'Little Kunjali wants to sleep'
'come and put him to sleep, slowly'
'tell him a sweet story'
'once he sleeps, prepare beautiful dreams for him'
'he is a mischievous boy'
'he will wake up on his own and will wake up his mother too'
'come, riding on the palanquin of the full moon, my dear lad'
'little Kunjali wants to sleep'
'come and put him to sleep, slowly'
This is the third time...
...that a man who went there laughing and roaring pompously...
...is coming back here like a beheaded goat.
Let's stop...
...the mobilization of our troops against the Zamorin army.
There was that rascal with them...
What was his name?
Mangattachan.
Yes, that's it.
As long as he is leading the Zamorin's army...
...it is really difficult for Kochi to win against the Zamorin's nair army.
Don't take things lightly, your highness.
We need help from the Portuguese.
If you don't want to lose your crown and sceptre,
...that is the only option you have!
But... for their purpose to be served,
Marakkar has to agree, right?
Is it Kuttyali Marakkar or Raja Keshava varma, who's ruling Kochi?
The decision is yours, right?
It's not that, shankaran thampi.
I'm not speaking against the king's word.
If you don't want to see Zamorin's nairs plundering the Kochi palace,
...we should have the Portuguese army by our side.
Our army also needs guns and cannons.
'M'
'm'.
His highness sent this for you.
His highness gave the Portuguese the authority over the harbour, in writing.
We export ginger and pepper to Jeddah, without giving it to the Portuguese, right?
They are taking revenge for that!
What do they want?
If we have to take our goods inside the harbour and load it into ships,
...we need to get some kind of 'kartaas' from them, apparently.
Kartaas?
What is this kartaas?
It's a kind of receipt that we would get, if we pay taxes to the Portuguese.
Arabs are paying us 90 in cash per bahr.
If we have to obtain a kartaas to load our goods,
we need to pay the Portuguese 60 in cash, per bahr.
If we do business like that,
there won't be any money, even to buy water for the bull that pulls the cart.
That's what the traders are saying.
Unless you speak to his highness and find a solution to this,
our children would starve.
Fire!
Idiot!
Teach these fools how to hold the guns properly first.
Hold it firm!
Load the gun.
Lift it straight up!
Tend to your shoulders.
Aim at the pig's head!
Bang!
When we went to the palace, we were told that you would be here, your highness.
I was about to send someone to ask you to come here, Marakkar.
What's the occasion?
A wedding is going to happen in the Marakkar family.
Wow! - Mammali!
Bow before him!
Marakkar, the...?
Considering maternal lineage, he would be the fourth.
His name is Muhammed Ali.
We call him Kunjali at home.
We've decided to conduct the wedding next month.
My wife had made an offering to the mosque...
...that the engagement of the bride and groom, should be held at memattu mosque.
That's on the next full moon day.
You need to travel quite a distance, huh?
You need to cross kathrikkadu forest to get there.
Attacks by wild creatures are rampant there!
You should be careful.
We have taken precautions.
Where is the girl from?
She is kaippulli haji's younger daughter.
These kids grew up together.
When they said that they like each other, we thought we'll make it happen.
Everything will go well!
I have to tell you one more thing, your highness.
Ever since the Portuguese began the tax system,
the farmers are suffering a lot.
They don't even have the money to buy seeds.
Marakkar...
The Portuguese stretched their hands several times to ask you
if you could sell your salt & pepper to them, right?
What did you tell them then?
No!
You were adamant that you will give it only to the arabs...
...and pushed their hands away!
Now, you better obey what they are saying!
A bridge is laid so that people can walk either ways, right?
So, when we took some things from them, we also had to give them some things.
That's all.
I gave my word to the Portuguese, for the safety of our land.
I cannot go back upon my word.
You needn't come here again to talk about this, Marakkar.
What are you saying, brother?
Without the hasps and hooks of the harbour, we can't load the goods on to ships!
Pack pepper, ginger and cardamom in tiny bags,
load them on to fishing boats,
and load them on to ships anchored in the deep sea.
I'll show you how the Portuguese would stand gaping in wonder!
Kunja...
Don't sweat with oil on your head, and catch a fever!
Is all this possible?
I'll take care of that.
Kunjali...!!
Come here.
Misbehaving with guests of our house?
Ask for his forgiveness.
He's a child, right?
He's going to get married in 10 days. And he's a child?
Just forgive him.
He did it unknowingly.
'Mama'
yes. She is his mother.
She's the one who's pampering and spoiling him.
Mama... - Careful, kunja.
Don't hit your forehead on the door.
It's bad omen.
When the Zamorin said that they can't enter calicut,
the Portuguese came with a huge Navy,
and waged war at ponnani beach.
As Zamorin's left hand, there was mangattachan at the coast...
And as his right hand, I was at the sea.
Along with my son kuttypokkar Ali...
And his younger brother, this pattu Marakkar.
We fought for 3 days continuously, day and night.
The Portuguese Navy was burned down,
and the Portuguese army was defeated...
And they fled in some unknown direction.
So many people died.
I saw the blood of so many people!
Here...
Have a little more. - Enough, mother.
Even if he gets married,
will you have to feed him & put him to sleep, sister-in-law?
Whenever grandfather speaks about this, he feels sad.
Though we won the war,
we lost many of our own blood...
...including your father.
Your grandfather was devastated seeing his own son's blood.
After burying him...
Grandfather told the king that he doesn't want to fight or shed blood anymore,
...and surrendered his sword before the Zamorin and bowed to him.
The same night...
I carried you when you were just 3 years old,
and walked south with him.
That's how we reached here...
...and started sailing ships and doing business.
Now do you believe that I was saying the truth?
Not a single ship will reach your harbour now.
The traders are all standing united with Kuttyali Marakkar.
Hey! Well...
I know what to do.
What is it?
'The words of the heart are spoken through the eyes'
'a procession of our dreams'
'come, let's swear that our love would never diminish'
'each step teaches us that these are the paths of love'
'the words of the heart are spoken through the eyes'
'a procession of our dreams'
'come, let's swear that our love would never diminish'
'each step teaches us that these are the paths of love'
'the words of the heart are spoken through the eyes'
'Since the heart said that it has become yours'
'you have become the guiding light of my life'
'wherever I look, you are there, my companion'
'this is the intoxication of love, my beloved'
'i can't find peace even when I sleep'
'your sweet words tease me all night'
'our hearts have come together in love, we will never be separated'
'be it day or night'
'the words of the heart are spoken through the eyes'
'My heartbeats are compelling me to say'
'you take me as your husband, and I shall take you as my wife'
'this is the extreme of love, with lamps aflame'
'i am yours, my love, and you are mine'
'we shall make our dreams come true, my companion'
'may this journey of desires never end'
'our hearts have come together in love, we will never be separated'
'be it day or night'
Listen, brother... It's almost twilight.
It's not wise to cross the kathrikadu forest in the night.
Let's camp somewhere here now, and cross the forest during the day..
So be it, moidutty. Tell the riders.
This is for you.
Turn this side!
What is this?
I inherited this from my ancestors.
What is written on this, mother?
'In the name of Allah, most gracious, most merciful'
I've been wanting to chant this prayer and put this on your neck, for a long time now.
I could do it only today.
As long as this is on your neck,
god will protect you!
I'm feeling sleepy after having such delicious food.
I'm going to sleep, brother.
I will go take a leak. - Go carefully.
There might be reptiles in the bushes.
You got scared!
You...!!
Acting smart?
Stop there, you...!!
I asked you to stop!
Where are you running?
Ayesha!
I am here!
Come down, girl.
Will you hit me?
Why?
Then why are you holding that stick?
Will I be able to hit my sweetheart?
Then throw that stick away, and climb up here.
I threw it.
Just jump!
I'll catch you.
Will you catch me?
Of course!
I will jump! - Go ahead!
I'm going to jump!
Come on, jump!
Ayesha!
Uncle, what is this...?
Keep quiet.
If they see us, we'll be in danger, son.
Moidutty?
Shut up and come!
Sir...
Have we got them all?
Two more rascals are yet to be found.
Search everywhere! - Señor!
Tie her up!
Nobody is here, señor!
Where are they?
Kunja...!!
Mother! - Son...
Don't!
O lord!
Burn everything!
Son... mammali...
Don't go!
Mother!
I have no idea what actually happened.
The fight started with an argument about the dowry.
It was the senior Marakkar, who took out the sword first...
...to slash the head of kaippulli haji.
Will their people spare him?
Both groups started fighting and slashing each other.
When I couldn't bear watching it anymore, I fled.
When I went back and checked at dawn,
everything was burned down.
The guards are saying that mammali and pattu Marakkar are absconding.
The king's order is to hang them both as soon as they are found.
You are the senior Marakkar now.
That's why I'm saying this to you now.
You should find a solution to this somehow.
I can talk to them and get rid of the tax.
But you shouldn't sell goods to the arabs hereafter.
You should sell it all to the Portuguese.
That too, for the price they quote!
If you agree, tell me.
Otherwise, whatever you cultivate, will go rotten lying in your houses.
If there is no other way, we will do as you say!
Moidu uncle!
Mammali...!!
Yes, uncle!
The sky is overcast with wind and clouds.
I cannot see even one star!
Get me the compass from that bag!
Okay.
Careful!
Mammali!
Go up and straighten the sail.
Son, mammali.
Climb carefully.
The wind is really strong.
Uncle!
Move the ship to the right, mammali...!!
Can I get some food here?
Go inside.
Show the plate.
You should understand something, Abdul rahman haji.
When this namath kurup was the ruler of the province,
it was my duty to ensure the welfare of the people.
Now this land is ruled by the Zamorin king.
I am just a landlord.
Our mosque has rice and groceries only for a couple more days.
The storms took away the boats and huts of the fishermen.
Destruction has struck the coast, sir.
No one has to wait here, expecting to get rice from my attic.
This is hot gruel. Your hand will burn, man!
Wipe off all that blood, and get a plate from somewhere.
I don't have any plate or vessel.
Bring it from somewhere.
Where do I get it from? - Next person can come!
You can take this plate.
Uncle!
Mammali...!!
Uncle!
Thank you, lord!
Pour it.
I was really worried wondering whether something happened to you.
To make a living here, don't we need some job, uncle?
I'm thinking what to do about that.
There is one way.
See if you can start some business which would help us survive, with this.
Give it here.
[Playing a game]
What? - Grab everything you can!
Take it fast! Quick!
Take it & run! - My money!
Who is he?
Some outsider.
He has a lot of money with him.
Give me my money!
Return my money, I said!
Keep it with you.
If you go close, your legs will be broken.
Thangudu can smash even an elephant with one punch!
Go and take it.
Go, take it!
It's his money, right? Let him go and get it.
Touch it if you dare!
To put an end to the miseries of the fishermen of ponnani coast...
Rice to eat and clothes to wear,
and money to rebuild houses and repair the boats,
have been sent here by his highness Zamorin.
Who is he? - Mangattachan.
The authority to distribute it by verifying names and houses,
has been entrusted to the landlord namath kurup.
I, mangattachan, who took up the responsibility to hand over that authority,
I'm returning after executing the king's order.
The bullock carts can go directly to namath house.
You can unload all the goods there.
Are they your sons, mangattachan?
This is ananth and this is achyuth.
I brought them along,
so that they learn and understand the miseries outside the palace, as well.
Sheesh!
Take this.
Hey!
Pick it up and give it.
What did you say?
Place it in my hand!
Do you know who I am?
Whoever you are, why do I care?
Hey!
What's the matter?
What do you want?
These are not alms to be thrown like this.
I earned it by working hard. You should place it in my hand.
Look at his attitude!
Who is he?
I've never seen him earlier.
Whoever he may be...
There's nothing wrong in what he said.
You should give respect to take respect.
What is your name?
Mohammed Ali.
Keshav! - Yes!
Move! Move! - Come here!
Show me your face!
You've brought the grains from your wife's house, is it?
No. Why?
I just asked when I saw you donating it in plenty!
Stop distributing it to those beggars!
The accountant has fixed a deal at the market.
Transport it from here immediately! Lock it up!
Okay! Lock it up!
The grains & money that Zamorin sent are over.
Those who didn't get it now, will get it when the next load comes.
Okay! You may go now!
Go! - How can it get over?
The Zamorin sent supplies for around 300 people, sufficient for 30 days.
You haven't even given half of the required rice to even 100 people.
We saw the soldiers bringing it, with our own eyes.
Where did those rice & groceries disappear?
Where did the rice & grains disappear?
I boiled the grains & ate it.
Crows snatched away the rice!
Get out, you beggars!
We cannot leave like that.
Let me go and check.
Open that door!
Stop! Where are you going?
Move away!
Let me check. Move away!
What are you waiting for? Hit them and chase them away!
Allah!
Sitting in the middle of the road and basking?
Get up and move!
Kurup's army is in search of us, all around the province.
This forest is our province hereafter.
How long can we hide in the forest like this, bhaijaan?
I'll tell you a story.
Listen.
During the battle of badr,
to fight thousands of enemies,
the prophet marched to Medina with just 313 soldiers.
'Will we win, nabi?'
for the answer to this question by the soldiers,
the prophet looked up to the sky.
That day was the beginning of the lunar month.
As an answer to the prophet,
above the palm trees,
so many stars were shining bright in the sky.
After counting them,
nabi told the soldiers...
'Only 14 people would be martyred among us righteous people'
'but still, victory would be ours'
that was the answer that god gave nabi.
Today is the beginning of another lunar month.
During twilight,
above the palm trees,
I also saw... many stars shining bright.
Those are you, children.
Those who see the tears of people who are in misery,
are righteous people.
God will never give up on such people.
Come, everyone.
Look at that.
What is this?
Rice & grains at kappad beach.
From Kunjali. Take it.
'From Kunjali'
'those who provide information about Kunjali will be rewarded in gold'
'From Kunjali'
Look! It's Kunjali.
Aimootty...
Didn't I ask you to go visit your wife and son?
Why didn't you go?
Let it be time, brother.
It's not like that, aimootty.
All of you joined me, thinking that we'll survive together until we die.
Like me, many of us don't have any relatives.
But if something happens to you,
to cry and suffer,
you have a wife and a child.
So once we see the moon on eid, you should go home and be with them.
Whatever troubles you may face, I'm there for you.
A ship is coming!
Is it a battleship or a cargo ship?
It's a Portuguese ship.
I had seen the flag.
Since it's really foggy, I couldn't see clearly.
Faster!
Mama!
Sergeant, there's some movement in the sea.
Go, do your work.
No helping!
Enemy on board!
Thangudu!
Mama!
Hey! Drop your sword!
Otherwise I'll slit her throat!
Aimootty!
Mama!
Partner! Where are you?
Aimootty!
Brother!
How did this happen?
Haven't I told you rascals that raising hands on a woman, does not befit a man?
Grab everything you get, and burn everything down!
Our eyes are used to seeing plenty of deaths and bloodshed.
But... seeing our friends who grew up with us, dying in front of our eyes,
...is really painful.
You should go and give this money to your sister-in-law.
She doesn't know anything about this dangerous life of ours.
Convince her that he died in an accident or something.
Bravo!
Slitting the opponent's throat without shedding even a drop of blood...
I have heard about that special combat tactic ananth is renowned for.
Ananth has inherited mangattachan's shrewd mind and combat skills.
His younger brother achyuth ain't bad either.
Let the practice continue.
The ones who are so ferocious while fighting in the practicing arena...
Will hide their tails in their loincloths and escape, when they see Kunjali.
Say it softly. He has the ear of an elephant.
During the harvest in last January,
that rascal Kunjali stole 800 barrels of grains I brought from my warehouse.
He stole the goods you were about to sell the arabs for exorbitant prices,
after buying it from the poor farmers at a dirt cheap rate, right?
To the left... to the left... Jump and attack.
You don't know anything, mangattachan.
Things are getting even more complicated now.
Kunjali drowned another Portuguese ship that passed through this coast.
That viceroy is really agitated.
We've received the viceroy's letter.
That's why all the landlords were invited to the palace.
Well... vellathiri panickers are not landlords.
We are kings who ruled kolathiri once.
Kolathiri was bigger than Zamorin's kozhikode once.
Don't forget that.
Puthumana, that was before your father koloth panicker...
...bowed down and surrendered before the Zamorin,
...after losing the battle to mangattachan.
Just because he bowed his head then,
...the vigour and valiance of the kolathiri army has never diminished!
Please don't mind this, master.
Father and uncles keep boasting about themselves, wherever they go.
Everyone has come here...
To discuss what has to be done to safeguard the country, when it is facing a threat.
Confine your talks to that topic.
Either we should capture Kunjali and hand him over to the Portuguese.
Otherwise, we should give permission for the Portuguese army to set up camp here.
They're saying that they will take up the responsibility to capture Kunjali.
This is a scheme by the Portuguese to infiltrate the Zamorin kingdom.
We cannot allow this.
Once the army enters the country,
the Portuguese will be a much bigger nuisance than Kunjali.
Do you know?
I collected donations from people and sent it to build the kondott mosque.
And that rascal stole that entire box of money!
I've never heard about Kunjali stealing even a penny...
...from anyone who behaves decently to other people.
It can be a penny... It can be millions...
The one who steals, is a thief!
If you can't capture him & slit his throat,
...the supreme commander doesn't have the right to boast about his sons' valour.
I will capture Kunjali and bring him to you!
Will anyone tell me...
...where he is?
Who is this Kunjali?
Those who have seen him, are not alive.
Those who have heard about him, don't know where he is.
Despite announcing with grandeur that we will reward heap-loads of money
...for those who give us information about Kunjali,
...has anyone uttered a word about him till date?
The posters declaring him as a wanted criminal...
...are torn and thrown away, even before the glue dries up!
Those who have seen him only as a shadow at a distance,
...fold their hands and bow to him!
I'm not saying that Kunjali is a great person!
But... if the mighty people who talk ill of him,
...can answer my questions,
...this ananth will tie up Kunjali and bring him in front of you!
If Kunjali is hiding somewhere,
it is in the hearts of the people of this country.
They won't allow even the gods to enter there and touch him.
What god cannot do, the Portuguese will do.
Please agree, your highness.
Well.. - No, your highness.
Wherever Kunjali is hiding,
I will bring him here, before this lunar month is over.
Dead or alive.
No one needs to know how.
This is achyuth mangattachan's word.
The landlords can open their mouths after that.
Astrologer govindan has a point.
But he said that archa's husband will not live long,
only due to a flaw in her horoscope.
You needn't be afraid of that now.
Place this urn in front of the goddess at the granary.
Take it to the goddess' temple on Saturday...
...and offer your prayers there.
And as long as the urn is with you, don't speak anything to anyone.
See to it that it doesn't become impure.
We might have to Bury him under this tree itself.
He hasn't had even a drop of water for the past 3 days.
Partner! What's the name of this flat-nose?
Chang yui Yang. - What? What?
Chang yui Yang. - What kind of a name is that?
That's what the people in the ship were calling him.
That name won't come out of my mouth.
Let us give him a name.
Chinali.
Chinali or thenali.
He won't understand all that.
Watch how I'm going to make him eat now.
Mama (mother)!
Don't call your mama (Uncle) Or aunty!
Eat it!
Mama!
Why is he like this?
Whatever we ask him, he only says 'mama'.
I understood. - What?
Ask him to eat first.
Hey chinali!
Are you going to eat or not?
Mama!
Eat it!
Throwing food away? I'll set you straight, you flat-nose!
Hey!
Leave me! Leave me, I say!
Giving me looks?
Come on!
Oh my god!
Bloody monkey!
He's kicking like crazy!
He kicks really hard!
Why are you laughing?
Move.
Let it be.
Mama!
Your mama...!!
Don't play in that water. You'll catch some disease.
Mama!
My son! Where were you all this while?
I was scared thinking that something would have happened to you.
Sister-in-law...
Do you understand anything that these Chinese people are saying?
She can understand quite a bit of what we say now.
And vice versa too.
I've brought their clothes, and some money in this.
Ask them to go wherever they want to.
I don't think that lady would go anywhere from here.
She's taking real good care of abdu.
You tell her, sister-in-law.
Let them do what they want.
I'm going back today itself.
I need to stop this business,
...build a beautiful house and surroundings,
...and then take you and abdu there.
Allah!
Don't you need lots of money for that, moin kutty?
You don't have to worry about the money.
That has been arranged.
Just listen to what I say.
Your bag.
Kunja...!!
I was asked to say that Kunjali sent this for you.
Did you see Kunjali?
No.
Then who sent this with you?
Someone gave this to me, near the river and asked me to bring this to you.
And gave this to me.
Salutations from Kunjali for the honourable his highness Zamorin.
It is only when I felt that the people of this country,
...are not being served justice from their king...
...this Kunjali buckled up my belt and set forth to do that.
The day the struggling society of this country...
...gets justice served to them from you,
...this Kunjali is ready to keep my sword at your feet, and surrender, on that day!
But you should tell your commanders that the cowardice of stabbing from the back...
...does not befit your stature!
Even enemies can have mutual respect.
Also, please tell mangattachan that winning through betrayal...
...does not befit his nobility.
If you feel that these words of mine reek of arrogance,
...please forgive this Kunjali.
From... Mammali alias Kunjali.
Is this why you boasted that you will bring Kunjali to the palace...
...before the next full moon day, achu?
Shameless fellow!
While deciding to win against the enemy...
...i don't think how it should be done.
Victory obtained through betrayal, is not part of kshatriya clan's ethics.
We needn't confront a beast like Kunjali, through ethical warfare.
But the one who stabs from the back...
...is a coward!
Not a brave-heart!
You have scarred that legacy of the mangatt house.
You and ananth are equal to me.
But I'm a father who's proud about ananth.
I expect to feel the same about you too!
He might be a thief and a pirate.
But he does only what his heart says.
There is something that is disturbing my mind.
What is it, father?
A great warrior like Kunjali...
I don't understand how he became a criminal.
Haven't you been told not to speak anything,
until you keep the urn before the goddess?
You are archa, right?
The little girl who used to run around with a running nose...
...during the temple festival...
...has blossomed into a beautiful young woman.
Do you remember me, girl?
Answer me and go!
I, alphonso de noronha,
captain and commander of the Portuguese Navy.
I'm here obeying the orders of the honourable viceroy francesco da gama...
...to personally bring you this scroll, your highness Zamorin.
Give me the message from viceroy.
Since Zamorin declined the conditions put forth by the Portuguese king,
...the Portuguese king is disappointed.
In case we start a war, we wouldn't show any mercy.
Ships accompanied by 60 cannons,
...and around 6000 Navy men,
...will burn down the Zamorin's empire from kozhikode to kolathiri, together.
We will chop off Zamorin's head, and hang it below the Portuguese flag.
The girls of malabar will give birth to babies of our soldiers.
Before the upcoming full moon day,
...if you don't agree to our conditions,
...get ready for war.
From viceroy gama.
Such cruelty!
We needn't make any compromise with these culture-less devils!
Viceroy has decided to defeat us by humiliating and threatening us.
Whatever happens, we wouldn't yield to that.
Are we going to swim against the tide?
If things happen as described in the scroll...
Our Navy which cannot capture even Kunjali...
...will not be able to survive against the Portuguese ships!
We should remember that fact!
I'm not taking a hasty decision now.
I will think about what has to be done,
...and inform everyone.
Even before the Portuguese army sets foot on our coast,
...the Cannon balls that they shoot from the ships of their Navy,
...are capable of destroying our army.
The Portuguese Navy would be barging into the midst of all those dead bodies.
It will be difficult for our foot-soldiers who have lost all confidence, to stop them!
Are you listening to me, father?
We won't be able to win this war, father.
He has a point.
Father...
I have an idea in my mind.
I don't know who all will approve of it.
What is it?
Forgive me if what i'm saying is a blunder.
Be it on land or at sea,
...do you remember telling me that there are magic tricks in war strategies, father?
Yes.
So?
There is a magician who performs magic tricks at sea!
Kunjali...!!
We need him.
Zamorins didn't rule this country for generations,
...by taking weapons to fight or repressing anyone through dictatorship.
It is only because of the power that the people respectfully bestowed upon us,
...because of our legacy.
But what sustained and nurtured us...
...was the selfless devotion of many mangattachans.
In war strategies,
...this mangattachan has never made a mistake, till date.
That's exactly why...
...i am accepting mangattachan's suggestion regarding Kunjali.
The Zamorin palace doesn't need any association with the Portuguese.
If it's war they want, then so be it!
Your highness,
...it's not the Navy that lost to Kuttyali and pokkerali 40 years back,
...which is going to come now.
It's an army that's 100 times stronger.
The Portuguese will make us fly!
Even then, their army was much bigger than ours.
Yet, we fought bravely, without losing courage.
Pokkerali died on Kuttyali Marakkar's lap,
...only after witnessing the pathetic defeat of the Portuguese.
When I think about hoisting the Zamorin flag along with pattu Marakkar that day,
...i still feel proud!
This is a shameless act.
Someone who was branded a thief and a murderer...
...and had a price on his head until yesterday.
If we give him a position and power,
...this royal court will lose its honour.
This land is like our mother.
If someone is ready to come forward to save our mother,
...however bad he may be,
...we can call him a great man.
The Zamorin empire had seen him only as an enemy until now.
But if we call him as a friend,
...he will come.
That's what my heart says.
As per the order from his highness Zamorin,
...a message for the attention of Kunjali.
Go to sleep, boy!
We have to go for work, early in the morning!
Kunjali is not going to come! Go to sleep! Come on!
He will come.
I can see him if he comes, right?
Don't be out in the sun in vain, people.
Kunjali is not going to come.
Kunjali will come.
How can you be sure about that?
Only I can say that, man!
Kunjali will come. Wait and watch!
What's happening there?
This is not Kunjali.
How do you know that?
This is not what we've heard about him. - Then what have you heard?
'He is in the hearts of the poor'
'even his breath spreads happiness all around'
'he is the god of death, for the enemies'
'he is a shield for his friends'
'he spreads happiness instead of tears'
'he lives the lives of many others'
'he has always helped during troubles'
'he is our beloved Kunjali'
Salutations to his highness Zamorin, the ruler of our country.
Thank you for this honour bestowed upon me.
Kunjali...!!
I've heard a lot about you.
Kunjali who might be present as smoke or wind, hidden in plain sight...
...or sometimes, he might not even be there!
The pirate Kunjali...
...who is out of sight to the Zamorin army and the security force of the landlords.
So... it was you?
Before seeing you in person,
...i had an image of a monster in my mind.
But...
Yes. I have also heard, your highness...
...about a Kunjali who chops ten heads with a single slash of the sword.
About a devil whom mothers of crying children narrate stories about,
...to scare them and put them to sleep!
About Kunjali, who burns ships with the lightning in his eyes.
But the Kunjali I know is just me, who is standing before you now.
I am just a human like everyone else, your highness.
So are the people with me.
Since you have given me respect,
I surrender all my weapons, admitting to my crime,
...to seek your forgiveness.
My salutations to all the noblemen of the royal court.
I have heard a lot about this palace.
I'm really happy that I was allowed to come and see it.
We have seen each other somewhere, earlier.
Look at this face carefully, mangattachan!
Pattu?
Pattu Marakkar!
Yes, indeed!
The same pattu who chopped up the Portuguese men,
...holding your hand and fighting by your side,
...long back, at the ponnani coast.
I'm not able to believe this, my friend.
My dear friend, pattu.
Then hear one more thing that you don't know.
For around 50 years,
Kuttyali and pokkerali fought on the front line, for the Zamorin army.
He is the last heir of their family.
Kunjali Marakkar, the fourth, who stands before you now.
Those who feel that the royal court will lose its honour,
...if an ordinary thief is given a position of power,
...need not have that fear anymore.
Giving precedence to the welfare and prosperity of the country and its people,
I am declaring Kunjali Marakkar as the commander of our Navy.
According to the royal custom,
...achyuth mangattachan is ordered to step down respectfully,
...exchange his position,
...and hand over his royal sword to Kunjali Marakkar.
This Kunjali doesn't have the habit of picking up what is thrown at me.
The honour that I was invited here to receive,
...should be respectfully placed in my hand.
I am ananth mangattachan.
Commander of the infantry.
As per the command of his highness Zamorin,
I honour Kunjali Marakkar with the position of the commander of our Navy.
Do you remember a boy who asked for the wage of sharpening a knife...
...to be placed in his hand, long back at ponnani market?
That's him.
I had felt back then itself...
...that there is the radiance of a warrior on his face.
I have to inform something to everyone.
Kolathiri army won't take part in this war, under Kunjali.
This is beneath our dignity!
When rulers of local provinces became part of this empire...
...after losing to Zamorin and bowing down to him,
...there was an agreement that they gave in writing.
That their soldiers will accompany and serve the Zamorin army,
...whenever the country faces a war.
Don't you remember your father signing it, puthumana?
You won't get our commanders to be obeisant to such dubious people.
If you show the indecency of insulting the position that the Zamorin assigned,
I'll chop off your head and keep it at his highness' feet.
Then go ahead and chop it. Let's see!
Come on!
Father, stop!
Chandroth, chop his head off!
He is my master who made me hold a sword and taught me all the moves!
And you want me to chop his head off?
When someone is insulting our entire family,
...you needn't consider who it is.
No one has taught me such a philosophy!
In whatever my parents and teachers have taught me,
...I've never heard about killing the master!
You...!! - Enough!
People should stand united for the safety of the country,
...without considering religion and caste!
Sacrificing thousands knowingly for a war we're going to lose,
...is selfishness, your highness!
Fighting on a war-field is not like hiding and stealing things.
Explain it to him!
Not just this Kunjali...
Even if all his dead ancestors come together,
...we cannot win this war against the Portuguese army.
Whoever is joining us or not...
...until the last drop of blood falls from this Kunjali's body,
...the Portuguese army will not set foot on Zamorin's land.
First, they will come posing as traders.
Then they will build churches and warehouses.
They will fill them with artillery and turn them into army camps.
Not just the land and the women of this country...
Even this throne would become theirs.
They will make his highness a puppet on their laps.
If we listen to these shameless cowards,
...that would be our fate.
Whoever is coming with me, can follow me.
When all the brave-hearts are lying dead,
...some cowards should be alive to Bury those corpses, right?
We will do that job!
Go and die!
Come on, walk!
All that's not going to happen.
You should have given it a second thought before giving your word.
You spoke whatever came to your mind, in vain!
They won't be able to set foot here, it seems!
How will you stop them?
Are you asking us to fight them with the few sticks and swords we have?
Oh god!
Thangudu!
We will win this war!
Señor!
There is something there!
Give me your rifle.
Coconuts on this coast are common.
Señor!
Sailing away.
Doesn't look like trouble.
Light the fire arrows!
Ready!
Attack!
All cannons ready to fire!
Raise the sails!
Sabeera Raja... to the left!
Samudra Raja... To the right!
First and second sails, down!
Open up the stern sails!
All the sailors!
To the right!
Stern sail to the right!
Oars on the starboard!
To the left!
Start rowing!
Fire the cannons!
Come on, start!
Keep them spinning and reload!
Chinali...!!
Fire the cannons!
I waited a really long time...
...to see you in person.
Many years back...
...do you remember killing and burning down an elderly Marakkar and family?
Listening to the cries of my mother, whose throat you slit, tying her on to a pillar,
I stood there, unable to open my mouth!
While drowning every Portuguese ship that passed through this coast,
...among the corpses I killed,
...i have searched thoroughly for your face!
Destiny brought us face to face,
...only today.
I will introduce you to some noblemen. Please come.
This is abubacker haji from thanoor.
Peace be upon you. - And peace be upon you, too.
I know you. - How?
Aren't you abu who used to sell coir at lal Mandi?
That's not me.
That was you! - No!
I still remember whacking him...
...for misbehaving with the wood vendor Ibrahim's little son.
Didn't I say that it wasn't me? - It was you!
I remember your teeth very clearly!
Hey! Just because you defeated the Portuguese by fluke somehow,
...don't think that you can defeat them every time.
The Portuguese will come again!
Then I'll throw you before them.
Are you mocking me?
Who started it? It was you, right?
How many wives do you have? - 11. Why? Do you want any?
If we had lost this war,
the Portuguese would have tied those 11 wives & taken them!
The Portuguese won't do a damn thing! Move!
You and your evil tongue!
Achu...
I can realize the anger within your mind.
It's not an insult to vacate a deserving position to someone.
Only a person of noble bearing can do that.
Father and I, are proud about that fact.
'O dear lord krishna'
'o lord Govinda, who plays the flute'
'we are your people, you are our creator'
'o lord gopala, murari'
'O dear lord krishna'
'o lord Govinda, who plays the flute'
'we are your people, you are our creator'
'o lord gopala, murari'
Where is ananth?
I am here, your highness.
For both of you, who protected the flag of this country,
I am gifting this, as a token of honour.
Beg your pardon.
You forgot someone, your highness.
Whom?
Someone who stood by us...
Chandroth panicker.
It's true.
It's only because I am convinced of his patriotism,
...that I am not punishing these panickers and many who approved them.
Otherwise, all of them would have been in prison now, for treason!
Where is he?
Please come.
Your highness...
For you...
A special reward from me.
Your highness!
I have to inform you one more thing.
You can tell me, whatever it is.
Me and my people have been living our entire life in the forests and the sea.
They also have a desire to settle down with wives and children.
An old fort built by my ancestors away from the city, is in shambles.
You should Grant us the permission to renovate it.
Granted!
'What are you thinking about, krishna?'
'is it about the songs sung by radha?'
'for your happiness'
'she is worshipping you with the flowers of her life'
It's not like that, archa.
'As the sun shines upon the river yamuna, angels dance all around'
'come to me like the beautiful spring season'
'as the drops of the drizzling rain fall upon me'
'i am not myself.. I am lost somewhere, my beloved'
'my mind is swinging in the sky'
'aren't you saying so, my love?'
'i want to be lost in your arms forever, my beloved'
'as the sun shines upon the river yamuna, angels dance all around'
'come to me like the beautiful spring season'
'Where have you trapped me, performing magic tricks on me'
'throwing glances at me, you've captured me in your heart'
'I've never batted an eyelid ever since I saw you'
'oh dear god, how did you create such beauty?'
'i want to reside in your heart'
'you are the love of my life'
'i have become yours, this relationship is called love'
'this relationship is like the union of music and rhythm'
'as the drops of the drizzling rain fall upon me'
'i am not myself.. I am lost somewhere, my beloved'
'I am a honey bee in pursuit'
'your voice has given a beautiful melody to the veena'
'the colours of the rainbow has come into our lives'
'our lives will be abundant with happiness'
'you are the fragrance of flowers'
'you are as perfect as the full moon'
'we shall live together forever, like the union of melody and rhythm'
'we will never separate, by body or soul, I swear'
'as the sun shines upon the river yamuna, angels dance all around'
'come to me like the beautiful spring season'
Father...
Father!
Father!!
She's a beautiful and well-behaved girl.
I think we don't have to think any further.
That's right, father.
Without bothering about the superiority of the clan,
you should meet dharmoth panicker, and make this proposal.
He would also be really happy.
He could get over the grief of losing his position,
only when he had this desire.
I gave him my word that archa will be his woman!
You shouldn't break it, father.
Hold it.
Hold it!
The promise I made to you...
I will fulfill it.
Smile!
Smile, I say!
Kunja...
What is it?
Why are you roaming around with a sword at this hour?
I saw a shadow.
With a knife in hand.
Oh! That?
Come, I'll show you.
Partner!
Look!
He's taking rounds of the house, while you sleep.
Standing guard for you, until sunrise.
When he talks about you, he talks with pride!
Believe me!
He considers you as his god.
How do you know that?
I am saying what I understood from his half-urdu, half-Chinese languages.
Partner, go and sleep peacefully. Go!
It has been many years since I slept.
I just doze off in between. That's it.
Since the time I can remember, till I saw my mother's death...
...she fed me with her own hands,
...and made me sleep on her lap.
Whenever I close my eyes,
my mother will come and stand before me, even now.
She will wake me up, by calling me 'kunja'...
Sometimes when I take a nap, I see a dream.
Like the story my mother used to narrate to put me to sleep...
My mother will be waiting across the Rose-water river,
...with fruits and milk.
Before I reach near her, I wake up from sleep.
I have a desire that I shouldn't wake up once,
without interrupting the dream, to reach my mother.
You carry on.
That's all I can sleep tonight.
Thangudu...
That shadow I saw was not chinali's.
Long live the king!
Long live Kunjali!!
There are more people to cheer for Kunjali than the king.
Didn't you understand now that actions speak louder than words?
Did you know, Kunjali?
We are fixing achu's marriage.
Who's the girl?
Dharmoth panicker's daughter. Archa.
May god bless them.
You should assign me to prepare and serve the feast for the wedding.
Kunjali will let people out of the dining area,
only after making them eat till their stomachs burst!
Carry on. - See you.
I forgot to say something.
Managattachan, you should go to kolathiri urgently.
I heard rumors that they are engaged in some secret agreements with the Portuguese.
You should go and find out the truth.
I shall enquire.
I will leave immediately.
I want to inform you about a good news, at this holy place, your highness.
What is it?
It's about fixing the marriage of my son achu with dharmoth's daughter archa.
That's amazing. Give me both your hands.
O goddess!
Let's fix this in front of the goddess.
On the 12th day of 'Karthik' month,
after the sunrise, there is an auspicious hour.
That will be suitable.
If the Zamorin falls,
I will let you rule his dynasty.
All I expect is an exclusive trade!
In the present circumstance, none of this is possible.
We must wait until the situation turns favourable for us.
Shall we leave? - Wait.
This is a gift.
You cannot stab anybody with it.
But you can surely kill.
Use it when the time is right!
'K'
uncle...
When will you give this to me? - Tomorrow.
You're lying.
Didn't you tell me yesterday that you'll give it tomorrow?
I said I'll give it tomorrow, right?
So... did I lie to you, abdu?
No.
So tell me. When am I going to give this to you, abdu?
Tomorrow.
So don't ask me until tomorrow. Okay?
After waking up in the morning, the first thing he asks is, 'where is uncle?'
'kha'
listen...
If you don't mind,
I have to tell you something.
Son of a swine!
He has kidnapped a girl!
Who?
Don't act like you don't know.
That obedient dog of yours?
That Chinese scoundrel, chinali.
He has kidnapped my daughter.
He won't have the courage to do that, without your permission.
Where is he? - We don't know.
We haven't seen him here for 2 days.
Kunjali...
My wedding was fixed with archa, in the presence of the king.
Panicker...
Who told you that it was chinali who kidnapped her?
The maids who were with her at the temple.
Panicker, if what you're saying is true,
he will come here with her.
If he is at fault,
we will tie him up & put him in front of you.
Now you may go.
These cheats are lying!
Go and search everywhere!
Stop!
Cross this if you dare!
None of you will return alive!
We won't allow anyone to barge into houses with women & children in them.
If he is at fault like you said,
Kunjali will bring you his head!
I won't go back on my word!
You can go now!
Even if he hides in hell, we will find him.
Once we find him,
we will chop him into pieces and feed him to street dogs.
Wait & watch!
Come!
But where has he gone?
He hasn't gone anywhere.
They both are in my house.
They came to my house last night, hiding from everyone,
...after getting married.
They were waiting to come and fall at your feet, after sunrise.
They both haven't even changed the dry flower garlands on their necks.
Call him!
Drag that rascal here, thangudu!
Wait.
I will bring them.
Kunjali...!!
What are you going to do?
What has that devil done, uncle?
A girl whose marriage was fixed by his highness himself...
I will chop that pig into pieces!
Kunjali...!!
Listen to me! - Partner!
Partner! No!
Listen! Listen! Don't do it. - Move away!
Slit our throats if you want to!
Only after listening to what I have to say!
I wasn't kidnapped by anyone.
I came, out of my own will...
...along with the father of the child who's growing in my womb.
Almighty!
First they said that they weren't there!
Now when their lie was caught...
This is their trick not to return her, and to humiliate us.
This pregnancy story!
Let mangattachan come back.
Your highness...
It is my daughter who is in the cage of those barbarians!
Now she is the wife of only one of them!
Should I wait with hands tied until she becomes the wife of many of them?
Ananth...
I am entrusting you to do something.
You should go there, meet Kunjali...
...and make him understand things.
Be it with your words, or with your sword...
You should bring archa back.
We can decide what's right or wrong, after talking to her.
What do you think?
Can you do it?
I have only learned to follow your orders.
Okay.
Go!
I will take them both, to his highness' palace.
He will understand my dilemma only then.
Don't act in haste without realizing the complexity of the situation.
You can't extinguish the vengeance in the minds of people who have lost their honour,
...by mere words.
You don't have to go.
There's a truth that only the almighty knows.
I have never been dishonest to anyone till date.
I won't do that to you, either.
I know.
But because of the mistake I made,
...not a drop of blood should be shed anywhere.
I am begging you...
...please allow me to go to the palace, confess all my sins,
...beg for forgiveness, and come back.
Give me permission.
You did everything out of your own will, right?
Now, if you feel this is right,
...go ahead!
Uncle, take her to the palace.
I'm sorry.
I am really sorry.
I don't know how much you can understand what I'm saying.
When I think about the pain of losing the girl I loved,
...my heart still trembles!
Let archa go and come back.
The ones who forgive and embrace those who admit their folly,
...are called humans.
Only devils can punish them!
Uncle!!
She came to the fort asking us to save her.
I won't allow you to drag her away, like an animal.
Tell me where I should bring her.
I will bring her there.
As per the king's order, whatever obstacles may come, I have to take archa back.
Get down, you slut!
Achu!
How dare you touch her! - Move away!
How dare you touch my wife, you scoundrel?
You should listen to me!
You Chinese scoundrel!
Stop!
No one will move without my permission!
Uncle!
Achu!
No!
Brother!
Decide after listening to what I have to say!
I won't spare him! - Stop! Chinali...!!
She is my wife!
I will kill that dog who humiliated my wife!
Don't stand there gaping. Go and bring Kunjali...!!
Ask them to stop it, uncle!
I won't be able to stop them, dear.
Why isn't he coming, Allah!!
Kunjali...!!
Ananth!
No!
Listen to me!
Don't kill him!
Traitor!
Allah! What have you done!!
Archa!!
Oh god! What has happened!!
God!!
Just because they made a mistake of loving each other,
...look at them both lying dead, uncle!
I will drink the blood of those stone-hearted rascals! - Kunjali.
The one who chops the head of an unarmed person, is not a man!
I will kill this spineless swine!
I will wash his sins away with his own blood. Move away!
Achu!!
Didn't I shout and plead to you, not to kill him!
And you stabbed that innocent without listening to me?
I haven't done anything wrong!
I saw the atrocity that you did, with my own eyes, you rascal!
You're getting angry, without knowing the truth!
To those who can't respect words,
I've learned only to answer with the sword!
Kunjali...!!
Partner, no!
Partner, listen to me!
Stop it!
Stop it, partner! No!
Move away!
Drag it inside the fort, and throw it in some corner.
Even if it is infested by ants or worms, no one should touch it!
Corpses of traitors shouldn't be buried with flowers and sandalwood!
They should rot!!
Hey! Who are you?
You, sir?
What are you doing here?
I am a father...
...who is begging with folded hands, before the person who killed my own son.
To conduct a honourable funeral which he deserves...
...i need my son.
He killed someone whom I considered to be my own brother.
I shouted and pleaded, not to kill him.
He didn't listen to me.
All that is over, right?
I know everything that happened there.
I haven't come here to argue about the right or wrong in it.
I am a kshatriya brahmin...
...who believes in the funeral rituals proclaimed by holy scholars.
But for me...
...he was an enemy.
And I haven't read anywhere that killing enemies is a sin.
But haven't you said it yourself...
...that there should be mutual respect, even between enemies?
I knew your father pokkarali.
He was a brave-heart.
He was fortunate enough to depart, without seeing his own son's death.
This sinner isn't that fortunate.
From the day he was born, till today...
When he became a prey to your sword,
...he had always preserved this father's dignity!
Even though he failed in front of you,
I haven't lost any respect that I have towards my son.
If his soul that has departed his body needs to attain salvation,
...those who are alive on this earth, should perform his last rites.
To stop that soul from wandering aimlessly without attaining salvation...
To cremate him performing the last rites...
To sacrifice his body to the god of fire,
...you should show the mercy to hand over his corpse to me.
Otherwise,
...you will receive the curse of this old brahmin man.
I will bring her back, just like I'm taking her from here.
This is ananth's promise!
Ananth!
No!
Traitor!
Listen to me!
Don't kill him.
I'm saying the truth!
It was achu who threw a knife from behind and killed him!
Couldn't you tell me, uncle?
As if I didn't!
You attacked him like a mad animal!
You were roaring in fury like the iblees!
One day...
I will also come wherever you have gone, from this earth.
I will seek your forgiveness then!
Take him...
...and perform his last rites, with all the honour that he deserves.
I shouldn't have sent ananth there.
No one can stop destiny sometimes, your highness.
Kunjali shall be punished for this.
If someone has to be punished for disasters that are bygone,
...only the last name on that list...
Would be Kunjali's.
There is no point in blaming anyone...
...without realizing the truth and rectitude.
You will need Kunjali even in the future.
The greatest weight that a man can carry...
Do you know what that is, your highness?
His own child's corpse.
I carried that.
I cannot do anything, anymore.
I have killed plenty of opponents in so many wars...
To remind me that they were fathers, sons or brothers of someone or the other,
...this must be a punishment that god has given me.
I am bidding farewell.
Mangattachan!
My dignity, pride, nobility and arrogance...
You are all that for me!
Don't go, leaving me behind as an orphan!
Wait!
Listen!
Mangattachan!
Your highness!
Come closer.
We need to tell you certain things that we have decided.
We must put an end to Kunjali's arrogance.
According to the royal law, he must be brought to the court,
a trial should be conducted,
and given a punishment that the judge sentences.
By alleging a crime, one doesn't become a criminal.
He becomes one, only when you prove it.
He is still a commander of the Zamorin army.
If you call him honourably, respecting the position he has been given by the king,
Kunjali will come.
I didn't understand that.
You foolish man!
You should sent an elephant with a caparison, and accompaniments.
Saying that I've summoned him,
...send a scroll with kuthiravattom nair.
Instead of adding salt to the wounds... Let's summon Kunjali, talk to him and decide.
You'll take him tied to the elephant's tail?
How dare you come here with such a letter?
What? - My partner's honour is my honour too.
Hey! Chop off the elephant's tail!
This was too much!
That poor animal...!!
God won't forgive you!
What are you saying, Kunjali?
What they did was pure arrogance!
Did you see this scroll with the king's seal on it?
They've declared you as a traitor!
To the people who came here to tie you up to the tail of an elephant,
framing you for crimes you didn't commit and to make you apologize for them,
what else should he do?
Someone would have made his highness misconceive things.
If he has to clear that misconception, let him come here.
Instead, no one will go from here, for that.
Sir...
He chopped off the tail of the elephant that was supposed to carry him...
...and made the face of kuthiravattom nair who took the elephant,
...look like it was trampled by an elephant!
Do you still wish to hold Kunjali in such high regard, your highness?
If you are still adamant about it,
...we shall go to the old fort, wash Kunjali's feet and drink that water,
honour him, and then bring him.
Do you want us to do that?
You had considered mangattachan's words to be holy until now, right?
Since he is as good as dead,
...you must listen to us also now.
You don't have the strength in your mind or body, to take decisions now, brother.
Considering the welfare of the country,
...you should step down and take rest.
You have ruled enough!
Until you breathe your last,
your highness will still have the position of the Zamorin.
But the authority to take decisions,
should be handed over to your nephew by stepping down from your throne.
Is this a decision made by everyone? - Yes.
If you obey,
...you will always have this position and respect.
That's all we have to say, as of now.
Everything else, as we have decided!
I want to see Kunjali's dead body!
If anyone comes to know that it was me who changed the letter,
and pummeled your face...
...I'll pluck out your tongue and feed it to the dogs.
Don't ever step inside this palace again.
Go!
O goddess!
To grace this grand occasion,
I, Andre furtado de mendonca,
captain commander of the Portuguese army.
I'm here to hand over this token of honour...
...from the viceroy Francisco da gama,
on behalf of king Philip, the second of Portugal.
I happily accept this.
Not just that...
In return of this honour bestowed upon me,
I entrust you to inform the viceroy that I've granted permission...
...for the Portuguese to build churches and warehouses here,
and begin trade here.
Gladly!
What is this?
Son...
Don't do this.
Don't ruin the legacy of this throne you were blessed with,
...by betraying the people!
It's not for war.
This compromise is for peace.
You have given him the authority to rule, right?
Now you needn't intervene in this, brother. Come.
Come!
For his arrogance towards the royal law,
as per the command of his highness Zamorin,
Kunjali Marakkar has been dismissed from the position of the commander.
This is also to inform that...
...achyuth mangattachan has been appointed...
...as the new supreme commander of the Zamorin army.
Until the criminal Kunjali surrenders,
...those who approve of Kunjali...
...are also eligible to be punished for rebelling against the king.
Third battalion to tents 10 to 15.
The king welcomes the viceroy...
Francisco da gama,
...to the honourable Diaz of Zamorin kingdom.
Please have a seat.
I have come with an army of 6000 men,
...cavalry and artillery...
...to stop the atrocities...
...of Kunjali Marakkar forever.
I want his face...
...at my feet!
Dead or alive!
Continue!
We will attack him with the combined forces...
...of the Portuguese and Zamorin armies...
...till the fort falls.
They have decided to start a combined attack against Kunjali Marakkar.
They are asking for opinions from everyone.
Are they asking for opinions, after taking the decision?
When you decide what to do in this country,
shouldn't you consult with the people here, as well?
Instead..
...is the Zamorin only for signing the decisions made by the foreigners?
Achu and dharmoth panicker had mentioned this to me.
It's dangerous to let Kunjali grow any further.
This should be nipped in the bud.
Once it grows into a tree, it would be difficult to chop it.
I am ready to stand with Zamorin and the Portuguese army.
The ponnani army is also ready to join the Zamorin.
Kolathiri army is not ready!
Kolathiri army is not ready to wag our tails, listening to the Portuguese!
Come!
Why is he talking like this, puthumana?
Isn't chandru the commander of kolathiri army?
As far as the army is concerned, his word is final.
But the final word of decisions made in this palace...
...will be Zamorin's.
Take it.
Take this.
Catch.
Both armies are planning to attack together, at the same time.
Did you speak to everyone at your house,
before coming here, chandroth?
Yes.
I had gone to meet mangattachan, as well.
His voice and body have become really week.
Listening to everything that happened at the palace, his eyes welled up.
He told me only one thing.
Is is better to sacrifice our lives on the warfield,
rather than living after selling the honour of our women.
I repeated that exact same question to my father and uncles.
They know that you won't trust them.
That's why they have sent me here.
If you agree...
Kolathiri army will join you, Kunjali.
Only if you trust that I won't betray you, Kunjali.
When are they planning to attack?
Don't give it.
What you sow and reap by toiling so hard...
Even if you have to burn it, don't give it to those thieves!
If we don't give them cardamom and ginger for the money they quote,
the Portuguese army will take away all the crops!
They won't spare even a seed to sow!
All the landlords are obeisant to them!
If we ask, they will say that it's the Zamorin's order.
Don't stand with your hands tied up,
before the people who came to loot this country, in the name of trade!
In front of the Portuguese and Zamorin armies who come with guns and swords,
we can only fall dead!
We won't do that!
We want to continue living. - You can live.
Seeing your women spending nights in their bedrooms,
you can live happily!
You can live,
seeing your daughters cleaning up their houses.
And when your blue-eyed grandchildren born to the Portuguese,
call you 'grandfather' in Portuguese language,
...hearing that, you can live on, elated!
And then, one day...
You will fall dead somewhere.
Do you want to run and hide now,
live a long life of humiliation and then die?
Or do you want to fight shoulder to shoulder,
grabbing everything that you get,
without fighting over religion or caste,
to save the honour of your women and your land?
Even if it is a small stick in your hand,
if you wield it with fury, it will be as sharp as a royal sword.
They might be able to take your lives away!
But they can't take away the honour of your country!
The land that raised us by giving us light, shade, wind and water...
...is like our mother!
The leg that stamps on the chest of that mother...
The ones who chop it off immediately...
...are called real men!
If there are men like that amidst you,
come with me!
I will come.
I will come!
I will come. - I will also come!
I will also come. - We are with you.
We are with you!
We will come!
We are with you!
Kunja...
Uncle...
Yesterday, during the night...
Above the palm trees at the west,
all the shining stars had disappeared.
Only one was remaining.
The Zamorin and Portuguese armies have begun setting up camp outside.
After this battle...
Only one of us would be alive.
After offering the tahajjud prayer yesterday,
for the entire night...
I was sitting at this door-step and begging to the almighty,
that it should be me, whom he should be taking with him.
What are you saying?
I am talking about the truth that the prophet saw.
It won't go wrong, Kunjali.
This country and its people still need you.
Leaving me behind on this earth,
...if god takes you alone with him...
Then, until I die...
I won't utter the word 'Allah' from this mouth.
If you hear that the fort gate has been breached,
...gather as many people as you can and go this way.
I trust you.
That's why I'm showing you this path.
Why are you talking like this and scaring me, ikka?
Look at my army.
It is an ocean.
All you have is a stream.
I'll give you one last chance to surrender...
...and admit to your crimes and atrocities.
Kneel before me...
...and give up your fort.
Your men will live...
...and your women will be happy in our beds.
Tell your men to stand down.
If you refuse,
we will conquer your fort,
and the consequences will be dire.
I'll give you one last... - No.
I know.
You won't do a damn thing!
What's he saying?
If you step inside the fort,
I will burn you alive, you bloody Portuguese pig!
Translate it for him.
You shouldn't go wrong!
His ears should bleed hearing it.
What's he saying?
- I'll tell you now.
He says...
What's he saying?
- He says f♪♪♪...
Zamorin infantry!
Full attack!
Zamorin...
Second battalion!
Full attack!
Pull it!
Keep pulling!
Pull it!
Artillery!
Fire! - My lord!
Our army is amongst them.
They will also die.
Our army is here.
Let those pigs die!
Hey! Don't give up!
We need to face them strongly!
Remember!
The enemy shouldn't reach this side.
Fire!
All of you go inside the fort.
Charge!
Everyone, go inside.
Close the gate of the fort!
Cavalry!
Artillery!
Together!
Go and open the gate of the fort!
This is not right, father. This is a betrayal. - Move away!
Burn the fort down!
Come!
Be careful! Come!
Come, all of you!
Kunjali didn't take the sword to kill worms.
Like there is rice and chaff among the grains,
it's the same with the children who are born!
You are the chaff who was born to mangattachan!
Your father needs a son to fulfill his last rites when he dies.
I killed the one who deserved to do it, unknowingly.
As a penance for that mistake,
I'm letting you go!
Get lost!
Kunjali is dead!!
Kunjali...!!
Kunjali!
Kunjali...!!
You traitor!!
You still have time to kill me.
Kunjali is not dead yet.
Before anyone comes to know...
Take him and go!
Take him & go away! Fast!
Partner!
Welcome, everyone.
The crowd seems to be diminishing, as time goes by.
We've decided to stop the man-hunt for Kunjali, forever.
Stop the man-hunt for Kunjali, forever.
For everyone he kills,
we will kill ten of his men...
...who are in our gallows.
Every day...
...until he surrenders.
Instead, we should kill ten of his men who are in our gallows, every day...
...until Kunjali surrenders.
Upon what charges will we hang innocent people?
Shoot them dead!
There is no other way of stopping the killing spree of Kunjali.
I am not ready to stain the royal legacy...
...by committing an unforgivable betrayal to my people.
I cannot be complicit in punishing innocent people,
to take vengeance against Kunjali.
Yes.
The king is always right.
No one would ever dare question him.
Would you?
Or you?
For our country...
...the king is the ultimate power.
His order...
...is like words of steel.
But there's always someone above...
...the king.
The almighty.
The god.
And no one can change his will.
Here, I am god.
And I've decided!
For the crime of killing the Portuguese army and their companions,
who were the guests of his highness Zamorin,
the hundreds of prisoners of war who supported Kunjali...
...have been sentenced to death by the judiciary.
Guns in position.
Fire!
Grinning when there's a sword to your throat, you pig?
Drop the guns!
It's time...
...for me also to leave, right?
I've been expecting this arrival for many days.
I have to inform you something.
I have not betrayed you, Kunjali.
It was me who got betrayed.
The trust that you had upon me...
They were exploiting it.
Even their exit from the palace, was a drama.
For that crime...
...you can punish me, Kunjali.
If a mistake that you did unknowingly is hurting you...
...that itself is the punishment for you.
I have come now, to ask you for a favour.
I shall release the viceroy.
Only if my people who are in the gallows are forgiven and released.
But I will only meet his highness Zamorin himself.
I will make a compromise only with him.
If he agrees to it,
...can you act as a mediator and make arrangements for it?
Wait in front of shambhu's shop at the market, when the sun goes down.
Chandroth will come and take you.
You should repeat whatever I said, to his highness.
Once he hears that everyone is released from the gallows,
he will bring the viceroy near the old lord Shiva statue,
near the battlefield.
Apart from your highness and chandroth sir,
no one should be brought along.
That was what he asked me to inform you.
I know whatever you're doing is not right.
Yet I'm committing this betrayal.
It's only out of my desire to see the grave of the man,
who killed my husband and his brother and made me an orphan.
I wanted to kill him with my own hand.
Only because I realized that it's not possible,
I decided to do this.
Where are they planning to meet?
I will also come.
No.
I've asked Zamorin to come alone.
I've informed him that I will also be alone.
Whatever happens, I won't break my promise.
Mother!
Uncle is here!
I've been fooling you for so long, saying that I'll give this 'tomorrow'.
Abdu, today is that 'tomorrow'.
From now on, this is for you.
Let it be.
My mother prayed to the almighty to protect me, and gave this to me.
It will protect him hereafter.
You should grow up to be a great, righteous person!
Zubaida...
Though unknowingly...
I am the reason why abdu doesn't have a father now.
Listen!
Don't go!
Listen!
Stop! Don't go!
Your highness...
People are always victims of circumstances.
You, me and everyone else.
When devils are sitting on our shoulders and eating our ears,
...we won't have the time to listen to the truth of god.
That's why I didn't come before you, breaking the palace gates.
I've come to meet you now...
...because I felt that it was time for me to meet you.
You shouldn't think that you don't have anyone.
One word from your heart...
...that Kunjali should be with you.
I will chase those Portuguese rats away, from this country!
Will you be with me?
With this helpless old man?
Then give me your hand, Kunjali!
I want him alive!
No!
Kunjali!
I hereby pronounce, Mohammed Ali Marakkar...
...alias Kunjali Marakkar...
...guilty of piracy, murder and treason.
The king's law of Portugal is clear about...
...the sentence for a capital event.
But, if Marakkar pleads guilty of his accusations,
the punishment may be diluted.
Do you agree?
I hereby sentence...
...Kunjali Marakkar to death..
...by guillotine, the French way.
My lord!
One last chance.
Consider it an opportunity.
All you have to do, is beg for forgiveness.
Beg for mercy...
...to the king of Portugal...
...and save yourself from death.
Say it!
You will be excused from the death penalty!
Say it!
And say it loud...
...so the king can hear it with his ears.
Say it!
End him!
Make him face the blade!
Let him see his death coming!
Almighty!
Save my country!
'Tell these awakened eyes where you are'
'make the cool breeze a lullaby'
'how will you close your eyes, if he wakes up?'
'teach him to sleep like you'
'my dear child'
'my dear child, I am waiting for you'
'Kunjali, your name shall live on forever'