What kind of throw was that!
Vasu!
What?
Someone's asking for you.
-Who? -Someone!
Doesn't "someone" have a name?
It's a girl!
Must be Varsha.
Here.
-I declare! I'll be back. -No need to rush.
Ugh, where'd she go?
Who is that?
So, it's not Varsha?
Sneha.
-Hello? -Are you on the phone, Vasu?
Who's that, Vasu?
I'll call you back, Sneha.
-Sneha? -Tell me, Varsha.
-Where are you? -I mean tell me, Sneha.
Come, sit.
What happened?
I have something to say.
Tell me.
You've seen me come to your shop often
for photocopies and printouts, right?
Yeah.
Did you ever feel suspicious about my visits?
Suspicious...
Just a minute.
-I'll call you back, Varsha. -Who's that, Vasu?
-Where are you? -I'll call.
Good Lord!
Nope.
Are you also stupid like your brother?
Huh?
Well, you know...
I had a motive for my visits.
What?
I wanted someone to fall for me.
Bloody Jaffar!
Sreekuttan...
Huh?
Do you know I really like your brother?
I've liked him since I was young.
-For real? -What's my name?
Sneha.
I want to give your brother
all the love that my name means.
Oh-ho! Of course, you can.
Do you know how many times I tried to tell him this?
I gave him so many hints.
But he kept avoiding me.
Oh, I don't think he was avoiding you.
He doesn't have the brains to read these hints.
Eh?
I mean, he is quite naive.
If I had known, I wouldn't have taken him
all around town for seeing brides.
Oh, no...
My dad is searching for a groom for me.
Oh, is it?
What do I do?
Don't worry, Sneha.
You won't have to ever leave Perilloor
as long as my brother is here.
Are you sure?
I swear upon the Goddess of Perilloor.
Let me tell this to him right away.
Wait up!
-Listen. -Eh?
-I have one condition. -What?
I have been chasing your brother for so many years.
Now he needs to come to me and propose.
Huh?
Hold.
And I'll tell you how.
There's a frangipani tree in my courtyard.
Beneath that tree,
tomorrow at dawn...
when a cold breeze blows,
whilst holding a red rose,
your brother should come to me and say,
"Sneha, I love you."
But why?
It's a grand fantasy of mine.
Do you know how many times I have dreamt about it?
But this is not a dream, though.
Won't your family be there?
No, no family.
This is my fantasy.
Um... we can make it happen.
All right, then.
I don't want to marry some idiot my family chooses
and be sad forever.
Don't worry, Sneha.
We will figure it out.
Dilkush! Dilkush!
Oh, no! Villagers! Come running!
My son is missing!
Oh, villagers!
This walk, right?
This is a moment right here.
One you can remember forever.
This fading moonlight,
the mist, the cold.
Brr... isn't it nice?
I proposed to Varsha
in Uthamman's dirty barn.
I'm worried that someone we know might see us.
That's why we are in this morning-walk costume.
Moreover, no one in Perilloor will be awake now.
Who's that?
Kunjikhadar?
Don't tell anyone that you saw me here.
Okay?
-Okay. -All right, then.
Where's he off to so early?
Must be to sell the coconuts in that sack. Poor guy.
So early?
She only gets romantic under the frangipani tree in her front yard?
Brother, that's the fantasy.
Fantasy, my foot!
If anyone finds out,
you think I'd ever find another girl?
Why do you want another girl?
You have Sneha, right?
He's definitely done for.
Where are you both off to at this time?
Warrier, can't you see?
They're out for a morning walk.
Right?
What about you?
I am out to fish.
You know our mahout Kuttappu's son, Dilkush?
He's missing, it seems.
Warrier told me.
The whole village is there.
Coming?
No, no, we have to walk.
Come, come.
What a stupid name, no?
Dilkush.
Warrier...
That morning walk looks fishy.
Sepoy Mutiny, 1857.
Salt Satyagraha, 1930.
Salt, Thirty.
Thirty, Salt.
Mutiny, Fifty-Seven.
Vaikom Satyagraha, 1924.
1924... Guruvayur Satyagraha.
When was Guruvayur Satyagraha? 1931.
After Vaikom, Guruvayur.
Vaikom Satyagraha, 1924.
Guruvayur Satyagraha, 1931.
When is the exam?
10 o'clock.
Leave soon. Uncle is ready.
Oh, really?
Oh, no.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think when I applied
that I would be here on the exam day.
It's all your uncle's magic.
I am a bit relieved because I had prepared already.
Nothing happened after coming here.
What do you mean nothing happened?
After all, you are the government for the next five years.
-Go on. -Come.
Let's leave, then? Come.
We'll have to get down at Ward 8 on our way.
Apparently, mahout Kuttappu's son is missing.
Why do you need her for that?
-She has an exam. -What!
When there is an issue in the Panchayat,
the president needs to be there.
Come on. We'll just drop by,
make your presence known
and leave for the exam.
Get in, get in.
Aunty...
All this farmland belongs to Sneha's dad.
Guess who's going to be the owner
of all this after the marriage?
-Who? -You, brother!
She's the only daughter.
Be quiet.
Don't think anyone is awake.
Someone's snoring away to glory.
You think it's her?
Nah, it's sister-in-law's father.
She's probably waiting for you.
Good, it has bloomed.
Why?
What if she tells me to come another day
because it hasn't bloomed?
Don't be so nervous.
Look at this moment.
You need to enjoy it.
Do one thing.
Give the signal.
What signal?
Just whistle.
So that her whole family comes out?
Oh!
So, what signal then?
You want a signal?
Yes, Balan, can you give a signal?
-Of course. -Oh, no! He'll screw this up.
What now?
Doesn't matter who, anyone can signal, right?
Balan will give one.
Right...
Balan!
Not as loud as expected.
What did you do, Balachandran!
Signal.
Come on, come on!
Run, brother!
How can you sleep like this?
Oh, my dear son!
My son, Dilkush, is missing!
Oh, God!
What happened, Leela?
You know the three mistakes of Kuttappu and Lilly?
The best mistake out of them, Dilkush, is missing.
My child was asleep, grandma!
-You lost only one. You have two more. -Mom, tea?
-Shut up! Tea, it seems. -You didn't make tea?
But where did the boy go?
-Where's Kuttappu? -Your brother is missing.
Let's share it in all our WhatsApp groups.
Where did that boy go!
I had seen him hanging around with Sarasu's daughter yesterday.
The president's here.
Panipat...
Just close that.
-What happened, Hariharan? -Ah, Peethambaran.
He was peacefully sleeping at home last night.
Absolutely no trace of him this morning.
Well, if there's absolutely no trace, be wary.
Why is that, Warrier?
In English, it is called an alien abduction.
Looks like extraterrestrial beings from outer space have taken him.
That's their modus operandi.
People would turn him down even if one gave Dilkush for free.
And you're accusing aliens.
Stop it, Warrier!
You guys have no sense.
Ask people to start searching instead of standing idle like this.
Who? Me?
Yes, you have to say it.
Let the president in you come out.
Come on, say it.
Well, then...
stop standing around
and start searching for him, everybody.
Didn't I tell you, Uncle?
Didn't you all hear the president?
Begin the search, everybody!
Can't you all hear?
Disperse and start looking, folks.
-First, you stop talking and start looking. -Exactly!
-They just won't listen. -Come on, guys!
Let's go, Uncle.
We'll be late for the exam.
We'll find him now.
Let's take that credit and go.
I'll be right back.
Lilly... Lilly...
-Oh, Peethambaran! -You calm down...
Is this how you look?
Sulaiman, look over there!
Stop giving orders from there and come here.
♪ Folks are goin' bonkers In this village ♪
♪ Running wayward round and round ♪
Showering?
- ♪ This whole town is going haywire ♪ -Get lost!
♪ This girl arrived by chance ♪
♪ And is stuck here, all alone ♪
Is the tea ready?
And one coffee for me.
Why are you following me?
Go over there and search.
Aha!
♪ Na-na, na-na This town's goin' bananas ♪
Stop playing "Ringa Ringa Roses!"
You're gonna get it from me.
♪ Na-na, na-na It's a dreadful pain in the ass ♪
♪ Na-na, na-na Folks so senseless ♪
♪ Na-na, na-na Searchin' around the locus ♪
♪ Na-na, na-na As the story of a ninny continues ♪
♪ Folks are goin' bonkers In this village ♪
♪ Running wayward round and round ♪
♪ This whole town is going haywire ♪
Hey, Nizar!
-Oh, no! Dilkush! -Don't jump!
Come quick! Somebody fell into the well.
-There's no one here, man. -Who told you there was?
I called you to say my banana fell into it.
You dog!
Someone put my son into the well!
Kuttappu! Our son is gone!
Don't cry, Lilly.
Dilkush isn't in here.
You almost killed me.
-Nizar. -Yeah?
Anyway, now that you jumped,
last week a rope and a bucket fell into it.
-Bring it up with you. -Okay.
I'll get it.
Oh, no! Where should I go looking for my son now?
-Oh, president, my son isn't in the well. -He isn't?
-Where should I look now... -Let me look.
Oh, my son!
-Yikes, this fellow! -President, get me out of this well.
Let's resolve the first issue first.
You stay there. You come with me.
-Come. -One minute, will be back.
Come, dear.
Thank you, madam.
Do you want a banana, Nizar?
Have one. It's good for the chills.
Look for the other banana too.
Get lost!
They need to know the president is always with them.
It's already late. We need to go.
Lilly! Lilly!
If he ran away, we'll somehow bring him back.
My child!
You have abandoned your mother!
Radhakrishnan, our son is gone!
Everybody, look here!
You can stop the search.
This was a suicide.
This is the poison he took.
I got it from his room.
Lilly...
You stupid man!
All these people here
and she had to fall on you, huh?
But what did I do?
Now I know! I understand everything now!
What?
That kid got to know of your affair with her!
-Affair? -That's why he killed himself!
You don't spread rumours...
-I'm going to go jump into the well! -Huh?
I'm going to jump into the well right now!
Someone, please take this.
-Give it here. -Hold her...
My dear Saru... what did the well do to you?
-It's all your misunderstanding. -Lilly, you'll be okay.
You'll soon be back to your senses.
Just lie close to me.
Nobody should eat anything from this house until I tell you.
We don't know what all he mixed the poison with.
Nizar...
Don't eat that banana...
There's poison in it.
I want to die on my mother's lap. I'm going.
-Don't come after me. -Listen to me. Stop, Saru.
You go to her!
Rajesh! I am also coming!
We're getting late. Let's go, Uncle.
How can we leave now?
The man-missing case turned out to be a suicide case.
The Panchayat president should be here when the police come.
You have to be here. Don't go, okay?
♪ People so very, very strange ♪
♪ Running around non-stop Are these folks ♪
♪ People so very, very strange ♪
Where is it going?
To the mahout Kuttappu's house.
His son Mulkesh is missing.
His son was up to no good anyway.
But do you know why the fire force people are here?
To rescue your son, Nizar, out of the well.
Oh, dear God!
What all nonsense this brat gets himself into!
Son of a... I'm so done with this fellow!
♪ Until their destiny is crystal clear Hope is so hopeless here ♪
♪ Until their story ends It's gonna be a combat, so tough ♪
♪ Na-na, na-na This town's goin' bananas ♪
♪ Na-na, na-na It's a nest of gagas ♪
Come on!
-Where's it? -Come, come, come!
This is the house.
Move, man! The police are here.
Sir!
Could you turn your pipe on and spray it on her?
Is this the problem?
There are two problems here.
We should find the dead body of the person
who killed himself by consuming poison.
Second, we need to take someone out from a well
-before he becomes a dead body. -Just great!
See, didn't I warn you
when you said we were heading here?
Hello, everybody, look here!
The missing item is up here on the coconut tree.
Scoundrel, he climbed the tree
at night to drink toddy and fell asleep.
Hey, hey!
Don't wake him up!
He might stand up thinking he is lying on a bed.
Should actually push him down.
♪ Folks are goin' bonkers In this village ♪
♪ Running wayward round and round ♪
♪ This whole town is going haywire ♪
♪ This girl arrived by chance And is stuck here, all alone ♪
♪ Na-na, na-na This town's goin' bananas ♪
♪ Na-na, na-na It's a nest of gagas ♪
♪ Na-na, na-na It's a dreadful pain in the ass ♪
How dare you drink toddy!
What are you doing, Lilly? Stop hitting him.
-President. -Don't hit him!
See! It's the first time in our history the fire force came to Perilloor.
All thanks to the new president.
That's true! The old president was a moron!
Moron?
Who's a moron, huh?
Who called Peethambaran a moron?
How is he a moron?
-Moron, huh-- -Chandu...
They're saying you're a moron.
It's all because of that Warrier.
I am going to confront him.
There he is. Hey, Warrier!
Hey, you!
You're the one who said he drank poison and killed himself.
What else should I say
when I found a poison bottle in the room?
-Poison bottle? -Yeah.
Fine then, show it to us.
Show us the bottle.
Isn't this a perfume?
Understood now?
This is the spray Radhakrishnan uncle gave Mom a long time back.
Oops!
This is what you do, huh?
I won't repeat it!
You dog!
-I'm going to jump into the well! -Your bloody investigation!
Saru...
Oh, why are you just standing there?
What about the exam?
Let's go home. It's too late now.
I was sure you wouldn't write that exam.
He's a politician after all.
For him, power is more important than sentiments.
The amulet has been blessed.
Pray well and wear it.
Thank you, priest.
-Here's the offering. -God bless you!
But I never thought it would end up like this, Aunty.
You may not have understood it when I said it back then.
Now you've got an idea about Perilloor, right?
This is how the people here are.
I don't think you've done so much wrong in your life
that you ended up being their president.
-Just a minute, Aunty. -Okay.
Hello?
Sreedevi madam?
Where are you, Malavika? At home?
No, I'm at my uncle's house in Perilloor.
Oh, Perilloor! It's a nice place.
I have a lot of relatives there.
Oh... is that so?
So, I called to give you some good news.
You can start your research in June.
Really?
Thank you, madam!
Find a good topic, okay?
Definitely.
So, give me a call and come to college.
-All right, madam. - Okay.
Aunty, I can finally do my PhD!
Aha! Didn't I tell you,
if you cry and pray to the Perilloor Goddess,
nothing in the world will be impossible.
The Goddess has shown you a way out of this place.
Come.
O Goddess!
How will I tell this to Uncle?
Just open your mouth and say it!
How can I, Aunty?
Uncle was the one who stood by me as a personal
and financial support after my dad's passing.
Wouldn't it be like I didn't fulfil his wishes?
His duty as an uncle was to look after your family
and take care of your studies.
Please don't see that as a debt to be repaid.
Take our daughter, Gopika, for example.
She went to Delhi for her studies,
got a job, married and got settled there.
What if she had listened
to her father's advice and heeded to his emotions?
You should take care of your own things, Malu.
They are colluding for sure!
-I'll call you, Soman. -Just go and tell him.
Malu!
Peethambaran was looking for you.
-You go, dear. -He's upstairs.
It's about the pension for our supporters--
-Let her come. -No worries, no rush.
Ah, there she is.
-Greetings! -Greetings...
Sit... sit...
You already stood up when you saw me, right?
You don't have to keep getting up.
But Malavika is the Panchayat president.
I mean... yeah... you can say that.
They are from the No-God Gang.
What's that?
It's an organisation of atheists from here.
No-God Gang.
This is their president, Unni master.
He is also the principal of our school.
-This is my daughter, Devu. -She has been a member since her birth.
Now she's in the executive committee.
-This is Hamza. -Shamla's dad, right?
The founder and secretary of the organisation.
Not only that...
the coconut tree that produces
the largest number of coconuts in Kerala
belongs to Hamza.
Tokyo Mitra.
I know.
Weren't you in Gujarat?
Did the news reach there too?
No. I came to know after coming here.
-Shamla had told me. -Oh, is it?
You see, it has reached Maharashtra.
Gujarat is above that, right? It will reach.
I just got a call from Assam asking for some saplings.
We are here in person to make a request to the president.
The panchayat should pass a resolution
with the president's intervention
against the increasing superstitious beliefs and practices in Perilloor.
Peethambaran had promised us before the elections.
We all voted for you because of that.
I'm sure the president knows that.
I had already told her this. Didn't I, dear?
Didn't I? Didn't I?
I told you, didn't I?
The panchayat would take action immediately.
-That's good. -Enough, right?
We knew it.
Youngsters like Malavika would be
against such superstitions and practices.
-Right... -She studied in Gujarat after all.
Exactly...
That's why we came here.
-We shall take our leave then. -All right.
Okay, then.
So, let's get things rolling soon.
All right.
Okay.
Dear God! Why do you test me like this?
They have no idea that we won with the votes of atheists
as well as by paying for offerings to Lord Sri Krishna.
Don't mind these things.
Just dodge them by saying you will pass it today or tomorrow.
Exactly!
For example, the Panchayat well at the tribal colony.
He dodged it for ten years.
Chandu...
Does your well have water?
Yes.
So just be quiet!
Stop watering me down.
Be careful, Peethambaran!
Uncle...
I am going to resign.
-Huh? -Huh?
My guide had called me.
She said I could start my PhD research in June.
But... but...
Why the rush, dear?
You can do your PhD whenever.
That's not possible, Uncle.
The JRF that I cleared is valid only for six more months.
I need to start my research before that.
I have worked really hard to find a guide.
That means?
I cannot be the Panchayat president anymore.
Please find someone else, Uncle.
Come here...
You didn't eat anything yet, did you?
No.
Sit down.
Do you want upma or puttu?
-Puttu... - Upma, that's better.
The puttu is hard.
I can understand what you are saying.
But...
it wouldn't be good if you resigned now.
Give me six months.
Or we can do one thing. You can do your PhD
and continue to be the president.
And after that, I will do the needful.
Got it?
Is that okay?
Gomathi!
Tea!
Eat...
This banana too.
I'll wash my hands and come.
So, there will be an election after six months, huh?
-There won't be. -What?
Why?
If another election happens,
I'll lose for sure.
And we'll lose the power too!
So, I'll make sure she remains the president
for the next five years.
And there goes that hope.
Stop, stop, stop, stop!
Stop!
Pappan.
You didn't invite us for the wedding.
Neither did you call us while fixing the auspicious hour.
We didn't check for any auspicious hour.
I couldn't invite everyone as it was all fixed in a hurry.
I had no hopes of seeing Sneha married.
I was afraid I'd die before that!
When I was in the ICU,
I told her this was my last wish
and made her promise
and convinced her to get married.
You got an angioplasty done, right?
Don't keep your mobile phone there, Pappan.
Oh, sorry.
What actually happened that day?
I dreamt of a cracker bursting.
Dreams these days are quite effective!
Very true!
Happy married life.
Thank you.
It's okay.
At such a young age,
you've gathered many curses from many women.