Narsimma: Don’t you know Renu that lovers never die. Ask Romeo - Juliet, Salim - Anarkali, Heer - Ranjha etc.
Renuka: Do you want us to go their way or what, to live ‘happily ever after’ only in the hereafter.
Narsimma: Don’t lose heart Renu; we’ll make it a unique baava- maradalu saga in Rampur itself.
Renuka: With Saailu as villain, don’t you know my mother has her own script.Oh, the very thought of wedding him is so scary. [She looks into the well.] Well, if ever the push comes to the shove, like aththa, I too would jump into their well.
Narsimma[Holding her]: Why don’t you have a thought for me Renu? Don’t you know I live with the hope of living with you? If you die, it would be the end of me as well. [He peeps into the well.]
Renuka: Oh, baava, how you keep me in the trisankhu swargam.
Narsimma: Bear with me, I’ll find a way out.
Renuka: I don’t see any way out but to elope, and now is the time. If not. [She mocks to slip into the well]
Narsimma[Catching her by the waist.]: Do you think I didn’t think about it?
Renuka: Baava, I suspect my mother has a secret agenda. We’ve no time to lose now.
Narsimma: Oh, if only Sarakka were married and I’ve my degree on hand. Then I would’ve left this god-damn place with you and my father. But if we run away now, my father and sister would be hauled over the coals by your mother. Leave aside Papi Reddy Patel, she would have the full panchayatto back her on that score.
Renuka: Don’t I foresee that? But I don’t want to lose you at any cost, and that’s my dilemma. Oh, God, I’m going mad.
Narsimma: Even if our fears are liars, still our move puts a full stop to my studies. How my mother lived and died dreaming about my being a B.A.
Renuka: Don’t I value your feelings for her and cherish her memory myself. In a way, didn’t she die trying to avert my fate? Now it’s up to you baavato see that she didn’t die in vain. Let not your misplaced sentiment make me a living dead.
Narsimma: More than my sentiment Renu, it’s my conviction that’s inhibiting me.
Renuka: What is it baavathat overrides the fate of your beloved?
Narsimma: Don’t you know how I swear by daliteducation. What’s the use of preaching without practicing?