New Beginnings....

Indignation...

The guests are welcomed inside with greetings and hugs...

Kasthuri picks up Mahi and marvels at how much she's grown...

Mullai is doing the exact same thing with Aakash...

M: Anna..vangae....ukkarungae... Naan poie Tea eduthuttu varen...

Mahi and Aakash run outside to play....

Kathir comes down and hugs his Maama after greeting Kasthuri...

They talk for a long time, lunch is served and the kids are hyper and refuse to sit down with the adults and eat...

Mullai switches on the TV, puts Little Singham and makes them sit in front of it to eat...

Lunch that day is a fun affair...

After it is over, Mahi takes Aakash inside to show off her toys..

The adults once again move to the hall to continue speaking...

Ks: Naanagae ethukku ingae vanthom nu Athai ku kude theriyathu...

P: Ennathu Kasthuri... Sollu...

Ks: Night naangae Kanchipuram pohomothu... Neengalum varanom... Rendae naal dhan athai... Nammae kudumbam ellarumae vanthirkangae...  Ethanae varusham avuthu neengae ellaraiyum onnae paathu...

Paarvathy nods sadly...

Ks: Mullai neeyum va...

M: Puthu velaiyilae senthu oru masam kude aahalae... Atthu kulle leave pottae nallae irrukathu atthachi...

Ks: Seri appo Amma kude Mahi yeh anupi vai...

And Mahi... who has the hearing capabilities of a bat... Comes running out of her room, followed by Aakash, at the mention of her name...

Mh: Amma... Please ma.. Please ma..

A: Mullai Athai please Mahi yeh anupungae... Naan avalae naughty ah irrukamae pathukurren...

Mullai laughs...

M: Seri Mahi... Poh... Poie unnodae favorite velaiyae arambi...

Mahi does the jolly dance and everyone laughs...

She runs off to pack...

J: Neeyum va Maaplae...

K: Office leh... Oru puthu branch arambikkurangae... Busy ah irrku maama...

J: Porae edam ellam...unnae dhan visarikurangae...

K: Ennaiyah?

J: Aama... Kathir ku eppo kalyanam? Engalukku oru nallae ponnu theriyum nu... Ohn melae bayangaramanae interest...

For Mullai, it is as though, the temperature in the room has dropped suddenly...

J: Dhanam sonnae... Nee kalyanam venae nu sollurae nu... Yehn Kathir?

P: Naanum athae kekkanom nu irrunthen pa... Aana nee ennae thappae nenachi du viyoh nu kekkalae....

K: Naan yen athai ungalae thappae nenaikkae poren...

J: Nee mattum seri nu sollu... Oru super ponnae thaedi konduvanthu nirutharen...

Well he needn't go too far, she is right in this very room...

And that thought is like a brain freeze moment for Kathir...

That is when courage breaks down all the barriers in his heart..

The barriers of fear, apprehension, indecisiveness all crumble down to dust...

He has to tell her how he feels...