dan ferreira (dalip tahil) needs a date for an upcoming wedding, so he asks shirley and she agrees. dan tells shirley that his wife, pushpa (madhur jaffrey), is dead, when they have only separated, following pushpa's infidelity. at the wedding, everyone is enjoying the day until pushpa introduces herself to shirley. she is mortified to discover dan's lies, telling him that her ex-husband was a liar and she is not prepared to put up with lying again. she also tells dan that she wants nothing more to do with him.