Maa Oori Polimera (2021) - full transcript

Here is your Rs. 3.

Just Rs. 3?
Who will pay for yesterday?

Oh, no, I forgot.
I will bring it tomorrow.

You do this every day.
Pay money and then take water.

It is at home.
I'll definitely pay you tomorrow.

You fill.

Fill only if you'll pay tomorrow,
otherwise do not.

Your husband has a debt
at the toddy shop, and you're here.

You are great.
I will have you someday.

I told you to wake me up
while going for water.

I would have brought the auto.



Forget it.
You slept late last night.

Why get up early?

Even the kid
is accompanying you.

You are worrying for nothing.

Hey, Janga,
when are the selections?

In three days.

Give it here.

Husband just in name
and absolutely useless.

I would have come if you had asked.

What would you do there?

Started early in the morning again.

I, for marrying a drunkard,
and she, for marrying a coward,

should face this.

To hell with you!
You always blabber on.



What is wrong now?

What else? The same thing that
every woman faces in this village.

Dirty rascals are ogle
when women bend.

These idiots should be dead.

Should the whole village
be dead now?

No idea why she blabbers on.

-To hell with her.
-What is wrong?

She's at it again.

I'm pissed off with my wife
early in the day.

Nice. You should have it.

-Hey!
-Move, man!

Hey, Janga! Come here.

I'll come later.

I said come here.

Hey, what is wrong?
He has selections in three days.

Go fast and take a bath.
The kid is getting late for school.

-Come here.
-Let me go!

Wait. Ramula told me everything.
I will not leave him.

Did he say anything to you?

Leave it, Janga. Why mess
with that Sarpanch's men?

How long do we let it go like this?

Leave it. Bad things happens
even when we do good.

We cannot do anything to them.

We cannot say all this
and make your brother worry.

This is nothing compared to
the hard work he does.

Chitti! Come on!

Don't tell him anything.
I will take care of them.

I told you to forget it
and leave it.

-How can we...
-Not a word!

Why did you get on the bicycle
when you have an auto?

-You are so fat, idiot.
-Who pays for the diesel?

You wish to be a policeman. Pedal it
and your legs will get stronger.

My foot! Why go to the next village
when we have vegetables here?

You have no idea. My wife blasts me
if the vegetables are not good.

Oh, my. Do you fear Ramula so much?

You will know once you get married.

A wife will drive you mad.

Why do you fear her for vegetables?

She needs everything from outside
and not me.

-Hey, stop!
-What?

-Get down!
-What is wrong?

-Let us go back.
-Why are you worried?

Look there. May be a black magic
ritual or a sacrifice. Who knows?

I'm very much frightened
of such things.

Come on, do you believe
in such things too?

There is gossip about black magic
being practised in our village.

If we cross over such things,
it is a pain in the arse.

Get down first.

You are worried unnecessarily.

-Don't you need vegetables?
-Vegetables, my foot!

Let's do this;
we'll go towards the mosque.

-That would be slightly farther.
-Okay, let us go.

Come on, push.

Hey, come here.
That is Komiri, right?

Yes, it is.

He drove over all this.
Did he go blind?

Fine, move.

SRI BHAVANI NURSING HOME

Count it.

I'm very hungry. Give me food.

Get cleaned up,
and I will serve you food.

Lakshmi, I'm going out.

-Hey, Malli! Is everything fine?
-Yes, bro!

Did the kid sleep?

Saidulu, I'll talk about yesterday.
Stay on the line.

Drive the car there.

Pleasure drives this world.

The poor must stay under our feet.
To get that, the women must obey us.

Do you get it?

Did you notice his ego
this morning, sir?

He was driving the vehicle
like that.

That idiot is egoistic,
and that bitch is stylish.

Saidulu, I want her.

You first become
the Sarpanch, sir.

Then, she will come to you
by herself.

If not for the village,
I will become for her.

It is tough when he is there, sir.

Oh, you say I would become
the Sarpanch if he dies?

Shall I hire goons from city?

It should not be like
we got him killed.

It must be like God killed him.

Serve yourself and eat. I will
arrange the clothes and come.

How many times will you cook
this brinjal curry?

My mouth is bored
eating this always.

There are no vegetables
in the house.

-You buy them in the evening.
-Okay, I will.

Tell me.

Are you done already?

How many times did you tell us
not to get up while eating?

What shall I do with the food now?

Feed it to the kid.

Where are you going
in such a hurry?

POLICE STATION
JASTHIPALLI

What happened, uncle?

What to say? It is my fate.

What happened? Tell me.

When my daughter and I were
returning from the fields,

that boy from the landlord's family
was passing through on a bike.

She brought me here to complain
about him, not listening to me.

They say we hit his bike while walking,
then hit us and made us sit here.

Okay, don't cry.
I will talk to them.

Komiri, you idiot, you have
grown a spine now?

You dare to complain
about us, rascal?

To hell with you!

It was a mistake.
Please forgive them, sir.

Have you become a hero
in the village?

You are doing all the settlements.

Have you come now
for this settlement?

It was a mistake, sir.
I beg you.

She studied in the city
and returned, sir.

She is not aware
of the traditions here.

I will make sure she does not
mess with you again, sir.

Please forgive them, sir.

We live at your mercy, sir.
I beg of you.

-Hey, Komiri.
-Sir?

You should teach her
if she is not aware.

You cannot be as you like here.
What do you say?

If you return with such a mess,
I'll break your bones.

-Did you get it?
-Yes, sir.

-Go!
-Okay, sir.

Why did you leave him like that?

I told you to put him
in the lock-up, right?

You wait, idiot!

Komiri, do you need such a mess
in your hands?

Why do you take all this
upon yourself?

Simple, uncle. I wish
all our people do okay.

See you.

Come on.

What do you study, dear?

I studied journalism.

I start my job after one month.

I did not understand
what you said, dear, but study well.

Sure, brother.

-I'll go now.
-Fine, son.

-Order one tea.
-Okay, bro.

Uncle, one tea.

No passengers today
for so long, dude.

When will you return again?

I will return by tomorrow evening.
There is not much work.

I just need to visit the academy
and talk.

Fine, go safe.

Balija, you were not seen
yesterday. Where did you go?

He is asking you.
Why are you silent?

What's wrong with your face?
Are you constipated?

Then say what it is.

Nothing. My wife made a mess
as I came drunk last night.

Did you come drunk again?
Are you an idiot?

I am unable to stop.
My tongue itches by night.

I don't know how to quit drinking.

-I am going mad.
-Do not make a mess!

Look, there are two ways
to quit drinking.

One way is to strengthen your heart
and give it up.

Another is don't think about it
and try to focus on something else.

Keep yourself busy.

Do you understand?
It is so simple.

You can never give it up by yourself.
Do one thing.

Be with me for one full day.
Let us keep ourselves busy.

Let's see if you still feel
like drinking.

-This is good, brother.
-Yes!

I think my bus is here.

-Go!
-See you, brother.

-Okay, fine.
-Now I have to listen to him too.

Have a safe journey!

-Start the vehicle! Always drinking.
-Idiot!

Wife at home and you here!

Bro, tea.

Is a film shoot happening
in the village? The heroine is here.

Madam, where to?

-Auto...
-Please come, madam.

Why is she going in his vehicle?

She is the Sarpanch's daughter
from the city, sir.

-Daughter?
-Yes.

How do you know?

Last time she came with friends
and roamed around the village.

-Did you not see, sir?
-What Sarpanch?

He sends his daughter to the city
to get educated.

And he is womanising here.

-Damn.
-Komiri, we have passengers!

-See you!
-Go!

Where to? Hey, you, where to?

-High school road.
-Come.

SRI ESWAR VILAS MEALS HOTEL

How long, man?
Are you not finished yet?

Wait, idiot! It just started.

Give one pot.

-Need anything to munch?
-No.

-What's the hurry? Wait!
-Give it quickly.

Take.

Give one more.

-Hey, Bablu.
-Coming.

Why did you come in the rain, bro?

What do you need?

-Bring one pot.
-Wait, I will get it for you.

How dare you push me down!

-Sir!
-Stop! Sit there.

-Who is it?
-Komiri is here, sir.

-Sir!
-What, Komiri?

I expected his woman,
but why are you here?

It is a mistake, sir. I beg of you.
Please let him go.

Please let him go.

We did not bring him here
to let him go but to kill.

How egoistic of him
to lay his hands on my guy?

You idiots are here to serve us,
and what do you think?

To hell with you.

Sir, I beg of you.
Please do not harm him.

We live at your mercy.
Please forgive him for now.

We will do whatever you say, sir.

You are so good.

We brought your husband here
to kill him.

-No, sir.
-But, seeing you, I don't want to.

I feel like doing something else.

I'm letting him go for now
after seeing your face.

Take him away.

My house became dirty
after beating up your husband.

Clean it and go.

No need to search for a rag.
Remove your sari and clean.

Get up.

Hey.

If you raise your hand against us again,
I'll make your women sleep with me.

Get lost!

Sir.

To hell with them!
How could they hit a man so badly?

What has he done?

He never listens to me.
He is always drinking.

-He's finally degraded me.
-Be quiet!

What have I done for
being married to him? Damn it!

He is already feeling sad.
Don't make it worse.

Bear with it.

How could you be quiet
seeing all this?

Our lives are so. Nothing can be done
other than plead with those idiots.

I told him to quit drinking!

He is with me round the clock
and did not listen to me.

So, how will that rascal
listen to me?

I had to stay still when a woman
was forced to strip her sari.

Damn my life!

No use scolding him
when the mistake is ours.

I had to remove my sari today
for what he did.

And tomorrow I may have to
sleep with him.

Ramula...

All this is because of me.

This would not have happened
if I had quit drinking like he advised.

Ramula, look at me.

I quit drinking from today.

I'll never touch alcohol again.

Not for anyone but for us.

I will quit.

Believe me, Ramula!

Be quiet. How did you bear
with their beating?

Wait, I will get hot water
for a bath.

-Sister-in-law, what happened?
-Janga!

Are you serving food here?

You too come. Let us eat.

Hey, Balija, what happened?

What is wrong?
What are these wounds?

I am asking you!

Why are you looking around?

He fell down from the bicycle
the day before, Janga.

What? Who gets hurt so much
falling from a cycle?

What, man? Did you drink and drive?

See, he's talking like a cop already
for a small mistake.

Not "like" a cop, but a cop.

-What did you say?
-Yes.

Did you get the job?

I even got a posting, brother.
It is in our village.

-Sister-in-law, this is for you.
-For me?

Take this.

You shouldn't have, Janga?
You should have saved your money.

Is there anything more
than a mother?

Wait, I will get sugar.

Why are you silent, dear?

I feel sick today.
I'm going to sleep.

Okay.

-Go.
-You take the cycle, brother.

-Balija will come for me.
-I will manage, bro.

Go!

-See you, brother.
-Hey, come here.

-Go now.
-Right, brother.

-Be safe.
-Okay.

POLICE STATION
JASTHIPALLI

"Police station."

Uncle!

-Here.
-Janga, you got it.

-I look good in this dress, right?
-You look great.

-Today is the first day.
-I know; sign here.

Don't get overexcited that
you have become a policeman now.

Listen to the big people,
and do as they say.

-You should not oppose them.
-Okay.

Janga, you were stubborn
and became a policeman.

What do you want to do?

I will show the power of the police.

I will make sure
wrongdoers are punished.

It can be anyone.
All are equal before the law.

-I have a small wish, uncle.
-What is that?

-Any unsolved case, in...
-"Investigation"?

Yes, I want to investigate
and solve it.

-Hey!
-Sir is calling. Go and meet him.

-I will go and meet him.
-Go!

Oh, no! Okay.

-I am sending a guy.
-Great case on the first day.

He will take care of everything.

Good morning, sir!

-Did you just join?
-Yes, sir.

Get the vegetables from this list
and give at my house.

Okay, sir.

If he asks for money,
tell him my name.

Get the good veggies. If you take
any rotten ones, I'll break your head.

-Go!
-Okay.

Hello, uncle. How are you?
Are you doing well?

-Yes, I'm fine. How is Komiri?
-He is fine.

Listen carefully.
Take good care of Komiri.

-He's going through a bad time.
-What happened?

Just listen to me.
His planets are not doing well.

He will face danger.
Take good care of him.

-I will come over next month.
-Okay.

I just met the officer in city.
I am going straight to the temple.

-We should somehow get it out.
-What if the villagers know, sir?

I will take care of that.
Come straight to the temple.

Why is he running like that?

Hey, Balija!

Wait, I will call you back.

-Hey, Komiri!
-What?

Hey, Komiri.

-He is gone.
-What?

That idiot died like a dog.

-Who?
-That Sarpanch idiot!

His car met with accident this
morning while returning from the city.

He's in pieces now.

Why are you so happy about that?

Not just happy,
we must celebrate today.

Did he ever consider us humans?

How many times did he trouble us?

He died because of our curses.

Death is never a celebration.

Would you like it if anyone feels
happy when I die in future?

It is not good to celebrate
someone's death.

We have Diwali to celebrate
Narakasura's death, brother.

It is a celebration when evil dies.

He is evil,
but what about his daughter?

I am thinking about his daughter.

Why is he so good?

Forget about his goodness.
You celebrate.

BONALU FESTIVAL

Ellamma, your husband quit drinking.
Is that correct?

Yes, who told you?

Should anyone tell me? When you are
drinking so much, what can he do?

Shut up, rascal!
How dare you insult me?

You dirty idiot,
you ruined my new shirt.

-Beggar woman!
-My foot.

Yes, Lakshmi?

-Lakshmi!
-Yes?

What happened?

He went out at night
and has not returned till now.

Even his phone is right here.

I am very afraid, Janga.

Don't be afraid, Lakshmi.
I will go and get Komiri.

-Don't worry, okay?
-Okay.

Hey, Raju! Did you see my brother?

-I did not see him.
-No?

Where did he go?

Listen carefully.
Take good care of Komiri.

He's going through a bad time.

Yadaiah, did you see my brother?

-No. What happened, Janga?
-Nothing.

His planets are not doing well.
He will face danger.

Turn there.

Take this left.

Where did he go?

Hey, look there.

Come, Janga!

Brutality in Mahabubnagar!

A youngster was murdered brutally over
suspicion of performing black magic.

Does black magic really exist?

Are people still living
with such blind beliefs?

Okay, sir, I will take care of it.
Don't worry.

Hey, clear off!

These idiots are gathering here
as if it's a film shoot.

Hey, move this way.

Do you know Komaraiah?
Do you think he did this?

Komaraiah is not such a man.
He is a very good man.

He is close to everyone
in the village.

Komaraiah is innocent.
He never harms anyone.

Two bodies in one pyre!

One is Komaraiah,
but who was the second?

ONE WEEK BEFORE
KOMARAIAH'S DEATH

Kavita, I told you
not to do such work now.

Go and sit.

I am bored sitting at home
the whole day.

The entire day you're at work.

What can I do?

You ask me not to do anything.

Remember what the doctor said?

She said not to do such work
from the fifth month.

Okay fine. But doctors
will keep saying such things.

You wanted to buy a sari for Bonalu.
Shall we go?

-Come on!
-Oh!

-Oh!
-What happened?

What is wrong, Kavita? Kavita?

Sorry, your daughter
had a miscarriage.

What? How did that happen, Doctor?

Even we do not understand.

She suddenly developed
a high fever.

-There are rashes all over her body.
-Oh, no!

Her entire body is swollen
due to oedema.

We are treating the symptoms,
but we do not know the cause.

What is this? You said all is fine
in the recent tests.

What is wrong now?
Why did she become like this?

I wish I could explain it to you,
but I don't understand why myself.

I have never seen
such a situation till now.

So, now we will lose Kavita as well?

BONALU DAY

It is unbelievable.

Renuka avatar.

They rarely do it in black magic.

-It is also very powerful.
-What does that mean?

-The girl will not live.
-Oh, no!

This ritual is very dangerous.

Can we find who did this, sir?

Only experts in black magic
can do this.

It is easy for such a practitioner
to hide in the dark.

-Oh, no! My child!
-Calm down.

Ramesh.

Renuka avatar is done
in four stages.

The first three is killing the opponent,
but the last is to save himself.

This needs to be done
at the pyre of the dead.

What is that, sir?

Observe carefully the area
around the girl's pyre.

He will be found.

Hey, Malli, come here.

What is it?

Why?

We need help.

We will be at the street corner.

If anyone comes to our sister's
pyre tonight, call immediately.

What is wrong, bro?

Don't ask anything.
You have the money for that.

Take more if you need.

Call immediately
when someone is here.

Malli, please understand.
We are worried after losing Kavita.

Don't go home early
for the festival.

Stay right here.
Give me your phone.

This is my number.
Send a message here.

We shall find that rascal.

We'll beat him to death.

THAT NIGHT
7.45 PM

Where is the kid?

He just went out to play.

He is been roaming around a lot.

Why is it less today?

Who travels on the festival day?

Wait! Why are you bleeding?

-I fell down right here.
-What was the hurry?

You got hurt on festival day.

The days are already running bad.

What will happen to me?
Your husband is a hero.

I am going out.

Where are my slippers?

Where did I leave them?

Oh, no.
Are Balija's slippers around?

He will never change.

Whom do I trap for them now?
Who can I get?

Hey, Malli, what are you doing?

Did you not go home
for the festival?

I am leaving, bro.

-Whose pyre is it?
-A good girl.

God takes all the good ones.
Give me a matchbox.

Hey, Malli, catch him!

Malli, what are you doing?
Stop it!

-You'll die today.
-Who is he?

Leave me, rascal!

Bro!

-Why are you hitting me?
-You killed my sister.

Sister? Hey!

Whom are you mistaking me for?

Hey, Malli! Come here and catch him.

Come and catch him.

-Hey!
-Let me go!

Yes!

Hit him!
Come on, hit him.

Die! Die, rascal!

PRESENT

What, Balija,
have you blabbered on TV?

You want to live
in this village or not?

Sir.

Look, your husband
and their sister are dead.

Whoever is at fault, it's done now.
Forget about it.

Here's what needs to happen.

Take this Rs. 50,000.
You may need it.

They didn't have to give anything.
I forced them.

-Take care.
-Okay, sir.

Take it. It's no problem.

I will take your leave, sir.

Come on.

Stop that nuisance on TV now.
Go!

Okay, sir.

Hey, come on.

Move!

Why are you following me
since morning like a thief?

Is the money not enough?

You should have asked then
if you wanted more.

Bloody rascal!

Hey!

Hey! Hey, Ramesh!

Why did you give that Rs. 50,000?

That is more for your face.

How are you linked to my brother?

Do we stay calm
if someone messes with our sister?

We shall kill and bury.

-My brother messing with your sister?
-Yes.

Did you witness him doing it?

Concealed by darkness,
he killed using black magic.

Black magic?

We do not know black magic
like your brother,

so we went face to face with him
and killed him like men.

What business did he have
in the graveyard at midnight?

You rascals.

You confess to killing my brother!

Hey!

Did you kill my brother?

Tell me. Did you see my brother
practising black magic?

-Did you?
-No.

Bastard, then why did you kill him?

Because we suspected him.

How can someone kill
based on just a suspicion?

We settled with just one brother
because it was only a suspicion.

Otherwise, we would have burnt
the entire family.

Sign here.

I can help you file the case,
but I can't argue against them. Sorry.

-Lakshmi, Lakshmi.
-Yes?

-Get ready quickly.
-Why, Janga?

To go to court.

MAGISTRATE COURT
JASTHIPALLI

Case number 2401.
Who is Jangaiah?

Sir, that's me.

-Who is your lawyer?
-No lawyer, sir.

This one in between!

I will represent myself
if you agree.

Fine, come forward and
speak standing on that mark.

Okay.

Sir, I think, in 2012,

they broke a man's teeth, tied him
to a tree and burnt him to death

in Nellore district.

This over a suspicion
that he practised black magic.

That case is not there
in the police records, sir.

Similarly in 2016,

right here, near Warangal,

they poured arrack and burnt
a whole family to death, sir.

Again with only a suspicion
of black magic practice.

There were even small children
in that family, sir.

Even this case was not filed
by the police, sir.

I have given all such cases
to you now, sir.

BLACK MAGIC SUSPICION DEATHS
INCREASING DAY BY DAY

ONE MORE BRUTALITY
IN SRIKAKULAM AGENCY

What exactly do you want to say?

Sir, the same thing happened
even in our village.

This Ramesh and his brother,
Suresh, killed my brother, sir.

Just over a suspicion
of performing black magic.

Sir, how can someone kill
with just a suspicion?

My clients do not even
know Komaraiah.

How can they kill him then?
This is a false allegation.

Sir, how can it be
a false allegation?

Sir, the entire village knows
he killed him.

Forget that, sir, he said to me
that he killed my brother.

What are you saying?
Why will we kill your brother?

-Hey!
-Ramesh, did you not tell me?

When did I tell you, rascal?

-When?
-Stop!

Sir, he told me and is now lying.

You are just bluffing.

-Talking like you saw it.
-Hey, stop it.

-Did you see us killing?
-Why are you screaming?

I was never there.
He told me. Ask him.

-When, rascal?
-Hey, stop!

-Hey, stop!
-Is this a court or what?

-Stop it!
-Oh! She's so troublesome.

-Why is she torturing me?
-What do you think?

-Where is the hammer?
-Don't lie.

-Hey, stop it!
-Order, order!

What are you doing?

Sit!

This will not be settled today.

Shall we postpone
to the 15th next month?

-What?
-Come at 10 a.m. that day.

Go now.

Go.

Next case, 2501!

Don't stare like that. Move!

Hey, order a tea.

Based on Jangaiah's argument
in court, we've come to know that

it's not just Komaraiah but
many more were killed like this.

Santosh, you think murder
in the name of blind beliefs,

as mentioned by Jangaiah in court,
is still happening?

Why not? Jangaiah said it.

He mentioned similar incidents
all over India

in the past eight years.

As far as I know,
Jangaiah is not fighting for himself.

He is fighting for all of us.

What Jangaiah said is true.

So many such incidents happen
even in our village.

But they just do not come out.

Many are coming forward
and supporting you.

How do you feel?

Look towards the camera and speak.

Death should be meaningful, sir.

Why kill for nothing?

These blind beliefs should be gone.

No one should have
my brother's experience.

So many such incidents
have already happened.

All those deaths need an answer.
We need justice.

Case number 2401.
Are you present?

-Sir!
-Did you have your food, Jangaiah?

You are on TV a lot nowadays.

Okay, where did the case halt?

You say they both killed
your brother, right?

Yes, sir.

-Rajendra, shall I write "murder" here?
-What, sir?

Why are you just sitting there? Go.

-Don't worry.
-How can you write so, sir?

My clients
don't even know Komaraiah.

No one knows who killed Komaraiah.
His body was found in Kavita's pyre.

We are very sad about
Komaraiah's death, sir.

We are more sad that he died
falling on our sister's pyre.

Just because the whole village
is gossiping about it

doesn't mean that it's true, sir.

Truth needs proof.
Do you have proof?

Now you've come to the point!

Do you have proof, Jangaiah?

Sir, the only witness we have
is Mallanna.

He went missing since the day
of the incident.

No idea whether he vanished
out of fear or took money from them.

No witness. Case closed. It's over.

Closed, is it?
Come here; do it yourself.

Why am I sitting here then?

Sorry, sir.

Sir, I do not have witnesses.

But I have proof, sir.

-What did he get?
-How would we know?

You should know.

Please watch that, sir.

Look, your husband
and their sister are dead.

Whoever is at fault, it's done now.
Forget about it.

Here's what needs to happen.

Take this Rs. 50,000.
You may need it.

They didn't have to give anything.
I forced them.

What is this, Rajendra?
What do you have to say now?

-One minute, sir.
-Where did this come from?

No idea who shot that.

-Hey!
-Go and say something.

Why are you just sitting there? Go!

Your honour, it's true that
my clients gave them money.

Out of pity, they helped them
as their family head had died.

How can they say my clients
committed murder because of that?

Is even that a mistake?

Now it's like that, huh? Say that
just before paying them off.

You settle first
and then come to us.

You take money first
and then file a case against them.

This will not settle easily.
I will appoint a committee for this.

I will give the final judgement
on the 21st of this month.

-Hello!
-Rajendra.

Don't worry.
We'll close the case that day.

-That is...
-Leave now.

Okay, sir. Yes, milord.

Another twist in Komaraiah's story!

Court asks the police department
to give report within a week

about what happened
in the Komaraiah case.

The entire village is
on Komaraiah's side.

The villagers are demanding
that Kavita's brother be punished.

The committee confirmed
Kavita's brother killed Komaraiah.

The final judgement for the 21st
of this month is almost finalised.

The whole village is waiting to get
justice for Komaraiah's death.

In Jangaiah's case, regarding
the murder in Jasthipalli village

45 days back, Ramesh and Suresh
jointly attacked Komaraiah

and killed him.

As per the report submitted
by the committee,

what has come out is that...

Sir!

One minute.

-What?
-What?

I have something to say
before you give judgement, sir.

What now?

I am...

withdrawing this case, sir.

What?

What?

Yes, sir, I am withdrawing
this case.

I am not angry at them, sir.

My brother will not come back
even if they are punished, sir.

One more family will come
on the streets, that's it.

Gandhi said the soul of India
is in the villages.

But there are blind beliefs and
crazy traditions in our villages.

There should be traditions, sir.

But for giving life
and not to take lives, sir.

Just because one person got angry
and he had a few supporters,

does that mean
they can kill anyone?

A whole village together
has killed one person, sir.

Maybe there won't be cases
registered for such incidents.

But if you handle this case well,
there can be a revolt.

Sir, please bring in a new law.

A law that terrorises people
who group together just to fight.

Enough of such deaths, sir.

Nobody else should die
like my brother again.

It should not happen, sir.

That is all.

Janga! Hey, Janga!

Hey!

Jangaiah unexpectedly
taking U-turn!

Was the fight for his brother Komaraiah
till now just to make money?

He admitted in court to have taken
Rs. 50,000 from Kavita's brothers.

And now...

You can let your brother's killers go
but not food.

How can you not care about
the person who gave you a life?

You should have some loyalty.

The people at home are making me
angry rather than outsiders.

Why are you silent?

What exactly happened?

Why did you withdraw the case?

Hey, have you gone deaf?

You are not listening to us at all.

Why did you file the case
and then make a mess of it?

Did you take money again?
How much did they give you?

Why don't you answer me?

What was his sin?
He got a brother like you.

Brother did it all.

Lakshmi, remember
what he told you

the day before he died.

Tell me every minute thing
you can remember.

Everything!

Yes, I noticed something
when he was giving money that day.

He was bleeding on one hand.
He said got hurt.

-Blood?
-Yes, from here to here.

Why was he bleeding?

-Which hand?
-Right hand.

Okay, madam. They will be ready
by evening.

I will take care of it.

Where did you get this from?
This is the blood of a calf.

Okay, I will see you later.
Sir, I am coming.

Blood of a calf?

Renuka avatar. It's very dangerous.

Only the expert black magicians
can perform this ritual.

How do they perform
this ritual, sir?

It's the most dangerous
black magic ritual.

Hair, a dress piece and
mud from feet of those on whom

this needs to be performed
are all decorated on a dough doll.

It is buried with the corpse
of a living being

along with an umbilical cord

of a newborn infant.

The first phase finishes
by sacrificing a calf

after the expected outcome.

The next phase is the process
of saving the life of the doer.

Renuka avatar is very dangerous.

So, the chances of backfiring
are more.

This has to be done at the pyre
of the person on whom it is done.

He should wear footwear
not belonging to him, be nude

and follow the rules
and complete the worship.

Only then will Renuka be pacified.

Do people practising black magic
have rules?

There are many rules.

They must take head baths with
108 tumblers every Thursday.

Their front doors
should always carry lemons.

Lemons changing colour
indicate a mishap.

One should not sleep across
on a cot.

He should not mate
during the ritual

till the worship is finished.

I feel sick today.
I'm going to sleep.

NIGHT OF BONALU
11.43 PM

I am going out.

Okay, dear!

...12, 13...

You did not go home
for the festival, Malli?

-I am going, bro.
-Malli, I need a small help.

See to it nobody comes here
for half an hour.

Later, you should forget everything.

I will give you money.

What? Okay.

Oh, no!

HEY
HAS ANYONE COME THERE?

It says "typing" and the idiot
is not sending a message.

He is doing too much.

WHY ARE YOU NOT REPLYING?

HAS SOMETHING HAPPENED THERE
YOU ARSEHOLE

JUST REPLY ALREADY

Where did he go?

Hey, Malli!

COME HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Don't feel bad.

We will somehow find him today.

-You drink.
-Okay.

What is wrong?
Where are you going?

Wait, I am coming!

Brother!

Give me the bike's keys.

-They are with Ramesh.
-Damn it!

What are you doing inside?

Forget about me.
What were you doing?

I am paying you
for not asking about that.

Poor girl. She was good.

God is like that.
He often takes away good people.

Give me the matchbox.

Hey, Malli, catch him!

Hey, let me go!

You bastard, leave me!

-Hey!
-Don't let him go!

-No, Ramesh!
-Hey!

-Hey, leave me!
-You killed my sister!

Hey, Malli, pull him off me.

Hey, Malli...

Save me!

Hit him, Sreenu! Hit him hard.

Die, bastard, die!

Die!

Die, bastard!

Calm down, sister.

He and that landlord's guys
are saying Komaraiah did this.

I don't know what you saw
and heard to believe them.

I will not believe it.
I have known him for long.

I know how good is he.

You spoke about
the Komaraiah you knew.

I will talk about
the Komaraiah you do not know.

I felt worse that no one cared
about my brother's death

than the fact that he was dead.

The mystery of my brother's death
haunted me.

I searched around that graveyard
for evidence.

I found a phone in Mallanna's hut.

I gave it for repair
as it did not switch on.

I got a call from that repair shop
during the second hearing.

He said that phone is working.

Balija, what's in there?

No, you cannot see this.

Janga, tell me what is in there.

Did that bastard go mad?

Where did he learn all that?

What is his link to that girl?

Komiri didn't live with us
during our childhood.

He was raised by our uncle.

ONE NIGHT FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
2.55 AM

Fifteen years ago, one midnight...

Go in, go in!

Go back, go back!

Go back!

Stay away! It will not come
near you now.

Make her worship the Lord at
the Hanuman temple for 21 weeks.

-What?
-Nothing.

TELUGU

Why did you call? I need to go now.
I have other work.

I just called to see you.

You see me daily at school.
What now?

Shall I show you something?

What's all this?

They are mine, right?

You keep even such things?
Crazy fellow.

Hey!

Hey!

Why did you put this on me?

Because I like you.

Do you not like me?

That's why I am not saying anything.

Kavita!

What are you doing here?

Who is he?
Moreover, how did you get here?

He brought me here.

-You want our girl, rascal?
-No!

Did you want Patel's daughter?

Your entire education is ruined now.

They will not let you study
anywhere.

Hey!

-Uncle, at school...
-I know everything.

Education is just a way to live.
That is not life.

I will teach you the way to live.
Come.

I will learn whatever you teach me.

But I will live with my hard work.

So be it.

Komiri quit school like that
and learnt black magic.

-ONE WEEK BEFORE BONALU.
-One day in our village...

Auto!

Will you come to the high school?

-It will be Rs. 100. Sit.
-Okay.

Kavitha, come on, get in.

Komiri, we have passengers.

-See you.
-Okay.

-How many?
-Two.

-Where?
-High school road.

Come, sit.

Oh!

Damn it!

I did not expect my husband
to be like this.

I did not expect he had someone else
in his heart other than me.

Calm down, Lakshmi.
Who knew he was like this?

Even I did not expect him
to be so cruel to take a life.

Brother did not take just one life.

He was linked to many deaths
in this village.

He killed the Sarpanch.

He even killed that water guy.

I did not know all this
before filing the case.

I found that later
in Mallanna's phone.

Then, I came to know
the real truth.

If I go and say this in court,
all the murders over suspicion

around the country till date
will be justified.

That is why I did not say anything.

I am not saying my brother is bad.

He did what he thought was right.

In a wrong way.

But he made a big mistake
with Kavita.

What did he get by doing all this?

He thought to finish them
and got killed in return.

It is all my bad fate.

Who will console your child
if you get depressed?

What will you tell him?

Be strong.

We can cry if he was giving life.

Why cry for someone who took lives?

Why feel bad over the death
of such a man?

He did wrong and was punished.

Yes, he did wrong.

But he hasn't been punished yet.

Komiri is still alive.

It was not Komiri who fell
into Kavita's pyre that day.

It was Mallanna.

They mistook Mallanna for Komiri.

Not willing to let Komiri escape,
they beat Mallanna

and pushed him into the pyre.

I checked if the teeth found in
the pyre when I searched for evidence

matched with Komiri's DNA.

They did not match.

Later, I matched it with
Mallanna's son.

Then I understood that Mallanna died
and my brother had escaped.

Is my husband alive?

Don't keep hopes up, Lakshmi.

Cry.

Think he is dead.

Whatever his powers may be...

he will die for sure now.

Just see.

Janga.

Whoever does wrong, I will
make sure they get punished.

Everyone is equal before the law.

Even my brother.

A FEW MONTHS LATER

KERALA

[Malayalam news playing on radio]

Why do you look disturbed?

Is everything okay?

MAA OORI POLIMERA