Anu is at home and Paatti is getting ready to go back to her place. Anu asks her darling MIL to stay back and give her mental solace but MIL is unrelenting " I will visit you often, do any thing for you and my grand kids but stay here?? no baby no " Since MIL declined her request Anu decides to rub salt in MIL's wounds " I want to see Pallavi...if you do not go to her house and ask her to come to see me... I will go and see her myself...tomorrow " ( ayyo da, yen ipdi alaiyare?? Nee sick naa avangalaa vanthu paarkanum , Ipdiyaa vaa vaa nnu kenjuve??? ) MIL decides to call a truce, agrees to meet Palli. In the pretext of taking leave from AAR, MIL goes in to the kitchen and keeps AAR in the loop " If Palli does not come to see Anu, her mental health will suffer...so...you need to do the honors" AAR promises to meet Palli " ASAP "
Jenny and Sundu convince Ganesh to head the new project - " RR is down with personal issues... we need some one from the family..." AppO Ganesh thaan gaali aaga pOraara?? AAR comes to meet Palli. Requests Palli to come and see Anu. Palli says that she has nothing against Anu - " in fact she is another Yemaali like me. But right now, I am in no mood to see my Sakkalathi. Paatha yethanum kOvama solliduven...so I need time " AAR tells her that Anu is still in the dark about RR's two timing " we thought of telling her the whole story but the doctor said that she should not be given any shocks for some time to come " Palli agrees to keep the story under the wraps.
" I wont tell her any thing but if she comes to know by other means I am not responsible " Asks AAR to pass an info to RR " Look, that house where Anu lives... needs to be transferred to my name , immediately " Both AAR and Sivagami are stunned by this order. AAR wants to know if money is everything and Palli says that she wants to safe guard her kids. AAR asks " so, you think that RR will leave your children in the lurch?" Palli retorts " who knows?? He did manage to cheat two women successfully all these years!!" AAR has no answer to this plausible observation and so turns defensive " what if he refuses?" Palli says that RR will not " if he does, then , he will see the true me " AAR has the last word " RR will give all his property if you ask. So, I have only one request " don't ever visit Anu, ok? ' - Leaves. Palli could not care less. Sivagami is devastated...
Freeze
Rukku updates Paati and of course, Paati is furious, but she says that her Anu will never come to the center street (nadu theru) because she has deeded her late husband's property to Anu(isn't that the property which Anu transferred to the orphanage? What is happening there now? I thought it was to be a temporary transfer)
Palli's house - everyone is on hunger strike - Sivagami, Priya and Karthi (Thatha has disappeared again! Obviously, he no longer wants to be a part of this tamasha!) They feel she should not have demanded the division of the property, she says it is for their sakes that she had to resort to this. They say she should have consulted with them, she says they did not consult with her for anything, not when Karthi fell in love with Shree, so she also does not feel the need to consult with them. She joins them on hunger strike, but not in dressing up, she is decked out in a silk sari and jewelry, jimikkis included!
Anu sitting on her bed, RR brings a plate of food (why does she have to wrap her sari around her head like this, she didn't do it in the hospital). She wants a family portrait to be taken and hung in the living room and asks RR if he will fulfill this wish of hers, and he has no choice but to agree. She wants it the next day and asks Nivedha to ask paati also to come the next day (no appointments needed? I didn't know photographers made house calls on such short notice).
Nivedha calls Paati and asks her to come over in the morning, but doesn't tell her why, says it is to be a "suspense". Paati agrees.
Palli sees that no one has eaten anything. Priya comes there, she is getting ready to go to college (and her backpack looks empty to me!) and asks Karthi to drop her at the bus stop. She says Manju will be waiting for her there and they can go together. Palli forbids her from having any contact with Manju, she tries to explain that Manju is a good girl, but Palli won't listen. Sivagami says she is going to the temple to search for mana nimmadhi (this is about 25 years too late, why didn't you think about it when you talked RR into marrying your daughter without disclosing that he was a widower?) Palli does a round of emotional blackmailing, saying that everyone is against her, she has been left all alone because Gomathy amma has successfully separated her from her husband (how did this become Gomathy amma's doing?), and now everyone is supporting Anu and her children and RR, and starts weeping. Priya comes up and tells her that she will always have her support.
Though I feel somewhat sorry for Palli, she is responsible for all this in a large way, because of her obstinacy and refusal to listen to anyone other than herself.
Thodarum ...
Paati is waiting for an auto. One stops beside her, and Sivagami gets out. Paati turns her face, Sivagami asks about Anu, and Paati accuses her of having done drogam to Anu, if you are so concerned about her, go see for yourself.
Sivagami in Anu's house, she goes in and sees RR there. Nivedha and Manju fall all over her and greet her. RR asks about Palli, and is told that she is being stubborn (and this is news?). Anu introduces her to Paati and to RR, and Sivagami greets them with a guilty look. Anu asks if Palli is angry with her. Time for the photo shoot, Anu insists on Sivagami also being in the photo and seats her on the couch beside Paati and herself. Smiles, everyone!
RR signs the documents for the new project. This news is conveyed to Bhaskar by Narayanan's manager.
Rukku comes and sees Jenny on her way in, both leave their vehicles in the middle of the road, blocking the road completely, and go in. Rukku updates RR and crowd about Palli's demand, to get Anu's house. Sundu says that if Palli thinks that sotthu is more important than RR, then go ahead and divide the sotthu. Jenny is shocked and says she will go and talk to Palli.
Jenny goes to Palli's house and gets kicked out ceremoniously by Palli!
Bhaskar comes to see RR, and tells him to drop the new project or else!
Thodarum ...
RR goes into Anu's room, she is sleeping, he wakes her up and tells her they should move out of this house because it has no rasi (veedu rasi illai!). Anu flatly refuses, says she is okay now, this house has been her friend when all of them have gone on their separate errands, this house is her protection, her refuge, so don't talk about this again. RR is wondering what he can do now.
Rukku lying in bed with all her makeup on, her elaborate hairdo, her bindi with something dangling in it, her eye liner intact and her sari all neatly pinned up! Ganesh comes in and asks what the matter is, he tells her that Palli has called RR over to her house, so it looks like she has changed her mind and forgiven him. Rukku says that is not the case. She tells him about Palli's visit to their house and her new demand that Ganesh should drop out of the project and it should be given to Karthi. Ganesh feels he should drop out and let it go to Karthi.
RR and Anu - the photos have arrived, RR looks at them, Anu looks at them, everyone looks at them. Paati comes, she too looks at the picture where Sivagami is sitting next to her and remarks on the black spot, which Anu is unable to find! Anu calls up Palli, who disconnects the call, she calls again and this time Palli answers. Anu wants to know why Palli hasn't come to see her (never heard of such a stupid question!), Palli says she wasn't feeling well, Anu promptly says that she will come there with her hubby, and Palli stops that, saying she herself will come the next day. Anu is pleased.
Palli' house - the lawyer has come and he wants to talk to her. As usual, Palli tells him not to interfere in their personal affairs and tells him to leave. Karthi comes there, and asks the lawyer to do what his mother suggested - leave!
Thodarum ...