Summary
10,000,000 Rupees
As Ram searches around to become a servant for money, he finds Neelima Kumari, a famous actress. As Ram works hours and hours till he is exhausted, Neelima's mother is never satisfied. As Neelima takes Ram out shopping, he understands the beauty of film and her genre. Neelima's genre was the "Tragedy Queen" where her favorite film that she played in was Mumtaz Mahal, where she received a National Award for her performance. As her mother has recently died because of sickness, Neelima feels that her life is useless. As Ram looks in her bedroom and sees a picture of two women, they are Marilyn Monroe and Madhubala. They both died at a young age, like Neelima does because she doesn't want to die at an old, wrinkly, and haggard age. One day, she plays the movie Mumtaz Mahal on her VCR and spends hours in front of the mirror making her face the best she ever looked. She told Ram to go to the market and get some vegetables. As he came back, he saw Neelima dead, holding the National Award for Best Actress, Mumtaz Mahal, 1985. Neelima Kumari has ended her life in a "tragedy".
The question was, "Neelima Kumari, the Tradgedy Queen, who won the National Award in which year?" Ram answered, D. 1985.
100,000,000 Rupees
The question was, "In which one of Shakespeare's plays is there a character called Costard? Ram finally uses a lifeboat, the friendly tip where he calls a friend. He calls Mr. Utpal Chatterjee, which he saved his son life. Mr. Chatterjee doesn't know but he thinks it is either King Lear or Love's Labour's Lost. Mr. Chatterjee decides to pick Love's Labour's Lost but he is unsure. The phone call ends and Ram trusts him and decides to pick C. Love's Labour's Lost. He was correct.
1,000,000,000 Rupees
Prem Kumar whispers to Ram wondering how he could make it this far in the game. Kumar insults Ram that he won't be able to answer the final question. If he answers this question correctly, he would win the biggest jackpot in history, one billion rupees. The question was "Mumtaz Mahal was the wife of Emperor Shah Jahan and that he built the world famous Taj Mahal in her memory, but what was the name of Mumtaz Mahal's father? Ram answered C. Asaf Jah with confidence that he remembered from two years ago working as a guide at Taj Mahal. Suddenly, there was a pause and Kumar explained that they went into break, and it was not the final question. With Kumar not wanting Ram to win, that was his plan, so therefore he is introduced another question. Kumar asked the question, "Beethoven's Piano Sonata number 29, opus 106, also known as the Hammerklavier Sonata, is in which key?" Ram decided to use his lifeboat, half and half, where he got a fifty percent chance of getting the answer right. Ram then decides to take out his lucky one rupee coin and says heads will be A, tails will be C. He tosses the coin and it lands heads, it is A. The correct answer was A. B-flat major.
Quote
"Ladies and gentlemen, please give a very warm round of applause to the greatest winner of all time!" (Swarup 312).
Reaction
With the game winning question only a step away, he finally answered the question and won one billion rupees. Prem Kumar congratulated Ram Mohammad Thomas with his victorious win, with his fake impressions as a host. In the end, Ram got what he deserved his 1,000,000,000 rupees.
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