Back at the house, Motilal is griping about what they're eating. He's asked
to have something other than what's being served, and is being a big baby about
eating it. Mom says that this is a special meal for Mili. Mili won't eat it
either, since she says she's on a diet now. Mom gets irritated that she woke up
early to make these things especially for Mili, and now no one is eating them.
Even Munna won't have any since he refuses to come over and eat with them.
Mili
goes down to see what's up with Munna. He tells her that he's fine, he just
doesn't want to eat. She says that she won't eat either unless he comes with
her. He finally agrees and they go back to the house. She tells him that she
doesn't understand his mood these days. He pauses and says that "that film
industry of yours is not right." She defends herself by saying that she knows
there are a few bad people in the business, but that doesn't mean they all are.
He tells her that he's only saying these things because he is worried about her
being involved in all this. She starts to pout and says she isn't hungry now
either, but he talks her into it.
Later that day, Mili is hanging out with Kamal. He says that he wants to
build a house far away from all the people in the city. She doesn't understand
why he is reluctant to be close to his adoring public. He explains that people
meeting him expect him to be the way he is in his movies, and not like his real
personality. She asks about how he got into the business in the first place, to
which he replies "it's a long story." She insists that he tell her. Apparently
only she gets to hear it, since there is a jump cut to nighttime, and they're in
his car summing it up with "and now you're a star!" Oh well.
We also learn that Kamal was once engaged to a woman named Suchitra. She was
killed in an auto accident where Kamal was the driver. He says he doesn't talk
about it much and that not many people know what happened. He drops her off at
home, and takes off.
Over
in Munna's room, he's drinking with Pakiya. Pakiya tells him a story of how he
boldly proposed to a woman by taking her arm, telling her he'll get a place for
them to stay, their kids would go to an English school, and he'd take care of
everything. She ended up beating him with a shoe. The purpose of this story was
to show how he was brave and Munna is a coward for not being able to go through
with his proposal.
The next day at the film shoot some ruffian types are hanging out at the
outdoor set. They start taunting Mili and Kamal, and making lewd (well, very
very mildly lewd) comments at her. They also challenge Kamal to a fight if he
thinks he is so tough. They try to shoot the scene anyway, but the jerks won't
keep quiet. As Mili is trying to do her dialog, they call back to her and make
jokes. Finally after repeated taunts and comments, Kamal snaps and starts
beating up on the most vocal of the bunch. To the best of my limited legal
knowledge this would constitute assault, but anyway. The crew tries to break up
the fight before it gets out of hand.
Apparently there were no consequences to this act, since the next scene has
Kamal driving Mili home. They have a friendly conversation and he finally gets
her to stop calling him "Kamalji" (kind of like saying "Mr. Kamal") and instead
just going with "Kamal." She goes up to her house and Kamal drives off.
Out in the streets, Munna is wandering down the middle of the road and taking
a few pulls from a bottle of booze. He's lamenting how tough he is when he talks
to the cops or other people, but when faced with a girl he becomes useless. He
imagines Mili being there and freezes up just at the thought of her. He gets mad
and starts yelling in the street for people to listen to his love story. Now I
ask you, what better way to tell one's love story than with a song?
Here we go with "Kya Kare Kya Na Kare." This song is pretty simple.
Basically, Munna is torn between knowing what he has to do and being too afraid
to do it. There are also a few inexplicable moments of choreography involving
swatting your own backside furiously as dust flies off of it.
When he's done crooning, he goes over to Mili's. Her parents say that she's
gone to bed already. Dad invites Munna out on the porch to have a drink. Munna
decides this is a good time to talk to Dad about love. He tells Munna of a young
lady that he was infatuated with all throughout high school. They rode the same
bus together every day for four years, but she went off and married someone
else. When Munna asks why, he explains it wasn't her fault, she didn't know he
liked her because he never got up the nerve to tell her. (Message! Message!)
Munna has a moment of clarity and looks resolved to take action.
