Update of episode 553 Tuesday, Nov 25, 2008:
Anand goes and pleads his case to the judge. He agrees that he may not have a legal right, but he cries that he does not want to be separated from his baby. He stands and cries, he sits in one corner of the witness box and cries, he cries, and everyone is uncomfortable. Lalitha, Adhi, shantha, sundara, everyone is uncomfortable to see him so upset. Prabha starts to say something, but Anand silences him and begs the judge to let him be with his baby. The judge starts to remind him of the story of King Solomon, but he says that he knows all that, and the basic fact is that he will die if he is separated from his baby. The judge remains unmoved by his theatrics, and delivers his verdict - the baby will go to Lalitha. In view of his genuine distress, the judge says that he can visit the baby one day weekly, and spend the whole day with the baby, but once the baby is five years old, he must stop all this and the baby will be entirely in Lalitha's custody. He must stop saying that he is the father of the child. Anand is stunned.
Anand goes home with Sorna, who tries to console him by saying that she is going to find him a wife. He gets upset with her and shows her his wife's photo and says that she is the only woman who will live in this house, and Sorna must not talk like that again.
Lalitha, Neela, Shantha leave the court, and Lalitha takes leave of Neela. She and Sundara both thank Neela and say they are going to their house. Adhi wants them to go with her, but they refuse.
Just as Adhi is going to get into her car, Neela walks up to her and asks her why she did all this. She had earlier refused to give Shantha his share of the property and refused to help him, now why is she doing this? Adhi says she did it for her son, and Neela asks if she did it because Shantha is her son, or because she wants to prove to the world that Shantha is her son? Adhi is shocked, and she just gets into the car and drives off. Poor sundara is left behind, running after the car and calling her name!
Adhi comes home, and is upset. Sundara enters and asks her why she left him behind. She says she has a headache. He says that she has been having a headache ever since she met Neela. He asks her why she did all this and was she trying to prove that shantha was her son by doing all this? Hearing him echo Neeta's words, Adhi is shocked. FREEZE .
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