Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam (2024) s01e05 Episode Script

You mean to say that
for the stay or for the food
you don't have to pay at all?
- Your company takes care of everything?
- Yeah, bro!
The company also arranges for
your transport to the resort?
Yeah, bro!
All you boys and girls need to
do is just show up and have fun?
Yeah bro, but there are only five girls
Only five girls?
And then?
There's a swimming pool at the resort.
So, we just plan to drink and jump in!
You guys don't have to pay
for the booze also, right?
It's called 'team outing'.
The company takes care of everything.
We deserve to relax a bit from
this tedious job.
Relax? Hmm you're correct.
And there are no pay cuts
for these relaxing days
It'll come under the company's yearly
budget allocated for stress management
- All you have to do is just have fun?
- Yeah!
Normally we go and party ourselves.
This time they are taking us for a change.
How else to manage stress?
Okay. You go and manage your stress.
You too, bro!
Have a happy weekend!
Ay, cut the call!
[water filling up]
Stress management it seems.
[jaunty music begins]
♪I have a question for time♪
♪where is my story going?♪
♪I have a questions for the ears
of the years♪
♪Tell me the truth.
When will my life change?♪
♪On a leaf floating on a river♪
♪A bug looks up in awe♪
♪where will the ebbing and flowing
water take me?♪
♪Should I cry or laugh?♪
♪or should I do both and
accept my fate?♪
♪Should I run or stay?♪
♪or drown my confusions in tea?♪
[song repeats]
[slams phone]
[locks door]
[crickets chirping]
[radio plays music]
Bro!
Yes, where to?
Can you take me to the nearest
You're looking for a liquor store?
[nods] ahn.
Where else will a young
adult go at this hour?
Get inside, secretary sir!
How come all of a sudden
you want to drink today?
Just felt like it!
If you want something local we can
get it at the next town
But if you want something fancy
we have to go far away
I'm just looking for a few beers.
What, sir? Beer doesn't even
count as alcohol.
What is the point of drinking if
it'll just make you pee it all out.
It's okay. I only want a beer.
[auto rattles along]
That's the liquor store, the restaurant
if you're hungry or a bakery for snacks.
Thanks bro.
[Another customer bargains]
[Crowd chatters]
What are you looking for?
Do you have beers?
[bottles clinking]
This is what we have in beers.
It says super strong?
Thats what they say.
But its all very light.
Even if you down four bottles, you'll
still be able to walk on a straight line.
Do you want it or not?
Yeah. Give me two bottles.
Don't you have a cold one?
This is the coldest I have.
- Okay, how much?
- 440 rupees.
- 440 Rupees ah? Doesn't sound right.
You've charged 20 Rs above the retail price.
That 20 is for the chillness of the beer.
But its hardly cold.
You look like you work in Tech,
why are you then haggling for 20 Rs
I'm a government employee.
I work as a panchayat secretary.
Based on your dressing style,
I assumed that you work in tech.
Glad to know that you are a
government employee like me
Okay, take it. The 20 Rupees
is waived off for you.
- 400 Rupees, right?
- Yeah, give me.
Here's your change.
Slow down. No rush.
[crowd chatter]
Bro, four parottas
- Having it here?
- No, take away.
[cooking clatter]
Here.
[distant traffic sounds]
Pack the gravy too.
Do you have mixture?
100 grams
Here.
[Radio plays in auto]
[Man on street] - Auto, auto. Hold up
Come fast! - Coming!
[auto driver] - Where to?
[man on street] - Sivan Koil street
[auto driver] - Hop on
[voice on radio continues]
[how to now if the person sitting next
to you is a good or a bad person].
[ we need to look for just one thing]
[check the vibe. If it you
don't like it, take a different seat]
[call me on this number and
let me know what your thoughts are]
[let's discuss on how to say if a
stranger is a good or bad person]
[I'm waiting. 96.0 Emerald and
you're with me Sujata
[footsteps, bottles clinking]
[unlocks door]
[crickets chirping]
[music begins]
♪A hundred dreams in my heart♪
♪slowly dissapear into the distance♪
♪the sacrifices I make
are bleeding my eyes dry♪
[music continues]
[music ends]
[TITLE MUSIC]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
Sir, are you praying?
[clicks teeth]
I have a migraine.
Don't joke.
Sir, I have a good news.
My mother-in-law's cow
has birthed a calf.
What should I do about that?
Do you want a day off?
No sir! Its just happy news that
I wanted to share it with you.
Here, have some sweet.
But I have a bad news.
The monitor is stolen.
Monitor?
How did that happen, sir?
[jaunty music plays]
You don't eat right and
don't sleep at the right time.
Then?
How do you expect
to be healthy?
Look down
[bangles clinking]
Enough with the massaging.
What herbs are you applying?
My eyes are burning.
Let it burn.
There was a time when I used to be
able to give you this herbal bath regularly
but now I'm old. Close your eyes!
And you refuse to bathe yourself!
If I do it myself, you keep complaining
that I haven't done a good job.
What is there for me to say.
Look straight.
We have a daughter in a marriageable age
And I still have to be the one to groom you.
[phone rings]
- Ay, wait, wait the phone is ringing.
- Let it ring. You can pick it up later.
Ah, Lakshmipathi. Whats the matter?
Boss, I have some good news.
My mother-in-law's
cow has birthed a calf.
That's excellent news.
Soon, you give birth to a child too.
Are you coming now or not?
I have a lot of work to do in the kitchen.
Boss?
I've brought some sweet
for you from home.
Oh really. I'm coming to the office.
You can give it to me there.
Boss, one more thing
A computer got stolen
from the office.
Ahn sorry. Not computer.
I meant monitor. A monitor got stolen.
What? A Computer got stolen?
- Are you for real?
- Yes, boss.
Secretary sir had a few drinks
and forgot to lock the door.
He was drinking?
What irresponsible behaviour is this?
Okay wait. I'll come there ASAP.
Inform Prabhu as well.
Okay, okay.
- Come fast.
- No, wait.
What happened?
I'll come and explain.
Wait, you're not done yet.
What's the rush about?
I don't even know what to say.
You are an educated man.
How can you be so careless.
It's okay, brother. I will --
How did I not know that
he was an alcoholic.
I'm not an alcoholic.
I just wanted to relax.
- Boss, have some sweet.
- [angrily] ay, get lost now.
We lost a computer because
of his drinking.
How can I trust this
village in your hands.
Nothing like that, sir.
what I'm trying to say --
Sir. Don't interrupt me.
All the important documents are in
that computer. Now who's responsible for it.
- Sir, that is what I'm trying to --
- Sir, don't interrupt me.
What will I tell the higher authorities now?
- Sir, please sir. Allow me to explain.
- Sir, I'm not done yet. Don't keep interrupting!
[annoyed] Sir, what I'm trying to say
is that this is the computer!
What got lost was just the monitor!
Just the monitor?
Do you hear him?
'Just the monitor'.
Look how irresponsible he is.
Brother-in-law, he doesn't
mean it like that.
What difference does it make.
We have lost something.
Doesn't look like he has
any regret about it.
Drinking and being irresponsible.
[serving sweet]
Now focus on what must be done next.
Brother-in-law was a bit harsh on him.
You know your brother-in-law
is very short tempered.
Then what? You think losing a
computer is not a big deal?
It is a big deal. But it's not like you
guys don't commit any mistakes.
He also ate vadas and wiped his
hands on an official document.
- Here.
- I won't eat what is kept for the calf.
You're no better.
You got sloshed after that function
despite me not asking you to drink.
What was wrong about that?
The function was over by then.
Also, when the higher officials question
us, you think only he'll get blamed?
They'll also question and blame us.
You're right.
What should we do about that.
Shall I inform the police station.
I don't care if you go to the police
station or to an astrologer
all I'm saying we shouldn't
get blamed for this incident.
She's right, brother-in-law.
These villagers might start
suspecting us for the theft.
Okay, do one thing.
You take the secretary and register
a complaint with the police.
- Okay.
- Ay, Lakshmipathi
Go to the astrologer's house and
check if he's free for a visitation.
It's okay leave it, sir. Cheer up!
Sir, prior to this, I had never
even set foot in a police station.
Not even interacted
with the traffic police.
It's okay, sir.
You just made a small mistake.
What mistake?
You mean the drinking?
Not that.
The door being left open.
I'm aware that that door
is also not a sturdy one.
Who's here from
Thalaivettiyan Paalayam?
I'm here, sir.
Is it your computer that got stolen?
- Not computer, sir. Monitor
- Ahn yes, Monitor
What color is the monitor?
- Black, sir.
- Black.
Give me the age and height of it?
Should I mention height as 5'2?
[Incoherent chatter]
[chuckling] - I was messing
with you guys.
What brand is the monitor?
You don't know?
You're right. Who cares if its
government property right?
Sir, shall I call and check with the office?
Not necessary.
I asked only to fill up the report.
It's not like they'll find the monitor.
What do you mean?
Isn't that your job?
Yeah, you're right. Just like passing out
drunk and leaving the door open is yours?
Sir, I'll make a call to the chairman.
You can have a word with him.
We spoke to him even before
you guys had arrived here.
Then request the Sub Inspector
to pay a visit to the crime scene.
He's gone to investigate something else.
I'll inform him as soon as he's back.
Please send him to the
office as soon as he arrives.
Don't worry. I'll definitely do that.
You take leave.
I feel like resigning from the job.
Sir! For this?
This is not something unusual.
Or is it because my
brother-in-law scolded you?
That also.
Sir, don't you know my brother-in-law.
He wouldn't take things to his heart.
Okay, come. Let's go eat first.
I'm starving.
Priest, a computer monitor has
been stolen from our panchayat office
Can you find out where it could be?
Please tell us where it could be using tantra.
Okay.
Oh God! The lord protector!
- Please tell us about the stolen computer
- Not computer. Monitor.
Ahn, I mean Monitor.
Please tell us where it could be.
[shells fall]
What does the stolen computer look like?
The reason I'm asking is because
The spirit says that the culprit
is an outsider to our village.
Priest. It's called a monitor.
It will be square shaped and black in color.
Please describe it to the spirit as well.
The monitor has not gone far away
from the panchayat office.
Thats what the spirit says.
Do you mean a TV?
Not a TV!
MONITOR!
So you mean to say
that it's not a TV?
No, this is the one that requires the
internet, modem and stuff for it to work.
Lakshmipathi, you be quiet.
Priest, ask the spirit where it could be?
Which means one can't
use it to watch soaps
Priest. Will we be able to find
the culprit or not? Just tell us that.
Should we put a black
magic spell on him?
Oh, no!
The spirit says that it will come
back to where it was on its own.
Give me his name and the zodiac sign
We don't even know who the culprit is.
Then how can we give you these details?
No, no. I meant the name and zodiac
sign of the person who lost it.
Why him?
To put a black magic spell on him?
We must do a remedy in his name
in order to get back the stolen item.
We know his name, but not his zodiac sign.
Then give me yours.
No way!
Priest, no need for any remedy.
Not that!
Don't lock your hands.
Get your hands out of
your pockets.
It looks like a nice office.
I mean it's in a very serene location.
With nobody around,
one can do anything.
How much you had to drink?
Just two beers, sir.
Beer ah! Looks like that's your capacity.
Don't you know that you can't
drink inside a government office?
But this also where I reside, sir.
Oh! You mean to say that after 6 pm,
this becomes your home?
I didn't mean it like that.
Why inside? You could have
drank out in the open right?
Or even on top of that hill.
You've been there, right?
I don't think he's been up there.
You should check it out
when you have the time.
You'll get a great view of
the place from there.
The best place for drinking too.
We've also arrested a few
guys for drinking there.
Did you drink here sitting
on the chairman's chair?
No, sir. Down here.
And placed these bottles
up here in the morning?
You've tampered with the evidence.
Sir, do you have any questions
regarding the computer.
[clicks tongue]
MONITOR!
Did you have any
sides for your beer?
Some savories.
Did you have dinner after drinking?
I had bought some parottas to eat.
But dozed off before that.
Where did you get the parottas?
Was it from the shop
near the bus stand?
Inspector sir knows everything.
Sir, do you also buy from there?
[plastic crinkles]
Mmm!
Is it a fat monitor
or a thin monitor?
I don't understand, sir.
You mean the screen size?
Is it like the one at our station
[gestures]
- big like this
[gestures]
- or like the new flat ones?
The flat one, sir.
Is it a new iron box?
Yes, sir. I bought it to iron the
shirts I wear to the office.
Hey, what is this book about?
Called logical reasoning.
What does CAT stand for?
Common Admission Test.
It's an entrance exam to pursue MBA.
Oh yeah. It's mentioned here.
You can get well paid if
one studies MBA right?
Yes, sir.
Which means you are not
satisfied with your current pay?
You require some more money, is it?
Sir, everybody needs an
extra buck, right?
Do you drink often?
Sir, this is the first time he's drank
in the four months he's been here.
Ay, you shut up.
Sir, you carry on. It's not like I'm
going to complain to your father.
This was literally the first time.
[smirks]
- Every crime has a first time.
Okay, I'll take leave.
Ay, Lakshmipathi.
Where can I find the chairman?
He's at home.
Sir, even I had once forgotten
to lock the door after drinking.
What do you mean 'once'?
Okay. Maybe a couple of times.
It makes sense if he was sloshed.
But he claims he had just two beers.
Sir. He's city bred.
That's how much he can handle.
What say?
Yeah. But I can't believe the fact
that he passed out for just two beers.
Sir!
What are you trying to say?
Don't you suspect him?
Om Who? The secretary?
Sir. Why would he do that?
Desire!
What are you saying?
He has a good job.
And earns twenty thousand per month.
Boss! People always want more.
Why would someone who earns
so much want to get an MBA?
Moreover, he hasn't had a
drink in four months
Why did he drink yesterday?
What are the chances that the
monitor got lost the same night?
It could have been a coincidence.
Boss. There are no coincidences.
He drank that night just to
leave the door open.
My doubt is if he did this alone
or had an accomplice?
Have some buttermilk.
What is the point in talking
about it sitting here?
[clicks tongue]
- It's juice for you.
He'll be alerted
if I confront him.
You first investigate properly
before blaming people.
He does not know
anyone here other than us.
And by saying that he could have
accomplices, are you implying us?
Why did you decide
to drink just yesterday?
What do you mean why?
I felt like it so I drank.
For someone who didn't
feel like it all these months
how come you felt like it the
night the monitor goes missing?
What are you implying, sir?
What are you beating around
the bush for?
Sir. Inspector is accusing you of
being an accomplice to the thief.
- Sir, what are you blabbering?
- Not me, him!
Then answer why you decided
to drink just last night.
I was pissed that my friends in
the city were partying this weekend
For four months my life has been
work and drumstick sambar
Mornings are for townsfolk and
nights are for power cuts
It's the same for everyone here.
Sir! I don't even have anyone
to talk to here.
Chairman goes home, he is always
busy and this one just got married.
And the villagers
go to bed by 8 pm.
I don't have any family, friends
or social circle here.
Oh!
Is that why you stole the computer?
Sir, are you even listening to me?
Yes, I had a drink yesterday!
I thought it'll help kill the boredom!
If that's a crime, arrest me, sir.
Arrest me.
- Arrest me, sir. Go ahead.
Sir, stop.
He may be a youngster
but there's a huge difference between
carelessness and stealing
We will take care of this problem.
You may leave.
- You may regret your decision later.
- Nothing like that, sir.
Come
That's right. You may leave, sir.
Sir! You don't worry.
We'll send the FIR to the higher authorities,
they'll send us a new monitor.
How long will that take to arrive?
That won't take much time, sir.
7 or 8 months, at the max.
[crickets chirping]
You haven't eaten anything all day.
At least have this dosai.
Ay, Sound. Do you need a
special invitation or what?
Come down to eat..
- Ay, Lakshmipathi?
- Yes, Boss?
Can you find out if our secretary ate?
- Ah, okay, boss.
- Mom, what's for dinner?
- Pizza and Burger. Come down.
-[SOUND] It's the usual Dosa, is it.
[phone rings]
- Yes, tell me.
- You didn't even touch the food?
He says he's not
in the mood to eat.
What? He's not in the mood?
How is that possible?
He may not have cooked
after how the day went.
Shall I prepare some dosai for him?
Will you take it to him?
[loud banging on door]
[banging continues]
[banging again]
[DOOR UNLOCKS]
Our Lakshmipathi's in-law's
cow had birthed a calf.
Isn't it a reason to celebrate!
Is Saturday also considered a
weekend or is it only Friday?
You guys have beer, I'll have
lemon tea. Its the same colour.
Ay, Lakshmi. I've toiled hard to
make this feast for us
why are you mixing it with tea?
I have never seen
Prabhu work this hard.
Look at what they've
brought for you sir?
I had to. How said he has
no friends and family here.
I felt bad when he said that.
You don't worry, sir.
Think of us as family.
That's how we see you.
Where did you buy this from?
Tastes very bad.
A new monitor is 5000 Rupees, sir.
I'll buy it myself.
Why should you buy it?
We'll get each of our ward member
to pay 400. That makes it 4800.
The rest this fellow will pay!
We will all chip
in and get it!
And one more thing, sir.
We have a texting group
I'll add you to it.
so everytime you are low just
say 'low' on the group and we'll get it!
We'll organize a party for you.
- Sir, cheers!
- Cheers!
Come. Let's all take
a selfie together.
Ay, hide the bottles.
I'll get in trouble if my wife finds out.
Come, come.
Sir! Come this side!
Say 'Cheese'!
[camera clicks]
[birds chirping]
[door opens]
[temple bells]
'FORGIVE ME. I THOUGHT I
WAS A TV. PLEASE TAKE IT BACK'