Dad came in and heard Ballu's plans. He went from 0 to mad in about half a
second, and gave Ballu a big slap for what he was doing. Ballu made an
impassioned speech about how noble his father is, yet they all were living in poverty.
Ballu wanted to rise above poverty, no matter what the methods are. From that day
on, he was a slave to Roshan, because he preferred being a slave to him than to
poverty.
When he would be in trouble or in
great need it was always Roshan that would come to his aid instead of his
father. Eventually he left home completely to live among his new associates.
One night, his sister Sunita (the social worker) called Roshan's house to tell
him to return Ballu to the family, or else she and a thousand men from the
colony will come and burn his house down (!!). Roshan took all this with a
smile, and met with her later that night. As he stared from his car, he shot
Sunita in the street and drove off. Roshan went back to Ballu and told him
that his sister was killed by the police. He gave Ballu a gun so that he might
take his revenge. He wasted no time in doing so, and shot two cops in a dark
alley.
News of his deed got out and was reported on the radio. Arti came home to
find her husband had poisoned himself over the shame of having his
proud heritage tainted by the crimes of his son. Not long after this event,
Ballu came to see Arti. She opened the door to see it was him, then closed it
without saying anything to him.
It was then that Ballu decided the world was selfish, and everyone was out
for themselves. As we come out of the flashback, Ballu is accusing Ganga of
being selfish as well. He tells her that she only wants to make him feel
sentimental and sorry so that he'll go turn himself in to the police. He shouts
at her for a while, then storms out of the building.
We cut back to Ram and Arti. She is claiming that her blind love for her son
has helped to lead him on his path of evil, and begs Ram to try and save Ballu
instead of just killing him. As Ram tries to comfort her, we get a flashback and
song, showing the guys when they were kids in school together. Various scenes of
them looking out for each other and getting into trouble are seen, while we
listen to "O Ma Tujhe Salaam."
The movie feels like it's been serious too long, so we get a comic scene with
Pandey lambasting someone on the phone. He goes on about how he's been talking
to the Prime Minister and other important people about how to address the
situation. His wife looks very impressed until she sees the phone isn't plugged
into anything.
We rejoin Ganga and the Hoodlums as Ballu is working on the engine of their
Jeep. Ganga has a pensive look on her face as she watches Ballu work. She tells
him that since she's heard what brought him to this state, she feels there is
good inside of him.
Around this point, the characters begin to make a lot of references to
figures from The Ramayana. I have only begun to look at this epic, but I've
gleaned some of the highlights. I won't go into it here for fear of
misrepresenting it. However I do encourage you to look into it since a lot of
these movies make references to it.
He tells her that he's a bad guy, through and through. She makes a remark
about his dirty clothes and beard, and claims that if someone looks like an
animal, then they're bound to think and act like one as well. Ballu looks hurt,
and walks off.
The scene abruptly changes to Ram and Arti in his office at the station. He
gives her a watch with a locator beacon built in, then the scene ends. (shrug)
Back to the Hoodlums (already!). We see the lookout pointing off to something
and laughing. They call to each other and all get the giggles as they look at
the New and Improved Ballu coming down the hillside. Ballu's got himself some
new clothes and shaved off his beard. Looks like a shower was worked into there
at some point too. Ganga gets an interested smile when she sees him coming.
Ballu takes her hand and leads her up to a nearby building for some talking.
First, he asks her how he looks. She gets the cutsey giggles and tells him he
looks nice. He tells her he made all these changes because of her, and that
she's being a good influence on him. He has brought a present for her, and tells
her to wait until he's gone to open it. Then he trots off.
