Aravaan Page #2

Why are you looking at me

so condescendingly?

You'll be pickled

if you don't watch out.

Give me your hand.

Brother, you... here?

Did you also come here to steal?

Yes.

Let's not steal here

A lady's hung herself inside.

Let's find another house.

Let's go elsewhere.

- Why did you tarnish Vembur...

- Shhhhhhhhhhhh!

Why did you use Vembur's name?

Are you also doing the same?

Are you being sarcastic?

I belong to Vembur!

Then maybe you should use

some other name and steal!!

Untie me, bro

I'm being bitten in all odd places.

Show some compassion

on your little brother.

Untie me

I am being bitten, bro.

Creepy crawlies are

climbing all over me.

How can you ignore my pleas?

You will know

only if you are bitten.

Untie me

I am lamenting so loudly

and he's turning a deaf ear.

Hey! Untie me! Copy cat weirdo

of Goddess Meenakshi's hairdo.

Are you being cheeky?!

I have to rub crap-paste

for the ant bites to heal.

Can't even eat, Untie me.

Where have you hidden the necklace

you stole from Veerakudi?

Tell me the truth.

As if all stolen goods

are stored under our armpits!

As soon as we steal

we should settle accounts.

You are asking too late.

Untie me.

It's not an ordinary

householder's necklace.

It's from the royal treasury.

If you had sold it, you'd be impaled

Where have you hidden it?

I keep telling you I don't know

Come and untie me.

If you don't I'll pull

this tree off its roots.

You don't know my true colors!

COME!

I've been asking you umpteen times.

Snaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!!

It's heading towards me.

Tell me the hiding place 1 st

I can give it to you

only if you untie me.

This snake is almost on me.

Walk ahead.

Don't try to act smart with me.

Move on.

Go ahead, take it out.

Is this your treasure trove?

Select whatever belongs

to them and take it.

Wowwwwwww!

He has cleverly rolled

all the stolen stuff into clay balls.

How many balls!

You boast of being a seasoned robber.

Why didn't you let

'REM-star' guide you?

Who will steal

if we gape at the stars?!

If you'd gone in earlier

lady who hung herself

would have seen you

and you'd be hanging instead!

You are right.

This is how every time

something gets screwed up.

What's that 'REM-star'?

Tell me and then stare.

Tell me.

In the 3rd part of the night

this star formation will appear.

That's REM sleep time

When people sleep like the dead!

That's the best time

to steal without hassles.

How naive can you be!

The fellow who taught me

used to stare fixedly at the sky

I thought he was praying

I must kill him!

Did you have a hand in cutting

the tree close to the chimney?

Why are you spitting

at your brother this way?

After sharing so many tips

you showed your foolishness.

Crows' nest in every branch

I was wondering how I'd prevent

the crows from raising an alarm.

Even the mighty elephant

can trip and fall!

I am human, after all.

Being a robber why did you

come out empty handed?

If I steal when a lady is dead, we'll get

blamed and Vembur's name will be spoilt.

Then how will an informant ever

give us clues? That's why

I am so happy to have met you.

We'll meet again

some other midnight!

What now?

I returned all that you asked.

Will you join my group?

I am also eager

seeing how experienced you are

but I am apprehensive

how your clan will react.

Trust me, come with

courage and conviction.

That's the 'spoke in the wheel'

constellation.

You should be out

by the time it appears in the sky.

So many nuances to stealing?!

For a clean haul, time, period

and direction are important.

Hey! Hey!!

Move aside.

Kombudhi!

Don't think you can

get away by hitting me.

Come and rescue me.

Let me go.

You are abandoning me

to these heartless murderers.

Don't tie me up.

Kombudhi!

Karuppa, You saved our name.

Show me the loot

I gave up what I stole

Now let me go.

- Is this the Queen's necklace?

- Yes.

Don't think you can

get away hitting me.

Do you expect us to hug you?

If I am a thief

then who are you?

Stop shouting.

Kombudhi is the best!

He saved our prestige.

Hey! Hey!! Hurray!

I returned everything

Now let me go.

- Just cut his limbs?

- Limbs? Cut his head off.

Why are you all debating?

Go for his adam's apple!

Are you going to do it

with your 32 teeth missing?!

Save me.

Don't hit him.

Listen to me

Let him go.

Even if you hunt all over north

you cannot find a more skillful thief.

He is very talented

Seeing is believing!!

He's smart.

That's why I brought him

here to be one of us.

What do you say?

Is a chimney thief a good robber?

Only a man who divorces

his wife will choose such a way.

One who is happily married will enter

through a hole, the right way.

Whether chimney or proper code only

I know the secrets in his treasure trove.

You've accepted him as one of us

Shouldn't we all agree?

Let's hold a contest, if he wins

then you can add him to your group.

If he loses, we'll stone him

and send him away in disgrace.

What do you say?

Let's organize the competition.

Okay, go ahead.

Ask the thief

if he's agreeable to this.

If I am the thief

who are all of you?!

I agree. I'm a thief!!

- Untie me.

- Untie him.

What's the challenge?

Brother has praised me sky high.

You've complimented me

to the highest degree

I won't let you down.

It's no big deal

I'll give you good

if you act funny with me.

Tell me soon, oldie

I am hungry

I'm game for whatever the sport.

You must run swiftly,

to steal without getting caught.

- Can you run?

- I'll show you.

Why do we need a man

who runs empty handed?

Let him prove his strength by

running with our traditional stone.

Even I can run carrying

that spherical stone.

Let him run with

'something that wriggles'

Give me that

'something that wriggles'

You are disgracing us

by fumbling like this.

Aren't there any buffaloes

like you that I can carry?!

Just you wait!

We'll amputate you today

I've participated

in enough contests to win!

We'll check your ability today.

Give sticks to our men

I'll smash his skull.

Will he be able

to run with this calf?

Let's all watch

I'm the best!!

I won.

Tell us your name, family, village,

lineage and ancestry details.

Varipuli is my name

Don't know my native place

I was orphaned very young

Then I just grew up.

- Which God do you pray to?

- Who knows?

A God who does not

ask for slaughter!!!

He has clarity of thought

Let him be in Kombudhi's group.

But an outsider

can't stay with us.

So let him erect a hut

in that yonder hill and stay.

Agreed, oldie.

Help him with the thatched hut.

Brother!

Next new moon,

let's do a 'royal' theft.

Sure.

Entire village was

stupefied with my feat.

Of course!

This is your Queen's necklace?

100 kOttai paddy is all yours.

Hamlet... that gave birth to me

We'll eat hot rice tonight, a blessing

Habitat... that gave birth to me

We'll eat hot rice tonight, a blessing

Chariot of Karna, son of the Sun

in a dry village is a silver lining

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