In the Gemini Studios, the office boy did make-up of the actors who played the crowd. But he wasn't exactly a boy. He was then forty years old. He joined the Gemini Studios years ago in the hope of becoming a star actor or a top screen writer, director or lyrics-writer. He was a bit of a poet. He was a highly educated man. He thought he was not meant for doing make-up. Subbu, the no. 2 at Gemini Studios did not have anything better than the makeup boy. So, he was frustrated at being neglected. He was convinced that all his woes, ignominy and neglect were due to Subbu. The office boy was disappointed at the fact that Subbu was considered better just because he was a Brahmin. He always felt that he did not get what he deserved because of Subbu only.