Episode 4
September 24,2009
Hello readers!! I'm writing the written update today, once again I'm sorry for not updating earlier. How come no one is updating the video updates?? it took me around 1 hour just to find the videos so i can watch them..that's why today's written update is late. Well, I will not waste your time any more...enjoy the episode!
P.S. This is my first time writing a written update on a whole episode so your going to have to excuse my mistakes. Thanks!
Highlights of today's episode:
The villagers are trying to kill the insects (keede) with the fire but are unsuccessful. Baba says that we have to burn our fields in order to kill the insects so that they don't go to other villages and infest their crops. The villagers end up burning all of their crops. Beturam is shattered because now his daughter's wedding will not happen and he won't be able to repay the loan. Kamoudi's mother-in-law says that they are farmers as well and that they understand the situation, so the wedding will still happen. Everyone gets happy hearing this. The saukar finds out about the fire and decides that all of the people that took loans from him will not be able to reapy him so he tells them to bring the things that they put on gaurentee. (girvee cheez) Saukar tells Beturam to bring his daughter, and everyone finds out that he put his daughter as gaurentee for the loan. Beturam goes to Saukar and begs him to give him more time to repay his loan and that he should leave his daughter. Saukar sternly disagrees to his request. Baba requests Saukar to take his fields instead and leave Kamoudi. Saukar tells baba to put his daughter [Amoli] as a guarantee and then he will leave Kamoudi. All are shocked hearing this. - Saukar says "your daughter or his daughter" and he also tells baba that he will pay 5000 extra for Amoli because she is more valuable than Kamoudi.
Part 1
Episode starts off with Amoli's baba. He says "lets go kill those insects". All of the villagers are trying to kill the insects with the fire but are unsuccessful in the end. After a while they all stop trying and gather around. Baba says that now there is only one way to stop the bugs from infesting and that if they don't stop them now, the bugs will go and ruin the crops of other villagers. He says that we should burn the crops. All of the villagers start yelling and saying no, we will not do it. Baba says we have nothing left now, our crops are gone, our lives are ruined but they can stop other farmers' lives from being the same as them. After alot of convincing, all of the villagers agree. All of the farmers go back into the fields to put them on fire. Baba sadly touches on the the crops and lights it on fire. All of the men and women are crying. Kamoudi asks where baba(takuram) went and starts worrying. Kamoudi and her Ayi are frantically searching for Takuram.
Part 2
It's the next day. Amoli,Kamoudi,Tani,baba,Ayi,and Kamoudi's ayi are all looking for Beturam in the burnt fields. Baba yells Betu! Betu! and a while later they all find him sitting in the fields crying. Kamoudi is going to her Betu to console him but Amoli and baba stop her. Beturam is crying and sadly looking around at the fire in the fields. Baba goes to Beturam and shakes him saying Betiyaa!! Beturam looks defeated and says everything is over,it's all gone now. Everything is mixed in the soil now, all of their hopes[umeed], the happiness of his daughter getting married, all of their happy dreams..everything is in the ashes now. He keeps repeating that everything is over now, everything. He turns towards Takuram and says "you told me that everything will be good now, that this years crops will be profitable and that there will be so much produce that we will not have space to put in our house and that we'll have to put it all in someone else's house." He sarcastically says "look! look at the crops, they've grown so good..look at our profits!" He bends down and picks up the burnt soil. He says what's left now?!! ashes?! He is yelling" where do I put these ashes?! here or should I take them to my house?" Beturam is crying. He is saying "Takiyaa..you used to say that this land is our mother. I have taken care of this land as though it is my mother. I've starved myself but I never forget to feed this land. When my kids were sick, I never gave them medicine but I've always given medicine (I think he means fertilizer) to the crops so they don't get infested. (He says alot of things about the land and how he worked so hard day and night to take care of his motherland) He says that he spent the whole year hoping for profit in the fields and what did he get...ashes. He is crying very hard and saying that he was hoping to produce gold but all he got was ashes! He is shaking takuram and asking him if god exists and if he does, then why is he just watching all of this and not doing anything. Takuram is looking helpless and crying. He also says that the farmers are the luck(kismat) of the country but look at their own bad luck. Jai Kisan is only a saying...this country is not ours, it was never ours. Takuram is consoling him and telling him not to cry. (The part is mostly him crying and saying alot of pessimistic things) OMG..too may dialogues!!😆
Amoli picks up some of the ashes and she has a flashback of herself. She is standing in the beautiful field looking around all happy and smiling. Flashback ends and Amoli is shown crying and looking all sad. She is thinking to herself that there used to be soil here but all there is now are ashes.
Scene shifts to Saukar. Some people (maybe his workers) are telling Saukar that nothing is left in the village now and that no one has anything left now. They say that there is no single trace of growth left in the village and that no one will be able to pay him back. They're asking him what they should now because no one will be able to repay him. Saukar tells them that he will personally go and talk to the villagers.
Scene shifts again to Kamoudi's house. Kamoudi's mother in law comes and asks if Takuram is home and that she has to talk about something important with him. Kamoudi's ayi goes in and sees that Takuram is sitting in the floor just staring into nothing. She tells him that Kamoudi's mother in law is here.
Part 3
Takuram is crying and saying that her in-laws must have found out about the fields by now and that they probably think that they don't have any status (aukad) now. He says that they're probably here to cancel the wedding. He goes outside and tells her that he knows why they have come. Her mother-in law says that he has made her job easier now. She says that the wedding that was to happen two days later shouldn't happen.Everyone is shocked upon hearing this. She says that they should not waste anymore time now and get the two kids married earlier. (shub kaam mein deri kaisi) They're all happy now. Her in law says that she understands what they've been through and that all she wants is Kamoudi as her daughter in law. She doesn't want anything else. She says that the wedding should be very simple with only the elders present , nothing more. Kamoudi gets all shy and goes inside.
Scene shifts to like a town gathering. The saukar is present and so are all of the villagers.
The saukar says that now the villagers have nothing left now and that they have no crops to sell thus they will not be able to repay him. He says that the people who took loans from him put things on gaurantee. He tells all of them to brings the things and that he'll get his money back by occupying the guaranteed things.
He tells Takuram to bring his things and his daughter Kamoudi as well because he put her on hold.(girvi)
All of the elders are shocked upon hearing this. Beturam goes to the Saukar and begs him to leave his daughter. He says take my life but leave my daughter. The saukar tells him that now nothing is in hands and according to the deal he made, his daughter should be given to him now.Kamoudi is thinking in disbelief and she says that her baba should not have done that. ( I think she was thinking about her baba putting the cows as guarantee...I don't think she knows that she herself is being sold!)
Part 4
Takuram,Ayi,Beturam and Kamoudi's ayi go to the Saukar's house. The Saukar asks them what they're doing here and takes him inside so no one can listen to them talking. Inside, Beturam falls on the Saukar's feet and begs hin to leave Kamoudi. He asks for 6 months and gives the Saukar his word that he will repay his debt. The saukar says alot of trashy and disgusting things about Kamoudi and how much she's worth and everything. Takuram(Amoli's baba) says that the saukar can take his fields in exchange for Kamoudi. The Saukar says the only way he'll give Kamoudi is that if Amoli is exchanged in her place. He says that he'll give 5000 extra for Amoli because she's worth more for her looks. (DISGUSTING!!..I feel like killing that Saukar guy!!) All four elders are shell shocked upon hearing this. The saukar is called for the pooja so he leaves. The episode ends with Ayi's shocked face shown.
OMG!!...the episode had sooo many dialogues!😆
My rating : I'll give the episode like 8/10.
-2 points because of the sick things that the Saukar said about Kamoudi and Amoli.
Overall the episode was a drag because 3/4 of it was like Beturam crying over the fields. I gave an 8 only because his dialogues were very strong and touching. And I also liked the fact that Amoli's baba was willing to burn his hard worked crops just to save another farmer's life from being ruined.
I wonder what's going to happen tomorrow!!..I know this is bad but I think Takuram will agree to exchange Amoli for Kamoudi. He's probably going to say something like there's time for Amoli's wedding and I can arrange the money to get my daughter back but Kamoudi's wedding is tomorrow.
Edited by nityatarlapally - 15 years ago