Papanasam Page #10

You are both kids

Be vague about it

Must tell approximately only

Your mother and I

will tell the correct time

Okay

I don't know

the exact time

But it had started

by the time we landed there

How long after you reached

did the prayer start?

They will keep changing

the questions and hound you

Listen to it clearly,

think and then answer

They had started chanting

by the time we reached

But your mother told us

you waited for a long time

'Your mother said this

Your father said that'

The policeman will lie glibly

and get you muddled up

Don't believe it and

change what you said

No, they had started

even before we got there

Come

Suleman Bhai,

what is happening here?

I am really puzzled

They won't let us in

Why won't he let us in?

Open the gate, hey you!

We can't let you in...go

- Listen to us

- We want to see them

You know who Suyambu is?

- What do we care?

- My son-in-law

My daughter's husband

I don't care who he is

Go now

No use being reasonable

Break it down

Why should we be scared?

- Move aside

- You better not make trouble

Handle it calmly

(overlap of angry voices)

Will we achieve anything

fighting with them?

Then we went

to a hotel and ate

Which hotel?

I don't remember

What did you eat?

'Biriyani'

What did your parents eat?

All of us ate 'biriyani'

But they said

they ate fried rice

You are saying 'biriyani'

Maybe they forgot

We all ate 'biriyani'

I remember very well

Who told you?

Nothing like that

They are lying

Mr Suresh, what do you thi-

No, you got it wrong

They are lying

Er...I...I'm in a meeting

News reporter

from a TV channel

They heard we are investigating

our son's disappearance

And we are beating up a family

It's not what we thought, madam

Their stories match

And they are very clear about it

They answer perfectly

without any confusion

Especially the little girl

I was shocked, madam

Even the kid is so clear and confident

Isn't there something wrong

with being so perfect?

The perfection is what has been

nagging me as well, madam

I have never seen it

to this extent, madam

But if they're telling the truth,

the perfection makes sense

He could have been wrong

I'm sure about this

But what they say sounds-

They've mastered it

to the last word cleverly

Madam, we know

they are lying

Why don't we use

a lie detector?

How did you even

become a policeman?

Can we just go

get a lie detector?

First we have to

arrest them properly

Charge them with a case

- Get a court order

- So why don't we?

How? What about

the prima facie evidence?

We have to prove in court

we have evidence to arrest them

We don't have even

a small bit of evidence

What we are doing right now

is illegal to begin with

But breaking their story

shouldn't be that hard

All the actors in their story

must be assembled here

I'll bring them

Another point

If the story about

attending the prayer is a lie...

...then they must

have been here

So Suyambulingam

would have gone to work

Yes, madam

Are there any other places

that he visits on a daily basis?

Yes, madam

A tea shop nearby

He visits everyday

Office staff

Tea shop owner

The theatre owner

Bring all of them here

Let them go

Make sure they leave this place

thinking we believe their story

Definitely, madam

To be honest,

I was trembling inside

Don't know how I got

the courage to reply?

Our family deity guided us

At least everything is over

It's not over

They will come again

Will they come again?

Why, brother-in-law?

What's the problem?

Tell me...I'll be with you

until the very end

I've told you

whatever has to be told

Don't ask anything more

But I need a favor from you

How long do I know him?

18 years ago, the man who helped

build the thatch roof of my tea shop

...was our Suyambu

He is a man with a golden heart

I'm not asking for

his conduct certificate

Just answer to the point

How many times did Suyambulingam

come to your shop on August 2nd?

He usually comes twice a day

In the morning for a bite

and a cup of tea

Sometimes in the evening,

he'll eat a 'parotta' or two

If he is spending

the night in his office-

I asked how many times he came

to your shop on August 2nd?

On August 2nd, he came twice

and ate 'vada' and tea-

Wait

I made a mistake

August is this month?

Yes

Suyambu wasn't in town

on the 2nd of this month

He went to Tenkasi

for a mass prayer

- What?

- A prayer, madam

Where you go as a family,

sit, close your eyes

The way Hindus pray

Bhai, you said something else first

I didn't remember, sir

Only now remembered the date

What did he say

about the prayer?

He said it was inspiring

He said a holy man there

preached very well

He sat at the shop and

told us many stories about it

Like narrating a film story

- What stories?

- All for the good

What happened

What is to happen

What will happen

It's all for the good, as in-

When did Suyambulingam

come back from the prayer?

The next day

What time?

I don't know for sure, sir

But he didn't come to the office

He told me before he left

Do you know these people?

Yes, madam

Did they travel in your bus

together as a family recently?

They even went 4-5 days ago

Even before that

Beginning of this month

Beginning of this month-

I think it was August 2nd

Where did they say

they were going?

He said something about

a holy man who preaches

The program was called-

'A good family'

Did they stay in

your lodge for a night?

Yes, sir

So they are your regular customers?

No, sir

In your lodge so many

people come and go

How can you remember

this family alone so well?

I remembered because-

- 1 double room

- Rs 650 + taxes

I came last month

There was another man here

He didn't add any tax

Must have been Arunachalam

I don't know all that

He didn't add tax

He wouldn't have given a bill

Who wants a bill?

(clears throat loudly)

This doesn't look like

a good place for women to stay

Why?

There seem to be bottles all around

What is this?

That's just mineral water

Our rooms are clean

Show her the room

Let her check

Come, madam

Go and see for yourself

Then I myself showed them

a clean room, sir

Do you know

when they stayed?

No, sir

Did they tell you

why they were in Tenkasi?

No, sir

Did you check their register?

Yes, madam

There are 2 registers

Suyambu's name is registered

in only one book

Checked in on August 2nd at 6:10 p.m

Checked out at 9:30

the next morning

Why are there 2 registers?

Has the cat got your tongue?

Answer now

I just follow

my owner's instructions

Those who ask for bills

And those who don't

Do you know this is

a punishable offence?

You remember them

really well after so long?

Sure, how can I forget

a good customer?

Is this your hotel?

Why do you ask?

Simply soooper!

Where do you get

tasty 'biriyani' nowadays?

Yes...our 'biriyani'

is the best in town

Others dump a lot of 'masala'

and get stingy with the meat

We do it like it's home cooked

- What's the lad's name?

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