This is heaven for us.
Our old ancestral home where our grandparents lived.
The only hassle is that my mummy is alone at such a place
when I go to school and dad goes to office.
My father looked for a maid servant so that mummy would get a companion.
But mummy says a maid servant is not necessary when she is there.
Dad and Mom quarrel for some silly reasons .
I don’t mind that.
Because by the time I start listening to it, they finish their arguments
My daddy and mummy That is my world.
And that is the greatest fortune in my life.
I must have done some very good deeds in my last birth to be so much happy now.
Sorry..daddy has taught me not to utter any unscientific things.
My mother is angry at me just for one reason.
Whenever she asks me whom do I love most, mummy or daddy,
I would say daddy.
Though she pretends to be angry at that, she actually loves me saying that.
No…No…No
Right from early in the morning! Stop it..
You leave , I said!!.
Go to your room.
You both are at each other from the morning itself..!!
I will give you.
Ok
Come here…Sit down here.
There are many girls living here,
hiding their own selves under purdas and cassocks and other several robes.
There are other girls who live as they wish to live
But a large number of girls are of the former type.
Do you think women are supposed to live like robots?
This is a campus…
A girl and boy of the same mother study here at the same time.
You are kids,Dudes.
This is the age where you should learn good lessons in life.
What is this ,Dude?
You have growing moustaches but getting too masculine, at this tender age?
That is a disease.
If you feel you have to show your masculinity to all the girls around,
then that is a mental disorder.
Government has made asylums for such guys.
Don’t think that nowadays girls would wait for the police to protect them..
They can roll you up into a parcel and dispatch you to Trivandrum.
This is a warning from all the girls in this college
I am coming..Just a couple of minutes more.
Why didn’t you come up?
Really!!?
But you told me to wait here.
Your get-together flopped. Is it?
Should we keep quite even after such an issue?
Isn’t she called Sajira ?
She is not as good as we think
How do you know that?
Who does not know that?
You just heard that..Is it?
- That is fake - Fake..?
Suma Aunty has found that out
So what?
Umi..
Open it
Give me twelve kisses
One,two, three,four,five ,six…
- Daddy - What is it?
Look here
- Hi - Hi
Tata..
- My father doesn’t do that to me - Why?
He doesn’t even smile at me
My grandfather is like that. He just says ‘hmm’.
But doesn’t even look at the face.
You like your father the most?
I like my father the most
I like my mother the most.
Why do they cover their face?
Why are you here?
There is no lightening or thunder today. Then what?
Look..Dad
You go and sleep in your room.
If you sleep here I won’t be able to sleep
You will put your hands and legs on me
What is this? Annie?
I feel I am having fever.
I am sleeping with my Dad
Is it Venugopal ?Srilakshmi’s father.
Yes..What is it?
Noone is attending phone at your home.
That is why I called on this phone.
How come? It is not possible
- Srilakshmi is not well..She has a fever. - Really??
Doctor has checked her.No problem,
But she has to be taken back home.
Someone has to come here.
Ok..I will come right now..ok
Nothing to worry.
These days there are all sorts of fever.
We have to take some tests.
Get up Dear
- Ok… - Ok
Annie….
Where is she gone?
Annie
- Daddy - Yes?
Umi..
What happened?
Just a minute
- Venu and Umi have come. - Why is that?
You can leave. .Let me see
You don’t want me to come?
No..That is better
- What happened to Umi? - Where did you go?
Did we tell you about the opening of Suma’s garments shop ?
- Today was its… - Why didn’t you tell me before leaving?
None is there to attend phone at home.
And your phone is switched off.
If I can’t get you on emergencies, why do we spend money on these phones.?
Battery got drained
Why didn’t you tell me before you left?
I never thought that such a thing would happen.
I tried calling you as soon as I reached there.
But the battery was not charged.
You could have called from some other phone.
What about Suma’s phone?
I started dialing. But I didn’t remember your number.
Can you tell me my number?
94473032
That is what I said. You are right up to 9447.
730… Ok
Normally we call by names.
Numbers are not required.
What happened to you,Dear?
Where are you to?
I was waiting for you to wake up.
Sumechi’s Boutique is being opened today.
I had told her that I will manage the sales counter.
Though I haven’t invested anything she looks at me as a partner
You don’t go
It is not for a job..Just to help her.. Right?
Who said that?
If you had wanted a job, how many times I tried to make you write the PSC exams!?
But you said I am not intelligent.
Not in the case of PSC.
To write the PSC exam one doesn’t need intelligence.
This is also a job.
She would give ten to twelve thousand bucks as salary.
Better than sitting quite at home
What would have happened if I didn’t take leave.
But you took leave.
Don’t go..ever.That too with Suma
What is wrong with her?
I don’t like her..That is it
I will go
Feeling that someone approached
Did I forget myself completely?
Feeling that someone approached
Did I forget myself completely?
Can hear your footsteps, when listen carefully
Unknowingly at distant, fades out like a dream
Feeling that someone approached
Did I forget myself completely?
Can you please take me home?
There is a lot of difference between males and females, Sumechy ,
Like them…we can’t break locks
At the words of resentment
I had to remain still like a sigh me alone
Writting during a downpour of departing, as a poem from the heart,
will you listen to my pain?
Near or far, how does one know?
Feeling that someone approached
Did I forget myself completely?
Mother left. I thought mummy would come the next day..
But she didn’t come, and the next day also she didn’t come.
That quarrel lasted quite long in our family.
Nothing would work at home without mummy.
Mummy made it a point to go to Suma Aunty’s boutique regularly
And daddy got angrier.
If one of them just said ‘sorry’ it would have been over.
What wrong did mummy do?
Truly speaking, daddy should say ‘sorry’ first.
At last, since there was no way out, daddy joined me in a hostel
Then they started quarrelling over who would come and take me first during vacations.
By that time the car which dad had booked earlier arrived.
Mummy also bought a car
An old Maruti 800…..
That too ,the car was under repair all the time
Even with all this, daddy could not manage without mummy
Everything was in a mess at home.
Daddy could never take a decision without mummy’s consent
They were in real love.
Gradually, daddy started coming home late.
Started drinking in the club and smoking too.
Why didn’t you call me ?
I came to tell you that I won’t be able to come again
Why? It is just a couple of days only
They said I should not go to a house where there are only men.
My daughter is coming today.
And she will be here till her vacation ends.
Please come at least till then
Everything is in a mess even in these two days.
But what did I do?
No You didn’t do anything.
It was your wife herself who complained that there was no woman in this household.
Let me go. She is waiting for me there.
Really? Where?
- There - Shall I talk to them?
- No..No..Don’t come there - Wait..
You worked here for two days.Right? Don’t go
Keep this…Ok
- What was the issue? - Tell me.
- Did they call from school? - No
- Did Umi call? - Tell me what is the matter
You know that she should come with me on this vacation?
Then how is she with Daddy on this vacation?
What is the point in telling me all this?
You don’t come to pick her
Why old ..?
No..That is not possible now
This is Kerala.. Dude..Not Saudi Arabia
Only who have faith in that, need come.
Ok
Umi, why do you waste your time like this?
Dad won’t come .I had called
I too had called
What wrong did I do to treat me like this?
He promised that my birthday would be with him
And mummy also agreed that day
Here he comes.
Then he should have told me not to come.
Even if you are told not to come, you will come
Don’t talk anything in front of him that would bring shame to me.
Don’t we have to go?
Yes..Don’t we have to sign?
Yes..we have to sign
Ok
Thank you
Come Sit down
What is the argument about Srilakshmi?
Mummy agreed. I am with dad
I am at my ancestoral home.
Mummy is not well
Venugopal and Mrs Venugopal please meet Miss Lissy before you go.
What is the problem with you both?
Any sort of problems connected with children studying here will come under our consideration.
You may feel that your problems are very personal.
But,see Mr Venugopal..I am trying to tell you something that concerns you
What is that?
Look You are getting hot tempered during a counseling.
Counselling? What sort of counseling?
Who told you to do counseling?
I am doing my duty
Your duty is to teach children
If you have to do some counseling do it with the children.
It is under instructions from the Principal
Sorry
That is mummy
Is it?
A new car?
From where does she get all the money?
That is Suma Aunty’s car.Mummy’s 800 had a breakdown.
From where does mummy get all the money!!??
Mummy’s car now looks like garbage. Poor mummy.
This is the third time today that you are talking about mummy as ‘poor’
Have you ever said that daddy is ‘poor’
How do you know that I haven’t said that?
Mummy…
Can’t find mummy!!
She must have taken a detour
But there is only this way. No other route.
Mummy’s number is not there
Don’t you know your mother’s number?
Not that I don’t know.
I said it is not in the contact list
Hello..Is it husband?
No it is the daughter. Who is this?
This is from Indira Gandhi Hospital.
She has been admitted here after an accident.
Tell your father.
Hello
Anita The lady who was brought right now..?
13 on the right side
The servant is ready..I will call you
Don’t send now I will call you
Number 13..there
Why don’t you come,dad?
Did you say that I was here?
Definitely..I said
Mother is sorrier about the car.
She is worried how she would she face Suma Aunty.
You get the car keys
Payment has to be given till today..
5764
I remember
There is the cash counter
260
Hello..Is it the automobile shop?
Where is it?
In 13
Ok
Hello
- Umi..How is your mummy? - She is ok
- Where did you go? - Went to get medicines for mummy
Oh…Who is this!?
- What news? - Why are you here?
One of my cousins is here. Why are you here, Madam?
To meet a friend here.
Ok See you ..
I have arranged for the repairs of the car.
Tell her that they would bring the car home after repairs
Mummy would be happy
Not to her..But to her friend…
To Suma Aunty?
There is one more bill..
Ok
Umi..Be careful. There is no power.
See that you don’t trip and fall down
Umi
Let me see if there are any cuts or bruises.
Nothing..She is here.I had come.
How are you now?
Nothing ,Umi…
I called to tell you something about Umi.
I don’t know what to do
She..!
There??! Just now?!
What do I do now?
Call Devietathy
No they are not here.
Went for Divya’s marriage
Hello
Give her the phone
Umi..here
Dad…
Hello..Tell me.
Yes..Opened.Where ?
On that side?
Opened.It is not here.
Down there?
Ok..Got it
I understood
Umi..Take this
Gave her
She wanted to take Umi along with her.
I compelled her to do this.
Umi is a grownup girl now
Venugopal has to keep quiet now.
I didn’t know that you didn’t like Anita working.
She told me only very recently
If you don’t want her to go, she will not go.
I never said that she shouldn’t work.
Just ask her how much I have pressed her to complete her degree course.
If one has to get a PSC job, at least one should be a graduate
Bill Gates and Mark Zucherberg were all dropouts
Why do you speak about big guys when I talk to you about your affairs
Edison and Einstein studied up to the third or fourth standard only.
Is it enough if we study only that much?
Hello..Servant or home nurse?
I don’t care about the names,
just have to wash clothes and clean up home.
That is all
Oh..Noone is bedridden. Who told you that?
Me?
I am fine.
Now you don’t go to the hostel. You can go from here.
If I leave now, you will also become like me.
That is the only reason I came
What is wrong with mummy?
Don’t your father keep on repeating that I flunked at the degree course?
And he has never told you why that happened
- Why? - You ask your father.
Those days,there was no one to advise me like this .
Study well and be independent.
Only then you should think of love and marriage
So you have learnt cooking?!
Tea is good
Let me go
There is nothing like success or failure
For girls…?
The wish for standing on one’s own feet ended there that day.
Mummy was defeated.
From then on mummy behaved with me as if I was a matured woman.
On the path of the heart that seeks to come near from afar
Is it a memory that showered as rain at night
Is it a wet sad melody
The day you come this way
Dreams will blossom
On the tender petals..
Will butterflies fly
The trees around will wait to listen your sweet words
Umi, When did you come here to sleep..Umi
Get up
Mummy Let me sleep here
No..Get up
What is this? Let her sleep here
Let her sleep here !?
Should she sleep here?
Walk ahead
Look Dad.Mummy has begun!!
Let her sleep here for another day.
No…Why? Some bad habits!!
Lie down there..keep quiet.
On the flowering tree swaying in breeze
when you wander
In moonlight where memories blossom
Searching for an abode,
On an unknown day,
When you pray at dusk
With sadness of pain in words
Is it a memory that showered as rain at night
Is it a wet sad melody
The birdsong in a rainy night
The day you come this way
Dreams will blossom
On the tender petals..
Will butterflies fly
The trees around will wait to listen your sweet words
- Teacher.. - Yes..?
I want to go to the loo
Elsa
Are you going to 9B?
You know Srilakshmi on the second row?
There is some problem with her
She is disturbed .You just observe her.
Miss Lisy is free. Send her there for counselling
Let me see for another hour. After that, I will take her there.
Umi..Are you ok?
Teacher.. I have to go to the loo
Why do you laugh for that
This is the fifth time Teacher
Why?Do you have any infection?
Ok… go
Where did we stop yesterday?
Teacher
Srilakshmi
Umi
In which class are you studying?
What is your name?
Srilakshmi
Who are all there at your home?
Mummy and daddy
Brothers?
Get up
Show her a lady doctor
Hello
Hello..Is this Srilakshmi’s mother?
Yes Who is this?
I am the School principal here
You have to come to the school
What happened, Madam?
No..Nothing to worry.Just come
Anything wrong with my child?
Oh No No…She is fine.. Nothing much Just come ..
I have to talk to you about a serious matter.
About her marks?
NoNo..I will tell you when you come
Have to start right now, Ok See you
Srilakshmi..I don’t teach in your class. Right?
Now you must have understood things clearly
You know what did the doctor check?
You are a brave girl.
Brave girls sometimes behave like matured people.
Do you have anything to tell me?
Anything that you find it difficult to talk about?
Are you worried that it will become a nasty issue if you talk about that?
Look..None else other than me will ask you about this.
You can frankly talk to me
I want to meet my father
I am sorry
Isn't that she?
Come
Come in..Come Sit
It is tea time.Coffee or tea?
- Nothing - Sure?
Issues between your husband and yourself are settled..Is it?
What is wrong with her? Is it something about her marks?
No No
I want to meet my father
Drink this
What happened to me?
It is there.Walk ahead
No
Just to sit there
Mummy
I don’t want to see you.. I don’t ..Go and kill yourself
Mummy
Go and kill yourself..
Mummy…Mummy
Kill yourself ..Get lost..
Mummy…Mummy
Kill yourself
Mummy...Mummy
Greetings
Let us start
Welcome..
You know why this emergency meeting has been called for
I have just one opinion.
This matter should be absolutely confidential.
The good name of this school …the child and her family…
when one starts thinking of all those..
Miss Lisy who counseled her will talk to you now
I have not found any signs that the child has any relationship with anyone.
No accidents or rape.
But I cannot talk to you without further confirmations
You can talk.
There is no problem in that. Only we are here.
No No It is all very complicated.
I can’t talk
We need an expert on that
Talk to her parents and send her off with them
No..That is not possible.
There are some procedures to follow. Not like the olden days.
If the girl doesn’t know that… How come?!!
Is it when she was asleep.. or…
She would know even if she was asleep, Sir
Really?
I said some sleeping pills or something like that?
There was a case last day where a child’s own father..
Sir Don’t jump into conclusions that fast..
Her mother has come
Her father has not been informed. He has to be informed.
After he comes..
Haven’t you informed him yet?
Not right now..Madam wait for some more time before you call him.
Yes..Madam
Oh..Nothing
Didn’t eat anything in the morning. May be due to that.
Lisy won’t say anything. But I have to ask you this
Srilakshmi’s father??!!
Pick up the phone ,dad
Pick up
Phone disconnected. Said he will text a message.
Then you call or may call during class hours
You text a message
Text a message. We are there with you
What is happening here?
What are you hiding?Show me your hands
Bring it here
Mobile..All of you go to my office and stay there
Stay there
No excuses..see this..
Lisy Look at all this.. I can’t handle all this anymore
See..
Dad It is me ..Umi
To whom are you talking over phone..Tell me
Can’t speak
Still you can say to whom did you talk
My dad
Then what did you say?
Couldn’t talk
Come ..Your mother is waiting there
It is dad
Stay there Girl.. Listen to me… Don’t do that
I told you not to pick up phone
Dad
Come here and listen to me
- Come here I said - I want to meet dad
- Come here - Daddy Daddy
I told you to come here
Umi..Umi
- Mummy..Mummy - Umi
Umi What is it?
Daddy…
Daddy. . .daddy. . I couldn’t phone him up
Is it the Principal?
I am Venugopal ,Srilakshmi’s father
Tell me
My daughter had called from there
And the phone got cut even before I could start speaking
- Hello - Tell me
My daughter had called me from there.
I couldn’t talk to her The call got cut.
Is there any issue there?
Your wife is here
Anitha? Why ? Is there any problem?
You can cut the line. I will call you back after finding out.
Hello
I couldn’t understand what others were thinking about me.
Miss Lisy was talking things about which one should never even talk about
Should a teacher ask things like that?
And what sort of an answer I should give for such questions?
Then there is this doctor
The doctor had told me stories about pearls and grasshoppers
and made me understand everything
But I never understood how that can happen to me without my own knowledge.
Over and above that, why they don’t let me speak to dad or even to see him?
That is what I could not stand.
When I asked her she said I would understand everything when the proper time comes.
Let my dad come.. Then everything will get right
Mam..Srilakshmi’s father
No…No…No Please
You deal with him Please
Store room
Lisy..Please handle him somehow..
Venu… Come
I had called the Principal
Yes..Principal is in a meeting.
Come Venugopal
Sit
Look..Mr Venugopal Your daughter fainted in the class today.
The doctor advised a urine test
I mean pregnancy test.
Unfortunately the result is positive
Your daughter is pregnant
Where is she?
Her mother is with her
I want to see her
She is not here now
Then ,where is she?
I don’t know that.
Go home now. You are asked to wait there
- Venu - Sir…Sir
Madam I want to talk to you
I have nothing to speak to you
I can talk Madam
- No No.. -I want to talk
Madam Please Madam
I have nothing to talk…Sorry
Please listen to me Madam I have to talk
What are you doing ..Leave me
Where are you going?
Leave me
You listen to us
What are you doing ..Leave me
Leave me
What are you doing?
Do as Miss Lisy advised
Ok..I am her father
We know all that
- Where are you going? - I didn’t see
- Sorry Bro - Drive carefully Dude
Sorry Bro..I didn’t see that It was a mistake
What ‘sorry’? You bastard..
I will show you..come out
Bro..I am sorry I didn’t do it willfully
- Get out - Sorry
Bro..Dont make it an issue I will get it repaired
- I will pay you for that
Naraynettan…Please call Anita
How can I ?
I have not talked to her since a year
So what? Call her
Then what do I tell her?
Call her
This is Narayanettan..
It is done by some of his enemies..
Would enemies do this Narayanetta?
They counseled Umi and this is what she said
Who are ‘they’?
Miss Lisy
Miss Lisy?
Anita..Do you believe this?
I don’t know Narayanetta
Ok..Venu is here You talk to him
What?
Why are you staring at me?
Me…No..
I want to know something. Please Madam, Will you stop
Let me talk, Madam
Hello..Hello
Madam..Madam
Let me talk
What happened,Lissy
- He is coming - Who?
Venu What is all this..Walk ahead
Narayanetta Let me speak
Walk …when I said walk
Naryanetta…
Venu
- Please listen to me - You walk ahead Venu
- Did you come here at noon? - Yes..Why?
Venu, you don’t go in now. There are some people inside.
They are waiting for you. Don’t go inside
- You move aside - Hey Venu
Two large pegs
We are instructed not to supply you
Who said?
Venu, don’t make a scene..Come
- Yes..What? - I will tell you
- Venu Listen to me - I will tell you
- Walk ahead - What is the problem?
I will tell you, you come
- Why? - Come..Come
- I want the drink - I will tell you…come
Leave me
Listen, Venu
Are you not ashamed Naryanan to accompany him?
“Father and daughter look alike”
No drinks for you..Get lost
Leave me...Leave me
Don’t push me..What is the problem? Leave me
Get away, you dirty bugger!
What is all this?
Venu...Venu...No, Venu..
Where do you go again?
He doesn’t understand..
Don't harm him
Get lost
I reached here.
Where?
Dude ..Take Venu home..
- I will bring your car - Ok
Go..Go
Did they beat you up?
No
This world is horrible
I could not see her..That is all
Come …Have it
I just can’t digest it, Unni
How can anyone spread some canards like this.
What really happened, Venu?
In the film Yathra by Balu Mahendra,
the first shot is of Mammukka coming out from the jail
and stopping a bus and getting into the bus.
The bus was full of children on an excursion
While they were happily travelling singing songs,
a child had a doubt
What would an elephant do when it rains in the forest.
No one in the bus had an answer
Even the Principal , Adoor Bhasi ,had no answer
Then Mammukka says, what can the elephant in a rainy forest do..
only get wet, that is all
Daddy
Umi
Is no one there? Come here, dear
Look, that man has come
Come here, dear
-Daddy
- Come, dear - Daddy!
Come Dear
My dear Umi
Umi! My child
Umi! My child! Umi..
My child!
Why are you staring at me like that?
Why are you staring for?
Please don’t look at me like that
What do you think?
No.. what do you think?
What do you think?
You don’t look at me like that
Please don’t look at me like that
What are you doing, Venu? Leave her
What do you think?
Don’t look at me like that
Move aside..you..
Hold him
Don’t look at me like that, Ani
There is media around.
-Give way...No. – Sir just a byte
Give way..Give way...Move aside
What is the reason for this arrest ,Sir?
-Sir, please tell us... – Sir, please
Now I suspect you, mother. Am I truly my father’s daughter?
Umi
Otherwise how can you do this to Dad, Mummy?
Anitha
Move aside
How old is your daughter?
I asked you how old is your daughter. ..
Didn’t you hear?
How old is your daughter?
Are you getting angry? Son of a bitch..!
Are you getting angry after impregnating your own daughter?
Get hold of him..leave me
Hey you!
Stand away
What is all this?
Bring him
Why do you do the job of the police?
Just because Doctor said the child is pregnant, without informing the Police,
are you trying to prove the case yourself?
Why do you allege the child’s father?
I haven’t said that anywhere
In the counselling by Miss Lisy, seven out of ten questions were positive. That is why
Is it something to be guessed and answered?
A crime has been done. Knowing that what did you do?
Police have many scientific methods….
Like brain mapping, narco analysis
To know who did the crime DNA tests is also there.
You all together destroyed a person’s life
Sir, It was Miss Lisy
Then, call Miss Lissy
- Sir -Hasn’t she gone?
No Sir
Ask her to come
Sir is calling you
- He says he doesn’t want to see anyone - No..if told it was me...
Yeah I told him
I told him everything..but he is not listening
I am not going to compel him at this instance.
- Because I am also a father of a girl child - I..…
The enquiry is on. Senior lady officers will come.
And the real culprit will be booked.
A few days later
Hello...Hello
Why are you not picking up the phone?
I tried calling you several times
Hello..why are you not speaking?
Are you angry?
Don’t get angry, dear, He will leave immediately after his holidays
then visit home okay, I will be waiting
Who are you?
Why are you torturing me like this?
Please..What harm have I done to you?
Do you remember this girl?
The poor little girl who begged for her honour!
Do you remember me?
See Mr.Venugopal, Your daughter is pregnant
Father and daughter look alike!
Like how a Mother Hen protects the chicks beneath her wings
I also raised my daughter
And still you dared...
When my daughter revealed your name
That you should be killed
Please don’t kill him
I am ready to confess the crime anywhere
It was me who done all this
Henceforth I won’t harm any one
Please don’t kill me
I have no belief in this law that punishes innocent and acquits real culprit like you
Trusting you teachers and sending children to school
You know what we parents think,
teachers are also like parents to children
It was that belief you completely destroyed!
For the sake of all parents of girl children who lost their Childhood, Adolesence, Young adulthood age
I am going to do this
I am going to kill you
You shouldn’t be in this world to harm anyone else again
Mother means truth and Father is trust is the sayings of olden generation
No matter what happens
Like a guardian angel they will always keep guarding is the belief
While taking a nap on my chest also
My daughter had knew
That her life will be secured till I am there
It’s that trust keeps moving her till now
Each and every father is a trust to their Children
A trust to live on!
At a premature age, without committing any mistakes,
Needlessly my daughter became a victimization and accusations of the people
Even she herself didn’t know what was that really happened to her
Doctors, Cops and I kept questioning her repeatedly
and told her that we will get him punished if she reveals his name
but fearing upon his threat that he will post her private pictures on social media
Although she didn’t disclose his name to anyone
She was confident enough that only her father could get him punishment
And he can never escape from his father’s court of law
That’s why she disclosed that secret only to her father
Now she is very happy
No one can devastate her mind now
Therefore what I wish to say is,
In such circumstances, whatever happens to you also, children
tell openly to your father and mother
They will be with you
You will always feel secured in their court!