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'Kochi, 2018'

While co-passengers are saying that he
might have alighted for some emergency,

the police haven't
taken it at face value.

After questioning those who
were present at the scene,

the police have inferred that the
incident is shrouded in total mystery.

"Rains and fountains
will shower embers"

"Upon the waves
and the shores"

"Rains and fountains
will shower embers"

"Upon the waves
and the shores"

The police investigation is progressing,
based on the possibility of an accident.

Moreover, a higher
police official stated



that there are discrepancies among the
statements of some of the co-passengers.

CCTV footage from Kayamkulam, Mavelikkara
and Chengannoor stations are being inspected.

We shall come back with more
details regarding this news.

News Hour shall continue
with "Live" updates.

"Rains and fountains
will shower embers"

"Upon the waves
and the shores"

Today, our Government
has acknowledged that

our beloved Amala Ma'am
is a brilliant doctor.

And that's a fact known
to every common man...

who's dependent on our
District Hospital, right?

Anyway, for selecting Dr. Amala Sreeram
as one of the best doctors in the state,

here's a warm hug from
'Friends from Kochi' workers,

to the Government and
the Health Department.

Everyone knows that Doctor
joined us during the floods...



when not just Kochi, but our entire
state was neck-deep in water!

I still remember.

Doctor called us on a night
when we were baffled like...

we were witnessing the end of
the world before our very eyes.

She asked if she can join us.

And you know how we are, right?

From that day onwards, we
took hold of her completely.

And I think she was there
with us day and night...

for all the programmes of
'Friends from Kochi' during the floods.

Doctor,
we love you!

I love you all too!
But...

enough of all these praises!

I had told them that such an
event is unnecessary.

For such a success, is a party necessary?
Is it?

But the only relief is that...

these two will bear the
entire expense for tonight!

So, eat to your heart's content
without blinking your eyes...

and rush to your homes
and sleep well! Okay?

Ma'am!

A song, please!

What is this?

- Sing!
- A song?

Please, please!
One song!

- Come, sit here!
- So that was your plan!

"The day I set my eyes on a mirror,
I didn't see my past"

"Did my eyes shut from within,
due to the scorching heartaches?"

"The singing within"

"Smeared all over"

"Smeared all over"

"The singing within"

"The singing within"

"Smeared all over"

"Smeared all over"

"The singing within"

"Beside a memory that's leaving
me without ever leaving me"

"Are the eyes in a
hurry to shed tears?"

"On the small path that leads to
the sea that overflows unknowingly"

"Was death waiting around the
corner, to erase the laughter?"

"To disappear,
to keep flowing"

"To fly high"

"The singing within"

"Smeared all over"

"Smeared all over"

"The singing within"

"Within the blink of an eye"

"A season of compassion
blossoms before me with kindness"

"When the mind is dreaming"

"The depth of time
appears before me"

"Tears are turning into a sea far away"

"The rains and the fountains"

"Are flowing away in sorrow"

"Riches and foes"

"Are turning into mere shadows"

"Through this thread of water
that has wounded everyone"

"All of us have come together,
with our hearts united"

"The singing within"

"Smeared all over"

"Smeared all over"

"The singing within"

"The singing within"

"Smeared all over"

"Smeared all over"

"The singing within"

Come.
It will be alright now.

You will be alright now.

There's nothing to worry.

It will be alright now.
Don't cry.

Don't cry, dear.

Don't cry.

Yes, Nikhila.

Hey, there's a casualty case.

It's a 5-year-old child.

She ripped her necklace and
inserted a bead into her nose.

Oh!

It's quite serious.

Can you come to the
hospital quickly?

Okay.
I'll come right away.

I'm starting now.

- Tell me.
- Hey, Nikhila.

Make sure the child is stable.

Remove your hand from your nose.

Make sure that the bead doesn't
enter the child's trachea.

Okay. Make sure that she
is sitting upright.

Keep your head like this.
Okay?

And make sure, she's breathing
through the mouth.

Open your mouth and
breathe through it.

Okay.
Okay, that's good.

Okay. I'll be there shortly.
I'm on the way.

Come.

How is she now?
Did you check?

Yeah.
Now she's okay.

But that bead's position
seems to be a little risky.

Is it? Okay.
Let's get it checked.

Hi, dear!

How are you?

- What's your name, dear?
- Alli.

Alli!
It's such a cute name!

It's nothing.
It's very minor.

She will be fine soon.

Can you please wait
outside for some time?

Go.

Your mom and sister
are scaredy-cats!

We can handle this
ourselves, right?

You are a good girl.
Give Doctor Aunty a hug!

Now Dr. Archana
will give you a tight hug.

Come.

Sit back.

Hold her tight.

What's your favorite
cartoon character?

Mr. Bean.

Mr. Bean is my favorite too!

Do you know what Mr. Bean said?

That lil' Alli has hidden a bead!

But where has she hidden it?

Oh no!
It's inside her nose!

Give me the forceps.

Don't move.
Okay, dear?

Then, Mr. Bean told me...

to remove it from Alli's nose.

Come, let's find it.

Come on, come on.

Okay.

Come.

This is the bead, Aunty.

You know what would have happened
if it had entered her trachea, right?

It would be best to supervise a
child of her age while she's playing.

Okay?
There's no problem now.

There will be a minor bleeding.

After you reach home, keep her
head in an elevated position.

She will be alright soon.

She is a smart child.

She cooperated very well.

Right, dear?
Here you go!

- Thank you, Doctor!
- Of course!

Bye!

Bye.
Good night.

Bye.

Oh God!

- This is from a new number!
- Yes.

Should we file another
complaint with the Cyber Cell?

There's no point!

Let me see who it is.

Let me try calling Sreeram.

'There is no urgency. Thanks'

I'm leaving.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay, okay.

Okay.
Bye.

Who is going to
Bangalore tomorrow?

It's me, Sir.

You don't have to go.
Send Sreekumar.

- You go to Trivandrum tomorrow.
- Okay.

Call me by noon and let me know
what the actual issue is, over there.

- Okay?
- Okay, Sir.

'My love might be bugging you'

'My love might be annoying you'

'But I will continue to love you,
since my love is my right'

'barrage of creepy,
flirtatious messages'

'But I will continue to love you,
since my love is my right'

'Did my love annoy you?'

Hello?

Hello!

Talk to me if you dare!

Hello!

- Understood?
- Hello.

Hi.

Hi.

- You're talking about Qatar, right?
- Yes.

Hey, he's talking about
what happened in Qatar.

That's what happened.

That's not what happened.

She was working in
Qatar airways, right?

So, when this movie was
being shot in Qatar,

she went to the location to play
the role of a gynaecologist.

That's how this
relationship actually began.

I was also saying the same.

Hey, they must have seen each other
at the shooting location, right?

- Of course.
- That's all there is!

Us, being Malayalis...

The moment we hear 'extra marital affair',
we want to link some movie folks!

We feel good when we do so!

Check out the glow
on this guy's face!

Hey Joyce!

Show it to us before you leave.

Please show it to us
before you leave.

You're never going to see it!

Show it to us before you leave!
Joyce!

Sreeram!

Dude, please show it!

Get lost!

- I just want to see it.
- Bye, bye!

Hey Sree!

I don't want it, Sir.

- Send it to him.
- Yes.

I'm sure.
He won't send it.

I'm sure.
He won't send it.

Joyce, it's definitely her!

Almost every night,

after sharp 11:00 p.m.
messages start flooding my phone's inbox,

inquiring about my well-being!

'Have you gone to bed, Doctor?
Have you slept?'

I even get inappropriate
marriage proposals.

Like, how cheap...!

Please!

I request you to...
please please...

Can you drive faster?

It's not possible to
change my number.

I've been using this number
for the past 10 years.

Why should I change it?

Sree... That ADGP is
your friend, right?

Can you talk to him?
Please.

No.

This is something that you can solve
yourself if you really want to.

Solve it?

How?
I didn't understand.

You are a Doctor.

A paediatrician who's
quite good at what you do.

Then why are you making
YouTube videos at midnight?

I make YouTube
videos at midnight...

since I don't have
time during the day!

What's wrong with that?

Have you seen the comments
below your videos?

I post informative content that's very
helpful to ordinary people in my videos.

If people post vulgar comments below that,
why should I care about it?

That's not it. You are really
enjoying all that. That's all!

Don't decorate it with
your justification, Amala!

There's nothing wrong.

And this headache is
due to sinusitis.

There's nothing to worry.
Okay?

No need for any medicine.

Do steam inhalation regularly.

Reduce the fan speed at night.

Are you relieved now?

This is the man who invented
the word 'tension'!

Especially in her case.

No need to get stressed.

Okay, Sir.
Thank you!

Okay.
Thank you, Doctor!

- Listen, dear.
- Yes.

The sale of the plot in Thalayolaparambu
is more or less finalized.

That money, along
with the bank loan...

will be enough to pay for
her college admission.

We can look into the rest
when the time comes, right?

But she has to
agree to it, right?

I don't want to become a Doctor
by paying for my admission.

I had told this to
Grandpa earlier as well.

Just give me a year's time.

I will secure a seat
on merit itself.

See?

She can do it, Kuruvacha.

You just have to
give her some time.

But you should utilize the
time that you get, very well.

You shouldn't over think and
give her a headache, Kuruvacha!

Right, dear?

He never understands.

He just keeps repeating himself.

It's like that.

Anna, I've kept aside
3-4 books for you.

Okay? I'll send them
along with your grandpa.

Okay.

Are you going home
now, Kuruvacha?

No, I'm on duty.

You're on duty?
Okay.

- See you later then.
- Okay then.

Let's go,dear.

This time, we don't
need famous models.

Any college student
would do.

But she should be beautiful.

Or else, it will be a disaster.

- That's a good idea.
- Okay.

My God!
What is this?

So many curries?

Is this all you do at home?

It's not me.
It's my Mom!

Cooking is my Mom's
main entertainment.

And since she learned
how to watch YouTube now,

she experiments after
watching the videos on it.

Great!

What is this?

Do you still have all these?
Didn't get tired of it?

It's for Anna.

- The two of you are very close, right?
- Yes.

This attachment
is not just for me.

It's the same for
everyone from our batch.

This Kuruvachan addresses everyone
like his children, and nothing else!

He is such a loving person.

Long ago, while I was staying in
hostel during my 1st year in college,

I was down with
severe pneumonia.

Moreover, I was very homesick.

Then, Kuruvachan
and his daughter...

I mean, Anna's mother...

The love and affection with
which they cared for me...

That care... I can never
forget that, Nikhila.

Where is Anna's mother now?

Anna's mother was a teacher.

She was married
off to Kozhikode.

But her husband was working
at a private bank in Kottayam.

One day,

Anna and her parents
took the Madras Mail train...

to attend a wedding
in Kozhikode.

When the train reached Kadalundi,
the railway bridge collapsed!

Three carriages
fell into the river.

Including Anna's parents, 57 people
were killed in that accident that day!

Oh no!

5-year-old Anna survived, somehow.

I'm telling you...
She's a miracle child!

Check this out.

This was the next day's
front page news...

with Anna's photo.

'Kadalundi train accident: 5 year old girl
brought to the shore by rescue workers'

Strange, right?

Such is life!

Not bad.

But we need better girls, right?

- Right, Dilip?
- Of course, Sir.

Campus to ramp is
not a privilege, right?

The model should look
gorgeous to the public. That's all.

There's a girl I know.

Just a minute.

I took him to the room
in the morning itself.

Okay then.
You can leave.

Yes, Sree.

Amala.

There's a driver at your hospital,
right? What was his name?

Kuru... Kuruvachan.

Yes.

He has a grand-daughter, right?

The one who came
to our apartment?

- Yes. Anna.
- Anna. Yes, yes.

Can you send me a photo of Anna?

What for?

You prepare a detailed complaint,
as per Manoj Sir's instruction.

Let's file it tomorrow itself.

Sreeram will find out, right away.

The two of them are
very close, Jerin.

Amala,

no girl without a proper stand,
can live peacefully in this society.

You should have a
stand about everything.

You should definitely have it.

Don't you remember...

that Malaysian trip while I was
the news editor at the TV channel?

Yes, I remember.

I casually posted a photo

of me lying on the beach
wearing a short dress,

on Facebook,
just for fun.

And what a mess it became!

My parents had a problem.
My husband had a problem.

I lost my job the next week!

Oh God!

Finally, what happened?

On the anniversary of my resignation, my
husband and I went back to the same beach.

This time, I wore a bikini and posted
another pic of myself hugging my husband!

And a poem along with it.

'Guys, 19th century
was better than the 21st.'

'Isn't it heroic to strip away the bodice and pay
tax instead of wearing one decreed by boomers?'

The thing is very sensitive.

- Basically...
- Last time the anesthesia...

Last time...

- Doctor.
- Yeah.

You continue going.
I'll join you later.

Alright.

'Hi. Have you slept, Doctor?'

'Send a pic.
I want to see you.'

'The customer you're
trying to reach...'

We are planning to shoot the
ad for the Trivandrum showroom,

with some college girls.

In that case, wouldn't
Anna be a good fit for it?

If that happens,

it would be a help for them, right?

No.

No chance. I don't think
she will be interested.

Why are you acting
like a guardian to her?

If she does an
advertisement and it clicks,

wouldn't it be
beneficial in her life?

You have no idea
what you're saying!

She is studying very well
with a goal in her mind.

I don't think she'll be
interested in any of this.

Try to find some other girl.

The way you talk has been
really irritating, lately.

Hey, dear!

Oh!

She won't listen when I tell her not
to enter the kitchen in the morning!

What should I do with this girl?

- Yes, dear.
- Hi, Kuruvacha.

I'm going to
Coimbatore urgently.

Sree's grandfather
passed away!

Okay.

You know why I called?

On the way to the hospital tomorrow
morning, please stop by my flat.

I have given a cover to the
security guard over there.

Please collect it and give it to
Dr. Cyriac tomorrow morning itself.

Of course.
I will do it.

Is Anna with you?

- Please pass the phone to her.
- Okay.

Dear!

Yes!

Here you go.
It's Dr. Amala.

- Yes, Doctor.
- Anna.

I have sent an email with
an attached document.

Please print it and
give it to your grandpa.

Okay.
I'll give it to him.

Oh no!

Didn't you take a shower?

I'll come back
and take a shower.

We need to find a
new house, Grandpa.

Someplace closer to the town.

The town is just 10
minutes away, right?

- Yeah, right!
- What?

We have to walk 2
kilometers to catch a bus.

Uncle Saji drops us here only because
he'd get other trips from here.

Moreover, I don't
like this house.

It's a house with zero
positive energy.

Okay.

Let's do it after
we sell that plot.

We will find a way.

Your mother also wanted
to leave this place.

Though it was
all water and swamp,

if I call her to
Marykutty Amma's house,

she would step out right away!

Mathukutty had the same opinion too.

He wanted to buy a
property in Vypin.

Yes, Grandpa.

It got late by the time
the class got over.

I'll call you after I board the bus.
I'm on the way.

Okay.

Stop there!

Catch them!

Hey!
Catch them!

Hey!

- What did I do?
- Get inside!

- Let go of me!
- I didn't do anything!

Get inside!

- What's the matter?
- Get inside!

Sit over there!

- Move aside! Catch them.
- Get everyone inside!

Get them inside!

- Catch them!
- Get them inside!

Get in!

Let's go.

'Grandpa calling'

What do you have to say, Madam?

What do you have to say
about this raid, Madam?

Excuse me. Does that
girl have anything to say?

- Go!
- Move aside!

- Do you have anything to say?
- Move aside!

Don't disturb us.

Let them inside!

What is this?
Move aside!

Go!
Go fast!

Don't disturb us.

The police conducted a raid based
on Mandaram TV's report that...

prostitution gangs and drug
rackets were operating...

using college
students in the city.

The gang was operating
from a luxurious house....

in a colony where many
of the city's VIPs reside.

The initial conclusion made
by the police is that all the girls...

who were arrested are students
from several colleges in the city.

We are yet to receive more
information in this regard.

Kuruvachetta.

Come.

Let's go to the station.
Come, Chetta.

Come, Chetta.

Babu sir?

Are you at the station?

There's a small problem.

You will be there, right?

Move aside!
Move over there!

Check those bags.
Keep it there.

Hey, move over there!

Hey, move!
Why are you reluctant?

What is your name?

Hey, what is your name?

- Anna.
- What?

Anna.

I was returning from
coaching class, Sir.

What coaching class?

Parents work tirelessly
and send you to study.

But you hook up
with someone and...

Sir, we got these
from their bags!

Oh! So is this also yours?
Is it?

Give me your bag!
Let me check it.

Check it properly.

Hey, check her!
Fast!

Get her to the hospital!
Fast!

What is this?
Move aside!

What is happening here?

Move aside!
Move!

What is happening here?

- Sir...
- What is this?

Take her to the hospital
instead of playing around!

Get these people outside!

Get them outside!

Get out!

- What is the case?
- Immoral trafficking, Sir.

Shadow police confirmed it.
We made the arrest after that.

Come here, Sreejith.

Get their statements.

Get her checked by
someone from the clinic.

It shouldn't become
a nuisance later on.

Hey girl!
Dear!

- Hey!
- Hello!

- Hello?
- Hey!

According to the police, drug
sales and immoral trafficking...

have been taking place for
an extended period of time...

in these luxurious houses rented
by Perumbavoor resident Sajimon.

What is this?

Can't you guys do your job if there
are no reporters and cameras around?

Who is giving you your salary?

Is it the government...

or the TV channels?

These things can't
be allowed here.

The gang was operating
using college students...

Oh! What an enthusiasm!

You have told them
everything, huh?

Now we can prepare the FIR
report after watching the channels!

When will you all
mend your ways?

Sir!

Let me tell you
one thing clearly.

The way you work along with
reporters and TV channels...

I won't allow it in my station!

All of you will be in trouble!
I'm warning you!

Sir, the girl who went
unconscious is not part of this gang.

Then?

None of them know this girl.

She was waiting for the bus
after her entrance coaching class.

By mistake, we...

Shucks!

...many agents were
working for Saji,

Who is that?

... in this prostitution
business....

I asked you, who is that?

- CPO Sumathi.
- Call her!

Sir.

What is this?

You will be suspended, for sure!

This girl is innocent.

But the whole world
is seeing her face!

It's only because of you!

Dear!

Grandpa!

I didn't do anything, Grandpa!

That girl's grandfather is here, Sir.

What all have you done?

I am answerable for all this!

If this becomes an issue,

that officer will sit at home!

That's for sure.

Call him.

Chetta, Sir is calling you.

Come.

Please sit down.

Can I get you something
to drink, Uncle?

No.

During the raid,

a struggle broke out
near the bus stop.

We took this girl
from there by mistake.

We haven't registered any case.

When we realised it, we asked
to release her immediately.

You got stressed
for some time, right?

Das,

drop them to their
house in our vehicle.

That's not required, Sir.

I came in an auto rickshaw.
We will go back in it.

Just think that it missed the
eye and hit the eyebrow instead!

She has God's blessing.

That's why the Police
realized the truth.

Or else, we would've been forced to go
to great lengths to prove our innocence.

I had always suspected her.

I have told you, right?

Ask them when they arrive.

I knew it earlier itself.

I let it slide since he is very
gentle and well-mannered.

What gentle and well-mannered?

Shameless people!

You should ask them to
leave in the morning itself!

This item can't be
allowed to stay here.

Throw her out of that house.

Are there any
new videos of yours?

We can't allow this here.
You should leave this place.

Move away! Shoving
the phone on the face?

Move away!

Move!

Get lost!

Move!

The Police admitted that
they made a mistake.

We saw you on TV.

[booing]

Stop booing!
Move aside!

Move away!

It's nothing.

It's nothing.

Tomorrow morning,

everyone will realize the truth.

Don't cry, dear.

Don't cry.

Get lost!

Yeah.
I'm just getting in.

Thank you, Sir!

What happened, Rahim?
Did you get the minister's news byte?

No, Sir.
They are waiting over there.

Even now?

- Send Jiji over.
- I'll call her, Sir.

Roy Sir.

Our boys are
waiting over there.

We sent them because the
minister called us.

Not possible at night.

He is going to meet the CM, right?
It's difficult to do it over there.

Just remind him.

Thank you.

- Sir.
- What is this?

Is it NASA's satellite image?

This is that girl's
raid case, right?

Yes, Sir.

It's the same visuals
on all channels!

Same scrolls!

We haven't gotten
any side stories.

Sir, I had called
and informed Rahul.

That Circle Inspector
is a troublesome guy.

He is not cooperating.

This girl...

- Lal?
- He is in his cabin.

- Over there?
- Yes.

Sir.

Show me the
visuals of that raid.

Give me that laptop.

Who is this?

This is... Anna.

- Anna?
- Yes.

- Only Anna?
- Yes.

Do you have any other details?

No, we don't have
any other details.

Hello.

I had called you
many times, Sir.

I'm really busy here.

It's okay, Sir.

I called you for something, Sir.

The girls who were
arrested in the raid...

Is there any way to collect
their names and details?

Is this for telecasting
on your channel?

No, Sir. This is
not for telecasting.

Things are messed up over here.

The C.I. is really furious!

I can't do anything
for the next two days.

I will call you back later.

Okay, Sir.

- Come, Lal.
- Okay, Sir.

- Is Dasettan over there?
- He will be there, Sir.

Hello!

Dasetta, 2010...

Get me the news files
till January 15th.

Your eyesight is diminishing!

The file that you are
looking for might be in here.

There!

2010, January.
Kozhikode.

State School Youth Festival.

Individual champion.

There she is!
Anna Chirayath.

Bharatanatyam,
Mohiniyattam, Kuchipudi,

Mono-act, Story Telling.

A-Grade in everything!

Dasetta, please
mail these to Jiji.

I'll send an email.

The 'Kalaprathibha' and 'Kalathilakam'
titles were cancelled after 2010.

After that, the participants
with the highest points...

became 'Individual Champions'.

It was the first State Youth Festival
that I reported.

That's why I
remember it so well.

- Sit down.
- Sir.

Collins.

2010 State School Youth Festival,
held in Kozhikode.

Back then,

I got you the details of a girl
named Anna. Do you remember?

Yes. Director Rammohan
had asked me to get it.

Yeah.

Which film was it for?

'Honey Drops'.
Okay, thank you.

Anna...

Chirayath.

A film star who rose to fame
from the Youth Festival stage,

Anna...

Chirayath...

arrested in a Police raid.

It was through
Director Rammohan's film...

that Anna entered
the film industry.

Now, this has...

a side story.

You can go live!

Okay, Sir.
Thank you.

Shouldn't we confirm
it once again, Sir?

What's there to confirm?

Whether this is the same girl...

At the station, what did you
hear that the girl's name was?

- Anna.
- Anna!

Anna Chirayath!

It's her.

I'm sure of it.

Don't worry.
Go on!

- Okay, Sir.
- Okay.

Anna Chirayath!

Former 'Kalathilakam' and film star, Anna
Chirayath arrested for immoral trafficking.

It was Anna Chirayath
who was the topper in...

2010 Kozhikode Kerala Youth Festival,
winning the highest number of A-Grades.

After that, she debuted as
a heroine in "Honey Drops',

a film directed by Rammohan,
the famous Director.

Even though several offers came to
Anna after the success of her first film,

Anna decided to quit films and
pursue her studies to become a Doctor.

An intelligent girl who was
a role model for the society...

got trapped in the hands
of drug mafia and pimps.

This is a topic which should be discussed
with much importance by our society.

'In the arrest of sex rocket-'

'Operated in a rented house in the city
Anna Chirayath is in the arrested list'

'Police takes Women's Association
to custody in Kochi'

Hello.
Good morning.

No, no.
We just landed.

No. I haven't checked Facebook.

What's the matter?

Is it?
Let me check.

Okay.

'Drug sales and prostitution
ring in Kochi's rented house'

'Former 'Kalathilakam' and film
actress Anna Chirayath arrested'

'Drug sales and prostitution
ring in Kochi's rented house'

Was she a film actress?

This girl.

'Drug sales and prostitution
ring in Kochi's rented house.'

'Former 'Kalathilakam' and film
actress Anna Chirayath arrested'

Nikhila, what is this?

No, no.
I just landed now.

Okay then.
Let me see.

I just came to know that
this girl was a film actress!

Just because she played a small
role in a film a long time back,

does that make
her a film actress?

That's enough, right?

When I asked her
photo for that ad,

what all were you bragging?

'She is at a different level.'

'She has a different aim.'

- Was this her aim?
- Sree...!

- Great aim!
- Enough! Please stop!

Take a right turn from here.

Okay, stop.

Where are you running off to?
I need to go to the office.

You have the keys
to our flat, right?

You can order food online.
There's nothing else, right?

- Give it.
- Look at this.

Film actress and former 'Kalathilakam'
Anna Chirayath arrested for prostitution.

My God!

The news focusing on Anna broke
out on Mandaram Channel first.

And then, on their
online portal as well.

By late night, it spread like
wildfire on all the online channels.

I've been calling
you since then.

Film actress to serve drugs.

When did all this happen, Nikhila?

All in one night!

Anna, you look so tired
after crying all this while!

Do you know what I believe?

There is still some justice
and law left in this country.

You just wait and see!

Media, police...

and especially that
Mandaram Channel.

They will definitely have to
come to court to answer for this!

Be strong.

Drink some water.

Yes, Krishna.
Tell me.

Amala, you know
Sama's Aunty, right?

Devika Aunty, who works at
Bharata Mata College.

Oh, yes.
Devika teacher.

Sama is staying
with her now, right?

Her only daughter
is in Bangalore.

Sama is saying that she will
shift to the ground floor.

So, Anna and her Dad
can stay there, right?

You do this.

Try to shift them to
that place today itself.

Thank you!
Okay.

I will update you.
Bye.

A house has been arranged.

Let's shift today itself.

What is the situation outside?

Should we call the police
station once again?

Okay.

Let go of my hand!

What do you have to say?

Move!

Can't see her!

Move away!

Move away!

Hey, move!

Close the window!

Move!

Hey, move!

Move, move!

Move!

- Don't beat reporters!
- Which newspaper are you from?

- Online!
- Which online channel?

Hi Machan vlog, Irumpanam!

Go away!

Everyone go away!

Get lost!

This is definitely police's mistake.

But you know
they won't admit it.

Anyway, the C.I. is not
available today.

Let's go and meet him tomorrow.

It was Lal from Mandaram Channel,
who reported this.

He didn't do the follow-up
story on his own.

All of these are SJV's work.

SJV?

Well, you are yet
to see that havoc!

This is the only news that's
going around online now.

What all are they writing?
Shucks!

What is a way to block this?

Mandaram is the
mouthpiece of Malayalam, right?

They are the ones who
made it so worse, right?

This will end only if
they confess the truth.

But the possibility of
that happening is unlikely.

But anyway, we can try.

It's not about trying, Jerin.

We have to make
them rectify this.

Or else, the
shame will be on us.

Or else, what meaning
do our lives have?

True.

Jerin!

Jerin!

Here!

Can you serve the food to them?

What is the update?

The channels
haven't stopped yet.

Some of them have just
started weaving new stories.

I contacted the police station.

It was their blunder, for sure.

But they won't
accept it easily, right?

We are going to the
police station tomorrow.

Okay.

Anyway, I have asked Kuruvachan not to
give the phone to her, for the time being.

If she opens it,

she will collapse!

This is so cruel!

It takes just half a
second to get trapped.

I'll take the plates out.

- I will also come, Teacher.
- Okay.

"This is life"

"This is why it's full of joy"

"And that's a lie"

"This is life"

"This is why it's full of joy"

"And that's a lie"

"I was a little girl"

"With a big smile and big eyes"

"Big as the sky"

"Big dreams, big dreams"

"Medicine, medicine"

"This is life"

"This is why it's full of joy"

"And that's a lie"

"This is life"

"This is why it's full of joy"

"And that's a lie"

Our dream doctor
with our dream girl.

Oh God!

- Hey.
- Yes.

Just show up for the function
and leave immediately.

Uncle came here and
invited you as well, right?

It's not possible
at all today, Sree.

I'll call Uncle and tell him.

I have to go to the C.I.'s office
along with Jerin in the morning.

I have to meet many people
today to address Anna's issue.

Anna's issue!

Are you all so jobless,

that you're getting involved
in these shady cases?

Sree,

this is a problem affecting the life
of a poor girl from an ordinary house.

Do you know what a
huge trap she is in now?

I've known Anna and
Kuruvachan for so many years.

And they need my help now.

Shady case, it seems.

What's the matter
with you people?

The two of you are
saying the truth.

Absolutely right!

There is no doubt that the
police have made a mistake.

Our internal body is
investigating that as well.

Action will be taken against the
responsible individuals.

Definitely!

But I can't say all this
in front of the media.

Actually, I spoke openly
about all this because...

I'm extremely sad
about that girl's situation.

There's no point in discussing
this between us, right?

Due to a false news,

that girl is unable
to leave her house.

There should be some
solution for this, right?

That's true.

But actually, it was Mandaram Channel,
that made such a mess of it.

What was the need for them to dig up that
girl's history and make a news out of it?

Madam,

don't think that
I'm accusing you.

Today's media is very wrong.

Who gave them permission
to publish a news article...

using the photo of a girl upon
whom no cases were charged?

I am the station officer here.

They should have called and
asked me at least, right?

Is this what journalism is?

That's how it is now, Sir.

I'll give you some simple
mathematics.

We publish a fake news.

So, the affected person
would definitely go to court.

Then, we will hire a big shot
lawyer and fight the case.

We'd most likely be
acquitted in the case.

If not, we would
pay a meager fine.

That's it.

If the money we can make from
publishing this fake news...

is ten times more than what we
would spend for this court case,

why should we
ignore that fake news?

This was the question that my editor
asked me before I put my resignation.

Sir, we really appreciate that
you're trying to cooperate with us.

Anyway, we are going to
meet the editor of Mandaram.

Our primary requirement is to make
them publish a retraction, right?

If we require anything,
we will call you, Sir.

You know what really
happened, right Sir?

Sir, can you please...
just talk to them?

I'll tell them.

But not through the phone.

I'll do it in person.

Or else, he will record that as
well, and turn that into a news!

- Hi Jerin.
- Hi.

What can we do now?
You tell us.

Look, by today evening...

news regarding this
retraction should come...

on Mandaram channel,
newspaper and online portal.

There's no other
solution for this.

Also, it's a grave
mistake from your side.

Can you deny that?

It was Mandaram
that started this.

You guys should come
forward and resolve this.

I wrote about it in great
detail on my online channel.

But its reach is very limited.

You are right... but you should
talk to Sir about this, directly.

There's no use in discussing
this with anyone else.

Okay. I will talk to Sir right away.

Hi Jerin. You should
have walked right in!

What's the need of
such formalities?

Is this...

Hey, please sit.

You presented it to him as a big
issue, as if he is a 'big' guy over here!

No, SJV.

I just mentioned it to him
when I saw him. That's all.

And of course, you will be
busy with your paper, channel...

You know how busy it gets, right?

So many news items
are coming in.

From that, we have
to pick what we need.

That's how we're busy.

This is Dr. Amala.

I know.

Dr. Amala Sreeram.

Paediatric Surgeon at Ernakulam
Government hospital, right?

Yes.

- You were working in Thrissur earlier?
- Yes.

I'm a big fan of you, Doctor.

Actually, my wife is your fan.

She watches all your
episodes without fail.

She has a doubt as well.

Achaya, how does...
She calls me 'Achaya'.

Achaya, how does the
doctor precisely describe...

the health issue you are
facing in the very next episode?

That's purely coincidental.

This is a question from
3.5 million subscribers!

- Excuse me, Sir.
- Yeah.

Jiji, please stay.

Let's get down to business.

Lal told me about it.

Almost all news media reported
about that day's raid.

But it was our media...

that found a
special story in it.

But in that story...

There are no factual
mistakes in that story.

But there was a
twist in its climax.

And it was completely
unexpected, right?

But Mr. SJV...

you do realize...

that twist...

has made a girl's
life pathetic, right?

Yeah.
That I know.

I'm not disputing that.

- Jiji.
- Sir.

In the 7 p.m. bulletin of Mandaram
online and Mandaram Daily,

Anna Chirayath's...

news should be corrected.

Okay, Sir.

We will close this
with an apology...

saying that we received wrong
information from the police.

- Right, Lal?
- Yes.

Hereafter, at least try to get a
clear picture in such cases before you...

Is it okay now, Ma'am?

Sounds reassuring.
Yeah.

Yeah.

- Draft it real quick and send it to me.
- Okay, Sir.

Then, Rahim from the
online department...

Tell him to call me.

So, yeah.

Jerin, Doctor... you can
come over any time.

We will be with you.

Thank you.

Hey...

your hand was sweaty
when you arrived.

It's not sweaty anymore!

Yeah.
Thank you!

Hey, what about the news?

It will start now.

Welcome to 7 PM News.
First, we have the headlines.

Kerala, under the grasp of fever.

There are no medicines
in Government Hospitals.

The state is in deep trouble.

Chief Minister said that the

Government will agree to the
demands of the fishing community,

except halting the Vizhinjam project.

[other news continues]

Did anything come in the news?

Nothing so far.

They will be saying it later.

Recklessness on the front page
and apology on the last page!

That's how it is, right?

Sit, Kuruvachan.

Actually, they were afraid
about what you would say.

Anyway, we did the right thing, Sir.

After all, it was a mistake
from our side, right?

What?

Mistake from whose side?

Hey, who reported the
immoral trafficking?

Who sent the visuals?

Before reporting such a thing,

whose responsibility was it to
confirm it with the police station?

Elsewhere, you would be sitting
at home for this single reason!

We won't do that.

Incidents reach here
at the speed of light.

Those are converted to news at an even
greater speed. That's our only concern.

There is no need to
get emotionally attached.

Understood? People won't
remember these things.

They keep on flying from one news
to the next news and then to the next.

What about the retraction, Sir?

[Other news playing]

Retraction!!

This company has a credibility.

It has my name on the byline
and I have a credibility!

If I say tomorrow that the news I created
was incorrect and apologize for it myself,

who will continue
to watch our news?

News bulletin is ending now.

Over to 'Public Forum'
with Abhilash. Namaste.

What was that?

Where is the news, Jerin?

Wait.
Let me check.

Look!
5 million followers!

This happened in a single
day and night. How?

If we publish the story of an
'ordinary' Anna Chirayath...

will this happen?
No.

So, the news about 'film actress'
Anna Chirayath...

can make such things happen!

We should sing a
hymn in her name, right?

Cheer up, man!

Amala!

He won't correct it.

What?

He won't stop with this!

'Anna Chirayath with Amala
Sreeram, the social media star'

He started his new game.

Anna Chirayath with...

Dr. Amala Sreeram,
the social media star?

This was posted at 7.05 p.m.!

It's a warning, Amala!

I shouldn't have trusted him.

- I didn't do anything!
- Get inside!

What's your name?

I don't know. That SJV says one
thing and does something else!

Hey, Anna!

You slept very well, right?

What happened?

Did they say
anything in the news?

Come here.

Come.

They didn't say it.

There's no point in hoping that
they would confess their mistake now.

Let's move forward,
our own way.

Anna,

you should listen carefully to
what I'm about to tell you now.

You are a highly educated girl.

You are intelligent as well.

If someone says something that you
never even imagined to your face,

you should be able to
ask them to get lost!

We should be giving her
the courage to say that!

And...

From now on,

we shouldn't hide
anything from her.

News articles that appear
online, on TV and the press...

She should see all the information
that comes up, connected to this issue.

Instead, how long can we
live within the moral codes,

created by the media and society,

and die of suffocation?

Yes, that's true.

From today onwards, you
should show some more courage.

- Okay?
- Yeah.

Hey, the entrance exam
is fast approaching.

You should attend classes.
You should study.

When the rank list is published,
you will be there in the top 50.

This is my prediction.

Be good to your servant while I live,

that I may obey your word.

Open my eyes that I may see
wonderful things in your law.

I am a stranger on earth;

do not hide your commands from me.

Yes, teacher.

- When?
- What?

Okay.

We are meeting the
lawyer tomorrow itself.

We have to think seriously
about our next step, right?

We will drop by tomorrow.

Okay?

Bye.

What happened?

Two youngsters came on
a motorbike, holding a camera.

They took a photo as well.

When teacher stepped
outside to check,

they went away.

So irritating!

Our media and society are
changing so fast!

You know something?

I never read the comments below
the videos I post on Facebook.

- Who has the time for it, right?
- Yeah.

Today, when I posted about Anna,

I just casually looked
through the comments.

You won't believe it.

99%

99% of people...

is interested to prove that
what she did was wrong!

I don't understand what's
plaguing their minds!

They don't even
care about the truth.

In between all this stress,
I forgot to change my clothes.

I posted a video
wearing this.

So many disgusting comments
came below that video!

I don't know.

Is it only women who
have this fate in this world?

Amala, let me tell you a
quote by Rebecca West.

'People call me a feminist...

wherever I express sentiments...

that distinguish
me from a doormat.'

I've heard that one.

She said this about 40 years ago.

There is no change
in that even today.

It's not going to change
tomorrow as well.

But in between this, we have
to live our lives and show them!

That's heroism.

Heroinism!

Okay. Don't forget the meeting
with the lawyer tomorrow.

- But Amala...
- Yes.

Just remember.

You're going to fight
a big media house.

Especially with a wormwood like SJV!

I've been doing some
research about him.

I asked around and
got to know some things.

The story of how Samkutty
Vakathanam became SJV is...

quite interesting!

'Mandaram'

1986-87 period.

It was the blooming time for
Mandaram weekly magazine in Kottayam.

Are you resting your
butt on the magazine?

Hey!

- Did the vehicle to Kozhikode leave?
- Yes, Sir.

It left.
Okay.

Sir, this is the guy whom Father
Vakathanam told you about.

Okay.

- What is your name?
- Samkutty.

- Till which grade did you study?
- I've passed 10th grade.

Passed 10th grade.

Do you read Mandaram?

I read only Mandaram.

Apart from that,
I read the Bible.

Kuriyapi, get him on that
vehicle going to Idukki. Okay?

I've told him.
Okay?

Samkutty,
are you there?

Yes.

Say something
while you're at it.

I need to know whether you're in the jeep
or fell off on the road.

[Singing an old Malayalam song]

Send the 15th chapter of
'Vannathikkili' novel for printing.

What were you saying?

I was saying that we should
thank Father Vakathanam.

He sent such a
nice fellow to us.

- Our Samkutty.
- Okay.

He is so humble!

He is so God-fearing!

That's good, anyway.

I'm on leave for three days
from Monday onwards, right?

Shall we send Samkutty
himself with the Idukki vehicle?

But does he know how to drive?

That's the surprise!

He has a driving license
even for heavy duty vehicles.

What?
Is that true?

Then, send him.

Send Maniyappan also if
he needs company. Okay?

Place it over there.

Hey Maniya.

Go somewhere and read this.

Go and read!

I can do this alone.

Sir.

Yes.
What is it?

Why does this vehicle going to Idukki...

need two workers?

A single person
can load this...

and drive the vehicle too.

So, two workers are not required?

No.

I will drive the vehicle
and do this too.

Hey! From now on, only
one person is required...

in the vehicle for
newspaper distribution.

It's not granite that you
are transporting, right?

It's paper bundles, right?

Only one person
is required for that.

Those who came as helpers...

can go and do manual labour at
the construction site, if they want.

Those who are not willing
to do it can go home.

[Singing an old Malayalam song]

Four days after his
daughter's wedding,

Kuriyappi returned to Mandaram.

My keys, Chetta.

Boss has asked you
to go and meet him.

What?

Boss!

Take care of them, read
Mandaram, pray everyday...

Samkutty is here, right?

You get going.

Samkutty Vakathanam
started his triumphant journey...

by betraying Kuriyappi, the one
who got him a job at Mandaram,

on his fourth day at work itself.

- Going home, brother?
- Shall I drop you?

Go drop Pathalam Varkey, your Dad!

You blood sucking vampire!

Pathalam Varkey?

With that smile on his face,

Samkutty continued his Idukki trip
with Mandaram's weekly bundle.

He would begin
his journey at night,

and in the morning, after unloading
each bundle at its designated location,

he would start his return
journey to Kottayam.

Around this time,

women working in hospitals,
government offices, textile shops...

around Ponkunnam,
Kanjirappally and Kottayam...

would be standing at bus stops waiting
for the Idukki-Kottayam Super Fast bus.

He would give them a lift.

Only to them!

During those trips,

Samkutty would talk
to them endlessly.

He would strike a
friendship with them.

He'd ask them things happening at their
homes, their towns and their work places.

They would tell
Samkutty their stories...

filled with sadness,
happiness, tears and hopes.

Samkutty would store those stories
in his mind like a photocopy.

During nights,

sitting in the press, the dispatch unit
or the terrace of the magazine building,

Samkutty would write these
stories as series of news articles.

The tear filled stories of
women living in hillside towns!

Hey.

Was it really you
who wrote this?

- Yes.
- Tell me the truth.

I swear, Sir.

Okay.

How many chapters
of this do you have?

I've written only
four or five chapters.

I can write as many as you want.

You write as much as you can.

Next week, we are going to
give an advertisement for this.

And we will start the series,
the following week!

- What about the 'Vannathikkili' story?
- We are stopping it next week!

Hey, this is 'Sad stories from Painavu'.

Give it to the artist to
prepare the advertisement.

Another thing...

We need Samkutty's
photo as well. Okay?

Come here, Sam.

Hey, nobody else has
anything that can beat this!

Our 'Mandaram'
will grow like wildfire!

Got it?

From then on,
Samkutty's life changed completely.

The series started.

It became a hit.

Within just 6 weeks,

Mandaram weekly's circulation
went up from 10 lakhs to 15 lakhs!

Driver Samkutty became
Mandaram weekly's Idukki reporter.

In 1995,

Mandaram started
their newspaper division.

Sam was appointed as
the newspaper's news editor.

You know how Mandaram
newspaper is, right?

Sam blurred the boundaries between
tear-filled soap operas and the news!

He remodelled news in such a way that
truth and lies became indistinguishable.

Malayalis started
devouring Mandaram!

Mandaram newspaper's circulation
went up from Lakhs to Crores!

News editor Samkutty
became the Chief Editor.

By 2001, Mandaram initiated
plans to start a TV channel.

Uthuppachan Sir's sons
were educated abroad.

They said something
openly to their father.

Hey Samkutty,

my sons are saying that the chief
editor should not be appointed...

based on old acquaintances!

Moreover, they will
appoint a senior journalist.

He will conduct interviews
and decide on the person. Okay?

I agreed to it.

Samkutty had the ability to
crack almost any interview.

The boss knew this more
than anyone else!

Well, one last question.

During Mandaram TV's launch,

imagine that an earth shattering
breaking news is required.

We have only 3 days.

What can you do?

I'll search for
one till I get it.

What if you don't get one?

I will create one.

I will definitely create one!

Thus, Samkutty Vakathanam took over
as the supreme soul of Mandaram TV!

He modified his name according
to numerology as well.

He changed it to Sam
John Vakathanam.

Sir had appeared for two
defamation cases against Mandaram

for publishing fake news.

But what happened at the end?

SJV influenced the petitioners
and made them withdraw the cases.

That's his experience.

That's what Sir hinted at.

That won't happen
in my case anyway.

Well, I was just saying.

You do this.

Prepare all the documents
Sir asked for.

- I'll send someone to collect them.
- Okay.

- Okay, bye.
- Bye.

Nikhila, let's go to
the coaching center.

Anna,

you wait here.

Let me meet the principal
and talk to him first.

You can come when
I call you. Okay?

Let Kuruvachan
also join us, right?

Yes.
Come.

What is it, dear?
You forgot what we told you, is it?

Be brave.
Stay here.

Hey, I'll call you back!

- Hey! This is that girl, right?
- Who?

That Anna!

- Anna Chirayath?
- Yes.

Call the others.

It's her, for sure!
Come!

Come.

Doctor, I respect you.

But the outside world is not
aware of whatever you told me now.

If it's a mistake by the police,
they should say it publicly, right?

It should come on some channel or
newspaper seen by the people, right?

And you mentioned an
online magazine, right?

How many people see it?

Anyway, our coaching center's name
hasn't come out in public yet.

But some rumours have
started spreading.

That maybe the reason why
many parents are calling us.

In any case, we have to protect the
dignity of our institution, right Doctor?

Sir, we can understand your situation.

That girl is suffering so much
for no fault of hers.

Do you know how much this man
has been toiling for her studies?

Personally, all of us have
only good opinions about Anna.

Actually, this news has
left us all very confused.

What really happened?

What is the reality?
We don't know that, right?

But we know her, right?

Few people like us
who support her...

know the reality very clearly.

We are trying to
make you realize that!

Now I realize, it's not
going to be an easy task.

Anyway, thanks for your time.

Amala Ma'am, please
say a few words!

Amala Ma'am, please
say a few words!

Please say a few
words about this issue!

We are curious to know what
had happened to Anna Chirayath.

Please say a few words
for our 123 Online Portal!

Whatever I say, you publish
news as you like, right?

Will Anna Chirayath be able to
continue her studies, Madam?

Please say a few words!
Please, Madam!

Please say a few words
for 123 Online Portal!

Please don't go, Madam!

Just two words, Madam!

Hey!

Start the motorbike!
Let's go!

Move aside!
Move!

Move aside, brother!

Guys, we are right
behind their vehicle!

We are about to
reach near their vehicle!

We're giving you
an exclusively report!

The reason Anna Chirayath got
expelled from the coaching center...

was her unruly relationship
with the drug mafia.

We are right
behind their vehicle!

Guys, we can clearly see
that her Dad is also inside.

Hey Anna!

We can see Anna hiding her face!

We have to find out
where they are going!

We are in Panampilly
Nagar, to be exact.

We are right behind them!

Hey, it's a traffic block!
Move, move!

One minute, Guys!
Look, look!

Amala Sreeram is here. Anna is here.
We can see them clearly.

We can clearly see
that her Dad is worried.

The exclusive
thing to find out is...

the relationship between Anna
Chirayath and Amala Sreeram!

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Such risky reporting...

Hey! We've run out of petrol!

Somehow we managed to
escape from those channel guys!

Some online channels
had called Aunty as well.

This is how our world is!

We can't expect
anything less than this.

The court case will
move ahead properly.

But we must hold on,
until the court verdict comes out.

Hey!

Don't get stressed
thinking about your exam.

Even if no one else is there,
you have Nikhila and me, right?

We will give you
the best coaching.

We only have an approximate
idea about where we are.

I think they are
somewhere here nearby.

- Hey! This is the same red car!
- Call the other media guys! Quick!

Call them now!

Guys, we are now right
in front of the house...

where Anna Chirayath,
the controversial girl stays.

We can clearly see
Anna Chirayath inside!

We also see Amala Sreeram!

Guys, we are going to give
you an important hot news!

Cine artist Krishnaprabha
is also here!

We need to find
out why she is here!

Other media reporters
are arriving just now!

But we were the one
to arrive here first!

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- Move aside!
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'What's the role of social
media star Amala Sreeram'

'and film artist
Krishnaprabha in this case?'

'Is Amala Sreeram getting involved
to get more social media attention?'

'You will be surprised to know how Amala
Sreeram and Anna Chirayath are related!'

'Doctor's hooliganism
on the streets'

'Is film artist Krishnaprabha
part of the sex racket?'

I can't even switch
on my phone now.

It's you and your gang's
clamoring everywhere!

Anna Chirayath and Amala Sreeram
getting united!

You are not just a Doctor now.

You are a 'Social media star'!

If all the media in the world is
reporting such news about that girl,

there will be some fact in it.

Without realizing that, you
went behind it and now...

they made a brand
out of your name!

Are you seeing any of it?

And you have the
perfect friends too!

Pathetic!

Phew!

Who am I talking to?

Hello.

What?

Yes, I'll come now.

Where are you going?

Teacher...

We are leaving.

Because of me and my daughter,

I know how much
you all are suffering.

I will call Amala
and her friends.

I don't have any clue in my
mind as to where we are going.

God will show us some way.

"The cloud"

"The sky"

"A flickering flame"

"Wandering all over the earth"

"A fire scorches the soul"

"You are a ripple that flutters
on the waves of dreams"

"Why are you sad?"

"My precious"

"O' lady star"

"My sky"

"Fiery clouds are
showering on the soul"

"Your teary words are
flooding the waves"

"The paths of embers
are diverging"

"The sweet tunes of lullabies
are spreading all over"

"Fire will spread
all over the streets"

"Rains and fountains
will shower embers"

"Upon the waves
and the shores"

"Rains and fountains
will shower embers"

"Upon the waves
and the shores"

"The mind is full of burning embers
that spread on lonely streets"

"On these sorrowful bylanes"

"This withering flower will
turn into a petal, in a dream"

- Doctor?
- Yes.

- Grandpa has come. Shall I leave?
- Okay.

Anna!

I have kept two books on the
plant rack. Take it with you.

Okay.

"The depth of the sorrow that the dark
cloud is searching within your veins"

"Turns into rain clouds"

"O' my sky"

"O' cloud"

"O' my sky"

"O' my cloud"

'District Hospital, Ernakulam'

Doctor...

Please don't be mad at us.

I got worried seeing the problems
you all had to face because of me.

That's why I forced Grandpa.

Sorry.

We are in Kanyakumari right now.

There's an Aunty here, who's
a distant relative of Grandpa.

When the news came on
TV and problems piled up,

it was Aunty who
asked us to come here.

When we left Teacher's home,

we didn't know where to go.

That's why we came here.

Aunty has a beauty
parlor here in Nagarcoil.

She told me that she would
get me a job over there.

Then, the entrance exam...

I will write it, Doctor.

When I mentioned it to Aunty,

she said she will get
me some time to study.

I will call you tomorrow
or the day after.

Please don't be angry at us.

'The number you're calling is
currently switched off. Please...'

Jerin.

Yes, Amala.

I'm about to leave
for Trivandrum.

Jerin, they are in Kanyakumari.

What?

Anna and Kuruvachan
are in Kanyakumari.

Anna had sent a voice
note on WhatsApp.

Really?

Thank God!

You said you're leaving
for Trivandrum now, right?

Yes. I had told you that I'm attending
Journalist Union's State conference, right?

Are you coming?
We can go meet Anna.

That's what I'm also thinking.

Okay. Anna said that
she will call tomorrow.

Shall I plan after that call?

- Okay.
- Okay then.

"Fiery clouds are
showering on the soul"

"Your teary words are
flooding the waves"

"The paths of embers
are diverging"

"The sweet tunes of lullabies
are spreading all over"

"Fire will spread
all over the streets"

Yes, Sir.
Thank you.

Minister will be late.

If I don't leave from here now,
I won't reach Trivandrum on time.

Those two questions that
we planned to ask him...

Ask him those.

It's not related to this event.
But ask him anyway.

Oh no!
Are you leaving, Sir?

Minister will be a little late.

I've told everything to Lal and Jiji.
They will manage it well.

But it won't be the same as you being
here. Just 5 minutes, Sir. Please!

State Union conference is being held in
Trivandrum. I've never been to that event.

SJV Sir is leaving.

That's good, right?
Let him leave.

Let the new Kerala be cleaner!

Yes, I have to leave early.

One second.

- Yes, Jerin.
- Hello.

Hey, can you hear me?

- Hello?
- One second.

I can hear you now.
Tell me.

Did Anna or
Kuruvachan contact you?

No.

Actually, she told me that she
will call me after two days.

But she hasn't called me yet.

When I tried calling them, both
their phones are switched off.

You should listen carefully
to what I'm about to say now.

A news has come on Mandaram
Online just now. Did you see it?

No. Obviously, I'm here.
I didn't see it.

There's a video of Daisy and a
woman leaving in an auto rickshaw...

from that Daisy's beauty
parlor you told me about.

There's a news
posted along with it.

One second.
Hold the line.

'Controversial girl Anna Chirayath
in Daisy's? She has upped her game!'

What is this?

Daisy's is not a good institution.

I spoke to Roy,
a reporter at Nagarcoil.

They have this massage parlour and
they are into some other sort of things.

Oh God!

Poor thing! They wouldn't
have realized all this.

We have to contact
Anna as soon as possible.

I've asked Roy to trace her.

Didn't you say that Daisy's
house is in Kanyakumari?

Yes.

Can you come to Trivandrum
tomorrow morning?

Or will Sreeram create an issue?

Sreeram is in Ponmudi right now.

Let me try to catch Vanchinad
express and get there.

Okay?

- Okay.
- Okay then. Bye.

Shit!

- Hello.
- Hey.

They are no more!

What?

Anna and Kuruvachan
have committed suicide!

What?

I have a couple of
meetings here, tomorrow.

Or else we could
have gone together.

Call Sreeram.

He had asked you to call him
once the funeral is over, right?

Roy is going to Trivandrum.

He will drop you at
the railway station.

'Kerala Journalist Union
- 57th State conference'

Though both of them
were going through hell,

the reason behind this sudden
suicide is Mandaram online.

There is no doubt about it!

After that news came
out on Mandaram,

all online channels were
scrambling over there!

Everyone must be happy now!

- Can you drop me there?
- Okay.

The reason for the crisis faced by
Malayalam's mainstream media...

is the lack of believability!

The time when people used
to believe what they saw...

on the newspapers and on TV
as the truth, has ended!

Make sure that your news
doesn't adversely affect...

the life of even a single person
among the helpless ordinary folks.

Then, they will
come seeking you.

They will listen to you.

Or else, they will forget
you and your news!

Go and search the
truth in the news.

Speak only the truth!

You should once
again remember...

the old word 'Ethical Journalism'
that has become extinct now!

'Blowing their whistles,'
What was the rest?

'They crossed mountains
and shattered silence'!

Who's buying Sprite?

You'll see my true colours if you
tell me later that you didn't get it.

Get in, get in!

'Kerala Journalist Union - 57th State
conference Chief Guest - Sam John Vakathanam'

It was a great conference.

He made some excuses.

You are drunk!

Drunk? I'll be standing on
my two legs even if I'm drunk!

Hey! Are you not going to booze?
Have you stopped boozing?

We aren't supposed to booze inside
trains. But we can do anything, right?

We can do anything!

- Yeah!
- Pour me a double large.

Hey, are you not going to booze?

Have a drink!

The case of Madhu from Attappadi.

No other media in Kerala handled that
case like Mandaram! Do you know that?

I, myself...

did two news series on it,
personally.

Women, children, tribals.

If there's any issue
related to any of them,

Mandaram will pounce on it!

SJV, recite the 'Kattalan'
[forest dweller] poem!

Paying homage to
dear friend Madhu,

I present 'Kattalan' by Kadammanitta.

"With watery eyes like that of
a tigress after giving birth"

"With curved eyebrows like the
tail sprouting out of a black cobra"

"The forest dweller stands in the
middle of the burning forest"

"The forest dweller stands with a burning
torch pierced in his chest"

- Wow! Great!
- Super!

Long ago, I recited 'Puthen
Pana' loudly like this and...

It's 1:00 a.m., SJV!

- I'm going to sleep.
- What is this?

I thought all you guys would
stay up and we'll have fun.

That's why I boarded
this damn train!

And now, halfway through
the party, everyone crashed!

- Good night!
- Good night.

Good night!

Good night.

"...like the tail sprouting
out of a black cobra"

Hello.

Jerin?

Hello.

I'm unable to reach
Amala on the phone.

At what time are you
guys starting from there?

Amala has left!

It was Roy who dropped
her at the station.

Is that so?

Okay, okay.

Thank you, Jerin.
Okay.

I had been calling
you since Trivandrum.

Why didn't you answer my calls?

I didn't see your calls.

I even messaged you that
I haven't brought the car...

and that we can return
together by train.

And I came to know that you were
in the train, when I called Jerin.

I have a bad headache.

I'm going to sleep
for some time.

Renowned journalist and
Mandaram TV chief editor,

Sam John Vakathanam alias SJV...

has gone missing
during a train journey.

Sam John, who was traveling
along with his friends...

after Journalist Union's
State conference...

They have testified
to the Police that...

Samkutty's bag, phone and other
belongings were found at his seat.

The police have started a vigorous
investigation along with RPF,

focusing on the railway stations
between Kollam and Ernakulam.

Why are you sitting like this?

I saw you just now, Doctor!

Where are you coming from?
Trivandrum?

- Yes.
- Are you alone?

Our State conference is
going on in Trivandrum, right?

Actually, though I came by car,

I thought I will
return by train.

I've shuttled quite a lot on this route
long back during my reporting days.

So, thought I'll rekindle some of
that nostalgia while travelling.

Why were you in
Trivandrum, Doctor?

There was a death.

Not one,

but two!

Oh!
Any relative?

You know them.

Anna Chirayath and her
grandfather committed suicide.

Oh!
Yes, yes.

I heard about it.

The bureau had informed
me during the conference.

It's really sad!

So pathetic!

She was a girl with
a bright future.

She could have studied further to reach a
good position, just like she wished.

But she had to go act in that movie
unnecessarily in between all that.

Aargh!

So what?

She acted in just
one movie, right?

What happened to
her because of that?

I know how far you are
involved in that girl's case.

But that does not
change the facts.

What fact?

I know this Anna Chirayath really well.

I've known her since
she was 5 years old!

Do you know that?

Doesn't matter!

Have you seen her between
the ages of 14 and 23?

The age when a woman shows
all her true qualities and traits.

Ram Mohan, who made
that movie with her...

The director...
He is my friend.

Friend as in...

We do all sorts of
nonsense together!

Partner in crime!

I can even say that he is my
teacher when it comes to women!

Sorry.

Well, I know that I don't
have to apologise to you.

When someone gets
trapped in your aura,

they can never lie!

So, what I was saying was that...

Ram Mohan!

When Ram Mohan cast her,
I was the one he called first.

I was the one who gave
him her contact details.

If you inquire about this Ram Mohan in
the industry, you will know, Doctor.

He keeps casting newcomers as
heroines in all his movies.

What for?

Huh?

No girl will leave his movie set
without sleeping with him!

So, Anna would also have...

Aargh!

He must have screwed her, for sure!

Doctor, you and your friends...

tried your best to protect her.

Didn't you?

By confining her
within your veils.

Yet, she destroyed that
cage and where did she fly to?

Daisy's beauty parlour!

Do you know what this Daisy's
beauty parlour is, Doctor?

It's a first class whorehouse!

And this Anna Chirayath...

She is not Saint Anna Chirayath,
unlike what you claim.

She is a first class whore!

Hey!

Doctor, are you okay?

You have something
to tell me, Doctor!

This Samkutty Vakathanam
never studied journalism.

But I've studied
the minds of people.

Especially, that of women!

And it was using that tool,

that I was able to run Mandaram
until now and reach this stature.

The first time I saw you...

was in 2015.

At Thrissur.

It was Indian Medical
Association's national seminar.

You had cropped your hair...

and you were wearing a red saree!

Phew!

Do you remember?

But I remember.

Ever since,

I've been after you, Doctor!

Every public function
that you attended,

seminars,

camps...

I'd be there at
all those places.

I wonder whether Sreeram
realizes all this.

If I was a poet,

by now...

I would have written
an epic poem!

That's how beautiful you are,

Doctor!

You look so ravishing!

My paths leading to
Dr. Amala Sreeram...

These pictures bear
witness to those paths!

Is this...

Is this your number?

This is one of my numbers!

Now it's your turn, Doctor.

You wanted to tell
me something, right?

It's an old story.

A father, mother and child were
travelling by train to Kozhikode.

When the train reached
a similar bridge,

the bridge collapsed.

Three carriages
fell into the river.

57 people, including that
child's parents died!

Only two people survived.

And one of them was you!

And the other one
was a little girl.

Don't you want to know the
name of that little girl?

Anna Chirayath!

Really?

Is it true?

This has the scope
for a huge news item!

Yes.

This is the news.

This should be the news!

Sam John Vakathanam's body has been
recovered from Pamba river near Chengannur.

The initial inference
by the police is that...

it was a natural death caused
by falling from the train.

Vinu is joining us
with further details.

Smitha, as you said,
the mystery continues.

Sam John Vakathanam's
body has been found.

The other procedures
are progressing.

A police team including DySp George
Varghese and two Circle Inspectors...

have been examining CCTV footage
for the past two hours.

The DGP has ordered an immediate inquiry
at every station from Kollam to Ernakulam.

'Have you slept, Doctor?'

'No'

'It's really late. Why haven't
you gone to sleep yet?'

'I'm not feeling sleepy'

'Me too'

'You looked stunning in that sleeveless
dress you wore on your Facebook Live'

'What are you
wearing right now?'

'Is it possible to
meet you, Doctor?'

'Shall I come there?'

'No! Where are you?'

'I'm outside your apartment'

'I'm at the bridge'

'Oh! I'll come there'

'Really?'

'I'm coming right away!'

Two individuals who
miraculously survived...

the train accident at Kadalundi
river that happened in 2001.

5-year-old Anna Chirayath

and Sam John, who was
a youngster back then.

That accident occurred while

Sam John was working as
Mandaram's Kozhikode bureau chief.

Later, it was through
Sam John's interview....

that Anna Chirayath
entered the film industry.

Now, on the night after Anna Chirayath
and her grandfather's suicide,

Sam John, the media genius, has left us,
in a similar train accident.

"The cloud"

"The sky"

"A flickering flame"

"Wandering all over the earth"

"A fire scorches the soul"

"You are a ripple that flutters
on the waves of dreams"

"Why are you sad?"

"My precious"

"O' lady star"

"My sky"

"The cloud"

"The sky"

"A flickering flame"

"Wandering all over the earth"

"A fire scorches the soul"

"You are a ripple that flutters
on the waves of dreams"

"Why are you sad?"

"My precious"

"O' lady star"

"My sky"