Aadai (ஆடை)

'No animals or birds were harmed during the making of this film'

All incidents and characters in this film are fictitious, bear no resemblance

'200 years ago, casteism and tortures due to it were at it's peak in India'

'Anyone who raised their voice against the dominant...'

'were brutally tortured, murdered and buried away'

'During this phase, in parts of Tamil Nadu especially in Nagercoil and Kanyakumari...'

'and in Kerala, a lot of oppressed laws and punishments were brought in to practice'

'One such cruel law among these was brought in practice by the Kingdom of Travancore'

'That was the 'Breast tax system''

'Women apart from the ones in higher caste...'

'were imposed with tax if they had to cover their breasts'

'Which means, they need not pay the tax if they don't cover their breasts'

'A woman from the lower caste single handedly protested against this law'

'Her name was Nangeli'

'In order to silence Nangeli's protest, the government imposed double tax on her'

'She was stubborn and refused to pay the tax'

'One day, the government officials came to her house and demanded the tax'

'Nangeli revolted in anger'

'The officials set their men on Nangeli and molested her for revolting'

'An embarrassed Nangeli ran inside her house...'

'and came out with a sharp sickle'

'She yelled 'If my breasts are the reason for imposing tax then here, take them!''

'She cut off her breasts and placed them on a plantain leaf'

'In pain, Nangeli fell unconscious in a pool of blood and died in her husband's arm'

'Unable to bear the pain of her demise...'

'Nangeli's husband committed suicide by jumping into her funeral pyre'

'Shocked; the government was forced to put an end to this law'

'All Nangeli wanted was the freedom to dress'

'But instead all she got was freedom from life'

'Freedom of expression, women empowerment etc.'

'all such freedoms that we have today...'

'are the results of many sacrifices'

'Though such events can be hidden or erased from history...'

'still people from those parts remember these sacrifices'

'AADAI '

Where are you? Did you get down?

Just got down from my cab

The roads are quite empty today

On top of that, I can hear a dog howling

What? The road's empty?

Also you hear a dog howling!

Watch out for ghosts

Who said so?

The dog must be howling in hunger and you say it's ghosts?

Ghosts are nothing but a myth

Hey! Excuse me!

Who's that?

”Rise n Shine You give me grace”

”Rise n Shine Make you mean”

”Come and tell”

”Rise n Shine You give me grace”

Dude, she is our scapegoat. Ready...ready!

- Look over there! There! See that camera? - See there?

Cool down! Cool down!

Cool down! It's just a prank show.

Its for our #TAG TV's new show 'Gotcha! Gotcha!'

And you're the first lucky victim!

Say Hi

It's a prank. It's all dummy

Hi!

Now say "Gotcha! Gotcha!'

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

Five. Six. Seven. Eight!

'Amala Paul'

Yov

"Hey! This is our forte!"

"We scare the people and play pranks"

"As the whole place watches..."

"We are here to entertain you"

- Move! Make way! - Make way, you mongrel!

”We will tease people around”

”We adorn the hat and make scapegoats”

Get up

So, you kidnapped her?

First of all, who are you?

Sir! Sir! Check out this fellow

What's the matter?

What do you want?

Sir, remember I told you about our girl and this fraud?

How did he convince you? I saw you with another girl last week

Hema. Please come here

Sir! Yes sir! Its him!

Last week you cheated me!

- You took me out last week! Didn't you? - OMG! I don't even know her!

Don't trust him!

Dude, she has started crying..

Poor girl. Let's stop here

You cheated me, didn't you? Sir, it was indeed him!

Ask them to shut up and continue

Keep continuing, guys

”We make scapegoats”

What happened?

”Scapegoats of our candid show”

”This is our forte”

Shall I pour it?

Shall I?

Just for fun!

Dating sounds fine. Marriage is not my forte

Or else what will you do?

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

"Gotcha! Gotcha!"

Akash...

What's the total duration?

Give me a second

22 minutes and 15 seconds, bro

Superb! Lock it

Mr. Dumped, check if you're ok with the edit?

How many times have I warned you not to call me Mr. Dumped?

- Say it again and I'll slap you! - Ok, dude. Relax

- There is a limit - Cool!

How does it look?

Looks good...

That dumped part from the ghost sequence

'Dumped' part?

Stop laughing

Dude, I think we can extend the ghost sequences. It's entertaining

Dude, that guy started weeping out of fear

Once we told him it's a prank, he lost it and was about to hit us

But...

seriously poor fellow. I feel you guys went a little overboard

Akash, you may feel pity for that boy...

but then Kamini?

- Phew! - Who's that?

What?

Oh! You're new here, right?

You must not have watched Kamini's previous episodes

Dude, the girl who acted unconscious pranking people. That's her!

Oh. That's our Kamini?

Our Kamini?

I guess our new editor will woo her soon

No! No! I know her already that's why I said so

Go ahead. Flirt with her

I just wanted to know if she acts really well. That's all. I swear

Acting? Dude, she just won't stop once she gets started

At one point even if we plead her to stop out of sympathy, she won't!

Even I'll crack up and laugh at some point but Kamini?

She is quite spontaneous, sharp and bold! God!

A sadist!

Dude, haven't you moved on since that dumping incident?

What dumping incident?

Well, that...

Well, the day Mr. Dumped got dumped...

and that dumping was witnessed by his friends...

Dude, he is asking and it's only fair I let him know

Sunny Leone?

Yes. Historical movie!

There are sword fights in it

Historical film, my foot!

Sunny Leone films are mostly porn that we delete from Browser history after watching

Hey guys, morning!

Hello sir

So Gowri, is everything packed up?

Almost, sir. We are on it

What's that?

A small correction in the "Gotcha! Gotcha!" latest episode

Come on, guys! We've been slowly shifting our office over a week

What's with the last minute corrections?

Today's the last day

We gotta empty the building by today evening.

It's a court order

Almost done

See, our boss is very particular. It's a prestige issue

If we don't vacate by today evening...

other channels will make a news out of this, and spoil our reputation

- Ok, sir - Right?

Why is he carrying a long face?

Is he missing this building already?

Well, sir...the day Mr. Dumped got dumped...

and that dumping was witnessed by his friends...

Shut up, Gowri!

Hey, where is Kamini?

”O Godess our protector O powerful Goddess”

”O Godess our protector O powerful Goddess”

What happened?

Had a nightmare?

Indeed mom!

- A bad dream! - What was it about?

I was wearing lot of bangles in my hand...

and with flowers in my head...

and Mehendi in my hands

Top of it, I was wearing a red colored Saree

Red colored Saree?

Did it set off a bull and did it charge towards you?

A bull?

Tell me what happened then?

What more do you expect to happen?

That's all and I woke me up

Crap! It's 11!

So, seeing yourself in a Saree is a nightmare to you?

Move! Won't you wake me up on time?

Look at her room! Eww!

It's her birthday and look when she wakes up! It's 11 am already

That too after having set an alarm!