Saving the best for last, were you?
Good job!
Was it good for you?
'The proof is in the pudding, I'm sure
Hey
Leaving already?
Think it through
This is never going to happen between us ever again
You'll go your way. And I, mine
So…
come!
One for the road
Why ruin the best?
Always leave them wanting for more
Bullshit!
Just say you can't go again
That too!
Hey
I'll come back for my things later
Anytime
You have the keys
Hey, K!
I have taken something of yours
For memory's sake
I won't tell you what
If you ever miss it
or need it
then ask me and I'll return it
Okay
It's not my polka-dot boxers?
Nnno!
Cool
Is this how it ends?
I was wondering the same!
Is this it?
I guess so
Bye!
Bye
MEMORY IS BUT A BIRD
Sam
It's been quite a battle
We've just pulled you out of this emotional trauma
So for at least another six months
continue to shut him out of your mind
There's another patient inside. Please wait for ten minutes
I hope you didn't skip any medication?
There is a reason why I ask
Even if you skip a few doses of the medication
your self-defense might kick in and it might lead to delusions
I'll see you in two weeks
[PSYCHIATRIST] Avoid the people who remind you of him
Avoid the places that remind you of him
Get rid of anything that reminds you of him
Stay away from anything "K". End of.
In the crashing waves your voice I hear
In the grains of my heart Your shadow I see
In the flow of music I feel your taste
In the fibers of life I see your face
And just like that Thoughts of you never cease
But…
In the throes of love-sickness
In the agony of wounds
Don't thoughts of me
Ever come to you?
You are the radiance That pours from my lamp
You are the heat that I draw from raindrops
In the sweet embrace of the mist I feel your arms around me
And in my fall to the ground
Your gravity
And just like that Thoughts of you never cease
Alas!
Even as weeks have turned into months
Even after anger is replaced by yearning
Doesn't your doomed heart
Ever think of me?
Tell me
How is K?
You know, after my brother's accident
they had to induce a coma for the surgery
Due to which he has lost a part of his memory
He has forgotten a lot of things
He remembers that you both were in love
but he has no memories of that time
Including your break-up
He keeps asking for you, Sam
We've been making up excuses all these days
But we can't do it anymore
The doctor feels that if you came to see him there's a good chance he'll get better
Will you come and see him?
I'm not going to insist
But if you come, he can be saved
He needs your help
Medication may heal his injuries
As he heals
his memories will return in bits and pieces
They won't be in order They'll be fractured
With these bits and pieces
his mind may even imagine some things
He will be confused between reality and imagination
In times like this one is wracked by doubts and insecurities
If we're not careful, we may only save his body
but not the person we know
That's why he needs someone like you
Someone he trusts, and is comfortable with
who will narrate his forgotten memories like a story
So, slowly, he can start recollecting things
which his mind will later reassemble linearly
They're not together anymore
He has no memory of their break up
In that case…
narrate only the pleasant memories
I curse the day we met
K…
You are the biggest mistake of my life, Sam! You!
Please K!
Why would you say such things?
Is this such a big deal?
IT IS A BIG DEAL TO ME SAM!
K… listen to--
No!
K!
Wish I could erase you off of my mind!
I hope I never ever see you ever again!
K… please!
Oh God!
K…
Will a flame endure a tornado?
Will a boat ever sail through fire?
Will time stagnate at anyone's behest?
Will honey ever spring from the roots?
O fish that swim in a mirage
Till the summer skies burst
And rain pours forth
Will your eternal suffering persist?
What else can eyes speak but love?
While daggers are flung by unbridled woe
Will the scribbling of yore
Become a mural today?
Will fiery words uttered before
Keep you shackled today?
Will a flame endure a tornado?
Will a boat ever sail through fire?
K, this jar is full of memories that we should never forget
As you pick them one by one
I'll take you through that memory
Hey, what are you looking at?
Human beings
Such interesting creatures!
Why do they behave like this?
It's called peacocking
It's kind of a mating ritual
One has to do things like this, to get some action
Or else, life would be one long dry spell
So, tell me…
What have YOU done
to enjoy all this free action for six months?
You're getting free action too!
What have you done to earn that?
Tell me, what will you do for me?
I can promise not to do anyone else
Actually…
in caveman times, this would mean we're married
Yeah, Sam!
That's all it must have been
An arrangement where I am yours and you are mine
Garlands, rings, God's permission,
all that came later
In fact, God himself was invented much later!
So that's it, we're married!
Congratulations! Let's go celebrate!
-Come on! -What?!
-Come! -Oh, God!
-Wait! -Let's go
WE JUST GOT MARRIED!
We just got married!
Felt like it rained flowers
Sam?
Are you okay?
Hey, are you okay?
I've read somewhere
that sometimes, an intense orgasm can cause
a temporary short-term memory loss
I just experienced that
For a minute I didn't know where I was
or what happened
I don't know if this will ever happen again
I need to document it
Come
Documenting is cool and all, my dear
But never doubt if it will happen again
That… is "one giant leap for mankind"
Will you take me in your arms to the bathroom?
I feel cold
I'll go first
Bravo, amigo! Bravo!
Hail the Goddess of the Dungeons
Superb! Fantastic! Awesome Orgasm!
Henceforth it shall be rewritten as
Vini. Vidi. Vini. again. And again.
K: I THINK MY MEMBER NEEDS AN EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMAL
SAM: MY LIMBS ARE STILL SHAKING
K: THAT WAS MONUMENTAL!
SAM: OH YEAH!
[Old voice note from K] Hi Sam
It was super fun
You're a great find!
You're fast asleep
I don't have the heart to wake you up
I have an audition
I'll call you right after
Hero sir?
Who's gonna pay? Your dad?
Dafuq!
If you sneak off like that
what else to think?
I sent a voice note
Ass!
-What did you send? -That I have an audition
Okay… so?
So, I have to go home, get ready
Why do you have to go home for that?
Because all my clothes are there
Why are your clothes "there"?
Because I live there
But why do you have to live there?
A rain of nectar?
A strand of my soul?
A cascade of tears?
-Are you God? -Okay
You ask me two questions
If I can't answer, I'll move in
It has a neck but no head
It has hands but no fingers
It has a body but no life
What is it?
A shirt
What's the name of your country's prime minister?
Are you dumb?
You can't answer that?
I can, but I won't
A wildflower?
Dreams that my eyes abandoned?
The depths of the ocean?
My very own moon?
Are you the imagination that ravages me?
A punishment that my eager heart craves?
Have you ever run berserk in the rain?
Come on!
As we are the royals
We can do no wrong
So everything is but happiness
If we get ravaged by each other
Like a grove wrecked by a tusker
Then everything is but happiness
If we become the echoing song
In the forest of breath
Then everything is but happiness
If we fall by the hands Of the demoness of desire
Then everything is but happiness
Let us bloom with ardour
At the deepest roots of lust
A myriad lotuses bloom
From little beads of sweat
Beckoning to the sun to dawn at midnight
As we are the royals
We can do no wrong
So everything is but happiness
If we get ravaged by each other
Like a grove wrecked by a tusker
Then everything is but happiness
K!
Stop!
What happened?
I can't!
I can't run anymore!
Let's run some more
Not a chance!
Nice!
Nice
Thank you. Thank you
I would never have done this without you
Why not?
I'd have thought it would seem stupid or childish
Of what good is a life
if you can't behave stupidly or be like a child?
Shall we have hot tea and bajjis?
Open up
Check out the PDA
Over there!
Bitch
If my mother-in-law saw this
she would've split them up immediately
She has a heart of "gold"
I'll be right back
-Your turn, I think -Bullshit
-Irregardless -There's no such word
I don't care
You make a beautiful couple
You seem like really good people
But you won't be together for long
You'll part ways
We don't want our fortunes told Here
"The two swirls in your hair imply a king's destiny"
"You'll have two wives"
"You will be the queen in your married home"
If I was after money, I'd use rehearsed lines like this
But I make one genuine prediction every day
Look at you! You look like a king!
-Two swirls in your hair -Sister
Two wives in your destiny!
-You will live like a queen -Sis
-Sister! Enough Let's go -Why?
-I'll tell you later -Why would you ruin the business?
Her story is a puzzle. I'll tell you later
Intriguing
Have you ever hidden anything from me till now?
Why?
If I have, would you leave me?
No
But have you hidden anything?
No
What if I said I don't want children?
Would you leave me then?
No way
If your parents don't like me, would you leave me then?
If I get fat, will you leave me?
You're already chubby, Sam!
If I serve you upma one more time
will you dump me for the northie-girl from downstairs?
She's not my type
If you say so. I'll have to believe you
Sam
Sam!
WHAT?
Stop bugging me!
Do you really have to go?
How can I not?
I'll be back on Thursday
You know, in books, one character will tell another
that they'll meet them the next Thursday,
and in the very next paragraph, it will be Thursday!
Why can't you just walk out of the door and cut! It's Thursday!
Me too!
In the time gap between when these characters speak
and that Thursday…
I've always wondered, what happened in their lives?
Would they have eaten, slept, been late for work?
Would their life, in the time that is unexposed to us, still be a life?
Just like the question, "If a tree falls in an forest
when there is no one around to hear it
does it still make a sound?
Do these things occur to you?
I've wondered about movies like that
When a movie ends, two lovers get together
In the theatre, when we hear the applause and see the curtains fall,
we understand that the film has ended
But would the characters know that?
Would they know, if their lives were made into a film?
Would that be the last scene?
Will they think that this would be their
"and they lived happily ever after" moment?
Does that mean that whatever happened afterwards was not interesting?
Was that not worth making into a movie?
Oh shoot! I'm late!
What are you looking for, Sam?
Sam?
Ticket?
ID?
Fodder box?
My hairband!
Oh dear! How can one travel without a hairband?
Stealing a comb won't stop a wedding!
Idiot!
Wasting my time!
Nonsense fellow!
The lord of my heart
The life within me
Is you
You
Only you
Hey!
You said you won't make it until tonight!
I'm talking to you
What are you looking for?
Who was singing?
Me
The girl's voice. Who was it?
I'm full of surprises
Wherever I look
I see you
Here…
There…
Everywhere
Singing in a girl's voice is definitely going to shrink your mic
Be still
O sinful heart
For this is heaven, rejoice my heart
In the endless carousel of time
Love scatters like wisps of cotton
Stay still, my mute heart
For words have but failed
Even honey tastes bitter
Once desire's thirst is quenched
Relentless thoughts crash like waves
Each one can devour us whole
The sky and the earth fall into
The unyielding clutches of passion
Be still, oh sinful heart
For this is heaven, rejoice my heart
Like a kitten that shirks milk
Like an elephant without a path
Like a violin that's lost its tune
My nature too, is shifting
-Hey -Bullshit!
Sam
Sam!
LIKE FUCK I AM… SORRY!
Just a touch of your hand…
Lightning sparks in a myriad directions
And in an instant A million flowers rain down on my body
O pleasure, grant us a bed to lay upon
Begone tears, you have no place here
O pleasure, bless us
So that we live a little
Be still, oh sinful heart
For this is heaven, rejoice my heart
In the endless carousel of time
Love scatters like wisps of cotton
Stay still, my mute heart
For words have but failed
Even honey tastes bitter
Once desire's thirst is quenched
K?
There's something I've been hiding from you
Soon after we met, I had an abortion
Why, what happened?
I wasn't sure if it was yours
I was in a situationship with Pogi at the time
So what?
It's still your baby
We could have raised it together
Oh fuck!
I just made that up
If this didn't lead to a fight then what could possibly break us up?
There's no chance
Then why would the fortuneteller say that?
Look here…
even if every man on earth, besides me, turned into a woman
I would still come searching only for you, Sam
A wildflower?
Dreams that my eyes abandoned?
The depths of the ocean?
My very own moon?
Are you the imagination that ravages me?
I missed you so much, Sam
-A punishment that my eager heart craves? -So much
What happened?
Sam
-Are you okay? -Sorry
I'm sorry
I have to get back
Sam?
I'll see you later
Hey
This fire sears and burns
Yet my heart finds pleasure in it
The prickly cactus oozes honey
And milk trickles from the thorn
My heart's unerring compass
Guides me towards your doorstep
The darkness is complete and stark
Nevertheless, my eyes still seek you
Empty verses are enough to bring me joy
When you sing
The vileness of love is hard at work
Turning the wheels of time only backwards
This fire sears and burns
Yet my heart finds pleasure in it
The prickly cactus oozes honey
And milk trickles from the thorn
This fire sears and burns
And my heart finds pleasure in it
[PSYCHIATRIST VOICE NOTE] Sam, I read your journal
I can see that you think you still have a chance with K
I strongly believe you're not taking your medications regularly
I am warning you
You are underestimating the consequences
Please do come for the Thursday session
I'll see you then
Sam…
I hid this so that you could discover it someday in the future
When you read this we may still be together
or, as the fortune teller predicted, we may have broken up
However as I write this, you are not next to me
I'd like you to know that even when you're not around, I'm always thinking of you
No matter when you read this, I am certain that I will be thinking of you
That's all K
MEMORY IS BUT A BIRD
Yesterday I was at a shoot, a song's patchwork
I was playing what the Tamil film industry calls a "rich boy"
I saw a "rich girl" there That was Sam
Madam! Come
Bring another rich boy!
Sir, ready, sir!
-Bro! -Master, the steps are too original
-Let's go commercial -Bro
-Okay -You! Come along!
Come quickly!
Come
-Put the sunglasses on It'll look cool -Okay, Bro
-What's with the attitude and smoking? -I wasn't trying to…
That's okay, no offence taken
Go now
Which idiot is wearing sunglasses?
You think you're a hero?
Turn around! Face the wall!
-Rain Ramesh, ready? -Ready
-Nagra, ready? -Ready, sir
Master, let's start
Oviya, more energy!
Okay, ready
Sound on!
Ready! Five, six and seven, do!
Background artists, keep chatting!
You've been staring at me
You're pretty
-What? -I said you're pretty
So? Should one stare?
Why should one not?
You were staring too
You looked like a thug
I like the thug look
Then why didn't you come talk to me?
I was playing hard-to-get
Everyone laugh. Look active!
Everyone in the background, laugh!
Oviya come to the mark
-How's the coffee? -Cut!
IT'S FUCK ALL!
Rain out
Get out
What happened to the rich boys and girls?
-You two, come quickly! -What happened?
I too yelled fuck all and bounced
-Veera! -Coming!
Shall we get some good coffee?
So you're from the Stoker Industries family?
Yeah
You know these rich kids who finish college
then drift for a couple of years claiming they're artists
saying that they're going to change the world?
I'm in that exact phase of my life
I don't want to be VP in my dad's business, either
I'm an aspiring filmmaker
I'm writing a script
If I can't convince a star to play the lead, I figured I'll act in it myself
Until that, I'll do this junior artist, rich boy stint
What?
At least I know that I'm silly
Clearly, you don't even realise that
It's only as long as you are that innocent, can you be an artist
What were you up to all these days?
I acted in one film
They told me my role was crucial
For one whole day I walked up and down the stairs, twirling the car keys
Much later, I realised
that it was a compilation porn film called Mallu Uncut
Yeah
But I made some useful contacts during the filming
With that, I worked as assistant director to a Mr. Karnan
He told me it was new-wave cinema
I worked my ass off for that film
But it turned out to be another soft porn film called The Secret of Life
Will you act in my film?
What's the story? Let's hear it
It's a love story
-Autobiography? -Yes
Most directors do that
There's a sort of comfort in that
It's about two lovers
They have three break-ups, and one patch-up
Few scenes strewn around to connect all this
And three action scenes
-That's the whole film -Action?
Sex
So you're making a porn film too?
No!
The setup might sound misleading to you
but it's quite a cerebral film
There's a theory that the world was created only last Thursday
Everything that we remember from before that
is just implanted in our brains as memories
In order to match those memories
data, clues and props are fabricated
making the world look real
The question is, in such a world, what is reality?
That's the core idea of my film
The film opens on two lovers having fantastic sex
They then shake hands and part ways happily
Then opening titles appear
The next scene, we see the same girl sitting
in front of a psychiatrist, heartbroken
I have a doubt
How long does it take for two strangers to jump into bed?
How long does it take for a girl to fall in love?
It depends on how grand his thoughts are
and how big his dick is
Can I use this in the opening scene of my film?
Sure
What the…
Hands off!
Trying to feel me up?
But we just did it…
So? If it happened once…
These expectations aren't going to fly
I don't see this working out
Say something. I can't sleep
That's why I suggested that we do it
Wanker!
Sex is not the answer to everything, Mini Freud!
Tell me a story
The film that you want to make
Tell me what happens next
After emotionally hugging the hero at the hospital
and running away in tears
the heroine does not meet the hero for several days
Then one day, they meet at their usual spot
You know…
if I were a man, I would become gay for you
Same. If I had been a girl, I'd have become a lesbian for you
Wanker. That's not the same
How so?
That's how it is!
Most women admire other women's bodies
but most men are uncomfortable with other men, physically
So?
So…
I love you more than you love me
I am so jealous of you
You have the Girlfriend of the Century!
You lucky bastard!
-Look! There he goes! -Oh shit! Yeah!
-Sam? -My God, what is that?
Sam?
Did we break up?
Yes
Why did you hide that from me?
Actually…
the doctor insisted that I narrate only the pleasant memories to you
Okay
Why did we break up?
Let's not go there
-What does that mean? -It was such trivial garbage
You don't need that K!
But I'm the one asking, it's my life
You can ask
If a child eagerly asks for poison that doesn't mean we should give it
This is poison too
It shouldn't live in anyone's memory
By some stroke of luck, you've forgotten
Why would I put that back in your head?
I won't
I remember now
When we broke up
you cried and tried to stop me, right?
Did you not beg me to stay?
Yes
So?
If it was not your fault, then why would you beg?
I'm sure you're hiding the truth
So that you can get back with me!
You've been manipulating me, haven't you?
Tell me, why did we break up?
Let's not talk about it
Fine. If I can remember that we broke up
it won't take long to recall why it happened
It will come to me
Remember one thing, K
Even if you ever recall the reason for the breakup
only I can confirm if it's the truth
I'm telling you right away
whatever you remember will not be the truth…
but a figment of your imagination
Yeah.
You fucking cheat!
I may be many things, K
but I'm never that
K, you are the best thing to ever happen to me
The days we spent together are my best memories
Just thinking about them makes me so happy
When the accident robbed you of your memories…
I didn't want you to miss out on that happiness
So I came to give you those memories back
That joy we created, is yours too
You shouldn't be deprived of it
Besides that, I had no intention of manipulating you
or pulling you back to me
That thought never crossed my mind
Your diary
The first draft of your first script
This was the one last thing I had kept in your memory
I came here to give it back…
and to tell you that we should never meet again
You look better now
I'm sure you can handle yourself
Don't worry about me
I'll heal myself somehow
I'll forget you somehow
Have a good life, K
Pick up your glass
One for the road?
Good luck for our separate futures
Is this how it ends?
I guess so
Bye
Oh, no!
Sam, aren't you coming?
I'm here at the clinic
I'm so sorry, doctor
-I came to meet K and I forgot -K?
-What do you mean you went to meet K? -Yeah
The situation demanded it
But it was all for the good
I don't think you understand the seriousness of your conditi--
No doctor, I completely understand my condition
That's why I met him
-I can handle myself -No, Sam. Wait! Please listen to me!
-Looks like it's going to rain -What do you mean? Rain?
-I'll talk to you later -No, no Sam, wait!
K
Please leave
It's over
I was wrong to say that you were manipulating me
I'm sorry
I really want to be with you, Sam
I want you. I want only you
Why?
You said…
our time together were the best days of your life
Won't the same be true for me?
In all the memories you narrated to me, I was able to see myself clearly
But how can we see ourselves in our own memories?
I can't even trust my own mind anymore, Sam
Do you remember our old conversation?
About how the world was created last Thursday
and all the prior memories were implanted in our brains?
My life has become that
Whatever I believe is my past, are memories that you have fed me
And I don't know if that's real or not
But I like it
I want to be with you, Sam
Can we please pretend that today is that Thursday?
You're telling me why you need to be with me
But what I asked was, why I should be with you?
Sam
Sam, please!
You asked why you should be with me
Six months ago
when I had the accident
and I had a near-death experience,
I went into a coma
and forgot everything
The only thing that I could not forget, was you, Sam
Are you the imagination that ravages me?
A punishment that my eager heart craves
I love you!
I love you, Sam
-I love you, Sam -A rain of nectar?
Why?
-Because! -A strand of my soul?
This is our "and they lived happily ever after" moment
-Yeah? -I guess so!
If I go close the door now
maybe the words "A FILM BY K" will appear on it
A rain of nectar?
A strand of my soul?
A cascade of tears?
Are you God?
A flash of lightning?
The darkness of midnight?
A wildflower?
Dreams that my eyes abandoned?
The depths of the ocean?
My very own moon?
Are you the imagination that ravages me?
A punishment that my eager heart craves?
A rain of nectar?