Vidathu Karuppu

Indru: Veerabahu, the guard of the village Thotakkaaramangalam, roams around the village singing riddles. When the villagers guess all the answers, he incites a riddle whose answers are not known, said by Pechi, referred to by the villager as “Pei Kezhavi” (Ghost Lady). The village’s Panchayat leader, Anaimudiyar, arrives in a car and inquires Veerabahu and invites himto his house for dinner and a game. Anaimudiyaar hands a dress to Lakshmi, his youngest daughter and tells his wife, Velli to give some food to Veerabahu. The temple’s Bell, an inauspicious sign, is heard all over the village. The villagers rush to Anaimudiyar’s house and are all scared to go investigate. Rasu offers to aid Veerabahu and is told by his father to get the rifle from his house. The village’s entire population of men heads to the temple, as the women crowd up in the streets and discuss. A group of thieves, later revealed to be the crew of Sebastian, an infamous thief of a district, enter the village. Meanwhile, the mutilated corpse of Nachimuthu, Veerabahu’s son, is found at the temple’s steps.

Indru: Veerabahu mourns the death of his son in the temple. The thieves successfully enter and steal all the houses and leave a drawing of a ceremonial Aruvaal. Anaimudiyaar goes to the police, refusing to believe the villager's claims that Karupanna Swamy did it. Velli, crying about the jewels for Rathna's dowry, places her photo in the cupboard. Rathna, a practicing surgeon, attends a suicide patient in the city along with her chief doctor, Nanda. Aravind, a colleague, argues about Rathna's take on love and Nanda also supports him. Aravind has been in love with Rathna since 2nd year of MBBS and is encouraged by Dr Nanda. Reena, Rathna's close friend, also tries to convince her, but she does not budge. Aravind requests Reena and Nanda not to force Rathna and apologies to her. Reena accuses Rathna of being a hypocrite and asks her if she loves him or not. Rathna reveals that she is scared of Karupanna Swamy and his approval for her love. She also tells Reena that anything done without his permission is punishable by death.

Indru: Dr. Nanda attends the death of a patient on bed number 20, Sathyanarayana. His nurse is unable to lift his bag, but Dr. Nanda does so with ease. In one of his notebooks, Dr. Nanda finds a sketch of himself with “My Successor” written on top of it, disturbing him. Curious, he finds a strange sword and a book with strange notes referencing Kaliyuga and a white horse. Opposite the page with his drawing, Dr. Nanda finds his name, profession and the names of his previous incarnations. Reena confronts Rathna with an apology letter from Aravind. Rathna answers Reena's questions cryptically. When asked about the photo of the Aruvaal in her cupboard, Rathna reveals that she cannot do anything without the permission of her house deity, Karuppanna Swami and that it is her family’s curse. Just then, Rasu calls Rathna and requests her to visit and reassure his mother, who is sad due to the burglaries. Rathna is hesitant, citing leave issues in the hospital. Dr. Nanda finds a picture of an Aruvaal and the name of Thotakkaaramangalam, when Reena arrives, requesting leave. He initially refuses, but upon Reena mentioning the name of Thotakkaaramangalam and white horse, he agrees. When Reena questions him about his sudden acceptance, he hides his fears and tells her to be safe.

Indru: The inspector arrives at Anaimudiyaar’s house and they go to Karuppu Swamy temple to investigate the dead body. The inspector inspects the dead body and finds Veerabahu mourning. He investigates the Aruvaal and finds the bloodstain on the Aruvaal suspicious. He requests to take the Aruvaal to investigate it. While taking the Aruvaal, the neighing of a horse is heard. Brahmman, now reformed in the present, arrives and contradicts the villager’s theory by pointing out the difference in the amount of bloodstain in the sides of the blade. When Anaimudiyaar questions him about his past, Brahmman points to the Pujari of the temple, who has just arrived in a hurry. Reena and Rathna arrive and Rasu arrives in a tractor to give them a ride into the village. While driving, Reena and Rathna tease each other.

Indru: Reena and Rathna arrive at Rathna’s house and Rathna’s mother gives Reena coffee while Rajendran gets ripe coconuts from the farm, having developed a liking towards Reena. Ananimudiyaar and the village’s Teacher arrive and they reveal that the Aruvaal was taken by the police, upsetting Velli. Back at the police station, the white horse arrives and causes a ruckus. Some inmates tell the police there that it is because they have taken the Aruvaal and ask them to pray to the Aruvaal. The police pray and the white horse leaves. The inspector arrives and searches for the horse but is unable to find it.

Indru: The inspector consults his forensics analyst about the fingerprints found, revealing that it belongs to the crew of Sebastian, previously thought to be dead. His modus operandi is that he befriends someone from the village they are going to steal from and then kill him in the end. In this case, Raghavan, the forensic analyst, says that around 2-3 unknown fingerprints have been found, indicating that he may have had the help of 2-3 villagers. Reena wakes up and is scared by Oomaiyyan, a person from the village who does not have the ability to speak. Lakshmi shows the family’s photos to Reena. Reena is later slightly scared to see Kattaiyyan, now having lost an arm. Lakshmi takes Reena to the Karuppu Swamy temple and on the way, they meet Shanmugam, the teacher’s son. They spot the white horse near Pandi Paarai(A rocky hill where Karuppu’s victims are thrown) and follow it to the temple, where the villagers find a new Aruvaal.

Indru: The inspector reveals to Anaimudiyaar about Sebastian’s crew and his modus operandi. He also requests his help to get fingerprints from the village to find who the helper was. The villagers rush to the school ground, where the Panchayat has begun taking fingerprints. While the process is mid-way, Veerabahu ponders the notion of his son being one of them. Rasu arrives and runs into Muthu, a villager. When Muthu lies about giving his fingerprints, Rasu sees that his hands do not have the traces of the ink. Suspicious, the Inspector, policemen and some villagers chase Muthu, who runs into a nearby forest. After some time, they find Muthu slashed to death with an Aruvaal.

Indru: The inspector follows the white horse to Pandi Paarai, a grotesque sight filled with bones, flesh and severed body parts. He hears a man groan in despair from a cave nearby and rescues him. Reena checks his pulse and is confused when they take him to the house of Rauthar, a local doctor. Rauthar requests them to leave him alone for some time for him to perform Namaaz. The inspector notices a suspicious person wearing a Purdah but with sports shoes and stops him from killing the injured person, a member of Sebastian’s crew(by the Trisoolam insignia tattooed on the arms). The thief escapes and is given chase by the inspector and stumbles upon the white horse.

Indru: The white horse chases the thief and the inspector follows close behind. The thief climbs a tree and consumes cyanide. Perumal, the injured thief, confesses that he is a member of Sebastian’s crew. He further reveals that Sebastian killed Nachimuthu, who helped them and asked for half the share, and put the corpse in the temple, framing Karuppa Swamy. Perumal initially had the fear of stealing from Thotakkaaramangalam, where Karuppa Swamy has been the border deity. When he went to the temple to seek forgiveness, Sebastian, misinterpreting that he was going to frame them, beat him up. Sebastian pours sugar syrup on him and leaves him on Pandi Paarai. The police take Perumal to the General Hospital where Reena works, requiring police protection. Reena catches Aravind secretly kissing Rathna’s photo. Back at his home, Dr. Nanda gets curious about the book and the sword and removes the cover of the sword, revealing several markings on it. He writes down the markings of the sword. When putting it back in the case, it injures his finger, leaving blood on the blade.

Indru: Dr. Nanda catches a running Reena and understands her intentions of going back not for Rathna’s love, but for the thrill and creative urges. He also asks for Reena’s opinion on what language the writings of the sword could be. She takes a look and says it could be Brāhmī or Pali. Back in Thotakkaaramangalam, a woman cheating on her husband with another man is chased by the white horse. Reena spots the running woman and goes after her. The woman runs into Karuppu Swamy, who beheads her with an Aruvaal. The head falls into a well and the corpse falls on Reena, which traumatises her. Varadharajan, the village’s teacher, runs into a scuffle with his son Shanmugam about religious beliefs. Lakshmi develops a liking towards Shanmugam, whose certificates were stolen four months prior. Varadharajan laments to Karuppu in the temple and is told by him that he has let the robberies happen for a reason and he would get back everything he lost.

Indru: The jewels of the villagers are found and a display is set up for the villagers to claim their jewels according to their complaints. Shanmugam still laments over his lost certificates. The large robbery reveals several internal robberies and villagers quarrel with each other over their possessions. Wind causes Shamugam’s friend Gopal’s lost suitcase to open and fall over. His father picks up the papers and finds Shanmugam’s lost certificates, revealing the thief to be Gopal. Shanmugam chases Gopal and catches up to him but is beaten by Gopal. Gopal runs further and he is slashed to death by Karuppu on the way. Kaathayi, the mother-in-law of Muthamma, who was killed earlier, reports to Anaimudiyaar that Muthamma’s Thali is missing and that their neighbour, Kandhan, has it. Anaimudiyaar calls Kandhan to the Panchayat, who cries, sitting near Pandi Paarai.

Indru: In the Panchayat, Kandhan agrees to the illicit relationship with Muthamma and Karuppu appears through the pujari and punishes him to clean the temple for three generations. Reena is appalled at their acceptance to the punishment. Rathna seeks the permission for her love at the temple and is rejected. While talking, Reena asks Rasu about his timidness and inability to explain things. He shows his anger towards Chelli, the daughter of the village’s message announcer, Muniyan. Reena scolds him for this.

Indru: Reena and Rasu sit down at a small waterfall. Rasu tells some riddles, but Reena solves them easily. When she tells him to give something a little tougher, he tells her a riddle that his grandmother told him, to which no one found the answer. Reena and Rasu visit Khasi Thopu Bungalow, Rasu’s family’s old house, now believed to be haunted by his grandmother’s ghost. He shows Reena the place in the house where she used to bathe and a container where water was stored. The water level in the container is said to always be the same. They visit Pechi’s room when they hear someone using the container downstairs. They go down to see and they find a small metal bowl rolling. They see wet footsteps and follow it outside the house to Pechi’s grave. They then see the swing moving back and forth with no one on it and Reena sees a reflection of Pechi on the water from the container. Rasu gets scared and takes Reena out as Pechi laughs inside the house. Rathna arrives and forcibly tries to get her to leave. Anaimudiyaar convinces them to stay as the village’s fair is coming up. He then leaves to see Maikaari, a prophesier. Velli mentions his efforts to find the Pon Paanais, pots filled with gold belonging to Pechi.

Indru: Sambandham, a businessman who unknowingly bartered a family heirloom to Pechi years ago, also asks Maikaari about it. She tells him that the time that it will be found is nearing. Anaimudiyaar also visits and asks her, to which she replies that to find them, he has to completely forget them and that he has a command to be received the next day in an ‘Udukka Poojai’, a ceremony where Karuppu gives commands and punishments using the Pujari as a medium. Back home, Pujari arrives and announces the same. In the poojai, Karuppu assures a worried father and gives a remedy for a lady’s stomach pain. He then chastises Anaimudiyaar for going to Maikaari and having greed over gold.

Indru: Karuppu chastises Anaimudiyaar for continuously making efforts to find the Pon Paanais. He also points out Rasu’s earlier event of disrespecting Chelli and punishes him by issuing the responsibility of cleaning the way to the temple for a week. Rasu gets angry and storms off. Rathna and Reena chase after him. When Reena questions their submissive behaviour to Karuppu, Rathna explains that it is the curse of her family. Reena gets angry and goes away. The white horse chases her and she falls off a small cliff. Rasu gets Brahmman to help and they take her to Brahmman’s house. After Reena wakes up, Rathna avoids Reena’s questions about Sivagaami, her aunt. In the night, after they leave, Brahmman takes some gear to search for the Pon Paanais. Sivagaami tries to stop him but he explains that he intends to give back everything he stole to the owners and redeem himself. Reena overhears the conversation in hiding and when discovered, she says that she left her camera there. She begins to develop an interest around this mystery.

Indru: Rathna gets Reena to leave with her but her mother convinces them not to, especially with Reena’s injured leg. Rathna’s mother gets Reena to stay for ten more days while Reena leaves. Aravind arrives at their house and helps Lakshmi learn how to whistle. Reena tells Aravind both her true and false reasons to stay for longer. They go to the Temple to try and seek their own permission as Rathna’s permission was not granted. While on their way, Reena explains to Aravind about Pandi Paarai and the village’s Karuppa Swamy. An embarrassed Rasu, carrying out his punishment, runs away from them after briefly meeting Aravind.

Indru: At the temple, Aravind successfully gets the permission that Rathna failed to get. At night, Reena and Lakshmi go to a ‘Koothu’, a musical drama performed village to village by street actors and musicians. Reena goes backstage and is fascinated by the actors’ skills. Pujari and Reena catch Lakshmi and Shanmugam talking, the two in love. Lakshmi tries to go home hurriedly, but Reena poses her wish of seeing Karuppa Swamy and argues with Lakshmi about it. Karuppa Swamy arrives on the white horse. Lakshmi bends down and prays while Reena looks in amazement. Karuppu laughs and rides off on his horse.

Indru: Reena and Lakshmi arrive home and Velli takes them to the puja room. Anaimudiyaar hears Reena’s explanation for her diary and warns her not to play with danger. Dr. Nanda gets the sword’s inscription deciphered as: ‘Kalipurushan Ondralla, Kalam Palavaagam, Dharmam Nelaikkum.’ (Kalipurusha is not one, Times will change but Dharma will prevail). He removes the sword from its case and the housekeeper accidentally wounds her leg with it, drawing blood yet again. Aravind tells Rathna that he received the permission for his love from Karuppa Swamy. Dr. Nanda asks Aravind about their love and explains that Reena is there in Thottakkaaramangalam as a writer and they speculate that she probably will stay there longer. At 9:30AM, Reena wakes up and finds the house filled with smoke and a namboodhri in the house and is puzzled.

Indru: Reena finds out that a Shanthi Puja is being conducted to pacify the soul of Pechi, who was Karuppu’s first of many victims. Reena secretly follows Kattaiyyan, Anaimudiyaar and Veerabahu to the Khasi Thopu Bungalow. She watches them as they go and is shocked to find that the saree placed on the graveyard is missing. She sees a figure already wearing the same saree, smoking and goes inside the house to investigate. She follows the figure in the house and witnesses the swing swinging by itself again. As she tries to climb the staircase leading to her room, several ornaments fall out and the small door starts to flap around.

Indru: Back in the Bungalow, Reena narrowly escapes a flying metal plate. And another one falls beside her. When an Aruvaal hits the board near her, Reena leaves the house and hides beside a tree where two more hit the tree. Reena runs into Velli and Lakshmi, and is advised by Velli not to do so once again. An auction takes place for the Veerapandi Kammai, a local lake. Sambandham Chettiyaar, along with Brahmman raises the price to 2 lakhs and buys it successfully. Rasu explains the previous feud between Chettiyaar and Anaimudiyaar.

Indru: Chettiyaar and Brahmman have lunch at their homes. They discuss their motives while Sivagaami goes to Kaathayi’s house  to get curd. Brahmman reveals that he wants to find the jewels for retribution and that even if he fails, he won’t let Anaimudiyaar’s family have the Pon Paanais. Chettiyaar leaves, telling Brahmman to mount the territory poles at the lake. Brahmman finds an empty Paanai and searches the area but doesn’t find the jewels. Reena comes to Sivagaami’s house, hoping to get answers but Sivagaami cryptically refuses. She later overhears Brahmman show the Paanai to Sivagaami and leaves her slippers in the house.

Indru: Reena gets a letter and spies on the postman’s letter addressed to a Ganapathi Ambalam. She later finds out that Ganapathi Ambalam is the name of the pujari of the temple. Anaimudiyaar overhears Reena telling Lakshmi about Brahmman’s discovery of an empty Pon Paanai. He later tries to cajole Brahmman but he says that he is bent on finding the Pon Paanais solely for his redemption. Later, Reena poses the ultimate question to Lakshmi, whether to heed Karuppu and leave Shanmugam or to leave Karuppu and go with Shanmugam.

Indru: Lakshmi reads Reena’s stories and decides to go with Shanmugam and tells Reena the same. Shanmugam accompanies Lakshmi on the bus but is spotted by Ganapathi Ambalam yet again.

Indru: Maikaari tells Sambandham that one of the Paanais have been found and tells him to visit her again when all the four are found. Sambandham later meets Brahmman who tells him about it. Reena names the Umaiyyan as Ashokan as he reminds her of writer Ashokamitran. Anaimudiyaar and Kattaiyyan head to the temple as it is a Pournami (Full moon day.) Following them curiously, Reena is horrified to see the punishments of Karuppu temple.

Indru: Reena flips out at the sight of the punishments. Rasu explains that one of them committed foeticide, one of them tortured the son of an innocent man who had borrowed money, one of them burnt the legs of a girl who didn’t like him, and so on. Brahmman and Sambandham look for the jewels in the lake and are scared by a figure resembling Pechi.

Indru: Brahmman comes home and explains what he saw at the lake to Sivagaami. Dr. Nanda receives translations for his book and is shocked to find that the translator, Mishra, died in an accident. His wife, Padma, accidentally burns the original book, leaving only the copy, leaving Nanda dumbfounded. Kaathayi suggests a ritual to protect her husband from Pechi’s soul. After the ritual, she is overcome by memories and goes inside Khasi Thopu Bungalow. Later, when she tries to leave, she sees the reflection of Pechi, who calls her to come to her.

Indru: Running from the ghost of Pechi, Sivagaami falls and injures her head and falls unconscious. Brahmman arrives at the bungalow and is told by the ghost not to look for the Pon Paanais. He later finds Sivagaami near Pechi’s grave. Brahmman comes to Rasu’s house for Reena. Anaimudiyaar is told by Velli to go find out but he refuses. Reena treats Sivagaami and recommends getting a scan as she was hit in the head. When Brahmman asks what he owes her for it, she takes a one rupee coin, stating that it is enough.

Indru: Anaimudiyaar asks about Sivagaami and doesn’t answer when asked about Sivagaami. Rasu explains that Brahmman is a thief and Karuppu initiated marriage between Brahmman and Sivagaami, but Sivagaami already liked Brahmman. When they stop to get Padhani, a local drink, the glass falls in a well. Rasu tells a villager to get it and an empty Pon Paanai is instead found.

Indru: Anaimudiyaar initiates a full-on search at the well and Sivagaami’s lost cycle is found. Rasu tells Reena that he remembers Pechi using the cycle to transport the Paanais. Rasu further tells her that no one else could have seen Pechi because everyone else was at the street drama. Reena asks about how Pechi got the jewels and is told that they were obtained as guarantees for loans. Reena ponders the existence of a notebook that detailed this, as it was a business for Pechi. She goes to Khasi Thopu Bungalow alone and investigates Pechi’s room. Not finding anything, she sits on her rocking chair. When she moves it back and forth, she hears something moving inside the chair. Under the seat in a compartment, she finds a book.

Indru: Reena finds the book and sees that it is Pechi’s ledger. The white horse is found and Reena chases it, only to find a drunk Veerabahu. At night, while going out to search for the Paanais, Brahmman comes to the temple and prays. He sees the white horse and goes after it, in hopes of seeing Karuppu himself. He finds Ganapthi Ambalam instead and is promised an answer by him in the next “Udukka Poojai.”

Indru: Anaimudiyaar is punished severely for searching for the Pon Paanais in the Udukka Poojai, while a horrified Reena watches. Anaimudiyaar calls Rathna who is shocked to find her father injured. He tells her that Karuppu also told that a woman from their house also committed a mistake, i.e, love. Reena reassures him that Rathna would never love someone. Reena scolds Rathna later for her hypocrisy. She later shows Rathna Pechi’s ledger and is scolded by Rathna for putting herself in danger. Both of them later learn that Lakshmi ran away from home.

Indru: The family learns from Muniyan, the village’s messenger, that Lakshmi was spotted boarding a bus with Shanmugam. The family is devastated and they mourn. Reena later finds a riddle with the name Vairavan and learns that it is the name of Pechi’s husband, who ran away due to her atrocities. Velli later requests Karuppu at the temple to get news about Lakshmi.

Indru: A local gambler swindles a villager out of house using a fake signature. The villager goes to Karuppu for justice. At night, the gambler Ranganathan is slashed and killed by Karuppu. The villagers find his dead body on Pandi Paarai in the morning along with the marriage photo of Lakshmi and Shanmugam.

Indru: Reena learns of Ranganathan’s death from Chelli and ponders while giving Chelli her walkman. Rasu sees this, gets angry and almost hits her. Reena gets infuriated about this and asks him to apologise to Chelli. When he is about to, Chelli stops him and goes away, crying. Varadharajan learns of his son’s marriage and is shocked. Reena reveals that she knew and supported Lakshmi’s love and reveals the photo and a letter was sent to her and not to Karuppu.

Indru: The family peacefully asks Reena to not stay as the problem has escalated. She agrees and ends her stay at their house and back into the city. Padma, Nanda’s wife, is worried about his behaviour and lashes out at him for it. She lifts the sword and cuts herself, the sword drawing blood yet again. In the hospital, she is treated by Reena, while Dr. Nanda confuses the name of a medicine. Padma reveals everything to Reena and she gets suspicious.

Indru: Padma expresses her fears, detailing the things she found on Nanda’s notebook including a drawing of him, names of previous incarnations and so on. She confronts Nanda and he expresses his fears about Karuppu not being a coincidence, the names of his previous incarnations being Kojanan and Sudhaaman, and his involvement in the entire matter. Reena’s interest peaks and she asks more about Karuppu. With everything in the notebook being cryptic, Nanda reveals that it is written that ‘The Man Who Cannot Speak Knows Karuppu.’ Back in the village, The Udukka Poojaj takes place and Karuppu, through Ganapathi Ambalam, announces his order that Rasu marry Chelli.

Indru: After announcing the decision, the Udukka Poojai ends with Ganapathi Ambalam consuming a burning camphor, symbolising Karuppu’s departure. Brahmman initiates the engagement ceremony while a surprised Chelli watches. Rasu runs away to the city and goes to the hospital where he meets Reena and stays there, being disheartened with the decision of Karuppu.

Indru: Rasu refuses to go back to the village and is caught up in an argument with Reena and Rathna. Aravind arrives and Reena reveals that Rathna is in love with Aravind. Later at his house, Dr. Nanda shows his research to Reena who promises Padma that she won’t lose her husband.

Indru: Reena learns more about Sathyanarayana’s research from Nanda. She learns that the only thing clear is that Karuppu is an incarnation of Kalki Avatar. She also learns that Sathyanarayana finished his work in the Sambal Valley and details places beginning with ‘Sam.’ She later learns from Rasu that Thottakaaramangalam’s old name was Sambalur, giving credibility to Nanda’s theory. She also agrees to accompany Rasu to speak for him. Back at the village, Sambandham asks about the search of the Pon Paanais to Brahmman who tells him everything that transpired. Just when they contemplate Karuppu not helping them, Reena and Rasu arrive.

Indru: Rasu tries to reason with his parents but fails. Reena is angered and goes away. Reena looks for Chelli but is told by Rauthar that she is in the temple. He asks about Dr. Nanda and Reena asks him how he knows Nanda. Rauthar does not say it and instead asks her to go back. She goes to the temple and, hungry, starts eating the offerings. A voice calls her out, scaring her.

Indru: Brahmman brings Reena to his house. She later learns that Brahmman saw the ghost of Pechi at the lake and deduces that someone is purposely deceiving and fabricating the ghost story. She later confesses that she originally came here for Rathna’s love as her interest was peaked. She later goes on a walk with Chelli.

Indru: While talking, Chelli asks Reena to marry Rasu and she laughs, saying that she will make sure that Rasu marries Chelli. At night, Reena notices Asokan acting suspiciously and follows him to a cave, where she sees him enact as a king and hang a doll and laugh at it. Reena blows her cover and looks around his cave, finding a photo of him as a young boy with his parents. She later sees Ganapathi Ambalam conducting a ritual at night and follows him.

Indru: Reena follows Ganapathi Ambalam to Karuppu’s ‘lair’ where Aruvaals lie on steps and his dress is locked in a box. The white horse chases Reena and she falls. She is scared by Brahmman and he asks her why she keeps wandering out everyday. She later learns from Brahmman that whoever sees Karuppu’s dress gets chased by him. (Vidaathu Karuppu, literally).

Indru: Reena returns home and unable to sleep, writes stories. She tells Sivagaami what happened and explains to her that writing is a basic need. Next day, she draws a map of Thottakaaramangalam to deduce where the 3rd Paanai must be. They deduce that it must be in a destroyed well on the way of Pechi’s path the day she hid the jewels and go there to find out. They find the third Paanai but it turns out to be another empty one.

Indru: Reena deduces from Sivagaami’s cryptic clues that the jewels are collectively hidden in one place. Reena also mentions there was a helper and decides to find out the identity of the helper. Meanwhile Dr Nanda is haunted by dreams of him being in a cave where there are numerous inscriptions. He runs away from it and stumbles upon a statue that resembles Pechi. Chelli tells Reena that a bearded man from the town came to visit the caves and said that he knows Reena. Reena goes out to investigate and saves Nanda from falling off a cliff. Nanda tells her about the dream and shows her a rock inscription with the same words as what was written on the sword. The two, along with Rauthar, go to Asokan’s cave to see if it is the same as the one from Nanda’s dream.

Indru: After looking around Asokan’s cave, Nanda concludes that it is not the same cave. They see and take photos of a couple of inscriptions and leave. Nanda strays away from the group and finds the cave from his dreams. There, Nanda finds out that the statue he has been seeing is none other than that of Pechi, Rathna’s grandmother. Finally solving a part of an unknown puzzle, Nanda takes photos of the statues and inscriptions. Looking around, Nanda finds a statue of himself with his name written below, dumbfounding him.

Indru: Reena tries to convince Nanda to give up his research. Rauthar explains briefly about the different faces we put on, taking Reena and writer Indra as example. He also explains that when we get problematic with changing our faces with situations, we develop Hysteria, MPD etc, Nanda explains to Reena’s doubts that Rauthar had a wife, children and a post in Delhi AIIMS, and that if anyone should be jealous it should be them both. Nanda grows disoriented day by day, worrying Padma.

Indru: Sambandham visits Brahmman and learns about the third empty Pon Paanai. Nanda visits a library to conduct further research and meets Shanmugam when he gives the notebook of Nanda to him, who forgot it on the stand. When Nanda asks him his name, he finds out that he is from Thotakkaaramangalam as well and Rathna is a relative of his. While in his car, Nanda gets a premonition of Shanmugam being chased by Karuppu and falls asleep on the wheel. In the hospital, he is called by the Dean.

Indru: The Dean, Dr. Shaw advises Nanda to get over his depression. Rathna learns that Nanda saw Shanmugam and asks him where and when. Aravind reveals that he helped Lakshmi and Shanmugam to settle in the city. Reena amusingly watches as villagers scuffle over Pechi’s riddle. While reading the ledger, she deduces that the land documents are enveloped in one riddle and the jewels are enveloped in another.

Indru: Reena tries to deduce the second riddle which is slightly erotic in nature. Muniyan comes to the family’s house to invite them to his youngest daughter’s coming-of-age ceremony. Rasu is invited but he bluntly refuses. Reena turns a blind eye to Rasu, who comes there, due to him not supporting her when she was insulted by his parents. Sivagaami tells her to leave the scuffle behind and be a true friend to him.

Indru: After revealing to Rasu that the riddle holds the key to the location of Pon Paanais, Reena solves part of the riddle and obtains ‘Oomei’ as an answer. They look for Asokan and find him in a cave. There, Asokan confesses that he sleeps outside because it is where his mother left him and also that he helped Pechi transport the Pon Paanais but he does not know where she hid them because she threw a cigarette at him and drove him away. Rasu confirms this.

Indru: Nanda obtains a 15 day leave to end the research once and for all as the toll on his loved ones is too great. Rathna visits Lakshmi from the address given by Aravind and is overjoyed as is Lakshmi and Shanmugam. When Shanmugam announces his decision to go to the village after two days and as an inauspicious sign, his photo, enveloped in glass breaks. Anaimudiyaar arranges for a funeral and an in-memoriam photo of Lakshmi, saddening Velli. Rasu gets a letter from Rathna, where she writes about Lakshmi and that they will visit them that very day.

Indru: Rasu comes to Reena and tells her the news about Lakshmi. Reena also says to Rasu that he marry Chelli, upsetting him. Sivagaami points out a mistake in Reena’s calculation about the 48 day threshold for the life of Lakshmi and Shanmugam. She hurriedly tries to stop them from coming but they arrive anyway. Shanmugam turns Reena’s efforts down and goes into the village anyway.

Indru: Shanmugam feigns infidelity and leaves Lakshmi, ripping the Thali (Sacred Thread) from her neck. Back home, Varadharajan berates his son, who brings up his real identity as Khasi, the son of Parandhaaman and brother of Rasathi. Shanmugam leaves to go see his grandmother in the night, while Reena overhears their conversation and follows Shanmugam. Reena goes to the temple and sees that his dress box is empty. She also sees Shanmugam chased by Karuppu and follows them. Karuppu chases Shanmugam up a rock and slashes him dead. Reena is unable to save him and sees that he ripped out part of a coin belonging to him. She chases Karuppu back to the temple where his dress has been restored. After she runs away from the horse, Ganapathi Ambalam cleans the blood off the Aruvaal and closes the room, all while a sad look glooms over his face.

Indru: Rathna arrives and meets a widowed Lakshmi and the family is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. Sivagaami berates Reena for her actions and politely asks her to leave but is stopped by Brahmman. Reena meets an embezzled Dr. Nanda, now clearing his confusions, and asks him to leave. When Nanda compares events to a drama of god, Reena lets loose her anger and confesses her father was a believer who lost everything.

Indru: Reena learns from Sivagaami that Khasi is Parandhaaman’s son. Sivagaami deduces that Reena is hiding something from her. Reena sneaks into Varadharajan’s house and hears him getting ready to leave somewhere and lamenting. After she almost gets caught, she watches Varadharajan break down. She goes to another room, where she finds photos of Rasathi and Parandhaaman in a book. She finds an empty Pon Paanai in the kitchen and gets locked in the house when he leaves. In the back of the house, she finds an open door and escapes.

Indru: Reena hides behind a pillar and watches Varadharajan laments to Karuppu. She almost gets caught twice and steadily follows him. He goes to Khasi Thopu Bungalow, to Pechi’s room and Reena follows. There, she gets caught by Varadharajan, who tells her that he won’t harm her. He confesses that he killed Kumaravelu, the clerk and Mottaiyyan. There, it is revealed that the ‘ghost’ of Pechi is none other than his own mother, a play by him to search for the jewels. But he too failed and got nothing other than an empty Paanai, the fourth one in the Bungalow’s well. Reena snaps and accuses Varadharajan of being Karuppu Swami.

Indru: Varadharajan brings up the fact that he would not kill his own son if he was Karuppu. He also tells Reena of the torture he and his mother faced during the 22 years of his drama as Varadharajan. He also says he wishes to live some of his remaining days in Ceylon with his mother and locks Reena in Pechi’s room. He leaves his property as Khasi to his grandchild and leaves. Anaimudiyaar tells Lakshmi to abort her baby, saddening her to the point where she tries to commit suicide by jumping into a well, the same well that Parandhaaman died in. Brahmman saves her and tells her to live through her trouble, if not for her then for the baby. Brahmman makes her promise him that she won’t try suicide again and leaves her at her house. There, Brahmman makes Anaimudiyaar realise his mistake who apologises.

Indru: Reena feels guilty over Lakshmi’s situation and reveals to them that Varadharajan was Khasi all along and that he left all his property to Lakshmi. Meanwhile, Rasu cracks the second answer to the second riddle and gets the answer as ‘Thalayanai,’ hence cracking the location as Oomai Thalayanai, a rock where Asokan sleeps. They rush there to find the place dug up and the jewels missing. Brahmman is furious and starts to look for Asokan.

Indru: Brahmman finds Asokan in the cave and forcibly confronts him and meets Nanda. He leaves after he decides to confront the villagers about who stole the jewels. Nanda is confronted by Reena who unwittingly takes the sword from its case which draws blood, this time Asokan being the victim. When Asokan is bandaged, Brahmman and Reena argue over who would have taken the jewels. While reading an inscription about Karuppu, Nanda suggests it was Karuppu and taken for distribution, something Brahmman wanted to do. Reena vows to disprove him.

Indru: Chelli visits Reena and ties a thread on her right arm to protect her from the wrath of Karuppu. The next morning, the villagers are thrilled to find the jewels they owed to Pechi back to themselves. Even Brahmman finds the jewels he stole and a note saying that he could return them himself. In the village Panchayat, Brahmman returns the jewels to Anaimudiyaar, stating that it is the property of Lakshmi’s unborn son. He then reveals that Shanmugam was none other than Parandhaaman’s grandson. Reena still refuses to believe and to prove her theory, and offers to find their certificates for them. She opens the Rice Stamper in Anaimudiyaar’s house and finds the Land Certificates, but only theirs. Velli finds a note in the puja room.

Indru: The villagers find their land certificates in the temple. Rathna, Anaimudiyaar try to convince her, but Reena persistently refuses. She reveals that her father was cheated by a fake godman which led to the suicide of her mother and insansity of her father. She explains that she does not want them to end up in the same situation. But the villagers remain persistent in their belief and Anaimudiyaar restricts the villagers from talking to them. When Brahmman politely asks her to leave, she does so but remains in the village until she solves the mystery.

Indru: Reena sets up a tent on Pandi Paarai. Anaimudiyaar tells his family and Velli prays for Reena’s protection. Lakshmi tries to convince Rathna to give the key to Varadharajan’s house to Reena but she refuses. Chelli visits and gives Reena dinner. Reena tells her to not visit her anymore due to the village restrictions. In the morning, Lakshmi gives Rasu the key to the house and tells her to give it to Reena. Aravind visits Padma and consoles her.

Indru: Nanda arrives at Reena's tent and asks her to let him share his findings. Rasu arrives and decides to wait for them. Bored, he takes Nanda’s notebook and starts drawing a man. At the caves, Nanda shows the predictions made by Sithars. One of them reads about a bad soul that performed penance to Kali and was reborn as a demon who controlled the village. Nanda also reads about the architect who drew their statues and that Kalki avatar takes place whenever there’s a rise in Adharma. Nanda mentions Sathyanarayana’s findings of the three demons Yacha, Pecha and Vyacha. Pecha is none other than Pechi. He also says that Sathyanarayana mentioned Yacha but with less details and also mentioned Vyacha with nothing but the name of Achyutha. While pondering that there is no statue, Nanda finds a slip in the rock and takes it out. There, the statue of Achyutha is found and it hauntingly resembles the man Rasu drew in Nanda’s notebook.

Indru: Reena refuses to believe Nanda’s research but he keeps insisting on its reality. Nanda reads about the Pranava Prajaigal, the list of people believed to be in possession of the sword at different times. He connects the locations of them in a map and it forms the OM symbol in sanskrit. He is shocked to find the sketch of Achyuthan in his notebook but Reena dismisses it as a coincidence. Rasu tries to convince Reena to take the key but she refuses. Back home, he lies to Lakshmi who sees right through the lie.

Indru: Ananimudiyaar and the family visit Brahmman and Sivagaami and invite them to Rasu and Chelli’s wedding. Sivagaami notices Rasu’s disinterest and understanding his secret love for Reena, says that sacrifices have to be made for good things to happen. Velli convinces Anaimudiyaar to gift Chelli with jewels because of her financial state. Chelli and her father Muniyan are humbled to receive the jewels. Wearing the saree and the jewels Velli got her, Chelli goes to the temple and is praised by Ganapathi Ambalam. She sees Rasu coming to the temple but upon seeing her, he turns and walks away.

Indru: Nanda begins to decipher the things written as predictions of what happens around with Anaimudiyaar’s family. When they ponder about the dumb person who knows Karuppu, Kattaiyyan destroys the tent. Nanda deduces that Kattaiyyan is the one who knows Karuppu and questions him. Meanwhile, Aravind arrives at the family’s home and Brahmman understands who it is. When Aravind asks Rathna to show him Rauthar’s house, Brahmman intervenes and offers to do so.

Indru: Aravind learns about the events that transpired and he gives them one week to end this and come back home. Nanda assures him that Year 5001 of Kaliyugam, the day where Chithra star sign arrives two days after Purnima, the full moon day. Rajendran proposes to Reena who refuses stating she saw him only as a friend. He is dejected but Reena reassures him of their friendship.

Indru: Rajendran gets the wrong idea from some villagers talking. At night, a mysterious person covers his face with Reena’s veil and rapes her. He runs away when Nanda arrives. Nanda is shocked to discover Reena. The next morning, the marriage is in full swing, Rajendran sits depressed and tells his aunt he committed a mistake but she brushes it off and tells him to get ready. The family is summoned to an Udukka Poojai, and there, Karuppu accuses Rajendran of rape and announces Death as punishment.

Ahalya, Sathyanarayana’s wife, visits Padma with Aravind and a translator, and advises her not to let her husband engage further. She also states that Sathyanarayana came to her and said that he killed Garbaara Singh, the local hero of the village considered to be an Avatar of god, who killed evil zamindars of the village. Padma gets extremely worried.

Indru: The village is shocked and confused by the fact that Rajendran is Karuppu. He asserts himself to Velli and leaves. Reena explains to Rathna that her brother was Karuppu all along, a result of Split Personality Disorder. Disturbed by the violence and Adharma around him, he wished there was Karuppu Swamy in real life and unknowingly, created the personality and led a double life. The villagers search for Karuppu as he will die if he cannot succeed in killing Rajendran.

Rauthar finds Nanda, who reads an inscription about the fact that Rajendran was a Split Personality patient and that he would reach there. True to it, Karuppu arrives there and both try to explain that he is Rajendran. When Karuppu almost kills Rauthar, Nanda blocks his Aruvaal with his sword and takes him to the Kamma shore and shows him himself in the water’s reflection.

‘Two will search for one and reach this place. On this lake, on the day of the Chithra star sign, he will die by the sword. The two will merge into one and as he dies, this Kali avatar’s story will hence come to an end.’

Andru: His father berates him for not studying properly and Rajendran studies keenly. Kattaiyyan and Rajendran both go to guard the fields. On the way, his friends call him to drink with him and Kattaiyyan refuses two times before caving in. After he falls asleep, Rajendran suddenly wakes up as Karuppu.

Indru: Reena sits and regrets her actions and is assured by Ganapathi that the people’s belief is unbroken. He goes on to point out that while Split Personality is considered a disease to her, it is considered as Karuppu’s actions to them. He also clears her of her guilt and tells her to go home.

Back at her tent, Rauthar visits Reena and asks her how she deduced Rajendran was Karuppu. She explains that Rajendran was angry at her for once, when he justified Karuppu’s punishments at the temple. She explains that she had a doubt when one man knew the wrongdoings of all the people. She then states that the Lakshmi-Shanmugam marriage photo came in a letter and he was the one who received it and gave it to her. The possibility that he could’ve opened the letter was high. Next, the answer to the Pon Paanai riddles, Rajendran found the answer to impress Reena and he doesn’t have any friends so he couldn’t have told anyone else. Reena admits that she was confused when he gave punishments to himself and that Rauthar helped her clear her confusions when he explained about mental states and MPD, Hysteria. She began to ponder if Karuppu was a Split Personality. As a normal man, Rajendran committed a crime and as Karuppu, he punished him. The next part was the coin and the rope she found on Shanmugam’s hands and her perpetrator. Rauthar observes the two objects match.

Nanda assures Padma that everything is over and explains that he has found an answer to his questions and that he feels sanctified. Nanda leaves to take a bath after taking a tablet. Aravind consoles Rathna. Reena and Rauthar meet Padma and find out Nanda went to take a bath. Rauthar reveals he already took a bath and Padma finds the sword and notebook missing.

On a bus in Kerala going to Ambalathittu, Achyuthan sits beside Nanda and finds the sketch of himself in Nanda’s notebook. Nanda drops down and Achyuthan is forced to take Nanda’s belongings. The people in the bus find Nanda dead and drive off to the Police station. Achyuthan takes his belongings and goes to a village, where the next avatar resides. A voiceover states that the avatars will continue.