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Or aasai manathirkul ippothum

At 4 pm Meena arrived, Mullai in toe..

Kathir greeted them..completely surprised to see Mullai there..

Kathir : vaanga anni..

Meena : hi Kathir..kalakkareenga polaye..shwetha nethulernthu ore unga puraanam thaan..sooper

Kathir : ada neenga vera anni..naan etho enakku therinjathu pandren

Meena : ille Kathir naanum thaane unga video paarthen..sooper ah irunthuchu..

The girls were starting from the start again..Meena moved away discreetly as if to watch the dance

Kathir : ey ippo thaane pesinom..varennu sollave ille

Mullai : solli iruntha enna thideernu paartha unga kannu eppudi viriyumnu paarthu irukka mudiyuma (she smiled at him)

Kathir : vevaram..enna vishayam neeyum vanthu irukka

Mullai : Meena help panna vara Mudiyumaannu kettaanga..vanthutten..odi (she winked)

For a moment they lost all track of where they were..Meena's enthusiastic clapping brought them back to earth

Meena : ( walking back to them) 2 nimisham thaniya pesattumnu vitta..enna ithu siru pillai thanama...

Both Mullai and Kathir looked appropriately shy..

They shared a good laugh and proceeded to business on hand..

The costume budget was clarified with Shwetha

Meena thought for some time

Meena : group ku girls ellam gold tissue la pavadai nalla can-can laam vechu potta nalla irukkum ..mela thaan thaavani romba common ah irukkum nu paarkaren

Mullai : enga mela mysore silk saree..ippo thaan neraiya celebrity drapist ellam vithama vithama video podraangale..antha mathiri panna

Meena : ahn sooper...romba nalla irukkum

Mullai : sarees kooda Krishna podara costume, avaroda skin antha blue appuram mayil peeli colour nu potta ..sernthu dance aadumpothum oru match irukkum

Meena : yes..sooper idea Mullai..athu romba nalla irukkum

They discussed with the girls..Mysore silk sarees were common and hence all the girls had one or the other colour..some had more than one..it was agreed that they would bring what they had the next day..

For the female solo, an anarkali was decided..and a salwar suit for the duet..yesteryear style..

As they were discussing Jeeva arrived as agreed with Kathir

Kathir moved to the stage to see the practise and Mullai with him...she was yet to see the dance

When the dance got over Jeeva and Meena looked lost to the world

Kathir and Mullai : (walking back to them chorused) 2 nimisham thaniya pesattumnu vitta..enna ithu siru pillai thanama...

Jeeva and Meena jumped apart all flustered

Meena gave a nervous laugh and Jeeva didn't get the joke

It was already 5 pm by then..

Kathir explained what was needed and Jeeva agreed

At 5:30 they all went to the canteen had some tea and snacks and left for the day

Kathir and Mullai went together..

Kathir was silent on the way back

Mullai noticed it..he was not a talker..but he would make eyes at her through the rearview..recently he had taken to braking suddenly just so she would go crashing into him..sorry he would say with a smile that made it quite clear that he was not sorry at all..nothing of all that today..but Mullai thought he was thinking about the new numbers