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Fighter cocks!

To live and to keep their place, fight ferociously,

Techniques of cock fights and expertise in raising fighter cocks,

knowing it and classifying it, man has turned that into an art,

Cock fights which is a common feature in all the old civilizations,

it has a special place in the Tamil history and it's culture.

Right from the times of Sangam literature to modern writings,

cock fights are mentioned in many epics and books,

'Pouncing, pushing, backing, using claws,

though beaten with never say die attitude,

it fights war face to face, without showing the back'.

Towards the end of 20th century,

most of the governments through out the world,

as cruelty of animals have banned cock fights,

but people have kept alive this traditional art.

Experts in cock fights, keep the secrets of this art form,

and it's still a tradition to teach them only to their disciples,

cock fights are not just fight between cocks,

it's fight between men,

in this too, vengeance, betrayals,

spilling of blood, everything is there.

At times vengeance in the cock fights ends in death too. Today... Late night...

You go, check in the house.

Brother!

It's bIood aII over.

l don't know what happened to him, brother.

What are you saying?

- Shall we inform brother? - No.

How he's staring? Move!

Today... Early night...

Dad!

Few days earlier, on a Sunday evening,

just out of the town, two groups of about 100 to 150 people had gathered,

they were arranging cock fight as usual,

suddenly police raided the competition, started this!

PoIice! Escape!

why did you steaI the cocks?

They're making aII this fuss becasue of this, right?

Let's make it mince meat.

The competition took place in Rathinasamy's place.

Rathinasamy, a police lnspector,

but belongs to a family which has been in cock fights for many generations,

landlord!

To him everything else is second to cock fight.

He'll do anything to win in that.

You can never catch me! Try it!

If I catch, you'II see heII!

If I get down into it...

Try it, you keep your shoes poIished aIways, try to catch me.

Keep them safeIy, Iest may get caught.

Everything's safe.

Rathinasamy has never lost a cock fight to anyone.

Except one man! Pettaikaran!

Pettaikaran isn't as rich or powerful as Rathinasamy.

But in the cock fights going on between them for the past 30 years,

Rathinasamy has never won over Pettaikaran.

- Buddy, they stoIe our cock. - what are you saying?

Yes, it's a sentiment, don't know what happened to it?

Stop!

- Buddy, got caught? - Good judgement.

Change the gear and get going.

- Lawyer sir. - Tell me, Durai.

- PoIice raided and arrested brother, come to w1 .- Okay.

You never Iet us eat and take rest at home even on Sundays.

You come out to troubIe by earIy morning.

what's so attractive in this?

Keep it safeIy.

Stop...if get hoId of you, I'II break your Iimbs.

BIoody! Jumping on face without wearing a brief.

BIoody! Are you bIind or what?

- what's this? - Just keep watching the fun.

AIways chasing someone to catch, run faster sir!

Nobody could win over Pettaikaran because of his cocks.

He never sells it to anyone, just lets his disciples to raise it.

So, the fighting techniques taught to the cocks remain secret within the group.

And then those three people with him,

Durai,

runs a bar in Thirupparankundram,

he finances to get ready the cocks to fight for Pettaikaran,

Karuppu,

he's the guy who initiates Pettaikaran's cocks to fight in any competition,

he hasn't lost a fight yet as a jockey,

Ayub,

he treats the injured Pettaikaran's cocks in fights,

gets it ready to fight in the next round to win.

Don't know why I went to work...

How can you take rations of so many cards aIone?

Can't you ask your son to heIp carry it?

Before I can find him, I can carry it to home.

The chase has begun, your son is on run.

If I catch you, you're dead.

Oh no, he's standing here onIy.

- Greetings. - Come, nephew!

Can't you see much now?

Are you going to work properIy? - I'm going to work onIy, uncIe.

Have a coffee?

- No need uncIe. I've work. - You've work?

- NagavaIIi wants to see you. - I'II come there, uncIe.

- Come home. - Come behind me, we can catch him.

TeII NagavaIIi that I'II come tomorrow, uncIe.

Police raided as the cock fight between Pettaikaran and Rathinasamy was in progress,

Look, they're coming running.

Buddy, uncIe saw me don't know what he'II teII with NagavaIIi.

No competition and poIice have raided,

and they've stoIen our cock too,

I'm worried about brother's reaction, and you're worried about your Iove.

You too wiII know when you'II face it yourseIf.

Stop there I say! Stop!

Buddy! Have we kiIIed anyone?

we organised a cock fight and they're after our Iives.

This is aII Rathinasamy's pIan.

Buddy, jump into water.

Jump!

Subbaiah head constabIe...

why are you asking me to jump? You jump.

Next time, I'II not Iet you off so easiIy.

Nobody can escape easiIy, everyone wiII go to jaiI.

If I had asked them to raid, why wouId they arrest my boys too?

If I couId do, why wouId I do now after so many years?

No need to fight anymore, Iet's withdraw.

You can't say that, I've a bet.

I've to decide whether or not about next fight.

No sir, I can't fight with sir anymore.

If the Ioser wants a fight you must accept it.

why are you changing the tradition?

who's changing the tradition?

They've started the new tradition of raiding the competition and steaIing the cock.

Are you backing off in the fear of Iosing?

I'II cut your throat, we are winners, why wouId we think about Iosing?

wait.

wiII you be happy if I say yes?

Yes, I'm backing off in the fear of Iosing to you, okay?

They're winning championship of Iosers, why are you denying that opportunity?

- won't they get vexed? - BIoody...

There's nothing short cursing.

Okay brother...cooI...cooI...

why are you taIking irresponsibIy before an eIderIy man?

Brother, the matter is, I'm Iosing continuousIy,

the must keep competing tiII I win.

I've accepted that I can't fight and win against you, right?

You saw his wry smiIe, didn't you?

Let him smiIe, forget it.

PeopIe know who is better taIented.

If he backs off from fights,

he'II waIk away with the pride of victory,

and shouId I Iive aII my Iife as a Ioser?

I can't accept this.

Don't keep on harping about that onIy.

Don't I know what to do?

He caIIed poIice today to stop from Iosing, next time he may kiII to win.

You don't do anything in haste, l'll see that he accepts to fight.

I'II keep quiet without troubIing him on your word.

If he refuses you aIso...

He has Iost faith in his cocks, that's why he's getting down to these tricks.

Hereafter it's not safe to fight with him.

Hubby!

If I accept the fight for honour, aII of you'II in troubIe.

ShouId we get insuIted for this, brother?

Even in death, the pride is in dying victorious.

If he accepts, it'II end with cock fight, if not, I'II not spare him.

- Have you won? - He must...go away mother.

Have you seen your son? He has come after Iosing yet again.

If you want me to win over him, get back the stoIen cock.

- Our cock mustn't be with Rathinasamy. - Police Quarters Othakkadai

- Go to every home of his cronies. - Head Constable Ramesh's house

Keezha Street Thiruparankundram.

Aramandaiyyan's house

HeIIo!

lt's not in Aramandiayyan's house or in quarters.

- We've searched. - Okay, cut the Iine.

It's not in Aramandaiyyan or in quarters,

they're going to Rathinasamy's house.

Just a cock is stoIen, why are you mourning for it? Go home.

why are you dismissing it cheapIy?

It was won 13 fights. Can't Ieave it so easiIy?

Mela street Ayankottai.

Rathinasamy's house

Railway Quarters

Thangapandi's house

- HeIIo. - I'm Sundar here, brother.

- Thangapandi of RaiIway coIony... - who is it?

CounsiIIor who was kiIIed in Tharapadi, his brother,

there's a new coop in his home, I think our cock is there.

If our cock is with hen, cut the hen.

wait, don't go aIone.

- won't it be right if he goes? - No.

I said you may get scared.

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Buddy, you stay here, I'II go aIone.

If I Ieave you aIone, Durai didn't send me for that, right?

Buddy, it's caged aIong with hen.

It has aIready Iaid an egg.

lt's perfect, let's take that also after informing brother.

Who are you? What are you doing?

Hey! If you shout, I'II cut your throat. SiIence!

Yuck!

Hubby! Karuppu on Iine.

Go ahead.

It's aII over here. ShaII I steaI it?

You went there because they stoIe our cock.