Ram Jaane gets up from the floor, and touches the blood on his forehead from the impact. A defiant sneer takes up permanent residence on his face while Chewte interrogates him. He picks up Ram Jaane and starts squeezing his face with his giant hand to get him to talk, but all Ram Jaane does is spit in his face. This makes Chewte even more angry, and we see the results of this act in the next scene.
Murli
has come to the prison to see Ram Jaane. When he sees the state of Ram Jaane's
face, he asks what happened. Murli learns that they were trying to find out who
else was in the boxcar, and Ram Jaane wouldn't talk. Murli tells him he should
have told if it would have spared him the beating, but Ram Jaane says that his
style is to live and die with pride.
That night, Murli is speaking with The Bread Vendor about why Ram Jaane would do what he did for him. The Bread Vendor tells him that he did what he did to make Murli happy, because making other people happy in return makes you happy. Murli asks The Bread Vendor if that is why he gives the children free bread. The Bread Vendor answers that he gets the love of the children in return for his kindness, and those who receive love from someone else are the luckiest of all.
The next day at the Remand Home for Children, Ram Jaane is talking with one of the other kids that has been sent there. The kid points out Banu Technicolor standing outside the gate. Technicolor once ran away from the home and has now become (what he considers) a big shot, "traveling in cabs and smoking imported cigarettes." Ram Jaane learns that Technicolor's boss is called Sameer, and that he has a lot of influence in the area. Ram Jaane asks how he escaped, and the other kid gets a weird look on his face.
Later
that day, there's a huge ruckus as all the kids are running all over the place
screaming while the staff of the home tries to round them up. Ram Jaane uses the
distraction to get up on the roof of the home, and jumps into the bed of a truck
hauling away a load of dirt. He comfortably reclines in the dirt as the truck
carries him to freedom.
It isn't made clear as to whether or not Ram Jaane caused this riot or if it was just good timing. Either way it worked, but if it wasn't his doing, that's pretty convenient.
We
join Murli as he's walking along the sidewalk. As he passes a corner, he has his
ear flicked by someone off screen. As he looks up in surprise, Ram Jaane smiles at him.
Murli is happy to see him again, and asks if he was released from the remand
home. Ram Jaane corrects him - "I don't get released, I escape."
Ram Jaane asks about Murli's new clothes. Murli tells him that The Bread Vendor has enrolled him in school. He also mentions that Bela is now in a boarding school because her father had trouble taking care of her by himself. He said the plans were for her to get an education and then marry her off to a rich man. Ram Jaane decides that he'll become rich and show them that he is worth something. When Murli asks how he plans to do that, we get a jump cut to Ram Jaane talking to Technicolor and demanding work from Sameer.
Technicolor
is not happy about taking the new kid on board. After some hostile chatter,
Sameer reveals that he's been listening to the two of them arguing, and that he
likes Ram Jaane's style. He tells Technicolor to take Ram Jaane with him on his next job. A
rival gang calls the hideout and tells Sameer that they have hijacked one of his
shipments of "goods" and will sell it back to him for half of what it is worth.
Sameer is naturally infuriated by this. Ram Jaane asks if he needs him to take care of
this one. Sameer is a little amazed by the kid's pluck, and asks what his name
is. Ram Jaane smiles, and takes off his hat to bow and introduce himself. When he comes
back up, we've advanced about 15 years and are now seeing the adult Ram Jaane.
