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Earth is the only body in the cosmos that carries life.
Among its countless species...
…of birds and beasts, only humans possess the power to shape a unique way of living.
But all of that,
his choices, his debts, his unfinished stories, are bound to the breath in his body.
As time rolls on,
his costumes may change…
…but the mind behind the mask remains the same.
Don’t drink it neat; it will scorch your insides.
Did we meet before? ನಾವು ಮೊದಲು ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದೆವಾ?
Hmm… maybe. ಹ್ಮ್... ಇರಬಹುದು
But I don’t remember. ಆದರೆ ನನಗೆ ನೆನಪಿಲ್ಲ
Thanks for the water. ನೀರಿಗೆ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು
Hmm.
Bye.
You?!
Huh!
[GROANS IN PAIN]
Told you I don’t remember you. ನನಗೆ ನೀನು ನೆನಪಿಲ್ಲ ಅಂತ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದೆ.
Don’t follow me again. ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಹಿಂಬಾಲಿಸಬೇಡ
Oh, shit!
Feels like I should drink again. ನಾನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಕುಡಿಯಬೇಕು ಅಂತ ಅನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ
♪♪
♪ Who are you? Who are you to me? ♪
♪ A goddess who appeared before me ♪
♪ A thought that fused and grew inside this breathing nest ♪
♪ You are the shining lamp in my tiny life ♪
♪ Who are you? Who are you to me? ♪
♪ A goddess who appeared before me ♪
♪ Lullabies to you, my child ♪
♪ I will sing lullabies to you, my dear child ♪
♪ Lullabies to you, my child ♪
♪ You are my lovely child ♪
♪♪
–You could have taken this. –[SMIRKS]
♪ Vast dreams rest behind your smiling eyes ♪
♪ I was first in line ♪
♪ I became a seeker of your tender love ♪
♪ Before me stood an amorous idol ♪
♪ A wondrous form filled with your dearest love ♪
♪ My baby, my sweetie, my cherished deity ♪
♪ Who are you? Who are you to me? ♪
♪ A goddess who appeared before me ♪
♪♪
♪ [VOCABLES] ♪
♪ I built an altar in the sanctum of my eyes ♪
♪ You are the sweet agua of the well of life, my child ♪
♪ You’re the cluster of stars that filled this bouquet of flowers on a thorny, rusty path ♪
♪ I wonder what life-debt I’m repaying now ♪
♪ Blessed am I that my little child is my virtue ♪
♪ Who are you? Who are you to me? ♪
♪ A goddess who appeared before me ♪
♪ A thought that fused and grew inside this breathing nest ♪
♪ You are the shining lamp in my tiny life ♪
♪ Lullabies to you ♪
[LAUGHS]
Why are you always buried in that drawing book?
Mummy, I’m drawing my best memories.
–Like what? –Me, you and dad.
Our sweet family.
[CHUCKLES]
♪ Lullabies to you, my father ♪
♪ Come, I will sing lullabies to you too, my father ♪
♪ Lullabies to you, my dear dad ♪
♪ You are a lovely dad ♪
♪♪
Bye, papa. –Bye, Gauri.
–Careful. –Hmm…
Hi, Gauri. –Hi.
Hello.
Hi Prem, this is Raman. –Hey, Raman!
We’re all waiting for you at Gold Rush, you have to come, Prem.
No, I’m a bit busy.
Hey! We’re all waiting.
Poonam’s here from the US, you know.
No escape. ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ
–Fine, I’ll be there in five minutes.–Okay.
Hi prem -Hi, Tom.
Hi, Prem.
How are you? ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ?
Fine. ನಾನು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ.
Same colour, same cars. Congratulations. ಅದೇ ಬಣ್ಣ, ಅದೇ ಕಾರುಗಳು. ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು.
But different girlfriends, huh!
Hey! Your mindset hasn’t changed.
If I lose it, it wounds our manhood.
We’re all waiting here,
where are you?! ನೀವು ಎಲ್ಲಿದ್ದೀರಿ?!
Come soon. ಬೇಗ ಬಾ
Hey, Prem!
Hey, Esabel. –Haven’t seen you in ages.
How are you?
I’m fine. ನಾನು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ.
Talk, Rosy’s online.
[IN UNISON] Hi.
Hi Rosy, how are you? ಹಾಯ್ ರೋಸಿ, ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀಯಾ?
I’m great, how are you doing?
Fine. ನಾನು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ.
–You didn’t come.–I was a bit busy today.
Alright, let’s go, dude.
[CHEERING IN UNISON]
Do you know, Prem,
I got married at 23 and now I have three children.
I keep advising Michael,
Marry, Michael. Marry.
To get married.
But he insists on becoming self-sufficient first.
To be self-sufficient.
He plans to marry only once he’s fully settled.
But before he can settle down,
everything in his life will stall.
–Huh?! –[LAUGHS IN UNISON]
You put that well, man.
Guys, I’m getting late. ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರೆ, ನನಗೆ ತಡವಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.
I have to pick up my daughter. ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಮಗಳನ್ನು ಕರೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗಬೇಕು.
I’ll leave. Take care, see you. ನಾನು ಹೊರಡುತ್ತೇನೆ, ಕಾಳಜಿ ವಹಿಸು, ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಭೇಟಿಯಾಗುತ್ತೇನೆ.
[IN UNISON] Bye.
Bye. –Bye.
We’ll meet again soon.
See you, see you, bye. ಮತ್ತೆ ಸಿಗೋಣ, ಮತ್ತೆ ಸಿಗೋಣ, ಬೈ.
Bye, dude. –See you, guys. –ಮತ್ತೆ ಸಿಗೋಣ, ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರೆ
Hey, I’ll be back in a minute.
Prem! Prem! Prem! Wait a minute.
Hey, that’s mine. ಹೇ! ಇದು ನನ್ನದು.
Prem, wait a minute.
Why, man?
Wait.
Why, man? What made you start drinking so much?
Take it. ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು
–I have my car. –This is my new car. ಇದು ನನ್ನ ಹೊಸ ಕಾರು.
Let’s drive. ಬಾ ಚಾಲನೆ ಮಾಡೋಣ
I’ve got my own vehicle. –Just try it once, man.
Go, man. ಹೋಗು
Enjoy! ಆನಂದಿಸು!–Fine, you take my car.
Hey!
Why are you pulling faces like a toad?
Look there.
Drink, baby…
Drink, baby. He won’t take good care of you.
Why do you care? The unmarried know their own suffering.
You’re doing fine with three kids.
Hey, the story ends after three kids.
You’re still a bachelor. ನೀವು ಇನ್ನೂ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಚಾರಿ.
Not just three, you can flirt with three hundred girls.
Huh?!
Smile now.
Seeing that smile makes me fall for you.
Won’t girls fall for it too?
–[LAUGHS] –Enjoy, man, enjoy. ಆನಂದಿಸು! ಆನಂದಿಸು!
Enjoy! ಆನಂದಿಸು!
–Bye, Saanvi! –Bye, bye.
Why are you late, papa?
I thought you’d forgotten me. ನೀವು ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಮರೆತಿದ್ದೀರಿ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ
[GASPS SHARPLY]
How could I ever forget you?
Papa! Papa! –Whoa!
Open the door, let me out! –Such a deep bond between father and daughter.
I want my dad! –Wow!
[LAUGHS]
Dad! Dad!
Dad!
Stop the car, I want my dad! –Shut up, shut the hell up!
Stop the car, I want my dad!
Dad! Dad! –Hello, sweet boy!
Dad! Come, dad! –Come, come, come! [LAUGHS]
Stop!
Sit quiet, or I’ll throw you out.
Ay! –[GASPS SHARPLY]
Hey! Hey!
Raman.
Damn! Damn! Damn!
Super! Go faster.
Look.
See how my car is flying?
Now watch my car’s power.
Hmm.
Drat!
What on earth is this?!
Hey, what are you doing back there? Come sit in front.
Happy journey.
[LAUGHS]
[GASPS]
[WHISTLES]
Wow!
If Lanka's there then its obvious for Ravana to exist.
Rama must visit that Lanka.
Rama must face Ravana.
At such a beautiful time,
the presence of Sita…
Wow, wow!
[LAUGHS]
Do you remember now?
No?
Think back to memories from thirty years ago.
[COUGHS]
The flower-seller arrives singing a song,
asking who needs fragrant flowers…
…the flower-seller arrives singing a song.
Sounds like you’ve heard it somewhere before, right?
Did it come back to you?
[LAUGHS] No.
Not just thirty…
[LAUGHS]
Hey!
Is it three hundred years?
No.
Step even further back.
Then is it three thousand years?
[GROANS ANGRILY]
Seenanna.
Hmm.
What is it?
There come, come, come, come.
What, brother? –Come, come.
By the lake.
At least pay me.
Ay! Put it on the tab.
This has become a habit now.
I married my elder daughter into Bilekahalli.
Does shirt looks good? -Yes it is.
At Gowda's house.
You gave her into a good family.
When will it be my turn?
[ANKLETS CHIMING]
What’s your name, dear?
Subramanya.
Which village?
I’m fro–Subranna!
Huh?
Subranna. –What is it?
Come quickly, brother. –Huh?
I’ll be back.
Come, let’s go.
Make way, ladies.
Come fast. –Coming, wait.
Hop on.
Come, come, come. –My slipper!
Push, push!
Push the cycle, push!
How’s the boy, Krishnappa?
A really good boy.
Mm-hmm.
He doesn’t quarrel with anyone. –Oh.
Finding a boy like that among hundreds is impossible.
Your daughter will live like a queen with him.
Can you ever expect a boy like that to come to your house?
That’s exactly why I’m here, talking it over with you.
Still…
Which village is the boy from, Krishnappa?
Our Kalasapura.
Yo! –Huh?
First, get out.
We’re not giving a girl to that village.
Dear, are you crazy too?
What’s wrong with my boy?
My boy looks like a prince.
Hey, Subbu!
Where’s Subbu?
He ran away three days ago.
A boy who runs off when there’s a match,
will he behave after marriage? Shut up, man.
How can you say he ran away?
If a boy from Kalasapura runs away, it means…
Get down.
Huh?!
Where is he?
Hmm!
Look, he’s here.
Tent.
Huh.
Kulka, hmm.
Hmm.
Why did you push that?
–Battery. –Huh?
How was the girl?
She looked like a big, juicy fruit.
Oh!
You know, the two of them would make a great couple.
Huh?!
They never even showed her to us. When did you see her?
Damn you!
Wasn’t she standing in the corner?
In the corner?! –Huh?
Oh!
She was the girl’s aunt.
[GASPS]
Forget it.
I got confused because her aunt was standing beside her.
Ptui!
Were your eyes full of crap?! –Shut up, man!
Can’t you see properly –[SHUSHES]
Battery.
Ghusla, come on, guys.
Kill the pig carefully.
Ah!
I don’t want the pig or its tail.
Mother!
Joleshwara!
Drat!
Will it weigh a hundred kilos, Kaada…
Not that much.
Maybe sixty or seventy kilos.
Hey!
Bravo, Kaada!
Still a bummer…
When they asked you to kill the pig, you almost hit me instead.
Don't fret over it, I just missesd the aim.
[LAUGHS] It’s huge.
Kaada, let’s rub the spices.
Rub them on the head and legs, give the rest back.
Hey!
Hmm.
Why the hell has he come here now?
Go on, I’ll catch up.
Looks like you’ll eat half the pig yourself; lift it, man.
Lift it.
Hey, you keep hunting pigs,
no one will give you a girl if you’re known as a pig-hunter.
Listen to me.
I don’t care, Shiva.
What’s the use of marriage?
Want a drink?
I don’t.
Have a heart, man.
Wait, I’ll be right back. –Hey!
Hey!
Hey! Eat and go.
Who would eat your lentil rice?
Then marry the girl who cooks meat for you.
Think about what your father said too.
Ignore him, he’s always like this.
He keeps nagging me to get married.
You marry someone else.
Ah!
It's the only thing that's pending.
Brother, give two bottles.
♪ [VOCABLES] ♪
♪♪
♪ Dear friends, let’s raise a ladder to heaven and climb it fast ♪
♪ My lifelong buddies, let’s reach the skies in a drunken haze ♪
♪ The sun is the vermilion of our spinning mother earth ♪
♪ The moon is its ancient, glowing refuge ♪
♪ They say liquor cures every pain ♪
♪ Let’s drink and test it, come on, brothers ♪
♪ Battery, Ghusla, Tent, Vaate, Kulka, Kanta ♪
♪ Tent, pass the pitcher, let’s pour him a drink ♪
♪ [VOCALIZING] ♪
♪ Dear friends, let’s raise a ladder to heaven and climb it fast ♪
♪♪
♪ Listen, kid, here’s a secret: never crave another man’s food ♪
♪ The taste of hard work is sweet too; don’t waste the meal before you ♪
♪ Truth sleeps carefree on a rocky, thorny path ♪
♪ Man, remember fortune is fleeting; life is facing joy and gloom alike ♪
♪ Dear friends, let’s raise a ladder to heaven and climb it fast ♪
♪ [VOCALIZING] ♪
♪♪
♪ Kid, do the impossible, let your hard work echo everywhere ♪
♪ Don’t harm the home that fed you; food debt is beyond all debts ♪
♪ Let’s honour our parents and bring smiles to their lips ♪
♪ Their smiles brighten our lives; let’s walk with them till the end ♪
♪ Dear friends, let’s raise a ladder to heaven and climb it fast ♪
♪ My lifelong buddies, let’s reach the skies in a drunken haze ♪
[GASPS]
Huh?
What, man?
Nothing.
Hmm.
Where’s Battery gone this long?
Hey, Battery!–Huh?
Come soon!
You come down first, your relatives all limped off.
What’re they supposed to do when you loiter by the lake for hours?
Shut up and come
Yo, Pungani. –Huh?
Fitted it properly everywhere?
Yes, brother, I did.
Good, cover it well with soil. –Hmm.
Yo, Pungani. –Huh?
If you catch one, it’s ours; if we catch one, it’s yours.
Fine.
Set the traps close together.
Come.
Take it.
Drag it.
Tie it tight.
Hey, Battery, what are you up to?
They’re off celebrating throughout the night.
What the hell, man?!
Kaada, the cops.
Sir, it’s him, it’s him, sir.
When we plotted to trap Pungani, he ran off.
Even now last night’s gunshot is ringing in my ears,
and you’re already tightening the wires.
Who’s Kanta here?
That’s… sir
Just because we’re tying wires doesn’t mean we’re hunting pigs.
Huh?
It’s to scare them off.
Huh.
If I catch you red-handed, I’ll show you what fear looks like.
They ruined half an acre. Will you pay for the damage?
Will you?
I will.
Suresh. –Sir.
Search.
Okay, sir. ಸರಿ ಸರ್.
Yo, Tent.
Will they dig up three and half acres to look for it?
Let them dig.
Weeds will get cleared.
As it is, we don’t find farmhands. –[LAUGHS IN UNISON]
Even a vehicle has come to cart the weeds away. –[LAUGHS IN UNISON]
Found nothing, sir. -You will not find.
[LAUGHS]
Pity he didn’t find anything. –They never will.
You lot will get caught.
Where will you run?
Catch us if you can.
We’ll tell you ourselves once we catch one, sir.
Sir, shall I get you some millet?
Give him some. They’re leaving empty-handed.
Kaada. –[LAUGHS]
Tupaki.
Hey, Tupaki!
Yo, Tupaki!
Isn’t Tupaki here?
We’ve hung it on the wall. Come and take it.
I didn’t mean that gun.
Then?
You stuttered T… Tupaki.
I meant something else, leave it.
Koo!
Oye!
So you don’t want the gun?
No.
He’s well named Kanthegowdru.
From now on, call him Gowdru.
Don’t you want to be called brinjal? –Oye!
I’m talking to you.
Come again calling me Tupaki and crap,
I’ll kill you.
[SMIRKS]
Hmm.
Hey, what took you so long?
Had some work, man.
Where’s Battery? –Huh!
Look there.
He’s flashing his torch at a locked house.
Who the hell is that…
Come, someone’s flashing a light at Ranga’s wife.
Hey!
Hey, Shyamanna,
he’s running towards the road.
Come, let’s borrow a betel leaf and nuts.
You hop on, start the engine quick.
Start it, man!
Drive, man! –Drive!
Switch off your torch.
Yo, Battery. –Huh?
Get married, man.
You’ll stop roaming around flashing your light.
[LAUGHS] Who’d give him a girl?
If no one gives me a girl, I’ll kidnap your cousin.
Why her, man? Why does everyone want her?
Drive on.
Just watch, I’ll marry you off to that Thimmi.
Try it.
Why did the bosses show up before the villagers today?
After what that cop said, I couldn’t sit quiet at home.
Won’t that officer be sleeping peacefully now?
Let him sleep.
Yeah, whether he sleeps or not,
what’s it to us? –Huh.
He shouldn’t sleep.
Kaada.
Shall we go hunt?
Ghusla. –Brother.
Grind the masala.
Right, brother. –Do you ever obey when I say don’t drink?
Hmm?
One minute.
[LAUGHS]
Hey, Tent. –Huh?
Our Kaada hunts without making a sound, right?
Yeah, that’s how he is.
[TSKS]
Hey!
You should have gone.
What do I lack?
Watch, I’ll go even now.
Meow!
[GASPS SHARPLY]
What are you doing here at this hour?
I came to pull out the weeds.
If you want to pull them, do it in your own field.
Why here?
In my view, everything of yours belongs to me.
Damn you! –[GASPS]
Kaada!
Hey, Kaada! –What, man?
What are you doing there?
It’s… it’s…
I came to pull out the weeds.
Shut up and come.
He came to pluck weeds.
You never came at the right time,
now you want to pick them at mid night.
[GASPS]
Sounded like a woman’s voice, right?
Yeah, your aunt’s daughter. –What?!
Who else would show up now?
Come, man.
He thinks he heard a woman.
Expecting angels to call you out?
What are you mumbling?
Nothing, move.
[STREET SELLER CALLING OUT]
Hairpins, brother.
Koo!
Wait, brother.
What, darling?!
Koo!
Hey, Kaada!
Hey!
You rascal!
Call me from behind again, I’ll break your spine.
[SCOFFS]
Koo!
What, aunty?
You two make a good pair.
Don’t let him go.
Marry him as soon as you can.
♪♪
♪ [VOCABLES] ♪
♪ You… you’re my finest piece of gold. ♪
♪ Now our bond of love shackled tightly. ♪
♪ This little exile of mine next door ♪
♪ My love, you must erase it ♪
♪ Near or far, wherever you are ♪
♪ I crave this restless heart ♪
♪ That heart must be yours ♪
♪ Handsome honey, spread for me the magnolia of the skies ♪
♪ I can’t live in this town without you ♪
♪ You… you’re my finest piece of gold. ♪
♪ Now our bond of love shackled tightly. ♪
♪♪
♪ These birds, these stars, this band of players, this humming tune ♪
♪ The feast of worship, Ganga fasts, Gauri’s vows ♪
♪ After the wedding drums, tie the sacred thread ♪
♪ With three knots and Arundathi as witness, we became husband and wife ♪
♪ You… you’re my finest piece of gold. ♪
♪ Now our bond of love shackled tightly. ♪
♪♪
Vaate, any good catch today?
Nothing much, sister,
just a tiny rabbit fell into the trap.
When will your brother decide to hunt me instead?
Hey, Vaate! –Coming!
Ask my brother that yourself, sister.
Come, you scoundrel.
What business do you have with her? –Nothing.
I tell you to do your work, but you just gossip around.
Yeah, he has work, all right.
Ruining school-going kids with hunting isn’t work enough.
How many times should I say watch where you step?
Sister, you shouldn’t wait to be hunted,
we should turn into the prey instead.
Hmph! Shut up and go.
When I give good advice, you beat me up instead.
♪♪
♪ This nectar has merged and settled, a debt of love fixated in the heart ♪
♪ Don’t cling to those cravings, don’t suffer, let the path flow on ♪
♪ Amid the clouds in your mind, hold tight to this little finger ♪
♪ Let no third shadow fall between us, let love’s lightning always flash ♪
♪ You… you’re my finest piece of gold. ♪
♪ Now our bond of love shackled tightly. ♪
[HUMMING A TUNE]
B–brother-in-law…
You’re back now, brother-in-law?
Yes.
Why so late?
Did something bad happen?
Nothing has happened recently.
Huh.
Fine, brother-in-law.
I’ve got some work, I’ll finish it and come back.
To the temple? –Yes, brother-in-law.
Go, go.
Careful, careful.
Brother-in-law’s here, brother-in-law’s here…
The cat crossed our path, still no problem. [LAUGHS]
Didn’t expect this moment to come so soon.
Look, Gowdre. –Hmm.
Think it through.
She’s reached marriageable age.
Right.
I’ll think about it.
–You may go. –Alright, Gowdre.
I’ll take my leave.
Hmm?
Hmm!
Uncle,
sounds like they’re planning a grand party tonight.
[GIGGLES SOFTLY]
Tupaki, I’m leaving now.
Hmm.
Feels like a wave of love washed over me today.
Huh!
If he had that much love,
he wouldn’t roam the streets like a loafer, wasting his time.
Let’s tie him up at home with a rope, uncle.
Yes.
I’ll bring the rope. [GIGGLES]
Hey.
I’m thinking of marrying you to her.
It’s…
I don’t have such feelings for her, dad.
Look,
just listen to me this once.
If you marry her, our daughter will be close by.
I can’t find another girl as cultured and homely as her.
Alright, dad.
Your word is my command, dad.
I don't know that.
Don’t!-Where's my silk saree? -Don't worry, I'll get you one.
You always say the same thing.
Brother-in-law…
You'll never buy me anything.
Who the hell is he?!
Hey, brother-in-law.
How will I know that you'll buy me.
Listen to me.
I can't!
You’re here?
Hey, dear.
I’ll go to Patel’s house.
Hey, sit here.
Hey, brother-in-law, come out!
You came? –Who the hell is he?
Come.
Him?
Yes. Come, come, come, come, come!
Come on!
Hey, what’s your name?
What’s your name?
Sundara.
Sundara?!
You look like a black buffalo!
Huh?!
You’re Sundara?
Brother!
Hey, shut up. ಹೇ, ಸುಮ್ಮನಿರು
When I asked you to help that old woman,
you squeaked like a puny mouse,
like a rat squealing,
you whined and hid inside.
I told you so many times I wouldn’t come,
will you never listen?
You brag about your brother-in-law,
sit and hear what he says now.
Hey! Hey! –It’s my bad luck, that’s all.
Brother-in-law, did you really say all that about me?
Forgive me, brother-in-law.
Forgive me.
I never understood you.
You are Sundara.
I gave my sister in marriage to you.
Won’t you give your sister in marriage to me?
Take your hands off, you bloody bandicoot.
Bandicoot?!
You’re a downright drunk.
Should I marry my sister to you? –Mm-hmm.
Look at your face.
Go sit by the door and scratch your mug.
So, you won’t give her? –Nope.
I earn to drink.
You won’t give a girl to a man who earns? –Hey!
I’ll get you married too.
Not some other day, it’ll happen today.
Right this moment.
We don’t even need to search for a girl.
There’s my brother-in-law’s sister, Sundari.
Bloody bandicoot!
You want my sister?!
–Son-in-law…
I’ll kill you today! –Brother-in-law!
My sister, you want my sister?
You don’t even have a pound of flesh,
and you want my sister?
Come.
Dear, if you behave like him what will people think?
You barge into my house and try to throw me out?
Come out if you’re really your father’s son.
Come out!
Come if you’re a man! –What?!
Hey, what?!
What’s your problem?
–What’s your problem? –Tell me what your problem is!
Only one of us walks away today. –Hey!
Now what?
–Leave my shirt.
Come, I’ll ask your whole village.
Aunt, you’ve seen how he drinks.
Should I give him my sister?
Should I?
This one?
Just three months ago she married her daughter off.
The son-in-law always ends up passed out in the drain.
Damn you!
Sir. –Huh?
You know his drinking habits.
If I give my sister to him, am I not pushing her into a well?
Would you give your daughter?
Would you? -No.
Oh, this great man…
He bragged about finding a great groom for his girl,
and she eloped with someone.
Hey!
What does her eloping have to do with me?
Does that mean I’ll give you my sister?
Ask me, ask me! -The drunkard seems to be hiked up!
What’s all this racket?
Isn’t there anyone to knock some sense into you?
Boys,
why are you wasting yourselves on drink, who knows?
Go home quietly and sleep.
Go.
You rascals just come on the street and stir up trouble.
Hey, big man. –Huh?
Come here.
What’s it with you?
I can give my sister to him,
but he won’t give his sister to me.
Tell me, is that fair?
You meet all kinds of people, you tell me.
Go discuss your justice inside your house.
Shut your arse and leave.
Huh?–He’s lecturing me now!
I came to guide these boys,
hey!
Ask whoever you want, I won’t give you my sister.
What’s he saying, Krishnappa?
He wants to get married.
Then you should do it, no?
He told me to shut my arse and leave.
He said that to you, Krishnappa?!
Yes, dear.
Then shut it and leave.
What insane fellows you all are(!)
It’s better I beat myself with my own slippers than preach to you lot.
Come on, guys. –He’s walking off without hitting himself.
Are you giving your sister or not?
Tell him, brother, tell him.
Here he is. –Who?
Stand up, man.
Him?!
Grab him, boys.
Come on. –Shut up, you drunk.
Let me go, guys!
I have to drink blood today.
Let go, I have to drink blood today! –Hopeless drunk!
Is there a monkey dancing here? Go home, all of you.
Sister, hear how he talks!
I’ll drag him to the panchayat, I won’t spare him.
What, man? –Give me four fritters.
Fritters? You haven’t cleared the old tab. –Are they hot?
Take them, they’re hot.
Give me a biscuit too.
A biscuit? –Yes.
Here. –Put it on the tab.
–What is it, dear? –Brother, one pack of fryums.
Packet of fryums? –Hmm.
Looks like the wind’s blowing this way.
Seems like it.
–Kanaka. –Huh?
Is this the age to eat fryums?
This is the age to crush fryums.
[LAUGHS]
Where has that man gone now?
Damn!
He gives them neither hay nor water,
but eats his own meals on time.
Oye, who’s that scoundrel?
Ka –Why did you come?
[GASPS]
Who knows if this life will still be here tomorrow?
Life finds meaning when we value the love of those who love us.
Hey, I know what deserves value. Get lost.
Drunken rogues, setting out to seize the police station itself.
[HUMMING A TUNE]
Greetings, brother.
Gone deaf or what?
I’ll say it louder.
Greetings, brother.
He doesn’t care for my greeting.
He’s drunk early in the morning.
At night he insults me, and in the morning he greets me.
Mad fellow!
Kaada.
Hey, Kaada!
Still sleeping?
Hey, Kaada!
O devi Kollapuradamma, save me, Mother.
Get up and come.
[GROANS AND STRETCHES]
What’s with you so early?
What is it, man?
My friends have come from Mangalore.
Come, let’s go hunting.
Hunting? –Yes.
Come quickly, man.
That’s how he is.
Won’t even let me use the toilet or wash my face.
Hey, are you coming to die?
Brother, the boss has chest pain.
Sister asked me to bring you.
What are you saying?
Kaada, you go.
I’ll see you this evening.
The boys are at the gate.
Alright.
You go too. –Come on.
Ranga…
We have to go there.
There? –Hmm.
Huh.
Hey, what?
He’s acting all cocky now.
Ranga.
Come guys, come quickly.
Shoot.
Told you to shoot, what are you staring at?
Did we have to come all the way here to hunt a single pig?
We could have hunted in our own fields.
You lot just stand and gape.
Damn.
What kind of useless scoundrels are you?
[HUMMING A TUNE]
Brother, shall I shoot?
A wild boar must be hunted in a chase.
[GRUNTS]
[GASPS IN UNISON]
[GROANS]
[LAUGHS]
Run, run! How far will you run? ಓಡು! ಓಡು! ಎಷ್ಟು ದೂರ ಓಡುತೀಯ?
Run! Shoot him. ಓಡಿ! ಅವನನ್ನು ಶೂಟ್ ಮಾಡು
Huh?!
[GASPS]
Argh!
So, you’ve joined their gang too.
Come, come, come, come!
Come, come!
Come, come, come, come, come, come! Come, come, come, come, come, come!
[GRUNTS SHARPLY]
[GROANS IN PAIN]
Let’s go.
♪♪
[SCREAMS SHARPLY]
If meat is roasting on the fire…
…it means the hunt belongs to us.
The hunt is ours, Cheta,
even if we don’t lace it with sedative like you do.
We brought it down with a gunshot. [LAUGHS]
Ranga, Ranga, lord and master Ranga!
Hey, Ghusla. –Brother.
Bring brother the head.
Let him taste it. –Alright, brother.
[GRUNTS IN PAIN]
[GASPS IN UNISON]
Cheta, look there.
Rangappa. –Huh?!
Only hyenas snatch and feast on others’ hunt.
Cheetahs hunt on the move and drink blood from a ripped-open chest.
That is the clan this one belongs to.
[SMIRKS] You boasted of felling him with one shot.
But he stands there like a rampant, unshaken tusker in musth.
How long will you stand there prattling?
The picture isn’t over yet, my love. ಚಿತ್ರ ಇನ್ನೂ ಉಳಿದಿದೆ ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರಿಯೆ
So, are you lot still busy plucking weeds?
Come on.
Ghusla, you’ve joined them too?
Wretch.
Don’t. [PANTING] –What did you say?
Don’t.
Run, run! ಓಡು! ಓಡು!
–Will you run? –No.
Will you run?
Run! –[SCREAMS IN PAIN]
Don’t!
Forgive me, brother.
I’ll never do this again, brother.
Spare me, brother.
Brother… spare me.
Spare me.
Brother.
Don’t.
Forgive me, brother.
You idiot.
Told you, wild boar must be hunted in a chase.
You came back without a hunt.
Uncle. –Huh?
Looks like you’ve broken his leg.
Told him so many times not to roam about.
Will he ever listen to elders?
Off he goes hunting and comes back with broken limbs.
Hey!
This is all your cursing.
Don’t do this, don’t do that, don’t go here, don’t go there.
From now on, I’ll go only after telling you.
Hmm… you will(!) you will(!).
If you don’t fear us…
Then marry me off and I’ll just stay here idling.
That’s the only thing remaining now.
Fix it soon, uncle.
Hey, who will give a girl to this pig hunter?
You keep quiet, dear.
Let it be.
How is the boss?
What happened to him?
He’s tough as a rock.
First go eat.
Brother, boss has chest pain. Sister asked me to bring you.
Kaada. –Huh?
Why is Tupaki acting so strange?
Strange how?
Don’t know exactly.
He doesn’t respond when we talk to him.
He can’t stand you.
His attitude doesn’t sit right with me. –Why do you care? Move on.
With you by my side, this beedi doesn’t even need a matchstick.
Ay!
Just speaking the truth.
So is it because we hang around you that…
Shut up, man. Nothing like that.
Don’t know.
Fine, if you find him, bring him in the evening.
We’ll plan a drink together.
Where are you going at this hour?
Uncle, I…
Uncle.
Go to bed.
Kanta.
You’ve been dull for three days now.
Huh?
Hey. –Hmm?
Kanta, answer me.
Hmm.
Come, go lie down.
Dad.
Feels like all your wishes and dreams will go unfulfilled.
No one can be trusted, dad.
No one can be trusted.
Where did he go?
Why are you shouting?
My man is somewhere around here.
I came here to shout one thing to him.
Shall I say it?
Listen.
I have a wish.
On the wall of my heart,
I want to plaster it tight like cement slurry.
But this fool only knows to love.
No idea how to propose it.
But I know his heart holds a tiny corner for me.
There is a place, right?
I’m asking you.
There is a place, right?
Alas!
Look, look.
Even after saying it again and again, he still turns up with a surprise.
[SMIRKS]
All this life needs is for my heart’s wish to find a place in your thoughts.
♪♪
♪ Oh, my sweet, dripping honey ♪
♪ With just a look, you slayed me via looks without a shred of mercy ♪
♪ Soft as butter, you are like clear, sweet milk of fulll moon ♪
♪ This butter has melted away in this sweltering heat ♪
♪ In these times, when love songs play ♪
♪ A gentle sweetness or a restless ache blooms in us ♪
♪ Let’s carve the story of our first meeting into the pages of history ♪
♪ A request my love, come hold me tight without delay, wrap me in your embrace ♪
♪ My beloved is sweet as jaggery itself ♪
♪ You’ve stolen my whole heart ♪
♪♪
♪ The moment I come to bond with you. ♪
♪ This silver palanquin in my town stands ready to bring you to me ♪
♪ This bouquet of flowers in the hands of sparkling stars ♪
♪ Tinsel garlands adorning the sky ♪
♪ I long to inscribe my name beside yours up in the heavens ♪
♪ Come, let me etch you forever as mine ♪
♪ Kanaka weds Kaada, Kaada weds Kanaka ♪
♪ In these times, when love songs play ♪
♪ A gentle sweetness or a restless ache blooms in us ♪
♪ Let’s carve the story of our first meeting into the pages of history ♪
♪ Come, hold me tight without delay, wrap me in your embrace ♪
♪♪
♪ Time of our love, this royal meeting of you and me ♪
♪ I’m off to my mother’s home, my dearest ♪
♪ Shall I bring you a precious gift? ♪
♪ Spring jasmine has lost its trail of scent ♪
♪ Oh lovely chick, let’s dive together into this dreamy, drunken dusk ♪
♪ Beloved, hold my hand, I’ll follow wherever you lead ♪
♪ In these times, when love songs play ♪
♪ A gentle sweetness or a restless ache blooms in us ♪
♪ Let’s carve the story of our first meeting into the pages of history ♪
♪ A request my love, come hold me tight without delay, wrap me in your embrace ♪
[LAUGHS]
Damn you.
Seems you’ve finally understood what my heart was saying.
Shall we marry this Ugadi?
I can’t bear to wait any longer.
Never seen you like this before.
Are you joking?
No jokes, just speaking facts.
Hmm.
Those eyes that kept staring at me said everything,
as this heart likes you very much, Kanaka.
Enough.
This love and romance crap are not for me, Kanaka.
Why not?
Why so many questions?
You don’t need to know.
Just go home.
Will you marry me or not?
Answer me.
Don’t fool around.
Life isn’t some snack from a street stall
that you buy whenever you fancy.
Love doesn’t just spark anywhere and everywhere.
It has to spark here… in this heart.
Hmph.
When a woman comes in search of you in the dead of night,
isn’t it to ask for a love that’s pure?
Whether love is scorned or cherished doesn’t depend on pure or impure.
You have a heart too.
If one day love blooms in that heart,
if tears well up in your eyes,
that will be love as well.
Think it through and make a firm decision.
Otherwise, you’ll soon learn what my decision is.
[SNIFFLES]
Damn.
The hook is right here.
The game of decorating a grave will be such fun.
Greetings, brother.
Gowdre, time has come for your Kanaka to get her inheritance.
Soon find her a good husband.
These street dogs have started barking too much.
Before that dog dares to bark again,
it needs to be leashed… or put down.
He isn’t a head that will bow to threats, brother.
Before I’m laid down in a grave,
he should be rotting beneath this soil.
Send as many men as you like.
Alright, brother.
Dad.
They’ll only find dirt if they dig there.
Even his father has no idea what all he’s hidden and where.
Do whatever it takes, Malli.
He must not see the sunrise alive.
He must not. – Butchers earn more from a fat goat, Dad.
You don’t ask where or when.
Your target…
is his heart.
Hey!
Hmm.
Hey, George.
Quite the grand conspiracy, eh?
Across the borders of all seven hamlets,
I know one more wretch bomb-planter apart from me is you.
Come on.
Come on, step up bravely.
Otherwise…
go ask your father who brought you here,
whether he’s the only one you get to call father.
[GUNSHOT]
Come, pull over!
Start! Start you bummer!
He came, turn around.
Hey! Turn it right here.
Turn man!
Start! Start! Start!
Go! Go! Go! Go!
Go! Go!
Wait, you scoundrels!
[SCREAMING IN PAIN]
Damn!
Hey!
Spread word to the others.
Kaada.
He’s not just Kaada…
He’s Kari Kaada.
Hey!
Damn you!
She pestered me all night,
and she’s back again.
She’ll never get wise despite my many warning.
You shameless wretch.
[SMIRKS]
Other people stuff is really sweet to taste, really good to eat.
Ay.
Huh?!
Where’s Tupaki?
Ah!
It’s been three or four days.
No idea where he vanished.
He hasn’t gone home, I heard.
Yeah, man.
Even his father has been asking about Tupaki for three–four days.
He hasn’t gone home at all!
Ghusla.
He’s missing too.
No clue where the two of them went.
The fire’s ready. – Huh?
Let’s roast some meat and wash it down with liquor.
Huh? – Hmm.
Hey!
Were you born from me, or was I born from you?
Do I look like some weakling to you?
Because of him, my son is forced into hiding.
For my boy to return, his head has to roll.
I won’t spare him!
No matter who comes, I won’t leave it.
Even if you try to stop me, I won’t.
Dad.
– Calm down. – Hey!
Calm down, for what?! – Dad!
He’s toying with the doll of your house.
One small slip and your honour will be in pieces.
The elections are near anyway.
Call the Rathni.
You go do your campaigning.
I’ll host a feast for the village.
You handle the bloodshed.
When I wind the string and spin the top,
people should struggle to spot its true colours while it whirls.
♪ [VOCABLES] ♪
♪♪
♪ [VOCABLES] ♪
♪ [INTONING] Ratto... ♪
♪ Ratto, daughter of a monarch ♪
♪ [INTONING] Sow... ♪
♪ Daughter of Bheema ♪
♪ Ride out on a bullock cart, taking the tractor, holding onto cycle ♪
♪ You came running to see me, holding a lantern in your hand ♪
♪ Is this golden deer prettier, or is this lovely butterfly prettier? ♪
♪ If you let me go, you’ll lose me, I won’t stoop for loose change ♪
♪ If you have both, write it down and send it to me ♪
♪ Ratuni, you're a damsel born under a lucky Virgo star ♪
♪ Ratuni, who made us all turn rich ♪
♪♪
♪ What town’s rubber was used to make that waist? It bends and sways so freely ♪
♪ What gold mould did they use for those eyes and lips that shine so bright? ♪
♪ My body’s charged with Raichur current, as Vatsyayana himself once taught ♪
♪ The night will slip away, so come, my hero, let’s play a game of hide-and-seek ♪
♪ Ratuni, meet me at the Ayya's lake shore ♪
♪ Ratuni, come, let’s go watch a matinee together ♪
♪ Ride out on a bullock cart, taking the tractor, holding onto cycle ♪
♪ You came running to see me, holding a lantern in your hand ♪
♪ [VOCALIZING] ♪
♪♪
♪ I came back winning a wrestling bout, go on, feel these strong biceps ♪
♪ Your beauty is so striking, no one could miss you in a crowd ♪
♪ Don’t brag about those big biceps, to me all are clouds that melt away ♪
♪ Come dance with me till we drench in sweat, let’s whirl together ♪
♪ Ratuni, meet me at the Ayya's lake shore ♪
♪ Ratuni, come, I’ll keep you company ♪
In this whole world,
it seems only the two of you, father and son, drink together.
Ay!
Nothing like that, dear.
Kaada.
Hey, pig-hunter.
[CHUCKLES]
Look.
Don’t, Dad.
Don’t talk like that…
not in front of her.
If your mother were alive,
she’d be fed him with her own hands.
She’s gone.
He’s unlucky even for a morsel from her.
So…
I pour him a drink instead.
Kanaka. – Hmm?
Seeing my son like this makes me very happy.
You know why?
He drinks in front of me.
He eats in front of me.
He never hides anything.
Other boys…
they lie to their fathers that they don’t drink…
then hide in some corner and knock it back to the brim.
My Kaada isn’t like that.
All he needs is a girl who can love him like a mother.
[LAUGHS]
Ah!
I’ve found her.
Right here.
She’s here, walking around like moonlight itself.
Hey, hey, Shivappa…
You’re drunk.
Go on, go sleep it off.
Hey, Kaada…
She’s a lovely girl.
Kanaka cooked and brought us food all the way from the village.
Can’t you understand that?
Alright, Dad.
I get it.
So I have to eat now, right?
Come, wash your hands.
Who washes hands every day?
Pass it here, dear.
Wonderful(!)
You cook really well, dear.
Shivappa…
Looks like the prey has come to me.
we can eat it like a side dish.
Wait, I’ll be right back.
I don’t want that hunt, come on.
Wait, I’ll be back in a minute.
[GASPS]
[GASPS] Hey!
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
I heard there was a loud blast at midnight.
By the time I returned from the city, you’ve finished everything.
So much has happened without us even knowing.
What will you have?
What is there to have in a mourning house?
If you resolve what no one in the village can resolve,
fortune will come to your doorstep.
He just mustn’t live, that’s all.
[SMIRKS]
What will I do with money when life can end in a second?
Do you think the police were appointed just to serve you?
Suffer.
Someone’s gone and dumped a proper curse on you, haven’t they?
I’ll say it again, Kanta…
you’re better off living quietly.
Otherwise, disaster will fall on you.
[WARNING SHOUTS]
His time was up.
He died some way or the other.
Leave it.
Dad…
Something’s happening behind me, Dad.
I can’t make sense of it.
Look…
Wars in this world start over just two things:
a woman… or land.
That woman could be the reason here.
Or that land inheritance might be the reason.
If your heart desires it,
let that woman become the lamp that lights this home.
Let that land be yours.
But…
let your decision be stone-hard.
Wars in this world start over just two things,
a woman… or land.
That woman could be the reason here…
Huh?!
I left the key here.
Oye!
[GASPS]
[LAUGHS]
Stop, Savi!
Don’t run, stop, Savi!
Hey, Savi!
[EXHALES]
What did you decide?
There’s nothing to decide, Savi.
Enough of this nonsense.
Give it here.
People will get the wrong idea.
Should I scream it out before they misunderstand?
That the two of us belong together?
That can’t happen in this life.
Why?
I mean…
my friend’s sister is like my own sister.
Give me the key.
Give it.
Stop pestering me now.
If I have to be your sister, I despise this life.
Shut up and go home.
[GASPS]
Hmm!
What now, boys?
Can’t digest your meal?
Hey…
You stuff yourselves with our food and cheat us.
How will it digest?
Did this body grew by eating your food?
Useless lot!
If you’re so full of pride and cocky…
let’s see whether your manhood stands or my courage stands.
Come.
Ay!
You want a girl?
Is it our family’s girl you’re after?
Come, then.
Don’t!
Let me go!
Girl…
Ugh!
Because she’s my friend’s sister, I never even looked at her that way.
But you two strut around one me,
go and tell her this,
Kaada will be the one tying the knot on her.
That woman is the reason.
My friend’s sister is like my sister.
If she comes looking for you at midnight…
…isn’t it for a love that’s pure?
You want a girl?
Is it our family’s girl you’re after?
Or maybe that inheritance land is the reason.
Let that woman be the lamp that lights this house.
Let that land remain there.
Brother… there…
– Sister. – Hmm?
Dad brought two eggs last night.
She's right here.
Stop… stop the jeep.
What’s wrong with you?!
What did I tell you?
[SCREAMS IN PAIN]
Told you to stay at home, right?
Malli! – Come on.
Hey! You won’t get her. -Let go of me, Malli!
Even if I don’t get her, it's fine, Malli…
he mustn’t live.
Tch, let us at least get the property in the end. – Let me go!
Hey!
– Get in there! – Leave me, Uncle… Malli, please!
Are you off to disgrace our family?!
Open it.
Drive.
Vaate!
– Sister! – Vaate!
Sister!
Kaada…
Brother!
Brother, Kaada took Sister!
Where will he go?
He’ll definitely come there.
Hey George…
I’m assuming you’re truly your father’s son.
Tupaki, start the engine.
Drive, drive, drive!
♪♪
♪ Swearing on us both, I can’t see any way to live ♪
♪ Without fear or doubt, stand tall as musth elephant while you face them ♪
♪ Let your fury make your enemies crumble ♪
♪ Bow only to the feet of Brahma ♪
♪ A road of thorns ahead, ashes hiding embers beneath ♪
♪ A poisoned blade pressed against your back ♪
♪ This path is yours, walk it with courage ♪
♪ The shadow of dark karma didn't spared even karna ♪
♪ Be steadfast like Sita and Rama ♪
♪ Kaada, Kari Kaada, see through love’s illusion and vengeance’s flame ♪
♪ Show the world Rama’s love and Ravana’s rage within you ♪
♪ Kaada, Kari Kaada, see through love’s illusion and vengeance’s flame ♪
♪ Show the world Rama’s love and Ravana’s rage within you ♪
♪ [VOCABLES] ♪
[EXPLOSION]
♪ Where is justice among these twisted men? ♪
♪ Your stride is mountains, your gaze a tiger’s glare ♪
♪ Walk on, uncaring of rock or hill in your way ♪
♪ O land where war never ends, keep to the path you chose ♪
Go guys!
Kanaka, sit here.
K–Kaada…
Sit.
Never thought my cursed heart would drag you into all this, Kaada.
Even the sun and the moon face eclipses.
We’re no bigger than them.
You stay here, Kanaka.
I’ll go settle their scores and return.
Hey, look there.
Huh?!
[PIERCING SCREAMS]
Come on, he’s started his game.
Move!
Go!
He mustn’t survive!
Run!
Kaada!
Hit him!
Kaada!
Kanaka!
Don’t come out, Kanaka!
Malli…
Huh?
Kaada…
Kaada!
Kanaka…
Why did you come?
Come on.
Leave…
Go!
Kaada!
Do you remember?
Don’t you?
Thirty years ago…
Remember it.
Do you recall?
Gauri…
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Kaada!
Hey, hey, hey!
Alas…
[SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYING]
Kaada!
♪ On this day I dreamt of a precious pearl pallanquin ♪
♪ On this day dark clouds covered my sky ♪ – Forgive me, Kaada…
Kanaka…
This is all because of me.
Don’t say that.
You’ll be alright.
You have a heart too.
If one day love blooms in that heart,
if tears gather in your eyes,
that is love too.
♪ Leave him be, O Lord of death ♪
♪ Spare him, O Lord of death ♪
♪ On this day I dreamt of a precious pearl pallanquin ♪
– Kanaka… ♪ On this day dark clouds covered my sky ♪
Our love won't bloom in this life, Kaada. ♪ Like a flood in the misty rain ♪
♪ Hold me close and never leave this embrace ♪ If there's a next life, then I'll be born as your daughter
♪ Morning dew fades away with the rising sun ♪ -KAADA!
♪♪
♪ Has the annihilator came riding on the darkness? ♪
♪ Has that darkness brought the end with it? ♪
I’ve waited for this chance for a very long time. ♪ When the heart begins to ache ♪
My sister should have lived her life… ♪ This is how it ♪
but she died young because of you. ♪ troubles ♪
♪ The heart desires… ♪ – Savi, wake up, dear…
♪ when it rises ♪ – Wake up, Savi!
♪ Why does it hurt so? ♪ – So many times…
I tried to finish you. ♪ As if to say I’ll end you ♪
♪ When the heart is spellbound ♪ Even though nothing's there between you two…
I framed you and plotted with Tupaki to kill you on the hill baiting you with a pig.
I framed you and sowed hatred between father and son.
Still…
you wretch… you survived.
Today…
with my own hands…
Seena…
Was it my fault to treat my friend’s sister as my own sister, Seena?
Was it my fault that she never understood my heart, Seena?
♪ Who truly wishes you well in this whole world? ♪
And seeing that, was it right to use that girl as I pleased, Seena?
Tell me, Seena.
Say something.
♪ God! ♪
♪ An immense abundance… ♪
You were with him all the time…
yet you never understood him.
Kaada!
♪ Who truly wishes you well in this whole world? ♪ – Kaada!
♪ In this world… ♪
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♪ Has the annihilator came riding on the darkness? ♪
♪ Has that darkness brought the end with it? ♪
♪ [VOCABLES] ♪ – ♪ Hail Kari Kaada ♪
♪ [VOCABLES] ♪ – ♪ Trip Kari Kaada ♪
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