(theme music)
(boat approaching)
(water gurgles)
(crickets chirping)
Give me a hand.
Oh, no! You!
-Nagendran! -Run! Escape!
Stop there, you!
He's killing me! Soman!
-Don't you run! -Help me!
Hold him, Soman!
-Hey! Soman! -Let go of me!
Nagendran, run!
Come on! Hurry!
-Nagendran! -(dramatic music)
Hey!
Stop there!
(Soman) Run!
Stop there, I said!
(screams)
(Soman) Let go of me!
(thuds)
(Nagendran) Get up! Let's go!
(Nagendran) Caught me too!
(Soman) Let go of me!
(Nagendran) Don't let him hold you!
(Nagendran) Let go of my neck!
(Soman) You're the one holding my neck!
(build-up music)
(grunts)
(thuds)
My bag!
-Where's it? -Come with me!
-Come! -Nagendran, my bag!
(intense music)
Come on!
Run!
(panting)
We are finished, Soman.
I don't think I will ever be...
able to live in peace anymore.
I am sure about that.
Stop being so negative, Nagappan.
Get lost!
He knows everything now!
He won't leave without catching me.
If we get caught, we'll be put behind bars for sure!
Though my heart tried to stop me each time,
I made mistakes one after the other,
and I'm standing on top of a huge pile of mistakes now!
I have no other option but to jump down from there!
I'm ending it all, Soman!
Don't jump! Come here!
Hey! Come here!
Let go of me!
What was the point of all our hard work if it was going to end like this?
Nothing will happen!
You will cross the sea!
Don't we both have to prosper in life?
Huh?
One last time.
Just one final time.
We must do it.
(emotional music)
(temple bells ringing in distance)
(birds chirping)
O Lord of Palani, protect me.
(Soman) Nagappan?
Come. Let's go.
What is this? A new drama?
Life is all but a drama.
I don't know. He's ready. See.
Come.
(hymns sung in distance)
How do you know this guy from Palani?
He used to work in our drama troupe.
He was a curtain operator.
I have known him since then.
Can we trust him?
Don't trust him blindly.
He stole money and fled from the troupe back then.
But how does it matter to us?
We need to get our work done.
Besides, we get a free place to stay for a few days.
That's all.
Hey, Vanangamudi.
I'm starving.
Food, right? I'll get it for you.
There's a restaurant nearby.
(melancholic music)
Vanangamudi...
Will we get the money we asked for?
Definitely.
Didn't I tell you?
Her father is suffering from a serious illness.
Its English name starts with K...
Yeah, it's called "kancel."
It's cancer, man!
Yeah. That one.
Anyway, he will die in a matter of a few months.
His daughter shouldn't end up all alone after that, right?
That's why he wants to find a groom quickly.
He has saved up some money for her marriage.
And one more thing.
His daughter doesn't know about her father's illness.
You, too, shouldn't tell her that.
What is that girl's name?
Moli.
-You mean Mozhi? -Yeah, Moli.
(hooves clip-clopping)
(coughs and clears throat)
Where is your native place, son?
Native place...
It's Suryanelli, near Mattupetty.
-Oh. Is that so? -Yeah.
He owns a ration store there.
All he has is his mom and a younger sister.
Oh. Is that so?
I have no one else but Mozhi.
She is still quite young.
But I have--
Yeah. Vanangamudi told us.
Mozhi, dear...
Bring tea here.
(anklets jingling)
(romantic music)
All right. Go inside, dear.
(Soman) Hmm. Drink.
(intense music)
(epic music)
(sizzling)
Soman...
I can't marry this girl.
All this time,
I had been making excuses to myself.
One was a lunatic.
Another, a pregnant one.
Then, a convicted murderer.
I played along with your plans for all this.
But this one is nothing like that.
She is a naive girl, a clueless one.
I can't do this.
Hey, Nagappan.
Don't you betray me.
This is like snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
I can't do it.
(fire crackles)
Listen...
If we get this money,
you can cross the sea.
I, too, can make a living with the rest of the money.
Please listen to me.
I really can't.
Kill me, then!
Didn't I do all this for your sake?
How can I go back to our village now?
I'd prefer you kill me than let that cop catch me!
(shatters)
Here.
-(Vanangamudi) What's going on? -Stab me with this!
And then, do whatever you wish!
Soman...
-I should be blamed for helping you! -What is wrong?
I...
I should be blamed...
(wedding music)
(sombre music)
(emotional music)
(crickets chirping)
(fire crackling)
Enough, Nagappan.
Get some sleep.
I'm drinking so that I can get some sleep.
I will finish this bottle.
Enough!
Your bride is waiting for you.
Go.
I know.
I want to tell her everything tonight.
I will tell her everything.
What will you tell her?
Everything!
Nagappan!
Let go of me!
Hey...
Don't ruin it all!
Let go of me!
I won't betray anybody anymore.
I will tell her.
(solemn music)
(anklets chime)
My father asked me to give this to you.
(tense music)
What happened?
I don't deserve this respect.
I don't understand.
You are the man...
who married me by tying the knot.
From today on,
you are God to me till my death.
What happened?
Did I do anything wrong?
Do you not like me?
(cries) I betrayed...
everyone.
You and me, too.
(sobbing)
(dramatic music)
(wailing) No!
(bangs)
Mozhi...
(crickets chirping)
You could've cheated me too.
Why did you tell me everything instead?
I don't know.
In your case...
I didn't feel like cheating you.
Do you like me?
I know that my father will leave me forever soon.
(melancholic music)
He wanted me to settle down before that.
That's why he struggled so much and arranged our wedding.
But if he learns the truth,
he will be devastated.
(bangles clink)
(anklets chime)
If you genuinely feel remorse for your mistakes,
with all your heart,
if you can be by my side
till your last breath,
I am ready to forget it all,
forgive you
and accept you.
(hopeful music)
We can go to some place where nobody can find us,
somewhere far away,
and start a new life.
(anklets chime)
Promise me that you will stay loyal and never betray me,
not even in your dreams.
(emotional music)
If you ever break this promise,
Mozhi will no longer be in this world.
(pleasant flute music)
(wind rustles)
(birds chirping)
Mozhi...
Father...
Mozhi?
Soman?
Mozhi?
(tense music)
(door creaks)
(tense music)
(metal clanks)
(tense music)
(metal clanks)
(crying in distress)
(melancholic music)
(crying intensifies)
(motorbike rumbling)
-(door creaks) -Mozhi?
(birds chirping)
(epic music)
This photo was taken two years back.
Have a look.
This is what made the two of us reach here.
This was their rented residence.
Though Soman visited this place only occasionally,
the photographer recognised him.
People have seen Mozhi and Soman boarding a bus this morning.
What about Mozhi's father?
(scoffs)
Like the acts you both pulled all this while,
that too could be just a pretence.
Who knows.
Come with me now.
Let's go.
(intense music)
(bike whirrs)
(bike rumbles)
Get down, brother-in-law.
(suspenseful music)
Don't look surprised. It's your house.
So, I'm not going to prison?
Never mind. Go now.
Your umbrella?
I'll get it later.
(indistinct laughter)
This hen...
Scram, hen!
(bangles clink)
(rain pattering)
(woman gags)
(thuds)
(comical music)
Joseph!
HERE BEGINS NAGENDRAN'S 'HONEYMOON'....
(theme music)