Durga
pleads with Kali that one mother cannot take away the children of another, and
that she must return her sons to her. She then kneels down and starts pounding
her head onto a little pedestal that is in front of the statue.
Durga
pleads with Kali that one mother cannot take away the children of another, and
that she must return her sons to her. She then kneels down and starts pounding
her head onto a little pedestal that is in front of the statue.
This is very similar to the scene in Jaani Dushman where Kapil and Vasundhra are beating their heads on rocks as they plead with the wise old sage. I'm chalking my ignorance of this practice up to simply that - ignorance. This must be just part of the process.
This
goes on for a while, and looks really uncomfortable. She hits her head pretty
hard a few times in there, and gets pretty bloody. We cut away to a hospital
room where a doctor is delivering a baby. We then cut to a different hospital
where a different doctor is delivering another baby. After several cuts between
Durga's head-thumping, Kali's statue, and the doctors, we see the babies being
held up for the mothers. Durga hears the sounds of babies crying and stops her
pounding. Lightning crashes all around and she looks up at Kali with a broad
smile. She thanks Kali for the boon, and runs from the temple. We see the babies
being placed on a cot and we have our title cards (27 minutes into the movie!).
We then see a montage of the two boys growing up with their separate families. One of them is with an alcoholic father who is constantly shouting at him. The other baby belongs to a loving pair of parents who work at a ranch.
We leap ahead about 10 years and check in on the first child. He is returning home from the markets, and his father wants to know if he got the booze. The boy replies that he did not, and instead bought food since he was hungry. His father is mad about this, and moves in to slap his son, but his arm is caught by the boy before he can connect. This jump cuts to another scene at the ranch, where the other boy is fighting with someone that is trying to steal from them. The older boy breaks free and begins to run, but the younger one pulls out a slingshot (plot point!) and hits the fleeing thief in the head.
Jump
cut back to the first child who is currently beating the daylights out of
another kid. Things are going well for him until some of the loser's friends
pull him off and hold his arms. As the tables are turned, we see what is to
become a recurring theme. As the boy repeatedly punches him in the face, we see
a negative image flashback of the moment K&A were being killed. We can assume
from the flashbacks that the kid we are seeing here is the reborn Karan. In a
rage fuelled by his memories, the boy throws off his captors and begins to
relentlessly pummel the other kid. His drunken father comes out and stops him
just before he crushes the kid's head with a rock. One of the little girls
nearby explains why they were fighting in the first place - his son was
defending his father's reputation. We learn here that in this incarnation, Karan
is called Ajay, so we'll use that for now.
One humorous note here: While the kids are fighting, the music that plays over the scene is the theme from the American Terminator movies. Not changed in any way, it's the same tune.
We
jump over to the other kid's home where he's having a nightmare. He is calling
out "Mother! I will return!" in his sleep while his mom frets over him. The
doctor that is looking over him tells them that his babbling is due to his high
fever, and they shouldn't worry too much about what he is saying. At this, the
child sits upright in bed and calls out "MOM!"
Miles away we see Durga hanging out in the temple, and she seems to hear his call. She runs over to the priest and asks him if he heard it as well. He tells her that he didn't, and that once people are dead they don't come back. She assures him it's going to happen while she backs away from him. As she's walking backwards, she bumps into and is grabbed by Suraj Singh, who begins his shtick of saying "What a joke" in English.
