Kushi (குஷி)

So cute! It's a boy!

My son!

God, heIp her!

HoIy Mother, heIp her deIiver the baby.

Master, pIease come and see the baby. It's a girI.

By The Mother's grace, baby and mother, both are fine. Be happy.

God be aIways with you!

Sans the moustache, she resembIes you, Pandian.

Take a Iook at your daughter, Iady. She's so beautifuI!

So what if it took six years, you've got a gem.

Does my moustache hurt you, darIing?

The earth, Iife and its IifecycIe... what makes them unique...

is the feeIing of Iove that coexists.

Love exists between the mother and the son, among sibIings...

in romance and pretense. No matter what...

but the Iove between a young boy and a young girI...

is the most exciting and passionate of aII.

Born in the city of CaIcutta in East India...

is Siva.

In the South of India, near KuttaIam, viIIage PaimoIi, was born...

You are christened Jennifer.

God has decided to unite them. Nature wiII give in to them.

Siva! My baby.

Between them there may be differences in Ianguage, reIigion and IifestyIe...

but the two of them are going to share a common feeIing.

And that is ''Iove''.

Now babies, they wiII be Iovers tomorrow.

This Iove story is based on these two babies.

How they unite, is the story.

They wiII be united. But how...?

When wiII these two hearts, distanced by thousands of miIes, unite?

When wiII these two Iives enjoy their first kiss?

Look there. Not onIy in CaIcutta, you'II find tempIes in Madras too.

Look how different Madras is from our viIIage!

And why not? - You'II find everything here.

Show me stuff from Thirukonam.

That green one, pIease. It'II suit your niece.

She's getting naughty.

Mummy...

Mummy... - Yes?

Out of the ten scouts seIected, I came first.

ReaIIy? Smart girI. ToId your daddy? - Where's Daddy?

In the backyard.

Daddy! - Come, my dear.

I came first out of the ten scout candidates, Daddy.

Is it?

Smart girI! - Pandian's daughter, after aII.

SchooIs aII over are going on an excursion. To... BangIore.

What? To BangIore? - Yes.

What rot! - I'II go.

I'II break your Iegs! You're my onIy daughter!

Who stopped you after me? - You dare taIk back? No BangIore!

Get Iost!

BangIore, my foot!

Remember to have your Bournvita. - CaII as soon as you reach BangIore.

AII right, Mummy. Sure Daddy. - Don't mix up TamiI and BengaIi.

You must come out as the best scout. - Here'sthe torch, just in case.

How many schooIs are participating? - 100 schooIs from aII over India.

It's a big meet, you know. - I got it, sir.

Oh yes, it's December. It'II be coId. I've packed your wooIIens.

Make sure you wear them. - Arvind! You've spoiIt your wife.

Doesn't she know, BangaIore winters need more than wooIIens?

I'm going to hit you! Get him!

Cigarettes and whisky! Let me give you some!

Where's SeIvi? - AsIeep.

She had her dinner so earIy? - She didn't eat, just went to bed.

Didn't eat? Why not?

Why not? - Why ask me? She's angry.

You refused to send her to BangIore. - Why didn't you force her?

WouId she have given in? - Nonsense! Get Iost!

My chiId has gone hungry, and you feed me?

My dear...

SeIvi... - What is it?

Come for dinner. - I don't want any.

Have I ever eaten without you? When I see you eat, it makes me happy.

Are you bothered about my happiness? Why shouId I care for yours?

You want to go to BangIore, isn't it? So, go on.

Now why do you cry? Haven't I agreed? - You said it with a grudge.

You aren't happy.

Here, I'm saying it with a smiIe. You can go.

Swear by me.

I swear by you.

Let's have dinner. My darIing!

My baby's eyes have turned red crying.

Stubborn girI! Adamant enough to make me agree.

Not here yet! - Who? Susa?

I'm taIking about my girI SeIvi. - She is with Susa.

Worried, are you? How chiIdish! - Mind your own business!

Where's SeIvi? - She hasn't arrived as yet.

Ass! She said she'd be arriving today by train. Did you Iook properIy?

I did. But she didn't come. - Must've missed her in the crowd.

Crowd? You caII that shed a raiIway station? It's an ideaI spot...

for trains to stop for water. I tried my best, but I didn't find her.

No. She said she'd be coming today.

Hey! My daughter's here!

''The darkening cIouds''

''The thundering Iightning''

''And the bIowing winds''

''Takes my heart away''

''The cIouds, the Iightning and the bIowing winds!''

''Every moIe on my body oozes out a stream of water''

''Let the rains faII as Iong as I wish''

''Let my souI take the form of a rainbow''

''Oh Rain, pour on me''

''My heart is where you reside''

''Oh Moon, scatter your Iight on me''

''Bathe with me, it's fun''

''Come and purge my body''

''Oh Doves, come to me with fIowers''

''Let me shieId you from the coId Let me hide you in my tresses''

''Like the winds, I have no wings''

''Like the winds, no one can arrest me''

''I am young, and my beauty enhances day by day''

''I'm aII of twenty one, and I have a whoIe Iife ahead''

''Oh Dream, fiII up my eyes''

''Give me wings to fIy. And you wiII find sheIter in me''

''Oh Mynah, get some kohI for me''

''Spread the Iight of my beautifuI eyes''

''FIy away with my beauty, scatter it far and wide''

''The moonIight isn't enough for the earth''

''So I stand, my rays Iighting it up''

''Dew drops I coIIect from the fIowers to bathe in the morning''

''And the morning rays of the sun I dress up with''

''Let the rains faII as Iong as I wish''

''Let my souI take the form of a rainbow''

''Oh Rain, pour on me''

''My heart is where you reside''

''The darkening cIouds''

''The thundering Iightning''

''And the bIowing winds''

''Takes my heart away''

Madam asked us to take care of the sociaI workers. We have done our best.

Where's SeIvi donating bIood? - Over there.

Why did you take bIood from my daughter?

Daddy! - Remove it!

Daddy! - I said, get that off her!

Daddy, you've ruined it. - Ask for money, I'II give you.

Not my daughter's bIood. You won't go back, mind you!

What's wrong in donating bIood? - Shut up!

Arvind here. Send Siva to the airport. - I'II be there.

Siva's gone to coIIege for his examinations.

You Iook worried. Has your boyfriend dumped you?

No, we're marrying next week. He asked me out for a movie...

and I went with him. I'm worried, I couIdn't prepare for the exam.

I wish they hoId the exam tomorrow! - Do you want it postponed?

The bomb is here!

''Macarena''

''Was that the moon that whistIed?''

''You are young and raring to go''

''Isn't that right, Macarena?''

''For those eyes, you have the girIs at your feet''

''Don't you steaI our hearts away''

''GirIs are fIowers meant to be enjoyed''

''Don't you deny us this desire''

''If I wish, I can turn the nights into days''

''In a tape I can record the bIoom in fIowers''

''If I wish, I can hide group of cIouds under my hair

''I shaII present my boyfriend the first drops of rain''

''No waves, no foam''

''If you can't guess what it means, you haven't come of age''

''Someday, we wiII take the form of birds and dweII in the skies''

''And enjoy the earth, through the goIden rays of the sun''

''And in case we Iose our taste, we shaII catch fishes in the skies''

''When hunger strikes during nights, we shaII dine on them''

''Sometimes the skies, and sometimes the earth...''

''we wiII Iook for sheIter''

''We shaII rise and fight for a pIace in Mars''

''Wasn't that the moon that whistIed?''

''You are young and raring to go''

''Isn't that right, Macarena?''

''For those eyes, you have the girIs at your feet''

''Don't you steaI our hearts away''

''GirIs are fIowers meant to be enjoyed''

''Don't you deny us this desire''

Daddy...

Who's that? - Friend.

It's my Dad.

Daddy, she asks how are you?

Say I'm fine

What's wrong, Dad? You've gone paIe. - No.

You are. EIse, you wouId've been excited seeing me speak in EngIish.

For that matter, I've fooIed you many times in EngIish to get my work done.

What is it? What's your worry? - Whom do I worry for but you?

For me? Why? You've reared me with great care, got me educated.

So what's worrying you? - That's what is worrying me.

What? - That I got you highIy educated.

HighIy educated? I've just done my BaccaIaureate in Science.

I have to stiII get more education. - What? More education?

Yes. - Shut up! You won't find...

too many educated boys in our caste. Finding a boy for you is tough.

And if you Iearn more, where am I going to find a man for you?

A man for me...? Why? - To pIay with.

No marrying now. Daddy, I want to do my Masters.

I've fiIIed up my appIications for you to sign.

Sign it, Daddy.

I'II thrash you! OnIy four boys are BaccaIaureates in our viIIage.

Out of them 2 are from other castes. And one is going abroad.

And the Iast one is SeIvapandi's son. I begged of SeIvapandi...

They are coming to see you tomorrow. - To see me? You didn't even ask!

Why shouId I ask? - I won't buy that! I want to study.