-We'll meet soon, boys. -Okay, anna.
(man) Do you know Paathaalam?
There have been seven attempts on his life till now.
One man.
He fucking ripped those boys apart to shreds.
(knife slashes)
Motherfuckers!
(knife slashes)
Who's digging up a 20-year-old case now?
Motherfucker!
We are Bunk Suresh Label, man!
(men laugh mockingly)
(Paramasivan) Whoever has planned to kill Paathaalam never came out alive.
(car screeches, crashes)
(policeman) His name is not Nagendran anymore.
-It's Paathaalam. -(knife slashes)
(theme song)
(music stops)
(footsteps approaching)
(suspenseful music)
(man gasping)
(music intensifies)
(phone ringing)
Anna, Paathaalam has been killed.
(Suresh laughs)
He wouldn't have heard about all this now, right?
Senguttuvan's Paathaalam has been sent to where he belongs.
The ones who did it are our Label's sharpest knives.
Now showing, a new arrival!
A blockbuster event! (laughs)
You have broken past the biggest hurdle to get inside.
Now, don't get too complacent.
Do you understand?
I will finish it soon, anna.
(autorickshaw whirring)
Let's go.
(mobile phone beeps)
(opening music playing)
LABEL WALK THE STAGE GLORIOUSLY
(knock on door)
(knocking continues)
(door creaks)
Sir.
Why did you guys come here? Come on!
-Sir! -Come now!
Sir.
What, sir? We killed someone who was an elusive enemy of all.
-Why are you chasing us out now? -(Paramasivan) Hey.
I was the one who okayed your plan for execution.
Then why the fuck did you change it?
What did we change, sir?
You said you would kill him on the highway, right?
Why did you let him get on the flyover?
-(Veera) Flyover? -(Kumar tuts) Sir.
What's the problem with that?
You senseless idiot!
That area falls under the jurisdiction of Arul Kumaran of S-23 police station.
-(thrashing) -(man screaming)
(siren blaring indistinctly)
(mumbling in agony) Please let me go.
They just took my car and left, sir.
I don't know...
anything else.
-(hot water splashing) -(man shouting)
(continues shouting in agony)
(sinister music)
If the hit was carried out anywhere else,
he would have gone about his work.
Now that you have done it within his jurisdiction, he'll do what he wants.
(man continues screaming)
He is roaming around like a rabid dog.
(Arul) If you had told me the truth
when I hit the first time, I would've let you go.
But every time I hit you, you say something different.
That's why it makes me want to hit you more.
(man whimpering in delirium)
-(policeman 1) Tell us! -(policeman 2) Tell us the truth!
(man screams in pain)
Make sure to stay out of his sight.
You have to be safe for a few days.
I'll let you know.
Now leave!
Sir, I'm--
(sinister music)
(gate clicks)
-(Prabha) Be here at 9:00 a.m. sharp. -Okay, sir.
-Inform the client about the hearing time. -Okay, sir.
Hey!
-Hey, what are you doing here? -What?
Oh, sorry.
You should be asking me that, right?
There is an important verdict coming out today. That's why.
-Oh, that minister's rape case? -Yes, I'm here to cover it.
But you don't come here usually, do you?
Yes, sir, it's another reporter's job.
But madam insisted on coming today.
-(Mahitha tuts) -Oh.
No, nothing of that sort.
There is still time for that case to be heard.
Would you like to have some tea or coffee?
Great, sir. I'm famished. I will have a tea.
Is tea enough?
Brother, go straight, take a right,
and you'll find a shop on the main road.
You can go have one.
-Go quickly before they close. -(Mahitha chuckles)
Do you want tea or coffee?
Should I also go and get it by myself?
No, no. I asked for us to go together.
Shall we go? Come.
(indistinct chatter)
Are we going to stare at each other like this?
What other option do we have?
What else...
I mean,
you said that the goalkeeper has been murdered, right?
Oh. Yes.
I have to find those four guys somehow.
Who knows where they are?
Don't worry. We can find them.
I have a question.
Why are you so attached to those two boys?
I saw it that day on the ground as well as in court today.
It's just that...
I feel guilty that those boys killed him for my sake.
Not only that,
they represent our area.
They're good in academics.
But,
since they are like this now,
I feel I'm on the losing side here.
I get it.
But I don't think anyone will change with them as role models.
They will, if they look at you.
You represent the identity of your area.
You are the one who wants to change it.
Even if it changes, I feel like it will be because of you.
And why would you think about losing?
And another thing.
What is it?
Uh...
I'll tell you later.
Hey.
If you leave without telling me, then I will keep thinking about it.
Good. Then you should.
It's time for the verdict. Okay, bye!
It will take ten years for the final verdict to come out.
Just tell me--
(thunder strikes)
(soft romantic music)
♪ Oh, my dear moon ♪
♪ You've studied my mind ♪
♪ When I'm lost ♪
♪ You are my hope ♪
♪ Are you the ocean to my river? ♪
♪ Have you engulfed me On all sides? ♪
♪ Are you the melody To my words? ♪
♪ Are you a deer that will turn me Into a hunter? ♪
♪ My heart blooms with you around ♪
♪ You occupy all my thoughts ♪
♪ Make me come alive ♪
♪ And go beyond ♪
♪ Come, my world ♪
♪ Tap, tap My heart goes ♪
♪ It rushes every minute I'm with you ♪
♪ My love for you ♪
♪ Grows boundless To win your heart ♪
♪ Tap, tap My heart goes ♪
♪ It rushes within me Every minute I'm with you ♪
♪ My love for you ♪
♪ Grows boundless To win your heart ♪
(romantic music continues)
(singer vocalising)
PERIYAR KALANCHIYAM
(music continues)
♪ My journey will not change With one glance from her ♪
♪ My dreams will not end With her love ♪
♪ The moon will never vanish With her around ♪
♪ An ocean of love that she brings ♪
♪ Every storm and wave In the ocean ♪
♪ Is you within me ♪
♪ Every bubbling volcano ♪
♪ Are your thoughts Inside my heart ♪
♪ Are you a colourful stroke Of a woman? ♪
♪ Or are you a haiku That lifts me up? ♪
♪ Are you a metaphor for a woman? ♪
♪ Are you an ancient Tamil melody? ♪
♪ You are my love ♪
♪ You are my life ♪
♪ You are my world ♪
♪ Tap, tap My heart goes ♪
♪ You're growing on me ♪
♪ You've created love in my heart Out of nowhere ♪
♪ Tap, tap, my heart goes You're growing on me ♪
♪ You've created love in my heart Out of nowhere ♪
(chorus repeats)
(song ends)
(mobile phone ringing)
Excuse me.
-Hello, sir. -(Muthuvel) Prabha.
I've messaged a number to you on WhatsApp.
Contact that number.
You will get the details you want.
Okay, sir.
Sir, thank you so much.
(indistinct chatter)
(suspenseful music)
(man) Ever since Muthuvel sir spoke to me,
I've been thinking about it.
This is like quicksand.
If you get stuck, it will swallow you whole.
(door creaks)
I was a runner. An athlete.
I used to run like the wind.
Only after seeing me run, they called me to join the Label.
Money, luxury, drugs. I was lured in because of all that.
The one who gets the Label at a young age
will get to live fully, experience everything and die.
That is the best they can get. Or he should become the head.
Otherwise, for people like me, who can't live their lives fully,
it turns into a hellish existence.
For those who roam around, thinking of their next kill,
most of them will have heart problems,
blood pressure issues, tremors in their hands,
palpitations, achy balls.
To live alone
will become impossible.
After roaming around in style, to live like this now,
I feel like killing myself every day.
If someone roams around in a Label, feeling as though they own the world,
bring them to me.
Ask them to see how I take a dump.
(scoffs) Do you think they will be a part of it even after that?
All right!
Write down their names, old addresses and all other details.
I will start asking around.
-Okay. -Okay.
-I'll see you. -Sure.
(mobile phone ringing)
Tell me, sir.
Prabha.
Veera and Kumar have not come to the station for two days.
Are they with you?
No, sir.
What about at the ground?
Could be, sir. I will check and call you, sir.
Okay.
(suspenseful music)
Hari, are Veera and Kumar at the ground?
(suspenseful music intensifies)
(motorbike whirring)
Akka, where is Veera? I can't find him.
He left with Kumar on Friday night.
He wanted to tour some mountains and forests.
I thought that little trip might put some sense into him.
Okay, akka. I'll check. Bye, akka.
Okay.
(oil sizzles)
(woman) He said he heard about a job through his friend.
He said he would be going to Chengalpattu or Jolarpet, sir.
Sir, tell him if you have any job openings. He'll do it.
-Okay, let me know once he's back. -Okay, sir.
(music crescendos, fades)
So, do you understand?
Okay, sir.
Sir, the boys are here.
(menacing music)
(music intensifies)
(music turns sinister)
Sir, it's him.
-Hey, come here! -Sir.
-Come on! -I didn't do anything, sir.
-I'm innocent, sir. I did nothing, -Come on, you!
(suspect) Sir, I didn't do anything. Let me go.
(cop) Tell me the truth!
Come on! Tell me the truth.
How many of you are involved? Tell me the truth.
(suspect) I didn't do anything, sir. I don't know anything.
(music crescendos, stops)
(footsteps approaching)
(man) Jaya!
(Jaya) What? Didn't you get any liquor?
(man) Of course, fucker! I'll get you some liquor!
(Jaya) Hey.
It was a close call. They'd have fucked my ass otherwise.
What's the matter?
I was taken in by the police, man!
Hey. How?
How would I know, motherfucker?
I was in my shop.
They came in suddenly and got me.
They must have seen me on CCTV.
(eerie music)
They made me stand in line next to a few guys.
Remember the guy who drove the jeep? He was asked to identify.
Oh, no! Did he expose you?
That son of a bitch couldn't remember my face.
Thankfully, he pointed at someone else.
They beat his ass up!
What do we do now?
(gasping)
Let's go away. But call him first.
Hey.
They've told us not to call them.
They also told us not to stay here for two months.
Shut up and call them. We should alert them.
Hey.
Just call them, for God's sake! Motherfucker.
(beeping)
(dramatic music)
The mobile is switched off, but we got the number.
We can find the person now.
(dramatic music)
(automated) The number you're calling is either switched off--
The number you're calling is either switched off
or not reachable at the moment.
-Please try later. -(suspenseful music builds)
Hey.
(sinister music intensifies)
(knives slashing)
-(woman) Come, come! -No, Amma, listen to me!
I will ask him to thrash you up today.
-Listen to me, Amma. -Hey!
I said come on!
Prabha!
Whatever it is, we can talk at our house, Amma.
(woman) Don't make me lose my cool!
-Prabha! -Amma.
-Don't do it, Amma. -Hey.
-Shut up and come! -Amma.
-Amma, listen to me! -Prabha!
Hear me out for a second.
-Go, keep moving! -Amma.
Shut up!
-Amma. -Prabha!
-Let's go home and talk. -Prabha!
-Amma, no, no, stop it! -I said shut up!
-Shut up! -Amma.
-What, akka? -Don't, Amma.
-Can you please come down? -Amma!
Amma, whatever it is, let's go home and talk. Come on.
What do you want to talk about at home?
What should we talk in our house?
Let him come now.
What happened, akka?
Anna.
Don't do it, Amma.
-Hey, what's the matter? -Nothing, anna.
Amma, come, let's go.
-Did you make trouble in college? -No, anna.
He can create problems only if he goes there, right?
Hey, what did you do?
-Anna-- -So...
Sir has murdered someone.
To show off! To show off!
You know who? Paathaalam!
I slog my ass off just so that I can educate him,
but this motherfucking rogue
joined hands with some jerk, murdered someone
and had the audacity to brag about it on a call.
As if he just won a fucking award!
Hey!
What did you do?
I didn't murder anyone, anna.
I just helped.
Helped, my ass!
Akka!
Hold on, akka.
Hey.
What did you do?
They asked me to throw a petrol bomb, and I threw it.
Nothing else, anna.
They asked you to throw it?
Who?
Hey, tell me!
Open your bloody mouth!
Veera, anna.
(sobbing)
(wails loudly) Oh, my God! Good grief!
I volunteered, anna.
He will come to court and confess everything.
You do whatever you want.
Akka! Be quiet, akka.
Why should I be quiet?
Do you want me to let him stay this way?
The streets are full of bloodthirsty maniacs.
If they find him now, he will be chopped into pieces.
And you...
The whole world is suspicious of the son of such a father.
I took such care to never let him go down the same path as him,
but he ended up becoming exactly like him!
Akka.
Come with me, akka.
Amma, I'm sorry.
I will not do anything like this again, Amma.
Oh, Lord!
Do whatever you want, kill whomever you want.
-I've had enough. Please let me be. -Amma!
Akka, come here.
-Come on, akka! -Why did you do that?
Akka! Come on, akka.
Come here.
Are you crazy?
He has just realised his mistake.
And you are now asking him to do whatever he wants and kill anyone?
(melodramatic music)
It's risky only if this gets out.
Those people will stop at nothing to find the culprit. Do you understand?
(music turns introspective)
So... will they kill him too?
What? No!
What?
That won't happen.
Keep him home for a few days without sending him out.
Make sure he doesn't talk about it, and you don't tell anyone either.
(foreboding music)
As soon as sir comes, we can talk to him and conclude this.
-Don't worry. I will-- -One minute, sir.
Okay, carry on.
-(phone ringing) -(policeman) We can finish it, sir.
(phone line ringing)
Tell me, sir.
Sir.
Did you find any leads in Paathaalam's case?
We found them, sir.
The perpetrators are two men, Veera and Kumar.
The boys from your area.
But the inspector didn't include their names in the FIR.
It is a risky situation.
If you know the boys, take care of them, sir.
Okay, sir.
(foreboding music continues)
(mobile phone ringing)
(suspenseful music)
(ringing continues)
-Hello. -Sir.
They are planning to kill Veera and Kumar.
Surrender them immediately.
Which Veera and Kumar? What's the matter?
Sir.
The inspector has found out they're guilty.
But he didn't include their names in the FIR.
They are young, sir. Don't abandon them.
Save their lives at least.
(emotional music)
(music turns suspenseful)
-(wood crackles) -(phone ringing)
(Kumar grunts)
-Sir. -Veera.
Both of you surrender yourselves immediately.
Okay, sir.
For now, don't use the Label's name.
Go in, and I'll arrange everything for you.
Okay, sir. When should we come in?
I have
an important case in Bangalore.
I'm not sure when I'll be back.
Uh... find another lawyer at once,
and surrender yourselves.
That'd be the right thing to do.
-Is that so, sir? -Yes.
Turn yourselves in. I'll see you once I'm back in town.
All right. Okay, sir.
Tell me.
We want to surrender ourselves in a murder case, sir.
Is that all? Why are you hesitating for that?
(eerie music)
So,
whom did you kill?
Paathaalam.
No can do. Find someone else.
(Kumar) Hari sir had spoken to you about us, right, sir?
Regarding Paathaalam, sir.
Motherfucker!
He also refused.
(eerie music continues)
(music intensifies)
IN MEMORY OF S. JAYARAMAN - K. NATARAJ
(truck horn blares)
(music continues)
(inaudible)
Anna, this is Kumar.
(man) You killed Paathaalam and are boldly calling me up now?
Motherfuckers, I will kill you on sight.
Damn it!
(eerie music continues)
(car starts)
(Paramasivan) I have an important case in Bangalore.
Let them come. I will take care of it, anna.
Motherfuckers.
We shouldn't care for the police. We must kill them right here.
We will, anna.
Those bastards will not get out of the court alive.
Let them come out.
Motherfuckers!
(police siren wailing)
Who the fuck is that lawyer, anna?
He seems to be helping them surrender bravely.
What lawyer? Motherfuckers have come all alone.
Sir, an advocate has come to surrender those boys.
(suspenseful music)
What is it, anna?
(music intensifies)
Do you accept?
-We do, sir. -We do.
(suspenseful music intensifies)
Who is the inspector handling this case?
These two boys should be safe.
Both inside and outside.
Inform the jailer as well. I will also note it down. Okay?
Okay, sir.
(intimidating music)
(Arul) Hey, no, calm down!
Listen to me. Go!
Hey! Move aside!
Move!
I said move!
(dramatic music)
(Arul grunts)
Move away!
(Arul) Move aside!
(Arul grunts)
Move aside!
Give way!
(music rises)
(Arul) Get in!
Hey.
Go!
(indistinct shouting)
Hey.
That sir over there is the one who safeguarded these boys and...
Am I right, sir?
(foreboding music)
(indistinct shouting)
(sinister music)
(music turns dramatic)
(cameras clicking)
(dramatic music intensifies)
(camera clicks continue)
(camera clicks)
(Subtitles by Desynova Digital)
(mellow music)
(knife slashes)
(firecrackers bursting)
(sombre music)