Rajiv keeps going to another city, Belgaum every 6 months for a day citing one or the other reason. Keshava and Chakrapani return to the village after successfully completing their education. Though all the elders including Lakshmi's parents had agreed Rajiv and Lakshmi's betrothal, for some reason, Rajiv does not agree. On one of his trips to Belgaum, his purpose there is revealed. As he makes his way towards a house, he stops short as a nosy neighbour strikes up a conversation hoping to get more info out of him. The neighbour accuses him of carelessness for leaving his wife and kid and going on business trips for 6 months all the time. Rajiv asks the woman, Sharavathi (Aarathi) about her son, Kishore. Again on the sidelines, an important message of co-operative farming is given through a small incident.