1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:02:14,766 --> 00:02:15,983 'This is the world.' 4 00:02:16,516 --> 00:02:17,599 'This is Kuttikkanam.' 5 00:02:18,307 --> 00:02:19,390 'This is me.' 6 00:02:19,391 --> 00:02:20,432 'Vineeth Madhavan.' 7 00:02:21,016 --> 00:02:22,140 'This is my story.' 8 00:02:22,557 --> 00:02:24,306 'But, what you are about to see now...' 9 00:02:24,307 --> 00:02:25,391 'is not my story.' 10 00:02:25,683 --> 00:02:28,565 'Twenty-five kilometres away from Kuttikkanam,' 11 00:02:28,663 --> 00:02:30,348 'in the hills of Vagamon, lives...' 12 00:02:30,349 --> 00:02:32,975 'Kerala's most popular writer' 13 00:02:33,083 --> 00:02:35,265 'and my favourite horror novelist,' 14 00:02:35,266 --> 00:02:39,223 'Vaikom David, and his son Sachin Vaikom David.' 15 00:02:39,224 --> 00:02:40,391 'This is their story.' 16 00:02:47,057 --> 00:02:49,683 WITH LOVE, TO NEETHU 17 00:02:51,099 --> 00:02:54,808 VAIKOM DAVID 18 00:03:25,140 --> 00:03:26,513 - Sachin David! - Huh? 19 00:03:27,724 --> 00:03:30,057 Metals used for electroplating... Which are they? 20 00:03:33,250 --> 00:03:34,875 Chromium, Gold, Silver. 21 00:03:35,683 --> 00:03:36,808 Oh... Okay... 22 00:03:37,224 --> 00:03:38,891 Then, define electroplating. 23 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:41,890 The process of depositing a layer of desired metal 24 00:03:41,891 --> 00:03:43,643 on another by using electricity. 25 00:03:45,391 --> 00:03:46,432 Teacher... 26 00:03:46,683 --> 00:03:48,306 - Huh! - Sachin David is being called. 27 00:03:48,307 --> 00:03:49,432 Hmm... Go! 28 00:03:53,182 --> 00:03:55,057 Are you into writing, like your father, Sachin? 29 00:03:55,516 --> 00:03:56,766 - A little bit. - I see. 30 00:03:56,975 --> 00:03:59,139 I've been saddled with the charge of the school magazine this year. 31 00:03:59,140 --> 00:04:01,807 The stories and poems we've received for the Malayalam section are quite weak. 32 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:03,516 That's when I thought of you, Sachin. 33 00:04:03,766 --> 00:04:05,223 After all, when Vaikom David sir's son writes something, 34 00:04:05,224 --> 00:04:06,473 it cannot be bad, right? 35 00:04:06,474 --> 00:04:08,515 - I will give it a shot, Teacher. - Good. Don't waste time. 36 00:04:08,516 --> 00:04:09,974 It must be submitted by next week. 37 00:04:09,975 --> 00:04:11,599 - Get it done quickly. - Okay, Teacher. 38 00:04:15,016 --> 00:04:16,140 Teacher! 39 00:04:16,432 --> 00:04:18,332 Should I write a short story or a novel? 40 00:04:18,333 --> 00:04:20,249 Oh goodness, we don't have that kind of space! 41 00:04:20,250 --> 00:04:21,375 A short story would do. 42 00:04:27,208 --> 00:04:28,755 [knocking on the door] 43 00:04:45,933 --> 00:04:47,265 Mangalam weekly or Manjadi? 44 00:04:47,266 --> 00:04:48,391 Manjadi. 45 00:04:49,650 --> 00:04:50,838 - Peter! - Yes? 46 00:04:51,125 --> 00:04:52,383 - Manjadi. - Okay. 47 00:04:56,808 --> 00:04:57,807 Here you go. 48 00:04:57,808 --> 00:04:59,223 Oops. I'll get that. 49 00:04:59,224 --> 00:05:00,224 That's okay. 50 00:05:02,208 --> 00:05:03,371 Devil's Island! 51 00:05:03,750 --> 00:05:05,072 Hey, there's this one too! 52 00:05:12,849 --> 00:05:13,932 - Venu Chetta... - Hmm? 53 00:05:13,933 --> 00:05:16,791 Would you publish a horror novel in your children's magazine? 54 00:05:16,792 --> 00:05:18,306 The last four or five pages... 55 00:05:18,307 --> 00:05:20,015 are reserved for the kids' section. 56 00:05:20,016 --> 00:05:21,223 If it's a short story, we can certainly publish it there. 57 00:05:21,224 --> 00:05:23,098 I'm already writing a short story for the school magazine. 58 00:05:23,099 --> 00:05:25,641 But this is a novel I've been planning for a long time. 59 00:05:25,891 --> 00:05:27,808 If it's written by Vaikom David sir's son... 60 00:05:28,349 --> 00:05:30,015 then even if it's a horror novel, 61 00:05:30,016 --> 00:05:31,348 Manjadi will consider it. 62 00:05:31,349 --> 00:05:32,557 What's the title? 63 00:05:33,557 --> 00:05:34,849 "The Black Hands!" 64 00:05:39,057 --> 00:05:40,726 - Nice. - Teacher! 65 00:05:40,933 --> 00:05:41,974 Aha... 66 00:05:41,975 --> 00:05:43,265 Celebrating your birthday is fine. 67 00:05:43,266 --> 00:05:44,932 But if you don't submit your article by tomorrow, 68 00:05:44,933 --> 00:05:46,348 I'm sending the magazine to the press without it, mind you! 69 00:05:46,349 --> 00:05:47,808 - I'll definitely give it, Teacher. - Alright then. 70 00:05:49,307 --> 00:05:50,349 Neethu... 71 00:05:51,975 --> 00:05:53,057 Happy Birthday! 72 00:05:53,474 --> 00:05:55,456 - This is the first printed copy. - Thank you! 73 00:05:56,086 --> 00:05:58,745 'Devil's Island' 74 00:05:59,140 --> 00:06:00,223 - Teacher, for me! - Wait... wait... 75 00:06:00,224 --> 00:06:01,139 Don't rush! 76 00:06:01,140 --> 00:06:02,348 - I'll call out the names... - I...I want one. 77 00:06:02,349 --> 00:06:03,848 - Sachin, I got it. - I'm fed up with these kids. 78 00:06:03,849 --> 00:06:05,766 - Come! - Hey... Everyone go and sit down! 79 00:06:06,266 --> 00:06:07,682 Didn't you hear what I said? Go and sit. 80 00:06:07,683 --> 00:06:08,975 Did you see my book review? 81 00:06:15,432 --> 00:06:17,141 THE LAST BOOK I READ: DEVIL'S ISLAND - NEETHU CHERIYAN 82 00:06:17,142 --> 00:06:18,340 'A small kid's story' 83 00:06:18,341 --> 00:06:19,468 'Where have you gone?' 84 00:06:20,140 --> 00:06:21,348 Regarding your story, Sachin... 85 00:06:21,349 --> 00:06:23,766 As a first timer, it's definitely a good attempt. 86 00:06:24,658 --> 00:06:25,991 - But... - But?? 87 00:06:26,849 --> 00:06:29,724 It doesn't quite have the standard to be published in our school magazine. 88 00:06:31,140 --> 00:06:33,380 Maybe we can publish your next one instead. 89 00:06:33,724 --> 00:06:34,807 Now, that doesn't mean... 90 00:06:34,808 --> 00:06:36,139 that you lack talent, 91 00:06:36,140 --> 00:06:37,391 or that the story itself is bad. 92 00:06:37,792 --> 00:06:39,098 With a little more practice, 93 00:06:39,099 --> 00:06:40,640 you can write very well, Sachin. 94 00:06:40,641 --> 00:06:41,682 Keep trying! 95 00:06:41,683 --> 00:06:43,015 Perseverance is everything. 96 00:06:43,016 --> 00:06:45,345 Pick up your father's books and read them once more. 97 00:06:45,467 --> 00:06:46,808 Learn from the best! 98 00:06:58,042 --> 00:07:00,019 If it's written by Vaikom David sir's son... 99 00:07:00,542 --> 00:07:02,181 then even if it's a horror novel, 100 00:07:02,182 --> 00:07:03,181 Manjadi will consider it. 101 00:07:03,182 --> 00:07:04,807 After all, when Vaikom David sir's son writes something, 102 00:07:04,808 --> 00:07:05,932 it cannot be bad, right? 103 00:07:05,933 --> 00:07:07,306 After all, when Vaikom David sir's son writes something, 104 00:07:07,307 --> 00:07:08,556 it cannot be bad, right? 105 00:07:08,557 --> 00:07:10,015 After all, when Vaikom David sir's son writes something, 106 00:07:10,016 --> 00:07:11,266 it cannot be bad, right? 107 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:15,431 Son, could you give these to your dad? 108 00:07:15,432 --> 00:07:17,641 These copies of "Devil's Island" have a printing error. 109 00:07:17,849 --> 00:07:20,765 Fortunately, they were only sold from a single book store in Kottayam. 110 00:07:20,766 --> 00:07:23,099 We're going to recall them and get new ones printed. 111 00:07:23,316 --> 00:07:24,512 Alright, then. 112 00:07:24,917 --> 00:07:26,667 Sachin... Here you go! 113 00:07:34,375 --> 00:07:35,890 After all, when Vaikom David sir's son writes something, 114 00:07:35,891 --> 00:07:36,974 it cannot be bad, right? 115 00:07:36,975 --> 00:07:39,682 It doesn't quite have the standard to be published in our school magazine. 116 00:07:39,683 --> 00:07:41,181 After all, when Vaikom David sir's son writes something, 117 00:07:41,182 --> 00:07:42,598 it cannot be bad, right? 118 00:07:42,599 --> 00:07:44,724 Pick up your father's books and read them once more. 119 00:07:45,083 --> 00:07:46,682 After all, when Vaikom David sir's son writes something, 120 00:07:46,683 --> 00:07:47,682 it cannot be bad, right? 121 00:07:47,683 --> 00:07:50,516 It doesn't quite have the standard to be published in our school magazine. 122 00:07:51,542 --> 00:07:52,877 I had given it to Neethu. 123 00:07:52,878 --> 00:07:54,600 'Devil's Island' 124 00:07:54,933 --> 00:07:56,808 Dad, I wrote a novel. 125 00:07:57,708 --> 00:07:59,664 [Thundering clouds] 126 00:08:05,140 --> 00:08:06,182 It's good. 127 00:08:07,307 --> 00:08:08,557 But this isn't horror. 128 00:08:09,542 --> 00:08:10,764 This is pure comedy. 129 00:08:11,333 --> 00:08:13,136 [hapless agony] 130 00:08:25,998 --> 00:08:27,379 [sudden power outage] 131 00:08:27,599 --> 00:08:28,724 It's good. 132 00:08:29,599 --> 00:08:31,140 But this isn't horror. 133 00:08:31,849 --> 00:08:33,099 This is pure comedy. 134 00:08:34,474 --> 00:08:35,556 Teacher! 135 00:08:35,557 --> 00:08:37,224 Should I write a short story or a novel? 136 00:08:39,092 --> 00:08:40,223 [kncoking on the door] 137 00:08:40,224 --> 00:08:41,224 Sachin! 138 00:08:41,833 --> 00:08:43,082 Open the door! 139 00:09:04,333 --> 00:09:05,848 I gave it everything I had. 140 00:09:06,266 --> 00:09:08,557 But I can never match my father's genius. 141 00:09:09,307 --> 00:09:11,098 To live as my father's talentless... 142 00:09:11,099 --> 00:09:12,932 and incompetent son... 143 00:09:12,933 --> 00:09:14,452 I just can't do it anymore. 144 00:09:18,349 --> 00:09:19,933 Well, of course you can't. 145 00:09:20,624 --> 00:09:22,228 Because, you are my son. 146 00:09:23,724 --> 00:09:27,307 Out of the 232 novels I've published, not a single one is actually mine. 147 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,384 I had a lover who took her own life out of heartbreak. 148 00:09:32,808 --> 00:09:34,791 My batchmate from C.M.S. College, 149 00:09:34,792 --> 00:09:35,983 Anuradha! 150 00:09:36,111 --> 00:09:38,080 'ANURADHA' 151 00:09:38,250 --> 00:09:39,749 After the funeral was over, 152 00:09:39,750 --> 00:09:41,139 and her family came to clear things out, 153 00:09:41,140 --> 00:09:44,556 I packed up and sent all her hostel belongings back with them. 154 00:09:44,557 --> 00:09:45,724 Save for a single exception. 155 00:09:46,917 --> 00:09:48,718 The novels she had written. 156 00:09:48,719 --> 00:09:50,819 'THE DETECTIVE ANURAJ MYSTERIES' 157 00:09:50,917 --> 00:09:53,517 She had an incredible knack for terrifying people with her prose. 158 00:09:55,891 --> 00:09:58,334 I published every single one of those novels under my own name. 159 00:09:58,335 --> 00:09:59,223 'THE DETECTIVE DAVID RAJ MYSTERIES' 160 00:09:59,224 --> 00:10:01,431 By the time her manuscripts finally ran dry, 161 00:10:01,432 --> 00:10:03,332 I had accumulated enough wealth and fame... 162 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:05,042 to hire people to ghost-write for me. 163 00:10:05,474 --> 00:10:09,114 So, I began scouting for destitute literary talents whom I could easily exploit. 164 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:10,890 Now, the manuscripts I give you 165 00:10:10,891 --> 00:10:13,207 to hand over to Mangalam or Manjadi every evening... 166 00:10:13,208 --> 00:10:14,417 aren't written by me either. 167 00:10:14,724 --> 00:10:15,994 They're actually his. 168 00:10:16,808 --> 00:10:17,891 Peter's. 169 00:10:19,917 --> 00:10:21,083 David Sir...! 170 00:10:23,432 --> 00:10:24,431 What happened? 171 00:10:24,432 --> 00:10:26,265 There's nothing to worry about anymore, David Sir. 172 00:10:26,266 --> 00:10:30,015 We managed to recover eight copies sold from the Kottayam Manjadi Book store. 173 00:10:30,016 --> 00:10:32,414 - How many copies were sold in total? - Ten. 174 00:10:32,524 --> 00:10:34,082 Only two more left to find. 175 00:10:34,292 --> 00:10:36,283 Did your dad take those two to his grave? 176 00:10:41,391 --> 00:10:44,182 Without me even noticing, Peter left me a little parting gift. 177 00:10:44,625 --> 00:10:47,207 In the manuscript of "Devil's Island" that I gave you to send to press, 178 00:10:47,208 --> 00:10:48,797 he named the villain after me, 179 00:10:48,958 --> 00:10:51,068 and named the heroine Anuradha. 180 00:10:51,599 --> 00:10:53,099 Now, if people actually read this, 181 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:55,207 anyone with a bit of wisdom and maturity... 182 00:10:55,208 --> 00:10:57,291 could piece together my entire life story. 183 00:10:57,292 --> 00:10:58,997 And that was exactly his intention. 184 00:10:59,849 --> 00:11:01,224 But what if the truth comes out? 185 00:11:02,766 --> 00:11:04,965 Have you ever thought about that, Dad? 186 00:11:06,792 --> 00:11:08,792 Who wrote 'Romeo and Juliet'? 187 00:11:09,258 --> 00:11:10,598 William Shakespeare. 188 00:11:10,599 --> 00:11:14,181 "The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet." by Arthur Brookes. 189 00:11:14,182 --> 00:11:15,808 It was based on that poem... 190 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:18,041 that William Shakespeare... 191 00:11:18,042 --> 00:11:20,847 created his famous masterpiece, "Romeo and Juliet." 192 00:11:21,542 --> 00:11:25,100 Back then, when intellectual property and copyrights didn't exist... 193 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:27,064 this was common practice. 194 00:11:27,065 --> 00:11:28,598 But in this day and age, 195 00:11:28,599 --> 00:11:32,432 it would be dismissed as plagiarism or cheap copying. 196 00:11:32,792 --> 00:11:35,818 Can you even fathom framing the great William Shakespeare 197 00:11:35,819 --> 00:11:37,861 as a mere plagiarist? 198 00:11:38,667 --> 00:11:40,622 - No. - You can't. 199 00:11:41,016 --> 00:11:43,124 Because... in reality, beyond the art itself, 200 00:11:43,125 --> 00:11:44,641 and surviving across centuries, 201 00:11:44,642 --> 00:11:46,332 what defines his greatness... 202 00:11:46,333 --> 00:11:48,399 is the reputation he has earned. 203 00:11:48,942 --> 00:11:50,832 The fact that their favourite novelist cheated... 204 00:11:50,833 --> 00:11:52,890 is something people simply don't want to believe. 205 00:11:52,891 --> 00:11:54,223 If the creation is good, 206 00:11:54,224 --> 00:11:57,561 they will deify whoever takes credit as the creator. 207 00:11:57,875 --> 00:12:01,416 They don't even like to hear that it was someone else's blood and sweat. 208 00:12:01,417 --> 00:12:03,541 Only the final result matters here. 209 00:12:03,542 --> 00:12:05,416 [phone rings] 210 00:12:08,917 --> 00:12:10,166 - Hello? - Sir! 211 00:12:10,333 --> 00:12:11,957 We've traced one more copy. 212 00:12:11,958 --> 00:12:13,431 That's nine out of ten. 213 00:12:13,432 --> 00:12:14,416 That's not enough. 214 00:12:14,417 --> 00:12:16,166 We need to issue a press release immediately. 215 00:12:16,167 --> 00:12:18,916 "The novel is being withdrawn due to a technical error." 216 00:12:18,917 --> 00:12:21,816 "If the book is returned to any nearby Manjadi book store, 217 00:12:21,817 --> 00:12:24,345 "readers will receive double the amount as a refund." 218 00:12:24,346 --> 00:12:25,306 Understood, sir. 219 00:12:25,307 --> 00:12:28,015 Not a single copy of that novel should remain in circulation. 220 00:12:28,016 --> 00:12:29,115 Okay, sir. 221 00:12:36,017 --> 00:12:37,749 You have a high IQ... 222 00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:40,332 If you put in the effort, you could easily get into an IIT. 223 00:12:40,333 --> 00:12:43,041 You could draw a six-figure salary anywhere in the world... 224 00:12:43,042 --> 00:12:44,390 and live a comfortable life. 225 00:12:44,391 --> 00:12:45,515 Now tell me... 226 00:12:45,516 --> 00:12:47,516 Do you really want this cursed life of mine? 227 00:12:50,099 --> 00:12:51,140 I do. 228 00:12:51,766 --> 00:12:53,307 I want the world to know me. 229 00:12:53,849 --> 00:12:55,352 I want them to admire me. 230 00:12:55,724 --> 00:12:57,057 Just like my dad. 231 00:12:58,917 --> 00:13:00,333 No, scratch that. Not like you. 232 00:13:01,140 --> 00:13:03,139 I want to become even greater than you. 233 00:13:07,509 --> 00:13:09,424 To do that, you needn't struggle this much. 234 00:13:09,542 --> 00:13:12,417 Trust me, the world is full of fools who will happily struggle for you. 235 00:13:14,975 --> 00:13:16,265 What you should strive for, 236 00:13:16,266 --> 00:13:17,807 is not to create your art. 237 00:13:17,808 --> 00:13:19,505 It is to create your value. 238 00:13:21,641 --> 00:13:24,223 Your greatness lies in protecting your own value. 239 00:13:24,224 --> 00:13:25,807 Once you are established as a great man, 240 00:13:25,808 --> 00:13:28,223 even if your past mistakes are one day revealed, 241 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:30,729 the greatness you have achieved will be your shield. 242 00:13:33,766 --> 00:13:36,865 "Chase reputation... and greatness will follow." 243 00:13:38,333 --> 00:13:40,664 Guard that reputation even to your grave. 244 00:13:44,432 --> 00:13:45,707 Reputation! 245 00:13:46,417 --> 00:13:48,488 That is the only weapon you need. 246 00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:12,765 'The very last copy of "Devil's Island"...' 247 00:14:12,766 --> 00:14:14,807 'that Vaikom David was so desperately searching for,' 248 00:14:14,808 --> 00:14:16,119 'is right here with me.' 249 00:14:16,250 --> 00:14:18,166 'And this is where my story begins.' 250 00:14:18,333 --> 00:14:19,375 Vineeth! 251 00:14:21,099 --> 00:14:23,933 Now do you see how he fell from his bed and broke his arm? 252 00:14:24,182 --> 00:14:26,181 He's always reading horror novels, 253 00:14:26,182 --> 00:14:27,557 or watching some horror film. 254 00:14:28,057 --> 00:14:29,890 And then, he dreams of it and wakes up startled, 255 00:14:29,891 --> 00:14:31,265 falls off the bed, and breaks his arm. 256 00:14:31,266 --> 00:14:32,599 - Correct! - Huh? 257 00:14:33,307 --> 00:14:34,390 - Oh...! - You, keep quiet! 258 00:14:34,391 --> 00:14:36,390 You mess around too, but when the exam results come... 259 00:14:36,391 --> 00:14:37,848 you always manage to score above 90%. 260 00:14:37,849 --> 00:14:38,933 But his case is different. 261 00:14:39,432 --> 00:14:40,682 For the last exam, 262 00:14:40,683 --> 00:14:41,849 he barely managed 55%. 263 00:14:47,391 --> 00:14:48,641 Hey! Come on! 264 00:14:49,933 --> 00:14:51,431 Uncle, will you buy me a Frooti? 265 00:14:51,432 --> 00:14:52,557 Would one be enough? 266 00:15:05,933 --> 00:15:08,306 "Those who believe in the false illusion... 267 00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:10,390 of a beautiful and fragrant life, 268 00:15:10,391 --> 00:15:11,849 should not read this novel!" 269 00:15:16,808 --> 00:15:18,266 Vineeth, when you grow up, 270 00:15:18,391 --> 00:15:19,724 what do you want to be? 271 00:15:23,016 --> 00:15:24,474 You must have an ambition, right? 272 00:15:27,140 --> 00:15:28,181 Doctor... 273 00:15:28,182 --> 00:15:30,139 Doctor, it's not like what my father said. 274 00:15:30,140 --> 00:15:31,641 I didn't fall because I was scared. 275 00:15:32,516 --> 00:15:33,556 Then? 276 00:15:33,557 --> 00:15:35,516 Someone throws me to the ground. 277 00:15:37,516 --> 00:15:39,266 - Who? - I don't know! 278 00:15:39,474 --> 00:15:41,307 But he comes every night. 279 00:15:42,516 --> 00:15:43,724 Have you actually seen him? 280 00:15:44,391 --> 00:15:45,516 Just once! 281 00:15:46,099 --> 00:15:47,099 But... 282 00:15:47,891 --> 00:15:48,975 But? 283 00:15:49,140 --> 00:15:50,766 - He has no head. - What?! 284 00:15:50,975 --> 00:15:53,139 He jumped in front of a train, and committed suicide. 285 00:15:53,140 --> 00:15:54,349 That's what he told me. 286 00:15:58,307 --> 00:15:59,348 Don't be scared, Doctor! 287 00:15:59,349 --> 00:16:00,473 I was just kidding. 288 00:16:00,474 --> 00:16:02,099 - Oh! - I dream every night. 289 00:16:02,474 --> 00:16:04,139 Sometimes I do get a bit frightened. 290 00:16:04,140 --> 00:16:05,640 Sometimes I just lose my balance... 291 00:16:05,641 --> 00:16:06,683 and I end up falling. 292 00:16:07,224 --> 00:16:08,891 This happened the same way. 293 00:16:13,057 --> 00:16:14,099 I'm taking this with me. 294 00:16:14,349 --> 00:16:15,431 You can't do that! 295 00:16:15,432 --> 00:16:17,099 I haven't finished reading it yet. 296 00:16:17,224 --> 00:16:19,515 I won't be able to sleep without knowing its climax. 297 00:16:19,516 --> 00:16:20,556 Is that so? 298 00:16:20,557 --> 00:16:22,808 Then for the time being, you needn't know the climax. 299 00:16:23,307 --> 00:16:26,016 You should be focusing on much more important things now. 300 00:16:26,683 --> 00:16:28,182 You need an aim in life, son. 301 00:16:28,391 --> 00:16:29,682 Decide what it is, by the time 302 00:16:29,683 --> 00:16:31,140 you come back to remove your cast. 303 00:16:33,349 --> 00:16:34,766 Only then will I give this back. 304 00:16:35,099 --> 00:16:36,890 'To find out how "Devil's Island" ends,' 305 00:16:36,891 --> 00:16:38,808 'now I have to wait until this cast comes off.' 306 00:16:39,516 --> 00:16:41,223 'And I have to come up with an "aim" in life too.' 307 00:16:41,224 --> 00:16:42,641 'This was a total betrayal.' 308 00:16:43,016 --> 00:16:44,139 Uncle and I... 309 00:16:44,140 --> 00:16:46,057 will drop you off and head out quickly. 310 00:16:46,182 --> 00:16:49,098 Just make sure you give him his food and medicine on time, okay? 311 00:16:49,099 --> 00:16:50,724 Consider it done, Aunty! 312 00:16:51,349 --> 00:16:53,432 It's not like I have anything better to do anyway! 313 00:16:56,140 --> 00:16:57,182 - Dude? - Yeah? 314 00:16:57,557 --> 00:16:58,808 Shall we go watch a movie? 315 00:16:59,975 --> 00:17:03,224 Mom gave me fifty rupees to buy snacks for the school trip. 316 00:17:03,641 --> 00:17:04,974 As soon as your parents leave, 317 00:17:04,975 --> 00:17:06,516 we'll head straight to the theatre. 318 00:17:07,057 --> 00:17:08,391 [whispering] Which movie? 319 00:17:24,474 --> 00:17:26,098 - "Mummy"? - Just come with me! 320 00:17:26,099 --> 00:17:27,683 The special effects are incredible. 321 00:17:53,432 --> 00:17:54,432 Phew! 322 00:18:35,724 --> 00:18:38,098 Didn't I tell you the special effects would be incredible? 323 00:18:38,099 --> 00:18:40,682 That scene where Imhotep swallows the helicopter... 324 00:18:40,683 --> 00:18:41,723 Oh my god! 325 00:18:41,724 --> 00:18:43,349 The sound was even coming from behind us! 326 00:18:48,016 --> 00:18:49,099 I've found it! 327 00:18:49,766 --> 00:18:50,766 Found what? 328 00:18:51,140 --> 00:18:52,182 Aim! 329 00:18:52,349 --> 00:18:53,599 I didn't get you! 330 00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:55,099 I want to scare people! 331 00:18:55,391 --> 00:18:57,349 I want to terrify everyone using DTS! 332 00:18:57,557 --> 00:18:58,683 [SUNIL VIDEOS] 333 00:19:02,016 --> 00:19:03,098 "Akashaganga" [cult horror film in Malayalam] 334 00:19:03,099 --> 00:19:05,015 - Vineeth! - Suniletta... 335 00:19:05,016 --> 00:19:06,099 Do you have "The Mummy"? 336 00:19:06,266 --> 00:19:07,390 Oh, no, I don't. 337 00:19:07,391 --> 00:19:08,890 I only had two copies... 338 00:19:08,891 --> 00:19:10,140 and both are currently out. 339 00:19:10,266 --> 00:19:11,848 But I have something else for you. 340 00:19:11,849 --> 00:19:13,599 It hasn't even been released in India yet. 341 00:19:13,891 --> 00:19:16,516 In America, it's a bigger hit than "Titanic." 342 00:19:23,307 --> 00:19:25,391 "The Sixth Sense!" 343 00:19:29,557 --> 00:19:30,724 Does this have DTS? 344 00:19:30,891 --> 00:19:33,556 It was recorded from a theatre in America that had DTS, 345 00:19:33,557 --> 00:19:34,766 so it's bound to have it! 346 00:19:38,474 --> 00:19:41,473 [News on TV] Malayalam's beloved writer, Vaikom David, has passed away. 347 00:19:41,474 --> 00:19:44,890 The end came at approximately six o'clock this evening at his own residence. 348 00:19:44,891 --> 00:19:46,348 With over two hundred and fifty... 349 00:19:46,349 --> 00:19:47,808 'This setup isn't good enough at all!' 350 00:19:49,224 --> 00:19:51,016 'I need to equip this house with DTS!' 351 00:19:51,516 --> 00:19:52,598 'I know how to do it.' 352 00:19:52,599 --> 00:19:53,808 Sorry, Grandpa. 353 00:19:54,140 --> 00:19:55,641 I really need to watch this movie. 354 00:20:18,557 --> 00:20:20,640 'Welcome to Madhavan DTS!' 355 00:20:20,641 --> 00:20:21,808 '5.1,' 356 00:20:21,975 --> 00:20:23,016 'Kuttikkanam.' 357 00:20:29,891 --> 00:20:31,016 Wow! 358 00:20:31,599 --> 00:20:33,306 That's quite the setup you've got here! 359 00:20:33,307 --> 00:20:34,348 It's no use, man. 360 00:20:34,349 --> 00:20:35,890 Sunilettan totally ripped me off. 361 00:20:35,891 --> 00:20:37,641 The DTS effect isn't working at all. 362 00:20:38,016 --> 00:20:40,224 Well, that's Sunilettan for you. He's bound to cheat. 363 00:20:41,808 --> 00:20:43,432 It's a great book, Grandpa. 364 00:20:43,849 --> 00:20:45,765 I have no idea why it flopped. 365 00:20:45,766 --> 00:20:46,933 People don't deserve you! 366 00:20:47,224 --> 00:20:49,015 As per my genetics, 367 00:20:49,016 --> 00:20:52,598 I expected a grandson with a scientific temperament like you. 368 00:20:52,599 --> 00:20:53,807 And what did I end up with? 369 00:20:53,808 --> 00:20:57,599 A boy who breaks his arm falling off the bed reading a Vaikom David novel! 370 00:20:58,182 --> 00:20:59,766 "The Sixth Sense"? 371 00:21:00,099 --> 00:21:02,139 Where have I heard that name before? 372 00:21:02,140 --> 00:21:03,724 No, you wouldn't have heard it. 373 00:21:03,975 --> 00:21:05,016 Wait... 374 00:21:05,182 --> 00:21:07,307 Its director is actually a Malayali. 375 00:21:07,557 --> 00:21:09,306 Get out of here! This is a Hollywood movie. 376 00:21:09,307 --> 00:21:10,807 Bruce Willis is the hero. 377 00:21:10,808 --> 00:21:12,349 The hero might be Bruce Willis, 378 00:21:12,599 --> 00:21:14,306 but the director is definitely a Malayali. 379 00:21:14,307 --> 00:21:15,474 Manoj K. Jayan! 380 00:21:16,016 --> 00:21:17,599 It's Manoj Night Shyamalan! 381 00:21:17,933 --> 00:21:19,098 Born in Mahe. 382 00:21:19,099 --> 00:21:20,641 Brought up in Pennsylvania. 383 00:21:20,808 --> 00:21:22,723 Grandpa, you are a genius. 384 00:21:22,724 --> 00:21:23,890 People don't deserve you! 385 00:21:23,891 --> 00:21:25,682 'Grandpa is more than I gave him credit for.' 386 00:21:25,683 --> 00:21:26,683 'He really is a genius.' 387 00:21:27,307 --> 00:21:29,140 'But how on earth did Suji know that?' 388 00:21:30,516 --> 00:21:32,099 [whispering] How do you know this? 389 00:21:32,474 --> 00:21:34,181 Just watching movies isn't enough... 390 00:21:34,182 --> 00:21:36,349 You should try reading the newspaper once in a while. 391 00:21:36,808 --> 00:21:38,808 'Yes, I've found an aim in life.' 392 00:21:39,140 --> 00:21:42,473 'Now, I need to get this cast off and finally read the climax of Devil's Island.' 393 00:21:42,474 --> 00:21:43,891 Try shaking your hand a little. 394 00:21:45,349 --> 00:21:46,431 Does it hurt? 395 00:21:46,432 --> 00:21:47,474 No. 396 00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:50,515 Now, try writing something. 397 00:21:50,516 --> 00:21:52,808 - What should I write? - Anything that comes to your mind. 398 00:21:55,516 --> 00:21:57,599 'Everyone is going to be shocked when they read this.' 399 00:21:58,140 --> 00:21:59,391 'Grandpa will be happy.' 400 00:22:10,683 --> 00:22:11,683 Aim. 401 00:22:11,849 --> 00:22:13,724 I have finally decided on my life's aim. 402 00:22:15,266 --> 00:22:18,474 I want to be a Hollywood director like Manoj Night Shyamalan. 403 00:22:20,683 --> 00:22:22,391 - What? - The book! 404 00:22:25,849 --> 00:22:27,474 'The climax of Devil's Island' 405 00:22:27,933 --> 00:22:29,516 'was nothing like what I had expected.' 406 00:22:29,975 --> 00:22:31,391 'It was pretty terrible.' 407 00:22:35,766 --> 00:22:37,766 'So, that chapter of my life is officially over.' 408 00:22:38,057 --> 00:22:40,432 Dad, will you buy me a video camera? 409 00:22:41,182 --> 00:22:43,266 A video camera will be far too expensive, son. 410 00:22:43,474 --> 00:22:46,431 If you'd like, we can stop by Sunil Videos on the way and rent a cassette. 411 00:22:46,432 --> 00:22:49,390 But Sunilettan said it only costs Rs 27,000. 412 00:22:49,391 --> 00:22:51,016 "Only" Rs 27,000?! 413 00:22:54,182 --> 00:22:55,181 Hey! 414 00:22:55,182 --> 00:22:56,556 If we had Rs 27,000, 415 00:22:56,557 --> 00:22:58,891 we could buy your mother a brand-new washing machine. 416 00:22:59,016 --> 00:23:01,099 - And you want a video camera? - [laughs] 417 00:23:01,432 --> 00:23:02,807 So, did you finish reading it? 418 00:23:02,808 --> 00:23:03,891 I didn't like it one bit. 419 00:23:04,099 --> 00:23:05,556 Stupid "Devil's Island". 420 00:23:05,557 --> 00:23:07,098 When a talented man's treasure, 421 00:23:07,099 --> 00:23:08,975 is snatched away by the talentless one, 422 00:23:09,182 --> 00:23:13,016 he can either console himself by calling it his destiny, 423 00:23:13,724 --> 00:23:17,182 or he can set out... to rewrite that destiny himself. 424 00:23:17,849 --> 00:23:20,057 This is the story of one such man's... 425 00:23:20,182 --> 00:23:23,224 incredibly adventurous and epic journey. 426 00:23:25,516 --> 00:23:27,306 So, did the talented one get the treasure? 427 00:23:27,307 --> 00:23:28,640 No, he didn't get it in the end. 428 00:23:28,641 --> 00:23:30,849 The talented man lost... and the talentless man won. 429 00:23:31,224 --> 00:23:33,181 - What a terrible climax! - That's what! 430 00:23:33,182 --> 00:23:35,974 This is what happens when you carry impossible desires in your heart. 431 00:23:35,975 --> 00:23:38,598 Manoj Night Shyamalan grew up in America. 432 00:23:38,599 --> 00:23:40,224 You grew up in Kuttikkanam. 433 00:23:41,474 --> 00:23:42,473 Listen... 434 00:23:42,474 --> 00:23:43,598 There's no Hollywood here. 435 00:23:43,599 --> 00:23:46,140 In this small state of Kerala, we only have a 'small wood.' 436 00:23:46,266 --> 00:23:47,266 Mollywood! 437 00:23:47,557 --> 00:23:48,599 So, Vineeth... 438 00:23:48,933 --> 00:23:50,808 Just forget about the handycam! 439 00:23:54,683 --> 00:23:55,724 Damn it! 440 00:23:56,140 --> 00:23:57,306 It won't start! 441 00:23:57,307 --> 00:23:58,765 It's time to buy a new car. 442 00:23:58,766 --> 00:24:00,640 - This has been happening frequently now! - Huh!? 443 00:24:00,641 --> 00:24:01,808 Hey, Vineeth! 444 00:24:02,641 --> 00:24:03,766 Get in the car! 445 00:24:05,391 --> 00:24:06,391 Hey! 446 00:24:06,516 --> 00:24:07,556 What is he doing? 447 00:24:07,557 --> 00:24:11,224 "Malayalam's first DTS horror film!" 448 00:24:11,599 --> 00:24:13,474 Fine. Mollywood would do! 449 00:24:14,891 --> 00:24:17,891 I'll make high-class horror films right here in our little Kerala! 450 00:24:18,140 --> 00:24:20,182 Best of the best, in DTS! 451 00:24:20,599 --> 00:24:21,766 After Director Vinayan, 452 00:24:22,349 --> 00:24:23,766 it'll be Vineeth Madhavan! 453 00:24:25,808 --> 00:24:27,349 I'm going to terrify everyone! 454 00:24:29,307 --> 00:24:30,766 'And no one can stop me!' 455 00:24:31,391 --> 00:24:32,473 'Because,' 456 00:24:32,474 --> 00:24:33,849 'God will be with me,' 457 00:24:34,349 --> 00:24:35,349 'always!' 458 00:24:37,557 --> 00:24:39,683 'Mollywood Times' 459 00:24:59,057 --> 00:25:00,182 O Goddess! 460 00:25:31,808 --> 00:25:33,057 O Goddess! 461 00:25:39,516 --> 00:25:41,640 [soundtrack from "Akashaganga"] 462 00:25:41,641 --> 00:25:43,266 Please don't kill me! 463 00:25:53,349 --> 00:25:54,766 O Goddess! 464 00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:00,765 What happened? Did you break it again? 465 00:26:00,766 --> 00:26:01,849 Huh? 466 00:26:02,182 --> 00:26:03,474 No, Dad! All okay! 467 00:26:04,057 --> 00:26:05,181 Then get ready! 468 00:26:05,182 --> 00:26:06,432 Let's go get your mark sheet! 469 00:26:07,683 --> 00:26:08,849 'This is the world.' 470 00:26:09,724 --> 00:26:11,139 'And this is my Orkut profile.' 471 00:26:11,140 --> 00:26:12,766 'I have five friends on Orkut.' 472 00:26:13,641 --> 00:26:15,015 'Dad, Mom,' 473 00:26:15,016 --> 00:26:17,140 'Grandpa, Suji and Sunilettan.' 474 00:26:17,599 --> 00:26:21,432 'I've sent friend requests to M. Night Shyamalan, RGV and Vinayan sir.' 475 00:26:22,307 --> 00:26:23,933 'They haven't accepted them yet.' 476 00:26:24,057 --> 00:26:25,181 'But one day...' 477 00:26:25,182 --> 00:26:26,473 'One day, they will.' 478 00:26:26,474 --> 00:26:29,182 'And then, they'll personally reach out to Vineeth Madhavan.' 479 00:26:30,266 --> 00:26:31,807 'Waiting for that day!' 480 00:26:31,808 --> 00:26:33,432 - Happy? - Maadhavan? 481 00:26:33,933 --> 00:26:36,391 Teacher, there aren't two 'A's in "Madhavan," only one. 482 00:26:36,891 --> 00:26:38,265 - 62%. - Nice! 483 00:26:38,266 --> 00:26:39,640 - You barely passed in Maths. - As usual! 484 00:26:39,641 --> 00:26:41,431 And that's only thanks to the teachers here. 485 00:26:41,432 --> 00:26:43,932 Next year, for the board exams, don't expect such leniency. 486 00:26:43,933 --> 00:26:44,975 You'll definitely fail! 487 00:26:46,266 --> 00:26:47,683 Grab that one too, Bhasietta. 488 00:26:47,849 --> 00:26:49,975 - Dad... look, "Chakrabhoomi." - Oh! 489 00:26:50,599 --> 00:26:52,181 Have you started reading newspapers now? 490 00:26:52,182 --> 00:26:53,348 Hmm... good! 491 00:26:53,349 --> 00:26:54,432 Wait... 492 00:26:54,933 --> 00:26:55,974 Did you see this, Dad? 493 00:26:55,975 --> 00:26:57,932 A Rs 5000 discount on the handycam! 494 00:26:57,933 --> 00:26:59,516 We can get it for Rs 20,000 now. 495 00:27:03,766 --> 00:27:05,975 I've been asking you for five years, Dad. 496 00:27:06,432 --> 00:27:08,265 In the meantime, you bought a new mixer, 497 00:27:08,266 --> 00:27:09,556 a new washing machine, 498 00:27:09,557 --> 00:27:11,599 and you even bought a vacuum cleaner! 499 00:27:11,849 --> 00:27:13,348 The price is really low right now. 500 00:27:13,349 --> 00:27:14,808 Can't you at least buy it for me now? 501 00:27:16,099 --> 00:27:19,933 By this age, M. Night Shyamalan had already made 22 short films, Dad! 502 00:27:21,099 --> 00:27:24,015 I need to start making movies now if I have to be a master filmmaker. 503 00:27:24,016 --> 00:27:25,516 - Vineeth Madhavan? - Yes. It's me! 504 00:27:25,641 --> 00:27:27,391 He passed his tenth grade with a distinction. 505 00:27:27,808 --> 00:27:29,140 So, just sharing the joy! 506 00:27:29,975 --> 00:27:31,182 Sweet Jesus! 507 00:27:38,182 --> 00:27:40,599 If you score above 80% in the upcoming board exams, 508 00:27:41,016 --> 00:27:42,808 I'll take a loan and buy you that handycam. 509 00:27:43,224 --> 00:27:44,266 What? 510 00:27:44,432 --> 00:27:45,807 Wait, really?! 511 00:27:45,808 --> 00:27:47,016 I mean it. 512 00:27:52,683 --> 00:27:54,307 Will he actually pull it off? 513 00:27:56,224 --> 00:27:57,598 'When you want something,' 514 00:27:57,599 --> 00:28:00,891 'the entire universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.' 515 00:28:03,307 --> 00:28:04,724 'Paulo Coelho.' 516 00:28:13,432 --> 00:28:14,933 'Eighty percent!' 517 00:28:24,391 --> 00:28:26,515 Greetings! I am Anand Sudhakaran. 518 00:28:26,516 --> 00:28:28,932 This week, two Malayalam films have hit the screens. 519 00:28:28,933 --> 00:28:31,556 Both are star-driven vehicles, and both are commercial successes. 520 00:28:31,557 --> 00:28:33,391 However... I am disappointed. 521 00:28:33,975 --> 00:28:35,390 Now, don't reach for your stones just yet! 522 00:28:35,391 --> 00:28:37,640 Let me remind you once more, 523 00:28:37,641 --> 00:28:40,015 ...film criticism is not about simply echoing public opinion. 524 00:28:40,016 --> 00:28:42,598 If the critics who came before me had done only that... 525 00:28:42,599 --> 00:28:44,431 cinema today would still be nothing more 526 00:28:44,432 --> 00:28:46,890 than the circus-tent gimmicks started by the Lumière Brothers. 527 00:28:46,891 --> 00:28:48,932 If the state of Malayalam cinema is to change... 528 00:28:48,933 --> 00:28:51,640 we need new-age cinema and fresh talents capable 529 00:28:51,641 --> 00:28:54,307 of elevating the audience's aesthetic sensibilities. 530 00:28:54,557 --> 00:28:55,641 Hey! 531 00:28:56,349 --> 00:28:58,432 I'm coming to save Malayalam Cinema! 532 00:28:59,140 --> 00:29:03,139 [Grandpa] So Vineeth Madhavan is going to become a film director, is he? 533 00:29:03,140 --> 00:29:04,890 Yes. So everyone's heard the news, then? 534 00:29:04,891 --> 00:29:07,766 Surviving in the film industry is not so easy. 535 00:29:08,182 --> 00:29:10,516 Genetically speaking, he simply isn't capable of doing it. 536 00:29:10,808 --> 00:29:13,683 [Madhavan] Do you honestly think he'll manage to score 80%, Dad? 537 00:29:13,933 --> 00:29:15,266 He's never going to do that. 538 00:29:15,724 --> 00:29:18,598 I only said that so he'd at least study something under that pretext, Dad. 539 00:29:18,599 --> 00:29:19,974 But what if he does score 80%? 540 00:29:19,975 --> 00:29:21,431 Will you actually take out a loan? 541 00:29:21,432 --> 00:29:22,598 He won't. 542 00:29:22,599 --> 00:29:24,557 Genetically speaking, he just isn't capable of it. 543 00:29:25,391 --> 00:29:27,016 'Grandpa is no more my friend.' 544 00:29:27,349 --> 00:29:28,766 'I'm going to unfriend him.' 545 00:29:29,099 --> 00:29:30,266 'Bye-bye, Grandpa!' 546 00:29:31,099 --> 00:29:32,349 'Just you wait and see.' 547 00:29:33,808 --> 00:29:35,432 "Exam Coacher" "Labour India"... 548 00:29:35,599 --> 00:29:37,224 Yes, let me take this one, too! 549 00:29:37,391 --> 00:29:39,016 "Has he returned?" 550 00:29:39,307 --> 00:29:41,099 "Has the old man arrived?" 551 00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:44,056 "Has he returned?" 552 00:29:44,057 --> 00:29:45,641 "Has the old man arrived?" 553 00:29:45,766 --> 00:29:48,724 "What happened to him? Did it catch fire again and again?" 554 00:29:49,849 --> 00:29:51,307 The moment the results are out, 555 00:29:51,724 --> 00:29:54,683 Dad will reluctantly go to State Bank and take out a loan. 556 00:29:54,933 --> 00:29:57,349 Grandpa will never see it coming. 557 00:29:57,683 --> 00:29:59,599 An unpredictable turn of events... 558 00:29:59,724 --> 00:30:01,557 just like a Manoj Night Shyamalan film. 559 00:30:02,224 --> 00:30:04,223 Then, he'll drive all the way to Kottayam... 560 00:30:04,224 --> 00:30:09,223 buy a brand new 3.5-megapixel Sony handycam from High Range Electronics, 561 00:30:09,224 --> 00:30:11,140 race back up the pass, and hand it over to me. 562 00:30:12,724 --> 00:30:13,891 Dad will be in tears. 563 00:30:14,391 --> 00:30:15,891 Grandpa will be bawling his eyes out. 564 00:30:16,057 --> 00:30:17,266 A total sob fest! 565 00:30:18,016 --> 00:30:19,348 And I will be there to witness it all. 566 00:30:19,349 --> 00:30:20,723 "Has he returned?" 567 00:30:20,724 --> 00:30:21,974 "Has the old man arrived?" 568 00:30:21,975 --> 00:30:24,474 "What happened to him? Did it catch fire again and again?" 569 00:30:25,307 --> 00:30:26,848 - Hey, Maniyan! - Get lost! 570 00:30:26,849 --> 00:30:28,724 Listen, there are no reservation quotas in the tenth grade! 571 00:30:29,683 --> 00:30:31,473 - Suniletta! - The cabins are all full. 572 00:30:31,474 --> 00:30:33,182 Give me your roll number, I'll check and let you know. 573 00:30:33,307 --> 00:30:34,349 Okay! 574 00:30:34,849 --> 00:30:36,307 Hey! Scared you! 575 00:30:37,099 --> 00:30:40,016 Listen, as soon as I get the camera, we're going to shoot a horror short film. 576 00:30:40,849 --> 00:30:42,015 And you'll be the hero. 577 00:30:42,016 --> 00:30:43,182 Me? 578 00:30:45,266 --> 00:30:46,516 It's the middle of the night... 579 00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:51,016 You're bored at home alone, so you call up a friend to play some chess 580 00:30:55,432 --> 00:30:56,431 Hello? 581 00:30:56,432 --> 00:30:59,683 As you wait for him, you start setting up the pieces on chess board. 582 00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:03,807 Just as you finish, 583 00:31:03,808 --> 00:31:04,808 the power goes out. 584 00:31:06,975 --> 00:31:08,516 Suddenly, the doorbell rings! 585 00:31:09,391 --> 00:31:11,307 - Huh? Errr... - What? 586 00:31:11,599 --> 00:31:13,432 If the power is out, how can the bell ring? 587 00:31:14,182 --> 00:31:16,349 Then there's a sudden knock at the door! 588 00:31:16,599 --> 00:31:18,306 You walk through the dark, 589 00:31:18,307 --> 00:31:19,431 open the door, 590 00:31:19,432 --> 00:31:20,933 and welcome your friend inside. 591 00:31:21,349 --> 00:31:22,556 You both start playing chess. 592 00:31:22,557 --> 00:31:23,640 Since it's pitch dark, 593 00:31:23,641 --> 00:31:25,599 there's only the glow of a single candle. 594 00:31:25,933 --> 00:31:27,307 Total darkness! 595 00:31:28,224 --> 00:31:29,641 Just as you call out "Check", 596 00:31:29,933 --> 00:31:31,431 the power suddenly comes back on. 597 00:31:31,432 --> 00:31:32,474 You look up and... 598 00:31:32,599 --> 00:31:34,640 - there's no one sitting across from you. - Whoa! 599 00:31:34,641 --> 00:31:36,182 Just as you start to panic, 600 00:31:36,307 --> 00:31:37,431 the power goes out again. 601 00:31:37,432 --> 00:31:38,515 Suddenly, 602 00:31:38,516 --> 00:31:41,099 you hear the sound of a piece moving on the chessboard. 603 00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:42,556 You look down, 604 00:31:42,557 --> 00:31:45,140 and someone has made a move right in front of you. 605 00:31:45,557 --> 00:31:46,766 Checkmate! 606 00:31:48,182 --> 00:31:49,431 Trembling with fear, 607 00:31:49,432 --> 00:31:50,557 you pick up the candle, 608 00:31:50,849 --> 00:31:53,016 and slowly try to see the person's face. 609 00:31:53,391 --> 00:31:55,766 As you move the candle closer towards him, 610 00:31:56,224 --> 00:31:58,224 it's clear that no one is there! 611 00:31:58,724 --> 00:32:01,015 Right then, there's another knock at the door. 612 00:32:01,016 --> 00:32:02,390 As you take the candle, 613 00:32:02,391 --> 00:32:03,932 and slowly open the door, 614 00:32:03,933 --> 00:32:06,015 there stands your friend smiling at you! 615 00:32:06,016 --> 00:32:07,431 Suddenly, his smile fades. 616 00:32:07,432 --> 00:32:09,473 He looks behind you, paralysed with shock. 617 00:32:09,474 --> 00:32:12,431 He sees in the flickering light of your candle, 618 00:32:12,432 --> 00:32:14,515 standing right behind you, 619 00:32:14,516 --> 00:32:15,849 a headless figure! 620 00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:17,765 Cut! Title card: 621 00:32:17,766 --> 00:32:18,848 "CHEKUTHAN" [DEVIL] 622 00:32:18,849 --> 00:32:20,016 A Vineeth Madhavan Film! 623 00:32:20,140 --> 00:32:21,224 - Whoa! - Huh?! 624 00:32:21,391 --> 00:32:22,641 That's an awesome concept! 625 00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:24,515 Total Ram Gopal Varma style! 626 00:32:24,516 --> 00:32:27,515 That's exactly how I'm planning to shoot it... in complete darkness! 627 00:32:27,516 --> 00:32:29,223 - Nothing but candlelight. - Awesome! 628 00:32:29,224 --> 00:32:30,766 Eighty-eight! Fifty-seven! 629 00:32:30,933 --> 00:32:32,474 - Wait, what? - 88 percent! 630 00:32:33,474 --> 00:32:34,474 And 57 percent! 631 00:32:35,349 --> 00:32:37,516 - That'll be Rs 20. Don't forget to pay. - We will pay. 632 00:32:38,016 --> 00:32:40,099 And there I was, dreaming of becoming a hero in vain. 633 00:32:42,016 --> 00:32:43,849 'So that handycam I dreamed of,' 634 00:32:44,016 --> 00:32:45,391 'I'm never going to get it now.' 635 00:32:46,182 --> 00:32:49,016 'I'm shattered like a beautiful piece of glass.' 636 00:32:49,641 --> 00:32:51,307 Here, Suniletta, 20 Rupees. 637 00:32:51,516 --> 00:32:53,515 I hope everything goes well for you. 638 00:32:53,516 --> 00:32:55,182 What's wrong? Didn't you pass? 639 00:32:55,891 --> 00:32:56,891 Yeah. 640 00:33:02,266 --> 00:33:04,765 3.5 megapixels with Carl Zeiss lens. 641 00:33:04,766 --> 00:33:06,975 Rechargeable batteries and Mini DV tape. 642 00:33:07,391 --> 00:33:08,724 To shoot your short film, 643 00:33:09,933 --> 00:33:11,016 won't this be enough? 644 00:33:11,474 --> 00:33:13,474 - Thank you, Suniletta! - You're welcome! 645 00:33:13,641 --> 00:33:14,641 Six hundred per day. 646 00:33:14,808 --> 00:33:16,349 The tape will cost an extra hundred. 647 00:33:16,933 --> 00:33:19,390 You're not going to finish shooting this in a single day. 648 00:33:19,391 --> 00:33:20,557 But if you do manage it, 649 00:33:20,683 --> 00:33:22,391 you'll become a great director one day. 650 00:33:23,224 --> 00:33:25,890 Back in the day, I.V. Sasi used to wrap up a whole Malayalam film 651 00:33:25,891 --> 00:33:27,015 in just eighteen days. 652 00:33:27,016 --> 00:33:28,515 Six hundred plus a hundred... 653 00:33:28,516 --> 00:33:29,557 Seven hundred total! 654 00:33:29,683 --> 00:33:30,766 - Done. - Okay. 655 00:33:30,891 --> 00:33:32,265 You're the one paying for this. 656 00:33:32,266 --> 00:33:33,349 Wait, what? Me? 657 00:33:33,474 --> 00:33:34,890 88 percent! 658 00:33:34,891 --> 00:33:36,975 Today, your dad will give you anything you ask for. 659 00:33:38,849 --> 00:33:41,683 'Devil'. 'My first masterpiece.' 660 00:33:43,557 --> 00:33:45,516 'Grandpa is too embarrassed to even look at me.' 661 00:33:46,307 --> 00:33:47,557 'Science has failed.' 662 00:33:47,724 --> 00:33:48,891 'Man has triumphed.' 663 00:33:49,182 --> 00:33:51,016 'The power of manifestation!' 664 00:33:51,474 --> 00:33:54,975 'A fitting retort for my Grandpa who doesn't believe in God.' 665 00:34:15,766 --> 00:34:16,849 Wait! 666 00:34:17,140 --> 00:34:18,682 - It needs to be completely dark. - Oh! 667 00:34:18,683 --> 00:34:22,182 I've planned your intro to look like Amitabh Bachchan's intro shot in "Sarkar." 668 00:34:22,891 --> 00:34:24,640 Only half of your face should be visible. 669 00:34:24,641 --> 00:34:26,266 This candlelight is perfect for that. 670 00:34:26,557 --> 00:34:28,766 We need to block out all the outside light completely. 671 00:34:35,641 --> 00:34:36,724 Yes!! 672 00:34:37,016 --> 00:34:38,099 Whoa! 673 00:34:48,016 --> 00:34:49,474 What's wrong? All okay? 674 00:34:52,182 --> 00:34:53,598 I don't know what went wrong. 675 00:34:53,599 --> 00:34:55,348 When I checked it during the day, it seemed perfectly fine. 676 00:34:55,349 --> 00:34:56,640 This is just a handycam. 677 00:34:56,641 --> 00:34:58,265 Your nighttime experiments won't work on this. 678 00:34:58,266 --> 00:35:00,431 But doesn't it have 3.5 megapixels? 679 00:35:00,432 --> 00:35:01,974 It has ONLY 3.5 megapixels. 680 00:35:01,975 --> 00:35:04,306 Even with a tube light on at night, the footage will be full of grains. 681 00:35:04,307 --> 00:35:05,932 And here he is, trying to shoot with a candle! 682 00:35:05,933 --> 00:35:07,265 T...this won't work, Suniletta. 683 00:35:07,266 --> 00:35:09,807 I need a camera that can actually shoot at night. 684 00:35:09,808 --> 00:35:11,223 In that case, you'd need an HD cam. 685 00:35:11,224 --> 00:35:12,890 But you wouldn't be able to operate that. 686 00:35:12,891 --> 00:35:15,348 You'd need an operator, lights... And with the daily allowance for everyone, 687 00:35:15,349 --> 00:35:16,473 it'll cost you around Rs 4,500. 688 00:35:16,474 --> 00:35:17,766 Do you have that kind of money? 689 00:35:17,975 --> 00:35:19,223 - 4500?! - Listen! 690 00:35:19,224 --> 00:35:20,265 Take this back. 691 00:35:20,266 --> 00:35:21,975 Try shooting something in daylight. 692 00:35:22,140 --> 00:35:23,599 The quality will be decent enough. 693 00:35:24,182 --> 00:35:25,598 Think along those lines. 694 00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:27,349 You might actually get better results. 695 00:35:32,432 --> 00:35:33,474 Huh? 696 00:35:35,307 --> 00:35:36,391 Huh? 697 00:35:38,557 --> 00:35:39,933 But who could that be... 698 00:35:40,849 --> 00:35:41,891 Huh? 699 00:35:42,683 --> 00:35:43,724 Ah! 700 00:35:44,266 --> 00:35:45,432 Huh? 701 00:35:53,099 --> 00:35:54,307 Check! 702 00:35:54,432 --> 00:35:55,599 Huh? 703 00:35:57,766 --> 00:35:58,849 Huh? 704 00:36:00,599 --> 00:36:01,683 Huh? 705 00:36:03,975 --> 00:36:04,975 Huh? 706 00:36:06,557 --> 00:36:07,557 Huh? 707 00:36:10,474 --> 00:36:11,683 'DEVIL' 708 00:36:16,683 --> 00:36:18,515 It was really good, son. Very beautiful to watch! 709 00:36:18,516 --> 00:36:19,848 - Hmm. - Right? 710 00:36:19,849 --> 00:36:21,473 Yes. Making a film like this at such a young age, 711 00:36:21,474 --> 00:36:23,015 is not something just anyone can do. 712 00:36:23,016 --> 00:36:24,556 It definitely requires a special talent. 713 00:36:24,557 --> 00:36:26,016 - Yeah. - It's nice, isn't it, Dad? 714 00:36:26,557 --> 00:36:28,307 Ghosts are a grand lie. 715 00:36:28,724 --> 00:36:30,932 Nothing more than human fantasy... 716 00:36:30,933 --> 00:36:32,557 regarding life after death! 717 00:36:33,182 --> 00:36:34,765 I simply cannot bring myself 718 00:36:34,766 --> 00:36:36,890 to enjoy or be frightened by such things. 719 00:36:36,891 --> 00:36:37,933 Sorry! 720 00:36:40,766 --> 00:36:41,932 Good job, son! 721 00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:43,223 Even though it's a short, 722 00:36:43,224 --> 00:36:45,182 you've proven that you can become a director. 723 00:36:45,391 --> 00:36:47,431 That said, don't slack off on your studies! 724 00:36:47,432 --> 00:36:48,473 Oh! 725 00:36:48,474 --> 00:36:50,933 You must take the entrance exams seriously. Got it? 726 00:36:51,933 --> 00:36:53,391 - Come on, let's eat. - Okay! 727 00:36:54,016 --> 00:36:55,515 Son, don't you worry about him. 728 00:36:55,516 --> 00:36:56,807 Whether he studies or not, 729 00:36:56,808 --> 00:36:58,139 simply because we are his parents, 730 00:36:58,140 --> 00:36:59,890 he'll manage to get a seat in some college. 731 00:36:59,891 --> 00:37:01,599 But it's not the same for you. 732 00:37:02,432 --> 00:37:04,515 'He's right... it's not the same for me.' 733 00:37:04,516 --> 00:37:06,765 'But even so, it's wrong to talk about Suji like that.' 734 00:37:06,766 --> 00:37:07,932 'Unlike me,' 735 00:37:07,933 --> 00:37:09,348 'he's actually brilliant at his studies.' 736 00:37:09,349 --> 00:37:10,390 'Even without reservation,' 737 00:37:10,391 --> 00:37:12,016 'he could get admission into any college.' 738 00:37:12,266 --> 00:37:14,723 'But because of his social background,' 739 00:37:14,724 --> 00:37:16,682 'he receives absolutely no appreciation.' 740 00:37:16,683 --> 00:37:19,557 'So, whatever little anyone says about him, is enough to make him happy.' 741 00:37:19,849 --> 00:37:21,139 You were really good. 742 00:37:21,140 --> 00:37:24,016 Even though there weren't any dialogues, your expressions were superb. 743 00:37:24,766 --> 00:37:26,557 'But... for me, that's not enough!' 744 00:37:26,933 --> 00:37:29,557 Dude, we should show this to everyone at school tomorrow. 745 00:37:29,683 --> 00:37:30,765 - No! - Huh? 746 00:37:30,766 --> 00:37:31,891 No one else should see this! 747 00:37:32,016 --> 00:37:34,266 - Why? Everyone liked it! - No! 748 00:37:34,599 --> 00:37:36,557 They were only complimenting my effort. 749 00:37:36,849 --> 00:37:37,975 Not the short film itself! 750 00:37:38,933 --> 00:37:41,016 People should be terrified when they watch my film. 751 00:37:41,432 --> 00:37:43,516 They should be paralysed with shock at the climax. 752 00:37:44,016 --> 00:37:45,182 Did anyone here look shocked? 753 00:37:46,641 --> 00:37:49,348 If this were a scene in an RGV film, what would you have said? 754 00:37:49,349 --> 00:37:51,557 This is not quite at that level, but it's okay. 755 00:37:52,307 --> 00:37:53,516 I want to achieve that level. 756 00:37:53,849 --> 00:37:54,975 Let's do this again. 757 00:37:55,266 --> 00:37:56,724 Dude, is that really necessary? 758 00:37:56,849 --> 00:37:58,265 Nobody is going to call this bad. 759 00:37:58,266 --> 00:37:59,891 It's just going to be a lot of extra work. 760 00:38:00,933 --> 00:38:03,808 Masters aren't born in an instant! 761 00:38:04,224 --> 00:38:05,598 It is constant practice 762 00:38:05,599 --> 00:38:07,182 that makes one an expert in his field. 763 00:38:08,182 --> 00:38:11,223 To achieve a certain level of mastery in any field, 764 00:38:11,224 --> 00:38:14,140 it's estimated that you need at least ten thousand hours of practice. 765 00:38:14,891 --> 00:38:16,932 While we were still playing in the mud, 766 00:38:16,933 --> 00:38:19,390 people like Spielberg and Shyamalan 767 00:38:19,391 --> 00:38:21,391 were already shooting short films on 8mm cameras. 768 00:38:21,933 --> 00:38:23,766 That's because they were born in the U.S. 769 00:38:24,057 --> 00:38:25,224 And we were born in India. 770 00:38:25,683 --> 00:38:27,224 Why wouldn't they be masters then? 771 00:38:28,391 --> 00:38:31,223 I dreamt of being a filmmaker back in 5th grade, 772 00:38:31,224 --> 00:38:33,975 and released my first short film only in 11th grade. 773 00:38:35,140 --> 00:38:37,766 I don't want to be just another filmmaker, Suji! 774 00:38:38,432 --> 00:38:39,975 I want to be the best in my field. 775 00:38:40,641 --> 00:38:44,182 The best horror filmmaker Malayalam Cinema has ever produced! 776 00:38:47,016 --> 00:38:48,432 Let's reshoot! 777 00:38:51,391 --> 00:38:53,015 Vineeth, there will always be obstacles. 778 00:38:53,016 --> 00:38:54,890 One should never be stubborn about perfection. 779 00:38:54,891 --> 00:38:55,431 I will be. 780 00:38:55,432 --> 00:38:58,015 Just finish the shoot somehow with the available facilities and budget! 781 00:38:58,016 --> 00:38:59,306 That is a director's true duty! 782 00:38:59,307 --> 00:39:01,431 For the time being, I'm not fulfilling that duty. 783 00:39:01,432 --> 00:39:02,932 I want an HD camera. No matter what. 784 00:39:02,933 --> 00:39:05,098 - For two days. - In that case, it will cost Rs 9000. 785 00:39:05,099 --> 00:39:06,056 I don't have it here. 786 00:39:06,057 --> 00:39:07,640 I'll have to rent it from Ernakulam. 787 00:39:07,641 --> 00:39:09,182 - Let's rent it. - When? 788 00:39:09,975 --> 00:39:11,765 I need a little time to get the rent ready. 789 00:39:11,766 --> 00:39:13,306 I need to wait for my next Vishu gift money. 790 00:39:13,307 --> 00:39:14,807 Then there's my auto fare until then, 791 00:39:14,808 --> 00:39:17,015 movie tickets, egg puffs, cumin soda... 792 00:39:17,016 --> 00:39:19,181 I'll save money by avoiding all these! 793 00:39:19,182 --> 00:39:20,724 Fine... how much time do you need? 794 00:39:20,849 --> 00:39:22,181 - Hmm? - One week? 795 00:39:22,182 --> 00:39:23,181 Two weeks? 796 00:39:23,182 --> 00:39:24,265 Three weeks? 797 00:39:24,266 --> 00:39:25,349 Four weeks? 798 00:39:28,516 --> 00:39:29,516 'DEVIL' 799 00:39:35,349 --> 00:39:36,391 Cut! 800 00:39:37,432 --> 00:39:38,516 I like it! 801 00:39:43,808 --> 00:39:45,432 'DEVIL' 802 00:39:47,599 --> 00:39:49,182 Will you really shock me? 803 00:39:54,182 --> 00:39:56,098 See for yourself just how shocked you get. 804 00:39:56,099 --> 00:39:57,307 Just for records! 805 00:40:20,182 --> 00:40:23,849 'Judging by the desperate way he's blowing, it's obvious that balloon is going to pop' 806 00:40:25,182 --> 00:40:26,766 'And Sunilettan is going to get shocked.' 807 00:40:27,307 --> 00:40:29,224 'Both will happen at the exact same time.' 808 00:40:34,349 --> 00:40:35,891 'The moment is here.' 809 00:40:41,641 --> 00:40:43,557 'My calculations were completely wrong.' 810 00:40:43,975 --> 00:40:46,765 'The balloon didn't pop, and Sunilettan didn't flinch.' 811 00:40:46,766 --> 00:40:48,015 Don't you worry! 812 00:40:48,016 --> 00:40:49,683 I'm just like this by nature. 813 00:40:49,975 --> 00:40:51,890 I don't get startled all that easily. 814 00:40:51,891 --> 00:40:53,349 I'm simply built this way! 815 00:40:57,766 --> 00:40:59,766 'The one I expected to pop was the white balloon!' 816 00:41:00,933 --> 00:41:03,099 'But the one that actually popped... was the red one!' 817 00:41:03,683 --> 00:41:05,641 'Build-up and misdirection!' 818 00:41:05,849 --> 00:41:08,349 'In other words, diverting the audience's attention.' 819 00:41:18,891 --> 00:41:20,307 Hey, didn't I just watch it? 820 00:41:20,975 --> 00:41:22,391 Try watching it once more! 821 00:41:38,683 --> 00:41:39,974 How is it like this now? 822 00:41:39,975 --> 00:41:41,474 It wasn't like this the first time! 823 00:41:42,766 --> 00:41:44,265 Build-up and misdirection! 824 00:41:44,266 --> 00:41:45,932 - That was missing earlier! - Oh...!! 825 00:41:45,933 --> 00:41:47,765 Now, we need to buy 53 CDs. 826 00:41:47,766 --> 00:41:48,932 We'll burn the copies... 827 00:41:48,933 --> 00:41:50,266 and distribute them in class. 828 00:41:50,641 --> 00:41:51,808 Everyone has to see this. 829 00:41:52,307 --> 00:41:54,181 But... I'm short by Rs 500. 830 00:41:54,182 --> 00:41:56,016 I won't get a single penny from my house. 831 00:41:57,182 --> 00:41:58,182 Don't worry! 832 00:41:59,140 --> 00:42:01,516 Today, my dad will give me whatever I ask for. 833 00:42:12,557 --> 00:42:13,766 - Dad? - Huh? 834 00:42:14,432 --> 00:42:16,557 It felt like watching a proper movie! 835 00:42:16,683 --> 00:42:18,015 You've really improved. 836 00:42:18,016 --> 00:42:20,306 To distribute CDs of this film in my class... 837 00:42:20,307 --> 00:42:21,515 could you give me Rs 500? 838 00:42:21,516 --> 00:42:22,765 I'm not giving you any money. 839 00:42:22,766 --> 00:42:23,891 But the movie is good. 840 00:42:25,391 --> 00:42:26,641 - Right? - It's good. 841 00:42:27,391 --> 00:42:28,683 It's great, isn't it, Dad? 842 00:42:29,599 --> 00:42:30,599 Dad! 843 00:42:32,933 --> 00:42:33,933 Dad! 844 00:42:36,808 --> 00:42:37,556 Dad! 845 00:42:37,557 --> 00:42:39,307 'This is...C.K. Parameswaran.' 846 00:42:39,641 --> 00:42:41,266 'Age: seventy-five!' 847 00:42:41,391 --> 00:42:45,682 'A seeker of truth who has read more books and watched more movies' 848 00:42:45,683 --> 00:42:47,556 'than anyone else in the entire universe!' 849 00:42:47,557 --> 00:42:49,556 'And today, watching my film,' 850 00:42:49,557 --> 00:42:50,683 'he dropped dead!' 851 00:42:50,933 --> 00:42:52,683 - He's still breathing! - Let's get him to the hospital. 852 00:42:53,432 --> 00:42:54,641 'Well, he's not dead yet.' 853 00:43:07,849 --> 00:43:10,724 A ghost could appear before him, and the man wouldn't even flinch. 854 00:43:11,391 --> 00:43:12,933 And you put that old man in a coma. 855 00:43:13,641 --> 00:43:14,849 Coma? 856 00:43:15,266 --> 00:43:16,474 You've proven your talent. 857 00:43:17,140 --> 00:43:18,640 Don't bother with entrance exams. 858 00:43:18,641 --> 00:43:20,016 Cinema is where you belong! 859 00:43:20,266 --> 00:43:23,515 Once you complete 12th grade, I'll get you admission for Visual Communication. 860 00:43:23,516 --> 00:43:25,599 It's not like you're going to achieve anything great by studying anyway. 861 00:43:27,349 --> 00:43:28,391 Here... 862 00:43:28,641 --> 00:43:29,766 Here's Rs 1000. 863 00:43:30,266 --> 00:43:31,266 Not fifty... 864 00:43:31,474 --> 00:43:32,975 buy a hundred CDs! 865 00:43:33,099 --> 00:43:34,139 And then... 866 00:43:34,140 --> 00:43:35,557 scare everyone to death! 867 00:43:43,182 --> 00:43:44,015 Teacher... 868 00:43:44,016 --> 00:43:46,391 'I dreamed of becoming a filmmaker back in fifth grade,' 869 00:43:46,766 --> 00:43:49,556 'yet, by the time I finished my very first short film, I was already in twelfth grade.' 870 00:43:49,557 --> 00:43:50,516 'That means...' 871 00:43:50,641 --> 00:43:52,765 '60,000 precious hours of my life...' 872 00:43:52,766 --> 00:43:55,515 'during which I should have perfected my craft through practice...' 873 00:43:55,516 --> 00:43:56,557 'I've wasted them all.' 874 00:43:57,016 --> 00:43:59,182 'But I won't waste any more time.' 875 00:43:59,808 --> 00:44:00,848 Company... 876 00:44:00,849 --> 00:44:01,932 Godfather... 877 00:44:01,933 --> 00:44:03,016 Chekuthan... 878 00:44:04,891 --> 00:44:07,432 [KUTTIKKANAM'S PRIDE, VINEETH MADHAVAN] 879 00:44:08,641 --> 00:44:12,015 'Manoj Night Shyamalan was twenty-eight when he made his first film.' 880 00:44:12,016 --> 00:44:13,599 'RGV was twenty-eight,' 881 00:44:14,099 --> 00:44:15,975 'Scorsese was twenty-five,' 882 00:44:16,641 --> 00:44:18,516 'and Spielberg was twenty-four.' 883 00:44:19,182 --> 00:44:20,598 'Vineeth Madhavan...' 884 00:44:20,599 --> 00:44:22,181 'By the time I finish college,' 885 00:44:22,182 --> 00:44:23,266 'I'll be twenty-one.' 886 00:44:23,683 --> 00:44:26,391 'Give me one more year to write and shoot a feature.' 887 00:44:26,724 --> 00:44:28,223 'Then Vineeth Madhavan will be...' 888 00:44:28,224 --> 00:44:29,724 'twenty-two.' 889 00:44:30,140 --> 00:44:32,474 'The youngest hitmaker of Malayalam cinema' 890 00:44:33,140 --> 00:44:34,182 'Perfect!' 891 00:44:36,724 --> 00:44:39,307 'Masters aren't born in an instant!' 892 00:44:39,724 --> 00:44:41,432 'So, for the next three years,' 893 00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:44,808 'which is twenty-six thousand, two hundred and eighty hours,' 894 00:44:44,933 --> 00:44:46,598 'I will polish and refine myself.' 895 00:44:46,599 --> 00:44:47,556 YAKSHI [Vampire] 896 00:44:47,557 --> 00:44:49,599 'I don't want to be just another filmmaker.' 897 00:44:50,140 --> 00:44:51,683 'I want to be the best!' 898 00:44:55,975 --> 00:44:56,807 Cut 899 00:44:56,808 --> 00:44:57,849 I like it! 900 00:45:01,016 --> 00:45:02,266 - Huh! - Hi, Vineeth. 901 00:45:03,224 --> 00:45:05,599 I have received an offer to act in a Tamil film. 902 00:45:06,016 --> 00:45:07,807 I will become a superstar pretty soon. 903 00:45:07,808 --> 00:45:09,641 Marrying me would be a huge step up for you. 904 00:45:10,224 --> 00:45:11,391 I'm into you. 905 00:45:12,224 --> 00:45:13,224 Sorry! 906 00:45:13,474 --> 00:45:14,599 I'm not interested. 907 00:45:19,849 --> 00:45:20,933 'That was a lie.' 908 00:45:21,724 --> 00:45:23,016 'I was interested.' 909 00:45:24,140 --> 00:45:25,724 'But right now, my focus' 910 00:45:25,849 --> 00:45:27,349 'is on just one thing.' 911 00:45:28,140 --> 00:45:31,099 'Directing my debut feature film at the age of twenty-two!' 912 00:45:31,933 --> 00:45:33,015 'Three years!' 913 00:45:33,016 --> 00:45:34,224 'Three short films!' 914 00:45:34,349 --> 00:45:35,391 'All of them went viral.' 915 00:45:35,849 --> 00:45:37,641 'Orkut is dead, replaced by Facebook.' 916 00:45:37,849 --> 00:45:39,557 'And yet, Grandpa still hasn't woken up.' 917 00:45:40,099 --> 00:45:41,390 'But if he ever wakes up,' 918 00:45:41,391 --> 00:45:43,599 'the first thing he should see is my apology.' 919 00:45:44,724 --> 00:45:46,766 'Within those three years, just as Hana told me,' 920 00:45:46,975 --> 00:45:48,807 'she conquered Tamil cinema and became a superstar.' 921 00:45:48,808 --> 00:45:50,224 'The power of manifestation!' 922 00:45:50,641 --> 00:45:53,015 'I'm done with college, but Suji's still at it.' 923 00:45:53,016 --> 00:45:54,307 'He is studying medicine.' 924 00:45:54,516 --> 00:45:55,766 'He's a top rank holder, too.' 925 00:45:56,182 --> 00:46:00,557 'Yet the brilliant townspeople still claim he got his seat through reservation.' 926 00:46:00,933 --> 00:46:03,557 'As always, that fills him with absolute resentment.' 927 00:46:03,975 --> 00:46:05,641 'Suji is not happy at all.' 928 00:46:06,016 --> 00:46:07,556 Where has Sunilettan disappeared to? 929 00:46:07,557 --> 00:46:09,807 This is the problem with inviting random older uncles. 930 00:46:09,808 --> 00:46:12,723 He's probably stuck in the bathroom reading some film magazine. 931 00:46:12,724 --> 00:46:14,265 Come on, let's just go in. 932 00:46:14,266 --> 00:46:15,807 Man, I can't see a single thing through these glasses! 933 00:46:15,808 --> 00:46:16,890 Should we just take them off for now? 934 00:46:16,891 --> 00:46:18,015 We need to wear it only when we get inside, right? 935 00:46:18,016 --> 00:46:19,808 - Yeah, keep 'em off till we're inside. - Yes! 936 00:46:38,474 --> 00:46:39,432 'MY DEAR KUTTICHATHAN 3D' 937 00:46:48,808 --> 00:46:50,307 - Got it! - What? 938 00:46:50,808 --> 00:46:52,016 My first film. 939 00:46:52,349 --> 00:46:54,266 Mollywood's first monster movie! 940 00:46:54,891 --> 00:46:56,391 An extension of my short film. 941 00:46:58,016 --> 00:46:59,849 But, do you really need a monster? 942 00:47:00,266 --> 00:47:02,015 A feature film is not like a short film. 943 00:47:02,016 --> 00:47:04,975 Wouldn't a normal horror film do? Something the audience here can digest? 944 00:47:06,266 --> 00:47:08,349 Just any movie won't do, Suji. 945 00:47:08,849 --> 00:47:10,683 I want my first film to be remembered forever. 946 00:47:11,182 --> 00:47:13,556 And for that, simply scaring the audience isn't enough. 947 00:47:13,557 --> 00:47:15,641 That fear should create history! 948 00:47:16,140 --> 00:47:17,849 And that history must be celebrated. 949 00:47:21,349 --> 00:47:23,016 'MY DEAR KUTTICHATHAN 3D' 950 00:47:23,516 --> 00:47:25,807 This is the second re-release of 'My Dear Kuttichathan', 951 00:47:25,808 --> 00:47:27,432 which originally came out back in 1984. 952 00:47:27,808 --> 00:47:29,765 So many other 3D films hit the screens after that, 953 00:47:29,766 --> 00:47:31,599 but nobody even remembers them. 954 00:47:32,266 --> 00:47:35,266 First will always be recorded and remembered in history. 955 00:47:35,683 --> 00:47:38,516 One can't achieve anything in life without taking risks, Suji. 956 00:47:38,933 --> 00:47:42,599 I'm a horror filmmaker who put even my rationalist grandfather into a coma! 957 00:47:43,099 --> 00:47:46,182 Malayalam cinema's very first monster film must have my name stamped on it. 958 00:47:48,140 --> 00:47:49,306 Fine, believe whatever you want! 959 00:47:49,307 --> 00:47:52,348 Just stop bragging that your short film is what put Grandpa in a coma! 960 00:47:52,349 --> 00:47:53,766 I still don't buy that. 961 00:47:53,933 --> 00:47:55,140 He is a scientific man! 962 00:47:55,557 --> 00:47:56,641 Huh? 963 00:48:01,849 --> 00:48:02,890 Read! 964 00:48:02,891 --> 00:48:04,556 Read what? Where were you? 965 00:48:04,557 --> 00:48:05,891 Read the back page! 966 00:48:10,599 --> 00:48:13,724 Kazhcha Film Society Short Film Festival, 2011. 967 00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:15,182 Entry Fee - Rs 500. 968 00:48:15,557 --> 00:48:16,849 Read what's written below that. 969 00:48:18,766 --> 00:48:20,765 The winner's debut feature film will be produced 970 00:48:20,766 --> 00:48:24,516 by Kazhcha Film Society, in association with Harris Basheer Group. 971 00:48:25,432 --> 00:48:26,599 Harris Basheer? 972 00:48:27,307 --> 00:48:28,390 Will this actually happen? 973 00:48:28,391 --> 00:48:31,181 Look, kid, Navodaya Appachan isn't going to come knocking on your door 974 00:48:31,182 --> 00:48:33,348 just because he saw the view count on your little short films. 975 00:48:33,349 --> 00:48:35,390 If you want to make it, you're the one who has to go knocking on doors. 976 00:48:35,391 --> 00:48:36,598 Dude... 977 00:48:36,599 --> 00:48:38,390 I don't see a photo of Harris Basheer anywhere. 978 00:48:38,391 --> 00:48:39,473 But he's a big deal. 979 00:48:39,474 --> 00:48:41,140 He has a lot of companies in his name. 980 00:48:41,683 --> 00:48:43,139 So there's a chance this is serious. 981 00:48:43,140 --> 00:48:44,182 Of course! 982 00:48:44,349 --> 00:48:45,432 Shall we send it? 983 00:48:45,808 --> 00:48:47,474 - Send it! - I already sent it. 984 00:48:47,683 --> 00:48:48,348 What! 985 00:48:48,349 --> 00:48:50,224 I sent all four of your short films. 986 00:48:50,516 --> 00:48:52,016 That's why I got late. 987 00:48:53,641 --> 00:48:55,348 Now don't waste any more time, Vineeth. 988 00:48:55,349 --> 00:48:57,223 You need to get the script ready at the earliest. 989 00:48:57,224 --> 00:48:58,683 And it needs to be a hit. 990 00:48:59,683 --> 00:49:00,932 I'll make it a blockbuster! 991 00:49:00,933 --> 00:49:02,683 'MRUGAM' [Animal] 992 00:49:05,683 --> 00:49:06,683 'Hard work.' 993 00:49:06,891 --> 00:49:07,891 'Passion.' 994 00:49:08,016 --> 00:49:09,016 'Talent.' 995 00:49:09,349 --> 00:49:12,099 'If you have these three, you can achieve anything in this world.' 996 00:49:13,474 --> 00:49:15,431 'I have observed five common elements' 997 00:49:15,432 --> 00:49:18,932 'in the successful novels of Vaikom David here in Kerala' 998 00:49:18,933 --> 00:49:22,933 'and the films of Manoj Night Shyamalan over in Hollywood.' 999 00:49:23,140 --> 00:49:24,181 'One,' 1000 00:49:24,182 --> 00:49:26,640 'a hero who saves the world from evil.' 1001 00:49:26,641 --> 00:49:27,682 'Two,' 1002 00:49:27,683 --> 00:49:29,765 'good things happen to good people.' 1003 00:49:29,766 --> 00:49:30,598 'Three,' 1004 00:49:30,599 --> 00:49:32,849 'emphasis on empathy of humans.' 1005 00:49:33,307 --> 00:49:34,181 'Four,' 1006 00:49:34,182 --> 00:49:35,683 'everything is connected.' 1007 00:49:36,099 --> 00:49:37,140 'Five,' 1008 00:49:37,349 --> 00:49:38,849 'a hopeful climax.' 1009 00:49:39,432 --> 00:49:40,515 'In short,' 1010 00:49:40,516 --> 00:49:41,807 'no matter how much you terrify them,' 1011 00:49:41,808 --> 00:49:44,557 'the audience should never lose hope towards life.' 1012 00:49:44,933 --> 00:49:46,933 'That is the responsibility of an artist.' 1013 00:49:47,307 --> 00:49:50,099 'I will fulfil that responsibility in my film.' 1014 00:49:52,349 --> 00:49:54,557 'Mrugam' [Animal] will not just be another movie.' 1015 00:49:56,474 --> 00:49:58,765 'It will be a landmark in Malayalam cinema.' 1016 00:49:58,766 --> 00:50:02,307 "A day will come, O world, just see" 1017 00:50:02,724 --> 00:50:06,391 "When all the world comes chasing me" 1018 00:50:06,849 --> 00:50:10,432 "The stars that fill the endless sky" 1019 00:50:10,891 --> 00:50:14,432 "I'll forever spin them on my palm held high" 1020 00:50:14,975 --> 00:50:18,516 "I'll reach the peak no one has known" 1021 00:50:18,975 --> 00:50:23,098 "And burn all sorrow down to bone" 1022 00:50:23,099 --> 00:50:25,098 "I'll make time freeze at my command" 1023 00:50:25,099 --> 00:50:26,974 "And draw all eyes with just one stand" 1024 00:50:26,975 --> 00:50:29,015 "I'll build a kingdom, claim my throne" 1025 00:50:29,016 --> 00:50:31,557 "Images will find a voice of their own" 1026 00:50:32,016 --> 00:50:33,808 "My Friday will come" 1027 00:50:34,266 --> 00:50:35,849 "It will come, it will come" 1028 00:50:36,057 --> 00:50:37,556 "My Friday will arrive" 1029 00:50:37,557 --> 00:50:40,139 "All my dreams will come alive" 1030 00:50:40,140 --> 00:50:41,975 "My Friday will come" 1031 00:50:42,391 --> 00:50:44,098 "It will come" 1032 00:50:44,099 --> 00:50:46,015 "My future will shine through" 1033 00:50:46,016 --> 00:50:48,016 "All my dreams will come true" 1034 00:51:04,724 --> 00:51:08,432 "From my village childhood, I dreamed of distant cities" 1035 00:51:08,891 --> 00:51:12,557 "I stitched wings to cross those endless distances" 1036 00:51:12,891 --> 00:51:16,474 "I whispered for a boon into God's own ear" 1037 00:51:16,683 --> 00:51:20,599 "I fought for this one goal I held most dear" 1038 00:51:21,557 --> 00:51:25,140 "Welcome to this pitch-dark abode" 1039 00:51:25,599 --> 00:51:28,932 "Come witness the visions I unfold" 1040 00:51:28,933 --> 00:51:32,473 "Fear is my aim, to shake you to the core" 1041 00:51:32,474 --> 00:51:36,849 "An illusion that lights the silver screen galore" 1042 00:51:37,016 --> 00:51:38,933 "My Friday will come" 1043 00:51:39,391 --> 00:51:41,016 "It will come, it will come" 1044 00:51:41,140 --> 00:51:42,974 "My Friday will arrive" 1045 00:51:42,975 --> 00:51:45,182 "All my dreams will come alive" 1046 00:51:45,516 --> 00:51:47,182 "My Friday will come" 1047 00:51:47,599 --> 00:51:49,265 "It will come" 1048 00:51:49,266 --> 00:51:51,015 "My future will shine through" 1049 00:51:51,016 --> 00:51:53,391 "All my dreams will come true" 1050 00:51:55,391 --> 00:51:57,975 - Hello? - Hello? 1051 00:51:59,724 --> 00:52:02,140 - Hello? - Hello? 1052 00:52:09,641 --> 00:52:11,890 "My Friday will come" 1053 00:52:11,891 --> 00:52:13,432 "It will come, it will come" 1054 00:52:13,683 --> 00:52:15,265 "My Friday will arrive" 1055 00:52:15,266 --> 00:52:17,557 "All my dreams will come alive" 1056 00:52:17,766 --> 00:52:19,683 "My Friday will come" 1057 00:52:20,016 --> 00:52:21,765 "It will come" 1058 00:52:21,766 --> 00:52:23,640 "My future will shine through" 1059 00:52:23,641 --> 00:52:26,349 "All my dreams will come true" 1060 00:52:30,016 --> 00:52:31,349 Why are there two copies? 1061 00:52:33,474 --> 00:52:36,723 I'm taking this one to the Mookambika Temple to get it blessed. 1062 00:52:36,724 --> 00:52:38,808 Haven't you already done everything you had to do? 1063 00:52:39,891 --> 00:52:42,348 The remaining half is not in our hands, Vineeth. 1064 00:52:42,349 --> 00:52:44,306 For that, we need the Goddess's blessings. 1065 00:52:44,307 --> 00:52:45,641 And Harris Basheer's, as well. 1066 00:52:46,557 --> 00:52:48,307 The short film festival is tomorrow, right? 1067 00:53:37,557 --> 00:53:40,516 'RAKSHASAN' [Monster] 1068 00:53:48,557 --> 00:53:49,765 Congrats! 1069 00:53:49,766 --> 00:53:51,140 - All the best! - Thank you! 1070 00:53:55,016 --> 00:53:58,515 'The mastermind behind 'Aakashaganga' and 'Vellinakshatram', the great Vinayan sir' 1071 00:53:58,516 --> 00:54:00,140 'will be presenting me with this award.' 1072 00:54:00,307 --> 00:54:02,975 'Now, he will definitely accept my friend request.' 1073 00:54:03,307 --> 00:54:06,682 'This is the day I've been waiting for my entire life.' 1074 00:54:06,683 --> 00:54:07,766 Hi! 1075 00:54:08,683 --> 00:54:09,933 Magnificent work, Vineeth! 1076 00:54:10,224 --> 00:54:13,557 Without question, it is the best work I've seen at this film festival! 1077 00:54:13,933 --> 00:54:18,306 Today, we witnessed highly diverse, creative works from fifteen young talents... 1078 00:54:18,307 --> 00:54:21,765 hand-picked from a massive pool of over two hundred applicants. 1079 00:54:21,766 --> 00:54:25,640 The name of the best artistic creation chosen by the jury from among them 1080 00:54:25,641 --> 00:54:27,932 is written on the slip of paper I'm holding right now. 1081 00:54:27,933 --> 00:54:29,390 The reward awaiting the winner 1082 00:54:29,391 --> 00:54:32,098 is no mere consolation trophy or cash prize. 1083 00:54:32,099 --> 00:54:34,640 It is the title of the director for the first Malayalam film 1084 00:54:34,641 --> 00:54:38,890 produced by Kazhcha Film Society in association with Harris Basheer Group! 1085 00:54:38,891 --> 00:54:40,557 I will not prolong this further. 1086 00:54:40,724 --> 00:54:42,975 So, the best short film award goes to... 1087 00:54:45,849 --> 00:54:48,182 the director of 'Chekhov's Gun', Arjun Haridas! 1088 00:55:06,140 --> 00:55:08,306 To present the award, I humbly welcome 1089 00:55:08,307 --> 00:55:10,057 our very own Vinayan sir. 1090 00:55:14,599 --> 00:55:17,056 - Thank you, sir! - Sir is in a hurry. 1091 00:55:17,057 --> 00:55:19,390 He will be returning immediately after this award presentation. 1092 00:55:19,391 --> 00:55:21,515 Those who wish to take photos may do so outside. 1093 00:55:21,516 --> 00:55:22,933 Arjun... a few words? 1094 00:55:23,140 --> 00:55:25,099 Oh, no, no, no... No! 1095 00:55:25,349 --> 00:55:26,641 Thank you! Thank you! 1096 00:55:31,808 --> 00:55:34,181 Second best short film, 'Monster'! 1097 00:55:34,182 --> 00:55:35,849 Director, Vineeth Madhavan. 1098 00:55:36,016 --> 00:55:39,265 Without any music, relying solely on ambient sound design, he terrified us. 1099 00:55:39,266 --> 00:55:40,598 He truly has a style of his own. 1100 00:55:40,599 --> 00:55:43,808 Without question, it is the best work I've seen at this film festival! 1101 00:55:44,182 --> 00:55:47,266 'I truly believe that my short film is the best.' 1102 00:55:47,557 --> 00:55:49,391 'That's exactly what Anand Sudhakaran told me.' 1103 00:55:50,474 --> 00:55:52,516 'Is it possible Anand Sudhakaran was just lying?' 1104 00:55:57,849 --> 00:55:58,849 'No.' 1105 00:55:59,099 --> 00:56:00,933 'The audience clearly loved my film the most.' 1106 00:56:03,599 --> 00:56:06,140 'My short film is absolutely the best.' 1107 00:56:07,724 --> 00:56:09,598 To present the award, I invite to the stage 1108 00:56:09,599 --> 00:56:10,807 renowned film critic, 1109 00:56:10,808 --> 00:56:12,224 Mr. Anand Sudhakaran! 1110 00:56:19,557 --> 00:56:22,598 You'll face even tougher competition out there in the film industry. 1111 00:56:22,599 --> 00:56:24,307 You won't always be able to come first. 1112 00:56:31,599 --> 00:56:33,182 Just a second. Just a second. 1113 00:56:34,724 --> 00:56:36,807 Sorry... I know I'm interfering, 1114 00:56:36,808 --> 00:56:39,683 but I really can't help saying a few words right now. 1115 00:56:39,933 --> 00:56:41,099 Sorry... sorry. 1116 00:56:41,391 --> 00:56:42,724 To be honest, 1117 00:56:43,016 --> 00:56:45,808 I've only watched a handful of classic films. 1118 00:56:46,349 --> 00:56:48,224 I don't know if anyone will believe this, 1119 00:56:48,724 --> 00:56:51,557 but the very first time I stepped into a theatre to watch a film 1120 00:56:51,849 --> 00:56:53,849 was after my tenth-grade exams. 1121 00:56:54,516 --> 00:56:57,016 Coming from that kind of family background, 1122 00:56:57,224 --> 00:57:01,849 the courage and confidence to make my first short film, 'Chekhov's Gun', 1123 00:57:02,683 --> 00:57:05,516 came entirely from Vineeth Madhavan here and his short films. 1124 00:57:08,891 --> 00:57:09,933 That's how much... 1125 00:57:10,099 --> 00:57:11,891 That's how much he has inspired me! 1126 00:57:12,140 --> 00:57:14,307 Since I'm such a big fan, 1127 00:57:14,641 --> 00:57:16,766 I even sent him a few messages on Facebook, 1128 00:57:17,182 --> 00:57:18,724 but I never got a reply. 1129 00:57:20,849 --> 00:57:21,891 But anyway, 1130 00:57:22,266 --> 00:57:25,307 being able to stand on this stage at a moment like this, 1131 00:57:25,516 --> 00:57:29,724 and winning first prize for my film while competing alongside Vineeth himself... 1132 00:57:29,891 --> 00:57:31,432 I truly look at it as my destiny. 1133 00:57:31,849 --> 00:57:32,975 So, 1134 00:57:33,683 --> 00:57:37,432 I would love to dedicate this award to Vineeth Madhavan himself. 1135 00:57:45,057 --> 00:57:46,181 Thank you! 1136 00:57:46,182 --> 00:57:47,224 Bye! 1137 00:57:49,516 --> 00:57:50,473 Man! 1138 00:57:50,474 --> 00:57:51,474 Love you, man! 1139 00:57:53,099 --> 00:57:54,182 Sir! 1140 00:58:11,641 --> 00:58:14,015 'I still don't get it... instead of giving the award to me,' 1141 00:58:14,016 --> 00:58:15,599 'why did they give it to Arjun?' 1142 00:58:16,016 --> 00:58:17,265 Don't overthink it. 1143 00:58:17,266 --> 00:58:19,224 The awards were definitely rigged from the start. 1144 00:58:20,016 --> 00:58:21,431 It has nothing to do with talent. 1145 00:58:21,432 --> 00:58:24,016 Everything in this industry is handed out based on connections. 1146 00:58:24,641 --> 00:58:26,933 But you were definitely the one who deserved first prize. 1147 00:58:28,182 --> 00:58:29,683 So what if I didn't win first prize? 1148 00:58:29,975 --> 00:58:31,682 The audience clearly loved my film the most. 1149 00:58:31,683 --> 00:58:32,891 You heard the applause, right? 1150 00:58:33,266 --> 00:58:34,933 But didn't he walk away with all the applause in the end? 1151 00:58:39,307 --> 00:58:41,266 He doesn't look up to you as an inspiration. 1152 00:58:41,599 --> 00:58:44,182 And he definitely hasn't sent you a single Facebook message. 1153 00:58:45,474 --> 00:58:47,224 But he's got a real way with words. 1154 00:58:47,683 --> 00:58:49,016 He knows how to crack jokes. 1155 00:58:51,557 --> 00:58:54,307 By calling you, the runner-up, his big inspiration... 1156 00:58:55,307 --> 00:58:58,557 and joking about you being the guy who doesn't reply to messages... 1157 00:58:59,349 --> 00:59:00,807 he instantly became the underdog... 1158 00:59:00,808 --> 00:59:02,349 and painted you as the arrogant one. 1159 00:59:06,349 --> 00:59:07,975 For those who know how to wield humour, 1160 00:59:09,683 --> 00:59:11,766 there's honestly no weapon more lethal than that. 1161 00:59:15,307 --> 00:59:17,598 "The humble underdog rose above the arrogant snob" 1162 00:59:17,599 --> 00:59:19,307 That's the narrative he fed the audience. 1163 00:59:19,975 --> 00:59:22,474 And it's that underdog who got the final standing ovation. 1164 00:59:25,182 --> 00:59:27,182 The audience always roots for the underdog. 1165 00:59:28,391 --> 00:59:29,807 Your short film is genuinely good. 1166 00:59:29,808 --> 00:59:31,432 You really know how to terrify people. 1167 00:59:32,099 --> 00:59:33,808 That's the one thing guys like me just can't seem to pull off. 1168 00:59:35,808 --> 00:59:38,641 I'm making a movie based on the novel 'Chithra'. 1169 00:59:39,891 --> 00:59:40,932 'Chithra'? 1170 00:59:40,933 --> 00:59:42,015 Yeah, I know that one. 1171 00:59:42,016 --> 00:59:43,223 It's Vaikom David's novel. 1172 00:59:43,224 --> 00:59:44,266 Yes. 1173 00:59:44,933 --> 00:59:46,724 Hana Shahjahan is locked in as the heroine. 1174 00:59:46,849 --> 00:59:48,849 We're having some issues with the script though. 1175 00:59:49,307 --> 00:59:51,016 Hana isn't completely satisfied with it. 1176 00:59:52,266 --> 00:59:53,516 Could you take a look at it? 1177 00:59:57,224 --> 01:00:00,224 I tried working with a couple of reputed writers in the industry already. 1178 01:00:00,849 --> 01:00:02,556 They might turn it into a successful film. 1179 01:00:02,557 --> 01:00:04,099 But that's not what I'm looking for. 1180 01:00:07,516 --> 01:00:10,641 I want a debut that no one will ever forget, even a hundred years from now. 1181 01:00:11,349 --> 01:00:12,474 Greatness! 1182 01:00:14,266 --> 01:00:15,557 That's what I'm after! 1183 01:00:17,099 --> 01:00:20,266 And only a pure, unadulterated talent like you can deliver that. 1184 01:00:21,683 --> 01:00:25,391 I'm ready to provide whatever pay or facilities you demand. 1185 01:00:30,641 --> 01:00:31,724 Sorry... 1186 01:00:32,140 --> 01:00:33,724 'Chithra' is one of my favourite novels. 1187 01:00:34,016 --> 01:00:36,182 But... my priority right now is to make my own movie. 1188 01:00:37,182 --> 01:00:39,849 If I push it back, my concept might lose its exclusivity. 1189 01:00:43,599 --> 01:00:45,140 Alright then... All the best! 1190 01:00:46,516 --> 01:00:48,349 If you ever need any help, you can call me. 1191 01:00:48,641 --> 01:00:49,932 - Yeah. - Keep in touch! 1192 01:00:49,933 --> 01:00:51,932 - Mm-hmm. - We're already friends on Facebook. 1193 01:00:51,933 --> 01:00:53,933 Just search for Sachin Vaikom David. 1194 01:00:54,307 --> 01:00:55,349 Huh? 1195 01:01:26,391 --> 01:01:28,182 'Meeting Sachin was a blessing in disguise.' 1196 01:01:28,474 --> 01:01:30,808 'He cleared up all my confusion.' 1197 01:01:31,933 --> 01:01:33,724 'This guy is an absolute phony.' 1198 01:01:34,266 --> 01:01:36,557 'Everything happens for a reason.' 1199 01:01:37,557 --> 01:01:39,683 'Now I can finally see him for what he is.' 1200 01:01:40,432 --> 01:01:43,641 'I can clearly hear every thought passing through his mind.' 1201 01:01:44,099 --> 01:01:45,306 'Hey, Vineeth, you loser...' 1202 01:01:45,307 --> 01:01:46,307 'I'm the humble one here,' 1203 01:01:46,432 --> 01:01:47,890 'and you're just the arrogant prick!' 1204 01:01:47,891 --> 01:01:49,431 'Go and make the short film!' 1205 01:01:49,432 --> 01:01:50,975 'I'm off to make my movie.' 1206 01:01:51,683 --> 01:01:53,391 'He's not Arjun Haridas.' 1207 01:01:53,599 --> 01:01:55,140 'He's "Humble" Haridas.' 1208 01:01:55,307 --> 01:01:57,099 'And there's no way I'm letting this slide.' 1209 01:02:33,557 --> 01:02:35,431 - Hello? Vineeth? - Yeah. Hello, Sachin! 1210 01:02:35,432 --> 01:02:37,016 - Vineeth, tell me. All good? - Yeah. 1211 01:02:37,766 --> 01:02:39,641 I read the script. It's terrible. 1212 01:02:41,266 --> 01:02:42,348 I'll do the rewrite. 1213 01:02:42,349 --> 01:02:45,016 But I don't want your money or any perks. 1214 01:02:48,766 --> 01:02:50,056 What do you want instead? 1215 01:02:50,057 --> 01:02:51,099 Just name it, Vineeth. 1216 01:02:54,683 --> 01:02:56,140 You have to produce my debut film. 1217 01:03:01,182 --> 01:03:02,182 Deal! 1218 01:03:03,266 --> 01:03:04,599 Welcome to Mollywood! 1219 01:03:12,516 --> 01:03:14,890 My father bought this British bungalow in Vagamon years ago. 1220 01:03:14,891 --> 01:03:16,431 I actually grew up here. 1221 01:03:16,432 --> 01:03:18,473 When I said I wanted Hollywood-quality visuals for the film, 1222 01:03:18,474 --> 01:03:20,640 it was my cameraman who actually suggested this place. 1223 01:03:20,641 --> 01:03:21,807 My film... 1224 01:03:21,808 --> 01:03:24,224 It shouldn't feel like a regular Malayalam film, Vineeth. 1225 01:03:24,474 --> 01:03:26,391 That level of quality must reflect in the writing too. 1226 01:03:26,891 --> 01:03:28,223 We have zero time left. 1227 01:03:28,224 --> 01:03:30,473 Hana will arrive on the 20th, as soon as her Tamil film wraps. 1228 01:03:30,474 --> 01:03:32,682 The script has to be done and approved by her before that. 1229 01:03:32,683 --> 01:03:34,557 I'm facing a lot of pressure from Wox's end. 1230 01:03:35,307 --> 01:03:36,683 Come to Vagamon this weekend. 1231 01:03:36,808 --> 01:03:37,975 I'll send a car for you. 1232 01:03:39,891 --> 01:03:41,974 Finish reworking ten scenes and bring them along when you come. 1233 01:03:41,975 --> 01:03:43,391 We can discuss the rest there. 1234 01:04:11,349 --> 01:04:13,849 The guy glued to his camera phone? That's our cameraman. 1235 01:04:14,474 --> 01:04:16,599 The one in all white... is our Production Controller. 1236 01:04:16,766 --> 01:04:18,765 The guy spinning around right now... that's Fayaz. 1237 01:04:18,766 --> 01:04:21,391 He's the Regional Head of Wox, and our co-producer. 1238 01:04:21,557 --> 01:04:24,432 Has the face of a rat, but the brains of a ruthless fox. 1239 01:04:25,432 --> 01:04:27,848 - Is this the new writer? - Yes. Vineeth Madhavan. 1240 01:04:27,849 --> 01:04:28,891 He's a short filmmaker. 1241 01:04:29,975 --> 01:04:31,432 Can I read what he has written? 1242 01:04:31,557 --> 01:04:33,098 Well, he has just started writing. 1243 01:04:33,099 --> 01:04:34,099 No! 1244 01:04:35,182 --> 01:04:36,432 The full script is ready! 1245 01:05:00,516 --> 01:05:02,474 Why did you hand over the full script to Fayaz? 1246 01:05:03,016 --> 01:05:04,682 He asked for it, so shouldn't I give it? 1247 01:05:04,683 --> 01:05:07,181 Look, you are literally the fourth writer to come on board this project. 1248 01:05:07,182 --> 01:05:09,307 Hana hasn't approved a single draft yet. 1249 01:05:09,599 --> 01:05:10,974 If this one falls through too... 1250 01:05:10,975 --> 01:05:13,099 Fayaz will lose all trust on this project. 1251 01:05:13,933 --> 01:05:14,975 Sachin! 1252 01:05:26,016 --> 01:05:28,391 I was expecting one or two major corrections. 1253 01:05:28,891 --> 01:05:30,516 But now, the entire script has changed! 1254 01:05:31,391 --> 01:05:32,390 Where is Hana in all of this? 1255 01:05:32,391 --> 01:05:33,808 Wait, what?! Hana's not in it? 1256 01:05:34,224 --> 01:05:36,223 It was solely to capture Hana up close and personal with my lens, 1257 01:05:36,224 --> 01:05:38,348 that I even walked away from Superstar Swaroop's movie to come here! 1258 01:05:38,349 --> 01:05:39,557 This is an absolute betrayal! 1259 01:05:42,516 --> 01:05:43,891 Fear of the unknown... 1260 01:05:44,557 --> 01:05:47,016 The primal fear... that humans feel toward the dark. 1261 01:05:48,016 --> 01:05:49,807 The person standing right next to you. 1262 01:05:49,808 --> 01:05:51,975 The pure anxiety of not knowing who that really is... 1263 01:05:53,140 --> 01:05:55,224 That was missing in the draft you sent me. 1264 01:05:58,016 --> 01:05:59,848 Because, right in the very first scene, 1265 01:05:59,849 --> 01:06:01,641 you reveal that the heroine is the ghost. 1266 01:06:02,182 --> 01:06:04,307 Plus, you've thrown in a flashback right at the start of the second half. 1267 01:06:05,057 --> 01:06:06,766 So, the audience will be prepared. 1268 01:06:07,599 --> 01:06:10,683 At that point, all you can really do is startle them with cheap jump scares. 1269 01:06:11,808 --> 01:06:13,016 You cannot terrify them. 1270 01:06:14,307 --> 01:06:15,599 And our job is to terrify them! 1271 01:06:16,016 --> 01:06:17,349 They need to be frozen with fear. 1272 01:06:17,975 --> 01:06:20,390 To achieve that, the audience must live in anticipation... 1273 01:06:20,391 --> 01:06:21,683 right up until the climax. 1274 01:06:22,516 --> 01:06:25,766 Until then, the true form of the ghost must never be revealed. 1275 01:06:28,307 --> 01:06:29,348 So... 1276 01:06:29,349 --> 01:06:30,431 in this film, 1277 01:06:30,432 --> 01:06:31,474 there is no heroine! 1278 01:06:33,766 --> 01:06:35,474 Who exactly is making these decisions? 1279 01:06:36,349 --> 01:06:38,598 Sachin, I don't have time to waste, and neither do you. 1280 01:06:38,599 --> 01:06:39,848 It's solely because we have Hana's dates locked 1281 01:06:39,849 --> 01:06:41,848 that the entire business for this film has been finalised. 1282 01:06:41,849 --> 01:06:43,849 To change it based on his whims, this isn't some amateur short film. 1283 01:06:44,766 --> 01:06:46,348 Okay... forget about Hana for a second. 1284 01:06:46,349 --> 01:06:47,516 What about the location then? 1285 01:06:47,724 --> 01:06:50,015 Your script takes place... in the city, doesn't it? 1286 01:06:50,016 --> 01:06:51,223 How are we supposed to film that up here? 1287 01:06:51,224 --> 01:06:52,391 It cannot be shot here. 1288 01:06:53,516 --> 01:06:55,098 Sachin, throwing away a Hollywood-level location... 1289 01:06:55,099 --> 01:06:56,682 after we finally found it is sheer stupidity. 1290 01:06:56,683 --> 01:06:57,933 Mind you! 1291 01:07:05,808 --> 01:07:08,057 This story takes place in Trivandrum city. 1292 01:07:08,474 --> 01:07:10,723 If we shoot in Trivandrum, it'll just look like any regular Malayalam film. 1293 01:07:10,724 --> 01:07:12,556 Sachin's entire vision is about an international aesthetic. 1294 01:07:12,557 --> 01:07:13,975 And we can only pull that off over here. 1295 01:07:14,557 --> 01:07:16,140 Right in the heart of Trivandrum city... 1296 01:07:17,016 --> 01:07:19,557 on a crowded street where people live packed together, 1297 01:07:20,099 --> 01:07:21,891 eleven members of a single family 1298 01:07:22,182 --> 01:07:23,474 commit mass suicide in one night. 1299 01:07:26,599 --> 01:07:27,724 This... 1300 01:07:27,933 --> 01:07:29,723 The sheer dread you feel just reading that 1301 01:07:29,724 --> 01:07:31,349 is the core selling point of this story. 1302 01:07:32,099 --> 01:07:34,848 You can never replicate that in a lonely house on a hill station, 1303 01:07:34,849 --> 01:07:36,683 no matter how many people kill themselves here. 1304 01:07:37,307 --> 01:07:39,724 We need to root this terror in everyday reality, 1305 01:07:40,307 --> 01:07:45,057 making the audience feel like it could actually happen right next door. 1306 01:07:45,516 --> 01:07:46,808 That is the USP of this film. 1307 01:07:48,724 --> 01:07:50,181 If we force it into this bungalow, 1308 01:07:50,182 --> 01:07:52,224 there is absolutely nothing left to this story 1309 01:07:52,766 --> 01:07:54,641 than just another typical haunted house movie. 1310 01:07:55,641 --> 01:07:56,848 Alright, enough with the art class... 1311 01:07:56,849 --> 01:07:58,516 Let me remind you about the actual business. 1312 01:07:58,933 --> 01:08:03,139 Sachin Vaikom David is just a title on the producer's credit line next to Wox; 1313 01:08:03,140 --> 01:08:04,431 he's not investing a single penny. 1314 01:08:04,432 --> 01:08:05,765 Harris Basheer is the one bankrolling everything. 1315 01:08:05,766 --> 01:08:06,848 If Hana is out of the picture, 1316 01:08:06,849 --> 01:08:08,098 Harris Basheer is out too. 1317 01:08:08,099 --> 01:08:09,015 That three- crore deficit? 1318 01:08:09,016 --> 01:08:10,598 You'll have to sell your ancestral home to cover it. 1319 01:08:10,599 --> 01:08:12,016 So, Sachin, it's a simple choice... 1320 01:08:12,140 --> 01:08:13,807 Do you want to keep your family estate... 1321 01:08:13,808 --> 01:08:15,432 or do you want his "art"? 1322 01:08:19,808 --> 01:08:22,057 I'm convinced about the location and the heroine. 1323 01:08:23,766 --> 01:08:25,683 I don't care if I lose my house and my property... 1324 01:08:26,516 --> 01:08:28,139 The film that Sachin Vaikom David makes... 1325 01:08:28,140 --> 01:08:29,432 will be based on this script. 1326 01:08:29,641 --> 01:08:31,016 Are you out of your mind? 1327 01:08:34,808 --> 01:08:36,224 I just need one month's time. 1328 01:08:36,683 --> 01:08:38,182 I'll arrange the funds on my own. 1329 01:08:38,724 --> 01:08:41,016 I'll undertake the financial partnership of this project. 1330 01:08:41,224 --> 01:08:43,808 I'll buy out Harris Basheer's three-crore share myself. 1331 01:08:53,307 --> 01:08:54,640 Well, if this is how you want to play it, 1332 01:08:54,641 --> 01:08:57,057 then this project will no longer have any backing from Wox. 1333 01:08:57,808 --> 01:08:59,598 We are terminating our agreement. 1334 01:08:59,599 --> 01:09:01,599 You might as well fund the entire six crores yourself. 1335 01:09:01,808 --> 01:09:05,016 Sachin, you can't just raise this kind of money overnight. 1336 01:09:05,307 --> 01:09:06,683 These things take a lot of time. 1337 01:09:07,808 --> 01:09:09,223 I don't care how long it takes. 1338 01:09:09,224 --> 01:09:12,349 I'll produce 'Chithra' myself, without making a single compromise. 1339 01:09:13,140 --> 01:09:15,223 Years from now, when they look back at the history of Malayalam cinema, 1340 01:09:15,224 --> 01:09:18,099 the name Sachin Vaikom David must hold a permanent place in it. 1341 01:09:18,724 --> 01:09:19,891 Vineeth, 1342 01:09:20,307 --> 01:09:21,349 don't worry. 1343 01:09:21,766 --> 01:09:23,765 I'll have everything sorted out within two months. 1344 01:09:23,766 --> 01:09:25,766 The moment we wrap production on my film... 1345 01:09:25,975 --> 01:09:27,307 I'm going to produce your film! 1346 01:09:27,641 --> 01:09:28,683 You have my word. 1347 01:09:34,516 --> 01:09:35,599 Vineeth... 1348 01:09:36,808 --> 01:09:38,139 It's going to take at least a year 1349 01:09:38,140 --> 01:09:40,933 for Sachin to scrape that money together and actually get on set. 1350 01:09:42,391 --> 01:09:43,891 Is your own script complete? 1351 01:09:46,557 --> 01:09:48,349 Your rewrite is absolutely brilliant! 1352 01:09:48,516 --> 01:09:49,975 It's a sure-shot blockbuster. 1353 01:09:51,266 --> 01:09:53,098 But if I piss off a massive star like Hana, 1354 01:09:53,099 --> 01:09:55,224 who has the highest market value right now, 1355 01:09:56,224 --> 01:09:58,057 I'll lose all my credibility in this industry. 1356 01:10:00,140 --> 01:10:03,016 As Wox India's first independent Malayalam production, 1357 01:10:03,599 --> 01:10:05,474 I'd like to produce your movie, Vineeth. 1358 01:10:06,266 --> 01:10:07,349 Are you in? 1359 01:10:12,266 --> 01:10:13,390 - And? - And? 1360 01:10:13,391 --> 01:10:14,473 And what? 1361 01:10:14,474 --> 01:10:15,473 I turned him down. 1362 01:10:15,474 --> 01:10:16,473 - Why? - Why? 1363 01:10:16,474 --> 01:10:19,098 What else could I do? He was playing a dirty game. 1364 01:10:19,099 --> 01:10:21,265 Sachin was the one who brought me into this project in the first place. 1365 01:10:21,266 --> 01:10:22,807 For this guy to scrap Sachin's film 1366 01:10:22,808 --> 01:10:24,391 and offer me a deal behind his back... 1367 01:10:24,683 --> 01:10:25,974 That's just pure backstabbing! 1368 01:10:25,975 --> 01:10:27,599 So when is your movie actually going to happen? 1369 01:10:27,724 --> 01:10:29,473 Sachin's film will wrap production this year. 1370 01:10:29,474 --> 01:10:31,098 And immediately after that, my film will start. 1371 01:10:31,099 --> 01:10:32,557 He has given me his word. 1372 01:10:33,516 --> 01:10:35,181 To be a good director, 1373 01:10:35,182 --> 01:10:36,974 you first need to be a good human being. 1374 01:10:36,975 --> 01:10:38,391 Yeah... fair point. 1375 01:10:41,432 --> 01:10:42,474 'Vineeth Madhavan!' 1376 01:10:42,766 --> 01:10:44,431 'Age, twenty-three!' 1377 01:10:44,432 --> 01:10:45,724 'Still the youngest!' 1378 01:10:45,975 --> 01:10:47,266 'Still sexy!' 1379 01:10:47,557 --> 01:10:48,598 'Within one month,' 1380 01:10:48,599 --> 01:10:51,683 'I will have the final draft of 'Chithra' ready.' 1381 01:10:55,474 --> 01:10:56,932 'Fayaz was right.' 1382 01:10:56,933 --> 01:10:57,932 'Forget one month...' 1383 01:10:57,933 --> 01:10:59,640 'It's been an entire year, and Chithra still hasn't gone on floors.' 1384 01:10:59,641 --> 01:11:01,057 Make it fast, Chetta. 1385 01:11:01,724 --> 01:11:02,723 'Meanwhile, on the flip side...' 1386 01:11:02,724 --> 01:11:04,473 'Arjun Haridas has already wrapped his film,' 1387 01:11:04,474 --> 01:11:05,891 'and it's gearing up for release.' 1388 01:11:06,683 --> 01:11:07,849 'After Party.' 1389 01:11:08,016 --> 01:11:09,516 'Sounds like a cheap underwear brand!' 1390 01:11:10,641 --> 01:11:12,348 Hey Vineeth, are you busy? 1391 01:11:12,349 --> 01:11:13,933 The final edit of my film is ready. 1392 01:11:14,432 --> 01:11:16,223 I'm just not able to judge it objectively. 1393 01:11:16,224 --> 01:11:17,723 Before I lock the final picture, 1394 01:11:17,724 --> 01:11:19,349 I want to get a third party's opinion. 1395 01:11:19,516 --> 01:11:21,599 Could you watch it? I'll come over. 1396 01:11:22,016 --> 01:11:23,348 What's the genre of the film? 1397 01:11:23,349 --> 01:11:24,349 That's a surprise. 1398 01:11:26,182 --> 01:11:28,765 It's been two years since I finished writing this script. 1399 01:11:28,766 --> 01:11:29,473 Oh... 1400 01:11:29,474 --> 01:11:31,474 But it was always missing a solid USP. 1401 01:11:32,307 --> 01:11:35,432 I was breaking my head trying to crack it... 1402 01:11:35,975 --> 01:11:37,849 and that's when I stumbled onto your short film. 1403 01:11:38,599 --> 01:11:39,723 That's when 1404 01:11:39,724 --> 01:11:42,098 the idea of adding a monster angle to this narrative... 1405 01:11:42,099 --> 01:11:43,140 first struck me. 1406 01:11:44,474 --> 01:11:46,266 After that, everything just fell into place. 1407 01:11:46,891 --> 01:11:49,349 If the final output has turned out the way I think it has... 1408 01:11:49,933 --> 01:11:52,266 this is going to be a completely fresh concept for Malayalam cinema. 1409 01:11:55,016 --> 01:11:56,139 - Ready to go? - Is it time? 1410 01:11:56,140 --> 01:11:57,473 Yeah, it's time for the flight. 1411 01:11:57,474 --> 01:11:58,765 Just a minute, babe. I'm coming. 1412 01:11:58,766 --> 01:12:00,057 - Okay. - So... 1413 01:12:00,391 --> 01:12:02,390 Just sit back and watch the film in peace. 1414 01:12:02,391 --> 01:12:04,849 I'll drop her at the airport and head straight back, okay? 1415 01:12:07,557 --> 01:12:08,766 By the way, Vineeth... 1416 01:12:09,516 --> 01:12:13,099 I've actually tried to adapt your aesthetics a little in this film. 1417 01:12:13,557 --> 01:12:15,181 And for the horror sequences, 1418 01:12:15,182 --> 01:12:17,098 your short films were my primary reference point. 1419 01:12:17,099 --> 01:12:18,682 You'll see what I mean when you watch it. 1420 01:12:18,683 --> 01:12:19,890 Just let me know what you think. 1421 01:12:19,891 --> 01:12:21,723 Only then will I be able to breathe a sigh of relief. 1422 01:12:21,724 --> 01:12:24,016 I'm expecting one hundred percent honesty from you. 1423 01:12:24,266 --> 01:12:25,933 Whether you love it or hate it, 1424 01:12:26,224 --> 01:12:27,474 you have to tell me straight. 1425 01:12:27,641 --> 01:12:28,306 - Okay? - Yeah. 1426 01:12:28,307 --> 01:12:29,556 You have my passport, right? 1427 01:12:29,557 --> 01:12:31,016 Yeah, I've got everything. 1428 01:12:58,641 --> 01:13:00,056 'I want to scare people!' 1429 01:13:00,057 --> 01:13:01,724 'I want to terrify everyone using DTS!' 1430 01:13:10,891 --> 01:13:12,266 Cut! Cut! 1431 01:13:17,391 --> 01:13:18,516 Got it! 1432 01:13:19,391 --> 01:13:20,599 My first film. 1433 01:13:20,933 --> 01:13:22,891 Mollywood's first Monster movie! 1434 01:13:23,432 --> 01:13:25,016 An extension of my short film. 1435 01:13:32,599 --> 01:13:36,266 'First will always be recorded and remembered in history.' 1436 01:13:54,391 --> 01:13:55,474 Are you done watching? 1437 01:13:55,891 --> 01:13:56,891 How is it? 1438 01:13:59,516 --> 01:14:01,099 It doesn't feel like your work. 1439 01:14:02,016 --> 01:14:03,724 It looks exactly like something I would direct. 1440 01:14:04,307 --> 01:14:05,683 My visualisations, 1441 01:14:06,016 --> 01:14:07,016 the cut points, 1442 01:14:07,266 --> 01:14:08,266 the colour palette, 1443 01:14:08,599 --> 01:14:10,307 the sound treatment without using music, 1444 01:14:10,474 --> 01:14:11,849 you ripped off every single thing! 1445 01:14:12,391 --> 01:14:14,391 There's no way I can ever make my own film now. 1446 01:14:17,099 --> 01:14:20,307 "Yet another filmmaker trying to imitate Arjun Haridas..." 1447 01:14:20,724 --> 01:14:22,849 That's the tag that'll be waiting for me down the road. 1448 01:14:23,683 --> 01:14:25,224 What are you implying right now? 1449 01:14:25,683 --> 01:14:28,099 That I stole your story? 1450 01:14:28,808 --> 01:14:30,641 If you had only stolen my story, 1451 01:14:30,808 --> 01:14:32,557 it would have been a standard betrayal. 1452 01:14:33,975 --> 01:14:35,599 But with this, you've destroyed me. 1453 01:14:36,683 --> 01:14:38,016 My dear Vineeth, listen to me! 1454 01:14:38,391 --> 01:14:40,266 These things happen all the time... 1455 01:14:41,182 --> 01:14:42,933 I wrote this script two years ago. 1456 01:14:43,933 --> 01:14:47,808 Adding that monster angle was the only new change I made. 1457 01:14:49,474 --> 01:14:51,266 And the fact that I got to make it first... 1458 01:14:52,016 --> 01:14:53,182 is just down to my destiny. 1459 01:14:53,975 --> 01:14:55,016 It's as simple as that. 1460 01:15:01,849 --> 01:15:03,516 I'll say it one more time. 1461 01:15:04,016 --> 01:15:05,683 Plagiarism isn't just about the story. 1462 01:15:06,975 --> 01:15:08,808 Stealing a filmmaker's signature style... 1463 01:15:09,099 --> 01:15:13,474 especially from a debutant who hasn't even made his first feature, 1464 01:15:13,891 --> 01:15:15,182 is like murdering him. 1465 01:15:18,599 --> 01:15:21,391 I know I can't prove a single word of this in court. 1466 01:15:23,016 --> 01:15:24,808 But you should always know what you did. 1467 01:15:27,182 --> 01:15:28,223 Hey! 1468 01:15:28,224 --> 01:15:29,724 Seriously, Vineeth, what are you... 1469 01:15:31,516 --> 01:15:33,391 This movie is going to be a massive blockbuster. 1470 01:15:33,599 --> 01:15:35,849 Even if you doubt it, I know it for a fact. 1471 01:15:36,391 --> 01:15:37,933 Because the core soul of this film... 1472 01:15:38,099 --> 01:15:39,641 originated entirely from my own vision! 1473 01:15:39,933 --> 01:15:41,182 It's my conviction! 1474 01:15:44,016 --> 01:15:45,307 Congratulations, 1475 01:15:45,474 --> 01:15:47,099 and please get out of here! 1476 01:15:56,474 --> 01:15:59,015 A debut director completely shaking up Malayalam cinema 1477 01:15:59,016 --> 01:16:01,556 with such an incredibly fresh style and sheer craftsmanship, 1478 01:16:01,557 --> 01:16:02,807 it's truly unprecedented. 1479 01:16:02,808 --> 01:16:03,890 With just a single film, 1480 01:16:03,891 --> 01:16:07,099 you could say Arjun Haridas has already established himself as a brand. 1481 01:16:08,391 --> 01:16:10,349 [Sachin] Arjun's film was your creation, right? 1482 01:16:10,933 --> 01:16:12,182 'MARANAM' [Death] 1483 01:16:14,099 --> 01:16:15,099 What is this? 1484 01:16:15,849 --> 01:16:18,516 It's a short story from a literary contest my father once organised. 1485 01:16:18,849 --> 01:16:20,516 'Chithra' is a good script. 1486 01:16:21,099 --> 01:16:22,474 But if we want to beat Arjun, 1487 01:16:22,599 --> 01:16:24,265 we need something much more than just a good script. 1488 01:16:24,266 --> 01:16:25,724 We need a real USP. 1489 01:16:26,724 --> 01:16:28,515 We don't have to use this exact story, 1490 01:16:28,516 --> 01:16:30,516 but the kind of USP I'm talking about is right here in these pages. 1491 01:16:31,182 --> 01:16:32,556 If you can work your magic on this, 1492 01:16:32,557 --> 01:16:34,057 it'll take things to the next level. 1493 01:16:34,432 --> 01:16:35,807 And the fund is ready, Vineeth. 1494 01:16:35,808 --> 01:16:37,306 If you finish writing this, 1495 01:16:37,307 --> 01:16:38,891 we can roll cameras next month. 1496 01:16:39,516 --> 01:16:40,599 I'm not reading it. 1497 01:16:43,349 --> 01:16:44,474 Vineeth... 1498 01:16:44,599 --> 01:16:45,974 If the creation is good, 1499 01:16:45,975 --> 01:16:47,723 people will deify 1500 01:16:47,724 --> 01:16:49,224 whoever takes credit as the creator. 1501 01:16:49,641 --> 01:16:51,557 They will even find reasons to justify it. 1502 01:16:51,849 --> 01:16:55,266 Nobody wants to know that it was built on someone else's blood and sweat. 1503 01:16:56,557 --> 01:16:58,557 Arjun Haridas, who ripped you off... 1504 01:16:58,724 --> 01:17:01,099 Look at where he stands today, and you'll see what I mean. 1505 01:17:02,891 --> 01:17:04,891 In the end, the result is all that matters. 1506 01:17:07,432 --> 01:17:08,683 'Sachin was right.' 1507 01:17:09,140 --> 01:17:11,015 'Arjun Haridas, the one who ripped me off,' 1508 01:17:11,016 --> 01:17:13,474 'never faced any backlash for what he did.' 1509 01:17:13,724 --> 01:17:15,724 'His career has only skyrocketed.' 1510 01:17:16,474 --> 01:17:18,933 'Everything I believed in until now was wrong.' 1511 01:17:20,140 --> 01:17:22,307 'But just because of that, I won't cross the line.' 1512 01:17:22,724 --> 01:17:26,224 'I will not participate in plagiarising another person's effort.' 1513 01:17:27,057 --> 01:17:28,598 [Arjun] Some things are just meant to be. 1514 01:17:28,599 --> 01:17:30,431 If you desire something intensely, 1515 01:17:30,432 --> 01:17:32,724 the entire universe will conspire to help you get it. 1516 01:17:32,849 --> 01:17:34,933 I truly believe in destiny. 1517 01:17:35,224 --> 01:17:36,391 Thank God! 1518 01:17:36,975 --> 01:17:38,099 'Destiny!' 1519 01:17:38,307 --> 01:17:39,473 'Fortune!' 1520 01:17:39,474 --> 01:17:40,516 'Fate!' 1521 01:17:40,724 --> 01:17:42,223 'If this is what my destiny looks like,' 1522 01:17:42,224 --> 01:17:44,099 'then I don't believe in destiny anymore.' 1523 01:17:44,432 --> 01:17:46,182 'Nor in the God who supposedly designed it.' 1524 01:17:46,933 --> 01:17:49,056 'Just because you desire something intensely...' 1525 01:17:49,057 --> 01:17:50,641 'the universe isn't going to look out for you.' 1526 01:17:51,182 --> 01:17:53,474 'From now on, my own decisions will forge my fate.' 1527 01:17:53,808 --> 01:17:54,849 'Not God!' 1528 01:18:07,766 --> 01:18:09,307 'My loyalty to Sachin...' 1529 01:18:10,140 --> 01:18:12,557 'That wait cost me an entire year!' 1530 01:18:13,599 --> 01:18:15,140 'That's where I went wrong.' 1531 01:18:16,224 --> 01:18:18,224 'From now on, my loyalty belongs to no one.' 1532 01:18:18,599 --> 01:18:20,516 'I don't trust a single soul anymore.' 1533 01:18:21,057 --> 01:18:23,975 'I refuse to ever let myself be exploited again.' 1534 01:18:25,516 --> 01:18:26,724 'My own destiny...' 1535 01:18:27,349 --> 01:18:28,516 'I will carve it out myself.' 1536 01:18:29,683 --> 01:18:33,307 'I will become the youngest and the finest horror filmmaker in Malayalam.' 1537 01:18:35,099 --> 01:18:36,056 [Fayaz] Hello? 1538 01:18:36,057 --> 01:18:37,890 Sir, if that offer of yours is still open, 1539 01:18:37,891 --> 01:18:38,933 I'm ready. 1540 01:18:39,307 --> 01:18:41,515 But I have two conditions. 1541 01:18:41,516 --> 01:18:42,557 I'm listening. 1542 01:18:42,891 --> 01:18:43,890 First... 1543 01:18:43,891 --> 01:18:46,933 Apart from me, no one else in the crew gets to read 1544 01:18:47,266 --> 01:18:48,556 the full script of my film. 1545 01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:49,891 They won't have any access to it. 1546 01:18:50,808 --> 01:18:52,932 Only the specific details they absolutely need to know 1547 01:18:52,933 --> 01:18:54,599 will be briefed by me personally. 1548 01:18:54,808 --> 01:18:56,307 I don't trust anyone anymore. 1549 01:18:57,057 --> 01:18:58,140 Second... 1550 01:18:59,099 --> 01:19:01,431 From day one of shoot right down to the final cut... 1551 01:19:01,432 --> 01:19:03,182 every single decision will be mine alone. 1552 01:19:03,683 --> 01:19:05,975 No interference from the studio side. 1553 01:19:06,808 --> 01:19:07,848 Okay. 1554 01:19:07,849 --> 01:19:09,266 I have Swaroop's dates locked in. 1555 01:19:09,724 --> 01:19:11,349 If you have a subject that suits him, 1556 01:19:11,557 --> 01:19:13,599 I'm ready to accept all your conditions. 1557 01:19:17,182 --> 01:19:19,057 'Everything will be under my control from now on.' 1558 01:19:20,849 --> 01:19:22,724 'I'm forging a new identity.' 1559 01:19:23,432 --> 01:19:26,266 'The old Vineeth Madhavan is dead. This is someone entirely new.' 1560 01:19:26,724 --> 01:19:29,933 'Because everything I believed in until now was a lie.' 1561 01:19:30,432 --> 01:19:33,432 [The hero who saves the world from evil.] 1562 01:19:42,766 --> 01:19:44,307 'This world is unfair.' 1563 01:19:44,516 --> 01:19:46,599 'And from now on, that reality will be reflected in my films too.' 1564 01:19:47,391 --> 01:19:49,724 'My destiny is dictated solely by my decisions.' 1565 01:19:50,683 --> 01:19:51,808 'That is the truth.' 1566 01:19:52,140 --> 01:19:53,599 'That is the only truth that matters.' 1567 01:20:22,391 --> 01:20:24,266 'MANUSHYAN' [Human] 1568 01:20:30,516 --> 01:20:33,265 That harness snapped during the final shot and I sprained my ankle. 1569 01:20:33,266 --> 01:20:35,057 Being stuck on bed rest cost me 1570 01:20:35,182 --> 01:20:36,724 the villain role in Mysskin's film. 1571 01:20:38,808 --> 01:20:41,266 I've spent every day since then absolutely cursing this film. 1572 01:20:42,766 --> 01:20:44,016 But after watching this film, 1573 01:20:45,140 --> 01:20:46,765 I only have one thing to say, Vineeth... 1574 01:20:46,766 --> 01:20:48,181 At the age of twenty-three, 1575 01:20:48,182 --> 01:20:49,974 you have just created a masterpiece. 1576 01:20:49,975 --> 01:20:51,765 And thank you for making me a part of it. 1577 01:20:51,766 --> 01:20:53,016 This is a game changer. 1578 01:20:53,307 --> 01:20:55,723 Once the heat from today's new releases cools down, 1579 01:20:55,724 --> 01:20:57,765 we can drop our first look poster on Monday. 1580 01:20:57,766 --> 01:20:58,682 Go ahead and lock the edit. 1581 01:20:58,683 --> 01:20:59,974 There is nothing left to question. 1582 01:20:59,975 --> 01:21:02,473 Sir, the person we sent to check the audience response for 'Chithra' is back. 1583 01:21:02,474 --> 01:21:03,849 Could you give us a minute, sir? 1584 01:21:04,182 --> 01:21:05,599 One minute, Swaroop. 1585 01:21:06,808 --> 01:21:09,016 'Finally, 'Chithra' is releasing today.' 1586 01:21:09,474 --> 01:21:11,431 'Apart from some other minor film,' 1587 01:21:11,432 --> 01:21:13,266 'there are no other significant releases.' 1588 01:21:13,683 --> 01:21:15,099 'Not until my movie drops, anyway.' 1589 01:21:18,349 --> 01:21:19,431 What did you think? 1590 01:21:19,432 --> 01:21:20,432 It's good! 1591 01:21:20,808 --> 01:21:21,807 Good, right? 1592 01:21:21,808 --> 01:21:22,933 Yes, it's good. 1593 01:21:23,057 --> 01:21:24,349 It's good, dude! 1594 01:21:24,766 --> 01:21:25,932 Why are you talking in that tone? 1595 01:21:25,933 --> 01:21:27,099 Give it to me straight. 1596 01:21:27,266 --> 01:21:28,348 Did you guys get scared? 1597 01:21:28,349 --> 01:21:29,975 Yeah, we were terrified. 1598 01:21:31,016 --> 01:21:32,224 So you didn't like the story? 1599 01:21:33,016 --> 01:21:34,933 No, the story is fantastic. 1600 01:21:36,516 --> 01:21:37,808 Then what are you holding back? 1601 01:21:38,307 --> 01:21:39,306 There's no issue at all. 1602 01:21:39,307 --> 01:21:40,598 Let's just ignore 'God'. 1603 01:21:40,599 --> 01:21:41,849 Yeah. Forget 'God'. 1604 01:21:42,349 --> 01:21:43,975 God? Which God? 1605 01:21:44,474 --> 01:21:45,808 Heard anything about 'God'? 1606 01:21:49,766 --> 01:21:51,808 Which God are you guys talking about? 1607 01:21:52,182 --> 01:21:53,182 Err... 1608 01:21:53,849 --> 01:21:55,598 We couldn't get tickets for 'Chithra'... 1609 01:21:55,599 --> 01:21:58,349 so we got in for a movie in an empty theatre right next door. 1610 01:21:59,016 --> 01:22:00,015 'Deivam' [God] 1611 01:22:00,016 --> 01:22:01,223 We expected it to be some amateur trash... 1612 01:22:01,224 --> 01:22:03,266 - but the film is actually good. - Dude, it's just that... 1613 01:22:03,391 --> 01:22:05,849 That film is pretty similar to yours. 1614 01:22:06,266 --> 01:22:07,474 Don't get stressed. 1615 01:22:07,641 --> 01:22:09,182 'Human' is definitely the better film. 1616 01:22:37,724 --> 01:22:39,933 I just want to find a quiet corner and cry my eyes out. 1617 01:22:50,599 --> 01:22:51,808 'Coincidence!' 1618 01:22:51,933 --> 01:22:53,016 'Coincidence!' 1619 01:22:53,140 --> 01:22:56,022 'A remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances' 1620 01:22:56,023 --> 01:22:58,265 'without apparent casual connection.' 1621 01:22:58,266 --> 01:23:01,599 'A.k.a., the mess-ups that happen in our lives for no reason.' 1622 01:23:09,724 --> 01:23:11,391 'Because of this coincidence,' 1623 01:23:11,849 --> 01:23:13,890 'not only has my film become irrelevant...' 1624 01:23:13,891 --> 01:23:16,348 'but Sachin's film, which was guaranteed to be a blockbuster,' 1625 01:23:16,349 --> 01:23:18,056 'has turned into an absolute disaster.' 1626 01:23:18,057 --> 01:23:19,599 'But 'God' isn't to blame for that.' 1627 01:23:20,391 --> 01:23:21,848 'The fault lies entirely with Sachin.' 1628 01:23:21,849 --> 01:23:23,556 'He simply doesn't know how to do his job.' 1629 01:23:23,557 --> 01:23:26,473 A low-budget Malayalam movie that opened in just 25 theatres 1630 01:23:26,474 --> 01:23:27,891 is now playing in 150 screens. 1631 01:23:28,099 --> 01:23:30,265 Even Sachin's 'Chithra' couldn't hold its ground against it. 1632 01:23:30,266 --> 01:23:32,473 He's quitting films and heading back to Mumbai 1633 01:23:32,474 --> 01:23:33,933 to rejoin his old law firm. 1634 01:23:35,016 --> 01:23:36,556 So, my film is definitely going to tank. 1635 01:23:36,557 --> 01:23:38,224 Vineeth... don't get stressed. 1636 01:23:38,557 --> 01:23:40,390 There's no denying the two films have similarities. 1637 01:23:40,391 --> 01:23:42,391 But we can easily fix that on the editing table. 1638 01:23:43,891 --> 01:23:46,891 This is exactly how many world classics were born. 1639 01:23:47,641 --> 01:23:49,808 This is the master access card for Wox Studios. 1640 01:23:49,933 --> 01:23:51,306 You can come here whenever you want. 1641 01:23:51,307 --> 01:23:53,098 Make whatever changes you feel are necessary. 1642 01:23:53,099 --> 01:23:55,223 But at 7 PM the day after tomorrow, 1643 01:23:55,224 --> 01:23:57,224 we are releasing the first look poster. 1644 01:23:57,766 --> 01:23:59,515 Until we reach a decision on this, 1645 01:23:59,516 --> 01:24:02,723 all our promotional work and post-production must be put on hold. 1646 01:24:02,724 --> 01:24:04,808 What decision is left to make about this? 1647 01:24:05,182 --> 01:24:06,349 Re-shoot! 1648 01:24:07,849 --> 01:24:08,932 You think this is funny? 1649 01:24:08,933 --> 01:24:10,515 Plenty of films have done re-shoots 1650 01:24:10,516 --> 01:24:12,348 because sets collapsed or accidents happened. 1651 01:24:12,349 --> 01:24:14,391 We are facing a similar crisis right now. 1652 01:24:14,766 --> 01:24:16,641 Can't any of you see the severity of this? 1653 01:24:18,224 --> 01:24:19,181 Vineeth... 1654 01:24:19,182 --> 01:24:20,682 a re- shoot is completely out of the question! 1655 01:24:20,683 --> 01:24:22,265 I'm not putting 1656 01:24:22,266 --> 01:24:24,808 a single extra rupee into this project. 1657 01:24:27,891 --> 01:24:29,181 You have to trust me on this. 1658 01:24:29,182 --> 01:24:30,848 If we go for a re-shoot, I guarantee... 1659 01:24:30,849 --> 01:24:32,975 you will benefit from it even more than I will. 1660 01:24:34,724 --> 01:24:35,849 What benefit? 1661 01:24:37,224 --> 01:24:39,390 If we put this movie out as it stands, it's a guaranteed disaster. 1662 01:24:39,391 --> 01:24:41,182 But if we re-shoot, the opposite will happen. 1663 01:24:41,724 --> 01:24:43,181 Do you want a five- crore loss, 1664 01:24:43,182 --> 01:24:44,682 or spend fifty lakhs more 1665 01:24:44,683 --> 01:24:46,099 to pull in a ten-crore profit? 1666 01:24:49,683 --> 01:24:51,140 Do me a favour, go grab a smoke from outside. 1667 01:24:59,224 --> 01:25:01,140 What percentage of the film needs to be re-shot? 1668 01:25:02,486 --> 01:25:03,641 Thirty percent! 1669 01:25:05,057 --> 01:25:06,057 Ten days... 1670 01:25:06,432 --> 01:25:07,891 More than that, I can't allow-- 1671 01:25:12,140 --> 01:25:13,140 Hello! 1672 01:25:23,432 --> 01:25:24,683 A car accident! 1673 01:25:26,057 --> 01:25:27,140 Who was in it?! 1674 01:25:29,432 --> 01:25:33,683 "Support me, support me support me from the street" 1675 01:25:33,849 --> 01:25:38,099 "Spinning around, spinning around lost my way, at the end of the day" 1676 01:25:47,282 --> 01:25:49,491 'My destiny is dictated solely by my decisions.' 1677 01:25:50,157 --> 01:25:51,240 'That is the truth.' 1678 01:25:51,574 --> 01:25:53,199 'That is the only truth that matters.' 1679 01:25:53,938 --> 01:25:56,020 It's been a while since 'After Party' was announced. 1680 01:25:56,021 --> 01:25:57,645 - When will it release? - No comments. 1681 01:25:57,646 --> 01:25:58,855 Is the film even happening? 1682 01:26:02,636 --> 01:26:04,760 - Hello? - Shall I bring the wreath, sir? 1683 01:26:04,761 --> 01:26:05,845 Yeah, bring it. 1684 01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:08,594 Any update on "After Party", Arjun Chetta? 1685 01:26:08,595 --> 01:26:09,469 Please. 1686 01:26:09,470 --> 01:26:12,219 'Shouldn't the script be ready before he can give any updates?' 1687 01:26:12,220 --> 01:26:14,094 'To get there, he needs my signature style.' 1688 01:26:14,095 --> 01:26:15,636 'And he just doesn't have it.' 1689 01:26:17,012 --> 01:26:18,385 'Poor Sachin.' 1690 01:26:18,386 --> 01:26:19,844 'Once 'Chithra' bombed at the box office,' 1691 01:26:19,845 --> 01:26:21,927 'Vaikom David became completely irrelevant.' 1692 01:26:21,928 --> 01:26:25,469 'Now he doesn't even get the basic respect his father's legacy used to guarantee him.' 1693 01:26:25,470 --> 01:26:27,636 'But none of this bothers me.' 1694 01:26:27,970 --> 01:26:29,302 'Because they aren't responsible' 1695 01:26:29,303 --> 01:26:32,052 'for the bizarre coincidence of 'Deivam' releasing a week before 'Manushyan',' 1696 01:26:32,053 --> 01:26:34,052 - 'or for Swaroop's sudden death...' - Car accident. 1697 01:26:34,053 --> 01:26:35,760 'or for anything else, for that matter.' 1698 01:26:35,761 --> 01:26:38,928 'It is an unknown force on this earth that I just cannot control.' 1699 01:26:39,220 --> 01:26:40,220 'It's destiny.' 1700 01:26:40,344 --> 01:26:42,053 'So, destiny is my enemy.' 1701 01:26:42,887 --> 01:26:44,094 'But...' 1702 01:26:44,095 --> 01:26:45,594 'I am not backing down.' 1703 01:26:45,595 --> 01:26:46,802 There's no problem at all. 1704 01:26:46,803 --> 01:26:48,303 I did a rough charting of the scenes. 1705 01:26:48,761 --> 01:26:51,845 Swaroop appears in every single scene of the 30% we need to re-shoot. 1706 01:26:52,220 --> 01:26:55,302 We can re-shoot that portion, plus the additional 10% of his balance scenes, 1707 01:26:55,303 --> 01:26:57,344 by casting another hero instead. 1708 01:26:57,470 --> 01:26:59,845 We will definitely get the exact result I envisioned. 1709 01:27:00,887 --> 01:27:02,053 Lucky...! 1710 01:27:02,511 --> 01:27:03,553 Congrats! 1711 01:27:04,511 --> 01:27:05,970 Your time has finally come. 1712 01:27:07,220 --> 01:27:08,220 Vineeth... 1713 01:27:08,595 --> 01:27:10,678 You're completely missing the bigger picture here. 1714 01:27:10,845 --> 01:27:12,470 We just hit the ultimate jackpot. 1715 01:27:12,803 --> 01:27:16,012 You are officially the director of Swaroop's final film now. 1716 01:27:19,595 --> 01:27:22,095 [indistinct arguments] 1717 01:27:22,428 --> 01:27:24,887 Saw that? Even if the movie is an absolute train wreck, 1718 01:27:25,012 --> 01:27:27,386 it'll still become a blockbuster under these conditions. 1719 01:27:29,636 --> 01:27:32,179 You're already the director of a hit film, Vineeth. 1720 01:27:34,386 --> 01:27:35,595 I won't allow that to happen. 1721 01:27:37,012 --> 01:27:38,012 Look, I know... 1722 01:27:38,344 --> 01:27:40,511 you have this crazy obsession with this movie. 1723 01:27:40,887 --> 01:27:41,887 But... 1724 01:27:42,012 --> 01:27:45,179 I will never get a business opportunity this massive ever again. 1725 01:27:45,761 --> 01:27:46,761 Sir... 1726 01:27:55,428 --> 01:27:57,595 'A guaranteed super hit fell right into your lap, huh?' 1727 01:28:06,220 --> 01:28:07,844 Your movie is going to be a super hit 1728 01:28:07,845 --> 01:28:09,636 simply because this guy died in a car crash. 1729 01:28:10,179 --> 01:28:11,344 But true greatness... 1730 01:28:11,970 --> 01:28:13,220 I never managed to achieve it. 1731 01:28:14,137 --> 01:28:15,511 And you won't achieve it either. 1732 01:28:18,761 --> 01:28:20,220 That much is confirmed. 1733 01:28:21,012 --> 01:28:22,137 Rest in peace! 1734 01:28:23,928 --> 01:28:26,678 'I don't want a super hit that just falls into my lap like that.' 1735 01:28:27,970 --> 01:28:29,179 I won't approve this. 1736 01:28:29,928 --> 01:28:32,595 I'm the deciding authority of my film's final cut. 1737 01:28:33,220 --> 01:28:35,594 And I refuse to approve it unless we go for the re-shoot. 1738 01:28:35,595 --> 01:28:36,719 Are you sure? 1739 01:28:36,720 --> 01:28:37,969 Absolutely. 1740 01:28:37,970 --> 01:28:40,052 Then go find yourself a lawyer and file a lawsuit, 1741 01:28:40,053 --> 01:28:42,845 claiming that we violated the terms and conditions. 1742 01:28:43,344 --> 01:28:45,635 You are officially off this picture. Your role here is done. 1743 01:28:45,636 --> 01:28:47,220 This isn't child's play, Fayaz. 1744 01:28:47,803 --> 01:28:50,012 - This film is my life! - It's nobody's life. 1745 01:28:50,220 --> 01:28:52,053 This is just show business, plain and simple. 1746 01:28:52,303 --> 01:28:54,179 You need to wrap your head around that first. 1747 01:28:56,845 --> 01:28:58,428 'Over my dead body!' 1748 01:28:58,636 --> 01:29:01,178 'I refuse to let a story the whole world has already watched...' 1749 01:29:01,179 --> 01:29:02,760 'to be released under my name.' 1750 01:29:02,761 --> 01:29:05,052 'I have absolutely nothing to do with this film anymore.' 1751 01:29:05,053 --> 01:29:06,510 'And I want the whole world to know it.' 1752 01:29:06,511 --> 01:29:08,343 [I wish to humbly state that...] 1753 01:29:08,344 --> 01:29:11,137 [I have nothing to do with this film anymore.] 1754 01:29:17,553 --> 01:29:19,386 - It's Fayaz. - Put it on speaker. 1755 01:29:21,344 --> 01:29:23,803 'Vineeth, at least you can call yourself a director right now.' 1756 01:29:24,303 --> 01:29:26,510 'If you don't take that post down immediately,' 1757 01:29:26,511 --> 01:29:28,886 'your name will be completely wiped out' 1758 01:29:28,887 --> 01:29:30,720 'from the history of Malayalam Cinema.' 1759 01:29:33,344 --> 01:29:35,803 'There is a dark side to me that you haven't witnessed yet.' 1760 01:29:36,303 --> 01:29:39,887 'A side that commands absolute power and authority over this industry!' 1761 01:29:40,386 --> 01:29:44,094 'If I decide you're blacklisted in this industry, you are done. End of story!' 1762 01:29:44,095 --> 01:29:47,011 'Your only other alternative is to delete that post' 1763 01:29:47,012 --> 01:29:49,678 'and re-share it with the caption I'm sending you now.' 1764 01:29:50,470 --> 01:29:51,678 'I know...' 1765 01:29:52,220 --> 01:29:55,761 'your film won't get the kind of grand reception you had mapped out in your head.' 1766 01:29:56,428 --> 01:29:57,553 'But...' 1767 01:29:57,678 --> 01:29:59,052 'like I told you before,' 1768 01:29:59,053 --> 01:30:01,761 'you've already become a hit filmmaker.' 1769 01:30:02,720 --> 01:30:04,760 'I'll produce your next film.' 1770 01:30:04,761 --> 01:30:06,803 'You can make it however you want.' 1771 01:30:07,344 --> 01:30:09,678 'Some things are simply beyond our control, kid.' 1772 01:30:10,220 --> 01:30:12,053 'No one can stop destiny.' 1773 01:30:12,720 --> 01:30:14,385 'You only have one choice left.' 1774 01:30:14,386 --> 01:30:17,261 'Just accept it as your destiny, and move on.' 1775 01:30:23,970 --> 01:30:27,012 'No way in hell am I yielding to fate and walking away!' 1776 01:30:27,970 --> 01:30:30,470 'I am the only one who controls my own fate!' 1777 01:30:32,470 --> 01:30:33,928 "Greatest of all time" 1778 01:30:35,095 --> 01:30:36,595 "Coming for the throne now" 1779 01:30:37,636 --> 01:30:39,511 "Defining Mollywood" 1780 01:30:40,386 --> 01:30:42,012 "Better than the stalwarts" 1781 01:30:42,761 --> 01:30:45,427 "My thought and throat have a killer flow" 1782 01:30:45,428 --> 01:30:48,095 "My hope and my scope have a brilliant glow" 1783 01:30:48,803 --> 01:30:51,385 "Even if you bury me deep in the dark" 1784 01:30:51,386 --> 01:30:53,386 "I'll sprout right back up like a living spark" 1785 01:31:04,344 --> 01:31:06,179 "I will not be confined by fate" 1786 01:31:06,845 --> 01:31:08,761 "I will not stay behind its gate" 1787 01:31:09,470 --> 01:31:11,803 "Even if destiny blocks me, I won't hesitate" 1788 01:31:12,095 --> 01:31:14,261 "I don't knock knock the door for a room" 1789 01:31:14,720 --> 01:31:17,385 "I go 3-2-1, boom boom Ka-Boom" 1790 01:31:17,386 --> 01:31:19,386 "I will rock on my roll, man" 1791 01:31:20,095 --> 01:31:21,803 "Moonwalk on my track, man" 1792 01:31:22,678 --> 01:31:24,720 "I'll create my own fate, man" 1793 01:31:25,470 --> 01:31:27,636 "I will never abandon my dreams" 1794 01:31:28,012 --> 01:31:30,511 "Beyond my goal, no salvation gleams" 1795 01:31:41,761 --> 01:31:44,219 "Shyamalan, Chris Nolan, Senior Scorsese" 1796 01:31:44,220 --> 01:31:47,344 "If my name joins that list one day, That would be pure ecstasy" 1797 01:31:49,179 --> 01:31:52,136 "My ethical values will get me there" 1798 01:31:52,137 --> 01:31:54,760 "I'll show the world I'm beyond compare" 1799 01:31:54,761 --> 01:31:56,928 "I'll shatter the bar set by the Oscars far" 1800 01:32:34,553 --> 01:32:39,969 [social media reactions by celebrities against Vineeth Madhavan] 1801 01:32:39,970 --> 01:32:41,179 'Reverence' 1802 01:32:44,887 --> 01:32:47,719 "A steady mind and iron will, Proper and poised, supreme still" 1803 01:32:47,720 --> 01:32:50,343 "Though the age is filled with grief, The soul stands firm beyond belief" 1804 01:32:50,344 --> 01:32:52,927 "Along the path of righteous war, Stands one who knows his duty sure" 1805 01:32:52,928 --> 01:32:55,761 "A peerless soul that never tires, A man born only for victory's fires" 1806 01:32:58,553 --> 01:33:00,053 Honestly, we can't really blame him. 1807 01:33:00,595 --> 01:33:02,470 When I saw the final cut of 'Chithra', 1808 01:33:02,636 --> 01:33:05,095 I also felt an overwhelming urge to set my own film on fire. 1809 01:33:05,887 --> 01:33:07,510 I didn't have the guts to do it. 1810 01:33:07,511 --> 01:33:09,179 But he went ahead and actually did it. 1811 01:33:09,803 --> 01:33:10,844 Either way, 1812 01:33:10,845 --> 01:33:12,886 this officially closes the chapter on Vineeth Madhavan 1813 01:33:12,887 --> 01:33:14,220 in the Malayalam film industry. 1814 01:33:14,887 --> 01:33:15,928 And... 1815 01:33:16,386 --> 01:33:17,595 I'm happy for that. 1816 01:33:19,386 --> 01:33:22,219 I'm happy for that. I'm happy for that. I'm happy for that. 1817 01:33:22,220 --> 01:33:23,511 Hey, take it easy. 1818 01:33:39,012 --> 01:33:40,012 Doctor... 1819 01:33:41,970 --> 01:33:43,720 How much time do I have left? 1820 01:33:43,887 --> 01:33:44,887 Huh! 1821 01:33:46,803 --> 01:33:48,012 Is it blood cancer? 1822 01:33:48,803 --> 01:33:50,219 It's nothing that serious at all. 1823 01:33:50,220 --> 01:33:53,053 You were admitted because your BP shot up and you passed out. 1824 01:34:01,678 --> 01:34:02,803 Who are you? 1825 01:34:03,678 --> 01:34:06,094 A man named Fayaz Muhammad has filed a complaint against you 1826 01:34:06,095 --> 01:34:07,678 at the Kadavanthra police station. 1827 01:34:07,845 --> 01:34:09,427 We've been ordered to arrest you 1828 01:34:09,428 --> 01:34:11,427 and bring you before the court at the earliest. 1829 01:34:11,428 --> 01:34:13,012 But is this really a criminal case? 1830 01:34:13,179 --> 01:34:14,219 No. 1831 01:34:14,220 --> 01:34:16,011 It's not physical property that was destroyed here, 1832 01:34:16,012 --> 01:34:17,386 but intellectual property. 1833 01:34:17,845 --> 01:34:21,095 Their legal team claims the damage is close to three and a half crores. 1834 01:34:21,470 --> 01:34:22,969 There's no rush on this right now. 1835 01:34:22,970 --> 01:34:24,970 It can wait until the hospital discharges you. 1836 01:34:25,137 --> 01:34:26,720 I'll call you. I'll be around. 1837 01:34:27,636 --> 01:34:28,887 Vineeth... 1838 01:34:29,803 --> 01:34:31,760 It would've been better to have no aim than to end up like this! 1839 01:34:31,761 --> 01:34:36,803 "You alone are the blazing star" 1840 01:34:37,137 --> 01:34:39,719 "O Fire, fierce and lethal you are" 1841 01:34:39,720 --> 01:34:41,469 Cinema isn't the work of one individual. 1842 01:34:41,470 --> 01:34:43,052 It's a collaborative art form. 1843 01:34:43,053 --> 01:34:44,677 That's the point I really want to emphasise. 1844 01:34:44,678 --> 01:34:45,969 In one overnight fit of ego, 1845 01:34:45,970 --> 01:34:49,219 Vineeth Madhavan destroyed the dreams, sweat, and hard work 1846 01:34:49,220 --> 01:34:52,053 of countless artists and technicians. 1847 01:34:52,803 --> 01:34:55,595 "Let rookies come in and make their art" 1848 01:34:55,720 --> 01:34:58,178 "Ride on pure luck and break the chart" 1849 01:34:58,179 --> 01:35:00,845 "No matter how many enter the game chasing fame, making a name" 1850 01:35:01,095 --> 01:35:02,219 [We want to watch "Manushyan"] 1851 01:35:02,220 --> 01:35:03,760 "I'm the greatest of all time" 1852 01:35:03,761 --> 01:35:06,052 "Even if you throw a thousand schemes my way" 1853 01:35:06,053 --> 01:35:07,302 [Vineeth, are you even "Human"?] 1854 01:35:07,303 --> 01:35:08,802 "Even if you drag my aura down all day" 1855 01:35:08,803 --> 01:35:10,552 "The knowledge of cinema living in me" 1856 01:35:10,553 --> 01:35:12,094 "Gives my mind its clarity" 1857 01:35:12,095 --> 01:35:15,137 "I've learned to take every blow and woe, I'll cross raging seas and steal the show" 1858 01:35:15,303 --> 01:35:17,052 No matter how he tries to justify it, 1859 01:35:17,053 --> 01:35:19,385 Vineeth will never find forgiveness in the court of conscience. 1860 01:35:19,386 --> 01:35:23,510 Following the deletion of footage from late actor Swaroop's final film, 'Manushyan', 1861 01:35:23,511 --> 01:35:26,219 by director Vineeth Madhavan from a studio in Palarivattom... 1862 01:35:26,220 --> 01:35:28,886 protests against him are intensifying. 1863 01:35:28,887 --> 01:35:31,470 You really had the nerve to delete Swaroopettan's film, huh? 1864 01:35:35,220 --> 01:35:37,594 'Under extreme pressure like that,' 1865 01:35:37,595 --> 01:35:39,469 'not everybody is actually capable' 1866 01:35:39,470 --> 01:35:41,385 'of making the right decisions.' 1867 01:35:41,386 --> 01:35:44,136 Reports suggest the Directors' Union and Producers' Association 1868 01:35:44,137 --> 01:35:47,427 might issue a joint ban to stop Vineeth Madhavan from ever working again. 1869 01:35:47,428 --> 01:35:48,844 One thing is absolutely certain. 1870 01:35:48,845 --> 01:35:51,094 If I had been in his position, 1871 01:35:51,095 --> 01:35:54,553 I would never have gone to such extremes. 1872 01:35:55,386 --> 01:35:56,552 Because... 1873 01:35:56,553 --> 01:35:58,969 I went through a lot of struggle 1874 01:35:58,970 --> 01:36:01,344 to complete my first film. 1875 01:36:02,220 --> 01:36:05,052 What's your take on the ban imposed on Vineeth Madhavan? 1876 01:36:05,053 --> 01:36:07,137 'I completely respect the union's decision.' 1877 01:36:11,470 --> 01:36:13,552 - Hello? - I'm not afraid of any stupid union ban. 1878 01:36:13,553 --> 01:36:16,427 'Those bans only affect people who have to mortgage their houses to produce movies.' 1879 01:36:16,428 --> 01:36:17,719 'I don't have to deal with that mess' 1880 01:36:17,720 --> 01:36:19,012 'because I'm filthy rich!' 1881 01:36:19,261 --> 01:36:21,511 'I'm going to produce your next film, Vineeth.' 1882 01:36:21,720 --> 01:36:23,344 - Who are you? - 'That doesn't matter.' 1883 01:36:23,470 --> 01:36:25,928 'You are Vineeth Madhavan and that's what matters!' 1884 01:36:26,220 --> 01:36:28,011 'The only reason I'm reaching out to you' 1885 01:36:28,012 --> 01:36:29,886 'is because I saw your masterpiece.' 1886 01:36:29,887 --> 01:36:31,552 - "Manushyan"! - 'When?' 1887 01:36:31,553 --> 01:36:33,136 'One hour before you deleted it.' 1888 01:36:33,137 --> 01:36:34,178 'I'm impressed.' 1889 01:36:34,179 --> 01:36:35,886 'You have some talent, Vineeth.' 1890 01:36:35,887 --> 01:36:37,220 'And some amazing skills!' 1891 01:36:38,012 --> 01:36:40,635 'Now screw my brains with some ideas!' 1892 01:36:40,636 --> 01:36:41,803 Hang up and get lost! 1893 01:36:42,845 --> 01:36:43,927 Who was it? 1894 01:36:43,928 --> 01:36:45,137 Some nutcase! 1895 01:36:45,553 --> 01:36:47,803 Vineeth, look at the absolute mess you've made! 1896 01:36:48,553 --> 01:36:51,343 When thousands are out there struggling to make just one movie, 1897 01:36:51,344 --> 01:36:53,261 you just went ahead and destroyed yours! 1898 01:36:53,970 --> 01:36:55,260 It's good to have ambition. 1899 01:36:55,261 --> 01:36:56,844 But don't let it turn into pure greed! 1900 01:36:56,845 --> 01:36:58,511 If this is greed, then so be it. 1901 01:36:58,928 --> 01:37:01,095 I don't want to be just another filmmaker, Dad. 1902 01:37:01,636 --> 01:37:04,220 I want to be the greatest filmmaker India has ever seen! 1903 01:37:05,595 --> 01:37:07,595 And I'll go to any lengths to make that happen. 1904 01:37:08,553 --> 01:37:10,386 Vineeth, that's all well and good. 1905 01:37:10,720 --> 01:37:12,802 But if the association bans you, 1906 01:37:12,803 --> 01:37:15,136 you'll never get to direct a Malayalam film ever again! 1907 01:37:15,137 --> 01:37:17,053 The association is not going to ban me. 1908 01:37:17,344 --> 01:37:18,594 Fayaz says he lost 3.5 crores... 1909 01:37:18,595 --> 01:37:20,386 I'll pay him his 3.5 crores! 1910 01:37:23,761 --> 01:37:25,844 - Any update on "After Party"? - Please... 1911 01:37:25,845 --> 01:37:27,344 Why are there two copies? 1912 01:37:28,053 --> 01:37:31,427 I'm taking this one to the Mookambika Temple to get it blessed. 1913 01:37:31,428 --> 01:37:34,011 'Even if I never get the chance to turn this script into a movie,' 1914 01:37:34,012 --> 01:37:36,220 'today, it's worth my entire career.' 1915 01:37:37,720 --> 01:37:41,095 'I will control everything that is within my power to control!' 1916 01:37:41,553 --> 01:37:42,803 MRUGAM [Animal] 1917 01:37:47,303 --> 01:37:48,303 What is this? 1918 01:37:49,095 --> 01:37:51,385 My first film. The one that got shelved because of you! 1919 01:37:51,386 --> 01:37:53,137 An entire year of my hard work! 1920 01:37:53,428 --> 01:37:55,219 If you rework the script just a little bit, 1921 01:37:55,220 --> 01:37:58,094 you can easily get a sequel that is vastly superior to the first part 1922 01:37:58,095 --> 01:37:59,220 out of this! 1923 01:37:59,470 --> 01:38:00,927 After Party 1924 01:38:00,928 --> 01:38:02,094 Part Two! 1925 01:38:02,095 --> 01:38:03,385 My signature style... 1926 01:38:03,386 --> 01:38:06,553 It won't be easy for you to recreate it. 1927 01:38:07,803 --> 01:38:10,344 Plagiarising it would be way easier for you. 1928 01:38:10,470 --> 01:38:11,470 Right? 1929 01:38:12,344 --> 01:38:13,970 But this comes at a price. 1930 01:38:15,970 --> 01:38:18,136 Fayaz, you can take over "After Party"... 1931 01:38:18,137 --> 01:38:21,178 My project with an eight-crore pre-sale value, completely for free. 1932 01:38:21,179 --> 01:38:23,386 But in exchange, I need just one favour from you. 1933 01:38:23,720 --> 01:38:26,845 The union cannot go through with this ban on Vineeth Madhavan. 1934 01:38:27,179 --> 01:38:28,678 You must withdraw your complaint. 1935 01:38:29,095 --> 01:38:32,219 And if you're willing to offer me a profit share instead of my remuneration, 1936 01:38:32,220 --> 01:38:33,927 we can sign a written agreement right away. 1937 01:38:33,928 --> 01:38:35,261 Look, I completely understand. 1938 01:38:35,470 --> 01:38:37,845 It's not like I don't know the kind of losses you suffered. 1939 01:38:42,803 --> 01:38:44,969 I'm literally pulling this project away from Harris Basheer 1940 01:38:44,970 --> 01:38:46,635 and handing it over to Fayaz for free. 1941 01:38:46,636 --> 01:38:49,053 The kind of loss I'm going to suffer on this is huge. 1942 01:38:49,470 --> 01:38:51,928 So don't you ever come chasing me over this matter again. 1943 01:38:52,137 --> 01:38:54,678 The outside world must never know that this was your creation. 1944 01:38:55,303 --> 01:38:56,887 That is exactly what this NDA is for. 1945 01:38:58,095 --> 01:38:59,219 So... 1946 01:38:59,220 --> 01:39:00,428 congratulations! 1947 01:39:02,386 --> 01:39:04,179 And get the out of here! 1948 01:39:15,845 --> 01:39:17,260 Aren't you back at your old job? 1949 01:39:17,261 --> 01:39:18,261 No. 1950 01:39:18,470 --> 01:39:20,635 I had some outstanding bills and payments to clear first. 1951 01:39:20,636 --> 01:39:23,179 I put my trust in people like you and made a movie, didn't I? 1952 01:39:24,887 --> 01:39:26,261 Did they ban you? 1953 01:39:26,803 --> 01:39:28,344 We worked out a compromise. 1954 01:39:31,095 --> 01:39:32,594 Vineeth, we're ready. 1955 01:39:32,595 --> 01:39:34,053 Come to the conference room. 1956 01:39:34,511 --> 01:39:35,927 How did that happen?! 1957 01:39:35,928 --> 01:39:38,469 Harris Basheer produced the first part, right? 1958 01:39:38,470 --> 01:39:40,553 - Yes. - Didn't he sign the NOC? 1959 01:39:40,887 --> 01:39:42,927 Sir, he's waiting out in the lobby. 1960 01:39:42,928 --> 01:39:44,052 He said he'll come sign it. 1961 01:39:44,053 --> 01:39:45,219 Should I ask him to come in? 1962 01:39:45,220 --> 01:39:46,220 No, it's fine. 1963 01:39:46,761 --> 01:39:48,179 I'll go out and meet him myself. 1964 01:39:48,303 --> 01:39:50,761 There are some pending payments from his previous film. 1965 01:39:50,970 --> 01:39:52,553 Let's not insult him. 1966 01:39:53,053 --> 01:39:54,178 So, 1967 01:39:54,179 --> 01:39:55,970 since we've settled on a compromise, 1968 01:39:56,179 --> 01:39:57,844 shake hands and let's call it a day! 1969 01:39:57,845 --> 01:40:00,427 The Malayalam film industry should function like one big family. 1970 01:40:00,428 --> 01:40:01,470 Alright then. 1971 01:40:12,344 --> 01:40:14,553 Money has to be answered with money. 1972 01:40:15,470 --> 01:40:17,386 So, the ban is officially settled. 1973 01:40:18,344 --> 01:40:21,386 But nothing between the two of us will ever be settled! 1974 01:40:25,095 --> 01:40:26,553 You've been shadow-banned. 1975 01:40:26,678 --> 01:40:28,219 An unannounced, unwritten ban. 1976 01:40:28,220 --> 01:40:30,053 Don't let their fake smiles fool you. 1977 01:40:31,053 --> 01:40:33,636 No producer is ever going to work with you again. 1978 01:40:34,344 --> 01:40:36,928 Not a single star will ever act in your movies. 1979 01:40:39,261 --> 01:40:41,552 When I chose to trust you back at Sachin's bungalow, 1980 01:40:41,553 --> 01:40:43,886 despite the fact that you had zero film background, 1981 01:40:43,887 --> 01:40:45,845 I had only one reason for doing it. 1982 01:40:47,470 --> 01:40:48,678 Your talent! 1983 01:40:49,845 --> 01:40:51,011 But... 1984 01:40:51,012 --> 01:40:54,553 your talent didn't earn me a single penny. 1985 01:40:54,803 --> 01:40:57,720 So I am sure as hell not letting anyone else profit from it either! 1986 01:40:58,137 --> 01:41:01,678 While you become the most despised man in Malayalam cinema, 1987 01:41:01,803 --> 01:41:05,220 people who don't have half your talent are going to be celebrated here instead. 1988 01:41:07,303 --> 01:41:09,303 You are never making another movie. 1989 01:41:09,636 --> 01:41:11,970 Even if you manage to start one, it'll never be completed. 1990 01:41:12,179 --> 01:41:14,553 Even if you complete it, it'll never get released. 1991 01:41:14,887 --> 01:41:17,179 Even if it gets released, it'll never succeed! 1992 01:41:27,720 --> 01:41:31,343 Surviving in the film industry is not so easy. 1993 01:41:31,344 --> 01:41:33,927 Genetically speaking, he simply isn't capable of doing it. 1994 01:41:33,928 --> 01:41:35,510 'It's only now that I truly understand' 1995 01:41:35,511 --> 01:41:37,719 'the seriousness of what Grandpa said that day.' 1996 01:41:37,720 --> 01:41:40,219 'When he claimed I didn't have it in my genes,' 1997 01:41:40,220 --> 01:41:42,552 'he wasn't referring to my filmmaking capability.' 1998 01:41:42,553 --> 01:41:45,094 'He meant I lacked the temperament to survive' 1999 01:41:45,095 --> 01:41:47,886 'in an industry completely stripped of any empathy.' 2000 01:41:47,887 --> 01:41:50,553 'I've inherited my grandfather's genetics.' 2001 01:41:50,678 --> 01:41:53,469 'And my grandfather was an absolute rebel.' 2002 01:41:53,470 --> 01:41:56,636 'That exact attitude is what made him a failure.' 2003 01:41:57,553 --> 01:41:58,927 'And now, I have failed too.' 2004 01:41:58,928 --> 01:42:01,012 'Nothing is in my control anymore.' 2005 01:42:02,511 --> 01:42:04,012 'Goodbye, Mollywood!' 2006 01:42:04,303 --> 01:42:06,137 'I know you will miss me!' 2007 01:42:07,803 --> 01:42:08,802 'Wait!' 2008 01:42:08,803 --> 01:42:10,219 'What is that, out in deep space?' 2009 01:42:10,220 --> 01:42:11,511 'Something is flying.' 2010 01:42:11,720 --> 01:42:12,761 'Is it a bird?' 2011 01:42:13,303 --> 01:42:14,511 'Or is it a plane?' 2012 01:42:17,137 --> 01:42:18,137 'No!' 2013 01:42:18,386 --> 01:42:19,803 'It is indeed a man!' 2014 01:42:25,053 --> 01:42:26,344 He's going to make his movie. 2015 01:42:26,845 --> 01:42:28,219 It will be completed, 2016 01:42:28,220 --> 01:42:29,470 released, 2017 01:42:29,887 --> 01:42:31,720 and it will play to packed houses! 2018 01:42:34,220 --> 01:42:36,343 I don't give a damn about any union ban. 2019 01:42:36,344 --> 01:42:38,886 They only affect people who have to mortgage their houses to produce movies. 2020 01:42:38,887 --> 01:42:40,343 I don't have to deal with that crap, 2021 01:42:40,344 --> 01:42:41,720 because I am filthy rich! 2022 01:42:42,470 --> 01:42:43,636 Your next film... 2023 01:42:44,220 --> 01:42:45,636 I'm going to produce it. 2024 01:42:50,887 --> 01:42:52,137 Harris Basheer. 2025 01:42:52,344 --> 01:42:54,219 Give me the paper. Where do you want me to sign? 2026 01:42:54,220 --> 01:42:55,803 I didn't recognise you at first. 2027 01:42:55,970 --> 01:42:58,343 There isn't a single photo of you available anywhere. 2028 01:42:58,344 --> 01:43:00,511 Amateurs seek the sun and get eaten. 2029 01:43:02,261 --> 01:43:04,344 Power stays in the shadows! 2030 01:43:04,636 --> 01:43:06,635 Hana wants nothing to do with Arjun anymore, 2031 01:43:06,636 --> 01:43:08,636 be it professional or personal. 2032 01:43:08,887 --> 01:43:10,095 Go live your life! 2033 01:43:13,220 --> 01:43:14,803 My sister wants to talk to you. 2034 01:43:18,845 --> 01:43:20,094 'Hana Shahjahan.' 2035 01:43:20,095 --> 01:43:22,012 'Harris Basheer's younger sister.' 2036 01:43:23,553 --> 01:43:25,594 'My last four movies weren't just regular flops.' 2037 01:43:25,595 --> 01:43:26,760 'They were disasters.' 2038 01:43:26,761 --> 01:43:30,303 'The likes on my FB profile pics plummeted from 40K down to 4K.' 2039 01:43:30,511 --> 01:43:32,594 'Joy Alatt axed me as their brand ambassador' 2040 01:43:32,595 --> 01:43:34,887 'and replaced me with Samantha from that housefly movie!' 2041 01:43:35,303 --> 01:43:37,720 '"After Party-2" is my only shot at a comeback.' 2042 01:43:37,887 --> 01:43:40,303 'But I have zero interest in working with Arjun.' 2043 01:43:40,553 --> 01:43:42,179 'Now it all makes sense.' 2044 01:43:42,428 --> 01:43:45,052 'Hana didn't become a superstar due to manifestation.' 2045 01:43:45,053 --> 01:43:46,677 'It was due to her privilege.' 2046 01:43:46,678 --> 01:43:48,386 'He had the guts to break up with me!' 2047 01:43:48,970 --> 01:43:51,511 'So I am not going to crawl back and beg him for a comeback.' 2048 01:43:52,095 --> 01:43:53,470 'I deserve more!' 2049 01:43:53,970 --> 01:43:55,803 'I need a really strong comeback, Vineeth!' 2050 01:43:56,511 --> 01:43:58,719 'And I want to make that comeback through your movie.' 2051 01:43:58,720 --> 01:44:00,677 'And that film has to become a blockbuster.' 2052 01:44:00,678 --> 01:44:01,928 'You should become successful.' 2053 01:44:02,344 --> 01:44:04,428 'Nothing will hit Arjun harder than that!' 2054 01:44:04,887 --> 01:44:06,011 'Come on, Vineeth.' 2055 01:44:06,012 --> 01:44:08,095 'Let's mentally destroy Arjun together!' 2056 01:44:10,053 --> 01:44:11,677 [Hana] You should become successful. 2057 01:44:11,678 --> 01:44:13,720 Nothing will hit Arjun harder than that! 2058 01:44:18,470 --> 01:44:22,261 Now screw my brain with some scary ideas! 2059 01:44:24,220 --> 01:44:27,303 'Second chances aren't something that everyone gets in life.' 2060 01:44:28,179 --> 01:44:29,761 'So I will make the most of it.' 2061 01:44:30,887 --> 01:44:32,970 'My destiny is still within my control.' 2062 01:44:33,553 --> 01:44:35,303 'I'm not particularly fond of Hana.' 2063 01:44:35,595 --> 01:44:37,803 'But I have to accept this offer.' 2064 01:44:39,053 --> 01:44:40,761 'Because I don't have a choice.' 2065 01:44:41,179 --> 01:44:43,803 'No one except her will work with me right now.' 2066 01:44:45,636 --> 01:44:48,428 'The script of "After Party 2" is your creation as well, isn't it?' 2067 01:44:48,887 --> 01:44:50,928 'I'm not going back to a regular job, Vineeth.' 2068 01:44:51,179 --> 01:44:53,219 'I don't care if my wife ends up divorcing me over this.' 2069 01:44:53,220 --> 01:44:55,427 'I'll sell my house and property to make a film.' 2070 01:44:55,428 --> 01:44:56,469 'Greatness...' 2071 01:44:56,470 --> 01:44:57,886 'I will absolutely achieve it!' 2072 01:44:57,887 --> 01:44:59,053 'This is my vow!' 2073 01:44:59,595 --> 01:45:00,720 'Greatness!' 2074 01:45:01,595 --> 01:45:02,927 'I am going to achieve it too.' 2075 01:45:02,928 --> 01:45:05,302 "The doors will open, truth hits like a stone" 2076 01:45:05,303 --> 01:45:08,137 "I'm gonna explode and shake you to the bone" 2077 01:45:08,470 --> 01:45:10,469 "Shutting your trash mouths, making you bleed" 2078 01:45:10,470 --> 01:45:13,469 "God's got my back, and I'll take the lead" 2079 01:45:13,470 --> 01:45:16,595 'A fresh thought that hasn't dawned on anyone else in this world...' 2080 01:45:18,095 --> 01:45:19,720 'will take birth in my head.' 2081 01:45:21,428 --> 01:45:23,179 'This will be my masterpiece!' 2082 01:45:29,137 --> 01:45:30,344 'Writer's block!' 2083 01:45:30,845 --> 01:45:32,178 'Forget fresh thoughts,' 2084 01:45:32,179 --> 01:45:34,344 'I can't even come up with a terrible one right now!' 2085 01:45:36,095 --> 01:45:37,302 Oh Goddess! 2086 01:45:37,303 --> 01:45:38,928 'I need a catalyst.' 2087 01:45:39,470 --> 01:45:40,887 'I want to get scared.' 2088 01:45:45,887 --> 01:45:46,969 'Huh!' 2089 01:45:46,970 --> 01:45:48,887 'What's so scary about this movie anyway?' 2090 01:45:50,803 --> 01:45:52,179 'Am I missing something?' 2091 01:45:54,344 --> 01:45:56,887 'That guy is hiding behind his bag and clutching it in fear!' 2092 01:45:58,179 --> 01:46:00,470 'Another guy is playing peek-a-boo behind his own hands!' 2093 01:46:01,678 --> 01:46:03,012 'Strange!' 2094 01:46:03,720 --> 01:46:06,969 'The entire theatre is terrified by this film,' 2095 01:46:06,970 --> 01:46:08,511 'but it doesn't scare me one bit.' 2096 01:46:08,720 --> 01:46:10,053 'I am in danger.' 2097 01:46:10,595 --> 01:46:12,677 'Looks like it'll take a classic film to actually scare me.' 2098 01:46:12,678 --> 01:46:15,760 "Tomorrow in Mollywood's glittering maze" 2099 01:46:15,761 --> 01:46:18,303 "I'll be the star of its golden days" 2100 01:46:18,678 --> 01:46:20,928 'The classics aren't helping either.' 2101 01:46:21,095 --> 01:46:23,052 'All of them are total snooze-fests!' 2102 01:46:23,053 --> 01:46:25,552 "A twinkling star, a total wonder, a total surprise" 2103 01:46:25,553 --> 01:46:28,261 "Aura at a hundred, an all-in-one rise!" 2104 01:46:34,887 --> 01:46:37,178 Sir, could you please hand this over to the next room? 2105 01:46:37,179 --> 01:46:38,594 I rang their bell, but nobody is answering. 2106 01:46:38,595 --> 01:46:39,595 Okay. 2107 01:46:39,970 --> 01:46:41,220 Wait a minute. 2108 01:46:41,344 --> 01:46:42,887 Nobody actually lives there. 2109 01:46:43,053 --> 01:46:45,469 No, sir. The number is correct. I received the call from there. 2110 01:46:45,470 --> 01:46:47,386 Can't you see that the room is locked from outside? 2111 01:46:50,970 --> 01:46:52,427 'There is neither God...' 2112 01:46:52,428 --> 01:46:53,844 'nor a Devil in this world.' 2113 01:46:53,845 --> 01:46:55,887 'But fear is a fact!' 2114 01:46:56,179 --> 01:46:58,095 'Fear is the only ultimate truth!' 2115 01:46:59,053 --> 01:47:01,302 Thank you! 'This isn't a typical horror movie.' 2116 01:47:01,303 --> 01:47:03,427 'But it definitely has a ghost in it.' 2117 01:47:03,428 --> 01:47:05,094 'This story revolves around a food delivery boy' 2118 01:47:05,095 --> 01:47:08,470 'who exploits the hoax of ghosts for his own selfish gain.' 2119 01:47:09,095 --> 01:47:10,553 A movie like this... 2120 01:47:10,803 --> 01:47:12,678 has probably never been released in India yet. 2121 01:47:21,678 --> 01:47:22,928 "Pizza" 2122 01:47:23,678 --> 01:47:25,260 This story is about a food delivery boy 2123 01:47:25,261 --> 01:47:28,137 who exploits the hoax of ghosts for his own selfish gain! 2124 01:47:30,344 --> 01:47:31,385 Don't worry. 2125 01:47:31,386 --> 01:47:32,677 This is just a small, low-budget movie. 2126 01:47:32,678 --> 01:47:34,594 Both the director and the hero are newcomers. 2127 01:47:34,595 --> 01:47:36,094 Nobody is even going to watch this. 2128 01:47:36,095 --> 01:47:37,470 I mean, look around. 2129 01:47:38,678 --> 01:47:39,760 The whole hall is empty. 2130 01:47:39,761 --> 01:47:40,927 They're lucky we showed up. 2131 01:47:40,928 --> 01:47:43,260 "Lightning struck my head and left me in a fix" 2132 01:47:43,261 --> 01:47:46,094 "Fear sparked a fire, but I blew out the wicks" 2133 01:47:46,095 --> 01:47:47,595 'Karthik Subbaraj!' 2134 01:47:48,344 --> 01:47:49,678 'Who the hell is he?' 2135 01:47:54,636 --> 01:47:56,344 'Doesn't he go to college anymore?' 2136 01:47:57,928 --> 01:47:59,303 I got kicked out of college. 2137 01:47:59,595 --> 01:48:01,179 I haven't told my folks yet. 2138 01:48:01,553 --> 01:48:03,011 I don't have the guts to tell them. 2139 01:48:03,012 --> 01:48:05,012 Some juniors set me up in an old ragging case. 2140 01:48:06,220 --> 01:48:08,012 Why? Are you still doubting me? 2141 01:48:09,137 --> 01:48:11,678 What have you been doing on this laptop all these days? 2142 01:48:13,636 --> 01:48:14,887 Were you watching adult clips? 2143 01:48:21,220 --> 01:48:22,761 YUDDHAM [War] 2144 01:48:23,386 --> 01:48:25,219 Unpredictable turn of events! 2145 01:48:25,220 --> 01:48:27,469 But not like a Manoj Night Shyamalan film! 2146 01:48:27,470 --> 01:48:29,095 YUDDHAM 2147 01:48:29,595 --> 01:48:30,887 Will you make this into a film? 2148 01:48:31,511 --> 01:48:32,594 'No build-up.' 2149 01:48:32,595 --> 01:48:33,636 'Only pay-off.' 2150 01:48:34,803 --> 01:48:36,594 Because of my ST reservation quota, 2151 01:48:36,595 --> 01:48:39,553 no matter what my academic achievements are, nobody gives them any value. 2152 01:48:39,970 --> 01:48:42,011 Everyone is just trying to write them off 2153 01:48:42,012 --> 01:48:44,428 as mere privileges handed down to the underprivileged! 2154 01:48:45,220 --> 01:48:47,802 A success that doesn't rely on any such considerations... 2155 01:48:47,803 --> 01:48:50,136 That's the first thing that attracted me to cinema. 2156 01:48:50,137 --> 01:48:52,427 Here, it doesn't matter whether you are a Nair or a Cheruman... 2157 01:48:52,428 --> 01:48:55,219 If your product is bad, the audience will brutally reject you. 2158 01:48:55,220 --> 01:48:56,887 And if it's good, they will accept it. 2159 01:48:58,470 --> 01:48:59,969 Cinema is all I want now. 2160 01:48:59,970 --> 01:49:00,970 Huh! 2161 01:49:08,053 --> 01:49:10,595 This story deals with highly relevant political themes. 2162 01:49:10,845 --> 01:49:12,886 Real politics born directly from the circumstances 2163 01:49:12,887 --> 01:49:14,386 in which you were born and raised. 2164 01:49:14,761 --> 01:49:17,595 It's a powerful combination of slavery and gothic mythology. 2165 01:49:18,179 --> 01:49:19,219 And because of that, 2166 01:49:19,220 --> 01:49:22,678 it has every chance of becoming a hit and winning critical acclaim. 2167 01:49:23,053 --> 01:49:26,137 But once you strip away all the politics and shock value, 2168 01:49:26,344 --> 01:49:29,220 as a piece of cinema, this is a worthless piece of trash. 2169 01:49:30,137 --> 01:49:31,720 This script is mediocre. 2170 01:49:31,887 --> 01:49:32,927 Greatness... 2171 01:49:32,928 --> 01:49:34,887 I won't settle for anything less than that. 2172 01:49:35,095 --> 01:49:37,677 'Something that would terrify even an atheist...' 2173 01:49:37,678 --> 01:49:39,677 'who believes in neither God nor Devil.' 2174 01:49:39,678 --> 01:49:42,178 'Something that isn't a ghost or some supernatural force...' 2175 01:49:42,179 --> 01:49:43,760 'The one thing every human genuinely dreads!' 2176 01:49:43,761 --> 01:49:45,220 'That is exactly what I need to find.' 2177 01:49:50,303 --> 01:49:51,595 'Where the hell are you guys?' 2178 01:49:51,803 --> 01:49:53,678 'Can't either of you answer your phones?' 2179 01:49:54,095 --> 01:49:55,510 My phone was on silent, Uncle. 2180 01:49:55,511 --> 01:49:56,845 'Call your mother right now.' 2181 01:49:56,970 --> 01:49:59,095 'Your grandpa woke up and he's talking gibberish.' 2182 01:49:59,636 --> 01:50:00,928 'Grandpa woke up?!' 2183 01:50:01,053 --> 01:50:02,344 [SORRY, GRANDPA] 2184 01:50:07,179 --> 01:50:10,012 Had I known you were so faint-hearted, 2185 01:50:10,137 --> 01:50:12,428 I would have never shown you my short film. 2186 01:50:12,678 --> 01:50:14,303 Please forgive me, Grandpa. 2187 01:50:15,678 --> 01:50:18,220 - Grandpa? - She wants you there right away. Call her. 2188 01:50:18,470 --> 01:50:20,595 'Would Grandpa have actually seen my "sorry" by now?' 2189 01:50:21,095 --> 01:50:22,761 My mom's calling, Uncle. 2190 01:50:26,511 --> 01:50:28,386 Your mom looks really stressed. 2191 01:50:29,803 --> 01:50:31,136 What happened, Mom? 2192 01:50:31,137 --> 01:50:33,470 It's Grandpa. He just went completely still. 2193 01:50:33,595 --> 01:50:34,927 Didn't you call the doctor? 2194 01:50:34,928 --> 01:50:36,178 We did. 2195 01:50:36,179 --> 01:50:38,094 But it's late. It's going to take him a while to reach. 2196 01:50:38,095 --> 01:50:39,470 Come in, both of you. 2197 01:50:47,511 --> 01:50:48,803 I feel responsible. 2198 01:50:57,470 --> 01:50:59,220 Could you step outside for a minute, uncle? 2199 01:50:59,595 --> 01:51:00,677 Okay. 2200 01:51:00,678 --> 01:51:01,678 Come. 2201 01:51:03,012 --> 01:51:04,303 Lock the door. 2202 01:51:11,261 --> 01:51:12,802 I think your grandpa is dead. 2203 01:51:12,803 --> 01:51:13,970 You "think" so?? 2204 01:51:15,261 --> 01:51:16,969 I'm 99% certain. 2205 01:51:16,970 --> 01:51:18,803 I need you to verify that remaining 1% for me. 2206 01:51:20,012 --> 01:51:21,136 Don't look at me like that. 2207 01:51:21,137 --> 01:51:23,137 This is my first solo death verification! 2208 01:51:23,970 --> 01:51:25,219 What am I supposed to do? 2209 01:51:25,220 --> 01:51:26,469 You don't have to do much. 2210 01:51:26,470 --> 01:51:28,094 Just check exactly what I tell you. 2211 01:51:28,095 --> 01:51:29,845 - It's easy. - Hey, but... 2212 01:51:30,220 --> 01:51:31,303 - Huh! - Wear this. 2213 01:51:34,511 --> 01:51:35,761 Can you feel a heartbeat? 2214 01:51:38,553 --> 01:51:39,803 - No. - Okay. 2215 01:51:41,137 --> 01:51:42,219 How about now? 2216 01:51:42,220 --> 01:51:43,511 Do you feel a pulse? 2217 01:51:43,887 --> 01:51:44,969 No. 2218 01:51:44,970 --> 01:51:46,220 Okay. 2219 01:51:47,220 --> 01:51:48,343 What about neck pulse? 2220 01:51:48,344 --> 01:51:49,427 Neck pulse? 2221 01:51:49,428 --> 01:51:50,970 Can you feel any kind of beat? 2222 01:51:51,595 --> 01:51:52,760 - No. - Okay. 2223 01:51:52,761 --> 01:51:54,011 Huh! That's it? 2224 01:51:54,012 --> 01:51:55,595 Not yet. There's one final step. 2225 01:51:55,803 --> 01:51:56,803 Yeah! 2226 01:51:57,179 --> 01:51:58,845 Check for any movement in his pupils. 2227 01:51:59,720 --> 01:52:01,510 The pupillary reflex is the final test. 2228 01:52:01,511 --> 01:52:04,677 Even in a paralysed body, flashing bright light triggers a reflex. 2229 01:52:04,678 --> 01:52:06,677 Lifeless eyes won't show any reaction at all. 2230 01:52:06,678 --> 01:52:08,261 Watch his pupils closely. 2231 01:52:10,179 --> 01:52:11,179 Huh! 2232 01:52:11,636 --> 01:52:12,887 Huh! 2233 01:52:17,220 --> 01:52:18,678 - Grandpa... - Oh no! 2234 01:52:19,970 --> 01:52:22,636 I didn't get scared because of your film. 2235 01:52:23,303 --> 01:52:25,137 Then what was it that scared you, Grandpa? 2236 01:52:28,636 --> 01:52:29,636 Evil dead! 2237 01:52:30,220 --> 01:52:31,678 After I die, 2238 01:52:31,887 --> 01:52:33,635 my last rites must be performed. 2239 01:52:33,636 --> 01:52:34,636 Okay. 2240 01:52:34,845 --> 01:52:36,553 My ashes... 2241 01:52:36,803 --> 01:52:38,969 must be taken to Rameswaram and immersed there. 2242 01:52:38,970 --> 01:52:40,094 Sheesh! 2243 01:52:40,095 --> 01:52:41,970 I need to attain salvation. 2244 01:52:42,678 --> 01:52:43,678 Huh! 2245 01:52:47,428 --> 01:52:49,220 Rather than facing the truth, 2246 01:52:50,053 --> 01:52:52,012 it's better to die believing a lie! 2247 01:52:53,179 --> 01:52:54,219 Oh no! 2248 01:52:54,220 --> 01:52:55,761 Did he just die again?! Oh no! 2249 01:53:05,636 --> 01:53:06,803 He's gone. 2250 01:53:08,595 --> 01:53:09,760 Didn't I tell you? 2251 01:53:09,761 --> 01:53:11,761 Grandpa would never get scared by your short film. 2252 01:53:12,803 --> 01:53:13,927 But this man, 2253 01:53:13,928 --> 01:53:17,053 who spent his whole life believing in science 2254 01:53:17,303 --> 01:53:19,095 died just like any other ordinary person. 2255 01:53:19,386 --> 01:53:20,803 That genuinely saddens me. 2256 01:53:21,595 --> 01:53:24,844 This man who spent his whole life believing in science 2257 01:53:24,845 --> 01:53:26,845 died just like any other ordinary person. 2258 01:53:31,303 --> 01:53:33,845 I didn't get scared because of your film. 2259 01:53:34,845 --> 01:53:36,636 Then what was it that scared you, Grandpa? 2260 01:54:04,928 --> 01:54:06,469 'So, one thing is certain.' 2261 01:54:06,470 --> 01:54:08,887 'The truth that Grandpa spent a lifetime seeking...' 2262 01:54:09,220 --> 01:54:10,678 'was inside that novel all along.' 2263 01:54:11,720 --> 01:54:14,095 'Something that would terrify even an atheist...' 2264 01:54:15,595 --> 01:54:17,678 'who believes in neither God nor Devil.' 2265 01:54:18,053 --> 01:54:20,635 'Something that isn't a ghost or some supernatural force...' 2266 01:54:20,636 --> 01:54:22,720 'The one thing every human genuinely dreads!' 2267 01:54:24,428 --> 01:54:26,470 'The true definition of horror!' 2268 01:54:26,803 --> 01:54:28,179 'Vaikom David's...' 2269 01:54:28,887 --> 01:54:30,344 'Devil's Island!' 2270 01:54:31,220 --> 01:54:33,510 'When a treasure earned by a talented man through sheer effort' 2271 01:54:33,511 --> 01:54:35,427 'is snatched away by the talentless one,' 2272 01:54:35,428 --> 01:54:39,220 he can either console himself by calling it his destiny, 2273 01:54:39,344 --> 01:54:42,845 'or he can set out... to rewrite that destiny himself.' 2274 01:54:43,012 --> 01:54:44,719 'This is the story of one such man's...' 2275 01:54:44,720 --> 01:54:47,220 'incredibly adventurous and epic journey.' 2276 01:55:25,470 --> 01:55:27,760 'I finally understand the climax...' 2277 01:55:27,761 --> 01:55:29,343 'the one I hated when I first read it.' 2278 01:55:29,344 --> 01:55:30,678 'Now, I actually love it.' 2279 01:55:31,303 --> 01:55:34,386 'There is nothing in this world more terrifying than the truth.' 2280 01:55:34,636 --> 01:55:35,969 'And this story holds that truth.' 2281 01:55:35,970 --> 01:55:39,344 'The truth of a man who tried to rewrite his fate and failed.' 2282 01:55:42,053 --> 01:55:45,260 'I guess my frontal lobe had to fully develop to finally understand this.' 2283 01:55:45,261 --> 01:55:46,261 Found it! 2284 01:55:46,595 --> 01:55:47,678 Found what? 2285 01:55:47,928 --> 01:55:49,011 Fear! 2286 01:55:49,012 --> 01:55:50,012 Huh! 2287 01:55:50,678 --> 01:55:51,719 I got scared. 2288 01:55:51,720 --> 01:55:52,970 Real, genuine fear. 2289 01:55:54,344 --> 01:55:56,844 The novel that terrified my grandpa, a scientific genius! 2290 01:55:56,845 --> 01:55:58,219 Want some tea, son? 2291 01:55:58,220 --> 01:55:59,220 No. 2292 01:56:00,887 --> 01:56:02,137 My first film! 2293 01:56:03,303 --> 01:56:05,220 'Now, I have to secure the rights for this novel.' 2294 01:56:06,720 --> 01:56:07,719 Phew! 2295 01:56:07,720 --> 01:56:08,969 This is way too dark! 2296 01:56:08,970 --> 01:56:10,343 If you adapt this into a film, 2297 01:56:10,344 --> 01:56:12,927 it'll drain whatever little joy the audience has left in their lives. 2298 01:56:12,928 --> 01:56:14,594 Even my script is better than this. 2299 01:56:14,595 --> 01:56:16,428 No wonder this novel was withdrawn! 2300 01:56:16,845 --> 01:56:18,511 This novel is dangerous to society! 2301 01:56:19,470 --> 01:56:20,678 It's dangerous. 2302 01:56:20,928 --> 01:56:22,220 Not to society, though... 2303 01:56:22,344 --> 01:56:23,720 but to Vaikom David himself! 2304 01:56:23,928 --> 01:56:24,928 Huh? 2305 01:56:25,595 --> 01:56:27,303 Read the very last page. 2306 01:56:29,053 --> 01:56:32,845 "I ghost-wrote fifty novels for Vaikom David, including this one." 2307 01:56:33,720 --> 01:56:34,845 K.T. Peter 2308 01:56:35,428 --> 01:56:36,428 Huh! 2309 01:56:36,678 --> 01:56:39,302 If you approach Sachin for the rights to this novel, he'll kill you. 2310 01:56:39,303 --> 01:56:40,343 Nope! 2311 01:56:40,344 --> 01:56:42,594 I don't need Sachin to get the rights to this. 2312 01:56:42,595 --> 01:56:44,303 [MANJADI PUBLICATIONS] 2313 01:56:48,553 --> 01:56:49,886 Hey... 2314 01:56:49,887 --> 01:56:52,178 My face is pretty familiar to the media now. 2315 01:56:52,179 --> 01:56:54,760 They're going to swarm me with annoying questions if they spot me. 2316 01:56:54,761 --> 01:56:56,760 You go inside and find out details about the novel's rights. 2317 01:56:56,761 --> 01:56:57,761 Okay. 2318 01:57:15,386 --> 01:57:18,011 Dude, he wrote me a check for fifty thousand! 2319 01:57:18,012 --> 01:57:19,677 - Fifty thousand? - Yeah, man! 2320 01:57:19,678 --> 01:57:20,969 He made me sign an agreement 2321 01:57:20,970 --> 01:57:23,137 promising not to utter a single word about this book. 2322 01:57:23,720 --> 01:57:25,719 - Wait, where's the book then? - He took it. 2323 01:57:25,720 --> 01:57:27,303 - Who? - That guy. 2324 01:57:27,845 --> 01:57:29,302 - Which guy? - Hey! 2325 01:57:29,303 --> 01:57:31,219 How dare you park right in front of the gate?! 2326 01:57:31,220 --> 01:57:32,094 Get lost, boomer! 2327 01:57:32,095 --> 01:57:33,802 - Move your car! - Tell me, who was that guy? 2328 01:57:33,803 --> 01:57:35,636 - That's him driving off! - Huh! 2329 01:57:57,553 --> 01:57:59,137 Stay here. I'll be right back. 2330 01:58:09,179 --> 01:58:10,802 'Just like in old Hitchcock films,' 2331 01:58:10,803 --> 01:58:12,844 'the hero, spying through a window pane' 2332 01:58:12,845 --> 01:58:15,595 'stumbles on to a new plot point from the villains.' 2333 01:58:15,845 --> 01:58:17,261 'An exciting twist!' 2334 01:58:17,636 --> 01:58:21,095 The last surviving copy of "Devil's Island" in the world! 2335 01:58:21,344 --> 01:58:23,261 I never got the chance to give it to David sir. 2336 01:58:23,470 --> 01:58:25,220 So I'm handing it over to his son instead. 2337 01:58:27,928 --> 01:58:29,761 Thank you, Venu Chetta! Thank you! 2338 01:58:31,012 --> 01:58:32,887 Where are you off to? Taking a long trip? 2339 01:58:33,678 --> 01:58:35,052 Where are your wife and daughter? 2340 01:58:35,053 --> 01:58:36,469 Oh, I forgot to tell you. 2341 01:58:36,470 --> 01:58:39,095 I sold this ancestral home to Harris Basheer for two crores. 2342 01:58:39,428 --> 01:58:41,219 When she heard that, my wife took our kid, 2343 01:58:41,220 --> 01:58:42,720 filed for divorce, and walked out. 2344 01:58:43,053 --> 01:58:44,052 All okay? 2345 01:58:44,053 --> 01:58:45,385 'Sachin's obsession' 2346 01:58:45,386 --> 01:58:47,012 'is spiralling into madness.' 2347 01:58:47,179 --> 01:58:48,470 'He is in danger!' 2348 01:58:49,803 --> 01:58:51,137 Forget all that. 2349 01:58:51,511 --> 01:58:54,887 I read a script that's beyond extraordinary, Venu Chetta. 2350 01:58:55,137 --> 01:58:57,719 I immediately paid ten lakhs and blocked it. 2351 01:58:57,720 --> 01:58:59,552 Otherwise, it'd have slipped through my fingers. 2352 01:58:59,553 --> 01:59:01,179 I have to turn it into a movie somehow. 2353 01:59:01,887 --> 01:59:03,386 The budget is six crore rupees. 2354 01:59:05,344 --> 01:59:06,678 Sachin, are you okay? 2355 01:59:07,012 --> 01:59:07,886 Huh? 2356 01:59:07,887 --> 01:59:09,720 - I'm okay, I'm okay! - Alright. 2357 01:59:11,137 --> 01:59:13,137 So what if the house is gone, Venu Chetta! 2358 01:59:13,261 --> 01:59:15,095 I will make this film by any means necessary. 2359 01:59:16,386 --> 01:59:17,970 I don't want to be like my father. 2360 01:59:18,428 --> 01:59:20,470 I want to become far greater than he ever was. 2361 01:59:21,887 --> 01:59:23,470 Otherwise, I'd rather die. 2362 01:59:24,845 --> 01:59:26,385 Even if I have to kill for it, 2363 01:59:26,386 --> 01:59:28,012 I must arrange four crore rupees. 2364 01:59:30,095 --> 01:59:31,428 Vaikom David... 2365 01:59:31,595 --> 01:59:33,344 isn't just some ordinary novelist today. 2366 01:59:33,845 --> 01:59:36,053 He's a legend in Malayalam literature. 2367 01:59:36,845 --> 01:59:38,928 That reputation he built over years... 2368 01:59:39,344 --> 01:59:40,720 must remain exactly as it is. 2369 01:59:47,428 --> 01:59:49,803 There should be absolutely nothing in this world... 2370 01:59:50,053 --> 01:59:51,845 that damages my father's reputation. 2371 01:59:54,595 --> 01:59:57,470 'The last copy of Devil's Island has also been destroyed.' 2372 01:59:57,761 --> 01:59:59,137 'So convenient!' 2373 01:59:59,428 --> 02:00:01,636 'Eighteen years after its publication,' 2374 02:00:01,761 --> 02:00:04,470 'this original thought that no one else could even dream of,' 2375 02:00:04,845 --> 02:00:06,220 'now exits...' 2376 02:00:06,386 --> 02:00:07,761 'only in my head!' 2377 02:00:08,137 --> 02:00:09,720 'To turn this into a movie,' 2378 02:00:09,928 --> 02:00:11,552 'I no longer need anyone's permission.' 2379 02:00:11,553 --> 02:00:15,386 'I have no intention of defaming the great Vaikom David,' 2380 02:00:15,553 --> 02:00:17,012 'or plagiarising his story.' 2381 02:00:17,470 --> 02:00:18,677 'All I want...' 2382 02:00:18,678 --> 02:00:22,678 'is the truth that terrified me in Devil's Island.' 2383 02:00:22,845 --> 02:00:24,344 'And I will turn that into a film.' 2384 02:00:25,137 --> 02:00:26,179 '"Nidhi" [Treasure]' 2385 02:00:26,511 --> 02:00:28,302 'Screenplay and Direction,' 2386 02:00:28,303 --> 02:00:29,470 'Vineeth Madhavan.' 2387 02:00:29,636 --> 02:00:30,636 'Story,' 2388 02:00:30,761 --> 02:00:32,012 'K.T. Peter.' 2389 02:00:33,386 --> 02:00:36,511 'The greatest horror script ever written in Malayalam!' 2390 02:00:37,553 --> 02:00:38,677 'My destiny...' 2391 02:00:38,678 --> 02:00:40,053 'I am going to rewrite it!' 2392 02:00:49,761 --> 02:00:51,761 'And so, the script is complete.' 2393 02:00:52,053 --> 02:00:53,595 'Now, we need to start shooting.' 2394 02:00:54,220 --> 02:00:56,553 'And since Suji decided that cinema was his calling,' 2395 02:00:56,720 --> 02:00:58,928 'he joined me as an assistant director.' 2396 02:01:07,386 --> 02:01:09,303 '[Fayaz] I heard you're starting your new film.' 2397 02:01:09,803 --> 02:01:11,720 'Get ready to delete that one too.' 2398 02:01:12,220 --> 02:01:14,970 'Because this time, no matter how original your idea is...' 2399 02:01:15,261 --> 02:01:18,470 'I'll make a film on that exact idea and beat you to theatres.' 2400 02:01:18,595 --> 02:01:20,510 'I won't let you have any peace of mind.' 2401 02:01:20,511 --> 02:01:21,928 'Take my word for it!' 2402 02:01:29,261 --> 02:01:30,178 My film's scri-- 2403 02:01:30,179 --> 02:01:31,969 No one besides you gets to read it, right? 2404 02:01:31,970 --> 02:01:33,469 - Done! - That's not enough. 2405 02:01:33,470 --> 02:01:35,344 - Huh? - We need to buy our own printer. 2406 02:01:35,887 --> 02:01:37,343 I don't even trust 2407 02:01:37,344 --> 02:01:38,594 Xerox shop owners anymore. 2408 02:01:38,595 --> 02:01:40,011 Absolutely nobody reads the full script. 2409 02:01:40,012 --> 02:01:42,552 The character notes and script notes required for each person... 2410 02:01:42,553 --> 02:01:44,052 We'll prepare them ourselves. 2411 02:01:44,053 --> 02:01:46,386 Even the producer should only get to read that. 2412 02:01:49,053 --> 02:01:50,053 No problem! 2413 02:01:50,386 --> 02:01:53,261 If it's a script by Vineeth Madhavan, I don't even need to read it. 2414 02:01:53,636 --> 02:01:55,136 All I need to know is one thing, 2415 02:01:55,137 --> 02:01:56,386 and one thing only. 2416 02:01:57,470 --> 02:01:58,470 Is it scary? 2417 02:01:59,636 --> 02:02:00,636 Yes, sir. 2418 02:02:00,887 --> 02:02:03,970 Nothing in this world is more terrifying than the truth. 2419 02:02:04,220 --> 02:02:05,594 And this script carries that truth. 2420 02:02:05,595 --> 02:02:07,011 The truth of a man who tried 2421 02:02:07,012 --> 02:02:08,802 to rewrite his destiny, and failed. 2422 02:02:08,803 --> 02:02:11,344 Will a climax about a failed man work for the general audience? 2423 02:02:11,761 --> 02:02:13,802 In this world, there are far more people who have failed 2424 02:02:13,803 --> 02:02:15,344 than those who have succeeded, Hana! 2425 02:02:15,720 --> 02:02:17,802 They are the true majority out there. 2426 02:02:17,803 --> 02:02:20,137 And those are the exact people my film needs to reach. 2427 02:02:20,803 --> 02:02:23,137 And if it reaches them exactly how it should, 2428 02:02:23,303 --> 02:02:24,720 this film will be a massive hit. 2429 02:02:25,803 --> 02:02:27,594 But, at the same time, 2430 02:02:27,595 --> 02:02:29,219 if it's marketed the wrong way, 2431 02:02:29,220 --> 02:02:30,802 I can give it to you in writing... 2432 02:02:30,803 --> 02:02:32,678 that this film will be a certified flop! 2433 02:02:33,553 --> 02:02:35,095 Balls and brains! 2434 02:02:38,012 --> 02:02:39,886 You've got to shed at least eight more kilos. 2435 02:02:39,887 --> 02:02:40,887 Shit! 2436 02:02:42,053 --> 02:02:43,594 This character battles the forest 2437 02:02:43,595 --> 02:02:46,344 to survive out in the wild for seven or eight days without food. 2438 02:02:46,511 --> 02:02:49,094 I am absolutely not going to compromise on this! 2439 02:02:49,095 --> 02:02:50,343 She'll shed those kilos. 2440 02:02:50,344 --> 02:02:51,386 She's my sister. 2441 02:02:52,053 --> 02:02:53,386 And that's my word! 2442 02:02:53,511 --> 02:02:54,928 Hana, that's your last chips! 2443 02:02:56,511 --> 02:02:58,012 Vineeth... Baby, look at me. 2444 02:03:00,095 --> 02:03:03,220 Now let's make a scary movie! 2445 02:03:05,761 --> 02:03:06,845 Yeah. 2446 02:03:14,428 --> 02:03:17,094 A sequel that surpasses the original film 2447 02:03:17,095 --> 02:03:19,343 is a rare occurrence in cinematic history. 2448 02:03:19,344 --> 02:03:21,136 The Godfather Part II and Terminator 2 2449 02:03:21,137 --> 02:03:25,179 are probably the first two examples moviegoers think of. 2450 02:03:25,386 --> 02:03:27,719 It can be said with certainty that Arjun Haridas, 2451 02:03:27,720 --> 02:03:30,553 who redefined the narrative of Malayalam horror with his debut, 2452 02:03:30,678 --> 02:03:32,886 has achieved an even greater milestone 2453 02:03:32,887 --> 02:03:35,052 with 'After Party - 2'. 2454 02:03:35,053 --> 02:03:36,844 But if you observe closely, 2455 02:03:36,845 --> 02:03:39,302 you'll find that this film shares numerous similarities 2456 02:03:39,303 --> 02:03:41,303 with Vineeth Madhavan's short film, 'Rakshasan'. 2457 02:03:45,761 --> 02:03:48,760 'I honestly thought I'd never have to deal with Arjun again in my life.' 2458 02:03:48,761 --> 02:03:50,343 'Thanks to this single review,' 2459 02:03:50,344 --> 02:03:52,928 'every ounce of his insecurity must have erupted.' 2460 02:03:53,053 --> 02:03:54,178 Oh no! 2461 02:03:54,179 --> 02:03:55,595 'Now he'll come after me.' 2462 02:03:55,720 --> 02:03:56,969 'He'll go to any lengths' 2463 02:03:56,970 --> 02:03:58,470 'to sabotage my film.' 2464 02:04:03,553 --> 02:04:04,802 If we choose to ignore that, 2465 02:04:04,803 --> 02:04:07,219 no word short of 'perfection' 2466 02:04:07,220 --> 02:04:10,802 can describe this film's world-class screenplay. 2467 02:04:10,803 --> 02:04:12,386 'Thank you, Anand Sudhakaran!' 2468 02:04:12,553 --> 02:04:13,886 'Thank you for everything!' 2469 02:04:13,887 --> 02:04:15,469 Isn't the shoot still ten days away? 2470 02:04:15,470 --> 02:04:17,012 I can easily drop five kilos by then. 2471 02:04:22,053 --> 02:04:23,845 Scene One, Shot One, Take 22! 2472 02:04:24,720 --> 02:04:25,720 Clap Out! 2473 02:04:26,553 --> 02:04:27,678 Action! 2474 02:04:34,595 --> 02:04:36,511 - You exhaled! You let your breath out. - Huh? 2475 02:04:36,678 --> 02:04:38,012 Cut! Retake! 2476 02:04:38,179 --> 02:04:39,678 It's completely obvious on camera. 2477 02:04:40,386 --> 02:04:42,427 Can't we just fix that in VFX later? 2478 02:04:42,428 --> 02:04:43,470 No! 2479 02:04:43,928 --> 02:04:45,178 First class...! 2480 02:04:45,179 --> 02:04:46,470 That's enough, Vineeth. 2481 02:04:46,595 --> 02:04:48,095 We're already 22 takes deep. 2482 02:04:48,428 --> 02:04:50,510 If Hana holds her breath anymore, she's literally going to pass out. 2483 02:04:50,511 --> 02:04:52,260 This is the opening shot of the movie. 2484 02:04:52,261 --> 02:04:54,219 The anxiety in this dream sequence will work 2485 02:04:54,220 --> 02:04:55,635 only if it's a long take. 2486 02:04:55,636 --> 02:04:57,095 I need a minimum of 15 seconds. 2487 02:04:58,053 --> 02:04:59,219 Take that light out! 2488 02:04:59,220 --> 02:05:00,844 Scene One, Shot One, Take 33! 2489 02:05:00,845 --> 02:05:01,845 Action! 2490 02:05:03,179 --> 02:05:04,260 Cut! Retake! 2491 02:05:04,261 --> 02:05:05,677 Scene one, Shot one, Take 43! 2492 02:05:05,678 --> 02:05:07,427 - Scene one, Shot one, Take 57! - Action! 2493 02:05:07,428 --> 02:05:09,178 - Scene one, Shot one, Take 65! - Action! 2494 02:05:09,179 --> 02:05:10,802 - Scene one, Shot one, Take 69! - Cut! 2495 02:05:10,803 --> 02:05:11,803 Retake! 2496 02:05:12,678 --> 02:05:14,510 Scene one, Shot one, Take 72! 2497 02:05:14,511 --> 02:05:15,511 Action! 2498 02:05:16,428 --> 02:05:17,845 Cut! Cut! Cut! What is it? 2499 02:05:18,220 --> 02:05:19,470 What happened? 2500 02:05:21,678 --> 02:05:23,012 Give me the phone. 2501 02:05:25,344 --> 02:05:26,511 What's the issue? 2502 02:05:27,595 --> 02:05:28,678 Huh? 2503 02:05:37,220 --> 02:05:39,386 Ten days break! The rest of the shoot can wait. 2504 02:05:39,720 --> 02:05:41,053 - Pack up! - Hana... 2505 02:06:14,137 --> 02:06:16,803 Arjun getting engaged is no excuse, Hana! 2506 02:06:18,012 --> 02:06:19,719 I have nothing more to say. 2507 02:06:19,720 --> 02:06:21,427 I simply can't shoot like this. Sorry! 2508 02:06:21,428 --> 02:06:22,845 I don't care about his marriage! 2509 02:06:23,095 --> 02:06:24,844 I don't give two flying... about it! 2510 02:06:24,845 --> 02:06:26,344 You have nothing to lose, Vineeth. 2511 02:06:26,595 --> 02:06:27,886 Think about my image! 2512 02:06:27,887 --> 02:06:28,887 My career! 2513 02:06:29,553 --> 02:06:31,178 You wouldn't understand any of that, Vineeth. 2514 02:06:31,179 --> 02:06:32,510 No one likes you. 2515 02:06:32,511 --> 02:06:35,179 I'm not putting myself through this hell just to work on your film. 2516 02:06:35,470 --> 02:06:37,511 I've decided to give my dates to Sachin. 2517 02:06:38,220 --> 02:06:39,344 Sachin? 2518 02:06:42,095 --> 02:06:43,595 Hi, Vineeth! All good? 2519 02:06:43,887 --> 02:06:45,970 I read the script for Sachin's new film. 2520 02:06:46,095 --> 02:06:47,220 Brilliant! 2521 02:06:47,678 --> 02:06:49,803 Sachin wants to shoot me looking exactly like this. 2522 02:06:49,928 --> 02:06:52,179 So... if you can't shoot me like this, 2523 02:06:52,553 --> 02:06:54,427 I'm going to give my dates to Sachin. 2524 02:06:54,428 --> 02:06:56,385 Madam, the latest draft has been emailed to you. 2525 02:06:56,386 --> 02:06:57,552 Thanks, Meljo! 2526 02:06:57,553 --> 02:06:58,760 You know Meljo, don't you? 2527 02:06:58,761 --> 02:06:59,845 He's a writer. 2528 02:07:00,470 --> 02:07:02,179 Meljo is the one who wrote "Deivam." 2529 02:07:07,179 --> 02:07:08,510 'A film by Sachin,' 2530 02:07:08,511 --> 02:07:10,179 'starring Hana Shahjahan,' 2531 02:07:10,470 --> 02:07:12,636 'written by the writer of "Deivam",' 2532 02:07:12,887 --> 02:07:13,887 'Meljo!' 2533 02:07:14,553 --> 02:07:16,220 'Deivam... Meljo...' 2534 02:07:17,012 --> 02:07:18,220 'Bad news!' 2535 02:07:18,344 --> 02:07:19,969 'Just by looking into his eyes,' 2536 02:07:19,970 --> 02:07:22,760 'I can tell his honesty messed him up the exact same way mine ruined me.' 2537 02:07:22,761 --> 02:07:24,635 'I can already predict the route' 2538 02:07:24,636 --> 02:07:26,136 'his thoughts will take.' 2539 02:07:26,137 --> 02:07:27,469 'Coincidence...' 2540 02:07:27,470 --> 02:07:28,928 'It's going to happen again.' 2541 02:07:29,095 --> 02:07:31,260 'But Sachin had no funds at all.' 2542 02:07:31,261 --> 02:07:33,802 'Who suddenly came out of nowhere to back him with four crores?' 2543 02:07:33,803 --> 02:07:35,012 Vineeth, you can leave now. 2544 02:07:35,428 --> 02:07:36,887 'Come what may,' 2545 02:07:37,179 --> 02:07:39,179 'I cannot let this project happen!' 2546 02:07:46,137 --> 02:07:47,137 'Fayaz?!' 2547 02:07:47,344 --> 02:07:49,595 'Is it Fayaz the one who is funding Sachin?' 2548 02:07:50,179 --> 02:07:52,469 'He will stop at nothing to ruin me.' 2549 02:07:52,470 --> 02:07:53,511 Vineeth! 2550 02:07:58,553 --> 02:07:59,553 Sorry, man! 2551 02:07:59,678 --> 02:08:01,094 I read your character note. 2552 02:08:01,095 --> 02:08:02,635 I saw it lying around inside the van, 2553 02:08:02,636 --> 02:08:04,344 and I couldn't control my curiosity. 2554 02:08:04,595 --> 02:08:05,636 And... wow, man! 2555 02:08:05,970 --> 02:08:06,970 It's incredible! 2556 02:08:07,220 --> 02:08:09,052 I got an absolute high the second I read it. 2557 02:08:09,053 --> 02:08:10,343 I know one thing for certain. 2558 02:08:10,344 --> 02:08:13,385 If anyone watching this film has any joy left in them, 2559 02:08:13,386 --> 02:08:14,470 this film will destroy it! 2560 02:08:16,386 --> 02:08:18,012 Don't let anyone else read this script. 2561 02:08:18,553 --> 02:08:19,802 Especially Arjun. 2562 02:08:19,803 --> 02:08:22,636 He's been snooping around, trying to find out what it's about. 2563 02:08:22,845 --> 02:08:25,137 If he gets his hands on it, he'll definitely leak it. 2564 02:08:25,595 --> 02:08:26,886 And one more thing... 2565 02:08:26,887 --> 02:08:28,802 Sachin's film is actually being funded by Arjun. 2566 02:08:28,803 --> 02:08:30,802 'Of course. Who else would pull a stunt like that?' 2567 02:08:30,803 --> 02:08:32,844 Sachin was running around desperately hunting for funds, 2568 02:08:32,845 --> 02:08:34,720 and Arjun suddenly offered him four crores. 2569 02:08:34,887 --> 02:08:36,178 But on one condition... 2570 02:08:36,179 --> 02:08:37,343 Hana's dates! 2571 02:08:37,344 --> 02:08:40,220 And he'll release the funds only if she shoots this exact month. 2572 02:08:41,887 --> 02:08:43,845 'I can't shoot until Hana loses weight.' 2573 02:08:43,970 --> 02:08:46,969 'If I don't start shooting, Sachin will snatch Hana's dates.' 2574 02:08:46,970 --> 02:08:49,012 'And after that, she'll never do my film...' 2575 02:08:49,137 --> 02:08:52,678 'because Meljo's script will give her the comeback she's desperate for.' 2576 02:08:52,803 --> 02:08:53,970 'Then I'm of no use to her!' 2577 02:08:54,636 --> 02:08:56,052 Hana has no idea about this. 2578 02:08:56,053 --> 02:08:58,052 If she did, she'd never act in this movie. 2579 02:08:58,053 --> 02:08:59,969 I know what I'm doing is a betrayal. 2580 02:08:59,970 --> 02:09:00,970 But honestly... 2581 02:09:01,220 --> 02:09:03,845 I just really want to sit in a theatre and watch your film. 2582 02:09:04,344 --> 02:09:05,469 'So Arjun's plan' 2583 02:09:05,470 --> 02:09:07,887 'is to completely wipe me out of this industry.' 2584 02:09:08,220 --> 02:09:10,344 Man, that guy Fayaz is out of his mind! 2585 02:09:10,678 --> 02:09:12,303 He said he'll produce my film. 2586 02:09:12,595 --> 02:09:14,594 But then he started digging for details about our film. 2587 02:09:14,595 --> 02:09:16,012 Wait, did you tell him anything? 2588 02:09:16,845 --> 02:09:18,386 The script is safe with me! 2589 02:09:19,928 --> 02:09:20,928 Huh! 2590 02:09:21,761 --> 02:09:23,012 What happened? 2591 02:09:24,261 --> 02:09:26,302 - Huh? - The script is missing! 2592 02:09:26,303 --> 02:09:27,385 Shit! 2593 02:09:27,386 --> 02:09:28,469 It's lunchtime. 2594 02:09:28,470 --> 02:09:31,303 Please head over to the food counters on your left and right. 2595 02:09:33,887 --> 02:09:37,594 I only give my opinions on films after analysing them deeply. 2596 02:09:37,595 --> 02:09:38,803 And besides... 2597 02:09:39,845 --> 02:09:40,970 Oh, come on! 2598 02:09:41,511 --> 02:09:43,428 Hey! Where's my script? 2599 02:09:43,803 --> 02:09:46,260 I signed over all that shit just like you wanted, didn't I? 2600 02:09:46,261 --> 02:09:47,803 So what the hell is your problem now? 2601 02:09:48,553 --> 02:09:50,761 Is this guy's crappy review your problem? 2602 02:09:52,511 --> 02:09:53,511 Hey! 2603 02:09:53,803 --> 02:09:54,970 What happened? 2604 02:09:55,386 --> 02:09:56,636 You seem pretty worked up! 2605 02:09:57,261 --> 02:09:58,760 Hey, don't worry about it. 2606 02:09:58,761 --> 02:09:59,761 He's a friend. 2607 02:10:00,553 --> 02:10:02,385 Sir, could you come upstairs? 2608 02:10:02,386 --> 02:10:04,511 Let's get some food and talk in private. Come on. 2609 02:10:07,928 --> 02:10:09,137 Come, sit down. 2610 02:10:09,428 --> 02:10:10,428 Now tell me. 2611 02:10:10,636 --> 02:10:12,594 Even after deciding to produce Sachin's film, 2612 02:10:12,595 --> 02:10:14,302 what the hell is your vendetta against me 2613 02:10:14,303 --> 02:10:16,260 that you had to announce this wedding out of nowhere 2614 02:10:16,261 --> 02:10:17,844 and push Hana into depression? 2615 02:10:17,845 --> 02:10:19,386 Vineeth, this is Shreya. 2616 02:10:19,803 --> 02:10:21,678 - And Shreya, this is Vineeth. - Hi. 2617 02:10:21,928 --> 02:10:24,219 Look, why don't we find somewhere private to talk? 2618 02:10:24,220 --> 02:10:25,303 Chetta... 2619 02:10:25,845 --> 02:10:27,385 Can we take a photo with you, chetta? 2620 02:10:27,386 --> 02:10:28,761 Oh, absolutely! 2621 02:10:35,137 --> 02:10:36,510 - Happy? - Yes, thank you! 2622 02:10:36,511 --> 02:10:37,553 Thank you! 2623 02:10:39,012 --> 02:10:40,012 See that? 2624 02:10:40,303 --> 02:10:41,510 No matter where I go, 2625 02:10:41,511 --> 02:10:43,428 there are so many people who adore me. 2626 02:10:44,053 --> 02:10:45,552 If I crack even a simple joke, 2627 02:10:45,553 --> 02:10:47,470 they're all ready and waiting to laugh. 2628 02:10:49,636 --> 02:10:51,220 At functions like these, 2629 02:10:51,803 --> 02:10:53,469 they always reserve a chair for me, 2630 02:10:53,470 --> 02:10:55,220 right in the front row. 2631 02:10:57,220 --> 02:10:59,137 But despite everything I've achieved... 2632 02:10:59,887 --> 02:11:02,386 it's only when I stand in front of you like this... 2633 02:11:02,636 --> 02:11:04,012 that I feel insecure. 2634 02:11:05,553 --> 02:11:06,845 You fear no one. 2635 02:11:07,261 --> 02:11:08,594 You fear nothing! 2636 02:11:08,595 --> 02:11:10,052 This obsession of yours... 2637 02:11:10,053 --> 02:11:11,303 That's my problem! 2638 02:11:12,678 --> 02:11:14,844 Terrified that you'd become successful someday, 2639 02:11:14,845 --> 02:11:17,552 I've dragged myself through every single day 2640 02:11:17,553 --> 02:11:19,511 in a state of constant anxiety. 2641 02:11:19,845 --> 02:11:21,635 I know you won't do anything to me. 2642 02:11:21,636 --> 02:11:23,428 In fact, there's nothing you can do to me. 2643 02:11:23,678 --> 02:11:25,720 But I'm completely exposed before you. 2644 02:11:25,970 --> 02:11:28,427 What I'm thinking... what I'm plotting... 2645 02:11:28,428 --> 02:11:29,720 You know everything! 2646 02:11:30,261 --> 02:11:32,011 Even when I fake a smile, 2647 02:11:32,012 --> 02:11:35,386 you can still hear exactly what I'm saying about you inside my head. 2648 02:11:35,887 --> 02:11:37,845 Someone who knows me this well 2649 02:11:38,095 --> 02:11:39,928 shouldn't exist in this industry anymore. 2650 02:11:40,095 --> 02:11:41,386 Otherwise... 2651 02:11:42,386 --> 02:11:44,678 the doubt Anand Sudhakaran felt today... 2652 02:11:45,386 --> 02:11:47,344 many more will feel the same tomorrow. 2653 02:11:48,012 --> 02:11:50,220 Then, they'll be ready to hear what you have to say. 2654 02:11:51,179 --> 02:11:52,928 And that will be the absolute end of me. 2655 02:11:54,470 --> 02:11:55,470 Vineeth... 2656 02:11:57,137 --> 02:11:58,428 You'll never succeed! 2657 02:11:59,220 --> 02:12:00,760 No matter what the hell you do... 2658 02:12:00,761 --> 02:12:02,553 I will never let you succeed. 2659 02:12:05,179 --> 02:12:06,303 This is enough. 2660 02:12:07,470 --> 02:12:09,720 As for your stupid script... 2661 02:12:10,012 --> 02:12:11,220 I don't have it. 2662 02:12:11,595 --> 02:12:12,928 But trust me, if I did, 2663 02:12:13,344 --> 02:12:15,470 I would've leaked it long ago! 2664 02:12:16,012 --> 02:12:17,012 Heard me? 2665 02:12:32,553 --> 02:12:34,385 The similarity you're noticing now... 2666 02:12:34,386 --> 02:12:36,553 didn't you feel it while watching "After Party 1"? 2667 02:12:36,970 --> 02:12:37,970 I did. 2668 02:12:38,220 --> 02:12:39,803 Then why bring it up only now? 2669 02:12:40,303 --> 02:12:43,511 In Part One, he only imitated your signature style. 2670 02:12:43,636 --> 02:12:44,844 But in this one, 2671 02:12:44,845 --> 02:12:46,594 it extends right down to the content, 2672 02:12:46,595 --> 02:12:48,136 which crosses the line. 2673 02:12:48,137 --> 02:12:49,636 So, I felt compelled to speak up. 2674 02:12:50,511 --> 02:12:52,969 That said, if you make a film tomorrow, 2675 02:12:52,970 --> 02:12:54,594 I am never going to support it. 2676 02:12:54,595 --> 02:12:56,094 I'll certainly destroy it. 2677 02:12:56,095 --> 02:12:57,594 Someone as deeply selfish as you 2678 02:12:57,595 --> 02:12:59,261 deserves no recognition! 2679 02:13:02,553 --> 02:13:03,844 Just having raw talent 2680 02:13:03,845 --> 02:13:06,720 doesn't give anyone the right to just delete a completed movie! 2681 02:13:07,012 --> 02:13:08,761 That is nothing but pure selfishness. 2682 02:13:09,470 --> 02:13:10,677 A film doesn't belong to just one person. 2683 02:13:10,678 --> 02:13:12,469 It's the collaborative effort of many people. 2684 02:13:12,470 --> 02:13:13,845 The art of collaboration! 2685 02:13:19,887 --> 02:13:23,428 My assistant directors joined three months before the shoot began. 2686 02:13:24,303 --> 02:13:25,886 The art director, costumes, and makeup teams came on board 2687 02:13:25,887 --> 02:13:27,386 just one month before rolling. 2688 02:13:28,303 --> 02:13:29,886 The cameraman joined 2689 02:13:29,887 --> 02:13:31,179 ten days before the shoot. 2690 02:13:32,887 --> 02:13:33,969 And after we wrapped, 2691 02:13:33,970 --> 02:13:36,761 the editor, sound team and VFX teams worked for three months. 2692 02:13:38,053 --> 02:13:40,095 The music director spent about two months on it. 2693 02:13:41,220 --> 02:13:42,469 Every single one of them 2694 02:13:42,470 --> 02:13:44,887 worked on my film with utmost sincerity. 2695 02:13:46,012 --> 02:13:47,178 But sir, 2696 02:13:47,179 --> 02:13:49,385 none of them have put in the kind of labour I have. 2697 02:13:49,386 --> 02:13:52,052 I spent months locked in a room, starved of sleep, 2698 02:13:52,053 --> 02:13:53,219 tearing my mind apart, 2699 02:13:53,220 --> 02:13:55,719 draining my sanity with endless thoughts, 2700 02:13:55,720 --> 02:13:59,845 reaching borderline madness just to write a good script! 2701 02:14:01,845 --> 02:14:03,760 Mentally and emotionally drained, 2702 02:14:03,761 --> 02:14:05,845 I don't just work on a film 2703 02:14:06,220 --> 02:14:07,803 for a few days. 2704 02:14:08,928 --> 02:14:10,386 When people finally see my work 2705 02:14:10,553 --> 02:14:13,220 that I spent months dreaming about 2706 02:14:13,470 --> 02:14:15,385 and agonisingly writing into existence... 2707 02:14:15,386 --> 02:14:18,344 all I get is satisfaction. 2708 02:14:21,678 --> 02:14:23,179 And as long as I don't get that... 2709 02:14:23,970 --> 02:14:25,845 nothing else matters to me, sir. 2710 02:14:28,053 --> 02:14:29,428 My own self... 2711 02:14:29,928 --> 02:14:31,386 that's important to me, sir. 2712 02:14:33,303 --> 02:14:35,469 It is far more important to me than anything else! 2713 02:14:35,470 --> 02:14:36,844 Unfortunately, 2714 02:14:36,845 --> 02:14:38,178 we live in a world today 2715 02:14:38,179 --> 02:14:40,011 where the only way to get recognition 2716 02:14:40,012 --> 02:14:41,553 is by pretending to be selfless. 2717 02:14:42,261 --> 02:14:43,802 But I have absolutely no intention 2718 02:14:43,803 --> 02:14:45,386 of playing along with that facade! 2719 02:14:46,220 --> 02:14:47,344 I am selfish. 2720 02:14:48,303 --> 02:14:50,845 Accept me for who I am... or don't! 2721 02:14:56,179 --> 02:14:58,220 It's easy to preach idealism, Vineeth. 2722 02:14:59,678 --> 02:15:01,761 Someday, if you actually manage to finish a film... 2723 02:15:02,344 --> 02:15:03,928 I'll listen to the rest of your speech. 2724 02:15:05,887 --> 02:15:06,927 'That's right.' 2725 02:15:06,928 --> 02:15:08,095 'I have to finish my film.' 2726 02:15:08,428 --> 02:15:09,803 'Not to prove anything to him,' 2727 02:15:09,928 --> 02:15:11,137 'but for my own sake.' 2728 02:15:11,511 --> 02:15:13,053 'I'm running out of time.' 2729 02:15:13,553 --> 02:15:14,969 'Now that the script is missing,' 2730 02:15:14,970 --> 02:15:17,385 'I need to wrap this shoot and release the movie immediately,' 2731 02:15:17,386 --> 02:15:19,428 'before someone uses it to screw me over.' 2732 02:15:19,803 --> 02:15:21,469 'There's only one way I can pull this off.' 2733 02:15:21,470 --> 02:15:24,386 'I have to tell Hana that Arjun is behind Sachin's film.' 2734 02:15:24,636 --> 02:15:26,137 'That'll screw Sachin over.' 2735 02:15:29,095 --> 02:15:30,553 My father, Vaikom David, 2736 02:15:31,261 --> 02:15:34,552 is a famous underdog who rose from humble beginnings, 2737 02:15:34,553 --> 02:15:36,220 very much like Arjun Haridas. 2738 02:15:37,261 --> 02:15:39,595 But I, Sachin Vaikom David, 2739 02:15:40,179 --> 02:15:41,678 was born into privilege. 2740 02:15:42,344 --> 02:15:45,344 For a long time, I tried imitating my father's underdog journey. 2741 02:15:46,553 --> 02:15:47,845 That's absolutely impossible. 2742 02:15:48,928 --> 02:15:51,179 You can never imitate an underdog. 2743 02:15:51,470 --> 02:15:52,761 You must become one! 2744 02:15:54,303 --> 02:15:56,179 For that, you have to hit rock bottom first. 2745 02:15:56,344 --> 02:15:58,095 You have to build yourself up from there. 2746 02:15:58,386 --> 02:15:59,927 If Arjun is backing Sachin's film, 2747 02:15:59,928 --> 02:16:01,260 there's no way I'm doing it. 2748 02:16:01,261 --> 02:16:03,970 But I'm also done changing my plans based on your every whim. 2749 02:16:04,595 --> 02:16:05,635 Vineeth, 2750 02:16:05,636 --> 02:16:07,178 I've already made this clear to you. 2751 02:16:07,179 --> 02:16:09,136 You have exactly one option left now. 2752 02:16:09,137 --> 02:16:10,927 You can take it if you want, 2753 02:16:10,928 --> 02:16:12,678 according to my terms and conditions. 2754 02:16:29,845 --> 02:16:31,678 Can we make her look slimmer with VFX? 2755 02:16:32,803 --> 02:16:34,887 If it's just for a few shots, we can manage it. 2756 02:16:36,095 --> 02:16:37,761 But doing it for an entire movie is risky. 2757 02:16:37,887 --> 02:16:39,470 - Hey, call the artist. - Okay. 2758 02:16:41,137 --> 02:16:42,428 All set. Let's go for a take. 2759 02:16:44,553 --> 02:16:46,470 - Where's Hana? - She was right here. 2760 02:16:49,386 --> 02:16:51,011 Show me the footage again. 2761 02:16:51,012 --> 02:16:52,344 Where's the artist? 2762 02:16:52,678 --> 02:16:53,928 Who went to fetch her? 2763 02:16:55,053 --> 02:16:56,053 Suji! 2764 02:16:56,553 --> 02:16:57,635 Hey... 2765 02:16:57,636 --> 02:16:58,969 there's a problem. 2766 02:16:58,970 --> 02:17:01,220 I don't have time for problems! Where is the artist? 2767 02:17:01,344 --> 02:17:02,510 Dude, you have to listen to me. 2768 02:17:02,511 --> 02:17:03,969 My parents went to my college 2769 02:17:03,970 --> 02:17:05,344 and found out that I got expelled. 2770 02:17:05,636 --> 02:17:06,636 Vineeth... 2771 02:17:07,344 --> 02:17:08,469 There's a problem. 2772 02:17:08,470 --> 02:17:10,343 What the hell is the problem now? 2773 02:17:10,344 --> 02:17:11,553 Hana is missing. 2774 02:17:12,428 --> 02:17:13,553 Missing? 2775 02:17:13,970 --> 02:17:15,428 What the hell! 2776 02:17:23,344 --> 02:17:24,553 So gross! 2777 02:17:25,095 --> 02:17:26,969 I know that you're producing this film 2778 02:17:26,970 --> 02:17:28,553 only because Hana is in it. 2779 02:17:29,053 --> 02:17:31,761 But, if the shoot has to move forward, 2780 02:17:31,887 --> 02:17:33,845 I only have one option left. 2781 02:17:35,179 --> 02:17:36,553 We'll have to replace Hana! 2782 02:17:45,220 --> 02:17:46,303 Hello! 2783 02:17:48,553 --> 02:17:50,219 Renowned director Arjun Haridas 2784 02:17:50,220 --> 02:17:52,303 and actress Hana Shahjahan have tied the knot. 2785 02:17:52,470 --> 02:17:53,844 Following a long-term relationship, 2786 02:17:53,845 --> 02:17:56,427 the two got married today at the Thrikkakara Registrar Office. 2787 02:17:56,428 --> 02:17:57,343 Let's hear from them directly. 2788 02:17:57,344 --> 02:17:59,635 We've been in a relationship since we did "After Party." 2789 02:17:59,636 --> 02:18:01,427 But then, we had a small misunderstanding. 2790 02:18:01,428 --> 02:18:04,137 And all of you know exactly what went down during that phase. 2791 02:18:04,344 --> 02:18:05,469 Actually, 2792 02:18:05,470 --> 02:18:08,677 they say you only realise the value of true love 2793 02:18:08,678 --> 02:18:11,053 when someone else steps into your life, right? 2794 02:18:11,678 --> 02:18:13,385 The grain of rice with my name on it... 2795 02:18:13,386 --> 02:18:14,594 found its way to me. 2796 02:18:14,595 --> 02:18:16,677 You're currently shooting Vineeth Madhavan's movie, right? 2797 02:18:16,678 --> 02:18:18,052 - Yes. - So, now that you're married, 2798 02:18:18,053 --> 02:18:19,635 do you plan to continue your acting career? 2799 02:18:19,636 --> 02:18:20,802 Definitely. 2800 02:18:20,803 --> 02:18:22,886 But it won't be in Vineeth Madhavan's film. 2801 02:18:22,887 --> 02:18:25,219 I'd rather go to the Tamil industry and get beaten up by Pala... 2802 02:18:25,220 --> 02:18:26,677 than deal with a Vineeth Madhavan movie. 2803 02:18:26,678 --> 02:18:28,594 According to Vineeth, someone as "fat" as me 2804 02:18:28,595 --> 02:18:30,219 isn't apt for the role in his film. 2805 02:18:30,220 --> 02:18:32,427 Vineeth Madhavan isn't just obsessive, 2806 02:18:32,428 --> 02:18:33,760 he's fat-phobic too. 2807 02:18:33,761 --> 02:18:35,803 What triggered this sudden register marriage? 2808 02:18:36,428 --> 02:18:38,053 - Err... Okay... Thank you! - Thank you! 2809 02:18:38,344 --> 02:18:40,470 Good luck making your film now, Vineeth! 2810 02:18:40,636 --> 02:18:41,887 Go die yourself! 2811 02:18:42,595 --> 02:18:44,595 I was dead wrong about Arjun. 2812 02:18:45,636 --> 02:18:47,678 I actually produced his debut film. 2813 02:18:48,303 --> 02:18:50,636 He is a textbook definition of a wolf in sheep's clothing! 2814 02:18:51,344 --> 02:18:53,343 He manipulated Hana into doing her last four films... 2815 02:18:53,344 --> 02:18:55,136 and every one of them bombed miserably. 2816 02:18:55,137 --> 02:18:56,178 Now she's powerless. 2817 02:18:56,179 --> 02:18:57,219 And I think 2818 02:18:57,220 --> 02:18:59,594 he may have even orchestrated those failures on purpose, 2819 02:18:59,595 --> 02:19:00,970 to gain control over her. 2820 02:19:01,344 --> 02:19:04,012 He can't stand anyone becoming more powerful than him. 2821 02:19:04,428 --> 02:19:05,677 Hana is blinded by love! 2822 02:19:05,678 --> 02:19:08,094 So trying to talk sense into her now, is a waste of time. 2823 02:19:08,095 --> 02:19:09,887 She will realise it soon and divorce him. 2824 02:19:10,303 --> 02:19:11,428 I'll wait for that! 2825 02:19:14,220 --> 02:19:15,845 But your movie cannot wait, Vineeth. 2826 02:19:16,303 --> 02:19:17,552 What the hell did he think? 2827 02:19:17,553 --> 02:19:18,886 That if he just went ahead and married her, 2828 02:19:18,887 --> 02:19:20,303 he could sabotage your film? 2829 02:19:20,511 --> 02:19:21,553 Rascal! 2830 02:19:23,053 --> 02:19:25,802 I'll produce your film with a brand new heroine, 2831 02:19:25,803 --> 02:19:27,261 and turn it into a massive success. 2832 02:19:27,678 --> 02:19:29,343 Nothing would hit Arjun 2833 02:19:29,344 --> 02:19:30,720 harder than that! 2834 02:19:31,803 --> 02:19:33,179 Cast a new heroine. 2835 02:19:33,470 --> 02:19:34,927 Let's... 2836 02:19:34,928 --> 02:19:35,928 rule! 2837 02:19:39,595 --> 02:19:41,219 Scene one, Shot one, Take two! 2838 02:19:41,220 --> 02:19:42,344 Action! 2839 02:19:51,970 --> 02:19:52,970 Cut it! 2840 02:19:53,137 --> 02:19:54,179 Take okay. 2841 02:19:54,428 --> 02:19:55,428 Break! 2842 02:20:01,887 --> 02:20:03,094 '[Fayaz] Good morning, Vineeth.' 2843 02:20:03,095 --> 02:20:04,385 'I've got some good news.' 2844 02:20:04,386 --> 02:20:06,552 'The official announcement for my next film is dropping.' 2845 02:20:06,553 --> 02:20:08,469 '"War," directed by' 2846 02:20:08,470 --> 02:20:10,012 'Sujith Raj V.' 2847 02:20:10,303 --> 02:20:13,178 'Honestly, I don't even know if your best friend knows filmmaking.' 2848 02:20:13,179 --> 02:20:16,052 'But with a good associate director and a solid editor,' 2849 02:20:16,053 --> 02:20:17,386 'I'll finish this film.' 2850 02:20:17,803 --> 02:20:20,470 'And I'm going to release it on the exact same day as yours!' 2851 02:20:20,761 --> 02:20:21,970 'Let that sink in.' 2852 02:20:22,553 --> 02:20:23,553 Hey... 2853 02:20:26,636 --> 02:20:28,302 My folks found out about the expulsion, 2854 02:20:28,303 --> 02:20:29,928 and it blew up into a massive issue. 2855 02:20:30,511 --> 02:20:31,886 I had to go back home. 2856 02:20:31,887 --> 02:20:32,969 They told me... 2857 02:20:32,970 --> 02:20:34,385 not to continue my studies. 2858 02:20:34,386 --> 02:20:36,761 When it finally came down to me taking over Dad's shop, 2859 02:20:37,887 --> 02:20:39,511 I didn't give it another thought. 2860 02:20:40,344 --> 02:20:41,427 I called Fayaz. 2861 02:20:41,428 --> 02:20:44,137 Instead of Sachin, I am the one directing Hana's next film. 2862 02:20:44,428 --> 02:20:46,011 Now that Arjun has married Hana, 2863 02:20:46,012 --> 02:20:48,219 he doesn't need Sachin anymore to halt your movie. 2864 02:20:48,220 --> 02:20:49,802 So, giving Hana's dates to me, 2865 02:20:49,803 --> 02:20:52,053 Arjun decided to direct Meljo's script himself. 2866 02:20:54,303 --> 02:20:55,720 So Sachin is out of that film. 2867 02:20:56,344 --> 02:20:58,303 At first, even I found it hard to believe. 2868 02:20:58,428 --> 02:20:59,677 But it's actually happening. 2869 02:20:59,678 --> 02:21:01,220 I won't be part of this film anymore. 2870 02:21:01,928 --> 02:21:03,427 They liked my story. 2871 02:21:03,428 --> 02:21:04,845 Our shoot starts immediately. 2872 02:21:06,137 --> 02:21:07,928 Did you rework the script? 2873 02:21:17,636 --> 02:21:18,970 Someone like me... 2874 02:21:19,220 --> 02:21:21,095 will never get an opportunity like this again. 2875 02:21:21,428 --> 02:21:22,886 It's for this exact moment 2876 02:21:22,887 --> 02:21:24,720 that I've put in all my effort till now. 2877 02:21:25,553 --> 02:21:27,303 I just can't afford to waste any more time. 2878 02:21:41,053 --> 02:21:42,219 Vineeth Madhavan, 2879 02:21:42,220 --> 02:21:44,219 why should the audience watch your film? 2880 02:21:44,220 --> 02:21:45,428 Give us one reason. 2881 02:21:45,928 --> 02:21:49,469 My film is the greatest horror film ever made in Malayalam cinema. 2882 02:21:49,470 --> 02:21:50,720 You're really that confident? 2883 02:21:50,845 --> 02:21:51,970 I am confident. 2884 02:21:52,095 --> 02:21:54,179 Are you worried about how audiences will react? 2885 02:21:54,470 --> 02:21:55,844 Not in the slightest. 2886 02:21:55,845 --> 02:21:57,343 They're going to love my film. 2887 02:21:57,344 --> 02:22:00,385 The reason you deleted your debut feature is still a mystery. 2888 02:22:00,386 --> 02:22:02,469 Looking back at all that public backlash, 2889 02:22:02,470 --> 02:22:04,136 how do you feel today? 2890 02:22:04,137 --> 02:22:05,137 No comments. 2891 02:22:05,970 --> 02:22:07,220 Do you feel any sense of guilt? 2892 02:22:10,720 --> 02:22:12,760 I'm the one who gets to decide my own destiny. 2893 02:22:12,761 --> 02:22:13,802 Nobody else. 2894 02:22:13,803 --> 02:22:16,803 So, will you rewrite your destiny with this movie, Vineeth? 2895 02:22:20,636 --> 02:22:23,012 YUDDHAM [WAR] 2896 02:22:36,803 --> 02:22:38,012 Hello, Suniletta. 2897 02:22:38,137 --> 02:22:40,845 His film's posters are everywhere! 2898 02:22:41,220 --> 02:22:43,845 But there isn't a single poster for your film in sight. 2899 02:22:45,137 --> 02:22:47,470 Isn't your film really releasing the day after tomorrow? 2900 02:22:49,636 --> 02:22:51,887 'It's almost as if there's a quiet sabotage happening behind the scenes.' 2901 02:23:01,470 --> 02:23:03,052 'Everyone in the industry' 2902 02:23:03,053 --> 02:23:06,428 'has shared the poster and trailer of Suji's film.' 2903 02:23:08,303 --> 02:23:10,344 'My movie has gone under without a trace.' 2904 02:23:12,595 --> 02:23:15,385 'On top of that, there are rage-bait articles actively targeting me!' 2905 02:23:15,386 --> 02:23:18,136 [My film is the best film in Malayalam so far - Vineeth Madhavan] 2906 02:23:18,137 --> 02:23:20,220 [hateful comments flooding the feed] 2907 02:23:20,928 --> 02:23:24,012 It would have been better if you hadn't uploaded that interview at all! 2908 02:23:24,303 --> 02:23:26,136 I just need to know one thing. 2909 02:23:26,137 --> 02:23:28,303 Who is behind this? Fayaz or Arjun? 2910 02:23:37,428 --> 02:23:38,970 NIDHI [Treasure] 2911 02:23:50,012 --> 02:23:51,094 What? 2912 02:23:51,095 --> 02:23:52,428 What are you guys trying to do? 2913 02:23:52,928 --> 02:23:54,179 Sit down, Vineeth. 2914 02:23:55,053 --> 02:23:57,970 Not a single soul will step into the theatre after seeing this poster! 2915 02:23:58,220 --> 02:24:00,928 Who authorised these designs without my approval? 2916 02:24:02,220 --> 02:24:03,553 Give us a minute. 2917 02:24:08,220 --> 02:24:09,220 Vineeth... 2918 02:24:09,720 --> 02:24:12,803 I manage at least ten film productions a year. 2919 02:24:13,678 --> 02:24:15,052 Half of them 2920 02:24:15,053 --> 02:24:18,012 are shot with the sole purpose of becoming commercial hits. 2921 02:24:18,803 --> 02:24:21,844 Whether they turn out to be hits or flops just depends on their luck. 2922 02:24:21,845 --> 02:24:23,553 But the other half... 2923 02:24:23,720 --> 02:24:24,970 has a different purpose! 2924 02:24:25,137 --> 02:24:29,928 Harris Basheer Group's annual profit is roughly 500 crores. 2925 02:24:30,137 --> 02:24:33,219 About 30 percent of that goes straight to the government as tax. 2926 02:24:33,220 --> 02:24:37,220 That means 150 crores in tax alone from his profits. 2927 02:24:37,470 --> 02:24:41,469 Since Harris Basheer Group's last two films were blockbusters, 2928 02:24:41,470 --> 02:24:43,302 there's additional tax liability. 2929 02:24:43,303 --> 02:24:44,469 This is exactly where 2930 02:24:44,470 --> 02:24:47,343 a film's financial loss becomes a blessing for them. 2931 02:24:47,344 --> 02:24:51,677 So, they find a script that needs heavy VFX and elaborate sets, 2932 02:24:51,678 --> 02:24:56,137 spend 10 crores, but show it on paper as a 35-crore big-budget film. 2933 02:24:56,303 --> 02:24:58,094 Then they intentionally ensure it tanks 2934 02:24:58,095 --> 02:24:59,636 by doing no promotions at all. 2935 02:24:59,803 --> 02:25:02,178 And then they declare the full 35-crore budget 2936 02:25:02,179 --> 02:25:03,552 as a loss. 2937 02:25:03,553 --> 02:25:06,094 So from Harris Basheer Group's total revenue, 2938 02:25:06,095 --> 02:25:08,927 they only have to pay tax after deducting those 35 crores. 2939 02:25:08,928 --> 02:25:10,636 So, the higher the loss, 2940 02:25:10,928 --> 02:25:12,179 the lower the tax. 2941 02:25:13,012 --> 02:25:15,220 Vineeth, your film won't get any publicity at all. 2942 02:25:16,095 --> 02:25:17,761 You won't get good theatres. 2943 02:25:18,636 --> 02:25:20,678 You won't even get a decent show count. 2944 02:25:21,636 --> 02:25:24,553 This film was destined to die before it was even born! 2945 02:25:26,220 --> 02:25:28,470 There's nothing you can do about it on your own. 2946 02:25:29,595 --> 02:25:30,595 Sorry, Vineeth. 2947 02:25:31,386 --> 02:25:33,179 None of this was part of my plan. 2948 02:25:33,428 --> 02:25:35,427 Honestly, I was trying to help Hana. 2949 02:25:35,428 --> 02:25:36,887 That was my sole intention. 2950 02:25:37,137 --> 02:25:38,760 The moment you said you wanted to replace Hana, 2951 02:25:38,761 --> 02:25:40,887 I seriously considered shelving this project. 2952 02:25:41,095 --> 02:25:42,636 But you know, I'm a good businessman. 2953 02:25:46,761 --> 02:25:48,969 Didn't you tell me that if it's marketed the wrong way, 2954 02:25:48,970 --> 02:25:50,927 this film will be a certified flop? 2955 02:25:50,928 --> 02:25:52,761 That statement was my greatest assurance. 2956 02:25:53,053 --> 02:25:56,428 No one has ever told me anything with such confidence! 2957 02:25:58,553 --> 02:26:00,053 Once everything is over, 2958 02:26:00,179 --> 02:26:02,386 I have a very special reward waiting for you! 2959 02:26:05,636 --> 02:26:07,344 'My film releases tomorrow.' 2960 02:26:08,053 --> 02:26:09,219 'Normally,' 2961 02:26:09,220 --> 02:26:12,137 'any director would be losing sleep out of sheer anxiety.' 2962 02:26:13,012 --> 02:26:14,595 'But I don't feel any kind of stress.' 2963 02:26:15,303 --> 02:26:16,552 'Because...' 2964 02:26:16,553 --> 02:26:17,594 'my destiny...' 2965 02:26:17,595 --> 02:26:18,887 'is no longer in my control.' 2966 02:26:19,845 --> 02:26:21,094 'My film...' 2967 02:26:21,095 --> 02:26:23,761 'isn't just one of the best Malayalam horror films.' 2968 02:26:24,511 --> 02:26:26,636 'It IS the absolute best horror film!' 2969 02:26:28,803 --> 02:26:29,970 'This is my promise!' 2970 02:26:30,887 --> 02:26:31,887 'Come...' 2971 02:26:32,095 --> 02:26:33,095 'Experience it...' 2972 02:26:33,511 --> 02:26:34,553 'And be terrified!' 2973 02:26:48,553 --> 02:26:50,636 I just dropped by to wish you all the best. 2974 02:26:52,137 --> 02:26:53,720 I don't know if you're aware... 2975 02:26:54,553 --> 02:26:56,053 Arjun has hijacked my film. 2976 02:26:57,887 --> 02:26:59,594 The same man who gave me a second life 2977 02:26:59,595 --> 02:27:01,137 has now snatched it right back. 2978 02:27:03,887 --> 02:27:06,220 When I ran completely out of options, 2979 02:27:07,220 --> 02:27:09,220 my wife was the only one who came back. 2980 02:27:10,553 --> 02:27:12,220 So, I packed up... 2981 02:27:12,845 --> 02:27:14,428 all of my grand dreams... 2982 02:27:14,803 --> 02:27:16,428 and used whatever money I had left... 2983 02:27:16,803 --> 02:27:18,761 to buy back my Dad's house and property. 2984 02:27:30,053 --> 02:27:32,720 It's incredibly tough to survive in this world 2985 02:27:32,970 --> 02:27:37,137 cursing yourself for all your bad decisions and shattered dreams. 2986 02:27:37,344 --> 02:27:39,594 "Your eyes will see it all, don't blink away" 2987 02:27:39,595 --> 02:27:41,719 It's going to take you a long time... 2988 02:27:41,720 --> 02:27:44,053 to accept the reality of being a failure. 2989 02:27:45,344 --> 02:27:47,469 "The tides of time will join your path that day" 2990 02:27:47,470 --> 02:27:48,470 Alright then. 2991 02:27:49,220 --> 02:27:51,761 We will meet again in Losers' Paradise! 2992 02:27:53,012 --> 02:28:00,386 "Your world will find its way to you tonight" 2993 02:28:00,553 --> 02:28:02,760 "Right by your heart..." 2994 02:28:02,761 --> 02:28:05,178 Today, I've finally accepted something 2995 02:28:05,179 --> 02:28:08,970 I never ever wanted to acknowledge in my life. 2996 02:28:10,137 --> 02:28:11,428 That I'm a failure! 2997 02:28:12,303 --> 02:28:16,469 "This life will not wane, it keeps moving forward again" 2998 02:28:16,470 --> 02:28:17,928 There's quite a crowd! 2999 02:28:18,344 --> 02:28:19,719 They're not here for my film. 3000 02:28:19,720 --> 02:28:27,344 "A magic wonder, shining bright, Where silence speaks into the night" 3001 02:28:37,053 --> 02:28:38,552 Are you Vineeth's parents? 3002 02:28:38,553 --> 02:28:39,635 Yes. 3003 02:28:39,636 --> 02:28:41,219 I'm Harris Basheer, the producer. 3004 02:28:41,220 --> 02:28:41,969 Oh! 3005 02:28:41,970 --> 02:28:44,094 Oh, please sit. Please sit. Let's talk after the show. 3006 02:28:44,095 --> 02:28:45,220 Okay. 3007 02:28:45,803 --> 02:28:47,344 Son, the producer is here. 3008 02:28:50,303 --> 02:28:52,469 I just came to make sure nobody actually showed up. 3009 02:28:52,470 --> 02:28:54,053 Now I'm relieved. 3010 02:29:20,803 --> 02:29:22,887 'I'll make time freeze at my command.' 3011 02:29:23,470 --> 02:29:25,303 'And draw all eyes with just one stand.' 3012 02:29:26,845 --> 02:29:28,928 'I'll build a kingdom, claim my throne.' 3013 02:29:29,595 --> 02:29:31,678 'Images will find a voice of their own.' 3014 02:29:34,053 --> 02:29:35,303 'Fear is my aim,' 3015 02:29:36,095 --> 02:29:38,179 'to shake you to the core.' 3016 02:29:39,511 --> 02:29:42,137 'An illusion that lights the silver screen galore.' 3017 02:29:42,595 --> 02:29:43,595 Huh! 3018 02:29:44,303 --> 02:29:46,927 What a movie, man! I got really scared! 3019 02:29:46,928 --> 02:29:48,552 [indistinct chatter] 3020 02:29:48,553 --> 02:29:49,553 Hey... 3021 02:29:50,636 --> 02:29:51,845 It's really good! 3022 02:29:52,053 --> 02:29:53,344 I was terrified! 3023 02:29:54,511 --> 02:29:56,386 - It's good, right? - Yeah, it is. 3024 02:29:56,720 --> 02:29:58,011 My heart nearly stopped. 3025 02:29:58,012 --> 02:29:59,386 I think my heart actually stopped! 3026 02:29:59,678 --> 02:30:01,552 What on earth have you made, man? 3027 02:30:01,553 --> 02:30:02,887 Right, Madhavetta? 3028 02:30:03,887 --> 02:30:06,887 But the public is never going to see this film, Dad. 3029 02:30:07,220 --> 02:30:08,636 - Says who? - Yeah. 3030 02:30:08,761 --> 02:30:10,511 - Let's ask the producer. - Yes. 3031 02:30:10,845 --> 02:30:12,803 Did you like the film, son? 3032 02:30:14,428 --> 02:30:15,428 Son... 3033 02:30:15,678 --> 02:30:17,095 - Harris Ikka? - Chetta! 3034 02:30:18,970 --> 02:30:20,803 - Mr. Producer? - Are you asleep, Chetta? 3035 02:30:21,636 --> 02:30:22,636 Huh! 3036 02:30:23,386 --> 02:30:24,386 Oh no! 3037 02:30:25,803 --> 02:30:27,137 'This is Harris Basheer.' 3038 02:30:27,303 --> 02:30:28,469 'Age 40.' 3039 02:30:28,470 --> 02:30:29,720 'Physically fit.' 3040 02:30:30,012 --> 02:30:32,470 'The biggest corporate con man on the face of the earth!' 3041 02:30:33,053 --> 02:30:35,303 'And today, he dropped dead watching my movie.' 3042 02:30:37,303 --> 02:30:38,552 Prominent businessman 3043 02:30:38,553 --> 02:30:40,969 and owner of 'Harris Basheer Group', Harris Basheer, 3044 02:30:40,970 --> 02:30:42,760 has passed away following a heart attack. 3045 02:30:42,761 --> 02:30:44,886 In a shocking turn of events, noted businessman... 3046 02:30:44,887 --> 02:30:48,969 Famous businessman and owner of 'Harris Basheer Group', Harris Basheer, 3047 02:30:48,970 --> 02:30:50,802 has passed away following a cardiac arrest. 3048 02:30:50,803 --> 02:30:53,802 Reports suggest that several viewers in Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur 3049 02:30:53,803 --> 02:30:55,594 also became unwell after watching the film. 3050 02:30:55,595 --> 02:30:59,136 Viewers are calling "Nidhi" one of the scariest films ever made. 3051 02:30:59,137 --> 02:31:01,760 Several theatres have now deployed standby ambulance services. 3052 02:31:01,761 --> 02:31:04,760 Ashwin, who was admitted to Thrissur Medical College 3053 02:31:04,761 --> 02:31:07,220 after collapsing inside the theatre, joins us now. 3054 02:31:07,761 --> 02:31:09,179 Ashwin, can you hear us? 3055 02:31:10,220 --> 02:31:11,511 Are you feeling okay now? 3056 02:31:12,845 --> 02:31:14,595 Err... we've just lost Ashwin. 3057 02:31:15,137 --> 02:31:16,802 [Harris Basheer] 'I'm checking out too.' 3058 02:31:16,803 --> 02:31:18,552 'But this is not a goodbye.' 3059 02:31:18,553 --> 02:31:20,678 'I will not leave you, Vineeth Madhavan!' 3060 02:31:20,928 --> 02:31:23,095 'I will come back and haunt you!' 3061 02:31:25,095 --> 02:31:28,179 'I'll make high-class horror films right here in our little Kerala!' 3062 02:31:28,303 --> 02:31:30,303 'Best of the best in DTS!' 3063 02:31:31,303 --> 02:31:32,719 'I'm going to terrify everyone!' 3064 02:31:32,720 --> 02:31:34,303 Scare everyone to death! 3065 02:31:36,303 --> 02:31:38,970 I don't want to be just another filmmaker, Suji. 3066 02:31:39,678 --> 02:31:41,511 I want to be the best in my field! 3067 02:31:42,179 --> 02:31:44,510 And for that, simply scaring the audience isn't enough. 3068 02:31:44,511 --> 02:31:46,595 That fear must become history! 3069 02:31:47,053 --> 02:31:48,887 'And that history must be celebrated.' 3070 02:32:11,553 --> 02:32:12,553 It's a hit. 3071 02:32:14,720 --> 02:32:15,845 It's not a hit. 3072 02:32:17,220 --> 02:32:18,511 It's a blockbuster! 3073 02:32:29,636 --> 02:32:30,845 'Devil's Island'?! 3074 02:32:33,928 --> 02:32:35,720 - It's too late to do anything now. - Huh? 3075 02:32:48,970 --> 02:32:50,886 [Sachin] 'So now, I am truly alone...' 3076 02:32:50,887 --> 02:32:52,220 'in losers' paradise.' 3077 02:32:52,553 --> 02:32:53,969 'There's nobody left here with me.' 3078 02:32:53,970 --> 02:32:54,970 'Alone.' 3079 02:32:55,220 --> 02:32:56,220 'But...' 3080 02:32:56,386 --> 02:32:58,594 'whether I choose to stay in this hell...' 3081 02:32:58,595 --> 02:33:00,179 'is my choice and mine alone.' 3082 02:33:06,179 --> 02:33:07,179 Cheers! 3083 02:33:15,220 --> 02:33:16,303 [phone rings] 3084 02:33:30,553 --> 02:33:31,553 Hello? 3085 02:33:31,928 --> 02:33:33,136 Do you remember the review 3086 02:33:33,137 --> 02:33:35,511 I wrote for our school magazine's Malayalam section that year? 3087 02:33:47,511 --> 02:33:49,053 [The last book I read: Devil's Island] 3088 02:33:50,428 --> 02:33:53,136 No one is going to believe a single word he says after this. 3089 02:33:53,137 --> 02:33:55,970 The reputation he just earned from this current success... 3090 02:33:56,470 --> 02:33:58,220 will be utterly obliterated by this. 3091 02:33:58,428 --> 02:34:01,636 The moment this becomes public, he'll be branded as nothing but a thief. 3092 02:34:02,220 --> 02:34:05,344 Success without reputation is of no use. 3093 02:34:07,053 --> 02:34:08,220 Reputation! 3094 02:34:08,386 --> 02:34:10,219 That is the only weapon you need. 3095 02:34:10,220 --> 02:34:11,844 Filmmaker Sachin Vaikom David, 3096 02:34:11,845 --> 02:34:14,552 son of the legendary late novelist Vaikom David, 3097 02:34:14,553 --> 02:34:17,343 has level led serious plagiarism allegations 3098 02:34:17,344 --> 02:34:18,969 against Director Vineeth Madhavan! 3099 02:34:18,970 --> 02:34:20,969 Every piece of evidence I have 3100 02:34:20,970 --> 02:34:23,844 is right here in front of your eyes. 3101 02:34:23,845 --> 02:34:26,302 Sachin alleges that the film 'Nidhi' is a scene-by-scene copy 3102 02:34:26,303 --> 02:34:28,719 of Devil's Island, a novel penned by his late father years ago. 3103 02:34:28,720 --> 02:34:31,179 'Anyone who actually reads that novel will understand' 3104 02:34:31,428 --> 02:34:34,470 'that I've adapted only its core truth into my film.' 3105 02:34:35,053 --> 02:34:36,594 Vineeth registered this story 3106 02:34:36,595 --> 02:34:40,385 under the fake name K.T. Peter to evade any legal backlash. 3107 02:34:40,386 --> 02:34:42,803 'But I have no way to prove it.' 3108 02:34:43,137 --> 02:34:46,137 'There isn't a single copy of Devil's Island left in existence.' 3109 02:35:09,761 --> 02:35:11,635 You want Meljo's script back, I suppose? 3110 02:35:11,636 --> 02:35:13,595 Yes. I want to make it into a movie. 3111 02:35:13,761 --> 02:35:15,094 You have to produce it. 3112 02:35:15,095 --> 02:35:16,969 Vineeth's film is essentially about 3113 02:35:16,970 --> 02:35:20,886 a hack stealing a treasure a talented man worked hard to find. 3114 02:35:20,887 --> 02:35:23,427 When it turns out that very story is someone else's creation, 3115 02:35:23,428 --> 02:35:26,845 isn't Vineeth the real thief who stole the treasure here? 3116 02:35:27,428 --> 02:35:28,845 Life imitates art. 3117 02:35:29,220 --> 02:35:30,470 Art imitates life. 3118 02:35:31,678 --> 02:35:33,179 Stealing from someone is easy. 3119 02:35:33,595 --> 02:35:35,928 But the struggle of the one who actually discovered it... 3120 02:35:36,220 --> 02:35:38,386 can only be understood by someone who has lived it. 3121 02:35:39,220 --> 02:35:41,595 MAHAAN [Legend] 3122 02:35:48,595 --> 02:35:50,553 'With that, I didn't become a legend,' 3123 02:35:50,761 --> 02:35:52,553 'and no one sang praises for my film.' 3124 02:35:53,803 --> 02:35:56,179 'Today, I'm just Vineeth Madhavan.' 3125 02:35:58,137 --> 02:35:59,970 'I've been trying to write again.' 3126 02:36:00,761 --> 02:36:02,179 'But I'm just so exhausted.' 3127 02:36:02,553 --> 02:36:04,012 'My mind is totally blank.' 3128 02:36:05,095 --> 02:36:06,428 'Nothing's coming to me.' 3129 02:36:07,137 --> 02:36:09,220 'I can't even bring myself to write a single line.' 3130 02:36:20,220 --> 02:36:22,469 - Hello? - I watched your film, Vineeth. 3131 02:36:22,470 --> 02:36:23,677 'Without a doubt,' 3132 02:36:23,678 --> 02:36:25,845 'it's the finest movie to come out this year.' 3133 02:36:26,470 --> 02:36:28,928 'But "War" will sweep the awards this year.' 3134 02:36:29,428 --> 02:36:32,720 'Sujith Raj comes from a very humble, struggling background.' 3135 02:36:32,845 --> 02:36:33,886 Oh. 3136 02:36:33,887 --> 02:36:35,970 'I felt he was the one who deserved my support.' 3137 02:36:36,386 --> 02:36:37,970 - So I backed him. - Okay. 3138 02:36:38,137 --> 02:36:39,720 'But I'm giving you an award too.' 3139 02:36:40,095 --> 02:36:41,385 'Best debut director.' 3140 02:36:41,386 --> 02:36:42,427 Okay. 3141 02:36:42,428 --> 02:36:43,970 'Make sure you come and receive it.' 3142 02:36:55,761 --> 02:36:57,053 Thank you, Govind. 3143 02:36:57,303 --> 02:36:59,303 Who doesn't love to dream? 3144 02:36:59,678 --> 02:37:01,845 For gifting that wonderful song 3145 02:37:02,012 --> 02:37:04,761 to Malayalis who love to dream, thank you! 3146 02:37:09,470 --> 02:37:10,678 Let's move on. 3147 02:37:11,012 --> 02:37:13,012 Indus Star Finance presents 3148 02:37:13,179 --> 02:37:15,719 12th Chakrabhumi Film Awards, 3149 02:37:15,720 --> 02:37:18,137 powered by Nila Rice and Grains. 3150 02:37:19,220 --> 02:37:21,720 The Best Director award goes to... 3151 02:37:22,179 --> 02:37:23,635 Sujith Raj V, 3152 02:37:23,636 --> 02:37:24,845 for "War". 3153 02:37:35,595 --> 02:37:36,595 See? 3154 02:37:36,803 --> 02:37:38,636 Mediocrity is the new greatness. 3155 02:37:41,344 --> 02:37:42,511 You know... 3156 02:37:42,761 --> 02:37:44,720 I didn't make some masterpiece. 3157 02:37:45,928 --> 02:37:47,678 It only passes as great... 3158 02:37:48,220 --> 02:37:49,678 because of my background. 3159 02:37:50,887 --> 02:37:53,386 Even here, the applause wasn't for the work I did. 3160 02:37:53,803 --> 02:37:55,220 It was for my identity. 3161 02:37:56,970 --> 02:37:58,969 I would've been better off studying medicine. 3162 02:37:58,970 --> 02:38:00,845 This film industry is nothing like what I imagined. 3163 02:38:01,553 --> 02:38:05,220 Next, the Best Debut Director award goes to... 3164 02:38:06,137 --> 02:38:07,678 Vineeth Madhavan! 3165 02:38:09,012 --> 02:38:10,428 'Pin-drop silence.' 3166 02:38:10,720 --> 02:38:13,094 'Not even a murmur from the audience,' 3167 02:38:13,095 --> 02:38:14,595 'let alone applause!' 3168 02:38:14,928 --> 02:38:16,553 'They despise me that much.' 3169 02:38:28,012 --> 02:38:31,678 While you become the most despised man in Malayalam cinema, 3170 02:38:32,179 --> 02:38:35,052 people who don't have half your talent are going to be celebrated here instead. 3171 02:38:35,053 --> 02:38:36,386 Understood? 3172 02:38:39,303 --> 02:38:40,594 Vineeth... 3173 02:38:40,595 --> 02:38:41,970 a few words, please. 3174 02:38:42,137 --> 02:38:43,720 "Greatest of all time" 3175 02:38:44,803 --> 02:38:46,470 "Coming for the throne now" 3176 02:38:47,303 --> 02:38:49,012 "Defining Mollywood" 3177 02:38:50,137 --> 02:38:52,053 "Better than the stalwarts" 3178 02:38:52,220 --> 02:38:55,011 "My thought and throat have a killer flow" 3179 02:38:55,012 --> 02:38:57,887 "My hope and scope have a brilliant glow" 3180 02:38:58,470 --> 02:39:00,927 "Even if you bury me deep in the dark" 3181 02:39:00,928 --> 02:39:03,219 "I'll sprout right back up like a living spark" 3182 02:39:03,220 --> 02:39:05,511 My esteemed producer... 3183 02:39:06,179 --> 02:39:10,220 who unfortunately died of a fatal heart attack after watching my film, 3184 02:39:11,303 --> 02:39:14,303 the man who funded this project solely to launder his black money... 3185 02:39:14,428 --> 02:39:16,760 the late, prominent industrialist, 3186 02:39:16,761 --> 02:39:17,970 Harris Basheer. 3187 02:39:18,845 --> 02:39:21,344 The man who gave me my first break in this industry... 3188 02:39:22,053 --> 02:39:24,510 the son of that legendary literary icon 3189 02:39:24,511 --> 02:39:29,094 Vaikom David, who never penned a single line of his 232 novels, 3190 02:39:29,095 --> 02:39:30,553 Sachin Vaikom David. 3191 02:39:31,553 --> 02:39:33,385 The producer of my unreleased film, 3192 02:39:33,386 --> 02:39:35,343 which I myself deleted 3193 02:39:35,344 --> 02:39:38,469 when he tried to exploit Swaroop's fans just to line his own pockets. 3194 02:39:38,470 --> 02:39:40,179 Mr. Fayaz Ahmed. 3195 02:39:43,845 --> 02:39:45,178 The one who imitated my identity 3196 02:39:45,179 --> 02:39:47,677 that I earned over years through my short films 3197 02:39:47,678 --> 02:39:50,303 and made the blockbuster "After Party" 3198 02:39:50,428 --> 02:39:54,219 and the industry hit "After Party-2" using my own script. 3199 02:39:54,220 --> 02:39:55,595 Arjun Haridas. 3200 02:39:57,428 --> 02:39:58,719 Thanks... 3201 02:39:58,720 --> 02:39:59,928 to all of you! 3202 02:40:00,678 --> 02:40:02,635 Everything I said here is the truth. 3203 02:40:02,636 --> 02:40:04,970 But you, the audience, 3204 02:40:05,220 --> 02:40:07,303 won't believe a single word of it, 3205 02:40:07,595 --> 02:40:08,760 because... 3206 02:40:08,761 --> 02:40:10,720 you only hear what you like. 3207 02:40:11,303 --> 02:40:13,344 You only see what you like. 3208 02:40:13,928 --> 02:40:14,969 So, yeah... 3209 02:40:14,970 --> 02:40:15,970 Likeability! 3210 02:40:16,970 --> 02:40:18,219 Unfortunately, 3211 02:40:18,220 --> 02:40:19,635 since my personal likeability 3212 02:40:19,636 --> 02:40:23,053 is far lower than the people I just accused, 3213 02:40:23,970 --> 02:40:26,220 you wouldn't want to believe what I'm saying, 3214 02:40:26,386 --> 02:40:28,220 even if I'm proven right. 3215 02:40:29,386 --> 02:40:31,511 Simply because you don't like me. 3216 02:40:32,386 --> 02:40:33,928 That's the only truth. 3217 02:40:34,970 --> 02:40:36,220 So finally, 3218 02:40:36,470 --> 02:40:38,553 the hack didn't manage to steal 3219 02:40:38,678 --> 02:40:41,011 the treasure earned by the talented through sheer effort. 3220 02:40:41,012 --> 02:40:42,012 However... 3221 02:40:42,344 --> 02:40:46,220 they made the world believe he was never worthy of that treasure! 3222 02:40:47,720 --> 02:40:48,720 'But...' 3223 02:40:48,845 --> 02:40:50,887 'I'm not going to sit back...' 3224 02:40:51,137 --> 02:40:53,179 'and accept this as my destiny.' 3225 02:40:53,761 --> 02:40:56,677 'I'll keep setting out to rewrite my own destiny.' 3226 02:40:56,678 --> 02:40:59,427 "O you who graze through this world of illusion" 3227 02:40:59,428 --> 02:41:02,052 "O you who behold each age in succession" 3228 02:41:02,053 --> 02:41:07,343 "To travel the endless distance before, O seekers of the inner fire evermore" 3229 02:41:07,344 --> 02:41:09,844 "O you who graze through this world of illusion" 3230 02:41:09,845 --> 02:41:12,427 "O you who behold each age in succession" 3231 02:41:12,428 --> 02:41:17,969 "To travel the endless distance before, O seekers of the inner fire evermore" 3232 02:41:17,970 --> 02:41:20,760 "A steady mind and iron will, Proper and poised, supreme still" 3233 02:41:20,761 --> 02:41:23,343 "Though the age is filled with grief, The soul stands firm beyond belief" 3234 02:41:23,344 --> 02:41:25,927 "Along the path of righteous war, Stands one who knows his duty sure" 3235 02:41:25,928 --> 02:41:28,887 "A peerless soul that never tires, A man born only for victory's fires" 3236 02:41:33,137 --> 02:41:36,220 'I'll keep setting out to rewrite my own destiny.' 3237 02:41:36,636 --> 02:41:39,594 "Let rookies come in and make their art" 3238 02:41:39,595 --> 02:41:42,052 "Ride on pure luck and break the chart" 3239 02:41:42,053 --> 02:41:44,928 "No matter how many enter the game chasing fame, making a name" 3240 02:41:46,095 --> 02:41:47,719 "I'm the Greatest Of All Time" 3241 02:41:47,720 --> 02:41:50,302 "Even if you throw a thousand schemes my way" 3242 02:41:50,303 --> 02:41:52,760 "Even if you drag my aura down all day" 3243 02:41:52,761 --> 02:41:54,469 "The knowledge of cinema living in me" 3244 02:41:54,470 --> 02:41:55,927 "Gives my mind its clarity" 3245 02:41:55,928 --> 02:41:59,469 "I've learned to take every blow and woe, I'll cross raging seas and steal the show" 3246 02:41:59,470 --> 02:42:01,970 Vineeth is nothing like the directors I've worked with so far. 3247 02:42:02,220 --> 02:42:04,012 He is a visionary filmmaker. 3248 02:42:04,595 --> 02:42:06,887 He is more mature than many senior directors. 3249 02:42:07,720 --> 02:42:10,386 To be honest, it's excruciating to work with him! 3250 02:42:11,511 --> 02:42:14,887 In all my years of experience, no director has pushed me this hard. 3251 02:42:15,428 --> 02:42:16,844 He'll keep shooting 3252 02:42:16,845 --> 02:42:18,343 until he gets what he wants, 3253 02:42:18,344 --> 02:42:19,970 even if we end up with broken limbs. 3254 02:42:21,428 --> 02:42:23,303 I'm so grateful to be a part of his film. 3255 02:42:24,928 --> 02:42:25,927 Thank God! 3256 02:42:25,928 --> 02:42:27,386 [Harris] 'Karma is for real.' 3257 02:42:27,595 --> 02:42:29,303 'Vineeth Madhavan has lost.' 3258 02:42:30,053 --> 02:42:32,677 'The world doesn't operate the way he thinks it does.' 3259 02:42:32,678 --> 02:42:34,220 'People like us control everything.' 3260 02:42:37,053 --> 02:42:40,220 'And yet, there are things that happen completely at random in this life.' 3261 02:42:40,595 --> 02:42:41,802 'For example...' 3262 02:42:41,803 --> 02:42:45,887 The mystery surrounding superstar Swaroop's fatal accident has taken a deeper turn. 3263 02:42:46,137 --> 02:42:49,052 CCTV footage recovered from the scene now reveals that 3264 02:42:49,053 --> 02:42:52,635 the crash happened when a middle-aged man dropped a matchstick 3265 02:42:52,636 --> 02:42:55,719 while trying to light a beedi and bent down to pick it up. 3266 02:42:55,720 --> 02:42:57,510 'That middle-aged man is none other than' 3267 02:42:57,511 --> 02:43:00,178 'Varkeychayan, who runs 'Varkey's Catering' in Kuttikkanam.' 3268 02:43:00,179 --> 02:43:01,760 'But Varkeychayan has another name.' 3269 02:43:01,761 --> 02:43:03,927 - Peter! - 'K.T. Peter!' 3270 02:43:03,928 --> 02:43:06,386 'The true author of 'Devil's Island'!' 3271 02:43:08,761 --> 02:43:10,303 - Found it! - Found what? 3272 02:43:11,220 --> 02:43:13,594 The novel that terrified my grandpa, a scientific genius! 3273 02:43:13,595 --> 02:43:15,012 Want some tea, son? 3274 02:43:15,636 --> 02:43:17,219 - No, thanks. - My first film! 3275 02:43:17,220 --> 02:43:19,719 'Thrilled to hear that his novel was being turned into a movie,' 3276 02:43:19,720 --> 02:43:22,886 'he snatched the script from a sleeping Suji on the shooting set,' 3277 02:43:22,887 --> 02:43:25,094 'with no ulterior motive other than to read it.' 3278 02:43:25,095 --> 02:43:26,844 'But before he could read a single line,' 3279 02:43:26,845 --> 02:43:30,053 'the beedi K.T. Peter enjoyed smoking in the middle of the road' 3280 02:43:30,179 --> 02:43:31,386 'ended up betraying him!' 3281 02:43:36,386 --> 02:43:37,760 'So, in short,' 3282 02:43:37,761 --> 02:43:40,012 'nothing happens according to our plans.' 3283 02:43:40,137 --> 02:43:42,220 'Nothing is truly in our control.' 3284 02:43:42,428 --> 02:43:44,011 'Everything is random.' 3285 02:43:44,012 --> 02:43:45,219 'It all comes down to luck.' 3286 02:43:45,220 --> 02:43:47,137 'And luck has no sense of justice!' 3287 02:43:50,470 --> 02:43:52,053 Vineeth's case is truly unfortunate. 3288 02:43:52,678 --> 02:43:53,928 Despite being an underdog, 3289 02:43:54,761 --> 02:43:56,220 despite coming from humble beginnings, 3290 02:43:56,803 --> 02:43:58,344 despite struggling so much, 3291 02:43:58,928 --> 02:44:00,678 and despite possessing undeniable talent, 3292 02:44:01,845 --> 02:44:03,970 he still couldn't reach the place he dreamed of. 3293 02:44:05,179 --> 02:44:06,470 Sad reality! 3294 02:44:08,220 --> 02:44:10,677 "Lightning struck my head and left me in a fix" 3295 02:44:10,678 --> 02:44:13,886 "Fear sparked a fire, but I blew out the wicks" 3296 02:44:13,887 --> 02:44:16,510 "Fate tried to park me, but I kept my stride" 3297 02:44:16,511 --> 02:44:18,886 "I rewrote the story and blew minds nationwide" 3298 02:44:18,887 --> 02:44:21,094 "Lightning struck my head and left me in a fix" 3299 02:44:21,095 --> 02:44:24,012 "Fear sparked a fire, but I blew out the wicks" 3300 02:44:24,220 --> 02:44:26,886 "Fate tried to park me, but I kept my stride" 3301 02:44:26,887 --> 02:44:29,720 "I rewrote the story and blew minds nationwide" 3302 02:45:01,428 --> 02:45:04,552 "Tomorrow in Mollywood's glittering maze" 3303 02:45:04,553 --> 02:45:06,802 "I'll be the star of its golden days" 3304 02:45:06,803 --> 02:45:09,219 "A twinkling star, a total wonder, a total surprise" 3305 02:45:09,220 --> 02:45:11,886 "Aura at a hundred, an all-in-one rise!" 3306 02:45:11,887 --> 02:45:14,927 "Tomorrow in Mollywood's glittering maze" 3307 02:45:14,928 --> 02:45:17,136 "I'll be the star of its golden days" 3308 02:45:17,137 --> 02:45:19,594 "A twinkling star, a total wonder, a total surprise" 3309 02:45:19,595 --> 02:45:22,553 "Aura at a hundred, an all-in-one rise!"