“I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn’t even matter…”
~ Linkin Park.
January & February 2018.
Ronit prepares Jiya to star in her first feature film, but Samina remains opposed which leads to another fight. Jiya, on the edge of twenty-one, screams at her mother for holding her back. With Ronit and the girls out for dinner, a maidservant delivers a package to Samina which details Ronit’s shady business dealings with the cartel in Dubai. When he returns home, she confronts him with the evidence and he breaks down and begs for forgiveness.
In the classroom, Michael wraps up a lecture on existentialism with a quote from Buber’s “I and Thou.”
Samina plans to donate one of her paintings to a charity auction in Dubai after attending a wedding. During the festivities, she feels ill and remains in her hotel room while Ronit and the girls return to Mumbai. After two days, Ronit returns to Dubai and Samina dies under mysterious circumstances. That night, Michael sees breaking news regarding Samina’s death.
Later, Bala and Michael sit on ECR beach waiting for the sun to rise.