TMS - Archives May 2011 - Page 2

Update for Wed, May 18, 2011:

Archu welcomes Rani and asks her how things are going at her inlaws' place. Rani says everything is fine, Archu wants to know if she is pregnant, and Rani says No. Rani sees Archu's gold ring and Archu tells her how they were bought for Dheena's marriage, and since the marriage was cancelled, Poonga suggested that they wear the rings. Archu adds that everyone exchanges rings for the engagement, they exchanged rings after getting married and having a baby. Then Archu says she has some good news for Rani, goes to the suitcase and takes out the bag with all the cash (romba safe placele irukku!) and shows it to Rani and says this is the money he made in one week of hard work. Rani thinks to herself, thank God my brother has the money, now I can take this to my inlaws.

Selvam enters, sees Rani, tells her that he thought she had gone to the temple, and she says she told her inlaws that, but came here to see her brother. He insists that she should stay for lunch with them when she tries to leave.

Priya goes to the hospital, asks to see the doctor who attended on her during her delivery, goes to the doctor's room, tells her how she managed to accept the news that her baby was dead, but her mind kept telling her that the baby was still alive. Now a josiyar has confirmed it for her, so she wants to know if her baby is truly dead. The doctor denies it, but she puts the doctor on the spot by asking her to swear on her profession.

Unknown to Priya, Sivagami has also come to the hospital, and is now standing outside, looking at the doctor talking to Priya in her consulting room. She calls the doctor from a pay phone, conveniently situated right outside the doctor's office, and asks the doctor not to tell Priya that her baby is still alive. Priya however, confronts the doctor and demands that she swear by her profession. Luckily for the doctor, she is called away for an emergency, so she leaves. She tells Sivagami about her escape and leaves. Sivagami also leaves hurriedly. Priya leaves slowly, looking around, but when she comes to the main reception area, she sees Sivagami hurriedly getting into an auto and going away. She is confused by this, wondering why Sivagami should be leaving from the hospital.

Selvam, Archu and Rani having lunch together. Selvam tells Rani not to lie to her inlaws but to tell them the truth when she wants to see her brother. Just when Rani is about to broach the matter of the three lakhs, Archu tells Rani to advise her brother not to waste his money. She tells Rani that Selvam bought breakfast for the three of them for a thousand rupees, and he wanted to give 5000 to Kuppan and Rangan, wanted to move into another house, she told him to first repay Nandini part of her loan and buy spares for Rs. 1 lakh. She explains how Nandini helped him out, and poor Rani is forced to agree with her. There go your hopes of getting 3 lakhs from your brother, Rani!

Thodarum ...

Update for Friday, May 20, 2011:

Selvam scolds Poonga for his irresponsible behavior which has led to Rani's leaving her house. Poonga is confused, not knowing what he has done, and Selvam reminds him about the time Akash had to borrow money to bail him out of trouble, and how Rani was forced to leave the house by her inlaws. Poonga drops the bottle of liquor he had been hiding behind his back in shock, Selvam sees the bottle and knows what he has been up to. They decide to continue looking for Rani, and Poonga goes with them (all three big guys on one motorcycle - kaNN koLLaa kaatchi! - and the poor motor cycle continued to move - it must be a miracle!)

Rani is sitting in some temple and crying, leaning against one of the pillars. Bhagyam comes to the same temple (how does everyone land up in the same temple in a city which has temples in every corner?) and does an archana for Vasu. She prays that he should return soon, safe and sound, and then she too comes and leans against a pillar - guess which one? No prizes for guessing right - on the other side of the pillar where Rani is sitting and crying. They both sit, they both cry, they wipe their tears, sit some more, cry some more, and this goes on till Bhagyam gets up and one of her fruits falls off and rolls down. Rani sees this, picks up the fruit and calls out, and then Bhagyam turns and sees her. Bhagyam thinks she has come with someone from her family, begs her for forgiveness, tells her about Vasu leaving her, says that if Rani too doesn't forgive her and talk, she will die an anaadhai, and so on, and finally the priest comes and tells them both to leave since he has to lock up the gates. Bhagyam says she will drop off Rani, but Rani says she is not going there and will go to their house. Bhagyam is confused.

Once home, Rani explains everything and Bhagyam wants to go there and ask them a few questions which will pull their tongues (naakai pudungare madhirikku this was the best translation I could think up!). Rani says she won't go back to that house without the money and Bhagyam doesn't know where they could go for so much money. She feels bad that she and Poonga have been the cause of the loss of Rs. 3 lakhs, but Rani says that even more than the Rs. 2 lakhs, it is the one lakh that has caused more trouble. Bhagyam is afraid that if Rani stays there, the neighbors will ask if she has returned as a vaazhaa vetti, and just then someone comes in (the doors are always open here, as always!) and says Bhagyam, your son is waiting outside. Bhagyam runs outside, thinking it is Vasu.

Selvam, Poonga and Akash are standing outside. Bhagyam invites them inside but Akash says they are looking for Rani and asks if she has come there. Bhagyam says Yes, and Akash goes inside. Rani runs to him for a tearful hug, cries her heart out, and Akash tells her to go back home with him and he will make everything okay with his family. She disagrees, saying they have treated her badly even though she had brought the 50 sovereigns of gold, now she will not return unless she has the cash. Akash tells her that her brother is waiting outside for her and she runs outside to see Selvam. When she sees Selvam, she falls at his feet, asking for forgiveness, and Selvam picks her up and looks at her.

Thodarum ...

Update for Wed, May 25, 2011:

Dheena goes to the hospital where Priya had her delivery and asks for Dr. Nirmala. He is told that she is in the ICU with some patient, goes straight towards the ICU, ignoring the receptionist and an attender who keep telling him he cannot go there - evidently this place doesn't have security staff. He marches into the ICU and Dr. Nirmala tells him he cannot be in that room, but he doesn't listen to her. He addresses her in a very rude manner and asks her for the truth about his baby. She leaves the ICU, asking another doctor to attend on her patient. He follows her and keeps addressing her in the singular and asks her where she is going. She goes into her room, he follows and asks for the truth about his baby. She tells him the hospital records are all there to prove that the baby died, but he tells her that he is going to get a court order, get the baby's body out and do a DNA test and then they will find out whose baby died. The doctor is rattled and she calls Sivagami after he leaves, and asks them to come and see her immediately.

Selvam's housing colony - some problem between Bhanu and her husband, apparently he took some money from her on a false pretext and used it up to drink, and she is angry with him, so he raised his hand in anger. Archu, the marriage counselor, is there to settle the dispute along with Poonga and the landlady also sticks her head out. Archu yells at Bhanu's husband and says he should not have lied to his wife, look at her husband, he has never lied to her and never will (that's what you think!). Selvam comes home right then after spending a sleepless night at the shed, and she asks him to give some advice to Bhanu's husband (BH - I have forgotten his name). Selvam is looking and feeling guilty, he escapes on the pretext that he just got home and is tired. Landlady also gives some free marital advice on how never to cheat your spouse, and the crowd disperses.

Selvam goes inside, Archu asks him if he gave the money to Nandini and if there is any money left over after buying the spare parts, and he says it was all used up. She tells him the usual line - neenga kai kaal kazhuvittu vaanga, naan tiffin ready paNNren, and leaves. Selvam tells Poonga that he is feeling guilty about lying to Archana, Poonga is feeling sorry that it was all on his account and says it is not too late, and he can still tell Archu about it, but Selvam says not to say anything now.

Sivagami and Mr. Siva at the doctor's office. The doctor tells them that if Dheena goes to the court, gets a court order and gets the baby's DNA examined, her reputation is at stake, so they need to do something. Mr. Siva says it is Friday, the courts will be closed for the next two days, and they will think of something by then. He scolds Sivagami for doing this without consulting him in the first place, now the lie has become something that is haunting them all the time. They leave the doctor's office, and wonder how Dheena came to know about it. Sivagami remembers the time she heard Jayanthy talking to her mother and guesses that she may have guessed about it from Priya's behavior.

Thodarum ...

Update for Friday, May 27, 2011:

This is brief, because we are expecting company in a few minutes, and in any case, there wasn't much today.

Nandini hands over the RC books to Selvam, both hide their respective situations, Selvam tells her about the money being given to Rani instead of repaying the loan, Nandini says No hurry, take your time. When Nandini goes back, her manager chews her out and warns her against doing this again, making Rama sit at the desk instead of her.

Poonga in the hospital, Vasu is unconscious and in a serious condition. His friend tells him to call his wife, he does so. Bhagyam starts off by saying she doesn't care what happens to Vasu but her paasam kicks in when she hears that he is fighting for his life, and she goes to the hospital.

Hospital - Bhagyam comes in saying, Is my son okay? Why did you make him do your work? and Poonga's friend explains that Poonga didn't even know it was Vasu who had gone down till they brought him up. The doctor says that his condition is critical and they can't say anything.

Bhagyam tells Poonga to inform Revathy. He is reluctant but they force him to call, so he calls. RS picks up the phone, and when he finds out, he says he doesn't care what happens to Vasu or to any of them, and not to call again.

Selvam is in the shed, explaining to Rangan and Kuppan that he couldn't get a loan. They suggest asking Nandini, and right then, Selvam gets a call from the Manager of the car company, saying that the MD wants to see him immediately. Selvam is wondering what to do, and his friends tell him to lie, saying that the work is going on schedule (yeah, keep lying!).

Thodarum ...