no separate agenda.

1000
01:10:10.625 --> 01:10:14.541
This meeting is convened
for the welfare of your villagers.

1001
01:10:14.875 --> 01:10:16.916
Even I am a mere bystander...

1002
01:10:17.208 --> 01:10:19.541
So take a wise decision
and I will fulfill it for sure.

1003
01:10:19.583 --> 01:10:22.416
Our demands will be met it seems.
All of you can leave without any stress

1004
01:10:22.625 --> 01:10:25.208
Sir. we got a call from the office
of the Superintendent of Police.

1005
01:10:25.250 --> 01:10:27.500
A young girl is involved
in an accident it seems.

1006
01:10:27.541 --> 01:10:29.083
The moment she regained consciousness.

1007
01:10:29.125 --> 01:10:32.291
She has been badgering them
to meet the collector.

1008
01:10:32.833 --> 01:10:35.041
So SP wanted to know-

1009
01:10:35.083 --> 01:10:36.208
How is the girl now?

1010
01:10:36.250 --> 01:10:37.500
She is alright.

1011
01:10:37.541 --> 01:10:38.791
- Let's go
- Okay

1012
01:10:38.833 --> 01:10:40.125
- Sir
- Which hospital?

1013
01:10:40.166 --> 01:10:42.291
- She is admitted in Govt Hospital
- Come

1014
01:11:05.416 --> 01:11:06.500
How is she now?

1015
01:11:06.750 --> 01:11:07.750
She is fine.

1016
01:11:11.875 --> 01:11:13.291
How are you. child?

1017
01:11:15.125 --> 01:11:16.791
Talk to sir...

1018
01:11:26.125 --> 01:11:27.375
Si...sir

1019
01:11:29.291 --> 01:11:30.333
I feel...

1020
01:11:31.125 --> 01:11:33.083
When I see everyone...

1021
01:11:34.625 --> 01:11:35.958
I feel so scared.

1022
01:11:38.416 --> 01:11:41.333
I want to go back to my own village

1023
01:11:42.791 --> 01:11:45.458
But...I don't know the way back home

1024
01:11:51.708 --> 01:11:52.875
Now I-

1025
01:11:54.375 --> 01:11:56.041
My mother and father

1026
01:11:56.583 --> 01:11:58.041
I want to see them.

1027
01:12:01.458 --> 01:12:03.833
Somehow take me back home.

1028
01:12:06.416 --> 01:12:08.083
I request you earnestly.

1029
01:12:14.375 --> 01:12:15.958
You will be fine.

1030
01:12:16.916 --> 01:12:18.125
Don't worry.

1031
01:12:30.000 --> 01:12:32.875
Did you understand the language she spoke?

1032
01:12:33.416 --> 01:12:34.750
I understood

1033
01:12:34.958 --> 01:12:36.875
This is the language the gypsies speak

1034
01:12:36.916 --> 01:12:39.583
I mean this is the wandering clan
kind of speech

1035
01:12:40.000 --> 01:12:42.708
I know a 'bhai' who knows this language
Let me fetch him for you

1036
01:12:42.750 --> 01:12:43.958
- Chandran
- Sir?

1037
01:12:44.041 --> 01:12:45.208
Don't be hasty

1038
01:12:45.916 --> 01:12:47.916
- This isn't gypsy language
- Is it so?

1039
01:12:48.333 --> 01:12:49.958
As far as I know this is some-

1040
01:12:50.208 --> 01:12:52.083
A mixture of Malayalam and Tamil

1041
01:12:53.041 --> 01:12:55.583
She must have come from
a mountain village nearby

1042
01:12:55.625 --> 01:12:56.625
Also.

1043
01:12:56.666 --> 01:13:02.041
Recently I heard of an author
who wrote about these hill tribes

1044
01:13:02.083 --> 01:13:04.208
- Author?
- 6 months ago

1045
01:13:04.375 --> 01:13:06.625
He fought on their behalf
for a permanent land deed.

1046
01:13:07.166 --> 01:13:09.166
I know him.
His name is Dhanraj.

1047
01:13:09.208 --> 01:13:11.125
- Bring him to me
- Okay. sir

1048
01:13:25.666 --> 01:13:27.500
This is Mr Dhanraj

1049
01:13:27.541 --> 01:13:28.916
- Vanakkam. sir
- Please come

1050
01:13:44.916 --> 01:13:47.125
Sir. I know this child very well.

1051
01:13:47.416 --> 01:13:49.041
She belongs to Poonkodi village.

1052
01:13:49.250 --> 01:13:50.291
What happened. sir?

1053
01:13:50.333 --> 01:13:52.083
She was in a minor accident.

1054
01:13:52.125 --> 01:13:53.583
Her life is not in danger.

1055
01:13:54.833 --> 01:13:56.416
Where are her parents?

1056
01:13:57.375 --> 01:14:00.083
Sir. when I enquired about them...

1057
01:14:00.416 --> 01:14:03.583
I was told her parents
and this girl are dead. sir.

1058
01:14:04.750 --> 01:14:06.708
Ranger is the main cause. sir

1059
01:14:06.875 --> 01:14:10.833
His ego got pricked because of
being suspended and he killed her parents.

1060
01:14:12.083 --> 01:14:15.125
The people fought
for their land till the bitter end.

1061
01:14:15.958 --> 01:14:17.125
But that ranger...

1062
01:14:17.500 --> 01:14:20.083
Like hunting down beasts
he started killing that tribe one by one.

1063
01:14:55.041 --> 01:14:57.375
These people who sowed
only seeds of affection.

1064
01:14:57.666 --> 01:14:59.750
Those forest officers planted
weeds of violence.

1065
01:15:01.333 --> 01:15:03.791
Today this child is
struggling for her life. sir

1066
01:15:06.208 --> 01:15:09.583
Does she know her parents have passed away?

1067
01:15:10.333 --> 01:15:12.708
As far as I know. she won’t know. sir.

1068
01:15:13.333 --> 01:15:15.041
Then it’s best for her not to know.

1069
01:15:15.083 --> 01:15:16.125
Okay. sir

1070
01:15:39.500 --> 01:15:40.625
Sir...

1071
01:15:40.958 --> 01:15:43.166
- Sir
- Don't cry. dear

1072
01:15:45.208 --> 01:15:46.500
I feel so...

1073
01:15:46.833 --> 01:15:47.958
...scared

1074
01:15:48.833 --> 01:15:51.541
Take me back home.

1075
01:15:52.708 --> 01:15:54.000
Don't worry. child

1076
01:15:54.583 --> 01:15:56.375
I will take you back
as soon as you get well.

1077
01:15:58.208 --> 01:15:59.708
Why did you come here?

1078
01:16:02.458 --> 01:16:04.791
A lady teacher in Kottakudi told me...

1079
01:16:06.458 --> 01:16:08.291
If I meet the 'collecotor'

1080
01:16:09.291 --> 01:16:13.375
I can ask him to give us
a school for our village.

1081
01:16:16.333 --> 01:16:18.125
What happened to my grandfather...

1082
01:16:19.958 --> 01:16:23.291
Should never happen
to my mother and father.

1083
01:16:24.833 --> 01:16:27.375
So I left the safety of my mountains and
came down to the plains in search of him.

1084
01:16:31.541 --> 01:16:32.958
In my village.

1085
01:16:34.333 --> 01:16:35.541
I'll walk through the forest. carefree

1086
01:16:36.791 --> 01:16:38.416
Even if I see wild beasts.

1087
01:16:39.541 --> 01:16:41.458
I have never once been scared.

1088
01:16:43.208 --> 01:16:44.250
But here.

1089
01:16:46.750 --> 01:16:48.583
People I have met so far.

1090
01:16:49.791 --> 01:16:52.416
I felt for the first time in my life....

1091
01:16:53.375 --> 01:16:54.708
A deep sense of fear.

1092
01:16:59.541 --> 01:17:02.291
My...mother and father

1093
01:17:04.625 --> 01:17:06.500
Please take me to them

1094
01:17:12.041 --> 01:17:13.916
Sir. just as we thought.

1095
01:17:14.458 --> 01:17:17.000
She is unaware of her parents' death. sir

1096
01:17:18.625 --> 01:17:22.000
A teacher in the near-by village told her
to meet the collector. so she could study.

1097
01:17:22.958 --> 01:17:24.875
She ranaway hoping
somehow to meet you. sir.

1098
01:17:26.791 --> 01:17:28.958
Unfamiliar with the route.
she lost her sense of direction.

1099
01:17:29.291 --> 01:17:32.666
The poor child has suffered terribly.
not knowing how to return home.

1100
01:17:36.083 --> 01:17:38.750
Blindly trusting that if she met
you. she could study at a school.

1101
01:17:39.416 --> 01:17:42.625
She went through great suffering.
hungry and afraid. sir.

1102
01:17:47.458 --> 01:17:48.458
Sir...

1103
01:17:48.500 --> 01:17:50.000
I know this for certain. sir.

1104
01:17:50.166 --> 01:17:54.416
That mountain tribe isn’t afraid
of even the wildest beasts there.

1105
01:17:56.208 --> 01:17:58.000
But that child tells me.

1106
01:17:59.791 --> 01:18:02.375
“I’m terrified of the people here. sir.”

1107
01:18:07.875 --> 01:18:10.208
She wants to be back
with her mother and father

1108
01:18:28.541 --> 01:18:30.708
I will educate you and
make your dream come true

1109
01:18:32.000 --> 01:18:33.958
You don't worry about anything. child

1110
01:18:34.333 --> 01:18:35.500
I'm there for you

1111
01:18:38.791 --> 01:18:41.916
This is the 'collecotor'
you have been looking for

1112
01:19:11.208 --> 01:19:13.208
Don't spare the wrong-doer
whoever he may be

1113
01:19:13.291 --> 01:19:15.291
Check all the private hospitals

1114
01:19:15.416 --> 01:19:19.166
If anyone comes on recommendation
put him behind bars too

1115
01:19:28.916 --> 01:19:31.208
"Child so pure
Flower of nature"

1116
01:19:31.250 --> 01:19:32.708
'DISTRICT COLLECTOR OFFICE. THENI'

1117
01:19:33.375 --> 01:19:37.250
"I will take care of you hereafter
And enrich your life better"

1118
01:19:37.791 --> 01:19:43.333
"Girl. you came to stay forever
in my life as my daughter"

1119
01:19:43.375 --> 01:19:46.500
"Like the first streak of dawn to savor
painting my life with laughter"

1120
01:19:46.541 --> 01:19:50.625
"Life does not bloom
if you stand wilted in gloom"

1121
01:19:50.958 --> 01:19:55.291
"Take bold steps forward
Worry fetches no reward"

1122
01:19:55.375 --> 01:19:59.291
"If you quicken your footsteps with gusto"

1123
01:19:59.458 --> 01:20:04.083
"The entire village will follow
as your faithful shadow"

1124
01:20:04.166 --> 01:20:06.208
"Tender breeze. rise and blow. my dear"

1125
01:20:06.250 --> 01:20:08.875
Arrange for a meeting with
Tahsildar. DFO. Education department

1126
01:20:08.916 --> 01:20:09.916
I'll do it. sir

1127
01:20:09.958 --> 01:20:11.916
Sir. you are already delayed
Please go in

1128
01:20:11.958 --> 01:20:13.416
- Good evening. sir
- Hello. sir

1129
01:20:13.458 --> 01:20:15.500
- Sir waiting. please go in
- Thank you

1130
01:20:16.333 --> 01:20:20.208
How many schools have been opened
in the mountain villages in our district?

1131
01:20:20.250 --> 01:20:23.125
Sir. under our control
are 39 mountain hamlets.

1132
01:20:23.166 --> 01:20:25.708
8 villages have boarding schools
that provide mid day meals

1133
01:20:25.750 --> 01:20:29.750
Children from the remaining 11 villages
go to the school in the nearest village

1134
01:20:29.791 --> 01:20:34.000
Teachers appointed in these schools
are doing so as a duty with no other go

1135
01:20:34.041 --> 01:20:36.541
"Girl. you came to stay forever
in my life as my daughter"

1136
01:20:36.583 --> 01:20:40.208
"Like the first streak of dawn. hereafter
painting my life with love & laughter"

1137
01:20:56.208 --> 01:20:57.541
- Sir
- Please sit down

1138
01:21:00.791 --> 01:21:02.708
I don't want any secret
or surreptitious stuff

1139
01:21:03.041 --> 01:21:04.666
'Think of everyone as equals'

1140
01:21:04.916 --> 01:21:06.708
Whatever it is. talk openly

1141
01:21:06.875 --> 01:21:11.250
Sir. a lot of villages do not send
their girl children to schools

1142
01:21:11.291 --> 01:21:12.833
Sir. girls after they attain puberty

1143
01:21:12.875 --> 01:21:15.875
...should not inter-act with young boys
is a custom they strictly follow

1144
01:21:15.916 --> 01:21:18.708
We face a language issue too
Not everyone is fluent in Tamil

1145
01:21:18.916 --> 01:21:20.583
Mudhuvar. Navalar. Valiyar

1146
01:21:20.708 --> 01:21:22.500
Mullukurumbar. Malai Vettuvar

1147
01:21:22.583 --> 01:21:25.458
Badugar. Kaadar.
Irular. Kaatunayakar

1148
01:21:25.541 --> 01:21:27.833
They speak a different language alien to us

1149
01:21:27.916 --> 01:21:30.833
'All of them find it hard to study
in Tamil medium of education'

1150
01:21:31.041 --> 01:21:33.166
Kallakudi. Sangankudi. Paramamkadavu

1151
01:21:33.208 --> 01:21:36.166
Irupugal. Poonkodi.
Kurinjikodi. Udumbanpaarai

1152
01:21:36.208 --> 01:21:39.500
More than 10 communities like this have
rejected the concept of school education

1153
01:21:39.541 --> 01:21:42.625
Sir. we have submitted reports
to the previous collector too

1154
01:21:42.666 --> 01:21:44.458
'He did not take any action'

1155
01:21:44.500 --> 01:21:46.833
When our own superiors
don't take any action

1156
01:21:46.875 --> 01:21:48.000
...what can we do. sir?

1157
01:21:48.041 --> 01:21:51.083
If you all keep giving excuses
like this. what can be done?

1158
01:21:51.166 --> 01:21:54.666
Tamil poet Bharathidasan has said
'Education is like a sweet plantain'

1159
01:21:54.958 --> 01:21:57.250
We should make education
ripen like a fruit to taste sweet

1160
01:21:57.875 --> 01:22:01.000
Because of our inconvenience
we should not make education bitter

1161
01:22:01.833 --> 01:22:06.041
They have still not got the education
you and I got and that is bothering me

1162
01:22:08.250 --> 01:22:11.666
I need all their details from
all your departments immediately

1163
01:22:11.708 --> 01:22:12.791
Okay. sir

1164
01:22:12.875 --> 01:22:16.000
I'll talk to the minister and
arrange to open a school there

1165
01:22:23.000 --> 01:22:27.375
"The sky showers rain on you
like your mother with love so true"

1166
01:22:27.458 --> 01:22:31.458
"When you cup it in your hand now
for you. my child. no more sorrow"

1167
01:22:31.625 --> 01:22:33.500
'PRIVATE HOSPITAL SEALED FOR ILLEGAL ACTS'

1168
01:22:33.541 --> 01:22:36.208
"The earth as your father guides you ahead"

1169
01:22:36.250 --> 01:22:39.875
"Protecting you in every path you tread"

1170
01:22:39.916 --> 01:22:44.250
"Hills and land around will be
your kith and kin eternally"

1171
01:22:44.333 --> 01:22:47.666
"In the lullaby of the leaves wonderful
life will no longer be a burden woeful"

1172
01:22:47.708 --> 01:22:50.291
- How is she. doctor?
- She is alright now

1173
01:22:50.333 --> 01:22:52.000
We'll remove the cast after 1 week

1174
01:22:52.041 --> 01:22:53.750
She can walk normally after that

1175
01:22:53.791 --> 01:22:55.750
Call me anytime
if you need any help. doctor

1176
01:22:55.791 --> 01:22:56.791
Thank you. sir

1177
01:22:57.916 --> 01:23:00.291
"Child so innocent
Flower of the forest"

1178
01:23:00.333 --> 01:23:06.083
"Like eye and lid are never apart
I'll protect you with all my heart"

1179
01:23:06.750 --> 01:23:11.166
"Girl. you came to stay forever
in my life as my daughter"

1180
01:23:11.208 --> 01:23:15.750
"Like the first streak of dawn hereafter
painting my life with love & laughter"

1181
01:23:39.875 --> 01:23:41.958
Meenamma. her name is Kurinji

1182
01:23:42.416 --> 01:23:44.833
- She will be staying with us from now on
- 'Okay. sir'

1183
01:23:59.083 --> 01:24:00.250
'KHRUSHCHEV LIED'

1184
01:24:00.291 --> 01:24:04.500
"For those who toil all day through
to make their dreams come true"

1185
01:24:04.541 --> 01:24:08.916
"The Lord comes rushing always
to lend a hand and words of praise"

1186
01:24:08.958 --> 01:24:13.916
"Goddess of Wealth will garland and cherish
those who relentlessly rise to accomplish"

1187
01:24:14.000 --> 01:24:15.333
What. Meenamma?

1188
01:24:15.375 --> 01:24:17.083
Do you understand this child's language?

1189
01:24:17.125 --> 01:24:18.458
I asked you if you understand?

1190
01:24:18.458 --> 01:24:21.500
"The sky shows the way to a new day
if today is disheartening in every way"

1191
01:24:21.541 --> 01:24:26.083
"You will lead a life without any woe
thanks to a new tomorrow. my dear doe"

1192
01:24:26.125 --> 01:24:30.375
"Your efforts despite the pain
will replace your loss with gain"

1193
01:24:30.708 --> 01:24:33.291
"Be bold and brave. walk ahead
without worrying your pretty head"

1194
01:24:33.333 --> 01:24:35.333
- Hello
- I'm Collector Muthuvel speaking

1195
01:24:35.333 --> 01:24:37.500
- Yes. sir
- Let Kurinji study here

1196
01:24:37.750 --> 01:24:40.416
She won't feel she has been abandoned

1197
01:24:40.583 --> 01:24:42.166
I'll take care of
everything from now on

1198
01:24:42.208 --> 01:24:45.833
As time goes by. we can tell her
about her parents' demise later

1199
01:24:46.333 --> 01:24:49.416
I'll make arrangements to open a school
for that community very soon

1200
01:24:50.958 --> 01:24:52.000
Okay. sir

1201
01:24:52.041 --> 01:24:54.375
Sir. generally officers like you

1202
01:24:54.708 --> 01:24:57.166
Pass orders and
move on to the next job

1203
01:24:57.500 --> 01:25:01.583
But I am happy you are empathizing with her
and following up with so much sincerity

1204
01:25:01.666 --> 01:25:05.708
"If you quicken your footsteps with gusto"

1205
01:25:05.708 --> 01:25:10.250
"As your faithful shadow
the entire village will follow"

1206
01:25:10.375 --> 01:25:14.666
"Tender breeze. rise and blow. my dear"

1207
01:25:14.875 --> 01:25:16.708
"Anticipate your dreams coming true here"

1208
01:25:16.750 --> 01:25:18.750
Which school did
the child study previously?

1209
01:25:19.083 --> 01:25:21.041
She hasn't studied in any school yet

1210
01:25:21.750 --> 01:25:23.458
She is a beginner

1211
01:25:23.708 --> 01:25:26.500
'She is from the neighboring tribal hamlet'

1212
01:25:27.875 --> 01:25:30.041
She doesn't know to speak Tamil

1213
01:25:30.125 --> 01:25:31.916
'But she understands to a certain extent'

1214
01:25:33.416 --> 01:25:35.041
She's my responsibility hereafter

1215
01:25:35.083 --> 01:25:36.416
I'll take care of everything. sir

1216
01:25:36.458 --> 01:25:38.708
We can fill up the form
and admit her tomorrow

1217
01:25:38.750 --> 01:25:39.791
Thanks. ma'am

1218
01:25:51.916 --> 01:25:53.333
Why are you upset?

1219
01:25:55.666 --> 01:25:57.041
What happened. Kurinji?

1220
01:25:58.958 --> 01:26:00.041
Sir

1221
01:26:02.625 --> 01:26:04.583
I didn't want to be the only one to study

1222
01:26:06.458 --> 01:26:08.250
I didn't come looking for you
only for myself

1223
01:26:09.541 --> 01:26:10.750
Our entire-

1224
01:26:11.125 --> 01:26:13.541
Our entire community should benefit

1225
01:26:13.875 --> 01:26:15.666
That's why I came here

1226
01:26:18.458 --> 01:26:19.583
In this school

1227
01:26:20.291 --> 01:26:22.083
The education you are giving me

1228
01:26:23.625 --> 01:26:26.291
If you can extend it to my village also

1229
01:26:27.958 --> 01:26:29.583
Everyone will be happy
and ready to study

1230
01:26:31.708 --> 01:26:32.916
Okay. dear

1231
01:26:33.250 --> 01:26:35.000
Why are you worried for this?

1232
01:26:35.583 --> 01:26:37.750
You can study along with
the children from your clan

1233
01:26:38.041 --> 01:26:39.958
But you have to be happy. okay?

1234
01:26:54.041 --> 01:26:56.958
Chandran. collect all the details from them

1235
01:26:57.208 --> 01:26:59.166
Take Kurinji and go to her hamlet

1236
01:26:59.291 --> 01:27:00.750
- Okay?
- Mountain top?

1237
01:27:00.916 --> 01:27:03.333
The officers you need
will accompany you

1238
01:27:03.583 --> 01:27:08.000
All of you do what is required
for all your neighboring tribal villages

1239
01:27:11.875 --> 01:27:13.125
Kurinji

1240
01:27:20.041 --> 01:27:22.541
Now you can happily
go to Poonkodi village

1241
01:27:22.750 --> 01:27:23.875
Okay?

1242
01:27:24.458 --> 01:27:27.500
Your dream of a school in your village
will come true very soon

1243
01:27:28.541 --> 01:27:31.208
Whatever and whenever
you need anything

1244
01:27:31.416 --> 01:27:33.291
Don't hesitate to ask me. okay?

1245
01:27:33.958 --> 01:27:35.750
I'll always be there for you

1246
01:27:38.166 --> 01:27:39.708
What are you thinking. dear?

1247
01:27:42.000 --> 01:27:44.041
Did you understand what I just told you?

1248
01:27:45.750 --> 01:27:46.916
Sir

1249
01:27:48.166 --> 01:27:51.500
With whatever trust
I came from the safety of my hamlet

1250
01:27:52.125 --> 01:27:53.708
With the same faith

1251
01:27:54.000 --> 01:27:55.458
I want to take back with me

1252
01:27:56.416 --> 01:27:58.333
I would like you to come with me too

1253
01:27:59.000 --> 01:28:00.416
If you come along

1254
01:28:00.458 --> 01:28:03.166
The people of my village
and my parents

1255
01:28:04.083 --> 01:28:05.500
...will be very happy

1256
01:28:09.500 --> 01:28:11.833
What is this child saying. sir?

1257
01:28:13.166 --> 01:28:15.375
Arrange for us to go to
Poonkodi village tomorrow

1258
01:28:15.500 --> 01:28:18.791
Sir. just because she wishes it
don't nod your head and agree. sir

1259
01:28:18.916 --> 01:28:20.583
It is hard to hold our head high later

1260
01:28:20.666 --> 01:28:22.333
The village is not near by...

1261
01:28:22.375 --> 01:28:24.583
It is in the center of three hills.

1262
01:28:25.333 --> 01:28:27.583
So used to the cool comfort
of air conditioned cars

1263
01:28:27.625 --> 01:28:30.958
When we see a flight of stairs
we enquire if there's an elevator

1264
01:28:31.000 --> 01:28:33.458
It is not that easy to climb up
those mountains. sir

1265
01:28:33.500 --> 01:28:36.541
We will be dehydrated
and lie somewhere in between

1266
01:28:36.791 --> 01:28:42.500
The dangerous beasts over there don't know
your designation or I'm your secretary. sir

1267
01:28:42.708 --> 01:28:44.291
This won't work out. sir

1268
01:28:44.375 --> 01:28:48.875
I'll call the forest officer here and
send this girl safely with him. sir

1269
01:28:49.125 --> 01:28:52.625
If you get startled by the mountain
the height of it will weigh on us more

1270
01:28:53.333 --> 01:28:55.958
Running the Govt is not just
in the hands of the ruling party

1271
01:28:56.833 --> 01:28:59.125
It is also how officers like us function

1272
01:28:59.708 --> 01:29:01.708
We are going up that hill.
Make the arrangements.

1273
01:29:01.750 --> 01:29:04.875
You have decided already.
I'll take care of the other arrangements.

1274
01:29:04.916 --> 01:29:05.916
Make it fast...

1275
01:29:28.000 --> 01:29:29.625
Sir. after this point
we can only go by walk.

1276
01:29:38.666 --> 01:29:39.958
Follow me. sir

1277
01:29:45.333 --> 01:29:47.250
He doesn't realise the consequences...

1278
01:29:47.291 --> 01:29:48.500
Watch your step. sir

1279
01:29:50.000 --> 01:29:51.416
Are you aware?

1280
01:29:51.750 --> 01:29:53.916
Hey. mind the horses.
Don't slip and fall down.

1281
01:29:53.958 --> 01:29:55.541
It is not a horse. donkey

1282
01:29:55.750 --> 01:29:57.166
Next ride. huh?

1283
01:30:03.666 --> 01:30:05.500
Have we reached the hamlet?

1284
01:30:05.791 --> 01:30:07.583
Hungering for ham now. huh?

1285
01:30:08.083 --> 01:30:09.750
We are only quarter way through.

1286
01:30:10.000 --> 01:30:11.375
It is a long climb to the top.

1287
01:30:11.833 --> 01:30:14.250
Is it that peak over there?

1288
01:30:14.291 --> 01:30:15.333
What peak?

1289
01:30:15.458 --> 01:30:16.583
Not that. man

1290
01:30:16.625 --> 01:30:18.125
You see the hill over there

1291
01:30:18.166 --> 01:30:19.916
- The mountainside above that
- Aiyo!

1292
01:30:19.958 --> 01:30:21.375
We have go 10 km
downhill from there.

1293
01:30:21.500 --> 01:30:22.625
10 kilometers?

1294
01:30:23.000 --> 01:30:28.875
If you tell the collector
I have a weak heart

1295
01:30:28.958 --> 01:30:32.083
I'll slowly back out and go back

1296
01:30:32.750 --> 01:30:35.791
Even to climb up a mountain. now you know
you need your beloved bro-in-law

1297
01:30:37.291 --> 01:30:39.375
I think you are avenging
a long time revenge.

1298
01:30:39.375 --> 01:30:40.750
You have a hole in your heart.

1299
01:30:40.791 --> 01:30:42.291
This man has a bad knee.

1300
01:30:43.250 --> 01:30:44.833
That chap is diabetic

1301
01:30:46.291 --> 01:30:50.166
If all you officers are roaming around
with various ailments. who will work?

1302
01:30:50.875 --> 01:30:52.375
'Watch your step and walk'

1303
01:30:52.416 --> 01:30:53.708
'Don't roll backwards'

1304
01:30:56.541 --> 01:30:59.041
I have a catch in my back
I can't take a step forward.

1305
01:30:59.500 --> 01:31:00.750
'Let's carry on'

1306
01:31:02.583 --> 01:31:04.750
Sir. we'll wait here. sir

1307
01:31:11.166 --> 01:31:12.291
Sir...

1308
01:31:13.500 --> 01:31:15.416
Turn around once.

1309
01:31:15.958 --> 01:31:17.291
You won't gasp for breath.

1310
01:31:18.125 --> 01:31:19.541
A river flows nearby.

1311
01:31:19.666 --> 01:31:21.541
You'll feel better
if you dip your feet in it.

1312
01:31:39.208 --> 01:31:40.208
Everybody turn around...

1313
01:31:41.625 --> 01:31:43.000
Hey uncle!

1314
01:31:43.333 --> 01:31:44.333
Turn around

1315
01:31:44.375 --> 01:31:45.541
For what?

1316
01:31:45.666 --> 01:31:47.666
If you look back at the path you walked...

1317
01:31:47.833 --> 01:31:49.333
Your gasping will stop it seems.

1318
01:31:49.375 --> 01:31:50.833
Who said so?

1319
01:31:50.875 --> 01:31:53.000
This girl just said.
Now stop piling questions.

1320
01:31:53.041 --> 01:31:55.625
- Turn around
- Oh! Straight from the horse's mouth. eh?!

1321
01:31:55.666 --> 01:31:57.375
Thank God!

1322
01:31:58.833 --> 01:32:00.250
Everyone turn around

1323
01:32:01.375 --> 01:32:03.958
I feel I can catch my breath now

1324
01:32:10.041 --> 01:32:11.750
- Hey. fish
- What. man?

1325
01:32:11.791 --> 01:32:16.125
This little girl knows
more scientific facts than we do.

1326
01:32:16.291 --> 01:32:18.166
She is too brilliant.

1327
01:32:18.250 --> 01:32:20.916
What's this fruit?
Growing all over the place.

1328
01:32:21.000 --> 01:32:23.500
Mangosteen fruit.

1329
01:32:23.541 --> 01:32:25.375
- What's that?
- Great source of nourishment.

1330
01:32:25.375 --> 01:32:26.708
He's got into his doctor avatar!

1331
01:32:26.750 --> 01:32:28.541
I am starving.
Pluck a few fruits for me.

1332
01:32:28.583 --> 01:32:31.500
Ask me directly. not roundabout way
saying good for kidney or as chutney.

1333
01:32:31.541 --> 01:32:32.625
Sir. please wait.

1334
01:32:33.875 --> 01:32:35.208
Please don't pluck it

1335
01:32:37.666 --> 01:32:40.291
Fruits within our hand's reach
we reserve for elephants

1336
01:32:40.833 --> 01:32:43.416
The fruits above are
for sparrows and doves

1337
01:32:44.208 --> 01:32:46.541
What is hidden from our eyes is for us.

1338
01:32:46.833 --> 01:32:49.750
I can pluck and give you
the fruits we can't see easily.

1339
01:32:50.416 --> 01:32:53.291
Whatever she said is going above my head!

1340
01:32:54.583 --> 01:32:57.125
Sir. what did she say just now?

1341
01:33:01.000 --> 01:33:02.916
Fruits at our hand's reach is for elephants

1342
01:33:04.041 --> 01:33:06.041
Whatever fruits seen above
is for all the birds

1343
01:33:06.041 --> 01:33:07.083
Really!

1344
01:33:07.458 --> 01:33:09.083
Whatever is hidden from our vision

1345
01:33:09.458 --> 01:33:11.083
She says. only that is for us.

1346
01:33:11.500 --> 01:33:12.583
Oh!

1347
01:33:12.625 --> 01:33:15.625
Don't we have to really hunt
for good souls in our land?

1348
01:33:15.666 --> 01:33:17.666
Yes. that is true.

1349
01:33:20.833 --> 01:33:22.375
Very humble girl

1350
01:33:22.500 --> 01:33:24.291
Give a fruit to sir.

1351
01:33:36.041 --> 01:33:39.833
It is okay if I am unable to
understand that girl's language

1352
01:33:39.875 --> 01:33:43.083
But just like she said. as soon as
I dipped my feet in the water

1353
01:33:43.125 --> 01:33:46.083
Every ounce of pain
in my body vanished into thin air.

1354
01:33:46.125 --> 01:33:48.375
What is that bundle you are carrying?

1355
01:33:48.375 --> 01:33:50.833
It is an emergency case
So we are taking her to the doctor

1356
01:33:50.875 --> 01:33:53.083
Oh! You are carrying a human being?

1357
01:33:53.125 --> 01:33:55.708
Go carefully and save that life.

1358
01:33:58.458 --> 01:34:01.291
Imagine what a terrible life
they are leading!

1359
01:34:03.958 --> 01:34:05.583
You should study well. son

1360
01:34:05.625 --> 01:34:07.541
You too. my dear girl

1361
01:34:07.583 --> 01:34:09.666
- You should not struggle like me.
- Okay. pa

1362
01:34:11.458 --> 01:34:13.250
Let me see how long we have walked

1363
01:34:13.291 --> 01:34:14.750
Is there no other path?

1364
01:34:14.791 --> 01:34:16.333
No. sir

1365
01:34:17.208 --> 01:34:20.500
Shortcuts have been blocked
by some wretched fellows

1366
01:34:20.625 --> 01:34:23.250
We have to walk around 8 km
for a distance of 4 km to the school.

1367
01:34:24.291 --> 01:34:26.166
When the river floods. that's it

1368
01:34:26.208 --> 01:34:28.041
We have to sit at home for 3 months

1369
01:34:28.625 --> 01:34:31.500
We have been giving pleas
and petitions to the Govt.

1370
01:34:31.541 --> 01:34:32.833
We are fed up.

1371
01:34:32.916 --> 01:34:34.666
They promise to build a bridge.

1372
01:34:34.833 --> 01:34:37.083
Five years later. they will
repeat the same promise.

1373
01:34:37.166 --> 01:34:38.500
We are used to
these false promises.

1374
01:34:38.500 --> 01:34:39.833
Kindly climb up carefully. sir

1375
01:34:39.875 --> 01:34:41.208
Where is that fence?

1376
01:34:43.125 --> 01:34:45.166
Sir. this is the fence.

1377
01:34:48.166 --> 01:34:49.416
Hey. fish

1378
01:34:49.708 --> 01:34:52.458
We think these tribal men
are stuck inside a forest.

1379
01:34:52.625 --> 01:34:54.458
But they know politics
like the back of their hand.

1380
01:34:54.791 --> 01:34:56.625
They are more knowledgeable than you.

1381
01:35:01.125 --> 01:35:02.833
- Break down this fence now
- Huh?

1382
01:35:03.250 --> 01:35:05.583
- I said 'break down this fence'
- Whaaat?

1383
01:35:05.791 --> 01:35:07.916
Why hesitate when our collector
has ordered us to do so?

1384
01:35:08.041 --> 01:35:09.875
Let some good come out of this.

1385
01:35:11.583 --> 01:35:13.791
Hey. fish.. Break everything away.

1386
01:35:13.875 --> 01:35:15.833
Go over there and break it.

1387
01:35:36.833 --> 01:35:40.500
Yov. lungi! If anyone dares
to erect a fence here

1388
01:35:40.625 --> 01:35:42.708
Tell him I will strip him head to toe!

1389
01:35:45.708 --> 01:35:48.208
Hereafter if anyone erects a fence
in the forest. break it to pieces

1390
01:35:48.375 --> 01:35:49.833
If anyone stops you.

1391
01:35:50.125 --> 01:35:52.125
tell them the Government's got your back.

1392
01:36:18.416 --> 01:36:21.541
Our Kurinji has come back home to us

1393
01:36:23.416 --> 01:36:24.750
She has come back.

1394
01:36:25.000 --> 01:36:28.416
- Aunt. come here.
- She has come atlast.

1395
01:36:28.666 --> 01:36:30.708
Come here.

1396
01:36:32.333 --> 01:36:34.625
Where have you been all these time?

1397
01:36:36.166 --> 01:36:37.750
Thank God for bringing her back.

1398
01:36:41.541 --> 01:36:44.000
The 'collecotor' is here
to meet all of you.

1399
01:36:59.458 --> 01:37:01.208
Where are my parents?

1400
01:37:04.541 --> 01:37:05.916
Where are they. aunt?

1401
01:37:07.416 --> 01:37:10.791
Both of them have left us. dear.

1402
01:37:26.750 --> 01:37:28.625
Ammmaaaa!

1403
01:38:24.791 --> 01:38:25.833
Kurinji

1404
01:38:27.375 --> 01:38:29.708
Nothing in life stays
with us permanently.

1405
01:38:30.375 --> 01:38:33.208
Only our education
is a part of us till we die.

1406
01:38:33.583 --> 01:38:35.625
I don't see you as an ordinary girl.

1407
01:38:36.750 --> 01:38:40.083
I see you as a revolutionist who fought
for the education of many other girls.

1408
01:38:44.500 --> 01:38:48.750
The education I bring to your clan will
laud you as a sterling example to follow.

1409
01:38:49.541 --> 01:38:51.791
Your entire village
should be proud of you.

1410
01:38:52.666 --> 01:38:55.041
The doors of my house
will always be open for you.

1411
01:38:55.666 --> 01:38:57.750
You can walk in anytime
as a daughter would.

1412
01:39:21.416 --> 01:39:23.625
- Take good care of this child.
- Yes. sir

1413
01:39:23.666 --> 01:39:25.458
No one has to be scared
of anything anymore.

1414
01:39:27.166 --> 01:39:28.458
This is your forest.

1415
01:39:29.958 --> 01:39:31.916
If you have any problem.

1416
01:39:32.166 --> 01:39:33.958
I'll come and support you.

1417
01:40:03.000 --> 01:40:04.166
Sir.

1418
01:40:05.416 --> 01:40:07.541
If we call people for work.

1419
01:40:07.583 --> 01:40:10.000
four persons rush in
for one man's job.

1420
01:40:10.333 --> 01:40:13.125
If I tell them the work is on the hillside.

1421
01:40:13.166 --> 01:40:16.833
They tell me they have their own graveyard.
Why should they go to the mountain and die?

1422
01:40:17.083 --> 01:40:20.583
There is no road. no electricity.
Wild animals pose a problem.

1423
01:40:20.708 --> 01:40:23.208
No one is coming forward
with all these disadvantages

1424
01:40:23.916 --> 01:40:26.750
But someone who loves education like you.

1425
01:40:26.958 --> 01:40:29.958
A good teacher will definitely come.

1426
01:40:30.250 --> 01:40:32.791
But it will take some time.

1427
01:40:33.250 --> 01:40:34.500
What is this. Chandran?

1428
01:40:34.833 --> 01:40:37.000
It's 50 years since we got Independence...

1429
01:40:37.625 --> 01:40:41.000
And we are not even able to
give education to those tribal children.

1430
01:40:41.916 --> 01:40:44.250
They may be living on the top.

1431
01:40:44.500 --> 01:40:47.375
But their livelihood
is still a bottomless abyss!

1432
01:40:49.208 --> 01:40:51.916
Teaching is not a job. Chandran.

1433
01:40:52.291 --> 01:40:53.500
It is a service.

1434
01:40:54.041 --> 01:40:55.416
Whatever the outcome.

1435
01:40:55.458 --> 01:40:57.250
I have given that girl my word.

1436
01:40:57.833 --> 01:40:59.250
Not just that. Chandran.

1437
01:40:59.458 --> 01:41:00.583
This is our duty.

1438
01:41:01.416 --> 01:41:03.000
Try your maximum best.

1439
01:41:03.625 --> 01:41:05.125
I'll definitely try. sir.

1440
01:41:15.750 --> 01:41:17.291
- Good morning. sir
- Tell me. sir.

1441
01:41:17.333 --> 01:41:18.791
Regarding this school matter.

1442
01:41:18.833 --> 01:41:22.375
Has this Government or officers
ever said no to any of your requests?

1443
01:41:22.458 --> 01:41:24.083
The Government Order has been passed.

1444
01:41:24.375 --> 01:41:26.791
The selected teachers
don't want to accept the post.

1445
01:41:26.833 --> 01:41:28.333
They are canceling their order.

1446
01:41:28.500 --> 01:41:29.916
What to do?

1447
01:41:29.958 --> 01:41:31.791
I'm not sure if it will happen soon.

1448
01:41:31.833 --> 01:41:33.458
I think it will take time.

1449
01:41:45.166 --> 01:41:46.666
'Education always'

1450
01:41:47.166 --> 01:41:49.500
'Wants to give something to others'

1451
01:41:49.708 --> 01:41:51.791
'Instead of just being happy at work'

1452
01:41:51.875 --> 01:41:54.958
'I wanted to work to make others happy'

1453
01:41:55.083 --> 01:41:57.083
'If you study. you can scale new heights'

1454
01:41:57.708 --> 01:42:00.791
'I wished the people on top to study too'

1455
01:42:00.833 --> 01:42:03.750
'I became a collector
from being a teacher'

1456
01:42:03.791 --> 01:42:06.166
'I resigned as a collector'

1457
01:42:06.750 --> 01:42:08.416
'And for those people'

1458
01:42:08.458 --> 01:42:10.875
'I took up the job of a teacher again'

1459
01:42:12.583 --> 01:42:15.958
'I realised I can create
many more collectors'

1460
01:42:51.541 --> 01:42:52.583
- Kurinji
- Sir

1461
01:42:52.625 --> 01:42:54.583
- Read this out to everyone
- Okay. sir

1462
01:42:56.583 --> 01:42:58.875
'Building 1000s of dining halls'

1463
01:42:59.083 --> 01:43:01.208
'Erecting 16.000 temples'

1464
01:43:01.583 --> 01:43:05.291
'And so many other such charitable deeds'

1465
01:43:05.750 --> 01:43:10.291
'May you be blessed
by educating an illiterate'

1466
01:43:11.375 --> 01:43:12.666
'Excellent. Kurinji'

1467
01:43:14.666 --> 01:43:16.375
'Who wrote this. Kurinji?'

1468
01:43:17.041 --> 01:43:18.041
'Poet Bharathiyar'

1469
01:44:19.458 --> 01:44:20.458
Dear...

1470
01:44:20.750 --> 01:44:22.083
Don't you worry.

1471
01:44:22.333 --> 01:44:24.875
In the form of the hustling
wind. or the air you breathe...

1472
01:44:25.000 --> 01:44:26.625
we are with you.

1473
01:44:27.583 --> 01:44:30.291
Do not give up on
this people like we did.

1474
01:44:30.958 --> 01:44:33.666
Don't you ever go back on
the decision that you made.

1475
01:44:34.666 --> 01:44:36.791
Your upcoming generation will remember you.

1476
01:45:19.041 --> 01:45:20.333
Greetings. everyone.

1477
01:45:20.833 --> 01:45:25.166
To stand in front of you on this stage
is giving me confidence and motivation.

1478
01:45:25.625 --> 01:45:27.166
The main reason behind this.

1479
01:45:27.208 --> 01:45:29.291
The man who was my father and mother.

1480
01:45:29.375 --> 01:45:31.375
The man who served us all.

1481
01:45:31.625 --> 01:45:34.500
The man who made me
stand here as Kurinji IAS.

1482
01:45:34.541 --> 01:45:36.666
My first salute
to my dear teacher.

1483
01:45:40.500 --> 01:45:44.333
Everyone is a teacher who imparts
his or her knowledge to others.

1484
01:45:44.625 --> 01:45:47.750
In that way. sir did not
merely educate me.

1485
01:45:48.000 --> 01:45:50.041
He instilled in me
a lot of confidence too

1486
01:45:50.125 --> 01:45:52.875
Just because girls will start
asking questions if they are educated.

1487
01:45:52.958 --> 01:45:55.333
For many centuries we were
denied our right to knowledge.

1488
01:45:55.375 --> 01:45:57.875
But only we know the reason behind it.

1489
01:45:58.291 --> 01:46:02.208
Many social activists like Ambedkar.
Periyar. Jyotiba Phule. Gandhi

1490
01:46:02.250 --> 01:46:04.208
...have fought for equal education

1491
01:46:04.250 --> 01:46:06.625
Even among the four castes
distinguished by their differences

1492
01:46:06.666 --> 01:46:08.208
...if one from the lower caste learns

1493
01:46:08.250 --> 01:46:10.875
Even one from the higher caste
will seek knowledge from him

1494
01:46:10.916 --> 01:46:12.583
'Quote from Sangam poetry'

1495
01:46:13.000 --> 01:46:15.375
There is an important message in that song

1496
01:46:15.708 --> 01:46:19.333
If a lower person goes up. it doesn't mean
the person on top comes down in stature

1497
01:46:19.625 --> 01:46:21.416
It means. everyone is equal

1498
01:46:21.458 --> 01:46:23.416
That is the beauty of education

1499
01:46:28.666 --> 01:46:31.375
Sir. in your 25 years of service

1500
01:46:31.416 --> 01:46:35.416
You have created 8 collectors.
6 IPS. 15 teachers and the list goes on

1501
01:46:35.500 --> 01:46:37.583
And all of them are tribal people
from the mountains

1502
01:46:37.625 --> 01:46:40.166
How do you feel about this. sir?

1503
01:46:41.291 --> 01:46:44.708
Doing something for our society
is not an achievement

1504
01:46:44.750 --> 01:46:47.916
I am doing my duty for these people

1505
01:46:48.541 --> 01:46:51.791
Education is doing its part by
imparting it back to the people

1506
01:46:52.666 --> 01:46:54.541
If the roots are strong and run deep

1507
01:46:54.916 --> 01:46:56.958
The trees will spread
their branches and grow tall

1508
01:46:59.458 --> 01:47:02.291
'In the mountain villages
near Bodi. in Theni district'

1509
01:47:02.416 --> 01:47:07.375
'Only 2 teachers have been appointed
for the students in this entire area'

1510
01:47:07.458 --> 01:47:10.875
'Hesitating to climb the hill daily
to reach the school'

1511
01:47:10.916 --> 01:47:14.666
'Teachers are absent more often than not
is a complaint lodged by the people there'

1512
01:47:14.708 --> 01:47:18.500
'I passed 12th grade and wished to
do my under-graduation in nursing'

1513
01:47:18.541 --> 01:47:21.041
'Due to flooding of this river
and no proper road facilities'

1514
01:47:21.083 --> 01:47:23.541
'I couldn't attend counseling in time'

1515
01:47:23.583 --> 01:47:25.750
'We don't have electricity
in our village after 6:00 p.m'

1516
01:47:25.791 --> 01:47:27.083
'I don't go to school'

1517
01:47:27.125 --> 01:47:29.416
- But do you wish to study?
- Very much

1518
01:47:29.416 --> 01:47:31.750
'Education will develop a society'

1519
01:47:32.041 --> 01:47:34.666
'Realizing this. a teenage girl
from a tribal village'

1520
01:47:34.750 --> 01:47:40.291
'...is the first girl from her village to
score maximum marks in 10th grade'

1521
01:47:40.333 --> 01:47:44.125
'Sangavi who hails from this village
aspiring to be a doctor'

1522
01:47:44.166 --> 01:47:46.125
'Passed NEET exam and
distinguished herself'

1523
01:47:46.166 --> 01:47:48.750
'...as the first generation
student to attend college'

1524
01:47:48.791 --> 01:47:53.500
'Neethu Sen has passed the exam heaping praise
and credibility to Thoda tribal village'

1525
01:47:53.791 --> 01:47:56.000
Judge at the young age of 23

1526
01:47:56.166 --> 01:48:00.333
'That too. hailing from Pazhangudi village
with zero facilities or exposure'

1527
01:48:00.708 --> 01:48:04.625
'Considering education and protection
as her first and foremost task'

1528
01:48:04.666 --> 01:48:10.083
'Sreedhanya. a tribal girl in Wayanad.
Kerala district passed her civil service'