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Father John, a kindhearted person who has the respect of all the villagers. Kaali tries to match John's DNA and reads his personal diary, where he learns about his past. A young John comes to the village to become a
Christian priest. He finds about the casteism in the village and that people are still being subjected to abuse. He abolishes the caste system and teaches the villagers to be united. Certain upper caste members object to this, and Gounder is one of them. His henchman Das thrashes John, and Poomayilu tends to John while he recovers. John grasps her hands, as she lies down in bed next to John, and they accidentally make love, as Poomayilu becomes pregnant. John repents to a priest and tries desperately to convince Poomayilu to elope with him and get married. Still, she refuses, saying that the whole village is united only because of John, and if he leaves now, they will go back to their old ways.
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Poomayilu's wish since then. In reality, Poomayilu escaped the village without anyone's knowledge, had given birth to Kaali, and lived under a different identity as Parvathy until she died. Kaali now finds that his biological father is John and his DNA also matches to prove it. Das leaves jail and tries to kill John, but Kaali saves John and Das is killed. John thanks Kaali for his help. Kaali, however, chooses to hide the truth from John and let him continue his service to the community. He leaves the village since his mission is complete and takes along his grandmother and Valli with him to America.
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