Forgive me, Father, for I have...

Selvi
Just as Selvi, tearful but decked out in thali and garland, stands next to GJ, whose portrayal of a quizzical ambiguity is really quite extraordinary, her father arrives. He has brought a present to someone he thinks is the head of his company. He finds Selvi instead. Everyone tears up, Selvi and her father in genuine tears, the other four kids in shock, relief and bemusement. The stepmother alone is unmoved, though stunned by the appearance of her husband, and a little ashamed of her giving away Selvi in this manner. The father is clearly not happy, but, in true Tamil tinsel tradition, a thali is everything, and cannot be reversed.

Then comes Selvi's fiance, who has no clue who is getting married (he thinks it is Maya). When he sees Selvi, he begins weeping. He hides behind a pillar and wipes his tears. She has not seen him, although it seems as if GJ has noticed him crying. Tomorrow will reveal more.

Father asks her why she consented to this absurd marriage. She tells him how she was sacrificed at the altar of the family's welfare. She asks him why he himself ran away when they needed him most. She points the finger at each of them, and how each, for their own reasons, was prepared to give her up.

Manaivi
Kalpana is asked by her mother if she wants to come with them for a 3 day trip. She says no. She wants to hunt for a job. Argument. Arasu shows up, telling Kalpana's mother he will calm her down. When alone, he threatens her, says, run away. She says, 'if it's money you want, you can have it. When alone, she calls Krishna Kumar. His manner has changed. He says they shouldn't see each other any more. Indicates he lacks the guts to marry her.

Next morning, she is determined she should get a job. Goes out without telling anyone. Her parents send Arasu to look, and he returns from Tiruchelvam's house, saying she's not there either. At this point, Kalpana arrives. She says she was out looking for a job. She calls Arasu a criminal and says she will not live with him any more. She wants to make her own life.

Same routine. Her mother calls her to eat. She lashes out at her in frustration. Then Arasu says he will calm her down, comes in, threaterns her again, and teases her to tears.