Kumari Srimathi (కుమారి శ్రీమతి)

“Once upon a time, on the bank of Godavari, in a village called Ramaraju Lanka. ”

Hey, it’s time for the ritual. Why are you not ready yet?

Dad, when I press red, the white disappears.

When I press white, the green goes missing.

That is how life is.

When you press one, something else vanishes.

This is not your cup of tea.

Get up. Come on now. Get up!

They are smart enough.

They will solve it in five minutes.

Five minutes? Oh, come on!

-Hey, Phani! -Dad! I am Mani!

Okay, fine. Hey, Phani, Mani!

Not five minutes. I will come back in half an hour.

If you both can solve this together,

I will give you ten rupees each.

-Ah? Carry on. -Hmm.

Kamalamma! Get the marigold garland ready.

We are getting late.

-Priest, here. -Please, give it.

-Grandpa! -Whoa!

Hey! I am an old man.

If you spring at me like this, I will go kaput.

The first morsel is for Goddess Talupulamma.

Who is the second morsel for?

The second morsel… is for Goddess mahakali.

You mean it for Goddesses but feed me. Why?

Oho! But you are our Goddesses, sweetheart!

Do you want some water?

Let me get you.

What are you doing? It is the sacred offering for God!

I am like Sabari.

I don’t like offering it to God without checking its taste.

Hmm. Smart! Get going.

-Hey! Sweety! -Mm…hmm.

-Dad! We have done it! -Huh?

How did you manage?

You always underestimate them.

Give them the twenty rupees now.

Something is tricky!

Yay!

-Grandpa! -Huh?

Why do we perform this ritual every year?

You should have built it perfectly back then!

-Hey, hey! -Hmm?

Our construction is flawless.

My dad had built this house.

We perform this ritual every year only to remember my dad.

How do you remember him, grandpa?

-My father was a small-time farmer. -Hmm.

He bent backwards to make money.

Then he built this house as he wanted one on the banks of Godavari.

Oh!

This house proved lucky for us.

-We began to buy all the farms around. -Really?

-We have set up a rice mill. -Oh…

If we are well-off today, It’s because of this house.

Oh!

My dad told me something before he passed.

“Hey! You shouldn’t sell the house under any circumstances. ”

Listen!

In future, whether I am dead or alive,

no matter how many problems and difficulties you face,

promise me that you will never sell this house.

-Grandpa! -Hmm?

We will never sell it.

-Hmm…? -Hmm.

You look like Goddess Mahalakshmi.

“…we pray to you to remove all obstacle”

“Like Goddess Parvati’s grace rests on the elephant faced Ganesha day and night, ”

“So does the grace of the one tusked Ganesha on his innumerable devotees”

“Among the Ganas, we offer our sacrifice to you the Lord of the Ganas”

“Our salutations to you. ” Madam, please announce your names.

Itikelapudi Prabhakar Rao with his wife Seshamma.

Visweswara Rao, Devika, Srimati and Kalyani.

Keshava Rao, Lakshmi, Phani…

Dad! I am Mani!

Okay, fine! Phani and Mani!

Sir, I will spell out the Resolve.

You can simply intone ‘mine’.

This will make your business flourish,

and you shall have a glorious life with great wealth and strong health.

to keep your entire family united forever

living in the same house blissfully,

I wholeheartedly pray to Lord Satyannarayana Swami

“Salutations to God in the form of Shiva- To the Goddess present in all beings…”

“20 years later”

-Wake up! -Hmm…

I said get up!

How can you be in such slumber at this time of day?

Let me sleep, mom.

You must deliver sweets and savouries to Mr Chowdary’s house for the wedding.

Get up!

Where is your sister?

She said she was going to the temple.

Our case is up for hearing today.

Very well!

Of course, there is court involved.

This is a never ending case.

Yet, she clings to the house.

She would be happily married by now.

Make it fast, now!

Each one is eccentric in their own way!

We struggle to keep it together here.

She offers no contribution.

She would rather spend thousands on lawyers and go round the courts.

Even eccentricity has a limit.

She wanted to train in Hospitality.

Didn’t we pay for her education however difficult?

No responsibility. No acknowledgment of her own mother’s pain.

No one is bothered.

What’s wrong, Devika?

Why are you losing it early morning?

Is it about Srimati?

I wonder why they named her so!

How may alliances I have looked up for her?

She rejected the USA match.

She turned down the Delhi match.

Queen finds no one perfect! -Otherwise…

Why don’t you take this BP tablet?

Yeah. That is what is left now.

BP and Diabetes!

I got her a B. Ed match too.

What’s wrong with a teacher?

There was this Excise Officer.

A golden goose job.

Do you know how much he makes?

Can’t we survive without that house?

Has she heard of flexibility!

Such stubbornness!

Her grandfather built that house.

Of course, she would be attached to it.

Sure. Grandfather built the house.

But uncle kicked her out.

Yes, her uncle kicked her out and it was unfair.

That is what pains her.

May you be married soon.

Bah! Priest!

Why don’t you bless me… ‘May your wishes be fulfilled’?

Everyone talks only about wedding.

Don’t take me wrong.

A mistake by habit.

May you be victorious.

Are you okay with that?

RAJAHMUNDRY, EAST GODAVARI

Hey! Hey, hey, hey…

Shut up and play.

Phani…

Hey, Phani!

Dad! I am Mani!

-Come here. -Hmm.

What are you planning to do with the money Satyareddy gave you?

I want to open a poultry farm, dad.

Everyone who consumes eggs in the East Godavari District,

should think only of me.

Dad! I want to build a huge wedding hall.

With a few rooms attached.

Offering accommodation for a few. Wow!

Any wedding in the East Godavari District should take place only at our inn.

Nice. Very nice.

You will run a poultry and he will run a choultry.

In my opinion…

With the money from selling the house,

I want to buy a couple of nice properties.

You think I am going to put them in your names?

I will buy them in my name.

I have seen enough of your shrimp farming,

and if I still do business with you, I will end up begging.

Why do you treat them like dunderheads for a loss in business just once?

Why should I call them?

Do you have any doubts?

Hey, PhanMani!

Phani- Mani!

: What is it, dad?

Shall we show your mom a nice game?

: A game? Sure.

Hear you all!

I, Keshawarao, let you know all…

There is a 2000 rupee note in one hand.

And two five hundred notes in another.

Pick what you want out of these two.

We are two, right?

There are two five hundred notes, right? We pick these two!

One for you and one for me.

Let’s go.

Seen enough?

She could be a mother of two.

Look at her circling the court for seven years.

You spoke my mind!

Why are you here?

My boy showed me an English movie.

It was amazing.

The hero grows younger by the day.

Finally, he reduces to an infant and hops on to his mother’s side.

I was reminded of your elder daughter throughout the movie.

She has turned thirty.

Have you forgotten? Do you think she is still a child?

We had warned you if you ever talk about my daughter again,

you would lose your 32 teeth.

Have you forgotten?