Enough now! Come on.
Are you doing fine, dear?
Sit... sit.
She played possum to us.
And has been entering the temple for two years.
Her actions terrify me.
You are hell bent on marrying her.
And you have brought me along!
I've been saying since the beginning. I'm not liking this.
Dad...
A true warrior is one who tames the wildest of bulls.
My honour depends on taming her.
I am talking about your marriage.
And you are talking about taming a bull; are you nuts?
You will not understand it, uncle!
We will take care of it.
He addresses me uncle at times.
Sometimes as brother and sometimes as leader!
God must have been high when he sent him to this world.
Do not trust him.
I don't need your advice.
I know exactly what I am doing.
Stay if you like or leave.
-You want me to leave? -Yes.
Look.
You are going to get busted and bashed soon.
Don't you drag me into it.
You are digging his grave in the name of his well being!
You tadpole! I will deal you someday.
God it hurts! Uncle!
What is wrong with your dad?
Stop screaming into my ears.
Why do you look so devastated?
Remember how you stood for me the other day. Now, what happened?
Now, what's left?
Everything is done.
Seeing you dejected really hurts me.
When I was afraid and losing everything,
you achieved many thing with your courage.
Do not forget that.
You have won half the battle. Your fight is not over yet.
You revealed the truth for the sake of these people.
But no one has come to save you.
You must find a way to save yourself. Pull yourself together.
Do something.
Take a look at those gifting plates; Thavasi has done a fabulous job.
You are truly a fortunate man.
It looks fantastic.
Thanks! Enough of applying. Leave now.
You have applied enough. Stop hurting her. Enough!
Just go away.
"AYALI"
My struggles and efforts are in vain.
Does it look like a festive house?
-It looks like a funeral home. -Don't lose heart.
Only good things will happen to her.
Did you hear them? The are worried about the festive atmosphere.
That is their major concern.
Do something, aunty.
She is everything to her father. Even he has abandoned her.
What can I do?
This cannot get any worse.
I cannot tolerate this obscenity anymore.
A young girl's life is getting ruined before our eyes.
I am informing the police.
Yes, men like them should be shot to death.
That will teach them a lesson.
You have spoken your mind.
Let me speak from my experience.
Informing the police is useless.
These men have no guilt. The police punishments will have no effect on them.
Putting them behind bars will not reform them; rather, they will plot revenge.
These shameful men would only boast about going to prison.
We must not sacrifice her to reform them.
Tamil? Why do you look so dejected?
You are the most confident and courageous person in this village.
Lead the way; the rest will follow.
You have done things none of us could do.
Do not over think like an adult.
It was the child in you that shook up this village.
You must not kill that child.
That is best for you and this village.
Careful. Slow.
What is that noise?
Noise? Women are attending nature's call here.
You senseless, dumb, idiot! Get out of here.
Come on, hurry up.
Stay strong! I wish you a prosperous life! Go this way.
I have sent everyone already.
Hurry up.
Watch your step.
Careful.
Difficulties will follow women wherever they go.
But don't lose your courage at any cost.
Wherever you go, live the life of your dreams and be happy.
Tamil... Aunt, the bus had come. Hurry!
Stop the bus.
Come on, Tamil. Hurry up.
Stop it.
Get in.
Get in soon.
Do not worry. We will take care of everything. Get in.
-Get her in soon. -Come on Tamil, get in.
Get in.
Tamil?
What are you doing here?
Tomorrow is the marriage and what are you doing here?
So, you showed your true colours?
Are you all planning to run away from the village?
We knew that you women are capable of this.
That is why we keep you locked up at home.
You cannot escape me.
Hit him!
Oh God!
You jerk!
No good words will ever come out of his mouth.
Let him die.
Never mind such men.
Go now.
Go on, Tamil.
Why didn't you go? We put in so much effort to get you here.
Are you scared, Tamil?
I am not scared, mom.
I thought of something.
'A women should not be educated'
'If she does, she will run away from the village'
That is what such men think, isn't it?
If I run away now.
I will become a testament to their thought.
And the other girls will never be free.
Our future generations will be deprived of education.
Didn't you tell me?
Difficulties will follow women wherever they go.
We have ran enough.
We have to put our lives at stake even for our basic rights.
-We cannot run anymore. -We can discuss it later.
You will prosper only if you flee from this place.
If I flee the village, do you think they will leave me alone?
They will find and kill me.
They will make me a God and weave a new fable around me.
And they will use that same fable to enslave us for many centuries.
Who knows?
Ayali may also be a girl who stood up to the superstitions of this village.
Many such deities exist in this land.
I will stay before them.
A girl attained puberty and entered the temple, got educated,
and she became successful. I want to prove this to the world.
Someday, this entire village will change like you people did today.
If I selfishly run away,
no other girl in this village will live a life she desired.
You speak like a noble woman.
Before we gave birth to a child,
we never even had a consideration for others.
But this young girl is staying back for the sake of us and our children.
That is why...
...education is very important.
I must stay in this village to bring about a change.
We have somewhere else to go.
How did you burn the farmland?
-We poured petrol over it. -Did any notice?
It's impossible to notice.
Our men were the ones who did it and stood wailing in the front.
We made sure everything was right before burning it.
Brother, take a look at this.
Everyone else is gone.
Why the hell are you staring at me? Go search for her.
Hurry guys.
Run! Run!
They are here.
Come out! Come out!
The men are here. Don't be scared.
What are you doing inside the temple?
Haven't you destroyed the village enough?
Come out now or you will suffer unimaginable pain.
Do we look like imbeciles?
Look at your son. He has the brain of a cow.
Mine is better. Your son has goat shit for a brain.
Leave now...
...or I will hack you to pieces.
Shut up or I will poison your food. Get out of here.
Watch your mouth, ladies.
Are you planning to embarrass us?
Embarrassing you all is not a difficult task.
You will die of dishonour if a woman questions your masculinity!
Are we going to let these broads talk?
That's my man!
Then why the have you placed the village's honour on us broads?
I see a lot of proud men here.
Go save your village's honour yourself.
Why the hell are you searching your village's honour between our legs?
Move aside.
Come out.
Come out now.
Here comes the most affectionate dad in the entire world.
We live a dignified life in this village. Are you planning to ruin it?
You want me to die of dishonour? Tell me.
To save your honour, your will either kill yourself...
...or kill your daughter.
You men know nothing else.
Many fathers in this village have killed their daughters in the name of honour.
But, when some of your sons ruined the lives of other girls.,
did any of you fathers kill them in the name of honour?
Justice should be fair for both the sides.
Don't talk to me like I am one of them.
Was I like all the other men?
I love my daughter more than my life.
Do you think that my love for her is not true?
Tell me, do you think that my love for her is not true?
My mom has put her life in danger to stand up for me.
But you are here with a weapon, to kill me.
You talk about love all the time.
But it's not love.
You gave birth to me for your honour.
You accumulated wealth for me and brag about it to everyone for your honour.
You are holding a sickle to kill me for your honour.
Am I right?
Tell me where is your love amidst all this, dad?
Thavasi is walking away.
Forget Thavasi.
-Let us deal with them. -Come out.
Come out now.
Are you going to come out or not?
Stop shouting!
Why are we doing this?
Why do we follow certain restrictions?
Do we men think low of our women?
We regard them as our Gods.
We are doing this for their own good and safety.
They will come out once they understand it. So stop shouting.
Have some pity on them. Don't intimidate them.
Why are we doing all this?
It's for your own good and safety.
Why don't you people understand it?
We have had enough of your safeguarding.
We are saying this for your own good.
We don't want you to sacrifice your lives for safeguarding us?
You men have protected us for generations and we have been a burden to you.
It's time for you to live a peaceful life.
Please go away.
Go away. What are you waiting for?
-You heard us! -Get out.
Get out of here.
Why are you waiting? Get out of here.
Move out. Let's see what they can do.
Let them rot inside the temple.
Step outside the temple and you will face the consequence.
Some of our men have taken their side after hearing their speech.
Things have gone out of hand. Our women will never obey us again.
Time for us to become sages.
Let us break into the temple and break their skulls.
My mom is inside as well. Do you want me to break her skull?
I will break her skull.
You can break my mom's skull.
Call it even?
Let's enter the temple and demolish the entire structure.
They will have no place to hide.
You fool! If you demolish the temple,
how will you keep the women in control?
Do you think that their aim is to enter the temple?
Fools! Fools!
-Are you asking us to stay silent? -I am asking you to hit harder.
We must hit them where it hurts.
I am well aware of their motive.
Just wait and watch!
There are back again. What do they have in mind?
They don't have mercy at all or else they'd understand our pain.
We have strongly provoked them. I wonder how they will retaliate?
When none of our girls studied in the 10th grade,
my parents gave me the opportunity. I wish to thank them.
I am the only girl who made it to 10th grade, in this village.
Won't it make you proud, if I appear for the exams?
No matter what others say...
...do what you think is right for you.
They are destroying the school. Let's go and stop them.
Tamil... Tamil...
-Have you seen Tamil? -She left already.
She already left?
Where are you? Tamil...
You little worm!
Look what have you done.
You did everything so that our village girls can get educated, didn't you?
You will never study again.
Hold her hands.
Let her go. Let's see what she can do now.
Stay in your limits.
Uncle?
Don't call yourself a human being!
A human being...
...must have some kindness...
...or some sense.
How do you guys even exist without either of them?
Stop!
-They kidnapped her. Hack their legs. -Where are you running to?
If you call yourself men then stop!
Stop!
-Brother! Get out of there. -Don't spare any of them!
What is it?
Why are you all agitated now?
We were all standing behind him till now.
Filthy men like him exploit us to achieve their dirty intentions.
They turn us into barbarians in the name of culture and traditions.
Who are they to decide and dictate what goes inside our home?
Atrocities these men commit in the name of culture; we all have a part in it.
Stop supporting such men.
These swarm of monkeys will fade without a trace.
The board has a lot of empty space,
and I see a lot of kids here.
All your names...
...should appear on the board.
I too have to say what my daughter said.
Do what you think is right for you.
At least, will your name appear on the board?
Or will you stagnate in the 8th grade like my son did?
Listen. Study well and marry a well educated girl.
That is the real pride.
At least you obey me.
Have you received your free bus pass?
-Come here. -Yes?
Who are you? Where are you from?
We are coming from Kavanur.
-What are you doing here? -We came to the college.
We don't even have a higher secondary school in this village.
And you say you're studying in college? Crazy fellows!
-Dude, he's mad. -Yes, looks like it.
Who is this joker? Looks new here.
You! Come here.
-Where are you going all dressed up? -I am a teacher. Mind your words!
-You are a teacher? Then who am I? -A mad man!
Stop!
You look like matured girls. Where are you going?
To the school.
Girls who attain puberty are not allowed to go to school.
I guess he's mad. Let's go, it's getting late.
Tamilselvi?
What happened to Tamilselvi?
"AYALI"