Kuselan (குசேலன்)

'Backward class Welfare Department - Maraiyur'

God help me!

'To the special officer'

'Balakrishnan (Barber)'

- Hey! Let go off me! - Get lost...you and your complaint

'Respected sir'

'I am Balu, owner of a salon in Maraiyur village'

'Sir, I request your help to accessorize my salon'

'I have been using my father's chair and personal accessories...'

'...that he used in his shop at Krishnagiri for sentimental reasons'

'They are out dated now'

'To match our modern times, I like to upgrade my shop...'

'...with a rotating chair and a large mirror in my salon'

'I request you to sanction a loan of Rs 50,000 as loan for the same'

'I do not encourage giving or taking bribes'

'That is why I am unable to get a loan anywhere'

'I request you to please sanction the loan without any bribe issues'

'It is safe and sensible for you and my salon!'

'I will repay your loan at low interest rate...'

'...within 3 years without fail'

'Awaiting a positive reply from you, yours respectfully, Balakrishnan'

I have read Harischandra's biography but never met him

I have also read Gandhiji's 'My experiments with truth'

But I haven't met him either

Today you have fulfilled my bitter disappointment

You have the audacity to rebuke a Govt. official...

...about taking or giving bribes Did I even ask you for a bribe?

Or did anyone tell you I indulge in bribes?

Sir, which Govt. official works without a bribe nowadays?

Very few

If you are 1 among those few just erase the word 'bribe'...

...in the letter and sanction my loan, sir

To get a swiveling chair, for your temerity and gall...

...may you roam and rotate for a lifetime and suffer

Please, sir

Chuck this fellow out of my room

Aaaaaaaawwwww!

Aiyaiyo! I broke the only pot I had

How will I cook now?

Why bother? I don't even have any ingredients to cook

Sridevi, what was that noise?

No...nothing Just the goat bleating

Do goats nowadays bleat like a mud pot breaking?!

Sometimes they do

Has Saleem Bhai gone to work?

He ate a heavy breakfast of parotta, mutton chops and left

He will come home for lunch to feast on chicken biriyani

What's the update on Noorjehan's alliance?

The groom demanded a car!

My husband is willing to part with just a motorbike

If he stops eating biriyani thrice a day...

...I'm sure he can buy an even more expensive car!

I love the way your husband and you are so practical and frank

- Will I get a new pot for that? - So I did hear a pot break, right?

Mmmmm...!

Oh! So you broke another pot today?

Is it some kind of vow you've made with God?!

Will anybody break a pot deliberately?

All because of your carelessness

You don't concentrate on what you do...that's why

When you are cooking rice...

...you'll remember you haven't fed the chicks and run behind them

When you come back, rice will be an overcooked pulp!

Isn't it your routine?!

Oh my God! You are right I was cooking rice

Thank God you reminded me Hope it isn't a mashed up porridge

Made for each other!!

I had kept a small piece of ginger here...where is it?

Did you see a small piece of ginger here?

I left for work this morning after I ate that!

Everyone said my face was like a sheepish monkey that had eaten ginger!

I only now realize what they were hinting at

By lending money for compound interest...

...how smartly boss Kuppuswamy has bought groves in his name

As soon as I get money I must buy a tree like this...

...and make my swiveling chair

Hey, who is this trespassing into my farm and touching my trees?

That is our Barber Balu, boss

How dare you touch our 'Kuppaisami's tree?

Kuppai means rubbish I am Kuppusamy

Sorry, master

Since no one is frequenting your barber shop, Balu...

...you decided to sit under my tree to cut hair, is it?

Go to some temple and you can tonsure a few heads!

Why did you come here?

I was looking up good wood to make my barber's chair

I promised you long ago...

...I'd give the right wood and spend money for you shop

But you refused my offer saying my interest rates were heavy

What can I do?

You want the king's ransom as interest I can manage if it is bank interest

Balu, why am I demanding more interest?

To become a richer man?

No, I want to produce a film and write our village's name in the title card

Should it not be Maraiyur 'Kuppai'samy?

Not 'rubbish samy' but Maraiyur Kuppusamy

That's why the music director and director follow me everywhere

Hey! Where the heck are they?

Think of the devils! They will live long, boss

Why are they heading here with 2 women?

Greetings, boss

Who are these ladies, man?

I want to assess the ladies' reaction for our story line

To check their 'sentiment meter'!

That is why they are with me

Based on their reaction you must get into 'action'!

Okay, start your story

Opening shot is a village

- What is this? - Title song

Why are they mourning right in the beginning?

Because ladies have tender hearts, boss

Hey! Don't you dare over act Cry at the required moment!

A pregnant lady rushes into the village hospital

There is only 1 bed inside She doesn't even get a mat

She's lying on the bare floor

Seeing her pitiful plight, her children cry in anguish

It is raining cats and dogs outside

A new born baby's cry is heard from inside

We cut the rain shot And also the cry

Stop now Look at them

They are not at all reacting

Why are you not crying?

You asked us to cry only when you instruct us

Did you ask us to cry now?

What did he tell you both before he brought you here?

As soon as he gets the advance he promised to pay us Rs 100

No advance for him But I will pay you both Rs 50

Did his story really touch your heart?

It barely touched our slippers

It seems that lady is already a mother of 2 kids

What does it matter if she delivers the baby on the floor or on a bed?

He and his lousy story!

If you really made a film out of his stories...

...your groves will go for a toss!

Come, let's go

Stop that noise

Movie buffs are more intelligent than you chaps

You cannot fool them

For you to become world famous I have only 1 solution

You must produce a film with our Super star as hero

Just one signature of his can change your destiny!

Where can I find him?

Boys Garden, boss

It is not Boys Garden It is Poes Garden, you nitwit!

'Balu salon'

Here comes the King!

I just opened my shop How come you both are here already?

There is no latch for the windows

Just a push opens it And a pull presses it

Get up You wretched intruders!

What is here for us to steal, Balu?

A toothless comb and a rusted pair of scissors

Just look into the opposite shop that belongs to Shanmugam

- Bustling with clients - Get lost!

He stopped our game halfway

Let us continue on that porch seat

I will trample you to pulp if I see you again

Don't get stressed, Balu

Shanmugam's shop is the best in the town now

When will you learn the trick of the trade from him?

He is catching hold of clients using duplicate police

Is that a business worthy of my learning?

Sir! Why do you hold me? Tell me

Leave me sir I didn't any wrong

Get down and go inside

Sir! Why are you taking me with you?

- Leave us - Go inside

I thought you are taking us to the police station

Instead you brought us to the barber shop

Here is the spray!

'OWNER OF THIS SHOP IS SALOON SHANMUGAM'

Cut cut cut Cutting

- How many people did you get today? - Seven!

Very good

Saloon Shanmugam has a large shop here

Are you going off with long hair like a cannibal?

I will bring you here making you unconscious and cut your hair

- Have you applied spray to all? - I have

That's it

His face seems to be very awkward

I will tonsure him from behind

The work is over, and the fees is 50 rupees

Now your head looks like a drum

The spray is working well He is still unconscious

Wake up

Why do you cry?

I'd vowed to tonsure my head in the temple at Tirupati as an offering

And now my vow has gone bald!

Oh! Don't worry

Your hair will still be sent straight to Tirupati

- How? - Look over there

But I will get laddu (sweet ball) as God's offering if I go to Tirupati

Oh! So the hair was for laddu, is it?

Boy, stuff this dumbo's mouth with a laddu

Gobble it down your throat

Why is it as small as a peanut sweet ball?

It is a week old laddu

The ghee condensed and it shrunk in size due to the summer heat

Just shut your gob!

What is that noise?