Papanasam Page #8

This is the Maruti car he drove

TN 72E 6312

This car was found

in the pond of that quarry

See you, Bhai

You there!

Give me 100 bucks

I don't have that much, sir

Won't you have money

to drink in the evening?

Fish it out

I only have 20

Rs 20 is Rs 20!

No discrimination in denomination

when it is the Goddess of wealth!

Bhai, give me a cigarette packet

You're giving me Rs 20

What about the rest?

This is the rest

Perumal sir, you didn't drink

your usual tea this morning

Who has time

to drink tea?

We've got a wretched case

at the station now

I have to run around

holding it by the tail

What case?

A yellow Maruti car was found

in the pond at the quarry

Which pond?

I asked which pond?

Not any pond here, Bhai

On Tenkasi road

Near Ilanji

Near Arunthathiyar colony

Why are you investigating it here?

We have been asked to find out

if anyone knows anything about it

Orders from the office

of the Inspector General

The one above us is God, right?

We must zip our lips

and fold our hands

And nod 'yes, sir'

to whatever he says

Sanmugam sir and I

are in charge of this case

Okay, see you

Perumal, don't step into

dangerous grounds

This is not an issue

to play around with

Everyone here knows of

your antagonism to Suyam

If you're trying to dig a hole...

...it will only end up

as your grave!

Why should I lie?

I saw Suyambu drive that car

with my very own eyes

Here

Even now I saw how flustered

he was when I mentioned it

What is this new thing?

I felt like paying...take it

It'll be good if everyone

who owes me thought this way

Look, he's coming

His face looks troubled

He has some link

in this case for sure

Wait and see

If he's scared...

...he will definitely look back

Sanmugam?

Tell me, sir

How is Suyambulingam linked

with the Inspector General's son?

I don't understand

Sir, Suyambu doesn't like Perumal

Is he using his dislike

to get him caught?

Or did he see someone else

and thought it was Suyambu?

He may have been

drunk in the morning also

I know Suyambu too

Even so...Perumal is a policeman

He knows what will happen

if he lies about such a big case

Sir, look here

On the 3rd of August

on Sunday morning

Exactly at 7:
00 a.m

I went to Irulappa Pillai's house...

...for verifying his son's passport

That was when I saw Suyambu

get into the car and drive away

Girls, come here

Listen carefully to me

This is important

Last Saturday

August 2nd

Where were we?

In Tenkasi

We attended a prayer session

When did we get back?

The next day

On Sunday

When?

In the evening

Where was the prayer?

In Tenkasi

Where in Tenkasi?

Goddess Badrakali temple

Why are you asking all this?

So the police will come?

Definitely

But we don't know when

The later they come, the better

They still don't know

what happened to the boy

No evidence

But they'll try to get

that evidence out of us

Like in the movies

They will try to scare you

They will pretend

to be very fair

They will confuse you

They might even hit

your mother and me

But if there is

no evidence at all...

...they will go away

But whatever we do...

...we must not change our story

Can I trust you?

Dad

Will the police hit you?

Is that what's worrying you?

Your mother beats you

when you do something wrong?

Like that

I'm scared, dad

What?

No, tell me

I'm scared

I'm here for you, right?

So why be scared?

Okay...go to bed

Sleep well

Dear?

If we say we weren't here on Saturday...

...can we really get away with it?

Our cable office knows

Sulaiman Bhai's hotel folks know

Everyone would have seen us

Definitely they would have

Then how can we lie?

Trusting a common human tendency

None of us will remember

details not important to us

We have a vague memory of it

That's all

Let's hope for the best

We have 2 ways out of this

One is to tell the truth

and surrender

What, hahn?

Do you know the repercussions?

Our child's face will be flashed

in every TV channel and newspaper

Our family's reputation

will be in ruins

We have no choice

I would never let you

or my daughter go to jail

Don't cry

Listen to me

Don't cry

You must not cry

Are you sure you saw

Suyambu that day?

If you ask me like that

I can't say for certain

When I asked you that day...

...you said yes, you're sure

That day, you said

Suyambu was driving that car

I thought so too

So I said 'yes'

How will I know for sure

if that was Suyambu?

You saw him?

Can't say for certain

it was Suyambu brother

But it might have

been him, that's all

Do you know

if it was this car?

If you ask me like that...

...I can say for sure

it was a yellow car

Can't say for sure 'this car'

Are you sure about anything?

Did you see?

I didn't see the number

But it was a yellow Maruti Zen

Sir, retired professor Samikannu

has bought a new house here

Yes

He has a yellow car too

Hey! You are right

I'm sure the 3 of us saw

Samikannu's car that day

We will decide that!

What is that?

We got a fax, sir

You received it now?

Yes, from the office

of the Inspector General

Inspector General's son went

on a Nature club trip last month

One of the girls from our town

went on the same trip too

Her name is Selvi

Daughter of our cable TV

Suyambulingam, sir

Sir, I told you!

Now what do you say?

We don't need to

think twice, sir

If I bring him in and

beat him up black and blue...

...all pieces of the jigsaw

will fall into place

Perumal, let us keep

this under wraps

You understand?

Hold this

Only if we blabber,

will the truth come out

'If we say the same thing

over and over again...'

'...it will become true'

'Don't ask me why I insisted you should

be truthful from when you were young'

The truth I know

is my family

I'll do anything to protect it

'So what you do is...'

'...don't ever deny

knowing that boy'

Because they would

have found out already

What we are changing...

...is that he never came here

'Hold on to that and

no matter what they ask...'

'...don't let go of it'

'Okay, my precious?'

Selvi, this is sub-inspector Suresh Babu

He has come here to

ask you some questions

Do you know this boy?

I do, sir

His name is Varun

How do you know him?

Last month from school

we went to a Nature club camp

He had come there, sir

Is he your friend?

No, not at all

We were on 'hi-bye' terms

Do you know

anything else about him?

They said he was

some IG's son

He told you?

No...they spoke about it

You said you are not friends

But you remember him by name

Sir, there were lots of problems

in the camp because of him

What kind of problems?

He was following girls and

taking pictures of them, sir

There was a famous lawyer's

daughter from Tirunelveli

He tried to click photos of her

And she complained about him

The teachers had to

come and sort it out

He's a bad boy, sir

Where did you

see him after that?

No, sir, after the camp

I didn't see him anywhere

He said you saw him

Who?

Varun?

Yes

He's lying, sir

Did he come to your house

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