“Have you no idea that you’re in deep?
I dreamt about you nearly every night this week
How many secrets can you keep?”
~ Arctic Monkeys.
February 1987.
At the Sea Rock Hotel, Manish and Ronit Thakur talk about Samina. Ronit wants to cast her in his next movie, but complains that Rajani hasn’t accepted multiple generous offers and keeps holding out for more money. Manish suggests a more direct approach and passes along Samina’s phone number.
Meanwhile, Michael is back in Sardinia with Bob and his new roommate, Tom, and sees Tran once again in the chow hall. She comes to their table and asks Michael to meet with her that evening. During their walk, she shares how her and her sister ended up in Houston after leaving Vietnam.
Ronit phones Samina and she eventually agrees to meet with him about his upcoming project. Intrigued by the plot for “Sir Hindustani,” she insists that her mother handles all of her affairs but offers to talk with her mother anyway. The next day, Rajani meets with Ronit and demands an insane amount of money for her daughter to appear in the film. He finally relents and agrees to the amount. Later that night, Ronit and his brother, Adil, get in a heated argument over Samina’s signing and worry about becoming financially ruined if the movie flops.
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