[demons chortling]
Rama!
'Who dare enter my forest?'
'Who are you?'
'Is it a Brahmin?'
[demon chortling]
A Brahmin!
I warned the sages against coming into my forest.
Be prepared to die!
[screaming]
[adventurous music playing]
[continues screaming]
Rama, give me the order to attack.
[screaming]
Give me the orders, Rama!
[dramatic music playing]
[demoness screaming]
[conch-shell playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[inspirational music playing]
[demoness screaming]
[bowstring vibrating]
[demoness screaming]
Rama, it was marvellous.
You ended the demoness' life just by the sound of the bowstring.
No, Lakshmana.
I have just warned her.
Tataka doesn't heed warnings.
Rama, she faces challenges head-on. She'll surely return.
Tataka...
Acharya, you didn't brief us about Tataka before.
You brought Rama here to kill Subahu and Maricha, right?
Lakshmana, Subahu and Maricha are merely her aides.
Tataka is the root cause of my problems.
This place is Tataka's abode.
It's called Tataka's forest.
Rama, I brought you here to kill Tataka.
[suspenseful music playing]
[bell clanging]
[theme song playing]
Guru, it's against the rules to kill a woman.
- I want to know the reason. - Rama, the reason is hidden in her past.
Earlier, it wasn't called Tataka's forest.
[suspenseful music playing]
[joyful music playing]
'Tataka wasn't a demoness'
'but a beautiful yakshini.'
[joyful music playing]
'She was Yaksha King Suketu's daughter.'
'- Father. - My daughter!'
'Yakshini Tataka fell in love for the first time.'
'She fell in love with a gandharva called Sunda.'
[musical instrument playing]
'How could you marry an unknown gandharva'
'and besmirch the honour of your lineage?'
'He will make your life miserable.'
'Father, love and compassion are more important'
'for life than money and material comforts.'
'Sunda... Sunda will love me unconditionally.'
'I want your permission to marry my love.'
'Father, I promise you'
'that I'll keep Tataka happy.'
'- Please allow us to get married. - Enough!'
'I won't allow you to get married or to do anything else.'
'My dear daughter, you'll lose'
'all your comforts and rights.'
[dramatic music playing]
'True love can blossom without the authority's permission.'
'Father, please forgive me'
'but I'm ready to forsake all the comforts for my love.'
'You are going against your father for this gandharva?'
'Soldiers, kill this gandharva!'
'Who will you love'
'in the absence of your lover?'
[suspenseful music playing]
'- Let go of him. - Let go of me!'
'Father!'
[dramatic music playing]
[screaming]
'How dare you think'
'that you will harm my love in front of me?'
'How could I be a silent witness?'
'If my love is harmed, '
'I'll burn down the whole world.'
'Get out of my kingdom!'
'You aren't fit to be called my daughter.'
[pensive music playing]
'The princess who grew up in comforts'
'was banished.'
'She lived happily with Sunda though.'
[joyful music playing]
'After some time, Tataka gave birth to two sons.'
'Maricha and Subahu.'
'One faces hardships in life along with joys.'
'Weather vagaries trouble poor people the most.'
'Mother, we are hungry. Please give us food.'
'Yes, Mother. We are famished.'
[whimpering]
'Sons, please calm down.'
'Once the rain stops, your father will come back with food.'
'Right?'
[sweeping music playing]
'- Where are you going? - I'm going in search of food.'
'But it's raining.'
'Tataka, I can endure the rain'
'but not the tears of my sons.'
'Please come back soon.'
[gloomy music playing]
'Mother, I'm famished.'
'Yes, Mother. We are starving.'
[thunder cracking]
'Sunda roamed the forest in heavy rain.'
'He couldn't get a prey or food.'
'A hungry and exhausted Sunda consumed intoxicating leaves'
'to get some energy.'
[thunder rumbling]
'Mother.'
'We are starving.'
'How long will Father take?'
'Children, '
'please calm down.'
'Your father must be on the way.'
'Until then, you may...'
'Here you are.'
'Please drink water. Please take it.'
'When he comes back, he'd give you sweet and delicious fruits.'
'We enjoy the food more when we are extremely hungry.'
'Right? Please drink it up.'
[gloomy music playing]
'Sunda reached Agastya Ashram in search of food.'
[dramatic music playing]
'He tried to steal the food and grains'
'kept beside the 'havan kund'.'
[dramatic music playing]
'You thief!'
'These were kept here for the yajna.'
'Don't you dare touch it!'
'I'm hungry...'
'Hunger...'
'You got intoxicated and came to steal in the ashram!'
'- Students! - Yes, guru.'
'Catch this thief and throw him out of the ashram!'
[dramatic music playing]
As her husband didn't return,
'Tataka was worried.'
'It's already morning.'
'Why didn't he return yet?'
[dramatic music playing]
'- Mother! - Mother.'
'Mother!'
She roamed around in search of him.
'Lord, where are you?'
'- Lord! - Mother!'
'Mother!'
'Lord, where are you?'
[dramatic music playing]
'Sage, please help me.'
'My husband left home in search of food.'
'He hasn't returned yet.'
'Did he come here by chance?'
'He is tall and fair.'
'So he was your husband?'
'- He was here. - Uh...'
'Where is he? Lord! Lord!'
'Lord, where are you?'
'He was intoxicated'
'and tried to steal the ingredients kept for yajna.'
'I called out to him'
'but he panicked and fell in the 'havan kund' and died.'
[Tataka whimpering]
'Also, the yajna going on for 40 years ended abruptly.'
'No!' [wailing]
[vocalising]
'I regret the unfortunate incident'
'but we can't undo destiny.'
Destiny!
He was merely wiping the tears of those starved children!
Had he taken a few fruits,
would that have disrupted your 'yajna'?
What happened cannot be undone.
Your husband committed a sin and destiny punished him.
Do not blame your sin on destiny!
The cause of my husband's death
is revered sages like you and this 'yajna'
whose offerings if consumed render one a sinner!
You turned me from a married woman into a widow in just a second!
He came looking for food for his children
and you turned him to ashes!
[sobs]
I have no respect for your morals,
'puja' or this 'yajna'!
This is all a farce!
It is impure!
Stop!
[dramatic music playing]
Tataka, your demeanour is unacceptable
and demon-like!
[sinister laugh]
So be it!
The fire of this 'yajna' took my husband's life.
I will not let any 'yajna' take place!
Now, my wrath will turn every sage to ashes!
[sinister laugh]
I mistook you for a helpless woman and prayed for you,
but you took the life of an innocent person
which is a demonic trait!
I curse you!
You and your sons will turn into rakshasas from this very moment!
[sinister laugh]
You cursed me for a sin you committed!
Today onwards, I, Tataka, shall live as a rakshas!
[sinister laugh]
I am leaving this forest, Tataka.
If you continue on the unrighteous path,
you will have to pay for your sins.
Begone, sage!
Tell all the callous and foolish Brahmans
that this is no longer Agastya's forest,
but Tataka's!
Whosoever performs a 'yajna' here shall not attain liberation,
but death at the hands of Tataka!
Death!
[sinister laugh]
[groans]
That was all that was left in Tataka's life.
She met Ravana soon after.
He ordered her to kill sages and saints
to no end
so as to bring an end to nobility.
What is your take now, Rama?
It is clear that Tataka is a murderer.
So, she must be kill...
[demonic laugh]
[Tatka laughing]
[ominous music playing]
As if the curse of the Brahmans was not enough
that you brought two warrior boys along
to kill Tataka!
Now, they are my enemies too.
We are not your enemies, Mother.
[sentimental music playing]
Mother...
You called me mother.
[sentimental music playing]
- Who are you? - I am Rama.
The son of King Dasharatha.
[sobs]
Dasharatha's son Rama!
The upholder or righteousness.
What are you doing here with this sage?
You should be on my side
and help me to kill these sanctimonious sages!
These sages killed my husband.
Serve justice.
Stand by me.
I am, and that is why I did not attack you, Mother.
What you are doing is not right.
You are avenging destiny's injustice
by taking the lives of the innocent
who have nothing to do with the injustice you suffered.
Tell me, Mother.
How is this just?
[sighs]
You sound just like Agastya.
So, you are here to teach me right from wrong too!
This yakshini was wronged.
Justice was served
with a curse to live as a rakshas!
What I am doing now
is just as per the law of the rakshasas!
[grunts]
Justice dictates that every ascetic must die!
That includes Vishvamitra too!
[intense music playing]
[music intensifies]
What did you do, Rama?
You should have killed her.
She deserves to die.
It is easy to kill, Lakshmana,
but it is important to give her a chance.
I know it is too late,
but it is imperative to give her a chance.
The sun is about to set, Rama.
As night falls, these demons grow more powerful and illusory.
If Tataka shows up at that time,
it would be difficult to kill her, Rama.
The enemy's disposition will not change my mind, Gurudev.
Despite being given a chance,
if Tatka does not reform
and returns,
then help me listen to my inner voice.
[conch blowing]
If any harm befalls you, Rama, I will not listen to you.
[flute playing]
[eerie music playing]
I will surely take advantage of the night, Rama.
What ensues today
will dissuade anybody from ever entering Tataka's forest!
[insects chirping]
[gripping music playing]
[howling]
[leaves rustling]
Rama.
Somebody is over there.
[ominous music playing]
[music intensifies]
I cannot see, Rama.
[sinister laugh]
[suspenseful music playing]
[explosion]
[thunder rumbling]
[conch blowing]
[growls]
You evil demoness!
Rama gave you a chance to change your ways.
I took that chance,
O coward, who attacks a woman in broad daylight!
I dare you to attack me now.
[sinister laugh]
All of you will die. I will not spare anyone.
[sinister laugh]
[explosion]
Marvellous, Rama! That was incredible!
We have attained victory.
Gurudev, we have fulfilled the task for which you had brought us here.
No, Lakshmana.
One more task remains.
[poignant music playing]
[light-hearted music playing]
Rama,
we are making arrangements for Tataka's last rites!
Not only was she a demoness but also a foe.
What enmity can one bear
against the departed, Lakshmana?
Performing her last rites would be our last resort.
I await
her sons Maricha and Subahu to light her funeral pyre.
Rama, I do not think
that they would come here after we killed their mother.
[Subahu weeping]
Mother!
[suspenseful music playing]
[weeping]
Subahu.
Maricha...
Maricha!
You have returned, Maricha!
Maricha!
I really needed you, brother.
A catastrophe ensued
in your absence.
Our mother was murdered!
We have been rendered orphans!
We are orphans...
Have you brought the army of demons with you from Lanka?
Where is it? Why do I not see anyone?
How will we avenge our mother's death?
How will we seek revenge?
Do you really think
that Ravana would send his army to avenge our mother's death?
He is the King of Lanka.
He does not care for insignificant demons like us.
He did not send the army.
I have come alone.
Brother!
Heed my advice. Forget everything.
Forget everything that happened.
Rakshasas like us
aren't safe in this forest any longer.
Let's go to Lanka.
[dramatic music playing]
[melancholic music playing]
Mother,
we waited for your sons
but they didn't turn up.
I have addressed you as Mother.
I'll do the last rites for you
like a son.
May God deliver you.
[flames flaring]
[bell clanging]
[theme song playing]
'Nobody showed me such compassion before.'
'You delivered a sinner'
'like me.'
'Thank you, Shri Rama.'
[vocalising]
- [conch-shell playing] - [theme song playing]
Guru,
your purpose was to start doing yajna in this forest.
Please fulfil your purpose.
Rama,
you ended just Tataka's life.
You didn't kill Subahu and Maricha yet.
They didn't come back even to take their mother's dead body.
It means
they are getting ready to exact revenge.
This forest
still isn't completely safe, Rama.
[suspenseful music playing]
I wonder if you are really our mother's son or not.
Disgusting!
You are neither a yaksha nor a rakshasa!
Instead of avenging yourself for our mother's death,
you talk like a coward!
Please go
and accept Ravana's subjugation!
I can avenge my mother's death
all alone.
Please don't challenge me!
I'm not a coward.
I just wish you well.
Our mother had the power of 1,000 elephants.
But that Rama
killed our mother with a single arrow.
We can't kill Rama.
If we can't kill Rama,
we can kill his purpose.
Rama promised Vishvamitra to protect his yajna.
We can stop his yajna
and kill his purpose, right?
He is a Raghuvanshi.
If his promise breaks,
he'll die.
[dramatic music playing]
All right.
I'll assist you with my powers
but you must accompany me to Lanka post that.
[dramatic music playing]
[thrilling music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
Please come.
[theme song playing]
Please go ahead.
Please sit.
Guru, please be seated.
[exhilarating music playing]
[chanting Sanskrit mantra]
[chanting mantras]
[chanting continues]
[suspenseful music playing]
[fire crackling]
[wind whooshing]
[unsettling music playing]
[leaves rustling]
[demonic laugh]
'Rama!'
'Lakshmana!'
[whimpering]
[leaves rustling]
Rama!
[thunder rumbling]
Lakshmana!
Mother!
Son, please help me!
[dramatic music playing]
[demon chortling]
Rama!
[dramatic music playing]
- [demon chortling] - Lakshmana!
[adventurous music playing]