1 00:03:35,855 --> 00:03:38,188 Chinnapaiyyan, my lad... 2 00:03:38,188 --> 00:03:41,188 Yes, pedagogue. 3 00:03:43,521 --> 00:03:48,563 Apple of my eyes...precious youngling... 4 00:03:48,563 --> 00:03:54,938 Maven...keeper of my life and destiny... Ayyanar aashan. 5 00:03:54,938 --> 00:03:58,730 Are you asleep, my child? Or awakened by the day? 6 00:03:58,730 --> 00:04:06,105 My maven...the preceptor who taught me vigil even in slumber...Ayyanar aashan... 7 00:04:06,105 --> 00:04:10,896 Then enlighten me, my lad... who lies asleep in this bullock cart, eyes shut, mind still? 8 00:04:11,563 --> 00:04:15,730 A tiger? Leopard? Lion, or mighty elephant? 9 00:04:15,730 --> 00:04:17,313 My pedagogue... 10 00:04:17,313 --> 00:04:18,980 Speak, my lad. 11 00:04:18,980 --> 00:04:21,813 He who rests in this bullock cart... 12 00:04:21,813 --> 00:04:23,396 Who is he? 13 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:28,521 He who has won over tigers, leopards, lions, and elephants... 14 00:04:28,521 --> 00:04:29,063 Hmm... 15 00:04:29,063 --> 00:04:32,605 The one whose name echoes across lands far and wide. 16 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:33,271 Ohh... 17 00:04:33,271 --> 00:04:39,980 The uncontested among all beings on land, sea, and forests. 18 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:41,355 Go on... 19 00:04:41,355 --> 00:04:44,063 The one whose footsteps dent the Earth. 20 00:04:44,063 --> 00:04:44,563 Hmm... 21 00:04:44,563 --> 00:04:48,646 He who ushers rains, stops towering trees from shedding leaves. 22 00:04:48,646 --> 00:04:52,063 He, for whom seas quieten, winds retreat. 23 00:04:52,063 --> 00:04:53,521 Oh! 24 00:05:02,105 --> 00:05:03,355 Oh! A warrior for all seasons? 25 00:05:03,355 --> 00:05:04,188 Yes, my maven. 26 00:05:04,188 --> 00:05:05,563 Reveal him to us. 27 00:05:05,563 --> 00:05:10,563 The one who has trounced all warriors East, West, North, and South. 28 00:05:10,563 --> 00:05:11,313 Oh! 29 00:05:11,646 --> 00:05:16,605 The one bequeathed with gold, silk, and treasures in prize. 30 00:05:17,688 --> 00:05:21,396 The one who holds the key to every maiden’s desirous heart. 31 00:05:21,396 --> 00:05:23,980 - Aaha! - Braver than the bravest. 32 00:05:23,980 --> 00:05:26,730 - Yes! - My most revered elder kin. 33 00:05:26,730 --> 00:05:27,771 Yes! 34 00:05:27,771 --> 00:05:29,813 Malaikottai Valiban 35 00:05:29,813 --> 00:05:30,771 All hail! 36 00:05:59,563 --> 00:06:04,938 He who vanquished Malaikottai Mamallan the Great, beat him over in might, 37 00:06:04,938 --> 00:06:08,480 and brought him to his knees. 38 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:13,938 He who earned reverence, wealth,and the epithet – Malaikottai Valiban. 39 00:06:34,105 --> 00:06:35,771 Master... Kelu master... 40 00:06:35,771 --> 00:06:37,188 What befell the master now? Why are you yelling?! 41 00:06:37,188 --> 00:06:41,188 Two scoundrels have challenged you before the villagers. 42 00:06:41,188 --> 00:06:42,063 And? 43 00:06:42,063 --> 00:06:46,271 They called you an emasculated noob. 44 00:07:02,938 --> 00:07:04,438 Are you bluffing, boy? 45 00:07:04,438 --> 00:07:07,355 It’s been ages since we witnessed a tight face-off. 46 00:07:07,355 --> 00:07:11,063 Kelu Mallan is lost in oiling himself and downing eggs. 47 00:07:11,063 --> 00:07:15,521 It's time we saw him in combat. 48 00:07:15,521 --> 00:07:16,771 Let me off, lady! 49 00:07:16,771 --> 00:07:17,438 Kelu master... 50 00:07:32,313 --> 00:07:35,271 Kelu Mallan and Malaikottai Valiban 51 00:07:41,980 --> 00:07:44,105 Kelu master... I’m coming along too! 52 00:08:55,438 --> 00:08:59,521 Where is the crackerjack who challenged me? Reveal yourself. 53 00:09:04,230 --> 00:09:06,688 Elder one... wake up, please. 54 00:09:07,813 --> 00:09:09,688 A mountain of a man is here for you! 55 00:09:16,355 --> 00:09:17,688 Master... 56 00:09:17,688 --> 00:09:19,688 Chew on this and beat him to pulp! 57 00:09:28,188 --> 00:09:31,771 Elder, this man is munching on hot chilies! Wake up and give him his due. 58 00:09:38,938 --> 00:09:42,813 The unbeaten Kelu Mallan of the downhill village, 59 00:09:44,146 --> 00:09:48,521 He who reigns over all eighteen combat rings and their respective champions... 60 00:09:48,521 --> 00:09:52,063 I’m assuming all eighteen rings are in this tiny village eh? 61 00:09:52,938 --> 00:09:55,521 The Mallan has a history worth engraving, it seems. 62 00:09:55,521 --> 00:09:58,396 He who sprang up sixteen feet on his toe, 63 00:09:58,688 --> 00:10:02,063 cracked open the skull of a tusker, 64 00:10:02,063 --> 00:10:04,146 and mashed its brain to pulp. 65 00:10:04,146 --> 00:10:06,938 Kelu Mallan...strong as a tusker and unyielding as a boulder. 66 00:10:06,938 --> 00:10:09,355 They say he pulped the brain of a tusker! 67 00:10:10,271 --> 00:10:14,438 A tusker’s pulp?! Elder... wake up, for once! 68 00:11:27,146 --> 00:11:33,271 Not even man enough to look me in the eye. Valiban, you lowly coward! 69 00:11:37,313 --> 00:11:41,146 Sight is the only truth. All unseen is a lie. 70 00:11:41,146 --> 00:11:43,355 Master, everything you have known yet is bluff. 71 00:11:43,355 --> 00:11:45,855 Truth is that which shall unfold hereafter. 72 00:11:47,021 --> 00:11:51,271 My mace will teach you truth and falsity soon! 73 00:11:51,271 --> 00:11:52,313 Get up! 74 00:11:52,313 --> 00:11:57,563 If you seek a face-off, you will have to come to me. 75 00:11:57,563 --> 00:11:59,313 I won’t move from here. 76 00:12:00,563 --> 00:12:04,105 Kelu, I want to watch your mace shatter his skull. 77 00:15:05,813 --> 00:15:10,063 Henceforth, Malaikottai Valiban is protector of this downhill village. 78 00:15:11,021 --> 00:15:16,313 Hundred and one gold sovereigns, all of Kelu’s land, wealth, and women 79 00:15:16,313 --> 00:15:18,896 are now Valiban's to keep. 80 00:15:18,896 --> 00:15:26,771 I decree for Kelu to be shaved bald, tattooed, and banished downhill on a donkey. 81 00:15:26,771 --> 00:15:33,563 Erect a new milestone at this crossroad and inscribe it with tales of Malaikotai Valiban’s glorious conquests. 82 00:17:52,605 --> 00:17:56,438 MANKOMBODINJOORU 83 00:18:13,188 --> 00:18:17,021 He's grown into a fine lad now. 84 00:18:17,021 --> 00:18:20,730 How enchanting it is to listen to the tune of his flute. 85 00:18:20,730 --> 00:18:23,230 Not just music, 86 00:18:23,230 --> 00:18:28,771 he works his charm with quick moves and tricks! 87 00:18:28,771 --> 00:18:32,521 After all, he is my precious son, Mothership! 88 00:18:32,521 --> 00:18:34,480 And Valiban? 89 00:18:40,355 --> 00:18:43,605 The magnificent one destined to conquer mountains, 90 00:18:43,896 --> 00:18:47,105 wrestle against storms, 91 00:18:47,896 --> 00:18:51,021 and lead my ambitions to fruition. 92 00:18:51,813 --> 00:18:54,396 The maker of miracles. 93 00:19:08,146 --> 00:19:09,355 Mathangi... 94 00:19:13,021 --> 00:19:15,771 Will you narrate a fable to me? 95 00:19:15,771 --> 00:19:18,480 The one in which the combatant loses his horse... 96 00:19:24,188 --> 00:19:25,063 Once, 97 00:19:26,730 --> 00:19:31,605 A gifted combatant lost his strongest horse. 98 00:19:34,438 --> 00:19:41,355 He wandered days and nights looking for his horse, but in vain. 99 00:19:42,396 --> 00:19:45,605 Finally, his search brought him to a palace in a faraway land. 100 00:19:56,938 --> 00:20:02,938 The king welcomed him as their guest. 101 00:20:16,771 --> 00:20:19,063 The young, beautiful princess, 102 00:20:23,105 --> 00:20:26,938 Fell irrevocably in love with him. 103 00:20:58,730 --> 00:21:00,105 Mathangi... 104 00:21:19,605 --> 00:21:21,938 I have been pining to see you. 105 00:21:23,146 --> 00:21:27,771 Aren’t there many other maidens you long for, elsewhere? 106 00:21:35,730 --> 00:21:37,146 Mathangi... 107 00:21:41,021 --> 00:21:42,980 A million women in a million places, 108 00:21:46,896 --> 00:21:49,563 But none like you in all the vastness of this world. 109 00:21:55,230 --> 00:21:56,188 Mathangi... 110 00:22:46,438 --> 00:22:47,813 Many sundowns later, 111 00:22:50,355 --> 00:22:58,271 The combatant found his horse in a battlefield. 112 00:23:01,771 --> 00:23:05,355 He returned to the palace, 113 00:23:06,396 --> 00:23:08,938 and told the princess 114 00:23:10,980 --> 00:23:13,771 that he was leaving for good. 115 00:23:24,646 --> 00:23:28,646 That is destiny. No mortal can alter it. 116 00:23:30,605 --> 00:23:31,313 Not even me? 117 00:23:34,021 --> 00:23:34,771 Not even you. 118 00:23:46,938 --> 00:23:51,313 As he took off into his conquests, mounted on his horse, 119 00:23:54,938 --> 00:24:01,230 leaving her only a cloud of dust, 120 00:24:03,355 --> 00:24:10,980 the princess watched, knowing she had to let him go. 121 00:24:34,105 --> 00:24:40,396 NOORANATHALAYOORU 122 00:25:21,938 --> 00:25:23,271 Who is it inside? 123 00:25:26,855 --> 00:25:28,396 The goddess herself! 124 00:25:28,396 --> 00:25:29,980 Who is on the other side? 125 00:25:33,271 --> 00:25:35,688 If the one within is the goddess, the one without is the servant. 126 00:25:37,396 --> 00:25:39,605 And what is this servant’s name? 127 00:25:42,230 --> 00:25:45,063 Valiban... Malaikotai Valiban... 128 00:25:47,396 --> 00:25:48,688 What pursuit brings you here, Valiban? 129 00:25:52,063 --> 00:25:54,688 Pleasure or gambling? 130 00:25:57,105 --> 00:26:00,230 I heard that knives can be sharpened here... 131 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:05,938 May I know the goddess’s good name? 132 00:26:06,605 --> 00:26:08,771 Rangapattinam Rangarani. 133 00:26:09,313 --> 00:26:10,813 Oh my! 134 00:26:14,146 --> 00:26:15,063 What brings you here? 135 00:26:16,646 --> 00:26:19,146 My beloved peacock has gone missing... 136 00:26:20,105 --> 00:26:22,188 I am here to find him. 137 00:26:29,271 --> 00:26:31,396 What do you want? Here to see the peacock? 138 00:26:55,230 --> 00:27:05,688 The lord peacock of the mountain fortress… 139 00:27:12,438 --> 00:27:16,021 My lover is lord peacock of the mountain fortress, 140 00:27:17,938 --> 00:27:22,646 A thousand feathers unfold as he sways… 141 00:27:23,355 --> 00:27:26,938 Where did he vanish without a word? 142 00:27:26,938 --> 00:27:31,521 Have you seen my beloved trickster? 143 00:27:32,438 --> 00:27:39,688 I wandered Madhura, Mithila, Alaka, Yamara, Indira, and Chandra in search, 144 00:27:39,688 --> 00:27:42,605 My feet falter in fatigue, 145 00:27:43,313 --> 00:27:46,188 My eyes droop in disappointment… 146 00:27:46,938 --> 00:27:49,896 Have you seen him, my lord peacock? 147 00:27:50,563 --> 00:27:54,146 Have you seen him, my lord peacock? 148 00:27:54,146 --> 00:27:57,980 My lover is lord peacock of the mountain fortress 149 00:28:05,188 --> 00:28:08,730 Lured by the charm of his oceanic dance, 150 00:28:12,438 --> 00:28:16,063 Lured by the charm of his oceanic dance, 151 00:28:16,063 --> 00:28:21,521 I pledged my heart in pawn 152 00:28:21,521 --> 00:28:28,355 Invoking the earth, fire, winds, and water, I wrote him songs with the tip of my feet, 153 00:28:28,355 --> 00:28:31,855 For he pierced my heart, my trickster. 154 00:28:36,021 --> 00:28:43,230 Have you seen him, my lord peacock? 155 00:28:43,230 --> 00:28:46,021 The one who reins the mountain fortress… 156 00:28:46,938 --> 00:28:52,396 My lover is lord peacock of the mountain fortress 157 00:28:52,396 --> 00:28:59,146 A thousand feathers unfold as he sways... 158 00:29:01,521 --> 00:29:05,146 He embodies the seven seas, His body, a throbbing ocean, 159 00:29:08,813 --> 00:29:12,396 He embodies the seven seas, His body, a throbbing ocean, 160 00:29:12,396 --> 00:29:17,355 He waltzes in my heart with joyous feet, He dances in me, a sweet dance of love. 161 00:29:17,855 --> 00:29:24,438 In windy forests and sutlry beaches, I come looking for my soulmate, my lover. 162 00:29:25,146 --> 00:29:28,438 I’m torn apart, worn out in his love…. 163 00:29:34,230 --> 00:29:41,021 Have any of you seen him, my lover? 164 00:29:41,563 --> 00:29:43,271 The one who reins the mountain fortress… 165 00:29:45,105 --> 00:29:49,146 My lover is lord peacock of the mountain fortress, 166 00:29:50,563 --> 00:29:54,355 My lover is lord peacock of the mountain fortress, 167 00:30:52,980 --> 00:31:03,771 I am the lord, the revered lord peacock of the mountain fortress... 168 00:31:08,688 --> 00:31:09,688 Dance now. 169 00:31:09,688 --> 00:31:12,855 When the lord commands, the Rani dances. 170 00:31:13,063 --> 00:31:15,355 I am your lord peacock. 171 00:31:17,730 --> 00:31:19,146 Lord peacock 172 00:31:27,063 --> 00:31:27,980 Everyone, clap. 173 00:31:34,438 --> 00:31:36,105 Thenamma... what should we do now? 174 00:31:39,605 --> 00:31:40,938 Who are you, good sir? 175 00:31:49,355 --> 00:31:53,896 He who in his youth took down the famous Ambathoor Malaikotai Mamannan, 176 00:31:53,896 --> 00:31:57,855 And earned gold, silk, fame, and reverence.. 177 00:31:57,855 --> 00:32:01,605 My elder kin... Malaikotai Valiban. 178 00:32:12,688 --> 00:32:14,438 All hail! Clap your hands for him! 179 00:32:19,688 --> 00:32:23,730 My beloved mother and father who left me young, 180 00:32:23,730 --> 00:32:27,230 Each of you kindred spirits who have come to watch me perform, here... 181 00:32:27,230 --> 00:32:30,355 The magnificent one I have been in search of, 182 00:32:30,355 --> 00:32:32,230 My lord peacock. 183 00:32:34,563 --> 00:32:40,063 Here, my trickster has finally arrived as you bear witness. 184 00:32:41,188 --> 00:32:45,896 He who saved me from that lustful bloodhound. 185 00:32:47,063 --> 00:32:51,646 It is him, Malaikotai Valiban, 186 00:32:54,021 --> 00:32:56,521 I accept as my better half before all of you! 187 00:33:00,230 --> 00:33:01,063 Good lord! 188 00:33:13,313 --> 00:33:18,771 My lover is lord peacock of the mountain fortress, 189 00:33:18,771 --> 00:33:23,480 A thousand feathers unfold as he sways… 190 00:33:24,188 --> 00:33:27,855 Where did he vanish without a word? 191 00:33:27,855 --> 00:33:32,313 Have you seen my beloved trickster? 192 00:33:33,271 --> 00:33:38,438 My lover is lord peacock of the mountain fortress, 193 00:33:54,896 --> 00:33:58,896 Apple of my eyes, Chinnapaiyyan... my precious lad. 194 00:33:58,896 --> 00:34:04,605 Ayyanar Ashan...keeper of my life and destiny. 195 00:34:04,605 --> 00:34:05,480 My lad. 196 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,313 - Yes. - Can you play, my boy? 197 00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:11,146 You mean a hand of cards? Or play with hearts? 198 00:34:11,146 --> 00:34:16,646 Neither... play yourself as a peacock! 199 00:34:17,605 --> 00:34:18,855 My maven... 200 00:34:18,855 --> 00:34:20,146 Yes my boy. 201 00:34:20,146 --> 00:34:24,230 Have you heard of Rangapattinam, my maven? 202 00:34:24,230 --> 00:34:29,896 No. But I know of the charming Rangarani. 203 00:34:29,896 --> 00:34:34,855 Good heavens! My beautiful peacock has gone missing! Have any of you seen him? 204 00:34:48,813 --> 00:34:50,438 A cart seems to be blocking our way ahead. Who is that? 205 00:34:50,438 --> 00:34:51,396 Who are you? 206 00:34:54,021 --> 00:35:00,688 The Lord peacock of the mountain fortress! I am him! 207 00:35:19,188 --> 00:35:23,063 You may titillate loose women on the streets 208 00:35:23,063 --> 00:35:25,938 with your cheap, lowly tricks. 209 00:35:30,271 --> 00:35:34,938 But have you met the combatants of Mangodu? The Earth wobbles as they pace. 210 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,605 I’m here to fix up a face-off. 211 00:35:48,105 --> 00:35:49,730 I challenge you to set foot in Mangodu 212 00:35:50,188 --> 00:35:55,063 and step into the ring with the mighty Mangodu Mallan. 213 00:35:59,771 --> 00:36:03,521 If your feet don’t shake in fear, 214 00:36:04,521 --> 00:36:06,146 come show us what you’re made of. 215 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,730 You've only known prizefighters who have eyes for gold. 216 00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:27,938 To walk after I am done with him 217 00:36:27,938 --> 00:36:31,271 ask your Mallan to get a wooden crutch handy. 218 00:36:33,146 --> 00:36:35,605 Now catch the wind and scoot with your bulls. 219 00:36:36,188 --> 00:36:38,646 I'll be there for the face-off. 220 00:37:39,188 --> 00:37:42,646 Hey there... Please stop. 221 00:37:50,938 --> 00:37:52,938 Hey lass, isn’t this the way to Mangodu village? 222 00:37:52,938 --> 00:37:55,230 Yes. I’m also headed that way. 223 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,563 My feet have given up, 224 00:38:00,563 --> 00:38:03,313 will you please allow me to hitch a ride? 225 00:38:03,313 --> 00:38:06,730 Liar! I saw you walk, don’t you try to fool me! 226 00:38:07,730 --> 00:38:09,688 Let her come along. She seems unwell, help her. 227 00:38:09,688 --> 00:38:13,855 Unwell? Who, she? She is absolutely fine! 228 00:38:13,855 --> 00:38:16,521 I swear! 229 00:38:16,521 --> 00:38:19,730 I have a limp since birth. 230 00:38:19,980 --> 00:38:21,688 I am not lying. 231 00:38:22,146 --> 00:38:25,313 Chinna, take her basket and give her a hand. 232 00:38:25,563 --> 00:38:27,146 - Come child, hop on. - Thank you, good sir. 233 00:38:27,146 --> 00:38:28,146 Child?! 234 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,146 Don’t you see… She can't walk steadily. 235 00:38:41,563 --> 00:38:42,521 Girl, give me your hand. 236 00:38:42,521 --> 00:38:43,605 Thanks. 237 00:38:43,605 --> 00:38:45,021 I can help myself. 238 00:38:48,605 --> 00:38:49,480 Give her a hand. 239 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:51,688 She can climb by herself, right? Let her. 240 00:38:51,688 --> 00:38:53,813 You lad…can’t you just help? 241 00:38:53,813 --> 00:38:56,230 Hmm… ask me properly and I will. 242 00:38:59,105 --> 00:39:00,313 Push away from me. 243 00:39:00,313 --> 00:39:02,855 Don’t think you can act funny with me because you’re giving me a ride. 244 00:39:02,855 --> 00:39:03,896 Oh! I’m the one who is acting funny, you think? 245 00:39:03,896 --> 00:39:04,938 Then? 246 00:39:05,313 --> 00:39:06,230 Bovine, behave yourself! 247 00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:08,188 Maven, I told you she’s a shrew! 248 00:39:08,396 --> 00:39:09,938 Look how her attitude has changed once she got in! 249 00:39:09,938 --> 00:39:10,771 Yeah, damn right! 250 00:39:10,771 --> 00:39:12,230 Sush now, and ride the cart. 251 00:39:12,855 --> 00:39:15,396 Child, what’s in your basket? 252 00:39:15,855 --> 00:39:19,105 Have you not heard of the heavenly Mangodu jaggery? 253 00:39:19,105 --> 00:39:22,188 Uncle, do you know of the mighty Mangodu Mallan? 254 00:39:23,563 --> 00:39:26,188 This jaggery is like silk. You pop and it melts in your mouth. 255 00:39:26,188 --> 00:39:29,146 Just like the fate of anyone who dare shake hands with the Mallan. 256 00:39:51,271 --> 00:39:55,188 Bow down, nice and low, now lift yourself up. 257 00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,271 Yes, good! 258 00:39:59,271 --> 00:40:02,813 He who earned reverence, wealth, women, and the epithet – Malaikottai Valiban. 259 00:40:03,563 --> 00:40:08,063 He who took down Kelu Mallan of the downhill village. My most revered elder, Malakotai Valiban. 260 00:40:08,855 --> 00:40:10,480 A fool’s overconfidence! 261 00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:11,396 Mangodan... 262 00:40:11,396 --> 00:40:12,646 - Aah! - They’re here... 263 00:41:35,063 --> 00:41:39,980 Mangodu Mallan... son of the brave Ponnurumi Veeramma. 264 00:41:41,063 --> 00:41:45,730 And you are the famed Malaikotai Valiban. 265 00:41:46,688 --> 00:41:47,480 Yes. 266 00:41:48,396 --> 00:41:53,771 I have arranged for palm leaves to carry you in after my son is done with you. 267 00:41:55,605 --> 00:41:58,188 I have heard that Mangodu doesn’t have cane trees to make crutches. 268 00:41:59,230 --> 00:42:03,313 I will let you have your son’s spine as a walking aid when you leave the ring. 269 00:42:04,563 --> 00:42:08,730 Dawn, Mangodu combat ring. Be there. 270 00:42:14,730 --> 00:42:20,646 Mangodan, tomorrow I want to see his bones crack. 271 00:42:21,146 --> 00:42:22,146 You will see. 272 00:42:23,980 --> 00:42:25,355 You will see. 273 00:43:10,813 --> 00:43:13,646 Is someone in there? 274 00:43:13,646 --> 00:43:15,146 I’m coming...wait. 275 00:43:20,313 --> 00:43:23,521 It’s getting late. Come and serve us our food, lady! 276 00:43:23,521 --> 00:43:26,730 I was waiting all this while. Now let me finish. 277 00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:32,938 I have prepared rice with mutton and roasted black chicken. 278 00:43:32,938 --> 00:43:34,271 Sit please, I will be there soon. 279 00:43:35,521 --> 00:43:39,355 Ohh! Rice, mutton, and roasted black chicken. 280 00:43:39,355 --> 00:43:41,396 - What? - Nothing! 281 00:44:17,813 --> 00:44:21,188 Make it fast. My elder is probably losing his mind with hunger. 282 00:44:22,105 --> 00:44:25,771 Why? Will your pugilist not be able to look Mangodan in the eye if he skips a meal? 283 00:44:25,771 --> 00:44:29,271 Ya right! Without your mercy, my elder will famish to infirmity! 284 00:44:30,563 --> 00:44:31,563 Buzz off. 285 00:44:31,563 --> 00:44:33,230 Then why are you here for the food I’ve cooked? 286 00:44:33,230 --> 00:44:35,230 Stop yapping and give me the food, lady. 287 00:44:43,521 --> 00:44:45,896 It was you? Insolent ragtag! 288 00:44:47,813 --> 00:44:50,605 You liar, you??! 289 00:44:52,771 --> 00:44:55,938 Your legs are perfect! 290 00:44:55,938 --> 00:44:58,730 At dusk, they straighten up. Any qualms? 291 00:44:58,730 --> 00:44:59,813 Hmm... 292 00:45:04,438 --> 00:45:07,021 Your black panther can beat Mangodan, you think? 293 00:45:07,021 --> 00:45:11,688 Not black panther. My most revered elder, Malaikotai Valiban. 294 00:45:11,688 --> 00:45:14,855 He will blow your Mangodan’s bones like a trumpet. Wait and watch. 295 00:45:15,563 --> 00:45:16,521 Now help with the food, lady. 296 00:45:20,146 --> 00:45:26,980 The last man who claimed this had to be given medicine and massage for three months before he could walk 297 00:45:26,980 --> 00:45:30,063 I’ve arranged for the ingredients, don’t worry. 298 00:45:31,563 --> 00:45:33,730 You will have to gulp it yourself. 299 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:35,230 I bet you. 300 00:45:35,646 --> 00:45:36,563 Let’s see. 301 00:45:37,021 --> 00:45:38,813 So what is the prize for the bet? 302 00:45:39,105 --> 00:45:40,688 If Mangodan wins... 303 00:45:40,688 --> 00:45:41,355 If he wins? 304 00:45:41,355 --> 00:45:42,813 What do I get? 305 00:45:44,230 --> 00:45:47,230 The talisman around your neck. 306 00:45:50,230 --> 00:45:50,855 Okay, deal. 307 00:45:52,980 --> 00:45:54,480 And if Valiban wins? 308 00:45:54,480 --> 00:45:55,105 What if he wins? 309 00:46:00,980 --> 00:46:03,063 Will you give me one of your sweet jaggery kisses? 310 00:46:41,355 --> 00:46:42,563 You! Frisky ragtag! 311 00:46:49,646 --> 00:46:50,813 Fine. A kiss it is. 312 00:47:10,855 --> 00:47:16,730 That face-off was like a showdown between two mighty tuskers. 313 00:47:17,771 --> 00:47:27,313 He could put me in a rib lock if he bent down and flexed to his left while defending himself. 314 00:47:27,313 --> 00:47:32,855 I only needed one lapse of judgement to have him in my control. 315 00:47:34,230 --> 00:47:40,271 In a fleeting moment, I caught him unaware. 316 00:47:41,605 --> 00:47:46,313 There is no ecstasy like that of victory. 317 00:47:46,313 --> 00:47:51,688 I was lost in mirth, unware of the treachery hidden in that moment. 318 00:47:53,271 --> 00:47:58,105 When you get carried away, you become oblivious to treachery. 319 00:48:00,396 --> 00:48:10,063 Back then, Veeramma, the keeper of the Mangodu ring, was mine. 320 00:48:12,355 --> 00:48:23,396 After the face-off, after everyone dispersed, she served me something to drink. 321 00:48:23,396 --> 00:48:31,105 When I woke up the next morning, my hands felt heavy like boulders. 322 00:48:32,355 --> 00:48:40,230 My limbs, my aides in crushing down opponents who charged atme like rogue elephants, felt lifeless. 323 00:48:40,230 --> 00:48:45,855 My spine felt tied down to the Earth’s core, in an irreversible knot. 324 00:48:45,855 --> 00:48:48,271 I haven’t walked since. 325 00:48:50,355 --> 00:48:53,480 Thereafter, I was ousted from the ring. 326 00:48:55,396 --> 00:49:05,813 Mother and son allowed my motionless body a cot, 100 feet away from the combat ring. 327 00:49:07,480 --> 00:49:14,480 Today, the Mangodu ring weilds deceit not sportsmanship. 328 00:49:15,230 --> 00:49:19,855 The structure you see is a lie founded on treachery. 329 00:49:41,438 --> 00:49:45,855 "Mangottu Ring" 330 00:49:56,813 --> 00:49:57,563 Hey! What do you think you’re doing? 331 00:49:59,188 --> 00:50:00,646 Maven... that's a foul. 332 00:50:01,646 --> 00:50:04,771 He who ambushes from behind and he who flees the combat are alike. 333 00:50:04,771 --> 00:50:05,813 What foul play is this? 334 00:50:06,563 --> 00:50:07,396 Maven... 335 00:50:07,396 --> 00:50:08,230 Sush, boy! 336 00:50:08,646 --> 00:50:09,896 Cool it. 337 00:50:11,105 --> 00:50:15,271 The opponent can be brought to a fall by hook or crook. 338 00:50:15,271 --> 00:50:16,355 That’s my rule. 339 00:50:25,105 --> 00:50:26,730 Must have picked your ethics from your mother, I assume? 340 00:50:29,146 --> 00:50:33,813 Mangodu’s only rule is to bring down the rival. 341 00:50:38,938 --> 00:50:42,021 Sight is the only truth. All unseen is a lie. 342 00:50:42,855 --> 00:50:45,105 Matriarch, everything you have known yet is bluff. 343 00:50:45,105 --> 00:50:46,896 Truth is that which shall unfold hereafter. 344 00:50:48,730 --> 00:50:50,813 Hey, Mangodan! 345 00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,855 That vile smirk of his must stop. 346 00:51:12,355 --> 00:51:13,271 Do it. 347 00:52:49,438 --> 00:52:50,438 Take him down. 348 00:52:57,646 --> 00:52:58,438 Touch the knee, 349 00:53:00,355 --> 00:53:01,396 back side, 350 00:53:04,438 --> 00:53:06,146 left foot forward, 351 00:53:07,896 --> 00:53:09,355 right foot stretched to the side... 352 00:53:12,521 --> 00:53:13,855 perched on the left.. 353 00:53:17,730 --> 00:53:19,063 Yes!! 354 00:53:25,146 --> 00:53:27,188 Spring up on the right foot, 355 00:53:30,938 --> 00:53:33,230 Summersault and strike, 356 00:53:33,855 --> 00:53:34,605 bend farther down... 357 00:53:34,605 --> 00:53:35,855 Veeramma, ask him to strike! 358 00:53:35,855 --> 00:53:36,938 Perch down 359 00:53:36,938 --> 00:53:38,021 spring up, 360 00:53:38,021 --> 00:53:38,896 come on. 361 00:53:42,646 --> 00:53:44,730 Mangodan, hey! 362 00:54:03,730 --> 00:54:07,105 There goes the pride of the famed Mangodu ring. 363 00:54:07,646 --> 00:54:09,980 Is this the mettle of the warrior you moulded all these years?! 364 00:54:11,855 --> 00:54:17,980 Are there no ploys left other than back maneuvers in this ring of deceit? 365 00:54:23,605 --> 00:54:27,021 Veeramma of Ponnurunni, are you backtracking? 366 00:54:27,021 --> 00:54:31,146 A principled person must accept defeat when the combatant falls. 367 00:55:22,313 --> 00:55:23,771 Come on! 368 00:55:25,146 --> 00:55:27,730 The notorious double-dealing of the Mangodu ring! 369 00:56:20,688 --> 00:56:24,355 The one who brought down the sly, treacherous Mangodu Mallan. 370 00:56:24,355 --> 00:56:27,313 Here comes Malaikotai Valiban. 371 00:56:38,105 --> 00:56:38,771 You liar, you! 372 00:56:38,771 --> 00:56:40,146 Buzz off, ragtag! 373 00:56:54,563 --> 00:56:56,730 Them bones have cracked to bits. 374 00:56:56,730 --> 00:56:59,646 Get up, you must get shaved. 375 00:57:05,771 --> 00:57:08,146 He who trades justice for victory 376 00:57:08,146 --> 00:57:09,896 Must be annihilated lock, stock, and barrel. 377 00:57:09,896 --> 00:57:11,271 That's my rule. 378 00:58:33,146 --> 00:58:36,063 Valiban... 379 00:58:39,771 --> 00:58:49,063 All hail your very own Malaikotai Valiban! The one who has uprooted the insidious Mangodu ring. 380 01:00:35,938 --> 01:00:37,480 Valiban... 381 01:00:38,146 --> 01:00:40,980 For every strand of my hair that has bitten the dust, 382 01:00:40,980 --> 01:00:43,855 I will make you pay . 383 01:00:46,688 --> 01:00:50,730 I shall wait patiently for all your lost hair to grow back. 384 01:01:43,021 --> 01:01:45,355 Everything that I painstakingly built is gone in a day. 385 01:01:45,355 --> 01:01:46,938 All because of you. 386 01:01:46,938 --> 01:01:51,771 Went off to some godforsaken land and brought a mighty rival. 387 01:01:51,771 --> 01:01:53,271 I don’t care about the land or the gold. 388 01:01:53,271 --> 01:01:56,355 My reputation, my very name that evoked fearful respect in people. 389 01:01:56,355 --> 01:02:00,521 They will mock and pelt stones at me now. 390 01:02:00,521 --> 01:02:01,646 Die, now. 391 01:02:02,396 --> 01:02:04,230 Who lost the challenge? 392 01:02:04,230 --> 01:02:05,896 Who stood stripped of his dignity? 393 01:02:07,605 --> 01:02:09,313 Who shaved his head bald? 394 01:02:09,313 --> 01:02:11,146 Who has been banished, mounted on a mule? 395 01:02:11,146 --> 01:02:13,021 And who lays lifeless, now? 396 01:03:09,771 --> 01:03:14,938 Deep into the garden of eternal blossoms, 397 01:03:14,938 --> 01:03:19,855 Come, lets go, let me take you once. 398 01:03:19,855 --> 01:03:24,896 What should I offer to take me along? 399 01:03:24,896 --> 01:03:29,105 You wayward, ragtag, lovely boy? 400 01:03:29,938 --> 01:03:34,938 Take you I will, 401 01:03:34,938 --> 01:03:40,063 Wrapped in silk and gold. 402 01:03:40,063 --> 01:03:45,271 Give me the kiss you owe, 403 01:03:45,271 --> 01:03:49,480 And take you I will, my beloved. 404 01:03:50,146 --> 01:03:55,355 Fetch the kiss from inside my heart, 405 01:03:55,355 --> 01:03:59,813 Like precious pearls buried under the sea. 406 01:04:05,355 --> 01:04:10,480 Down the valley where little sheep graze, 407 01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:14,855 Ever since I heard your deep, candied voice 408 01:04:15,605 --> 01:04:20,521 Sweet lotus buds bloom in my heart, 409 01:04:20,521 --> 01:04:25,105 Lost to the tunes of your joyous song. 410 01:04:25,563 --> 01:04:30,646 Give me the kiss, the one you owe, 411 01:04:30,646 --> 01:04:35,188 And the blooms in my heart are forever yours. 412 01:04:40,355 --> 01:04:50,188 Wayward, trickster shepherd boy, With eyes that plot to sweep me off, 413 01:04:50,938 --> 01:04:55,355 I’m not one to fall for your song, 414 01:04:55,896 --> 01:05:00,480 I’ve no time for your sweet l'il ploys. 415 01:05:00,980 --> 01:05:09,605 Draw the kiss from inside my heart, Like precious pearls from under the sea. 416 01:05:11,021 --> 01:05:21,105 Deep into the garden of eternal blossoms Come, lets go, let me take you once. 417 01:05:21,105 --> 01:05:30,355 What should I offer to take me along? You wayward, ragtag, lovely boy? 418 01:06:24,063 --> 01:06:26,188 Chinnapaiyyan, my lad. 419 01:06:26,855 --> 01:06:30,063 The cartwheels have started rolling, my boy. 420 01:06:31,730 --> 01:06:33,855 Chinnapaiyya... 421 01:06:34,896 --> 01:06:38,188 The bulls are striding on. Come on, let’s go. 422 01:06:44,813 --> 01:06:48,438 Dawn has already broken. We must start now. 423 01:06:50,563 --> 01:06:51,896 Chinnapaiyya... 424 01:06:51,896 --> 01:06:54,355 I’m coming right away, maven. 425 01:06:54,355 --> 01:06:57,355 The bullock cart is leaving, come on in. 426 01:06:58,271 --> 01:07:01,605 Maven, I’m coming...please wait... 427 01:07:03,063 --> 01:07:05,646 I’m almost there... 428 01:07:23,855 --> 01:07:25,605 Clown! 429 01:07:26,313 --> 01:07:30,396 Loiters around almost anywhere he finds himself! 430 01:07:30,396 --> 01:07:32,646 Did you give the bulls some water to drink? No. 431 01:07:32,646 --> 01:07:34,688 Why am I even asking? I know he must have forgotten. 432 01:07:36,855 --> 01:07:38,688 My boy... did you leave something behind there? 433 01:07:41,230 --> 01:07:42,646 Is it your tote? 434 01:07:44,605 --> 01:07:46,271 Or your dear flute? 435 01:07:48,896 --> 01:07:50,813 Is it someone's gift? 436 01:07:52,021 --> 01:07:54,230 Its my precious little heart... 437 01:07:55,938 --> 01:07:57,188 Did you hear that, maven? 438 01:07:57,938 --> 01:08:00,563 Our boy has left his heart behind at Mangodu, it seems! 439 01:08:01,146 --> 01:08:03,521 You stupid fool, go get it back if it is your precious heart. 440 01:08:04,271 --> 01:08:06,480 You must go alone for this. Why should I come? 441 01:08:07,438 --> 01:08:11,021 Besides, if I come, I may pluck your heart out, right maven? 442 01:08:11,021 --> 01:08:12,063 Go, run. 443 01:08:18,980 --> 01:08:20,021 Silly boy. 444 01:08:28,188 --> 01:08:31,563 I thought you wanted a kiss for winning the bet... 445 01:08:32,230 --> 01:08:33,521 I do... 446 01:09:17,605 --> 01:09:20,563 Let the lad sort matters of his heart and come, right? 447 01:09:20,563 --> 01:09:21,563 Hmm... 448 01:09:22,355 --> 01:09:25,021 Our journey ahead will be complex. 449 01:09:25,480 --> 01:09:29,605 When a woman is around, we would need to tether ourselves. 450 01:09:29,605 --> 01:09:32,438 The destiny of us mercenaries doesn’t allow that. 451 01:10:54,855 --> 01:10:57,230 Look who is here. 452 01:10:57,230 --> 01:10:58,688 Your lord peacock. 453 01:10:58,688 --> 01:10:59,688 Who? 454 01:11:00,271 --> 01:11:01,771 Oh, my beating heart! 455 01:11:01,771 --> 01:11:05,896 Malaikotai Valiban, my whole wide world. 456 01:11:05,896 --> 01:11:07,896 What a pleasant surprise! 457 01:11:07,896 --> 01:11:12,646 The ethereal Rangapattinam Rangarani... 458 01:11:12,646 --> 01:11:13,605 What brings you here? 459 01:11:14,646 --> 01:11:16,396 Don't you know of my missing lord peacock? 460 01:11:17,188 --> 01:11:18,646 I’m here to look for him. 461 01:11:19,021 --> 01:11:21,230 Darling Thenamma... 462 01:11:21,230 --> 01:11:23,646 Tell your queen that this is not the road to a peacock garden. 463 01:11:23,646 --> 01:11:26,396 It is the way to the dreaded Ambathur Malaikotai. 464 01:11:26,396 --> 01:11:29,230 Why are you headed that way, may I ask? 465 01:11:29,646 --> 01:11:33,063 It is the birth anniversary of Queen Lady Maccaulay. 466 01:11:33,063 --> 01:11:36,605 The King insists that I perform for the festivities. 467 01:11:37,730 --> 01:11:38,813 I am going to dance. 468 01:11:39,396 --> 01:11:40,063 What about you? 469 01:11:41,813 --> 01:11:43,855 Her Highness Lady Maccaulay is my dear valentine. 470 01:11:44,230 --> 01:11:47,271 I’m going to present her with a gift of love. 471 01:11:50,855 --> 01:11:56,730 Ambathoor Malaikotai 472 01:12:05,480 --> 01:12:07,896 Stop playing meek witness to the game. 473 01:12:10,063 --> 01:12:12,605 This fort is founded on slave blood. 474 01:12:16,230 --> 01:12:22,813 It is your blood that must anoint the soil here, not that of my kin. 475 01:12:25,480 --> 01:12:26,521 Come on. 476 01:12:27,855 --> 01:12:29,230 Step into the gallery. 477 01:12:30,813 --> 01:12:31,688 Come. 478 01:12:33,438 --> 01:12:34,480 Step into the gallery. 479 01:12:42,563 --> 01:12:44,855 You’ve spent enough time watching the game from the gallery. 480 01:12:47,771 --> 01:12:50,605 Every block of this fort was built on the blood of slaves. 481 01:12:51,563 --> 01:12:54,313 Enough is enough. 482 01:12:54,313 --> 01:12:57,188 It is your blood that must spill here now. 483 01:12:57,188 --> 01:12:58,938 Come on, step into the ring. 484 01:13:11,521 --> 01:13:15,105 One among the two must die. That is the rule of the fort. 485 01:13:20,813 --> 01:13:23,605 It doesn’t matter whether that is the victorious or the defeated. 486 01:13:30,896 --> 01:13:35,855 Auspicious beginnings must always involve blood spills. 487 01:14:10,438 --> 01:14:13,771 There will be tears and blood. 488 01:14:14,605 --> 01:14:17,771 That is how a sea is born. 489 01:14:17,771 --> 01:14:20,813 And from the depths of that sea, a radiant sun shall rise. 490 01:14:21,438 --> 01:14:25,980 The luminance shall burn this fort to ashes. 491 01:14:57,896 --> 01:15:01,271 Maharaja Maccaulay 492 01:15:05,896 --> 01:15:11,938 He who vanquished Ambathur Malaikottai Mamallan the Great. 493 01:15:11,938 --> 01:15:14,563 He who beat him in might, and brought him to his knees. 494 01:15:14,563 --> 01:15:17,396 He who earned reverence and rewards. 495 01:15:17,396 --> 01:15:20,730 The all-seeing protector of the Ambathur fort, Malaikottai Valiban. 496 01:15:20,730 --> 01:15:24,271 I come to offer birthday wishes for Queen Lady Maccaulay. 497 01:15:27,646 --> 01:15:29,730 On the Queen’s auspicious birthday combat, 498 01:15:29,730 --> 01:15:35,771 It is rumoured that he who beats the opponent may ask for any reward in the world. 499 01:15:53,563 --> 01:16:00,646 The Maharaja says the reward is too heavy for a local squaddie and his bulls to lift. 500 01:16:00,980 --> 01:16:03,813 You should perhaps draw a date for the face-off first. 501 01:16:03,813 --> 01:16:06,563 And then gloat over the weight of the prize. 502 01:16:17,480 --> 01:16:24,521 If you are defeated, your head shall be hung in the portico for auction, says the Maharaja. 503 01:16:24,896 --> 01:16:28,146 Maharaja Maccaulay, this is my home turf. 504 01:16:28,146 --> 01:16:31,021 I started off from the combat arena of this Ambathur Malaikotai. 505 01:16:31,771 --> 01:16:35,021 But you torched the rightful heir of this fortress to death. 506 01:16:35,521 --> 01:16:38,563 You sold off my sisters like chattel. 507 01:16:38,896 --> 01:16:42,521 You brainwashed my kin and watched as they drank each other’s blood. 508 01:16:43,563 --> 01:16:47,480 If I win this combat, I shall put an end to your slave trade, once and for all. 509 01:16:49,563 --> 01:16:51,980 This colonist scoundrel will run for his life. 510 01:16:53,605 --> 01:16:58,021 I will burn all remnants of his presence in this land to ashes. 511 01:17:09,896 --> 01:17:14,355 At dusk, when oli lamps light the fortress, be present at the combat ring. 512 01:17:15,021 --> 01:17:16,146 I will wait for you. 513 01:17:16,146 --> 01:17:17,230 That is not all. 514 01:17:22,646 --> 01:17:27,021 Your bulls will be slaughtered and their heads hung at the fortress flag pole. 515 01:17:27,021 --> 01:17:32,021 The women with you will entertain us, and dance on spikes. 516 01:17:34,563 --> 01:17:36,313 We will sell them all at the slave market. 517 01:17:43,896 --> 01:17:45,438 Sight is the only truth. 518 01:17:45,438 --> 01:17:47,313 All unseen is a lie. 519 01:17:47,313 --> 01:17:50,105 You outlander, everything you have known yet is a lie. 520 01:17:50,105 --> 01:17:52,271 Truth is that which will unfold hereafter. 521 01:18:55,896 --> 01:18:56,646 Chinna... my boy... 522 01:18:56,646 --> 01:18:57,355 Yes, maven. 523 01:18:57,355 --> 01:18:58,521 Don’t loiter, get back soon. 524 01:18:58,521 --> 01:18:59,230 Yes, my maven. 525 01:19:13,230 --> 01:19:15,063 I am a face reader, you know. 526 01:19:16,271 --> 01:19:18,480 And I have studied your face in detail. 527 01:19:19,813 --> 01:19:20,896 May I give my impression? 528 01:19:33,855 --> 01:19:38,230 Like a scorpion hoarding venom in its stinger, 529 01:19:38,230 --> 01:19:41,063 You bear a secret in the annals of your being. 530 01:19:50,396 --> 01:19:56,313 It's time for your true colours to be found, Ayyanar. 531 01:19:57,146 --> 01:19:59,396 I know nothing about reading faces. 532 01:19:59,396 --> 01:20:00,896 But I can tell you what's written in your destiny. 533 01:20:01,438 --> 01:20:05,771 The last face you see before your eyes shut forever will be mine. 534 01:20:06,521 --> 01:20:07,563 Adios. 535 01:20:11,938 --> 01:20:12,896 Ayyanar... 536 01:20:13,730 --> 01:20:15,313 Hey there... 537 01:20:16,438 --> 01:20:18,230 Ayyanar... 538 01:20:27,021 --> 01:20:30,480 I met Chamathakan amidst the bustle today. 539 01:20:32,521 --> 01:20:36,146 One must be more suspecting of the shrew who schemes from behind, 540 01:20:36,146 --> 01:20:38,188 Than an opponent who charges forward in plain sight. 541 01:20:39,021 --> 01:20:41,355 He has poison in his veins. 542 01:20:42,230 --> 01:20:43,105 We must be vigilant. 543 01:20:45,480 --> 01:20:50,271 In shadows or plain sight, has deceit ever seen lasting triumph? 544 01:22:24,438 --> 01:22:29,521 The one who has trounced all warriors East, West, North, and South. 545 01:22:29,521 --> 01:22:33,771 Braver than the bravest, Malakotai Valiban. 546 01:22:40,480 --> 01:22:42,980 The one who ambushed a charging army of thousands 547 01:22:42,980 --> 01:22:46,813 And tossed the chief’s heads into a pyre... 548 01:22:46,813 --> 01:22:49,355 All hail Maharaja Maccaulay. 549 01:23:15,771 --> 01:23:18,730 Isn’t the face-off between you and me, Maharaja? 550 01:23:18,730 --> 01:23:20,146 We’re not separate, 551 01:23:23,146 --> 01:23:24,271 We’re one. 552 01:24:17,896 --> 01:24:18,646 Move along. 553 01:26:48,646 --> 01:26:55,855 He who came to be without a mother or father, 554 01:26:58,938 --> 01:27:04,980 He who dons earrings like burning embers of the sun. 555 01:27:09,563 --> 01:27:16,771 To the rhythm of throbbing golden drums, 556 01:27:16,771 --> 01:27:25,730 Ayyanar sings songs of his eternal valour. 557 01:27:31,605 --> 01:27:38,813 He who came to be without a mother or father, 558 01:27:40,438 --> 01:27:46,480 He who dons earrings like burning embers of the sun. 559 01:29:38,396 --> 01:29:40,438 There is someone who can save us. 560 01:29:41,396 --> 01:29:43,063 He who is destined to conquer mountains, 561 01:29:44,188 --> 01:29:46,313 He who must wrestle winds, 562 01:29:47,313 --> 01:29:49,896 He who must lead my ambitions to fruition. 563 01:29:50,563 --> 01:29:53,146 The maker of miracles. 564 01:29:57,271 --> 01:29:58,896 Holding the bid for ten thousand gold sovereigns, 565 01:29:59,771 --> 01:30:01,646 Ten thousand gold sovereigns, any bids? 566 01:30:02,396 --> 01:30:04,188 Ten thousand gold sovereigns, final call. 567 01:30:10,396 --> 01:30:14,105 In exchange for ten thousand gold sovereigns and a hundred bulls, 568 01:30:14,646 --> 01:30:21,646 Malaikotai Valiban will remain an eternal slave to Mangodu town chief Chamathakan. 569 01:30:23,271 --> 01:30:24,438 Cheers to that! 570 01:30:27,146 --> 01:30:28,771 Let the celebrations begin. 571 01:30:51,188 --> 01:30:55,938 I will have him wag after me on a leash 572 01:30:57,313 --> 01:31:00,855 And stay guard day and night without rest, like a watchdog. 573 01:31:01,146 --> 01:31:02,188 Cheers. 574 01:31:04,813 --> 01:31:06,188 I will watch him wag. 575 01:33:17,271 --> 01:33:19,438 Come on, dance. 576 01:36:25,188 --> 01:36:27,938 Murder those bastards. 577 01:36:36,646 --> 01:36:40,188 Seven heavens... 578 01:38:13,021 --> 01:38:14,438 Soldados... 579 01:38:15,396 --> 01:38:17,146 i want him alive 580 01:38:18,021 --> 01:38:19,855 Make sure nobody escapes. 581 01:39:35,980 --> 01:39:37,105 Move along... 582 01:41:46,938 --> 01:41:47,521 My Valiban... 583 01:41:47,521 --> 01:41:48,313 You were right. 584 01:41:49,146 --> 01:41:49,980 it's Chamathakan 585 01:42:30,563 --> 01:42:31,688 Valiban... 586 01:42:38,563 --> 01:42:39,688 Game over. 587 01:42:47,896 --> 01:42:49,396 Maybe you should turn around. 588 01:46:49,313 --> 01:46:51,646 You die... 589 01:48:24,271 --> 01:48:25,980 God decides the time of one’s death 590 01:48:25,980 --> 01:48:28,938 on the very day of his birth. 591 01:48:28,938 --> 01:48:31,021 Nobody can change that. 592 01:48:31,021 --> 01:48:33,688 It is the lord of death that a mortal sees 593 01:48:33,688 --> 01:48:34,855 before life leaves his body. 594 01:48:34,855 --> 01:48:36,855 Like the man your’e looking at. 595 01:48:36,855 --> 01:48:39,438 Eventually, those who take lives must also die. 596 01:48:50,396 --> 01:48:53,521 All hail the one true warrior who reclaimed... 597 01:48:53,521 --> 01:49:00,355 the Ambathur fortress from Maharaja Maccaulay and his Lady Queen. The freer of slaves, breaker of chains. 598 01:49:00,355 --> 01:49:03,855 Comrade of the enslaved. One in a thousand. 599 01:49:03,855 --> 01:49:06,313 Malaikotai Valiban. 600 01:51:26,480 --> 01:51:27,146 Valiban... 601 01:51:35,980 --> 01:51:38,105 Yes, Rangarani... go on. 602 01:51:39,438 --> 01:51:43,730 The one who knows every trick in the book 603 01:51:45,438 --> 01:51:51,813 But draws a blank before a damsel’s beating heart. 604 01:51:59,480 --> 01:52:12,896 You’re the magnificent peacock I’ve been seeking all along. 605 01:52:16,480 --> 01:52:20,271 Rangarani, your destined partner awaits you in a faraway land. 606 01:52:23,605 --> 01:52:31,146 Can I not have a small corner of your heart to myself? 607 01:52:34,646 --> 01:52:36,896 Pardon me, my queen. 608 01:52:37,646 --> 01:52:39,063 My destiny does not allow me to love. 609 01:54:04,146 --> 01:54:05,855 Once, at the cusp of dawn, 610 01:54:07,355 --> 01:54:09,063 as everyone lay asleep, 611 01:54:10,688 --> 01:54:12,230 a gang of dacoits made their way into a village. 612 01:54:13,896 --> 01:54:16,188 They torched down everything in their way. 613 01:54:17,480 --> 01:54:20,646 Everyone who resisted, perished. 614 01:54:22,105 --> 01:54:27,438 Charred bodies lay scattered, and amidst them, 615 01:54:27,438 --> 01:54:29,938 a lifeless woman held on to a wailing infant. 616 01:54:31,980 --> 01:54:34,355 She was perhaps your mother. 617 01:54:36,438 --> 01:54:40,938 One of the many dismembered corpses could have been your father's. 618 01:54:42,230 --> 01:54:47,355 I struggled to pluck you away from the tighthold of those arms, 619 01:54:48,396 --> 01:54:49,771 protective even after death. 620 01:54:51,730 --> 01:54:55,355 I fed you everything except breastmilk. 621 01:54:56,855 --> 01:55:04,646 Taught you everything I know to face this world. 622 01:55:06,313 --> 01:55:07,480 Trained you to win. 623 01:55:10,813 --> 01:55:13,688 The one who has nowhere to call home. 624 01:55:14,146 --> 01:55:16,105 The one nobody awaits. 625 01:55:17,271 --> 01:55:20,396 Isn’t my destiny as hollow as the songs they sing? 626 01:55:21,480 --> 01:55:23,563 Am I not an orphan without a place in this world? 627 01:55:23,563 --> 01:55:24,271 My Valiban... 628 01:55:25,313 --> 01:55:27,646 your life itself is a gift from the gods. 629 01:55:28,813 --> 01:55:30,021 You are never alone. 630 01:55:31,355 --> 01:55:34,771 The whole world cheers for he who is victorious. 631 01:55:37,438 --> 01:55:40,688 The exhilaration of victories has come to an end. 632 01:55:41,396 --> 01:55:43,938 What remains now for me to win? 633 01:55:47,271 --> 01:55:51,521 Every great warrior is eventually worn down 634 01:55:51,521 --> 01:55:54,146 by a loss of purpose. 635 01:55:54,688 --> 01:55:59,521 But, there always emerges a stronger opponent, 636 01:55:59,521 --> 01:56:01,646 a bigger purpose. 637 01:56:02,438 --> 01:56:06,355 Valiban... you’re destined to reclaim the mountains, 638 01:56:06,896 --> 01:56:09,188 To conquer the unconquarable. 639 01:56:09,938 --> 01:56:16,105 I hear rainclouds grate when you tighten your combat outfit. 640 01:56:17,396 --> 01:56:22,521 I hear rivals stomp their maces to the ground 641 01:56:22,521 --> 01:56:25,313 as they call for a face-off with you. 642 01:56:26,355 --> 01:56:31,396 Valiban, conquest must be your only euphoria. 643 01:56:33,438 --> 01:56:38,771 I’m still the lone infant you found from the carcass. 644 01:56:38,771 --> 01:56:39,980 Orphaned. 645 01:56:42,396 --> 01:56:46,771 Only roadside taverns await me to rest after my wins. 646 01:56:48,021 --> 01:56:49,813 If I was someone else, someone less orphaned, 647 01:56:51,021 --> 01:56:53,813 perhaps I too would have a home to go back to. 648 01:56:57,855 --> 01:57:00,396 Maven... If death was a fable, 649 01:57:01,105 --> 01:57:03,438 I could have known my parents, right? 650 01:57:05,605 --> 01:57:06,605 My child... 651 01:57:07,771 --> 01:57:11,646 Chinnan and I, are we not yours? 652 01:57:12,688 --> 01:57:17,188 Each time I call you my maven, 653 01:57:19,188 --> 01:57:22,646 A voice in me murmurs, “Birthgiver, not maven.” 654 01:57:29,396 --> 01:57:32,730 In the previous life, you may have been my beloved father. 655 01:58:13,646 --> 01:58:15,438 Squeezed raw into the pitch black 656 01:58:17,230 --> 01:58:19,063 Of the toddy tapper’s peppery pot, 657 01:58:20,896 --> 01:58:22,730 Spiced fresh with menacing heat, 658 01:58:24,605 --> 01:58:26,438 From the pretty parprika’s crimson skin, 659 01:58:28,230 --> 01:58:31,855 Sieved and boiled to perfect taste With jaggery from a lover’s heart, 660 01:58:31,855 --> 01:58:34,605 Fragrance wrapped in sweet fragrance, 661 01:58:34,605 --> 01:58:36,271 Arrack that shoots joy up your veins… 662 01:58:36,855 --> 01:58:37,313 Arrack . 663 01:58:38,563 --> 01:58:39,980 A for arrack... 664 01:58:42,813 --> 01:58:44,563 Say A for arrack. 665 01:58:45,855 --> 01:58:47,646 Arrack... 666 01:58:53,730 --> 01:58:57,355 Arrack that bubbles like a newborn stream, 667 01:58:57,355 --> 01:59:00,146 Arrack that tastes like the promise of love. 668 01:59:00,980 --> 01:59:04,938 Arrack that leaves a zesty aftertaste, 669 01:59:04,938 --> 01:59:08,188 Arrack that simmers on smouldering coal. 670 01:59:08,188 --> 01:59:11,896 Arrack to be had with a side of mountain meat 671 01:59:11,896 --> 01:59:15,521 Arrack rife with flesh and ripe with love. 672 01:59:15,521 --> 01:59:16,730 Arrack... 673 01:59:16,730 --> 01:59:18,271 Say A for arrack. 674 01:59:24,605 --> 01:59:28,563 Sing along the song of this beat, 675 01:59:28,563 --> 01:59:31,896 A song brimming with arrack. 676 01:59:39,188 --> 01:59:42,771 Bend to the right, Feet firm to the ground, 677 01:59:42,771 --> 01:59:46,396 Sway, swirl, Find your balance, 678 01:59:46,396 --> 01:59:48,271 And gulp a pot of arrack! 679 02:00:17,730 --> 02:00:21,980 Dear god, prepare the mind. Our transit begins. 680 02:00:23,646 --> 02:00:26,980 Prepare, our transit begins. 681 02:00:27,813 --> 02:00:31,438 Prepare, our transit begins. 682 02:00:31,896 --> 02:00:34,646 Prepare, our transit begins. 683 02:00:39,480 --> 02:00:43,938 Many wars, many truths. 684 02:00:45,605 --> 02:00:49,313 Fights that cannot be won with might. 685 02:01:48,646 --> 02:01:50,563 I plucked my heart and offered him on a platter. 686 02:01:51,730 --> 02:01:54,605 Yet, why is Valiban unmoved, Thenamma? 687 02:01:56,313 --> 02:02:00,021 Many years ago, a man got himself a bride from a farway land. 688 02:02:01,105 --> 02:02:02,855 He had a charming elder brother. 689 02:02:03,438 --> 02:02:06,146 His bride was fascinated by the elder. 690 02:02:06,896 --> 02:02:10,730 And they fell deep in affection while the man was away for trade. 691 02:02:12,480 --> 02:02:13,230 And? 692 02:02:13,230 --> 02:02:14,646 The obvious. 693 02:02:14,646 --> 02:02:17,688 Both brothers fought each other to death for the bride. 694 02:02:18,896 --> 02:02:20,313 Do you get the anecdote? 695 02:02:21,605 --> 02:02:25,688 Valiban is unmoved by you because his heart is set on someone else. 696 02:02:26,105 --> 02:02:26,938 See for yourself. 697 02:02:35,646 --> 02:02:38,438 Come on...come. 698 02:02:47,271 --> 02:02:48,521 Rani, don’t worry. 699 02:02:49,105 --> 02:02:51,146 We’re headed for the holy Horselord’s temple fest. 700 02:02:51,980 --> 02:02:53,730 The lord shall show us a way out. 701 02:02:54,480 --> 02:02:55,855 If not, Thenamma will. 702 02:03:12,230 --> 02:03:15,896 THIRUCHENTHOORU FESTIVAL 703 02:04:57,021 --> 02:04:58,021 Come along, elder... 704 02:04:58,271 --> 02:04:59,230 Now tell me. 705 02:04:59,855 --> 02:05:00,521 Come here. 706 02:05:01,521 --> 02:05:02,105 Say it. 707 02:05:05,521 --> 02:05:09,271 Elder, who do you love the most? 708 02:05:10,563 --> 02:05:12,105 Young lady, are you fooling with me? 709 02:05:12,105 --> 02:05:13,188 Tell me! 710 02:05:14,021 --> 02:05:16,313 All right! Chinnapaiyyan. Is this your grand question? 711 02:05:21,313 --> 02:05:22,938 In that case, may I tell you something joyous? 712 02:05:24,105 --> 02:05:27,605 You’re weeping ahead of delivering good news? 713 02:05:28,188 --> 02:05:29,688 Tell me dear, trust your elder. 714 02:05:31,563 --> 02:05:34,688 Chinnan is to become a father. 715 02:05:40,271 --> 02:05:41,896 And I am to become a mother. 716 02:05:43,521 --> 02:05:45,146 The gods have been kind! Haven’t you told him yet? 717 02:05:48,813 --> 02:05:50,855 I wanted to take your blessings first. 718 02:05:53,188 --> 02:05:56,771 I will tell him once the Horselord’s holy banners are hoisted. 719 02:05:59,480 --> 02:06:00,188 Elder... 720 02:06:01,771 --> 02:06:03,563 I was a lone girl with no father or mother. 721 02:06:05,688 --> 02:06:07,188 Now, I have a family. 722 02:06:09,563 --> 02:06:13,646 Please bless our child and be his godfather. 723 02:06:16,646 --> 02:06:20,980 If this is a little boy, I will train him to win the world. 724 02:06:22,063 --> 02:06:25,730 When he comes of age, I will gift him with this sacred earpiece. 725 02:07:27,771 --> 02:07:29,480 May I ask you something? 726 02:07:30,313 --> 02:07:31,980 Shoot. 727 02:07:37,271 --> 02:07:39,896 Who is it that you love the most? 728 02:07:44,813 --> 02:07:46,688 What’s your problem now? 729 02:07:47,896 --> 02:07:49,896 I ask for a reason. Tell me. 730 02:07:52,896 --> 02:07:58,188 My most revered elder... Malaikotai Valiban. 731 02:08:02,063 --> 02:08:04,355 May I unveil a secret then? 732 02:08:05,230 --> 02:08:09,063 Your sweetheart Jamanthi also feels the same way. 733 02:08:12,688 --> 02:08:15,605 They’re together when you’re not around. 734 02:08:21,063 --> 02:08:26,230 You’re a deceitful brute, here to uproot peace. 735 02:08:26,230 --> 02:08:27,813 Your tongue must never spew hate again. 736 02:08:33,813 --> 02:08:35,021 You’re a dimwit buffoon! 737 02:08:36,021 --> 02:08:39,605 Shouldn’t the father be the first to know when a woman is with child? 738 02:08:40,063 --> 02:08:46,355 By that logic, the father of her child is your precious elder... Malaikotai Valiban. 739 02:08:54,646 --> 02:08:57,813 I did not cook this up. My Rani saw them together. 740 02:08:57,813 --> 02:08:59,230 And my Rani never lies. 741 02:09:27,646 --> 02:09:28,730 Chinna... 742 02:09:29,438 --> 02:09:30,605 Chinna... 743 02:09:31,063 --> 02:09:34,146 Listen to me please... Chinna... 744 02:09:36,021 --> 02:09:39,771 Rani, my life is dedicated to your service. 745 02:09:40,188 --> 02:09:42,605 I will do anything for my Rani’s well being. 746 02:09:44,813 --> 02:09:46,396 Thenamma... 747 02:09:48,146 --> 02:09:49,188 Thenamma... 748 02:10:33,146 --> 02:10:40,521 Revered Horselord, I beg for the safety of our unborn child. 749 02:12:19,146 --> 02:12:20,688 Valiban... 750 02:12:20,688 --> 02:12:26,813 I will make you pay for each strand of my hair that bit the dust. 751 02:13:01,855 --> 02:13:03,771 Elder... 752 02:13:05,938 --> 02:13:07,646 Jamanthi... 753 02:13:09,980 --> 02:13:12,063 Elder.... 754 02:14:15,230 --> 02:14:16,646 Jamanthi... 755 02:14:18,021 --> 02:14:19,313 My child. 756 02:14:22,355 --> 02:14:23,605 Jamanthi... 757 02:14:24,438 --> 02:14:26,855 It is him... 758 02:16:19,605 --> 02:16:22,438 Chamathakan, you cheat. 759 02:19:57,938 --> 02:19:58,896 Valiban... 760 02:20:00,188 --> 02:20:02,355 You have forsaken the sanctity of a sworn warrior. 761 02:20:03,855 --> 02:20:07,521 You have betrayed your maven who showed you to glory. 762 02:20:09,688 --> 02:20:13,938 You butchered your younger for the sake of a woman. 763 02:20:15,021 --> 02:20:17,355 You took my precious youngling away from me. 764 02:20:18,396 --> 02:20:19,480 My maven... 765 02:20:19,480 --> 02:20:21,396 You have lost your right to call me that. 766 02:20:23,230 --> 02:20:27,521 Our kinship ends here, in this pyre. 767 02:20:31,313 --> 02:20:34,813 What remains is blood revenge between two rivals. 768 02:20:35,938 --> 02:20:40,188 Let them find their ways to settle their scores. 769 02:20:41,063 --> 02:20:42,355 Please believe me. 770 02:20:43,230 --> 02:20:44,521 Do not curse me into darkness, I beg you. 771 02:20:46,896 --> 02:20:48,396 There shall be no truce now. 772 02:20:49,855 --> 02:20:51,355 I’m leaving. 773 02:20:53,396 --> 02:21:00,438 You will no longer walk this Earth with the pride of a winner. 774 02:21:02,813 --> 02:21:05,313 I swear on this burning pyre 775 02:21:06,063 --> 02:21:09,730 that I will bring you an opponent who shall lay you to eternal rest. 776 02:21:11,688 --> 02:21:14,646 And I will write the epilogue 777 02:21:17,230 --> 02:21:18,563 To the sprawling legend of Malaikotai Valiban. 778 02:21:31,730 --> 02:21:33,605 I am ready to face my fate. 779 02:22:34,521 --> 02:22:37,521 Back when an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth was how the world ran, 780 02:22:38,896 --> 02:22:41,938 When mighty men had the Earth on a leash. 781 02:22:43,230 --> 02:22:47,480 I used to be the sworn protector of a downhill village. 782 02:22:48,188 --> 02:22:49,855 Everyone’s favourite. 783 02:22:50,771 --> 02:22:52,855 Then one fine day, 784 02:22:59,396 --> 02:23:04,188 A mysterious warrior descended the mountains down to our village. 785 02:23:04,188 --> 02:23:08,813 Soon, rumours spread about him. 786 02:23:10,021 --> 02:23:14,355 Many believed that he was a sorcerer. 787 02:23:16,313 --> 02:23:20,605 One who could tower like a mountain and shrink like a mouse. 788 02:23:23,980 --> 02:23:26,313 But he took me down in a face-off. 789 02:23:29,021 --> 02:23:31,855 As I gasped for life in the tight hold of his legs, 790 02:23:32,521 --> 02:23:36,313 I realised I wasn’t fighting an ordinary mortal. 791 02:23:37,980 --> 02:23:44,646 The whole village watched as he dragged me bare through the ground. 792 02:23:46,146 --> 02:23:48,146 The by-laws of combat specify 793 02:23:49,063 --> 02:23:52,813 that the vanquished’s wealth and woman are for the champion to claim. 794 02:23:55,730 --> 02:24:02,146 He bedded my beloved, the woman who was to be mine forever. 795 02:24:04,396 --> 02:24:11,521 I slogged for them, put myself to sleep amidst the rhapsody of their coitus, separated by a mud wall. 796 02:24:12,521 --> 02:24:17,063 I cooked and cleaned for them, shaved his beard, 797 02:24:18,188 --> 02:24:20,146 washed his clothes wet with jizz. 798 02:24:24,938 --> 02:24:29,313 Then one fine day,he set out to conquer the world. 799 02:24:31,188 --> 02:24:35,605 He gifted her his precious earpiece. 800 02:24:37,230 --> 02:24:41,855 And promised to return to her someday. 801 02:24:42,980 --> 02:24:48,980 The roar of the monsoon began and she was with a child. 802 02:24:51,605 --> 02:24:56,146 Another man’s offspring grew in my wife’s womb. 803 02:24:59,813 --> 02:25:02,313 Even in seething revenge, 804 02:25:04,396 --> 02:25:07,230 I took good care of her. 805 02:25:08,646 --> 02:25:10,021 Months went by, 806 02:25:10,855 --> 02:25:13,355 and she gave birth to a baby boy. 807 02:25:15,313 --> 02:25:16,688 After cutting off his umbilical cord, 808 02:25:18,188 --> 02:25:23,688 I steeped my dagger deep into her. 809 02:25:31,730 --> 02:25:34,688 I named the child Valiban. 810 02:25:35,855 --> 02:25:37,521 And raised him as a warrior. 811 02:25:38,438 --> 02:25:43,646 I sharpened him into my most dreadful weapon. 812 02:25:43,646 --> 02:25:45,605 Ayyanar... 813 02:25:45,605 --> 02:25:51,938 I planted the identity of a bereft orphan in him. 814 02:25:52,980 --> 02:25:56,021 I waited patiently for the day when two warriors bound by each other’s blood 815 02:25:56,021 --> 02:25:57,188 would destroy one another. 816 02:25:59,521 --> 02:26:13,980 I knew the time had arrived when Valiban murdered my son amidst the crowd. 817 02:26:18,396 --> 02:26:22,855 The final face-off is between two immortals. 818 02:26:24,771 --> 02:26:27,021 A father and his son. 819 02:26:27,021 --> 02:26:27,855 Ayyanar... 820 02:26:30,355 --> 02:26:35,813 Whoever dies, it is I who will win this game. 821 02:26:50,313 --> 02:26:55,771 Why are you laughing? 822 02:27:09,771 --> 02:27:16,980 Wondering who among us is more vengeful 823 02:27:22,146 --> 02:27:26,896 My revenge is mine alone. 824 02:27:26,896 --> 02:27:31,980 I shall be the sole witness to the final showdown. 825 02:27:33,521 --> 02:27:37,480 Your eyes have nothing more to see. 826 02:28:00,605 --> 02:28:02,480 The scorpion’s venom rests in its stinger... 827 02:28:04,230 --> 02:28:06,063 Ayyanar... 828 02:28:06,063 --> 02:28:08,230 The snake’s venom rests in its teeth... 829 02:28:08,813 --> 02:28:10,855 Ayyanar... 830 02:28:10,855 --> 02:28:13,438 Ayyanar’s venom rests in every hairstrand. 831 02:28:16,188 --> 02:28:23,646 I have a lifetime’s wrath piled in me and everyone is going to burn in it. 832 02:28:51,855 --> 02:28:54,605 Don’t you want to know who your opponent is, Valiban? 833 02:28:55,521 --> 02:28:58,646 He who will put an end to all your face-offs? 834 02:28:59,355 --> 02:29:02,980 Don’t you want to know who fate has reserved for this final showdown? 835 02:29:06,063 --> 02:29:10,105 You will unveil your gospel truth. 836 02:29:13,396 --> 02:29:16,021 What truth remains for me to uncover? 837 02:29:16,938 --> 02:29:20,563 What truth could be more desolating than the realisation 838 02:29:20,563 --> 02:29:21,980 that it was my own blood brother I killed? 839 02:29:22,980 --> 02:29:26,521 What truth could be more burdensome 840 02:29:26,521 --> 02:29:27,813 than being disbelieved despite begging for forgiveness? 841 02:29:28,813 --> 02:29:32,063 What truth could be more calamitous than my maven, 842 02:29:32,063 --> 02:29:34,813 the one I revered as my father, turning into my biggest foe? 843 02:29:35,563 --> 02:29:39,521 What truth could be more alienating 844 02:29:40,146 --> 02:29:43,688 the fact that a warrior doesn’t belong anywhere, with anyone? 845 02:29:47,938 --> 02:29:50,480 I promise you what I promise before every face-off, my maven. 846 02:29:53,230 --> 02:29:55,646 The battle will go on until one of the two rivals falls. 847 02:29:57,355 --> 02:29:59,771 And, that will not be me. 848 02:30:47,021 --> 02:30:52,105 Sight is all bluff. 849 02:30:53,896 --> 02:30:58,730 All unseen is the truth. 850 02:30:59,396 --> 02:31:03,063 Everything you have known yet is bluff. 851 02:31:04,230 --> 02:31:06,730 That which shall unfold now. 852 02:31:07,396 --> 02:31:09,896 Is the truth 853 02:31:24,230 --> 02:31:27,146 MALAIKOTTAI VAALIBAN PART II