Mathimaran (மதிமாறன்)

I am Nedumaran. My height is...

3 feet 8 inches.

Just like I am, my world is also small but beautiful at the same time.

Though initially this society mocked at me calling me shorty, dwarf...

my family ensured that it never impacted me.

I too never felt that being short was a short coming.

But it was all just until few days ago.

That day dawned upon me like a huge storm.

That day; which made me regret that I am short!

That day; when I cried and confronted God...

for giving happiness and snatching it away.

Everybody has a strong reason to live.

But for me...

'Nedumara...'

'even if we are not around, you must take care of Mathi till your last breath'

'Okay?'

What are you doing here, so early in the morning?

-Where is Mathi? -I don't know.

-You know! Tell me! -Why are you hitting me?

-Answer me! Speak! -I don't know!

-I said, tell me! -I don't know!

I know! But I won't tell!

I'll fall at your feet. Please tell me.

A girl who went fishing in Kaikaan Kuppam lake...

found a gold ring inside one of the fishes she caught.

To put the letters together and read them is quite exhausting!

Sir...

are you free for a ride?

-Where to? -K K Nagar Police station.

This is OLA auto. You have to book it in the app.

Fine, I'll come.

I'll go by the pay meter but you must pay me extra 50 rupees on top of it.

Later don't tell me "I'm, myself shorter than meter then why on top of that?"

Got it?

Hop on!

Are you able to climb?

You look like a school kid. Why are you going to police station?

I wonder what problem you're facing.

Drink malt drinks. It's very good for the health.

Sir!

Sir, similar death.

Nailed on forehead. A small would on side of her forehead.

Also, she was raped. Weapon of murder is still unknown.

Sir, to prevent from getting caught by semen traces...

the murderer poured acid on her genitals.

Must be the same killer...

Sudharshan, talk like a responsible officer!

Don't talk like a press reporter!

When you can find so much about these murders...

then what's stopping you from finding out the murderer?

Sir, sorry. We tracked the phone calls and CCTV...

but we got nothing.

If not for phones and CCTV,

the plight police department would be sorry today!

I don't want your 'Sorry!'

Six murders like this!

All of the victims are ladies!

One clue! Didn't you find one clue?

Learn to investigate the suspects properly.

Sudharshan, all these murders are serial killings.

The press and public might not know this.

But we both know it, right?

The press has started sniffing it out now.

We must do something before this matter becomes a wildfire.

This is your last chance! Mind It!

-Yes, sir. -Get lost!

-Since when are you guys married? -Four months, ma'am.

Just four months and you left your wife alone? What was so important?

Do you doubt anybody?

-I actually doubt my wife. -What?

Yes, ma'am.

I told her to stay with my parents but she asked for an individual flat.

That is why I arranged this one.

Every time I call her, the line will be engaged.

We checked her call records and she was talking to your mother all the time!

Whatever, ma'am. Can I leave tomorrow?

What's the hurry? You may leave once the formalities are over!

Greetings, sir.

-Your name! -Karuppusamy, sir.

You better tell me everything that happened that night.

Sir!

Your tone sounds to me like you're looking at me as the suspect.

Better tell the truth. Nothing would've happened without your knowledge!

How dare you sit in front of me? Get up!

Dear, you must be what, my son's age?

And you talk like that to me?

Watchman is my profession.

That's all. In a way, we both do the same job.

You better show some respect!

You're a watchdog and you want respect?

You tell me that the police and watchmen are the same?

Do I look like your son? Get out!

We have arrived K K Nagar police station. Get down.

Greetings viewers.

Today in our "Kolai petchu" show, we'll be talking about Homicides.

We know what is a suicide. A few words about Homicides.

Homicides means committing a murder inside the house.

Women, especially married ones, are targetted, raped and killed brutally.

Already such murders have taken place in...

Valasaravakkam, K K Nagar, Thiruvanmiyur, Nungambakkam etc.

Yes and in today's news...

a woman was raped and murdered in an apartments in Kotturpuram.

The wonder here is that the police, who are suppose to nab the murderer...

are more focused on ensuring that this news doesn't reach the press or people!

Why so, sir?

Sir... sir...

Yes? What do you want?

I'm Nedumaran.

-I wanna meet SI Prabhavathy. -Is it?

Madam isn't here yet. She'll arrive any minute. Please wait.

The only one left for me in this world...

is Mathi, my elder sister.

We both are twins.

But I still address her as my elder sister.

You deliver letters to the whole village,

and God has delivered you twin babies, postman.

My dear.

"This world has become a heaven now"

"Everyday has turned into a melody"

"There are two new birds in our nest which is built in a garden called life"

"There are new eyes in our love nest that will also live with same vision"

"Now this is our new world"

"This world has become a heaven now"

"Everyday has turned into a melody"

Why did you wanna become a postman, dad?

What's so exciting about this job? Tell me.

Post man is like a messenger.

The letter that we deliver...

could be happy or sad messages that could change people's life.

Not just that, there's a kick in finding addresses!

-Is it? -Well...

Vanthiyathevan did this in horse and I'm doing it in cycle.

Yes, brother. This is our father's horse.

Then go fast, dad! Faster!

-Dwarf! Dwarf! -Get lost! Run!

Sundaran, your son is very short.

Give him Pirandai herb mix.

Your work here is done, right? Then just shut up and leave.

Or else you'll get an earful from me!

I know how to raise my child.

I saw your son smoking by the pond, when I was on my way here in the morning.

Doctor, both of them are twins but why he is not getting tall?

Sundaram sir, out of the twins, your son is a dwarf.

So he'll grow tall only in the range of 120-142 cms tall.

Is that all, doctor? I was worried you'd say he had some serious condition.

Doctor, what's the big deal with height? Life is what matters the most.

Both my kids are my life.

Sundaram sir, nobody in our village has a basic knowledge about dwarfism.

They are used to mock short people and look at them as buffoons.

He will definitely have an inferiority complex that his sister is growing tall.

You must somehow handle it.

If possible, raise them separately.

Doctor sir, you are a reputed man. I don't have to tell you this.

If one of our eyes is slightly different, doesn't mean we must poke it out.

We value both the same, right.

Both my kids are the apple of my eyes.

I will raise them together.

-Mathi... -Yes, dad?

You must never fight with your brother. Understood?

Okay, dad.

Nedumara...

even if we aren't around, you must take care of Mathi till your last breath

"The sun blesses us as it is now the holy lamp of our house"

"Feels like the sun rises first for us"

"The sun blesses us as it is now the holy lamp of our house"

"Feels like the sun rises first for us"

"The flowers might worn out but not it's fragrance"

"The moon might diminish but not our love for each other"

"We can even pluck the clouds from our roof because our home in in heaven"

"We might fight but it'll only thicken our bond"

"We bloom like the colours of the rainbow"

Go home!

I said, go!

"The letters at home formed a bond with us"

"It made our home, built by our father, even more beautiful

"We now realize the form of pure souls"

"We understood it's a gift from our parents"

"The waves may fall and vanish, but the shore doesn't disappear"

"A river might dry but an ocean will not"

"Even the breeze will love to breathe into our life"

"The whole village appreciates but looks at my shape"

"Yet we walk in the path taught by the God"

Mathi!

Failed in all subjects!

"Looks beautiful but studies awful"

Nedumaran. Nedumaran!

How many times do I tell you? Why do you keep sitting in the last bench?

Well miss, he want all of us to look back at him. That's why.

Sad thing is that we can't look back at him but only look down on him!

Fine! Once again Nedumaran is the topper.

Every time you prove that "What might look small can do mighty wonders!"

What's the link between a person's size and work?

Didn't you teachers teach you body shaming is wrong?

Don't judge a book by its cover!

See you, dad.

-Apply some powder. -No need, mom.

Why do you keep refusing it all the time?

Dear, what's your mom saying?

Yeah, question her about me! Ask her why won't she apply talcum powder?

Why won't you, dear?