Ullozhukku (2024) Movie Script
1
- This looks good, no?
- Not bad.
Take that one, please.
Hey.
I want a sari.
Please ask there.
That won't work.
You please do it.
- This one?
- The colour suits her.
Take that one too.
Drape this one
and show me.
Will you make me
lose my job as well?
I'm trying.
Good jobs are hard to find.
I didn't say you aren't trying.
Don't complain when
someone else marries me.
Then I'll teach him a lesson.
Yeah, right!
I come here for
some peace of mind...
Now you too start!
Isn't this the one you liked, Sir?
Super.
Is it?
Want to know the price, Sir?
No.
No plan to buy
this for me, right?
Put it back.
Done.
Leave.
Smile, please.
A bit more...
OK...
You please sit next to her.
- Is this okay?
- Okay
A bit closer, please.
Fine. Now place your hand
over her shoulder.
Shall I?
Now hold her hand
with your other hand.
Now, can you look at each other?
Hold that pose.
Both of you please smile.
Why are you crying?
She's my daughter too.
I'll look after her well.
Do visit us after four days, OK?
- Bye, Leelamma.
- OK.
Bye, dear.
ULLOZHUKKU
[UNDERCURRENT]
Dear...
Go and buy my medicines.
We'll leave soon after
we see the doctor.
Let's buy these with
his medicines, Mom.
We don't know those yet.
Buy these for now.
- Thomaskutty...
- Yes. Come...
Come...
Matthew...
Rs. 90.
Leelamma...
Rs. 600.
Here.
Do you have change?
No, I don't.
Can you get change?
Let me check.
It's Rs 600.
Are you well?
How's your mom?
She's fine.
Anju...
Can I call you once in a while?
Oh no, no.
Please wait...
Slowly...
She won't run away
with your dad's watch.
Take it off.
Dear, it's that girl.
Hello...
I'll call you later...
No, I'll check and call.
Tell me if it's too hot.
Is this OK?
Mom!
Mom...
I'm coming.
Mom...
What's it?
What's it, dear?
- Hold him, Mom.
- Yes, yes.
Take the medicine.
You'll be fine, son.
Give it to me.
Son, get up slowly.
Slowly.
Open your mouth.
Open it.
Lay him back, dear.
Slowly.
No... No...
Pain has reduced, Mom.
Thomaskutty has slept.
Lord!
Please go to bed, Mom.
You go to bed, dear.
Let me sit here for a bit.
He gets these bouts
sometimes, no?
Why are you so worried?
What do I need to
worry about?
I wanted to study medicine.
Had good marks in school.
But my parents didn't allow it.
At 19, they married me off.
Sheba was born
when I was 21...
...and Thomaskutty,
when I was 23.
Then on, my husband and
children were my world.
This house was so lively.
They were such a noisy lot!
And then, when the children
were both in college...
...it was during a monsoon like this...
...that my husband passed suddenly.
After that, it was just
me and my children.
I brought them up well.
After Sheba was married off...
...she had time only for her family.
My son and I were alone here.
Now I feel...
...the Lord is jealous
of my happiness.
Now, my son too...
He's suffering so much.
If something happens to him...
...I'll be no more.
Mom...
Don't worry like this.
You'll fall ill, Mom.
Lord!
One more.
Done...
It's fine.
When Mom brings medicine,
take it without fuss.
I will be back before evening.
Should you go today, dear?
It's going to rain.
What else?
Water may rise any time, Mom.
- Have you eaten?
- No. It's time for the boat.
It's OK.
Sit down and have some food.
Just one, please.
Can't we just ask Sathyan
to buy the medicine?
That won't do.
Need anything else, Mom?
No.
If I do, I'll ask Sathyan.
Else, you'll have to
carry that also.
Here.
- Have one more.
- No, Mom. Don't have time.
Eat slowly.
Where's the list of medicines, Mom?
It's inside the shelf in my room.
Leave it there and go.
I'll be back soon.
Bye.
Dear...Not that one.
You don't know.
I'll get it for you.
There was a paper in this.
Yes, take it.
- This one?
- Yes.
Alright, Mom.
The boat is leaving.
Hurry up.
Don't leave!
Please stop for me...
Get on fast.
Get on.
Rajeev...
Name: Rajeev
Age: 34
Sex...
Hey, which is it?
- You don't know?
- Go make tea.
Driver's license...
Hey, your address...?
Which address should I give?
Rajeev...
Which address
should I give?
Want some duck curry?
Hey, this isn't a joke.
This is a new item.
Duck Mappas.
Fill it yourself then.
I'm trying to set up a food truck.
Don't have time for a job now.
That's what you always say.
OK, then. Give this address.
What else to do...
I've to find a good house
and bring my mom.
You won't take me?
Without you how will it
ever become a home?
I want this every day.
So you don't plan to cook?
Kuttanad is flooded
due to heavy rains.
The rains seem to be
getting heavier even now.
Schools and houses in
low-lying areas are under water.
The main roads are waterlogged
causing traffic blocks.
If this heavy downpour continues,
life here will get more challenging.
Even now people are planning to evacuate
from their homes to relief camps.
Son...
Should we stay here
during this flood?
Shall we go stay at
Sheba's for a few days?
- No, Mom.
- What did you say?
- Let's stay here.
- If you don't want to, no need.
But give it some thought.
Dear, check if it's time
for his check up.
What's it?
Two more weeks, Mom.
Where is Anju, son?
I'll keep this and come, OK?
Where were you, dear?
I was here, Mom.
Why do you look so pale?
Not feeling well?
Nothing, Mom.
Tell me if you
aren't feeling well.
- Hello.
- Anju, what's it?
I'm pregnant.
Why are you silent?
I'm scared.
Anju, calm down.
Rajeev, how can I be calm?
What could calm me down?
Anju, whatever it is,
I'm here for you. Don't be afraid.
I'm coming there.
I can't stay here any longer.
I just can't...
Rajeev...
Your order.
Why are you silent?
When can we meet?
Are you unwell?
Sathyan...
Is there no one here?
Come quickly.
Sathyan...
Anju...
Anju...
Hello...
It hurts...
It's nothing, son.
The Lord will take care of us.
Dear, quickly!
Get in quickly, dear.
Nothing will happen to you
Fast...
Don't worry, son...
Mom's with you.
You can go to the room.
He is stable now.
You can speak to the doctor
when he comes.
- Can we see him?
- Only in the evening.
Sit down, Mom.
- Lord!
- How's he now?
What did the doctor say?
They say he's alright now.
What happened all of a sudden?
When Mom went to his room,
Thomaskutty was lying on the floor.
He wasn't responding.
With Sathyan's help, we could
bring him here quickly.
How many times have I told you to come
and stay at our place with Thomaskutty?
Why are you so adamant to stay
in the middle of that flood?
He prefers to stay there.
You have an excuse
for everything, Mom.
Have you ever listened to me?
Let it go, sister.
Go change the child's dress.
Why didn't you tell me?
How far along are you?
Why are you hesitant to tell me?
It's nothing, Mom.
No, I've been noticing you
for the past few days.
It's just a hunch,
that's all.
Don't tell anyone, Mom.
Why is that?
We should see a doctor
tomorrow itself.
But Thomaskutty
being unwell...
This will cheer him up too.
Call me immediately.
Everyone here knows.
They all think
it's Thomaskutty's.
My dear!
Come.
Do you feel sick now?
Be very careful
in the beginning.
Why didn't you tell me?
Papa, didn't you have to
open the shop today?
We have a helper now.
Drink this.
That shop is a waste of time.
Yeah, thanks to that shop I raised her
and married her into a good family.
Stop this bickering.
You'll start the moment you walk in!
Are you angry with me?
For what?
I forced you into this marriage.
Who knew it would end up like this!
When Leelamma told me
about it, I was shocked.
You could've been careful.
Thomaskutty is awake.
The doctor says we can see him.
Oh goodness!!
Come, dear.
Come fast.
Not like that, aunty
Look into this hand
Rock paper scissors
It's the Lord's blessing.
This baby will only bring good to all.
Dear, you have to
tell him yourself.
He isn't in a good condition.
Must I tell him now?
Tell him right now.
He'll be very happy
hearing about his baby.
It'll motivate him to get well soon.
Tell him now.
You can go inside.
Come, dear.
Come.
My dear!
Does it hurt?
Have you eaten?
He's looking at you.
Come.
Tell him.
Anju...
Mom!
- What's it?
- He can't breath.
Can't breathe?
What's it, son?
It's nothing, dear.
Nothing.
Everything will be alright.
Mom's here.
Oh Lord!
It'll be alright.
Mom's here.
Mom's here.
Don't be afraid.
Mom's here.
Let me see
Thomaskutty!
Thomaskutty!
Anju Aunty,
I want to go home.
- Dear, don't you like uncle Thomaskutty?
- Yes.
Then, can't you wait
a few days for him?
For how many days?
Till the water subsides.
When will it subside?
Just pray.
The water will subside soon.
Only when the water subsides
can we have the funeral.
What else to do?
Thomaskutty's soul
must be restless.
That's why the burial is taking so long.
Nonsense!
Nowadays, it takes only a day of rain
for the water to rise!
At least drink this, Leelamma.
You've been sitting like this for so long.
Leave it there.
I'll do the rest.
Oh no!
Dear...
What happened?
Anju...
- I felt a bit dizzy.
- Get up.
Let it be.
Slowly...
Lie down for a while.
Drink this, dear.
You can go, Mom.
I'm fine.
If I don't take care of you now,
I'll be answerable to Thomaskutty.
Enough, Mom.
Dear, finish it please.
Done.
Lie down for a while.
I'll sit here.
'My Lord, I have trusted You!'
'Lord, I worship and
bow down at Your cross...'
'...which gives salvation,
protection and life'
'Heaven and earth belong to You!'
'Heaven and Earth
belong to You, Lord'
'Grant refuge to the living,
and life to the dead'
'They will sing hymns of joy!'
'Wash away the sins of
the dead in Your mercy'
'Remember they are Yours,
through their holy Baptism'
'They will rejoice in His joy!'
'Those who received
Your holy body and blood...'
'...Lord, in mercy, let them
join Your eternal banquet'
'None of them were left behind!'
'When it rains on fields,
seeds break open and sprout'
'When the trumpet blows,
life dawns on the dead'
Ma'am, it's heavy.
Slowly, slowly.
Oh, no!
Why are you doing this now, Mom?
What will people say?
If it lies there,
termites will get to it.
Come down carefully.
- Carefully.
- All good. Alright!
Take it outside and clean it.
This was made for Thomaskutty.
Hey, it's for the baby.
Not a speck of dust should be there.
Clean it thoroughly.
Dear... After the funeral,
let's raise this yard...
...and build a room
where water can't enter.
Once the baby is here, we can't
have water entering the house often.
Mom, there's plenty
of time for all that.
Oh, time will
pass very quickly.
Let all this get over.
I'll write this property in your name.
Why, Mom?
I can't stay here forever, right?
Why not, dear?
Isn't this your home?
I wish you would stay here
with me forever.
Man...
What's it?
Will you get out any time soon?
Let me finish, man...
Anju, tell me.
Mom's love for the baby
is suffocating me, Rajeev.
She took out Thomaskutty's
old cradle today.
The poor thing says, after the funeral,
she'll write the property in my name.
She doesn't leave
my side at all, Rajeev.
Anju...
I've ditched the food truck plan.
I'm trying for a job.
Most probably, I'll get it.
Wait until then.
Please.
Did you ditch the food truck plan?
That's too much work, dude.
Or, didn't she agree to it?
Are you crazy?
To leave it all for her?
She hurt you once already.
Haven't you learned your lesson?
Hello.
How long have I been trying...
Why didn't you pick the call?
Hello...
Hello Anju.
Hello...
Can't you hear?
Hello.
Anju...
Hello...
What's this, Sheba?
Isn't he your little brother?
- Why can't you do something?
- Mom! We've all been pregnant.
It's fine, Mom.
I can do this.
Go...
Dear, give the photo
for the newspaper.
He isn't smiling in this.
Wait.
What are you doing, Mom?
Remember you fell down once?
Listen to me.
Come down.
Slowly.
Let me check.
If you need it often,
why do you keep it up here?
Here it is, Mom.
Oh, put it there.
Which one do you want, Mom?
I'll choose.
Leave it here and go.
Why are you like this suddenly?
We come to know of things suddenly.
Whom do you secretively
call so often?
It's my friend, Maria.
Don't you know?
His name is Maria?
Mom, he was my best friend in college.
He supported me through
Thomaskutty's illness.
Thomaskutty knows him.
Why have you kept
a different name?
Papa just hates him.
Why?
He never liked me
being friends with boys.
That's why I changed the name.
I panicked when
I heard him speak.
Do you think it's right to call
a married woman frequently?
Mom, I never thought of it like that.
If you don't like it,
I won't talk to him again.
Will your mother like it?
Don't you trust me, Mom?
I have no one except
you and the baby.
'Oh great King,
our Lord Jesus...'
'Bless the dead so that
they wake with radiant faces'
Dear, I was arranging this room.
Shouldn't the baby grow up
seeing his father?
Is that your friend?
I'll tell him not to
call me any more.
No, you can talk. Just make sure
it doesn't become a nuisance.
I was looking for a photo...
Of him with Sheba...I can't find it.
Sheba...
Anju...
Anju!
Let's call him Thomas, yes?
Thomaskutty!
Ah, he is moving.
Why isn't he calling me Papa?
Come, let's go.
What happened?
Let's go!
Where to go? Where will we stay?
Nothing is ready.
What should I do then?
Anju...
Wait till I get a good job.
Or wait till Leelamma
gives you the property.
Property...
Forget about the property.
Anju, I don't want anything
for myself.
I can live like how
I have lived so far.
This for you and the baby.
We don't need it.
We'll survive on whatever you earn.
Let's go, please.
That isn't enough even for me.
What I earn serving and cleaning
isn't enough to run a family.
Anju...
I'm saying all this because
I might lose you again.
When you dumped me and
got married, I was very sad.
But I only prayed
for your wellbeing.
When we became close again,
all my friends made fun of me.
But I wasn't angry with you.
Because I love you
that much, Anju.
I've never loved
anyone like this.
I didn't even know I could
love someone like this.
If you don't want to,
don't go back.
We'll figure out a way.
No.
I'll go back.
My dear...
Come, see this.
Which colour do you like?
Blue?
Thomaskutty liked blue.
Once he had a blue shirt.
He just wouldn't take it off.
Come here, dear.
May I talk to my child?
My son! Thomaskutty!
I'm so eager to meet you.
What's it, dear?
Are you feeling ill?
After the funeral I can't
stay here anymore, Mom.
Do you lack anything
in this house?
That's not it.
Your family will prefer
that you stay here.
I have to go, Mom.
What's there at your place, dear?
Do you want to make
my child suffer?
I'm not going back there.
Then?
Don't ask me anything more, Mom.
Well, you can go
wherever you want.
But I want my son's child.
No, Mom...
This is my child.
I'll leave once the funeral is over.
They keep calling to ask why
the kid isn't sent to school.
What should I say?
Everything is on my shoulders.
It's been seven days.
Isn't it, mom?
The water has begun
to go down.
If it doesn't rain much, we can conduct
the funeral in three or four days.
What say, Leelamma?
Can't delay the funeral anymore.
What happens if the pit
is filled with water?
We'll have to pump the water out
with a motor. That's the only way.
Where's Anju?
I've something to ask you.
When you made excuses
to go to the town...
...was it to meet that guy?
How long have you two
been together?
I loved you like my own daughter.
For that sake,
tell me the truth.
Is this baby...
...not Thomaskutty's?
Tell me the truth.
No, Mom.
It's not Thomaskutty's.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
Mom, at least have your medicine.
Mom, you are worse than Appus.
If you fall ill,
who'll look after you?
Sister aunty!
I'll make some tea.
You didn't come!
You didn't come to see him alive!
My son, alone in the hospital...
I have no one now.
Hey, didn't get that job too.
Anju...
They're all asking about you there.
Let's go from here, Mom.
Are you nuts?
Go and sit there, girl.
What's it?
Not feeling well?
Worried about something else?
He was so afraid of rains and
flood when he was young.
Remember how you forced him
to learn swimming.
After that he was
always in the river.
Isn't this his cradle?
Sister...
We have his child.
What we can do for him now is...
...raise his child well.
I know you'll do that well.
Rosamma, let me go check on Appus.
- You rest here.
- OK...
Yeah. Strongly...
Like this?
- Jiji...
- Yeah...
They're asking for you.
OK. I'm coming.
Come dear, let's go inside.
Slowly.
Let's go inside and eat.
Carefully.
Get down.
Eat, dear.
- Mom...
- Stop. Don't run!
Eat this...
Have you told your mom about it?
Rosamma was telling me...
...not to be sad about
Thomaskutty.
Now that we have his child...
...we will raise him well.
What can I say?
I longed for this child so much.
If you had to take it back,
why did you give me hope?
My son...
How much he suffered
before he left us!
Be kind to his soul at least, girl!
I can't stand people
ridiculing my son.
Can't you stay with me?
I can't any more, mom.
I will leave with him
after the funeral.
I will not stay here
to hurt you.
Leelamma...
What happened to my daughter?
What did she tell you?
That she wants to leave
right after the funeral.
Where to?
OK then, George.
I'll call you.
Want to go with him?
- Papa, Let go.
- Answer me now!
- She isn't well. Move aside.
- Leave me, Papa.
What are you doing?
Papa, please, Papa.
Don't pick the call.
- They'll hear...
- Move away, you!
Hello Anju.
You swine, have you no shame
to lust after somebody's wife?
If you call or see my daughter again,
I'll kill you.
Before you husband is buried, you want to
take his child and run off with your lover?
Have you ever thought
of my happiness?
Didn't I beg you to
let me marry Rajeev?
You forced me to marry Thomaskutty...
How many times have I told you, Mom,
that I was rotting here. That I was fed up.
She asked me to bear it.
Haven't I till now?
I can't bear it any longer.
I can't...
Her upbringing is
showing its true colors.
Don't you start now!
Remember, this is a house in mourning.
Weren't you ashamed to
hide her affair and marry her off?
- Well! What honour do you have!
- Sheba, stop.
I will make sure that
this family's name is not ruined.
- Just...
- Come!
Shameless lot!
I'd warned back then.
Hope you are satisfied after
humiliating us in front of everyone.
Daughter, remember this.
Don't ever dream of living with
that jobless Hindu boy.
- Forget about it.
- Papa...
He has always lived for you, dear.
Don't hurt him.
I can't live without him, Mom.
That'll never happen, girl.
- I fold.
- As usual...
Hey...
Come and drink with us.
Hey, you can drink even if
you didn't pitch in.
Stop it.
Rajeev, come here.
Hurry up, man.
- Have you arranged for the ambulance?
- Yes.
Should bring the body tomorrow.
It's been two weeks.
Hi...
Sheba...
The number you are calling is
either switched off or not reachable...
Come...
Come
Enough!
Slowly!
Hold it there.
Move aside
Thomaskutty...
Open the casket.
Open the casket!
Open it...
Open the casket.
Thomaskutty...
Sathyan...
Have you arranged for the pump?
Yes, it's done.
"The church stands like the dove..."
"The serpent came
to break the nest..."
"...and devour all those doves"
"Lord, don't forsake this church
achieved by your sacred blood"
"Those travelling in the sea!"
"Like traders crossing the sea..."
- "We cross the earth"
- Where's Anju?
She's not well.
'Destitute by the time
they reach the shore...'
"...will cry when others rejoice"
Anju...
Trying to show your
true colours to everyone?
Come and join the prayer.
Anju...
Anju!
Why did you come here?
If I had taken you with me that day,
this wouldn't have happened.
Go now. If Papa sees you,
he'll kill you.
Come with me.
Let's go.
- Now? How can I, Rajeev?
- Anju Aunty...
Somebody's coming.
Go... Go!
Leelamma...
The cemetery is flooded again.
Shall I arrange the funeral
at the town cemetery?
The flood will subside soon.
The Lord will answer my prayers.
He should be buried here in this church,
in our family burial vault.
Haven't we waited enough?
Who knows when the flood will subside...
I haven't locked anyone up here.
Those who want to leave, may leave.
This family has
some prestige and legacy.
Everyone may not understand that.
This is a mobile mortuary.
We can't keep Thomaskutty in it
for more than a couple of days.
Body will start to decay.
No matter how long
we have to wait...
...he should be buried here,
with his father.
And me too,
when the time comes.
Anju...
Why don't you come for the prayer?
I'm not coming there.
People have started talking.
Don't humiliate this family.
Mom, I...
Oh no!
Don't ever call me that again.
Jealous people are awaiting
the ruin of this family.
As long as I'm alive,
I won't let that happen.
Go sit by your husband's body.
Doesn't anyone understand
that I'm not well?
Sister aunty,
please tell her.
Let her take rest if she's not well.
Why should we dance to others' tunes?
Rosamma, do you know
what's happening here?
Despite knowing everything,
she married our Thomaskutty.
She took good care of him.
What do you mean,
"despite knowing everything"?
He had a headache
a long time ago. So?
It's when you fell sick, that our father
offered you to the church.
Aren't you perfectly fine now?
Don't be jealous of my family
because you don't have one.
That's not right.
What did you mean,
'knowing everything'?
Oh, it's nothing.
Take rest.
Go and buy my medicines, dear.
- Let's buy it with his, Mom.
- We don't know those yet, right?
Thomaskutty...
- Where's the list of medicines, Mom?
- It's on the shelf in my room.
Dear...Not that one.
You don't know.
I'll get it for you.
"Out of the depths,
I cry to you"
"Lord, hear my voice
Be attentive to my prayer"
"Lord if you keep count of
our wrong doings, who would survive?"
"Because forgiveness comes from you"
"I surrender to Lord,
I count on his word"
"Like the watchmen long for
the daybreak, I long for you, Lord"
"Like the watchmen long for
the daybreak, Israel longs for you, Lord"
"Because He is full of mercy."
"He will redeem Israel
from all its iniquity"
Why did you bring this there?
Do I have to tell you?
Long ago, he got a swelling on his head.
He was treated and got well.
So what?
Didn't the same recur
after marriage?
Didn't all these happen
because of it?
How were I to know that the tumour
would recur and take him away?
- What the Lord wishes...
- Leave the Lord alone.
To hide it from me, you never
took me along to the doctors, right?
How could you do this to me?
This is not any worse than
what you did to me and my son.
You and your son deserve this.
You dumped a dying man on me.
People are noticing.
What's it?
- Oh! The power is gone...
- Let's go check the generator.
No point blaming
my sister alone.
Your family must've known about this.
They would've enquired about the boy
before the wedding, right?
They probably didn't,
considering your family's status.
Nobody will think
they'll cheat like this.
Sister Aunty, how could you
be a part of this?
Just remember that you are answerable
to God, if not to anyone else.
Dear, I had told everything
to the priest in your parish.
Please don't lie to me anymore.
The priest and your father
are very close, right?
But your father would have
never expected all these.
Dear!
Did she tell you
she was fed up here?
Jiji!
Why didn't you tell me
she was suffering here?
- Did the priest tell you, Papa?
- What?
Did you know that Thomaskutty
had a tumour before marriage?
What nonsense are you saying?
If I had known, would I have
agreed to this marriage?
That's what I want to know.
Why did you do this to me?
You don't trust us?
I don't trust you, Papa.
Anju, stop it.
He doesn't know anything.
What, what doesn't he know?
When the priest visited us,
your papa wasn't at home.
I never thought things would
end up like this.
I wanted you to be happy...
It was an alliance from a good family...
Do you think I would
harm you on purpose?
When he...
When he got sick again,
why didn't you tell me then?
You could've told me
at least then, Mom.
Is there anything else here
that I should know?
You always say...
...that the Lord is jealous
of your family's happiness.
Let alone the Lord...
...even for humans, what does
your family have to be jealous about?
It's all your delusion.
His father had never given
Thomaskutty a loving hug or kiss...
...he never even addressed
him affectionately.
A good memory of you all together...
...Thomaskutty didn't even have that.
It's not surprising.
Your husband was never here with you.
Ah...
On his death bed, he gave
Thomaskutty his watch.
Is that love!
No matter what happens
or what anyone says...
I'm going to live with Rajeev.
This is your husband
lying here cold.
Being married doesn't make
someone a husband.
He needed me only to sleep with him
and to take care of him, as it suited him.
This man never touched me
or looked at me with love.
Having an affair
while being married...
Carrying that man's child...
This has never happened
before in this family.
You've only loved yourself, Anju.
You won't understand
the love between Rajeev and me.
Because your husband
never gave you that.
Can't you at least
try to understand it?
Huh, what is this?
If you can't do your job,
get somebody else.
Enough...
Sorry, Sir.
A lot of proposals got rejected.
That's why I didn't disclose his illness.
Good that you did.
I feel relieved.
I only wanted Thomaskutty to be happy.
I didn't mean to cheat her.
Still, I should've told her, right?
They also didn't tell us that
she was against this marriage.
You don't have a family.
I have one.
But it's all the same.
Keep it...
Lift a bit more.
Keep it there.
Bring it.
Keep it here.
Keep it there.
Hold here...lift up
Lift it.
Careful.
A little bit.
- Kept at both sides?
- Yes.
Wipe it.
Come, George.
What's it, Leelamma?
I didn't know she was unhappy
with Thomaskutty.
I only prayed for him to get better.
If I knew he was ill, I wouldn't
have agreed to this alliance.
Jiji knew.
You didn't let her
marry the boy she liked.
Instead you forced her
to marry Thomaskutty.
There is no point
blaming each other.
You should agree to her wish.
Over my dead body.
Really, George?
Leelamma, I have lived
an earnest life.
You may have wealth and prestige.
That doesn't mean...
What prestige?
What honesty?
If our children aren't happy,
what does it matter?
She is your daughter,
stubborn just like you.
She told me she'd leave
as soon as this is over.
That's why I delayed the burial.
Hoping she would change her mind.
Now no point in waiting.
As you suggested, let's bury him
in the town cemetery.
Make the arrangements.
As soon as possible.
And...
She loves him very much.
If you remain stubborn,
she will suffer.
Is that what you want?
Papa...
Say something.
Leelamma spoke for you.
Wait till the funeral is over,
if you can.
Papa, wait.
I have a lot more to say.
No. Don't say it.
It'll hurt your mom.
Go.
My dear Anju,
finally you called!
How's it there?
Find a house for us.
Papa allowed me
to come with you.
Really! How come?
Thomaskutty first fell sick
long before the marriage.
They hid that from us.
Great!
Yet they beat you and blamed you.
- I'll leave on the day of the funeral.
- OK. I'll arrange everything.
By the way, what about
the other thing?
What?
Did she say anything
about that property?
No.
Did you ask?
No.
Can you please ask?
Rajeev, I'm leaving this place.
Do we need it?
Our problems will be solved
if we get it.
She'll give it to you if you ask.
Where's Rajeev's order?
Rajeev...
- I...
- Hey, I'll call you.
I had something to ask you.
What is it?
Why are you here?
You're set to leave with someone.
Have you no shame?
Sheba...
Why are you supporting her, mom?
Be quiet.
Shaju and I had told you to find
an alliance that matched our status.
But you wanted just her.
Look at what happened!
If she goes with someone else
with our child, we'll lose face.
Shameless folks!
Sheba, stop it.
If you dance to her tune,
we won't stand by you.
Where were you when
Thomaskutty was ill?
She was the one who took care of him.
She has that place here.
Thomaskutty's soul will
never forgive you, Mom.
You'll suffer.
Don't mind her.
She is upset.
What did you want to say?
Nothing.
Lift it up.
You move aside.
It shouldn't get wet.
Anju, after the funeral
we can come here.
Let's stay here.
The guys are moving out.
The priest has started.
Could you get him?
Ask Sathyan to get the boat.
I am coming.
We'll be back only after
the water subsides.
Packed everything?
All done?
Where's his watch?
Let me check.
Leelamma is asking for his watch.
Where's it?
Anju!
Leelamma...
The priest is on his way.
Packed?
Take everything you need.
Ok, Mom.
Come, sit with me.
Though unintentionally...
...I've hurt you a lot.
Please don't hold that against me.
I was desperate, Mom.
I made many mistakes.
Don't hate me.
No, dear.
I understand you
more than anyone else.
At least from now on
you should live happily.
Like I said, I'm giving
the property to you.
I will prepare the will
after the funeral.
No, Mom.
No need.
It'll be a burden for me.
Don't refuse this.
The baby's first gold
should be from me.
No need, Mom.
Please take this.
Tell the child it's my gift.
This too.
Make him wear this.
After the delivery...
...can I visit the baby once?
I wished for him so much.
That's why.
We'll visit you often.
You and the baby can stay here.
This is your house too.
Not much time left.
Finish the packing.
"They will sing hymns of Joy!"
"Wash away the sins of
the dead in your mercy"
"Remember they are Yours,
through their holy Baptism"
"They will rejoice in His Joy!"
"Those who received
Your holy body and blood..."
"...Lord, in mercy, let them
join Your eternal banquet"
"None of them were left behind!"
"When it rains on fields,
seeds break open and sprout"
I've forgiven.
Forgive me too.
It's their property.
How can we ask for it?
If you loved me like I love you,
you would not have refused it.
But for you, I come
after everyone else.
Back then, your family;
now Leelamma.
Why are you talking
like this, Rajeev?
You know how much
I suffered to be with you?
I am accepting you even after
you slept with another man.
Nothing is greater than that, right?
Anju...
Anju, sorry...
You come.
Get your bags.
Let's go.
Anju.
Let Mom leave.
I don't want her to see me
leaving with you.
You come to the pier.
How will you manage alone there, Mom?
I'll have no peace of mind.
It's fine.
You leave.
I've my Thomaskutty there with me.
Can't you stay with Sheba
till the water subsides?
Appus...
Study well, ok?
Listen to me at least now, Mom.
Anju...
Where are you going?
Leaving me again?
That's my child
you're carrying.
- This looks good, no?
- Not bad.
Take that one, please.
Hey.
I want a sari.
Please ask there.
That won't work.
You please do it.
- This one?
- The colour suits her.
Take that one too.
Drape this one
and show me.
Will you make me
lose my job as well?
I'm trying.
Good jobs are hard to find.
I didn't say you aren't trying.
Don't complain when
someone else marries me.
Then I'll teach him a lesson.
Yeah, right!
I come here for
some peace of mind...
Now you too start!
Isn't this the one you liked, Sir?
Super.
Is it?
Want to know the price, Sir?
No.
No plan to buy
this for me, right?
Put it back.
Done.
Leave.
Smile, please.
A bit more...
OK...
You please sit next to her.
- Is this okay?
- Okay
A bit closer, please.
Fine. Now place your hand
over her shoulder.
Shall I?
Now hold her hand
with your other hand.
Now, can you look at each other?
Hold that pose.
Both of you please smile.
Why are you crying?
She's my daughter too.
I'll look after her well.
Do visit us after four days, OK?
- Bye, Leelamma.
- OK.
Bye, dear.
ULLOZHUKKU
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Dear...
Go and buy my medicines.
We'll leave soon after
we see the doctor.
Let's buy these with
his medicines, Mom.
We don't know those yet.
Buy these for now.
- Thomaskutty...
- Yes. Come...
Come...
Matthew...
Rs. 90.
Leelamma...
Rs. 600.
Here.
Do you have change?
No, I don't.
Can you get change?
Let me check.
It's Rs 600.
Are you well?
How's your mom?
She's fine.
Anju...
Can I call you once in a while?
Oh no, no.
Please wait...
Slowly...
She won't run away
with your dad's watch.
Take it off.
Dear, it's that girl.
Hello...
I'll call you later...
No, I'll check and call.
Tell me if it's too hot.
Is this OK?
Mom!
Mom...
I'm coming.
Mom...
What's it?
What's it, dear?
- Hold him, Mom.
- Yes, yes.
Take the medicine.
You'll be fine, son.
Give it to me.
Son, get up slowly.
Slowly.
Open your mouth.
Open it.
Lay him back, dear.
Slowly.
No... No...
Pain has reduced, Mom.
Thomaskutty has slept.
Lord!
Please go to bed, Mom.
You go to bed, dear.
Let me sit here for a bit.
He gets these bouts
sometimes, no?
Why are you so worried?
What do I need to
worry about?
I wanted to study medicine.
Had good marks in school.
But my parents didn't allow it.
At 19, they married me off.
Sheba was born
when I was 21...
...and Thomaskutty,
when I was 23.
Then on, my husband and
children were my world.
This house was so lively.
They were such a noisy lot!
And then, when the children
were both in college...
...it was during a monsoon like this...
...that my husband passed suddenly.
After that, it was just
me and my children.
I brought them up well.
After Sheba was married off...
...she had time only for her family.
My son and I were alone here.
Now I feel...
...the Lord is jealous
of my happiness.
Now, my son too...
He's suffering so much.
If something happens to him...
...I'll be no more.
Mom...
Don't worry like this.
You'll fall ill, Mom.
Lord!
One more.
Done...
It's fine.
When Mom brings medicine,
take it without fuss.
I will be back before evening.
Should you go today, dear?
It's going to rain.
What else?
Water may rise any time, Mom.
- Have you eaten?
- No. It's time for the boat.
It's OK.
Sit down and have some food.
Just one, please.
Can't we just ask Sathyan
to buy the medicine?
That won't do.
Need anything else, Mom?
No.
If I do, I'll ask Sathyan.
Else, you'll have to
carry that also.
Here.
- Have one more.
- No, Mom. Don't have time.
Eat slowly.
Where's the list of medicines, Mom?
It's inside the shelf in my room.
Leave it there and go.
I'll be back soon.
Bye.
Dear...Not that one.
You don't know.
I'll get it for you.
There was a paper in this.
Yes, take it.
- This one?
- Yes.
Alright, Mom.
The boat is leaving.
Hurry up.
Don't leave!
Please stop for me...
Get on fast.
Get on.
Rajeev...
Name: Rajeev
Age: 34
Sex...
Hey, which is it?
- You don't know?
- Go make tea.
Driver's license...
Hey, your address...?
Which address should I give?
Rajeev...
Which address
should I give?
Want some duck curry?
Hey, this isn't a joke.
This is a new item.
Duck Mappas.
Fill it yourself then.
I'm trying to set up a food truck.
Don't have time for a job now.
That's what you always say.
OK, then. Give this address.
What else to do...
I've to find a good house
and bring my mom.
You won't take me?
Without you how will it
ever become a home?
I want this every day.
So you don't plan to cook?
Kuttanad is flooded
due to heavy rains.
The rains seem to be
getting heavier even now.
Schools and houses in
low-lying areas are under water.
The main roads are waterlogged
causing traffic blocks.
If this heavy downpour continues,
life here will get more challenging.
Even now people are planning to evacuate
from their homes to relief camps.
Son...
Should we stay here
during this flood?
Shall we go stay at
Sheba's for a few days?
- No, Mom.
- What did you say?
- Let's stay here.
- If you don't want to, no need.
But give it some thought.
Dear, check if it's time
for his check up.
What's it?
Two more weeks, Mom.
Where is Anju, son?
I'll keep this and come, OK?
Where were you, dear?
I was here, Mom.
Why do you look so pale?
Not feeling well?
Nothing, Mom.
Tell me if you
aren't feeling well.
- Hello.
- Anju, what's it?
I'm pregnant.
Why are you silent?
I'm scared.
Anju, calm down.
Rajeev, how can I be calm?
What could calm me down?
Anju, whatever it is,
I'm here for you. Don't be afraid.
I'm coming there.
I can't stay here any longer.
I just can't...
Rajeev...
Your order.
Why are you silent?
When can we meet?
Are you unwell?
Sathyan...
Is there no one here?
Come quickly.
Sathyan...
Anju...
Anju...
Hello...
It hurts...
It's nothing, son.
The Lord will take care of us.
Dear, quickly!
Get in quickly, dear.
Nothing will happen to you
Fast...
Don't worry, son...
Mom's with you.
You can go to the room.
He is stable now.
You can speak to the doctor
when he comes.
- Can we see him?
- Only in the evening.
Sit down, Mom.
- Lord!
- How's he now?
What did the doctor say?
They say he's alright now.
What happened all of a sudden?
When Mom went to his room,
Thomaskutty was lying on the floor.
He wasn't responding.
With Sathyan's help, we could
bring him here quickly.
How many times have I told you to come
and stay at our place with Thomaskutty?
Why are you so adamant to stay
in the middle of that flood?
He prefers to stay there.
You have an excuse
for everything, Mom.
Have you ever listened to me?
Let it go, sister.
Go change the child's dress.
Why didn't you tell me?
How far along are you?
Why are you hesitant to tell me?
It's nothing, Mom.
No, I've been noticing you
for the past few days.
It's just a hunch,
that's all.
Don't tell anyone, Mom.
Why is that?
We should see a doctor
tomorrow itself.
But Thomaskutty
being unwell...
This will cheer him up too.
Call me immediately.
Everyone here knows.
They all think
it's Thomaskutty's.
My dear!
Come.
Do you feel sick now?
Be very careful
in the beginning.
Why didn't you tell me?
Papa, didn't you have to
open the shop today?
We have a helper now.
Drink this.
That shop is a waste of time.
Yeah, thanks to that shop I raised her
and married her into a good family.
Stop this bickering.
You'll start the moment you walk in!
Are you angry with me?
For what?
I forced you into this marriage.
Who knew it would end up like this!
When Leelamma told me
about it, I was shocked.
You could've been careful.
Thomaskutty is awake.
The doctor says we can see him.
Oh goodness!!
Come, dear.
Come fast.
Not like that, aunty
Look into this hand
Rock paper scissors
It's the Lord's blessing.
This baby will only bring good to all.
Dear, you have to
tell him yourself.
He isn't in a good condition.
Must I tell him now?
Tell him right now.
He'll be very happy
hearing about his baby.
It'll motivate him to get well soon.
Tell him now.
You can go inside.
Come, dear.
Come.
My dear!
Does it hurt?
Have you eaten?
He's looking at you.
Come.
Tell him.
Anju...
Mom!
- What's it?
- He can't breath.
Can't breathe?
What's it, son?
It's nothing, dear.
Nothing.
Everything will be alright.
Mom's here.
Oh Lord!
It'll be alright.
Mom's here.
Mom's here.
Don't be afraid.
Mom's here.
Let me see
Thomaskutty!
Thomaskutty!
Anju Aunty,
I want to go home.
- Dear, don't you like uncle Thomaskutty?
- Yes.
Then, can't you wait
a few days for him?
For how many days?
Till the water subsides.
When will it subside?
Just pray.
The water will subside soon.
Only when the water subsides
can we have the funeral.
What else to do?
Thomaskutty's soul
must be restless.
That's why the burial is taking so long.
Nonsense!
Nowadays, it takes only a day of rain
for the water to rise!
At least drink this, Leelamma.
You've been sitting like this for so long.
Leave it there.
I'll do the rest.
Oh no!
Dear...
What happened?
Anju...
- I felt a bit dizzy.
- Get up.
Let it be.
Slowly...
Lie down for a while.
Drink this, dear.
You can go, Mom.
I'm fine.
If I don't take care of you now,
I'll be answerable to Thomaskutty.
Enough, Mom.
Dear, finish it please.
Done.
Lie down for a while.
I'll sit here.
'My Lord, I have trusted You!'
'Lord, I worship and
bow down at Your cross...'
'...which gives salvation,
protection and life'
'Heaven and earth belong to You!'
'Heaven and Earth
belong to You, Lord'
'Grant refuge to the living,
and life to the dead'
'They will sing hymns of joy!'
'Wash away the sins of
the dead in Your mercy'
'Remember they are Yours,
through their holy Baptism'
'They will rejoice in His joy!'
'Those who received
Your holy body and blood...'
'...Lord, in mercy, let them
join Your eternal banquet'
'None of them were left behind!'
'When it rains on fields,
seeds break open and sprout'
'When the trumpet blows,
life dawns on the dead'
Ma'am, it's heavy.
Slowly, slowly.
Oh, no!
Why are you doing this now, Mom?
What will people say?
If it lies there,
termites will get to it.
Come down carefully.
- Carefully.
- All good. Alright!
Take it outside and clean it.
This was made for Thomaskutty.
Hey, it's for the baby.
Not a speck of dust should be there.
Clean it thoroughly.
Dear... After the funeral,
let's raise this yard...
...and build a room
where water can't enter.
Once the baby is here, we can't
have water entering the house often.
Mom, there's plenty
of time for all that.
Oh, time will
pass very quickly.
Let all this get over.
I'll write this property in your name.
Why, Mom?
I can't stay here forever, right?
Why not, dear?
Isn't this your home?
I wish you would stay here
with me forever.
Man...
What's it?
Will you get out any time soon?
Let me finish, man...
Anju, tell me.
Mom's love for the baby
is suffocating me, Rajeev.
She took out Thomaskutty's
old cradle today.
The poor thing says, after the funeral,
she'll write the property in my name.
She doesn't leave
my side at all, Rajeev.
Anju...
I've ditched the food truck plan.
I'm trying for a job.
Most probably, I'll get it.
Wait until then.
Please.
Did you ditch the food truck plan?
That's too much work, dude.
Or, didn't she agree to it?
Are you crazy?
To leave it all for her?
She hurt you once already.
Haven't you learned your lesson?
Hello.
How long have I been trying...
Why didn't you pick the call?
Hello...
Hello Anju.
Hello...
Can't you hear?
Hello.
Anju...
Hello...
What's this, Sheba?
Isn't he your little brother?
- Why can't you do something?
- Mom! We've all been pregnant.
It's fine, Mom.
I can do this.
Go...
Dear, give the photo
for the newspaper.
He isn't smiling in this.
Wait.
What are you doing, Mom?
Remember you fell down once?
Listen to me.
Come down.
Slowly.
Let me check.
If you need it often,
why do you keep it up here?
Here it is, Mom.
Oh, put it there.
Which one do you want, Mom?
I'll choose.
Leave it here and go.
Why are you like this suddenly?
We come to know of things suddenly.
Whom do you secretively
call so often?
It's my friend, Maria.
Don't you know?
His name is Maria?
Mom, he was my best friend in college.
He supported me through
Thomaskutty's illness.
Thomaskutty knows him.
Why have you kept
a different name?
Papa just hates him.
Why?
He never liked me
being friends with boys.
That's why I changed the name.
I panicked when
I heard him speak.
Do you think it's right to call
a married woman frequently?
Mom, I never thought of it like that.
If you don't like it,
I won't talk to him again.
Will your mother like it?
Don't you trust me, Mom?
I have no one except
you and the baby.
'Oh great King,
our Lord Jesus...'
'Bless the dead so that
they wake with radiant faces'
Dear, I was arranging this room.
Shouldn't the baby grow up
seeing his father?
Is that your friend?
I'll tell him not to
call me any more.
No, you can talk. Just make sure
it doesn't become a nuisance.
I was looking for a photo...
Of him with Sheba...I can't find it.
Sheba...
Anju...
Anju!
Let's call him Thomas, yes?
Thomaskutty!
Ah, he is moving.
Why isn't he calling me Papa?
Come, let's go.
What happened?
Let's go!
Where to go? Where will we stay?
Nothing is ready.
What should I do then?
Anju...
Wait till I get a good job.
Or wait till Leelamma
gives you the property.
Property...
Forget about the property.
Anju, I don't want anything
for myself.
I can live like how
I have lived so far.
This for you and the baby.
We don't need it.
We'll survive on whatever you earn.
Let's go, please.
That isn't enough even for me.
What I earn serving and cleaning
isn't enough to run a family.
Anju...
I'm saying all this because
I might lose you again.
When you dumped me and
got married, I was very sad.
But I only prayed
for your wellbeing.
When we became close again,
all my friends made fun of me.
But I wasn't angry with you.
Because I love you
that much, Anju.
I've never loved
anyone like this.
I didn't even know I could
love someone like this.
If you don't want to,
don't go back.
We'll figure out a way.
No.
I'll go back.
My dear...
Come, see this.
Which colour do you like?
Blue?
Thomaskutty liked blue.
Once he had a blue shirt.
He just wouldn't take it off.
Come here, dear.
May I talk to my child?
My son! Thomaskutty!
I'm so eager to meet you.
What's it, dear?
Are you feeling ill?
After the funeral I can't
stay here anymore, Mom.
Do you lack anything
in this house?
That's not it.
Your family will prefer
that you stay here.
I have to go, Mom.
What's there at your place, dear?
Do you want to make
my child suffer?
I'm not going back there.
Then?
Don't ask me anything more, Mom.
Well, you can go
wherever you want.
But I want my son's child.
No, Mom...
This is my child.
I'll leave once the funeral is over.
They keep calling to ask why
the kid isn't sent to school.
What should I say?
Everything is on my shoulders.
It's been seven days.
Isn't it, mom?
The water has begun
to go down.
If it doesn't rain much, we can conduct
the funeral in three or four days.
What say, Leelamma?
Can't delay the funeral anymore.
What happens if the pit
is filled with water?
We'll have to pump the water out
with a motor. That's the only way.
Where's Anju?
I've something to ask you.
When you made excuses
to go to the town...
...was it to meet that guy?
How long have you two
been together?
I loved you like my own daughter.
For that sake,
tell me the truth.
Is this baby...
...not Thomaskutty's?
Tell me the truth.
No, Mom.
It's not Thomaskutty's.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
Mom, at least have your medicine.
Mom, you are worse than Appus.
If you fall ill,
who'll look after you?
Sister aunty!
I'll make some tea.
You didn't come!
You didn't come to see him alive!
My son, alone in the hospital...
I have no one now.
Hey, didn't get that job too.
Anju...
They're all asking about you there.
Let's go from here, Mom.
Are you nuts?
Go and sit there, girl.
What's it?
Not feeling well?
Worried about something else?
He was so afraid of rains and
flood when he was young.
Remember how you forced him
to learn swimming.
After that he was
always in the river.
Isn't this his cradle?
Sister...
We have his child.
What we can do for him now is...
...raise his child well.
I know you'll do that well.
Rosamma, let me go check on Appus.
- You rest here.
- OK...
Yeah. Strongly...
Like this?
- Jiji...
- Yeah...
They're asking for you.
OK. I'm coming.
Come dear, let's go inside.
Slowly.
Let's go inside and eat.
Carefully.
Get down.
Eat, dear.
- Mom...
- Stop. Don't run!
Eat this...
Have you told your mom about it?
Rosamma was telling me...
...not to be sad about
Thomaskutty.
Now that we have his child...
...we will raise him well.
What can I say?
I longed for this child so much.
If you had to take it back,
why did you give me hope?
My son...
How much he suffered
before he left us!
Be kind to his soul at least, girl!
I can't stand people
ridiculing my son.
Can't you stay with me?
I can't any more, mom.
I will leave with him
after the funeral.
I will not stay here
to hurt you.
Leelamma...
What happened to my daughter?
What did she tell you?
That she wants to leave
right after the funeral.
Where to?
OK then, George.
I'll call you.
Want to go with him?
- Papa, Let go.
- Answer me now!
- She isn't well. Move aside.
- Leave me, Papa.
What are you doing?
Papa, please, Papa.
Don't pick the call.
- They'll hear...
- Move away, you!
Hello Anju.
You swine, have you no shame
to lust after somebody's wife?
If you call or see my daughter again,
I'll kill you.
Before you husband is buried, you want to
take his child and run off with your lover?
Have you ever thought
of my happiness?
Didn't I beg you to
let me marry Rajeev?
You forced me to marry Thomaskutty...
How many times have I told you, Mom,
that I was rotting here. That I was fed up.
She asked me to bear it.
Haven't I till now?
I can't bear it any longer.
I can't...
Her upbringing is
showing its true colors.
Don't you start now!
Remember, this is a house in mourning.
Weren't you ashamed to
hide her affair and marry her off?
- Well! What honour do you have!
- Sheba, stop.
I will make sure that
this family's name is not ruined.
- Just...
- Come!
Shameless lot!
I'd warned back then.
Hope you are satisfied after
humiliating us in front of everyone.
Daughter, remember this.
Don't ever dream of living with
that jobless Hindu boy.
- Forget about it.
- Papa...
He has always lived for you, dear.
Don't hurt him.
I can't live without him, Mom.
That'll never happen, girl.
- I fold.
- As usual...
Hey...
Come and drink with us.
Hey, you can drink even if
you didn't pitch in.
Stop it.
Rajeev, come here.
Hurry up, man.
- Have you arranged for the ambulance?
- Yes.
Should bring the body tomorrow.
It's been two weeks.
Hi...
Sheba...
The number you are calling is
either switched off or not reachable...
Come...
Come
Enough!
Slowly!
Hold it there.
Move aside
Thomaskutty...
Open the casket.
Open the casket!
Open it...
Open the casket.
Thomaskutty...
Sathyan...
Have you arranged for the pump?
Yes, it's done.
"The church stands like the dove..."
"The serpent came
to break the nest..."
"...and devour all those doves"
"Lord, don't forsake this church
achieved by your sacred blood"
"Those travelling in the sea!"
"Like traders crossing the sea..."
- "We cross the earth"
- Where's Anju?
She's not well.
'Destitute by the time
they reach the shore...'
"...will cry when others rejoice"
Anju...
Trying to show your
true colours to everyone?
Come and join the prayer.
Anju...
Anju!
Why did you come here?
If I had taken you with me that day,
this wouldn't have happened.
Go now. If Papa sees you,
he'll kill you.
Come with me.
Let's go.
- Now? How can I, Rajeev?
- Anju Aunty...
Somebody's coming.
Go... Go!
Leelamma...
The cemetery is flooded again.
Shall I arrange the funeral
at the town cemetery?
The flood will subside soon.
The Lord will answer my prayers.
He should be buried here in this church,
in our family burial vault.
Haven't we waited enough?
Who knows when the flood will subside...
I haven't locked anyone up here.
Those who want to leave, may leave.
This family has
some prestige and legacy.
Everyone may not understand that.
This is a mobile mortuary.
We can't keep Thomaskutty in it
for more than a couple of days.
Body will start to decay.
No matter how long
we have to wait...
...he should be buried here,
with his father.
And me too,
when the time comes.
Anju...
Why don't you come for the prayer?
I'm not coming there.
People have started talking.
Don't humiliate this family.
Mom, I...
Oh no!
Don't ever call me that again.
Jealous people are awaiting
the ruin of this family.
As long as I'm alive,
I won't let that happen.
Go sit by your husband's body.
Doesn't anyone understand
that I'm not well?
Sister aunty,
please tell her.
Let her take rest if she's not well.
Why should we dance to others' tunes?
Rosamma, do you know
what's happening here?
Despite knowing everything,
she married our Thomaskutty.
She took good care of him.
What do you mean,
"despite knowing everything"?
He had a headache
a long time ago. So?
It's when you fell sick, that our father
offered you to the church.
Aren't you perfectly fine now?
Don't be jealous of my family
because you don't have one.
That's not right.
What did you mean,
'knowing everything'?
Oh, it's nothing.
Take rest.
Go and buy my medicines, dear.
- Let's buy it with his, Mom.
- We don't know those yet, right?
Thomaskutty...
- Where's the list of medicines, Mom?
- It's on the shelf in my room.
Dear...Not that one.
You don't know.
I'll get it for you.
"Out of the depths,
I cry to you"
"Lord, hear my voice
Be attentive to my prayer"
"Lord if you keep count of
our wrong doings, who would survive?"
"Because forgiveness comes from you"
"I surrender to Lord,
I count on his word"
"Like the watchmen long for
the daybreak, I long for you, Lord"
"Like the watchmen long for
the daybreak, Israel longs for you, Lord"
"Because He is full of mercy."
"He will redeem Israel
from all its iniquity"
Why did you bring this there?
Do I have to tell you?
Long ago, he got a swelling on his head.
He was treated and got well.
So what?
Didn't the same recur
after marriage?
Didn't all these happen
because of it?
How were I to know that the tumour
would recur and take him away?
- What the Lord wishes...
- Leave the Lord alone.
To hide it from me, you never
took me along to the doctors, right?
How could you do this to me?
This is not any worse than
what you did to me and my son.
You and your son deserve this.
You dumped a dying man on me.
People are noticing.
What's it?
- Oh! The power is gone...
- Let's go check the generator.
No point blaming
my sister alone.
Your family must've known about this.
They would've enquired about the boy
before the wedding, right?
They probably didn't,
considering your family's status.
Nobody will think
they'll cheat like this.
Sister Aunty, how could you
be a part of this?
Just remember that you are answerable
to God, if not to anyone else.
Dear, I had told everything
to the priest in your parish.
Please don't lie to me anymore.
The priest and your father
are very close, right?
But your father would have
never expected all these.
Dear!
Did she tell you
she was fed up here?
Jiji!
Why didn't you tell me
she was suffering here?
- Did the priest tell you, Papa?
- What?
Did you know that Thomaskutty
had a tumour before marriage?
What nonsense are you saying?
If I had known, would I have
agreed to this marriage?
That's what I want to know.
Why did you do this to me?
You don't trust us?
I don't trust you, Papa.
Anju, stop it.
He doesn't know anything.
What, what doesn't he know?
When the priest visited us,
your papa wasn't at home.
I never thought things would
end up like this.
I wanted you to be happy...
It was an alliance from a good family...
Do you think I would
harm you on purpose?
When he...
When he got sick again,
why didn't you tell me then?
You could've told me
at least then, Mom.
Is there anything else here
that I should know?
You always say...
...that the Lord is jealous
of your family's happiness.
Let alone the Lord...
...even for humans, what does
your family have to be jealous about?
It's all your delusion.
His father had never given
Thomaskutty a loving hug or kiss...
...he never even addressed
him affectionately.
A good memory of you all together...
...Thomaskutty didn't even have that.
It's not surprising.
Your husband was never here with you.
Ah...
On his death bed, he gave
Thomaskutty his watch.
Is that love!
No matter what happens
or what anyone says...
I'm going to live with Rajeev.
This is your husband
lying here cold.
Being married doesn't make
someone a husband.
He needed me only to sleep with him
and to take care of him, as it suited him.
This man never touched me
or looked at me with love.
Having an affair
while being married...
Carrying that man's child...
This has never happened
before in this family.
You've only loved yourself, Anju.
You won't understand
the love between Rajeev and me.
Because your husband
never gave you that.
Can't you at least
try to understand it?
Huh, what is this?
If you can't do your job,
get somebody else.
Enough...
Sorry, Sir.
A lot of proposals got rejected.
That's why I didn't disclose his illness.
Good that you did.
I feel relieved.
I only wanted Thomaskutty to be happy.
I didn't mean to cheat her.
Still, I should've told her, right?
They also didn't tell us that
she was against this marriage.
You don't have a family.
I have one.
But it's all the same.
Keep it...
Lift a bit more.
Keep it there.
Bring it.
Keep it here.
Keep it there.
Hold here...lift up
Lift it.
Careful.
A little bit.
- Kept at both sides?
- Yes.
Wipe it.
Come, George.
What's it, Leelamma?
I didn't know she was unhappy
with Thomaskutty.
I only prayed for him to get better.
If I knew he was ill, I wouldn't
have agreed to this alliance.
Jiji knew.
You didn't let her
marry the boy she liked.
Instead you forced her
to marry Thomaskutty.
There is no point
blaming each other.
You should agree to her wish.
Over my dead body.
Really, George?
Leelamma, I have lived
an earnest life.
You may have wealth and prestige.
That doesn't mean...
What prestige?
What honesty?
If our children aren't happy,
what does it matter?
She is your daughter,
stubborn just like you.
She told me she'd leave
as soon as this is over.
That's why I delayed the burial.
Hoping she would change her mind.
Now no point in waiting.
As you suggested, let's bury him
in the town cemetery.
Make the arrangements.
As soon as possible.
And...
She loves him very much.
If you remain stubborn,
she will suffer.
Is that what you want?
Papa...
Say something.
Leelamma spoke for you.
Wait till the funeral is over,
if you can.
Papa, wait.
I have a lot more to say.
No. Don't say it.
It'll hurt your mom.
Go.
My dear Anju,
finally you called!
How's it there?
Find a house for us.
Papa allowed me
to come with you.
Really! How come?
Thomaskutty first fell sick
long before the marriage.
They hid that from us.
Great!
Yet they beat you and blamed you.
- I'll leave on the day of the funeral.
- OK. I'll arrange everything.
By the way, what about
the other thing?
What?
Did she say anything
about that property?
No.
Did you ask?
No.
Can you please ask?
Rajeev, I'm leaving this place.
Do we need it?
Our problems will be solved
if we get it.
She'll give it to you if you ask.
Where's Rajeev's order?
Rajeev...
- I...
- Hey, I'll call you.
I had something to ask you.
What is it?
Why are you here?
You're set to leave with someone.
Have you no shame?
Sheba...
Why are you supporting her, mom?
Be quiet.
Shaju and I had told you to find
an alliance that matched our status.
But you wanted just her.
Look at what happened!
If she goes with someone else
with our child, we'll lose face.
Shameless folks!
Sheba, stop it.
If you dance to her tune,
we won't stand by you.
Where were you when
Thomaskutty was ill?
She was the one who took care of him.
She has that place here.
Thomaskutty's soul will
never forgive you, Mom.
You'll suffer.
Don't mind her.
She is upset.
What did you want to say?
Nothing.
Lift it up.
You move aside.
It shouldn't get wet.
Anju, after the funeral
we can come here.
Let's stay here.
The guys are moving out.
The priest has started.
Could you get him?
Ask Sathyan to get the boat.
I am coming.
We'll be back only after
the water subsides.
Packed everything?
All done?
Where's his watch?
Let me check.
Leelamma is asking for his watch.
Where's it?
Anju!
Leelamma...
The priest is on his way.
Packed?
Take everything you need.
Ok, Mom.
Come, sit with me.
Though unintentionally...
...I've hurt you a lot.
Please don't hold that against me.
I was desperate, Mom.
I made many mistakes.
Don't hate me.
No, dear.
I understand you
more than anyone else.
At least from now on
you should live happily.
Like I said, I'm giving
the property to you.
I will prepare the will
after the funeral.
No, Mom.
No need.
It'll be a burden for me.
Don't refuse this.
The baby's first gold
should be from me.
No need, Mom.
Please take this.
Tell the child it's my gift.
This too.
Make him wear this.
After the delivery...
...can I visit the baby once?
I wished for him so much.
That's why.
We'll visit you often.
You and the baby can stay here.
This is your house too.
Not much time left.
Finish the packing.
"They will sing hymns of Joy!"
"Wash away the sins of
the dead in your mercy"
"Remember they are Yours,
through their holy Baptism"
"They will rejoice in His Joy!"
"Those who received
Your holy body and blood..."
"...Lord, in mercy, let them
join Your eternal banquet"
"None of them were left behind!"
"When it rains on fields,
seeds break open and sprout"
I've forgiven.
Forgive me too.
It's their property.
How can we ask for it?
If you loved me like I love you,
you would not have refused it.
But for you, I come
after everyone else.
Back then, your family;
now Leelamma.
Why are you talking
like this, Rajeev?
You know how much
I suffered to be with you?
I am accepting you even after
you slept with another man.
Nothing is greater than that, right?
Anju...
Anju, sorry...
You come.
Get your bags.
Let's go.
Anju.
Let Mom leave.
I don't want her to see me
leaving with you.
You come to the pier.
How will you manage alone there, Mom?
I'll have no peace of mind.
It's fine.
You leave.
I've my Thomaskutty there with me.
Can't you stay with Sheba
till the water subsides?
Appus...
Study well, ok?
Listen to me at least now, Mom.
Anju...
Where are you going?
Leaving me again?
That's my child
you're carrying.