Aug 2

KOLANGAL
Sunil, Anjali's fiance, somehow shows up at her room on the beach at Pondicherry, where she was with this other guy, who is planning to take indecent photos of her to blackmail Adi, her brother (complicated, I know, but bear with me). He says Adi wants them to head back to Chennai immediately. She is still besotted with her companion, and talks very little with Sunil. She is cold to Sunil's parents when they want her to accompany them to their family kovil, and rude to Usha when she comes to her room to ask what is wrong. She is thinking about the chap who plans to use her to get money from her brother!

SELVI
Selvi continues her investigations. She meets with the guy who beat up Dilipan, and surprises him by showing she knows all about him. He refuses to tell her who paid him to do this, although he does say he does this for money. The inspector, nagendra, is approached by GJ and Amar, who want him to speed up the investigation, and offer him a bribe. THey also complain that Selvi is looking into the matter. He is upset that a mere woman should be ahead of the police. Later he calls his assistant and asks him to tail Selvi. He also goes and threatens the taxi company owner. It is shown that the police are very good at threatening and roughing up people, but hopeless in investigation.
Another track, the girl on his paper route follows Prbanchan to the restaurant where he works, and is impressed that he can not only talk English but also Sinhalese.

PENN
Anjali defies her father, who wants to stop her from going to PG studies. At the PG college, Sunil approaches her, bothering her with declarations of his love. She tells him she has not time for this nonsense right now, she is focusing on her studies. Maybe later, she can consider it. He refuses to let go, and she gets up and says, go to hell, leave me alone. He, being a poet, takes it to heart, and after disgorging one of Vairamuthu's more forgettable poems to paper, proceeds to swallow a bunch of sleeping pills. His sister Jamuna discovers him the following morning, and rushes him to hospital. Anjali comes by after hearing the news, and reveals what happened the previous day to Jamuna.
Shortly thereafter, at Anjali's home, an anonymous letter arrives. Her mother, who is alone, opens it, and discovers it is about Anjali, alleging that she is roaming with Sunil and recently, with another boy called Murugan. It has allusions to her stepping out of their (brahmin) community in her romantic choices. Her mother is furious that people are out to defame her daughter. At this point her second daughter comes back from school. The mother hurriedly hides the letter, clumsily, and goes to make coffee for Revathi. Revathi discovers the letter by accident, and proceeds to read it. Her father is shown entering the house.

No updates recd. for Malargal and Anandam.