Kannathil Muthamittal Page #5

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Mother and daughter..

so alike.

One stops and the other starts!

At least, do you love me?

Very much.

l've come. l'm right in the middle!

Tamil?

-Yes.

Where's Devanathan's house?

-He's not here.

Where's his house?

-Ruined! All ruined!

Darling, this is Amma speaking.

How are you?

When are you coming home?

ln a couple of days.

No, come back now.

All right, give the phone

to Grandfather.

Whose Amma are you, mine or hers?

-Yours and hers.

Talk to Amudha now.

Don't want to talk to her.

Don't like her.

l'm sick, l have fever.

He's lying. When d'you

plan to be back?

Soon, Appa.

Akhil wants to talk to you.

Akhil, baby, how are you?

Talk to me... l miss you both so much.

Akhil, don't cry...

l miss you too...

Please don't cry.

l can't bear it.

l love you darling.

l love you, Amma.

Amudha, what happened?

Give her some water...

She must have seen something

that frightened her.

No one wins in guerilla warfare.

But then no one loses either.

lt's like prolonged cancer.

Why can't we live peacefully?

The truth is, those who make...

...Kalashnikov rifles, mortars,

grenades, land mines...

...and bombs have a commercial

interest in war.

Developed countries have stopped

fighting, but developing countries...

...use wars as testing grounds

for weapons.

ls there no end to this?

-There is.

We must dump our weapons

in the sea.

Or may be Amudha's generation

will arrive at a solution.

He's from lndia. He's a

famous Tamil writer.

lndra sir, say something.

Our eyebrows are...

...lowered, our eyes closed

lips parched, teeth clenched...

He's a Tamilian.

We walk with our backs bent.

We whom you rule over...

Lock us up...

...in cagesl flay us with staves

Let the skin on our backs festerl

One day our eyebrows will arch

our closed eyes open again.

Our puckered lips will throb

and our clenched teeth grind.

Rule over us until then.

Flaunt your power over usl

Yes, l've seen his photograph.

He's the writer, lndra.

Wait, what's your name?

-Vikram.

Full name?

- Harold Vikramasinghe.

He's Srilankan.

Move away!

He's the one who brought

me here.

Are you mad?

You've entered this area without

permission and with a Srilankan.

He came to help me. He's taking

us to meet a girl named Shyama.

Why are you looking for her?

We've brought her daughter.

We adopted her.

She wants to see her mother.

Do you know Shyama?

Yes, l do.

Can we see her?

We've found your mother.

We've found Amudha's mother.

Was Shyama there?

Did you see her?

l saw her brother. He asked us to

go to the Subramaniam Park.

Where's Shyama? - Over there.

People have come from lndia

looking for you.

Why?

They were seen in Mankulam.

He's a writer and he's come

with his wife and daughter.

The girl is your daughter.

What should l tell them?

l asked them to come to

Subramaniam Park.

l won't see them.

Shyama, she's your daughter.

My children are here.

Not one or two - 300.

She's changed thrice since

morning and looked at the watch...

...atleast ten times!

Look!

Maybe she's not coming.

She'll come! She'll definitely come!

`Thambili' -that's tender coconut

water in your country.

Why hasn't she come? Did

you complain about me?

That l argue or fight a lot?

l said only good things.

He said he'd bring her.

The Army's coming, let's go!

No, let's wait for some

more time.

We can't stay here, Amudha.

Listen to me...let's go.

Why did you lie to me, Appa?

The Army's here!

Tell them to go away.

Ask her to come.

l won't come with you.

l'm a child.... How could

you cheat me?

That was a narrow escape.

Let's go home, Appa.

Let's not stay here.

Let's go.

Can we go through Subramaniam Park?

We heard that the Army went

back only last night.

lt doesn't seem wise to

go back there.

No, Amma...You were hurt there.

lt was because of me.

We won't get down.

We'll just take a look.

You escaped by a whisker.

Okay, but l won't stop if

l see the Army...l'll go on.

Let's go.

Wait a minute.

My chest hurts.

lt's nothing.

lndra sir, the real lndra

and Amudha.

Won't you sit down?

Amudha has brought you something.

My album...

lt has photographs of me

as a child.

lt has my poem too. l won

a prize for it.

Photographs with Kamal Hasan,

A.R.Rahman, Grandfather...

...Akhil and Vinay...Won't you

have a look?

Do you have a photo of yours?

She's written down some questions.

She wants to ask you.

20 questions. Can l ask?

Ask her.

Why did you leave me and go away?

The situation was such.

l went on a boat as a refugee.

l was forced to come back.

l had no choice.

Who is my father?

Can l see him?

Did you hold me when

l was born?

Did l cry or did l laugh?

They took you away a minute

after you were born.

l touched you once with

my finger.

That was all.

You can hold her now.

l didn't want to cry.

Amma, ask her to come with us.

Let's take her to Madras.

You tell her, Appa...she'll

listen to you.

There's no war, no

Army in Madras.

We can watch TV and go

to the movies.

We can go to the beach.

l have work here.

You can do it later....

Please say yes.

You have brought her up well.

Thank you.

Don't go. Come with us...

or take me with you.

This is your father and

this, your mother.

Don't go, don't...

Someday, there will be peace

in this country

Come back to me then.

When will that be?

When, Amma? When, Appa?

Don't! lf you call out to me

like that, l cannot go.

Amma, come to me once,

one last time.

Then you can go.

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