'He was always smiling and happy.'
'Our prince is immortal forever.'
'We are dedicating the movie 'Kannadiga' to this brave Kannadiga.'
'Language, culture and'
'life undergoes changes with time.'
'Many cultures have vanished with the passage of time.'
'Even after many centuries'
'Kannada language is thriving well.'
'It is due to the efforts, penance and sacrifice of its people.'
'We still remember Pampa, the first poet of Kannada'
'Srivijaya the first poet to write in King's court, Ranna and Ponna.'
'But even after so many centuries their writings'
'still survive because of the scriptwriters.'
'In those days, when the printing press was not invented'
' the scriptwriters wrote these great works repeatedly,'
'without changing a word, and preserved them.'
'Though some writers were rewarded by kings'
'sometimes they gave up food and save money.'
'They rebuild this great Kannada work and preserved the culture'
'generations after generations.'
'This is the story of the last generation of such a writer.'
'In 1550 Queen Chennabhairadevi, of the Saluva dynasty'
'fought the Portuguese on one side and also dealt'
'with Keladi and Bilgi chiefs of the Kannada kingdom'
'and took care of the kingdom of Gerusoppe like a mother.'
'She ruled for 54 years and was famously known as'
'Pepper queen' by the Portuguese.'
Today, on this auspicious day
with this supreme and powerful Kannada Goddess as witness
a ceremony will be performed for Samanthabhadra
who will be reborn here.
Rebirth does not mean the literal one.
He will give up all the previous relationships
and is going to take up a new form now.
During this form he will struggle his entire life
and attain salvation from that pain
The worthy and iron man Samanthabhadra will shed sweat
and blood for the sake of Kannada land.
He could have been my commander-in-chief
and ruled from Bhatkal to Byndoor if he wished.
But a child will now come out of the womb after denouncing
all its desires and to serve Kannada.
He will come out of the mother earth and is going to pledge his life
ambition, aim, and his future generations to Kannada land.
As the queen of this great kingdom
I have given an island in the name of Samanthabhadra.
This order must be placed at the entrance of that island as proof.
As per the writings on this stone pillar that island will belong
to Samanthabhadra till there is sun and moon
and till there is a child in this world who sings in praise of Kannada.
Samanthabhadra, you will give up all your desires
and be reborn as a writer which is your family profession.
Now you have to make 3 promises to God.
1st one is that you will spend your entire life to serving Kannada.
As you order.
Build a temple for the Kannada deity in the island given to you by me.
As you order.
You will never indulge in robbery again.
Your hands, that will write Kannada literature,
will never indulge in violence or bloodshed.
As you order.
"Hail Kannada... Let us serve our Kannada..."
"Kannada is our life..."
"Hail Kannada... Let us serve our Kannada..."
"Kannada is our life..."
"Kannada is an embodiment of kindness..."
"Even a layman can learn Kannada..."
"This language cleanses our internal being"
"This language gives birth to wisdom..."
"This has a great culture..."
"This is an art..."
"This is Dharma..."
"That is our Kannada land."
"Every Kannadiga..."
"Speak in Kannada..."
"It is our mother tongue..."
"Like our mother... Kannada is like our mother."
"Hail Kannada... Let us serve our Kannada..."
"Kannada is our life..."
"Hail Kannada... Let us serve our Kannada..."
"Kannada is our life..."
'Your hands, that will write Kannada literature'
'will never indulge in violence or bloodshed.'
'Portuguese and another minor kings who could not defeat her'
'directly finally` captured the queen by deceit and put her in prison.'
'After winning, the Portuguese burnt'
'the entire Bhatkal and turned it to ashes.'
'Rani Channabhairadevi dreamt, desired and wished till her last.'
'It was not about her kingdom.'
'Not about the throne.'
'Not even about her family.'
'It was only about Kannada.'
You! Why have you come here?
Kamarila Bhatta is known to me. Want to meet him.
Though the war is over, government has announced
that people acting against them are traitors.
But you are calling that traitor as a friend.
If anyone hear it?
Every person has to face his fate.
Can another person save him?
You cannot see him now.
Come while we take him to court.
Will God bless me if I have such dealings with you?
Please take it and go, sir.
Talk for five minutes and leave early.
Who is that?
Have you come now?
Welcome. Puja has started just now.
Kamarila!
Have you come?
Calm down.
Why have you come?
Your wife and children came to my house.
They have no one.
You must help them.
Do not worry about them.
Admit to the crime and come out after the punishment tenure.
You speak like an employee of the British government...
Violence is a sin.
But they did the same to us.
That is their karma.
Violence is not an answer to violence.
Keep quiet.
Gunabadra, you belong to the Jain community.
Violence is a sin for you.
But we cannot bear the insult and live.
What is it, child? Who are you?
I am Gunabadra.
You belong to the clan of Samanthabadra. Right?
Yes.
He had also come. - Is it?
What do you want?
Sir, we are the guardians of queen Chennabhairavadevi of Gerusoppa.
We have pledged our entire clan for her.
Portuguese and other minor kings captured the queen
in her young age and killed her.
Portuguese took away from all her property.
To get back to the island
which was given to our family by Queen Chennabhairavadevi
from the Portuguese, we took a loan of 10000 sovereigns
from Bomma Narasimhaiah of Manjeshwar.
We took it back from the Portuguese.
But we became indebted to Bomma Narasimhai's family.
It has been 300 years since then.
I am the 8th generation.
I had a brother.
He did not want any such problem. So he went to Goa to do business.
So I am the only one who can repay the debt of my family.
Will I be able to repay the debt?
Will my elders get salvation?
Or should I give up my desire to get the island?
I will be happy if you can tell.
You killed him. You killed your friend.
What? - You killed him.
You killed your friend.
Take care.
Where is water?
Will you do me a help?
I cannot bear this pain.
You are my friend. Will you do me a help?
I told you that Tunga and Gani can stay in my house peacefully.
I know it.
What? - They are torturing me daily.
Yesterday they slashed my thighs and tortured me.
Help me to die.
Gunabhadra.
I do not want them to kill me.
Help me to die, Gunabhadra.
I did not indulge in violence.
You will attain salvation only after you atone for your sin.
Gunabhadra!
Do not talk nonsense.
Please do this for me.
Please do it, Gunabhadra.
I will go now.
Gunabhadra!
Do not go.
Kamrila, leave my hand.
You are a ghost that has everyone's pain on your body.
You stopped violence and bloodshed but started it again.
[prayer chanting]
Hey, why are you sitting in front of the stove?
I was married and had given birth to you at your age.
You have been telling the same thing for two years.
Are you getting married since two years?
Do not be impertinent. I will hit you.
Prepare food.
Otherwise, grind 'chutney' (sauce) in the grinding stone for Dosa.
If you talk rudely to me like this, I will die.
As if you will die! Get lost.
Tunga, has your son got up?
I already woke him up.
I will go and see where he is. - Okay. Go and see.
It is getting late. Walk fast. - Yes sir.
Listen! - Yes, madam.
I cannot depend on you for any work.
Why madam?
You did not put a fence to the flower garden.
No water to the cocoanut farm yesterday.
Animals came and ate away from all the flowers.
It so happened that... - Whatever might have happened...
Did I not give you the money and food that you asked for, from my husband?
That is not a problem.
Then do the job assigned to you.
Okay, madam.
Who is that?
Dirty smell.
Will you take bath?
Aunt, prepare my favorite dish today.
Okay, dear. Okay.
Hey, girl.
What mother?
Clean up Gani and bathe him.
Go. - Come Gani.
Greetings sir. - Greetings.
I have to pray.
Oh, God!
Greetings sir.
Has your son recovered now? - He is fine.
Ask Sangu if you need money.
Alright, sir.
Give this to the women on the farm.
Can I eat?
I will hit you.
Do as I say. Go.
She acts like a demon.
Son, prostrate to him. - Get up.
You look very nice.
Have you eaten breakfast? - No.
Why are you waiting for me? Feed the children.
He took so long to get ready.
You sit.
The smell is good.
Tunga wants to tell something.
Tell me.
You only say, Sangu.
Nothing. Gani is six years old.
He has to start his education.
I will speak to the mutt people.
We will not leave him in the ashram.
Let him go in the morning and return by evening.
Children will not learn anything that way.
They will learn well if they are in the ashram for 8 years.
Otherwise, you will pamper him here and spoil him.
He is a small boy.
Can he stay without his mother?
Can't you teach him the lessons?
Sangu, we are Jains. Our teaching is different.
It is different for Brahmins.
But you do not want him to remain there. Right?
I cannot stay without him.
I will talk to them.
There is a person named Suryanarayana in Karkal.
He stays in Bastibadi. Big house.
I met him yesterday. What is the matter?
Mangala was saying
that they are searching for a bride for his 2nd son.
It is good if you speak to him.
About what?
About marriage.
Whose marriage?
Mine.
Are you going to marry again?
Do not joke. For Lakshmi.
She is a small girl. - Small girl?!
She is a grown-up girl who has completed 15 years.
You call her a small girl when I talk of her marriage.
But you are ready to leave a small boy of 6 years in the ashram.
Father!
What?
Somebody has come from the mutt.
Wants to speak to you.
Do you know about it? - No.
We have paid back the loan to Narasimha.
Alright.
Father, do you know what it is?
What is it? - I was joking...
Shut up.
Do you want to perform her marriage?
What is it? - Hello. I am Subbaraya.
Sage told you to go and meet him.
Did he tell you what it is about? - He told you to come soon.
Have you eaten breakfast?
We should not eat anywhere outside the Mutt.
But we...
I will come. Wait.
Son!
What?
Come here.
You study in the ashram. Right?
Yes, since 3 years.
Nobody will hit the students there. Isn't it?
They hit them hard.
They catch hold of the loft of hair.
They will pull it if we do not answer rightly.
It will pain a lot.
Guruji (master) used to say this.
Student must be disciplined with a stick.
Come.
Bolla, have you not yet eaten?
Finished sir.
Studying in the ashram is...
Why are you talking about it now?
I will go and enquire.
Right. Let us not talk about it now. Go now.
Come.
Gunabhadra, come.
You were wearing a diamond ring. Isn't it?
It was given by Rani Chennabhairavadevi
to your ancestors.
I am going through difficult times. So...
You are right. Time is bad.
Britishers have defeated all the kings
and captured the entire country.
Do you know one more thing?
Britishers have brought a new law.
Nobody should roam around naked in their province.
That is indecent.
If they do it, they will be put in jail.
It means your Gurus, the Digambaras and Naga saints will be in trouble.
You Jain community must fight against this.
They will not fight.
They fought under the Delhi ruler and was defeated.
What to do? It is a bad time.
Come.
Sage, please tell me the reason for calling me.
Do not worry about our problems.
But your problem will be solved now.
'Lord Hari Om.'
Your ancestors...
When was it? - 300 years back...
The Portuguese took away the property of Rani Chennabhairavadevi.
They also took the island from our ancestors.
So our ancestors took a loan from his ancestors.
We are repaying that loan for 300 years.
Are you paying for 300 years?
We are the 8th generation.
We have never stopped
paying their principal and interest amount at any cost
even if we had to forego our meal.
Still once or twice Harigopal Rayar has abused us.
That... - Harigopala, is wrong.
It is a grave mistake.
You should not have spoken like that.
They belong to the clan of writers.
Their family has protected many Kannada epics since centuries.
Do you know about their ancestors?
They belong to the family of mother Athimabbe.
Isn't it, Gunabhadra? - Yes, sir.
She is the mother who gave shelter to this respected family.
Athimabbe.
How dare you abuse a person from such a family?
I ask for forgiveness, Guru.
'Lord Hari Om.'
Gunabhadra, consider today as an auspicious day.
From today you are not indebted to Bomma Narasimha's family.
From today you need not give even a kilo of rice or lentil.
You will be relieved of your debt
only you touch the blood of your relative.
What happened to the loan?
That is closed. Your family is free of debt.
Then will you give our land back to us?
We have sold that island and adjusted your loan.
How can you sell it?
We only pledged that land to you.
You do not have the right to sell.
I have sold it now.
I said the loan is equal to the land
and requested the mutt to let us sell it. Now...
Sage, it is wrong.
That island was given by Rani Chennabhairavadevi to our ancestors.
In the same way the diamond ring was given by her to your ancestors.
But you sold it because you needed money.
It is just an island. Can you do farming there?
At least the diamond had some value.
This land is of no use.
Why are you adamant?
That land belongs to my ancestors. I do not agree with this.
You cannot give permission.
Now...
They are Jains.
He need not agree to what our mutt says.
Still, I will say three things. Now it is left to you.
Ask him how much he has to pay us.
Even if he pays like this for 125 years
the full amount will not be repaid.
Is he saying anything wrong?
How many children do you have, Gunabhadra?
One daughter.
You do not have a son.
His wife had some problem during 2nd delivery
and the doctor said they will not have children in the future.
You will not have any more children. Right?
'Lord Hari Om!' It is fate.
Is there anyone in your family to repay the debt in the future?
Your brother did not want to be involved in this problem.
He left the house and went off to Goa.
Do you have any idea of getting married again?
No sir.
2nd point is, there is a new law
that if any property is pledged
against a loan for more than 125 years
and if the loan is not repaid,
that property can be acquired by the government.
Now this loan is more than 300 years old and still not repaid
Sri Mutt is the witness to it.
Did I tell the Britishers that we had this dealing?
3rd and last one.
I sold that island for a small amount.
They do not need 125 years to pay that loan.
Let him speak to the person who has bought it and take it from him.
But now put an end to this agreement of 300 years.
He is right. Isn't it, Gunabhadra?
Where is he now?
He is on the island.
In the old house belonging to your ancestors.
Bolla! - Yes.
Where is the boat?
Sir, it is near the river.
Alright. Come. - Okay.
Sir, shall I sing a song?
I will hit you with that oar.
No need to sing. Go.
Bolla! - Yes sir.
Go inside and tell the owner that I want to meet him.
Sir, can I go inside?
Why are you scared? I am here.
He only has to cleanse the house
because a person of lower caste entered his house.
You do not bother. Get in.
O, God!
Sir!
Sir! Sir!
What happened?! Did you see a ghost inside?
Greetings.
The person who bought this land...
I am the owner of this land.
He has deceived me.
What happened?
I should not have believed Harigopal.
You are enjoying this.
I am dying inside but you are playing the flute.
You know the value of this place.
My ancestors pledged this land without enjoying
and it has great value for us.
But I lost it and have become a sinner.
Why did you do this?
Did I do?
It was your doing. Why are you blaming me?
I told you
that you will be free from debt when you touch the blood of your relative.
Do you call this 'free from debt'?
It is fate. Understand it.
You are also a writer like your ancestors.
You have to do a great job.
Great job?!
Yes. Your name will not be remembered.
But your work will be remembered.
Have we spoiled anything or lost anything?
Sir...
Who is he speaking to?
[Speaking foreign language]
Sastry, teach me our Kannada language...
Sanskrit is the mother of all languages.
It is the language of Gods.
But if I speak in Sanskrit it will not reach anyone.
It will not reach the common man, villagers or anyone.
It is the message of Christ that I should speak in Kannada.
So please teach me Kannada.
Our language is good.
But cannot be used in practice.
Our knowledge will grow only with the usage
grammar and literature of Kannada language.
First, learn Sanskrit.
Then you can easily learn other languages.
It is the language of Gods.
It cannot be the language of God.
Everything was written by humans.
I would like to become an expert in the Kannada language.
For that, you need good writers.
Learn traditional Kannada from them and become wise.
Only one such scholar is there in our place?
But he will not teach you Kannada language.
When he came home, you did not give even a glass of water.
What do you mean?
Since you have taken
his ancestral land, he hates you.
Who is he? What is his name?
Gunabhadra.
Gunabhadra...
Did you run away from the house after seeing him?
Yes. - Is he British or Portuguese?
Don't know. But he said 'Namaste'.
Is it?
He was very fair.
I have never seen a fair a person from such close quarters.
Shut up.
Idiot!
He has spoiled our entire caste.
Who? He? - Yes.
Has our employer ever told us
to get into the house and assured us of safety?
No.
We should not go beyond the Basil plant.
You are right. - Even I agree.
But this man went inside the house, saw the white man
and came running out here.
After coming here he is saying
without shame that he is scared.
But what else could I do?
You should have said that it is your employer's house
and he had no right to stay there.
You must have driven him out.
I would have done that.
Even I would have done the same.
I also agree.
Bhadra sir and Sangu madam are very good people.
Yes... - They are very nice people.
There is a separate cloth on your dress. Right?
Yes. - Even mine is there.
Write the name of the family for which you work, in it.
I do not have a dress or another cloth on it.
My wicked employer burnt an iron rod, wrote his family name in it
and tattooed it on my buttocks.
Shall I show it? - No need.
Do not show your buttocks.
Have Bhadra sir or Sangu madam beaten you at any time?
Forget it. Have they ever scolded you?
He is a bad servant. He has spoiled our reputation.
Will kick you.
You should not drink with us again.
Understand?
Get lost. - We do not want to mingle with you.
Let us go.
Come out.
You have usurped my boss's property.
Do you think I will spare you?
How dare you take it from him?
I am there to support him.
Come out. You white dog!
Greetings.
To hell with your Namaste.
Listen to me.
I will give you time till evening.
Leave this place.
This place belongs to my master.
To my master.
Wait.
Did you follow?
I will make you suffer.
You will survive only if you leave this place.
Calm down.
Why are you angry?
What is the problem?
My master came to see you.
Go.
Master? Who is he?
Gunabhadra sir.
Gunabhadra...
Madam!
Cooking is not yet over.
Will call you after it is over.
It is not that. Come here.
Come.
What?
He has come.
Dear, listen to this.
Listen. Come fast.
See what has happened.
Jasmine...
Jas... - Jasmine...
Yes. Jas... Jas...
Jasmine.
Jas...
Jasmine. - Jasmine.
Yes. - What are you doing there? Go.
Father, Father...
Father, he knows Kannada.
He will speak. Listen.
It sounded so sweet.
Hey!
Laxmi! Go inside.
Keep quiet. - Hey, come here.
Dear...
Give them something to eat.
Will they eat food cooked by us?
Sure.
I will surely accept your food.
What is that word?
Gourmet...
I am a gastronome.
I told you.
Come in.
She always behaves like this.
I am Ferdinand Kittle.
She is Pavlina, my wife.
She is my helper, Hana.
He is my son Yoshuah.
May I know your name?
I am Gunabhadra.
Gunabhadra!
She is my wife, Sangama.
My daughter Laxmi.
Laxmi... I have met Laxmi.
You?
Sangamaben.
San-ka-ma...
Namaste.
Please come in.
Welcome. - Please sit.
You said the wrong word.
You did not say 'Patni'.
I said in Kannada.
'Patni' is a Sanskrit word.
'Patni', 'Dharmapatni', 'Smt'
is called 'Madadi' or 'Hendathi' in Kannada.
Okay... Hendathi...
Forgive me.
My Kannada is like a 'child'.
How is it?
Tell her not to hit that girl.
Tell.
Do not punish her.
No problem. It will not hurt her.
As if!
You will know if someone hits you.
She is immature.
Tunga!
What happened?
Sangama, he will take away your husband.
He entered my house and took away my husband.
Now he has come to take my son.
I will not give. I will not leave him.
I will not give my son.
I will not give.
Nothing of that sort will happen.
You relax. I am here to support you.
This is a Sanskrit word.
Give me pure Kannada word for it.
There is no 'pure' word.
Can fishes survive if there is no dirt in the water?
Do you follow?
Yes.
When languages grow, new words come up.
It must not be oppressive. That's all.
I will tell Kannada word for this.
'Apakru' - means 'dawn'.
The setting of dawn.
There is one more word for it.
'Hagalchi'.
'Usage of 'Hagalchi' in a poem'.
'Pushpa' - means flower.
There was a word called 'Halar'.
Eyes like a flower...
'Guru' - 'Bhoja'.
'Maata' - Mother, 'Ambe', 'Thai'.
'Vibhrama'
'Vibhrama' means pride.
There is a word 'Hurk' in literature.
Showing off during youth will affect during old age.
'Lubyathi' means desire, wish, yearn.
'Preethi' means love.
We have found him.
Hana, we found him.
'Ahankara' no...
'Ahana'... 'Mounam'.
Oh! Forgive me.
There was a dumb girl in our village also.
She could not speak at all.
She can speak. But she will not speak.
Hana belongs to Order De Weston and is observing some vow.
Penance... no...
Vow. Yes, vow.
She practices stringent vows of Order De Weston.
Different vows.
Hana will not speak...
She has vowed not to talk.
Yes. She has taken a vow not to speak.
How long is this vow?
Entire lifetime.
Till her death.
This Order De Weston is a difficult path.
Order De Weston considers herself
as the wife of Jesus Christ and do service.
They give discourses to sinners in inland
and foreign countries and reform them.
They perform this divine task...
Sinners?
What sin did she commit?
All of us are sinners.
Yes, we are all sinners.
Can I see your house?
If you have no objection...
Come.
What to do now?
What happened?
Do you know what you said at night?
I felt very bad.
Do you know what I did?
Do you know what is happening now?
I was drunk and blabbered at night.
We must forget everything in the morning.
Hey you... - You said you are ashamed
Bolla! - that I belong to your cast.
You...
Moon...
My husband...
Where is my husband?
Mother, keep quiet. Do not scream.
He took him upstairs.
Did he take him upstairs?
Thank you.
Why did he take him there?
Sweetened milk.
Baba...
Va-ra.
Pa-Zha
Like it? - Yeah.
Very much.
Sri Gunabhadra, I want to learn Kannada from you.
Hana knows Kannada words.
I have some knowledge of Sanskrit.
I want to write in Kannada.
But why do you like Kannada so much?
I love Kannada because...
Do you know rainbow?
In Kannada, it is called 'Kamadavillu', 'Mazhaibillu...
Mazhaibillu...
Do you like the rainbow?
Yes. - Why?
I do not know the reason.
But I had to learn Kannada to do my job.
Now I love Kannada more.
It sounds like three women have assembled in one place!
Sister, wait. Stop.
Will I allow him to take your son?
Then why has he come? - How will I know?
Sanku, what happened? - Keep quiet.
You took them inside.
Tunga was scared that they will take away
from her son and hid in the kitchen.
Why did you send the white woman to the kitchen?
Sister Tunga, wait. - I will go.
I will go... - Where are you going?
Why is she worried that I entered the house?
Forget it. Do not bother. It is a big story.
Story! Tell me. I want to hear.
'300 years ago'
Samanthabhadra!
Mother!
Why have you come?
Where else will I go?
We dreamt of so many things, Samanthabhadra.
To build a Kannada temple on that island.
To preserve all the written Kannada literature there
for the future generation.
But the Portuguese have spoilt everything.
No, mother.
They did not know the contents in that island.
I bought that island.
From where did you get so much money?
I took a loan.
From Bomma Narasimhaiah.
Bomma Narasimhaiah gave loan to the Portuguese and us.
You have become a debtor for 10 generations.
No problem.
I am indebted to you, this land and to Kannada language.
I will repay it.
Will you get it back?
It will take a number of births. But I will get it back.
'Queen Chennabhairadevi undertook the sacred Sakhan Vrata and became divine'
Rani Chennabhairavadevi had a dream.
British, Portuguese, and many others were attacking our land.
If Kannada writings
epics and literature are destroyed because of that attack
future generations will not get anything.
So she kept an island to preserve Kannada.
Look at this. This is from Hampi.
800 years old.
She wanted to assemble all Kannada works, writings,
history of kings, epics, grammar, way of doing business, etc.
She dreamt to build a temple here and preserve all the worldly knowledge
in Kannada and to spread the knowledge
of Kannada to the whole world.
It means whoever comes here will be a Kannadiga.
She wanted to build such a big university here.
That responsibility came to our family.
What happened?
There is a curse on our people.
We forget to repay the debt.
For you, this is the land or property.
For me, it is a debt.
Our family is indebted to mother Chennabhairadevi.
I have to repay the debt of my ancestors.
I am indebted to the Kannada language.
I have to secure and preserve this.
What shall I do? Tell me.
Gunabhadra, I am proud of you.
We will be friends from now.
What?! - I want to learn Kannada.
I will teach you Kannada.
Yes. You teach me Kannada.
We will repay that debt.
May not be Nalanda university...
But there will be a university here.
You and I will unite.
We will do it.
Let us preserve the language, culture, life
and repay the debt.
Do not kindle my desire.
First the Portuguese... - I am not Portuguese
British or French.
I am German and a Kannadiga.
Be my friend and lighten my life.
I will promise one thing.
After allotting one place for the church for the Christians...
Other places...
Will you give it to us? - Yes. I promise.
Queen Chennabhairavadevi's dream blessings
of the Christ and resolution of a friend is very beautiful.
Okay.
Any person who knows more than two languages
will use one word from a language in another language.
When a person who knows Sanskrit writes in Kannada,
he can use many Sanskrit words in Kannada writing.
People who read your writings will think that is the language.
But language is not only letters.
It has a culture behind it.
Every society and caste has a language style.
If you do not study it, your language will be incomplete.
"Their life is spent to fulfill"
"the dreams of life and mind.."
"They work for the growth"
"of Kannada language"
"He is the writer who wrote in a foreign language.."
"He is the writer who learned foreign language"
"Salute to Kannada"
"Kannada blossomed due to"
"a mother's love"
"There was equality"
"dreams were fulfilled..."
This is in the poem 'Utpalamala'.
Which 'Mala'? - Utpalamala.
Interesting.
Can we give a different name to it?
Initially the letter 'Ka' was written like this.
Interesting.
The letters became round after the 'Cuddapah' stones were found.
The letters had to be inscribed on the stones.
So they wrote like that.
Look, will you call it inscription?
Gunabhadra, you told me about 'Utpalamala'. Right?
Yes.
Teach that to me.
I will write poems on Christ in the same style.
Good. You are a Kannadiga now.
How can a person learn without becoming a servant to the guru?
But a real guru must teach a person is not a servant.
"He loved Kannada"
"Was loved by all"
"There was excitement all over"
"The bird spread its wings happily.."
"Harmony was there"
"Our culture has variety"
"People were magnanimous"
"The notes of these people are great"
"Kannada will be there till there is sun and moon"
"This temple will surely thrive... That is truth"
"Their life is spent to fulfill"
"the dreams of life and mind"
"They work for the growth"
"of Kannada language"
"He is the writer who wrote in a foreign language"
"He is the writer who learned foreign language"
"Salute to Kannada"
"Salute to Kannada..."
Hold this. - No, mother.
Go to your home...
Can't you see?
Did you see it? You dashed against me.
See the way he is talking.
What happened? - He is shouting at me.
I did not do anything.
She came from behind and dashed.
Brother Surya, how are you?
Sanku madam...
Yes. How are you?
Keep quiet.
Why should I be quiet?
He was walking without looking in the front.
Your daughter?
She will be like you only.
We will be stuck here if it starts raining.
Let us go now.
Where will we go?
Kittle has gone to Mangalore.
We cannot leave her alone here.
You have left the boat as it is.
Tie it to some stone. It will start raining now.
Hana! Hana!
You are hurt. Wait.
No light here. I will make some arrangements.
Your finger is stuck. Let me set it right.
Hana, wipe your nose.
It is bleeding.
Did you come here running to save this?
It is your fate.
You are a foreigner but...
Hana! What happened?
Hana!
Where are you?
Hana!
Where are you?
Hana!
Where were you?
Sir, Kittle enquired about you.
Where were you?
It was raining and the cave was getting filled with water
Hana and I closed the door and were there.
You did a good thing. I did not know.
Otherwise even I would have come.
You have come now. That is enough.
[Speaking foreign language]
God gave his only preaching
As good Christians, we must love each other.
We must support others.
With God's blessings, we must practice unity.
Must love each other.
Without giving raise to any suspicion...
[Speaking foreign language]
Come.
With God's blessings, today is an auspicious day.
Come. How are you?
I am good.
He is Reverend Fredrick Hermen Mogling.
Namaste. - He is Gunabhadra.
He is Bolla. - Bolla, You are a special person.
Even you can speak Kannada.
He came before me through a mission
and has worked in Kodagu and Mangalore.
He taught me Kannada initially.
Before...
No... afterwards...
Yes, afterwards.
John, you know more about Kannada than me.
It is due to Mother's blessings.
She has sent you here.
What can make me happier?
He is so modest.
Every word of his is full of modesty.
Come.
What is this? - Mangalore news.
The first newspaper in Kannada.
Newspaper?
Yes, we gather information from the surroundings
and different places and publish them.
Oh! Say that you do the work of women!
I have written a poem this time.
It is there in it. See.
Who is the downtrodden believed by Christ?
People like Bolla.
Bolla, It seems you can cut a fish with one stroke.
No sir. One day Kittle's son told me to hold a fish.
So once...
Gunabhadra, please do not be angry.
Sir, there is no place for violence in our religion.
But Bolla does not belong to your religion.
Sir, I have to go.
Keep this safe.
Gurubhadra, there are two things.
Is there punishment for cruelty in Jainism?
Yes. There are gurus like Vasudeva, Prathivasudeva, Maladeva
We do not believe in cruelty.
That is why Rama did not kill Ravana.
Lakshmana killed him.
Mahabharata war did not take place between Pandavas and Kauravas.
It happened between Krishna and Jarasanda.
Krishna will not fight war because it is violence.
We call it Harivamsapurana.
Then there is Adikavi Pampa's Adipurana.
I showed it to you.
Yes. I told him but he did not believe it.
But I was thinking there is only one Mahabharata.
No. In our religion, the story is not the same as yours.
2nd thing is we are thinking of making a dictionary.
In that all the Kannada words
it's meaning in Kannada, English and German will be there.
Because we find it difficult to learn Kannada.
We will get the meaning of words here.
But what shall we name the book?
Nighantu.
Yes, Nighantu.
Nighantu. - Nighantu.
I have entrusted this job to Kittle.
Both of you discuss and take it forward.
I have to go now.
Kannadiga.
What happened?
I can smell something.
Nothing. Come. I will show you.
Come.
Give your hand.
Slowly...
Come.
See here. Snake eggs.
Smell it. Strong smell.
Bolla, you are very intelligent.
Not me. Other children are more intelligent.
Will find it even if it is inside water.
Why are you giving me?
I am giving you with love.
Do not refuse. Keep it.
Gunabhadra
take this.
'Kathamala' (Storybook)?
I have written life history of Jesus Christ
in Kannada in the form of poetry.
See and tell if it is alright.
Order De Weston has complained that I am working against the religion.
Who? Hana?
She doesn't talk.
The woman... Mother Superior.
I allotted her a place here so that there will be a church here
and she will be comfortable.
There is no connection between her and Basil mission.
But they consider her and us as companions of Jesus Christ.
She is a lady.
So I tried to safeguard and help her.
I am not worried.
I got you. I got to learn Kannada.
But seeing me going around with you and Bolla
she has accused me of praying
to the devil and acting against Christ.
She has told Hana also not to mingle with me.
But Hana loves Kannada a lot.
She did not listen to her.
She has been punished and removed from our mission.
That girl did not tell me even that.
She eats only once in the afternoon.
Fasts at night.
She doesn't eat properly.
So it is better if this book gets published soon.
After this, I have written 4 books
on Kannada literature and culture.
You must correct it.
Sir, when did you write all this?
You asked me the other day the reason for liking Kannada.
I do not know about dreams or incarnation.
But once Jesus Christ appeared in my dream
and spoke in a different language.
I was curious about the language.
Was it Kannada?
Kannada...
I love only two things in my life now.
One is Jesus and the other is Kannada.
Did you tell Hana about this?
Yes, during prayer time.
Now I can understand why she is so much devoted.
She desires that Jesus will speak
to her also if her vow is not disrupted.
May her life prosper!
What do you say now?
You said the other day that I spoiled the reputation of our caste.
Now the foreigner has written in praise of me.
See if the food is cooked.
It is not yet done.
See this.
Gold chain?!
Yes. He gave gold to a precious man like me.
But the picture here doesn't resemble you.
Does it look like your father. Did my father look like this?
Who has seen your father?
Remember one thing.
Nobody will pay heed to the voice of a down-trodden man.
Be careful.
You are jealous of me.
They killed the child in front of his mother.
Yes.
It is a pity.
I told you to marry again when my child got aborted.
What is the problem now? We have Laxmi.
Do we have a son?
Who will light the pyre after we die?
If no one is ready, Bolla will do it.
Do not talk nonsense.
If you had a son, would he have fought with the white people?
Would he have asked him to vacate our place?
So...
I met Karkal Suryanarayana Rao.
He was enquiring about Laxmi.
My brother has given him her a horoscope.
He said he will inform us.
Do you know what people are gossiping?
They gossip that our daughter attained puberty 5 years back.
But still, she is unmarried.
Even you had a late marriage.
Stop it.
Do you want to give our daughter
in marriage to a family that is debt-ridden?
Madam...
Who is that?
Rayar's wife is having delivery pain.
So we have brought her here in a cart.
Here?
Yes.
Take her to our farm house. I will come now.
Alright.
They have brought her here.
People have faith in your expertise.
Go...
Have you got up?
It took so long for the child to be born.
It is a male child.
I will clean up and come.
Where are they? Cannot see anyone here.
I will go and find out sir.
Kittle sir!
'Dear Gunabhadra'
'I could not meet and tell you before going'
'because you had gone for some other work.'
'I have again been accused'
'of promoting Kannada more instead of our religion.'
'So I have to go to Germany to explain.'
'Female members of Order De Weston are also leaving.'
'Nobody agreed to stay here and take charge of the Church.'
'Hana did not speak at all and went and sat for prayers.'
'She did not turn back even when I called her.'
'We are leaving her here.'
'The food here will be sufficient only for a week.'
'After that, you have to take care of her.'
'If no one gives her food'
'she will think it is God's will and stay that way.'
'I have kept one kilometer in and around the place'
'for the church, without your permission.'
'The rest of the land I have willed in your name.'
'That document is in the cupboard.'
'I will come again.'
'Then we will continue with the promotion of Kannada literature.'
'Your relative, Kannadiga.'
'Ferdinand Kittle.'
"Kannada land belongs to the Kannadigas..."
"Kannada is our life..."
Mother, I have cleared my debt.
We have got our place back.
Debt is cleared.
"Kannada land belongs to the Kannadigas..."
"Kannada is our life..."
I am free of debt.
Dear...
Sir, that madam has fainted and fallen down.
What happened?
That madam has fainted and fallen down.
She must not have eaten anything. Can she survives without food?
Let us go and see. Call the doctor.
Rama!
Yes, is paining there.
Done sir. It is done.
Rama! Krishna!
Hadi...!
Sage, I am here.
Not you.
Do it gently.
Sit here for some time.
I will arrange for food.
All the offering is for Lord Krishna!
Sir, she is here.
What happened?
She fainted and fell.
Bolla, Take her inside.
Namaste, Sage.
Pray to Lord Krishna!
Your face is hurt, sir.
Our Mutt boys were taking care of a cat.
They fed milk to it from their portion of milk.
It is our fate that the cat came inside the mutt with a rat.
I tried to drive it away. But it fell on me and scratched me.
Forgive me, sir.
Get out.
Forget about my matter.
I must have faltered while praying to God.
So I am suffering now. That's all.
But I hear some gossip about you, Gunabhadra.
What did you hear, sage?
Hari, tell him.
Nothing... the gossip mongers were saying
that Gunabhadra has changed his religion.
I mean, the foreigner was coming to your house
and you were eating together.
I heard you are building a church for them.
They were saying this also.
That's all?
They say that you may even marry her.
That is a lie.
His first marriage is not with her.
Moreover, that is forbidden.
People gossip like this.
You also do not have a house or land.
Oh! I did not tell you.
I got back my land.
Is it?!
Yes, sage.
It is due to your blessings.
They have kept some land for them to build a church
and returned the rest of the land to me.
The debt of my ancestors is cleared.
How much money did you give and take it?
Did not pay a penny.
Then how?
I taught him Kannada. He returned my land to me.
What?! Do not lie inside a mutt.
Kannada does not have that much power.
Harigopala!
Do not talk about that like Kannada. I do not like it.
I did not give even a kilo of rice.
I know. - What?
You must have converted to their religion
and got married to a foreign lady.
They have given the land as dowry.
People think as per their caliber.
Gunabhadra!
Yes, sir.
Call her family.
None of her family members are here.
Who is her guardian now?
I am her guardian. Tell me.
How is it that people do not give food and water to a woman?
I knew she has fainted because she has not eaten.
Not that.
How is it that people do not give food and water to a pregnant lady?
What?! - Yes.
Who is pregnant?
The lady who you brought.
Sage, believe me. I have not even spoken to her.
Then who is the child's father?
I do not know. - Where are her people?
They left.
Then why only she stayed back?
That...
Can you speak her language?
No. But she knows Kannada.
You must have taught her Kannada.
Now we know that Kannada can be taught even this way.
Sage, no problem.
What do you mean?
These white people have spoiled our culture
tradition, dharma since last 25-30 years.
We could not fight back.
This is one way of fighting back.
Ramayana and Mahabharata happened
because a woman was pledged as a pawn to a man.
Even God could not stop it.
How can we stop karma?
Sir, I have not done any wrong. Believe me.
Come.
Gently.
Did you hear? Talk something.
People gossip about us.
Gunabhadra, not here. Take her.
Take.
Take these medicines. Okay?
I told you before but you did not believe it.
No, Gunabhadra is not like that.
Who are you?
I am Bolla.
Gunabhadra's dog.
The lady he brought now...
Hana madam. - What?
Her name is Hana madam.
Have you sir never looked at her?
He says there is no connection between him and her.
Who said?
He was taking care of her.
Her people left her. But sir made all arrangements for her.
Whenever Hana madam was in difficulty
he used to send me to help her.
Hana madam does not speak to anyone.
She used to write and show to my master.
Her people have left her.
Who is taking care of her now?
My master is only taking care of her.
Has your sir been alone with her any time?
Yes... it was raining heavily on that day.
He said the boat will be washed away in the river and sent me to tie it.
I went and saw. It was raining heavily.
I tied the boat on the bank. It was dark when I returned.
Sir was with her during that time.
Hey, why are you standing in the rain?
Why are you bothered? I like it. So I am standing.
What is that color on you? - Why do you want to know?
Mother!
Mother! Mother!
Do you know what he did?
Mother, do not hit me.
Do not walk on the floor when I am swapping.
Listen to me. - What should I listen?
Mother, stop it.
Adi, come.
Come.
Do you know that he is coming here?
Keep quiet. Do not be impertinent.
Come.
How are you?
Never mind. We are happy that you have come so far.
Father sent me to give this.
Did he give it to you and send you here?
Yes. - Give.
I will prepare sweet for you. Sit here. - Okay.
Stay here and speak to him.
Take and wipe yourself.
Do not want.
You are drenched and the floor is getting wet.
Take.
Let it be. Why are you bothered?
Do you know why I have come here?
Why?
My parents were talking to your parents about our marriage.
Horoscope is tallying.
They have sent me here to see you and give my approval.
Do you like me?
Mother...
Thank God!
Mother, why has he come?
Do you want to know why he has come?!
Wipe your hair. Stupid girl.
Why has he come?
Please wait and meet my husband when he comes.
If he comes late, it will be dark.
I will not get the bus. I will come again.
Will go now.
No problem. Take care.
Do you like me?
Come, dear.
Today is an auspicious day.
Adi had come. Suryanarayan's son.
I had given the horoscope to him.
He has sent letter through Adi that they agree
and want us to meet them formally if we also agree.
What happened?
Are you unwell?
No. I am tired.
You will be if you roam around all the time in rain and sun.
The body cannot bear it.
How much more do they need?
When will they give us our land?
He has given.
What?!
He has kept his portion of land and returned our land.
I told you that today is an auspicious day.
But why do you look sullen?
Come with me. I will apply oil to you.
You can take a head bath.
That's all?
Will you not make me warm
with incense smoke, like they do for babies?
I will do it.
I will do like this, remove evil eye and sing a lullaby for you.
Look back.
What is it?
Go.
See what he has written.
We are very happy that our family is happy
only by hearing that the daughter of a pious
honest and good person like Gunabhadra
is going to be our daughter-in-law.
Did you see it?
Finally, your good nature has paid off.
It has saved all of us.
It is God's will.
What is the matter?
Do not say that she is still a small child.
Girls of her age have two children.
You write to them soon and fix a date for formal engagement.
Have you not slept?
Come. I will make you sleep.
Father, come here.
What, my dear daughter?
Should I get married?
Don't you want to?
Everyone must get married.
I will do cooking. Will also do household chores.
But they have written that I am like their lamp.
It is because of mother that they have written such things.
She scolds me often to keep up your honor.
Do I spoil your honor intentionally?
It just happened.
I cannot hear her scolds and stay here.
If mother screams like this always...
Did you see the boy? - Yes. He came here.
Do you like him?
He is good.
He must be modest like you.
If he acts like a mother, I will hit him.
Do you know how difficult it is to do household chores?
What happened, father?
When did you grow up, my daughter?
I did not realize it.
I came to talk to you because I cannot speak to my mother.
But you are talking this way.
You are making me cry.
Alright. You will be a good daughter-in-law.
You are my daughter.
Nobody should tell me anything.
I want people to respect me the way they respect you.
Father, if a person has only one wealth what is she called?
What?
Vandana (Ondu dana - one wealth)
What has happened to father and daughter?
Can't you keep quiet?
Hey, you sleep.
What nonsense are you saying?
Do you know the consequences if he hears it?
You do not know them. They are strangers.
But you are ready to go with them.
What happened? - See this.
A distant relative has come from her husband's house.
So she has packed and is ready to go with them.
Where were these distant relatives all these years?
Why have they come now?
Who is that? I will go and speak.
That...
They know about the discussion you had with Guru.
So they sent someone to take me from here.
If I stay in this house, people will doubt me also.
You came forward to educate my son.
I came. You taught him to speak.
What is she saying?
What did Guru say?
Sister Tunga!
Wait.
I looked after you like my sister while you were here.
If you do not tell me the truth...
Promise on me.
I will come back and talk to you.
If you desire to get married again
I would have taken initiative and performed.
Instead, why did you desire for that white girl?
You need not have insulted me in this way.
Though I cannot bear one more child
I took care of your house and farm.
Can she identify the cocoanut or betel tree here?
Hey! - Mother, what happened?
Why are you screaming?
Hey, do not come with me.
What happened?
Run.
What were you doing here?
Bhadra, a problem. - What is it?
Hana is sitting near the cross.
It is a sin.
Go away from here. - Come.
Other people may think anything.
But I will make you speak the truth now.
You need not talk.
Write and show.
I have lost my respect.
The respect that I earned in my life and the honor that people gave me
is spoiled today because of you.
Because of your silence.
Do you know it?
Hana, try to understand.
My daughter's marriage is fixed.
If I am disgraced, her marriage will be stalled.
I cannot bear this scandal and live.
Are you trying to take revenge against me?
There is a grammatical error.
Sir, beat me.
Beat me as much as you want. Please talk to me.
Get her the vegetables and other provisions needed by her.
Come here daily and take her to church.
Okay. I will do it.
Father! Father!
Yes. - Somebody had come.
The person is standing near the well quietly.
Who is that?
Who is it?
What do you want?
Malyanatha!
Malyanatha, come inside the house.
No, brother. I will be here.
This is also your house.
Do not bother about the past. You are free to come to the house.
I... - Do not keep anything at heart. Speak out.
Happiness increases and sorrow reduces by sharing it.
Tell me.
I went to Goa because I thought the family debt cannot be cleared.
I worked harder than a low caste man and earned money.
I learned all the work.
Taranath started doing business with Shahbuddin Hassan.
He was doing the silk cloth business. I was handling his accounts.
Taranath was leading a life of a sage.
He never spoke loudly to anyone.
Shahbuddin lost his father at a young age.
He considered Taranath as his father.
He was a good man. But was very strict in work.
Short tempered. He used to fight for petty things.
Taranath was observing it.
Everything was going smoothly.
But the Portuguese government, which was ruling Goa, were of no help.
They introduced a new tax.
Except for their caste people, others must pay double the tax.
Hay to pay interest that was double the principal amount.
We had to sell our things to them at half the price.
It was called the 'Shendi' tax.
Taranath and other businessmen opposed it.
They should not have done this.
This is a wrong system.
If they do not take it back, we will not stay in Goa.
They did the same thing to our ancestors.
They became frustrated and left the place.
Even I have decided to leave.
Who will come with me?
Release my boss.
Leave him.
Please release him. He will not do anything.
[Speaking foreign language]
- Please do not hit him.
Yes sir.
I beg you with folded hands, sir!
Shahbuddin!
[Speaking foreign language]
I will not tell.
You must tell.
No!
[Speaking foreign language]
His hands have become stiff as he was tied for many days.
[Speaking foreign language]
Okay, sir.
Sir!
You have suffered a lot for my sake.
Enough.
I admitted to my mistake.
My stay here has
come to an end.
You go away from here.
Where will I go, sir?
To your native place.
The debt of your parents is still there.
Sir...
Uncle!
I have not met you.
But from now your uncle will do whatever you say.
Then eat now.
Forget the past. Stay in our home.
We have to perform Laxmi's marriage.
Sanku!
Did she say who the father of the child is?
Did you hear him?
So many things happened to him.
We have nothing to do with it.
He has returned home.
That is enough.
I will cook more rice. I know to take care of my brother-in-law.
Now tell me what she told you.
She did not say anything.
Alright. - What do you mean?
Even I will not talk from now.
You love silent women. Isn't it?
Where did you go?
On some work.
You said the land is ours now.
If you agree, I will do farming there.
Let Laxmi's marriage be over.
It has been two months since I came.
You have still not gone there to finalize the wedding.
Last month was inauspicious.
I have written a letter to them.
I am going on this coming Friday.
Thief! Have you come to steal?
Who are you?
Uncle, it is 'him'.
Son-in-law! - Yes.
He called me just to talk.
Do not tell father.
Did he call you to talk?
Yes.
It is the month of 'Ashada'.
Not suited for weddings.
We will come this Friday to formalize the wedding.
Come. Have coffee and go.
No. I have some work.
See you.
I will go now.
Please do not tell father.
Alright. Go.
Not put any mud.
How will the water remain here?
I have other problems also.
Bolla! - Yes sir.
Will you harvest the betel nuts soon?
It will be complete by Saturday.
Better finish it.
We are working. - Only you did not come.
Come on. - Let us go.
Sir, what are you doing here?
Laborers have come to pick the betel nuts.
They want to know from where they should start.
Whose is this?
Mine. Father gave me.
Gold?
Yes. Sir told me to keep it.
Throw it out in the water.
Why? It is nice.
Throw it.
Sir, do not crush it.
He had written about me in it.
Is it written about you?
Read whatever is written. Read it.
Sir... - Read.
Read whatever is written here.
Read.
I cannot read.
You cannot read?
Then why are you bothered if I tear it?
Sir, please do not tear it. Do not tear it, sir.
Sir!
Rascal!
Sir...
Sir, why are you hitting him?
Sir...
We provide you with food because you are poor.
But you have filled the house with a cross.
You are a rascal!
No!
No! Sir...
Sir, do not hit me.
Sir...
Uncle! Uncle, what are you doing?
Laxmi, do not come near. - Leave him.
Uncle, you are doing a mistake. - Mistake!
You are an unmarried girl.
But you meet a boy discreetly in the farm. Is it not wrong?
You must have died there.
If anything happens to me, you will be responsible for that.
You are a rascal!
Sir, No...
Get up.
Go and bring the rope.
Sir...
Sir, no.
Do not speak if you do not want to.
It is hot. Come under the umbrella.
Father, come and see there.
Uncle is acting as if he is under the influence of a ghost.
Go and see what he is doing.
Sir...
Hey, bring him down.
Okay, sir.
Brother, do you know what he did?
Have you gone crazy? - See this.
He mingled with people of other religion
and tried to spoil our community.
I knew about it.
Hey, I told you to bring him down. Bring him down.
Did you know, brother?
They tortured me so much.
You have been tortured. You have been insulted.
Then you know the pain of torture.
Who gave you the power
to torture another person because you were tortured?
Brother, it is not right on your part to neglect dharma
and oppose your brother for the sake of a low caste man.
What sort of dharma are you following?
What is the dharma of a master?
What is the dharma of a son?
To pay off the debts of ancestors.
But you did not do and leave this place.
He has been sweating since childhood here and cleared the debt.
Has he followed the dharma or did you?
When the Portuguese told you to drink shit on that day, you did not do it.
But you have done it now.
You want to take revenge against them. Isn't it?
Then go and fight with them.
I will be proud of my brother.
Instead, you are showing off your power on a downtrodden man
and a person who will not retort.
Because you are the master here.
Saniyara! - Yes sir.
Carry him.
Okay, sir. - Fast.
Sir... - Lie down.
Why have you come here? It is nighttime.
This was torn.
I pasted it with boiled rice.
'Bolla, I never read the contents of this letter to you.'
'Listen.'
'Who is the weakling whom Jesus loved?'
'People like Bolla.'
'Who did I see when someone threw stone at my house?'
'I saw a downtrodden person whom Jesus loved. '
'He believed that we have occupied his master's land and threw a stone.'
'When I came out he cried like a child.'
'Told me about the injustice meted to his master, writer Gunabhadra.'
'Bolla had only love, affection and faithfulness towards Gunabhadra.'
'Nothing else.'
'Bolla is a hunter who does fishing.'
'He is a worker. He toils hard.'
'Gunabhadra, who has got such a good and faithful servant'
'is the real master.'
Do not be scared.
I am here to support you.
Take.
There should not be any lacunae in our rituals.
She is like our own daughter. Do not worry.
Okay.
Gunabhadra!
Harigopal Rayar, you have come early.
Shall I go back then? - Oh no. Forgive me.
Please come and have a flavored drink.
Guru has not come.
Never mind.
If you want money for a dowry, I will give.
No. We had to repay the debt for 300 years
after borrowing from your family.
You are insulting me by saying this often.
Who insulted? You or me?
Never mind. Stay and enjoy.
I will go and meet the boy's family. - Sure.
This house would have been mine if he had not repaid for another five years.
I lost this farm also.
Malyanatha!
Harigopala!
I heard you were working in a silk business in Goa.
It is a big story.
Did you wash the groom's feet along with your brother?
Whatever I do is a disruption for them.
So I maintain distance and do other work.
Have you kept liquor on the farm?
But you are very close to mutt people.
I do not go to mutt after drinking.
I drink casually whenever I meet friends, old relatives
in marriage etc.
Come. Let us go.
Let the groom tie the nuptial chain.
Why should we bother?
They will take care of it. Come. Let us go.
You said that you maintain distance from them.
Rascals!
Britishers here and Portuguese there.
They come to our land and control us.
Do you know how much they loot in business?
Your brother did the right thing.
What did my brother do?
Did the right thing.
Can you smell liquor? - No sir.
It will be better if no one finds out.
Hey!
What are you building on our land?
We will talk after the marriage is over.
You spoke of dharma to me because I beat that worker.
Now don't you feel ashamed
to lead a family life with a foreign girl there?
Behave yourself.
What happened?
It is time to tie the nuptial chain. What is happening here?
Nothing. He was drunk. I hit him and told him to get out.
Your Hanaben has to go out.
I thought my brother is like a sage
and always thinks about others well being.
But he has turned out to be a demon.
Hear this.
He is leading a family life with a white girl in our land.
He is building a church for her.
How can you give our ancestor's land to her?
Even I have right over that land.
I will take revenge.
What are you doing Malyanath? - I swear that I will drive out
the white girl from that farmhouse.
What are you doing? - I will not rest... Till I do it.
Hey! Come with me.
He is drunk. He acted like this to ask for his share of the property.
I ask for pardon.
Gunabhadra, you cannot tell lies.
Having a concubine is your personal matter.
But why this?
That too with a white girl.
It is not like that. I will tell you the details.
Let the marriage be over.
Suryanarayana sir
I did not commit any mistake.
It is my karma.
Please be magnanimous and forget whatever happened here.
Adi, get up.
Alas! Please do not do it.
Do not get up.
Adi!
Suryanarayana, I will be your slave till I am alive.
This is my promise to God.
Please allow this marriage to take place.
Can't you hear me? Get up.
Do not go.
You kindled my desire. Now do not shame us.
Even his daughter is like him.
The whole family is shameless.
She is an unmarried girl.
But she dared to hold the hand of a boy in public.
She cannot become our daughter-in-law.
Hey, come.
Come. Come on. Let's go.
Come on.
Come.
Laxmi, why have you come running here in your marriage sari?
Sister Laxmi!
Sir..!
Sister Laxmi! Sister Laxmi!
Sir..
Laxmi!
Sister Laxmi!
Sir..
Bolla, hold this.
Laxmi, why did you do this? - Laxmi, see here.
See. Open your eyes.
Laxmi..
Laxmi, please open your eyes.
Hey Sangu! See my child.
Sangu!
Sanku, it is over.
Do not be so adamant.
Scold me.
Hit me.
Say that I am not a good man.
Tell me what I should do.
Shall I evict that lady from our land?
I will do it now.
Hana!
Bring hot water.
Hana! Hana, see here.
I will save you and your child.
But you should listen to me.
Have you brought hot water?
Sanku!
Mother and child...
There is some problem with delivery.
Hana!
Scream.
Hana, scream.
Scream, Hana.
Scream.
Your body will loosen up if you scream.
It will help the baby to come out.
Hana, wait...
Bear it.
Scream. Scream, Hana.
Do not be adamant.
Your God will forgive you.
Your stubbornness snatched my child.
At least save your child.
Hana, scream.
Open your mouth.
Bite and hold it between your teeth.
It is fate.
I feel those who lead a family life are stronger.
People like us would not have been able to bear this.
Laxmi has committed suicide.
Let us do a ritual on an auspicious day
so that her soul will rest in peace.
What happened, Harigopala?
Want to speak to Gunabhadra.
I met Malyanath and told him about Laxmi.
He was with a group of people.
I will give money. This is not a loan.
You need not repay it. Go and take care of your wife.
Sanku!
Sanku, Malyanath is bent upon taking revenge.
He is coming to break the church in our land.
He is looking for Hana.
We must take her to another place.
Where is she?
She left.
Where?
Did you not stop her?
Why should I stop her?
My daughter died.
I saved her child.
But did she utter a word and thank me
before going?
You know she doesn't speak.
As if it is a big vow!
Where are you going?
To bring her.
No need.
We have done everything for her.
Even God will not do so much.
Past is past.
You are my husband. That is enough.
I will take care of you till I am alive.
But if you go now, our relationship is over.
There is a child there.
What mistake did that child do?
What was my mistake?
I was asking the same question to me every day.
What was my mistake?
But if I do not go there today
I will blame myself for that and suffer life- long.
They occupied our land because the Delhi rulers were defeated.
The thing which has happened in my family now will happen in yours also.
Do you want young children to commit suicide?
No. We do not want it. - We do not want it.
They snatched our land, our culture, and our God.
We must get it back.
Let us invade their house, office, and their church.
Yes. - Hail! Let us invade them.
Where will we start it?
How can a lady of another religion stay in our land?
Let us demolish their church that is there in my land.
Anyone who comes to stop it...
Father, children, women, or brother...
No one will survive.
Madam
Hana told me before, to give this to you after her delivery.
Take, madam.
'I pray for forgiveness from Jesus and you.'
'I know that you had to suffer because of my vow.'
'Despite the sufferings, you took care of me like a mother.'
'My life and my vow are indebted to you forever.'
'But you should know the truth.'
'Mother Superior went to'
'British regiment to complain about Reverent Kittle.'
'Then the British took that opportunity and raped us.'
'Because of my vow, I could not tell it to anyone.'
'I once again ask for forgiveness from you and Jesus.'
'Hana.'
What happened to my husband, Bolla?
'8 hours Ago.'
Hana, come. We will go home.
People are coming to demolish this place.
They will not spare anything here.
Come.
Fast.
Hana, why are you still stubborn? Come.
Father...
Go.
You and I are not important.
Our work
and this child is important.
Save it at any cost.
You also come.
My responsibility is not yet over.
What shall I do with this child?
Teach him Kannada.
Bring him up like a Kannadiga.
"Kannada land and Kannada language is for us.."
"Kannada is our life..."
'Reverend John Ferdenand Kittle'
'returned to Karnataka'
'and continued his efforts to promote Kannada.'
'Even today learning of Kannada language'
'is incomplete without Kittle.'
'Many Kannadigas like Gunabhadra'
'and his family have sacrificed their life'
'and suffered for the growth and preservation of Kannada.'
'But we had no gratitude and never tried'
'to know about them or remember them.'
'This movie is dedicated to such Kannadigas.'