As the song goes along we see the daily lives of Ram and Ganga, eventually bringing us to Ganga's house. Ram is working on his motorcycle while Ganga's aunt hassles him about not marrying Ganga yet. Evidently people are talking about how Ram thinks he's too good for her, and won't go through with it. "Aunty" storms off after having said her piece.
Ganga
comes over to Ram and tells him to ignore Aunty. Ram says that she was right and
that he should do the right thing. He takes some vermillion from a tray that
Ganga is carrying and is about to apply it to Ganga's forehead in a symbol of
marriage when he gets some bad news. Apparently Ballu has finally made good on
this threat, and escaped from jail. Ram literally drops everything and runs off
to Pandey's, leaving a rather surprised and hurt Ganga.
We see Ballu driving down a country road in a van while wearing a police uniform as his theme music jams on the soundtrack.
Over at Pandey's, Ram's getting the story. Ballu throttled the guard that had been coming in to give him his nightly meal, and snuck out in his uniform. We get to see a few nodes of the grapevine as the news gets around. Roshan calls Sophia and tells him that Ballu escaped because of the wonder of his cats. Roshan's a weird guy.
We
go to the prison where a media frenzy is in full swing. The press wants to know
who is responsible for this bad news. One of the reporters comes up and asks if
it's true that on the day Ballu escaped, Ram was "rollicking in his lover's
arms." I don't see what that has to do with any of this. I didn't think Ram was
a security guard at the jail. He's an Inspector. Last I knew, they didn't have
to personally check on the people they caught after they'd been sentenced and
incarcerated. Ram takes great offense to this remark and grabs the guy by the
collar. He tells him that he knows what his duty is and that he had no right to
attack his personal life. The weasel reporter counter-attacks by pointing out
how he's manhandling him, and all the other reporters leap to his aid with cries
of "shame on you" and the like.
Ganga and Pandey look on as Ram storms off into the building. Pandey is mourning for Ram's reputation, saying that Ballu has destroyed him. Ganga vows that she will capture Ballu and restore Ram's good name. I'm a little fuzzy on how exactly that's going to work, but it's the main plot of the movie so we'll accept it.
We see Ganga talking to her superior about being assigned to the case. They're telling her that it's too big for her to take on by herself, and that they're going to have to coordinate a search with other states and agencies. They're interrupted by a phone call. One of the people that's out gathering info says that reports indicate Ballu has not left their state. Ganga looks thoughtful, and we change scenes.
Ganga
is talking to her buddy Champa about what she's planning to do. Champa asks her
if she really wants to stick her neck out this far into a dangerous situation.
Ganga tells her that she can do anything to preserve Ram's respect. She asks for
Champa's help.
I didn't go into this earlier, for reasons of my own. Now's a good time to talk about this. Champa is a dancer, and the leader of a troupe of dancing girls that tour around and put on big shows. Here's Ganga's plan. She will join Champa's troupe and do shows in the area in the hopes that Ballu will show up at one of them. She will then team up with Ballu's group, gain their confidence, then work from within to bring him to custody. Why are you looking at me like that? Oh and they don't spell it out quite this clearly at this point in time. We just kind of jump right into it.
Ballu is at a campsite with his cronies that Sophia has sent to help him get out of the country. They go over their plans and talk about how they're going to go about fleeing. Ballu also asks about his mother (Awwww). They also have a corrupt rich guy there to take them to his home for the evening to relax, and take in a show from a dance troupe...
<Mr. Burns>Eeeexxxellent..... it's all falling into place!</Mr. Burns>
We now cut to the big set piece of the movie. Money tells me that this song was quite controversial when it was popular, and this scene is basically what made this movie a hit. We cut to a very elaborate dance number for "Choli Ke Peechhe." This roughly translates to "behind the clothes." It's actually a song about her heart, but it's presented in a racy kind of way. It is a cool song, though it is unfortunately not subtitled.
