Sampigehaara, Chikkamagalur
(Jaaji weds Dushyanta)
Hey! Shoo.
What's up?
Why are you so stressed?
Nothing.
Do you have any booze?
Is it enough?
Well we have to travel 130 kilometers to our house.
That is two and half hours journey.
This would suffice.
As brother of the groom I promise you that
you need not worry about your girl.
Her well being is my responsibility.
Isn't it Shiva?
Yes.
In spite of knowing everything you agreed to this marriage.
I am grateful to you.
You go ahead.
I need to talk to our son-in-law.
I urge you. Please do not tell her till the right time.
Let's leave. Or else it will be dark
Also there are are lot of rituals in Ayya's house.
Aren't you happy with this marriage?
You haven't spoken anything from past two days
and now
it has been an hour in this car.
Yet you haven't uttered a word.
Why?
Aren't you interested in conversing with me?
Gosh!
Nothing like that!
Our young lord is just very laconic.
What's your name?
Jawarayya.
I have served Ayya's house for past 15 years.
Why does every one call it 'Ayya's house'?
There is a temple for Kondayya within the house.
The present house
was once a ploughing filed of one acre.
Once while ploughing, they found kondayya's statue there.
That changed their fortune.
Today they own 150 acres of land!
Ere Mallikarjuna swamy and Nagamma
worship Kondayya very religiously.
Your family is very devoted to it.
Kondayya's grace will shower gold on you
But if he is enraged. . . .
These cops are gluttons for money.
Today I will teach them.
Don't talk much.
Unnecessary stress.
Fine.
Monkey!
It is you.
Happy married life.
Have it.
You don't come to my marriage.
Yet you block the road and give this gift.
Not interested.
I knew you would pass through here and stopped you.
Now don't reject it.
Take it.
He was our neighbour.
Gosh.
I forgot to introduce him to you!
He....
I am Dushyanta.
Namaste.
Ayya's house. Nagalambike. Ere Mallikarjuna swamy.
Tayavva.
Yes madam.
Is the rice, jaggery, arati plate
and deepa for our god ready for the ritual?
Yes.
Have you arranged for their nuptial night?
Hmm.
Did you consult the astrologer for the auspicious moment?
Aren't you feeling well?
Little tired.
A wedding would drain anyone.
Tayavva.
Welcome to the newly wed.
I raise the arati
to my Mahalakshmi. (Goddess of wealth)
Also to Narada's favourite
the ever compassionate Hari.
Before throwing arati water
the husband should call his wife's name
and the wife should call her husband's name.
Jaaji.
Now your turn.
Maharaja
My brother's name is not maharaja.
It is Dushyanta.
Wasn't Dushyanta a maharaja?
Knock the rice bowl and enter.
Father!
My lord!
My god! -Poorni
Poorni!
Call the doctor.
What happened dad?
Ere Mallikarjuna wasn't that old to die.
Some misfortune.
I had warned you.
to not go ahead with this wedding.
Now look.
That girl's bad fate
killed the owner of the house.
My father died due to cardiac arrest.
Jaaji is not responsible for this.
Don't blame her for this.
I have no idea mother.
He fell all of a sudden.
But why were we not informed?
Yes mother.
No one was informed.
They worship lord Kondayya every evening.
Now they can't worship him if there is a corpse in the house.
So they finished the funeral in haste.
So is the memorial service from tomorrow?
I have no clue.
No one talks to me.
How is son-in-law?
He is a true gentleman.
I will call you later.
Hmm.
What did your mother say?
Nothing important.
Were you complaining that no one talks to you?
No!
What to do?
A house that ought to be celebrating is grieving.
My arrival here. . . .
His time was over.
You are not responsible for his death.
You are this house's Lakshmi.
I never expected that father would see such an end!
I suspect some foul play.
Why else would a healthy man die so suddenly?
Is this parched rice?
Seems like hard grain.
What happened?
Why did you throw it?
I didn't.
She is at her mischief again!
Who she?
Where are you?
Are you here?
Come on show yourself.
How dare you soil our food and hide?
Jaaji!
Go to the kitchen.
Why should I go there?
Don't talk. -Just go.
How dare you hit me?
HOW DARE YOU HIT ME?
What is your problem?
Come.
Don't hide!
Confront me!
I swear on my name, today you will get a lesson to remember.
Jaaji go inside!
Come and face me.
Where are you?
Are you laughing?
How can you laugh after torturing me like this Pushpa?
You obstinate wretch!
How dare you? -Mahesha!
Stop it Mahesha.
He has gone insane.
Stop it both of you.
He hit me first. -Mahesha stop it.
How dare you hit me? - You wretch!
Stop it. For god's sake. -Mahesha.
I will kill you. - Get lost.
Leave me mother.
I said leave. -Stop.
Poorni! - I won't spare you.
Bring it fast. -Leave me.
Poorni! - Mahesha.
I am petrified mother.
Mother!
They are fighting among each other!
Cursing each other!
Everybody is acting insanely strange.
I can't bear to be a witness to all these.
Come and take me back mother.
I can't stay here.
I am scared to death here.
Jaaji!
What happened?
Hello!
My child!
Jaaji?
Hello!
Hello?
What is happening?
Jaaji!
Say something.
Jaaji!
Hello.
Jaaji?
Don't be scared.
I am with your daughter.
She is frightened.
But let her not be with you today.
Till the memorial service of your father
it would be better to not consummate your marriage.
Fine.
We lived together for 38 years!
He is still here mother.
Sleep with Poorni tonight.
I will tell her.
Jaaji.
This is a new place.
You might find it hard to sleep. So. . .
Mother told me that we should share the bed.
But I am not keen on it.
Who are you?
Where were you before?
Just because you married my brother
I need not accept you.
Your breath! Your sweat! Yuck!
I don't have the habit of sharing.
I had to agree to my mother's diktat.
But I don't like this.
If you still want go ahead and sleep here then.. . .
One more thing.
I won't tell your mother about this.
I will tell her that I couldn't sleep here
so I decided to sleep outside.
Fine.
Wait a minute.
Are you sleeping here?
Yes.
I liked your avalakki (parched rice).
But the salt was not enough right?
It was fine for me.
It gets cold out here.
You should get another blanket.
It is alright.
You should have been with your husband right now.
This death has forced you to sleep here.
Master was very healthy actually.
God knows what happened!
From past four years this house has seen lot of bad omens.
I firmly believe that the god is enraged
(Kondayya's altar)
Can I ask you something?
Go on.
Why didn't they inform anyone
about father in law's death?
That has been sort of a custom here.
Be it grief or celebration
only these member participate.
No one comes from outside.
But!
Forget outsiders.
At least inform the kith and kin.
All of them were here.
Where?
Where were the wives of my husband's brothers.
They would have come if alive.
What?
They are all dead.
What can be done?
Father just left us!
Mahesh bhava (brother-in-law)
Why hasn't your wife come to the funeral?
That. . .
No she is in her mother's place.
Mother's place.
Maybe he didn't want to upset you with the details of death.
So he might have lied.
His wife was the first to die.
What was her name?
Pushpavati.
How did she die?