(introspective music)
(Ranga) My Lord.
Both the petitioners did not have any intention of killing anyone.
After their tournament ended,
they were casually standing on the field and talking.
The opponents appeared suddenly, to kill them.
They were going to kill Prabhakaran who tried to stop the fight.
In that fight, the murder happened out of self-defence.
(prosecutor) Objection, Your Honour!
Your Honour.
A few days back,
they attempted to murder contractor Tamilselvan.
They were caught by the police as well.
I'm not sure under whose influence it was,
but both of them were let off.
This attempt seems to be a retaliation tactic.
Claiming this to be self-defence is completely baseless, Your Honour.
-I will reserve for orders. -Yes, Your Honour.
(music fades out)
(suspenseful music)
(policeman) Hey. Hmm.
(man) Sir, wait for a minute.
That is okay. We are not sending them to you for you to refuse.
(man) Hey.
Come on.
We think that, if we send it to Paramasivam, the job will be done.
You must uphold expectations, sir.
These are the boys who killed Tamilselvan of Senguttuvan Label.
Come!
Superb, boy.
What is your name?
Veera, anna.
Kumar, anna.
We will meet soon.
Okay, anna.
(Suresh) Take them away.
(man 1) Who is Paramasivam, sir?
(man 2) He is Bunk Suresh Label's lawyer.
(opening song)
LABEL WALK THE STAGE GLORIOUSLY
M. PRABHAKARAN BA., BL., ADVOCATE
(Prabha) Couldn't you have told me this last night?
Why do you always ask for something only when I'm leaving for work?
Your darling is sitting right here! Tell her to do it.
(Amudha) What is your problem now? It will only take ten minutes!
-Hello. Hi. -Hi.
Come in.
No... phone?
I'll give it. Come inside first.
(playful music)
(Prabha) Appa.
My dad.
Come on in.
Please sit. (flips switch on)
Amma?
Amma!
What is it, boy?
My mom!
Hi, Auntie. I'm Mahitha.
(Prabha) Mahitha.
One minute, I'll be back.
Please sit.
That tournament?
That's... postponed to next year.
The change in identity that we did all this for,
that same identity has come back to square one now.
Your phone.
Didn't you say the display was broken?
It was broken.
I fixed it.
It's the original piece.
No, no. I wasn't checking that.
Thank you.
No worries.
Oh, sit down, dear. Sit, please!
(pleasant music)
Amma, you saw the videos of the tournament, right?
She was the one who shot them.
Oh.
So, the other day, her phone's display broke.
I brought it here to get it fixed.
So, she has come to collect it. (laughs awkwardly)
Would you like to have some coffee or tea?
No, no, Auntie. I'm late for office. I'll get going.
-(Amudha) What about breakfast? -(Mahitha) I will have it on the way.
Why? Don't you eat at home?
No, I live in a paying guest accommodation.
I woke up late today. That's why. I will eat at the cafeteria.
Can't you bring someone from home to take care of you?
Uh...
Auntie...
If I had someone, I would've brought them along.
(music mellows down)
(Mahitha) Oh, no.
Auntie, I'm used to it now. You don't have to feel bad for me.
You'll have to eat outside food then.
Why not have a home-cooked meal today?
No, Auntie. It's already late.
-I have to go now. -Come.
Come!
Go on.
(Amudha) What will you eat? Shall I make you some dosas?
(emotional music)
(Kumar) What did your mom say?
(Veera) All she did was cry incessantly.
I got super annoyed.
-What did your sister say? -(Kumar) Same story.
(Kumar) She wants me to get married.
Well, why not?
Why don't you get married then? Gomathy keeps calling you.
(suspenseful music)
(man gasping)
Anna?
(music intensifies)
Anna.
The hit was a failure.
Motherfuckers!
Go fuck yourselves!
The ones that are here are already useless fuckers.
Even the new ones seem to be the same.
Hey, move aside!
(policeman) Hey!
(music slows down)
(tense music)
Hey, ask him.
Bro...
(clicks teeth) Bro, tell me.
(policeman) Who are you?
Do you know Paathaalam?
(music crescendos)
(intense beat)
(man) He belongs to the Senguttuvan Label.
He is the king of the Ennore area.
All the factories and land businesses in that area,
everything is under his control.
For the past 17 years, he has cemented his place there.
No one has been able to even go near him.
In other areas, our Label rules.
But here it's all him.
Till now, there have been seven attempts.
They all failed.
So this time,
nine of the sharpest guys from out of town were brought in.
(street lights blinking)
(ominous music)
-(music crescendos) -(men scream)
(blade swings)
(spine cracks)
(men grunting)
-(knife slashes) -(man screams in agony)
(man continues to scream)
(knife slashes)
(man stops screaming)
(man 3) Hey!
(man shouts)
(knife slashing)
(man yells, chokes)
(man shouts)
A single man.
He fucking ripped those boys apart to shreds.
(fire blazing, crackling)
(music stops)
What happened, Mahitha?
(men shouting onscreen)
(man) Hey! You!
(man screams, groans)
(man moaning in pain)
(judge) Based on the video evidence we have received,
it is seen that the two accused, Veerasekhar and Kumaraguru,
committed this murder as an act of self-defence.
Therefore, this court orders them to be granted conditional bail.
(Prabha) Well, akka...
I would rather have you not see all this.
Akka, they've come. I'll bring them home.
(suspenseful music)
(Prabha) Hey.
Don't feel bad about this.
There are no more problems. Everything has been sorted out.
They might try to trigger you both.
You guys don't react to it.
Stay indoors for sometime.
You have to go to the station every day to sign.
Anna?
Did no one else come?
Amma and akka went to get some money.
So, I told them I will bring you guys home.
Get in.
What?
Anna!
Did no one else...
come?
I had informed 50 people and asked for an Audi car.
They didn't come.
Hence the auto...
Is this good enough? Shall we go?
-Get in, guys. -(rickshaw engine turns on)
(man) Come in, sir. Ranga sir said you would be coming last week.
(Prabha) I had gone out for another case. That's why I couldn't come.
(man) After 2010, everything has been digitised.
So, most of these files are not in use, sir.
(mumbling) 2009...
2008,
2006,
2004.
(introspective music)
Sir?
Nagendran Kondithopu.
Take a picture of this address for your reference.
(police sirens wailing)
(music fades out)
Looks like you got them out on bail.
I know you must be upset with me.
It was a murder that took place in your jurisdiction.
You didn't do anything wrong.
Going to prison on a petty case is different.
When someone goes in for murder, the prison swallows him whole.
Most of those who are released are already criminals by then.
It is my duty to nab the culprits and present them in court.
It is your duty to defend your client and get them out.
What is there to get upset about?
Well,
did you come all this way just to say this?
No, sir. I need a favour.
M. MUTHUVEL
Who is it that's digging up a 20-year-old case?
Fine, give me the details of the goalkeeper. I will follow up.
Do you need anything else, anna?
-Eh? -(waiter) Anything else?
Clean the table.
You finish drinking. I'll clean it later.
(Kumar clicks teeth)
Hey.
Fucker.
Clean the table, man.
(indistinct chatter)
-(man 1) You drink 9 beers a day. -(man 2) Think of your health, man.
(waiter) Hey!
-(waiter) Take this table, anna. -How are you, my man?
(waiter) I'm good, anna. How are you?
(chatter continues)
(man) Get some chicken for us.
(waiter) Two cold water bottles? Yes, I shall bring them.
(Veera) Hey. Hey!
Come here.
What is it, anna?
Clean the table.
I told you I'll clean it once you finish drinking.
-(Veera) Hey! -(Kumar) Hey!
Tell me, anna.
Asshole, clean it.
(Veera) Clean it.
Fucker! Take this!
Take it.
-(men chattering) -(Veera) Here.
Hey!
Tell me, anna.
Go and get me a half pint.
What about the bill?
(tense music)
You first go and get it.
Pay for it, anna. They will ask for it.
Hey!
Who is that? What do you want?
Motherfucker! Who are you?
Brother!
Watch your words!
Who are you?
Huh? I'm your grandmother!
Bastard!
We are Bunk Suresh Label, man!
(men laughing)
(men snickering)
Who the fuck is this Bunk Suresh Label?
Dude, that dickhead is staring at us.
(man) Hey!
What are you staring at, motherfucker?
Oh, let them be!
They are trying not to vomit. And you think they are staring at us?
(men laughing)
Hey, fuckers!
See this finger?
This finger.
Put it in and dig deep. It will come out. Vomit. (laughs)
Label, he says! My foot!
The court itself said that you killed in self-defence and kicked you out.
And you come here, spewing crap like Bunk Suresh Label? My ass!
Fuck off, bastards!
I said leave, you bastard.
(man 1) They should have let them rot in jail for some time.
(melancholic music)
(music fades out)
(Suresh) Hello?
Suresh, it's me.
What is it, sir? At this hour?
By any chance, did you tell any of our boys
to plan a hit on for Paathaalam?
No, why?
Two boys calling themselves Bunk Suresh Label
have come to me, saying they have a plan for Paathaalam.
Who are they? Give the phone to them.
-(Paramasivan) Hey. -(Veera) Sir?
(wind chimes clinking)
Anna?
It's me, Veera.
Hey, who are you?
Anna.
I was in jail after killing Tamilselvan in Vaali Nagar, right?
You spoke to me too.
Bloody motherfuckers!
I will slaughter you!
If you go out and drink, shut your ass and go home!
Instead, you are planning to kill Paathaalam, you fucker.
Anna,
I'm serious. The plan is perfect.
Hey!
You dickhead. Have you even seen Paathaalam in real life?
Motherfucker.
Fuckers, if you go and get killed in the name of Label,
I will make sure I slaughter your entire family.
Come and see me tomorrow!
Okay, anna.
Give him the phone!
Sir.
Please speak.
Sir.
Fucking cunts.
They are blabbering bullshit in a drunken haze.
Sir, they might do something in their eagerness.
Tell our boys to keep a close watch on them.
Suresh. One minute.
This time you listen to what I say.
Okay, sir, do as you wish.
(Paramasivan) Hey!
Anyone can plan a hit!
But it has to be executed properly.
Till now,
no person who planned a hit against Paathaalam has survived.
He will swallow you whole and drag you to hell.
That's why he's called Paathaalam.
You plan it,
and try to come back alive. Then, we will see.
And what if we do?
I will ask two of our boys to surrender for you.
Sir, we are the ones doing it, so we will go in ourselves.
Only then, we are fit to be Bunk Suresh Label.
(ominous music intensifies)
(Veera breathes deeply)
(sniffles)
Kumar,
it's a bloody good plan, man!
We shouldn't miss it, man.
In case we do miss it,
we will never be able to get into Label till we die, man.
Anna.
What, man?
I will also come with you.
For what?
For the event.
What?
Anna.
I know.
You guys are planning a hit.
I will come too.
Hey, fucker! Look at him coming here, all high and mighty.
Get lost!
Please, anna.
I will join you too. I want to get a Label too.
For a long time, I've been wanting to work with someone and get a Label.
The other day, when you stabbed someone at the ground,
I decided that day.
If I did join, it has to be with you that I get a Label.
(Veera scoffs)
I will be with you.
You tell me what you want me to do.
I will finish it as discreetly as possible.
(sinister music)
(music slows down)
(music intensifies)
(music fades out)
(boat's engine whirring)
When Nagendran was in prison, his father was murdered, sir.
After that, his mother vacated the house and left.
Okay, anna. Thanks.
-(music intensifies) -(car screeches to a halt)
(man) Anna?
Don't be scared. Okay?
Someone is just trying to create a scene here. Don't worry.
Do you call this a scene?
They are just trying to scare us.
And yet, you have to go, right?
They are doing all this to prevent me from going.
It is a very important deal. I have to go.
Go inside.
Anna, it is getting late.
Bastards!
No matter which asshole gets in between,
we have to get this fucking deal.
Just you will be coming with me.
-Hey. -Anna?
-Stay here and handle things. -Okay, anna.
(music dies down)
Sir, give me your licence and registration.
Here you are, sir.
Sir.
I'm not sure what the problem is.
But the Assistant Commissioner has been at the main road since this morning.
If you go with your accessories, he will definitely detain you.
He's right, anna. Let's turn around.
I'm sure it's those fuckers again.
They want to get their hands on the whole thing themselves.
Those bastards have been irritating me since this morning.
Now, they've joined forces with the Police as well.
Sir, it is risky, so it's best you turn around.
Okay, you bring the car down the other way.
-Okay, anna. -Hey, Arun. Come.
Go on, man.
(intense music)
(car door shuts)
-Yes, sir? -Need to go to the harbour.
Yes, sir. Get in.
(Arun) Anna, let's go.
Let's go.
(tyres screeching)
(man screams)
(Paathaalam groaning in pain)
(Arun moaning in agony)
Veera! Kill that bastard!
(menacing music)
(Paathaalam struggles)
(Arun grunts)
-(knife slashes) -(Arun screams)
Stab that bastard!
(Kumar shouts)
(Veera screams)
I'm telling you, don't worry. Welcome, sir.
-(Prabha) Hello, sir. -You stay here. I'll be back.
-Okay, sir. -I've found out your guy.
Half of those who go to juvenile prison,
reform themselves, get a job and have a family.
The rest of them get fully into what got them jailed in the first place.
This guy belongs to the second category.
(sinister music)
(Muthuvel) I don't know about the rest. I have asked around.
We have the complete detail on your guy.
He did something that made the entire Label sit up and notice him.
When those who came along did what they were told to do,
this guy killed the one who gave him the job and took his spot.
(music intensifies)
(Paathaalam grunts)
(Veera screams)
-(knife slashes) -(Paathaalam screams)
After that, he only went up the ranks.
He kept on killing anyone who stood in his way.
Get on top of him, man!
-(knife slashes) -(screams)
(Veera howls)
(music fades out)
(Veera moans in pain)
(music fades in)
Soon enough, he accumulated wealth and political influence.
After that, he became the guy no one could even go near.
(music turns tense)
-(Kumar screams) -(Paathaalam groans)
(Prabha) If he is such a big rowdy,
how come no one knew about Nagendran when I inquired?
That is the tricky part.
After the AC's murder, his level went way up.
(Paathaalam howls in pain)
His circle, business, contacts, everything changed. Even his name.
After he sent that man into the deep end, his name is not Nagendran.
It's Paathaalam.
(Paathaalam growls in agony)
Till now,
no person who planned a hit against Paathaalam has survived.
(music crescendos)
(Muthuvel) Prabha, if we catch him, all your problems will come to an end.
(Subtitles by Desynova Digital)