Nallu is still shrieking so Ganesh quickly moves closer to her and puts his arms around her, while the rest of the crowd is still reeling from the shock of seeing their first shrunken head. Poor Nallu, she is about to faint, and Ganesh uses this opportunity to murmur sweet nothings to her, and just as he gets close to her ear, Jagdu comes in with Aish, saying "The pitch is ready, hurry up." Pitch, what pitch are we talking about? Ganesh doesn't have the time to wonder, he and Nallu are pushed into the terrace, where Aish has unrolled some green carpeting and set up wickets at the two ends. Nallu is handed a bat and Ganesh is given a ball and asked to toss it to her. Nallu is looking at the bat and wondering why she ever told these IF people that she was getting married, esp this eljay. Indha vayasula indha ammavukku pesama Rama, Krishnanu irukkanum. adhukka bathila ippidiya? Then she sees Nithya and Laksh, standing beside her, ready to catch the ball, and Giri standing behind her, as the wicket keeper. Atina is the umpire behind her, and the other umpire is Roja. Nalla umpires, ivanga adikkira looty than enakku theriyume, ivangalai yaar umpirea pottadhu?
Ganesh comes running in, but Jagdu stops him. Enna brother, ballai first pantsle theychu shine remove pannanum, theriyadha? Okay, okay, he goes back and comes in after rubbing the ball on his pants. Now Aish stops him, she says, Mama, you also have to spit on the ball. He is embarassed, but then she adds, it has to be Nallu's spit! Now it is his turn to walk across to Nallu, and he asks her to spit on the ball. Aish then adds, neenga andha spitai mudhal ungal lips vaichu, appuram thaan rub pannanum. The poor man does all this, goes back to start his run, and comes up to the wicket and as his arm goes over his head, he is stopped by the umpire. Can't you see that the batsman is not ready? Batsman, what batsman, I am bowling to Nallu. Okay, but Nallu is busy adjusting the pleats on her sari, so you have to wait. Kadavule, idhu enna dhandanai, he wonders as he waits and Nallu is still fidgeting with her sari. Finally, he cannot stand it and he goes and asks her why she is wearing a sari over her salwar kameez, and why can't she remove her sari. This is overheard by Niti and Aish, who tell the others, and soon there is a chant, "Ganesh, Ganesh, remove the sari, Ganesh, ganesh, sari uruvi edunga, ..." Podhum, podhum, he says and grabs one end of the sari's pallu, and Nallu does a graceful half turn. He tugs again, and Nallu does another turn. Roja starts singing and Aish, Meli, Niti, Caryn, Vani19, Nithya, Meena and Laksh are clapping as he tugs each time, and Nallu does a turn for each tug. How many tugs? 24 tugs, this was an extra long sari bought by Nallu from Srima. Nallu was afraid that Roja akka might try one of her usual stunts at the nalangu, so she had placed a special order with Srima. Poor man, at the end, his right arm was swollen, so he tries to appeal to the umpire, but Atina refuses to listen. So he takes the ball in his hand, tries to lift it over his head, but he is too tired to do so, so he finally just pushes the ball towards Nallu, whose head is still spinning after the 24 turns. She sees the ball, then doesn't see it, turns again, and ends up hitting the wickets. OUT! shouts Aish, so Ganesh is crowned the hero of the day by the IFians.
Unfortunately, it is almost time for our IF members to return at this stage, so Nallu and Ganesh walk with them to the dining hall. Everyone sits down to a huge meal, while Jagdu is busy opening bottles, with Caryn and Sue assisting him. Roja is picking at the food, she is too busy trying to come up with some new ways to torment Nallu. Ganesh picks up a laddu and is about to pop it into his mouth, but he forgets that his arm is tired and he finds that his arm simply cannot be lifted. Meena whispers something to Nallu, and she shyly goes forward and picks up the laddu and ootufies it to Ganesh. It is his turn to blush, as the watching crowd bursts into applause. Once more, once more, shout Meli and Nithya and Aish, so she picks up one more laddu and feeds Ganesh. Next, it is the vadai, and this time, Atina hands it to Ganesh who breaks it into small pieces. He knows he can pick up small pieces only, so he takes a small piece and ootufies it to Nallu, along with some chutney. Seekiram ootunga pa, engalukku late aagiradhu, says Eljay, so the next few moments are in fast forward speed, with sambar flying in and out, then rice and rasam, then payasam, then jangiri, then fruit salad, and poor Nallu cannot take it any more. She chokes on a morsel of pineapple, and aha, Ganesh knows his Heimlich maneuver, so he comes up from behind, puts his hands around Nallu, while the crowd chants, Higher, higher, then he clasps her tightly, and ... I leave the rest to your imagination, folks!
Arjun inge illaame ponaare, thinks Meena, while Kadhu and Mr. Kadhu exchange knowing looks. It is a little known fact, but Kadhu and Mr. K did this at their wedding, and Kadhu had told Eljay about it! Roja is lost in her Malarum Ninaivugal, while eclat suddenly remembers that she told her husband to take his secretary to Switzerland. I hope he is not trying this, she is thinking. Mr. Atina is hopefully looking at Atina, but she refuses to look at him. Giri is smiling, she has been having a second honeymoon, so she is thinking of her own experiences. Meli is swooning, hoping that this will happen to her too, when it is her turn.
Finally, dinner is over, the dances begin, and Aish, Jagdu, eclat, Meena, Meli, Laksh, Nithya, Giri, Roja, and the others take the stage, along with Nallu and Ganesh. Niti also goes up, along with Jay, who faithfully keeps up with her, and as they all start dancing to Nakka mukka, nakka mukka, a sudden Ow can be heard. What happened? Niti is clutching her back, and Jay is supporting her. Someone calls the ambulance, and all is pandemonium as someone calls for a doctor and Eljay is trying to locate the phone book. Ganesh and Nallu escape in the midst of all this confusion, and are nowhere to be seen. The rest of the IF crowd are all trying to help Niti, and Eljay tells Roja to start planning the next event. Her flight is due and she has to leave for the airport along with Atina, Aish, Jagdu and Laksh, so she waves Goodbye and leaves. Roja is busy singing old songs to the rest of the crowd, and Nallu's parents heave a huge sigh of relief. Habbaa, at least we have some entertainer here, adhukku kaasu kudukka vendam, so they go around distributing the vethalai and paaku to all.
Subham.