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'This is the world.'

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'This is Kuttikkanam.'

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'This is me.'

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'Vineeth Madhavan.'

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'This is my story.'

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'But, what you are
about to see now...'

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'is not my story.'

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'Twenty-five kilometres
away from Kuttikkanam,'

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'in the hills of Vagamon, lives...'

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'Kerala's most popular writer'

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'and my favourite horror novelist,'

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'Vaikom David, and his son
Sachin Vaikom David.'

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'This is their story.'

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WITH LOVE,
TO NEETHU

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VAIKOM DAVID

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- Sachin David!
- Huh?

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Metals used for electroplating...
Which are they?

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Chromium, Gold, Silver.

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Oh... Okay...

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Then, define electroplating.

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The process of depositing
a layer of desired metal

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on another by using electricity.

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Teacher...

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- Huh!
- Sachin David is being called.

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Hmm... Go!

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Are you into writing,
like your father, Sachin?

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- A little bit.
- I see.

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I've been saddled with the charge
of the school magazine this year.

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The stories and poems we've received
for the Malayalam section are quite weak.

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That's when I thought of you, Sachin.

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After all, when Vaikom David
sir's son writes something,

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it cannot be bad, right?

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- I will give it a shot, Teacher.
- Good. Don't waste time.

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It must be submitted
by next week.

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- Get it done quickly.
- Okay, Teacher.

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Teacher!

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Should I write a short story
or a novel?

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Oh goodness, we don't
have that kind of space!

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A short story would do.

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[knocking on the door]

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Mangalam weekly or Manjadi?

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Manjadi.

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- Peter!
- Yes?

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- Manjadi.
- Okay.

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Here you go.

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Oops.
I'll get that.

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That's okay.

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Devil's Island!

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Hey, there's this one too!

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- Venu Chetta...
- Hmm?

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Would you publish a horror novel
in your children's magazine?

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The last four or five pages...

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are reserved for the kids' section.

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If it's a short story,
we can certainly publish it there.

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I'm already writing a short story
for the school magazine.

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But this is a novel I've been
planning for a long time.

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If it's written
by Vaikom David sir's son...

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then even if it's a horror novel,

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Manjadi will consider it.

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What's the title?

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"The Black Hands!"

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- Nice.
- Teacher!

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Aha...

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Celebrating your birthday is fine.

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But if you don't submit
your article by tomorrow,

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I'm sending the magazine
to the press without it, mind you!

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- I'll definitely give it, Teacher.
- Alright then.

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Neethu...

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Happy Birthday!

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- This is the first printed copy.
- Thank you!

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'Devil's Island'

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- Teacher, for me!
- Wait... wait...

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Don't rush!

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- I'll call out the names...
- I...I want one.

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- Sachin, I got it.
- I'm fed up with these kids.

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- Come!
- Hey... Everyone go and sit down!

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Didn't you hear what I said?
Go and sit.

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Did you see my book review?

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THE LAST BOOK I READ: DEVIL'S ISLAND
- NEETHU CHERIYAN

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'A small kid's story'

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'Where have you gone?'

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Regarding your story, Sachin...

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As a first timer,
it's definitely a good attempt.

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- But...
- But??

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It doesn't quite have the standard
to be published in our school magazine.

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Maybe we can publish
your next one instead.

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Now, that doesn't mean...

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that you lack talent,

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or that the story itself is bad.

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With a little more practice,

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you can write very well, Sachin.

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Keep trying!

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Perseverance is everything.

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Pick up your father's books
and read them once more.

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Learn from the best!

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If it's written
by Vaikom David sir's son...

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then even if it's a horror novel,

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Manjadi will consider it.

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After all, when Vaikom David
sir's son writes something,

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it cannot be bad, right?

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After all, when Vaikom David
sir's son writes something,

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it cannot be bad, right?

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After all, when Vaikom David
sir's son writes something,

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it cannot be bad, right?

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Son, could you give
these to your dad?

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These copies of "Devil's Island"
have a printing error.

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Fortunately, they were only sold
from a single book store in Kottayam.

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We're going to recall them
and get new ones printed.

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Alright, then.

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Sachin... Here you go!

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After all, when Vaikom David
sir's son writes something,

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it cannot be bad, right?

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It doesn't quite have the standard
to be published in our school magazine.

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After all, when Vaikom David
sir's son writes something,

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it cannot be bad, right?

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Pick up your father's books
and read them once more.

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After all, when Vaikom David
sir's son writes something,

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it cannot be bad, right?

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It doesn't quite have the standard
to be published in our school magazine.

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I had given it to Neethu.

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'Devil's Island'

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Dad, I wrote a novel.

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[Thundering clouds]

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It's good.

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But this isn't horror.

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This is pure comedy.

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[hapless agony]

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[sudden power outage]

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It's good.

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But this isn't horror.

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This is pure comedy.

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Teacher!

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Should I write a short story
or a novel?

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[kncoking on the door]

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Sachin!

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Open the door!

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I gave it everything I had.

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But I can never match
my father's genius.

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To live as my father's talentless...

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and incompetent son...

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I just can't do it anymore.

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Well, of course you can't.

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Because, you are my son.

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Out of the 232 novels I've published,
not a single one is actually mine.

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I had a lover who took her own life
out of heartbreak.

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My batchmate from C.M.S. College,

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Anuradha!

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'ANURADHA'

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After the funeral was over,

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and her family came
to clear things out,

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I packed up and sent all her hostel
belongings back with them.

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Save for a single exception.

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The novels she had written.

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'THE DETECTIVE ANURAJ MYSTERIES'

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She had an incredible knack
for terrifying people with her prose.

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I published every single one
of those novels under my own name.

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'THE DETECTIVE DAVID RAJ MYSTERIES'

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By the time her manuscripts
finally ran dry,

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I had accumulated
enough wealth and fame...

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to hire people
to ghost-write for me.

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So, I began scouting for destitute literary
talents whom I could easily exploit.

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Now, the manuscripts I give you

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to hand over to Mangalam or Manjadi
every evening...

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aren't written by me either.

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They're actually his.

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Peter's.

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David Sir...!

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What happened?

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There's nothing to worry
about anymore, David Sir.

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We managed to recover eight copies
sold from the Kottayam Manjadi Book store.

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- How many copies were sold in total?
- Ten.

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Only two more left to find.

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Did your dad take
those two to his grave?

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Without me even noticing,
Peter left me a little parting gift.

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In the manuscript of "Devil's Island"
that I gave you to send to press,

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he named the villain after me,

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and named the heroine Anuradha.

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Now, if people actually read this,

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anyone with a bit
of wisdom and maturity...

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could piece together
my entire life story.

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And that was exactly his intention.

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But what if the truth comes out?

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Have you ever thought
about that, Dad?

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Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'?

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William Shakespeare.

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"The Tragical History of Romeus
and Juliet." by Arthur Brookes.

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It was based on that poem...

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that William Shakespeare...

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created his famous masterpiece,
"Romeo and Juliet."

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Back then, when intellectual property
and copyrights didn't exist...

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this was common practice.

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But in this day and age,

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it would be dismissed
as plagiarism or cheap copying.

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Can you even fathom framing
the great William Shakespeare

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as a mere plagiarist?

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- No.
- You can't.

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Because... in reality,
beyond the art itself,

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and surviving across centuries,

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what defines his greatness...

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is the reputation he has earned.

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The fact that their
favourite novelist cheated...

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is something people simply
don't want to believe.

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If the creation is good,

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they will deify whoever takes credit
as the creator.

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They don't even like to hear that
it was someone else's blood and sweat.

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Only the final result matters here.

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[phone rings]

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- Hello?
- Sir!

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We've traced one more copy.

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That's nine out of ten.

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That's not enough.

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We need to issue a press
release immediately.

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"The novel is being withdrawn
due to a technical error."

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"If the book is returned
to any nearby Manjadi book store,

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"readers will receive double
the amount as a refund."

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Understood, sir.

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Not a single copy of that novel
should remain in circulation.

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Okay, sir.

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You have a high IQ...

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If you put in the effort,
you could easily get into an IIT.

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You could draw a six-figure salary
anywhere in the world...

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and live a comfortable life.

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Now tell me...

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Do you really want this
cursed life of mine?

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I do.

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I want the world to know me.

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I want them to admire me.

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Just like my dad.

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No, scratch that.
Not like you.

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I want to become even
greater than you.

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To do that, you needn't
struggle this much.

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Trust me, the world is full of fools
who will happily struggle for you.

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What you should strive for,

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is not to create your art.

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It is to create your value.

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Your greatness lies
in protecting your own value.

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Once you are established
as a great man,

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even if your past mistakes
are one day revealed,

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the greatness you have achieved
will be your shield.

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"Chase reputation...
and greatness will follow."

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Guard that reputation
even to your grave.

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Reputation!

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That is the only weapon you need.

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'The very last copy
of "Devil's Island"...'

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'that Vaikom David was
so desperately searching for,'

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'is right here with me.'

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'And this is where my story begins.'

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Vineeth!

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Now do you see how he fell
from his bed and broke his arm?

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He's always reading horror novels,

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or watching some horror film.

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And then, he dreams
of it and wakes up startled,

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falls off the bed,
and breaks his arm.

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- Correct!
- Huh?

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- Oh...!
- You, keep quiet!

00:14:39.496 --> 00:14:41.495 align:center
You mess around too, but when
the exam results come...

00:14:41.496 --> 00:14:42.953 align:center
you always manage to score
above 90%.

00:14:42.954 --> 00:14:44.038 align:center
But his case is different.

00:14:44.537 --> 00:14:45.787 align:center
For the last exam,

00:14:45.788 --> 00:14:46.954 align:center
he barely managed 55%.

00:14:52.496 --> 00:14:53.746 align:center
Hey! Come on!

00:14:55.038 --> 00:14:56.536 align:center
Uncle, will you buy me a Frooti?

00:14:56.537 --> 00:14:57.662 align:center
Would one be enough?

00:15:11.038 --> 00:15:13.411 align:center
"Those who believe in
the false illusion...

00:15:13.412 --> 00:15:15.495 align:center
of a beautiful and fragrant life,

00:15:15.496 --> 00:15:16.954 align:center
should not read this novel!"

00:15:21.913 --> 00:15:23.371 align:center
Vineeth, when you grow up,

00:15:23.496 --> 00:15:24.829 align:center
what do you want to be?

00:15:28.121 --> 00:15:29.579 align:center
You must have an ambition, right?

00:15:32.245 --> 00:15:33.286 align:center
Doctor...

00:15:33.287 --> 00:15:35.244 align:center
Doctor, it's not like
what my father said.

00:15:35.245 --> 00:15:36.746 align:center
I didn't fall
because I was scared.

00:15:37.621 --> 00:15:38.661 align:center
Then?

00:15:38.662 --> 00:15:40.621 align:center
Someone throws me to the ground.

00:15:42.621 --> 00:15:44.371 align:center
- Who?
- I don't know!

00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:46.412 align:center
But he comes every night.

00:15:47.621 --> 00:15:48.829 align:center
Have you actually seen him?

00:15:49.496 --> 00:15:50.621 align:center
Just once!

00:15:51.204 --> 00:15:52.204 align:center
But...

00:15:52.996 --> 00:15:54.080 align:center
But?

00:15:54.245 --> 00:15:55.871 align:center
- He has no head.
- What?!

00:15:56.080 --> 00:15:58.244 align:center
He jumped in front of a train,
and committed suicide.

00:15:58.245 --> 00:15:59.454 align:center
That's what he told me.

00:16:03.412 --> 00:16:04.453 align:center
Don't be scared, Doctor!

00:16:04.454 --> 00:16:05.578 align:center
I was just kidding.

00:16:05.579 --> 00:16:07.204 align:center
- Oh!
- I dream every night.

00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:09.244 align:center
Sometimes I do get
a bit frightened.

00:16:09.245 --> 00:16:10.745 align:center
Sometimes I just
lose my balance...

00:16:10.746 --> 00:16:11.788 align:center
and I end up falling.

00:16:12.329 --> 00:16:13.996 align:center
This happened the same way.

00:16:18.162 --> 00:16:19.204 align:center
I'm taking this with me.

00:16:19.454 --> 00:16:20.536 align:center
You can't do that!

00:16:20.537 --> 00:16:22.204 align:center
I haven't finished
reading it yet.

00:16:22.329 --> 00:16:24.620 align:center
I won't be able to sleep
without knowing its climax.

00:16:24.621 --> 00:16:25.661 align:center
Is that so?

00:16:25.662 --> 00:16:27.913 align:center
Then for the time being,
you needn't know the climax.

00:16:28.412 --> 00:16:31.121 align:center
You should be focusing
on much more important things now.

00:16:31.788 --> 00:16:33.287 align:center
You need an aim in life, son.

00:16:33.496 --> 00:16:34.787 align:center
Decide what it is, by the time

00:16:34.788 --> 00:16:36.245 align:center
you come back
to remove your cast.

00:16:38.454 --> 00:16:39.871 align:center
Only then will I give this back.

00:16:40.204 --> 00:16:41.995 align:center
'To find out how
"Devil's Island" ends,'

00:16:41.996 --> 00:16:43.913 align:center
'now I have to wait until
this cast comes off.'

00:16:44.621 --> 00:16:46.328 align:center
'And I have to come up
with an "aim" in life too.'

00:16:46.329 --> 00:16:47.746 align:center
'This was a total betrayal.'

00:16:48.121 --> 00:16:49.244 align:center
Uncle and I...

00:16:49.245 --> 00:16:51.162 align:center
will drop you off
and head out quickly.

00:16:51.287 --> 00:16:54.203 align:center
Just make sure you give him his food
and medicine on time, okay?

00:16:54.204 --> 00:16:55.829 align:center
Consider it done, Aunty!

00:16:56.454 --> 00:16:58.537 align:center
It's not like I have
anything better to do anyway!

00:17:01.245 --> 00:17:02.287 align:center
- Dude?
- Yeah?

00:17:02.662 --> 00:17:03.913 align:center
Shall we go watch a movie?

00:17:05.080 --> 00:17:08.329 align:center
Mom gave me fifty rupees
to buy snacks for the school trip.

00:17:08.746 --> 00:17:10.079 align:center
As soon as your parents leave,

00:17:10.080 --> 00:17:11.621 align:center
we'll head straight
to the theatre.

00:17:12.162 --> 00:17:13.496 align:center
[whispering]
Which movie?

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:31.203 align:center
- "Mummy"?
- Just come with me!

00:17:31.204 --> 00:17:32.788 align:center
The special effects are incredible.

00:17:58.537 --> 00:17:59.537 align:center
Phew!

00:18:40.829 --> 00:18:43.203 align:center
Didn't I tell you the special effects
would be incredible?

00:18:43.204 --> 00:18:45.787 align:center
That scene where Imhotep
swallows the helicopter...

00:18:45.788 --> 00:18:46.828 align:center
Oh my god!

00:18:46.829 --> 00:18:48.454 align:center
The sound was even
coming from behind us!

00:18:53.121 --> 00:18:54.204 align:center
I've found it!

00:18:54.871 --> 00:18:55.871 align:center
Found what?

00:18:56.245 --> 00:18:57.287 align:center
Aim!

00:18:57.454 --> 00:18:58.704 align:center
I didn't get you!

00:18:59.038 --> 00:19:00.204 align:center
I want to scare people!

00:19:00.496 --> 00:19:02.454 align:center
I want to terrify
everyone using DTS!

00:19:02.662 --> 00:19:03.788 align:center
[SUNIL VIDEOS]

00:19:07.121 --> 00:19:08.203 align:center
"Akashaganga"
[cult horror film in Malayalam]

00:19:08.204 --> 00:19:10.120 align:center
- Vineeth!
- Suniletta...

00:19:10.121 --> 00:19:11.204 align:center
Do you have "The Mummy"?

00:19:11.371 --> 00:19:12.495 align:center
Oh, no, I don't.

00:19:12.496 --> 00:19:13.995 align:center
I only had two copies...

00:19:13.996 --> 00:19:15.245 align:center
and both are currently out.

00:19:15.371 --> 00:19:16.953 align:center
But I have something else for you.

00:19:16.954 --> 00:19:18.704 align:center
It hasn't even been
released in India yet.

00:19:18.996 --> 00:19:21.621 align:center
In America, it's a bigger hit
than "Titanic."

00:19:28.412 --> 00:19:30.496 align:center
"The Sixth Sense!"

00:19:34.662 --> 00:19:35.829 align:center
Does this have DTS?

00:19:35.996 --> 00:19:38.661 align:center
It was recorded from a theatre
in America that had DTS,

00:19:38.662 --> 00:19:39.871 align:center
so it's bound to have it!

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:46.578 align:center
[News on TV] Malayalam's beloved writer,
Vaikom David, has passed away.

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:49.995 align:center
The end came at approximately six o'clock
this evening at his own residence.

00:19:49.996 --> 00:19:51.453 align:center
With over two hundred and fifty...

00:19:51.454 --> 00:19:52.913 align:center
'This setup isn't
good enough at all!'

00:19:54.329 --> 00:19:56.121 align:center
'I need to equip
this house with DTS!'

00:19:56.621 --> 00:19:57.703 align:center
'I know how to do it.'

00:19:57.704 --> 00:19:58.913 align:center
Sorry, Grandpa.

00:19:59.245 --> 00:20:00.746 align:center
I really need to watch this movie.

00:20:23.662 --> 00:20:25.745 align:center
'Welcome to Madhavan DTS!'

00:20:25.746 --> 00:20:26.913 align:center
'5.1,'

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:28.121 align:center
'Kuttikkanam.'

00:20:34.996 --> 00:20:36.121 align:center
Wow!

00:20:36.704 --> 00:20:38.411 align:center
That's quite the setup
you've got here!

00:20:38.412 --> 00:20:39.453 align:center
It's no use, man.

00:20:39.454 --> 00:20:40.995 align:center
Sunilettan totally ripped me off.

00:20:40.996 --> 00:20:42.746 align:center
The DTS effect isn't working at all.

00:20:43.121 --> 00:20:45.329 align:center
Well, that's Sunilettan for you.
He's bound to cheat.

00:20:46.913 --> 00:20:48.537 align:center
It's a great book, Grandpa.

00:20:48.954 --> 00:20:50.870 align:center
I have no idea why it flopped.

00:20:50.871 --> 00:20:52.038 align:center
People don't deserve you!

00:20:52.329 --> 00:20:54.120 align:center
As per my genetics,

00:20:54.121 --> 00:20:57.703 align:center
I expected a grandson with
a scientific temperament like you.

00:20:57.704 --> 00:20:58.912 align:center
And what did I end up with?

00:20:58.913 --> 00:21:02.704 align:center
A boy who breaks his arm falling
off the bed reading a Vaikom David novel!

00:21:03.287 --> 00:21:04.871 align:center
"The Sixth Sense"?

00:21:05.204 --> 00:21:07.244 align:center
Where have I heard
that name before?

00:21:07.245 --> 00:21:08.829 align:center
No, you wouldn't have heard it.

00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:10.121 align:center
Wait...

00:21:10.287 --> 00:21:12.412 align:center
Its director is actually a Malayali.

00:21:12.662 --> 00:21:14.411 align:center
Get out of here!
This is a Hollywood movie.

00:21:14.412 --> 00:21:15.912 align:center
Bruce Willis is the hero.

00:21:15.913 --> 00:21:17.454 align:center
The hero might be Bruce Willis,

00:21:17.704 --> 00:21:19.411 align:center
but the director
is definitely a Malayali.

00:21:19.412 --> 00:21:20.579 align:center
Manoj K. Jayan!

00:21:21.121 --> 00:21:22.704 align:center
It's Manoj Night Shyamalan!

00:21:23.038 --> 00:21:24.203 align:center
Born in Mahe.

00:21:24.204 --> 00:21:25.746 align:center
Brought up in Pennsylvania.

00:21:25.913 --> 00:21:27.828 align:center
Grandpa, you are a genius.

00:21:27.829 --> 00:21:28.995 align:center
People don't deserve you!

00:21:28.996 --> 00:21:30.787 align:center
'Grandpa is more than
I gave him credit for.'

00:21:30.788 --> 00:21:31.788 align:center
'He really is a genius.'

00:21:32.412 --> 00:21:34.245 align:center
'But how on earth
did Suji know that?'

00:21:35.621 --> 00:21:37.204 align:center
[whispering]
How do you know this?

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:39.286 align:center
Just watching movies
isn't enough...

00:21:39.287 --> 00:21:41.454 align:center
You should try reading
the newspaper once in a while.

00:21:41.913 --> 00:21:43.913 align:center
'Yes, I've found an aim in life.'

00:21:44.245 --> 00:21:47.578 align:center
'Now, I need to get this cast off and
finally read the climax of Devil's Island.'

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.996 align:center
Try shaking your hand a little.

00:21:50.454 --> 00:21:51.536 align:center
Does it hurt?

00:21:51.537 --> 00:21:52.579 align:center
No.

00:21:53.913 --> 00:21:55.620 align:center
Now, try writing something.

00:21:55.621 --> 00:21:57.913 align:center
- What should I write?
- Anything that comes to your mind.

00:22:00.621 --> 00:22:02.704 align:center
'Everyone is going to be shocked
when they read this.'

00:22:03.245 --> 00:22:04.496 align:center
'Grandpa will be happy.'

00:22:15.788 --> 00:22:16.788 align:center
Aim.

00:22:16.954 --> 00:22:18.829 align:center
I have finally decided
on my life's aim.

00:22:20.371 --> 00:22:23.579 align:center
I want to be a Hollywood director
like Manoj Night Shyamalan.

00:22:25.788 --> 00:22:27.496 align:center
- What?
- The book!

00:22:30.954 --> 00:22:32.579 align:center
'The climax of Devil's Island'

00:22:33.038 --> 00:22:34.621 align:center
'was nothing like
what I had expected.'

00:22:35.080 --> 00:22:36.496 align:center
'It was pretty terrible.'

00:22:40.871 --> 00:22:42.871 align:center
'So, that chapter of my life
is officially over.'

00:22:43.162 --> 00:22:45.537 align:center
Dad, will you buy me a video camera?

00:22:46.287 --> 00:22:48.371 align:center
A video camera will be
far too expensive, son.

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:51.536 align:center
If you'd like, we can stop by Sunil Videos
on the way and rent a cassette.

00:22:51.537 --> 00:22:54.495 align:center
But Sunilettan said
it only costs Rs 27,000.

00:22:54.496 --> 00:22:56.121 align:center
"Only" Rs 27,000?!

00:22:59.287 --> 00:23:00.286 align:center
Hey!

00:23:00.287 --> 00:23:01.661 align:center
If we had Rs 27,000,

00:23:01.662 --> 00:23:03.996 align:center
we could buy your mother
a brand-new washing machine.

00:23:04.121 --> 00:23:06.204 align:center
- And you want a video camera?
- [laughs]

00:23:06.537 --> 00:23:07.912 align:center
So, did you finish reading it?

00:23:07.913 --> 00:23:08.996 align:center
I didn't like it one bit.

00:23:09.204 --> 00:23:10.661 align:center
Stupid "Devil's Island".

00:23:10.662 --> 00:23:12.203 align:center
When a talented man's treasure,

00:23:12.204 --> 00:23:14.080 align:center
is snatched away
by the talentless one,

00:23:14.287 --> 00:23:18.121 align:center
he can either console himself
by calling it his destiny,

00:23:18.829 --> 00:23:22.287 align:center
or he can set out...
to rewrite that destiny himself.

00:23:22.954 --> 00:23:25.162 align:center
This is the story
of one such man's...

00:23:25.287 --> 00:23:28.329 align:center
incredibly adventurous
and epic journey.

00:23:30.621 --> 00:23:32.411 align:center
So, did the talented one
get the treasure?

00:23:32.412 --> 00:23:33.745 align:center
No, he didn't get it in the end.

00:23:33.746 --> 00:23:35.954 align:center
The talented man lost...
and the talentless man won.

00:23:36.329 --> 00:23:38.286 align:center
- What a terrible climax!
- That's what!

00:23:38.287 --> 00:23:41.079 align:center
This is what happens when you carry
impossible desires in your heart.

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:43.703 align:center
Manoj Night Shyamalan
grew up in America.

00:23:43.704 --> 00:23:45.329 align:center
You grew up in Kuttikkanam.

00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.578 align:center
Listen...

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.703 align:center
There's no Hollywood here.

00:23:48.704 --> 00:23:51.245 align:center
In this small state of Kerala,
we only have a 'small wood.'

00:23:51.371 --> 00:23:52.371 align:center
Mollywood!

00:23:52.662 --> 00:23:53.704 align:center
So, Vineeth...

00:23:54.038 --> 00:23:55.913 align:center
Just forget about the handycam!

00:23:59.788 --> 00:24:00.829 align:center
Damn it!

00:24:01.245 --> 00:24:02.411 align:center
It won't start!

00:24:02.412 --> 00:24:03.870 align:center
It's time to buy a new car.

00:24:03.871 --> 00:24:05.745 align:center
- This has been happening frequently now!
- Huh!?

00:24:05.746 --> 00:24:06.913 align:center
Hey, Vineeth!

00:24:07.746 --> 00:24:08.871 align:center
Get in the car!

00:24:10.496 --> 00:24:11.496 align:center
Hey!

00:24:11.621 --> 00:24:12.661 align:center
What is he doing?

00:24:12.662 --> 00:24:16.329 align:center
"Malayalam's first DTS horror film!"

00:24:16.704 --> 00:24:18.579 align:center
Fine. Mollywood would do!

00:24:19.996 --> 00:24:22.996 align:center
I'll make high-class horror films
right here in our little Kerala!

00:24:23.245 --> 00:24:25.287 align:center
Best of the best, in DTS!

00:24:25.704 --> 00:24:26.871 align:center
After Director Vinayan,

00:24:27.454 --> 00:24:28.871 align:center
it'll be Vineeth Madhavan!

00:24:30.913 --> 00:24:32.454 align:center
I'm going to terrify everyone!

00:24:34.412 --> 00:24:35.871 align:center
'And no one can stop me!'

00:24:36.496 --> 00:24:37.578 align:center
'Because,'

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.954 align:center
'God will be with me,'

00:24:39.454 --> 00:24:40.454 align:center
'always!'

00:24:42.662 --> 00:24:44.788 align:center
'Mollywood Times'

00:25:04.162 --> 00:25:05.287 align:center
O Goddess!

00:25:36.913 --> 00:25:38.162 align:center
O Goddess!

00:25:44.621 --> 00:25:46.745 align:center
[soundtrack from "Akashaganga"]

00:25:46.746 --> 00:25:48.371 align:center
Please don't kill me!

00:25:58.454 --> 00:25:59.871 align:center
O Goddess!

00:26:04.162 --> 00:26:05.870 align:center
What happened?
Did you break it again?

00:26:05.871 --> 00:26:06.954 align:center
Huh?

00:26:07.287 --> 00:26:08.579 align:center
No, Dad!
All okay!

00:26:09.162 --> 00:26:10.286 align:center
Then get ready!

00:26:10.287 --> 00:26:11.537 align:center
Let's go get your mark sheet!

00:26:12.788 --> 00:26:13.954 align:center
'This is the world.'

00:26:14.829 --> 00:26:16.244 align:center
'And this is my Orkut profile.'

00:26:16.245 --> 00:26:17.871 align:center
'I have five friends on Orkut.'

00:26:18.746 --> 00:26:20.120 align:center
'Dad, Mom,'

00:26:20.121 --> 00:26:22.245 align:center
'Grandpa, Suji and Sunilettan.'

00:26:22.704 --> 00:26:26.537 align:center
'I've sent friend requests to
M. Night Shyamalan, RGV and Vinayan sir.'

00:26:27.412 --> 00:26:29.038 align:center
'They haven't accepted them yet.'

00:26:29.162 --> 00:26:30.286 align:center
'But one day...'

00:26:30.287 --> 00:26:31.578 align:center
'One day, they will.'

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:34.287 align:center
'And then, they'll personally reach out
to Vineeth Madhavan.'

00:26:35.371 --> 00:26:36.912 align:center
'Waiting for that day!'

00:26:36.913 --> 00:26:38.537 align:center
- Happy?
- Maadhavan?

00:26:39.038 --> 00:26:41.496 align:center
Teacher, there aren't two
'A's in "Madhavan," only one.

00:26:41.996 --> 00:26:43.370 align:center
- 62%.
- Nice!

00:26:43.371 --> 00:26:44.745 align:center
- You barely passed in Maths.
- As usual!

00:26:44.746 --> 00:26:46.536 align:center
And that's only thanks
to the teachers here.

00:26:46.537 --> 00:26:49.037 align:center
Next year, for the board exams,
don't expect such leniency.

00:26:49.038 --> 00:26:50.080 align:center
You'll definitely fail!

00:26:51.371 --> 00:26:52.788 align:center
Grab that one too, Bhasietta.

00:26:52.954 --> 00:26:55.080 align:center
- Dad... look, "Chakrabhoomi."
- Oh!

00:26:55.704 --> 00:26:57.286 align:center
Have you started reading
newspapers now?

00:26:57.287 --> 00:26:58.453 align:center
Hmm... good!

00:26:58.454 --> 00:26:59.537 align:center
Wait...

00:27:00.038 --> 00:27:01.079 align:center
Did you see this, Dad?

00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:03.037 align:center
A Rs 5000 discount
on the handycam!

00:27:03.038 --> 00:27:04.621 align:center
We can get it for Rs 20,000 now.

00:27:08.871 --> 00:27:11.080 align:center
I've been asking you
for five years, Dad.

00:27:11.537 --> 00:27:13.370 align:center
In the meantime,
you bought a new mixer,

00:27:13.371 --> 00:27:14.661 align:center
a new washing machine,

00:27:14.662 --> 00:27:16.704 align:center
and you even bought
a vacuum cleaner!

00:27:16.954 --> 00:27:18.453 align:center
The price is really low
right now.

00:27:18.454 --> 00:27:19.913 align:center
Can't you at least
buy it for me now?

00:27:21.204 --> 00:27:25.038 align:center
By this age, M. Night Shyamalan
had already made 22 short films, Dad!

00:27:26.204 --> 00:27:29.120 align:center
I need to start making movies now
if I have to be a master filmmaker.

00:27:29.121 --> 00:27:30.621 align:center
- Vineeth Madhavan?
- Yes. It's me!

00:27:30.746 --> 00:27:32.496 align:center
He passed his tenth grade
with a distinction.

00:27:32.913 --> 00:27:34.245 align:center
So, just sharing the joy!

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:36.287 align:center
Sweet Jesus!

00:27:43.287 --> 00:27:45.704 align:center
If you score above 80%
in the upcoming board exams,

00:27:46.121 --> 00:27:47.913 align:center
I'll take a loan
and buy you that handycam.

00:27:48.329 --> 00:27:49.371 align:center
What?

00:27:49.537 --> 00:27:50.912 align:center
Wait, really?!

00:27:50.913 --> 00:27:52.121 align:center
I mean it.

00:27:57.788 --> 00:27:59.412 align:center
Will he actually pull it off?

00:28:01.329 --> 00:28:02.703 align:center
'When you want something,'

00:28:02.704 --> 00:28:05.996 align:center
'the entire universe conspires
in helping you to achieve it.'

00:28:08.412 --> 00:28:09.829 align:center
'Paulo Coelho.'

00:28:18.537 --> 00:28:20.038 align:center
'Eighty percent!'

00:28:29.496 --> 00:28:31.620 align:center
Greetings!
I am Anand Sudhakaran.

00:28:31.621 --> 00:28:34.037 align:center
This week, two Malayalam films
have hit the screens.

00:28:34.038 --> 00:28:36.661 align:center
Both are star-driven vehicles,
and both are commercial successes.

00:28:36.662 --> 00:28:38.496 align:center
However... I am disappointed.

00:28:39.080 --> 00:28:40.495 align:center
Now, don't reach
for your stones just yet!

00:28:40.496 --> 00:28:42.745 align:center
Let me remind you once more,

00:28:42.746 --> 00:28:45.120 align:center
...film criticism is not about simply
echoing public opinion.

00:28:45.121 --> 00:28:47.703 align:center
If the critics who came before me
had done only that...

00:28:47.704 --> 00:28:49.536 align:center
cinema today would
still be nothing more

00:28:49.537 --> 00:28:51.995 align:center
than the circus-tent gimmicks
started by the Lumière Brothers.

00:28:51.996 --> 00:28:54.037 align:center
If the state of Malayalam cinema
is to change...

00:28:54.038 --> 00:28:56.745 align:center
we need new-age cinema
and fresh talents capable

00:28:56.746 --> 00:28:59.412 align:center
of elevating the audience's
aesthetic sensibilities.

00:28:59.662 --> 00:29:00.746 align:center
Hey!

00:29:01.454 --> 00:29:03.537 align:center
I'm coming to save
Malayalam Cinema!

00:29:04.245 --> 00:29:08.244 align:center
[Grandpa] So Vineeth Madhavan is going
to become a film director, is he?

00:29:08.245 --> 00:29:09.995 align:center
Yes. So everyone's
heard the news, then?

00:29:09.996 --> 00:29:12.871 align:center
Surviving in the film industry
is not so easy.

00:29:13.287 --> 00:29:15.621 align:center
Genetically speaking, he simply
isn't capable of doing it.

00:29:15.913 --> 00:29:18.788 align:center
[Madhavan] Do you honestly think
he'll manage to score 80%, Dad?

00:29:19.038 --> 00:29:20.371 align:center
He's never going to do that.

00:29:20.829 --> 00:29:23.703 align:center
I only said that so he'd at least study
something under that pretext, Dad.

00:29:23.704 --> 00:29:25.079 align:center
But what if he does score 80%?

00:29:25.080 --> 00:29:26.536 align:center
Will you actually
take out a loan?

00:29:26.537 --> 00:29:27.703 align:center
He won't.

00:29:27.704 --> 00:29:29.662 align:center
Genetically speaking,
he just isn't capable of it.

00:29:30.496 --> 00:29:32.121 align:center
'Grandpa is no more my friend.'

00:29:32.454 --> 00:29:33.871 align:center
'I'm going to unfriend him.'

00:29:34.204 --> 00:29:35.371 align:center
'Bye-bye, Grandpa!'

00:29:36.204 --> 00:29:37.454 align:center
'Just you wait and see.'

00:29:38.913 --> 00:29:40.537 align:center
"Exam Coacher"
"Labour India"...

00:29:40.704 --> 00:29:42.329 align:center
Yes, let me take this one, too!

00:29:42.496 --> 00:29:44.121 align:center
"Has he returned?"

00:29:44.412 --> 00:29:46.204 align:center
"Has the old man arrived?"

00:29:47.704 --> 00:29:49.161 align:center
"Has he returned?"

00:29:49.162 --> 00:29:50.746 align:center
"Has the old man arrived?"

00:29:50.871 --> 00:29:53.829 align:center
"What happened to him?
Did it catch fire again and again?"

00:29:54.954 --> 00:29:56.412 align:center
The moment the results are out,

00:29:56.829 --> 00:29:59.788 align:center
Dad will reluctantly go
to State Bank and take out a loan.

00:30:00.038 --> 00:30:02.454 align:center
Grandpa will never see it coming.

00:30:02.788 --> 00:30:04.704 align:center
An unpredictable turn of events...

00:30:04.829 --> 00:30:06.662 align:center
just like a Manoj Night Shyamalan film.

00:30:07.329 --> 00:30:09.328 align:center
Then, he'll drive
all the way to Kottayam...

00:30:09.329 --> 00:30:14.328 align:center
buy a brand new 3.5-megapixel
Sony handycam from High Range Electronics,

00:30:14.329 --> 00:30:16.245 align:center
race back up the pass,
and hand it over to me.

00:30:17.829 --> 00:30:18.996 align:center
Dad will be in tears.

00:30:19.496 --> 00:30:20.996 align:center
Grandpa will be
bawling his eyes out.

00:30:21.162 --> 00:30:22.371 align:center
A total sob fest!

00:30:23.121 --> 00:30:24.453 align:center
And I will be there
to witness it all.

00:30:24.454 --> 00:30:25.828 align:center
"Has he returned?"

00:30:25.829 --> 00:30:27.079 align:center
"Has the old man arrived?"

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:29.579 align:center
"What happened to him?
Did it catch fire again and again?"

00:30:30.412 --> 00:30:31.953 align:center
- Hey, Maniyan!
- Get lost!

00:30:31.954 --> 00:30:33.829 align:center
Listen, there are no reservation
quotas in the tenth grade!

00:30:34.788 --> 00:30:36.578 align:center
- Suniletta!
- The cabins are all full.

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.287 align:center
Give me your roll number,
I'll check and let you know.

00:30:38.412 --> 00:30:39.454 align:center
Okay!

00:30:39.954 --> 00:30:41.412 align:center
Hey! Scared you!

00:30:42.204 --> 00:30:45.121 align:center
Listen, as soon as I get the camera,
we're going to shoot a horror short film.

00:30:45.954 --> 00:30:47.120 align:center
And you'll be the hero.

00:30:47.121 --> 00:30:48.287 align:center
Me?

00:30:50.371 --> 00:30:51.621 align:center
It's the middle of the night...

00:30:52.704 --> 00:30:56.121 align:center
You're bored at home alone,
so you call up a friend to play some chess

00:31:00.537 --> 00:31:01.536 align:center
Hello?

00:31:01.537 --> 00:31:04.788 align:center
As you wait for him, you start
setting up the pieces on chess board.

00:31:07.704 --> 00:31:08.912 align:center
Just as you finish,

00:31:08.913 --> 00:31:09.913 align:center
the power goes out.

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:13.621 align:center
Suddenly, the doorbell rings!

00:31:14.496 --> 00:31:16.412 align:center
- Huh? Errr...
- What?

00:31:16.704 --> 00:31:18.537 align:center
If the power is out,
how can the bell ring?

00:31:19.287 --> 00:31:21.454 align:center
Then there's a sudden
knock at the door!

00:31:21.704 --> 00:31:23.411 align:center
You walk through the dark,

00:31:23.412 --> 00:31:24.536 align:center
open the door,

00:31:24.537 --> 00:31:26.038 align:center
and welcome your friend inside.

00:31:26.454 --> 00:31:27.661 align:center
You both start playing chess.

00:31:27.662 --> 00:31:28.745 align:center
Since it's pitch dark,

00:31:28.746 --> 00:31:30.704 align:center
there's only the glow
of a single candle.

00:31:31.038 --> 00:31:32.412 align:center
Total darkness!

00:31:33.329 --> 00:31:34.746 align:center
Just as you call out "Check",

00:31:35.038 --> 00:31:36.536 align:center
the power suddenly comes back on.

00:31:36.537 --> 00:31:37.579 align:center
You look up and...

00:31:37.704 --> 00:31:39.745 align:center
- there's no one sitting across from you.
- Whoa!

00:31:39.746 --> 00:31:41.287 align:center
Just as you start to panic,

00:31:41.412 --> 00:31:42.536 align:center
the power goes out again.

00:31:42.537 --> 00:31:43.620 align:center
Suddenly,

00:31:43.621 --> 00:31:46.204 align:center
you hear the sound of a piece
moving on the chessboard.

00:31:46.704 --> 00:31:47.661 align:center
You look down,

00:31:47.662 --> 00:31:50.245 align:center
and someone has made a move
right in front of you.

00:31:50.662 --> 00:31:51.871 align:center
Checkmate!

00:31:53.287 --> 00:31:54.536 align:center
Trembling with fear,

00:31:54.537 --> 00:31:55.662 align:center
you pick up the candle,

00:31:55.954 --> 00:31:58.121 align:center
and slowly try to see
the person's face.

00:31:58.496 --> 00:32:00.871 align:center
As you move the candle
closer towards him,

00:32:01.329 --> 00:32:03.329 align:center
it's clear that no one is there!

00:32:03.829 --> 00:32:06.120 align:center
Right then, there's another
knock at the door.

00:32:06.121 --> 00:32:07.495 align:center
As you take the candle,

00:32:07.496 --> 00:32:09.037 align:center
and slowly open the door,

00:32:09.038 --> 00:32:11.120 align:center
there stands your friend
smiling at you!

00:32:11.121 --> 00:32:12.536 align:center
Suddenly, his smile fades.

00:32:12.537 --> 00:32:14.578 align:center
He looks behind you,
paralysed with shock.

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:17.536 align:center
He sees in the flickering
light of your candle,

00:32:17.537 --> 00:32:19.620 align:center
standing right behind you,

00:32:19.621 --> 00:32:20.954 align:center
a headless figure!

00:32:21.704 --> 00:32:22.870 align:center
Cut! Title card:

00:32:22.871 --> 00:32:23.953 align:center
"CHEKUTHAN"
[DEVIL]

00:32:23.954 --> 00:32:25.121 align:center
A Vineeth Madhavan Film!

00:32:25.245 --> 00:32:26.329 align:center
- Whoa!
- Huh?!

00:32:26.496 --> 00:32:27.746 align:center
That's an awesome concept!

00:32:27.913 --> 00:32:29.620 align:center
Total Ram Gopal Varma style!

00:32:29.621 --> 00:32:32.620 align:center
That's exactly how I'm planning
to shoot it... in complete darkness!

00:32:32.621 --> 00:32:34.328 align:center
- Nothing but candlelight.
- Awesome!

00:32:34.329 --> 00:32:35.871 align:center
Eighty-eight!
Fifty-seven!

00:32:36.038 --> 00:32:37.579 align:center
- Wait, what?
- 88 percent!

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.579 align:center
And 57 percent!

00:32:40.454 --> 00:32:42.621 align:center
- That'll be Rs 20. Don't forget to pay.
- We will pay.

00:32:43.121 --> 00:32:45.204 align:center
And there I was, dreaming
of becoming a hero in vain.

00:32:47.121 --> 00:32:48.954 align:center
'So that handycam I dreamed of,'

00:32:49.121 --> 00:32:50.496 align:center
'I'm never going to get it now.'

00:32:51.287 --> 00:32:54.121 align:center
'I'm shattered like
a beautiful piece of glass.'

00:32:54.746 --> 00:32:56.412 align:center
Here, Suniletta, 20 Rupees.

00:32:56.621 --> 00:32:58.620 align:center
I hope everything goes
well for you.

00:32:58.621 --> 00:33:00.287 align:center
What's wrong?
Didn't you pass?

00:33:00.996 --> 00:33:01.996 align:center
Yeah.

00:33:07.371 --> 00:33:09.870 align:center
3.5 megapixels
with Carl Zeiss lens.

00:33:09.871 --> 00:33:12.080 align:center
Rechargeable batteries
and Mini DV tape.

00:33:12.496 --> 00:33:13.829 align:center
To shoot your short film,

00:33:15.038 --> 00:33:16.121 align:center
won't this be enough?

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:18.579 align:center
- Thank you, Suniletta!
- You're welcome!

00:33:18.746 --> 00:33:19.746 align:center
Six hundred per day.

00:33:19.913 --> 00:33:21.454 align:center
The tape will cost
an extra hundred.

00:33:22.038 --> 00:33:24.495 align:center
You're not going to finish
shooting this in a single day.

00:33:24.496 --> 00:33:25.662 align:center
But if you do manage it,

00:33:25.788 --> 00:33:27.496 align:center
you'll become a great
director one day.

00:33:28.329 --> 00:33:30.995 align:center
Back in the day, I.V. Sasi used
to wrap up a whole Malayalam film

00:33:30.996 --> 00:33:32.120 align:center
in just eighteen days.

00:33:32.121 --> 00:33:33.620 align:center
Six hundred plus a hundred...

00:33:33.621 --> 00:33:34.662 align:center
Seven hundred total!

00:33:34.788 --> 00:33:35.871 align:center
- Done.
- Okay.

00:33:35.996 --> 00:33:37.370 align:center
You're the one paying for this.

00:33:37.371 --> 00:33:38.454 align:center
Wait, what? Me?

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.995 align:center
88 percent!

00:33:39.996 --> 00:33:42.080 align:center
Today, your dad will give you
anything you ask for.

00:33:43.954 --> 00:33:46.788 align:center
'Devil'.
'My first masterpiece.'

00:33:48.662 --> 00:33:50.621 align:center
'Grandpa is too embarrassed
to even look at me.'

00:33:51.412 --> 00:33:52.662 align:center
'Science has failed.'

00:33:52.829 --> 00:33:53.996 align:center
'Man has triumphed.'

00:33:54.287 --> 00:33:56.121 align:center
'The power of manifestation!'

00:33:56.579 --> 00:34:00.080 align:center
'A fitting retort for my Grandpa
who doesn't believe in God.'

00:34:20.871 --> 00:34:21.954 align:center
Wait!

00:34:22.245 --> 00:34:23.787 align:center
- It needs to be completely dark.
- Oh!

00:34:23.788 --> 00:34:27.287 align:center
I've planned your intro to look like
Amitabh Bachchan's intro shot in "Sarkar."

00:34:27.996 --> 00:34:29.745 align:center
Only half of your face
should be visible.

00:34:29.746 --> 00:34:31.371 align:center
This candlelight is perfect for that.

00:34:31.662 --> 00:34:33.871 align:center
We need to block out
all the outside light completely.

00:34:40.746 --> 00:34:41.829 align:center
Yes!!

00:34:42.121 --> 00:34:43.204 align:center
Whoa!

00:34:53.121 --> 00:34:54.579 align:center
What's wrong?
All okay?

00:34:57.287 --> 00:34:58.703 align:center
I don't know what went wrong.

00:34:58.704 --> 00:35:00.453 align:center
When I checked it during the day,
it seemed perfectly fine.

00:35:00.454 --> 00:35:01.745 align:center
This is just a handycam.

00:35:01.746 --> 00:35:03.370 align:center
Your nighttime experiments
won't work on this.

00:35:03.371 --> 00:35:05.536 align:center
But doesn't it have 3.5 megapixels?

00:35:05.537 --> 00:35:07.079 align:center
It has ONLY 3.5 megapixels.

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:09.411 align:center
Even with a tube light on at night,
the footage will be full of grains.

00:35:09.412 --> 00:35:11.037 align:center
And here he is, trying
to shoot with a candle!

00:35:11.038 --> 00:35:12.370 align:center
T...this won't work, Suniletta.

00:35:12.371 --> 00:35:14.912 align:center
I need a camera that can
actually shoot at night.

00:35:14.913 --> 00:35:16.328 align:center
In that case,
you'd need an HD cam.

00:35:16.329 --> 00:35:17.995 align:center
But you wouldn't be
able to operate that.

00:35:17.996 --> 00:35:20.453 align:center
You'd need an operator, lights...
And with the daily allowance for everyone,

00:35:20.454 --> 00:35:21.578 align:center
it'll cost you around Rs 4,500.

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.871 align:center
Do you have that kind of money?

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:24.328 align:center
- 4500?!
- Listen!

00:35:24.329 --> 00:35:25.370 align:center
Take this back.

00:35:25.371 --> 00:35:27.080 align:center
Try shooting
something in daylight.

00:35:27.245 --> 00:35:28.704 align:center
The quality will be decent enough.

00:35:29.287 --> 00:35:30.703 align:center
Think along those lines.

00:35:30.704 --> 00:35:32.454 align:center
You might actually
get better results.

00:35:37.537 --> 00:35:38.579 align:center
Huh?

00:35:40.412 --> 00:35:41.496 align:center
Huh?

00:35:43.662 --> 00:35:45.038 align:center
But who could that be...

00:35:45.954 --> 00:35:46.996 align:center
Huh?

00:35:47.788 --> 00:35:48.829 align:center
Ah!

00:35:49.371 --> 00:35:50.537 align:center
Huh?

00:35:58.204 --> 00:35:59.412 align:center
Check!

00:35:59.537 --> 00:36:00.704 align:center
Huh?

00:36:02.871 --> 00:36:03.954 align:center
Huh?

00:36:05.704 --> 00:36:06.788 align:center
Huh?

00:36:09.080 --> 00:36:10.080 align:center
Huh?

00:36:11.662 --> 00:36:12.662 align:center
Huh?

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.788 align:center
'DEVIL'

00:36:21.788 --> 00:36:23.620 align:center
It was really good, son.
Very beautiful to watch!

00:36:23.621 --> 00:36:24.953 align:center
- Hmm.
- Right?

00:36:24.954 --> 00:36:26.578 align:center
Yes. Making a film like
this at such a young age,

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:28.120 align:center
is not something
just anyone can do.

00:36:28.121 --> 00:36:29.661 align:center
It definitely requires
a special talent.

00:36:29.662 --> 00:36:31.121 align:center
- Yeah.
- It's nice, isn't it, Dad?

00:36:31.662 --> 00:36:33.412 align:center
Ghosts are a grand lie.

00:36:33.829 --> 00:36:36.037 align:center
Nothing more than human fantasy...

00:36:36.038 --> 00:36:37.662 align:center
regarding life after death!

00:36:38.287 --> 00:36:39.870 align:center
I simply cannot bring myself

00:36:39.871 --> 00:36:41.995 align:center
to enjoy or be frightened
by such things.

00:36:41.996 --> 00:36:43.038 align:center
Sorry!

00:36:45.871 --> 00:36:47.037 align:center
Good job, son!

00:36:47.038 --> 00:36:48.328 align:center
Even though it's a short,

00:36:48.329 --> 00:36:50.287 align:center
you've proven that
you can become a director.

00:36:50.496 --> 00:36:52.536 align:center
That said, don't slack off
on your studies!

00:36:52.537 --> 00:36:53.578 align:center
Oh!

00:36:53.579 --> 00:36:56.038 align:center
You must take the entrance exams
seriously. Got it?

00:36:57.038 --> 00:36:58.496 align:center
- Come on, let's eat.
- Okay!

00:36:59.121 --> 00:37:00.620 align:center
Son, don't you worry about him.

00:37:00.621 --> 00:37:01.912 align:center
Whether he studies or not,

00:37:01.913 --> 00:37:03.244 align:center
simply because
we are his parents,

00:37:03.245 --> 00:37:04.995 align:center
he'll manage to get
a seat in some college.

00:37:04.996 --> 00:37:06.704 align:center
But it's not the same for you.

00:37:07.537 --> 00:37:09.620 align:center
'He's right...
it's not the same for me.'

00:37:09.621 --> 00:37:11.870 align:center
'But even so, it's wrong to talk
about Suji like that.'

00:37:11.871 --> 00:37:13.037 align:center
'Unlike me,'

00:37:13.038 --> 00:37:14.453 align:center
'he's actually brilliant
at his studies.'

00:37:14.454 --> 00:37:15.495 align:center
'Even without reservation,'

00:37:15.496 --> 00:37:17.121 align:center
'he could get admission
into any college.'

00:37:17.371 --> 00:37:19.828 align:center
'But because of his
social background,'

00:37:19.829 --> 00:37:21.787 align:center
'he receives absolutely
no appreciation.'

00:37:21.788 --> 00:37:24.662 align:center
'So, whatever little anyone says about him,
is enough to make him happy.'

00:37:24.954 --> 00:37:26.244 align:center
You were really good.

00:37:26.245 --> 00:37:29.121 align:center
Even though there weren't any dialogues,
your expressions were superb.

00:37:29.871 --> 00:37:31.662 align:center
'But... for me, that's not enough!'

00:37:32.038 --> 00:37:34.662 align:center
Dude, we should show this
to everyone at school tomorrow.

00:37:34.788 --> 00:37:35.870 align:center
- No!
- Huh?

00:37:35.871 --> 00:37:36.996 align:center
No one else should see this!

00:37:37.121 --> 00:37:39.371 align:center
- Why? Everyone liked it!
- No!

00:37:39.704 --> 00:37:41.662 align:center
They were only complimenting
my effort.

00:37:41.954 --> 00:37:43.080 align:center
Not the short film itself!

00:37:44.038 --> 00:37:46.121 align:center
People should be terrified
when they watch my film.

00:37:46.537 --> 00:37:48.621 align:center
They should be paralysed
with shock at the climax.

00:37:49.121 --> 00:37:50.287 align:center
Did anyone here look shocked?

00:37:51.746 --> 00:37:54.453 align:center
If this were a scene in an RGV film,
what would you have said?

00:37:54.454 --> 00:37:56.662 align:center
This is not quite at that
level, but it's okay.

00:37:57.412 --> 00:37:58.621 align:center
I want to achieve that level.

00:37:58.954 --> 00:38:00.080 align:center
Let's do this again.

00:38:00.371 --> 00:38:01.829 align:center
Dude, is that really necessary?

00:38:01.954 --> 00:38:03.370 align:center
Nobody is going
to call this bad.

00:38:03.371 --> 00:38:04.996 align:center
It's just going to be
a lot of extra work.

00:38:06.038 --> 00:38:08.913 align:center
Masters aren't born in an instant!

00:38:09.329 --> 00:38:10.703 align:center
It is constant practice

00:38:10.704 --> 00:38:12.287 align:center
that makes one an expert in his field.

00:38:13.287 --> 00:38:16.328 align:center
To achieve a certain level
of mastery in any field,

00:38:16.329 --> 00:38:19.245 align:center
it's estimated that you need at least
ten thousand hours of practice.

00:38:19.996 --> 00:38:22.037 align:center
While we were still
playing in the mud,

00:38:22.038 --> 00:38:24.495 align:center
people like Spielberg
and Shyamalan

00:38:24.496 --> 00:38:26.496 align:center
were already shooting short films
on 8mm cameras.

00:38:27.038 --> 00:38:28.871 align:center
That's because they
were born in the U.S.

00:38:29.162 --> 00:38:30.329 align:center
And we were born in India.

00:38:30.788 --> 00:38:32.329 align:center
Why wouldn't they be masters then?

00:38:33.496 --> 00:38:36.328 align:center
I dreamt of being a filmmaker
back in 5th grade,

00:38:36.329 --> 00:38:39.080 align:center
and released my first
short film only in 11th grade.

00:38:40.245 --> 00:38:42.871 align:center
I don't want to be just
another filmmaker, Suji!

00:38:43.537 --> 00:38:45.080 align:center
I want to be the best in my field.

00:38:45.746 --> 00:38:49.287 align:center
The best horror filmmaker
Malayalam Cinema has ever produced!

00:38:52.121 --> 00:38:53.537 align:center
Let's reshoot!

00:38:56.496 --> 00:38:58.120 align:center
Vineeth, there will
always be obstacles.

00:38:58.121 --> 00:38:59.995 align:center
One should never be
stubborn about perfection.

00:38:59.996 --> 00:39:00.536 align:center
I will be.

00:39:00.537 --> 00:39:03.120 align:center
Just finish the shoot somehow with
the available facilities and budget!

00:39:03.121 --> 00:39:04.411 align:center
That is a director's true duty!

00:39:04.412 --> 00:39:06.536 align:center
For the time being,
I'm not fulfilling that duty.

00:39:06.537 --> 00:39:08.037 align:center
I want an HD camera.
No matter what.

00:39:08.038 --> 00:39:10.203 align:center
- For two days.
- In that case, it will cost Rs 9000.

00:39:10.204 --> 00:39:11.161 align:center
I don't have it here.

00:39:11.162 --> 00:39:12.745 align:center
I'll have to rent
it from Ernakulam.

00:39:12.746 --> 00:39:14.287 align:center
- Let's rent it.
- When?

00:39:15.080 --> 00:39:16.870 align:center
I need a little time
to get the rent ready.

00:39:16.871 --> 00:39:18.411 align:center
I need to wait for my next
Vishu gift money.

00:39:18.412 --> 00:39:19.912 align:center
Then there's my auto
fare until then,

00:39:19.913 --> 00:39:22.120 align:center
movie tickets, egg puffs,
cumin soda...

00:39:22.121 --> 00:39:24.286 align:center
I'll save money by
avoiding all these!

00:39:24.287 --> 00:39:25.829 align:center
Fine... how much
time do you need?

00:39:25.954 --> 00:39:27.286 align:center
- Hmm?
- One week?

00:39:27.287 --> 00:39:28.286 align:center
Two weeks?

00:39:28.287 --> 00:39:29.370 align:center
Three weeks?

00:39:29.371 --> 00:39:30.454 align:center
Four weeks?

00:39:33.621 --> 00:39:34.621 align:center
'DEVIL'

00:39:40.454 --> 00:39:41.496 align:center
Cut!

00:39:42.537 --> 00:39:43.621 align:center
I like it!

00:39:48.913 --> 00:39:50.537 align:center
'DEVIL'

00:39:52.704 --> 00:39:54.287 align:center
Will you really shock me?

00:39:59.287 --> 00:40:01.203 align:center
See for yourself
just how shocked you get.

00:40:01.204 --> 00:40:02.412 align:center
Just for records!

00:40:25.287 --> 00:40:28.954 align:center
'Judging by the desperate way he's blowing,
it's obvious that balloon is going to pop'

00:40:30.287 --> 00:40:31.871 align:center
'And Sunilettan is going
to get shocked.'

00:40:32.412 --> 00:40:34.329 align:center
'Both will happen
at the exact same time.'

00:40:39.454 --> 00:40:40.996 align:center
'The moment is here.'

00:40:46.746 --> 00:40:48.662 align:center
'My calculations were
completely wrong.'

00:40:49.080 --> 00:40:51.870 align:center
'The balloon didn't pop,
and Sunilettan didn't flinch.'

00:40:51.871 --> 00:40:53.120 align:center
Don't you worry!

00:40:53.121 --> 00:40:54.788 align:center
I'm just like this by nature.

00:40:55.080 --> 00:40:56.995 align:center
I don't get startled
all that easily.

00:40:56.996 --> 00:40:58.454 align:center
I'm simply built this way!

00:41:02.871 --> 00:41:04.871 align:center
'The one I expected to pop
was the white balloon!'

00:41:06.038 --> 00:41:08.204 align:center
'But the one that actually popped...
was the red one!'

00:41:08.788 --> 00:41:10.746 align:center
'Build-up and misdirection!'

00:41:10.954 --> 00:41:13.454 align:center
'In other words, diverting
the audience's attention.'

00:41:23.996 --> 00:41:25.412 align:center
Hey, didn't I just watch it?

00:41:26.080 --> 00:41:27.496 align:center
Try watching it once more!

00:41:43.788 --> 00:41:45.079 align:center
How is it like this now?

00:41:45.080 --> 00:41:46.579 align:center
It wasn't like this
the first time!

00:41:47.871 --> 00:41:49.370 align:center
Build-up and misdirection!

00:41:49.371 --> 00:41:51.037 align:center
- That was missing earlier!
- Oh...!!

00:41:51.038 --> 00:41:52.870 align:center
Now, we need to buy 53 CDs.

00:41:52.871 --> 00:41:54.037 align:center
We'll burn the copies...

00:41:54.038 --> 00:41:55.371 align:center
and distribute them in class.

00:41:55.746 --> 00:41:56.913 align:center
Everyone has to see this.

00:41:57.412 --> 00:41:59.286 align:center
But... I'm short by Rs 500.

00:41:59.287 --> 00:42:01.121 align:center
I won't get a single penny
from my house.

00:42:02.287 --> 00:42:03.287 align:center
Don't worry!

00:42:04.245 --> 00:42:06.621 align:center
Today, my dad will give me
whatever I ask for.

00:42:17.662 --> 00:42:18.871 align:center
- Dad?
- Huh?

00:42:19.537 --> 00:42:21.662 align:center
It felt like watching
a proper movie!

00:42:21.788 --> 00:42:23.120 align:center
You've really improved.

00:42:23.121 --> 00:42:25.411 align:center
To distribute CDs
of this film in my class...

00:42:25.412 --> 00:42:26.620 align:center
could you give me Rs 500?

00:42:26.621 --> 00:42:27.870 align:center
I'm not giving you any money.

00:42:27.871 --> 00:42:28.996 align:center
But the movie is good.

00:42:30.496 --> 00:42:31.746 align:center
- Right?
- It's good.

00:42:32.496 --> 00:42:33.788 align:center
It's great, isn't it, Dad?

00:42:34.704 --> 00:42:35.704 align:center
Dad!

00:42:38.038 --> 00:42:39.038 align:center
Dad!

00:42:41.913 --> 00:42:42.661 align:center
Dad!

00:42:42.662 --> 00:42:44.412 align:center
'This is...C.K. Parameswaran.'

00:42:44.746 --> 00:42:46.371 align:center
'Age: seventy-five!'

00:42:46.496 --> 00:42:50.787 align:center
'A seeker of truth who has read
more books and watched more movies'

00:42:50.788 --> 00:42:52.661 align:center
'than anyone else
in the entire universe!'

00:42:52.662 --> 00:42:54.661 align:center
'And today, watching my film,'

00:42:54.662 --> 00:42:55.788 align:center
'he dropped dead!'

00:42:56.038 --> 00:42:57.788 align:center
- He's still breathing!
- Let's get him to the hospital.

00:42:58.537 --> 00:42:59.746 align:center
'Well, he's not dead yet.'

00:43:12.954 --> 00:43:15.829 align:center
A ghost could appear before him,
and the man wouldn't even flinch.

00:43:16.496 --> 00:43:18.038 align:center
And you put that
old man in a coma.

00:43:18.746 --> 00:43:19.954 align:center
Coma?

00:43:20.371 --> 00:43:21.579 align:center
You've proven your talent.

00:43:22.245 --> 00:43:23.745 align:center
Don't bother with entrance exams.

00:43:23.746 --> 00:43:25.121 align:center
Cinema is where you belong!

00:43:25.371 --> 00:43:28.620 align:center
Once you complete 12th grade, I'll get
you admission for Visual Communication.

00:43:28.621 --> 00:43:30.704 align:center
It's not like you're going to achieve
anything great by studying anyway.

00:43:32.454 --> 00:43:33.496 align:center
Here...

00:43:33.746 --> 00:43:34.871 align:center
Here's Rs 1000.

00:43:35.371 --> 00:43:36.371 align:center
Not fifty...

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:38.080 align:center
buy a hundred CDs!

00:43:38.204 --> 00:43:39.244 align:center
And then...

00:43:39.245 --> 00:43:40.662 align:center
scare everyone to death!

00:43:48.287 --> 00:43:49.120 align:center
Teacher...

00:43:49.121 --> 00:43:51.496 align:center
'I dreamed of becoming
a filmmaker back in fifth grade,'

00:43:51.871 --> 00:43:54.661 align:center
'yet, by the time I finished my very first
short film, I was already in twelfth grade.'

00:43:54.662 --> 00:43:55.621 align:center
'That means...'

00:43:55.746 --> 00:43:57.870 align:center
'60,000 precious hours of my life...'

00:43:57.871 --> 00:44:00.620 align:center
'during which I should have
perfected my craft through practice...'

00:44:00.621 --> 00:44:01.662 align:center
'I've wasted them all.'

00:44:02.121 --> 00:44:04.287 align:center
'But I won't waste any more time.'

00:44:04.913 --> 00:44:05.953 align:center
Company...

00:44:05.954 --> 00:44:07.037 align:center
Godfather...

00:44:07.038 --> 00:44:08.121 align:center
Chekuthan...

00:44:09.996 --> 00:44:12.537 align:center
[KUTTIKKANAM'S PRIDE,
VINEETH MADHAVAN]

00:44:13.746 --> 00:44:17.120 align:center
'Manoj Night Shyamalan was twenty-eight
when he made his first film.'

00:44:17.121 --> 00:44:18.704 align:center
'RGV was twenty-eight,'

00:44:19.204 --> 00:44:21.080 align:center
'Scorsese was twenty-five,'

00:44:21.746 --> 00:44:23.621 align:center
'and Spielberg was twenty-four.'

00:44:24.287 --> 00:44:25.703 align:center
'Vineeth Madhavan...'

00:44:25.704 --> 00:44:27.286 align:center
'By the time I finish college,'

00:44:27.287 --> 00:44:28.371 align:center
'I'll be twenty-one.'

00:44:28.788 --> 00:44:31.496 align:center
'Give me one more year
to write and shoot a feature.'

00:44:31.829 --> 00:44:33.328 align:center
'Then Vineeth Madhavan will be...'

00:44:33.329 --> 00:44:34.829 align:center
'twenty-two.'

00:44:35.245 --> 00:44:37.579 align:center
'The youngest hitmaker
of Malayalam cinema'

00:44:38.245 --> 00:44:39.287 align:center
'Perfect!'

00:44:41.829 --> 00:44:44.412 align:center
'Masters aren't born in an instant!'

00:44:44.829 --> 00:44:46.537 align:center
'So, for the next three years,'

00:44:46.704 --> 00:44:49.913 align:center
'which is twenty-six thousand,
two hundred and eighty hours,'

00:44:50.038 --> 00:44:51.703 align:center
'I will polish and refine myself.'

00:44:51.704 --> 00:44:52.661 align:center
YAKSHI
[Vampire]

00:44:52.662 --> 00:44:54.704 align:center
'I don't want to be
just another filmmaker.'

00:44:55.245 --> 00:44:56.788 align:center
'I want to be the best!'

00:45:01.080 --> 00:45:01.912 align:center
Cut

00:45:01.913 --> 00:45:02.954 align:center
I like it!

00:45:06.121 --> 00:45:07.371 align:center
- Huh!
- Hi, Vineeth.

00:45:08.329 --> 00:45:10.704 align:center
I have received an offer
to act in a Tamil film.

00:45:11.121 --> 00:45:12.912 align:center
I will become
a superstar pretty soon.

00:45:12.913 --> 00:45:14.746 align:center
Marrying me would be
a huge step up for you.

00:45:15.329 --> 00:45:16.496 align:center
I'm into you.

00:45:17.329 --> 00:45:18.329 align:center
Sorry!

00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:19.704 align:center
I'm not interested.

00:45:24.954 --> 00:45:26.038 align:center
'That was a lie.'

00:45:26.829 --> 00:45:28.121 align:center
'I was interested.'

00:45:29.245 --> 00:45:30.829 align:center
'But right now, my focus'

00:45:30.954 --> 00:45:32.454 align:center
'is on just one thing.'

00:45:33.245 --> 00:45:36.204 align:center
'Directing my debut feature film
at the age of twenty-two!'

00:45:37.038 --> 00:45:38.120 align:center
'Three years!'

00:45:38.121 --> 00:45:39.329 align:center
'Three short films!'

00:45:39.454 --> 00:45:40.496 align:center
'All of them went viral.'

00:45:40.954 --> 00:45:42.746 align:center
'Orkut is dead,
replaced by Facebook.'

00:45:42.954 --> 00:45:44.662 align:center
'And yet, Grandpa still
hasn't woken up.'

00:45:45.204 --> 00:45:46.495 align:center
'But if he ever wakes up,'

00:45:46.496 --> 00:45:48.704 align:center
'the first thing he should
see is my apology.'

00:45:49.829 --> 00:45:51.871 align:center
'Within those three years,
just as Hana told me,'

00:45:52.080 --> 00:45:53.912 align:center
'she conquered Tamil cinema
and became a superstar.'

00:45:53.913 --> 00:45:55.329 align:center
'The power of manifestation!'

00:45:55.746 --> 00:45:58.120 align:center
'I'm done with college,
but Suji's still at it.'

00:45:58.121 --> 00:45:59.412 align:center
'He is studying medicine.'

00:45:59.621 --> 00:46:00.871 align:center
'He's a top rank holder, too.'

00:46:01.287 --> 00:46:05.662 align:center
'Yet the brilliant townspeople still claim
he got his seat through reservation.'

00:46:06.038 --> 00:46:08.662 align:center
'As always, that fills him
with absolute resentment.'

00:46:09.080 --> 00:46:10.746 align:center
'Suji is not happy at all.'

00:46:11.121 --> 00:46:12.661 align:center
Where has Sunilettan
disappeared to?

00:46:12.662 --> 00:46:14.912 align:center
This is the problem with
inviting random older uncles.

00:46:14.913 --> 00:46:17.828 align:center
He's probably stuck in the bathroom
reading some film magazine.

00:46:17.829 --> 00:46:19.370 align:center
Come on, let's just go in.

00:46:19.371 --> 00:46:20.912 align:center
Man, I can't see a single
thing through these glasses!

00:46:20.913 --> 00:46:21.995 align:center
Should we just take
them off for now?

00:46:21.996 --> 00:46:23.120 align:center
We need to wear it only
when we get inside, right?

00:46:23.121 --> 00:46:24.913 align:center
- Yeah, keep 'em off till we're inside.
- Yes!

00:46:43.579 --> 00:46:44.537 align:center
'MY DEAR KUTTICHATHAN 3D'

00:46:53.913 --> 00:46:55.412 align:center
- Got it!
- What?

00:46:55.913 --> 00:46:57.121 align:center
My first film.

00:46:57.454 --> 00:46:59.371 align:center
Mollywood's first monster movie!

00:46:59.996 --> 00:47:01.496 align:center
An extension of my short film.

00:47:03.121 --> 00:47:04.954 align:center
But, do you really need a monster?

00:47:05.371 --> 00:47:07.120 align:center
A feature film is not
like a short film.

00:47:07.121 --> 00:47:10.080 align:center
Wouldn't a normal horror film do?
Something the audience here can digest?

00:47:11.371 --> 00:47:13.454 align:center
Just any movie won't do, Suji.

00:47:13.954 --> 00:47:15.788 align:center
I want my first film
to be remembered forever.

00:47:16.287 --> 00:47:18.661 align:center
And for that, simply scaring
the audience isn't enough.

00:47:18.662 --> 00:47:20.746 align:center
That fear should create history!

00:47:21.245 --> 00:47:22.954 align:center
And that history must be celebrated.

00:47:26.454 --> 00:47:28.121 align:center
'MY DEAR KUTTICHATHAN 3D'

00:47:28.621 --> 00:47:30.912 align:center
This is the second re-release
of 'My Dear Kuttichathan',

00:47:30.913 --> 00:47:32.537 align:center
which originally came out
back in 1984.

00:47:32.913 --> 00:47:34.870 align:center
So many other 3D films
hit the screens after that,

00:47:34.871 --> 00:47:36.704 align:center
but nobody even remembers them.

00:47:37.371 --> 00:47:40.371 align:center
First will always be recorded
and remembered in history.

00:47:40.788 --> 00:47:43.621 align:center
One can't achieve anything in life
without taking risks, Suji.

00:47:44.038 --> 00:47:47.704 align:center
I'm a horror filmmaker who put even
my rationalist grandfather into a coma!

00:47:48.204 --> 00:47:51.287 align:center
Malayalam cinema's very first monster film
must have my name stamped on it.

00:47:53.245 --> 00:47:54.411 align:center
Fine, believe whatever you want!

00:47:54.412 --> 00:47:57.453 align:center
Just stop bragging that your short film
is what put Grandpa in a coma!

00:47:57.454 --> 00:47:58.871 align:center
I still don't buy that.

00:47:59.038 --> 00:48:00.245 align:center
He is a scientific man!

00:48:00.662 --> 00:48:01.746 align:center
Huh?

00:48:06.954 --> 00:48:07.995 align:center
Read!

00:48:07.996 --> 00:48:09.661 align:center
Read what?
Where were you?

00:48:09.662 --> 00:48:10.996 align:center
Read the back page!

00:48:15.704 --> 00:48:18.829 align:center
Kazhcha Film Society
Short Film Festival, 2011.

00:48:18.996 --> 00:48:20.287 align:center
Entry Fee - Rs 500.

00:48:20.662 --> 00:48:21.954 align:center
Read what's written below that.

00:48:23.871 --> 00:48:25.870 align:center
The winner's debut feature film
will be produced

00:48:25.871 --> 00:48:29.621 align:center
by Kazhcha Film Society,
in association with Harris Basheer Group.

00:48:30.537 --> 00:48:31.704 align:center
Harris Basheer?

00:48:32.412 --> 00:48:33.495 align:center
Will this actually happen?

00:48:33.496 --> 00:48:36.286 align:center
Look, kid, Navodaya Appachan isn't
going to come knocking on your door

00:48:36.287 --> 00:48:38.453 align:center
just because he saw the view count
on your little short films.

00:48:38.454 --> 00:48:40.495 align:center
If you want to make it, you're the one
who has to go knocking on doors.

00:48:40.496 --> 00:48:41.703 align:center
Dude...

00:48:41.704 --> 00:48:43.495 align:center
I don't see a photo
of Harris Basheer anywhere.

00:48:43.496 --> 00:48:44.578 align:center
But he's a big deal.

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:46.245 align:center
He has a lot of companies
in his name.

00:48:46.788 --> 00:48:48.244 align:center
So there's a chance
this is serious.

00:48:48.245 --> 00:48:49.287 align:center
Of course!

00:48:49.454 --> 00:48:50.537 align:center
Shall we send it?

00:48:50.913 --> 00:48:52.579 align:center
- Send it!
- I already sent it.

00:48:52.788 --> 00:48:53.453 align:center
What!

00:48:53.454 --> 00:48:55.329 align:center
I sent all four of your short films.

00:48:55.621 --> 00:48:57.121 align:center
That's why I got late.

00:48:58.746 --> 00:49:00.453 align:center
Now don't waste
any more time, Vineeth.

00:49:00.454 --> 00:49:02.328 align:center
You need to get the script
ready at the earliest.

00:49:02.329 --> 00:49:03.788 align:center
And it needs to be a hit.

00:49:04.788 --> 00:49:06.037 align:center
I'll make it a blockbuster!

00:49:06.038 --> 00:49:07.788 align:center
'MRUGAM'
[Animal]

00:49:10.788 --> 00:49:11.788 align:center
'Hard work.'

00:49:11.996 --> 00:49:12.996 align:center
'Passion.'

00:49:13.121 --> 00:49:14.121 align:center
'Talent.'

00:49:14.454 --> 00:49:17.204 align:center
'If you have these three, you can achieve
anything in this world.'

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:20.536 align:center
'I have observed
five common elements'

00:49:20.537 --> 00:49:24.037 align:center
'in the successful novels
of Vaikom David here in Kerala'

00:49:24.038 --> 00:49:28.038 align:center
'and the films of Manoj Night Shyamalan
over in Hollywood.'

00:49:28.245 --> 00:49:29.286 align:center
'One,'

00:49:29.287 --> 00:49:31.745 align:center
'a hero who saves
the world from evil.'

00:49:31.746 --> 00:49:32.787 align:center
'Two,'

00:49:32.788 --> 00:49:34.870 align:center
'good things happen
to good people.'

00:49:34.871 --> 00:49:35.703 align:center
'Three,'

00:49:35.704 --> 00:49:37.954 align:center
'emphasis on empathy of humans.'

00:49:38.412 --> 00:49:39.286 align:center
'Four,'

00:49:39.287 --> 00:49:40.788 align:center
'everything is connected.'

00:49:41.204 --> 00:49:42.245 align:center
'Five,'

00:49:42.454 --> 00:49:43.954 align:center
'a hopeful climax.'

00:49:44.537 --> 00:49:45.620 align:center
'In short,'

00:49:45.621 --> 00:49:46.912 align:center
'no matter how much you terrify them,'

00:49:46.913 --> 00:49:49.662 align:center
'the audience should
never lose hope towards life.'

00:49:50.038 --> 00:49:52.038 align:center
'That is the responsibility
of an artist.'

00:49:52.412 --> 00:49:55.204 align:center
'I will fulfil that
responsibility in my film.'

00:49:57.454 --> 00:49:59.662 align:center
'Mrugam' [Animal] will not
just be another movie.'

00:50:01.579 --> 00:50:03.870 align:center
'It will be a landmark
in Malayalam cinema.'

00:50:03.871 --> 00:50:07.412 align:center
"A day will come,
O world, just see"

00:50:07.829 --> 00:50:11.496 align:center
"When all the world
comes chasing me"

00:50:11.954 --> 00:50:15.537 align:center
"The stars that fill
the endless sky"

00:50:15.996 --> 00:50:19.537 align:center
"I'll forever spin them
on my palm held high"

00:50:20.080 --> 00:50:23.621 align:center
"I'll reach the peak
no one has known"

00:50:24.080 --> 00:50:28.203 align:center
"And burn all sorrow
down to bone"

00:50:28.204 --> 00:50:30.203 align:center
"I'll make time freeze
at my command"

00:50:30.204 --> 00:50:32.079 align:center
"And draw all eyes
with just one stand"

00:50:32.080 --> 00:50:34.120 align:center
"I'll build a kingdom,
claim my throne"

00:50:34.121 --> 00:50:36.662 align:center
"Images will find
a voice of their own"

00:50:37.121 --> 00:50:38.913 align:center
"My Friday will come"

00:50:39.371 --> 00:50:40.954 align:center
"It will come, it will come"

00:50:41.162 --> 00:50:42.661 align:center
"My Friday will arrive"

00:50:42.662 --> 00:50:45.244 align:center
"All my dreams will come alive"

00:50:45.245 --> 00:50:47.080 align:center
"My Friday will come"

00:50:47.496 --> 00:50:49.203 align:center
"It will come"

00:50:49.204 --> 00:50:51.120 align:center
"My future will shine through"

00:50:51.121 --> 00:50:53.121 align:center
"All my dreams will come true"

00:51:09.829 --> 00:51:13.537 align:center
"From my village childhood,
I dreamed of distant cities"

00:51:13.996 --> 00:51:17.662 align:center
"I stitched wings to cross
those endless distances"

00:51:17.996 --> 00:51:21.579 align:center
"I whispered for a boon
into God's own ear"

00:51:21.788 --> 00:51:25.704 align:center
"I fought for this one goal
I held most dear"

00:51:26.662 --> 00:51:30.245 align:center
"Welcome to this pitch-dark abode"

00:51:30.704 --> 00:51:34.037 align:center
"Come witness the visions I unfold"

00:51:34.038 --> 00:51:37.578 align:center
"Fear is my aim,
to shake you to the core"

00:51:37.579 --> 00:51:41.954 align:center
"An illusion that lights
the silver screen galore"

00:51:42.121 --> 00:51:44.038 align:center
"My Friday will come"

00:51:44.496 --> 00:51:46.121 align:center
"It will come, it will come"

00:51:46.245 --> 00:51:48.079 align:center
"My Friday will arrive"

00:51:48.080 --> 00:51:50.287 align:center
"All my dreams will come alive"

00:51:50.621 --> 00:51:52.287 align:center
"My Friday will come"

00:51:52.704 --> 00:51:54.370 align:center
"It will come"

00:51:54.371 --> 00:51:56.120 align:center
"My future will shine through"

00:51:56.121 --> 00:51:58.496 align:center
"All my dreams will come true"

00:52:00.496 --> 00:52:03.080 align:center
- Hello?
- Hello?

00:52:04.829 --> 00:52:07.245 align:center
- Hello?
- Hello?

00:52:14.746 --> 00:52:16.995 align:center
"My Friday will come"

00:52:16.996 --> 00:52:18.537 align:center
"It will come, it will come"

00:52:18.788 --> 00:52:20.370 align:center
"My Friday will arrive"

00:52:20.371 --> 00:52:22.662 align:center
"All my dreams will come alive"

00:52:22.871 --> 00:52:24.788 align:center
"My Friday will come"

00:52:25.121 --> 00:52:26.870 align:center
"It will come"

00:52:26.871 --> 00:52:28.745 align:center
"My future will shine through"

00:52:28.746 --> 00:52:31.454 align:center
"All my dreams will come true"

00:52:35.121 --> 00:52:36.454 align:center
Why are there two copies?

00:52:38.579 --> 00:52:41.828 align:center
I'm taking this one to
the Mookambika Temple to get it blessed.

00:52:41.829 --> 00:52:43.913 align:center
Haven't you already done
everything you had to do?

00:52:44.996 --> 00:52:47.453 align:center
The remaining half is not
in our hands, Vineeth.

00:52:47.454 --> 00:52:49.411 align:center
For that, we need
the Goddess's blessings.

00:52:49.412 --> 00:52:50.746 align:center
And Harris Basheer's, as well.

00:52:51.662 --> 00:52:53.412 align:center
The short film festival
is tomorrow, right?

00:53:42.662 --> 00:53:45.621 align:center
'RAKSHASAN'
[Monster]

00:53:53.662 --> 00:53:54.870 align:center
Congrats!

00:53:54.871 --> 00:53:56.245 align:center
- All the best!
- Thank you!

00:54:00.121 --> 00:54:03.620 align:center
'The mastermind behind 'Aakashaganga'
and 'Vellinakshatram', the great Vinayan sir'

00:54:03.621 --> 00:54:05.245 align:center
'will be presenting
me with this award.'

00:54:05.412 --> 00:54:08.080 align:center
'Now, he will definitely accept
my friend request.'

00:54:08.412 --> 00:54:11.787 align:center
'This is the day I've been
waiting for my entire life.'

00:54:11.788 --> 00:54:12.871 align:center
Hi!

00:54:13.788 --> 00:54:15.038 align:center
Magnificent work, Vineeth!

00:54:15.329 --> 00:54:18.662 align:center
Without question, it is the best work
I've seen at this film festival!

00:54:19.038 --> 00:54:23.411 align:center
Today, we witnessed highly diverse,
creative works from fifteen young talents...

00:54:23.412 --> 00:54:26.870 align:center
hand-picked from a massive pool
of over two hundred applicants.

00:54:26.871 --> 00:54:30.745 align:center
The name of the best artistic creation
chosen by the jury from among them

00:54:30.746 --> 00:54:33.037 align:center
is written on the slip of paper
I'm holding right now.

00:54:33.038 --> 00:54:34.495 align:center
The reward awaiting the winner

00:54:34.496 --> 00:54:37.203 align:center
is no mere consolation trophy
or cash prize.

00:54:37.204 --> 00:54:39.745 align:center
It is the title of the director
for the first Malayalam film

00:54:39.746 --> 00:54:43.995 align:center
produced by Kazhcha Film Society
in association with Harris Basheer Group!

00:54:43.996 --> 00:54:45.662 align:center
I will not prolong this further.

00:54:45.829 --> 00:54:48.080 align:center
So, the best short film award goes to...

00:54:50.954 --> 00:54:53.287 align:center
the director of 'Chekhov's Gun',
Arjun Haridas!

00:55:11.245 --> 00:55:13.411 align:center
To present the award,
I humbly welcome

00:55:13.412 --> 00:55:15.162 align:center
our very own Vinayan sir.

00:55:19.704 --> 00:55:22.161 align:center
- Thank you, sir!
- Sir is in a hurry.

00:55:22.162 --> 00:55:24.495 align:center
He will be returning immediately
after this award presentation.

00:55:24.496 --> 00:55:26.620 align:center
Those who wish to take photos
may do so outside.

00:55:26.621 --> 00:55:28.038 align:center
Arjun... a few words?

00:55:28.245 --> 00:55:30.204 align:center
Oh, no, no, no... No!

00:55:30.454 --> 00:55:31.746 align:center
Thank you! Thank you!

00:55:36.913 --> 00:55:39.286 align:center
Second best short film,
'Monster'!

00:55:39.287 --> 00:55:40.954 align:center
Director, Vineeth Madhavan.

00:55:41.121 --> 00:55:44.370 align:center
Without any music, relying solely
on ambient sound design, he terrified us.

00:55:44.371 --> 00:55:45.703 align:center
He truly has a style of his own.

00:55:45.704 --> 00:55:48.913 align:center
Without question, it is the best work
I've seen at this film festival!

00:55:49.287 --> 00:55:52.371 align:center
'I truly believe that
my short film is the best.'

00:55:52.662 --> 00:55:54.496 align:center
'That's exactly what
Anand Sudhakaran told me.'

00:55:55.579 --> 00:55:57.621 align:center
'Is it possible
Anand Sudhakaran was just lying?'

00:56:02.954 --> 00:56:03.954 align:center
'No.'

00:56:04.204 --> 00:56:06.038 align:center
'The audience clearly loved
my film the most.'

00:56:08.704 --> 00:56:11.245 align:center
'My short film
is absolutely the best.'

00:56:12.829 --> 00:56:14.703 align:center
To present the award,
I invite to the stage

00:56:14.704 --> 00:56:15.912 align:center
renowned film critic,

00:56:15.913 --> 00:56:17.329 align:center
Mr. Anand Sudhakaran!

00:56:24.662 --> 00:56:27.703 align:center
You'll face even tougher competition
out there in the film industry.

00:56:27.704 --> 00:56:29.412 align:center
You won't always be able
to come first.

00:56:36.704 --> 00:56:38.287 align:center
Just a second.
Just a second.

00:56:39.829 --> 00:56:41.912 align:center
Sorry... I know I'm interfering,

00:56:41.913 --> 00:56:44.788 align:center
but I really can't help
saying a few words right now.

00:56:45.038 --> 00:56:46.204 align:center
Sorry... sorry.

00:56:46.496 --> 00:56:47.829 align:center
To be honest,

00:56:48.121 --> 00:56:50.913 align:center
I've only watched
a handful of classic films.

00:56:51.454 --> 00:56:53.329 align:center
I don't know if anyone
will believe this,

00:56:53.829 --> 00:56:56.662 align:center
but the very first time I stepped
into a theatre to watch a film

00:56:56.954 --> 00:56:58.954 align:center
was after my tenth-grade exams.

00:56:59.621 --> 00:57:02.121 align:center
Coming from that kind
of family background,

00:57:02.329 --> 00:57:06.954 align:center
the courage and confidence to make
my first short film, 'Chekhov's Gun',

00:57:07.788 --> 00:57:10.621 align:center
came entirely from Vineeth Madhavan
here and his short films.

00:57:13.996 --> 00:57:15.038 align:center
That's how much...

00:57:15.204 --> 00:57:16.996 align:center
That's how much
he has inspired me!

00:57:17.245 --> 00:57:19.412 align:center
Since I'm such a big fan,

00:57:19.746 --> 00:57:21.871 align:center
I even sent him a few messages
on Facebook,

00:57:22.287 --> 00:57:23.829 align:center
but I never got a reply.

00:57:25.954 --> 00:57:26.996 align:center
But anyway,

00:57:27.371 --> 00:57:30.412 align:center
being able to stand on this stage
at a moment like this,

00:57:30.621 --> 00:57:34.829 align:center
and winning first prize for my film while
competing alongside Vineeth himself...

00:57:34.996 --> 00:57:36.537 align:center
I truly look at it as my destiny.

00:57:36.954 --> 00:57:38.080 align:center
So,

00:57:38.788 --> 00:57:42.537 align:center
I would love to dedicate this award
to Vineeth Madhavan himself.

00:57:50.162 --> 00:57:51.286 align:center
Thank you!

00:57:51.287 --> 00:57:52.329 align:center
Bye!

00:57:54.621 --> 00:57:55.578 align:center
Man!

00:57:55.579 --> 00:57:56.579 align:center
Love you, man!

00:57:58.204 --> 00:57:59.287 align:center
Sir!

00:58:16.746 --> 00:58:19.120 align:center
'I still don't get it... instead of giving
the award to me,'

00:58:19.121 --> 00:58:20.704 align:center
'why did they give it to Arjun?'

00:58:21.121 --> 00:58:22.370 align:center
Don't overthink it.

00:58:22.371 --> 00:58:24.329 align:center
The awards were definitely
rigged from the start.

00:58:25.121 --> 00:58:26.536 align:center
It has nothing to do with talent.

00:58:26.537 --> 00:58:29.121 align:center
Everything in this industry is
handed out based on connections.

00:58:29.746 --> 00:58:32.038 align:center
But you were definitely the one
who deserved first prize.

00:58:33.287 --> 00:58:34.788 align:center
So what if I didn't
win first prize?

00:58:35.080 --> 00:58:36.787 align:center
The audience clearly loved
my film the most.

00:58:36.788 --> 00:58:37.996 align:center
You heard the applause, right?

00:58:38.371 --> 00:58:40.038 align:center
But didn't he walk away with
all the applause in the end?

00:58:44.412 --> 00:58:46.371 align:center
He doesn't look up to you
as an inspiration.

00:58:46.704 --> 00:58:49.287 align:center
And he definitely hasn't sent
you a single Facebook message.

00:58:50.579 --> 00:58:52.329 align:center
But he's got a real way
with words.

00:58:52.788 --> 00:58:54.121 align:center
He knows how to crack jokes.

00:58:56.662 --> 00:58:59.412 align:center
By calling you, the runner-up,
his big inspiration...

00:59:00.412 --> 00:59:03.662 align:center
and joking about you being the guy
who doesn't reply to messages...

00:59:04.454 --> 00:59:05.912 align:center
he instantly became
the underdog...

00:59:05.913 --> 00:59:07.454 align:center
and painted you
as the arrogant one.

00:59:11.454 --> 00:59:13.080 align:center
For those who know
how to wield humour,

00:59:14.788 --> 00:59:16.871 align:center
there's honestly no weapon
more lethal than that.

00:59:20.412 --> 00:59:22.703 align:center
"The humble underdog rose above
the arrogant snob"

00:59:22.704 --> 00:59:24.412 align:center
That's the narrative
he fed the audience.

00:59:25.080 --> 00:59:27.579 align:center
And it's that underdog who got
the final standing ovation.

00:59:30.287 --> 00:59:32.287 align:center
The audience always
roots for the underdog.

00:59:33.496 --> 00:59:34.912 align:center
Your short film
is genuinely good.

00:59:34.913 --> 00:59:36.537 align:center
You really know
how to terrify people.

00:59:37.204 --> 00:59:38.913 align:center
That's the one thing guys like me
just can't seem to pull off.

00:59:40.913 --> 00:59:43.746 align:center
I'm making a movie
based on the novel 'Chithra'.

00:59:44.996 --> 00:59:46.037 align:center
'Chithra'?

00:59:46.038 --> 00:59:47.120 align:center
Yeah, I know that one.

00:59:47.121 --> 00:59:48.328 align:center
It's Vaikom David's novel.

00:59:48.329 --> 00:59:49.371 align:center
Yes.

00:59:50.038 --> 00:59:51.829 align:center
Hana Shahjahan is locked in
as the heroine.

00:59:51.954 --> 00:59:53.954 align:center
We're having some issues
with the script though.

00:59:54.412 --> 00:59:56.121 align:center
Hana isn't completely
satisfied with it.

00:59:57.371 --> 00:59:58.621 align:center
Could you take a look at it?

01:00:02.329 --> 01:00:05.329 align:center
I tried working with a couple of
reputed writers in the industry already.

01:00:05.954 --> 01:00:07.661 align:center
They might turn it into
a successful film.

01:00:07.662 --> 01:00:09.204 align:center
But that's not what
I'm looking for.

01:00:12.621 --> 01:00:15.746 align:center
I want a debut that no one will ever
forget, even a hundred years from now.

01:00:16.454 --> 01:00:17.579 align:center
Greatness!

01:00:19.371 --> 01:00:20.662 align:center
That's what I'm after!

01:00:22.204 --> 01:00:25.371 align:center
And only a pure, unadulterated talent
like you can deliver that.

01:00:26.788 --> 01:00:30.496 align:center
I'm ready to provide whatever pay
or facilities you demand.

01:00:35.746 --> 01:00:36.829 align:center
Sorry...

01:00:37.245 --> 01:00:38.829 align:center
'Chithra' is one
of my favourite novels.

01:00:39.121 --> 01:00:41.287 align:center
But... my priority right now
is to make my own movie.

01:00:42.287 --> 01:00:44.954 align:center
If I push it back, my concept
might lose its exclusivity.

01:00:48.704 --> 01:00:50.245 align:center
Alright then...
All the best!

01:00:51.621 --> 01:00:53.454 align:center
If you ever need any help,
you can call me.

01:00:53.746 --> 01:00:55.037 align:center
- Yeah.
- Keep in touch!

01:00:55.038 --> 01:00:57.037 align:center
- Mm-hmm.
- We're already friends on Facebook.

01:00:57.038 --> 01:00:59.038 align:center
Just search for
Sachin Vaikom David.

01:00:59.412 --> 01:01:00.454 align:center
Huh?

01:01:31.496 --> 01:01:33.287 align:center
'Meeting Sachin was a blessing
in disguise.'

01:01:33.579 --> 01:01:35.913 align:center
'He cleared up all my confusion.'

01:01:37.038 --> 01:01:38.829 align:center
'This guy is an absolute phony.'

01:01:39.371 --> 01:01:41.662 align:center
'Everything happens for a reason.'

01:01:42.662 --> 01:01:44.788 align:center
'Now I can finally see him
for what he is.'

01:01:45.537 --> 01:01:48.746 align:center
'I can clearly hear every thought
passing through his mind.'

01:01:49.204 --> 01:01:50.411 align:center
'Hey, Vineeth, you loser...'

01:01:50.412 --> 01:01:51.412 align:center
'I'm the humble one here,'

01:01:51.537 --> 01:01:52.995 align:center
'and you're just the arrogant prick!'

01:01:52.996 --> 01:01:54.536 align:center
'Go and make the short film!'

01:01:54.537 --> 01:01:56.080 align:center
'I'm off to make my movie.'

01:01:56.788 --> 01:01:58.496 align:center
'He's not Arjun Haridas.'

01:01:58.704 --> 01:02:00.245 align:center
'He's "Humble" Haridas.'

01:02:00.412 --> 01:02:02.204 align:center
'And there's no way
I'm letting this slide.'

01:02:38.662 --> 01:02:40.536 align:center
- Hello? Vineeth?
- Yeah. Hello, Sachin!

01:02:40.537 --> 01:02:42.121 align:center
- Vineeth, tell me. All good?
- Yeah.

01:02:42.871 --> 01:02:44.746 align:center
I read the script.
It's terrible.

01:02:46.371 --> 01:02:47.453 align:center
I'll do the rewrite.

01:02:47.454 --> 01:02:50.121 align:center
But I don't want your money
or any perks.

01:02:53.871 --> 01:02:55.161 align:center
What do you want instead?

01:02:55.162 --> 01:02:56.204 align:center
Just name it, Vineeth.

01:02:59.788 --> 01:03:01.245 align:center
You have to produce
my debut film.

01:03:06.287 --> 01:03:07.287 align:center
Deal!

01:03:08.371 --> 01:03:09.704 align:center
Welcome to Mollywood!

01:03:17.621 --> 01:03:19.995 align:center
My father bought this British bungalow
in Vagamon years ago.

01:03:19.996 --> 01:03:21.536 align:center
I actually grew up here.

01:03:21.537 --> 01:03:23.578 align:center
When I said I wanted Hollywood-quality
visuals for the film,

01:03:23.579 --> 01:03:25.745 align:center
it was my cameraman who actually
suggested this place.

01:03:25.746 --> 01:03:26.912 align:center
My film...

01:03:26.913 --> 01:03:29.329 align:center
It shouldn't feel like a regular
Malayalam film, Vineeth.

01:03:29.579 --> 01:03:31.496 align:center
That level of quality
must reflect in the writing too.

01:03:31.996 --> 01:03:33.328 align:center
We have zero time left.

01:03:33.329 --> 01:03:35.578 align:center
Hana will arrive on the 20th,
as soon as her Tamil film wraps.

01:03:35.579 --> 01:03:37.787 align:center
The script has to be done
and approved by her before that.

01:03:37.788 --> 01:03:39.662 align:center
I'm facing a lot of pressure
from Wox's end.

01:03:40.412 --> 01:03:41.788 align:center
Come to Vagamon this weekend.

01:03:41.913 --> 01:03:43.080 align:center
I'll send a car for you.

01:03:44.996 --> 01:03:47.079 align:center
Finish reworking ten scenes and
bring them along when you come.

01:03:47.080 --> 01:03:48.496 align:center
We can discuss the rest there.

01:04:16.454 --> 01:04:18.954 align:center
The guy glued to his camera phone?
That's our cameraman.

01:04:19.579 --> 01:04:21.704 align:center
The one in all white...
is our Production Controller.

01:04:21.871 --> 01:04:23.870 align:center
The guy spinning around
right now... that's Fayaz.

01:04:23.871 --> 01:04:26.496 align:center
He's the Regional Head of Wox,
and our co-producer.

01:04:26.662 --> 01:04:29.537 align:center
Has the face of a rat,
but the brains of a ruthless fox.

01:04:30.537 --> 01:04:32.953 align:center
- Is this the new writer?
- Yes. Vineeth Madhavan.

01:04:32.954 --> 01:04:33.996 align:center
He's a short filmmaker.

01:04:35.080 --> 01:04:36.537 align:center
Can I read what he has written?

01:04:36.662 --> 01:04:38.203 align:center
Well, he has just started writing.

01:04:38.204 --> 01:04:39.204 align:center
No!

01:04:40.287 --> 01:04:41.537 align:center
The full script is ready!

01:05:05.621 --> 01:05:07.579 align:center
Why did you hand over
the full script to Fayaz?

01:05:08.121 --> 01:05:09.787 align:center
He asked for it,
so shouldn't I give it?

01:05:09.788 --> 01:05:12.286 align:center
Look, you are literally the fourth writer
to come on board this project.

01:05:12.287 --> 01:05:14.412 align:center
Hana hasn't approved
a single draft yet.

01:05:14.704 --> 01:05:16.079 align:center
If this one falls through too...

01:05:16.080 --> 01:05:18.204 align:center
Fayaz will lose all trust
on this project.

01:05:19.038 --> 01:05:20.080 align:center
Sachin!

01:05:31.121 --> 01:05:33.496 align:center
I was expecting one or two
major corrections.

01:05:33.996 --> 01:05:35.621 align:center
But now,
the entire script has changed!

01:05:36.496 --> 01:05:37.495 align:center
Where is Hana in all of this?

01:05:37.496 --> 01:05:38.913 align:center
Wait, what?!
Hana's not in it?

01:05:39.329 --> 01:05:41.328 align:center
It was solely to capture Hana
up close and personal with my lens,

01:05:41.329 --> 01:05:43.453 align:center
that I even walked away from
Superstar Swaroop's movie to come here!

01:05:43.454 --> 01:05:44.662 align:center
This is an absolute betrayal!

01:05:47.621 --> 01:05:48.996 align:center
Fear of the unknown...

01:05:49.662 --> 01:05:52.121 align:center
The primal fear...
that humans feel toward the dark.

01:05:53.121 --> 01:05:54.912 align:center
The person standing
right next to you.

01:05:54.913 --> 01:05:57.080 align:center
The pure anxiety of not knowing
who that really is...

01:05:58.245 --> 01:06:00.329 align:center
That was missing
in the draft you sent me.

01:06:03.121 --> 01:06:04.953 align:center
Because, right in the very first scene,

01:06:04.954 --> 01:06:06.746 align:center
you reveal that
the heroine is the ghost.

01:06:07.287 --> 01:06:09.412 align:center
Plus, you've thrown in a flashback
right at the start of the second half.

01:06:10.162 --> 01:06:11.871 align:center
So, the audience will be prepared.

01:06:12.704 --> 01:06:15.788 align:center
At that point, all you can really do
is startle them with cheap jump scares.

01:06:16.913 --> 01:06:18.121 align:center
You cannot terrify them.

01:06:19.412 --> 01:06:20.704 align:center
And our job is to terrify them!

01:06:21.121 --> 01:06:22.454 align:center
They need to be frozen with fear.

01:06:23.080 --> 01:06:25.495 align:center
To achieve that, the audience
must live in anticipation...

01:06:25.496 --> 01:06:26.788 align:center
right up until the climax.

01:06:27.621 --> 01:06:30.871 align:center
Until then, the true form of the ghost
must never be revealed.

01:06:33.412 --> 01:06:34.453 align:center
So...

01:06:34.454 --> 01:06:35.536 align:center
in this film,

01:06:35.537 --> 01:06:36.579 align:center
there is no heroine!

01:06:38.871 --> 01:06:40.579 align:center
Who exactly is making
these decisions?

01:06:41.454 --> 01:06:43.703 align:center
Sachin, I don't have time to waste,
and neither do you.

01:06:43.704 --> 01:06:44.953 align:center
It's solely because
we have Hana's dates locked

01:06:44.954 --> 01:06:46.953 align:center
that the entire business for this film
has been finalised.

01:06:46.954 --> 01:06:48.954 align:center
To change it based on his whims,
this isn't some amateur short film.

01:06:49.871 --> 01:06:51.453 align:center
Okay... forget about Hana
for a second.

01:06:51.454 --> 01:06:52.621 align:center
What about the location then?

01:06:52.829 --> 01:06:55.120 align:center
Your script takes place...
in the city, doesn't it?

01:06:55.121 --> 01:06:56.328 align:center
How are we supposed
to film that up here?

01:06:56.329 --> 01:06:57.496 align:center
It cannot be shot here.

01:06:58.621 --> 01:07:00.203 align:center
Sachin, throwing away
a Hollywood-level location...

01:07:00.204 --> 01:07:01.787 align:center
after we finally found it
is sheer stupidity.

01:07:01.788 --> 01:07:03.038 align:center
Mind you!

01:07:10.913 --> 01:07:13.162 align:center
This story takes place
in Trivandrum city.

01:07:13.579 --> 01:07:15.828 align:center
If we shoot in Trivandrum, it'll just look
like any regular Malayalam film.

01:07:15.829 --> 01:07:17.661 align:center
Sachin's entire vision is about
an international aesthetic.

01:07:17.662 --> 01:07:19.080 align:center
And we can only
pull that off over here.

01:07:19.662 --> 01:07:21.245 align:center
Right in the heart
of Trivandrum city...

01:07:22.121 --> 01:07:24.662 align:center
on a crowded street
where people live packed together,

01:07:25.204 --> 01:07:26.996 align:center
eleven members of a single family

01:07:27.287 --> 01:07:28.579 align:center
commit mass suicide in one night.

01:07:31.704 --> 01:07:32.829 align:center
This...

01:07:33.038 --> 01:07:34.828 align:center
The sheer dread you feel
just reading that

01:07:34.829 --> 01:07:36.454 align:center
is the core selling point
of this story.

01:07:37.204 --> 01:07:39.953 align:center
You can never replicate that
in a lonely house on a hill station,

01:07:39.954 --> 01:07:41.788 align:center
no matter how many people
kill themselves here.

01:07:42.412 --> 01:07:44.829 align:center
We need to root this terror
in everyday reality,

01:07:45.412 --> 01:07:50.162 align:center
making the audience feel like it could
actually happen right next door.

01:07:50.621 --> 01:07:51.913 align:center
That is the USP of this film.

01:07:53.829 --> 01:07:55.286 align:center
If we force it
into this bungalow,

01:07:55.287 --> 01:07:57.329 align:center
there is absolutely nothing
left to this story

01:07:57.871 --> 01:07:59.746 align:center
than just another typical
haunted house movie.

01:08:00.746 --> 01:08:01.953 align:center
Alright, enough with the art class...

01:08:01.954 --> 01:08:03.621 align:center
Let me remind you
about the actual business.

01:08:04.038 --> 01:08:08.244 align:center
Sachin Vaikom David is just a title on
the producer's credit line next to Wox;

01:08:08.245 --> 01:08:09.536 align:center
he's not investing
a single penny.

01:08:09.537 --> 01:08:10.870 align:center
Harris Basheer is the one
bankrolling everything.

01:08:10.871 --> 01:08:11.953 align:center
If Hana is out of the picture,

01:08:11.954 --> 01:08:13.203 align:center
Harris Basheer is out too.

01:08:13.204 --> 01:08:14.120 align:center
That three- crore deficit?

01:08:14.121 --> 01:08:15.703 align:center
You'll have to sell your
ancestral home to cover it.

01:08:15.704 --> 01:08:17.121 align:center
So, Sachin, it's a simple choice...

01:08:17.245 --> 01:08:18.912 align:center
Do you want to keep
your family estate...

01:08:18.913 --> 01:08:20.537 align:center
or do you want his "art"?

01:08:24.913 --> 01:08:27.162 align:center
I'm convinced about the location
and the heroine.

01:08:28.871 --> 01:08:30.788 align:center
I don't care if I lose
my house and my property...

01:08:31.621 --> 01:08:33.244 align:center
The film that
Sachin Vaikom David makes...

01:08:33.245 --> 01:08:34.537 align:center
will be based on this script.

01:08:34.746 --> 01:08:36.121 align:center
Are you out of your mind?

01:08:39.913 --> 01:08:41.329 align:center
I just need one month's time.

01:08:41.788 --> 01:08:43.287 align:center
I'll arrange the funds on my own.

01:08:43.829 --> 01:08:46.121 align:center
I'll undertake the financial
partnership of this project.

01:08:46.329 --> 01:08:48.913 align:center
I'll buy out Harris Basheer's
three-crore share myself.

01:08:58.412 --> 01:08:59.745 align:center
Well, if this is how
you want to play it,

01:08:59.746 --> 01:09:02.162 align:center
then this project will no longer have
any backing from Wox.

01:09:02.913 --> 01:09:04.703 align:center
We are terminating
our agreement.

01:09:04.704 --> 01:09:06.704 align:center
You might as well fund the entire
six crores yourself.

01:09:06.913 --> 01:09:10.121 align:center
Sachin, you can't just raise
this kind of money overnight.

01:09:10.412 --> 01:09:11.788 align:center
These things take a lot of time.

01:09:12.913 --> 01:09:14.328 align:center
I don't care how long it takes.

01:09:14.329 --> 01:09:17.454 align:center
I'll produce 'Chithra' myself,
without making a single compromise.

01:09:18.245 --> 01:09:20.328 align:center
Years from now, when they look back
at the history of Malayalam cinema,

01:09:20.329 --> 01:09:23.204 align:center
the name Sachin Vaikom David
must hold a permanent place in it.

01:09:23.829 --> 01:09:24.996 align:center
Vineeth,

01:09:25.412 --> 01:09:26.454 align:center
don't worry.

01:09:26.871 --> 01:09:28.870 align:center
I'll have everything sorted out
within two months.

01:09:28.871 --> 01:09:30.871 align:center
The moment we wrap production
on my film...

01:09:31.080 --> 01:09:32.412 align:center
I'm going to produce your film!

01:09:32.746 --> 01:09:33.788 align:center
You have my word.

01:09:39.621 --> 01:09:40.704 align:center
Vineeth...

01:09:41.913 --> 01:09:43.244 align:center
It's going to take
at least a year

01:09:43.245 --> 01:09:46.038 align:center
for Sachin to scrape that money together
and actually get on set.

01:09:47.496 --> 01:09:48.996 align:center
Is your own script complete?

01:09:51.662 --> 01:09:53.454 align:center
Your rewrite is absolutely brilliant!

01:09:53.621 --> 01:09:55.080 align:center
It's a sure-shot blockbuster.

01:09:56.371 --> 01:09:58.203 align:center
But if I piss off a
massive star like Hana,

01:09:58.204 --> 01:10:00.329 align:center
who has the highest
market value right now,

01:10:01.329 --> 01:10:03.162 align:center
I'll lose all my
credibility in this industry.

01:10:05.245 --> 01:10:08.121 align:center
As Wox India's first independent
Malayalam production,

01:10:08.704 --> 01:10:10.579 align:center
I'd like to produce
your movie, Vineeth.

01:10:11.371 --> 01:10:12.454 align:center
Are you in?

01:10:17.371 --> 01:10:18.495 align:center
- And?
- And?

01:10:18.496 --> 01:10:19.578 align:center
And what?

01:10:19.579 --> 01:10:20.578 align:center
I turned him down.

01:10:20.579 --> 01:10:21.578 align:center
- Why?
- Why?

01:10:21.579 --> 01:10:24.203 align:center
What else could I do?
He was playing a dirty game.

01:10:24.204 --> 01:10:26.370 align:center
Sachin was the one who brought me
into this project in the first place.

01:10:26.371 --> 01:10:27.912 align:center
For this guy to scrap Sachin's film

01:10:27.913 --> 01:10:29.496 align:center
and offer me a deal
behind his back...

01:10:29.788 --> 01:10:31.079 align:center
That's just pure backstabbing!

01:10:31.080 --> 01:10:32.704 align:center
So when is your movie
actually going to happen?

01:10:32.829 --> 01:10:34.578 align:center
Sachin's film will wrap
production this year.

01:10:34.579 --> 01:10:36.203 align:center
And immediately after that,
my film will start.

01:10:36.204 --> 01:10:37.662 align:center
He has given me his word.

01:10:38.621 --> 01:10:40.286 align:center
To be a good director,

01:10:40.287 --> 01:10:42.079 align:center
you first need to be
a good human being.

01:10:42.080 --> 01:10:43.496 align:center
Yeah... fair point.

01:10:46.537 --> 01:10:47.579 align:center
'Vineeth Madhavan!'

01:10:47.871 --> 01:10:49.536 align:center
'Age, twenty-three!'

01:10:49.537 --> 01:10:50.829 align:center
'Still the youngest!'

01:10:51.080 --> 01:10:52.371 align:center
'Still sexy!'

01:10:52.662 --> 01:10:53.703 align:center
'Within one month,'

01:10:53.704 --> 01:10:56.788 align:center
'I will have the final draft
of 'Chithra' ready.'

01:11:00.579 --> 01:11:02.037 align:center
'Fayaz was right.'

01:11:02.038 --> 01:11:03.037 align:center
'Forget one month...'

01:11:03.038 --> 01:11:04.745 align:center
'It's been an entire year,
and Chithra still hasn't gone on floors.'

01:11:04.746 --> 01:11:06.162 align:center
Make it fast, Chetta.

01:11:06.829 --> 01:11:07.828 align:center
'Meanwhile, on the flip side...'

01:11:07.829 --> 01:11:09.578 align:center
'Arjun Haridas has already
wrapped his film,'

01:11:09.579 --> 01:11:10.996 align:center
'and it's gearing up for release.'

01:11:11.788 --> 01:11:12.954 align:center
'After Party.'

01:11:13.121 --> 01:11:14.621 align:center
'Sounds like a cheap underwear brand!'

01:11:15.746 --> 01:11:17.453 align:center
Hey Vineeth, are you busy?

01:11:17.454 --> 01:11:19.038 align:center
The final edit of my film is ready.

01:11:19.537 --> 01:11:21.328 align:center
I'm just not able
to judge it objectively.

01:11:21.329 --> 01:11:22.828 align:center
Before I lock the final picture,

01:11:22.829 --> 01:11:24.454 align:center
I want to get a third party's opinion.

01:11:24.621 --> 01:11:26.704 align:center
Could you watch it?
I'll come over.

01:11:27.121 --> 01:11:28.453 align:center
What's the genre of the film?

01:11:28.454 --> 01:11:29.454 align:center
That's a surprise.

01:11:31.287 --> 01:11:33.870 align:center
It's been two years since
I finished writing this script.

01:11:33.871 --> 01:11:34.578 align:center
Oh...

01:11:34.579 --> 01:11:36.579 align:center
But it was always missing
a solid USP.

01:11:37.412 --> 01:11:40.537 align:center
I was breaking my head
trying to crack it...

01:11:41.080 --> 01:11:42.954 align:center
and that's when
I stumbled onto your short film.

01:11:43.704 --> 01:11:44.828 align:center
That's when

01:11:44.829 --> 01:11:47.203 align:center
the idea of adding a monster angle
to this narrative...

01:11:47.204 --> 01:11:48.245 align:center
first struck me.

01:11:49.579 --> 01:11:51.371 align:center
After that, everything
just fell into place.

01:11:51.996 --> 01:11:54.454 align:center
If the final output has turned out
the way I think it has...

01:11:55.038 --> 01:11:57.371 align:center
this is going to be a completely
fresh concept for Malayalam cinema.

01:12:00.121 --> 01:12:01.244 align:center
- Ready to go?
- Is it time?

01:12:01.245 --> 01:12:02.578 align:center
Yeah, it's time for the flight.

01:12:02.579 --> 01:12:03.870 align:center
Just a minute, babe.
I'm coming.

01:12:03.871 --> 01:12:05.162 align:center
- Okay.
- So...

01:12:05.496 --> 01:12:07.495 align:center
Just sit back and watch
the film in peace.

01:12:07.496 --> 01:12:09.954 align:center
I'll drop her at the airport
and head straight back, okay?

01:12:12.662 --> 01:12:13.871 align:center
By the way, Vineeth...

01:12:14.621 --> 01:12:18.204 align:center
I've actually tried to adapt
your aesthetics a little in this film.

01:12:18.662 --> 01:12:20.286 align:center
And for the horror sequences,

01:12:20.287 --> 01:12:22.203 align:center
your short films were
my primary reference point.

01:12:22.204 --> 01:12:23.787 align:center
You'll see what I mean
when you watch it.

01:12:23.788 --> 01:12:24.995 align:center
Just let me know what you think.

01:12:24.996 --> 01:12:26.828 align:center
Only then will I be able
to breathe a sigh of relief.

01:12:26.829 --> 01:12:29.121 align:center
I'm expecting one hundred percent
honesty from you.

01:12:29.371 --> 01:12:31.038 align:center
Whether you love it or hate it,

01:12:31.329 --> 01:12:32.579 align:center
you have to tell me straight.

01:12:32.746 --> 01:12:33.411 align:center
- Okay?
- Yeah.

01:12:33.412 --> 01:12:34.661 align:center
You have my passport, right?

01:12:34.662 --> 01:12:36.121 align:center
Yeah, I've got everything.

01:13:03.746 --> 01:13:05.161 align:center
'I want to scare people!'

01:13:05.162 --> 01:13:06.829 align:center
'I want to terrify
everyone using DTS!'

01:13:15.996 --> 01:13:17.371 align:center
Cut! Cut!

01:13:22.496 --> 01:13:23.621 align:center
Got it!

01:13:24.496 --> 01:13:25.704 align:center
My first film.

01:13:26.038 --> 01:13:27.996 align:center
Mollywood's first Monster movie!

01:13:28.537 --> 01:13:30.121 align:center
An extension of my short film.

01:13:37.704 --> 01:13:41.371 align:center
'First will always be recorded
and remembered in history.'

01:13:59.496 --> 01:14:00.579 align:center
Are you done watching?

01:14:00.996 --> 01:14:01.996 align:center
How is it?

01:14:04.621 --> 01:14:06.204 align:center
It doesn't feel like your work.

01:14:07.121 --> 01:14:08.829 align:center
It looks exactly like
something I would direct.

01:14:09.412 --> 01:14:10.788 align:center
My visualisations,

01:14:11.121 --> 01:14:12.121 align:center
the cut points,

01:14:12.371 --> 01:14:13.371 align:center
the colour palette,

01:14:13.704 --> 01:14:15.412 align:center
the sound treatment
without using music,

01:14:15.579 --> 01:14:16.954 align:center
you ripped off
every single thing!

01:14:17.496 --> 01:14:19.496 align:center
There's no way I can ever make
my own film now.

01:14:22.204 --> 01:14:25.412 align:center
"Yet another filmmaker
trying to imitate Arjun Haridas..."

01:14:25.829 --> 01:14:27.954 align:center
That's the tag that'll be waiting
for me down the road.

01:14:28.788 --> 01:14:30.329 align:center
What are you implying right now?

01:14:30.788 --> 01:14:33.204 align:center
That I stole your story?

01:14:33.913 --> 01:14:35.746 align:center
If you had only stolen my story,

01:14:35.913 --> 01:14:37.662 align:center
it would have been
a standard betrayal.

01:14:39.080 --> 01:14:40.704 align:center
But with this,
you've destroyed me.

01:14:41.788 --> 01:14:43.121 align:center
My dear Vineeth, listen to me!

01:14:43.496 --> 01:14:45.371 align:center
These things happen all the time...

01:14:46.287 --> 01:14:48.038 align:center
I wrote this script two years ago.

01:14:49.038 --> 01:14:52.913 align:center
Adding that monster angle
was the only new change I made.

01:14:54.579 --> 01:14:56.371 align:center
And the fact that
I got to make it first...

01:14:57.121 --> 01:14:58.287 align:center
is just down to my destiny.

01:14:59.080 --> 01:15:00.121 align:center
It's as simple as that.

01:15:06.954 --> 01:15:08.621 align:center
I'll say it one more time.

01:15:09.121 --> 01:15:10.788 align:center
Plagiarism isn't just about the story.

01:15:12.080 --> 01:15:13.913 align:center
Stealing a filmmaker's signature style...

01:15:14.204 --> 01:15:18.579 align:center
especially from a debutant
who hasn't even made his first feature,

01:15:18.996 --> 01:15:20.287 align:center
is like murdering him.

01:15:23.704 --> 01:15:26.496 align:center
I know I can't prove
a single word of this in court.

01:15:28.121 --> 01:15:29.913 align:center
But you should always
know what you did.

01:15:32.287 --> 01:15:33.328 align:center
Hey!

01:15:33.329 --> 01:15:34.829 align:center
Seriously, Vineeth,
what are you...

01:15:36.621 --> 01:15:38.496 align:center
This movie is going to be
a massive blockbuster.

01:15:38.704 --> 01:15:40.954 align:center
Even if you doubt it,
I know it for a fact.

01:15:41.496 --> 01:15:43.038 align:center
Because the core soul
of this film...

01:15:43.204 --> 01:15:44.746 align:center
originated entirely
from my own vision!

01:15:45.038 --> 01:15:46.287 align:center
It's my conviction!

01:15:49.121 --> 01:15:50.412 align:center
Congratulations,

01:15:50.579 --> 01:15:52.204 align:center
and please get out of here!

01:16:01.579 --> 01:16:04.120 align:center
A debut director completely
shaking up Malayalam cinema

01:16:04.121 --> 01:16:06.661 align:center
with such an incredibly fresh style
and sheer craftsmanship,

01:16:06.662 --> 01:16:07.912 align:center
it's truly unprecedented.

01:16:07.913 --> 01:16:08.995 align:center
With just a single film,

01:16:08.996 --> 01:16:12.204 align:center
you could say Arjun Haridas has
already established himself as a brand.

01:16:13.496 --> 01:16:15.454 align:center
[Sachin] Arjun's film
was your creation, right?

01:16:16.038 --> 01:16:17.287 align:center
'MARANAM'
[Death]

01:16:19.204 --> 01:16:20.204 align:center
What is this?

01:16:20.954 --> 01:16:23.621 align:center
It's a short story from a literary contest
my father once organised.

01:16:23.954 --> 01:16:25.621 align:center
'Chithra' is a good script.

01:16:26.204 --> 01:16:27.579 align:center
But if we want to beat Arjun,

01:16:27.704 --> 01:16:29.370 align:center
we need something much more
than just a good script.

01:16:29.371 --> 01:16:30.829 align:center
We need a real USP.

01:16:31.829 --> 01:16:33.620 align:center
We don't have to use
this exact story,

01:16:33.621 --> 01:16:35.621 align:center
but the kind of USP I'm talking about
is right here in these pages.

01:16:36.287 --> 01:16:37.661 align:center
If you can work
your magic on this,

01:16:37.662 --> 01:16:39.162 align:center
it'll take things
to the next level.

01:16:39.537 --> 01:16:40.912 align:center
And the fund is ready, Vineeth.

01:16:40.913 --> 01:16:42.411 align:center
If you finish writing this,

01:16:42.412 --> 01:16:43.996 align:center
we can roll cameras next month.

01:16:44.621 --> 01:16:45.704 align:center
I'm not reading it.

01:16:48.454 --> 01:16:49.579 align:center
Vineeth...

01:16:49.704 --> 01:16:51.079 align:center
If the creation is good,

01:16:51.080 --> 01:16:52.828 align:center
people will deify

01:16:52.829 --> 01:16:54.329 align:center
whoever takes credit
as the creator.

01:16:54.746 --> 01:16:56.662 align:center
They will even find
reasons to justify it.

01:16:56.954 --> 01:17:00.371 align:center
Nobody wants to know that it was built
on someone else's blood and sweat.

01:17:01.662 --> 01:17:03.662 align:center
Arjun Haridas, who ripped you off...

01:17:03.829 --> 01:17:06.204 align:center
Look at where he stands today,
and you'll see what I mean.

01:17:07.996 --> 01:17:09.996 align:center
In the end, the result
is all that matters.

01:17:12.537 --> 01:17:13.788 align:center
'Sachin was right.'

01:17:14.245 --> 01:17:16.120 align:center
'Arjun Haridas,
the one who ripped me off,'

01:17:16.121 --> 01:17:18.579 align:center
'never faced any backlash
for what he did.'

01:17:18.829 --> 01:17:20.829 align:center
'His career has only skyrocketed.'

01:17:21.579 --> 01:17:24.038 align:center
'Everything I believed in
until now was wrong.'

01:17:25.245 --> 01:17:27.412 align:center
'But just because of that,
I won't cross the line.'

01:17:27.829 --> 01:17:31.329 align:center
'I will not participate in plagiarising
another person's effort.'

01:17:32.162 --> 01:17:33.703 align:center
[Arjun] Some things
are just meant to be.

01:17:33.704 --> 01:17:35.536 align:center
If you desire something intensely,

01:17:35.537 --> 01:17:37.829 align:center
the entire universe will
conspire to help you get it.

01:17:37.954 --> 01:17:40.038 align:center
I truly believe in destiny.

01:17:40.329 --> 01:17:41.496 align:center
Thank God!

01:17:42.080 --> 01:17:43.204 align:center
'Destiny!'

01:17:43.412 --> 01:17:44.578 align:center
'Fortune!'

01:17:44.579 --> 01:17:45.621 align:center
'Fate!'

01:17:45.829 --> 01:17:47.328 align:center
'If this is what
my destiny looks like,'

01:17:47.329 --> 01:17:49.204 align:center
'then I don't believe
in destiny anymore.'

01:17:49.537 --> 01:17:51.287 align:center
'Nor in the God
who supposedly designed it.'

01:17:52.038 --> 01:17:54.161 align:center
'Just because you desire
something intensely...'

01:17:54.162 --> 01:17:55.746 align:center
'the universe isn't going
to look out for you.'

01:17:56.287 --> 01:17:58.579 align:center
'From now on, my own decisions
will forge my fate.'

01:17:58.913 --> 01:17:59.954 align:center
'Not God!'

01:18:12.871 --> 01:18:14.412 align:center
'My loyalty to Sachin...'

01:18:15.245 --> 01:18:17.662 align:center
'That wait cost me an entire year!'

01:18:18.704 --> 01:18:20.245 align:center
'That's where I went wrong.'

01:18:21.329 --> 01:18:23.329 align:center
'From now on, my loyalty
belongs to no one.'

01:18:23.704 --> 01:18:25.621 align:center
'I don't trust
a single soul anymore.'

01:18:26.162 --> 01:18:29.080 align:center
'I refuse to ever let myself
be exploited again.'

01:18:30.621 --> 01:18:31.829 align:center
'My own destiny...'

01:18:32.454 --> 01:18:33.621 align:center
'I will carve it out myself.'

01:18:34.788 --> 01:18:38.412 align:center
'I will become the youngest and
the finest horror filmmaker in Malayalam.'

01:18:40.204 --> 01:18:41.161 align:center
[Fayaz] Hello?

01:18:41.162 --> 01:18:42.995 align:center
Sir, if that offer of yours
is still open,

01:18:42.996 --> 01:18:44.038 align:center
I'm ready.

01:18:44.412 --> 01:18:46.620 align:center
But I have two conditions.

01:18:46.621 --> 01:18:47.662 align:center
I'm listening.

01:18:47.996 --> 01:18:48.995 align:center
First...

01:18:48.996 --> 01:18:52.038 align:center
Apart from me, no one else in the crew
gets to read

01:18:52.371 --> 01:18:53.661 align:center
the full script of my film.

01:18:53.662 --> 01:18:54.996 align:center
They won't have any access to it.

01:18:55.913 --> 01:18:58.037 align:center
Only the specific details
they absolutely need to know

01:18:58.038 --> 01:18:59.704 align:center
will be briefed
by me personally.

01:18:59.913 --> 01:19:01.412 align:center
I don't trust anyone anymore.

01:19:02.162 --> 01:19:03.245 align:center
Second...

01:19:04.204 --> 01:19:06.536 align:center
From day one of shoot
right down to the final cut...

01:19:06.537 --> 01:19:08.287 align:center
every single decision
will be mine alone.

01:19:08.788 --> 01:19:11.080 align:center
No interference from the studio side.

01:19:11.913 --> 01:19:12.953 align:center
Okay.

01:19:12.954 --> 01:19:14.371 align:center
I have Swaroop's dates locked in.

01:19:14.829 --> 01:19:16.454 align:center
If you have a subject
that suits him,

01:19:16.662 --> 01:19:18.704 align:center
I'm ready to accept
all your conditions.

01:19:22.287 --> 01:19:24.162 align:center
'Everything will be under
my control from now on.'

01:19:25.954 --> 01:19:27.829 align:center
'I'm forging a new identity.'

01:19:28.537 --> 01:19:31.371 align:center
'The old Vineeth Madhavan is dead.
This is someone entirely new.'

01:19:31.829 --> 01:19:35.038 align:center
'Because everything I believed in
until now was a lie.'

01:19:35.537 --> 01:19:38.537 align:center
[The hero who saves the world from evil.]

01:19:47.871 --> 01:19:49.412 align:center
'This world is unfair.'

01:19:49.621 --> 01:19:51.704 align:center
'And from now on, that reality will
be reflected in my films too.'

01:19:52.496 --> 01:19:54.829 align:center
'My destiny is dictated
solely by my decisions.'

01:19:55.788 --> 01:19:56.913 align:center
'That is the truth.'

01:19:57.245 --> 01:19:58.704 align:center
'That is the only truth
that matters.'

01:20:27.496 --> 01:20:29.371 align:center
'MANUSHYAN'
[Human]

01:20:35.621 --> 01:20:38.370 align:center
That harness snapped during the final shot
and I sprained my ankle.

01:20:38.371 --> 01:20:40.162 align:center
Being stuck on bed rest cost me

01:20:40.287 --> 01:20:41.829 align:center
the villain role in Mysskin's film.

01:20:43.913 --> 01:20:46.371 align:center
I've spent every day since then
absolutely cursing this film.

01:20:47.871 --> 01:20:49.121 align:center
But after watching this film,

01:20:50.245 --> 01:20:51.870 align:center
I only have one thing
to say, Vineeth...

01:20:51.871 --> 01:20:53.286 align:center
At the age of twenty-three,

01:20:53.287 --> 01:20:55.079 align:center
you have just created
a masterpiece.

01:20:55.080 --> 01:20:56.870 align:center
And thank you for
making me a part of it.

01:20:56.871 --> 01:20:58.121 align:center
This is a game changer.

01:20:58.412 --> 01:21:00.828 align:center
Once the heat from
today's new releases cools down,

01:21:00.829 --> 01:21:02.870 align:center
we can drop our first look poster
on Monday.

01:21:02.871 --> 01:21:03.787 align:center
Go ahead and lock the edit.

01:21:03.788 --> 01:21:05.079 align:center
There is nothing left
to question.

01:21:05.080 --> 01:21:07.578 align:center
Sir, the person we sent to check the
audience response for 'Chithra' is back.

01:21:07.579 --> 01:21:08.954 align:center
Could you give us a minute, sir?

01:21:09.287 --> 01:21:10.704 align:center
One minute, Swaroop.

01:21:11.913 --> 01:21:14.121 align:center
'Finally, 'Chithra' is releasing today.'

01:21:14.579 --> 01:21:16.536 align:center
'Apart from some other minor film,'

01:21:16.537 --> 01:21:18.371 align:center
'there are no other
significant releases.'

01:21:18.788 --> 01:21:20.204 align:center
'Not until my movie drops, anyway.'

01:21:23.454 --> 01:21:24.536 align:center
What did you think?

01:21:24.537 --> 01:21:25.537 align:center
It's good!

01:21:25.913 --> 01:21:26.912 align:center
Good, right?

01:21:26.913 --> 01:21:28.038 align:center
Yes, it's good.

01:21:28.162 --> 01:21:29.454 align:center
It's good, dude!

01:21:29.871 --> 01:21:31.037 align:center
Why are you talking
in that tone?

01:21:31.038 --> 01:21:32.204 align:center
Give it to me straight.

01:21:32.371 --> 01:21:33.453 align:center
Did you guys get scared?

01:21:33.454 --> 01:21:35.080 align:center
Yeah, we were terrified.

01:21:36.121 --> 01:21:37.329 align:center
So you didn't like the story?

01:21:38.121 --> 01:21:40.038 align:center
No, the story is fantastic.

01:21:41.621 --> 01:21:42.913 align:center
Then what are you holding back?

01:21:43.412 --> 01:21:44.411 align:center
There's no issue at all.

01:21:44.412 --> 01:21:45.703 align:center
Let's just ignore 'God'.

01:21:45.704 --> 01:21:46.954 align:center
Yeah.
Forget 'God'.

01:21:47.454 --> 01:21:49.080 align:center
God?
Which God?

01:21:49.579 --> 01:21:50.913 align:center
Heard anything about 'God'?

01:21:54.871 --> 01:21:56.913 align:center
Which God are you guys
talking about?

01:21:57.287 --> 01:21:58.287 align:center
Err...

01:21:58.954 --> 01:22:00.703 align:center
We couldn't get
tickets for 'Chithra'...

01:22:00.704 --> 01:22:03.454 align:center
so we got in for a movie
in an empty theatre right next door.

01:22:04.121 --> 01:22:05.120 align:center
'Deivam' [God]

01:22:05.121 --> 01:22:06.328 align:center
We expected it to be
some amateur trash...

01:22:06.329 --> 01:22:08.371 align:center
- but the film is actually good.
- Dude, it's just that...

01:22:08.496 --> 01:22:10.954 align:center
That film is pretty similar to yours.

01:22:11.371 --> 01:22:12.579 align:center
Don't get stressed.

01:22:12.746 --> 01:22:14.287 align:center
'Human' is definitely the better film.

01:22:42.829 --> 01:22:45.038 align:center
I just want to find a quiet corner
and cry my eyes out.

01:22:55.704 --> 01:22:56.913 align:center
'Coincidence!'

01:22:57.038 --> 01:22:58.121 align:center
'Coincidence!'

01:22:58.245 --> 01:23:01.127 align:center
'A remarkable concurrence
of events or circumstances'

01:23:01.128 --> 01:23:03.370 align:center
'without apparent casual connection.'

01:23:03.371 --> 01:23:06.704 align:center
'A.k.a., the mess-ups that happen
in our lives for no reason.'

01:23:14.829 --> 01:23:16.496 align:center
'Because of this coincidence,'

01:23:16.954 --> 01:23:18.995 align:center
'not only has my film
become irrelevant...'

01:23:18.996 --> 01:23:21.453 align:center
'but Sachin's film, which was
guaranteed to be a blockbuster,'

01:23:21.454 --> 01:23:23.161 align:center
'has turned into
an absolute disaster.'

01:23:23.162 --> 01:23:24.704 align:center
'But 'God' isn't to blame for that.'

01:23:25.496 --> 01:23:26.953 align:center
'The fault lies entirely with Sachin.'

01:23:26.954 --> 01:23:28.661 align:center
'He simply doesn't know
how to do his job.'

01:23:28.662 --> 01:23:31.578 align:center
A low-budget Malayalam movie that
opened in just 25 theatres

01:23:31.579 --> 01:23:32.996 align:center
is now playing in 150 screens.

01:23:33.204 --> 01:23:35.370 align:center
Even Sachin's 'Chithra'
couldn't hold its ground against it.

01:23:35.371 --> 01:23:37.578 align:center
He's quitting films
and heading back to Mumbai

01:23:37.579 --> 01:23:39.038 align:center
to rejoin his old law firm.

01:23:40.121 --> 01:23:41.661 align:center
So, my film is definitely
going to tank.

01:23:41.662 --> 01:23:43.329 align:center
Vineeth... don't get stressed.

01:23:43.662 --> 01:23:45.495 align:center
There's no denying
the two films have similarities.

01:23:45.496 --> 01:23:47.496 align:center
But we can easily fix that
on the editing table.

01:23:48.996 --> 01:23:51.996 align:center
This is exactly how
many world classics were born.

01:23:52.746 --> 01:23:54.913 align:center
This is the master access card
for Wox Studios.

01:23:55.038 --> 01:23:56.411 align:center
You can come here
whenever you want.

01:23:56.412 --> 01:23:58.203 align:center
Make whatever changes
you feel are necessary.

01:23:58.204 --> 01:24:00.328 align:center
But at 7 PM
the day after tomorrow,

01:24:00.329 --> 01:24:02.329 align:center
we are releasing
the first look poster.

01:24:02.871 --> 01:24:04.620 align:center
Until we reach a decision on this,

01:24:04.621 --> 01:24:07.828 align:center
all our promotional work and
post-production must be put on hold.

01:24:07.829 --> 01:24:09.913 align:center
What decision is left
to make about this?

01:24:10.287 --> 01:24:11.454 align:center
Re-shoot!

01:24:12.954 --> 01:24:14.037 align:center
You think this is funny?

01:24:14.038 --> 01:24:15.620 align:center
Plenty of films have
done re-shoots

01:24:15.621 --> 01:24:17.453 align:center
because sets collapsed
or accidents happened.

01:24:17.454 --> 01:24:19.496 align:center
We are facing a similar crisis
right now.

01:24:19.871 --> 01:24:21.746 align:center
Can't any of you see
the severity of this?

01:24:23.329 --> 01:24:24.286 align:center
Vineeth...

01:24:24.287 --> 01:24:25.787 align:center
a re- shoot is completely
out of the question!

01:24:25.788 --> 01:24:27.370 align:center
I'm not putting

01:24:27.371 --> 01:24:29.913 align:center
a single extra rupee
into this project.

01:24:32.996 --> 01:24:34.286 align:center
You have to trust me on this.

01:24:34.287 --> 01:24:35.953 align:center
If we go for a re-shoot,
I guarantee...

01:24:35.954 --> 01:24:38.080 align:center
you will benefit from it
even more than I will.

01:24:39.829 --> 01:24:40.954 align:center
What benefit?

01:24:42.329 --> 01:24:44.495 align:center
If we put this movie out as it stands,
it's a guaranteed disaster.

01:24:44.496 --> 01:24:46.287 align:center
But if we re-shoot,
the opposite will happen.

01:24:46.829 --> 01:24:48.286 align:center
Do you want a five- crore loss,

01:24:48.287 --> 01:24:49.787 align:center
or spend fifty lakhs more

01:24:49.788 --> 01:24:51.204 align:center
to pull in a ten-crore profit?

01:24:54.788 --> 01:24:56.245 align:center
Do me a favour, go grab
a smoke from outside.

01:25:04.329 --> 01:25:06.245 align:center
What percentage of the film
needs to be re-shot?

01:25:07.591 --> 01:25:08.746 align:center
Thirty percent!

01:25:10.162 --> 01:25:11.162 align:center
Ten days...

01:25:11.537 --> 01:25:12.996 align:center
More than that, I can't allow--

01:25:17.245 --> 01:25:18.245 align:center
Hello!

01:25:28.537 --> 01:25:29.788 align:center
A car accident!

01:25:31.162 --> 01:25:32.245 align:center
Who was in it?!

01:25:34.537 --> 01:25:38.788 align:center
"Support me, support me
support me from the street"

01:25:38.954 --> 01:25:43.204 align:center
"Spinning around, spinning around
lost my way, at the end of the day"

01:25:52.387 --> 01:25:54.596 align:center
'My destiny is dictated
solely by my decisions.'

01:25:55.262 --> 01:25:56.345 align:center
'That is the truth.'

01:25:56.679 --> 01:25:58.304 align:center
'That is the only truth
that matters.'

01:25:59.043 --> 01:26:01.125 align:center
It's been a while since
'After Party' was announced.

01:26:01.126 --> 01:26:02.750 align:center
- When will it release?
- No comments.

01:26:02.751 --> 01:26:03.960 align:center
Is the film even happening?

01:26:07.741 --> 01:26:09.865 align:center
- Hello?
- Shall I bring the wreath, sir?

01:26:09.866 --> 01:26:10.950 align:center
Yeah, bring it.

01:26:11.825 --> 01:26:13.699 align:center
Any update
on "After Party", Arjun Chetta?

01:26:13.700 --> 01:26:14.574 align:center
Please.

01:26:14.575 --> 01:26:17.324 align:center
'Shouldn't the script be ready
before he can give any updates?'

01:26:17.325 --> 01:26:19.199 align:center
'To get there, he needs
my signature style.'

01:26:19.200 --> 01:26:20.741 align:center
'And he just doesn't have it.'

01:26:22.117 --> 01:26:23.490 align:center
'Poor Sachin.'

01:26:23.491 --> 01:26:24.949 align:center
'Once 'Chithra' bombed
at the box office,'

01:26:24.950 --> 01:26:27.032 align:center
'Vaikom David
became completely irrelevant.'

01:26:27.033 --> 01:26:30.574 align:center
'Now he doesn't even get the basic respect
his father's legacy used to guarantee him.'

01:26:30.575 --> 01:26:32.741 align:center
'But none of this bothers me.'

01:26:33.075 --> 01:26:34.407 align:center
'Because they aren't responsible'

01:26:34.408 --> 01:26:37.157 align:center
'for the bizarre coincidence of 'Deivam'
releasing a week before 'Manushyan','

01:26:37.158 --> 01:26:39.157 align:center
- 'or for Swaroop's sudden death...'
- Car accident.

01:26:39.158 --> 01:26:40.865 align:center
'or for anything else,
for that matter.'

01:26:40.866 --> 01:26:44.033 align:center
'It is an unknown force on this earth
that I just cannot control.'

01:26:44.325 --> 01:26:45.325 align:center
'It's destiny.'

01:26:45.449 --> 01:26:47.158 align:center
'So, destiny is my enemy.'

01:26:47.992 --> 01:26:49.199 align:center
'But...'

01:26:49.200 --> 01:26:50.699 align:center
'I am not backing down.'

01:26:50.700 --> 01:26:51.907 align:center
There's no problem at all.

01:26:51.908 --> 01:26:53.408 align:center
I did a rough charting
of the scenes.

01:26:53.866 --> 01:26:56.950 align:center
Swaroop appears in every single scene
of the 30% we need to re-shoot.

01:26:57.325 --> 01:27:00.407 align:center
We can re-shoot that portion, plus
the additional 10% of his balance scenes,

01:27:00.408 --> 01:27:02.449 align:center
by casting another hero instead.

01:27:02.575 --> 01:27:04.950 align:center
We will definitely get
the exact result I envisioned.

01:27:05.992 --> 01:27:07.158 align:center
Lucky...!

01:27:07.616 --> 01:27:08.658 align:center
Congrats!

01:27:09.616 --> 01:27:11.075 align:center
Your time has finally come.

01:27:12.325 --> 01:27:13.325 align:center
Vineeth...

01:27:13.700 --> 01:27:15.783 align:center
You're completely missing
the bigger picture here.

01:27:15.950 --> 01:27:17.575 align:center
We just hit the ultimate jackpot.

01:27:17.908 --> 01:27:21.117 align:center
You are officially the director
of Swaroop's final film now.

01:27:24.700 --> 01:27:27.200 align:center
[indistinct arguments]

01:27:27.533 --> 01:27:29.992 align:center
Saw that? Even if the movie
is an absolute train wreck,

01:27:30.117 --> 01:27:32.491 align:center
it'll still become a blockbuster
under these conditions.

01:27:34.741 --> 01:27:37.284 align:center
You're already the director
of a hit film, Vineeth.

01:27:39.491 --> 01:27:40.700 align:center
I won't allow that to happen.

01:27:42.117 --> 01:27:43.117 align:center
Look, I know...

01:27:43.449 --> 01:27:45.616 align:center
you have this crazy obsession
with this movie.

01:27:45.992 --> 01:27:46.992 align:center
But...

01:27:47.117 --> 01:27:50.284 align:center
I will never get a business opportunity
this massive ever again.

01:27:50.866 --> 01:27:51.866 align:center
Sir...

01:28:00.533 --> 01:28:02.700 align:center
'A guaranteed super hit fell
right into your lap, huh?'

01:28:11.325 --> 01:28:12.949 align:center
Your movie is going to be
a super hit

01:28:12.950 --> 01:28:14.741 align:center
simply because this guy
died in a car crash.

01:28:15.284 --> 01:28:16.449 align:center
But true greatness...

01:28:17.075 --> 01:28:18.325 align:center
I never managed to achieve it.

01:28:19.242 --> 01:28:20.616 align:center
And you won't achieve it either.

01:28:23.866 --> 01:28:25.325 align:center
That much is confirmed.

01:28:26.117 --> 01:28:27.242 align:center
Rest in peace!

01:28:29.033 --> 01:28:31.783 align:center
'I don't want a super hit
that just falls into my lap like that.'

01:28:33.075 --> 01:28:34.284 align:center
I won't approve this.

01:28:35.033 --> 01:28:37.700 align:center
I'm the deciding authority
of my film's final cut.

01:28:38.325 --> 01:28:40.699 align:center
And I refuse to approve it
unless we go for the re-shoot.

01:28:40.700 --> 01:28:41.824 align:center
Are you sure?

01:28:41.825 --> 01:28:43.074 align:center
Absolutely.

01:28:43.075 --> 01:28:45.157 align:center
Then go find yourself a lawyer
and file a lawsuit,

01:28:45.158 --> 01:28:47.950 align:center
claiming that we violated
the terms and conditions.

01:28:48.449 --> 01:28:50.740 align:center
You are officially off this picture.
Your role here is done.

01:28:50.741 --> 01:28:52.325 align:center
This isn't child's play, Fayaz.

01:28:52.908 --> 01:28:55.117 align:center
- This film is my life!
- It's nobody's life.

01:28:55.325 --> 01:28:57.158 align:center
This is just show business,
plain and simple.

01:28:57.408 --> 01:28:59.284 align:center
You need to wrap your head
around that first.

01:29:01.950 --> 01:29:03.533 align:center
'Over my dead body!'

01:29:03.741 --> 01:29:06.283 align:center
'I refuse to let a story
the whole world has already watched...'

01:29:06.284 --> 01:29:07.865 align:center
'to be released under my name.'

01:29:07.866 --> 01:29:10.157 align:center
'I have absolutely nothing to do
with this film anymore.'

01:29:10.158 --> 01:29:11.615 align:center
'And I want the whole world
to know it.'

01:29:11.616 --> 01:29:13.448 align:center
[I wish to humbly state that...]

01:29:13.449 --> 01:29:16.242 align:center
[I have nothing to do
with this film anymore.]

01:29:22.658 --> 01:29:24.491 align:center
- It's Fayaz.
- Put it on speaker.

01:29:26.449 --> 01:29:28.908 align:center
'Vineeth, at least you can call yourself
a director right now.'

01:29:29.408 --> 01:29:31.615 align:center
'If you don't take that
post down immediately,'

01:29:31.616 --> 01:29:33.991 align:center
'your name will be
completely wiped out'

01:29:33.992 --> 01:29:35.825 align:center
'from the history
of Malayalam Cinema.'

01:29:38.449 --> 01:29:40.908 align:center
'There is a dark side to me
that you haven't witnessed yet.'

01:29:41.408 --> 01:29:44.992 align:center
'A side that commands absolute power
and authority over this industry!'

01:29:45.491 --> 01:29:49.199 align:center
'If I decide you're blacklisted in this
industry, you are done. End of story!'

01:29:49.200 --> 01:29:52.116 align:center
'Your only other alternative
is to delete that post'

01:29:52.117 --> 01:29:54.783 align:center
'and re-share it with the caption
I'm sending you now.'

01:29:55.575 --> 01:29:56.783 align:center
'I know...'

01:29:57.325 --> 01:30:00.866 align:center
'your film won't get the kind of grand
reception you had mapped out in your head.'

01:30:01.533 --> 01:30:02.658 align:center
'But...'

01:30:02.783 --> 01:30:04.157 align:center
'like I told you before,'

01:30:04.158 --> 01:30:06.866 align:center
'you've already become
a hit filmmaker.'

01:30:07.825 --> 01:30:09.865 align:center
'I'll produce your next film.'

01:30:09.866 --> 01:30:11.908 align:center
'You can make it
however you want.'

01:30:12.449 --> 01:30:14.783 align:center
'Some things are simply
beyond our control, kid.'

01:30:15.325 --> 01:30:17.158 align:center
'No one can stop destiny.'

01:30:17.825 --> 01:30:19.490 align:center
'You only have one choice left.'

01:30:19.491 --> 01:30:22.366 align:center
'Just accept it as your destiny,
and move on.'

01:30:29.075 --> 01:30:32.117 align:center
'No way in hell am I yielding to fate
and walking away!'

01:30:33.075 --> 01:30:35.575 align:center
'I am the only one
who controls my own fate!'

01:30:37.575 --> 01:30:39.033 align:center
"Greatest of all time"

01:30:40.200 --> 01:30:41.700 align:center
"Coming for the throne now"

01:30:42.741 --> 01:30:44.616 align:center
"Defining Mollywood"

01:30:45.491 --> 01:30:47.117 align:center
"Better than the stalwarts"

01:30:47.866 --> 01:30:50.532 align:center
"My thought and throat
have a killer flow"

01:30:50.533 --> 01:30:53.200 align:center
"My hope and my scope
have a brilliant glow"

01:30:53.908 --> 01:30:56.490 align:center
"Even if you bury me
deep in the dark"

01:30:56.491 --> 01:30:58.491 align:center
"I'll sprout right back up
like a living spark"

01:31:09.449 --> 01:31:11.284 align:center
"I will not be confined by fate"

01:31:11.950 --> 01:31:13.866 align:center
"I will not stay behind its gate"

01:31:14.575 --> 01:31:16.908 align:center
"Even if destiny blocks me,
I won't hesitate"

01:31:17.200 --> 01:31:19.366 align:center
"I don't knock knock
the door for a room"

01:31:19.825 --> 01:31:22.490 align:center
"I go 3-2-1,
boom boom Ka-Boom"

01:31:22.491 --> 01:31:24.491 align:center
"I will rock on my roll, man"

01:31:25.200 --> 01:31:26.908 align:center
"Moonwalk on my track, man"

01:31:27.783 --> 01:31:29.825 align:center
"I'll create my own fate, man"

01:31:30.575 --> 01:31:32.741 align:center
"I will never abandon my dreams"

01:31:33.117 --> 01:31:35.616 align:center
"Beyond my goal,
no salvation gleams"

01:31:46.866 --> 01:31:49.324 align:center
"Shyamalan, Chris Nolan,
Senior Scorsese"

01:31:49.325 --> 01:31:52.449 align:center
"If my name joins that list one day,
That would be pure ecstasy"

01:31:54.284 --> 01:31:57.241 align:center
"My ethical values
will get me there"

01:31:57.242 --> 01:31:59.865 align:center
"I'll show the world
I'm beyond compare"

01:31:59.866 --> 01:32:02.033 align:center
"I'll shatter the bar
set by the Oscars far"

01:32:39.658 --> 01:32:45.074 align:center
[social media reactions by celebrities
against Vineeth Madhavan]

01:32:45.075 --> 01:32:46.284 align:center
'Reverence'

01:32:49.992 --> 01:32:52.824 align:center
"A steady mind and iron will,
Proper and poised, supreme still"

01:32:52.825 --> 01:32:55.448 align:center
"Though the age is filled with grief,
The soul stands firm beyond belief"

01:32:55.449 --> 01:32:58.032 align:center
"Along the path of righteous war,
Stands one who knows his duty sure"

01:32:58.033 --> 01:33:00.866 align:center
"A peerless soul that never tires,
A man born only for victory's fires"

01:33:03.658 --> 01:33:05.158 align:center
Honestly, we can't really blame him.

01:33:05.700 --> 01:33:07.575 align:center
When I saw
the final cut of 'Chithra',

01:33:07.741 --> 01:33:10.200 align:center
I also felt an overwhelming urge
to set my own film on fire.

01:33:10.992 --> 01:33:12.615 align:center
I didn't have the guts to do it.

01:33:12.616 --> 01:33:14.284 align:center
But he went ahead
and actually did it.

01:33:14.908 --> 01:33:15.949 align:center
Either way,

01:33:15.950 --> 01:33:17.991 align:center
this officially closes the chapter
on Vineeth Madhavan

01:33:17.992 --> 01:33:19.325 align:center
in the Malayalam film industry.

01:33:19.992 --> 01:33:21.033 align:center
And...

01:33:21.491 --> 01:33:22.700 align:center
I'm happy for that.

01:33:24.491 --> 01:33:27.324 align:center
I'm happy for that.
I'm happy for that. I'm happy for that.

01:33:27.325 --> 01:33:28.616 align:center
Hey, take it easy.

01:33:44.117 --> 01:33:45.117 align:center
Doctor...

01:33:47.075 --> 01:33:48.825 align:center
How much time do I have left?

01:33:48.992 --> 01:33:49.992 align:center
Huh!

01:33:51.908 --> 01:33:53.117 align:center
Is it blood cancer?

01:33:53.908 --> 01:33:55.324 align:center
It's nothing that serious at all.

01:33:55.325 --> 01:33:58.158 align:center
You were admitted because your
BP shot up and you passed out.

01:34:06.783 --> 01:34:07.908 align:center
Who are you?

01:34:08.783 --> 01:34:11.199 align:center
A man named Fayaz Muhammad
has filed a complaint against you

01:34:11.200 --> 01:34:12.783 align:center
at the Kadavanthra police station.

01:34:12.950 --> 01:34:14.532 align:center
We've been ordered to arrest you

01:34:14.533 --> 01:34:16.532 align:center
and bring you before the court
at the earliest.

01:34:16.533 --> 01:34:18.117 align:center
But is this really a criminal case?

01:34:18.284 --> 01:34:19.324 align:center
No.

01:34:19.325 --> 01:34:21.116 align:center
It's not physical property
that was destroyed here,

01:34:21.117 --> 01:34:22.491 align:center
but intellectual property.

01:34:22.950 --> 01:34:26.200 align:center
Their legal team claims the damage
is close to three and a half crores.

01:34:26.575 --> 01:34:28.074 align:center
There's no rush
on this right now.

01:34:28.075 --> 01:34:30.075 align:center
It can wait until
the hospital discharges you.

01:34:30.242 --> 01:34:31.825 align:center
I'll call you.
I'll be around.

01:34:32.741 --> 01:34:33.992 align:center
Vineeth...

01:34:34.908 --> 01:34:36.865 align:center
It would've been better to have no aim
than to end up like this!

01:34:36.866 --> 01:34:41.908 align:center
"You alone are the blazing star"

01:34:42.242 --> 01:34:44.824 align:center
"O Fire, fierce and lethal you are"

01:34:44.825 --> 01:34:46.574 align:center
Cinema isn't the work of one individual.

01:34:46.575 --> 01:34:48.157 align:center
It's a collaborative art form.

01:34:48.158 --> 01:34:49.782 align:center
That's the point
I really want to emphasise.

01:34:49.783 --> 01:34:51.074 align:center
In one overnight fit of ego,

01:34:51.075 --> 01:34:54.324 align:center
Vineeth Madhavan destroyed
the dreams, sweat, and hard work

01:34:54.325 --> 01:34:57.158 align:center
of countless artists and technicians.

01:34:57.908 --> 01:35:00.700 align:center
"Let rookies come in
and make their art"

01:35:00.825 --> 01:35:03.283 align:center
"Ride on pure luck
and break the chart"

01:35:03.284 --> 01:35:05.950 align:center
"No matter how many enter the game
chasing fame, making a name"

01:35:06.200 --> 01:35:07.324 align:center
[We want to watch "Manushyan"]

01:35:07.325 --> 01:35:08.865 align:center
"I'm the greatest of all time"

01:35:08.866 --> 01:35:11.157 align:center
"Even if you throw
a thousand schemes my way"

01:35:11.158 --> 01:35:12.407 align:center
[Vineeth,
are you even "Human"?]

01:35:12.408 --> 01:35:13.907 align:center
"Even if you drag
my aura down all day"

01:35:13.908 --> 01:35:15.657 align:center
"The knowledge of cinema
living in me"

01:35:15.658 --> 01:35:17.199 align:center
"Gives my mind its clarity"

01:35:17.200 --> 01:35:20.242 align:center
"I've learned to take every blow and woe,
I'll cross raging seas and steal the show"

01:35:20.408 --> 01:35:22.157 align:center
No matter how he tries
to justify it,

01:35:22.158 --> 01:35:24.490 align:center
Vineeth will never find forgiveness
in the court of conscience.

01:35:24.491 --> 01:35:28.615 align:center
Following the deletion of footage from late
actor Swaroop's final film, 'Manushyan',

01:35:28.616 --> 01:35:31.324 align:center
by director Vineeth Madhavan
from a studio in Palarivattom...

01:35:31.325 --> 01:35:33.991 align:center
protests against him
are intensifying.

01:35:33.992 --> 01:35:36.575 align:center
You really had the nerve to delete
Swaroopettan's film, huh?

01:35:40.325 --> 01:35:42.699 align:center
'Under extreme pressure
like that,'

01:35:42.700 --> 01:35:44.574 align:center
'not everybody
is actually capable'

01:35:44.575 --> 01:35:46.490 align:center
'of making the right decisions.'

01:35:46.491 --> 01:35:49.241 align:center
Reports suggest the Directors' Union
and Producers' Association

01:35:49.242 --> 01:35:52.532 align:center
might issue a joint ban to stop
Vineeth Madhavan from ever working again.

01:35:52.533 --> 01:35:53.949 align:center
One thing is absolutely certain.

01:35:53.950 --> 01:35:56.199 align:center
If I had been in his position,

01:35:56.200 --> 01:35:59.658 align:center
I would never have gone
to such extremes.

01:36:00.491 --> 01:36:01.657 align:center
Because...

01:36:01.658 --> 01:36:04.074 align:center
I went through a lot of struggle

01:36:04.075 --> 01:36:06.449 align:center
to complete my first film.

01:36:07.325 --> 01:36:10.157 align:center
What's your take on the ban
imposed on Vineeth Madhavan?

01:36:10.158 --> 01:36:12.242 align:center
'I completely respect
the union's decision.'

01:36:16.575 --> 01:36:18.657 align:center
- Hello?
- I'm not afraid of any stupid union ban.

01:36:18.658 --> 01:36:21.532 align:center
'Those bans only affect people who have to
mortgage their houses to produce movies.'

01:36:21.533 --> 01:36:22.824 align:center
'I don't have to deal
with that mess'

01:36:22.825 --> 01:36:24.117 align:center
'because I'm filthy rich!'

01:36:24.366 --> 01:36:26.616 align:center
'I'm going to produce
your next film, Vineeth.'

01:36:26.825 --> 01:36:28.449 align:center
- Who are you?
- 'That doesn't matter.'

01:36:28.575 --> 01:36:31.033 align:center
'You are Vineeth Madhavan
and that's what matters!'

01:36:31.325 --> 01:36:33.116 align:center
'The only reason
I'm reaching out to you'

01:36:33.117 --> 01:36:34.991 align:center
'is because
I saw your masterpiece.'

01:36:34.992 --> 01:36:36.657 align:center
- "Manushyan"!
- 'When?'

01:36:36.658 --> 01:36:38.241 align:center
'One hour before you deleted it.'

01:36:38.242 --> 01:36:39.283 align:center
'I'm impressed.'

01:36:39.284 --> 01:36:40.991 align:center
'You have some talent, Vineeth.'

01:36:40.992 --> 01:36:42.325 align:center
'And some amazing skills!'

01:36:43.117 --> 01:36:45.740 align:center
'Now screw my brains
with some ideas!'

01:36:45.741 --> 01:36:46.908 align:center
Hang up and get lost!

01:36:47.950 --> 01:36:49.032 align:center
Who was it?

01:36:49.033 --> 01:36:50.242 align:center
Some nutcase!

01:36:50.658 --> 01:36:52.908 align:center
Vineeth, look at the absolute mess
you've made!

01:36:53.658 --> 01:36:56.448 align:center
When thousands are out there
struggling to make just one movie,

01:36:56.449 --> 01:36:58.366 align:center
you just went ahead
and destroyed yours!

01:36:59.075 --> 01:37:00.365 align:center
It's good to have ambition.

01:37:00.366 --> 01:37:01.949 align:center
But don't let it turn
into pure greed!

01:37:01.950 --> 01:37:03.616 align:center
If this is greed, then so be it.

01:37:04.033 --> 01:37:06.200 align:center
I don't want to be
just another filmmaker, Dad.

01:37:06.741 --> 01:37:09.325 align:center
I want to be the greatest filmmaker
India has ever seen!

01:37:10.700 --> 01:37:12.700 align:center
And I'll go to any lengths
to make that happen.

01:37:13.658 --> 01:37:15.491 align:center
Vineeth,
that's all well and good.

01:37:15.825 --> 01:37:17.907 align:center
But if the association bans you,

01:37:17.908 --> 01:37:20.241 align:center
you'll never get to direct
a Malayalam film ever again!

01:37:20.242 --> 01:37:22.158 align:center
The association is not
going to ban me.

01:37:22.449 --> 01:37:23.699 align:center
Fayaz says he lost 3.5 crores...

01:37:23.700 --> 01:37:25.491 align:center
I'll pay him his 3.5 crores!

01:37:28.866 --> 01:37:30.949 align:center
- Any update on "After Party"?
- Please...

01:37:30.950 --> 01:37:32.449 align:center
Why are there two copies?

01:37:33.158 --> 01:37:36.532 align:center
I'm taking this one to
the Mookambika Temple to get it blessed.

01:37:36.533 --> 01:37:39.116 align:center
'Even if I never get the chance
to turn this script into a movie,'

01:37:39.117 --> 01:37:41.325 align:center
'today, it's worth my entire career.'

01:37:42.825 --> 01:37:46.200 align:center
'I will control everything
that is within my power to control!'

01:37:46.658 --> 01:37:47.908 align:center
MRUGAM
[Animal]

01:37:52.408 --> 01:37:53.408 align:center
What is this?

01:37:54.200 --> 01:37:56.490 align:center
My first film. The one that got shelved
because of you!

01:37:56.491 --> 01:37:58.242 align:center
An entire year of my hard work!

01:37:58.533 --> 01:38:00.324 align:center
If you rework the script
just a little bit,

01:38:00.325 --> 01:38:03.199 align:center
you can easily get a sequel
that is vastly superior to the first part

01:38:03.200 --> 01:38:04.325 align:center
out of this!

01:38:04.575 --> 01:38:06.032 align:center
After Party

01:38:06.033 --> 01:38:07.199 align:center
Part Two!

01:38:07.200 --> 01:38:08.490 align:center
My signature style...

01:38:08.491 --> 01:38:11.658 align:center
It won't be easy for you
to recreate it.

01:38:12.908 --> 01:38:15.449 align:center
Plagiarising it would be
way easier for you.

01:38:15.575 --> 01:38:16.575 align:center
Right?

01:38:17.449 --> 01:38:19.075 align:center
But this comes at a price.

01:38:21.075 --> 01:38:23.241 align:center
Fayaz, you can take over "After Party"...

01:38:23.242 --> 01:38:26.283 align:center
My project with an eight-crore
pre-sale value, completely for free.

01:38:26.284 --> 01:38:28.491 align:center
But in exchange, I need
just one favour from you.

01:38:28.825 --> 01:38:31.950 align:center
The union cannot go through
with this ban on Vineeth Madhavan.

01:38:32.284 --> 01:38:33.783 align:center
You must withdraw your complaint.

01:38:34.200 --> 01:38:37.324 align:center
And if you're willing to offer me
a profit share instead of my remuneration,

01:38:37.325 --> 01:38:39.032 align:center
we can sign a written agreement
right away.

01:38:39.033 --> 01:38:40.366 align:center
Look, I completely understand.

01:38:40.575 --> 01:38:42.950 align:center
It's not like I don't know
the kind of losses you suffered.

01:38:47.908 --> 01:38:50.074 align:center
I'm literally pulling this project
away from Harris Basheer

01:38:50.075 --> 01:38:51.740 align:center
and handing it over
to Fayaz for free.

01:38:51.741 --> 01:38:54.158 align:center
The kind of loss I'm going to suffer
on this is huge.

01:38:54.575 --> 01:38:57.033 align:center
So don't you ever come chasing me
over this matter again.

01:38:57.242 --> 01:38:59.783 align:center
The outside world must never know
that this was your creation.

01:39:00.408 --> 01:39:01.992 align:center
That is exactly what
this NDA is for.

01:39:03.200 --> 01:39:04.324 align:center
So...

01:39:04.325 --> 01:39:05.533 align:center
congratulations!

01:39:07.491 --> 01:39:09.284 align:center
And get the out of here!

01:39:20.950 --> 01:39:22.365 align:center
Aren't you back at your old job?

01:39:22.366 --> 01:39:23.366 align:center
No.

01:39:23.575 --> 01:39:25.740 align:center
I had some outstanding bills
and payments to clear first.

01:39:25.741 --> 01:39:28.284 align:center
I put my trust in people like you
and made a movie, didn't I?

01:39:29.992 --> 01:39:31.366 align:center
Did they ban you?

01:39:31.908 --> 01:39:33.449 align:center
We worked out a compromise.

01:39:36.200 --> 01:39:37.699 align:center
Vineeth, we're ready.

01:39:37.700 --> 01:39:39.158 align:center
Come to the conference room.

01:39:39.616 --> 01:39:41.032 align:center
How did that happen?!

01:39:41.033 --> 01:39:43.574 align:center
Harris Basheer produced
the first part, right?

01:39:43.575 --> 01:39:45.658 align:center
- Yes.
- Didn't he sign the NOC?

01:39:45.992 --> 01:39:48.032 align:center
Sir, he's waiting out in the lobby.

01:39:48.033 --> 01:39:49.157 align:center
He said he'll come sign it.

01:39:49.158 --> 01:39:50.324 align:center
Should I ask him to come in?

01:39:50.325 --> 01:39:51.325 align:center
No, it's fine.

01:39:51.866 --> 01:39:53.284 align:center
I'll go out and meet him myself.

01:39:53.408 --> 01:39:55.866 align:center
There are some pending payments
from his previous film.

01:39:56.075 --> 01:39:57.658 align:center
Let's not insult him.

01:39:58.158 --> 01:39:59.283 align:center
So,

01:39:59.284 --> 01:40:01.075 align:center
since we've settled
on a compromise,

01:40:01.284 --> 01:40:02.949 align:center
shake hands
and let's call it a day!

01:40:02.950 --> 01:40:05.532 align:center
The Malayalam film industry
should function like one big family.

01:40:05.533 --> 01:40:06.575 align:center
Alright then.

01:40:17.449 --> 01:40:19.658 align:center
Money has to be
answered with money.

01:40:20.575 --> 01:40:22.491 align:center
So, the ban is officially settled.

01:40:23.449 --> 01:40:26.491 align:center
But nothing between the two of us
will ever be settled!

01:40:30.200 --> 01:40:31.658 align:center
You've been shadow-banned.

01:40:31.783 --> 01:40:33.324 align:center
An unannounced, unwritten ban.

01:40:33.325 --> 01:40:35.158 align:center
Don't let their fake smiles fool you.

01:40:36.158 --> 01:40:38.741 align:center
No producer is ever going
to work with you again.

01:40:39.449 --> 01:40:42.033 align:center
Not a single star
will ever act in your movies.

01:40:44.366 --> 01:40:46.657 align:center
When I chose to trust you
back at Sachin's bungalow,

01:40:46.658 --> 01:40:48.991 align:center
despite the fact that you had
zero film background,

01:40:48.992 --> 01:40:50.950 align:center
I had only one reason
for doing it.

01:40:52.575 --> 01:40:53.783 align:center
Your talent!

01:40:54.950 --> 01:40:56.116 align:center
But...

01:40:56.117 --> 01:40:59.658 align:center
your talent didn't earn me
a single penny.

01:40:59.908 --> 01:41:02.825 align:center
So I am sure as hell not letting
anyone else profit from it either!

01:41:03.242 --> 01:41:06.783 align:center
While you become the most despised man
in Malayalam cinema,

01:41:06.908 --> 01:41:10.325 align:center
people who don't have half your talent
are going to be celebrated here instead.

01:41:12.408 --> 01:41:14.408 align:center
You are never making another movie.

01:41:14.741 --> 01:41:17.075 align:center
Even if you manage to start one,
it'll never be completed.

01:41:17.284 --> 01:41:19.658 align:center
Even if you complete it,
it'll never get released.

01:41:19.992 --> 01:41:22.284 align:center
Even if it gets released,
it'll never succeed!

01:41:32.825 --> 01:41:36.448 align:center
Surviving in the film industry
is not so easy.

01:41:36.449 --> 01:41:39.032 align:center
Genetically speaking, he simply
isn't capable of doing it.

01:41:39.033 --> 01:41:40.615 align:center
'It's only now that
I truly understand'

01:41:40.616 --> 01:41:42.824 align:center
'the seriousness of what
Grandpa said that day.'

01:41:42.825 --> 01:41:45.324 align:center
'When he claimed
I didn't have it in my genes,'

01:41:45.325 --> 01:41:47.657 align:center
'he wasn't referring to
my filmmaking capability.'

01:41:47.658 --> 01:41:50.199 align:center
'He meant I lacked
the temperament to survive'

01:41:50.200 --> 01:41:52.991 align:center
'in an industry completely stripped
of any empathy.'

01:41:52.992 --> 01:41:55.658 align:center
'I've inherited
my grandfather's genetics.'

01:41:55.783 --> 01:41:58.574 align:center
'And my grandfather
was an absolute rebel.'

01:41:58.575 --> 01:42:01.741 align:center
'That exact attitude
is what made him a failure.'

01:42:02.658 --> 01:42:04.032 align:center
'And now, I have failed too.'

01:42:04.033 --> 01:42:06.117 align:center
'Nothing is in my control anymore.'

01:42:07.616 --> 01:42:09.117 align:center
'Goodbye, Mollywood!'

01:42:09.408 --> 01:42:11.242 align:center
'I know you will miss me!'

01:42:12.908 --> 01:42:13.907 align:center
'Wait!'

01:42:13.908 --> 01:42:15.324 align:center
'What is that, out in deep space?'

01:42:15.325 --> 01:42:16.616 align:center
'Something is flying.'

01:42:16.825 --> 01:42:17.866 align:center
'Is it a bird?'

01:42:18.408 --> 01:42:19.616 align:center
'Or is it a plane?'

01:42:22.242 --> 01:42:23.242 align:center
'No!'

01:42:23.491 --> 01:42:24.908 align:center
'It is indeed a man!'

01:42:30.158 --> 01:42:31.449 align:center
He's going to make his movie.

01:42:31.950 --> 01:42:33.324 align:center
It will be completed,

01:42:33.325 --> 01:42:34.575 align:center
released,

01:42:34.992 --> 01:42:36.825 align:center
and it will play
to packed houses!

01:42:39.325 --> 01:42:41.448 align:center
I don't give a damn
about any union ban.

01:42:41.449 --> 01:42:43.991 align:center
They only affect people who have to
mortgage their houses to produce movies.

01:42:43.992 --> 01:42:45.448 align:center
I don't have to deal
with that crap,

01:42:45.449 --> 01:42:46.825 align:center
because I am filthy rich!

01:42:47.575 --> 01:42:48.741 align:center
Your next film...

01:42:49.325 --> 01:42:50.741 align:center
I'm going to produce it.

01:42:55.992 --> 01:42:57.242 align:center
Harris Basheer.

01:42:57.449 --> 01:42:59.324 align:center
Give me the paper.
Where do you want me to sign?

01:42:59.325 --> 01:43:00.908 align:center
I didn't recognise you at first.

01:43:01.075 --> 01:43:03.448 align:center
There isn't a single photo of you
available anywhere.

01:43:03.449 --> 01:43:05.616 align:center
Amateurs seek the sun
and get eaten.

01:43:07.366 --> 01:43:09.449 align:center
Power stays in the shadows!

01:43:09.741 --> 01:43:11.740 align:center
Hana wants nothing to do
with Arjun anymore,

01:43:11.741 --> 01:43:13.741 align:center
be it professional or personal.

01:43:13.992 --> 01:43:15.200 align:center
Go live your life!

01:43:18.325 --> 01:43:19.908 align:center
My sister wants to talk to you.

01:43:23.950 --> 01:43:25.199 align:center
'Hana Shahjahan.'

01:43:25.200 --> 01:43:27.117 align:center
'Harris Basheer's younger sister.'

01:43:28.658 --> 01:43:30.699 align:center
'My last four movies
weren't just regular flops.'

01:43:30.700 --> 01:43:31.865 align:center
'They were disasters.'

01:43:31.866 --> 01:43:35.408 align:center
'The likes on my FB profile pics
plummeted from 40K down to 4K.'

01:43:35.616 --> 01:43:37.699 align:center
'Joy Alatt axed me as
their brand ambassador'

01:43:37.700 --> 01:43:39.992 align:center
'and replaced me with Samantha
from that housefly movie!'

01:43:40.408 --> 01:43:42.825 align:center
'"After Party-2" is my only shot
at a comeback.'

01:43:42.992 --> 01:43:45.408 align:center
'But I have zero interest
in working with Arjun.'

01:43:45.658 --> 01:43:47.284 align:center
'Now it all makes sense.'

01:43:47.533 --> 01:43:50.157 align:center
'Hana didn't become a superstar
due to manifestation.'

01:43:50.158 --> 01:43:51.782 align:center
'It was due to her privilege.'

01:43:51.783 --> 01:43:53.491 align:center
'He had the guts
to break up with me!'

01:43:54.075 --> 01:43:56.616 align:center
'So I am not going to crawl back
and beg him for a comeback.'

01:43:57.200 --> 01:43:58.575 align:center
'I deserve more!'

01:43:59.075 --> 01:44:00.908 align:center
'I need a really strong
comeback, Vineeth!'

01:44:01.616 --> 01:44:03.824 align:center
'And I want to make that comeback
through your movie.'

01:44:03.825 --> 01:44:05.782 align:center
'And that film
has to become a blockbuster.'

01:44:05.783 --> 01:44:07.033 align:center
'You should become successful.'

01:44:07.449 --> 01:44:09.533 align:center
'Nothing will hit Arjun
harder than that!'

01:44:09.992 --> 01:44:11.116 align:center
'Come on, Vineeth.'

01:44:11.117 --> 01:44:13.200 align:center
'Let's mentally destroy
Arjun together!'

01:44:15.158 --> 01:44:16.782 align:center
[Hana] You should become successful.

01:44:16.783 --> 01:44:18.825 align:center
Nothing will hit Arjun
harder than that!

01:44:23.575 --> 01:44:27.366 align:center
Now screw my brain with
some scary ideas!

01:44:29.325 --> 01:44:32.408 align:center
'Second chances aren't something
that everyone gets in life.'

01:44:33.284 --> 01:44:34.866 align:center
'So I will make the most of it.'

01:44:35.992 --> 01:44:38.075 align:center
'My destiny is still within my control.'

01:44:38.658 --> 01:44:40.408 align:center
'I'm not particularly fond of Hana.'

01:44:40.700 --> 01:44:42.908 align:center
'But I have to accept this offer.'

01:44:44.158 --> 01:44:45.866 align:center
'Because I don't have a choice.'

01:44:46.284 --> 01:44:48.908 align:center
'No one except her
will work with me right now.'

01:44:50.741 --> 01:44:53.533 align:center
'The script of "After Party 2"
is your creation as well, isn't it?'

01:44:53.992 --> 01:44:56.033 align:center
'I'm not going back
to a regular job, Vineeth.'

01:44:56.284 --> 01:44:58.324 align:center
'I don't care if my wife
ends up divorcing me over this.'

01:44:58.325 --> 01:45:00.532 align:center
'I'll sell my house and property
to make a film.'

01:45:00.533 --> 01:45:01.574 align:center
'Greatness...'

01:45:01.575 --> 01:45:02.991 align:center
'I will absolutely achieve it!'

01:45:02.992 --> 01:45:04.158 align:center
'This is my vow!'

01:45:04.700 --> 01:45:05.825 align:center
'Greatness!'

01:45:06.700 --> 01:45:08.032 align:center
'I am going to achieve it too.'

01:45:08.033 --> 01:45:10.407 align:center
"The doors will open,
truth hits like a stone"

01:45:10.408 --> 01:45:13.242 align:center
"I'm gonna explode
and shake you to the bone"

01:45:13.575 --> 01:45:15.574 align:center
"Shutting your trash mouths,
making you bleed"

01:45:15.575 --> 01:45:18.574 align:center
"God's got my back,
and I'll take the lead"

01:45:18.575 --> 01:45:21.700 align:center
'A fresh thought that hasn't dawned
on anyone else in this world...'

01:45:23.200 --> 01:45:24.825 align:center
'will take birth in my head.'

01:45:26.533 --> 01:45:28.284 align:center
'This will be my masterpiece!'

01:45:34.242 --> 01:45:35.449 align:center
'Writer's block!'

01:45:35.950 --> 01:45:37.283 align:center
'Forget fresh thoughts,'

01:45:37.284 --> 01:45:39.449 align:center
'I can't even come up
with a terrible one right now!'

01:45:41.200 --> 01:45:42.407 align:center
Oh Goddess!

01:45:42.408 --> 01:45:44.033 align:center
'I need a catalyst.'

01:45:44.575 --> 01:45:45.992 align:center
'I want to get scared.'

01:45:50.992 --> 01:45:52.074 align:center
'Huh!'

01:45:52.075 --> 01:45:53.992 align:center
'What's so scary
about this movie anyway?'

01:45:55.908 --> 01:45:57.284 align:center
'Am I missing something?'

01:45:59.449 --> 01:46:01.992 align:center
'That guy is hiding behind his bag
and clutching it in fear!'

01:46:03.284 --> 01:46:05.575 align:center
'Another guy is playing peek-a-boo
behind his own hands!'

01:46:06.783 --> 01:46:08.117 align:center
'Strange!'

01:46:08.825 --> 01:46:12.074 align:center
'The entire theatre
is terrified by this film,'

01:46:12.075 --> 01:46:13.616 align:center
'but it doesn't scare me one bit.'

01:46:13.825 --> 01:46:15.158 align:center
'I am in danger.'

01:46:15.700 --> 01:46:17.782 align:center
'Looks like it'll take a classic film
to actually scare me.'

01:46:17.783 --> 01:46:20.865 align:center
"Tomorrow in Mollywood's
glittering maze"

01:46:20.866 --> 01:46:23.408 align:center
"I'll be the star
of its golden days"

01:46:23.783 --> 01:46:26.033 align:center
'The classics aren't helping either.'

01:46:26.200 --> 01:46:28.157 align:center
'All of them are total snooze-fests!'

01:46:28.158 --> 01:46:30.657 align:center
"A twinkling star,
a total wonder, a total surprise"

01:46:30.658 --> 01:46:33.366 align:center
"Aura at a hundred,
an all-in-one rise!"

01:46:39.992 --> 01:46:42.283 align:center
Sir, could you please hand this
over to the next room?

01:46:42.284 --> 01:46:43.699 align:center
I rang their bell,
but nobody is answering.

01:46:43.700 --> 01:46:44.700 align:center
Okay.

01:46:45.075 --> 01:46:46.325 align:center
Wait a minute.

01:46:46.449 --> 01:46:47.992 align:center
Nobody actually lives there.

01:46:48.158 --> 01:46:50.574 align:center
No, sir. The number is correct.
I received the call from there.

01:46:50.575 --> 01:46:52.491 align:center
Can't you see that the room
is locked from outside?

01:46:56.075 --> 01:46:57.532 align:center
'There is neither God...'

01:46:57.533 --> 01:46:58.949 align:center
'nor a Devil in this world.'

01:46:58.950 --> 01:47:00.992 align:center
'But fear is a fact!'

01:47:01.284 --> 01:47:03.200 align:center
'Fear is the only ultimate truth!'

01:47:04.158 --> 01:47:06.407 align:center
Thank you!
'This isn't a typical horror movie.'

01:47:06.408 --> 01:47:08.532 align:center
'But it definitely has a ghost in it.'

01:47:08.533 --> 01:47:10.199 align:center
'This story revolves around
a food delivery boy'

01:47:10.200 --> 01:47:13.575 align:center
'who exploits the hoax of ghosts
for his own selfish gain.'

01:47:14.200 --> 01:47:15.658 align:center
A movie like this...

01:47:15.908 --> 01:47:17.783 align:center
has probably never been
released in India yet.

01:47:26.783 --> 01:47:28.033 align:center
"Pizza"

01:47:28.783 --> 01:47:30.365 align:center
This story is about
a food delivery boy

01:47:30.366 --> 01:47:33.242 align:center
who exploits the hoax of ghosts
for his own selfish gain!

01:47:35.449 --> 01:47:36.490 align:center
Don't worry.

01:47:36.491 --> 01:47:37.782 align:center
This is just a small,
low-budget movie.

01:47:37.783 --> 01:47:39.699 align:center
Both the director and the hero
are newcomers.

01:47:39.700 --> 01:47:41.199 align:center
Nobody is even going to watch this.

01:47:41.200 --> 01:47:42.575 align:center
I mean, look around.

01:47:43.783 --> 01:47:44.865 align:center
The whole hall is empty.

01:47:44.866 --> 01:47:46.032 align:center
They're lucky we showed up.

01:47:46.033 --> 01:47:48.365 align:center
"Lightning struck my head
and left me in a fix"

01:47:48.366 --> 01:47:51.199 align:center
"Fear sparked a fire,
but I blew out the wicks"

01:47:51.200 --> 01:47:52.700 align:center
'Karthik Subbaraj!'

01:47:53.449 --> 01:47:54.783 align:center
'Who the hell is he?'

01:47:59.741 --> 01:48:01.449 align:center
'Doesn't he go to college anymore?'

01:48:03.033 --> 01:48:04.408 align:center
I got kicked out of college.

01:48:04.700 --> 01:48:06.284 align:center
I haven't told my folks yet.

01:48:06.658 --> 01:48:08.116 align:center
I don't have the guts
to tell them.

01:48:08.117 --> 01:48:10.117 align:center
Some juniors set me up
in an old ragging case.

01:48:11.325 --> 01:48:13.117 align:center
Why? Are you still doubting me?

01:48:14.242 --> 01:48:16.783 align:center
What have you been doing
on this laptop all these days?

01:48:18.741 --> 01:48:19.992 align:center
Were you watching adult clips?

01:48:26.325 --> 01:48:27.866 align:center
YUDDHAM [War]

01:48:28.491 --> 01:48:30.324 align:center
Unpredictable turn of events!

01:48:30.325 --> 01:48:32.574 align:center
But not like
a Manoj Night Shyamalan film!

01:48:32.575 --> 01:48:34.200 align:center
YUDDHAM

01:48:34.700 --> 01:48:35.992 align:center
Will you make this into a film?

01:48:36.616 --> 01:48:37.699 align:center
'No build-up.'

01:48:37.700 --> 01:48:38.741 align:center
'Only pay-off.'

01:48:39.908 --> 01:48:41.699 align:center
Because of my ST reservation quota,

01:48:41.700 --> 01:48:44.658 align:center
no matter what my academic achievements
are, nobody gives them any value.

01:48:45.075 --> 01:48:47.116 align:center
Everyone is just trying
to write them off

01:48:47.117 --> 01:48:49.533 align:center
as mere privileges handed down
to the underprivileged!

01:48:50.325 --> 01:48:52.907 align:center
A success that doesn't rely
on any such considerations...

01:48:52.908 --> 01:48:55.241 align:center
That's the first thing
that attracted me to cinema.

01:48:55.242 --> 01:48:57.532 align:center
Here, it doesn't matter
whether you are a Nair or a Cheruman...

01:48:57.533 --> 01:49:00.324 align:center
If your product is bad,
the audience will brutally reject you.

01:49:00.325 --> 01:49:01.992 align:center
And if it's good,
they will accept it.

01:49:03.575 --> 01:49:05.074 align:center
Cinema is all I want now.

01:49:05.075 --> 01:49:06.075 align:center
Huh!

01:49:13.158 --> 01:49:15.700 align:center
This story deals with
highly relevant political themes.

01:49:15.950 --> 01:49:17.991 align:center
Real politics born directly
from the circumstances

01:49:17.992 --> 01:49:19.491 align:center
in which you were
born and raised.

01:49:19.866 --> 01:49:22.700 align:center
It's a powerful combination
of slavery and gothic mythology.

01:49:23.284 --> 01:49:24.324 align:center
And because of that,

01:49:24.325 --> 01:49:27.783 align:center
it has every chance of becoming
a hit and winning critical acclaim.

01:49:28.158 --> 01:49:31.242 align:center
But once you strip away
all the politics and shock value,

01:49:31.449 --> 01:49:34.325 align:center
as a piece of cinema,
this is a worthless piece of trash.

01:49:35.242 --> 01:49:36.825 align:center
This script is mediocre.

01:49:36.992 --> 01:49:38.032 align:center
Greatness...

01:49:38.033 --> 01:49:39.992 align:center
I won't settle for anything
less than that.

01:49:40.200 --> 01:49:42.782 align:center
'Something that would terrify
even an atheist...'

01:49:42.783 --> 01:49:44.782 align:center
'who believes
in neither God nor Devil.'

01:49:44.783 --> 01:49:47.283 align:center
'Something that isn't a ghost
or some supernatural force...'

01:49:47.284 --> 01:49:48.865 align:center
'The one thing every human
genuinely dreads!'

01:49:48.866 --> 01:49:50.325 align:center
'That is exactly
what I need to find.'

01:49:55.408 --> 01:49:56.700 align:center
'Where the hell are you guys?'

01:49:56.908 --> 01:49:58.783 align:center
'Can't either of you
answer your phones?'

01:49:59.200 --> 01:50:00.615 align:center
My phone was on silent, Uncle.

01:50:00.616 --> 01:50:01.950 align:center
'Call your mother right now.'

01:50:02.075 --> 01:50:04.200 align:center
'Your grandpa woke up
and he's talking gibberish.'

01:50:04.741 --> 01:50:06.033 align:center
'Grandpa woke up?!'

01:50:06.158 --> 01:50:07.449 align:center
[SORRY, GRANDPA]

01:50:12.284 --> 01:50:15.117 align:center
Had I known you were so
faint-hearted,

01:50:15.242 --> 01:50:17.533 align:center
I would have never shown you
my short film.

01:50:17.783 --> 01:50:19.408 align:center
Please forgive me, Grandpa.

01:50:20.783 --> 01:50:23.325 align:center
- Grandpa?
- She wants you there right away. Call her.

01:50:23.575 --> 01:50:25.700 align:center
'Would Grandpa have actually seen
my "sorry" by now?'

01:50:26.200 --> 01:50:27.866 align:center
My mom's calling, Uncle.

01:50:31.616 --> 01:50:33.491 align:center
Your mom looks really stressed.

01:50:34.908 --> 01:50:36.241 align:center
What happened, Mom?

01:50:36.242 --> 01:50:38.575 align:center
It's Grandpa.
He just went completely still.

01:50:38.700 --> 01:50:40.032 align:center
Didn't you call the doctor?

01:50:40.033 --> 01:50:41.283 align:center
We did.

01:50:41.284 --> 01:50:43.199 align:center
But it's late. It's going to take him
a while to reach.

01:50:43.200 --> 01:50:44.575 align:center
Come in, both of you.

01:50:52.616 --> 01:50:53.908 align:center
I feel responsible.

01:51:02.575 --> 01:51:04.325 align:center
Could you step outside
for a minute, uncle?

01:51:04.700 --> 01:51:05.782 align:center
Okay.

01:51:05.783 --> 01:51:06.783 align:center
Come.

01:51:08.117 --> 01:51:09.408 align:center
Lock the door.

01:51:16.366 --> 01:51:17.907 align:center
I think your grandpa is dead.

01:51:17.908 --> 01:51:19.075 align:center
You "think" so??

01:51:20.366 --> 01:51:22.074 align:center
I'm 99% certain.

01:51:22.075 --> 01:51:23.908 align:center
I need you to verify
that remaining 1% for me.

01:51:25.117 --> 01:51:26.241 align:center
Don't look at me like that.

01:51:26.242 --> 01:51:28.242 align:center
This is my first solo
death verification!

01:51:29.075 --> 01:51:30.324 align:center
What am I supposed to do?

01:51:30.325 --> 01:51:31.574 align:center
You don't have to do much.

01:51:31.575 --> 01:51:33.199 align:center
Just check exactly what I tell you.

01:51:33.200 --> 01:51:34.950 align:center
- It's easy.
- Hey, but...

01:51:35.325 --> 01:51:36.408 align:center
- Huh!
- Wear this.

01:51:39.616 --> 01:51:40.866 align:center
Can you feel a heartbeat?

01:51:43.658 --> 01:51:44.908 align:center
- No.
- Okay.

01:51:46.242 --> 01:51:47.324 align:center
How about now?

01:51:47.325 --> 01:51:48.616 align:center
Do you feel a pulse?

01:51:48.992 --> 01:51:50.074 align:center
No.

01:51:50.075 --> 01:51:51.325 align:center
Okay.

01:51:52.325 --> 01:51:53.448 align:center
What about neck pulse?

01:51:53.449 --> 01:51:54.532 align:center
Neck pulse?

01:51:54.533 --> 01:51:56.075 align:center
Can you feel any kind of beat?

01:51:56.700 --> 01:51:57.865 align:center
- No.
- Okay.

01:51:57.866 --> 01:51:59.116 align:center
Huh! That's it?

01:51:59.117 --> 01:52:00.700 align:center
Not yet.
There's one final step.

01:52:00.908 --> 01:52:01.908 align:center
Yeah!

01:52:02.284 --> 01:52:03.950 align:center
Check for any movement
in his pupils.

01:52:04.825 --> 01:52:06.615 align:center
The pupillary reflex is the final test.

01:52:06.616 --> 01:52:09.782 align:center
Even in a paralysed body, flashing
bright light triggers a reflex.

01:52:09.783 --> 01:52:11.782 align:center
Lifeless eyes won't show
any reaction at all.

01:52:11.783 --> 01:52:13.366 align:center
Watch his pupils closely.

01:52:15.284 --> 01:52:16.284 align:center
Huh!

01:52:16.741 --> 01:52:17.992 align:center
Huh!

01:52:22.325 --> 01:52:23.783 align:center
- Grandpa...
- Oh no!

01:52:25.075 --> 01:52:27.741 align:center
I didn't get scared
because of your film.

01:52:28.408 --> 01:52:30.242 align:center
Then what was it
that scared you, Grandpa?

01:52:33.741 --> 01:52:34.741 align:center
Evil dead!

01:52:35.325 --> 01:52:36.783 align:center
After I die,

01:52:36.992 --> 01:52:38.740 align:center
my last rites must be performed.

01:52:38.741 --> 01:52:39.741 align:center
Okay.

01:52:39.950 --> 01:52:41.658 align:center
My ashes...

01:52:41.908 --> 01:52:44.074 align:center
must be taken to Rameswaram
and immersed there.

01:52:44.075 --> 01:52:45.199 align:center
Sheesh!

01:52:45.200 --> 01:52:47.075 align:center
I need to attain salvation.

01:52:47.783 --> 01:52:48.783 align:center
Huh!

01:52:52.533 --> 01:52:54.325 align:center
Rather than facing the truth,

01:52:55.158 --> 01:52:57.117 align:center
it's better to die believing a lie!

01:52:58.284 --> 01:52:59.324 align:center
Oh no!

01:52:59.325 --> 01:53:00.866 align:center
Did he just die again?!
Oh no!

01:53:10.741 --> 01:53:11.908 align:center
He's gone.

01:53:13.700 --> 01:53:14.865 align:center
Didn't I tell you?

01:53:14.866 --> 01:53:16.866 align:center
Grandpa would never get scared
by your short film.

01:53:17.908 --> 01:53:19.032 align:center
But this man,

01:53:19.033 --> 01:53:22.158 align:center
who spent his whole life
believing in science

01:53:22.408 --> 01:53:24.200 align:center
died just like any other
ordinary person.

01:53:24.491 --> 01:53:25.908 align:center
That genuinely saddens me.

01:53:26.700 --> 01:53:29.949 align:center
This man who spent his whole life
believing in science

01:53:29.950 --> 01:53:31.950 align:center
died just like any other
ordinary person.

01:53:36.408 --> 01:53:38.950 align:center
I didn't get scared
because of your film.

01:53:39.950 --> 01:53:41.741 align:center
Then what was it
that scared you, Grandpa?

01:54:10.033 --> 01:54:11.574 align:center
'So, one thing is certain.'

01:54:11.575 --> 01:54:13.992 align:center
'The truth that Grandpa spent
a lifetime seeking...'

01:54:14.325 --> 01:54:15.783 align:center
'was inside that novel all along.'

01:54:16.825 --> 01:54:19.200 align:center
'Something that would terrify
even an atheist...'

01:54:20.700 --> 01:54:22.783 align:center
'who believes
in neither God nor Devil.'

01:54:23.158 --> 01:54:25.740 align:center
'Something that isn't a ghost
or some supernatural force...'

01:54:25.741 --> 01:54:27.825 align:center
'The one thing every human
genuinely dreads!'

01:54:29.533 --> 01:54:31.575 align:center
'The true definition of horror!'

01:54:31.908 --> 01:54:33.284 align:center
'Vaikom David's...'

01:54:33.992 --> 01:54:35.449 align:center
'Devil's Island!'

01:54:36.325 --> 01:54:38.615 align:center
'When a treasure earned by
a talented man through sheer effort'

01:54:38.616 --> 01:54:40.532 align:center
'is snatched away
by the talentless one,'

01:54:40.533 --> 01:54:44.325 align:center
he can either console himself
by calling it his destiny,

01:54:44.449 --> 01:54:47.950 align:center
'or he can set out...
to rewrite that destiny himself.'

01:54:48.117 --> 01:54:49.824 align:center
'This is the story
of one such man's...'

01:54:49.825 --> 01:54:52.325 align:center
'incredibly adventurous
and epic journey.'

01:55:30.575 --> 01:55:32.865 align:center
'I finally understand the climax...'

01:55:32.866 --> 01:55:34.448 align:center
'the one I hated
when I first read it.'

01:55:34.449 --> 01:55:35.783 align:center
'Now, I actually love it.'

01:55:36.408 --> 01:55:39.491 align:center
'There is nothing in this world
more terrifying than the truth.'

01:55:39.741 --> 01:55:41.074 align:center
'And this story holds that truth.'

01:55:41.075 --> 01:55:44.449 align:center
'The truth of a man who tried
to rewrite his fate and failed.'

01:55:47.158 --> 01:55:50.365 align:center
'I guess my frontal lobe had to fully
develop to finally understand this.'

01:55:50.366 --> 01:55:51.366 align:center
Found it!

01:55:51.700 --> 01:55:52.783 align:center
Found what?

01:55:53.033 --> 01:55:54.116 align:center
Fear!

01:55:54.117 --> 01:55:55.117 align:center
Huh!

01:55:55.783 --> 01:55:56.824 align:center
I got scared.

01:55:56.825 --> 01:55:58.075 align:center
Real, genuine fear.

01:55:59.449 --> 01:56:01.949 align:center
The novel that terrified
my grandpa, a scientific genius!

01:56:01.950 --> 01:56:03.324 align:center
Want some tea, son?

01:56:03.325 --> 01:56:04.325 align:center
No.

01:56:05.992 --> 01:56:07.242 align:center
My first film!

01:56:08.408 --> 01:56:10.325 align:center
'Now, I have to secure
the rights for this novel.'

01:56:11.825 --> 01:56:12.824 align:center
Phew!

01:56:12.825 --> 01:56:14.074 align:center
This is way too dark!

01:56:14.075 --> 01:56:15.448 align:center
If you adapt this into a film,

01:56:15.449 --> 01:56:18.032 align:center
it'll drain whatever little joy
the audience has left in their lives.

01:56:18.033 --> 01:56:19.699 align:center
Even my script is better than this.

01:56:19.700 --> 01:56:21.533 align:center
No wonder this novel
was withdrawn!

01:56:21.950 --> 01:56:23.616 align:center
This novel is dangerous to society!

01:56:24.575 --> 01:56:25.783 align:center
It's dangerous.

01:56:26.033 --> 01:56:27.325 align:center
Not to society, though...

01:56:27.449 --> 01:56:28.825 align:center
but to Vaikom David himself!

01:56:29.033 --> 01:56:30.033 align:center
Huh?

01:56:30.700 --> 01:56:32.408 align:center
Read the very last page.

01:56:34.158 --> 01:56:37.950 align:center
"I ghost-wrote fifty novels
for Vaikom David, including this one."

01:56:38.825 --> 01:56:39.950 align:center
K.T. Peter

01:56:40.533 --> 01:56:41.533 align:center
Huh!

01:56:41.783 --> 01:56:44.407 align:center
If you approach Sachin for the rights
to this novel, he'll kill you.

01:56:44.408 --> 01:56:45.448 align:center
Nope!

01:56:45.449 --> 01:56:47.699 align:center
I don't need Sachin
to get the rights to this.

01:56:47.700 --> 01:56:49.408 align:center
[MANJADI PUBLICATIONS]

01:56:53.658 --> 01:56:54.991 align:center
Hey...

01:56:54.992 --> 01:56:57.283 align:center
My face is pretty familiar
to the media now.

01:56:57.284 --> 01:56:59.865 align:center
They're going to swarm me with
annoying questions if they spot me.

01:56:59.866 --> 01:57:01.865 align:center
You go inside and find out
details about the novel's rights.

01:57:01.866 --> 01:57:02.866 align:center
Okay.

01:57:20.491 --> 01:57:23.116 align:center
Dude, he wrote me a check
for fifty thousand!

01:57:23.117 --> 01:57:24.782 align:center
- Fifty thousand?
- Yeah, man!

01:57:24.783 --> 01:57:26.074 align:center
He made me sign an agreement

01:57:26.075 --> 01:57:28.242 align:center
promising not to utter
a single word about this book.

01:57:28.825 --> 01:57:30.824 align:center
- Wait, where's the book then?
- He took it.

01:57:30.825 --> 01:57:32.408 align:center
- Who?
- That guy.

01:57:32.950 --> 01:57:34.407 align:center
- Which guy?
- Hey!

01:57:34.408 --> 01:57:36.324 align:center
How dare you park
right in front of the gate?!

01:57:36.325 --> 01:57:37.199 align:center
Get lost, boomer!

01:57:37.200 --> 01:57:38.907 align:center
- Move your car!
- Tell me, who was that guy?

01:57:38.908 --> 01:57:40.741 align:center
- That's him driving off!
- Huh!

01:58:02.658 --> 01:58:04.242 align:center
Stay here.
I'll be right back.

01:58:14.284 --> 01:58:15.907 align:center
'Just like in old Hitchcock films,'

01:58:15.908 --> 01:58:17.949 align:center
'the hero, spying through
a window pane'

01:58:17.950 --> 01:58:20.700 align:center
'stumbles on to a new plot point
from the villains.'

01:58:20.950 --> 01:58:22.366 align:center
'An exciting twist!'

01:58:22.741 --> 01:58:26.200 align:center
The last surviving copy
of "Devil's Island" in the world!

01:58:26.449 --> 01:58:28.366 align:center
I never got the chance
to give it to David sir.

01:58:28.575 --> 01:58:30.325 align:center
So I'm handing it over
to his son instead.

01:58:33.033 --> 01:58:34.866 align:center
Thank you, Venu Chetta!
Thank you!

01:58:36.117 --> 01:58:37.992 align:center
Where are you off to?
Taking a long trip?

01:58:38.783 --> 01:58:40.157 align:center
Where are your wife and daughter?

01:58:40.158 --> 01:58:41.574 align:center
Oh, I forgot to tell you.

01:58:41.575 --> 01:58:44.200 align:center
I sold this ancestral home to
Harris Basheer for two crores.

01:58:44.533 --> 01:58:46.324 align:center
When she heard that,
my wife took our kid,

01:58:46.325 --> 01:58:47.825 align:center
filed for divorce, and walked out.

01:58:48.158 --> 01:58:49.157 align:center
All okay?

01:58:49.158 --> 01:58:50.490 align:center
'Sachin's obsession'

01:58:50.491 --> 01:58:52.117 align:center
'is spiralling into madness.'

01:58:52.284 --> 01:58:53.575 align:center
'He is in danger!'

01:58:54.908 --> 01:58:56.242 align:center
Forget all that.

01:58:56.616 --> 01:58:59.992 align:center
I read a script that's
beyond extraordinary, Venu Chetta.

01:59:00.242 --> 01:59:02.824 align:center
I immediately paid ten lakhs
and blocked it.

01:59:02.825 --> 01:59:04.657 align:center
Otherwise, it'd have
slipped through my fingers.

01:59:04.658 --> 01:59:06.284 align:center
I have to turn it into
a movie somehow.

01:59:06.992 --> 01:59:08.491 align:center
The budget is six crore rupees.

01:59:10.449 --> 01:59:11.783 align:center
Sachin, are you okay?

01:59:12.117 --> 01:59:12.991 align:center
Huh?

01:59:12.992 --> 01:59:14.825 align:center
- I'm okay, I'm okay!
- Alright.

01:59:16.242 --> 01:59:18.242 align:center
So what if the house is gone,
Venu Chetta!

01:59:18.366 --> 01:59:20.200 align:center
I will make this film
by any means necessary.

01:59:21.491 --> 01:59:23.075 align:center
I don't want to be
like my father.

01:59:23.533 --> 01:59:25.575 align:center
I want to become
far greater than he ever was.

01:59:26.992 --> 01:59:28.575 align:center
Otherwise, I'd rather die.

01:59:29.950 --> 01:59:31.490 align:center
Even if I have to kill for it,

01:59:31.491 --> 01:59:33.117 align:center
I must arrange
four crore rupees.

01:59:35.200 --> 01:59:36.533 align:center
Vaikom David...

01:59:36.700 --> 01:59:38.449 align:center
isn't just some ordinary novelist today.

01:59:38.950 --> 01:59:41.158 align:center
He's a legend in Malayalam literature.

01:59:41.950 --> 01:59:44.033 align:center
That reputation he built over years...

01:59:44.449 --> 01:59:45.825 align:center
must remain exactly as it is.

01:59:52.533 --> 01:59:54.908 align:center
There should be absolutely
nothing in this world...

01:59:55.158 --> 01:59:56.950 align:center
that damages my father's reputation.

01:59:59.700 --> 02:00:02.575 align:center
'The last copy of Devil's Island
has also been destroyed.'

02:00:02.866 --> 02:00:04.242 align:center
'So convenient!'

02:00:04.533 --> 02:00:06.741 align:center
'Eighteen years after its publication,'

02:00:06.866 --> 02:00:09.575 align:center
'this original thought that
no one else could even dream of,'

02:00:09.950 --> 02:00:11.325 align:center
'now exits...'

02:00:11.491 --> 02:00:12.866 align:center
'only in my head!'

02:00:13.242 --> 02:00:14.825 align:center
'To turn this into a movie,'

02:00:15.033 --> 02:00:16.657 align:center
'I no longer need
anyone's permission.'

02:00:16.658 --> 02:00:20.491 align:center
'I have no intention
of defaming the great Vaikom David,'

02:00:20.658 --> 02:00:22.117 align:center
'or plagiarising his story.'

02:00:22.575 --> 02:00:23.782 align:center
'All I want...'

02:00:23.783 --> 02:00:27.783 align:center
'is the truth that terrified me
in Devil's Island.'

02:00:27.950 --> 02:00:29.449 align:center
'And I will turn that into a film.'

02:00:30.242 --> 02:00:31.284 align:center
'"Nidhi" [Treasure]'

02:00:31.616 --> 02:00:33.407 align:center
'Screenplay and Direction,'

02:00:33.408 --> 02:00:34.575 align:center
'Vineeth Madhavan.'

02:00:34.741 --> 02:00:35.741 align:center
'Story,'

02:00:35.866 --> 02:00:37.117 align:center
'K.T. Peter.'

02:00:38.491 --> 02:00:41.616 align:center
'The greatest horror script
ever written in Malayalam!'

02:00:42.658 --> 02:00:43.782 align:center
'My destiny...'

02:00:43.783 --> 02:00:45.158 align:center
'I am going to rewrite it!'

02:00:54.866 --> 02:00:56.866 align:center
'And so, the script is complete.'

02:00:57.158 --> 02:00:58.700 align:center
'Now, we need to start shooting.'

02:00:59.325 --> 02:01:01.658 align:center
'And since Suji decided
that cinema was his calling,'

02:01:01.825 --> 02:01:04.033 align:center
'he joined me as an assistant director.'

02:01:12.491 --> 02:01:14.408 align:center
'[Fayaz] I heard you're starting
your new film.'

02:01:14.908 --> 02:01:16.825 align:center
'Get ready to delete
that one too.'

02:01:17.325 --> 02:01:20.075 align:center
'Because this time, no matter
how original your idea is...'

02:01:20.366 --> 02:01:23.575 align:center
'I'll make a film on that exact idea
and beat you to theatres.'

02:01:23.700 --> 02:01:25.615 align:center
'I won't let you have
any peace of mind.'

02:01:25.616 --> 02:01:27.033 align:center
'Take my word for it!'

02:01:34.366 --> 02:01:35.283 align:center
My film's scri--

02:01:35.284 --> 02:01:37.074 align:center
No one besides you
gets to read it, right?

02:01:37.075 --> 02:01:38.574 align:center
- Done!
- That's not enough.

02:01:38.575 --> 02:01:40.449 align:center
- Huh?
- We need to buy our own printer.

02:01:40.992 --> 02:01:42.448 align:center
I don't even trust

02:01:42.449 --> 02:01:43.699 align:center
Xerox shop owners anymore.

02:01:43.700 --> 02:01:45.116 align:center
Absolutely nobody
reads the full script.

02:01:45.117 --> 02:01:47.657 align:center
The character notes and script notes
required for each person...

02:01:47.658 --> 02:01:49.157 align:center
We'll prepare them ourselves.

02:01:49.158 --> 02:01:51.491 align:center
Even the producer
should only get to read that.

02:01:54.158 --> 02:01:55.158 align:center
No problem!

02:01:55.491 --> 02:01:58.366 align:center
If it's a script by Vineeth Madhavan,
I don't even need to read it.

02:01:58.741 --> 02:02:00.241 align:center
All I need to know is one thing,

02:02:00.242 --> 02:02:01.491 align:center
and one thing only.

02:02:02.575 --> 02:02:03.575 align:center
Is it scary?

02:02:04.741 --> 02:02:05.741 align:center
Yes, sir.

02:02:05.992 --> 02:02:09.075 align:center
Nothing in this world is
more terrifying than the truth.

02:02:09.325 --> 02:02:10.699 align:center
And this script
carries that truth.

02:02:10.700 --> 02:02:12.116 align:center
The truth of a man who tried

02:02:12.117 --> 02:02:13.907 align:center
to rewrite his destiny,
and failed.

02:02:13.908 --> 02:02:16.449 align:center
Will a climax about a failed man
work for the general audience?

02:02:16.866 --> 02:02:18.907 align:center
In this world, there are
far more people who have failed

02:02:18.908 --> 02:02:20.449 align:center
than those who have
succeeded, Hana!

02:02:20.825 --> 02:02:22.907 align:center
They are the true majority out there.

02:02:22.908 --> 02:02:25.242 align:center
And those are the exact people
my film needs to reach.

02:02:25.908 --> 02:02:28.242 align:center
And if it reaches them
exactly how it should,

02:02:28.408 --> 02:02:29.825 align:center
this film will be a massive hit.

02:02:30.908 --> 02:02:32.699 align:center
But, at the same time,

02:02:32.700 --> 02:02:34.324 align:center
if it's marketed the wrong way,

02:02:34.325 --> 02:02:35.907 align:center
I can give it to you in writing...

02:02:35.908 --> 02:02:37.783 align:center
that this film will be
a certified flop!

02:02:38.658 --> 02:02:40.200 align:center
Balls and brains!

02:02:43.117 --> 02:02:44.991 align:center
You've got to shed at least
eight more kilos.

02:02:44.992 --> 02:02:45.992 align:center
Shit!

02:02:47.158 --> 02:02:48.699 align:center
This character battles the forest

02:02:48.700 --> 02:02:51.449 align:center
to survive out in the wild
for seven or eight days without food.

02:02:51.616 --> 02:02:54.199 align:center
I am absolutely not going
to compromise on this!

02:02:54.200 --> 02:02:55.448 align:center
She'll shed those kilos.

02:02:55.449 --> 02:02:56.491 align:center
She's my sister.

02:02:57.158 --> 02:02:58.491 align:center
And that's my word!

02:02:58.616 --> 02:03:00.033 align:center
Hana, that's your last chips!

02:03:01.616 --> 02:03:03.117 align:center
Vineeth...
Baby, look at me.

02:03:05.200 --> 02:03:08.325 align:center
Now let's make a scary movie!

02:03:10.866 --> 02:03:11.950 align:center
Yeah.

02:03:19.533 --> 02:03:22.199 align:center
A sequel that surpasses
the original film

02:03:22.200 --> 02:03:24.448 align:center
is a rare occurrence
in cinematic history.

02:03:24.449 --> 02:03:26.241 align:center
The Godfather Part II and Terminator 2

02:03:26.242 --> 02:03:30.284 align:center
are probably the first two examples
moviegoers think of.

02:03:30.491 --> 02:03:32.824 align:center
It can be said with certainty
that Arjun Haridas,

02:03:32.825 --> 02:03:35.658 align:center
who redefined the narrative of
Malayalam horror with his debut,

02:03:35.783 --> 02:03:37.991 align:center
has achieved
an even greater milestone

02:03:37.992 --> 02:03:40.157 align:center
with 'After Party - 2'.

02:03:40.158 --> 02:03:41.949 align:center
But if you observe closely,

02:03:41.950 --> 02:03:44.407 align:center
you'll find that this film
shares numerous similarities

02:03:44.408 --> 02:03:46.408 align:center
with Vineeth Madhavan's
short film, 'Rakshasan'.

02:03:50.866 --> 02:03:53.865 align:center
'I honestly thought I'd never have
to deal with Arjun again in my life.'

02:03:53.866 --> 02:03:55.448 align:center
'Thanks to this single review,'

02:03:55.449 --> 02:03:58.033 align:center
'every ounce of his insecurity
must have erupted.'

02:03:58.158 --> 02:03:59.283 align:center
Oh no!

02:03:59.284 --> 02:04:00.700 align:center
'Now he'll come after me.'

02:04:00.825 --> 02:04:02.074 align:center
'He'll go to any lengths'

02:04:02.075 --> 02:04:03.575 align:center
'to sabotage my film.'

02:04:08.658 --> 02:04:09.907 align:center
If we choose to ignore that,

02:04:09.908 --> 02:04:12.324 align:center
no word short of 'perfection'

02:04:12.325 --> 02:04:15.907 align:center
can describe this film's
world-class screenplay.

02:04:15.908 --> 02:04:17.491 align:center
'Thank you, Anand Sudhakaran!'

02:04:17.658 --> 02:04:18.991 align:center
'Thank you for everything!'

02:04:18.992 --> 02:04:20.574 align:center
Isn't the shoot
still ten days away?

02:04:20.575 --> 02:04:22.117 align:center
I can easily drop
five kilos by then.

02:04:27.158 --> 02:04:28.950 align:center
Scene One, Shot One,
Take 22!

02:04:29.825 --> 02:04:30.825 align:center
Clap Out!

02:04:31.658 --> 02:04:32.783 align:center
Action!

02:04:39.700 --> 02:04:41.616 align:center
- You exhaled! You let your breath out.
- Huh?

02:04:41.783 --> 02:04:43.117 align:center
Cut! Retake!

02:04:43.284 --> 02:04:44.783 align:center
It's completely obvious on camera.

02:04:45.491 --> 02:04:47.532 align:center
Can't we just fix that
in VFX later?

02:04:47.533 --> 02:04:48.575 align:center
No!

02:04:49.033 --> 02:04:50.283 align:center
First class...!

02:04:50.284 --> 02:04:51.575 align:center
That's enough, Vineeth.

02:04:51.700 --> 02:04:53.200 align:center
We're already 22 takes deep.

02:04:53.533 --> 02:04:55.615 align:center
If Hana holds her breath anymore,
she's literally going to pass out.

02:04:55.616 --> 02:04:57.365 align:center
This is the opening shot
of the movie.

02:04:57.366 --> 02:04:59.324 align:center
The anxiety in this
dream sequence will work

02:04:59.325 --> 02:05:00.740 align:center
only if it's a long take.

02:05:00.741 --> 02:05:02.200 align:center
I need a minimum of 15 seconds.

02:05:03.158 --> 02:05:04.324 align:center
Take that light out!

02:05:04.325 --> 02:05:05.949 align:center
Scene One, Shot One,
Take 33!

02:05:05.950 --> 02:05:06.950 align:center
Action!

02:05:08.284 --> 02:05:09.365 align:center
Cut! Retake!

02:05:09.366 --> 02:05:10.782 align:center
Scene one, Shot one, Take 43!

02:05:10.783 --> 02:05:12.532 align:center
- Scene one, Shot one, Take 57!
- Action!

02:05:12.533 --> 02:05:14.283 align:center
- Scene one, Shot one, Take 65!
- Action!

02:05:14.284 --> 02:05:15.907 align:center
- Scene one, Shot one, Take 69!
- Cut!

02:05:15.908 --> 02:05:16.908 align:center
Retake!

02:05:17.783 --> 02:05:19.615 align:center
Scene one, Shot one,
Take 72!

02:05:19.616 --> 02:05:20.616 align:center
Action!

02:05:21.533 --> 02:05:22.950 align:center
Cut! Cut! Cut!
What is it?

02:05:23.325 --> 02:05:24.575 align:center
What happened?

02:05:26.783 --> 02:05:28.117 align:center
Give me the phone.

02:05:30.449 --> 02:05:31.616 align:center
What's the issue?

02:05:32.700 --> 02:05:33.783 align:center
Huh?

02:05:42.325 --> 02:05:44.491 align:center
Ten days break!
The rest of the shoot can wait.

02:05:44.825 --> 02:05:46.158 align:center
- Pack up!
- Hana...

02:06:19.242 --> 02:06:21.908 align:center
Arjun getting engaged
is no excuse, Hana!

02:06:23.117 --> 02:06:24.824 align:center
I have nothing more to say.

02:06:24.825 --> 02:06:26.532 align:center
I simply can't shoot like this.
Sorry!

02:06:26.533 --> 02:06:27.950 align:center
I don't care about his marriage!

02:06:28.200 --> 02:06:29.949 align:center
I don't give
two flying... about it!

02:06:29.950 --> 02:06:31.449 align:center
You have nothing to lose, Vineeth.

02:06:31.700 --> 02:06:32.991 align:center
Think about my image!

02:06:32.992 --> 02:06:33.992 align:center
My career!

02:06:34.658 --> 02:06:36.283 align:center
You wouldn't understand
any of that, Vineeth.

02:06:36.284 --> 02:06:37.615 align:center
No one likes you.

02:06:37.616 --> 02:06:40.284 align:center
I'm not putting myself through this hell
just to work on your film.

02:06:40.575 --> 02:06:42.616 align:center
I've decided to give my dates
to Sachin.

02:06:43.325 --> 02:06:44.449 align:center
Sachin?

02:06:47.200 --> 02:06:48.700 align:center
Hi, Vineeth!
All good?

02:06:48.992 --> 02:06:51.075 align:center
I read the script
for Sachin's new film.

02:06:51.200 --> 02:06:52.325 align:center
Brilliant!

02:06:52.783 --> 02:06:54.908 align:center
Sachin wants to shoot me
looking exactly like this.

02:06:55.033 --> 02:06:57.284 align:center
So... if you can't shoot me like this,

02:06:57.658 --> 02:06:59.532 align:center
I'm going to give
my dates to Sachin.

02:06:59.533 --> 02:07:01.490 align:center
Madam, the latest draft
has been emailed to you.

02:07:01.491 --> 02:07:02.657 align:center
Thanks, Meljo!

02:07:02.658 --> 02:07:03.865 align:center
You know Meljo, don't you?

02:07:03.866 --> 02:07:04.950 align:center
He's a writer.

02:07:05.575 --> 02:07:07.284 align:center
Meljo is the one
who wrote "Deivam."

02:07:12.284 --> 02:07:13.615 align:center
'A film by Sachin,'

02:07:13.616 --> 02:07:15.284 align:center
'starring Hana Shahjahan,'

02:07:15.575 --> 02:07:17.741 align:center
'written by the writer of "Deivam",'

02:07:17.992 --> 02:07:18.992 align:center
'Meljo!'

02:07:19.658 --> 02:07:21.325 align:center
'Deivam... Meljo...'

02:07:22.117 --> 02:07:23.325 align:center
'Bad news!'

02:07:23.449 --> 02:07:25.074 align:center
'Just by looking into his eyes,'

02:07:25.075 --> 02:07:27.865 align:center
'I can tell his honesty messed him up
the exact same way mine ruined me.'

02:07:27.866 --> 02:07:29.740 align:center
'I can already predict the route'

02:07:29.741 --> 02:07:31.241 align:center
'his thoughts will take.'

02:07:31.242 --> 02:07:32.574 align:center
'Coincidence...'

02:07:32.575 --> 02:07:34.033 align:center
'It's going to happen again.'

02:07:34.200 --> 02:07:36.365 align:center
'But Sachin had no funds at all.'

02:07:36.366 --> 02:07:38.907 align:center
'Who suddenly came out of nowhere
to back him with four crores?'

02:07:38.908 --> 02:07:40.117 align:center
Vineeth, you can leave now.

02:07:40.533 --> 02:07:41.992 align:center
'Come what may,'

02:07:42.284 --> 02:07:44.284 align:center
'I cannot let this project happen!'

02:07:51.242 --> 02:07:52.242 align:center
'Fayaz?!'

02:07:52.449 --> 02:07:54.700 align:center
'Is it Fayaz the one
who is funding Sachin?'

02:07:55.284 --> 02:07:57.574 align:center
'He will stop at nothing
to ruin me.'

02:07:57.575 --> 02:07:58.616 align:center
Vineeth!

02:08:03.658 --> 02:08:04.658 align:center
Sorry, man!

02:08:04.783 --> 02:08:06.199 align:center
I read your character note.

02:08:06.200 --> 02:08:07.740 align:center
I saw it lying around
inside the van,

02:08:07.741 --> 02:08:09.449 align:center
and I couldn't control
my curiosity.

02:08:09.700 --> 02:08:10.741 align:center
And... wow, man!

02:08:11.075 --> 02:08:12.075 align:center
It's incredible!

02:08:12.325 --> 02:08:14.157 align:center
I got an absolute high
the second I read it.

02:08:14.158 --> 02:08:15.448 align:center
I know one thing for certain.

02:08:15.449 --> 02:08:18.490 align:center
If anyone watching this film
has any joy left in them,

02:08:18.491 --> 02:08:19.575 align:center
this film will destroy it!

02:08:21.491 --> 02:08:23.117 align:center
Don't let anyone else
read this script.

02:08:23.658 --> 02:08:24.907 align:center
Especially Arjun.

02:08:24.908 --> 02:08:27.741 align:center
He's been snooping around,
trying to find out what it's about.

02:08:27.950 --> 02:08:30.242 align:center
If he gets his hands on it,
he'll definitely leak it.

02:08:30.700 --> 02:08:31.991 align:center
And one more thing...

02:08:31.992 --> 02:08:33.907 align:center
Sachin's film is actually
being funded by Arjun.

02:08:33.908 --> 02:08:35.907 align:center
'Of course. Who else would pull
a stunt like that?'

02:08:35.908 --> 02:08:37.949 align:center
Sachin was running around
desperately hunting for funds,

02:08:37.950 --> 02:08:39.825 align:center
and Arjun suddenly offered him
four crores.

02:08:39.992 --> 02:08:41.283 align:center
But on one condition...

02:08:41.284 --> 02:08:42.448 align:center
Hana's dates!

02:08:42.449 --> 02:08:45.325 align:center
And he'll release the funds
only if she shoots this exact month.

02:08:46.992 --> 02:08:48.950 align:center
'I can't shoot
until Hana loses weight.'

02:08:49.075 --> 02:08:52.074 align:center
'If I don't start shooting,
Sachin will snatch Hana's dates.'

02:08:52.075 --> 02:08:54.117 align:center
'And after that,
she'll never do my film...'

02:08:54.242 --> 02:08:57.783 align:center
'because Meljo's script will give her
the comeback she's desperate for.'

02:08:57.908 --> 02:08:59.075 align:center
'Then I'm of no use to her!'

02:08:59.741 --> 02:09:01.157 align:center
Hana has no idea about this.

02:09:01.158 --> 02:09:03.157 align:center
If she did,
she'd never act in this movie.

02:09:03.158 --> 02:09:05.074 align:center
I know what I'm doing
is a betrayal.

02:09:05.075 --> 02:09:06.075 align:center
But honestly...

02:09:06.325 --> 02:09:08.950 align:center
I just really want to sit in a theatre
and watch your film.

02:09:09.449 --> 02:09:10.574 align:center
'So Arjun's plan'

02:09:10.575 --> 02:09:12.992 align:center
'is to completely wipe me out
of this industry.'

02:09:13.325 --> 02:09:15.449 align:center
Man, that guy Fayaz
is out of his mind!

02:09:15.783 --> 02:09:17.408 align:center
He said he'll produce my film.

02:09:17.700 --> 02:09:19.699 align:center
But then he started digging
for details about our film.

02:09:19.700 --> 02:09:21.117 align:center
Wait, did you tell him anything?

02:09:21.950 --> 02:09:23.491 align:center
The script is safe with me!

02:09:25.033 --> 02:09:26.033 align:center
Huh!

02:09:26.866 --> 02:09:28.117 align:center
What happened?

02:09:29.366 --> 02:09:31.407 align:center
- Huh?
- The script is missing!

02:09:31.408 --> 02:09:32.490 align:center
Shit!

02:09:32.491 --> 02:09:33.574 align:center
It's lunchtime.

02:09:33.575 --> 02:09:36.408 align:center
Please head over to the food counters
on your left and right.

02:09:38.992 --> 02:09:42.699 align:center
I only give my opinions on films
after analysing them deeply.

02:09:42.700 --> 02:09:43.908 align:center
And besides...

02:09:44.950 --> 02:09:46.075 align:center
Oh, come on!

02:09:46.616 --> 02:09:48.533 align:center
Hey!
Where's my script?

02:09:48.908 --> 02:09:51.365 align:center
I signed over all that shit
just like you wanted, didn't I?

02:09:51.366 --> 02:09:52.908 align:center
So what the hell
is your problem now?

02:09:53.658 --> 02:09:55.866 align:center
Is this guy's crappy review
your problem?

02:09:57.616 --> 02:09:58.616 align:center
Hey!

02:09:58.908 --> 02:10:00.075 align:center
What happened?

02:10:00.491 --> 02:10:01.741 align:center
You seem pretty worked up!

02:10:02.366 --> 02:10:03.865 align:center
Hey, don't worry about it.

02:10:03.866 --> 02:10:04.866 align:center
He's a friend.

02:10:05.658 --> 02:10:07.490 align:center
Sir, could you come upstairs?

02:10:07.491 --> 02:10:09.616 align:center
Let's get some food
and talk in private. Come on.

02:10:13.033 --> 02:10:14.242 align:center
Come, sit down.

02:10:14.533 --> 02:10:15.533 align:center
Now tell me.

02:10:15.741 --> 02:10:17.699 align:center
Even after deciding
to produce Sachin's film,

02:10:17.700 --> 02:10:19.407 align:center
what the hell is your vendetta
against me

02:10:19.408 --> 02:10:21.365 align:center
that you had to announce
this wedding out of nowhere

02:10:21.366 --> 02:10:22.949 align:center
and push Hana into depression?

02:10:22.950 --> 02:10:24.491 align:center
Vineeth, this is Shreya.

02:10:24.908 --> 02:10:26.783 align:center
- And Shreya, this is Vineeth.
- Hi.

02:10:27.033 --> 02:10:29.324 align:center
Look, why don't we
find somewhere private to talk?

02:10:29.325 --> 02:10:30.408 align:center
Chetta...

02:10:30.950 --> 02:10:32.490 align:center
Can we take
a photo with you, chetta?

02:10:32.491 --> 02:10:33.866 align:center
Oh, absolutely!

02:10:40.242 --> 02:10:41.615 align:center
- Happy?
- Yes, thank you!

02:10:41.616 --> 02:10:42.658 align:center
Thank you!

02:10:44.117 --> 02:10:45.117 align:center
See that?

02:10:45.408 --> 02:10:46.615 align:center
No matter where I go,

02:10:46.616 --> 02:10:48.533 align:center
there are so many people
who adore me.

02:10:49.158 --> 02:10:50.657 align:center
If I crack even a simple joke,

02:10:50.658 --> 02:10:52.575 align:center
they're all ready
and waiting to laugh.

02:10:54.741 --> 02:10:56.325 align:center
At functions like these,

02:10:56.908 --> 02:10:58.574 align:center
they always reserve
a chair for me,

02:10:58.575 --> 02:11:00.325 align:center
right in the front row.

02:11:02.325 --> 02:11:04.242 align:center
But despite everything
I've achieved...

02:11:04.992 --> 02:11:07.491 align:center
it's only when I stand
in front of you like this...

02:11:07.741 --> 02:11:09.117 align:center
that I feel insecure.

02:11:10.658 --> 02:11:11.950 align:center
You fear no one.

02:11:12.366 --> 02:11:13.699 align:center
You fear nothing!

02:11:13.700 --> 02:11:15.157 align:center
This obsession of yours...

02:11:15.158 --> 02:11:16.408 align:center
That's my problem!

02:11:17.783 --> 02:11:19.949 align:center
Terrified that you'd become
successful someday,

02:11:19.950 --> 02:11:22.657 align:center
I've dragged myself
through every single day

02:11:22.658 --> 02:11:24.616 align:center
in a state of constant anxiety.

02:11:24.950 --> 02:11:26.740 align:center
I know you won't do
anything to me.

02:11:26.741 --> 02:11:28.533 align:center
In fact, there's nothing
you can do to me.

02:11:28.783 --> 02:11:30.825 align:center
But I'm completely exposed
before you.

02:11:31.075 --> 02:11:33.532 align:center
What I'm thinking...
what I'm plotting...

02:11:33.533 --> 02:11:34.825 align:center
You know everything!

02:11:35.366 --> 02:11:37.116 align:center
Even when I fake a smile,

02:11:37.117 --> 02:11:40.491 align:center
you can still hear exactly what
I'm saying about you inside my head.

02:11:40.992 --> 02:11:42.950 align:center
Someone who knows me this well

02:11:43.200 --> 02:11:45.033 align:center
shouldn't exist
in this industry anymore.

02:11:45.200 --> 02:11:46.491 align:center
Otherwise...

02:11:47.491 --> 02:11:49.783 align:center
the doubt Anand Sudhakaran
felt today...

02:11:50.491 --> 02:11:52.449 align:center
many more
will feel the same tomorrow.

02:11:53.117 --> 02:11:55.325 align:center
Then, they'll be ready to hear
what you have to say.

02:11:56.284 --> 02:11:58.033 align:center
And that will be
the absolute end of me.

02:11:59.575 --> 02:12:00.575 align:center
Vineeth...

02:12:02.242 --> 02:12:03.533 align:center
You'll never succeed!

02:12:04.325 --> 02:12:05.865 align:center
No matter
what the hell you do...

02:12:05.866 --> 02:12:07.658 align:center
I will never let you succeed.

02:12:10.284 --> 02:12:11.408 align:center
This is enough.

02:12:12.575 --> 02:12:14.825 align:center
As for your stupid script...

02:12:15.117 --> 02:12:16.325 align:center
I don't have it.

02:12:16.700 --> 02:12:18.033 align:center
But trust me, if I did,

02:12:18.449 --> 02:12:20.575 align:center
I would've leaked it long ago!

02:12:21.117 --> 02:12:22.117 align:center
Heard me?

02:12:37.658 --> 02:12:39.490 align:center
The similarity you're noticing now...

02:12:39.491 --> 02:12:41.658 align:center
didn't you feel it
while watching "After Party 1"?

02:12:42.075 --> 02:12:43.075 align:center
I did.

02:12:43.325 --> 02:12:44.908 align:center
Then why bring it up only now?

02:12:45.408 --> 02:12:48.616 align:center
In Part One, he only imitated
your signature style.

02:12:48.741 --> 02:12:49.949 align:center
But in this one,

02:12:49.950 --> 02:12:51.699 align:center
it extends right down
to the content,

02:12:51.700 --> 02:12:53.241 align:center
which crosses the line.

02:12:53.242 --> 02:12:54.741 align:center
So, I felt compelled to speak up.

02:12:55.616 --> 02:12:58.074 align:center
That said,
if you make a film tomorrow,

02:12:58.075 --> 02:12:59.699 align:center
I am never going to support it.

02:12:59.700 --> 02:13:01.199 align:center
I'll certainly destroy it.

02:13:01.200 --> 02:13:02.699 align:center
Someone as deeply selfish as you

02:13:02.700 --> 02:13:04.366 align:center
deserves no recognition!

02:13:07.658 --> 02:13:08.949 align:center
Just having raw talent

02:13:08.950 --> 02:13:11.825 align:center
doesn't give anyone the right
to just delete a completed movie!

02:13:12.117 --> 02:13:13.866 align:center
That is nothing
but pure selfishness.

02:13:14.575 --> 02:13:15.782 align:center
A film doesn't belong
to just one person.

02:13:15.783 --> 02:13:17.574 align:center
It's the collaborative effort
of many people.

02:13:17.575 --> 02:13:18.950 align:center
The art of collaboration!

02:13:24.992 --> 02:13:28.533 align:center
My assistant directors joined
three months before the shoot began.

02:13:29.408 --> 02:13:30.991 align:center
The art director, costumes,
and makeup teams came on board

02:13:30.992 --> 02:13:32.491 align:center
just one month before rolling.

02:13:33.408 --> 02:13:34.991 align:center
The cameraman joined

02:13:34.992 --> 02:13:36.284 align:center
ten days before the shoot.

02:13:37.992 --> 02:13:39.074 align:center
And after we wrapped,

02:13:39.075 --> 02:13:41.866 align:center
the editor, sound team and VFX teams
worked for three months.

02:13:43.158 --> 02:13:45.200 align:center
The music director spent
about two months on it.

02:13:46.325 --> 02:13:47.574 align:center
Every single one of them

02:13:47.575 --> 02:13:49.992 align:center
worked on my film
with utmost sincerity.

02:13:51.117 --> 02:13:52.283 align:center
But sir,

02:13:52.284 --> 02:13:54.490 align:center
none of them have put in
the kind of labour I have.

02:13:54.491 --> 02:13:57.157 align:center
I spent months locked in a room,
starved of sleep,

02:13:57.158 --> 02:13:58.324 align:center
tearing my mind apart,

02:13:58.325 --> 02:14:00.824 align:center
draining my sanity
with endless thoughts,

02:14:00.825 --> 02:14:04.950 align:center
reaching borderline madness
just to write a good script!

02:14:06.950 --> 02:14:08.865 align:center
Mentally and emotionally drained,

02:14:08.866 --> 02:14:10.950 align:center
I don't just work on a film

02:14:11.325 --> 02:14:12.908 align:center
for a few days.

02:14:14.033 --> 02:14:15.491 align:center
When people finally see my work

02:14:15.658 --> 02:14:18.325 align:center
that I spent months
dreaming about

02:14:18.575 --> 02:14:20.490 align:center
and agonisingly writing
into existence...

02:14:20.491 --> 02:14:23.449 align:center
all I get is satisfaction.

02:14:26.783 --> 02:14:28.284 align:center
And as long as
I don't get that...

02:14:29.075 --> 02:14:30.950 align:center
nothing else matters to me, sir.

02:14:33.158 --> 02:14:34.533 align:center
My own self...

02:14:35.033 --> 02:14:36.491 align:center
that's important to me, sir.

02:14:38.408 --> 02:14:40.574 align:center
It is far more important to me
than anything else!

02:14:40.575 --> 02:14:41.949 align:center
Unfortunately,

02:14:41.950 --> 02:14:43.283 align:center
we live in a world today

02:14:43.284 --> 02:14:45.116 align:center
where the only way
to get recognition

02:14:45.117 --> 02:14:46.658 align:center
is by pretending to be selfless.

02:14:47.366 --> 02:14:48.907 align:center
But I have absolutely
no intention

02:14:48.908 --> 02:14:50.491 align:center
of playing along
with that facade!

02:14:51.325 --> 02:14:52.449 align:center
I am selfish.

02:14:53.408 --> 02:14:55.950 align:center
Accept me for who I am...
or don't!

02:15:01.284 --> 02:15:03.325 align:center
It's easy to preach idealism,
Vineeth.

02:15:04.783 --> 02:15:06.866 align:center
Someday, if you actually manage
to finish a film...

02:15:07.449 --> 02:15:09.033 align:center
I'll listen to the rest
of your speech.

02:15:10.992 --> 02:15:12.032 align:center
'That's right.'

02:15:12.033 --> 02:15:13.200 align:center
'I have to finish my film.'

02:15:13.533 --> 02:15:14.908 align:center
'Not to prove anything to him,'

02:15:15.033 --> 02:15:16.242 align:center
'but for my own sake.'

02:15:16.616 --> 02:15:18.158 align:center
'I'm running out of time.'

02:15:18.658 --> 02:15:20.074 align:center
'Now that the script is missing,'

02:15:20.075 --> 02:15:22.490 align:center
'I need to wrap this shoot
and release the movie immediately,'

02:15:22.491 --> 02:15:24.533 align:center
'before someone uses it
to screw me over.'

02:15:24.908 --> 02:15:26.574 align:center
'There's only one way
I can pull this off.'

02:15:26.575 --> 02:15:29.491 align:center
'I have to tell Hana
that Arjun is behind Sachin's film.'

02:15:29.741 --> 02:15:31.242 align:center
'That'll screw Sachin over.'

02:15:34.200 --> 02:15:35.658 align:center
My father, Vaikom David,

02:15:36.366 --> 02:15:39.657 align:center
is a famous underdog who rose
from humble beginnings,

02:15:39.658 --> 02:15:41.325 align:center
very much like Arjun Haridas.

02:15:42.366 --> 02:15:44.700 align:center
But I, Sachin Vaikom David,

02:15:45.284 --> 02:15:46.783 align:center
was born into privilege.

02:15:47.449 --> 02:15:50.449 align:center
For a long time, I tried imitating
my father's underdog journey.

02:15:51.658 --> 02:15:52.950 align:center
That's absolutely impossible.

02:15:54.033 --> 02:15:56.284 align:center
You can never imitate an underdog.

02:15:56.575 --> 02:15:57.866 align:center
You must become one!

02:15:59.408 --> 02:16:01.284 align:center
For that, you have to
hit rock bottom first.

02:16:01.449 --> 02:16:03.200 align:center
You have to build
yourself up from there.

02:16:03.491 --> 02:16:05.032 align:center
If Arjun is backing Sachin's film,

02:16:05.033 --> 02:16:06.365 align:center
there's no way I'm doing it.

02:16:06.366 --> 02:16:09.075 align:center
But I'm also done changing my plans
based on your every whim.

02:16:09.700 --> 02:16:10.740 align:center
Vineeth,

02:16:10.741 --> 02:16:12.283 align:center
I've already made this
clear to you.

02:16:12.284 --> 02:16:14.241 align:center
You have exactly
one option left now.

02:16:14.242 --> 02:16:16.032 align:center
You can take it if you want,

02:16:16.033 --> 02:16:17.783 align:center
according to my terms
and conditions.

02:16:34.950 --> 02:16:36.783 align:center
Can we make her
look slimmer with VFX?

02:16:37.908 --> 02:16:39.992 align:center
If it's just for a few shots,
we can manage it.

02:16:41.200 --> 02:16:42.866 align:center
But doing it for an entire movie
is risky.

02:16:42.992 --> 02:16:44.575 align:center
- Hey, call the artist.
- Okay.

02:16:46.242 --> 02:16:47.533 align:center
All set.
Let's go for a take.

02:16:49.658 --> 02:16:51.575 align:center
- Where's Hana?
- She was right here.

02:16:54.491 --> 02:16:56.116 align:center
Show me the footage again.

02:16:56.117 --> 02:16:57.449 align:center
Where's the artist?

02:16:57.783 --> 02:16:59.033 align:center
Who went to fetch her?

02:17:00.158 --> 02:17:01.158 align:center
Suji!

02:17:01.658 --> 02:17:02.740 align:center
Hey...

02:17:02.741 --> 02:17:04.074 align:center
there's a problem.

02:17:04.075 --> 02:17:06.325 align:center
I don't have time for problems!
Where is the artist?

02:17:06.449 --> 02:17:07.615 align:center
Dude, you have to listen to me.

02:17:07.616 --> 02:17:09.074 align:center
My parents went to my college

02:17:09.075 --> 02:17:10.449 align:center
and found out
that I got expelled.

02:17:10.741 --> 02:17:11.741 align:center
Vineeth...

02:17:12.449 --> 02:17:13.574 align:center
There's a problem.

02:17:13.575 --> 02:17:15.448 align:center
What the hell
is the problem now?

02:17:15.449 --> 02:17:16.658 align:center
Hana is missing.

02:17:17.533 --> 02:17:18.658 align:center
Missing?

02:17:19.075 --> 02:17:20.533 align:center
What the hell!

02:17:28.449 --> 02:17:29.658 align:center
So gross!

02:17:30.200 --> 02:17:32.074 align:center
I know that you're
producing this film

02:17:32.075 --> 02:17:33.658 align:center
only because Hana is in it.

02:17:34.158 --> 02:17:36.866 align:center
But, if the shoot
has to move forward,

02:17:36.992 --> 02:17:38.950 align:center
I only have one option left.

02:17:40.284 --> 02:17:41.658 align:center
We'll have to replace Hana!

02:17:50.325 --> 02:17:51.408 align:center
Hello!

02:17:53.658 --> 02:17:55.324 align:center
Renowned director Arjun Haridas

02:17:55.325 --> 02:17:57.408 align:center
and actress Hana Shahjahan
have tied the knot.

02:17:57.575 --> 02:17:58.949 align:center
Following a long-term
relationship,

02:17:58.950 --> 02:18:01.532 align:center
the two got married today
at the Thrikkakara Registrar Office.

02:18:01.533 --> 02:18:02.448 align:center
Let's hear from them directly.

02:18:02.449 --> 02:18:04.740 align:center
We've been in a relationship
since we did "After Party."

02:18:04.741 --> 02:18:06.532 align:center
But then, we had a small
misunderstanding.

02:18:06.533 --> 02:18:09.242 align:center
And all of you know exactly
what went down during that phase.

02:18:09.449 --> 02:18:10.574 align:center
Actually,

02:18:10.575 --> 02:18:13.782 align:center
they say you only realise
the value of true love

02:18:13.783 --> 02:18:16.158 align:center
when someone else
steps into your life, right?

02:18:16.783 --> 02:18:18.490 align:center
The grain of rice
with my name on it...

02:18:18.491 --> 02:18:19.699 align:center
found its way to me.

02:18:19.700 --> 02:18:21.782 align:center
You're currently shooting
Vineeth Madhavan's movie, right?

02:18:21.783 --> 02:18:23.157 align:center
- Yes.
- So, now that you're married,

02:18:23.158 --> 02:18:24.740 align:center
do you plan to continue
your acting career?

02:18:24.741 --> 02:18:25.907 align:center
Definitely.

02:18:25.908 --> 02:18:27.991 align:center
But it won't be
in Vineeth Madhavan's film.

02:18:27.992 --> 02:18:30.324 align:center
I'd rather go to the Tamil industry
and get beaten up by Pala...

02:18:30.325 --> 02:18:31.782 align:center
than deal with
a Vineeth Madhavan movie.

02:18:31.783 --> 02:18:33.699 align:center
According to Vineeth,
someone as "fat" as me

02:18:33.700 --> 02:18:35.324 align:center
isn't apt for the role
in his film.

02:18:35.325 --> 02:18:37.532 align:center
Vineeth Madhavan isn't just obsessive,

02:18:37.533 --> 02:18:38.865 align:center
he's fat-phobic too.

02:18:38.866 --> 02:18:40.908 align:center
What triggered this
sudden register marriage?

02:18:41.533 --> 02:18:43.158 align:center
- Err... Okay... Thank you!
- Thank you!

02:18:43.449 --> 02:18:45.575 align:center
Good luck making your film now, Vineeth!

02:18:45.741 --> 02:18:46.992 align:center
Go die yourself!

02:18:47.700 --> 02:18:49.700 align:center
I was dead wrong about Arjun.

02:18:50.741 --> 02:18:52.783 align:center
I actually produced
his debut film.

02:18:53.408 --> 02:18:55.741 align:center
He is a textbook definition
of a wolf in sheep's clothing!

02:18:56.449 --> 02:18:58.448 align:center
He manipulated Hana
into doing her last four films...

02:18:58.449 --> 02:19:00.241 align:center
and every one of them
bombed miserably.

02:19:00.242 --> 02:19:01.283 align:center
Now she's powerless.

02:19:01.284 --> 02:19:02.324 align:center
And I think

02:19:02.325 --> 02:19:04.699 align:center
he may have even orchestrated
those failures on purpose,

02:19:04.700 --> 02:19:06.075 align:center
to gain control over her.

02:19:06.449 --> 02:19:09.117 align:center
He can't stand anyone becoming
more powerful than him.

02:19:09.533 --> 02:19:10.782 align:center
Hana is blinded by love!

02:19:10.783 --> 02:19:13.199 align:center
So trying to talk sense into her
now, is a waste of time.

02:19:13.200 --> 02:19:14.992 align:center
She will realise it soon
and divorce him.

02:19:15.408 --> 02:19:16.533 align:center
I'll wait for that!

02:19:19.325 --> 02:19:20.950 align:center
But your movie cannot wait, Vineeth.

02:19:21.408 --> 02:19:22.657 align:center
What the hell did he think?

02:19:22.658 --> 02:19:23.991 align:center
That if he just went ahead
and married her,

02:19:23.992 --> 02:19:25.408 align:center
he could sabotage your film?

02:19:25.616 --> 02:19:26.658 align:center
Rascal!

02:19:28.158 --> 02:19:30.907 align:center
I'll produce your film
with a brand new heroine,

02:19:30.908 --> 02:19:32.366 align:center
and turn it into
a massive success.

02:19:32.783 --> 02:19:34.448 align:center
Nothing would hit Arjun

02:19:34.449 --> 02:19:35.825 align:center
harder than that!

02:19:36.908 --> 02:19:38.284 align:center
Cast a new heroine.

02:19:38.575 --> 02:19:40.032 align:center
Let's...

02:19:40.033 --> 02:19:41.033 align:center
rule!

02:19:44.700 --> 02:19:46.324 align:center
Scene one, Shot one, Take two!

02:19:46.325 --> 02:19:47.449 align:center
Action!

02:19:57.075 --> 02:19:58.075 align:center
Cut it!

02:19:58.242 --> 02:19:59.284 align:center
Take okay.

02:19:59.533 --> 02:20:00.533 align:center
Break!

02:20:06.992 --> 02:20:08.199 align:center
'[Fayaz] Good morning, Vineeth.'

02:20:08.200 --> 02:20:09.490 align:center
'I've got some good news.'

02:20:09.491 --> 02:20:11.657 align:center
'The official announcement
for my next film is dropping.'

02:20:11.658 --> 02:20:13.574 align:center
'"War," directed by'

02:20:13.575 --> 02:20:15.117 align:center
'Sujith Raj V.'

02:20:15.408 --> 02:20:18.283 align:center
'Honestly, I don't even know
if your best friend knows filmmaking.'

02:20:18.284 --> 02:20:21.157 align:center
'But with a good associate director
and a solid editor,'

02:20:21.158 --> 02:20:22.491 align:center
'I'll finish this film.'

02:20:22.908 --> 02:20:25.575 align:center
'And I'm going to release it
on the exact same day as yours!'

02:20:25.866 --> 02:20:27.075 align:center
'Let that sink in.'

02:20:27.658 --> 02:20:28.658 align:center
Hey...

02:20:31.741 --> 02:20:33.407 align:center
My folks found out
about the expulsion,

02:20:33.408 --> 02:20:35.033 align:center
and it blew up into
a massive issue.

02:20:35.616 --> 02:20:36.991 align:center
I had to go back home.

02:20:36.992 --> 02:20:38.074 align:center
They told me...

02:20:38.075 --> 02:20:39.490 align:center
not to continue my studies.

02:20:39.491 --> 02:20:41.866 align:center
When it finally came down to
me taking over Dad's shop,

02:20:42.992 --> 02:20:44.616 align:center
I didn't give it another thought.

02:20:45.449 --> 02:20:46.532 align:center
I called Fayaz.

02:20:46.533 --> 02:20:49.242 align:center
Instead of Sachin, I am the one
directing Hana's next film.

02:20:49.533 --> 02:20:51.116 align:center
Now that Arjun has married Hana,

02:20:51.117 --> 02:20:53.324 align:center
he doesn't need Sachin anymore
to halt your movie.

02:20:53.325 --> 02:20:54.907 align:center
So, giving Hana's dates to me,

02:20:54.908 --> 02:20:57.158 align:center
Arjun decided to direct
Meljo's script himself.

02:20:59.408 --> 02:21:00.825 align:center
So Sachin is out of that film.

02:21:01.449 --> 02:21:03.408 align:center
At first, even I found it
hard to believe.

02:21:03.533 --> 02:21:04.782 align:center
But it's actually happening.

02:21:04.783 --> 02:21:06.325 align:center
I won't be part
of this film anymore.

02:21:07.033 --> 02:21:08.532 align:center
They liked my story.

02:21:08.533 --> 02:21:09.950 align:center
Our shoot starts immediately.

02:21:11.242 --> 02:21:13.033 align:center
Did you rework the script?

02:21:22.741 --> 02:21:24.075 align:center
Someone like me...

02:21:24.325 --> 02:21:26.200 align:center
will never get
an opportunity like this again.

02:21:26.533 --> 02:21:27.991 align:center
It's for this exact moment

02:21:27.992 --> 02:21:29.825 align:center
that I've put in all my effort till now.

02:21:30.658 --> 02:21:32.408 align:center
I just can't afford
to waste any more time.

02:21:46.158 --> 02:21:47.324 align:center
Vineeth Madhavan,

02:21:47.325 --> 02:21:49.324 align:center
why should the audience
watch your film?

02:21:49.325 --> 02:21:50.533 align:center
Give us one reason.

02:21:51.033 --> 02:21:54.574 align:center
My film is the greatest horror film
ever made in Malayalam cinema.

02:21:54.575 --> 02:21:55.825 align:center
You're really that confident?

02:21:55.950 --> 02:21:57.075 align:center
I am confident.

02:21:57.200 --> 02:21:59.284 align:center
Are you worried about
how audiences will react?

02:21:59.575 --> 02:22:00.949 align:center
Not in the slightest.

02:22:00.950 --> 02:22:02.448 align:center
They're going to love my film.

02:22:02.449 --> 02:22:05.490 align:center
The reason you deleted
your debut feature is still a mystery.

02:22:05.491 --> 02:22:07.574 align:center
Looking back at all that
public backlash,

02:22:07.575 --> 02:22:09.241 align:center
how do you feel today?

02:22:09.242 --> 02:22:10.242 align:center
No comments.

02:22:11.075 --> 02:22:12.325 align:center
Do you feel any sense of guilt?

02:22:15.825 --> 02:22:17.865 align:center
I'm the one who gets to decide
my own destiny.

02:22:17.866 --> 02:22:18.907 align:center
Nobody else.

02:22:18.908 --> 02:22:21.908 align:center
So, will you rewrite your destiny
with this movie, Vineeth?

02:22:25.741 --> 02:22:28.117 align:center
YUDDHAM
[WAR]

02:22:41.908 --> 02:22:43.117 align:center
Hello, Suniletta.

02:22:43.242 --> 02:22:45.950 align:center
His film's posters are everywhere!

02:22:46.325 --> 02:22:48.950 align:center
But there isn't a single poster
for your film in sight.

02:22:50.242 --> 02:22:52.575 align:center
Isn't your film really releasing
the day after tomorrow?

02:22:54.741 --> 02:22:56.992 align:center
'It's almost as if there's a quiet sabotage
happening behind the scenes.'

02:23:06.575 --> 02:23:08.157 align:center
'Everyone in the industry'

02:23:08.158 --> 02:23:11.533 align:center
'has shared the poster
and trailer of Suji's film.'

02:23:13.408 --> 02:23:15.449 align:center
'My movie has gone under
without a trace.'

02:23:17.700 --> 02:23:20.490 align:center
'On top of that, there are rage-bait
articles actively targeting me!'

02:23:20.491 --> 02:23:23.241 align:center
[My film is the best film
in Malayalam so far - Vineeth Madhavan]

02:23:23.242 --> 02:23:25.325 align:center
[hateful comments flooding the feed]

02:23:26.033 --> 02:23:29.117 align:center
It would have been better if you
hadn't uploaded that interview at all!

02:23:29.408 --> 02:23:31.241 align:center
I just need to know one thing.

02:23:31.242 --> 02:23:33.408 align:center
Who is behind this?
Fayaz or Arjun?

02:23:42.533 --> 02:23:44.075 align:center
NIDHI
[Treasure]

02:23:55.117 --> 02:23:56.199 align:center
What?

02:23:56.200 --> 02:23:57.533 align:center
What are you guys trying to do?

02:23:58.033 --> 02:23:59.284 align:center
Sit down, Vineeth.

02:24:00.158 --> 02:24:03.075 align:center
Not a single soul will step into
the theatre after seeing this poster!

02:24:03.325 --> 02:24:06.033 align:center
Who authorised these designs
without my approval?

02:24:07.325 --> 02:24:08.658 align:center
Give us a minute.

02:24:13.325 --> 02:24:14.325 align:center
Vineeth...

02:24:14.825 --> 02:24:17.908 align:center
I manage at least
ten film productions a year.

02:24:18.783 --> 02:24:20.157 align:center
Half of them

02:24:20.158 --> 02:24:23.117 align:center
are shot with the sole purpose
of becoming commercial hits.

02:24:23.908 --> 02:24:26.949 align:center
Whether they turn out to be hits or flops
just depends on their luck.

02:24:26.950 --> 02:24:28.658 align:center
But the other half...

02:24:28.825 --> 02:24:30.075 align:center
has a different purpose!

02:24:30.242 --> 02:24:35.033 align:center
Harris Basheer Group's annual profit
is roughly 500 crores.

02:24:35.242 --> 02:24:38.324 align:center
About 30 percent of that
goes straight to the government as tax.

02:24:38.325 --> 02:24:42.325 align:center
That means 150 crores in tax alone
from his profits.

02:24:42.575 --> 02:24:46.574 align:center
Since Harris Basheer Group's
last two films were blockbusters,

02:24:46.575 --> 02:24:48.407 align:center
there's additional tax liability.

02:24:48.408 --> 02:24:49.574 align:center
This is exactly where

02:24:49.575 --> 02:24:52.448 align:center
a film's financial loss
becomes a blessing for them.

02:24:52.449 --> 02:24:56.782 align:center
So, they find a script that needs
heavy VFX and elaborate sets,

02:24:56.783 --> 02:25:01.242 align:center
spend 10 crores, but show it on paper
as a 35-crore big-budget film.

02:25:01.408 --> 02:25:03.199 align:center
Then they intentionally
ensure it tanks

02:25:03.200 --> 02:25:04.741 align:center
by doing no promotions at all.

02:25:04.908 --> 02:25:07.283 align:center
And then they declare
the full 35-crore budget

02:25:07.284 --> 02:25:08.657 align:center
as a loss.

02:25:08.658 --> 02:25:11.199 align:center
So from Harris Basheer Group's
total revenue,

02:25:11.200 --> 02:25:14.032 align:center
they only have to pay tax
after deducting those 35 crores.

02:25:14.033 --> 02:25:15.741 align:center
So, the higher the loss,

02:25:16.033 --> 02:25:17.284 align:center
the lower the tax.

02:25:18.117 --> 02:25:20.325 align:center
Vineeth, your film won't get
any publicity at all.

02:25:21.200 --> 02:25:22.866 align:center
You won't get good theatres.

02:25:23.741 --> 02:25:25.783 align:center
You won't even get
a decent show count.

02:25:26.741 --> 02:25:29.658 align:center
This film was destined to die
before it was even born!

02:25:31.325 --> 02:25:33.575 align:center
There's nothing you can do
about it on your own.

02:25:34.700 --> 02:25:35.700 align:center
Sorry, Vineeth.

02:25:36.491 --> 02:25:38.284 align:center
None of this was part of my plan.

02:25:38.533 --> 02:25:40.532 align:center
Honestly, I was trying to help Hana.

02:25:40.533 --> 02:25:41.992 align:center
That was my sole intention.

02:25:42.242 --> 02:25:43.865 align:center
The moment you said you
wanted to replace Hana,

02:25:43.866 --> 02:25:45.992 align:center
I seriously considered
shelving this project.

02:25:46.200 --> 02:25:47.741 align:center
But you know,
I'm a good businessman.

02:25:51.866 --> 02:25:54.074 align:center
Didn't you tell me that
if it's marketed the wrong way,

02:25:54.075 --> 02:25:56.032 align:center
this film will be
a certified flop?

02:25:56.033 --> 02:25:57.866 align:center
That statement was
my greatest assurance.

02:25:58.158 --> 02:26:01.533 align:center
No one has ever told me anything
with such confidence!

02:26:03.658 --> 02:26:05.158 align:center
Once everything is over,

02:26:05.284 --> 02:26:07.491 align:center
I have a very special reward
waiting for you!

02:26:10.741 --> 02:26:12.449 align:center
'My film releases tomorrow.'

02:26:13.158 --> 02:26:14.324 align:center
'Normally,'

02:26:14.325 --> 02:26:17.242 align:center
'any director would be losing sleep
out of sheer anxiety.'

02:26:18.117 --> 02:26:19.700 align:center
'But I don't feel
any kind of stress.'

02:26:20.408 --> 02:26:21.657 align:center
'Because...'

02:26:21.658 --> 02:26:22.699 align:center
'my destiny...'

02:26:22.700 --> 02:26:23.992 align:center
'is no longer in my control.'

02:26:24.950 --> 02:26:26.199 align:center
'My film...'

02:26:26.200 --> 02:26:28.866 align:center
'isn't just one of the best
Malayalam horror films.'

02:26:29.616 --> 02:26:31.741 align:center
'It IS the absolute best horror film!'

02:26:33.908 --> 02:26:35.075 align:center
'This is my promise!'

02:26:35.992 --> 02:26:36.992 align:center
'Come...'

02:26:37.200 --> 02:26:38.200 align:center
'Experience it...'

02:26:38.616 --> 02:26:39.658 align:center
'And be terrified!'

02:26:53.658 --> 02:26:55.741 align:center
I just dropped by to wish you
all the best.

02:26:57.242 --> 02:26:58.825 align:center
I don't know if you're aware...

02:26:59.658 --> 02:27:01.158 align:center
Arjun has hijacked my film.

02:27:02.992 --> 02:27:04.699 align:center
The same man who gave me
a second life

02:27:04.700 --> 02:27:06.242 align:center
has now snatched it right back.

02:27:08.992 --> 02:27:11.325 align:center
When I ran completely
out of options,

02:27:12.325 --> 02:27:14.325 align:center
my wife was the only one
who came back.

02:27:15.658 --> 02:27:17.325 align:center
So, I packed up...

02:27:17.950 --> 02:27:19.533 align:center
all of my grand dreams...

02:27:19.908 --> 02:27:21.533 align:center
and used whatever
money I had left...

02:27:21.908 --> 02:27:23.866 align:center
to buy back
my Dad's house and property.

02:27:35.158 --> 02:27:37.825 align:center
It's incredibly tough
to survive in this world

02:27:38.075 --> 02:27:42.242 align:center
cursing yourself for all your bad decisions
and shattered dreams.

02:27:42.449 --> 02:27:44.699 align:center
"Your eyes will see it all,
don't blink away"

02:27:44.700 --> 02:27:46.824 align:center
It's going to take you
a long time...

02:27:46.825 --> 02:27:49.158 align:center
to accept the reality
of being a failure.

02:27:50.449 --> 02:27:52.574 align:center
"The tides of time will
join your path that day"

02:27:52.575 --> 02:27:53.575 align:center
Alright then.

02:27:54.325 --> 02:27:56.866 align:center
We will meet again
in Losers' Paradise!

02:27:58.117 --> 02:28:05.491 align:center
"Your world will find
its way to you tonight"

02:28:05.658 --> 02:28:07.865 align:center
"Right by your heart..."

02:28:07.866 --> 02:28:10.283 align:center
Today, I've finally
accepted something

02:28:10.284 --> 02:28:14.075 align:center
I never ever wanted
to acknowledge in my life.

02:28:15.242 --> 02:28:16.533 align:center
That I'm a failure!

02:28:17.408 --> 02:28:21.574 align:center
"This life will not wane,
it keeps moving forward again"

02:28:21.575 --> 02:28:23.033 align:center
There's quite a crowd!

02:28:23.449 --> 02:28:24.824 align:center
They're not here for my film.

02:28:24.825 --> 02:28:32.449 align:center
"A magic wonder, shining bright,
Where silence speaks into the night"

02:28:42.158 --> 02:28:43.657 align:center
Are you Vineeth's parents?

02:28:43.658 --> 02:28:44.740 align:center
Yes.

02:28:44.741 --> 02:28:46.324 align:center
I'm Harris Basheer, the producer.

02:28:46.325 --> 02:28:47.074 align:center
Oh!

02:28:47.075 --> 02:28:49.199 align:center
Oh, please sit. Please sit.
Let's talk after the show.

02:28:49.200 --> 02:28:50.325 align:center
Okay.

02:28:50.908 --> 02:28:52.449 align:center
Son, the producer is here.

02:28:55.408 --> 02:28:57.574 align:center
I just came to make sure
nobody actually showed up.

02:28:57.575 --> 02:28:59.158 align:center
Now I'm relieved.

02:29:25.908 --> 02:29:27.992 align:center
'I'll make time freeze
at my command.'

02:29:28.575 --> 02:29:30.408 align:center
'And draw all eyes
with just one stand.'

02:29:31.950 --> 02:29:34.033 align:center
'I'll build a kingdom,
claim my throne.'

02:29:34.700 --> 02:29:36.783 align:center
'Images will find
a voice of their own.'

02:29:39.158 --> 02:29:40.408 align:center
'Fear is my aim,'

02:29:41.200 --> 02:29:43.284 align:center
'to shake you to the core.'

02:29:44.616 --> 02:29:47.242 align:center
'An illusion that lights
the silver screen galore.'

02:29:47.700 --> 02:29:48.700 align:center
Huh!

02:29:49.408 --> 02:29:52.032 align:center
What a movie, man!
I got really scared!

02:29:52.033 --> 02:29:53.657 align:center
[indistinct chatter]

02:29:53.658 --> 02:29:54.658 align:center
Hey...

02:29:55.741 --> 02:29:56.950 align:center
It's really good!

02:29:57.158 --> 02:29:58.449 align:center
I was terrified!

02:29:59.616 --> 02:30:01.491 align:center
- It's good, right?
- Yeah, it is.

02:30:01.825 --> 02:30:03.116 align:center
My heart nearly stopped.

02:30:03.117 --> 02:30:04.491 align:center
I think my heart actually stopped!

02:30:04.783 --> 02:30:06.657 align:center
What on earth have you made, man?

02:30:06.658 --> 02:30:07.992 align:center
Right, Madhavetta?

02:30:08.992 --> 02:30:11.992 align:center
But the public is never going
to see this film, Dad.

02:30:12.325 --> 02:30:13.741 align:center
- Says who?
- Yeah.

02:30:13.866 --> 02:30:15.616 align:center
- Let's ask the producer.
- Yes.

02:30:15.950 --> 02:30:17.908 align:center
Did you like the film, son?

02:30:19.533 --> 02:30:20.533 align:center
Son...

02:30:20.783 --> 02:30:22.200 align:center
- Harris Ikka?
- Chetta!

02:30:24.075 --> 02:30:25.908 align:center
- Mr. Producer?
- Are you asleep, Chetta?

02:30:26.741 --> 02:30:27.741 align:center
Huh!

02:30:28.491 --> 02:30:29.491 align:center
Oh no!

02:30:30.908 --> 02:30:32.242 align:center
'This is Harris Basheer.'

02:30:32.408 --> 02:30:33.574 align:center
'Age 40.'

02:30:33.575 --> 02:30:34.825 align:center
'Physically fit.'

02:30:35.117 --> 02:30:37.575 align:center
'The biggest corporate con man
on the face of the earth!'

02:30:38.158 --> 02:30:40.408 align:center
'And today, he dropped dead
watching my movie.'

02:30:42.408 --> 02:30:43.657 align:center
Prominent businessman

02:30:43.658 --> 02:30:46.074 align:center
and owner of 'Harris Basheer Group',
Harris Basheer,

02:30:46.075 --> 02:30:47.865 align:center
has passed away
following a heart attack.

02:30:47.866 --> 02:30:49.991 align:center
In a shocking turn of events,
noted businessman...

02:30:49.992 --> 02:30:54.074 align:center
Famous businessman and owner
of 'Harris Basheer Group', Harris Basheer,

02:30:54.075 --> 02:30:55.907 align:center
has passed away
following a cardiac arrest.

02:30:55.908 --> 02:30:58.907 align:center
Reports suggest that several viewers
in Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur

02:30:58.908 --> 02:31:00.699 align:center
also became unwell
after watching the film.

02:31:00.700 --> 02:31:04.241 align:center
Viewers are calling "Nidhi"
one of the scariest films ever made.

02:31:04.242 --> 02:31:06.865 align:center
Several theatres have now deployed
standby ambulance services.

02:31:06.866 --> 02:31:09.865 align:center
Ashwin, who was admitted
to Thrissur Medical College

02:31:09.866 --> 02:31:12.325 align:center
after collapsing inside the theatre,
joins us now.

02:31:12.866 --> 02:31:14.284 align:center
Ashwin, can you hear us?

02:31:15.325 --> 02:31:16.616 align:center
Are you feeling okay now?

02:31:17.950 --> 02:31:19.700 align:center
Err... we've just lost Ashwin.

02:31:20.242 --> 02:31:21.907 align:center
[Harris Basheer] 'I'm checking out too.'

02:31:21.908 --> 02:31:23.657 align:center
'But this is not a goodbye.'

02:31:23.658 --> 02:31:25.783 align:center
'I will not leave you,
Vineeth Madhavan!'

02:31:26.033 --> 02:31:28.200 align:center
'I will come back and haunt you!'

02:31:30.200 --> 02:31:33.284 align:center
'I'll make high-class horror films
right here in our little Kerala!'

02:31:33.408 --> 02:31:35.408 align:center
'Best of the best in DTS!'

02:31:36.408 --> 02:31:37.824 align:center
'I'm going to terrify everyone!'

02:31:37.825 --> 02:31:39.408 align:center
Scare everyone to death!

02:31:41.408 --> 02:31:44.075 align:center
I don't want to be
just another filmmaker, Suji.

02:31:44.783 --> 02:31:46.616 align:center
I want to be the best in my field!

02:31:47.284 --> 02:31:49.615 align:center
And for that, simply scaring
the audience isn't enough.

02:31:49.616 --> 02:31:51.700 align:center
That fear must become history!

02:31:52.158 --> 02:31:53.992 align:center
'And that history must be celebrated.'

02:32:16.658 --> 02:32:17.658 align:center
It's a hit.

02:32:19.825 --> 02:32:20.950 align:center
It's not a hit.

02:32:22.325 --> 02:32:23.616 align:center
It's a blockbuster!

02:32:34.741 --> 02:32:35.950 align:center
'Devil's Island'?!

02:32:39.033 --> 02:32:40.825 align:center
- It's too late to do anything now.
- Huh?

02:32:54.075 --> 02:32:55.991 align:center
[Sachin] 'So now,
I am truly alone...'

02:32:55.992 --> 02:32:57.325 align:center
'in losers' paradise.'

02:32:57.658 --> 02:32:59.074 align:center
'There's nobody left
here with me.'

02:32:59.075 --> 02:33:00.075 align:center
'Alone.'

02:33:00.325 --> 02:33:01.325 align:center
'But...'

02:33:01.491 --> 02:33:03.699 align:center
'whether I choose to stay
in this hell...'

02:33:03.700 --> 02:33:05.284 align:center
'is my choice and mine alone.'

02:33:11.284 --> 02:33:12.284 align:center
Cheers!

02:33:20.325 --> 02:33:21.408 align:center
[phone rings]

02:33:35.658 --> 02:33:36.658 align:center
Hello?

02:33:37.033 --> 02:33:38.241 align:center
Do you remember the review

02:33:38.242 --> 02:33:40.616 align:center
I wrote for our school magazine's
Malayalam section that year?

02:33:52.616 --> 02:33:54.158 align:center
[The last book I read:
Devil's Island]

02:33:55.533 --> 02:33:58.241 align:center
No one is going to believe
a single word he says after this.

02:33:58.242 --> 02:34:01.075 align:center
The reputation he just earned
from this current success...

02:34:01.575 --> 02:34:03.325 align:center
will be utterly obliterated by this.

02:34:03.533 --> 02:34:06.741 align:center
The moment this becomes public,
he'll be branded as nothing but a thief.

02:34:07.325 --> 02:34:10.449 align:center
Success without reputation
is of no use.

02:34:12.158 --> 02:34:13.325 align:center
Reputation!

02:34:13.491 --> 02:34:15.324 align:center
That is the only weapon you need.

02:34:15.325 --> 02:34:16.949 align:center
Filmmaker Sachin Vaikom David,

02:34:16.950 --> 02:34:19.657 align:center
son of the legendary late novelist
Vaikom David,

02:34:19.658 --> 02:34:22.448 align:center
has level led serious
plagiarism allegations

02:34:22.449 --> 02:34:24.074 align:center
against Director Vineeth Madhavan!

02:34:24.075 --> 02:34:26.074 align:center
Every piece of evidence I have

02:34:26.075 --> 02:34:28.949 align:center
is right here
in front of your eyes.

02:34:28.950 --> 02:34:31.407 align:center
Sachin alleges that the film 'Nidhi'
is a scene-by-scene copy

02:34:31.408 --> 02:34:33.824 align:center
of Devil's Island, a novel penned
by his late father years ago.

02:34:33.825 --> 02:34:36.284 align:center
'Anyone who actually reads that novel
will understand'

02:34:36.533 --> 02:34:39.575 align:center
'that I've adapted only its core truth
into my film.'

02:34:40.158 --> 02:34:41.699 align:center
Vineeth registered this story

02:34:41.700 --> 02:34:45.490 align:center
under the fake name K.T. Peter
to evade any legal backlash.

02:34:45.491 --> 02:34:47.908 align:center
'But I have no way to prove it.'

02:34:48.242 --> 02:34:51.242 align:center
'There isn't a single copy
of Devil's Island left in existence.'

02:35:14.866 --> 02:35:16.740 align:center
You want Meljo's script back,
I suppose?

02:35:16.741 --> 02:35:18.700 align:center
Yes. I want to make it
into a movie.

02:35:18.866 --> 02:35:20.199 align:center
You have to produce it.

02:35:20.200 --> 02:35:22.074 align:center
Vineeth's film is essentially about

02:35:22.075 --> 02:35:25.991 align:center
a hack stealing a treasure
a talented man worked hard to find.

02:35:25.992 --> 02:35:28.532 align:center
When it turns out that very story
is someone else's creation,

02:35:28.533 --> 02:35:31.950 align:center
isn't Vineeth the real thief
who stole the treasure here?

02:35:32.533 --> 02:35:33.950 align:center
Life imitates art.

02:35:34.325 --> 02:35:35.575 align:center
Art imitates life.

02:35:36.783 --> 02:35:38.284 align:center
Stealing from someone is easy.

02:35:38.700 --> 02:35:41.033 align:center
But the struggle of the one
who actually discovered it...

02:35:41.325 --> 02:35:43.491 align:center
can only be understood
by someone who has lived it.

02:35:44.325 --> 02:35:46.700 align:center
MAHAAN [Legend]

02:35:53.700 --> 02:35:55.658 align:center
'With that,
I didn't become a legend,'

02:35:55.866 --> 02:35:57.658 align:center
'and no one sang
praises for my film.'

02:35:58.908 --> 02:36:01.284 align:center
'Today, I'm just Vineeth Madhavan.'

02:36:03.242 --> 02:36:05.075 align:center
'I've been trying to write again.'

02:36:05.866 --> 02:36:07.284 align:center
'But I'm just so exhausted.'

02:36:07.658 --> 02:36:09.117 align:center
'My mind is totally blank.'

02:36:10.200 --> 02:36:11.533 align:center
'Nothing's coming to me.'

02:36:12.242 --> 02:36:14.325 align:center
'I can't even bring myself
to write a single line.'

02:36:25.325 --> 02:36:27.574 align:center
- Hello?
- I watched your film, Vineeth.

02:36:27.575 --> 02:36:28.782 align:center
'Without a doubt,'

02:36:28.783 --> 02:36:30.950 align:center
'it's the finest movie
to come out this year.'

02:36:31.575 --> 02:36:34.033 align:center
'But "War" will sweep
the awards this year.'

02:36:34.533 --> 02:36:37.825 align:center
'Sujith Raj comes from
a very humble, struggling background.'

02:36:37.950 --> 02:36:38.991 align:center
Oh.

02:36:38.992 --> 02:36:41.075 align:center
'I felt he was the one
who deserved my support.'

02:36:41.491 --> 02:36:43.075 align:center
- So I backed him.
- Okay.

02:36:43.242 --> 02:36:44.825 align:center
'But I'm giving you an award too.'

02:36:45.200 --> 02:36:46.490 align:center
'Best debut director.'

02:36:46.491 --> 02:36:47.532 align:center
Okay.

02:36:47.533 --> 02:36:49.075 align:center
'Make sure you come
and receive it.'

02:37:00.866 --> 02:37:02.158 align:center
Thank you, Govind.

02:37:02.408 --> 02:37:04.408 align:center
Who doesn't love to dream?

02:37:04.783 --> 02:37:06.950 align:center
For gifting that wonderful song

02:37:07.117 --> 02:37:09.866 align:center
to Malayalis who love to dream,
thank you!

02:37:14.575 --> 02:37:15.783 align:center
Let's move on.

02:37:16.117 --> 02:37:18.117 align:center
Indus Star Finance presents

02:37:18.284 --> 02:37:20.824 align:center
12th Chakrabhumi Film Awards,

02:37:20.825 --> 02:37:23.242 align:center
powered by Nila Rice and Grains.

02:37:24.325 --> 02:37:26.825 align:center
The Best Director award goes to...

02:37:27.284 --> 02:37:28.740 align:center
Sujith Raj V,

02:37:28.741 --> 02:37:29.950 align:center
for "War".

02:37:40.700 --> 02:37:41.700 align:center
See?

02:37:41.908 --> 02:37:43.741 align:center
Mediocrity is the new greatness.

02:37:46.449 --> 02:37:47.616 align:center
You know...

02:37:47.866 --> 02:37:49.825 align:center
I didn't make some masterpiece.

02:37:51.033 --> 02:37:52.783 align:center
It only passes as great...

02:37:53.325 --> 02:37:54.783 align:center
because of my background.

02:37:55.992 --> 02:37:58.491 align:center
Even here, the applause
wasn't for the work I did.

02:37:58.908 --> 02:38:00.325 align:center
It was for my identity.

02:38:02.075 --> 02:38:04.074 align:center
I would've been better off
studying medicine.

02:38:04.075 --> 02:38:05.950 align:center
This film industry is nothing
like what I imagined.

02:38:06.658 --> 02:38:10.325 align:center
Next, the Best Debut Director award
goes to...

02:38:11.242 --> 02:38:12.783 align:center
Vineeth Madhavan!

02:38:14.117 --> 02:38:15.533 align:center
'Pin-drop silence.'

02:38:15.825 --> 02:38:18.199 align:center
'Not even a murmur
from the audience,'

02:38:18.200 --> 02:38:19.700 align:center
'let alone applause!'

02:38:20.033 --> 02:38:21.658 align:center
'They despise me that much.'

02:38:33.117 --> 02:38:36.783 align:center
While you become the most despised man
in Malayalam cinema,

02:38:37.284 --> 02:38:40.157 align:center
people who don't have half your talent
are going to be celebrated here instead.

02:38:40.158 --> 02:38:41.491 align:center
Understood?

02:38:44.408 --> 02:38:45.699 align:center
Vineeth...

02:38:45.700 --> 02:38:47.075 align:center
a few words, please.

02:38:47.242 --> 02:38:48.825 align:center
"Greatest of all time"

02:38:49.908 --> 02:38:51.575 align:center
"Coming for the throne now"

02:38:52.408 --> 02:38:54.117 align:center
"Defining Mollywood"

02:38:55.242 --> 02:38:57.158 align:center
"Better than the stalwarts"

02:38:57.325 --> 02:39:00.116 align:center
"My thought and throat
have a killer flow"

02:39:00.117 --> 02:39:02.992 align:center
"My hope and scope
have a brilliant glow"

02:39:03.575 --> 02:39:06.032 align:center
"Even if you bury me
deep in the dark"

02:39:06.033 --> 02:39:08.324 align:center
"I'll sprout right back up
like a living spark"

02:39:08.325 --> 02:39:10.616 align:center
My esteemed producer...

02:39:11.284 --> 02:39:15.325 align:center
who unfortunately died of a fatal
heart attack after watching my film,

02:39:16.408 --> 02:39:19.408 align:center
the man who funded this project
solely to launder his black money...

02:39:19.533 --> 02:39:21.865 align:center
the late, prominent industrialist,

02:39:21.866 --> 02:39:23.075 align:center
Harris Basheer.

02:39:23.950 --> 02:39:26.449 align:center
The man who gave me
my first break in this industry...

02:39:27.158 --> 02:39:29.615 align:center
the son of that legendary literary icon

02:39:29.616 --> 02:39:34.199 align:center
Vaikom David, who never penned
a single line of his 232 novels,

02:39:34.200 --> 02:39:35.658 align:center
Sachin Vaikom David.

02:39:36.658 --> 02:39:38.490 align:center
The producer
of my unreleased film,

02:39:38.491 --> 02:39:40.448 align:center
which I myself deleted

02:39:40.449 --> 02:39:43.574 align:center
when he tried to exploit Swaroop's fans
just to line his own pockets.

02:39:43.575 --> 02:39:45.284 align:center
Mr. Fayaz Ahmed.

02:39:48.950 --> 02:39:50.283 align:center
The one who imitated my identity

02:39:50.284 --> 02:39:52.782 align:center
that I earned over years
through my short films

02:39:52.783 --> 02:39:55.408 align:center
and made the blockbuster "After Party"

02:39:55.533 --> 02:39:59.324 align:center
and the industry hit "After Party-2"
using my own script.

02:39:59.325 --> 02:40:00.700 align:center
Arjun Haridas.

02:40:02.533 --> 02:40:03.824 align:center
Thanks...

02:40:03.825 --> 02:40:05.033 align:center
to all of you!

02:40:05.783 --> 02:40:07.740 align:center
Everything I said here
is the truth.

02:40:07.741 --> 02:40:10.075 align:center
But you, the audience,

02:40:10.325 --> 02:40:12.408 align:center
won't believe a single word of it,

02:40:12.700 --> 02:40:13.865 align:center
because...

02:40:13.866 --> 02:40:15.825 align:center
you only hear what you like.

02:40:16.408 --> 02:40:18.449 align:center
You only see what you like.

02:40:19.033 --> 02:40:20.074 align:center
So, yeah...

02:40:20.075 --> 02:40:21.075 align:center
Likeability!

02:40:22.075 --> 02:40:23.324 align:center
Unfortunately,

02:40:23.325 --> 02:40:24.740 align:center
since my personal likeability

02:40:24.741 --> 02:40:28.158 align:center
is far lower than the people
I just accused,

02:40:29.075 --> 02:40:31.325 align:center
you wouldn't want
to believe what I'm saying,

02:40:31.491 --> 02:40:33.325 align:center
even if I'm proven right.

02:40:34.491 --> 02:40:36.616 align:center
Simply because you don't like me.

02:40:37.491 --> 02:40:39.033 align:center
That's the only truth.

02:40:40.075 --> 02:40:41.325 align:center
So finally,

02:40:41.575 --> 02:40:43.658 align:center
the hack didn't manage to steal

02:40:43.783 --> 02:40:46.116 align:center
the treasure earned by the talented
through sheer effort.

02:40:46.117 --> 02:40:47.117 align:center
However...

02:40:47.449 --> 02:40:51.325 align:center
they made the world believe
he was never worthy of that treasure!

02:40:52.825 --> 02:40:53.825 align:center
'But...'

02:40:53.950 --> 02:40:55.992 align:center
'I'm not going to sit back...'

02:40:56.242 --> 02:40:58.284 align:center
'and accept this as my destiny.'

02:40:58.866 --> 02:41:01.782 align:center
'I'll keep setting out
to rewrite my own destiny.'

02:41:01.783 --> 02:41:04.532 align:center
"O you who graze
through this world of illusion"

02:41:04.533 --> 02:41:07.157 align:center
"O you who behold
each age in succession"

02:41:07.158 --> 02:41:12.448 align:center
"To travel the endless distance before,
O seekers of the inner fire evermore"

02:41:12.449 --> 02:41:14.949 align:center
"O you who graze
through this world of illusion"

02:41:14.950 --> 02:41:17.532 align:center
"O you who behold
each age in succession"

02:41:17.533 --> 02:41:23.074 align:center
"To travel the endless distance before,
O seekers of the inner fire evermore"

02:41:23.075 --> 02:41:25.865 align:center
"A steady mind and iron will,
Proper and poised, supreme still"

02:41:25.866 --> 02:41:28.448 align:center
"Though the age is filled with grief,
The soul stands firm beyond belief"

02:41:28.449 --> 02:41:31.032 align:center
"Along the path of righteous war,
Stands one who knows his duty sure"

02:41:31.033 --> 02:41:33.992 align:center
"A peerless soul that never tires,
A man born only for victory's fires"

02:41:38.242 --> 02:41:41.325 align:center
'I'll keep setting out
to rewrite my own destiny.'

02:41:41.741 --> 02:41:44.699 align:center
"Let rookies come in
and make their art"

02:41:44.700 --> 02:41:47.157 align:center
"Ride on pure luck
and break the chart"

02:41:47.158 --> 02:41:50.033 align:center
"No matter how many enter the game
chasing fame, making a name"

02:41:51.200 --> 02:41:52.824 align:center
"I'm the Greatest Of All Time"

02:41:52.825 --> 02:41:55.407 align:center
"Even if you throw
a thousand schemes my way"

02:41:55.408 --> 02:41:57.865 align:center
"Even if you drag
my aura down all day"

02:41:57.866 --> 02:41:59.574 align:center
"The knowledge of cinema
living in me"

02:41:59.575 --> 02:42:01.032 align:center
"Gives my mind its clarity"

02:42:01.033 --> 02:42:04.574 align:center
"I've learned to take every blow and woe,
I'll cross raging seas and steal the show"

02:42:04.575 --> 02:42:07.075 align:center
Vineeth is nothing like the
directors I've worked with so far.

02:42:07.325 --> 02:42:09.117 align:center
He is a visionary filmmaker.

02:42:09.700 --> 02:42:11.992 align:center
He is more mature than
many senior directors.

02:42:12.825 --> 02:42:15.491 align:center
To be honest,
it's excruciating to work with him!

02:42:16.616 --> 02:42:19.992 align:center
In all my years of experience,
no director has pushed me this hard.

02:42:20.533 --> 02:42:21.949 align:center
He'll keep shooting

02:42:21.950 --> 02:42:23.448 align:center
until he gets what he wants,

02:42:23.449 --> 02:42:25.075 align:center
even if we end up
with broken limbs.

02:42:26.533 --> 02:42:28.408 align:center
I'm so grateful to be
a part of his film.

02:42:30.033 --> 02:42:31.032 align:center
Thank God!

02:42:31.033 --> 02:42:32.491 align:center
[Harris] 'Karma is for real.'

02:42:32.700 --> 02:42:34.408 align:center
'Vineeth Madhavan has lost.'

02:42:35.158 --> 02:42:37.782 align:center
'The world doesn't operate
the way he thinks it does.'

02:42:37.783 --> 02:42:39.325 align:center
'People like us control everything.'

02:42:42.158 --> 02:42:45.325 align:center
'And yet, there are things that happen
completely at random in this life.'

02:42:45.700 --> 02:42:46.907 align:center
'For example...'

02:42:46.908 --> 02:42:50.992 align:center
The mystery surrounding superstar Swaroop's
fatal accident has taken a deeper turn.

02:42:51.242 --> 02:42:54.157 align:center
CCTV footage recovered from the scene
now reveals that

02:42:54.158 --> 02:42:57.740 align:center
the crash happened when a middle-aged man
dropped a matchstick

02:42:57.741 --> 02:43:00.824 align:center
while trying to light a beedi
and bent down to pick it up.

02:43:00.825 --> 02:43:02.615 align:center
'That middle-aged man
is none other than'

02:43:02.616 --> 02:43:05.283 align:center
'Varkeychayan, who runs
'Varkey's Catering' in Kuttikkanam.'

02:43:05.284 --> 02:43:06.865 align:center
'But Varkeychayan has another name.'

02:43:06.866 --> 02:43:09.032 align:center
- Peter!
- 'K.T. Peter!'

02:43:09.033 --> 02:43:11.491 align:center
'The true author of 'Devil's Island'!'

02:43:13.866 --> 02:43:15.408 align:center
- Found it!
- Found what?

02:43:16.325 --> 02:43:18.699 align:center
The novel that terrified
my grandpa, a scientific genius!

02:43:18.700 --> 02:43:20.117 align:center
Want some tea, son?

02:43:20.741 --> 02:43:22.324 align:center
- No, thanks.
- My first film!

02:43:22.325 --> 02:43:24.824 align:center
'Thrilled to hear that his novel
was being turned into a movie,'

02:43:24.825 --> 02:43:27.991 align:center
'he snatched the script from a sleeping Suji
on the shooting set,'

02:43:27.992 --> 02:43:30.199 align:center
'with no ulterior motive
other than to read it.'

02:43:30.200 --> 02:43:31.949 align:center
'But before he could read a single line,'

02:43:31.950 --> 02:43:35.158 align:center
'the beedi K.T. Peter enjoyed
smoking in the middle of the road'

02:43:35.284 --> 02:43:36.491 align:center
'ended up betraying him!'

02:43:41.491 --> 02:43:42.865 align:center
'So, in short,'

02:43:42.866 --> 02:43:45.117 align:center
'nothing happens
according to our plans.'

02:43:45.242 --> 02:43:47.325 align:center
'Nothing is truly in our control.'

02:43:47.533 --> 02:43:49.116 align:center
'Everything is random.'

02:43:49.117 --> 02:43:50.324 align:center
'It all comes down to luck.'

02:43:50.325 --> 02:43:52.242 align:center
'And luck has no sense of justice!'

02:43:55.575 --> 02:43:57.158 align:center
Vineeth's case is truly unfortunate.

02:43:57.783 --> 02:43:59.033 align:center
Despite being an underdog,

02:43:59.866 --> 02:44:01.325 align:center
despite coming from
humble beginnings,

02:44:01.908 --> 02:44:03.449 align:center
despite struggling so much,

02:44:04.033 --> 02:44:05.783 align:center
and despite possessing
undeniable talent,

02:44:06.950 --> 02:44:09.075 align:center
he still couldn't reach
the place he dreamed of.

02:44:10.284 --> 02:44:11.575 align:center
Sad reality!

02:44:13.325 --> 02:44:15.782 align:center
"Lightning struck my head
and left me in a fix"

02:44:15.783 --> 02:44:18.991 align:center
"Fear sparked a fire,
but I blew out the wicks"

02:44:18.992 --> 02:44:21.615 align:center
"Fate tried to park me,
but I kept my stride"

02:44:21.616 --> 02:44:23.991 align:center
"I rewrote the story
and blew minds nationwide"

02:44:23.992 --> 02:44:26.199 align:center
"Lightning struck my head
and left me in a fix"

02:44:26.200 --> 02:44:29.117 align:center
"Fear sparked a fire,
but I blew out the wicks"

02:44:29.325 --> 02:44:31.991 align:center
"Fate tried to park me,
but I kept my stride"

02:44:31.992 --> 02:44:34.825 align:center
"I rewrote the story
and blew minds nationwide"

02:45:06.533 --> 02:45:09.657 align:center
"Tomorrow in Mollywood's
glittering maze"

02:45:09.658 --> 02:45:11.907 align:center
"I'll be the star
of its golden days"

02:45:11.908 --> 02:45:14.324 align:center
"A twinkling star,
a total wonder, a total surprise"

02:45:14.325 --> 02:45:16.991 align:center
"Aura at a hundred,
an all-in-one rise!"

02:45:16.992 --> 02:45:20.032 align:center
"Tomorrow in Mollywood's
glittering maze"

02:45:20.033 --> 02:45:22.241 align:center
"I'll be the star
of its golden days"

02:45:22.242 --> 02:45:24.699 align:center
"A twinkling star,
a total wonder, a total surprise"

02:45:24.700 --> 02:45:27.658 align:center
"Aura at a hundred,
an all-in-one rise!"