He even steals money from Bhairavi's grandfather, which leads to his death. He pines for her and leans on alcohol for support, which leads to his downward spiral, ending in an embarrassing barter of his musical knowledge for a drink. Sindhu is seen as the home wrecker and is forced to end her association with JKB. One day, JKB is caught coming out of Sindhu's apartment by Bhairavi. Meanwhile, Sindhu really has fallen for JKB, and both of them get intimate with each other. Gajapathi, who has promised not to lie, informs Bhairavi that her husband is going out with Sindhu. However, this intellectual attraction is misunderstood based on the cultural limitations. She successfully demonstrates it and is applauded by the audience, causing JKB to leave without completing the concert.Ī few days later, Sindhu apologises to JKB, and he finds out that she is an intellectual equal and admires her knowledge of music. He then gets angry and challenges her to demonstrate. Hence, she asks JKB to translate the song that he is singing into Tamil, which everybody in the audience can understand. She finds some the audience speaking to each other instead of listening to the music. Sindhu, a music teacher in a school, attends one of the concerts of JKB, where he is performing a Tyagaraja keerthana which is in Telugu. Following this, when JKB finds that Gajapathi has lied to him too and others causing problems, he asks him to promise to speak the truth. JKB then scolds Gajapathi for it and tells him the old man could have died on hearing such a lie as he is very particular about his pension. The old man starts crying, and JKB intervenes to confirm that his pension is not cancelled and that he can go and collect it. While Bhairavi's grandfather is going to receive his pension, which he does on the first of every month, Gajapathi lies to him that his pension has been cancelled. When Gurumoorthy is asked to permanently leave the band, he promises not to drink again. He instructs Gurumoorthy to leave the premises and performs in the concert without the use of the mridangam, which is considered a basic/compulsory instrument to perform a Carnatic concert.
JKB goes to a concert where he finds Gurumoorthy drunk. JKB's band includes the mridangam player Gurumoorthy, and the tanpura player Gajapathi, who is a compulsive liar. For JKB, this and her inability to have children, is a problem. Balaganapathi (JKB) is a gifted Carnatic singer, but his wife Bhairavi, despite her love and loyalty, fails to satisfy or challenge him intellectually.