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Shivani
tries to comfort Nisha, but there isn't much she can do. Shivani tells her that
she's filed a grievance with the Home Ministry about Betsy's actions. Upon
hearing this, Nisha becomes nervous. She warns Shivani that dire consequences
could result if Betsy were ever to learn about this. Shivani tells her that she
won't find out, but they're interrupted by a guard before anything else can be
said. She is told that she has a visitor, so she goes to see who it is. Since
her luck only seems to get worse, of course the visitor is - Vijay. He tells her
that he can make all of this hardship disappear if she only says that she loves
him one time. Shivani defiantly tells him that she's never going to say that, in
this life or in any other.
Vijay smirks and says she's still got the same old angry spirit he
remembered. He asks her if she knows why he's come to see her. Shivani gives him
a good answer - he likes to hurt people, then rub salt in the wound. Vijay tells
her no, it is his love for her that brings him here. He once said that he
destroys the things he loves that are denied him, and that's what he's done to
her. He also tells her that he's getting married, and will call his wife
Shivani. She once again gets him with a good verbal barb. She says that he might
take comfort in calling another woman by her name, but it will only become a thorn
in his side - constantly reminding him of the one woman that he couldn't have.
She storms off, leaving him there with a madly twitching shoulder.
We
cut to Vijay driving home. He is not paying the least bit of attention to the
road. Instead he is staring at his wedding invitation card and drinking heavily
from a large bottle of "hooch," to use Mohanlal's term. He swerves around a few
corners before noticing at the last second a woman carrying a child crossing the
street. A quick zoom reveals that this is in fact Didi and Pinky, a split second
before Vijay hits them with the car. He then careens off the road and hits a
utility pole.
At this point, I thought the movie had hit its lowest point, but I was
sadly wrong. We've got a way to fall before we hit bottom.
We go to the hallway of a hospital where Shivani is being escorted by some
guards. Another policeman asks her if she is Shivani Chopra, then tells her that
her sister and daughter have been in an accident. She asks him what he's talking
about, and he explains that Vijay Agnihotri has hit them with his car. She tells
him that this can't be an accident, but the cop says they believe it was, since
Vijay was also critically injured in the crash. Shivani tries to argue that she
knows this was intentional, but they are interrupted by one of the most
contemptible displays of greed I've ever seen, fictional or otherwise.
Mohanlal
comes out of an examining room asking about the jewelry that his wife would have
been wearing. He knows she had a mangalsutra worth 15,000 bucks, and it's now
conveniently "missing." He threatens to complain to the board about it being
stolen. They wheel out the gurney with Didi's remains covered with a sheet.
Mohanlal stops them so he can check to see if she's still wearing the expensive
earrings she had. He uncovers her face, and is happy to see they're still on her
ears. He takes them off without so much as a mournful gaze or a goodbye, and
pockets them. Shivani asks where her daughter is as she watches this disgusting
displace of avarice. The officer leads her to another room, containing another
gurney, with another sheet.
Shivani
glances into the room, then averts her eyes. The cop tells her to come and
identify the body, but Shivani won't let him turn down the sheet. She says that
this can't be her little girl, since Pinky would never lie this still or be so
quiet. She tries to tell them that she's clearly someone else's child, and tries
to walk away. When she gets to the door, she finally breaks down and begins
screaming in anguish. Then, to make this scene even more impossible to watch,
the cops that had led her there in the beginning drag her over to the table and
force her head close to the surface while the other officer flips up the sheet.
We are spared the sight, but Shivani must face it, almost at the end of her
nose.
We cut back to the prison where Shivani is still screaming in agony, while
she pounds her head against the walls and bars. Nisha tries to calm her down,
but she's beyond reasoning at this point. Nisha finally reminds her that she
still carries a child within her, and she must live to take care of it. This
gets through, and Nisha reminds her that no night lasts forever, it is always
followed by a day. Shivani tells her that she's right, and she prays for a son
that could grant her the vengeance she seeks against those who have done her so
much harm.
