Update for Wed, Jun 15, 2011:
Archana goes in with Selvam and the baby. Priya takes the child and hugs and kisses him. Sivagami tells her to return the baby to Archana, but she refuses, so Sivagami reminds her that this was why Archana had told her to stay away from their home. Priya pleads with Archana, saying this baby is my life, please let me have him, I know I am doing what no woman should ever do, ask someone to give up their child, but please let me have him.
Archana drops her bombshell, this is your baby, the one who you had in your womb for ten months and delivered. Vinod says, Why are you also saying this, Archu? It is bad enough that Priya keeps saying that her baby is alive, you don't have to do this. Jayanthy also echoes him. Archana says that the two of you are saying this, but the three people concerned with this are quiet. She says that she found out when she had gone to the hospital to see Priya that it was her baby that died that day, and Ilamaran is actually Priya's baby, and they had switched the two babies. Sivagami, Selvam and Mr. Siva look guilty as sin.
Selvam says that it was his idea and he didn't want Archana to break down, since she had already lost one baby and this would have been too much for her to bear, so he came up with this idea. Sivagami then comes forward and says that it was her idea, since Priya could get married later and have more babies, but Archu couldn't so she did this. Archu asks them why they played with her emotions and made the baby the point of contest between the two mothers. She says she has decided to give up the baby to the rightful mother. Priya says she didn't expect this of Selvam, who looks ashamed, as he should. I am reminded of King Solomon and the two women who claimed the same baby, this is just a variation.
A lot more talking goes on, back and forth. Finally Archu says she didn't even get to see her baby's face, and runs to the backyard and digs frantically with her bare hands near the banana plant. Then she sobs uncontrollably, while Sivagami holds her and the rest of the crowd is watching.
Vasu is coming home, remembers he is supposed to have been job hunting. quickly pulls out his shirt, tousles up his hair (illaina mattum adhu romba cleanly combeda irundhudha enna? It always looked messy to me!), goes in with a long face. Bhagyam is giving Poonga his coffee, asks Vasu if he found a job, he says he has decided to go to Dubai, make Rs. 5 lacs annually, and come back after a few years as a millionaire! Poonga and Bhagyam look stunned!
Thodarum ...