APRR's office (and I thought he owned a factory, but there is nobody here) - Gopi walks in, then walks into RR's cabin, and then asks May I come in? ULLe vandhaachu, idhukku appuram enna kELvi? He talks about RR getting his periya veedu and chinna veedu in the same veedu, RR is confused, Gopi comes to know that RR has still not told A and P about the other's existence. He is happy that he can continue to blackmail RR, who as usual forks out some money, and blabbers about how he must go home immediately to find out what happened. (Does RR always carry huge amounts of cash on him?)
Shree's house - Nivedha comes and asks her about her aaLu - Shree corrects her and tells her it is her Anne, Nivedha asks how? and Shree explains that her friend's lover will have to be her annan (if only Nivedha knew that Karthi is really her brother!). Shree's mother comes in, polambufying about how Shree is still not married, Nive tells her that soon Shree will have good news for her. Adhi comes in, looking for Shreenath who has gone out, Shree's mom goes to make coffee for them, Nived and Adhi drool over each other and their mutual tastes in music. Adhi offers to take Nive to his house to show her his PBS collections, and they leave.
Adhi and Nive steal glances at each other when the other person is not looking, Adhi plays some song on the radio, then suddenly the car stalls. Adhi gets out to look under the hood, Nive makes jokes about the car being some old piece of junk, they are standing there in the middle of the road, laughing at each other's (worthless) jokes, and some guy comes there from the opposite side and stops, looking at them. These two lovebirds are busy joking with each other and do not notice him. This guy takes out his phone, and calls - who else? Santhosh - the man who has no job other than to prowl around his house and check on his sister. Friend updates him on Nive's standing and talking with Adhi, Santhosh promises to come there immediately - after all, what other job does he have>?.
RR comes home, gate is wide open, front door is wide open, Anu is sitting on the sofa and posing like Rodin's Thinker, totally oblivious of the fact that someone has walked in through the door, is sitting on the chair next to her (indha ratekku veettile koLLai adichaa kooda theriyaadhu!). RR calls her and she is surprised (and so am I, at her utter lack of common sense in these days and times). She says that her friend Pallavi had come, and "avaL sonnadhu nambavum mudiyallai, nambaameyum irukka mudiyallai" (Appidi enna thaan sollitaa?) She explains about Karthi's social service and his thinking about others and their welfare (idhu thaan namba mudiyaadha vishayamaa?) She tells RR that they came to ask about the plot in Mogappayir and how they want it for their orphanage (empty plot le eppadi orphanage nadatha mudiyum? Adhile buildings vendaamaa? Enakku puriyalaippa!) RR says that it cannot be given to them because it is in his mother's name (didn't the guy say it is in Anu's name? Idhu enna pudhu kadhai? AdhukuLLe script writerkku marandhu pOchaa?) and she will not agree to this. Anu says she has already given her word, Pallavi is her good friend (you have met her briefly, twice, and she is already your good friend? Lady, you don't know anything about her!) Anu says she will take the responsibility of convincing Athai and she wants RR to agree to this. RR is wondering how to get out of this.
Thodarum ...