- Deepu and his father are exploring the house, when a couple identifies him as Jyoti's brother and asks him where he works. He tells them that he works in FastForward Courier Service. The couple are impressed that he owns his business at such a young age, and an embarassed KK holds Deepu's hand to support him. The couple then tells Deepu that they want to complain to him about the behavior of the delivery boys, and Deepu tells them that they are training, and apologizes for their behavior. The couple ask him why he's the one apologizing, and he tells them that he's a delivery boy, not the owner. The couple is embarrassed, and ask him why he needs to work, and Pankaj's father, who overhears this, intervenes and says that it is necessary for him to work so that he gets the experience needed to be successful. He is confident that with this groundwork, Deepu will one day be a successful businessman. KK and Deepu are relieved, and smile at Pankaj's dad (what a class act 👏👏👏)
- Sudha is sitting alone, and Uday comes and gives her a samosa. Sudha accepts it, but seems reluctant to have it, and Uday tells her to feel free to decline anything she doesn't like. He tells her that he knows what's more appropriate for her, and calls another attendent and asks him to get the sweets, telling her that she has a sweet personality, at which Sudha smiles 😳😳😳. He then sits down next to her, and tells her about Devika - that he has a friend Devika, who absolutely resembled her, and how Sudha stunned him at the wedding due to her similarities w/ Devika. Hearing the name Devika for the first time, Sudha started getting more flashbacks of her previous Devika escapades, and Uday then told her that despite her similarity w/ Devika, her personality was a complete contrast: Devika was bold, independent, confident and didn't have the word 'can't' in her dictionary. Sudha remarked that she too ought to be like that, but Uday told her that she was fine as she was😳😳😳, as Devika lacked her sweet qualities. At this point, just as he was going to elaborate, cm comes in and asks him why he is paying attention only to Sudha when they have so many other guests. Uday takes cm aside and asks her whether that was any way to talk, since Sudha too was a guest. CM upbraids Uday for talking to him like that, and tells him to remember that he is alone w/ a girl while there are guests in the house, and leaves. Uday looks at Sudha sadly, but she gives him a very understanding look. (Normally I like cm, but I hate what she did here. Only explanation I can think of here is that she wants Uday to remain faithful to Devika, something most of us disagree w/, but which is understandable from cm's pov, since she likes Devika and doesn't want her betrayed.)
- Jyoti and Padma enter her room, and Padma launches into a tirade about the way she plotted w/ Deepu to keep her in the dark about Sushma. She then launches into a class-envy spiel, telling Jyoti how the expenses spent on that puja could sustain Sushma's rent for 1 year, and how the cost of the drapes could cover Brij's illness (since Brij is not ill, what Padma earns - nil - will cover Brij's illness) She also pointed out that Sushma would never accept her money, and reminds her of how she threw it back at her face (money that Padma had asked Jyoti to give, Jyoti didn't volunteer it initially, and had to get into enough trouble w/ cm and Pankaj for doing this.) She then accuses Jyoti of plotting w/ Deepu to keep her in the dark so that Sushma continues to dance at these parties. Jyoti is shocked to hear all this. Just then, Deepu enters the room, and tries to stop Padma from continuing, and Jyoti too tries to explain that she didn't want Padma to worry. However, Padma didn't buy it and her tirade continued, and she wonders whether Sushma even has a puja this year or not. So Deepu tells her that she does, and had actually called before the puja to tell him this and invite Padma, and Padma's ire now turns towards Deepu for not telling him earlier. Deepu told her that the reason for that was that the puja had already started. Padma's rage continued, and she continued on her class envy tirade, shocking Deepu. When he objected, she told him that if he had overheard what she did, he'd realize that the only thing that matters in this new circle of Jyoti's is money, and stormed out of the room. Jyoti and Deepu looked shocked. (I am in principle okay w/ Padma reading Jyoti the riot act for taking this into her own hands instead of informing Padma. However, this was not the occasion - not that Padma would care, and there was no need to get into the class envy mode, since it was cm who had invited them, not Jyoti: Jyoti was just pleasantly surprised that her folks were there to see her perform this puja.)
- CM wonders what's taking Jyoti so long, when she sees a visibly upset Padma coming down the stairs, and wonders what's wrong w/ this woman. KK is having a conversation w/ 2 young people who used to be clients of his when he used to work, and Padma calls him aside and demands that they leave now. KK tries to convince her that it would look unseemly if they left like that in the middle of everything, but Padma initially shouted, and when KK signaled her, she said that she didn't care, and that if he didn't leave, she would. Then Padma stormed out of the place in front of everybody, including finally cm, causing everybody to notice, and both puzzling and embarrassing KK. Pankaj's parents, who were chatting w/ Dadi & Sudha, came to ask KK what was wrong, and so he covered up by saying that she wasn't feeling well and had to leave. Mr Vashisth then said that they could have called in a doc, but KK said that they didn't want to cause any such trouble in the middle of everything, and requests them to get back to what they were doing. CM however didn't buy this, and suspected that something must have gone on b/w Jyoti & Padma for this to happen. (I didn't get whether KK asked to be excused from the function, since he was clearly embarrassed at the scene his wife created, and didn't want more attention on himself. But couldn't have done that w/o getting Deepu as well, who was upstairs)
- Jyoti is in her room, still hurt by Padma's upsetting tirades, and Deepu consoles her, telling her that Padma is stressed over Sushma's situation, and that she needs to be strong for Sushma. Jyoti agrees, wipes her tears and says that she needs to be freed from the clutches of Brij. Deepu is initially horrified by the suggestion, but that turns to anger when he thinks that Brij is using Sushma. However, Jyoti calms him down and explains that if he bashes up Brij, Sushma will simply be upset at him. She points out that Brij needs to be exposed to Sushma. They then wonder how, and Jyoti remembers Brij's comments about not loving Sushma, and how his own illness created duties for her. Jyoti then asks Deepu what he would have done if he were ill, and he says that after seeing the doctor, if the meds didn't work, he'd take tests. Jyoti tells him that they need to obtain whatever test results Brij procured to convince Sushma that he was ill, and take that to another doctor for a second opinion. (How does giving a real doctor a fake report say anything about a patient, unless he himself is willing to be treated by that doc? 🤔🤔🤔) Deepu says that it will be difficult to get that out of him, but Jyoti tells him that he has to for Sushma's sake. Deepu agrees.