Kannathil Muthamittal

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Mankulam, Northeast Srilanka.

A few years ago.

Shyama, do you know his name?

Dileepan

Have you seen him?

You just hear his name and your sari

comes undone!

Oh, stop it!

Anyway it will come undone tonight!

Shut up!

Devanatha, happy your girl's

getting married?

Yes!

Why don't you get married too?

ln 10 years your grand-daughter will be

old enough to marry me!

Younger sister, do you like the groom...

...your brother has chosen for you?

Are you going to stand

there all night?

Are you wearing a sari...

...for the first time?

You look very grown-up in it.

Won't you talk to your husband?

Talk to him

Do you know my name?

Shyama

You know what your name means? Black!

l can touch your skin, darken your eyes

with the kohl on it!

So you think only you are fair-skinned?

Next to you, l look fair.

See for yourself!

Look properly, not that much.

-ls that so

As they say, a dark skin hides

a pure heart!

Yes!

Let me see it

My heart is pure! And yours?

Just one thought in it.

Wait, l need to talk to you

When eyes meet, words are

not needed

That's why my father always said

Valluvar said that!

My father was the one who told me

Did he teach you this as well?

-You witch!

Make a wish

What for?

To have a child soon

l'm going to get one?

Who knows?

Dileepa, l want 8 children!

Will that be all right with you?

l don't want children

Why?

Because l don't

l want to know why!

Until there's peace....

...l don't want children

Not until there's peace

in this country

One day, the dawn will come

There will be peace

Give me a child then

Until then, no.

l don't like that!

What do you like?

When l'm at home or when l'm out?

All the time!

l like bits and pieces of all

sorts of people

Mottai Murali, who sent me a love

letter in the 10th. grade

Then,my brother's friend who comes to

see me...

...every vacation. l like him!

He writes poems describing my beauty

l like Kamalhasan, the actor

But more than all these people,

l like you!

And more than me?

God!

Then!

Go home. Tell your father.

He'll take care of you.

And you? Don't leave me!

Please don't leave me!

l could never leave you.

But we must stop these boots marching

and guns firing.

l must go

Don't leave me, don't go away

Go, Shyama! Go!

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A Peck on the Cheek

Eat. Nothing will happen

Madhavan

Simran

Prakashraj

Nandita Das

Chakravarthy

P.S. Keerthana

Father, l won't go without

my husband

l'll have my baby here.Dileep

and you are here

No. The hospital is in ruins.

We don't even have clothes.

Get on this boat

l won't go without him

-l'll send him later

Don't lie to me

Come on, Shyama

Choreography

Brinda

Audiography

A.S. Lakshminarayan

Shyama!What are you doing?

Dileepan is lying wounded in this

Vavuniya forest

What did you say?Did you see him?

Who saw him?

He's in the forest

-With bullet wounds

What happened?

l've to go to Dileepan!

Turn the boat back!

Fight Co-ordination

`Vikram' Dharma

Dialogues

Sujatha

Lyrics

Vairamuthu

Art Direction

Sabu Cyril

Editing

Srikar Prasad

Cinematography

Ravi K. Chandran

Refugee Camp - Rameswaram

Name? - Shyama

Age? - 22

Father's name? - Devanathan

Home town?

Mankulam

Why are you here?

Your husband's name?

Music

A.R. Rahman

Produced by

Mani Ratnam & G. Srinivasan

Story, Screenplay and Direction

Mani Ratnam

A few years later Chennai, lndia

My name is T. Amudha

l am in Class 5 D

When l grow up, l'll be a dancer.

No, no a Scientist

l'll work for NASA.

l'll be world famous!

My father's Thiruchelvan

Yesterday's production?-375

Why the drop?

-A machine broke down

Send me the report

He's a writer, an engineer

and short-tempered!

The writer, lndra? Sit down, sir

lt's okay

l can't sit, sir

You have a ticket. So sit down

l'm a fan of yours. l'd be honoured

if you sit here

Can't l stand on my own feet?

Am l disabled?

Shut up and sit down!

He writes stories, essays...

...under my mother's name, lndra

l must ask him why

lndra-that's my mother

The only one l know who's not

scared of my father

Who'll clear up this mess?

Your mother-in-law?

Like a garbage dump!

Amma's news reader on TV

Everyday, all of Tamil Nadu wakes

up to Amma's `Good Morning'

All except us! She shouts at us!

Know what l'll do if your hair is tangled?

Cut it off-and you'll be bald!

Look at him!Never buttons

his shorts!

Know what she'll do?

She'll cut it off and

l'll be bald!

l've 2 brothers, The first is Vinayan

l fight with him all the time!

l often hit him on his head.

Just for fun!

Sorry, Vinay. Don't tell Father.

l'm really sorry

Then, Akhilan...

Father, Amudha hit Vinay.

He's bleeding!

My mother's father. T. Ganesan.

He's a retired Tahsildar.

Looking for something?

My glasses

He has answers to every question...

...But never knows where his

glasses are!

Where were they?

My father's sister, Kamalee.

She brought my father up

Uncle G.K. and Anandhi

And bald Pradeep, Whom l

can't stand!

Where' my brother?

lt's some problem!

What's all this? Write about the whole

world for all l care...

...But not about the sister

who brought you up!

ls it true or not?

lt's the truth!

Keep quiet! Write good things

about me.

Then, he will have to tell lies!

The bane of my life

-My Tamil Teacher!

My Hitler, the obstacle

to my happiness!

ls this the way to do dictation!

My little Amudha Happy,

Happy birthday

Someone's wet the bed!-Who?

Must be Akhil!

-lt wasn't me! Appa!

Was it your Appa then?

-Yes, it was him!

Amma, l have to go at once!

Then go!

You fool, l told you

l wanted to go!

The telephone! Here, catch!

Quick, wipe yourself before you come out

No, he won't go out of town to attend

functions. Why?

Because his wife is ill.

She's mentally ill

He won't go

First thing in the morning.

l'm your daughter, after all.

Did l ask you to come?

lf you don't believe in yourselves,

how will others believe in you?

Next time you say you're depending

on me, l'll beat you up!

50 rupees for your birthday.

Don't tell your parents.

Buy whatever you want

Anything l want?-Yes

lt's her ninth birthday.

We'd decided we'd tell her

the truth today?

This evening

You'll have to - l don't have

the courage

Did you bribe God?

A hefty bribe! To move my Tamil Teacher

to another section

You take her. l'm not coming

Come on

l'll tell you a true story

Don't ask me for endings

for your stories

This is no story. lt's to do with you, Amudha

l know. l'm 9 now. lf l behave

irresponsibly...

...Talk back to my teachers,

Call ma names in my heart....

...Hide my math marks.

You're not our daughter

lf l behave badly, you'll send me

to the hostel

Amudha, listen you're not

our daughter

lf l behave badly, l'm not

You weren't born to lndra and me

You weren't born to us

We adopted you when you were a baby

Come here

We love you more than our own lives

Akhil, Vinay?

They were born to us

What's wrong with Amudha?

ls she ill?

She doesn't look well at all

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