Malar attacks Manickam's heart

Saturday, May 05, 2012 , 0 Comments

Act: 3
Scene: 3






It was at the Police station the Auto finally stopped...and the two men sitting occupying the back seat, jumped and tried to sprint off... Malar yelled at the police men and public standing outside, and they caught the two men and took them in to the station.


Constable: Enna ma prachanai? Enna sacharavu?
Malar: Sir, ivanunga en auto la yerinanunga... vayila vandhapadi kana binaanu asingama oru ponna pathi pesitu vandhanunga, kadhae koosuchu... avanunga pesuna varthaiyellam thiruppi solla kooda mudiadhunga.  Ivanunga enna pathi pesalenaalum, naanum ponnu thanae....poruthu poruthu paathaen... ellai meeri pesa aramichapo, porukamudiama inga vandiya konandhu nipatitaen.  Neenga thaan nayam solanum nga.
Constable: Ennanga da.?? Pozhudhanaikum ponungala kevalama pesaradhae pozhapa vaichirukeengala??? inniku ungala vangara vangula ponunga irukara disaikae poga mateenga...

Two men their mind still reeling, not able to believe what was happening.  They didn't expect that Malar would stop before police station.  Usually woman give disgusted look and move away, when they talk in an obscene way. Every grimace, they considered as their personal victory.  Though they knew that they cannot be punished serious for talking obscene, they started to fear the way they were being handled at the police station.
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Constable: Umai kottaan madiri nikareenga, athanai paechu pesineengala, dairiyam irundha ippo pesaradhu? Neenga oru complaint ezhudhi kuduthu veetuku pongama, naanga eve teasing case la book panni ulla thalidarom....evanungala mutti ku mutti thatina thaan seri varum...
Malar: Seringa Sir, naan complaint kuduthutu kilambaraen

At auto stand, malar's dad...

Malar's dad: (Fully drunk) Malaru malaru, kannu malaru enga irukka?
Auto driver 1: Aramichitaanya...
Malar's dad: En ponna paatheengala...?
Auto driver 1: Avanga savari poyirukaanga... yaen periyaravarae kudichitu veyila suthareenga... veetla poi paduka vendiadathu thaana?
Malar's dad:  Thambi unga kitta solarathukena, enga annan; petha appa madiri valartha ennoda annan, erandhutaanga... karumadhiku kaasu eduthutu ooruku poganum; dhukam thaangama thanni potutaen. (Sobs...) Ponnu irundha kaasu vaangitu polaamaenu thaan vandhaen
Auto driver 2: Ayyo periyavarae, neenga veetuku ponga. Unga ponnu vandha naanga anuparom.
Malar's dad:  Koyametula 5.15 ku oru bus adha vitta nightu 10 maniku thaan. Pora pokka paatha naan ella mudinja apparam thaan povaen poliruku... Annae... (Starts crying...)
Manickam: Indhaanga periyavarae selavuku indha 500 roova vaichukonga.  Apparam porumaiya kudunga.
Malar's dad: Thambi yaaru petha pullaiyo, samayathuku udhavi panra... un kaiya kaala nenaichu kumbidaraen pa.
Manickam: Adhelam paravalinga kasu inaiku varum naalaiku povum, manushanga thaan mukkiyam.
Auto driver 1: Periyavarae neenga en auto la utkarunga naan koyametla vitudaraen.
Malar's dad: Adhelaam venam thambi, naan bus pidcihu poidaraen, innum time irukku.  Neenga unga pozhaipa paarunga...

Malar's dad turns and walks...

After 15minutes, Malar reaches the auto stand.  

Auto driver 2: Ippo thaan unga apparu ungalai theditu vandhutu ponaru. Unga periyayya, avanga annan erandhutaaraam.. Neenga udanae veetuku kilambi ponga sister.
Malar: Ennadhu enga periyayya va?  Neenga yaarum kaasu keesu edhuvum kudutheengala?
Auto driver 1: Namma manickam annan thaan 500 roova kuduthichu.  Karumadhi selavuku kaasu venumnu unga apparu ketaaru.
Malar: Ayyo avaroda annan sethu pathu varusham aachunga.  Thani adika kaasu irundirukaadhu, poi ya solli vaangitu poyirukaaru.  Indha madiri oru appana vaichutu enakaedhu vaazhkai.
Manickam: Avar sonadha nijam nu nambi naan thaan kaasu kuduthaen... sorry nga.
Malar:  Neenga nalla manushan.  Avara thaan solanum.  Inniku thaniya full a pottutu enga vizhundhu kidapaaro. enna panradhu?
Manickam:  Naan solaraenu thappa nenikaadheenga, seekarama oru kalyanam panitu, purushan veetuku poidunga, appo kudika kaasu illama kashtapaduvaru ungappa, appovaavadhu kudiya nirutharara paapom.
Malar:  Aatha illa, appan seri ila.  Enakaedhunga vaazhkai.  Kaalam muzhuka ippadiyae irukka mudivu panitenga.

Manickam, looks at the bowed head of Malar and felt a pang of emotion hit him for the first time all these years. He kept telling himself over and over that it's just sympathy. When he finally lay down on his bed,  he smiled to himself and his mind was thinking about Malar.  There was this slow thought that formed in his head.  It was a million chorus resonating inside his brain, when Manickam's eyes shut down finally and sleep embraced him.

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