Richie Page #2

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Have you heard of Isaac?

He also had an eye on my treasure

When he knew my plan...

...Isaac sent Richie to

crack the whip on me

As in

He threatened you and-

Yes

'He instigated me through Richie'

This...this statue...this myth

Your stories about Her

is just local folklore, right?

How can someone from Calcutta know

about Her value and steal it from you?

Today I won't spare you

For sure I'll kill you

'Sir, do you know who stole it?'

'Run Raghu Run'

'I can only say it is

Satan's handiwork!'

'Wonder whose curse it is'

Otherwise why should a chap working

somewhere on the other side of the sea

...come back here all of a sudden?

You tell me

Have you always been

in touch with him?

No, not at all

To collect the counterfeit goods...

...Doss will go to Calcutta

every now and then

On one of those occasions...

...I met this fellow

'Wondering why this face

was so familiar...'

'...Doss put 2 and 2 together'

It was Raghu

Doss got enlightened immediately

Who is Doss?

Arogya Doss

Yours truly!

Oh! Okay

Doss...I recognized him immediately

He is Raghu

'But I found out

it was our Raghu'

'It took a while for him

to recognize me'

The moment he saw me...

...his past would have flashed

before his eyes like lightning, right?

'That day he asked me to stay right there'

'He spoke his heart out to me'

Your mother still lives there

All by herself

'She's selling fish

in Isaac annachi's market'

'She will talk affectionately

to any child she meets'

'Remember the port

you ran away from'

'Rain or shine, she will be waiting there'

'No husband and no son'

'What will a lady at her age do

all by herself, huh?'

Why don't you visit her just once?

Tuticorin?

What will I do there?

Start some business

Sell import foreign goods

I don't have that kind of money

Also my work is very risky

They won't let go

of me that easily

Only if you inform them!

'Don't whisper a word'

'Silently get into my boat'

I would love to

But escaping from

this hell isn't easy

Don't think

Just come

I can't decide with

a snap of my finger, Doss

They will strangle me

Give me some time

I'll plan something

Okay, the boys will be

waiting in the lodge for me

- See you

- 1 minute

- Keep this

- Hey! What is this?

Take it, I say

Visit my mother when you can

Tell me what she wants

Even if it is money

- See you

- Doss...?

How are the boys?

Boys...?

If you call our town, no one

is around to answer

'Half of them are in Chennai

in the film industry'

'The rest...Sukumar and Senthil

are working in a studio'

'Muthu has gone to Dubai'

- Richie...?

- Antony

Richie...!

'He killed a boy

when he was a kid'

'How do you expect him to be?'

'Same status quo

Thug of the 1st order'

'After you ran away, he was...'

'...sent to a juvenile school'

'He was stuck there

for 8 years'

Somehow when he came out...

...he joined Isaac annachi!

'You know about Isaac annachi, right?'

'Now Richie takes care of

Isaac annachi's entire business'

Legal, illegal...everything

By the way...

...don't know why

...I believe Richie was looking for you

as soon as he came back

Okay, you leave

I'll arrange to take mother with me

I'll call you in a month

- Doss...?

- Huh...?

Let my plan be between us

Okay

See you

'Raghu wanted to

go back to his town'

'But he knew Richie wouldn't

have forgotten the past'

'Because what transpired

between them was like that'

'Run...break the pile'

'He's running'

Throw the ball

Stay right there

Pile up the stones...quick

- Lagori...!

- We won...we won

Hey! Why did you topple all the stones?

We won, right?

Then why are you doing this?

We won, right?

What's your problem then?

You had the gall to hit me?

I swear I'll get even with you now

Serves you right!

You deserve this and even worse!

Hey! Look over there

Richie has stabbed Logu

Hey Raghu!

Wait for me

Dai, Raghu...!

Raghu...!

Not that way

This way

'That's when I came to Tuticorin'

'- What's the case?

- He's our town pastor's son'

'He stabbed his classmate'

'That boy died'

'When he tried to escape

we caught him'

'I was explaining to him

his son's crime'

'Any witness?'

'Many were around

during the incident, sir'

'- So we can't let go

- Files the case?'

'Taking him to court tomorrow

Only then we'll know'

'- Juvenile court?

- Yes, sir'

'That was when I saw

Richie for the 1st time'

'How did you know Richie?'

'Friend; Murugesh'

We've been friends

from our juvenile school days

After his release from the juvenile home

Richie hunted down the Inspector

And beat him up black and blue

That's why Isaac annachi

told us to join his team

Like scratching a lion

After that no one could control him

But he gives a new meaning

to the word 'style'

'I came back to my hometown

to get a job'

No one is letting me survive

How fair is this?

I agree we must

pay rent for the boat

Should we share

half our catch too?

If he wanders with 10 stooges...

...is he Jesus or what?

Rubbish!

I know his true colors

Why buy trouble

when we are here to work?

If you want you can be sissy

like the chaps in town

I can't do that

'Pretending to be a noble soul!'

You don't know

who Isaac annachi is!

Does Isaac have 2 horns or what?

This town thinks he became rich

by renting boats

Hogwash!

All this money was made by smuggling

'He can't any longer'

I'm here now, right?

Just watch me in action

Sir...?

'What is your name?'

Bhuvanesh

What is yours?

He lives life

in his own terms

He cares 2 hoots about anyone

except annachi of course

Richie isn't like a son to me

He IS my son!

Richie

Richard K Sagayam

Juvenile superintendent

Reddy's daughter?

Yes

Father, the reason I came-

- After the prayer

- Okay

So you're writing the story now

Yes, Father

Do you have any recent photo?

I can't keep my personal stuff here

This is God's abode

But I heard there is

a photo in the juvenile home

'I haven't seen it till now'

Which photo?

It was taken when he joined

the juvenile home

Who told you about this photo?

Richie

He searched for long

just for me to see it

I think for some strange reason

it was close to his heart

Anyway how often did you visit him?

He wouldn't have reformed

even if I had visited him often

Wild and hot-headed

'So you never visited him?'

In the beginning I went

quite a few times

Hoping he will change

But even there he was

picking up fights

Do you know him very well?

Actually, no

I've seen him a couple of times

That's about it

After I went to stay with my mother...

...when I used to come here

for summer holidays-

Shall we start the interview?

Father, don't think of this

as an interview

I would like to understand

what happened then

I just want to hear

your side of the story

'On that day many foreign tourists

had come to the church'

He came to visit me that day

'Even now many dive in search

of the statue, Father?'

Statue is not important here

Only forgiveness

That's the page we should

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