Part ā 7
At the templeā¦.
Maan keeps staring the girl as she leaves the temple victorious, as if she had helped the police find a criminalā¦
While Maan is looking at that girl, the police officer is staring Maan itself..
He gets more suspiciousā¦
Maan has forgotten that he is on a new place and itās not Delhiā¦
Maan is feeling helplessā¦ he is frustrated that he tried to help some stupid girl and he looks like a stupid nowā¦
Why would Maan even bother to help her?
Who is he to get so concerned about a stranger?
Maan desperately needs help now, this is not a good start, Maan should remember that he is here for some important matterā¦
Maan looks for the cab driver Pradeep , but Pradeep has gone inside the temple for darshanā¦.
Maan doesnāt know anyone here except that Vikram Kumar who is responsible for Maanās plightā¦
Maan doesnāt like all this, he is the MSK, but here he is one among the crowd, that too one among the suspects!!!!
Maan takes out his mobileā¦
The police officer snatches it from Maanā¦
P.O. : what are you doing?
Maan: officer, I want to make a call
P.O. : I donāt care who you are Mr, you are booked under eve teasing and you should know about the seriousness of the laws
Maan: I know officer, you have mistaken me, I will call my friend and you must talk to him to know the truth
The police officer decides to give Maan a chance to prove his innocenceā¦..
He permits Maan to make just one callā¦
Maan calls Vikram to rescue him, Maan got into this trouble because of him onlyā¦
Vicky: halo Maan, did you find her?
Maan: no
Vicky: I asked you for a simple help and you couldnāt do that for me
Maan is like, oh halo, I havenāt even met you and I tried my best, and you are complainingā¦
Maan: I am in a big problem, all because of you, you have to bail me out
Vicky: what?
Maan explains what happenedā¦.
Vicky feels sorry for Maanā¦ itās in a way Vickyās faultā¦
Vicky: donāt worry, I will come there right away
Vicky goes inside the temple to help Maan....
Shruthi is just coming out of the temple agitatedā¦
on the way Vicky meets Shruthiā¦
Shruthi is in a hurry and she doesnāt see Vickyā¦
Vicky goes after her and stops herā¦
Shruthi is surprised to see Vicky at the templeā¦..
Vicky: athai just called and told me that you are here
Has Vicky been following Shruthi to the temple too?
Shruthi is fed up with thisā¦
why should Shanthi tell everything about Shruthi to Vicky?
Doesnāt Shruthi deserve some personal space?
Vicky: Shruthi, hey Shruthi, thank God you are fine
Shruthi: what are you doing here?
Vicky: I came to see you
Shruthi: why? I was just coming to office, then why are you here? Whatās the hurry?
Vicky: I came to see a friend
Shruthi: friend? Here?
Shruthi thinks that Vicky is lyingā¦ he must have come to see her only..
Vicky: Iāll tell the story later, come with me
Shruthi: where?
Vicky: my friend is inside the temple
Shruthi: what? I am not coming inside again
Vicky: you wait here, Iāll be back in a minute Shruthi: Iām going home Vicky: but why?
Shruthi: Iām having a headache
Vicky: ok bye
Shruthi is about to leave.. Vicky: Shruthi, stop Shruthi: now what?
Vicky: whereās my Pongal?
Shanthi even told about the Pongal?
Maaaaa, what do you think about your daughter? Is she Vickyās slave?
Shruthi gets angryā¦
Shruthi: you will get it in the temple
So saying Shruthi leavesā¦
Vicky goes and finds Maan.. . Itās easy to identify Maan though he has not seen Maan before, he is with the police men ā¦
Vicky: Maan, this is Vicky
Maan: who are you?
Vicky: you donāt remember me? We just talked, I came to help you man
Maan: but that is Mr. Vikram Kumar
Vicky: Vikram Kumar, aka Vicky
Maan: you are here finally
Vicky: whatās the matter officer?
Maan: tell him that you only asked me to come here and look for your cousin, she is missing officer, please find her
Vicky: oh no officer, she is not missing, we met just a minute back
The officer looks at Maan like a criminal nowā¦
Maan: are you kidding me Mr.
What was his nick name? Maan doesnāt rememberā¦
Vicky: Vicky, you can call me Vicky
The police man is still staring Maanā¦ Maan doesnāt know his friendās name too? What kind of a friend is he? Thatās weirdā¦ Officer: I think you donāt know him nor anyone here
Maan: I know him, tell him Vicky
Vicky then explains everything to the officerā¦
Vicky: officer, sorry for the trouble, Shruthi is safe and she has gone home
Maan: Shruthi went home and I was looking for her like a fool here?
Vicky: sorry Maan, seems like she didnāt need your help
Maan: what?
Vicky: letās go Maan, you need to chill
Yes,Maan needs to leave before he loses whatever reputation he is left withā¦.
Vicky is going towards the templeā¦
Maan: where are you going?
Vicky: I want to meet the girl who did this to you and explain that itās not at all your fault and say sorry to her
Maan doesnāt want to create more problems and damage his reputation totallyā¦
Maan: what? You should only apologize to me
Vicky: I am really sorry Maan
Maan: itās your fault to send me in search of your stupid cousinā¦
Maan just remembers somethingā¦
Maan realizes his mistakeā¦
He shouldnāt have called Vickyās cousin stupidā¦
Vicky: Maan, I said sorry, forget that man, letās go have some breakfast
Vicky is missing Pongalā¦
Vicky thinks Maan would be in a mood to eat after all this?
Maan: I had my breakfast already
Vicky: but you are in Chennai, you should try our specialities
Maan: no thanks, I will try it some other day, letās go to the office now
Vicky is not interested in going to office, moreover Shruthi is the one who knows about the new project that Maan would be working inā¦
Shruthi has a better knowledge about the detailsā¦.
Shruthi has headed home,
Vicky doesnāt want Maan to get a bad impression on the first day itselfā¦
Vicky: you are supposed to join on Wednesday, that would be better Maan
Maan: then I am leaving, I have other work
Maan doesnāt want to waste his timeā¦
Vicky: fine, pleasure to have you Maan, see you tomorrow
Maan: you said Wednesday
Vicky: thatās the officially meeting, we should know each other first, I will help you to know our place and people better
Maan thinks that Vicky has already helped Maan a lot to get a good understanding of this placeā¦.
What a welcome he had?
Maan is losing his cool and canāt control his anger any longerā¦
Maan is only mad at Vicky and not that poor girl...
Maan wishes that he had a more pleasant first meeting with that girl ā¦
He would love to meet her again, and not mess up asking her about some other beautiful girl like he did this time ā¦
Maan messed up big timeā¦
What would have that girl thought?, That Maan thought that she is less beautiful?
No wonder she got mad at Maanā¦.
Maan forgot that he is a stranger to this place and expected the girl to help Maan find someone Maan had not even met, he didnāt know her name itselfā¦
Just like that police officer that girl too must have got suspiciousā¦ thatās understandableā¦
Somehow, Maan couldnāt get mad at that girlā¦
She seems to be innocent!!!!
Moreover Maan canāt get angry as and when he wants, like he usually does in Delhi, for he is here for some important workā¦
Maan has to pretend to be the nice guy to get into the good books of everyoneā¦
Specially Vicky and his close onesā¦
Maan has to become their family friend if he wants to stay here till he succeedsā¦
Otherwise everyone will get suspicious and Maan will have problems staying in Chennai..
In his first encounter itself he has ended up being the bad guy and nearly got himself arrestedā¦
Maan could easily be adjudged as the antihero for what he has come to doā¦
Maan has to be more carefulā¦
Maan: Vicky, I am tired today, letās meet tomorrow
Vicky: ok, fine, you take rest then, bye
Maan: bye
At the Vel murugan residence..
Shruthi has gone home, she is still fumingā¦
What a bad day?
Shruthi hates crowd and she hates attentionā¦
Beauty always attracts attention, Shruthi always dresses to avoid unnecessary attention..
But this Shanthi and her rituals compel Shruthi to wear a saree every now and thenā¦
Shruthi feels uncomfortable in the saree, she feels like a thousand eyes are watching her when in a saree..
Not a thousand, but a few pair of eyes do watchā¦
Shruthi always escapes by hiding herself from head to toeā¦
But in that crazy pulling and pushing, her saree went out of place and she felt awkwardā¦
Suddenly someone caught her pallu and helped her cover seeing her struggling to get it backā¦
It was that stranger, how dare he? Who begged him for help? As if he is Lord Khrishna helping princess Draupadi ā¦
To make things worse that manās piercing eyes tortured her to the coreā¦
Shruthi rushes home ..
She didnāt like anything, specially that stranger annoyed her too muchā¦
People go to the temple for peace, but Shruthi lost her peace of mind going there.. thanks to her mother..
Why blame poor Shanthi? Itās all babajiās wishes..
Babaji has his own plans, whether you like it or not, He knows whatās good for you, haina?
Shanthi: you are back already?
Shruthi: Haan maa, I came back, I canāt go to the office like this
Shruthi is drenched in sweat, thanks to the Chennai heatā¦
Vel murugan can see that his daughter is upsetā¦
Vel: are you alright Shruthi?
Shruthi: Iām just a little tired appa, there was a mad rush at the temple
Shanthi: I forgot to tell you that itās therottam today
Shruthi: I have never seen such madness
Shruthi is irritated by that manās behaviour, who the hell asked him to save her?
He looked like a villain in her eyes..
Shanthi: Shruthi, why didnāt you give the Pongal to Vicky?
Shanthi is upsetā¦
Shruthi: he ate the temple Pongal and so he didnāt want yours
Shanthi: oh, you both had the prasadam, thatās good, Siva Siva
Why is Shanthi always after Shruthi?
If Shruthi doesnāt like something you canāt force her just because you want thatā¦
Vel murugan always supports Shruthi in this matterā¦
Shanthi too wants to see her daughter happy, which she thinks will be guaranteed at her brotherās homeā¦
Everyone loves Shruthi, specially, Sudha, Vickyās momā¦
Shruthi should be lucky to get such a loving saasā¦
Why take a risk when you already have a very good choice?
As they say in Tamil, ā kaiyila vennaiya vechchukittu neikku allayalama?ā āYou donāt look for ghee when you already have butter in your handsā
A motherās concern is understandable, specially for her daughterā¦
Both her children are independent, thatās what Vel taught them to beā¦.
But the problem is, they are happily settled in their single life that they never think about a relationship, they have an aversion to the opposite sexā¦
Shanthi doesnāt worry much about Senthil, he is happy with his own company, loves what he does, he has become one with Natureā¦ he takes students for trekking and is always surrounded by kids who buzz around him like bees keeping him also busyā¦
And single men are very much a part of the Tamil culture, men had the choice to stay single, but there is no such privileges for the women thoughā¦
Many men from the recent past are forced to be single because of female infanticide by their parent generation, thatās a different storyā¦
And Shruthi lives with her retired parents, what about her life after them?
This is what every mother is worried about, they donāt understand that their children are old enough to decide what they wantā¦
The children will take their time to realise the necessity for a companion or itās not a crime if they want to be left alone in their happy world..
Vel murugan respects Shruthiās wishes, he just wants her to be happyā¦
Vel: Shruthi, is everything alright?
Vel is seeing that Shanthi is unnecessarily pressurizing Shruthiā¦ thatās why she is upsetā¦
Vel murugan wants to distract Shruthiā¦
Vel: Shanthi, you wanted to go meet Senthil know ?
Shanthi: yes, but how can we leave Shruthi alone and go, she is always busy
Vel: I will stay with Shruthi, you go and spend time with your son
Shanthi: my son?
Vel: what do you say Shruthi? It will take the stress away from you
Vel looks at the direction of Shanthiā¦ no Shanthi no stressā¦. Shruthi knows that Shanthi is concerned about her daughterās lifeā¦ And this looks like a good ideaā¦.
Shruthi: I will also come with you maa, Anna will be happy
Shanthi is excitedā¦
Shanthi: are you sure?
Shruthi goes and hugs Shanthi..
Shruthi: yes, Amma, letās go
Vel: yes Shanthi, we should go, it would be a change for us
Vel murugan wants everyone to be happyā¦.
Shanthi: Iām always ready, if you two have decided so
Shruthi: Iāll book the tickets then
Vel: Iāll inform Senthil
Shruthi: good aapa
Shruthi is happy because Shanthi kept postponing her visit to see her son because of her daughterā¦ She was not ready to go leaving Shruthi aloneā¦
Now that Shruthi is also ready to go with them, they are heading for a long awaited family reunionā¦
Even Vel murugan is looking forward to itā¦
Shruthi: appa, I will go and arrange for the tickets
Vel: we can book them online Shruthi
Shruthi: but we need tickets for tomorrow itself, I will check with the travel agents appa
Vel: ok Shruthi, as you wish
Shruthi is not happy going to office, and if she commits to work with the new partner then she canāt leave in the middleā¦
She wants to leave before that itselfā¦
Let Vicky take care of that himself, Shruthi should look for another job, preferably away from Chennai and Vickyā¦
Vel Murugan always backs his daughter, he also doesnāt want to have another relationship in the Kumar family itselfā¦
Not that he is unhappy with Shanthi, itās only because he wants his daughter to find someone outside the inner circle, that someone who will sweep her off her feet and make her fall in love, relationships are built on the strong foundation of love and not made for convenience like Shanthi thinks ā¦ haina?
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