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in memory of those who were awarded death
penalty for fighting for freedom of mankind.

Our country faces several problems
that need to be addressed.

Garbage and waste is one of it.

This problem has not
spared even Space.

The annual expenditure for recycling and
management of waste generated in India....

...is about Rs 3000 crore.

According to the Basel
Convention treaty...

...every nation should manage
its waste within its boundaries.

Particularly for developed countries, the cost
of exporting a country’s waste to India...

...is lesser than recycling
toxic waste in their country.

So, without paying heed
to such treaties...

...‘not new goods’ such as electrical
and e-waste and hazardous...

...bio-medical waste are
being imported into India.

In the pretext of recyclable metals, used and
unused bombs, expired ammunition...

...and military waste from rich
nations are dumped in our country.

In Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, while a
woman was dismantling military waste…

...one of the weapons was
still active.

New Delhi

Special Fast Track Court

The charges proven against Balu, head of
the Asian wing of the banned communist outfit, are...

...bank robbery and murder, hijacking
and looting a train and...

...mobilising people and ammunition to wipe out
the army and waging war against the State.

Thus, under Sections 121, 122 and 396 of
the Indian Penal Code (IPC),

...the accused stands sentenced
to death on three counts.

Based on the judgments given in the past,
the execution should be such that...

...the convict loses consciousness
immediately through instant death.

There should be no impairment
to his body parts.

The execution should be
conducted in a civilised manner.

For this, the Court recommends
the appointment of...

...a skilled and experienced hangman
for the execution.

As per Indian democratic ethos,
the convict is given reasonable time...

...to plead for mercy
before the execution.

This is the recommendation
of this Special Fast Track Court.

Sir, can I speak in Tamil?

I am not going to plead
for mercy.

I do not consider the charges
levelled against me as offences.

I planned everything and
executed it in all consciousness.

You are accusing me of waging
a war against the State.

I appeal to the Supreme Court to consider me
as a prisoner of war and shoot me down.

To be shot down or death
by hanging?

Mr. Sivagnanam, what is the update
on this sensational case?

The Supreme Court has rejected Balu’s plea
for execution by shooting.

At the same time, the Supreme Court has
announced that the death by hanging sentence...

...has to be executed
within 27 days.

Do you have information on where
the hanging will take place?

Since his terrorist movement has penetrated
every nook and corner of India,

...the information about the place of his
execution will not be revealed.

But, it is certain that he will be
hung to death within 27 days.

Balu, who faces death penalty,
has operated under multiple identities...

...and disguises and was involved in various acts
of sabotage across many countries.

Several demonstrations were staged
to withdraw the death sentences of...

...Perarivalan, Santhan
and Murugan.

Further, even the legislative assembly
of Tamil Nadu had passed a resolution.

We have with us two eminent personalities to
debate this death by hanging sentence.

Death sentence is not
a punishment.

Death sentence is not
a punishment.

It is a well-planned murder
by the government.

Balu has submitted a plea
to be shot and executed.

Is he instigating the government
to commit an act of violence?

Wait...

The Indian government will never insist on any
form of violence even as punishment.

Hang him in a peaceful,
painless and non-violent manner.

This is the first time I hear someone say
that death by hanging is non-violent.

The government has to disclose
the identity of the executioner.

That is the most critical aspect
of this judgment.

An experienced hangman
will be commissioned.

Who is this experienced hangman?

Balu has to be executed
within 27 days.

You have been selected out of
the three officials in your cadre.

Everything should be by the law
and the execution as per judgment.

The Media should not have anything
to find fault with.

They will not.

The public is already celebrating Balu’s
conviction by bursting crackers.

You can’t take advantage of that
and use an amateur hangman.

The identity of the hangman in Afzal
and Kasab’s execution was a secret.

You cannot follow that here.

The details of the hangman and the place
of execution have to be revealed to the Media.

Balu’s group is trying to make him
a martyr like Bhagat Singh.

That is not possible.

The documents for ‘Operation Phoenix’
are ready.

Ok, leave.

His name is Yamalingam.

Official records say that in the last execution,
he replaced his father as the hangman.

Another interesting thing...

He filed a nomination for the
Indian Presidential elections.

He now works as a
lineman in the Railways.

He is the only experienced
hangman we have.

Look at what your son is doing.

The train is coming.

Pull the lever.

Pull the lever.

Go to the other side.

Wait.

Move to the other side.

Pull the lever.

I hope you bought everything
from the ‘Elite’ bar.

It’s all inside the bag.

Why have you bought so little?

I gave you my entire salary.

The salary you earn from
the government is not enough.

Where is the tapioca
wafers to go with this?

There is a whole lot to
choose from.

The woman who sells it is here.

Really?

Really?

"Oh, grandma…"

"Oh, grandma who sells tapioca
at the street corner…"

"Will you come and dance to
a song I sing in happiness?"

"The tea that you’re drinking
from the ‘Nair’s’ tea-shop…"

"What’s that dead and
floating in it?"

"Is it the fly from
the breakfast cafe? "

"Our wheel rotates
without brakes!"

"Different coloured balloons are
fluttering in my heart."

"Big desires come and
salute me."

"The girl smiles, my eyes
twitch, guns explode."

"'Kalasi’ ‘Kalasi’ the railway ‘Kalasi’."

"Let the fun rub off,
I am going to dance."

"Oh, girl, are you this
grandma’s granddaughter?"

"You keep gaping at me,
are you from the guava grove?"

"Won’t you come close to
me and coddle me?"

"I can’t bear it!
Can’t sleep at night!"

"To forget that worry,
I drink every night!"

"Eat heavy, drink light."

"I have many troubles too,
my man!"

"Do I use that as an excuse
and drink like you?"

"Do I chew tobacco like you?"

"Smoke like you?"

"I am a woman! And alone
I balance my life."

"Ain’t I right?"

"Like grandma,
like granddaughter!"

"Life is like an empty box,
there’s no one to question."

"When I drink I speak profoundly."

"Death will come on its own.
Why should it come wrongly?"

"Should Man kill Man?"

"What Lord Krishna said in the Gita, this brother
will tell you in drunken stupor, listen."

"Who runs this puppet
show called life? Tell me."

"You dance aimlessly!"

"I dance for money!"

"After six in the evening all
of Tamil Nadu dances."

"Tired after a day’s work, the masses
seek the liquor shop."

"The family is destroyed,
but the government makes its profit."

"When you drink that damned
thing your insides burn out."

"Give your life to save your country."

"Oh, grandma who sells tapioca
at the street corner…"

"Will you come and dance to
a song I sing in happiness?"

"The tea that you’re drinking
from the ‘Nair’s’ tea-shop…"

"What’s that dead and
floating in it?"

"Is it the fly from
the breakfast cafe? "

"'Kalasi’ ‘Kalasi’ the railway ‘Kalasi’."

"Let the fun rub off,
I am going to dance."

So many bottles in two days!

He spends his salary in
the liquor shop.

At least the bottles can
earn me some money.

Hello!

Here is your son’s salary.

Is anything left of it?

His salary is barely enough
for his women and wine.

How about getting him married
to one of those women?

They are not good women.

Only fate would have
driven them to this.

None of the relatives want to give
their daughter in marriage to him.

If we get him married to one of them,
she will turn a new leaf after marriage.

I am relieved that you
are taking Balu.

Why?

I will retire in three months.

At my age, it is terrible to
have someone’s blood on my hands.

I intend to begin my stint
in prison with his hanging.

Are the files ready?
– Yes.

I’ve seen you in many disguises.

So, this is the real you?

By law, one should not be
handcuffed while travelling.

Central Government, hang
traitor Balu immediately!

You claim you are giving your
life fighting for people.

But, they are protesting that
your life be taken immediately.

What you see here does not represent
the entire Indian population.

Turn left.

That route does not take
us to the airport.

I know. Turn left.

That route is not secure.

Just do what I say.

My men will be on every
route that you take.

Are we travelling by a helicopter?

Many important people have been
killed in helicopter crashes.

What is the guarantee for
my life?

Even military helicopters are
compromised because of scams.

You are just the Police.

Get in.

You are doing a test drive
at the expense of my life.

Kuyili is coming.

Hello!

We got to know about this abandoned
theme park through a fellow member.

This is going to be our hideout.
Let us go in.

This is Vishwa from the
district committee.

I remember meeting you
at the Patna congress.

This is Naveen.

They both belong to the
computer wing.

She is Kuyili from the
central committee.

Hello!

I am Vetri.

This is the team that is
going to help Balu escape.

We have kept it confidential.

Only the headquarters and
the five of us know about your arrival.

I have gathered information about
the new prison-in-charge Macaulay...

...and the hangman
Yamalingam.

Classifieds reveal that Macaulay has undergone
six months training with Mossad, Israel.

He can handle any
assignment, big or small.

We have to target the hangman
Yamalingam immediately.

What are you saying?

Why should we kill Yamalingam?

Our plan was to help Balu escape.

There is no other way out.

We have to kill Yamalingam.

That is the only way to
stall the hanging.

It is only after that can we work
on an escape plan for Balu.

Kalahasti, Andhra Pradesh

It is my right to escape.

If I want to, I can escape
even now.

And it is routine for you
to shoot.

I’ll run.
Will you shoot me?

Why don’t you kill me in
an ‘encounter’?

None of you have the guts
to shoot me.

We are of the same age.

I have the same guts
you have.

But I am a law-abiding police
officer.

It is my job to protect the country
from criminals like you.

We are not murderers.

We too have a Court of law.

If you do something wrong, we’ll arrest
you and question you in Court.

If our Court sentences you to death,
we’ll deal with you the very same way.

I will get away somehow.

Wait and watch.

Central Prison, Chennai.

That’s enough, leave now.

Move…

The officers are on their way.

Everyone get back to your cells.

What’s your name?
– Ramamurthy.

Go in.

What’s your name
– Annamalai.

Go on.

Even the Prime Minister has a smaller
security cover than I do.

This is Balu’s Tihar prison record.

Verify the records and file them.

Allot a cell in the high
security block.

Do you know who he is?

He is the fiery communist
leader, Balu.

He has been charged for
attacking the army.

He’s supposed to be hanged
here.

They are beating me up.

You are not supposed to
hit prisoners.

The Court has already
punished him.

Why are you punishing him again?

We are following the rules
of the prison.

He has tried to escape seven times.

In his eighth attempt, he attacked
and injured police officers.

We are following the prison
manual.

We are allowed to beat them
for what they do in prison.

That is why we gave him
a light beating.

As per the Geneva Convention,
you are not supposed to hit prisoners.

Refer to the new manual.

We are not supposed to hit them,
but we can punish them.

Going by the new manual,
cut his ration.

Keep him in solitary
confinement for 15 days.

Warden, why are they
standing outside?

Lock them up.

Even though you are a prisoner
sentenced to death, you can step out…

I give you permission to be
just like the rest of them.

That is a right given by the
Indian Constitution.

The date for executing my death sentence
has not been scheduled.

I will schedule it soon.

I want some books to read
and a table and chair to write.

You are going to die in a few days.
What are you going to write before that?

Everyone’s going to die.
Won’t you die?

What we do before we die is
more important.

Take care of his requirements.

Why do you come drunk
to work?

What if you fall and hurt
yourself?

You live a good life!

I will go away and die.

Why should you die?

Don’t go.

I am a burden to you.

I’ll die.

You be happy.

Wait, why are you doing this?

You’ve been doing this for
the last 15 years.

Why do you do this?

Boys, help me.

We could have killed him.

His mother is here.

We’re not mercenaries.

Let’s go.

Your relatives are here to file
petitions for you.

Come in one by one as I call
out your names.

The public prosecutor has not
come here for the last three years...

...to address the concerns
of death row prisoners.

Balu is writing a petition to
make him come here.

My mercy plea has not got any response
for the last 18 years.

The review application has just gone to the
Constitutional Bench for re-consideration.

I don’t know what the
response will be.

I am dying every day wondering
what the outcome will be.

I think this boy will get
caught in a similar trap.

He’s been sentenced to death in the train
derailment case for something...

...as trivial as buying a pen
for them.

I am very scared.

Balu, why didn’t you appeal
for mercy?

You asked to be shot.
Is it because it will be less painful?

It is because of my political stand.

All death penalties are horrific.

There are many methods.

Stoning to death, beheading,
lethal injections…

I am scared of lethal injections.

A man in America was administered
a lethal injection.

He suffered for two hours
before he succumbed.

Won’t an electric chair give
you quick death?

It’s not that easy.

Even at the time of Thomas Alva Edison,
that method was a failure.

Did the man who invented
the bulb make that chair too?

Put your signature there.

Not all inventions were meant
for the betterment of mankind.

Several inventions are for
monetary gains.

Shouldn’t the prison hospital be near
the senior citizen’s block?

Isn’t that the basic layout?

Why is it different here?

I don’t know. It’s been this
way ever since I joined.

Rahul, move the senior citizen’s
block close to the hospital.

I asked you to call Chellapandi.
What happened?

I’ve been trying since morning.
I am unable to get through to him.

Sit down.

What’s happened to Yamalingam?

He’s right in front of me.

On 28th morning, it’s half a bottle,
a full bottle in the evening…

On 29th, it’s a full bottle in
the morning and evening…

He’s been drunk since morning.

He’s in no state to come.

Where’s the liquor shop?

Why does it say I bought four
bottles on the 1st?

Where is the food that I ordered?

I am coming.
He’s torturing me.

I stocked up on the 1st because sale of liquor
is prohibited on 2nd which is Gandhi’s birthday.

What do you infer from this?

Drunkards are the only men who think
of great men and their birthdays.

Give me a pen.
I need to sign the cheque.

I don’t have a pen.
Give me the money first.

He’s a nuisance every
single day.

I am coming.

Help me, sir.

I have an account at the bar.

I have a chequebook with me.

I have to settle my dues.

Help me with a pen.

Do you have a pen?
– I don’t.

We don’t have a pen.

Aren’t you educated?

I have a Master’s in science.

How did you write your exams?

That is why I don’t like
coming to local bars.

The problem is between the
two of us.

Why do you want to drag the
bar into it?

I’ve had an account here for
the last seven years.

Who are you calling a ‘local’?

Is it the police station?

Keep something there to
support the table.

You have your drink in peace.

I’ll take care of it.

This table needs support as well.

Don’t you want a pen?

The two men there seem
to be educated.

They will definitely have
a pen.

Ask them.

Brother…

I have two pens.

Which one do you want?

Do you know to read and write?

I have a Doctorate.

You are the God of education.

Are you being a nuisance
after your drink?

Don’t I have the freedom
to write?

Our officer will tell you that.

You’ll have to treat me better.
I am a central government employee.

He is the ADGP.
(Assistant Directorate General of Police)

Which law allows you to arrest me
for signing my own cheque?

Put him into the police van.

Get him into our vehicle.

Which police station are
you in charge of?

I am in charge of the prison.

I swear I wasn’t expecting this.

I thought you were going
to beat me up.

But you’ve brought me to
a very classy bar.

You are God!

Eat and drink to your heart’s
content.

Do you have a monthly
account with them?

What’s your name?
– Kasi.

Kasi, bring me more food
and liquor over there.

Take care of him.

Bring me a glass of juice and
leave the rest on that table.

Kasi, a repeat of that.

Leave it beside the recliner.

Kasi is faster than us.
Let’s go there.

Lingam, have your drink
after hearing me out.

I have a policy. I don’t listen while drinking
and I don’t drink while listening.

Now tell me.
What’s the matter?

Do you read the newspapers?

I don’t do all that.

It’s only movie news for me.

Do you know of the traitor
Balu who attacked our army?

I don’t.

He’s in my custody now.

He attacked the army
single-handedly.

And if they’ve handed over the accused
to you, you must be great.

He must be hanged.

You are the one who is going
to hang him.

I am not a murderer.

I can’t murder someone.

What happened, Lingam?

Why are you blabbering?

Lingam, get up.

Listen to me.

I can’t murder someone.

You don’t understand what
I am saying.

We will talk later.

Kasi, go.

Drink it.

You don’t get the difference
between punishment and murder.

Balu conspired to kill several
people.

You are going to punish him
by hanging him.

Why me, sir?

If we let him go,
he will kill more people.

Let’s talk in the car.

Come here.

This is for you.

There’s a mobile phone inside.

You can call me whenever
you want.

I will call you tomorrow.

Have dinner and go to bed.

I don’t want to.

Did you meet Yamalingam?

Is everything going smoothly?

Have you finalised the date?

There is a small glitch,
but nothing to worry.

If you ignore something small,
it will turn big.

These gallows were
constructed by the British.

Till now, 586 executions have
taken place here.

It was Yamalingam who carried out
a death sentence here 12 years back.

Two persons can be hanged
at the same time.

That’s the right thing.

Why haven’t you maintained
this place?

The earlier prison superintendents
were against capital punishment.

How can a person in the police
department be against punishment?

Based on the severity of
the crime...

...one should cut off a hand or leg
or even the head as punishment.

A criminal should be
stoned to death in public.

Hang at least 20 criminals
every day.

Do this for two years.

Let’s see who will then dare murder someone,
molest a child or plant a bomb.

Not one terrorist will be able to
raise his head again.

Get the gallows ready.

Yamalingam needs to
come here for that.

Wake up.

How did you get this
phone?

This police officer has been
calling since morning.

What’s the matter?

What do you want me to say?

They are asking me to hang
someone and commit murder.

The very same job your father
and grandfather did?

I learnt about your father’s job only
on the day you were born.

I’ve not lived with him
ever since.

That’s enough.

This cursed job that your forefathers
took on, hasn’t spared you either.

Tell me you won’t hang
anyone.

They won’t let me go.

I begged your father not to take you along to
the gallows when you were just 18.

He didn’t listen.

He took you along because
he was not well.

Ever since you executed that hanging,
you were in a daze for over 10 years.

You’re all right only now.

Don’t answer the policeman’s call.

I’ll talk to him.

They insist on hanging people.

He has hanged 84 people so far.

Your father’s last drawn
salary was Rs 150.

Your grandfather has hanged hundreds
of men in the days of the kings.

What did he get in return?

A hut to stay and some
food to eat…

This job is neither well
paying nor fulfilling.

This is no worthy job.

We don’t need this job.

Switch off your phone.

If you go out, the police
officer will find you.

I’ll lock you inside and
step out to buy groceries.

He usually goes to the
teashop at 5 am.

He hasn’t come out as yet.

His mother has locked him
up and gone out.

Is there a backdoor?

I’ll call you after checking.

What are you cutting out?

We are censoring newspapers
distributed to the prisoners.

What are you cutting out?

‘Prisoners at the Vellore prison
go on a hunger strike.’

What are you cutting out?

Photos of movie stars.

They look good.
– Yes, sir.

Haven’t we seen them?
-Yes, sir.

Let them see it too. Send them over
without cutting anything out.

This is not censorship for cinema.

People here have a different
set of problems.

‘Government files a petition in the
Supreme Court seeking to review...

...its earlier judgment on
homosexuality.’

They’ve been prisoners for
10-15 years.

Will other people understand
their problems?

Why should we follow what the Englishman,
Macaulay wrote 150 years back?

The central government has sent
an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Send it to them without
cutting these out.

I am a ‘Macaulay’ too.

I am Chellapandi.
Can I speak to our officer?

Yes, Chellapandi.

I brought along
Yamalingam’s mother.

Bring her to the office.

Please come in.

Sit down.
The officer will be here.

It is best you agree to do
what he asks you to do.

All right.

Please sit down.

What did Lingam say?
All Ok?

He’s very scared.
He seems to be in a state of shock.

Please let him go.

Please sit down.

Please sit down.

Think of me as your son.

Lingam will be fine if he
listens to me.

I’ll ensure he gets a permanent job in
the government with a good salary.

He can get married and
have a good life after that.

Ask him to hang Balu.

Can you please make a recommendation to
the government, I will hang Balu.

If that were possible,
I would hang him myself.

If he does what I tell him
to do, he’ll be fine.

Else, you know what the
police can do.

Don’t worry.
Ask Lingam to meet me.

Lingam’s mother is
coming down.

Take her to her house.

Yes, sir.

You were right.

He will not let go of you.

I gave it some thought.

Neither your father nor your grandfather
were happy about hanging people.

Trust God and just obey
the prison official’s orders.

We pray to so many Gods.

Why does God test the faithful?

Different Gods have asked
for different sacrifices.

Why don’t you believe that this
is the sacrifice God wants of you?

How can poor people like us
go against the government?

Just do what the officer
tells you to do.

See if you can fall asleep
after drinking this.

Son, I am innocent.

Believe me.

Are you done?

Lingam is going somewhere
holding a suitcase.

Whatever happens, we shouldn’t
miss him this time.

Give me an update about the
route as you follow him.

I’ll be there.

He’s going past the
graveyard.

We’re following him.

I’ve come to the graveyard.

If you go past that,
you’ll find a pond.

You’ll see a temple after that.

We’re waiting there. Come.

You seem very happy.

What do you care?

You get blood as offering
everyday!

It looks like someone has
offered a hen as sacrifice.

But I am the only one who has
offered you a human sacrifice.

Not just me, all my ancestors
have done the same thing.

We offered blood before
every hanging.

You took it all.

What should you have done?

You should have blessed
me with a boon.

But you cursed instead.

I’ve decided to make one
more human sacrifice.

This is the last one,
but it’s special.

Do you know who you are
trampling on?

That’s me.

You’re trampling on me.

Just see what I do to you.

You are my mother.
You should be around.

I told you.
I told the policeman.

I told my mother.

No one listened.

Why are you staring with
your saucer-eyes?

I cannot offer another human
sacrifice and turn crazy after that.

I just cannot do that.

That is why I’ve decided
to give up my life.

My poor mother….

I don’t know how she’s going to manage,
that too with a limp.

Mother!

Let them hang any number
of people they want.

Let anyone hang them.

It doesn’t matter to me.

I’ll hang myself right in
front of you. Take me.

Is it the Goddess talking?

Let me go.

Won’t you even let me die
in peace?

Did you send them?
Who are they?

We are Balu’s people.

You must not die,
Yamalingam.

I must die.

If I stay alive, the police officer
will ensure I hang him.

You are not a kid for them
to force you to do it.

It’s Macaulay who is pleading
with you to do this.

He is the one who needs you.

I’ll take your words to be
my Goddess’ words.

I will go right away and tell the
police officer I will not hang him.

Don’t be in a hurry.

Do what I say.

Come.

Get on the bike.

No one can harm you.

You are not alone.

We’re with you.

Hope you’ve made note.

After meeting Yamalingam
yesterday...

I’ve been thinking about using him
for Balu’s escape plan.

How will he agree to help us
on such a risky venture?

The three prisoners who were supposed to help
us have been shifted to another prison.

I got that information just today.

That could be a part of
Macaulay’s plan.

Balu is the only one who can have
access to Yamalingam.

I’ll work on convincing
Yamalingam.

You work on the escape plan.

Please try your best to forward my
case to the Supreme Court.

Public Prosecutor...

Nothing can be done without
the case documents.

I will write a letter to the High Court
requesting for the case documents.

Please put in a request for a local
branch of the Supreme Court.

Calling Arumugam from Vaiputtampatti
village, Krishnagiri District.

How many years have you
spent in this prison?

Twelve years.

What was the offence you
committed?

I raped and killed a 14-year- old
girl and burnt the body.

Really?

Yes, I have enacted the scene a
number of times in the courtroom.

Shall I enact it for you?

Not required.

The sub-inspector who filed a false case
against you committed suicide.

His suicide note says you were innocent
and that it was just an allegation.

The ex-city commissioner, Nandakumar Choutala,
has also admitted to have pressurised the inspector.

Balu, come up.

It was Balu who gathered all the
details and helped in your release.

Therefore, as per law, Arumugam is found
‘Not Guilty’ and is accordingly acquitted.

Arumugam’s wages for the last 12 years of work
done in prison is Rs 3,60,000.

Take it.

Unable to bear the disgrace of
the rape charge levelled on me,

...my wife and daughter
committed suicide.

I am now declared
innocent and released.

Can this government now
bring back my family?

I am now an orphan.

I don’t want to leave this place.

I’ll stay here.

I believe you filed a nomination to
contest the Presidential elections.

I was feeling bad about
hanging a person.

That’s when one of my friends suggested that if
I became the President of the country…

I could accept all the mercy pleas received and
abolish capital punishment once and for all.

I thought it was a good idea
and sent in an application.

But they rejected it.

Tell me who supports a good
cause the way you do.

What about the hangman
Yamalingam.

I’ve given him some time.

There’s no time.

The Media will question me.

We have to submit proof of an experienced
hangman executing the sentence.

You have to shoot a video of
Yamalingam hanging Balu.

We might have to send it to
the Prime Minister’s Office.

We have to get Yamalingam
to agree to hang Balu.

Hurry! The body should
be out before roll call.

The old man Tamilmaran
is dead.

They are taking his body in
an ambulance without anyone’s knowledge.

Come on, everyone.

This is Syed on line.
– Tell me.

The prisoners are
marching agitatedly.

Allow them to come
towards my room.

I’ll handle it.

Could the police have
tortured him?

Stop the vehicle!

Has he become your leader?

We’ve accepted him as our leader
because he is worthy.

The government has appointed
me as prison in-charge.

I can do what I want.

They’ve even given me a pistol.

Will you shoot us?

Do you think I am scared to shoot,
because I’ll lose my job?

I am not scared of anything.

Neither am I scared of anything.

I am going to be in this
prison till I die.

I am the one who is fearless.

Do you think you are a big thug because
you’ve murdered a few people?

You’re the one who’s
acting like one.

When we come to ask you for something,
you’re pointing your gun at us.

You’ve lodged 3000 people in a prison that
has the capacity to lodge just 2000.

The dead man was 84
years old.

Taking his age and illness
into consideration...

....even you could have set him free
as per Prison Rule Number 632.

What do you all know?

Anantharaman, tell them.

For the last 15 years, no one has
even submitted a plea to see him.

No one from his party came
to his aid nor did they seek his release.

We took care of him till
he died.

We are only doing what we should
legally do with an unclaimed body.

Give way.

He is not an unclaimed body.

He struggled for Tamils, lived
and breathed his last in prison for that.

He’s a martyr.

We’ll conduct his last rites.

The law doesn’t allow that.

You’ve learnt the law
to come here.

But we’ve come here and
learnt the law.

Please have a humane approach.

If I want to, I can shoot down 10 of
you and make it appear legal.

But I am not doing that.

On humanitarian grounds, I’ll agree to your
request of conducting his last rites here.

Make arrangements.

The post-mortem report
has come.

Mr. Macaulay has signed the papers
as the prison in-charge.

You sign it too.

Please sit down and sign it.

Fellow prisoners!

Late Tamilmaran came into this
prison as a 24-year-old youngster.

Late Tamilmaran came into this
prison as a 24-year-old youngster.

He is known to all of you.

He fought for the Tamils.

He was shot at in an
encounter with the police.

Because he revolted, he was trapped in a
conspiracy and died here serving a life sentence.

The prisoners or even the police officers here
understand the agony of serving a life sentence.

Late Tamilmaran has written a book,
‘Computers and the Tamil Language.’

The manuscript is available
in the prison library.

I don’t know if I will live
to do this.

But those getting released from prison must take the
manuscript from Mr. Macaulay and publish it.

That is the best way to pay
homage to him.

What I like best of what
Tamilmaran has said…

‘No freedom struggle is complete without
considering class considerations.’

You light the pyre.

Let me wash that for you.

No, that’s all right.

Everyone is talking about you.

Everybody likes you.

You shouldn’t die.

I know every nook and
corner of this prison.

This old man has access
even to Macaulay’s room.

Nobody will question him.

He has that good a reputation.

Only after his consent,
did we plot out an escape plan.

You can definitely escape.

We don’t want you to die.

Don’t get me wrong.
Let us discuss this in the next meeting.

I trust the two of you.

He is going to hang Balu.

He is hesitating because
he thinks it’s a sin.

He is a retired judge.

Hello.

Why are you worried about sinning?

That’s not the point.

Based on the evidence
produced by the lawyer...

...you award a ‘death by hanging’
sentence to an accused.

Police officers like him
execute the sentence.

Society ignores the role of decision makers
like you but call us murderers.

We look through their harrowed eyes
and then hang them to death.

Now tell me, whose
burden is that to carry?

While serving as a judge, I’ve awarded
26 death by hanging sentences.

On further appeal, 13 got life imprisonment
from the High Court...

...and eight of them from
the Supreme Court.

The President accepted
four of their mercy pleas.

It was just one person who
was hung to death.

Can you tell me who is
responsible for his death?

Is it the President or is it me?

It is God Almighty.

I have a doubt.

Can I refuse to hang Balu?

Is Macaulay compelling you?

Are you compelling him,
Mr. Macaulay?

As per law, no one can
compel you.

But you can very well consider
it on ethical grounds.

I think you are confused because
you think Balu is innocent.

He is a criminal.

Who said Balu is a criminal?

Balu himself will admit to
having hijacked a train.

Did he hijack a train?

Yes, why don’t you come to the prison
and hear it straight from him.

Give me 5 minutes.

We have to pay Rs 5000
to the van driver.

Take this.

I carried out a death
sentence on this day.

I conduct the last rites for the unclaimed
bodies at the government hospitals.

But nothing alleviates the
sorrow in my heart.

Saving people dying from hunger
will put you out of your misery.

I want you to visit Balu
in prison.

I forgot to tell you this.

I heard Balu is a dacoit.

I believe he hijacked a
train and robbed it.

Please stop being friends
with Balu’s men.

I was his accomplice in the
train hijack.

Shall I disclose things that
Macaulay didn’t?

People of my village were dying
of hunger and disease.

Dying was the only option.

It was then that the Communist party sent
Comrade Balu to our village.

Hurry up!

‘Red salute!’

‘Red salute!’

"Come! Let’s dance,
sing and celebrate."

"Grab all the happiness."

"Push away poverty."

"Shoo away darkness."

"Brighten up your life."

"Take each and every minute of your
life and brighten it up."

Give it to the old and
children first.

Save the rest.

‘Red salute!’

The Supreme Court passed a ruling to distribute all
the unused grain in the granaries.

I carried out the Supreme Court’s orders but the
Special Court punishes me for that.

Balu attempted to attack the army,
which protects our country.

A person who doesn’t follow the law of the
land has to be hanged to death.

I was supposed to attack
the army.

Balu trained me for that.

Turn left.

Do you see the palace?

I can see it.

Drive through the wall.

People suffered in the deserts while
the kings lived in such palaces.

They now make a living by letting
it out for film shooting.

All the forts have been
made into hotels now.

Did you see any fear
on my face?

Not a bit.

I’ve trained four people
for the same thing.

They were perfect.

But you are better than
them.

How?

While driving through the wall,
the others took their feet off the accelerator.

But you went ahead with
more gusto.

You are the perfect candidate
for this mission.

He has attacked army men who endure
the toughest of situations...

...just to protect people like
you and me.

Bhagat Singh planted a bomb in Parliament in
order to draw youngsters’ attention to politics.

We wanted to gain public attention to prevent India
from becoming a military dumping ground.

We turned suicide bombers and
targeted the army.

Is everything ready?

Once you are sure about the distance and
the time of the explosion, press this button.

This light will blink.

At the same time, the light
on my remote will blink.

The bomb will explode as soon
as I switch on the remote.

If the remote fails to work,
pull the trigger on this belt.

The bomb will explode.

The mission is in your
hands now.

Give me the soldering stick.

Careful.

Apply the ointment immediately.
Healing is slow in winter.

You will end up with
a scar for life.

My life ends tomorrow.

You know I am going to
die tomorrow.

Won’t you ask about my
last wish?

"The sharp wind which attacks
the body…"

"Will it touch me tomorrow?"

"Will my body become a weapon?"

"Will the world change slowly?"

"There is no battle without bloodshed…"

"Your sacrifice is the greatest…"

"That won’t fade away…"

"This will be a life that lives
beyond time…"

"My dear… come."

There is another 20 kms to go.

This is the fastest and
safest way to travel.

What are you going to do
after this attack?

I have to inform the Party.

Only then will our country become aware
of this operation and its objective.

This is our last tea together.

There is a small change in
the plan, Comrade.

I am going to wear the bomb.

I am the human bomb.

You will handle the remote.

I am the one who will be
blown into smithereens.

Whose decision is this?

Mine.

I cannot obey independent
decisions taken by you.

I have to receive directions
from the headquarters.

I head this mission.

You have to follow my orders.

I want to die for a cause.

Don’t demean me.

The government knows
everything about me.

They are on the lookout
for me.

Wherever I go, death will
follow me.

I will vanish after this assignment.

You are well trained and the
government doesn’t know you.

You can train and create many
more revolutionaries.

This is also a part of your training.

You need a lot of grit to
blast a human bomb.

Do this and you will be able
to continue my mission.

‘Red salute!’

Press the button as soon
as the light blinks.

Fool, who are you?

What are you doing here?
Go away.

Stop making India a
dumping ground.

Run away from here or I will
shoot you down like a dog.

Shoot me.

Along with me, the ammunition
in the vehicles will blow up too.

Let this blast be heard
across the country.

There is so much waste around.

You are killing people by dumping
all the waste here.

Let the resonance of this blast
save the people of our country.

The Indian army is here to save
the people of the country.

You can scream as much
as you want.

Stop it. We’ve spoken
enough, screamed enough.

You can save only the borders,
not the people of this country.

This explosion will be
heard all over the world.

Let it explode now!

I was ready to give up my life but
was unable to take someone else’s.

You tried giving up your life because
you didn’t want to take someone’s life.

If we join hands,
we can save Balu.

He is one of us now.

He will do anything for us.

I don’t want to hang Balu,
that’s all I want.

You have to convince
Macaulay and meet Balu.

Wear this jerkin.

The tear on this blue jerkin will tell
Balu you are one of us.

Observe Balu’s every move.

Tell them you need help to
work on the gallows...

...and procure entry passes
for the four of us.

My job ends there, doesn’t it?

You do this first.

I will go to the prison right away
and will help Balu escape.

Prisoner Kandasamy has been
transferred to Vellore prison.

Look at him jumping
the queue.

Fill in a request form if you
want to meet someone.

I don't need to fill forms
to see an officer.

Which officer?

I am here to meet Macaulay.

The guesthouse drains had
to be attended to.

He must be here for that.

You can meet him at the
guesthouse.

I am not desperate to meet
your boss.

Macaulay wanted to see me.

You can verify this with Chellappa.

Wait, do you know Chellappa?

You can ask Chellappa.

All right, come.

Don’t get touchy.

I am Karthikeyan calling
from Gate 1.

Someone’s here to meet
Macaulay. He’s dark-skinned.

He says he knows you.

Tell him your name.

Yamalingam.

Thank God, you are here.

I would have lost my job
otherwise.

They look like movie stars!

What is it?

I’ve brought Yamalingam.

Take him to the control room.

I am on my way there.

Ok, sir.

Brother, I am overwhelmed
by this kind of respect.

What do you have in
your pocket?

This is a mere formality.

My wallet...

Macaulay gave him that phone.
Hand it over to him.

I see many changes in
the prison.

This wall wasn’t this high.

We raised its height after we shot
a prisoner who tried to escape.

Wasn’t this the warehouse?

We converted that into
a control room.

Walk up the stairs and you
will meet Pasupathi.

Chat with him.

Macaulay will join you soon.

Yamalingam, come in, sit down.

How do you know me?

I saw you when you
entered Gate 1.

This is a live telecast from all the
cameras installed in the prison.

I get the first glimpse of everything
that happens here.

You have so many
pornographic books here!

You don’t have to be
embarrassed about this.

Give me your mobile number.

I will send you the latest
clippings.

Will you be able to send it?

Definitely!

The officer is here.

Hello!

Have you come here because you’re
not in a dilemma anymore?

I didn’t come here because
someone asked me to.

I just obeyed ‘NTR’.
(Famous yesteryear actor )

‘NTR’?

In my confused state,
I watched ‘Karnan’...

...there NTR tells ‘Muthuraman’ (Tamil actor)
that Lord Krishna is the doer of good and evil.

My mind is clear now and
I am here to join duty.

Follow me.

You promised me something.

A promise?

What did I promise?

That I can speak to Balu directly
and hear about the crimes he committed.

Ok, let’s go.

Sir, why do have to trouble yourself
over something so trivial?

This is the first time I’m going to witness
an interaction between...

...the hangman and the
person sentenced to death.

Let’s go.

Hello!

That looks like Yamalingam.

Have you taken a work contract
for mending slippers in the prison?

I haven’t seen my family
in the last four years.

Will you please tell my wife to
submit a petition for me?

Ok.

Please don’t forget.

You seem to know most of
the thugs here.

They are from my
neighbourhood.

How did you manage to
stay outside prison?

You’ve brought me inside now.

What is your name?

Mani.

Lingam is here.

I wonder who he is going
to hang.

Do you know him?

I even knew his father.
He is another murderer like him.

Somebody important is
here to meet you.

Who’s going to visit me
and that too with you!

This is Balu, the person sentenced
to death by hanging.

This is Yamalingam, the hangman
appointed to hang you.

Did you read the
judgment thoroughly?

I have to be hanged without pain
by an experienced hangman.

He looks like a comedian.

He might tremble at the mere sight
of a hangman’s noose.

As per official records, he is the
only experienced hangman alive.

If you unlock the gate, I can go in
and have a relaxed conversation.

Unlock the gate.

Please come in.
Sit down.

You wanted to speak to him…

Strangling two people to death
and the bank robbery...

That is true. I did it.

The train hijack in the desert...

Did he tell you?

I did everything including
attacking the army.

He is willing to hang you to death
only after hearing you confess.

That’s a bit too much.

The person sentenced to death convinces
the hangman to hang him.

I’ve been through hell, hanging
an innocent man to death.

You are great though.

You are writing, reading,
laughing...

How is that possible?

Aren’t you scared to die?

Did he say that I am going to die?

I will escape from here.

Am I not right, sir?

Good tea.

How are you managing here?

Isn’t it very sultry?

What are you wearing?

It is in vogue.

This isn’t his jerkin.

This style is for women.

Further, it’s old and torn here.

He must have stolen it or
he must be in love.

Show him the gallows.

I don’t think you remember me.

I took your father and you home after
the last hanging.

Your father was my friend.

You look so different now.

You had a great physique
those days.

Macaulay gave me this job just
because I know you well.

He usually keeps unfit
people at a distance.

The Home Secretary has finalised
the date for sending back...

...the seven South African
prisoners.

I told you those matters could
wait until Balu’s hanging.

No sir, this was a collective
decision made by...

...the State, Central and South
African governments.

There are several formalities to follow.
We cannot postpone it.

I will look into the
paperwork.

Why are you eating food
cooked in the prison?

Get married and be happy.

I will get married but only
after hanging Balu.

Take this, sir.

Sign here, Yamalingam.

Can I have four people
to assist me?

Take 40.

Shall I bring them tomorrow?

From where will you bring them?

My neighbourhood…

I told you to take four men
from the prison.

They should know the job.

What kind of a job?

Tinkering, painting,
carpentry, plumbing…

What did you think of this prison?

It doesn’t house just
ex-politicians.

It has scientists who can launch rockets,
heart surgeons, engineers…

How many of them do
you need?

This prison is like a science
academy.

Provide him with
everything he needs.

Be with him.

Come along.

This looks like an old map.
I am unable to find the control room.

You’re having fun while
I am stuck.

Macaulay is not as dumb
as you all think.

I can’t take any of you
inside the prison.

Sit down.

Macaulay has asked me to
take the help of inmates.

Your aim in life is to never
hang anyone.

But our ambition is to get
Balu out alive.

You can quit this operation
if you don’t trust me.

What happens to Balu then?

Did Balu recognise the jerkin?

He did...he knew it
was yours.

We were waiting for you to come
back to take us inside...

We’re not sure where the
control room is...

Wait, what did you say?

The control room is above
the old warehouse.

Did you meet the person in-charge
of the control room?

That’s Pasupathi.

He has a weakness for
women.

We are friends now.

He gave me his phone
number and email ID.

Do you have his email ID?

That’s great.

Remove the SIM card from
this phone.

Macaulay gave him this
phone.

Do a thorough check.

This is a dual SIM card phone.

One SIM card is from a general
service provider while the other isn’t.

My guess is that it belongs to
a special frequency network.

I am going to phish a virus
into his inbox.

We can then have total
control over their network.

We’re now connected.

He seems to be online always.

A person like him in-charge of
the control room works well for us.

Vishwa, explain it.

The computer we’ve hacked now does not
control the closed circuit television network.

The camera controls are on
another LAN.

You have to help us connect that
LAN to the internet.

What should I do?

We cannot count on the wireless
transmission in prison.

Plug this into this socket.

This is the Ethernet switch.

Plug the other end of the cable
into the internet modem.

Observe this carefully.

The control room should
have a setup like this.

A cable connection is safer.

Repeat it.

Plug this end of the cable
into this.

Plug in the other end here.

This is the Ethernet switch and
this is the internet modem.

You have to connect this
the same way.

Do you understand?

You have just these two
things to do.

We will then get a live feed from
the prison through Pasupathi's system.

If you succeed in doing this,
half the battle is won.

What is the first thing
I should do?

When you enter the prison, wear this cable
wire around your neck like a talisman.

Be confident and start
work on the gallows.

We do not normally allow
them to handle these tools.

They’ve now been allowed to
because they are working.

You be careful.

Please don’t hold a grudge
if something goes wrong.

Take it.

We murdered people out
of rage.

We repent it today.

We’ve built temple towers
as well as tombstones.

But you have demeaned us by
making us work on these gallows.

Who needs this damned money?

Use it to buy yourself a drink.

When I touch a sickle,
I get the urge to kill.

Goddess Kali...

From now on, no phone should work
within the prison premises.

That is why I am getting
this special jammer fixed.

We can’t maintain confidentiality
communicating through a walkie-talkie.

I’ve taken permission from
the government.

Just eight persons will have mobiles
that will operate on a special frequency.

That network is
exclusively for us.

My phone will be a stand-alone
with a different frequency.

This is classified information.

Balu knows everything
about you.

I am an Indo-African.

I was caught spying for
my country.

I was involved in many explosions
across the country.

But they are linking me to an unrelated case
and torturing me with sedatives.

I was disowned by my country when
I was charged with espionage.

All espionage agents who work for
the government face this kind of hostility.

You fought for your people
but they labelled you a terrorist.

You are a true patriot.

I will extend all help to you.

I will ask for your help
when I need it.

Do not disturb the patient.

Thank God, you listened
to that police officer.

I was worried that you would
revert to your old ways.

Open our website.

Fellow Comrades, please share any information that
you know about the Chennai Central Prison.

Translate this message into all
languages and upload it.

You’ve been given this phone because
until the day of hanging...

...this team will be held responsible for anything
that happens inside or outside this prison.

Apart from the eight of us, there is
another person on this network.

That’s the hangman.

If anyone presses ‘1’ on the keypad,
an emergency beep will sound on all our phones.

Until this operation is
over, be alert 24x7.

Why are you always inside
the bathroom?

Lingam, what are you
doing here?

I am monitoring how the men work
when I am not there.

You are monitoring them?

Keep the door locked.

Lingam’s activities must
be monitored as well.

Play the footage from the gallows.

Delete the footage of Lingam in
the control room immediately.

The camera should record
everything 24x7.

Configure a SIM card for my use
on their special network.

It is 175 years since this
prison was built.

The young inmates are going to capture
important moments of these years...

...through a cultural programme.

Tamil Nadu Prison Department, Central Prison

175th anniversary.

"At the Marina beach..."

"As she walked in the breeze..."

"She became one with my breath..."

"I’ve fallen in love, brother!"

"Oh, naughty rascal, is that all?"

"Jail is a torture,
don’t understand the future."

"If one is born a bird,
there is no imprisonment."

"But to fly away,
we don’t have two wings."

"The jail didn’t come on its own.
It’s what we built…"

"And what we built,
has now bound us."

"At the Marina beach..."

"As she walked in the breeze..."

"She became one with my breath..."

"I’ve fallen in love, brother!"

"For a mere cigarette,
a war could erupt here."

"The police will charge with batons."

"Even ‘encounter’ killings
happen here."

"Who will be the witness?"

"Politics and crime come
together in jail."

"And with that they make
the country wail."

"They even imprisoned the man
who said the world was round."

"And now apologies to
him abound."

"This is the place where
great books were born."

"This is the land where
great thoughts were sown."

"At the Marina beach..."

"As she walked in the breeze..."

"She became one with my breath..."

"I’ve fallen in love, brother!"

"Oh, naughty rascal, is that all?"

"Jail is a torture,
don’t understand the future."

"Out of suspicion, this sinner
strangled and killed…"

"His wife was innocent."

"He’s serving a life sentence
but is innocent."

"Now, he’s turned insane."

"It is the Indian Penal Code
that brought us together."

"Who wrote it?"

"He was a man from England."

"Our country supports
that man ‘Macaulay’."

"Our ‘Macaulay’ is a
hot-tempered man."

"Worrying about the world outside,
we are distraught."

"They should look at our situation
and give it some thought."

"At the Marina beach..."

"As she walked in the breeze..."

"She became one with my breath..."

"I’ve fallen in love, brother!"

"Oh, naughty rascal, is that all?"

"Jail is a torture,
don’t understand the future."

"If one is born a bird,
there is no imprisonment."

"But to fly away,
we don’t have two wings."

"The jail didn’t come on its own.
It’s what we built…"

"And what we built,
has now bound us."

I have configured a QR code
application on your phone.

When you touch this icon,
the application will open.

What you see on the shirt
pocket is not just a design.

When you focus your phone
on the image, you can decode it.

Read it.

All the cameras in the prison
are now in our control.

‘Plan 1 – On Anna’s birthday’

‘2 - The day the minister visits’

‘3 - On the day, the prison
police undergo training’

When you get a chance, wear
this shirt to prison and meet Balu.

Make Balu take a picture
of you using this phone.

He will read the code
while taking the picture.

If he reads it,
he will let us know.

This is very simple.

I will prove to you that
I am a hero.

Keep quiet.

Hello, sir.

Step aside.

You stay fit until you get
the job.

Lingam, what are you
doing here?

One has to follow several steps
before hanging a person.

I require five ropes...

I have to make a dummy that
matches Balu’s height and weight.

I have to practise hanging
the dummy.

It is hard to explain all this.

I am here to take Balu’s
measurements.

If I get my hands on him,
I’ll squash him.

Open the gate.

Hello, sir.

Are you all right?

What did you do, sir?

I am terrified to walk in here.

When the prison was under his control,
everyone welcomed me.

Not sure, whose control it
is in now...

You seem to have drawn
everyone to your side.

I don’t know when
someone will kill me.

Just do your job.

Please hold this.

Write down these measurements.

Perfect!

Look straight.

Please hand me the measuring tape.

That’s 5 ft 4”.

Why are the measurements
taken only up to the neck?

The head will be held intact by the noose,
we can skip that measurement.

Will you include the weight
of the head as well?

No, that weight will be
deducted automatically.

That’s 75 kilos.

Seventy-five multiplied by 3?

That’s 225.

Make a note of that, sir.

Why triple my weight?

We have to make a dummy that
will be three times your weight.

I have to hang the dummy a few times
to test the strength of the rope....

... and then you can die
easily.

Will the dummy look
exactly like me?

Yes, it will.
You’ll be astonished.

Why don’t you see for yourself?

Can I watch the practice session?

What next?

I need a photograph.

For what?

To make the dummy.

Can I take a photo of the
two of you?

Just for a memory.

Can you smile please?

You both look great.

Will you click a photo of
us now?

You have to press this button.

Will you click a photo of us now?

You have to press this button.

Remove the towel.

I will pose without the towel.

Am I looking all right?

‘Plan 1 – On Anna’s birthday.’

‘2 – The day the minister visits.’

‘3 – On the day the prison
police undergo training.’

Are you done?

Yes.

Goodbye.

Put him on the speakerphone.

I made Balu read the plan even
while Macaulay was around.

Are you happy now?

I am very happy.

Balu might pass on information
through you at anytime.

Be alert.

Kuyili...

Yes...

You might have misled
him with an ‘Ok’.

We have to be patient until
we finish this operation.

That is why I said ‘Ok’.

He should not feel cheated.

Do you want me to fall in
love with him?

This is not a problem that concerns
just Lingam and me.

This is about our movement.

When a girl works in the public domain,
problems like these are bound to come up.

No matter what, I have to continue
this e-waste assignment.

That’s the directive from
the Party.

When the assignment is through, you have to take
care of Lingam and help him understand.

The old man will bring the duplicate key from
Macaulay’s room to Balu’s cell.

I will manage the police in
charge of your block.

Nobody will suspect me.

My good conduct for the past 34 years
will not give rise to any suspicion.

I will fetch the key and
unlock your cell.

Even if you help me escape
from the cell,

...it is impossible to get past the security
personnel in this prison.

This is a different route.

This is a different route.

They brought you in
through the tunnel block.

You would have taken a
left at the sixth junction.

But now you have to turn right.

When I am taken to South Africa,
they’ll give me a blue shirt and black trousers.

You can find it in a bag numbered
245 in the prison costume room.

If the dress can be replicated,
we can switch places.

Do not worry.

I can get the dress ready and hide it under the
stairway of block 'A’ the previous day

You can change there.

What are you all doing
here still?

Leave now.

He is one of us.
He is just putting on an act.

Disperse now.

We toil for these people but they label
us as extremists and terrorists.

I agree.

Aggregation of Government, Private and Foreign
capital has resulted in capital accumulation.

We worked towards
uniting all the workers.

But all the capitalists have
come together.

The Media has joined
them too.

The public perception will depend on
how the Media projects us.

The public perception will depend on
how the Media projects us.

These circumstances are a big
hurdle to mobilise people.

We are still a minority in
this society.

Four years after the success of
the Russian revolution,

Comrade Lenin said..

‘Communists are but a drop in the ocean,
a drop in the ocean of the people.’

We are just a drop...

Mao said the same.

Communist members have always been a minority
when it comes to numbers in this society.

It’s not a disadvantage
being in the minority.

We have to work towards resolving people’s
problems, gain their trust and win their support.

Is everything ready?

The biggest crime is the conspiracy
to commit murder.

How will you be punished
for planning my killing?

What is his punishment
for executing it?

Hanging you is my punishment.

How does my dummy look?

Like my own reflection.

Come on, we are all set.

You will not get hurt.

This is just a trial.

What is it?

I have a request...

I want to hang instead
of the dummy.

I have a request too.

Can you handle the lever
instead of me just once?

Hanging a person is easier
said than done.

Do you understand how difficult
it is to just hold the lever?

Threatening me constantly!

Hold on.

Are you ready?

Wait.

Come here.

Hand over your bag.

Check his bag.

Do you have to frisk us
even when we leave?

The officer has instructed us to frisk everybody
when they leave the premises.

Turn around.

What do you have in your pocket?

Plain paper?

Throw it...

Don’t waste paper.

I can use it for something.

He’s been checked.
You can go.

Do I look like a comedian or is Balu
cracking a joke at my expense?

I risked my life to bring
this clue to you.

But it’s just plain paper.

Comrades, Yamalingam has brought
a message from Balu.

Join us right away.

Seven prisoners are being sent
to South Africa on the 21st.

This is the plan.

Join us.

This is like magic.
I couldn’t see it.

When you write with milk on
a white paper, the letters will be invisible.

They become visible when
shown over a flame.

We are familiar with this
technique.

How is that?

Have you reached the destination?

We’ve reached.

Give us a call when the
van leaves the prison.

We will come with Balu.

Is the plan perfect?
-Yes.

The feed that you see on the right is the recording
that is being telecast in the control room.

The feed on the left is the live
telecast from the prison.

The live feed can be
viewed only by us.

There he is. Zoom in.

He’s here!

It is raining!

The feed that we are sending to the control
room doesn’t show the rain.

Do we have any footage
with rain?

We’ll be in trouble otherwise.

Hurry up.

Should we switch to a live feed
in the control room?

No, Balu will get caught.

Allow only this vehicle to go.

Ok, sir.

Do we have any footage
of the rain?

We don’t have any.

Macaulay is in the control room!

It’s raining outside. What...

Close the check post.

Close the gates.

Hurry up.

Don’t shoot him.

We have to capture him alive.

Shut down all the systems.

Cut off all connections.

They will find our hideout.

Don’t leave any evidence behind.
Take everything away. Hurry!

The operation is a failure.

We have to vacate this
place immediately.

What about Balu...?

Go to the prison as usual
tomorrow.

We have to learn about
Balu’s condition.

After we vacate,
I will call you myself.

Sir, I will surrender.

Carry him.

A comrade from Afghanistan has
responded to our post.

He’ll join us for a video
conference at 6 pm IST.

Lingam must be present for
the video conference.

I am handing over charge of the control
room to the cyber crime department.

Lingam, come here.

These two prisoners helped
with the escape plan.

Someone from outside has hacked
the computers in the control room.

If you question them,
you’ll get at the truth.

We did all the work inside
the prison.

But don’t know who
helped from the outside.

We’ll have an enquiry and
submit a detailed report.

I will also give you a proposal
on strengthening safety measures.

Please give me your
feedback after that.

Why didn’t you come here yesterday?

It was raining and I wasn’t well.

I want to check on the progress
of work done in the hanging area.

Is the battery all right?

Afghanistan.

Record this.

I’ve been in the Tamil Nadu
prison for eight years.

I know Tamil well.

Comrade Edwin was lodged there 30 years
ago while awaiting his death sentence.

That is when my comrades and I prepared
a detailed blueprint of the prison.

Right opposite the gallows, there is a
drainage line that runs adjacent to the compound wall.

We dug a trench that connected the
drainage to the area under the gallows.

But before we could complete this escape plan,
they transferred comrade Edwin to another prison.

The trench should be
there even now.

Once you clear the trench, we can use it
to get comrade Balu out.

We can use the trench
to get in.

But, how can we get Balu out.

This is a risky affair.

You have to let them hang Balu
in order to get him out of there.

Even before the hanging begins, our team should
use the trench and wait in the room below.

The doctor will come there to examine him only
after half an hour of the hanging.

That should give us
sufficient time.

Those of you waiting below the gallows should
free him immediately as he drops down.

Is this feasible?

It is.

Balu should be informed of
this plan ahead of time.

That’s when he can hold his breath
while hanging and co-operate with us.

Thank you, comrade.

We have to inform Balu.

After his attempt to escape,
they have lodged Balu at a secret place.

No one can meet him,
not even me.

I will meet Balu myself.

File a petition to meet him, the way we filed one
to meet him in Delhi’s Tihar jail.

I am on my rounds.
I am riding the bike.

I’ll call you later.

This is the place the Afghan
comrade was talking about.

‘Chennai Corporation – 18/4’

This is the place.

Macaulay wants me to pull
the lever and hang Balu.

You want me to do the
same thing.

If the plan fails, you will also get caught
waiting below the gallows.

You too are in danger.

I will do anything for Balu.

…because you are in love
with Balu.

You didn’t want him to die that is why
you didn’t pull the trigger.

That’s not it.

Else, Balu is in love with you.

That is why he didn’t want you to die
and changed plans at the last minute.

That’s not possible.

Does that mean you’re in
love with me?

You have to agree to this
plan for my sake.

You continue working.

There’s some more work to be
done below. I’ll go there.

We’re here.

I am ready.

Mother, don’t disturb me.
I’ll be back.

Should I come down to
help you?

Not necessary.
Just take care of things there.

I’ll do that.

This is the prison wall.

We’re inside the prison now.

Hope this is a safe route.

Even if Balu gets unconscious,
we can carry him out of here in 10 minutes.

On the day of hanging, all of you
wait here as early as 3.30 am.

As soon as he is hanged, take him down
and suspend this weight instead.

That’s when no one will
get suspicious.

Let’s go.

Let’s go.

Go.

Balu knows 16 languages.

Among these, Kuyili
knows Sanskrit.

We cannot communicate our plans
in Tamil inside the prison.

That is why I’ve written out
our plan as a Sanskrit verse.

Shall I read it?

‘We have plans of rescuing you from
below the gallows.’

‘Be ready.’

If Balu repeats the last line,
it means he is ready.

Did you meet Balu at the
Tihar prison?

I’ve given you all the records.
Why are you questioning me?

That is the norm.

You met him when he was
a prisoner on trial.

But now you want to meet him when
he has been sentenced to death.

This has political implications.

We cannot send you in
without questioning you.

Answer me.

A girl named Seetha Lakshmi is here to meet
Balu claiming she is his relative.

Did you verify the records?

I have. It is in order.

Ask her to wait there.
I’ll send Rahul.

Go with him.

Leave your bag here.
Take this token with you.

My name is Seetha Lakshmi.

I am Balu’s fiancée.

Balu’s…?

Fiancée…

If Balu is hanged to death, you
should hand over his body to me.

If you decide to bury his body,
you will be denied permission.

His men will raise a memorial
for him and gather crowds.

If you give a written statement agreeing to
burn his body in front of the police...

I will make arrangements.

All right…

Sign this.

Take her.

You needn’t have come here.

How could I not come here?

I am struggling to find a legal loophole
to save you from the gallows.

I will save you.

Try.

I am confident that you will take charge
and attend to everything.

Hoping you will not be sent to the gallows,
I am going to chant this verse.

‘We have plans of rescuing you from
below the gallows.’

‘Be ready.’

In addition to the eight people on
your special frequency phone...

...one more person called
Kuyili has been added.

That person has called Yamalingam
and sent messages as well.

Is it possible to call or send a message to
Yamalingam using Kuyili’s identity?

You can once you alter
the setting.

It looks like Kuyili is using Yamalingam
to help Balu escape.

Should we arrest her?

Don’t do that.

Let’s not disturb Yamalingam now.

Let’s finish the hanging.

The Magistrate…

The Circle officer…

The Joint Chief Secretary…

The Prison doctor…

In the presence of these officials...

I would like to announce the date
of execution of the death sentence.

There are other prisoners who
have been awarded death penalty...

...why are you rushing to
execute his sentence?

Afzal Guru was sentenced to death
before Ajmal Kasab.

But Kasab was the first
one to be hanged.

Also, this case does not have
any legal impediments.

People have opposing viewpoints
about capital punishment.

What is your personal opinion?

Whatever is advocated by the
Indian Parliament, the Supreme Court...

...the Constitution and the
Indian Penal Code binds me.

Sengodi, the first woman to immolate herself
to protest against capital punishment...

...belonged to Tamil Nadu.

Is there any political motivation behind
Balu being hanged here?

You have to ask the politicians.

This is the information.

Balu, who has been convicted
in the ‘attack on army’ case,

...is sentenced to be hanged
on the 10th at 4 am.

Only an experienced hangman is supposed to
carry out the death sentence.

Will you not reveal the name of
the hangman to the Media?

You will get the details
after the hanging.

What if you are unable to execute
the sentence on the 10th?

You will get news of Balu being
hanged to death on the 10th.

They’ve fixed the date
for execution.

We have just one day.

Let’s get Lingam here tonight and
firm up our plans.

Macaulay has informed the Press that the hanging
will take place at 4 am on the 10th.

However late it gets, he wants you
to meet him before you leave.

One personal favour…

After you’ve hanged him, give me
a piece of the rope you used…

If we keep that at home, that will keep
ghosts and evil spirits away.

It is to ward off the evil eye.

Sit down, Lingam.

He is Yamalingam,
the hangman.

Balu’s execution will take place
with your co-operation.

I need your signature on
some forms.

Can all of you hand me
your mobile phones?

You gave me this phone.

Keep it there.

Keep it.

Why are you taking our
phones?

There is a change in plan.

Balu is not going to be hanged
the day after tomorrow.

He will be hanged tomorrow.

That is at 4 am on the 9th
instead of the 10th.

We have just six hours
more to go.

This is illegal.

The date given to the Press
is 10th.

But you’ve secretly
changed plans.

Violation of human rights is one
of the many problems.

Don’t get us into trouble.

I only want your co-operation.

I have made the necessary
arrangements.

You will be spending
the night in prison.

Only after Balu is hanged can all
of you go back home.

Can I go home and return
at 3 am?

No one will be allowed
to leave the prison.

We’ve closed all records
for the day.

My mother will be home alone.

I haven’t told her.

I’ve already told her that you
won’t be home tonight.

Your families have been informed.

You have diabetes.
We have your tablets for you.

You cannot compel me to
stay back in prison.

I will face the legal implications
after Balu has been hanged.

You can file charges, tell the Media
or do anything else you can do.

Armed forces are guarding
the prison.

We have intelligence reports saying Balu is
likely to make last minute attempts to escape.

He has done that in the past.

If something goes wrong with
executing the death sentence...

...you will be suspected of
being an accomplice.

Take good care of everyone.

Can I be back in an hour?

Go away.

It’s been a long while.
Lingam is not here yet.

Check his house.

I need to speak to you in private.

Please sit down.

It’s my duty to formally inform
you about the date of hanging.

It is at 4 in the morning.

You have just five hours
more to go.

What else?

I decided the time.

You can submit a plea for
mercy even now.

I will make arrangements
for you to stay alive.

The gallows are right
behind us.

You can hang me even now.

I don’t need to stay alive
by seeking your mercy.

You don’t fear losing your life?

I do.

I wish to stay alive too.

But, why do you expect me to
plead with you to stay alive?

You bomb places in the
name of revolution.

You want to give up life
for an impossible cause.

All of you look like fools
to me.

Your salaries are paid from
the taxpayer’s money.

You serve bosses who are against people
or who are moneymaking politicians.

You look like a thug in uniform.

This is a government elected
by the people.

How will people choose governments,
which are against them?

It is possible.

It’s been happening.

I don’t understand something.

Youngsters today are obsessed with
Facebook, Twitter or other technologies.

How do they relate to
your movement?

You are looking down
on youngsters.

Several responsible youngsters are
a part of social media platforms.

It is possible for all of them to
come together in just a day.

I am not under-estimating
your group.

I only suspect that even in the last
minute you will have plans to escape.

No one from the outside
can save you now.

I am a police officer.

I will keep changing plans.

Yamalingam continues to
be my biggest challenge.

I am still wondering why
he agreed to hang you.

If he knows you will die,
I don’t think he will hang you.

I am going to send him
a message in your presence.

The date of hanging is 9th.

We are aware of the change in date.
We’ll be waiting – Kuyili.

Yamalingam needs to believe that
your group is aware of this.

Will you tell Yamalingam not to pull the lever
because you’ll die if he does?

Or will you sacrifice your
life like Bhagat Singh?

I want to know if you’re
‘Bhagat Singh’.

Tell me that before
you leave.

You will know that at the gallows
at 4 in the morning.

When he’s down and out, he lies
drunk at his father’s memorial.

Macaulay has arrested me
and kept me locked up.

This is not an arrest.

Even your father would stay for
a day before execution.

Don’t you know?

That’s not it.

He has taken my phone.

Everyone’s phone is with me.

Please give me the phone.
I’ll have a word with my mother.

Hurry up. I will lose my
job if we’re caught.

The date of hanging is 9th.

We are aware of the change in date.
We’ll be waiting – Kuyili.

Take it back.

It’s all right, talk to her.

Macaulay is not more
important than you are.

Keeping your job is more
important to me.

I need to wake up early.
I have a lot of work to do. You leave.

Sir, you will get away.

Yamalingam has read the message.

He became happy after
reading it.

You’ve played an important role
during this entire operation.

Please appreciate me after
Balu has been hanged.

Did you find him?
– No.

Lingam’s mother has also
been looking for him.

Could it be some other problem?

Let’s get to the prison.

If you find someone unauthorised entering
the prison premises, shoot at sight.

What’s your name?

Balusamy alias Balu…

A bullet wound below the
left shoulder blade.

A cut mark behind the
right shoulder blade…

Case Number: 457

As per the Indian Penal Code 121, 122, 396,
the Special Fast Track Court...

...had sentenced you to
death by hanging.

You had submitted a petition to be considered
a war criminal and to be shot.

The Supreme Court had dismissed your petition
and confirmed death by hanging on three counts.

Under charges of treason and three other categories
under which death penalty is awarded...

...your sentence is about
to be executed.

Do you have anything to
say before you die?

It’s a time and age where one is
confused and does not know...

...who he is fighting or
shedding blood for…

The capitalist approach is the common
enemy and cause for all problems.

Socialism is the only way
to free people.

I whole-heartedly give up my life for
people in the world to realise this.

Long live the Revolution!

We’re unable to open the door.

It’s locked from the inside.

He’s all right. Let him go.

He’s fine.
Let him go, sir.

Go away.

They’re gone.

No one can harm you.

Sir, come. Let’s go.

I have something to say, sir.

You would quote Mao Zedong often…

...that, life lived for your own self is as effortless
as a feather blown around in the wind…

But living your life for people who depend
on you, is a mountainous task.

Do you know the extent
of its reach today?

You would say I always
speak the truth.

Don’t say anything.

I salute you.

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