Ranam (രണം)

"Ne...

"I'm not dead."

"Not yet."

"I think I've done almost all the things I was supposed to do."

"But there is a story left to be narrated."

"You've guessed it right,"

"this is the end of that story."

"But certain stories,"

"stories like this one,"

"end at a beginning."

"And this story begins..."

Breach on the north terminal.

Alert everyone!

Close the gate!

Close the gate!

All units, we're approaching 8th! Converge on 8th!

Shit! He's picking up speed.

Keep following him. We're going to lose him.

F***ing lost him!

I was worried when you got in late.

This isn't the first time.

But, still...

This is going to be the last time, right?

Is it?

Bhaskar?

"There's an age old story surrounding the Nair families in North Kerala."

"The decades of glory and assets"

"were ruined in the hands of their ancestors."

"Even if they had to pledge the house or take a loan"

"their vanity did not let others know about their bad state"

"Finally, after losing everything..."

"without any hope for a comeback..."

"they faced their downfall."

"Well, this city also has a similar story."

"Welcome to Detroit"

"America's most dangerous city"

"Once upon a time this used to be"

"the world's top city with the highest job opportunities,"

"the automobile capital which had the most factories."

"Detroit had a major role in making America, the world's number one country."

"It all seemed too good to last,"

"and it was."

"Its downfall came with the black revolution of 1967."

"The rage of the suppressed blacks was not just towards the rulers,"

"it was also aimed at the wealth raised amidst poverty."

"As the world witnessed, Detroit burned down."

"Michigan's pride, America's automobile manufacturing"

"was taken over by Germany, Japan, and South Korea."

"Slowly, the world looked away,"

"factories closed down, realizing that Detroit doesn't have a future."

"And, with dreams shattered, Detroit became a desert."

"On this parched land, only one thing had the hope of thriving,"

"Crime. And that flourished."

"As the officials turned their backs on this graveyard,"

"gang wars and drug trafficking prospered."

"Detroit kept its door open for the illegal migrants from Canada,"

"a good number of Malayalis and Tamilians reached Detroit in that torrent."

"This is their story."

"Our story."

"But the comparison with the Nair families and its ancestors ends here."

"They gave up?'

"Detroit and us..."

"we didn't!"

Damodar, can't we reconsider?

Master!

MGR! (Yesteryear Tamil actor)

From rags to riches!

Lived for the people.

I'm also somewhat like him.

Came empty handed to Detroit.

What have I done for the people?

I couldn't do anything.

Do you know why?

People like him...

Keep sidelining us and makes us feel like dying.

H 6V-

Serve me more sambar.

Well, I don't understand what the hell you guys are saying.

We had a plan, Boris.

Red X is mine.

Only mine.

And you knew it.

But Antony said...

From now on, he should think of me, every time he looks in the mirror.

Now go and tell this to Antony.

Chandra“...

Sam bar...

FM,'

“Damoda?

“Damodar Ratnam“

"One among many who left his country"

"in the beginning of a civil war which lasted 26 years."

"As everything around him burned to ashes,"

"all that remained was his little brother."

"Just like all those Sri Lankans who crossed oceans"

"and reached different parts of the world..."

"he too reached a shore,"

"Toronto."

"The 19 year old who did not fear death"

"had a place deep in that city,"

"but like every system that functions..."

"it too had to cleanse itself."

"At the age of 24, Damodar Ratnam got thrown out again..."

"to the other side of the Ambassador bridge,"

"Detroit."

"In the city which was trying to relive its glorious past through drug trafficking..."

"he got a trump card,"

"Red X"

"Detroit's latest party drug."

"And from then onwards,"

"Damodar himself wrote the script of his life."

"And me..."

"I had a role to play in it."

Keep it.

No need.

But every similarity between us should end with this.

Adhi...

You're speaking without thinking.

Just forget what happened.

Think of all that we can achieve, if we stick together.

I have big plans for you, brother.

I want you with me.

A deal is a deal.

You'd promised that this would be the last time.

Now leave us alone.

What are you blabbering about in front of him?

What he meant is...

We've already paid double the interest...

Just shut up!

You too had spoken like this in the past.

Have you forgotten what happened on that day?

Selvam...

Adhi is right.

A deal is a deal.

You can go.

I won't come after you.

But one thing...

whether you stay with me or not...

on the streets of Detroit...

you'll always be known as my man.

"Fear!"

"I didn't know the reason for it then,"

"but as I walked away,"

"I was afraid."

He knows everything about us.

Why did you let him go?

He had already made up his mind to leave this place.

How can we force him to stay, Selvam?

It's okay.

We need to make him understand that he ought to come back.

How?

Everybody has something to lose.

Find his.

Kathakjust makes you more self aware and gives you the confidence.

That's what these women also need.

From teenage pregnancy to domestic abuse...

this is an opportunity for all those who are trying to recover from difficult pasts.

That's what our foundation, 'Raksha' is doing.

What you've done for the community is really great.

How did it all begin?

Any personal tragedies or experiences?

Sorry!

Deepika...

Look at you. Where're you going like that?

It's none of your business, mom.

Listen, Deepika...

Hey, she's coming.

Let's go man.

Hi, Deepika...

m, Mu.

"Detective Ahamed Siddique"

"Chief of the anti-narcotic cell formed by Michigan state to stop the drug trade in Detroit"

"There's one more reason for assigning this job to Aham ed,"

"the South Indian presence in the Detroit underworld."

"Born to a Srilankan Tamil father"

"and a Malayali mother,"

"Ahamed is fluent in both languages."

Hold on, that Camera 3...

Can you enlarge it?

Full screen. Hold on.

Take a printout of that.

You know what, Nathan?

I may have to reach out to all my contacts in the Toronto Tamil task force.

You think this might be a repeat of Toronto?

Let's hope it's not.

Dig up the files on all the local terminals.

Criminals, refugees, everything...

People who've moved here in the last 5 years.

And those who are under review as well.

Alright!

What's this?

Red X

Detroit's new party pill.

Help me sell this.

I have to sell the entire stock by today.

Here.

Or else Selvan will reduce my commission next time.

No need. I've got otherjobs for now.

Yeah, right.

Are you guys standing here? Come, let's dance.