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The news of RJ's arrest has reached Tech, who shows up at Bhau's place to talk about it. He warns Bhau that he should not have angered RJ. Bhau doesn't seem too worried about it. He reassures Tech that Chewte will sort everything out. Tech says that by doing this, RJ will kill them all. We also get a little more info on why this is such a big deal. Those important papers that RJ took from Tech's safe? Those were evidence of a big bank scam that Tech and Bhau had perpetrated. Bhau realizes the gravity of the situation, and calls Chewte to have RJ released.
RJ wants to go home with style, so instead of a cab taking him there he forces Chewte to drop him of personally in his official police vehicle. He arrives on his street to the strains of "Bum Chiki Bum II," which as you might imagine is quite similar to the version we heard while the kids were getting ready for school. The Pastel Shirt Mafia meets him on the street with his suitcase and marching band instruments. RJ takes a few moments to humiliate Chewte again, only this time in song!
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There is a little plot going on in the song this time. We see RJ spending lots of money on booze and other luxuries, as well as buying matching suits for all of the PSM members. They will now be known as the Red Headband Mafia. The main point here is that RJ has a LOT of influence over these kids now. This may be important later.
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part of his shopping rampage, RJ has also picked up a gift for Bela. He barges
into her room as she is toweling off after a bath. She is not happy with the
intrusion. He shows her a very expensive dress he has bought for her. She tells
him that it looks pretty pricey, and he gets mad. He makes a pretty good speech
to her about how she's the most valuable thing in his life. She looks a little
creeped out by all the attention he's giving her, and tells him that she doesn't
want the dress.
He doesn't understand all the resistance and keeps working different angles to get her to take it. As this is going on, we see an out of focus headshot of Murli passing by the room. He stops in while they are talking and convinces Bela to accept the gift and wear it to the party they are going to that night. It turns out there were three weddings in the area, and RJ paid for all of them. The reception is going to include the whole town. Bela gets a curious look on her face at this news, and reluctantly agrees to come along.
After some time-lapse shots of the town square slowly emptying of people, only a few remain at some tables. RJ is pouring drink after drink for the older men that are still there. There is some difficult to follow drunk talk about how RJ got his name, which prompts him to sing for us! This is the film's title track, "Ram Jaane." It would be helpful to have the subtitles for this one, since he's staggering around the square drunk for most of it.
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After all the dancing is done, it's right back to business. The next morning finds us at Bhau's again. They ask him what his blackmail demands are, but he tells them he doesn't want to demand anything. He just wants to be a partner in the operation and receive an equal share. They do some haggling and eventually come to the agreement that RJ can have a cut of all the businesses that were once Sameer's, but anything that started after he died he has no claim to. This is copasetic with RJ and they all seem satisfied.
That is until Bhau says also wants the records and notes that RJ took from Tech's place back. This sours the deal for RJ. He tells Bhau that he knows how he got his crooked neck, and that he is not to be trusted. Bhau is a former wrestler that would cheat if he was outmatched. He won't turn over the papers because he knows Bhau is a cheater, and he wants the extra leverage in case he does anything funny. Bhau tells him that's okay, they won't worry about the papers and the scene just abruptly ends.
