Finally the other police in the yard get Ram to stop, and tell him that this
is "improper." You think? Ram tells Ballu to never raise his hand to a cop
again, and walks away. The guards ask Ballu if he's learned his lesson. Ballu
says for them to tell him why Ram beat him. They tell him that it was because he
beat up a policeman. He tells them to go tell Ram that he beat another
policeman, then punches one of the guards. That wacky Ballu! Just can't keep him
down!
We
cut to Ballu lounging in his cell. Ram comes in for a visit. He's brought some
bread and milk, and decides it's time to try a quiet chat instead of a vicious
beating. They have some political dialog about where their loyalties lie. Ram
asks why Ballu would work for a group that goes against the good of the country.
Ballu replies that there are so many government officials that are only out for
themselves. They discuss how who is the hero and who is the villain are all a
matter of perspective. Ram gets mad at the idea of how far someone has poisoned
Ballu's mind, and swears that he will stop the man that did this before he can
infect anyone else.
Ballu tells Ram that in exactly five days, he's going to escape from jail. He
even goes so far as to name the exact date and time. Got to admit, that's a nice
service. Not too many convicts will go that distance for you. Ram tells him that
if he were to escape, he would put his entire life on hold to come and track him
down, dead or alive. Lots of cool thunder sound effects punctuate his sentence
as he glares at Ballu.
Ballu doesn't look that worried or impressed. He looks over at Pandey and
tells him to tighten the security before he escapes.
We have a montage of the guards working on the jail. They fill in some holes,
tighten bolts, that sort of thing. The calendar ticks off the days as we
approach October 10th, 10pm. We see everyone watching the clock and looking
nervous. Finally they go to Ballu's cell and ask him what's up. It's now October
11th, 2am and he's still there.
Ballu explains that he was miserable after being thrashed repeatedly, so he
thought of a way to make life miserable for the rest of them. By making them
think he was able to escape, he made them all look like fools as they bolstered
the prison and left him alone for five days. He laughs at the staff as they
realize they've been snookered.
Believe it or not, the word "snookered" did not set off my spell checker.
We go back to the Pandey house were Mrs. Pandey is hassling the I.G. about
Ram marrying their daughter Tiny. Ram's on the phone to his sweetie, Ganga. 41
minutes into the movie, and we're meeting our female lead. One cannot accuse the
film of rushing through things.
Ganga
is a police officer at the women's prison in Nasik. We're introduced to her as
she's breaking up a fight in the courtyard. She eventually gets to the phone,
where she begins reading Ram the riot act. Apparently Ram's been negligent in
his romantic duties, and Ganga is mad.
This conversation goes on for a little longer than it needs to, with Pandey
also butting in to see what they're talking about. Eventually we get to the
point that Ram is coming to visit her that night. She tells him she's going to a
friend's wedding and he should just stay home. Then she hangs up on him.
We cut to the wedding. Ganga's just arriving and everyone's making a fuss
about how good she looks. I was one of those people. They notice that Ram has
also showed up and for some reason Ganga hides. Her friends tell Ram they don't
know where she is, but lead him up to a bedroom and start singing "Aye Sahib Ye
Teek Nahin" to him. Money tells me this means "Hey Mister, This Isn't Right."
