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The story begins with the death of the parents of Mukesh, a teenager who has just finished high school. Mukesh is put into the care of an unfriendly aunt. He struggles to get along with his aunt's family who refuses to provide him with any money. As he struggles to study in the first year of his BA,
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Mukesh comes to Johnny's house and stays with him. Sarika refuses to stay in touch with him, and makes sure that none of her female friends who were Mukesh's clients entertain him. Frustrated, Mukesh asks Johnny to visit Sarika and ask for the money she owes him. Johnny returns to say that she
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Sarika in front of Mukesh to show who wears the pants in the house. He lies to Mukesh's aunt that Mukesh had been seeking a loan from Sarika, and tried to kiss her. This makes Mukesh's aunt throw him out of her house.
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area of Delhi, and the principal photography which started in July 2011 in Delhi, after two months devoted to look test, was completed in
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who has invited him to live there, but Johnny has no money to get to
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