He finally agrees on two conditions: she must devote her life to art and she must partner Girdhar in the Tandav portion of an upcoming dance competition.

Manilal, a wealthy and jealous man who hopes to have Neela for himself, warns Mangal that the two are falling in love, but he ignores him.

When Mangal goes away for some time to buy new costumes for the pair, they confess their love to each other and neglect their dancing in favour of idyllic walks and boat rides.

Enraged that Girdhar's dancing has suffered and believing that he will now never win the title of Bharat Natarajan, he disowns his son and resolves to leave him.

She decides to follow the example of the minstrel Meerabai and devotes her life to Krishna, but is alarmed when Girdhar appears, declaring that he cannot forget her.