Lapataganj is facing a serious water crisis. There is total chaos and everyone seems to be clueless about it. On the other hand, a man has come to see Sureeli. But instead rejects her. What will happen now?
Mukundi starts his day with a fight with Indumati which spoils his mood. Pappu sneaks into Sureeli's room and starts flirting with her.
Everyone in Lapataganj is busy discussing the upcoming elections in the village. There arises a debate over whether or not the women in the village should cast a vote or not.
Pappu tells Guddu that he is scared of expressing his love for Sureeli. He decides to pen down his feelings in a letter. He goes around the village asking for a pen and paper.
People in Lapataganj are extremely happy to see that there is a new movie to watch. Indu insists Mukundi takes her to watch the movie whereas Pappu tries his best to take Sureeli for the movie.
The local theatre is overcrowded as everyone is too excited to watch the movie which is currently being shown. The theatre manager is devastated after the district collector gives an order to shut down the theatre permanently.
There are announcements made in the village about Malan Devi surrendering herself near the lake. Indu shows a lot of interest in this and asks Mukundi hundreds of questions regarding the same.
Most of the people in the village travel to watch Malan Devi's surrender. Indu wakes Mukundi up from his sleep, asking him to take her to watch the surrender. Mukundi ends up giving in when he learns that the entire village is going.
Seeing Indu trade chocolate to get her work done from their son, Mukundi opposes her act. Mukundi gets stuck between his two bosses as they mistreat him for disrespecting them.
Neta Pandey is disturbed after seeing a letter missing from his name outside his house. He begins to look for the person who is responsible for meddling with his name.
Mishri and Kachua are excited to meet Mukundi's brother, Santosh. Mishri makes Sureeli get ready and takes her to meet Santosh with an objective to get them hitched.
Santosh tries to woo Laali but Mishri takes her to her house just in time. Indu is surprised to see Santosh suddenly showing interest in marriage. He tries impressing Laali all day.
Seeing problems increase at a high rate in Lapataganj, Baba says that only a colossus can save the village. All the villagers start looking for one for the upliftment of Lapataganj.
Indu yells at the milkman for giving her diluted milk and warns him one last time. Other people in the village notice adulteration in certain food items being sold in Lapataganj.
Mukundi is forced to observe a fast to protest against growing adulteration in the village. The people in Lapataganj aim towards making the local minister take an action against the same.
As Mukundi is lost in deep thoughts, people around him mistake him for having a toothache. Mukundi is in reality thinking whether he should take a casual leave from work or not.
Mukundi is kicked out of the ration shop when he asks for sugar. He is also threatened to not open his mouth, otherwise he will be beaten up.
Everyone in Lapataganj wonders why the minister is ashamed. Indu insists Mukundi takes her to see the ashamed minister. Many people go to visit the minister to find out why he is ashamed.
Indu gives Mukundi a task to keep the wheat out for drying as it is attacked by worms. Mishri assigns Kachua a similar task as a few of their food items have caught fungus.
Indu's uncle is in power and offers to help Chukundi. Pappu tries to impress Indu in order to get his passing certificate through her uncle's source.
