At last, Perilloor got its own bus service,
-thanks to you, Babu. -So true.
When my ex-girlfriend, Geetha,
ditched me and went with a bus conductor,
I decided to own a bus.
My aunt's son, too, had a wilful plan like this.
Finally, he bought a bus too.
Then?
His wife eloped with the bus driver.
By the way,
Nayana's marriage is fixed, right?
Yes, it is.
Everyone at the wedding should say that the bride's brother
is in the Gulf and a bus owner.
I'm doing all this for that.
For Gulf people like us to be respected in our native place,
we must do things like this.
Even if I have to bear some expenses,
that's not a problem.
Exactly! Let money go and power come!
What have you named the bus?
My grandmother's birth star.
-Is that so? -Capricorn.
Wow, what a majestic name!
CAPRIPORN
-It's done. -Let me see.
-All set! -Hey!
Go and...
buy yourself whatever you like.
Okay? There is 20 bucks.
Also, Sreekuttan...
Will see you then.
-Okay. Bye. -If there's any more work, do give us.
Got the money, right?
Come. Let's have tea.
Oh, no! Dirt.
O Lord.
Do you need a ladder, Babu?
I am an old gymnast, uncle!
Jabbar, Jaffar got
-a tip today. -Rs. 20.
-So, give us two special teas. -Okay.
Man, buy a tea for me as well…
Can you please move a little?
Fine! Get one.
I don't need tea.
Don't sulk, bro.
Look over there!
CAPRIPORN
Wonderful name, Sreekuttan!
"Capriporn."
This tip won't be enough for that, Jaffar!
Do support me!
Look, it's "Capriporn."
Sure it is.
-Let me ask Uncle. -Sure.
Sign this.
Take a look at them before signing, Malu.
Why?
Even though your uncle makes all the decisions,
the signature is yours.
So, you'll bear its responsibility.
If something goes wrong, you will be the one in trouble.
Let it be.
At least, I will lose this job.
Why is he here?
I realised that the mistake was on my end.
This is my letter of apology.
Kindly accept it.
I mean...
for running a shop without a licence.
The application for a new license is in there.
I am ready to do any penance.
Also, I would like to talk to...
the president.
I have nothing to say.
Please don't say that.
Everyone makes mistakes.
I know that the Panchayat suffered problems because of me.
Will you forgive me for all that and give me a new licence?
I will take good care of this institution.
Promise.
Didn't you tell me that she likes me a lot
and came to this place for me?
I didn't say she likes you.
I said she used to like you.
Oh.
Pull.
BUS-WAITING SHELTER
CONSTRUCTED USING PERILLOOR PANCHAYAT'S ASSET DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
Pe... Pe...
Thus, with the blessings of...
-Pe... Pe... -Oh, God!
Estimate amount is Rs. 25 lakh!
Soman!
25 lakhs?
You remain like this.
Shall I start then?
-How is it? -Super!
Isn't it great?
I didn't bother about the cost.
The development of the Panchayat is our aim, after all!
Everyone liked it, right?
Clap your hands.
-Wow! What a grand-- -Grand crap!
There is a limit to fooling people.
25 lakhs for two poles and a sheet over it?
People, this is pure corruption!
Have you ever become a Panchayat president?
Or even a member?
Then what clue
do you have about the expenses of a bus-waiting shed?
You don't need to be a Panchayat member
to know the rates of cement and steel.
Trying to fool the people after building
a crappy coop-like structure!
Don't talk nonsense!
-This is corruption! This is corruption! -Enough!
We should bring to light the lies of this thief today!
-Who is the thief? -You! You are the thief!
Great! It started!
-Stop touching me! -Go and stop them.
Come, Rajesh.
How dare you mess with Peethambaran!
Stop fighting!
Move!
Who needs to know? Who needs to know the accounts?
Calm down, president.
What does this have to do with you?
Stop! Enough! STOP!
If they demand something...
let's go for a vote.
If they disagree, let's create havoc.
The secretary is here.
-Greetings. -Greetings.
Non-members, please go outside.
Peethambaran. Let him go first.
We will be outside.
Aji, we are outside.
Don't worry, you guys go. We will take care of everything here.
Should I say it separately to you two?
Go, man.
-When it's time to vote, they can-- -Shall we start then?
Got stuff to do after this!
Then let's begin the meeting.
What?
For the last 25 years, I was alone here.
Now I have got company.
My state is different from yours.
I got the rule.
Yeah! That will be decided today.
President! Secretary!
Heavy corruption has happened during the construction of
the bus-waiting shed at Perilloor market.
I saw the waiting shed,
which the Panchayat claims has cost 25 lakhs.
It did not even cost Rs. 4 lakh!
Ugh! Hariharan!
-From where did you see it? -Standing in front of your father's shop.
Hey! President!
-Kunjippa insulted my father! -When?
You have to take strict action against him!
President, I didn't insult his father.
I could see it from Hariharan's father Petta Subran's shop.
(intense arguments ensue)
What are you guys doing?
Hariharan, ask them to go for a vote.
-He insulted my father! -Ask them to go for a vote.
What vote?
Please sit down.
Stop.
Then, let's decide whether an investigation
-should happen by taking a vote. -What crap!
His bloody voting!
President, don't you have the majority?
Then what vo-vo-voting are we talking about?!
(arguments continue)
Stop it!
-All of you, keep quiet! -No! No way.
We will discuss it.
-Ask them to take a vote. -We can discuss.
-Ask them to take a vote. -Yes, go for a vote.
If the corruption is proven, the president will have to resign.
-That's for sure. -But it should be proven, right?
You are never going to be the president, Soman!
Yeah! Vote, vote.
Hey, Showman Soman,
after air and water, you need failures for your survival!
People who are against this investigation, raise your hands.
-Yeah. -There, old lady!
Raise your hand, oldie.
Malu, dear.
-President? -Raise your hand, dear.
-Raise your hand. -Dear, dear...
Raise your hand.
Silence.
Those who are in favour, raise your hands.
Put it down, oldie!
Soman is a real showman!
As the president,
it's my responsibility to prove that corruption has not happened.
Therefore, I support this investigation.
-Silence. Silence. -This was unexpected.
If an investigation happens, we'll be screwed.
Since it has been approved,
let's file a complaint with the deputy director of the Panchayat
and the Panchayat department.
Oh, baldie!
Bloody dog! I'll knock your brains out!
If you dare touch our oldie, we won't spare you!
-Get lost! -Silence. Silence.
Peethambaran,
you always take pride in knowing everything in this Panchayat.
But many things are happening here that you have no clue about.
Pretty soon,
I will sit on that president's chair.
And the reason for that will be
no one else but your niece.
Go. Go.
He should get that.
He made her the president, ignoring all of us.
We are the ones who work hard for the party.
-Then he wants his niece, his bloodline-- -Chandu!
Yes.
It's to remove her and make me compete.
I will act pricey.
Go on!
Peethambaran,
I'll have to think about it.
To start the vehicle?
Start the vehicle, man!
Kunjippa!
Peethambaran, shouldn't we pick up Malu?
Keep going, man!
I didn't believe you when you told me first.
Who thought this would happen?
Come, let's meet the secretary.
Here comes Capriporn!
Babu!
We're waiting for your bus.
Sundaran...
Did you see any online delivery guys going this way?
-No. -I had a delivery coming.
Can't reach him on the phone.
-What is the item? -A shirt.
Babu, when you went to Dubai for the first time,
I stitched four shirts for you free of charge.
I know that, man.
But isn't this my sister's wedding?
Thought I should be stylish.
Why? Is my stitching not stylish enough?
Who said that? Your stitching is as stylish as you, man.
But there is no shirt material here
-that suits your standards. -Is that so?
Come. I will buy you tea.
-Come. -Fine, let's have tea.
Hey, boy! Stop there.
Babu, isn't it time for you to leave?
I just came.
Where were you? I tried calling you several times…
I was searching for your address.
People only recognise you as Capriporn Babu.
Is Capriporn your family name?
No, it's an award, like the Padma Shri.
You delivered the item, right? Leave now! Go!
Is he crazy?
-Babu, tea? -Go and have it by yourself.
Comes running whenever someone offers tea.
Oh, Lord Krishna, Lord of Guruvayoor.
Oh, Mother Goddess.
Save me, Lord Narayana.
Gomathi, where is she?
She is not here. She went out.
She might be searching for new ways to get me into trouble.
Look, I will tell you one thing.
Not only me but everyone with me
is in trouble because of her.
-What trouble? -Don't you know what the trouble is?
You are the one who brought her here,
and you are the one who made her the president against her wishes.
Why are you blaming her for your embezzlement?
Hey, Gomathi! I--
I didn't finish yet.
Only I know the struggles she is going through right now.
Why?
You, who roam around in her jeep, don't know that.
But I was trying to solve all those issues in the Panchayat--
Don't you have enough and more money?
Then, why are you still stealing from the Panchayat?
This place has only tormented her after all!
Don't talk like this without any patriotism.
Ugh! Hell of a land to show patriotism to.
From Maambatta Sreekuttan, the sole reason for her coming here,
to the rest of the village, everyone has only tortured her.
Eh? Sreekuttan? What happened?
Oh, dear! They were in love.
She had been in love with him since their school days.
Recently, he came up with a marriage proposal and fooled her again.
Damn!
-I didn't know any of this! -Where do you have time for all this?
He didn't know, it seems.
Keep looking if there are any new schemes
in the Panchayat to steal from!
Here comes Uthamman's sister.
Why were you late, Ramesha?
She was taking forever to get ready.
Grandpa left...
Oh, Kumaran, how you wished to see your grandkid's wedding...
She had so many good boys to choose from!
Oh, Dad! Your dad is gone!
You left even without accepting our offerings, Grandpa.
Uthamman, can you give me a beer?
Beer?
You are a nuisance to everyone even when you are not drunk.
-Get lost! -I wasn't going to drink beer.
I was testing you.
Who's that?
No other person in Kerala would've gotten into
so many businesses and failed, Pradeep.
In that case, Sukumaran and Uthamman are carbon copies.
What you said now is true.
Man, Uthamman is here.
-Yes, Uthamman? -This was in the fridge.
I can't drink till the rituals end. So, you guys drink.
I won't be able to resist if I see these.
Uthamman, call us if you need any help.
We will be there in a second.
-What a nice man. -A genuine soul.
-Come. Let's go. -You can go if you want to.
What about you?
It was my Varsha's grandfather who died.
My presence here will give her strength.
Huh? What?
Erm.. I... I mean...
If I stay active throughout,
-that would be a plus. -How?
The only person who's not happy with our relationship
is her father.
This is a good chance to impress him.
Oh, my gods!
Please open your eyes!
Oh, my Kumaran!
Oh, God! There are so many old men in this village.
Still, you took away my Kumaran!
Oh, my gods!
Don't be sad, Uthamman.
It's not that bad also.
Why did you move the funeral to tomorrow?
Is someone coming?
-No one is coming. -Then?
It was my father's biggest wish to stay inside the freezer.
His final wish.
I made it happen.
Good.
Sreekuttan.
The condolence banner will only be ready by tomorrow, right?
I would have handled it if you had informed me a bit earlier.
What can I do about it? He died only now.
Get it ready by morning, then.
Okay.
You could've just called Jaffar.
Won't he do it on his phone?
Listen...
Haven't you given me ideas for many things?
I will give you an idea to impress her father.
Really? What is it?
We will give the banner today itself.
How?
Take out your phone,
go straight to the front side,
and use your phone to design the banner.
Everyone will think that you are playing on your phone.
Nobody here is going to like that.
Based on Uthamman's nature,
he will make you leave from there.
But--
Then, you should show him the design on your phone
and ask, "Dad, is this design okay?"
He will never expect that.
From the anger he had towards you,
his love for you will bloom.
This is good.
Watch me, brother. I will kill it!
-Sreekuttan, come here. -Yes.
Yes, come.
Why did you call him?
-But, Sreekuttan-- -Go and sit in the jeep!
Did you go and see Malavika with a marriage proposal?
Yes.
I know there is no girl left in this district
for you to approach with a marriage proposal.
So, I didn't take it seriously.
But I only learned about the whole situation now.
She liked you, didn't she?
Yes.
But you outrightly refused it?
Erm... twice.
Idiot!
What is your stand now?
Now...
she can't stand the sight of me.
What about you?
I like her a lot.
Well then,
I will get you both married.
But, Uncle...
But there is a condition.
After the wedding, you should not take her to the Gulf.
I won't.
Usually, people ask
to do it the other way, right?
I cannot be away from her, dear.
Me too.
I'm not going back to the Gulf again!
Smart man!
I needed a son-in-law like you, my boy.
You bloody ass! You dog!
We had our doubts when you gave us chilled beer for free.
-Slap him, man! -Move.
-What are you doing? -Move!
Somebody just died here, you drunkards!
You are the drunkard!
His damn gentleman drama!
-Tell me the matter. -Let me give him one.
How dare you lay your hands on me! Move!
Stop! Tell me what the matter is.
Tell me the matter!
He chilled the beer in the freezer where the dead body is kept.
-Who told you this? -That guy over there!
Balachandran? He is nuts, man!
We got to know about it because he was a nice guy. Or else--
-Get off me! -Move!
Move away!
Just stop it!
CONDOLENCES
What is he doing? Playing on his phone?
I have been noticing him since he came.
I am gonna...
My father died or else I'd have...
Rascal!
Shucks! It will get switched off now.
What to do!
Even in death, my Kumaran won't get any peace!
Oh, no! I cannot bear this...
-My Kumaran... -Dad?
Oh, no!
All this time, my aim has always been perfect.
I listened to you and did something
and look!
What is it?
-What happened? -What?
Are you sad that Uthamman's father died?
Get lost!
Why should I be sad if his father died?
Go!
Why is he angry with me?
"During the Russian Revolution,
"the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin--"
Dear...
I played a lot of tricks
to make you the president.
It was all my selfishness.
But you could have told me earlier
that you don't like the president's post.
But, Uncle, I already...
If you had shared with me openly
the hardships you went through,
I would have stood with you.
To be honest, I came to know about Sreekuttan's matter only now.
He came to see me.
He fell on my feet and apologised for everything he did to you.
Do you know why?
He wants to marry you, it seems.
I thought of giving him a tight slap!
Is this something that could be resolved by an apology?
You don't have to slap him, Uncle.
What? I don't have to?
Then what about a marriage alliance?
Only if you want.
He might be a few cards shy of a full deck,
but it's tough to get idiots like him these days.
Shall we move forward, then?
Then I have a condition.
Do you also have a condition?
Let's go to his house and see him.
Meeting the prospective groom.
Let him come and stand before me, all decked up.
Then, if I am okay, we can think about it.
That's good. Smart girl.
You are my niece, after all!
Baldie!
Get lost!
-Isn't Peethambaran here yet? -No, he isn't here yet.
-Dumping everything upon us and... -Where the hell is he?
Soman,
the inspection officers were supposed to be here by now.
Let them be late.
Let's enjoy watching their tension until then.
Yes, of course!
I won't own up to it!
Peethambaran disappeared, didn't he?
Mind your own business!
Disappeared.
Jabbar, glass.
Babu!
Look who is here to board your bus.
Your ex, Geetha.
The bus will be here soon.
Let her get on the bus, Sundaran.
She should realise
what she has lost.
Jabbar?
-Has Capriporn left yet? -No, dear. It will be here soon.
Capriporn is your bloody...
The name of my bus is Capricorn!
Look here! Listen up, everyone, and listen closely!
I swear on my grandmother,
if I ever hear anyone say "Capriporn,"
I'll burn them!
Such a mess we got into!
There he comes!
He is the root cause of everything.
Him and his Capriporn!
But what did he do?
We got this waiting shed because this rascal bought a bus.
-You're right. -Such guys should be shown no mercy.
What? Coming to see the groom?
She is saying that
Sreekuttan already came and saw her once.
She is taking her vengeance.
Sreekuttan?
What is your opinion?
You serving her tea would be an interesting thing to watch.
You saw so many girls, but nothing worked out, right?
Maybe his destiny is that he will finally get married
after this groom-seeing.
Yeah, that's it!
Tell her that I am okay.
Why are you agreeing to all this, Sreekuttan?
If people get to know, it will be a shame.
-We won't do it. -Mom, please be quiet.
I won't agree to all this.
It's not like he is past his prime.
What if she is coming to take vengeance on him?
Nah, nah. Don't say that.
Since they like each other,
shouldn't we make their wish happen?
Peethambaran,
one person likes the other,
but the other doesn't feel the same way, does she?
Oh, it's silly.
Whatever you say,
I will never agree to this.
Also, when a girl enters a house,
she should hold a lit lamp and enter the house with her right foot.
That's how it is!
But what's the issue with that?
Don't take it as a girl coming to see a boy.
A Panchayat president
is coming to the house of one of her residents.
That's all.
What's wrong with that?
If so, then it is fine.
It's as simple as that.
Stop. Stop.
Open.
Move. Get out!
Everyone, get out!
Come on, out. Everyone, out.
Get out!
They paid for the tickets.
No trip. Out. Get out.
You get out first.
-The cops will come after us! -Everyone, out!
This is Babu's vehicle!
Babu bought it with Babu's money. Get out!
Is that so? What stupidity are you doing?
Lecturing me after getting on my bus drunk?
-Get out, woman! -What the hell are you doing?
-There are kids! -People with kids get down first!
You will see my true colours if you touch her!
You should talk nicely to women.
I specifically asked them not to let you board when there are women!
Get out! His shitty curls and bananas!
Taking our money and throwing us out midway?
-Get out. Out! -Watch your mouth!
You don't know me!
Get out, you!
What is it?
Babu, my crackers!
What?
Crackers?
His damn crackers!
His shitty rucksack!
Do I have to tell you separately? Get out!
My legs are hurting.
Would he have gone to influence the officers?
No way.
Peethambaran is a sly fox.
We will see that now.
Look!
The jeep is coming.
Here comes the fox.
Stand aside.
The jeep is a little shaky.
Peethambaran, did you get any idea?
-I have no idea. -Oh, no.
I slept yesterday, trusting you.
Oh, so you slept yesterday, did you?
My sleep has gone altogether.
I don't think I'll be able to sleep at home anymore.
Hey, don't get disheartened, Hariharan.
I should be blamed for building a waiting shed for Perilloor,
spending Rs. 25 lakh
and thinking it will revamp this whole place!
We all know whose pockets got a revamp!
There they come.
Who?
It's over, right?
Let it be over once and for all. Your Capriporn name-calling.
From now on,
if I ever hear another person say it...
Move.
-Move. -Oh, no!
-What happened? -Oh, no!
-It was such a nice bus stop. -Then where is it?
The dreams of so many got shattered.
Isn't it, Soman?
-Sir, what to write in the report now? -Who cares!
Thank God we are alive!
They are here.
Where?
-Greetings! -Greetings!
Come.
-Don't hit your head. -Let's sit here.
Come.
-Greetings! -Greetings!
Greetings.
-Please be seated. -Sit down.
-Sit, dear.
Hope your journey was good?
-It was good. -What journey?
Aren't they just a few fields away?
Shouldn't we at least ask something?
Then,
let us call the groom.
Hey? Call the groom.
Sreeju has gone to call him. He will come now.
-He will come now. -Okay.
Here's the groom!
Look at him thoroughly.
By the way,
she might still be angry with him.
Uff! I am relieved now!
I was afraid of how she'd react when she got here.
-Now, let's proceed quickly, right? -Yes.
I can say now that my vote made
my daughter-in-law the Panchayat president.
It's better to not talk about that one vote.
If the boy and girl want to talk,
you may go inside.
They need to break a lot of ice between them, right?
-Go. -Go, dear.
Come.
-Come. -Mother.
-Hope Uncle doesn't mess this up. -Shut up!
Where is Peethambaran's daughter now?
Who is this?
Standing to your mother's right?
This one?
Right. The best person to ask!
This is Sreedevi.
Sreekuttan's father's aunt's daughter.
She's a university professor.
But my son has no clue about his family members.
Sister!
Come here.
-We just have to decide on a date. -Let them talk.
Bringing that in the middle of...
Was it you who informed her that I'm the Panchayat president here?
Yes, I called her.
But that turned out well, right?
If you had gone for PhD,
would we have gotten together like this?
No.
Come in.
-What is it, dear? -Uncle, come. Let's go.
-What happened, man? -I don't know.
-What is it, brother? -No clue.
-What is it now? -I don't know.
-What happened? -Dear?
Malu.
-Ask her what it is. -Dear?
Let them ask her.
What is it, Malu? What happened?
-Nothing, Aunty. -Malu!
-Malu? -Start the car.
Let's go.
I will call you.
-What is the issue? -Dear?
Are you unwell?
Sreekuttan will never become good in this life, Shamla.
Do you know what I regret the most in my life?
Falling in love with him.
I have never had such a feeling for any other man.
Let it go, dear.
I already did.
Mother!
Serve the food.
Oh, Perilloor Goddess.
Are you going on a trip?
It's the best mood for a trip, right?
Then why are you booking this flight ticket?
To the Gulf.
To the Gulf!
Why?
I can't stay here any longer.
I will leave Perilloor tomorrow night.
Ask your brother to wait at the junction
tomorrow night with the vehicle.
Nobody else has to know.
I will leave Perilloor tomorrow.