Kara (கர)

THIRUVERUMBUR, 1990

Anna, it's time to reap!

Lord Karuppanna, please be with me!

Let me tell you the first point. Get this into your head.

So, how many points are there?

- Tell me, Anna. - Come on.

Always pick a secluded house that's hidden by trees to break into.

If anyone happens to see us, say we're from the Electricity Board and slip away.

- Got it? - Okay.

Now climb!

Get the gunpowder.

The wick…

Light it.

Touch it and say a prayer. It's your first lock.

And my last.

Hey, listen.

One hit!

Hit it!

Hey, hey!

Hold it yourself and hit it!

Come on!

Why have they kept so much money at home?

For us to steal.

Here you go. This is your share.

Take it!!

I don't know how I'll handle this job without you, Anna.

Listen!

I can't keep running from the police anymore.

I want to marry her and build a new life somewhere.

I've got to give her a good life.

Other than me, who does she have?

Here. Take it.

Take it, man!

No sense of what to say or when!

Anna!

Hey. Get it quickly.

Check if anything's missing!

- That's why I'm going in, right? - What do we do now?

Run! Run!

Hey! The lock is broken!

- Come quickly. - What are you saying?

- Looks like someone's inside the house! - Who is it?

Hey, Moorthy! Bring the machetes!

Hey, go and call all the neighbours.

- Who dares enter my house! - I'm really scared...

- Anna! - Come quickly!

Help me climb up first, Anna!

- Hurry up! - Hurry up!

Climb!

Hey, catch this!

Anna!

Murugesan!

Muru...

Hey, he's here! Look!

Hey. Come on!

THIRUVERUMBUR POLICE STATION

Hold on tight.

- Ma'am, please just listen. - Let him go, sir!

You've got the wrong person.

- He works in the electricity board. - We know what we're doing.

He's not a thief, sir.

Selli!

- We caught him red-handed! - Don't be here. Go, Selli.

"Not a thief," my foot!

Selli!

Oh, God! What is this?

Go away.

Why are you staying silent?

Why won't you tell them the truth?

- Hey, get up! - Hey, he's trying to say something!

What is it?

Forgive me, Selli.

O flower of gold, Has your scent turned cold.

Into a serpent with venom untold?

Forgive...

Hey, grab her.

Hey, Constable! Get him down!

If the blood keeps rushing to his head… he's going to drop dead.

DISTRICT POLICE OFFICE, THIRUCHIRAPPALLI

M. BHARATHAN, DSP

Hello?

Dear, when will you come home?

I'm busy with work.

I can tell from your voice that you were sleeping.

Hey! Didn't I tell you that I've got work?

Whatever! Don't come banging on the door at some odd hour.

The key's in the rangoli powder tin.

Okay.

What's for dinner...

Sir…

You can meet the SP now, sir.

12 check posts. 6 jeeps on patrol. Regular route, sir.

A total of 18 SIs and 30 constables on duty, sir.

All teams are in contact, sir.

So far, it has been a quiet shift.

Control to Mic M1, sir.

Receiving, over.

There has been an attempted robbery at the Thiruverumbur MLA's house, sir.

The accused was arrested at the scene, sir.

He has been remanded to C1, sir.

The local DSP is on emergency leave.

Additional charge has not been assigned yet, sir.

Over, sir.

Connect me to the Cantonment DSP. Over.

Sir! Sir! Sir!

Hey, I'm on the wireless!

That's why, sir. Assign this case to me, sir.

Why?

N. AZHAGAR NAMBI SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE

Sir…

In my 30 years of service, I've solved some of the biggest cases.

But I never received credit for any of them.

It always went to the higher officers, sir.

The closer I get to retirement, the respect I am receiving is diminishing.

Since it's a robbery at an MLA's house,

there will definitely be press coverage.

My name will appear in the papers.

Cantonment DSP to Mic 1, sir.

Sir?

Stand by. Over.

Sir, if I'm allowed to handle this…

I can finally retire with some dignity, sir.

Hey. The accused is already in custody.

What is left for you to do?

Sir… The case file will be written the way we decide, right?

- Many times, for you, I have... - Alright, alright!

I'll inform the P.R.O.

Instead of issuing a statement, arrange a press meet.

Thank you, sir.

- Hey! - Sir.

You won't screw this up, right?

Sir!

- Sir! - Sir!

- Where is he? - He's upstairs, sir.

Sir, evidence tray.

The Chinese racked their brains to invent a lock…

And you chiseled through it and broke in, huh?

On top of that, you've applied glue on your hands so you won't leave prints.

Balm on your body, to mislead the sniffer dogs.

Quite the mastermind, aren't you?

Sir.

Give him food and clean him up properly.

The press will be here by eight o'clock.

Hey, call Gangadharan from Thanthi newspaper and wake him up!

- Okay, sir. - Hey, make sure he's here.

He's the only one who can put me on the front page.

Okay, sir.

- Sit down, Rajendran. - Sir.

Start writing.

How many sovereigns of gold was he caught with?

54 sovereigns, sir.

- 54? - Yes, sir.

The accused escaped from the MLA's house with 100 sovereigns of gold.

Nice, sir.

He attacked a civilian who tried to stop him

and fled the scene.

Within an hour of the incident,

I traced the accused to Palakkarai,

where he was hiding behind the old temple, and arrested him.

Right, sir.

That was when the accused

attempted to stab me with a knife.

Right, sir.

I restrained him and seized the weapon.

Yes, sir.

He tried to escape. I chased and caught him.

Yes, sir.

So we charge him with breaking in,

theft, assault on public, attempt to murder,

criminal intimidation,

and err… obstruction of justice.

Also, pull up four unsolved robbery cases

- and add them to his name. - Yes, sir.

Only then

will the headline read, "A thief wanted in a series of robberies

is finally trapped in DSP Bharathan's web."

Only when it reads like that in the papers will it have real weight.

Nice, sir.

How about that?

Shall we go with that?

No, sir.

No?

I was just being polite.

- Rajendran! - Sir!

Rewrite the scene memo, witness statements,

and everything else according to what I just said.

- Okay? - Alright, sir.

Get going! Double up, double up!

Sir!

What is it?

This is wrong, sir.

So you're going to teach me right and wrong now?

You filthy thief!

Only when people like you are behind bars

can this town finally live in peace!

"Trapped in Bharathan's web!"

They'll be taking my photos!

A smile would work best.

How did you even get up?

And now you're walking?