Episode 483 Update for Tuesday, August 12, 2008:
Anger and tears.
Opening scene: Shanta and Lalitha in the nursing home and Arun asks them why they haven't gone to the place he had suggested, and why they have come here. They try to walk past him, and he blocks their way. He keeps asking them why they are here, and finally the nurse tells him that they are here to admit Lalitha. She asks how he is connected to them, and he says that it is his baby.
Shanta loses his temper and raises his hand at Arun. They argue and the nurse tries to tell them to take their disputes outside and that this is not the place. Arun keeps provoking Shanta and finally Shanta hits him. This scene went on for about five minutes.
Arun is sitting on a hospital bed with a bandage around his forehead, and the doctor is examining him. He comes out and reprimands Shanta, who is waiting outside, saying that Arun lost a lot of blood because Shanta hit him, and says that educated people should not act like this. (Actually, it would have been better if Shanta had dragged him outside and beaten him till he became unconscious.)
Arun and Shanta are waiting outside the emergency room and it looks like Lalitha is in labor. (So why aren't they in the Labor room? When did they start using the emergency room for labor cases?) Lalitha's screams can be heard and the nurse comes out and says that the situation is serious and only one person's life can be saved, either the mother or the child. Shanta promptly says that the mother's life should be saved, and Arun chips in saying that the child's life should be saved. Shanta tells Arun to stay out of this matter. The nurse comes and gives Shanta some papers to sign. Then someone comes and brings the bill. Arun takes the bill and Shanta grabs it from him. He tells Arun that he is going to pay the bill and Arun had better be gone by the time he gets back.
The baby's cry is heard. Then Lalitha is seen lying back in exhaustion. A nurse comes outside and tells Shanta that the case had some problems, and Lalitha is ... alright, but the baby is dead. Shanta is very upset. She tells him that Lalitha will need a lot of consoling once she awakes.
Lalitha is awake and has tears in her eyes. It looks like she knows already that the baby is dead. FREEZE ...