From the late 18th century to the dawn of the 19th...
Haridwar’s rulers stood tall, at the peak of their power.
Under King Keertivarma’s reign, the land reached its glory.
People lived in peace, justice and prosperity.
In that radiant kingdom, one day changed everything.
[BIRDS CHIRPING AND TWEETING]
[COW MOOS]
[GOAT BLEATS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[COW MOOS HESITANTLY]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Your majesty! Does our town get any evil?
The border cross drinking blood in rage.
Now I see my calf gone. We’re lost, My lord!
We came from the forest, grieving our children.
We don’t know what to do. Please help us, Lord!
Unable to bear the people suffering, he turned to the goddess.
O Mother, protector of life, savior of the world!
When evil strikes the innocent, why does the earth tremble?
Why has this happened, Mother? What must we do?
Where is that cursed place?
[CHANTING OM]
O Mother, protector of life,
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
Mother of cosmos.
Have you sensed the danger looming over our village?
A dark figure with wild hair, black wings, and blue horns.
A fierce demon, they say, born of forbidden rituals.
An evil spirited doll.
With a roaring scream.
It’s no toy. Its roar alone can summon catastrophe.
This is the Brahma Gombe— a doll that plays with fate.
How did it come here, Guruji?
Kumbaka's king Balalla.
After his father’s death, King Ballala lost his way.
He drowned in luxury, ignored his people.
Other kings plotted war, seeing his weakness.
To protect his kingdom, he summoned a dark priest
Adavi Kumbha, master of Atharva Veda, cast a forbidden spell.
He placed the Brahma Gombe at the kingdom’s border.
It wasn’t just magic. It was Brahma’s curse.
That ritual made the King Balalla win Without war.
But even after killing numerous soilders the doll kept thirsting.
The thirst of doll was so intense,
It even took Ballala himself, on a peaceful journey.
Terrified, the people banished the doll overnight.
It wandered through towns, fields and forests...
...feeding on fear, driven by cries and chaos.
It reached this place.
The peace of our village is our sacred duty.
Tell us, Guruji— how do we stop this?
There’s only one way: on Amavasya...
...tie a sacred thread around the village.
No one enters or leaves crossing that sacred thread.
Build a boundary wall to the town.
Offer a goat to the goddess. Spread its blood across town.
Only then will the curse lift.
We’re ready to do anything to restore our village.
Let the ritual begin. Let the festival rise.
As instructed, the king sacrificed the goat.
He bathed the village in sacred blood and took the goddess blessing.
Hmm.
Proceed.
Then he sent four youths to remove the doll.
Chewing betel leaves, they carried it away.
As priest instructed they travelled towards Shivagiri Hill,
The hill, Deep in the forest.
They left the doll there...
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
but the young men never returned.
O Lord, protect all beings. Grant peace to every soul.
Appa Jogi,
at least today, help me make a sale,
by predicting properly.
Got it?
Ah! Kudos!
If you’d sat in the Mall or Market with Jogi,
you’d have made a fortune.
But you chose this temple. What were you thinking?
Quiet.
Who's the crack speaking to himself?
You insult me and also doubt my work?
One day I’ll show you who I really am.
With his wife?
Wife?! But no one's there.
She’s long gone. But he still talks to her.
Every few months, he donates half his earnings to children.
Poor guy became a nomad.
Who built these villages?
Who poured empty water into flowing streams?
Who scribbled something on the slate of childhood?
Who are you, who etches the pages of life?
Who pushes the cart of life?
[INTONING] Nomad
You who walked the streets painting over every color. Are you just a mirage?
You who blurred the future with your brilliance. Who are you?
A form that exists even in absence.
Not pure, yet wrapped in purity.
Who placed hope in the house called heart?
Please… pay attention.
[INTONING] Nomad
[VOCABLES]
[INTONING] Nomad
Sir! Oh no, sir! I have no idea.
Sir, I don't know. Let me go, sir!
[GESTURES TO SIT]
Sir, a festival at our village, I’m the event organizer.
My father asked me to submit this request to you.
Here.
Joseph
From Holuru village, seeking permission to celebrate our village deity’s festival...
..as we’ve done for generations,
celebrating our village deity’s festival,
we would be celebrating it this year.
We’ll ensure no harm occurs.
If anything does happen,
we take full responsibility.
-Please write as I say, sir. -Okay sir.
This year, we’ll ensure no harm to any animal.
Write that and get it signed. -Okay sir.
Sir here, sign this.
Just as we respond to your letter, you must respond to our work.
Got it?
If you try to sneak past me and cut the bull...
...saying ghosts or spirits demand it.
...you know me, right?
I’ll file Section 429...
...and lock everyone up.
You know what happened, right?
That day, the whole village was celebrating the fair.
No one knows how the news spread.
The cop came and stopped the bull sacrifice that had gone on for generations.
The fair was canceled. It brought shame to our family.
Without the fair, we feared a curse would fall on us.
My father was haunted by it. He feared the worst.
Call it a curse or fate,
he had a stroke after that incident.
He never recovered.
That’s why this year, your father passed it to you.
We’re all behind you.
This time, let’s do it big.
Not just big,
We’ll cut the bull, spin the wheel...
..and if that cop has guts, let him try to stop us!
Mamma, why are you glum?
Still waiting for customers to hear their fortune?
Ask your Jogi if any customers are coming.
Are you pulling my leg? -[LAUGHS]
What else, eh?
This doll which has no future...
You think this doll will change your future?
What should I do? -Start something new.
When you begin a new job, you forget the old one.
This guy give us our daily bread.
Shiva is pleased.
Pay for the pleasing meal.
Won't desire money.
You don't accept, pay me I say.
What’s the hotel name? -Kailasa!
Who are the Kailasa dwellers?!
Har Har Mahadev!
Shambho Shankara (The giver of bliss)
Lord, did you come from Kailasa just for this devotee?
I don’t know how to thank you.
Don’t do anything fancy. Just bring idli and vada.
And one glass of milk for my snake.
Bring it, Homey!
If you not the dishes which Shiva ordered,
Send me a spicy Kesaribath.
[GASPS]
Whatever Shiva ordered, send me the same.
Come in, sir. Place your orders.
Time’s running out.
Eat quickly and leave.
Don't act like you are on a picnic?
Who’s this machine?
Master -What is it?
Is he fine?
Who the hell is he?!
Oh ho! Covered in ash! -Must be from the heat.
Ask him to bathe before he joins us.
Go have a shower.
Who are these folks? -Drama actors.
Shiva and Parvati won't descend and cover your meal cost.
Pay and get lost.
He eat and spin stories, pay and leave.
Damn! What an angry man!
Shambhu Shankara, Har Har Mahadev.
Hey kid, what do you want? -Show me heaven?
Die then. -[GASPS]
Not that heaven, Guruji. This one
Is any M.R.P wine shop nearby, Guruji?!
HAR HAR MAHADEV! -O boy!
SHAMBHO SHANKARA! GET LOST. -It's better to flee!
Hey!
I didn't eat, serve me some breakfast.
Not possible.
He didn't even seasoned it properly.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
It's fine.
Hey!
What is it?!
[GESTURES NOTHING]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
What should I do?
Throw it.
What?!
Throw it.
Hmm.
Yes!
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello.
Yeah.
Yes, right.
Uncle, atleast give me a Vada.
Serve the orders quickly.
-I don't want your shitty Vadas. -Come sir, have a seat. I didn't see you.
Hey! Hey! Come back. -Don't be rude with customers.
I will certainly buy you one, after I get the customers.
Till then, you should have patience.
Don't demand.
If he's talking to self, he's certainly a drunk.
He know where M.R.P wine shop will be.
Does he ask us food? Rather he earns us a meal.
Then?
How can you deny it?
What should I do?
He may know the place. -Wrong.
Shouldn't do that.
Namaskaara (Hello).
Huh!
Sir, welcome. I will tell you your future.
No.
I know that my future lies in the M.R.P.
Where's M.R.P?
M.R.P?
You don't know M.R.P?! ನಿಮಗೆ ಎಂ.ಆರ್.ಪಿ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲವೇ?!
Nope.
Have you kept it inside?!
Damn you!
I am bloody famished here, he's asking for M.R.P?
Get lost you mongrel!
I ask for Vada and he behave like an insolent.
Baby! Baby!
Mante, did you see my baby?
Baby, my foot!
What am I, a CCTV camera?
To track her from every corner?
No bro--
Her dad didn’t even give me space to change costume
and no washroom access.
There’s space, but you didn’t notice.
Don't touch my vesti.
She won’t even give you a peep.
Bro, she’s scared she’ll fall in love if she turns and looks at me.
Yo! Photocopy of Romeo(!)
You bummer!
Love is blind.
But she has a perfect set of eyes, Bro.
Hey Mante!
If you keep talking like this, I am going to tramp--
Calm down for a bit, Let’s take a minute and think
[SINGING] who am I, really?
Master, how about him for that role?
He’s been asking “Who am I?” ever since.
Huh.
He doesn’t even know who he is.
Tomorrow, if he walks on stage and asks Master “Who are you??”,
where do I go?
Let’s just ask straight.
Jai Pancha lingeshwara!
sir. There’s a role. Will you do it?
Why are you looking over there? Talk this way.
I’m talking to him, not the wall.
Yo! Looking London, talking Tokyo! ಯೋ! ಲಂಡನ್ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ, ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಟೋಕಿಯೋ!
How did you even drove the bus?!
Google aunty guide me, I just keep driving.
All this wonder gear won’t help!
Master.
Excuse me…
God…
Come, come.
I am already here, where else should I enter?
I can hear the voice but the mouth didn’t move.
Hey, look down!
Not here, look to the side!
Something small must’ve fallen down.
If you want to talk to me, bow your head and speak.
My bad! My bad!
That's fine, does this work?
This won’t work.
I work with this.
Hey! Mante! Mante! Mante!
-Ayyo, my stomach! Stomach! Stomach! -If you want to be cool, be cool!
Cool down, bro!
My boy likes a girl.
We just want to know—will he marry her or not?
That’s all?
Turn on the switch, once the lights are on, poke the ear gently...
It will tell him about the number of kids he will have.
Hey come here.
He’ll handle the kids.
Just tell us about marriage.
Wear it to your ear and listen.
Jogi the astrologer, listen to your fate.
As long as this pygmy with you, you won’t be saved.
No girl will fall in love with you.
Hey Mante!
It's saying that due to you she's isn't loving me.
-Is that what it's saying? -Yes, listen yourself.
Hey, don’t put it there. Put it in the ear! -I know.
No matter how much you hop, you won't get taller.
Nor you will succeed.
Jogi the astrologer, listen to your fate.
This doll’s no good, this guy’s no good.
We should just break the doll out!
Yella Chikka Kunni (Yo tiny pup)
You say my jogi’s no good?
If we don't reach the village before the ritual. They'll exile us.
-Hop onto the bus. -Come, time’s running out!
-Start the bus. -Hurry up.
Hey, where’s he going?
He won't go any anywhere. He'll be back.
Bus is this way.
How dare you?!
If you comment on Jogi. -Let me down.
I'll slice you up.
That's my lovely Jogi
-Who the hell is he? -What's going on here?
Prahlada meets Hiranyakashipu’s avatar.
Look at those wild eyes.
He's Babruvahana!
Master!
What’s this seriousness?
What’s this setup?
What’s this vibe?
What’s this emotion?
-Master. -Huh?
You should be talking abotu me, not about this man.
Go and speak!
Damn! He shot at me like a cannon! My tummy!
Master, forgive me.
Mister Hiranyakashipu!
We’ve got a role for you.
Will you do it?
No, he won’t come.
Do it,
Honey, ask for money
No, no. I’ll do it.
You think he'll accept?
Will you pay me?
Don’t worry.
Art has its price.
You agree?!
He agreed!
Then I am coming right away.
Hurry up.
What now? Problem solved! -Not a problem, solution flows!
He’s doing it, doing it! Let’s move quickly!
Come, come.
Hey look in which gutter he fell?!
What’s this protest?
Damn you! -Hop on.
Hop on.
Get up man.
Basavanta, walk fast! Tie the sacred thread!
We've to be there before they tie the sacred thread.
Right.
The way they tie the herbs. -That's why I am rambling.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
Parvati, come fast! Hurry!
Sorry, Master. Forgive me. -That's fine, hop on.
Luckily we found them!
They're taking us to some village and will pay too.
Come, let's go.
Despite us calling him for long, he's talking to himself.
Hop on. Did everyone came?
Type it clearly.
Sir -Huh?
-Who's the person? -He’s an informer!
Where do you stay?
At home, sir.
Where’s home?
It’s on our land.
Where's the land?
Next to Subbanna’s field.
Hey!
Where's your and Subbanna’s land?
Next to each other, sir.
Making fun, eh?
Akul my sister's son, sir.
Hey!
Who is this guy? He talks too much.
You think he’s fit to be an informer?
Sir, you think I’m unfit?
Your name is Harish.
Born April 2, 1980. Father’s gone, mother’s here.
You have a wife. Your son’s grown tall.
Not only that,
You ride a Splendor bike to duty at 10 AM.
After work, while off to you turn dead end left,
after looking around, but skip your own house.
You go to some other house half a kilometer away.
You eat, rest, wanting more...
That's enough.
and return only by evening to the Parimala lodge.
Your house isn’t on Dead End Right.
Hey! Forget it.
Hey!
Hey. I heard there’s a buffalo slaughter planned in this village.
If that news reaches your ears,
you inform me immediately.
That’s your only job.
Sir, if there’s news, why don’t you go yourself?
I can’t show up in uniform as a cop. That’s why I’m sending you.
Sir, doing this job is like having a sixth sense.
I’ll sniff it out, just watch.
If I don’t hear anything about a slaughter,
I’ll drop it.
Before the sacred thread ceremony,
You must reach the village.
Move fast.
Sir!
Look,
more than 5,000 people are coming for the festival.
No matter what.
Make sure no one gets hurt.
Hmm.
That’s why I’m asking
give me some responsibility too.
I’m nothing more than the mere son at home.
Kids on the street say,
Son of a wealthy person lacking a buck in the pocket.
You didn’t trust me with the house.
Why not trust me with the village?
This isn’t the age to be running around in new clothes during the festival.
The guy spending all day with lads,
You think they’ll hand me village security?
Oh, so you’re the only one born to Krishnappa?
Did I born to some one else?!
Watch your tone.
I’m speaking properly.
Ay!
Dad...
isn’t Uncle Chikkanna also a son of the house?
As you give older brother responsibility, why not him too?
Let’s see if he can handle it.
Hmm?
Look,
After the sacred thread ceremony,
someone has to guard the village.
Let him join you.
You remember what happened last year, right? That mess?
The inspector’s already been here,
surveying how many buffaloes are in the area.
If he finds out we’re planning a slaughter,
he’ll shut the whole festival down.
If you kill the buffalo with him involved, it’s over.
Ay!
Damn!
That’s why I’m telling you,
you still think like a kid.
Whatever happens,
don’t do anything reckless.
Alright, dad.
I’ll go check on the buffalo.
[SINGING SONG]
Hey Harmonium. -Hmm?
Why has the bus stopped?
Bus hasn't stopped.
It’s moving.
But doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere
Feels like it’s floating.
-Hey. -Hm?
What happened?
You’ve been yelling all morning,
and now you’re trying to calm me down?
I’m fed up. -Huh!
-Are you fed up? -Yes.
One more minute and the driver will fall asleep.
Go sit next to him.
No, I’m not going.
Hey!
Hey Harmonium,
stop the bus and throw him out.
Why should we stop the bus?
I’ll toss him out the window.
Do it. -Go I say.
Don't get all cocky!
Master! -Huh?
Teach me the line.
Oh god, this girl!
she’s delivering lines in her sleep.
She acts better in her sleep than on stage.
Shame!
Drive quickly.
I am driving.
Damn it!
If I fall on him, he'll turn us all dead.
Poor guy. Jedar Kadappa.
Oh wow, what a word.
If you find any M.R.P shop around, pull the bus to the side.
If you don’t pull over...
I'll jump from the bus.
Don't do that!
I'll stop at the M.R.P
Come back.
That's what I am asking.
Coming, coming. -Where to?
Enjoy till I am screwed. -Be careful.
Thought he would jump, but he tripped and fell.
Drive faster.
I was all driving smoothly, his face resulted in flat tyre.
Damn!
Tyre got flat.
You got down first.
You speak longer than you are(!)
Everyone, get down.
Come on, what're you saying?!
A flat tyre!
Front or back?
He's dead asleep.
Ay!
Come, the tyre is flat.
Flat tyre?!
What happened?
Move aside. Move aside.
Reached. -Came.
Came, came.
-[CRICKETS CHIRPING] -[INSECTS TRILLING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
[DOOR OPENS]
[BUFFALO MOOS]
Why?
What could’ve happened?
Why are these cow yelling like that?
What happened?
Hey, it’s nothing.
Just air.
Hey!
Hey, you’re sitting on the well’s edge at this hour.
Who are you?
Annappa.
Is it?
Alright.
Got a beedi?
Nope.
Just betelnuts.
Someone told me the wrong address.
-Namaskaara. -What's up, man?
Where’s MRP?
Ask the villager sitting here.
Alright.
Hello mister.
What is it?
Where's M.R.P here?
It’s that way. Go.
Thanks, Mister.
Where did he god?
Thoo!
If the flat’s at the back, what are you doing at the front?
I thought I’d balance it out by flattening the front too.
We were supposed to arrive last night
but reached in the morning.
The flat ruined everything.
We barely made it into the village before curfew.
Master, there’s no danger now.
Why are you poking at the back?
Shut your mouth.
Shut the hell up!
Come guys.
Hey, Master! Hello!
What’s up, Subbu?
You doing well?
I’m good, Master.
Missed the play last year.
Last year, you didn’t even celebrate the festival.
That’s why, Master. This time we’re going all out.
Oh, what’s this? They’ve built a shed to catch fish?
Thoo!
Yeah, not for fish, that's meant for us.
Master, is this a new property?
That’s a rabbit.
Master, that’s not a rabbit. It’s a robot.
Thoo!
Ah, not a rabbit. It’s Jogi.
Come, sir. Listen to your fortune.
You listen.
It will tell you if you'll have kids or not.
Not like that, Master.
it will confirm will the baby belongs to you or not.
Hey pygymy, don't do ill promotion.
Come, sir. I’ll tell you.
No, leave it. I’ll ask after the wedding.
Go on.
Go on. Take rest. Go.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BIRDS TWEETING]
Woah!
[SINGING SONG]
Sushilakka...
Are you doing well?
Is brother-in-law doing well?
Putti!
Hey Putti! Don’t you recognize your classmate?
Who's he?!
It's me...
I’m Subbanna’s son.
Hell! I don't know him.
Damn! She didn’t recognize me?
It doesn't matter, I'll recognize.
Overacting nicely. I'll get all the information.
Brother, do you have matchbox?
Match has died.
If you have killed the matchbox, when will you die?
I was just kidding.
Ah, this beedi. That beedi lip-lock was something else.
Ah, there are only three ways to heaven.
Sitting with this idiot, won't get me anything.
Hey! Putta!
I’m Subbanna’s son Kumar.
You grew up like a ghost and forgot everything.
Hey, aren’t you Puttanna’s son?
No, he’s our elder uncle.
I know that he's elder uncle.
I well know that he's your elder uncle.
The one they talk about during the village fair,
do they slaughter buffaloes?
Yes we do.
What’s that big elephant path you’re talking about?
Look, I’ll spill everything.
He watches with suspicion.
Leave.
Tell your sister that I asked about her.
I'll join you for dinner.
I suspected it yesterday.
It's due to the same thing.
What to do?!
Even the last hope, our cow has died.
Hey Chenna,
during festival time,
you’re holding a dead cow and calling a council?
It's a young cow, Ananda.
I'll call the musicians.
Call all your relatives. Stay up all night.
Do the final rites in the morning.
Clear it.
Everything must be cleared before the sacred thread ceremony.
Everyone, move.
Even the omens aren’t right.
Feels like I have to leave the village.
He's running scared.
[VOCABLES]
[INTONING] Buffalo
The starry, dazzling, dancing down the road, colorful all around.
The temple’s dressed up, waiting to see you.
Don’t flee under the gaze of the sacred thread.
The drums are calling you to victory.
[INTONING] Buffalo
Such grandeur is rare to witness.
The green garlands shine on every home.
Hearts are bursting with joy today.
The fear in our bellies will be swept away.
Flowers gather at Mother’s feet.
The drums are calling you to win.
The starry, dazzling, dancing down the road, colorful all around.
The temple’s dressed up, waiting to see you.
[INTONING] Buffalo
From the earth rises fragrance and wind.
From our sky, a breeze of meaning, eyes tear up with joy.
The whole village glows like the moon.
Everyone gathers to celebrate.
Don’t flee under the gaze of the sacred thread.
The drums are calling you to victory.
The starry, dazzling, dancing down the road, colorful all around.
The temple’s dressed up, waiting to see you.
[INTONING] Buffalo
-[VOCABLES] -[VOCALIZING]
Bless me with a good business.
Come sir, come. Know your fortune.
Come sir. -Hey!
Come here.
-I don't want. -Hold it.
But--
[JOGI VOICE] Jogi's astrology, know your future.
You're about to marry a man from far village.
Honey?!
What's this?
She gave me. -Hmm!
-I didn't ask, she gave me. -It belong to her.
Take it back, I don't want it.
You eat.
My wife is reprimanding me.
-I returned it back. -With whom is he talking?!
But she look fine.
-Sir. -Tell me.
Sir!
Grand fair is transpiring.
No one's talking about Buffalo.
Like the father trained his kids in Drushyam movie.
Village chairman trained all the villagers, sir.
What are you saying?
No one spilling the beans.
I didn't sent you there to tell me this.
Sir, will I leave it?!
Whole village, pond, stream, drainage, garden, hill, farm...
..after searching everything,
-I found about Buffalo slaughter. -Really?!
Share me the location immediately.
-I will, come, dine and leave. -Why?!
What else, sir?!
There's a huge crowd.
Your presence will ruin everything.
I'll call you at the right moment.
Then you come.
Ok, you be there watching.
-Okay, sir. -Huh.
-Okay, sir. Okay. -Okay, okay.
Ah sir! -Huh?
Yes sir, come sir! I’ll tell your future!
Leave your footwear there, alright sir.
Come sir, sit down. Our Hamsa will predict your fortune.
Hamsa...
Where is Hamsa? -She’s right here.
-Is the parrot’s name Hamsa? -Yes sir, it’s a parrot.
-Her name is Hamsa. -Why Hamsa?
Well sir,
-This parrot father name is Hamsa. -Huh.
It was inter-caste marriage.
They got married, her family didn’t know.
Okay.
They chased her down and hit her on the head.
Since then, she’s been warbling like crazy.
Sir, why are you leaving?
Why are you telling a movie plot?
Yo!
You have come to hear your fortune, just do that.
Else shut up and leave.
Fine then. Fine.
Piss off,
He came to trouble me early in the morning. -I'll show you the real fortune.
Speaking utter nonsense about Hamsa.
What's he doing?!
I can't understand.
He's doing something.
Let's check him out.
What's this?!
-It's Jogi. -How does it do?
He tells fate. -How?
By twising your Hamsa in his hand.
Hey!
Put this in your ear. It’ll speak your fate.
Woah!
That's what I was wondering!
There' no one to touch my plate.
You come to do so?!
As long as I’m here, this won’t happen.
Even after you leave, it won't walk.
I’ll have to carry this.
Till I am here, I won't let you do the fortune telling.
Alright challenge accepted.
Yes, let's see must happen.
[IN UNISON] Come.
He predicts both past and the future.
Come, come.
Come, come, come, come.
Come, come, come. -Let's go to the parrot.
Don't go there. I am here.
Come on, kid.
Come. -Is that fine?
-Do you like to hear? -Hmm.
Uncle, does this robot talk?
Yes, put it in your ear. You’ll hear it.
Put it on, do you hear it?
Robot is talking! -Give it to me.
Listen.
-[JOGI VOICE] -Hey, It’s speaking!
-[JOGI SPEAKING] -Wow! It's speaking in Kannada.
-Really? -Yes.
-Yes, it's really speaking. -Yes.
Sorry uncle, you’re so kind.
We thought you were a children's kidnapper.
We threw firecrackers at you. Sorry uncle!
Hey! -Sorry!
Do I look like a kidnapper?!
Come, I'll kidnap you for real. -Run! Run! Run! Guys!
Kidnapper, my foot!
Why are you getting angry?
If we have kids...
Would you have gotten angry like this?
I didn’t say to cut the buffalo.
I am asking what's wrong with it?
Why?
Don't your brothers' has guts?
Tell them to do it.
You all speak one tone. You look down on us.
Why Shruti?
Same village, but different rules?
[SCOFFS]
On festival day,
Everyone wear new clothes and celebrate
I fast since morning,
without bathing and have to cut the bull?
My father and grandfather had no courage.
That’s why they did this.
I am educated.
I oppose this immensely.
Let anyone come,
I'll stand before them and stop everything.
Keep watching.
Fine if you accept me like this.
If not, forget me.
I can’t live forgetting you.
[CROWD SINGING IN UNISON]
[MASTER SINGING]
Namaskaara.
Thank you, Master.
Give me a good role, Master.
Sathisha, move aside. -Hey!
Where's that drunkard?
He fell in the drain.
-Is it? -That's true. -Let him enjoy there.
Where's Narayana?
Narayana! -Stop the act.
Hey Narayana.
Narayana. -I am here.
Where's he?
He's there, we're searching here for him.
Why's he like this?!
He's resting there.
What's he doing there? -Come here.
Why man?!
Act.
My life must be real.
I don’t want drama. It feels fake.
What a line! -Yo rambler.
Will you shut up?!
Lift it.
Quickly lift it.
Mine or yours?!
Hey! I mean dialogue.
Give it.
Damn!
That role isn’t even assigned.
What will he deliver?!
For three years, performing the same play.
People ask for change.
Play name is Sita's Abduction.
Role of Sita.
Awesome, isn't it?
The roles that one should take on.
Master.
Master, I’m tired of playing Prahlada since 3 years.
Hey! Come here.
Come here.
Come on.
I'll play Ravana's role.
Ay!
To play Ravana’s role. He must look fierce.
Shouldn't reflect pityness.
Look,
Ravana must stare into Rama’s eyes.
Your stare feels off weirdly.
It's fine, if you don’t give me a role,
Just don’t ruin mine.
Sit down
Go and sit there.
Sit! Sit there.
Ranga.
Master.
You play Ravana.
Master!
Superb!
Bless you.
Sita...
Daughter.
Yes dad.
You play Sita.
Ok, Dad.
-Master. -What?
If she play Sita, I'll play Rama.
Huh?!
Don't shoot the imaginary arrows.
You’re not Rama
Master, I'll play.
Rama...
-Shall I, Master? -You sit.
You play Rama.
Fine with me.
Him?!
What master?
If he’s Rama, what am I?
Hey!
Hey, you look like his younger brother.
[GASPS]
You go ahead with Lakshmana's role.
Damn you bummer!
Master, What do I do with Lakshmana’s role?
Don't act like an attacking beast.
You gush like to attack me.
-You tell him. -Shut up, man.
How can you give Ram's role to a new guy?
Yeah!
Hmm!
Did you see his act?!
Wait, I am here. -Hey!
You take on the role of the golden doe.
Golden doe!
I don't want the role of Golden doe!
I feel Lakshmana’s character has weight.
I'll do that. -Hmm!
Go and sit.
I’ll do it.
-Fine, fine.
Don’t push too much.
Damn you!
Hey, come here.
Huh?
She’s my sister-in-law only in the play,
but yours in real life.
Treat the character with respect.
This monkey is asking me not to ruin it.
Ay!
What's that?
Brother,
if you break the stage, we can’t rebuild it.
You’ll wreck the whole village.
Hey! Thoo!
Sorry, Master. I got carried away in the review.
What next, you’ll grab KGF too?
Sit down.
Who’s who now?
Rama, say the line.
Here you go, this is the line.
Perform it well.
Brother Lakshmana. -Huh?
Why did you leave Ayodhya and come with me to the forest?
Heartfelt... -Hey!
Cut the “heartfelt” stuff
Master. -Huh?
He's asking me to drop the line consisting heartfelt.
Who are you stop him from saying it?
Not like that.
I told him to deliver that with romantic feel, Master.
He's the one who wanted us apart.
Like school kids, you're framing me.
He's saying that I am framing him.
Enough of that nonsense now.
Now you begin.
Vallabha, Raghunandana, Sri Rama,
Master, I won't act. -Why? What happened?!
You gave three characters to a new guy, Master.
To whom did I gave three characters?
Rama, Vallabha, Raghunandana, the three characters.
Rascal.
Those are just names of one character.
Only one character. -He didn't say so.
You’re Lakshmana. He’s Rama. Sit down.
Sita is lovely.
[SCOFFS]
How’s practice going, Master?
Yes, Namaskara.
You need anything else?
Yes, yes. I'll ask.
The play must go well, Master.
Alright.
Shall we make a move?
Let's leave.
She's a damsel.
Fine, let’s rehearse.
You say the dialogue. -Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Mister-- -Yo!
Huh?
Call her sister-in-law with respect
Master, kill me if you want. I won't call her as sister-in-law.
I'll do that.
Say it.
[NASALLY] Sis-n-laa!
Master, he's saying nasally.
Hey! Shall I say it?
Don’t cross this line nor I will.
Fine, brother, Lakshmana.
Brother!
My whole body’s burning. -Hey!
Don't overact. Get lost.
Why did I agree for this play?!
Hey Ravana. -Master.
You say your line.
Master, shall I pick her up?!
-Hey! -Ay!
Don’t act here like it’s a show.
Hold the mace.
If the Ravana role can lift her, I would've done it, Master.
Yo!
So now you want to play every role?
You all do it together.
-What a fool! -Rama, you say your line.
Rama, come here.
Brother Lakshmana,
that magical deer-- -Hurry up. Say the line.
Be quiet.
Brother Lakshmana,
Ravana created the magical deer and kidnapped Sita.
Let's get her back.
Did he took her to the market to get her easily?
He took her to Lanka.
Take the bow.
Take that bow.
-[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING] -[RAVEN'S CAWING]
Careful. -Take the aim.
What the hell is this?!
Ay!
[RAVEN'S CAWING FRANTICALLY]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Alas! Crows are all falling dead.
What's this?!
Alas!
[FRANTICAL SHOUTS]
Dad, come. -What's going on?
Come, let's go inside. -Hey!
Naveen, where were you?
Come, come!
Come on.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
Here he comes to make the fool of whole village.
Who's that old man?
He walks in like Garuda from KGF.
He's not Garuda rather out village oldman.
Damn you! -Wait a minute.
Gowdre.
If this happens before the festival, how do we celebrate?
Why are you talking inauspicious during festivities, Ranganna?
Let's soothsay whether the festival happens or not.
By assuming imaginary things,
don’t speak nonsense.
Look,
These incidents are common during season of Bull sacrifice.
If you’re scared, sleep inside the house.
Got it?
Naveena. -Appaji?
Tell me, Appaji.
Where's the Bull?
I tied it near the tree.
You all go.
Be brave.
I’m here. -Carefully.
Carefully.
[LAUGHS]
Hmm? Who's laughing?
Come here.
Why are you laughing like this?!
how long will you keep the truth locked?
Grandpa? -Huh.
That elder spoke seriously,
you laugh like it’s a joke?
There are no one elder than the village.
What’s happening isn’t new.
As real are the Day or night.
Even the darkest night is real.
First the insects,
then the animals,
then the birds,
then...
[LAUGHS]
the forest around.
In the middle of that forest, a hill.
On that hill,
[DRAMATIC SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
-[SINGING SONG] -Master! Alas Master!
Narayana leaving the village with his luggage.
Where's he going?
I have no idea.
Huh!
Master...
We knew his future from the start.
That he will chant "Narayana" and leave the village.
Entering is not in our hands.
No one leaves this place.
This is a strange village.
Don’t look back.
They brought us here to perform a play,
and now the villagers are acting with us.
Uncle, you’ve only heard half the story.
If you’re leaving just for that, what’s the point?
No one enjoys the witches and demons tale with a snack.
I was peaceful with Jogi.
and now I’m stuck here with these folks.
-Honey! -Ay! No more honey trapping.
I am shitting my pants after coming to this village.
Let’s go.
Don’t you feel like staying and fixing everything?
By enchanting the spell...
and stay right here.
If I stay, they’ll bury me in the mud. Let’s go.
[TSKS] Nope.
Fine, you stay. I’ll go.
Fine.
You go, I won't come. -Alright then, bye.
Where are you going?!
To fall into a well, how does it concern you?
There'll be Anappa's ghost.
Annappa's or Thamappa's, I don't care.
-It'll ask for Beedi. -I don't smoke Beedi.
[HYSTERICAL LAUGHS]
I am Annappa!
Alas Annappa!
I can't handle it.
Where did she vanish?
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
I feel like he's following me.
What should I do?!
-Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! -[GASPS SHARPLY IN FEAR]
Stop.
-Where are you off to, sweetie? -To mend my broken slippers.
-Your slippers broke, sweetie? -Yes, Brother.
Come, come. -Brother!
Brother! -Come with us.
Didn’t I say not to leave until the fair is over?
Sir, we won't repeat this.
Why have you brought me here? -Go on, man.
Woah! The guy with the doll.
M.R.P, what are you doing here?
-IPL’s on.
Third upper decision is in session. -Damn you.
Hey!
-Parrot astrologer. -Jogi!
Is he a Parrot astrologer? -Yes.
His parrot name is Hamsa. -Right. Right.
-Hamsa?! -Yes.
Ask your Hamsa the place of M.R.P.
Damn you!
They're beating us to cork our every hole.
He worries about M.R.P, get lost you moron.
Nine holes? -Yes.
Show me.
Here it is.
Go there.
Hey! Why are you acting like I asked your wife's vi****ty?
Say yes, if you can else say no.
-I'll see it myself. -It's not like that. Hey!
Woah! -Hey! Hey! Hey!
Your Hamsa fly, I thought it'll walk.
Parrot Hamsa fly away.
Fly away.
I'll go find her.
Hamsa! -Hamsa...
Hamsa...
Come soon. -He'll be back soon.
Let me know what my girl is doing through your astrology.
-Your girl? -Hmm.
Alone...
..in your memories...
..by bending...
..washing the clothes, your scoundrel.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTS]
Why do you fight like pigs?
Hamsa's back, Hamsa's back.
Huh?
Scoundrel!
By hiding the Hamsa like a doll and you act with me.
Lift it. -Hey!
Ay!
Hey! Chikkamunni.
What're you doing here?
Who the hell are you? What're you doing?
Hey!
I went looking for a brand cigarette.
Bring a joint instead.
Damn you! -Damn you, bummer!
You're puny like a cigarette and you're asking for it.
Thrash him.
Enough!
[GASPS]
You want to die fighting? Can’t you just stay quiet?
Be silent.
If you’re born to your father, come prove it.
[GASPS IN UNISON]
What did you say?!
I didn’t say it, sir.
They asked me to say it.
Are you fine?
If you’re born to your mother, come prove it.
[GASPS SHARPLY]
I didn't say it, sir.
We did, sir.
-Don't beat us, sir. -
Look, they're accepting it.
They said it.
Don't beat us, sir.
Beat him some more.
Be quiet, that's it. -You own the flesh of Hamsa.
Take and tie him somewhere.
We're getting pummeled due to him.
Take him and tie him in the buffalo stable.
Please don't! Please! Brother! Brother!
Listen to me, don't do it. Where'll you tie me?
Who the hell is he?!
Don't do it, Brother. -Had enough of him.
Don't step over my hand.
Will you quietly come back or not?
[SINGING SONG]
Hamsa!
Ay!
What?
Hamsa!
What?
Now you'll be screwed.
Don't do it. I don't flee, brother.
Brother! -Tie him here.
Where's the rope?
Don't do it, Brother.
Why the rope? Let me go, Brother.
Alas! -Tie him.
It's hurting.
Hey! Come let's go.
Brother, if something bite me, I can't scratch.
Untie my hands.
Huh?
They tie you too?
[SCOFFS]
Yo Brother Buffalo.
You have a mouth,
but can't speak.
No one listens when I speak.
Although,
My wife is always with me.
Today, she’s not.
Let it be.
If some power frees me,
I’ll free you too, brother Buffalo.
[GROANS]
O god!
Someone help us!
[KIDS IN UNISON] Children kidnapper. -Hey come here, come here.
Come.
They tied up the kids kidnapper!
Oh!
Yo kids!
Come untie me.
I’ll give you a robot to play with.
Uncle’s giving us a robot.
-Let’s help! -Okay.
Hurry! -Come, come.
Come, come.
Untie me quickly. Come on.
Hurry!
Uncle, where’s the robot?
[SHUSHES]
Due to cold, robot went to take a leak.
To pee?! -Yes.
Are you kidding?!
Damn you kids!
Do I look like kidding?
[KIDS CLAMOURING] -Come, I will take out your shorts.
I moved under Buffalo.
Brother Buffalo...
You don't worry!
I'll untie you.
Run!
Run! Run! Run! Brother Buffalo.
Brother, let's grab him.
Guys, Buffalo is fleeing. Come on.
Mongrels! You tie me up.
Go catch it.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Come, come guys!
Come guys.
-[CRICKETS CHIRPING] -[FROGS CROAKING]
Huh?
What's that?
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]
BLOOD!
[SCREAMS SHARPLY]
[GASPS SHARPLY]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey! Grab the buffalo! Stop it!
Sir! Sir!
Hmm?
Sir!
The buffalo escaped from the shed.
Hmm?!
Anand!
Anand,
What happened, Dad?
They say the buffalo’s nowhere to be seen.
Maybe someone took it.
Go find it fast.
Okay, I’m going now.
[INDISTINCT CLAMOURING]
Everyone stop.
Stop.
Buffalo went towards the farm.
We have to go there.
You go there.
Push it from there.
Sir, Buffalo has escaped.
Is it?!
Coming right away.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Eyes like fire, horns like coal, this buffalo’s born of storm.
Dark as night, fierce as flame, still and silent, but deadly.
Hill outside the village, A woman cursed,
a life blocked, even breath denied.
There’s madness in this village.
I’m the one they blame. Me.
Tie the sacred thread in the arm.
If I couldn't find Buffalo, he'll kick me to hell.
Eyes like fire, horns like coal, this buffalo’s born of storm.
Dark as night, fierce as flame, still and silent, but deadly.
Sir! Over here, sir!
Come this side, sir.
-Move, sir. -Come quickly, sir.
Catch it.
-Sir. -What is it?
So many people came to slaughter the buffalo?
Without backup you came alone?
Hey, don’t talk smart. Just walk.
When I shown the oasis,
it's turned upto be a mirage.
-Where the hell did this buffalo go? -[SCREMS SHARPLY] SIR!
What happened?
Sir...
[SNIFS DEEPLY]
I swear, this belong to our buffalo.
Smell if you want.
Hey, don’t act like a clown.
Go search for the buffalo.
I don’t think it’s here.
Let’s do this,
you search that side, I’ll check this one.
Are you the cop or am I?
Oh, is this really the time for that?
Go, sir.
Here both are equal.
-Ayyo, my fate. I need this. -He don't have any clarity.
[PEOPLE CLAMOURING]
[INDISTINCT SHOUTS]
Sir,
they say the buffalo ran toward the fields.
-Let’s go. We’ll start there. -Ayyo! I’m suffocating here.
Hey! Shut up and come.
Hey, go search that side.
You check the fields.
This side.
Go inside, go.
Go guys.
[HUFFING NOISES]
Hey, right there.
It's there.
run! Run!
Come.
Catch it.
Where the hell? We missed it!
-Go search outside. -Let’s check that side.
Go.
You, go inside.
This is all your fault.
You were supposed to watch the buffalo.
You let it slip away.
Shame on you.
Didn’t you say you’d take responsibility for the village?
Then go. Go search properly. Move! Now!
You talk like you’re responsible, but your words say otherwise.
Hey, what are you even saying?
With whom are you talking to?!
Ay!
What is this? Brothers fighting each other?
Sir!
Hey! Stop it.
Let him go.
You gave me a letter saying you wouldn’t slaughter the buffalo,
and now you’re putting on a drama?
Sir, they won’t listen unless you thrash 'em in the station.
Move.
[WHISTLES SHARPLY]
[GASPS]
Hey! What are you doing?
Don't you know about me?
Hey!
I will ensure you don't slaughter buffalo in this village.
[LAUGHS]
No chance, sir.
I’ll lock both of you up in godown.
Come.
Come on.
The Buffalo
Go check there on the side.
Sir, if anything happens to me, please inform my mother.
Hey, quiet. You’ve got your own problems.
There a life is at stake.
Let that life go.
First, think about saving ours.
[CRYING] O god!
Brother, hold him.
Hold it tightly.
Come guys!
[WIND HOWLING]
Hey!
Narayana!
Hey!
What happened?
Narayana?
Where am I?
Narayana?
Scoundrel!
What disaster you may have caused?
If you hadn’t chewed betel leaves,
villagers were saying that you wouldn’t be alive.
Do you even know what you’ve done?
If they don’t find the buffalo,
they would've chopped and hang you at the village gate.
Chairman’s a good man.
I begged him, so he let it go.
Listen,
I’m telling all of you,
before the festival ends,
if you leave this village without permission.
You are done.
You too should remain here.
Narayana.
You talk to yourself?
Thinking something?
You look like you’re carrying a weight.
Tell me, Narayana,
what happened in your life?
Honey...
Look here.
I am right here.
Hmm.
[VO] When we were newly married,
The dream that I and Lakshmi saw...
We wanted a daughter.
But that child didn’t survive.
I didn’t know how to tell her.
Then Lakshmi opened her eyes.
Lakshmi!
Honey!
Honey, where's out daughter?
Honey!
Honey, where's out daughter?
Tell me. What is it?
Tell me, honey.
Why are you crying?
In the embers of desires
You shouldn't trip.
You drifted before opening the eyes.
Did you wilt before you could bloom?
You're the virtue of wish, you left on the way.
O god, What did you beg for?
You’re the god who wrote this. Change the script.
[VOCALIZING]
The cold breath burning me silently.
Called in silence. You didn’t answer.
Why did you push me into this cruel curse?
Tell me where she is.
Can you know the ocean’s depth without a voice?
Will the dream swept away by waves ever return?
Will you live again?
I'll wait even with a dim hope
Lakshmi in that weak body went out to fetch water.
Because she just delivered the baby She felt dizzy and collapsed.
Something happened to her.
The villagers said she was possessed.
They took her to some swamiji.
When I heard that, I felt like my soul left me.
[RITUALISTIC MUSIC PLAYING]
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
The tired little fish waited for rain.
A strange sound echoed.
It leapt into the stream.
The sun’s heat pushed the clouds aside.
Why do you thrash like this, refusing the last drop?
I am the fish that leapt.
O' the sun god
In the middle of the sea, you are the water I couldn’t find.
Will you live again?
I'll wait even with a dim hope
[SOMBRE MUSIC PLAYING]
Let's leave this village, Honey.
Let’s go somewhere far.
They say one lifetime isn't enough for a happy family.
But I couldn’t even complete a year.
I lost her...
and I lost myself.
I’m still searching for who I am.
I’m alone.
Who’s left to hear me?
[SNIFFLES] I’m just an orphan.
Life of a wanderer.
Today this village. Tomorrow another.
Today your bus. Tomorrow some other bus.
[SNIFFLES AND SOBS]
Henceforth, no more changing buses.
Master, your daughter without telling you,
she gave someone else a seat on your bus.
Hey, quiet.
Whatever my daughter said, she said it right.
[BEEP]
[BIRDS CHIRPING AND TWEETING]
Sorry, Adarsh.
You know how hard it is to sneak past Dad and my brothers?
Yes.
If you're this scared to meet me,
how will we ever get married?
That's what I am scared about!
Look,
For this fear to vanish...
If I had to stand up to this village,
I need status.
What are you trying to say?
Shruti,
if I pass the IAS exam,
I’ll have power.
Then no one can separate us.
What do you plan to do for that?
I have to prepare for the IAS prelims.
For that...
..I’m going to Bangalore.
[GASPS]
Hmm.
Shruti,
if I stay here,
they’ll kill my IAS dream along with the buffalo.
I have to leave to Bangalore.
[SOBS SOFTLY]
Looks like you're leaving somewhere.
I am off to predict the fate for survival.
This robot predicts everyone’s future in the village.
Doesn’t it say anything about you?
Except the god,
My father who gave me life doesn’t know my future,
how will this predict, it's all fake.
Um...I need to hear what it says about your future.
Ayyo, stop. Don’t. -Honey.
Henceforth, your future will be beautiful, Honey.
Anyhow... -With whom is he talking to?!
you’ve found a good match.
Ayyo, Lakshmi you won't understand this.
Don’t misinterpret everything. -Dear...
What did our sister say?
Sister!
Did Lakshmi appear to her?!
You all misunderstood. Stop it.
Henceforth, you don’t need me anymore. -What are you saying?
Hey!
Don't search for me, Honey. -Hey!
Lakshmi! -Hey!
Our sister isn’t upset. She’s happy.
Please, stop.
Ayyo, just stop.
Narayana!
Naveen, if there was a country chicken with this country booze...
It would be awesome, isn't it?!
Don’t you know we’re not supposed to eat until the fair ends?
-Is that so? -Hmm.
Naveena.
The Robot guy is coming.
They're sitting here.
Hey, robot!
-Brother? -Come here.
Come Put your hand in (Have a drink).
If I touch it, it’ll burn.
I meant have a drink.
No, brother. I don't drink.
Will you drink buttermilk?
If I drink at night, I’ll catch a cold.
[SCREAMS IN PAIN]
I didn't see you, Brother.
Drink now.
-We'll deal with it later. -Come on, sit down.
-No, brother. I won’t drink. -I'll kill you.
Take it.
Give.
Drink.
Brother, no. I’m telling you. -Drink I say.
You have to drink right now. -Brother--
Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink!
-Eat it! Eat it! -What are you shoving inside?!
Brother, don't!
-Brother, enough. -Hey!
You have to drink now.
How's it?
-[LAUGHS] -Come this side.
Hey, Dad, isn’t that enough?
Show me.
Put your foot forward.
Step up a little.
Bow down.
Give a thundering roar.
Like that pull Sita closer.
Dad!
Not softly--
I would've done it.
You have to do it.
Oh Saroja... Oh Saroja... summon her.
Who served the meal served a deceit.
This god screwed me.
Screwed and given me necklace.
Prisoned the queens.
A creature called human have no limit to deceive.
The moment he's benefitted, he'll vanish.
Who served the meal served a deceit.
This god screwed me.
Perform the play. No makeup. Just your words.
God is above us. He knows harmony. He swings.
Kaurava, Pandava, all are within you.
Husband, wife bonds are for seven lifetimes.
The thread is in His hands. Why worry?
Offered the drink and snacks.
He struck the hand and broke the bottle
[VOCALIZING]
The money makes the world to speak and open its eyes.
The world will deceive. It will whisper for notes.
Everything revolves around women, gold, land
Drink to your brim, you hold the bottle.
Why worry for tomorrow, it'll comes and pass.
Offered the drink and snacks.
He struck the hand and broke the bottle
[GROANS] Lakshmi!
Lakshmi!
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]
Narayana! Narayana!
Look at the way he drank inconscious.
Dad, he doesn't drink. Someone made him drink.
It's due to you.
-Get lost. -Don't scream and make it big.
If chairman finds out, it'll be disaster.
Let's take Narayana to tent.
[GASPS]
[EERIE WHISPERS]
Alas!
What's happening?!
Oye!
Are you going to Bangalore?!
-Naveena! -Naveena!
Where did he go? -Naveena!
The young master isn’t here.
He’s not? -Nope.
Where did he go?
He must’ve come with you, right?
If he was with us, why would we ask?
Who could he have gone with?
Where'd he go?
Wasn’t he with us yesterday?
Wherever he went,
he’ll come back when it’s time to slaughter the buffalo.
Come, let's go.
It's not new for him to leave without telling anyone.
-[LAUGHS] -Alright.
Huh?
Malakka's son!
Malakka's son is dead!
Ayyo! Ayyo! My son!
What happened to you?!
[SOBS AND WEEPS]
Alas!
Brother!
O' Son!
Brother! -What happened to you?
Alas!
You left me.
Brother!
Alas son!
Hey!
It's okay if the villagers see me as heartless.
For the death of one person,
Festivites shouldn't stop.
Everyone, focus on the festival that’s supposed to happen.
Look,
first, move this corpse from here.
Prepare everything for the buffalo sacrifice.
Ayyo... big man.
you used caste as an excuse and took my son’s life.
My son was studying to become a collector,
and dreamt to take care of me and my son.
Sinners! Will you have a peaceful life?!
The weight of this mother grief won’t leave you in peace.
You’ll be cursed.
The ritual must go on.
The buffalo must fall.
Look,
Slaughter the buffalo from her's young son.
Why are you all still staring each other faces?
Leave.
[WEEPS] Brother!
[VOCABLES]
The cold breath burning me silently.
Called in silence. You didn’t answer.
Why did you push me into this cruel curse?
Tell me where she is.
Can you know the ocean’s depth without a voice?
Will the dream swept away by waves ever return?
Will you live again?
I'll wait even with a dim hope
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
[BELL TOLLS]
[BUFFALO MOOS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
-Sir. -Hmm?
Why that circle is being drawn over there?
It’s the circle where the buffalo is sacrificed.
If the buffalo's blood spills on a person
outside the circle during the ritual,
he'll be dragged and chopped just like the buffalo.
[GASPS] Really?!
Yes.
Why?
It’s a tradition that’s been followed since ancient times.
While the buffalo is slaughtered inside the circle,
person from a different village outside the circle,
Should buffalo's blood touches him...
it's a belief that the village goddess will be offended.
Woah!
They say evil forces will rise.
It’s a strong belief in this village.
It's strange, isn't it? -Hmm.
Such is a human life.
And these village customs... even stranger.
[BUFFALO MOOS]
Take.
Hey!
[GESTURES TO SWING]
Hey!
Chop!
Hey!
Go catch him.
NARAYANA!
RUN!
Narayana run!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]
Hey! What’s happening? Look!
Your holiness,
Are we sure this dark ritual won’t harm the next generation?
From the womb of the underworld,
to the skies above,
this Brahma doll keeps being born again and again for destruction.
It cannot be destroyed.
My death is the only solution.
In the next life, I’ll be born again.
Break free from this bondage, O king.
This is the gift I give to our friendship.
From the far edge of the mirrored sea, I’ll return as a wanderer.
[CONCH BELLOWS]
[SANSKRIT MANTRA]
[VOCABLES]
[SANSKRIT MANTRA]
[LAUGHS]
[GROANS AND GRUNTS]
-[FIRE CRACKLES] -[INDISTINCT SHOUTS]
As foretold by himself,
to cleanse Kolur of the curse that clung for centuries,
He descended as Narayana incarnate.
Whenever righteousness falters, O Bharata
and unrighteousness rises,
To restore dharma, I manifest myself age after age.