OH, okay, so those evil people they're living with want them to be beggars on the street, those people who sing for money, and for them to give the money they get to them- they kids think they're gonna be real singers, though. They don't know it's an evil plan. So if they find a kid that is a good enough singer, they chloroform him (which makes him pass out) and blind him by putting oil in his eyes.... gruesome!! Jamal and Salim escaped, but Latika didn't but they were reunited years later and Salim died a noble hero and they had a dance party and everything was A-ok!!!!
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