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on the 2nd of this month?

- My house?

- Yes

No one came

No...what date did you say?

The 2nd of this month, Saturday

August 2nd, Saturday

You understood?

We weren't even

in town that day, sir

- Where did you go?

- Tenkasi

There was a prayer

in a temple there

Who all went?

Dad, mom, sister and I

All four of us, sir

When did you get back?

The next evening itself, sir

But when we came back,

it was raining heavily

Who asked you

about the rain now?

Was the prayer

performed for 2 days?

No, sir

The prayer was only for a day

Next day we stayed at a hotel

And we watched a movie, sir

- What movie?

- Anjaan

What is the problem now, sir?

This boy Varun is missing

He came to Papanasam

on the 2nd of this month

The only person

he knows in this town...

...is this girl

That's why we wanted to

find out if he met up with her

Small enquiry

No, sir

After the camp,

I haven't seen him

- You are Suyambu's wife?

- Yes, sir

Your name?

Rani

Good day

Suyambu, you don't usually

come home at this time

After you questioned

my daughter in school...

...the Principal called home

and told my wife

She got all flustered

and was in tears

She called me

I called the police station

and they said you were here

I rushed here to meet you

Come, let's go inside

Have you seen

the boy in this photo?

No

Madam, you?

- This car?

- It's a Maruti

No, I haven't seen this car

No, sir

Suyambu...?

Can we talk openly?

Yes, sir, I feel

the same way too

The boy in this photo,

Varun Prabhakar...

...is the only son of

IG Geetha Prabhakar

He has been missing for 25 days

Some time back when he went

for a Nature camp...

...he met your daughter, Selvi

He has come here in

the yellow car we showed you

We found that out

Our men dredged the car out

of a pond in a quarry near Ilanji

We have 2 reasons

for coming here

One...Varun knows your daughter

Two, our constable, Perumal

has seen you drive that car

When I went to Irulappan's house...

...for passport verification

...I saw you driving that car

with my own eyes

What does that mean?

The boy has come here

But we weren't here

on August 2nd

We went to Tenkasi

for a mass prayer

And returned only on 3rd evening

Enough

This will do

All okay now, sir?

You keep that smile

to yourself, you hear?

Neither sir nor I told you

the date the boy was here

I didn't tell you the date

you drove away in the car

But how does your wife

know that specific date?

Suyambu, why are you

smiling so flippantly?

What he's asking is justified

Answer that question

I'm not being flippant, sir

Why would I disrespect a policemen?

She still doesn't know

what has happened

That's why she is standing

dazed like this

I told you already

You went to school

School's reputation

will go for a toss, no?

That worried the Principal

who called up home and told her

She has asked her

the same questions you did

That's how we even

knew about the dates

Let's go

You didn't say anything about

Perumal seeing you in that car

Should I even answer

this question, sir?

Why?

The whole of Papanasam knows

how Perumal sir dislikes me

Whatever I say,

he won't believe me

I'm not asking this

on Perumal's behalf

It is for my own satisfaction

I'm not questioning that

If sir is 100% sure

he saw me...

...then it means

he's intentionally lying

Wait...wait

Or he could have seen

someone else like me

Because on August 2nd...

...from 8:
00 a.m until

5:
00 p.m the next day

...we were all in Tenkasi

No, sir

I'm 100% sure

I know it was him

I saw him with my own eyes

On August 2nd, from when

you left until you came back...

...tell me what happened clearly

Right, I'll tell you

Early morning

at 5:
30 a.m, right?

We took the first bus to Tenkasi

You have a jeep, right?

Don't ask

Last month our jeep stopped

half way through

She was so mad at me

So this time we took a bus

Did it rain when

you got back home?

Heavy rain

We were drenched to the skin

Both our children

fell sick the next day

We didn't even

send them to school

There's something strange

about saving all these bills

Why?

You're the first man

to save bus tickets

Sir, I came to this town empty-handed

If I now run this house,

business and office...

...as a self-made man

it's because I'm thrifty

I round up my account

to the last paisa

I'll write the accounts after

looking at all the receipts

I know how people talk

behind my back

But if I minded all that,

I couldn't have built this house

- What do you say?

- Okay, see you

How many acres

is this place?

5 acres

Okay, I'll take leave

Did I blabber about the date?

Good thing you wriggled out of it

Otherwise they wouldn't

have believed it at all

Looking at their evidence...

...you are lying

through your teeth

No, sir, I'm being true

to my conscience

It's foolproof

Something is fishy

about it being so perfect

If you rough him up a bit

he'll cough the truth, sir

He seems very casual

Can someone who is guilty

be so calm and composed?

That's very suspicious

Sir, why should we get

so muddled up?

We can write a report and

send it to the Inspector General

Let them deal with it

What you say is also true

Go fast

Dad?

Did the police believe us?

I don't know

Will they come again, dad?

Definitely they will

What's his name?

Suyambulingam, madam

Jamulingam?

Suyambulingam

Named after the deity in Uvari

Swayambu Lingam

Can you say for sure

he drove my son's car?

Yes, madam

I didn't see the number

But it was a yellow Maruti

Was he the one driving?

Yes, sir

I saw him drive

with my own eyes

But they weren't

in town for 2 days

They say they were in

Tenkasi, all 4 of them

That's a lie, sir

They have evidence

to back up their version

He showed hotel receipts

Some bills

Even a bus ticket, sir

We have to check now

if all that is original, madam

If what he says is true-

- What's that chap's name?

- Suyambulingam, madam

Whatever he's saying is a lie

The evidence is fake

Half a day is enough

to find that out

After all he's a school drop-out

and a country bumpkin

Won't we know how far

his brain can stretch?

We'll see

But if what he says is wrong

So bring the family here now

I want all the evidence here

We don't need to

follow protocol

Just do your job

Whatever it is,

report to me directly

Sit here

Sit down

We left early morning

to catch the 5:
30 bus

Why don't you

have that bus ticket?

The bus is owned

by his friend

He didn't let us pay

What time did you

attend the meditation?

Around 8:
30 a.m

The morning session was over

and the shrine was closed

The meditation had begun

by the time we reached

Should have been

around 8:
30 a.m

The prayer had started

when we reached

When did the prayer start

after you reached?

Must tell everything properly

But all of us shouldn't

say it exactly the same

You get it?

Time...when it comes

to stating the time

We shouldn't tell the exact

time to the nanosecond

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