Our
epic adventure begins with a quiet morning. A long shot pans over the faces of a
husband and wife as they sleep. The husband's slumber is interrupted by the
beeping of his wristwatch's alarm, and he wakes up. It was here that I knew we
were in for some good movie-making, as the actor portraying the husband somehow
manages to make "yawning as if just waking up" look really fake. Now that he's
no longer pretending to sleep, he carefully gets up so as to not disturb his
sleeping wife.
The caution doesn't last long, as he leans over to nudge a sleeping youngster in a small bed nearby. The kid fusses and says he wants to sleep, so on go the lights and dad must rouse the boy the hard way. Dad hoists young Chander up in his arms and tells him to give his mother a kiss before they head out. We hear some speeches indicating that Dad is a man of good character, and wants his boy to be of like nature.
They head out wearing some jogging clothes, but stop to salute the Indian flag that they've got in the living room. This also begins the opening credit sequence, during which we see the two guys jogging with periodic breaks for other athletic activities (including some really odd looking push-ups by young Chander) to get the blood flowing and start the day. The boys go all over the place, and dive into pools, run around on the playground like an obstacle course, and sing proudly to us that they are going to win the battle of life at every turn. Things get a little extreme as they head out to the beach for rifle practice (seriously) then they have young Chander, a boy who looks to be about ten years old, jump off of the roof of a two story building before cutting back to the gym to get punched in the face by Dad.
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Once they're done punching each other in the head, they continue their run through the countryside. By this time the credits are done and it's time to advance the plot! The duo encounters another pair of joggers coming the opposite direction. The fathers know each other and introduce their respective children. The newcomer has a daughter with him who goes by the name of Zhum Zhum (pronounced "zoom zoom"). Chander thinks this is an unusual name, but she's no pushover. She says she can run just like her name, and challenges him to a race. The fathers laugh and head off together to get started on their work for the day.
A quick stop at home to eat gives us a little more insight into the parenting techniques that Dad's using on Chander (basically to toughen him up for future military service) and to say that he's off for his school hostel later that day. Moving on, we see Dad in a military uniform attending a speech by a spirited politician. She is advocating working with other countries to strengthen their own, and Dad looks on with pride and approval. However, not everyone at the speech is as supportive.
Off to the side of the stage, we see a few unsavory characters eying the proceedings with a calculating gaze. Three men stand off in the wings, with two in front hiding the one in back. A pistol emerges between the two front men, and is spotted by Dad. He leaps up onto the stage and ends up taking several bullets to save the speaker. Pandemonium erupts as the assassins flee and Dad slumps to the stage. (It should also be noted that this is the first appearance of the Star Wars music on the soundtrack.) Zhum Zhum's father also takes a hit in the chest and goes down.
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With
the assassination attempt thwarted, it's time for Plan B. Bob Christo (yes
again, although this time he's sporting a trendy Ocean Pacific hat) sneaks
backstage to where the assassins are just casually hanging out. He hands them passports
and exit papers, and tells them to skip town until things cool off with the
police. He'll call them back for another mission later on.
We cut to Dad's funeral, where poor Chander must perform the rites for his father as a somber version of the title song plays over the sorrowful scene. We also see that Mom is now basically insane, and unable to cope with the horrors of what has befallen her and her family. The Inspector General gives Chander his father's watch to remind him of what his father was, and what he wanted Chander to become.
