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Ramayya…

Ramayya?

I pleaded with him not to go into the forest.

Did he listen? He didn’t.

Should I tie him up in the temple too?

Ramayya?

Ramayya!

Huh!

Huh?

Huh?

See?

He was such a smart guy and now he is looking lost forgetting his past.

How hard for you, Ramayya!

-Oh, stop it, Patel. -Huh?

I saw four men last night.

Where are they?

Huh!

Everybody who went there lost their minds.

How come you remained sane?

There was not a soul around.

I didn’t see anybody.

When those four men snapped and fell, there was no one around.

Is this really not a human activity?

I told you so, Ramayya.

You don’t even pay heed to the locals.

This is the doing of Mother Goddess from Devathala Gutta.

This is a curse from the Goddess.

Devathala Gutta!

Here I come.

You have arrived! You are here.

This place has been waiting for you.

If you have come as far as this peak, it’s only the sky next.

Wherever I go, why do you start blabbering, grandpa?

Over there, lord. Right there.

-What is there? -Over there…

Over there… in the sky.

That’s the one…

-I can’t see anything. -Right there, lord.

That is the reason for all the mysteries around us.

That’s the one.

Uh-huh. I can’t see.

Lord! Lord! Over there! In the sky.

-Hey, get lost. -Lord!

Lord! That’s the one.

My lord…

What’s happening, Patel?

It’s been three months since you were posted here.

Haven’t you still understood the norms of this village?

We have a king and our MLA, Mr Raghupathi.

There are village heads like us.

Our village has some regulations in place.

Who gave you the right to breach them?

Only last night I discovered what great regulations you have.

Huh?

You held a woman in bondage outside the village and banned her.

There was nobody to feed her.

So great are your norms, right?

Hey, how arrogant you are!

Don’t you know how to talk to elders?

Hey, stop it.

Keep quiet.

How dare you go to Devathala Gutta Forest that no one had gone to in 25 years?

Why did you go there?

Everybody who went to the forest last night came back insane.

Except you.

He seems to be a wizard himself, sir.

Hey, what makes you laugh?

Your innocence.

I am neither a wizard nor a sorcerer.

Your eyes are closed by superstition and I am here to open them.

Oh, enough of your nonsense.

Leave this village immediately.

Until I get to the bottom of the problems here,

no matter who tells me, even if it is your Goddess from the hill,

I won’t budge from here.

Hey, wait. Stop it, all of you.

Huh? Ramayya…

Stop it.

Move! Move back!

(all clamour) Move away.

Lakshmi!

Are you hanging out with that townie?

You have disgraced me in front of the whole village.

Why are you going around with him anyway?

Don’t misunderstand me, dear.

You know the situation.

If something happens to you, being your dad can I bear it?

Okay, never mind.

We are going to Srisailam today.

Go pack your mom’s clothes and yours.

It’s full moon tonight.

I made a vow to Lord Mallanna that I will conduct anointing tomorrow morning,

For mom’s better health.

Madam!

Rama Krishna was hit with a stone at the panchayat.

Take mom inside and let her sleep. Start the car.

Okay, madam.

How are you doing? Does it hurt?

It’s alright. No big deal.

Anyway, we detectives are used to such things.

My villagers are so typical, Rama Krishna.

They live in fear of superstitions.

That’s why I don’t like this village.

Okay. Whatever has happened has happened.

I gave you a lift when you first came here.

Let me give you one on your way back too.

Where am I going?

To Hyderabad.

Take him away, madam.

He just won’t listen.

Your grandpa’s 48-hour deadline is also over.

We can’t control the locals anymore.

Brother, tea.

Let’s start back this evening, Rama Krishna.

Enough with your help here.

Hmm.

Thirty families of this village are living in hell.

How can I walk out on them?

What do you plan to do?

I will go into the forest again tonight. I'll find out what’s happening there.

There he goes again.

Tsk!

You are a psychiatrist.

Let’s go to the forest together.

Let’s find out what’s making the locals go mad.

Alright, Rama Krishna. I will make a move.

If you don’t end up losing your mind like them, let’s meet in Hyderabad.

Nice meeting you, Ms. Lakshmi.

Hmm.

Lakshmi…

You ran out as if the sky was falling!

Didn’t I tell you we should leave for Srisailam?

Did you take care of us all these years?

Now you say we must go to Srisailam for mom’ sake and mine.

Why are you suddenly showering love?

Is this love for me or fear that I’m talking to a stranger?

It’s not that, dear.

-Anointing Mallanna will do some good… -Tsk!

You guys can go to Srisailam. I am leaving for Hyderabad.

Damn!

Ramayya, enough has happened already.

And you still want to enter the forest.

If nothing happened to me yesterday, nothing will happen to me today either.

Today I will end the drama that’s been taking place in this village.

You are incorrigible.

I will stay here. You go ahead.

You go.

Madam, if sir comes to know, he will blow a fuse.

-Are you going to tell him? -No.

Then leave.

-Sir… -Hmm?

What do you think they will do going inside?

Hmm? They’ll shake their hands.

-Why do you care? Get lost. -Huh!

Stop staring and go.

You said you were leaving the village?

Didn’t you ask me to join you in solving the village’s problem?

This is my village’s problem, Rama Krishna.

Yet you are fighting as if it’s yours.

How can I not support you at such time?

Hmm. Let’s go!

Ramayya…

A pole star manifested on Earth

Niagara blossoms like moonlight

Your eyebrow is like the wave of a blue sea

Your smile brighter than the ray of sun

That’s amazing. Who wrote it?

Who else? It was me. I wrote it.

Do you recite such poems to girls in Hyderabad too?

No, no. I don’t do that.

Anyway, I am a detective. Not a writer.

Oho!

Aren’t you involved with any girl in Hyderabad?

Er… I used to be.

But then the girl left me.

Huh?

Er…

I have a small issue.

Er…

Hey, it’s not what you are thinking, madam.

Then?

I… cannot smell.

What?

It’s called anosmia.

I cannot smell anything.

Oh!

What makes a person go haywire in the head making him forget his past?

Hmm…

There could be many reasons.

When there is a head injury.

Sometimes when a loud sound is heard.

Or from smelling something in the air.

Which means because I have anosmia, nothing happened to me yesterday.

But you can smell…

Ms. Lakshmi…

Ms. Lakshmi…

Lakshmi…

-Sir… -You are from this village, right?

Yes.

-Get in the car. -Huh?

Get in quickly.

Okay, sir.

Is there an RMP doctor in this village?

Or do we have to go to the next village for a hospital?

Huh?

Huh!

Lakshmi…

This is Raghupathi sir’s daughter.

That’s why I was asking for RMP’s address. Or do we have to go to the city?

No.

Take me to my hut. I will give her a herbal medicine.

Trust me, son.

There is no other way.

Turn the car around.

Yes, right here. Please, stop.

You mentioned some medicine?

You will be fine.

Was it you who hit me with a stone in the panchayat?

What the heck are you doing here?

Who the hell are you?

It's full moon tonight.

The air from the tree tonight... will circulate through the entire village.

The whole of Amaragiri will lose their memory and become mindless.

That includes you.

Goodbye, detective Rama Krishna.

Sir...

-Move, move! -(indistinct clamour)

Rama Krishna!

What were you doing in the forest last night?

I went to find out what’s going on there.

Huh!

And you went away leaving your village behind.

Your daughter went with me into the forest to save the village.

What exactly is happening in the forest?

The air from a certain tree is making people lose their minds.

Not only people.

It had every living creature under its influence.

Veeranna was behind all this.

He is not a daily worker from a neighbouring village.

He is in disguise.

Who is he?

Because I was unaffected by the air in the forest, he tested my blood.

He gave Lakshmi an antidote.

If he didn’t wear a mask at night, he used the antidote too.

To convince everyone this is done by Mother Goddess,

he linked it to the full moon.

In the scuffle last night, Veeranna also died.

We know who did it.

We are yet to find out how and why.

Please grant me some time. I will find out.

Hmm.

Raghupathi, I need all details of Veeranna.

Hmm.

Rama Krishna,

I need to speak with you in private.

Hmm.

Rama Krishna, I want to tell you something.

In 1948…

I wished to be a part of the Indian Union Government to establish a democratic rule.

Things were getting out of hand.

The fear that Hyderabad would become South Pakistan…

making my people turn into religious fanatics didn’t leave me in peace.

Just when I thought it was all over, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had arrived.

Just how you showed up now.

Unfortunately for me, Rama Krishna, problems always come in pairs.

One from the village and the other from my own home.

I have a personal problem.

Can you solve it?

My son’s name is Mahadev.

I sent him to London for higher education.

He returned and married a tribal girl.

One year had passed.

Then I suddenly received a message one day...

that my son was about to die.

His last words to me were…

To the east of the fort.

To the east of the fort.

For the last twenty-five years, in the east of the fort,

we left no stone unturned to search every nook and corner

but sadly, we couldn’t decipher it

In a few days, this village is going to be submerged.

River Krishna is going to make it a part of the past.

What happened to my son?

What did he tell me back then?

Can you find it out, Ramayya?

Oh, here you come! Give it to me.

-The king said you will stay here from today. -Brother…

Give me.

-Brother… -Hmm?

Everybody says you have come to save our village.

Please, do something to save my husband, brother.

I am already on the job.

-What’s your name? -Manga.

Are there no pictures of the king’s son in this palace?

Ah! Yes, there are.

Earlier, the pictures were in the hall, brother.

But the king was grieving looking at them.

Raghupathi sir asked us to move them to the bunker.

It’s such a huge fort! Does the king live alone here?

Yes, brother.

His daughter and son-in-law live in their bungalow in the town.

Oh!

This way, brother.

Devarajula Mahadeva.

BIRTH 30-06-1921

DEATH 12-09-1949

Huh?

Nothing will happen, mom!

I heard a detective can track missing people.

I will find dad, Mom.

I want my dad, Mom.