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Dude, I do not like how

you are behaving

That is all I can say

Ram! Ram!

He is dead!

What happened to you?

What will you tell Janani?

Sad!

Dude, let us take it

to the hospital

Hospital...

He is like a child to her

She wo not be able to take it!

Please do not tell Janani, dude

What do you mean

Would I not tell her?

What if she asks you where he is?

I do not know!

I do not know

what I do when I am angry!

Help me, dude

We have to

do something...please

Hey! You are back?

Mom asked a lot about you

Oh! Hey, Shankar!

How was work today?

You look tired

Are you okay?

I will go change and

get dinner ready

- Janani, where is Tom?

- What do you mean 'where is Tom'?

You came here before me

Did not you see him?

No, I did not notice

You did not notice?

What is this, Ram?

- I was tensed about work

- Tom! Tom!

Where are you? Tom!

Ram?

Why are you just sitting there?

Get up and search, Ram

Tom...Tom...!

Shankar?

Can you please help us?

Tom!

Are you really searching?

Ram? I looked all over the flat

I asked the driver

to look for him outside

He is not there, Ram!

Where could he have gone?

No...I left the door open

for a while when I came in

How can you say that

so calmly, Ram?

Do you have any sense?

Tom is like my baby

Where could he be?

What will he be doing?

- No, Janani...I Was stressed

- Go! I want Tom!

Sorry, Janani

It is all my fault

It is all my fault, it is my fault!

Ram! Do not cry!

It is okay...I am here!

Do not cry!

Please relax

That is when I knew

something was wrong with Ram...

His anger, his sorrow...

his sudden unexplained happiness

I thought I would help him

before you noticed

It sounds to me

like Bipolar disorder

But I ca not be sure

without seeing the patient

What does Bipolar disorder mean?

Bipolar...as in 2 poles...2 extremes

But this does not mean

it is split personality

One extreme is depression

the other is mania

In the case of depression

patients will be sad

Loss of appetite and sleep

They will feel really guilty

for small things

In fact, it might even

lead to suicide

In the case of mania, they get

angry for the tiniest of things

Sometimes they feel happy

for no reason

It is called grandiose thinking

For example, the patient might

even think that he I she can lift a car

And they might suddenly get

violent and try and beat people up

They could even

beat themselves up

You ca not really say

there is a reason for this.

Anybody can get

this disease at any time

Doctor, it can be cured, ca not it?

You ca not say it that simply

Sometimes the disease

comes once and then leaves

But in some patients

it may repeat

They need to be medicated for long

Bring the patient to me

and I will check it out

But do not say anything about this

Say something else

and bring him

And I will check it out

My blood ran cold

when I heard what the doctor said

I thought I would somehow tell Ram

to go see the doctor

I called him over

to stay the night

That is when I realized

how dangerous he was

What did you want to talk about

that was so important?

I have not stayed even

one night without Janani

She felt so bad

But she let me come

because it is you

Cheers!

Why are you so silent?

We are hanging out after so long

And you look like

you are haunted by a ghost

It is not that...You are

a bit different these days

Do you realize that?

Your emotions oscillate

between joy and anger

You are only human

if you get happy and angry, right?

Right, Shankar?

No, dude, you over-do it

It is a bit...

What? Are you calling me crazy?

That is not what I meant!

You are a bit abnormal...

- Abnormal?

- Dude! Do not get angry...

Then? If you talk like this?

What do you expect me to do?

No dude...that day also,

you were so violent

I went and saw a doctor that day...

Enough

Do not say anything more

- Dude, please listen to me

- Stop it...

No, he said something about

some bipolar disorder or something

- If you come with me 1 time...

- Stop it

- Listen to me!

- Stop!

Calm down, Ram!

Calm down

-A man with A grey t-shirt

- We did not see anything

- How long have I been like this?

- For a few days...I am not sure

- Does Janani know?

- No, I do not think so

When she is around, you are-

Dude, let is tell her about this

What do I do now?

I told you before

There is a doctor I know

- Let us go see him!

- We will...

Am I insane?

Do not talk like that!

It will be okay...

Do not worry

I am scared, da

I need to conduct some tests

After we do that

we can take the next step

By tests you mean...

Blood tests? Scan?

No, no...Nothing like that

You need to answer

a questionnaire truthfully

And then we will proceed

When I saw the doctor is face,

I realized something was wrong

Bipolar people

were usually violent

And manic or sad and silent

But he said he would never seen

anyone who showed symptoms

...of both at the same time

Ram is condition was severe

He asked me to somehow

ask Ram to get admitted

Dude, he said you need

some more check-ups

But he said it was best

to get admitted

How will she love me

if she sees me like this?

She will only be scared of me

Please let is not tell her

I understand...but if what happened

to me happens to her next time?

Can you take that?

I am sorry

But I have to tell her

She cannot even take it

when I get an ordinary fever

She will not eat

and she will keep crying

How will she handle this?

And if I get admitted?

What happens to her then?

She has to look after

a patient like me

And go to and fro

from hospital to home...

Do not talk like this

She would give her life for you

I know...that is what

I do not want her to do

Knowing that he was not

able to control himself

He was scared

to be alone with you

What is this, da?

Ram?

What is this?

I took a vow to go

to Sabarimala

I can see that

But why did not you tell me?

It suddenly struck me

Janani, Shankar will stay

with us for a week

His house owner

suddenly kicked him out

Sorry, Janani

I said I would stay at a hotel

- But he would not listen

- No, no... Feel right at home

- How is your hand?

- Better

It does not look like you

fell down from the stairs

It looks like you got beaten up

by a bunch of men

Shankar, I have kept pillows

and sheets on the sofa for you

Ram, are you not coming in?

No, Janani, I am going

on a pilgrimage, right?

I have to sleep alone

Leave me alone

Go away...go

Love, I can suffer in silence

Go...I do not need your presence

I am a zombie, the living dead

Let miles distance us instead

All the places you touched...

go, love, I have been scorched!

Love, the minutes I stayed away

were meant to keep you at bay

Just leave me and go, sweetie

Go in search of your Bodhi tree!

Distorting my destiny you chose

You gave me grief, love adios!

I suffer here on my own,

Go, my love, I need to be alone

I am a zombie, the living dead

Let miles distance us instead

I am alive for your sake

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