: Years later, Suhaan receives a divorce notice demanding ₹5 million in alimony. Financially broke, he and his uncle (Anupam Kher) hatch a plan when Agastya Rao (Akshay Kumar), a nerdy college acquaintance turned NASA astronaut, reappears looking for Piya. Suhaan decides to help Agastya win Piya's heart so she will remarry, thus exempting Suhaan from paying alimony.
This is arguably Salman’s most underrated comedic performance. Before Dabangg made him the "bhai" stereotype, Salman played a vulnerable, lazy, self-loathing coward. His comic timing in the scene where he tries to learn science jargon to impress Agastya ("Mujhe space se khaas interest nahi hai... upar waala space, neeche waala space...") is pure gold. jaan-e-mann 2006