After
the song, we cut to Mom and Naina bursting through a door and screaming "Happy
Birthday" at us. Upon further review, they're yelling at Diya, who is awakened
by their outburst. Everyone jumps on the bed with huge stuffed animals as Diya
continues to look a little bewildered. This leads us to a sped-up montage of the
family getting ready for her party. Highlights include the popping of balloons
and Sonia trying to make the cake. This is a big deal, because Sonia doesn't
cook (remember?).
While all the merriment is taking place, Gokul is at work. He's rhythmically
pounding a stamp on a big stack of mail while thinking back to the night he
delivered the telegram to Naina. Finally he hops on his bike and rides off.
A large traffic jam has clogged up the roadways from the shopping district
where Naina is getting some balloons and other decorations. Back at the house
Sonia is putting the finishing touches on the cake. She decides to call Naina to
see what's taking her so long. Naina explains her problem then asks how the cake
is coming. Sonia takes a little taste of it and is amazed that she was able to
actually produce a cake that tastes this good. She confesses to Naina that she
actually enjoyed making it, and has imagined being all domestic and taking care
of Kabir - something that she swore she'd never do. Naina gets giggly at the
idea of her tough sister being a housewife, but they are interrupted by someone
at the door. Naina listens on the phone while Sonia goes to answer it.
We
watch as the expression on Naina's face changes from a big happy smile to
concern, then panic as she hears sounds of violence over the phone. We cut back
and forth from the house where Sonia is being thrown around and furniture is
being broken to Naina who gets out of the taxi and begins calling for help from
the other drivers. A wide shot shows us that (surprise) it's Gokul in the house.
I won't go into detail about what he does, but the result is that Sonia has been
violated and murdered. To her credit, Sonia puts up a hell of a fight.
This is a surprisingly violent scene. Without being explicit, it leaves very
little to the imagination of the viewer as to how brutal Gokul is. This scene
alone would get it an R rating here in the States. I felt uncomfortable watching
it, and it definitely makes an impression on the audience.
Naina
arrives at the house in a police car. She hears the detectives talking to each
other about "the girl's murder." As she's nearing the house, Mom, Diya, and
Kabir pull up in the family car. They ask what all the commotion is about, then
run up to the house. Naina stays outside and looks in the windows. She can see a
covered body on the floor, then Mom collapses at the sight. Naina gets a look at
the arm and shirt of the body on the floor and realizes who it is. She runs down
the driveway and hunches down outside the gate, clutching her arms and holding
onto her phone.
We go from the house to a hospital. Gokul approaches the building then walks
inside to the nurses' station. He starts arguing with one of the nurses whom we
learn is his girlfriend, Sunanda. He is very short with her asking why she didn't give
him the keys to her place so he could rest. She asks what happened to his head
(Sonia got him with a bottle) but he says it was a "scuffle at the post office."
He goes off to a room and begins cleaning himself up as well as some of the
implements he used in the murder.
Sunanda
comes home early and catches him trying to put some scissors away that he used
earlier. She asks him what he's doing with them, and he "jokes" that he took
them out to kill her! She laughs and tells him that he needs to learn to calm
down (Understatement Playhouse Presents!).
She starts dressing his boo-boo on his head and he teases her for treating
him like he's her husband. She says something along the lines of "Not yet, but
soon!" He gets all grabby and rough, to which she remarks that he's treating her
like she's his wife (!!). He responds with his own rendition of "Not yet, but
soon!" and gives her a weird grappling hug while we see her clearly
uncomfortable face.
