'My Girl's slippers are missing'
Weather forecast: Storm warning.
Originating from an adolescent ocean in low love pressure,
clouds of desire shall form.
The thunderstorm shall be accompanied by heavy rains in the heart.
Winds of desire shall blow strongly. The hearts may be uprooted.
A few older beings may also be seen under umbrellas.
So, beautiful women have been advised not to go out in the streets.
'Thamizh'
'Anandhi'
- Hey, are you studying here? - You go, idiot
Hey, how dare you flirting your teacher?
- Hi, Abhi! - Hi.
- Have you eaten? - Oh, yes. I ate so much.
You've finished your lunch, too?
What happened?
- Someone's spat bubblegum on the road. - That's how it is in our town.
Let's go.
Abhi, quick! Run!
Sandhya, the bus is leaving. Quick!
Stop! Be careful.
- Watch your step. - Go in.
Hold on to this?
What's wrong?
- I missed my slipper. - You did?
Mr. Conductor!
Hello!
They're calling out for you.
Wait up! I'll come issue your tickets.
- Her slipper fell off, man. - Wait, I'm busy here.
I missed my slipper.
- Stop the bus. - Can't hear you.
I missed my slipper.
She missed her slipper, it seems.
- Your slipper? - Please pull over.
We didn't even pull over when someone missed his cell phone.
Want me to stop for slippers?
Get to work, lady.
My father bought me those slippers.
Her father bought her those slippers it seems.
How come I can't hear it, but you can?
- I can read her lip movement. - Lip movement?
Great. Read her lips and hips.
But don't study, okay? Or you'll become successful.
Please, brother.
Please pull over for a minute.
If you're in so much haste, I'll pull over at the next stop.
- Go get it then by auto - Don't talk too much.
Let it go.
Keep driving!
Oh, no! See if he's caught in the wheel.
No, he barely missed it.
He's fallen outside.
He escaped!
Fine, let it go.
Krishnaswamy College Bus Stop!
You're looking for something?
Did you see a missing slipper here?
- A new slipper? - No, old one.
Just forget the old pair and buy yourself a new one.
You're looking for an old pair with such seriousness?
Get lost, man.
Mother!
Medical miracle!
The fact that you're a doctor?
Sometimes, I speak the truth.
A small fracture in the forearm.
Just a small fracture?
You were hoping for something bigger?
The way he screamed, I thought his whole arm got chopped off.
He's building too much drama for an opening scene.
Now that I'm here, I'll control it.
You don't worry.
I'll put a cast. You'll be fine in thirty days.
You'll have to change it once in ten days!
Watch it, sir.
When I remove the third cast, you'll be fully healed.
- Shanthi! - Yes, doctor.
- Shanthi? - Tell me, doctor.
Such a pretty nurse in this run-down hospital?
Thanks, doctor.
I fixed the fracture, please bandage his arm
Okay, doctor. I will.
- Son? - What?
- Tell me, doctor. - How are you related to him?
He and I... are not very close friends.
But he's my junior.
What do you want now? What's your fee?
Fees?
The reason I'm so well known today...
...is his mother, the Holy Betel-Leaf Seer.
Everyone comes seeking Dr. Sathyamangalam Mahendran...
only because of this Holy Betel-Leaf Seer.
- Show me? - I'm an ardent devotee.
That's my junior's mother!
Tell me your sorrows, child.
Tell me all the details, child.
I will tell you the holy words to end your misery, child.
Hello
Greetings. You've called the Holy Betel-Leaf Seer's Abode.
Even Obama must get an appointment before coming here, sir.
No VIP or VVIP privilege.
Everyone is equal in the eyes of our God.
- Anjali! - Holy Seer!
- We take leave - Okay
There's a lady waiting outside to know if her husband will get bail.
Token number 30. Ask her to come.
How did she come to be known as the Holy Betel-Leaf Seer?
Just like a computer uses a monitor, she uses betel-leaves as her monitor.
She sees the whole world in the betel-leaf.
A Cuddalore based engineer, Mohanraj, has been kidnapped by terrorists in Syria.
He had been serving as an engineer in Syria for the past nine years.
Sandhya, look what's happened to your father.
So far, more than 60 people of various...
...nationalities have been kidnapped...
What will we do now? We've been orphaned, we've got nobody.
The question remains whether these victims,
including Mohanraj, are alive or dead.
Oh, my hands are shivering.
Father!
Oh, god.
Mother, it says father's phone is not reachable.
Sandhya, don't do that.
Don't cry, child. Your mother is here for you.
- Greetings, sir - Sir, please wait!
We have just one question.
Greetings, madam.
Hello, sir.
The ministry of external affairs is talking to the embassy in Syria.
And our government is taking all the necessary actions.
We'll take care of you.
Sandhya is Mohanraj's daughter.
You don't worry. Your dad will be back soon.
- Please help us out, sir. - For sure.
Make sure the family is taken care of.
Till her father returns, they must not face any problem.
- Goodbye, madam. - Thank you, sir.
- Sir, I have a question! - Wait.
Is engineer Mohanraj alive or dead?
What action has been taken by our government?
And the Syrian government?
Which terrorist organization has been involved in the kidnapping?
So far the terrorists have killed the people they kidnapped.
Will Mohanraj survive?
What about his family's security?
The government is taking steps to bring back engineer Mohanraj safely.
Please be patient until then.
I'm home. We can give it for service. I'll get money from my mother.
What a pain!
I'll call you back.
My husband has been working in Syria for nine years now.
He's a good man.
He loved me and my daughter a great deal.
He even visited us six months ago.
- Anjali! - Son...
Your mother is busy with her devotees. Could you turn down the volume?
- I'm listening to important news, too. - It's a disturbance to her.
Even your constant drumming is a disturbance to me.
You won't even let me watch the news?
Even the morning of the kidnapping, he spoke to me and my daughter.
This is so unexpected.
You're watching it live?
Mohanraj used to live in my colony.
I need my husband back. My daughter needs her father.
The Central and State governments should somehow help my husband.
Please cut that call.
They're seeing me live on TV.
The media and the people should support us.
Ask your daughter to say a few words?
Please don't ask her anything.
Let's go.
Madam, wait!
Sorry, I got delayed. Please give me an interview?
Hello.
We can't cry separately for each channel.
Is it her fault that you came late?
Bharathi, take your daughter home.
You, come here.
- You carry on. - Tell me, madam.
I'm their neighbour.
I know Mohanraj very well.
He and I were very close.
Shall I give you an interview about him?
Should I interview you just because you put on makeup?
Let me know if your husband goes missing.
I'll interview you then.
Look at that face! And she's put on perfume, too.
Hello, sir?
I've come to Mohanraj's house.
Their house is locked.
Yes, sir.
They've gone to the Holy Betel-Leaf Seer's house.
The same day that your father was kidnapped you must have noticed a symptom?
- No such thing. - Think hard.
I missed my slipper that day.
- What time? - Around 8:50...
- When was your father kidnapped? - About the same time.
You said there was no such thing?
What's the connection between my missing...
...slipper and my father's kidnapping?
There is a connection.
There is a connection between a big event that happens somewhere in this world,
and a small unrelated event that happens elsewhere.
Not everyone can understand that.
Yes, Holy One.
Everyone is saying something or the other.
- We're scared. - My father is alive, right?
Your father is alive.
They've locked him up somewhere.
I can travel the whole world in the palm of my hands.
But you need passport and visa to go there.
Holy One...
Did you really see my father?
Come here.
Sit.
- What is your name, dear? - Sandhya.
- What are you studying? - BBA Final Year.
You're very fond of your father?
Her father means the world to her.
And he too.
One slipper went missing. The other one?
I left it behind in the bus.
That was your mistake.
- Who bought you those slippers? - My father.
Those slippers saved your father from his ill-fortune.
I don't understand.
You must see those slippers again.
How? I missed it four days ago.
You don't worry about that. I'll handle it.
It's my job to make you see those slippers again.
Okay?
But you must do something before that.
Tell me, Holy One.
You must give curd rice to seven people for seven days.
Those seven should be handicapped.
Okay.
- Can you cook? - I can.
It should be prepared by you.
Come and meet me after completing this holy task.
You will hear positive news about your father by then.
Okay, madam. Thanks.
Anjali, what happened there?
Your mother asked me to check on that noise.
She can see what's happening in Syria, but not in her house?
Put that away.
'Directly or in some other form...'
'...when you see that slipper, it means you shall see your father'
'If you find that slipper again you will get your father back'
Oh, no!
Sandhya believed my mother and now she's looking for her slipper!
"Slippers"
"My girl's slippers went missing"
"And I'm going around searching, searching"
"My girl's slippers went missing"
"And I'm going around searching, searching."
"Slippers...slippers Those slippers."
"Her slippers They went missing."
"My girl's slippers went missing"
"And I'm going around searching, searching"
"My girl.. my girl... My girl's slippers went missing."
"My girl's slippers went missing. They went missing."
"Slippers...those slippers They went missing."
"My girl's slippers went missing."
"Slippers"
"Round and round, I go looking for it;
"Day and night I pursue, I'll find it"
"My girl is twenty, Her shoe size is six."
"Her heart grieves this loss, Finder will be rewarded"
"It's a red slipper with a bow And black base;
"Such a pretty slipper, It will tempt you to steal."
"I search for it even in my dreams; I pray to God for guidance."
"If you have seen it, You must call me."
"I will fall at your feet To thank you."
"My FB ID is krishnankitnan"
"And what I search for is her slippers."
"My girl's slippers went missing"
"And I'm going around searching, searching."
"My girl...my girl... My girl's slippers went missing."
"My girl's slippers went missing. They went missing."
Why does everyone come here asking about the slipper?
What's so special about it?
Wait a minute.
Someone just asked me about the slipper.
- I don't understand. - Where did he go?
I don't understand, either.
I left it right here. Please help me.
After completing the schedule, this bus is taken to a bunk...
where an old man cleans it up.
Ask him if you want.
When you were cleaning this bus four days ago...
there must have been a ladies' footwear, pink coloured.
Did you happen to see it?
Sometime, while cleaning the bus I may find a purse.
If it's an empty purse, I'll give it to the manager.
If there's money, I'll give it to my wife.
This was a single slipper. I threw it in the trash.
Where is that trashcan?
The trashcan is right there. But they collect the trash everyday.
- Son... - Yes, sir?
When you're going to the trashcan throw this away, too?
Hello?
- Hello? - Hello, is this Sandhya?
Yes, tell me.
I'm calling from the Holy Betel-Leaf Seer's house.
Yes, tell me.
She asked me to call you.
You're going in search of the slipper?
Yes, because the Holy One told me to.
No, you needn't go looking for it.
- She said it will come to you. - Oh, is it?
Did she say anything about my father?
- She did. - What?
She asked you not to worry.
- Who are you? - I'm a devotee of the Holy One.
What else did she say?
She asked you not to go looking for the slipper.
Okay, I won't.
But tell the Holy One that I am placing my trust in her.
Please.
- Okay. - Bye.
"Slippers...those slippers They went missing."
"If one slipper is lost, the pair goes waste."
"I'm roaming as a bearded man; Need to find and return it to her."
"On stones, thorns and puddles, the slipper wears out and carries us."
"A friend when we step out, Sun or rain, it's at our doorstep."
"When he hit someone in anger, the weapon of choice is slipper."
"When we are frustrated, it becomes a cuss word."
"The crown on the head is cherished; The slipper that serves us is trampled."
"Need to sacrifice like the slipper."
"I have to live for my lover."
"I yearn to see her smile and laughter"
"I'm going searching for her slipper"
"My girl's slippers went missing"
"And I'm going around searching, searching."
"My girl... my girl... My girl's slippers went missing."
"My girl's slippers went missing. They went missing."
Greetings to the noble people, the voters.
The elections come only once in every five years.
Your candidate will come to his legislature only before the elections.
But this 'Honest Word' Sekar...
Hello, Kings of Media!
Normally, you don't come even when I beg you.
What brings you here?
Couldn't find any other news?
There are many political diseases in town.
But I am an honest politician.
A clean politician.
I have no family. But I have a ration card.
I have a gas connection. But I don't avail subsidy.
I have no black money. But I have money in my bank account.
I won't pay for fake votes.
Yellow shirt, my words sound foolish to you?
Only a stupid man pays for votes. I'm a smart man.
Shankar has directed a movie in my name.
I'm a 'Gentleman'.
I won't let you go until you choose me as your MLA.
I will go from street to street and spit on the faces of wrong-doers.
Till you trust me, I will ask for votes...
Who flung this slipper at me, man?
It's a lady's slipper. Woman, who flung this at me?
You flung a pink slipper to go with my shirt?
What will I do with this single slipper?
I wear these sunglasses to observe who is watching me...
...attacking me.
Whether you are a brave man...
Or a brave woman.
Stand before me with the pair to this slipper.
Leader, show us the slipper.
Look, this is the slipper that was hurled at me.
Next time, I should fling a cracker at him.
Through this TV channel, I challenge my opposition.
Not just this slipper...
even if you hurl a bomb at me, I won't quit politics.
Good evening. Special bulletin.
'Honest Word' Sekar was attacked by an unknown person.
Tell me, mom.
It's the Harvest Festival.
You haven't worn new clothes or prayed.
Where are you?
I'm coming, mom.
Your hand is broken. Won't you stay at home?
Come fast
I came to meet a friend.
'Honest Word' Sekar known as 'Political Clown'
has never recovered his deposit...
...was attacked by a stranger with a slipper.
Watch the exclusive footage of this attack.
Hang up now.
I knew he'd get slippered someday!
He got hit with a lady's slipper, but...
...still gives interviews without any shame!
Calls himself a politician.
Take a good look.
Who hit me with this pink slipper? I speak to you.
I will even forgive someone stands in...
...front of me and stabs me with a knife.
But someone who attacked me from the back, with a lady's slipper...
I will find that guy and chop his hands off.
This is the promise of 'Honest Word' Sekar.
That guy who got slippered? Where is his house?
It's at Old Town.
- You haven't paid! - Sorry, I forgot.
He'll end your life.
- Don't go to join his party! - Shut up, man.
Why won't that guy listen to me?
What will happen to his life now?
Mr. Security!
What do you want?
It's urgent. I need to meet the leader.
You can't meet him today. Come back tomorrow.
Why?
- He's gone to the Jallikattu protest. - So, tomorrow?
Who are you? What do you want anyway?
I need to meet the leader about the slipper.
Slipper?
- He's come to confess? - What are you mumbling?
Come in the morning. I'll inform the leader.
Okay, I'll be here in the morning.
Do come.
- Don't forget to inform him. - Okay.
Come tomorrow. But you will never return home.
We've fed six people. I can't find the seventh person!
The seventh person is always the trouble.
- Yuck! - Why?
It's festival day. You are giving me bland curd rice?
I eat it through the year.
She is doing it as a penance.
She will eat her meal only after feeding you.
Please take it?
- Did you eat? - I had sweet rice in the morning!
You eat sweet rice but give me curd rice?
- Please take it, brother. - Oh, no way.
Give me 100 bucks.
- For what? - Give me.
Okay. Here.
Please do eat it.
Once I commit, I won't omit.
- Eat it soon, brother. - Okay, baby.
Yay! Let's go!
Why are you late?
It's just 8. Has the leader woken up?
He never went to sleep. He kept pestering me about you all night.
Go, quick. The supporters are all waiting.
Okay!
Run!
Hello!
Hi, there.
The leader is waiting for me.
Hi!
We caught the guy who slippered you, leader!
It wasn't me!
Greetings, sir.
This guy?
- Hey! - Leader?
- Bring me the stuff. - The stuff?
You've done a big job!
Leader, you have mistaken me.
Please listen to what I have to say.
- Where is the stuff? - Bringing it.
A garland?
- The man who Slippered! - Hail Him!
- Stop - Why are you hailing me?
If you had hit me with a slipper five years ago,
I'd have become an MLA then.
But I didn't--
Even when I pay to advertise for publicity...
...they put me in a small box on the last page.
But today, I've got publicity all over the state.
- But I saw the TV- - Yes!
Every TV channel is playing your slipper and my face.
Sekar and the slipper. Slipper and the Sekar.
I don't know how to thank you for this.
Shall I fall at your feet?
- Say that I don't have to! - You don't have to.
You don't have to thank me. Please listen to me?
What do you have to say?
You'll hit me with the other slipper in the next gathering?
You've misunderstood me.
I have nothing to do with the man who slippered you.
What?
Nothing to do with him?
I didn't slipper you.
Take this garland...
And put this on my cut-out at the entrance.
But I have something to do with the slipper.
You and the slipper?
Or you and the owner of the slipper?
I like that girl a lot.
- Love? - Yes!
- There has to be a flashback? - Definitely.
Until six months ago...
I was like every other boy, checking out every girl...
...and just chilling in life.
I became somebody's apprentice. It all started that day.
- Morning, leader! - Sit, there's no time.
- Newbies are never on time. - Let's go?
He put his arms around me?
You're my apprentice, not my straitjacket.
Take your hands off. Hands up!
- Don't put them down. - How possible?
Junior, these girls have hit me four times already.
Be quiet.
Okay, girls. The next pose we shall do is called Vajrasana.
What did she say?
They're ploughing the earth?
How great they look!
Leader, what are you doing?
Can't you see? I'm checking them out.
- Whom? - All of them.
- All of them? - Yes, but I only love one of them.
- Who is that girl? - That girl wearing green t-shirt.
She's my girl.
Look how bright she is, like a brand new tube light.
Okay, girls. See you tomorrow.
Shall we go?
That's all then? It's already over?
They know only so much. They do this same thing every day.
Why do you come here every day and trouble us?
If I see you here tomorrow, that'll be the end of you.
I don't understand her language.
But her body language looked aggressive?
Shut up.
- I'll drop you home. - Excuse me, Sandhya.
Why do you walk around with that mat? Come, let's go around in my bike?
- Stupid, you have no sense? - Nope!
- I've told you so many times. - He doesn't even have a face.
- Don't talk to him. Let's go. - Shut up, Trisha.
Your face irritates me. Get lost.
Look, Sandhya...
You can spit on my face or hire men to beat me up.
But we shall fall in love and get married.
I swear this upon my junior. Yeah?
Take it, Junior.
Sorry, Junior.
It's not about checking her out. You must be alert.
- What a shot! - Stupid.
It was aimed at him, but fell on me.
I got hit by the same slipper that you did, on my chest!
Give it to me.
Do you know who my sister is? I'll sort you out.
You have a sister too? I didn't know.
Ask her to bring a mat same time, same place tomorrow!
If I can't pick you up, I'll pick up your sister. What say?
I met a beautiful girl at a bad situation.
It's worse when you see a bad girl at a beautiful situation.
Very interesting.
Drink your coffee and continue.
- I don't need it now. - That's love.
Next?
Then she had us beat up black and blue with a police inspector she knew.
Right in front of Sandhya.
- I'll end your life! - You're only hitting me, not the leader!
You're the leader, huh?
Hit them hard, sister. Thick-skinned buffaloes!
Don't hit me on my mouth!
- What are you looking at? - Why did you look?
- Madam, it hurts! - I never said it's fun.
Abhi, get me water.
- Okay, sister. - Make it cold!
Even though she beat us, out of pity, she's giving us water.
She's a true Tamil Woman.
- What? - Leader...
- The water is not for us. - Who, then?
I misunderstood. She is no Tamil woman.
What are you murmuring?
I said Tamilians never get water, madam.
Abhi, go get two sheets of paper and pen.
- Sandhya? - Sister?
What are your plans on Sundays?
I do yoga at 6 in the morning.
Leave one page blank.
Let's find out madam's program and follow her, too.
Madam!
- Why do you disturb him? - Just making sure he's writing it.
That's my problem. Then Monday to Friday?
I go to college.
You walk from our colony and then take the bus?
I offered to take you in my bike, but you refused.
- Saturday? - I stay home.
But I go swimming from 11 to 12.
Swimming!
That's a great attire.
Madam, find out that location for us?
The doctor asked me to start swimming to lose weight.
Go inside, girls.
She went inside without even looking at me.
I didn't feel the pain of those blows. She was THAT beautiful.
She gave us the timetable and left?
Madam might look great in swimwear, too.
What are you looking at?
Malavika madam, are you single or married?
You're trying to hit on ME now?
You can support a man who is going to fight.
But not someone who is going to stalk.
What was the result?
She's made us stand like garden statues!
Why can't you keep your mouth shut?
A mouth is not meant to be shut. Here comes the rowdy lady.
You want me to give her the love letter?
No, sir. This is Sandhya's schedule.
It has the details of where she goes and when.
The places Sandhya goes to are 144 to you.
You must never go near her.
- What if she comes where we are? - I'll shoot you on the spot.
Let's stay home.
Even an evil spirit may cross her but not us!
I need to hold this safe, sir.
Or that inspector will slap us whenever she sees us.
What are you doing here?
- I'm drinking milk. - Where is that paper?
- Here. - Okay, go.
In spite of being alert, I got caught one day.
Go meet Madam.
Leader, we're caught. Do you have Sandhya's schedule?
I washed it away along with my laundry.
It's gone? But I have mine.
You do? Show me yours?
Here.
Now I have it, and you don't.
- What about me? - Jail time.
Your bike's registration papers?
Bike's papers?
- Do you have it or not? - I do, madam.
- Why does it say 'Shakeela'? - She got married.
Who cares? Who is Shakeela to you?
- She is my ex girlfriend. - But you have her vehicle?
Shakeela's husband drove her away. I drove the bike away.
- Just two differences! - You!
- Where are the papers? - That's the one, madam.
Good one, madam!
What man? That's an old joke.
But my jokes were fresh, right?
If I ever see you again without the paper, I'll kill you.
What's that inspector's name?
- Malavika. - Oh, a lady cop?
- I'll handle her. - Sir!
I meant, I'll transfer her when I become an MLA.
Since then, she thinks I don't see her.
But I see her every single day.
You've put on many disguises like Kamal Hassan.
Why have you come to me? I can't arrange your marriage.
I want that slipper, sir.
Here.
Not this one. That slipper.
I can't give you that slipper.
Please, sir. I need it!
That slipper has been a turning point in my political life.
I will need that slipper when I write my biography.
Sir, please. I need that slipper!
Why do you need it?
My mother lied claiming to tell a prophecy.
That girl believes that she will see her father only when she finds the slipper.
And goes roaming from street to street.
This is 2017.
The whole world operates online.
You're going after a slipper to find true love?
Sir, I used to think like you until I met that girl.
But I fell at your feet for her.
That is love.
How many voters in your house?
Three!
I can't give it for three votes.
The whole street will listen to me.
And the whole town will listen to my mother.
I will get down and work for you during elections.
I will make you win, sir.
Please give me that slipper, sir.
How do I believe you?
I swear on that slipper. Please, sir.
Sir, the slipper?
Unfold it.
Slowly.
This is the slipper, sir.
You've washed it?
Take it and leave before I change my mind.
Can I take a selfie?
With me or the slipper?
Both, sir.
- You're insulting me? - No, sir.
- A couple picture? - Yes, sir.
Go on.
Thanks, sir.
You've helped my love life in a big way.
I need to record it!
Please cast your vote for 'Honest Word' Sekar.
I warn the terrorists who kidnapped the son of our soil, Janakaraj...
Leader, not Janakaraj. Mohanraj.
Yeah, Mohanraj!
I warn the terrorists who kidnapped him...
If I come to Syria, I'll beat you to death.
But there's a reason why I can't come.
- What's that reason? - Shut up, don't interrupt me.
- Go to the back row! - Fraud!
The reason is, I don't have a passport.
Super leader
Are they even paying attention? They just clap for everything.
Coming back to my point...
The son of our soil, Amulraj has been kidnapped
What's his name?
- What? - I have a request.
- What? - I sponsored the mic.
Maybe I could speak a few words?
- It's your money? - Yes, leader.
Speak
But there might be a power cut halfway.
I have sponsored for the mic. I shall talk first!
Move away! I'm no dummy. I will also speak.
I paid for all this. What did you ever do?
I have given my voice!
Sandhya!
Here we go.
Sandhya!
Move away, guys
Sandhya, wait a minute. Sandhya! Please, please.
They're all fighting for the mic.
But I'm fighting for my father-in-law, you know?
Just say the word and I will become a suicide bomber.
You already look like an atom bomb.
Get lost!
I will go. If you say the word, I'll go to 'Siri' and save your father.
Forget saving my father. First get the country's name right.
- What did I say? - It's not 'Siri'. It's Syria.
I totally misheard what the boys said when I asked for the country's name.
Sandhya left half an hour back.
Bring the canvas and chairs to my terrace.
Tomorrow is my granny's death anniversary.
We'll continue this.
You can't hit me!
Oh, no. The umbrella!
Auto!
You are truly great. Everything is happening just as you said.
Now I understand your powers.
- Thank you so much. - I did nothing.
It was all Her doing.
I gave curd rice to seven people for seven days like you said.
The very next day, the terrorists released a video of my father.
I saw that video. My father is alive.
I'll smack you! You're glaring at me?
This is a warning to the Syrian government.
If these lives mean anything to you, release our leader immediately.
Or we will chop all their heads to little pieces.
We are innocent. Why are you threatening us?
You're talking back to me?
The next time you talk back to me you will die.
Do you wish to live?
Even the thought of escaping from here means death.
The left slipper that I missed in the bus?
Someone has uploaded it on Face book.
The left slipper was the one that you left behind?
Yes, that's the one.
- I saw it. You want to see? - No, that's okay.
- Why? - I'm the one who let you see it.
And you're showing it to me? Don't worry, dear.
You have only seen the picture. Soon I will show you both the slippers.
Then your woes will be gone. Okay?
Thank you!
- That's all I want. - Good things shall happen.
Goodbye!
How did you break your arm?
I saw a girl in the bus...
- What did you ask him? - I asked how he broke his arm.
Good question. Show me your arm.
Your leg is broken. Did we ask you how?
- I was just killing time. - Kill-joy!
In a temple, you ask a guy if he's praying. In a restaurant, you ask if he's eating.
In a funeral, you ask if he's mourning. In a hospital, you ask if he's ill.
You'll ask such mundane questions? Your mouth is not just to speak.
Keeping it shut is also an option. Go to another hospital.
- Get lost. - The doctor asked me to come.
Tell him I asked you to leave.
Leave!
Look at his walk, like Janakaraj from the movie 'Aanpaavam'.
If someone asks such useless questions, don't answer.
- Come inside. - I'll come alone?
You wish.
Sorry, doctor. I was supposed to come earlier to change the cast.
How many times will you all apologise for the same thing?
Your friend would come here first thing...
...in the morning, get the first token...
and say, "My junior is busy today. Sorry he couldn't make it."
Really, leader?
I didn't come to apologise to the doctor.
I came to check out Shanthi.
That's typical.
- Shanthi, change the dressing. - Right away, doctor.
Doctor, the nurse's dress is fine. Why are you asking her to change?
I just said nice things about you.
Shanthi, I'm going on my rounds. Be careful with this guy.
Shanthi dear, get rid of him soon!
This is the second cast. After the third
cast, you'll forget me completely?
How could we forget? Only the right side has been set.
The left one still remains.
We'll break it and use it for the next month.
- Like my idea? - Leader!
Won't you do me this small favour?
Shanthi dear, till the day you start detesting me...
I shall go on breaking every bone in...
...his body for you to go on mending.
I swear upon him.
TN - 31. It's a local cab.
Location...
See if this is fine?
Fine!
- Hello, brother. - Yes. You want a ride?
No. Please look at this picture. Whose vehicle is this?
- Isn't this Susai's vehicle? - Yes.
- It's 'that' thing. - Oh, right!
What you do is, go straight and make a right turn at the round-a-bout.
Go to the sixth building on that road. He'll be sitting on a chair outside.
I already met with him yesterday. You go now.
- Oh, it's gone! - Don't cry, what's the point?
Now my son has become all alone!
You're crying over here. and your mother over there..
And there, your dog is crying.
Your house has become so forlorn!
I haven't even paid the electricity bill. Please let me borrow hundred bucks?
Susai! Brother?
- Does the dog bite? - Dog, that's our guest. Let him go.
Even handicapped people have heard about my thing?
What to do? It was that dramatic.
A new boy has come. I'll cry with him for a while.
Then I'll get going, Susai.
One must not bid goodbye at this situation. Off you go.
Susai, he's a young boy. Be kind to him, he only has one arm.
Oh, come on. Can't he handle two hours?
Don't scare him off.
Come on, son.
Brother, that mini truck...
- My mini truck, oh no! - Bless that boy.
Brother, I should be crying in this situation.
Why do you cry?
How could I not cry?
I held it so close, but I've been cheated.
- That driver has cheated me. - Oh, no!
He eloped with your wife?
You dare to speak ill of my wife? I'll kill you!
Do you know what a fine lady she is?
Knowing that I'm incapable of earning, she had the dignity to divorce me.
You dare to speak ill of her? Come here boy, I'll kill you!
I didn't! You said that the driver cheated you!
Does that mean he took my wife? Taking my vehicle away is cheating, too.
What!? The vehicle is gone?
Why do you panic like you financed it?
- What about the slipper in the vehicle? - You came here for the slipper?
You didn't come to pay condolence for the missing vehicle?
My god! My god!
How many days since it went missing?
It's been four days.
You heard her, it's been four days since it went missing.
If you keep weeping, how will you find the vehicle?
Let's do something. I have a photo of the vehicle and my slipper.
Let's place an advertisement in every newspaper in Tamil Nadu.
- And then? - We'll give it to TV channels, too.
Every channel will say 'Missing Vehicle'. Then we can find it!
Okay, but first I need to know something.
What?
What will be the package cost for all this?
Not much.
half a million for TV channels and another half for newspapers.
Totally one million.
Please?
Don't trust him, he will ruin your life.
Wait, mother.
I'll break your other arm!
That rusty vehicle is only worth 75 thousand.
Want me to spend a million on it? Is 'Foolish Susai' etched to my forehead?
I'll kill you!
If all your papers are in order, how will we make a living?
- Stop that mini truck. - Stop, man. Pull over.
That's enough. I said stop!
Where are you running? Stop him.
- Tell me, sir. - You'd reported a lost mini truck?
Yes, it went missing.
Whose name is it registered in?
Susai Transport is written in bold.
Ask him about my slipper?
There is no Susai written here.
Other identifications?
In the back, it reads, 'Please keep 10 m distance'.
'Don't come close. Sound Horn. Stop.'
'Diesel' at the fuel tank.
In the radiator, in cursive letters, 'Maintain me properly'.
- Stupid idiot! - Yes, sir?
These are common for all vehicles. Tell me if there's anything unique.
- Please ask him once, brother. - Sir...
Sir, to prevent my vehicle getting jinxed, I've tied a lady's slipper under it.
You've tied a lady's slipper?
The slipper is here. It is.
- Really? It's there? - Yes, a pink slipper.
It reads 'Solea'. Is that your wife's name?
- It's the slipper's brand name. - Pick it up from the station.
- I'll come to the station, sir. - Is the slipper there?
- The vehicle has been found. - But it's my slipper!
Could be. But the vehicle is mine.
- Brother... - God Almighty!
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
What are you doing?
You're saying thanks for your vehicle, and I for my slipper.
There he is.
- Oh, be careful! - Watch out!
No brakes, sir!
No helmet, or hair on your head? or brakes in your scooter?
- What do you have? - I have my vehicle here!
You come free with the scooter? Get off! Put the stand on.
My vehicle has been found!
I've found my vehicle again.
Only the rope is there!
I've found my vehicle! Oh yes.
Move over.
Jesus has sent you to me. I'm so grateful!
You have no gratitude? You found your vehicle with my slipper.
Now you're not showing any seriousness.
What's with your slipper? Take mine.
He set a battalion for me. He will do that for you also.
He will find your slipper like he found my vehicle.
Write a complaint to the officer.
It's a slipper case? You wait for a bit.
- You don't leave anything, do you? - Susai, you're a funny guy.
You've got a new client now. He'll cover this month's house rent.
The inspector is in there. Take care of him.
- I don't even want my vehicle then. - Just do your best, go on.
Go on, man.
Leave me alone. I'll never complain at the police station about anything again.
Even if my wife goes missing, I won't come to the police station.
Please, nobody go in there. Baldie, where are you going?
They'll strip you off everything.
Sir, why is he crying so much?
It was a missing cycle case and we asked for 10 thousand.
He's being so dramatic for that! You go on inside.
Ten thousand for cycle?
They'll strip my undies for my mini truck!
Why is your arm broken?
Sir, please tell me where that slipper is?
There are lots of extra fittings while finding a missing vehicle.
The finders deserve to keep something too, right?
We remove everything before returning the vehicle.
Do whatever you want, sir. Please just give me that slipper.
That was an extra fitting. I gave it off for 6 bucks.
Little one. Daddy is on the way to the site.
Are you sleeping in on Sunday?
Sleep tight.
Isn't it Abhi's birthday? Convey my wishes to her.
Are you going out somewhere to eat?
Make sure you are back home safe and early.
Okay?
Father!
Where are you, father?
I'm always listening to your voice messages.
But none of the messages I send are reaching you.
If someone is listening, please show him this message.
My father...
My father is a good man.
Please let him go.
Is anybody here?
Basheer Bhai?
Always falls asleep with the TV on.
Wake up, son.
- Wake up! - What is it, mom?
You'll just sleep on the sofa with the TV on?
Go sleep inside.
You never study.
- Hello. - Where are you?
- I'll come, mom. - It's late and it's raining too!
I'm waiting somewhere for the rain to subside.
You've been roaming around more since you broke your arm.
I'll come once the rain stops.
Okay, come soon. Be safe.
Some homeless beggar is sleeping outside the shop.
Son!
Who are you? Why are you sleeping outside the shop?
- Hello, Bhai. - 'Hello Bhai'?
Do I look like a Muslim to you? I'm Velu.
- Velu from the salon. - When will Bhai come?
He'll come later. Tell me now, do you want a cut or a shave?
Son...
Son, does it feel good?
- Hello, Bhai. - He's here?
Wait, it's not done yet.
- Why is he in such a hurry? - Good morning, Bhai.
Bhai! Bhai! Bhai!
- Bhai! - Stupid oaf.
You disturb my prayer. Who are you?
- I came to see you, Bhai. - You came to the salon.
- What is the matter? - I really came to see you, Bhai.
This slipper in the photo? I want it, Bhai.
The policeman sold it to you for 6 bucks.
Show me?
- The pink slipper. Paragon brand. - That's right, Bhai.
I know it too well.
I want that slipper, Bhai.
Do you want that same slipper or another one like it?
I want that same slipper. Money is not a problem, I'll pay anything.
Just give me that slipper, Bhai. Please!
If you want the same slipper, come tomorrow at 11 AM.
No way, Bhai. I waited here all night in the pouring rain.
It will take you five minutes to get it. If you're busy, I'll take it myself.
- Who are you to search my shop? - Please, Bhai.
I need it. I'm begging you. Please give it to me, Bhai.
- Please, Bhai. - You sound like a beggar!
With one arm, for one slipper.
A lady's slipper, too.
What? Is it love?
- The girl is very pretty? - She's amazing.
Bhai, my arm!
How many of you are going after this girl?
- You're counting? - 7 totally, Bhai.
- Seven? - As far as I know, 7.
- Including me, it's 8. - 8 of you?
- This is the problem. - What?
One of those 8 took that slipper yesterday!
What do you mean?
Falling in love is the easy part. You must be swift.
- Who was it? - You're too late, boy.
Tell me, who was it?
Someone bought it for 100 bucks five minutes...
...after the policeman sold it to me.
But who was it?
I'm not selling sim cards to get ID proof!
- I found a scapegoat and sold it. - How did he look?
Bhai, tell me.
I can see him in my mind. But I can't describe him.
Was it the fat, dark guy with a paunch and curly hair?
No, he wasn't fat.
Or was it the skinny guy with thick glasses?
He was neither skinny nor fat.
So not him, either?
Does he speak Tamil with a Kannada slang?
The Bangalore guy?
He spoke Tamil fluently.
Who was it, then?
Bhai, the 6 bucks may have meant something to those policemen.
And 100 bucks may mean something to you.
To that girl, her father means everything.
Bhai, they're all terrible people.
I gain nothing from this.
I'm searching it for that girl.
Please tell me where that slipper is, Bhai.
Please, Bhai.
I'm begging you, Bhai. Please tell me where it is.
I need that slipper, Bhai.
I'm begging you, Bhai.
Where is that slipper?
Please, Bhai. Where is that slipper?
I need that slipper, Bhai.
'It will continue to pour...'
Allah!
Let today's business fare well.
I told you so many times, why do you trouble me so?
Bhai, I didn't come to your shop. I'm only standing on the road.
I'm going to whack you!
Bhai, those boys are from her colony. Check if it's them?
Look, they're going in the bike.
Is it my job to look at passersby on the road?
Unlike you, I have a job.
I need to work to pay my bills. Fool!
- How much do you make in a day, Bhai? - Why?
- Just tell me. - Between 1,000 and 2,000.
- Fine, let's make a deal. - What deal?
I'll pay you 1,500.
You stand here all day and point me to the guy?
- I like this deal. - Are you in?
Pay me an advance first.
- An advance? - Looks like he's carrying a wad of cash.
Take 500 rupees from this.
I don't want an advance. Pay me the full amount.
You don't trust me?
Why should I trust you? What if you run away?
Fine, then. Keep this. That's 1,500.
Bhai, you must report to duty first thing in the morning.
Basheer Bhai is synonymous with punctuality.
Watch me at my job. Here, watch me.
Right. Left.
Right.
Keep doing this and we'll find them, Bhai.
Really?
- Thanks, Bhai! - You're happy?
Of course. Thanks!
- I'll see you. - Okay!
He's given me money and is walking away happily?
Boys these days go crazy for love.
"Like a thief who creeps in at night; Love has usurped my heart."
"My heart is stolen; And so I'm gone."
"Like a thief who creeps in at night; Love has usurped my heart."
"My heart is stolen; And so I'm gone."
"Even if you fail; One should fall in love."
"To resist it is futile; It always finds a way in."
"Even if you fail; One should fall in love."
"To resist it is futile; It always finds a way in."
"If falling in love is a mistake... That mistake is not a mistake."
"And no one has ever escaped it."
"If falling in love is a mistake... That mistake is not a mistake."
"And no one has ever escaped it."
"Like a thief who creeps in at night; Love has usurped my heart."
"My heart is stolen; And so I'm gone."
"All I did was blink my eye; And I saw your vision, like a deity."
"Even I didn't know where my soul lies; But somehow you found a way into it."
"Living in a chaotic climate; dying daily from love sickness."
"Love shows the path between life and death"
"Its trapped me in such intense agony."
"If falling in love is a mistake... That mistake is not a mistake."
"And no one has ever escaped it."
Right.
Left.
Right.
Left.
Thirty bucks.
But where is Bhai?
Bhai! Bhai!
Bhai, where are you? You ran away with my money?
Bhai, people are passing by.
Bhai!
Bhai, where did you go? People are passing by!
I'd gone to pee.
- So many people have already passed. - You're going overboard.
I don't even have the right to pee?
This is too much.
Give me that.
- Is it heated? - I'm pretty heated myself.
Where are you going now?
- I'm going to eat. - Why can't you eat out here?
What if a crow shits on my food?
- This is too much, really. - Come here, I'll hold an umbrella.
You better.
Bhai, don't focus on your food. Look at the road.
You paid me 1,500 but make me work for 150 thousand!
Let me eat.
Watch with your eyes and eat with your hands.
Then let go of my hand.
- Bhai, look at those two in the bike. - Can't see their faces.
If everyone wears a helmet, how will we find our guy?
He cares about his life like you care about your girl.
Let me eat!
- Bhai? - No, no.
- Bhai! - No.
Bhai, Bhai, Bhai.
- He's here. - Where?
Over there.
This guy?
- Hello, Bhai. - Why so late?
It's not like there are customers lined up!
You get to eat and earn sitting there. I'm not so lucky.
Take this.
He gets me food. But he doesn't let me eat.
- No tea? - He buys tea, but won't let me drink.
Carry on, then. I'll go eat.
At least you get to eat.
Right. Left.
He's paid me but has taken over my duty.
Love is not nothing!
Brother, three hot teas.
- It's for Basheer Bhai. - He comes here usually to drink.
Not today. He's busy.
Brother...
My slipper broke. Can you fix it for me?
- Leave it there, pick it up tomorrow. - I'm in a hurry.
- Then go to another shop. - Please fix it for me. Please?
You're not busy. Why can't you stitch it?
What did you just say?
- I just said-- - You think being jobless is easy?
Do you have any idea how difficult this is?
Just clear out this place
Please fix it for me?
If you knew who she is...
What do I care?
You're pulling strings to get your slipper fixed?
Leave me alone.
Bhai!
- What? - Don't you recognise this girl?
No.
She's engineer Mohanraj's daughter. He's made our town so famous.
You should read the papers. Stitch it for her.
That's the girl?
Yes
Now I remember.
But he'll be here!
Give me that.
Keep an eye out for him.
I shouldn't have taken that money
Go! Why do you ask that?
- Thank you! - Is it alright?
Here...
No thanks.
- You've come on TV! - No, please keep it.
Bye.
- Let's go. - Ride safe.
Miss, wait up!
- What? - I forgot to get her phone number.
- Now she's gone. - Who are you talking to?
I forgot to get that girl's number...
Bhai, what happened?
I am doing your job only!
- Why did they come here? - You took so long to buy tea?
Tell me, Bhai. Why did they come here?
They came to get a slipper mended.
See?
She paid me ten rupees.
I'm working for you today, so you take this money.
Keep it.
You know, this girl is that guy Mohanraj... the one who was kidnapped his daughter!
Bhai...
I'm doing all this for her only.
Are you serious?
- Yes, Bhai. - Does the girl know about this?
I've read about it. That love is madness.
Now I'm seeing it.
That girl is way out of your league.
But that's okay. You're a good guy.
Problem is, girls these days don't seem to fall in love with good guys.
It's time!
It's Friday, I must go to pray. You keep watch, I'm going.
You said you'd work all day, but now you're going to pray?
I'll whack you. What do you think?
You think prayer is a joke? It's more important than anything else.
Just because you paid me... Wait, I'll return your money!
We've worked so hard since morning.
Please, Bhai.
If he passes by when you go to pray, it'll all go to waste.
I will apologise to Allah for you, just for today.
Please, Bhai.
God won't get angry if you help someone in need.
Bhai, there's a bike--
Son...
- Has Bhai ordered biryani for lunch? - Was the pongal not enough?
I'm trying to help you here.
I know most of Bhai's customers. Like how I know you.
- You and I shall make a deal? - What's the deal?
Just give me half of what you're paying him.
And I'll identify him for you.
Just go away.
You're going to be stuck here forever. Suit yourself.
Bhai
Normally, I only chant my prayers.
For the first time, I've prayed for you.
And let me tell you this. Allah will surely help you find him.
Really.
- Bhai, who is it? - That's him!
- Who? - That's him, with the red cap.
He's talking over the phone! That's the guy.
Insha Allah!
Don't you cry.
Dad will be fine.
It pains me to see you roaming in the streets.
It's my responsibility to bring your father back to you.
- What happened to your arm? - Hold on, I'll tell you.
Do you know, I've not eaten or slept in days.
I went to meet the minister for you, just now.
Don't cry!
- What happened to your arm? - I'll tell you.
One minute, dear.
You look really smart. What's your name?
- V. Sandhya Shri. - Come again?
- V. Sandhya Shri. - Really?
Yes, uncle.
You're a good kid. Study well.
I saw a beautiful, intelligent girl here with your name.
Sandhya Shri.
You take this route every day. Don't you know it costs 11 bucks?
Must I give you 9 bucks change every day? I don't have change, give me a rupee.
I would have given you change if I had it.
Don't be a pain!
Buddy, let me give you a rupee.
Thanks! I'll pay you back at the shore.
Here, take it.
- Learn to respect the customer. - Look at his face!
That guy should be locked up.
Son. Do you have a change of 6 rupees?
You gave him.
Here.
I don't have change. Give me a rupee.
I'd have given you if I had it! One moment...
Son...
- What is your problem? - Thank you very much.
I've come to meet the minister's P.A. I'll call you back later.
If I hear any complaints, I'll kill you.
Hello, boss! How are you?
Welcome, Mahesh. You got delayed?
- Family stress! - Just relax.
Attend to Mahesh.
- He's a regular customer. - Okay, boss.
- Make it quick. - Okay, brother.
(Liquor consumption/smoking is injurious to health)
Bro! Your one rupee...
You came all the way for one rupee? You must have spent 15 rupees on it.
Sit down, then. Let's get square with drinks.
- What happened to your arm? - Give me your hand!
- You'll have a great life. - Oh. You're an astrologer?
- No, the girl you spoke to in the boat? - Yeah...
- I heard that. - You're an eavesdropper?
The girl you're in love with I'm also--
You're also what?
I'm in love with her, too.
So many boys are behind my girl. She's that pretty.
How long now? Months or years?
- Just six months now. - You're still an apprentice then.
I'm a feeler. But you're a field worker.
- Thanks, bro. - You toil so much for your girl.
Your love will be a success for sure. I'll stand by you for your problems.
That's not necessary, bro.
If you really want to help me, please stop going behind my girl.
That's the greatest favour you could ever do for me.
How many people can I manage?
You wanted me to kill the guy who was going after your girl
Yes
- Now there's a new guy. - What?
He, too, loves her.
Is it?
- He says he'll stand by her. - Kill him, too.
Okay!
He's asking me to kill them both?
Ask him to pay more.
It'll cost you more, okay?
Money doesn't matter. Only prestige!
Kill them both.
- Drink up, bro. - I don't have these habits.
- Some other brand then? - I'll just have a cold drink.
Just a cold drink?
- Are you a school kid? - Visual communication final year.
Then you must take the hit.
I will hit.
I will take this hit and then hit.
He's left the fruit salad behind?
- What are you doing? - We'll just eat and come?
- Come on now. - He spat on me!
Who are you? Why are you hitting me?
You hit them. I'll take a hit from this!
It hurts!
Stop now. Mahesh is my regular customer.
Don't know who this buffalo is. He punched my chest!
- This is my bar. - So what?
Hit them outside.
Please don't hit me, sir. It hurts!
What did I do?
Clean up the table. Attend to the next customer.
Okay boss
You said there's a new guy in love with my girl...give him the phone.
- Lift that guy up. - Here, talk.
Hello, who are you?
- Why are you hitting me? - I'm the girl's father.
How do you have a phone?
If you pay money, you get everything here.
- Oh! Terrorists take bribes too? - What are you blabbering?
I've been locked up under Goondas Act in Coimbatore Jail.
- Sir, you are Sandhya's father? - What? Sandhya's father?
- What's your daughter's name then? - Her name is Sripriya!
Sir, I don't even know who your daughter is.
He's turned me in!
Ask them to beat the guy who loves her.
- Now three people will hit me! - Why are they hitting me?
My arm is broken already. Tell them they're not to hit me anymore.
He doesn't even love my girl. Why should I pay for you to kill him?
- He doesn't even know her. - He's the one who said he loved her.
Have you at least got Mahesh?
Guy number 1 is the right one.
Beat him to death and then get your money.
He must never think about my daughter again.
Okay, then.
- Will you think about her? - I can't do it, brother.
If not her, another girl. If not the other girl, someone else.
There are a million girls to love. But my life...?
I only have one of those. That's my only priority.
I'm not a crazy man like him.
I will never cross the river and I will never see her again.
I swear this upon your tractor.
Should something happen to my tractor, I'll run you over with it.
Why did you take my girl's slipper to love someone else?
It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!
When they hit you, you take it. But when I hit you, you hit me back?
Are you and him the same?
He's a don. You're a donkey.
You mental! You ran after me just for that slipper?
I want that slipper!
Mention the word 'slipper' one more time, and...
I'll slipper you!
I don't ever want to see your face in my life.
If I see you again, I'll break your other arm.
Its paining
- I want that slipper! - Get out of my sight.
- You hit me? I'll show you! - Get lost.
Mr. Don!
Please wait.
Please help me.
- It's like your bar. Visit often. - Sure thing.
Welcome back, Mahesh. They're done hitting you already?
Why?
You thought it would be the end of me?
Call yourself a gentleman?
I've been drinking in your bar for as long as I can remember.
How could you get me caught and stand watching?
- They beat me black and blue. - Those men were new customers.
What would they think of our bar?
Look, Mahesh is here. Take his order.
Our boss is such a big guy. He's come in such a big vehicle.
The cops are hunting for him with special teams.
You're calling him to settle a slipper dispute?
Let's get going.
(Liquor consumption/smoking is injurious to health)
Why has the dinosaur returned in his tractor?
Go slow, man!
Ask him where the slipper is, brother!
Mr. Don. Please hold this umbrella?
- I'm a don. How can I hold it? - I'm getting a call.
Give it to him
- Hello? - Junior.
- Busy? - What is it, leader?
Shanthi was a little upset. I got her a cold drink.
She's shamelessly sipping away. Can you come and pay?
I'm out on an important task with an important person.
I'll talk later.
What's more important than getting your arm's cast changed?
My foot!
- Is that even a comeback? - Remo, what happened?
It's all good. Order another juice.
We haven't even paid for the juices we drank.
You want another?
Yes
Call up your ex 'Brake' Pandi and ask him to pay for all this.
- What about you? - I'll stand in the back and watch.
Go
- Is it this house? - That's the one.
Go in and they'll slipper you.
In this area, I'm the don. Listen to me.
This is some other slipper. Where's that one?
That's a good one. Keep it.
It's a slipper you want?
Who cares about this wretched slipper? I want mine.
Where is that slipper?
Over there...
Look on top of the tree.
- Where? - Remove your sunglasses and look.
Are you going to take a selfie?
We're going to take the slipper.
Brother, that's my slipper!
Brother, look over there. That's my slipper!
It's there.
Be quiet, man. We can't be heard.
You drunken fool. There is so much space outside your house.
Instead of leaving the slipper here, you got drunk and tied it up the tree?
- My slipper! - How did the slipper get there?
I didn't put it up there. That's a long story.
- You're going into the flashback. - Yes, huddle up.
Dear!
- Devi, take a look at these. - Brother!
- Brother, this is great. - You like it?
- It's your favourite pink colour. - Thank you, brother.
- Try it on! - It's been used by someone.
How could that be? The shopkeeper said it was new.
Swear to me! Is this new?
No one would sell me a single slipper.
So...
It's old but it looks new!
It's so expensive, you know. No one in our area has a slipper like this.
See for yourself.
What's that noise? Why are the birds getting restless?
If you didn't like it, you could have thrown it in my face.
Why did you throw it there?
Now the old lady has started whining too!
Why are you just watching? Come here me, brother.
Poor guy...
Yes, you three should go help him. Go there, fatso.
Why, won't you help him?
It's his slipper. Let him take it on his own.
How will he do it with his broken arm? You should fetch it!
- Not so loud, brother! - Why?
- There is big controversy behind this. - What?
Three generations back, when this tree was just a sapling...
You fool! Another flashback?
Yes
My legs are still hurting from your previous flashback!
Another flashback already?
Just go fetch it!
- You've made me climb this thing! - What's this?
Stop dawdling! Hurry up, man.
What?
- Hold onto this. Make it quick. - Dude, don't scream! I'm coming.
- Hurry up! - Let go.
Bro, I'll go up.
So that you can pluck and eat the fruits?
Don't you have a ladder at home?
Stop screaming. Shut your mouth.
Mr. Don! He's just talking instead of getting that slipper.
If you don't get it, I'll hurl my slipper at you.
Brother, I'll get it.
It's just a slipper.
Don't get excited like it's a lottery or something. Hold on!
- Go for it. - Yeah, climb up.
If I fall from here, I'll shatter to pieces!
You're crawling?
Even without an arm, he really went for it!
Hold on, brother.
Get it for me!
- I'm breaking twigs. - What?
You were at the bar earlier,...
...and now you're breaking twigs to clean your teeth?
Drop it!
- That was hilarious! - Want me to come up?
Who is that?
Get down, or I'll beat you up.
I'll smack you with a broom, cover you up in shit...
Granny, my slipper is stuck in the tree...
Mahesh has climbed up to get it for me.
Who is that there, another don?
Is it Mahesh?
She's wearing glasses just like me, and looks like an old actress.
Periyasaamy, Chinnasaamy, come here all of you!
Let's decide to whom this tree belongs to
Oh no! The old lady has made the phone call.
- Come here immediately! - My dear uncles...
where are you all getting drunk?
The old lady has sounded the horns.
War has begun. Get here quick!
I ask you to get the slipper, and you're talking on the phone?
You fat tractor! Shut it.
You're speaking with disrespect? Did you mean me, or them?
Brother, he meant you.
If I climb up there...
Come up if you can, fatsos!
Call yourself a don?
You've come with this lowly guy for a bloody slipper issue.
I can't hear anything!
Did he swear at me?
- Yes? - I didn't hear anything, bro.
You should rather consume poison and kill yourselves!
Come on, you guys.
We should kill him today!
Oh no, they're here!
Don't let him get away. Chop his legs off.
Mahesh, you've set foot on the tree!
- They look like they will kill me! - Don't let him get away.
My son is here. I dare you to come down.
Granny, ask someone to get my slipper for me.
They're going to kill me, and you're still talking about your slipper?
You're getting rowdies from outside town to threaten us?
Come down.
- Hey big man! - What?
You said outside town, that's fair. You called us rowdies, and that's true.
But he didn't get us here. We got him here.
- The slipper is ours, the tree is yours. - No, it's my granny's.
We'll be on our way if we get our slipper back.
Mahesh! I won't rest till I kill you.
Good catch! That too with one hand.
Wait up, we're coming for you!
Mr. Don!
My slipper.
Come down!
I got my slipper back! Let's leave.
But I feel sorry for him.
They're going to end up killing each other.
If we stay here, we'd become witnesses.
You think so?
- Okay, then. - Thank you very much, brother!
- I got my slipper back! - I'm cursing you...
You're going to lose this slipper again, and go mad looking for it.
Be patience. We will enquire
Did you hear the news?
The terrorists have declared that...
your son-in-law Mohanraj is going to be...
executed with the others at 11 am tomorrow.
- You mean for real? - Yes...
It's true. I just saw the news.
The terrorists have released an ultimatum saying...
...if their demands are not met by the Syrian Government...
they will execute the nine prisoners,...
including Tamil Engineer Mohanraj, by 11 am tomorrow.
- Tomorrow-- - Don't say a thing!
I don't care what the others say.
But I believe that my dad will definitely return.
Abhi, you tell me...
My dad is a good man, right?
He is, without a doubt!
Don't cry.
I know, my dad will return.
He will come back.
Why has he left this here?
Why is it so dirty? Maybe he picked up a fight with someone?
- What is it, boy? - Nothing, mom.
Nothing? What did you hide in there?
- It's nothing, mom. - Then why do you look so guilty?
- It's nothing, mom. - Take your hand away.
- Mom, it's nothing really. - I said, take your hand away!
- What's this? - I'm sorry, mom.
What's all this?
Is it just this, or do you have other habits, too?
Nothing else, mom.
What's this, boy?
- A slipper. - Whose slipper is this?
How did this slipper end up inside our house?
I don't know, mom.
A slipper inside a house where God resides?
Whose slipper is this?
- I don't know, mom. - See what your brother did!
Mom! What's this?
If he brings a slipper inside our house, how will God reside here?
I've been unwell and unable to predict the future for a while now.
I just understand why!
Someone must have given this cursed slipper!
Mom, the cigarettes were mine...
Beat me for it, that's okay! But I didn't bring the slipper.
Shut your mouth.
Why are you holding that filthy thing in your hands?
First, rip it into eight pieces and throw it in eight different directions.
We'll get the priest to do a ritual tomorrow.
Sure thing.
- I didn't put the slipper there! - Forget the slipper...
You're telling mom you smoke cigarettes? Think you're all grown up now?
I raised him with so much affection and he's turned out to be a spoiled child.
- You dare tell me you smoke cigarettes? - I won't, mom...
Have I ever made you feel the absence of your dad?
I beat the drums and shout my lungs out for you guys!
Go away!
They say people roam like dogs in the name of love.
You've roamed like a ghost, and found her pair of slippers!
How did you do it?
When you return this to her, you should convey your love.
Got it?
- Convey my love? - Then what?
Bhai, how will I convey my love when she is this sad?
- When are you going to say it? - Love isn't important...
Then?
When she sees these slippers, the belief she gets that her dad will be okay...
I'm struggling only for that.
Yeah, right!
Work is done. Get going.
Get going? Wait, I still have an important thing to do.
Where are you going?
Wait for a moment, Bhai.
How can I just take them back like this?
So?
- We need to show some respect. - Respect?
- Bhai, do you need this? - Of course.
- It's someone else's slippers. - Let me take it. Please, Bhai!
Bhai, how does it look?
- It looks scary. - Why, Bhai?
Whenever someone sends a parcel, they say 'we' are behind it.
- You're taking this parcel from my shop. - No such thing will happen, Bhai.
Bhai, these slippers are going to leave me today.
Let's take one last selfie with this?
- A selfie with slippers? - Yes, Bhai!
- Bhai, hold this. - Now I need to do this, too?
I don't know what he is up to!
It's going to appear in bold letters on the newspapers!
What's this?
- Bhai, moments like these are important... - Yeah, sure!
- Why are you hiding behind it? - So that my face doesn't show.
- It will all be okay. - Yeah, right!
Bhai! Moments like these are important in life.
Yes
- We need to record it. - Of course.
Smile, Bhai!
Oh no. What's this?
Sandhya!
Boy! Dad! Everyone get here.
There is a parcel here.
They've kidnapped him, and sent a bomb home.
- Boy! Wake up. - What is it, sister?
- They've sent us a bomb. - A balm?
No! It's a bomb.
- Call the cops or the fire service. - What's wrong, mom?
- Look, it's a bomb.
I'm saying it's a bomb and you're going after it?
What are you blabbering, mom?
They kidnapped your father there, and they've sent home a bomb.
A parcel? A bomb?
YES!
Move! Left, right...
Left, right, left...
- Where are you going? - I've lived my life.
Whatever happens, let it stop with me. You guys be safe.
Let's all shut our ears. We don't know when the bomb would go off.
You're closing your ears, and standing with us women?
An old man has gone out on his own, go check on him! Go out.
Grandpa
Open the door, grandpa.
Even firecrackers go stale when dropped in water.
How would a bomb work?
- Grandpa... - The door isn't locked!
The door was only closed!
Idiot! Go check on him.
Grandpa. What happened to the bomb?
- A slipper? - Shh!
Dad, what happened to the bomb?
I've got the gift.
Hello?
Little one...
Dad!
- Little one... - Dad...
Dad!
Yes...
It's dad speaking.
Mom, it's dad on the phone.
- Dad, how are you? - I'm fine...
I'm doing good.
What happened, dad?
- What happened? - They let me go.
I walked a long distance...
I feel weak without food or water.
But I'm good. I'm doing good.
Come back home soon. Never leave me here after.
I'm not going anywhere.
I'm going to stay with you.
- Dad! - Is mom doing well?
Looks like they released your father-in-law!
Yes, Bhai. I'm so happy.
You said your mom makes false prophecies.
And now it happened for real.
I believe my mother now only!
All these days I thought she does this for money.
She's been eating only once a day for the last nineteen years.
Allah or Ambal... God exists to those who believe in him.
I don't know if it happened because of her, or because of prayers...
But it happened exactly as she predicted.
My mom is truly great, Bhai. I'm extremely happy.
In the midst of this happiness, you should propose your love today.
Bhai, what are you saying?
She must be so happy today. How could I propose my love?
Yesterday you said you can't, because she's sad.
Today she's happy, and that's a problem too?
You should not propose during such happiness, or such sadness.
It's a feeling, Bhai.
Guys like you are stale firecrackers. Only fit for 'feeling'!
You wait and watch, someone else is going to set off the fireworks!
Start!
Long Live Remo Ravi! Long Live Remo Ravi!
Kids are in full form.
Keep that up, boys!
- What? - A sweet?
- Say 'Long Live Remo Ravi' - Long Live Remo Ravi!
- Say it louder. - Long Live Remo Ravi.
Keep saying it...
I've completed three streets, this is the fourth one...
Who is she?
- Excuse me, lady. - Yes?
- Here's a sweet. - What for?
Because you walked!
- Say 'Long Live Remo Ravi'. - Long Live Remo Ravi.
- Come here. - What?
What's with that tone? Say it louder.
That's all I can do for one sweet.
Here, now say it.
Long Live Remo Ravi.
Continue shouting that when you cross Sandhya's house.
I'll give you two sweets.
Why are you talking to the slipper?
They say when a slipper is lost at home, a dog must have taken it.
But when you lose these two at different places,
...and get them back delivered home together
It must be the work of someone who follows you.
Lot of boys following you. Who among them did this?
I don't know.
What do you mean?
I really don't know.
Sandhya, you've left the 'heart' behind.
No matter how hard you think, you won't be able to find out who it was.
- Shall I tell you? - Who?
- Remo Ravi. - Yuck!
So many pretty couples get married, and then get divorced too, right?
Don't look at appearances.
Look at his heart. I'm sure he is a good guy at heart.
Sandhya, eat this sweet.
- What for? - For your dad's release.
- A guy is distributing sweets. - Who?
That Remo Ravi.
Awesome!
Didn't I tell you? He is even buying sweets for everyone.
Sandhya, aren't you eating?
So, you're not going to believe me?
Then let's do this. Wear these slippers, and let's go out.
The guy who looks at your slippers instead of looking at your face...
he is the guy.
So, how is my idea?
"My dearest, Oh my dearest! You have tricked me, you've changed me."
"I falter and lost my way; Really, you changed my colours."
"I don't know who you are, where you are; But I've fallen for you"
"I falter, I have lost my way; My dearest, I have!"
"Sandhya, are you happy now? I see the world upside down."
"Are you wearing those slippers? I hope you wish to see me"
"How I keep ruffling my hair; How I raise my shirt's collar."
"I ruffle my hair and raise my collar; Never seen me like this before!"
"Oh, you are my girl!"
"My sympathetic, Oh my sympathetic! What an affectionate man you are."
"Beautifully, you broke into my heart; Masterfully, you slipped into it."
"I wore this love, not my slippers; Eagerly waiting to meet you."
"My dearest! My symapthetic! What an affectionate man you are."
"Let's meet, Sandhya. Come to me, quick. There's no one between us."
"It's falling in place, I'm getting what I yearned;"
"Fate is bringing us together."
"I keep grinning ear to ear; I take selfies every chance I get."
"I'm grinning, clicking selfies; You'll will find out soon..Who I am.
"Girl, I am your guy."
Stop, guys!
Give me back my phone. It's my life!
Stop, you guys.
Brother, catch those guys...
- they snatched my phone. - I can't do that.
Who are you guys? Stop!
Sir, please go faster and catch the thieves.
Please, sir.
Give me back my phone.
Greetings! Manjakuppam Police.
Sir, two guys stole my phone.
You can't just report it like this.
When did you lose it?
How did you lose it? What time did you...
- Just now, sir! - You can't say it over phone.
Come to the police station in person, and file a complaint.
Sir, I'll definitely do that. But it's real urgent, please sir.
Please trace out which tower my phone is connected to.
Do this...
Get the phone's purchase bill, your ID proof...
Buy one bundle of A4 paper.
And 20 pens. Blue gel pens. Buy that, too.
What is that for?
- It's for filing the complaint, son! - Sir, it's real urgent.
Find my phone, somehow.
You're saying it's urgent and needs to be traced.
It will cost you a bit.
I don't care how much it costs. Please sir.
- Okay, come in person then. - Sir! Hold on.
You asked for everything, but didn't take down my phone number.
Wait, we just finished the cash dealing. We're just getting to the case.
Now, tell me your number.
It's 9940255733.
The number looks fancy. You must be some VIP!
- We will find it, don't worry. - Thanks.
Mr. Thief!
Thank you very much.
It's my life.
You've returned it back to me. You shall live long and prosper!
Hello?
You thief! I've traced you.
You're in College Road now, right? This phone belongs to a VIP.
Just surrender yourself and return the phone.
Or, I'll finish you off in an encounter.
- Superb, sir! Superb! - You, accused!
You're lauding the police?
- I'll kill you. - Sir, one minute.
I'm not the thief, I'm the phone's owner.
- What are you saying? - Yes, sir...
The thief had a change of heart, and returned the phone to me.
The thieves in our city are superb, and the police is superb, too!
You're applauding the thieves, and the cops?
- Shall we close the case, then? - Yes, sir.
The entire police force has worked for you. Will you come here?
Sir, I'll be there.
Long Live Remo Ravi! Long Live Remo Ravi!
What's happening here?
The poster is dancing on its own?
Someone is pulling the strings from behind.
J- ackie! - Long Live Remo Ravi.
Stop it.
Who are you? The entire colony is singing your praises!
All the people like me. What is it to you?
Maybe they all like you, but why does MY wife like you?
You should ask your wife. Why are you asking me?!
What do you have to do with this colony?
I have nothing to do with the colony...
But I have a lot to do with someone who lives here.
Wait here for five minutes.
I'll fetch my brother-in-law and sort you out.
You've only got three minutes. Make it quick.
Jackie, you continue.
- Long Live Remo Ravi. - Brother-in-law!
- Hello Brother-in-law! - What's all this?
This guy says he is up to something with your sister,...
and you're dancing around with his poster?
- He gave me a sweet! - So you'd go all sweet on him?
- Brother-in-law! - Such a shameless family.
I shouldn't have married into your family!
Brother-in-law...
Greetings! Manjakuppam Police.
Sir, I'd called you about the missing phone...
- 994027-- - Son...
You can't complain over phone.
You do this...
I'll get the bill, ID proof, A4 papers, and 20 pens.
How do you know this?
I filed a complaint only this morning, sir!
- Oh, it's you! - Sir...
The thief who returned my phone back to me
He took my memory card, sir.
Please find it for me, sir.
But we closed your case files.
- Sir, please reopen it. - But you got your phone back.
Sir, the memory card is more important to me than the phone itself.
You're stressing so much on the memory card.
Does it have some private photos of that kind?
Sir, stop kidding.
Who is kidding? Is it me, or you?
Sir, I'll give you all the money you want
Rascal, you think police are jobless people?
I don't need your money, or your case. You'll never get your memory card back.
Hang up!
What are you thinking?
Nothing.
- Isn't that Remo Ravi's side-kick? - Yes, it's him!
Why is this guy here, instead of Remo?
This is the first time we're seeing him after that beating, right?
- I never saw him even back then! - Look at him.
His arm is rocking in a cradle.
I think some guy must have thrashed him.
Why is he wearing that T-shirt?
- He is not even on my list. - He won't be on anyone's list.
Why is he wearing this particular T-shirt now?
Why don't you ask him?
Vote for slipper
Look there! They're campaigning for votes.
This was the only job these guys didn't do. Now you've brought them here, too?
What's wrong if I hire them?
If I hire men from our state, they'll campaign for me today.
Tomorrow, they'll change clothes and campaign for someone else.
Not just that, they get drunk with my money and pass out in the middle of the job.
But these paani-puri boys just eat their paav-bhaji...
and slog all day long for me.
Why are you just standing here? You've been paid 400 bucks...
and had a plateful of biriyani! Do your duty.
Our Party Symbol - the Slipper.
He is campaigning for votes, and you thought...
- I didn't say anything. - Then why did you stop?
Let's go.
Our Party Symbol - the Slipper.
Hey, son!
One-handed boy.
Wow! I'm so happy.
You told me that day, and now you've done exactly that.
You've done something no politician managed to do.
Why are they going that way? Boys!
The paani puri boys don't know the language and the directions here.
Why don't you lead them for a bit?
- Go! - What?
You're following me for security?
My dear brother holds the party symbol- the slipper, close to his heart with love.
- Go, man! - Watch the tone.
All that help I did, for your love!
You've ruined everything.
Couldn't you find another street?
- You won't even recover your deposit! - I've never recovered that, ever!
- Just leave, man. - Oh no.
Just leave, or I'll kill you.
Let's leave, quick.
Let's get going!
Your love won't succeed!
Look there!
Why should he put up banners for your dad's release?
- Why are you asking me? - Okay, I'll tell you the answer.
Why should he distribute sweets to everyone,...
burst crackers, and go on a fast?
Above all that, why should he find the lost slippers and give it back to you?
How can someone prove his love more obviously?
I need to talk to him. Ask him to come immediately.
Very good! Your arm has healed well.
But it still hurts a bit.
It's nothing.
Your hand was like this all month right, so it's just a mental thing.
If you move your hand up and down like this daily,...
it will be alright.
But one condition. Don't lift heavy weights.
At max, you can lift one glass of water. Okay?
(Liquor consumption/smoking is injurious to health)
Hello?
- Junior, where are you? - Tell me.
Come quickly, it's something important.
No need.
I'm still in tears because of what happened last time.
I get it, boy.
The same Sandhya who slippered me that day, called me up and wants to meet me now.
Why does she want to meet you?
My love has worked out.
How does she love you?
Why, can't someone fall in love with me?
She loves me so deeply! Come quick.
Why do you need me anymore?
She always brings a side-kick with her, right?
I need one, too.
Get here quick.
- You've gone there? - Waiting for a bouquet.
- Where's the spot? - The same place where you got slippered!
Quick, boy.
I'm a student awaiting results in an exam called love.
Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly.
Hey, junior! Come on.
So, junior... Remo Ravi is real happy.
I told you the other day.
That she'll eventually fall in love with me, and marry me.
You didn't believe me. Now it's happening!
She really said this?
The thing with Shanthi was just me being a flirt.
But with Sandhya, that was a real effort.
- What effort did you put in? - I erected a canopy for 10 grand.
I filled petrol in my vehicle.
I got drunk when I was tired.
I put up banners and posters. I burst fire crackers.
I went around distributing sweets.
On my way here, I got a bouquet for 300 bucks.
I've spent 60,300 rupees in total!
What more effort can I put in?
- She's worth just 60,300 rupees then? - I don't care!
- You know what an effort means? - I just told you!
You know what an effort means? Let me tell you.
Jumping out of a moving bus without any care for the sake of someone you like...
that's effort.
When she searches for her lost thing, our heart will too feel the pain...
wanting it all to end, that's effort!
Waking up early and searching the newspapers to see...
if there is any news that would make her happy...
that's called effort.
You only hurt your arm. Not your head, right?
- You've gone mental? - Yes, I've gone mental.
Wandering all night without food, offering beverages to unknowns...
falling on my knees and begging people, yes, I have gone mental!
I roamed like a dog and quarreled with people...
to bring back the lost thing safely to the beloved
and when I finally found what she was looking for,...
I thought I should dutifully return it back to her...
I have gone mental!
I did all this.
But she doesn't even know I love her.
She doesn't need to know.
As long as she is happy, that's enough.
I'm not a beggar like you who falls in love with every woman I see.
She was the only person I loved.
I don't care if I don't get her
But a womanizer like you doesn't deserve her!
If you still try to come into her life, I'll just stab you!
Junior!
You thought I was a cheap guy?
I might even betray women
But I'd never betray friendship.
Even if I call you my side-kick, I deeply care about you.
Your brother told me,
He's carrying the slipper around everywhere.
He's getting the slipper fixed at the cobbler's
I knew something happened to you.
I arranged for the boys to pinch the memory card from you.
I saw all the photos in the memory card.
I was shocked... The junior has outdone the mentor.
I forwarded all the photos through WhatsApp to Sandhya.
You know what she said upon seeing those photos?
What did she say?
That she wanted to see you immediately.
If I just say it, where is the surprise in that?
I thought I'd give you a bouquet of flowers, to give it to her...
But before that you've beaten me so bad, and made the bouquet into broomstick!
- Sorry! - What sorry?
It's 300 bucks.
Junior! Even if it wasn't at your level, I was in love with Sandhya too.
Everyone saw me as a comedian, but only you saw me as a villain.
That's your fault.
I'm giving up 'my' Sandhya for you.
Tell me now... am I the villain, or the hero?
Bye!
Pick up that cap.
Leader.
I got you two together! Won't you do even this?
Where are you going?
Who knows where people go when they go through a love failure?
But I'm going home. Leave me, you be well.
Don't let go of him!
May I know your name?
I asked for your name.