Lingaa Page #10

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What's your answer?

We've lost our lands

What do we do now?

I know what to do

I will take him apar-

Stop there

Don't even dream of stepping

into this village again

Go away

Correct, how can

he tackle the British?

Let's all fall at the feet of

the Collector and request him

He'll return all our lands

I can guarantee you that!

Why should a king

stoop down to do all this?

Business, naturally

He has done the same wheeling

and dealing all rich people do

He isn't guilty

the way you all think

I'm talking from

my experience!

Look at his face

Does his face look like

he'll harm anybody?

Old lady, you'll vouch

for him and leave this world

We have to live with it

Go...go and build

some more palaces

What are you looking at?

Listen! It's hard to build

But easy to demolish!

After all this,

if you still wait here...

...we'll ourselves destroy the dam

we built with our sweat and toil

Want to see that happen?

HE will take care

of everything

Thank you very much

He betrayed us and built

a temple like he's a saint!

Let's first shut

the temple doors

Come on

"Truth will triumph one day when

this world will glorify you then"

"Only you, this village will acclaim

You...you sure deserve that fame"

"Lies blow like a storm

But truth speaks slow and calm"

"On that day, in your life

you'll win over all strife"

"Don't buckle under

Don't sign over"

"Don't knuckle under

Don't melt under pressure"

"Don't weep...never

Don't lose hope ever"

"Don't let the doors close

Your dream don't lose!"

"Even Lord Rama cried"

"Yudishtra was also teary eyed"

"But you however didn't weep"

"You will never face defeat"

Stoppppp!

Please stop

Hey! That's our girl

Stop the train

Bharathi, what are you doing here?

Where are you going?

Get off the train

How can you leave

the place you were born-

Train is moving

Will you get down or not?

Tell me to die

and I'll gladly do so

But I won't go

back to that village

The people there

don't have a heart

But I lit the lamp with

good faith in my heart-

Who denied that, my dear?

If you don't like me...

...drop me in some other

village, but not Solaiyur

Had it been like before...

...only the houses along the banks

of the river would've got swept away

Wonder what will happen now!

What will happen?

Dam will break and the whole

village will get washed away!

Kill-joy! Why are you

always negative?

If I'm positive,

dam won't break, huh?

You foul-mouthed fellow...!

Hey! Our king studied

engineering abroad

He'd have built it real strong

If you believed that

why didn't you stay behind?

Why are you struggling

along with us?

Shut up, man

Nothing has happened

to the dam, it is safe

Good time has finally

dawned on our village

That golden-hearted king

will only think of our welfare

I told you people

Did you listen?

Brainless blockheads!

Hurray!

Good time has begun

Solaiyur can at last

enjoy a golden period

Greetings, sir

What's news?

The newly built dam

survived the storm and flood

It has passed the test

The king is a shrewd businessman

But he's an engineer who knows his job-

All that's irrelevant

Sir, only you should maintain

the dam your British Govt has built

You should open the sluice

for our fields to be irrigated

To enable our farmers

to cultivate their crops...

...please provide water

by opening the sluice

Your Govt should return the land

belonging to the landlord of Rayakottai...

...to us farmers, so that

we can cultivate the lands, sir

You can levy whatever tax you want

Just give our lands back to us

- Yes, sir

- Please, sir

If I should do what you want

then embed a culvert on that dam

'This dam was built

by the British Govt'

...should be the words

inscribed on it

Invite me formally

to cut the ribbon

Only then I'll allow it

Nonsense!

How can you take credit

for something you didn't do?

Are you not ashamed?

Go inside at once

Why should I?

Whatever you wanted to grab

from that king, you did

Isn't that enough?

Like a coward you now

want to usurp his name also

Would you change

your father's name also?

Shut up

You cunning dastard!

All of you are stupid

You have no hang ups

licking anyone's feet?

Who built that dam?

You don't know

But I do

'I want 100 times

the present value'

'Okay, I'll pay'

'I'll give you money

to pay for the sluice'

'You shouldn't tell anyone

what transpired between us'

'For what I did today...'

'...many generations will benefit

in years to come, you moron!'

'Come, Sami Pillai'

Hey! What are you doing, idiot?

Look! Your king sold

his palace to this man...

...to get the order for

you to be the legal owners

See my husband's-

Sorry

The Collector's signature on it

That man, that rajah is your God

Don't you ever come looking

for this devil here again

Get out of here

Madam, even amongst the British

there are a few good souls!

You proved it today

We are deeply

indebted to you

Where are you going?

I'm ashamed to live

with you anymore

I want to leave you

I can't cope

with this anymore

You are an embarrassment

Listen! But there is

nothing wrong on my part

I just behave

according to the Govt

It's known to the world...

...our Govt has been looting

this country for generations

But there is real justice

And even bravery in it

You are nothing

but a coward

And I will not live

with a coward anymore

But I did all this for you

For what?

For me?

You wanted to bury me

in that palace

Janet!

Please, Janet

Let go of me

I can't live

without you

I can't live

without our child

Please, Janet

Then do one thing

'Built from 1939-1944

by King Lingeswaran'

I am sorry for

what I have done

This dam was built by

King Lingeswaran only

Not the British

Thank you

Traitor

We won't spare your life

Stop! Trying to escape?

King Lingeswara

Forgive me

Why are you

so deep in thought?

By mistake we closed

the temple he built

Bharathi, we should throw

ourselves at his feet

And make only him open

this temple once again

We don't know

his whereabouts

He sold this palace

When he left he gave

all of us land for our upkeep

Thanks to his generosity

we live without any wants

The last we saw of him was when

he took the 'linga' from this temple

He told us, 'Solaiyur is my village

and my relatives still live there'

'I plan on residing there'

He has many such palaces

Why don't you ask around there?

Let's spend the night here

and look for him in the morning

We can't go back

without finding the king

Father, I'm hungry

Where will I find food

at this time of the night?

Please bear with your hunger

till tomorrow morning

We are all as hungry

as this little boy

Yes, chief

Sir?

Who is it?

We were told

we can get food here

Come inside and sit

Eat this 'puttu' first

Food is getting ready

You said you were hungry

Eat...why are you

getting distracted?

Please eat

Bharathi, dear

Welcome, father

Eat first

We can talk later

What's all this?

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