Original subtitles

Once more!

"Under the open sky In his own zone"

"He's sketching out his vision"

"Promises on his tongue, as time zooms by"

"It feels like a cakewalk"

"The flowers sway aside, paving the way"

"Strap in for the quantum ride!"

"Loaded with fervent fever!"

Uncle! 2 idlis.

"Do people who live with their eyes shut know if it's black or white?"

"In the gusty breeze, can you soar like a rocket with a paper boat?"

"Can a fish that's swimming,"

"Foresee its fate?"

"Can it sense the truth that it's a scapegoat for tomorrow?"

"With a questionnaire"

"Did I come out of the womb?"

"Will I just understand the punch line in the afterlife?"

"Hey! You dove with that ripped wings"

"Will the world pause to hear your feathered headlines?"

"Shuffle and bustle, aim for that grand finale!"

You are trying to make me also like you, right?

Hey!

Prabha!

"Hey! You dove with those ripped wings"

"Will the world pause to hear your feathered headlines?"

"Shuffle and bustle but reach for that grand finale!"

"Hey! You dove with those ripped wings"

"Will the world pause to hear your feathered headlines?"

"Shuffle and bustle but reach for that grand finale!"

"The garden lizard learned to witness against the fence"

"He went bonkers, advocating for the other team!"

"Although sir is of high status, his foundation is a bit weak."

"It's practically cracking jokes with every breeze!"

"Hey! You dove with those ripped wings"

"Will the world pause to hear your feathered headlines?"

"Shuffle and bustle but reach for that grand finale!"

The soaps, shampoos and perfumes we use every day

are all first tested on rats after inventing them.

Lab rats.

My life is also like a lab rat's.

When God invents new troubles, I feel like he first tests them on me.

My father.

The shampoo that God tests on my head every day. My father.

My Dad!

If I ever get an opportunity..

Only I know how to deal with fools like him...

- No... No! I won't - Will you tear the paper?

I won't sir... I won't sir I won't

No I won't - Will you tear?

I won't, sir

No... I won't, I won't tear the paper

Sir...sir...sir I won't tear it, sir - Will you tear it? Will you? Will you?

[FM radio playing] Welcome back folks! I'm your RJ Ajay.

In all my years of service, I've never seen anything like this.

We've heard this dialogue too many times in movies.

And just like that,

the Sun is burning us down

like we've never seen before!

While you're out, grab two eggs.

When the bike halts at signals, crack them on the fuel tank.

Hey! How many times have I told you?

Don't post everything as a status! I don't like it.

Why not?

That's what everyone does.

Let everyone else do it; why should we?

Do you want to see how many people see and react to everything I post?

Is this something to be proud of?

Okay then. Why do you post MY photos?

Did I ask you to post them?

Remember last month when your grandmother passed away?

And you posted her photo with a big caption?

Did your grandmother ask you to post it?

These idiots! They never let me work in peace.

They're just for memories, right?

Autos are their favourite place to have arguments.

Don't you know how to behave in public?

When you're in office trying to work if 2 people kept yelling into your ears,

how'd you feel?

Idiots!

Hereafter, these 2 individuals are prohibited from using auto rickshaws in India.

When they cross an auto driver on the road, they must bow down their heads..

Bow down.

You too!

..and apologize to them.

This is the court's judgement.

Hey, look at that dress! Isn't it nice?

I saw a similar one online.

Forget that. Look at the other one. It's even better!

Absolutely no one here can think big, right?

Everyone's desires are SO small.. Just like their brains.

Just petty people everywhere.

Sorry bro.

From morning to night

I hate everything over here. - Madam..

..Would you like anything else?

No, thanks.

Apparently he hates everything over here.

Huh?

Maybe he wants a 7 course spread for his 30bucks.

Don't laugh.

I'm really irritated.

When are you not?

Huh?

When are you not irritated?

Do you ever let me eat in peace?

Daily I eat your rants more than food.

Then tell everyone to change,

I'll stop my rants.

What needs to change?

Do you think you're the only one with dreams?

Everybody has one.

But...

It comes true only for a few.

Even I had dreams..

But if I too kept ranting like you,

then who will control traffic in Valasaravakkam?

Your hero APJ?

Why would he do it?

He didn't throw away his dreams

for an easy job that he got

because of his father's death, like you did.

He pursued what he truly desired.

There are bigger things in this world that just desires, Prabha.

I hope you understand that someday.

Can you please ride faster? I'm getting late.

Please go fast.

Faster... Faster!

Look at me

Faster! Faster!

Speed up! Speed up!

Speed up! More... more

Not enough

More speed

Faster! Faster! Faster! Faster!

Faster... Fast... Go Go Go

Thank you.

Hey hey!

Here. Your change.

It's okay. You can keep it.

No, take it.

Don't study too hard.

They'll make you ride an auto.

All the best.

Welcome back! This is your RJ Aravindh on air.

Today is the 8th remembrance day of an important leader in Indian history.

That's none other than our beloved Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam.

And here's my favourite quote of his.

Look at the sky.

We're not alone.

The universe is our ally.

For those who dream

and for those who work,

the universe is conspiring to give them the best.

Looking for a ride?

Huh?

Where do you want to go?

Madras University.

Sure, get in.

How much will you give?

Huh?

What should I give?

You're kidding, right?

Money!

You want to go to Madras University, right?

How much will you pay?

Oh! I thought you were just helping me.

How much will you pay?

25 paise..?

Are you messing with me right now?

What happened, brother?

Is 25 paise too less?

I can't take you. Get down.

Get down!

Brother..

Just get down.

How do I always find these idiots?

Brother. I'm new to this town..

I don't know anyone here..

Please help me?

Hey! Want to lose your head?

Hey! He's putting his head out and you're just riding along?

Idiots!

Can't you keep your head inside?

You've not seen bikes and cars before?

I have!

But it's all very different out here.

I've heard Madras is an advanced city,

but it really feels like a foreign country.

Foreign?

This city?

With this city, its people, and their tiny brains..

If Britishers come back to visit,

they'll think that we're in 1980.

Exactly what I'm saying too.

All this looks like we're in 1980!

Ahead of its time.

Huh? Ahead?

'Ahead' means in front.

'Behind' means at the back.

You can't use 'ahead' over here.

Brother?

Brother!

Brother?

Hmm..

What is you hometown?

Brother?

Let that be.

Where are you coming from?

From Rameshwaram!

Oh!

That's quite brave of you.

This is your first time in Chennai and you've come all alone.

Chennai?

Where is that?

You don't know where Chennai is?

Which city are you in right now?

Madras.

Dear..

It was Madras a long time ago.

Now this city's name is Chennai.

You didn't know?

Oh! They've changed the name?

When?

Hey!

Really..

Even last night

I boarded the bus that said 'Madras'.

Did they change it this morning?

Brother?

Brother?

Brother?

Look over there.

It's written, 'Madras'.

Looks like they've not changed the name.

Oh.

Correct.

You're right.

Now go.

Brother..

What about the money?

Take it.

See you!

Brother!

I'm new to this town..

I don't know anyone here..

Can you please come inside and help me?

Why are you here?

Oh! That?

I'm here to meet the Dean, Mr.Arivazhagan.

He has asked me to come meet him. It's about my education.

Oh..

Even auto drivers are allowed inside our college?

Hmm?

You go ahead..

I'll wait here.

I'll definitely be here, just go!

Be brave.

Sir..

Who are you?

What do you want?

I'd like to meet the Dean, Mr.Arivazhagan.

Huh?

Dean Arivazhagan?

There's no one by that name here.

But Arivazhagan sir has asked me to come.

Arivazhagan sir?

Where do you want to go?

Madras University.

Yes,

this is Madras University.

But who do you want to see?

I want to see the Dean, Mr.Arivazhagan.

There's no Dean, professor, assistant or helper by the name of Arivazhagan over here.

Someone has fooled you.

Leave now!

No, sir.

He sent a letter asking me to come here.

A letter?

Yes.

What happened, sir?

Nothing at all.

Keep this safe.

Do one thing.

Leave your name and number here.

Once Mr.Arivazhagan arrives, I'll inform him that you came to see him.

Number?

Your phone number.

I'll give you a call once he arrives.

Sir..

Take my number.

9-8-4-0-2

2-5

9-1-2

Name?

- Prabha. - Abdul Kalam.

What?!

APJ Abdul Kalam.

Is the name enough to become a scientist?

I'll call you once he's here.

Why did he ask me to come?

I've come from so far away.

He asked me to come and he's not here now.

I need to blame my father..

Always nagging me..

That... umm..

Can I see that... - Huh?

Letter?

What today's date?

18th September.

Year?

1948.

What happened, brother?

Your father's name?

Jainulabiddin.

Confirmed!

What's confirmed?

Do you know who this is?

Who is this?

I have no idea.

This phone keeps going off..

What is this?

This is a mobile phone.

27th July, 2023?

The date seems to be wrong..

That is not what is wrong.

You're the one in the wrong timeline.

Abdul Kalam?

Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam?

Yeah!

Hmm..

You mean,

this is our former President

who passed away eight years ago?

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?

Yes Kamala, you're right!

Hey!

Are you really that bored?

I'm not finding your jokes funny.

Who is he?

Kamala!

Why are there so many people in 2023?

That's because,

in the last seventy years, India's population has tripled.

That's why there are so many people here.

What?

What are you guys even talking about?

Sir is coming from 1948, Kamala.

We have to tell him about today, right?

Sir?

I'm 6 years older than you.

You've never given me respect even once.

But this toddler is a 'Sir' to you?

Kamala!

Speak with respect.

He's a Professor and a Scientist.

India's former President!

Is this how you speak to him?

Apologise.

Sorry, sir. She didn't mean it.

Mad.

You've gone mad!

I asked you not to read those random physics books.

Did you listen to me?

Books..

I'll be back.

Hey!

You!

Who the hell are you?

Are you fooling him?

Or are you both trying to fool me?

I'm not trying to fool anyone..

I don't understand anything.

I want to go home.

Don't lie to me.

What's your name?

Abdul Kalam.

One tight slap..

Where's your house?

In Rameshwaram.

I never thought I'd get the chance to discuss science with Kalam sir.

Sir.

In college, during computational fluid dynamics class

I had a huge argument with my professor.

I derived the viscous energy flow equation with an alternate method.

Take a look at this.

Isn't this right?

I don't understand anything.

What?

YOU don't understand this?

This is absolutely nothing for you.

Never mind.

Here..

Satellite orbit transfer.

I have a doubt in this.

Can we discuss this?

Brother..

I really don't know who you think I am.

But I don't understand anything you're saying.

Is this really happening?

I feel like I'm in a dream.

I just want to open my eyes and see my mother.

I want to go home. My mother will be looking for me.

Hey!

I feel bad for him.

Leave take him home.

Hey kiddo!

Where is your house?

Where do you want to take him?

He hasn't just come from a different town.

But has come from another time period!

Hey!

You won't let that go?

Kiddo, where should you go?

Rameshwaram.

1948.

Hey..

Please.

Speak the truth.

I swear on my mother.

What do we do now?

I don't know why or how,

but right now

the responsibility to send Abdul Kalam safely back home is ours.

Is ours!

If we don't do this,

I'm sorry to say, this world will lose a great scientist.

Brother, I want to go home.

Yeah you can.

But before that,

we should go see the person who'll guide you home.

Sir!

You said he'll guide us home?

He's not even guiding us inside his house.

Sir?

Who is it?

Prabha.

Come upstairs.

Welcome, Mr.Prabhakaran Palanivel.

You finally found the way to my house?

Or did your auto break down when you were crossing my house?

I stopped coming because you talk like this.

If you had come earlier, I wouldn't have had to talk like this.

Your brain..

..is tiny.

And so is your wisdom.

To ride an auto, I don't need those two, sir.

Hmm..

You're right.

You only need a little arrogance to talk the way you do.

I literally spoon fed you.

Told you to ride auto in the mornings

and come sit with me in the evenings

and complete your degree in correspondence.

Did you listen?

What are you doing now, sir?

Ah yes I know.

Riding auto all morning and getting irritated with the world.

Blaming everyone and everything around you, right?

Serial ranter!

What's making you so angry? Who are you so angry with?

I'm angry with all those people who didn't stop my father that day,

but are advising me today.

Alright, why are you here now?

To...

To discuss a theory.

What theory?

A theory on how to rant?

Just get it over with.

Sir..

For example..

consider him to be APJ Abdul Kalam.

Hmm..

Sir..

For example..

Just imagine him to be APJ Abdul Kalam.

Let's assume by mistake, he accidentally travelled from 1948

and has reached 2023.

Now..

How do we..

..send him back in time?

I really thought you had something useful to talk about.

You're still watching those useless superhero movies?

Look, I don't have time for all this.

Leave right now. I have no time.

Sir... sir... sir

Please don't say that.

Help us out, sir.

Who is this?

- His Brother. - My friend.

Name?

- Kalam. - Kamal.

No rush, take your time and decide. I'll wait.

No... No...

It's Kamal.

Just a slip of the tongue.

Looks like its not just a 'theory' after all.

Not at all, Sir..

It's only a theory.

You really think he's Kalam or what?

Prabha..

What you're saying is impossible even in the future.

For thousands of years, a lot of people have researched about this.

But they've got no results.

We can travel along with time,

but it's impossible to move within time itself.

This is something that'll never happen. It's a..

How do I put it?

It will always be a wild fantasy.

Okay, sir.

Let it be impossible.

But hypothetically,

if it happens..

Hear me out, Prabha.

If you want to discuss your project, I'm available at any time.

But if it's some nonsense like this, I'm not interested.

My plants are waiting for me, so please leave.

Sir..

Prabha..

Everything in nature happens only when the conditions are favourable for it.

For a rainbow to appear, we need to have sun and rain together.

For a plant to grow, it needs soil and water.

That day, conditions weren't favourable for you.

That's why you've become like this, Prabha.

I can understand.

But Prabha, remember,

We are men of science.

We're responsible for creating those conditions.

So, you didn't get any solution.

You only got his advice.

What the professor said isn't just advice.

Conditions.

Everything needs the right conditions.

Whatever conditions were present when Kalam arrived,

needs to be there for him to return too.

How he came,

is how he can go back,

right?

How did I come?

I received a letter from the Dean. Sir, post!

'Sir, Post!'

Last night at 7 o'clock, I started from home.

'Hey, Abdul! hurry up, it's getting late.'

Dad sent me off at the bus stand.

'Take care, Abdul.'

Just stay wary

I slept off right after getting onto the bus.

In the morning, the bus conductor woke me up saying we've reached Madras.

'Hey, wake up! We've reached Chennai.'

You were the first person I saw after getting off.

You just casually hopped on a bus in 1948 and reached 2023, right?

I have no doubt.

You're definitely 'The APJ'.

Shall we go?

Where to?

Where else?

To your time machine!

Got the ticket.

Here..

Uh?

Time to leave.

Be brave.

Remember..

Don't lose your ticket.

Keep it in your box.

And more importantly..

Ask me what?

You should sleep.

Right after getting into the bus, once it starts moving,

you have to fall asleep.

Okay?

Understood?

Brother..

Hmm?

I'm new to this town..

I...

I don't know anyone over here.

So, you want me to come along and help you.

Right?

Ugh.. Annoying..

[movie playing on TV]

This won't work if you act this way.

You should sleep.

Sleep!

5 more minutes..

You should sleep.

Sleep!

Nice scene, right?

Sleep!

Suddenly, I feel like this idea is stupid.

Oh!

You got a better idea?

Brother..

Hmm?

What happened between you and your father?

Sleep!

Rameswaram has arrived. Get down.

We're here!

Hello? Where are you?

You reached?

Nonsense.. You're good for nothing!

And you have another idiot trusting you. Useless fellows..

Hmm?

What happened?

Is he stuck like me too?

Nope.

They're stuck a little differently.

Wonder how my mother is.

I've never been away from her like this.

We've only just begun.

We'll definitely find a way out.

Don't worry.

But how?

To travel across cities, we have buses.

To travel across countries, we have ships.

But to travel across time?

[indistinct chatter]

Brother, we had 2 teas.

Please move.

Here.

I don't have change.

Can you take your 2 rupees later?

Later?

Brother, it's TWO RUPEES! I want it right now.

Brother, are you trying to fool a kid?

It's TWO RUPEES, you can do so much with it!

Yeah! Isn't that right?

Why is he wearing his pants so high?

Don't touch me.

- He's wearing it so high - What are you doing?

- Let me be, why are you doing this? - Why are you guys messing with that kid?

Brother... Brother... let him go.

Let go of him..

Come on, come with me.

Come with me.

He hasn't given the two rupees yet.

Will you please come?

[Indistinct chatters]

Let's leave from here please.

Did you say anything to them?

Me?

They're the ones who started picking on me.

If only this was my town, I'd have..

Looks like even Kalam sir can get angry.

Why were they making fun of me alone?

Uhm... Never mind..

They're jobless.

That's how they'll act.

Forget it.

You know..

They kept staring at me.

And then they started making fun of me.

Why?

Your looks.

Huh?

Your clothes.

What you are wearing, the way you walk, how you talk.

It feels like you're from some ancient times.

Your get-up is the problem.

Get-up?

Get-up!

What's for them with my get-up?

Well..

That's how it is.

Idiots!

Over here, they way you are dressed earns you more respect than your education.

You said if we took the night bus, I can go back to my mother.

But we're still stuck here.

What do we do now?

Should we go back to Madras?

Nope.

What we're looking for is somewhere here for sure.

In Rameshwaram.

Are you sure this is Rameshwaram?

Everything feels new here.

Let's walk around the town?

Let's go.

"Oh! My homeland, now called an alley"

"Has become a dead end before we even arrive"

"When will we get rid of this riddle?"

"The journey to my doorstep feels like a quest"

"Amidst constant vacillations within this void"

"Is this truly my homeland?"

"Enlighten me!"

"In the womb of earth"

"Amidst the pride of job and wicked calculations"

"Is it fair that my residence exists here?"

"Enlighten me!"

You asked me last night..

About what happened between me and my father.

He didn't have any money left.

He thought only riding an auto will feed me. So he said no to college.

His small brain could only think so much, I guess.

What an epic movie!

I've never seen one like this before.

Who the hell is this guy?

Looks like this is the only movie he has watched.

Brother?

Can we watch it one more time?

Brother, what happened?

I feel there is some connection between you and that ghost.

The ghost and I?

Yeah.

Think about it.

Why did the ghost come in that movie?

To seek revenge?

Correct.

Not just in this movie.

In every movie ghosts don't come without a reason.

Either they come to seek revenge,

or..

to finish some work that they left behind.

Oh yeah!

My mother has told me

that if there's any unfulfilled desire or duty, ghosts appear.

Exactly!

Every ghost has a reason.

A purpose.

If that gets solved,

it leaves.

So you're saying I'm a ghost?

That's not what I mean.

Say..

Like how every other ghost has a purpose,

what if there's some purpose behind you coming here?

If we figure that out and fulfill it, we might find your way home.

Purpose..

Reason..

Reason? Purpose..

No doubt at all.

I'm sure.

You've come back now to fulfill something that you couldn't do when you were alive.

Let's do this!

What's that something I couldn't complete?

How do we find out?

It must definitely be something big.

Were you researching about any important equations when you were alive?

Or..

Yeah!

Were you holding onto some important

national secrets when you were the President?

Are you here to return that now?

Please think.

Think deeply..

If this is about national security, then we must go to Delhi immediately.

Think..

What should I think about?

I'm a renowned scientist..

I'm the President of India..

I know all this only because you told me.

All I know now is,

my mother,

my father,

my school and my friend Sastri. That's it!

Wow!

When you were in your 10th grade,

you used to go work at a factory in the morning

and then go to school

and then go for another job

and only then return home?

Factory?

Yes.

Job?

Yes!

Me? When?

Here, look at this.

Why are you looking like that?

In your 12th grade exams you got the state 2nd rank, right?

State rank?

Who? Me?

How is that even possible?

What do you mean how?

Damn.

So all that was just someone's imagination?

Oh God!

These are the books that are going to guide us?

We're doomed.

Don't say that.

Not every book will be wrong.

There could also be some truth.

Look at this one.

When you were alive

this is a paper you had published.

Take a look.

Come on.

Ok never mind.

Brother..

- See this one. - Brother..

Another research paper

Brother!

No matter how much I see all this, I won't understand it.

I'm not the one who did all this.

It is THAT Kalam!

YOUR Kalam!

Not me.

Mr.Kalam!

How could you leave me alone!

Looks like your motherland is making you brave.

Ouch..

The world I saw yesterday

and the world I'm seeing today, are so different.

Everything feels new.

But this sea and the shore are just the same.

Just like I saw it yesterday.

Hello.

Why aren't you answering your father's calls?

He has nothing better to do.

Oh yeah..

And you are saving India's future, right?

Actually..

That's exactly what I'm doing, Kamala.

Enough.

You father sounded worried because

you didn't go home last night and you aren't answering his calls.

Should I tell him that

you've gone to drop Abdul Kalam back home?

Truth doesn't change just because you can't speak it.

What's going on over there?

Did you guys figure out any solution yet?

We are almost there..

It will be done today.

Last night, I couldn't sleep at all.

I watched a couple of Hollywood movies about time travel.

But..

Every movie has a different concept to time travel.

I'm confused.

I'll just call you back.

Why are you laughing?

Once every year, my father gets a bowl of mutton soup and leaves it in the sea.

Huh?

Why is that?

Yeah.

I asked him the same thing.

Tell me why you are doing this, daddy.

I'll tell you.

But you shouldn't tell anyone else.

I swear I won't breathe a word. Tell me.

So..

Remember Usman uncle?

Of course.

Sad he is no longer with us.

He has passed away

The day before he died

he asked me to come along to have mutton soup with him.

Okay?

But that day,

I had some important work.

So I couldn't go.

What if his spirit comes and attacks me because his wish went unfulfilled?

Hey!

Don't laugh at me.

Hey! I said don't laugh.

Brother..

In the ghost movies you've watched

why did the ghosts come?

Huh?

Tell me.

Well..

Different movies have different reasons.

Tell me 2 of them.

In one movie the ghost came to kill its lover's murderer.

Hmm..

In another movie..

The ghost because it felt misunderstood.

And then..

Do you realise something?

None of the ghosts came back for a medal or a mission

They came for their mother or for their father

or for their own..

own..

own..

Personal..

Yes! Personal.

Which means..

why I'm here could be for a personal reason, right?

What are you trying to say?

We must change the way we're thinking.

We must find out if there is something personal in this.

Personal?

Yes! Personal.

Are you out of your mind?

Sorry..

Purpose means something big.

That too, someone living in 1948

breaks science, logic and reality

and arrives in 2023 skipping 75 years.

How can this be for some simple personal reason?

All this "equations" and "national secretary" you're talking about

doesn't go through my head at all.

I am also not that person who can understand all this.

The one who is here is ME.

And I'm the one who needs to finish what needs to be done.

So what are you saying?

That you're here to seek revenge?

Oh God! That was just an example.

To help you understand.

Listen!

I've understood everything well.

You're the one who's blabbering here without any understanding.

Get this straight.

I know you more than you know yourself.

Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam dedicated his entire life working for this nation.

He has nothing 'personal'.

National service and national security meant everything to him.

This definitely has to be something big.

If it's some big reason, why didn't that big Kalam come back?

Why did I come?

What are you doing?

Who is that old man?

Shush!

Give me 2.

Feels like I've seen him before somewhere.

Maybe you're just imagining it, let's go.

Hold on.

Hey! Sastri!

Huh?

What are you doing? Come back.

Who are you?

How dare you talk to Sastri sir disrespectfully?

Do you know who he is?

Who is he?

You're telling me who this guy is?

Hey!

One tight slap and..

Brother! Brother... sorry, he's a small boy.

Take him away from here.

Okay, brother.

Let's leave from here. Please!

Come on

What's with that look, buddy?

It's me you dumbo!

Hey.. did you just call him a dumbo?!

He's insulting only me right? Why are you getting worked up?

Sir, he called you a dumbo!

He called me a dumbo once. Now you've called me that twice!

Hmm..

Feels like I've seen you somewhere..

Hmm?

You're still only 'feeling like' it?

If I knock on your head once like our math sir, you'll remember?

Oh! OH!

How did I take so long?

Abdul..

Huh?

Gho... Uh... Ghost!!

Ghost!

Oh no!

Whoa!

This is unbelievable!

Like how people casually travel from One city to another,

you've just travelled

from 1948 to 2023?

I've not read something like this even in ancient folklores.

That's what even I don't understand.

Listen to me.

Let's go perform some rituals in the temple.

All your problems will..

Grandpa! What are you saying?

We are trying to find a 'purpose' here

and you're talking about temples?

Purse?

I don't use a purse.

I keep stuff in my pockets.

Purpose, grandpa. I said 'Purpose'.

Purpose

Buddy.. Your English is still terrible?

English itself is terrible.

Okay..

What is that 'purpose'?

Well..

Just like how ghosts appear to fulfill their old wishes,

we feel there could be a reason for me coming here too.

If we figure that out and finish it,

I think I can go back to my mother.

But how do we find what it is?

When you met Kalam sir the last time

When he met you for the last time

did he tell you anything?

About any unsolved equations?

Or..

about any important project?

After Abdul became the President,

I met him only two or three times.

Even then..

he would never talk to me about any 'equal to'.

I wouldn't understand, right?

When I met him for the last time,

we talked about doing a fun trip to Assam and Meghalaya.

But..

When he said that he was traveling alone to Shillong,

I got a little angry with him.

But..

After that..

It was over here.

They fired bullets into the sky...

...and gave him a respectful send off.

I thought I'll meet him again only in the heavens.

But,

I never expected such a meeting

over here again.

And..

They packed all his belongings and brought it here to his house.

Grandpa..

How do I explain..

What we are asking you is...

Wait. What did you just say?

About..

About.. his belongings? Is that right?

Yes.

Old man! You're amazing!

Sorry..

I meant.. grandpa.

Yeah I know what you meant.

It's okay.

Well I am a little 'old', after all.

Thanks, grandpa.

Do you know them?

Will they allow us to see those items?

Allow us?

They'll roll us a red carpet.

Hey!

Look! You're in this photo.

We clicked this photo only last month.

Dad was saying that it was not printed yet.

Is this really necessary now?

Please move.

Stop meddling with this.

Come here.

Why?

Sit down.

Not there. Here.

Welcome home, sir!

Greetings, madam!

How are you doing?

I'm good.

Why have you stopped visiting us?

You're the senior member of this family too, remember?

Not like I don't want to come.

I was just held up with work.

Please take it.

Tell me, sir.

So..

These two boys are well known to me.

They're studying history in Madras.

Oh..

They're researching about Abdul's life.

Oh! Is it?

Why do you look like that?

Two people visited last month also for this.

Is she my relative?

Who is she?

Madam..

Yes?

How are you related to Kalam sir?

He is my uncle.

Uncle?

They need to return by this evening.

If you're okay with it, can we go see Abdul's room?

Definitely, sir.

Shahid!

Coming, grandma!

Tell me.

My grandson.

I know.

Your great grandson.

Take them to Abdul grandpa's room.

Hmmm..

I feel like I've seen him somewhere..

Right?

I was thinking the same too.

Uh-oh! We have no time for all that.

We can think about it some other time in leisure.

Now let's focus on our work. Hey! Take us there.

Yes.

Where have I seen him?

Hmm..

I don't remember.

Hmm..

I've seen him somewhere.

Can you go bring us some juice?

Why should I?

Well.. I'll give you half of it!

Deal?

Good boy!

Why are you so late?

'Annachi' would have left for lunch.

My dad's friend had come from Madras.

They were discussing about my higher studies.

What?

You're going to leave this town?

I don't know.

I didn't understand anything, so I left.

Okay, give that.

I won't leave, give me that.

Nope.

Why? Dessert is eaten last.

Like the Englishmen.

Hey!

Put it on the scale.

Welcome, boys.

Even seasons might take some extra time to change.

But you guys are always on time.

That's not true.

Today we're 15minutes lot!

Huh? Lot?

You mean 'late'.

Yeah.. Yeah! Late, late!

Give us the money, Annachi.

Hold on.

What's the hurry?

Here you go..

Let's go.

Ma'am..

Two Twos.

Hey..

Annachi looks a little off today.

You're right. I feel the same too.

Also..

The shop seems a little empty today.

Who is he?

-No clue. -He is some new person.

Come, let's see.

Annachi?

He has gone out for some work.

He told me that you guys will come.

Give that to me.

Hey!

I think something is wrong.

Don't worry.

I guess Annachi bought a new shop.

He needs to set it up, right? So maybe he's busy with that.

Are you sure?

Yes yes.. That's it.

Thank God!

Watch out! Careful.

Hey!

Welcome..

Welcome, boys!

I was waiting for you.

What is all this, Annachi?

What happened?

That..

My business is done here, boys.

The relationship with this town too is done.

You guys are my last customers.

Give it to me.

Hey, what?

Come on, give it to me.

What's wrong?

You should study well, okay?

Nothing is more important than education.

Understood?

Also..

Dream big!

Only that will help you.. Where are you going?

Where?

Where else..

Like everyone else,

wherever there's business, wherever there's life.

I will go there.

Now...

When will you come back?

When, eh?

When you invite me for your wedding.

I'll come for that.

Annachi..

You've given me 25paise extra.

I have no change.

Keep that in my memory.

No no!

You said that this is your last business here.

You shouldn't be at a loss.

Oh!

When are you leaving?

Umm..

This evening.

Evening?

Okay, I'll come home and give it to you.

Okay.

Leave now.

Let's go.

Brother, come here.

Let's not forget this.

See we'd have left this behind

Abdul!

You're here?

Your father is looking for you.

Go quickly.

This is the right opportunity.

He should make use of this.

Yes. He's written the letter himself!

Come, Abdul.

You were worried about what to do next, right?

Look at this.

What is this dad?

Remember Ubaidur uncle visited us last week?

His friend is currently the Dean at Madras University.

His name is Arivazhagan.

Uncle spoke to him and arranged a meeting for you with him.

Go meet him, okay?

But.. why dad?

I don't want to go to Madras.

Can I just stay here, mom?

Here?

You need to step outside and see the world, Abdul.

Go meet him. He'll show the right way.

See how well he has written.

'It would have been nice if I had returned that 25paise the other day to Annachi.'

You're still holding on to that one paise?

Mmm Hmm

I'm not the one who remembers it.

Hello! Hello!

What are you trying to say?

What's there to say?

If we return that 25paise, I can go home.

You idiot!

Hey!

Sorry.

Are you even listening to yourself?

I really believe this is the purpose.

God! That Anna...

That Annachi' would've died decades ago.

Hope you understand that.

Annachi' s children must be alive right? Atleast one of them?

If we can give it to them, it's still considered done.

You must be kidding me!

Paise isn't even in circulation these days.

It's okay, I have one.

Hey!

I have them too!

Grandpa..

You tell me.

Abdul Kalam!

The President of India.

Celebrated scientist.

He has come back from the dead.

If HE has come back, will it be for some big reason?

Or for something trivial like this?

Who said this is trivial?

Tell him about it, Sastri.

The great Mr.Kalam,

on his last day,

in his last seconds,

has recorded this 'trivial' detail in his diary.

That shows how big this was for him.

Tell him.

What you're saying sounds right.

Tell him that.

But..

After listening to Abdul..

I don't know..

I don't understand all this.

I'll go with whatever Abdul says.

That's it.

Oh!

Old friends, right?

You both are a team now.

I came all the way here from Chennai leaving behind all my work.

Right?

I'm the idiot here.

Brother..

Please.

Annachi was a good man.

Also

I gave him my word.

Please trust me.

I feel this is the right thing to do.

Oh..

Is that so?

Do you know what I feel?

I feel there is no chance you're really APJ Abdul Kalam.

Someone who's going to become a great scientist in the future,

can't be this stupid when they're young.

Alsolute nonsense..

Isn't this, you?

Before he shows this to his grandma

you think we can run from here?

Certainly!

Let's go.

Grandma!

Come.. come..

Sir..

One lemon soda please.

With two spoons of salt.

Oh..

Soda?

Why not?

You want one too?

Listen..

If you listen to me, I'll stay here.

If you keep talking about Annachi and the 25paise nonsense,

I'm going home.

Oh! Just stop.

Why should I?

Is there any logic in what you're saying?

Just blindly believing in something without logic is stupidity.

That's stupidity

What logic, brother?

I'm Abdul Kalam. I've come from 1948. Is there any logic in that?

Why did you come this far without any logic?

Brother..

There's no logic in any of this.

This is something beyond all that..

Feeling?

Yeah.

Feeling!

That's what I have.

I'm not entirely sure if this is the right way to go.

But it's a feeling.

Can you trust me and come along?

Okay, I'll come.

Once this stupidity ends,

I've to be there to find the real purpose, right?

But on one condition.

I won't do any help.

And I won't give any ideas.

That's okay.

I'm happy if you're just around us.

Sastri,

we need to find out about Annachi's family.

Hmm..

It's been ages since I last heard about him.

I last heard that Annachi's family was in Sundaramadai or Vedalai.

That's great info. Let's go!

Huh?

That's more than 30 kilometres from here.

Do we have buses or should we...

Remember back then we used to

obsess over Shankar uncle's bullet bike?

Hey!

You own a bullet?

"Where is the woods of skull?"

"See the sinister gust waltz through the air"

"There might be a thousand tales, but this one weaves a riddle"

"Are you the scientist who came to illuminate the incomprehensible?"

"You didn't foresee the birth, yet you dread to behold me"

I know him very well.

His son studied with me too.

Can you please tell us where he is now?

He passed away many years ago.

You mean Annachi? Yes

Not him.

Tell us about his son who studied with you.

Twenty years back, he died due to cholera.

He's dead too?!

"Please forgive me, just this once"

"Is he dead too?"

"you penned his chapter's final breath?"

"Is he dead too?"

"Has he cast the verdict?"

"Thrilling to feel a horror tune tearing me to shreds!"

"Ah, fate's whims" - Oh my Goodness!

Brother!

Do you know where Kumaravel Annachi's house is?

How can I tell you the house with just a name?

Can you tell me the street name or house number?

If we had that why would we ask you?

Fair enough.

Find it yourself.

"is he dead too?"

The family lived here for 25 years.

And that makes them famous?

My husband and I have been living here for the past 50 years.

But no one knows my husband.

"Rent is just a luxury we can't afford"

"So, we will live in eternal poverty, you see"

"Ah, this world's a rental, nobody owns it!"

"Just step aside and watch the grand performance of duty unfold."

"Is he dead too?"

"Is he dead too?"

No one is here. Let's go.

What name did you say?

Sudalai.

Umm..

A...

B...

B...

C...

Sir!

Careful. You might hurt your fingers.

Give that to me.

This is the one.

Oh!

This family is it?

Yes, they lived here.

Now?

Now they're gone.

Gone where?

Where..

Tirupathi.

Tirupathi?!

Yeah.

They went on a family trip to Tirupathi.

Sadly, the bus took them all

straight to the heavens.

"Dead too?"

"Is he dead too?"

Is there no one alive in that family?

Alive…

There's one person left.

A distant relative.

A distant relative?

How distant?

Sudalai's second sister's husband's third brother's..

How do you even know all this?

He's the one who identified the bodies.

I don't care who he is. It's the same family. So I'm okay with it.

Where is he now?

Why isn't anyone here?

How would I know?

I'm also coming with you, right?

Hey!

Look over there.

Someone's coming.

Stop him.

Hey... Hey... Hey… Brother.. Brother..

Brother... Brother

Do you know anyone called Savarimuthu here?

He rides a boat around here.

Wow!

We got him!

Has he gone fishing into the sea?

No?

Yes?

No?

Hey!

Say either yes or no. Not both.

Okay..

When will he return from the sea?

He won't return.

Won't return?

He will stay back in the sea or what? He has to return, right?

When will he come back?

Sir..

He didn't go inside to catch fish. He went to die. Please move!

He's going to die?

Even him?!

Looks like no one in that family Knows how to stay alive.

Okay..

Why does he want to die?

That..

He fought with his wife. My sister.

And she kicked him hard.

Oh! Is it? Then?

Sir..

Forget it!

He won't like me sharing all this.

That's only if he comes back alive, right?

That's what I'm going for. Move!

Hey, is that the one?

Brother..

Is that the one?

Which one?

No not that one.

No?

Hey..

Look over there!

[Shinchan playing on phone] I made this at school with so much hard work

Tell me how is it, dad

Really, Shinchan? It's delightful to look at

That one? Brother it's that one, right?

Yeah, that's the one.

Brother!

Son!

Uncle!

Brother!

Son!

Uncle!

Brother!

Son!

Uncle!

Listen to us!

Brother!

Son!

Don't shout into my ears, Sastri.

Brother!

Son..

We're getting close. Look there..

Uncle, stop the boat!

If you force me, I'll definitely not stop.

Son, we're asking you, please stop.

Who the hell are you guys?

Why are you coming here?

We've come to stop you.

No! I will not stop. I'm going to die.

Please listen to us.

I don't listen even to my own wife.

Hey! Let me be.

Atleast let me die in peace.

Why are you doing this? Leave!

Hey! Careful.

Careful..

Don't come here.

Don't come. Brother..

Don't come... Don't come closer.

Brother... Brother..

Uncle, watch out!

Whoa! Hold on.

Catch him from there.

Just go away.

Uncle stop! Just stop!

Hey! Stop running... Uncle just wait.

Brother..

Oh no..

Save me!

Save me!

Sav... Save me!

Save me!

Save...

Brother..

Who are you all? Why did you save me?

That's not important.

You call yourself a fisherman but can't even swim?

Uh! Don't talk about unnecessary things now..

Okay?

Tell me why you're here.

I owe you some money.

What?

Are you sure it's not the other way around?

No. I have to give you.

If you had told this earlier, I wouldn't have jumped.

- Give it. - Yeah give it to him.

What on earth is this? Nonsense!

Uncle, no!

Why aren't you stopping me?

Our job is done here.

I don't understand anything.

Not just you.

Me too.

You said you won't help us at all?

And you did so much.

Not really.

I wanted to prove you guys wrong.

That's why.

Come here.

If what you said was right,

you're going to leave now, right?

I have to go, right?

You know that my mother will be worried..

Yes..

But..

If you could just stay with me, it'll be so nice, right?

It's just that..

I'm genuinely happy after a long time.

That's why.

Who doesn't like feeling young again?

Hello!

What's with all the drama?

What even happened now?

Because you returned that 25paise, you think you will go back?

Nonsense..

Even now you don't understand, do you?

That you're all wrong and only I'm right?

Abdul..

Now that you're going back..

Please get married this time around.

What? I didn't get married?

Why?

Only you know why.

Looks like I'll get to know everything with time.

Okay, I'll leave now.

Take care.

Brother..

Brother..

Thank you so much!

For what?

For everything.

Right from when I got off the bus,

till this moment.

For everything.

Thank you so much.

I'll leave now.

Just a minute.

You didn't believe what I was saying.

And now..

What you believed has only happened.

How?

How did you know?

My mother always says

whatever the issue is, you have to look at all sides of it.

So I thought about it from your perspective too.

If Kalam was that great,

then what I needed to do must have been that great too.

But, I didn't have to answer for one question alone.

Kalam was such a great man.

Why would he write about something so trivial in his diary?

That too on his last day,

why would he remember such a small thing?

I gave it a lot of thought.

And I finally understood

that these small things were really big for him.

All our great achievements

and inventions

are only for the world.

But what our heart really likes and what remains in our heart always

are only these little things.

Kamala..

Yeah?

You're stepping out to do something new. Why hold on to the old?

Leave that here.

All the best.

Maybe that's why, even that great man in his last days

lived with these small memories.

No matter how big someone is, maybe in the end

only these little memories stay with them?

Is a good life only a sum of all these little things?

Because,

If you want to live well, is it necessary

to become a scientist who invents a rocket?

Is it not enough to just be an auto driver

who guides a lost 16-year-old boy back home?

What's small and what's big depends only on how we see it, right?

Daddy..

You tell me.

Who is the bigger person now?

Is it me, who went on to invent a rocket?

Or is it you, who helped me?

Or is it your father, who got you the auto that brought us together?

I wonder who will answer this question.

I don't think it's possible to answer some questions.

"Life is to live"

"If you look back a little, you will understand the beauty of life"

"Life is to live"

"Open your eyes and you'll understand the meaning of life!"

"When life pulls you in both directions!"

"I now realize who I truly am!"

"Hey! Don't you run"

"Hey! Don't you run"

"Plants gaze upon me! Gaze upon me and sing!"

"Only I could hear their song!"

"Even the birds gaze at me, They gaze at me asking"

"Can you fly as we do in the sky?"

"Hey! Don't you run"

"Hey! Don't you run"

"Plants gaze upon me! Gaze upon me and sing!"

"Only I could hear their song!"

"Even the birds gaze at me, They gaze at me asking"

"Can you fly as we do in the sky?"