If you insist on hearing,
listen to me.
My first boon,
my son Bharata will ascend Ayodhya's throne
and not you!
[thunder cracking]
Is that it?
Mother, is that your only wish?
Why did you waste your boon to get it fulfilled?
Mother, you should have approached me.
Then you wouldn't have had to ask for a boon.
[suspenseful music playing]
Mother, how could anyone have a problem
if my Bharata becomes a king?
Mother, Ayodhya will be gratified
to get a kind and generous king
like Bharata.
Mother, please tell me your second boon.
[suspenseful music playing]
My second boon!
Leave Ayodhya as soon as possible
and go into exile
for 14 years!
[dramatic music playing]
Mother, I accept it!
[melancholic music playing]
Although I'll be pained.
[tense music plays]
I'll have to leave my old father
and three affectionate mothers in a sorry state to go far away.
Mother, I'll surely be pained.
However, my happiness will outdo my pain.
During my exile,
I'll get a chance
to understand my country and my subjects.
I'll learn from the sages
and serve them.
I'll also earn substantial knowledge from them.
[pensive music playing]
I'll get the honour of fulfilling my father's promises.
[sweeping music playing]
I'll get the satisfaction of fulfilling my mother's wish!
My Bharata will rule
and I'll attain knowledge, Mother.
Mother,
you filled my life
with joy and happiness
by asking this boon.
[pensive music playing]
Mother,
your son will fulfil your wish
as well as
Father's promise.
[dramatic music playing]
Father,
you became sad over a small issue.
Didn't you trust your Rama?
[mellow music playing]
[theme song playing]
Father, please cheer up.
Your Rama
got a chance to tread the path of King Harishchandra and Bhagiratha.
Father, I'll soon embark upon the path of duty.
Please don't cry for me.
Bid me goodbye with pride, Father.
[gloomy music playing]
Minister Sumantra!
Yes, Prince.
Father isn't well
but nobody should know it.
Please go to the royal court immediately
and deliver my message to everyone.
[theme song playing]
His Majesty didn't appear yet.
It seems to be a serious matter.
[suspenseful music playing]
Rama is here.
[dramatic music playing]
I regretfully inform all of you
that due to an unavoidable issue,
Prince Rama's coronation as a prince is postponed.
[tense music plays]
What happened suddenly?
Why are you hiding the reason from us?
[dramatic music playing]
King Dasharatha and Prince Rama have requested their subjects
to go back to their respective homes.
All of you will be addressed at the right time.
Minister Sumantra,
what's the matter?
Is everything okay?
Why did His Majesty call for Rama?
What transpired?
Why are you silent?
Sumantra, please tell us the truth.
Prince Rama is with His Majesty.
He requested all of you to relax.
I'll go and meet him.
Yes, Mother. Let's go.
Please stop.
Prince Rama requested everyone
not to meet him now.
He'll come and talk to all of you after some time.
He will explain everything to you.
But, Sumantra, what's the matter?
Please forgive me, Your Highness.
I was informed just this much.
[tense music plays]
Goddess, what are You thinking?
Mahadeva,
I'm wondering about life.
When human beings are happy
and content,
they suddenly experience sadness and suffering.
It's life.
That's why it's such.
There's a pause
after every heartbeat.
We exhale as many times
as we inhale.
Shrimad Ramayan gives the same message to the world.
Whenever a person faces a crisis,
it also brings
two opportunities with it.
Give up
or overcome.
Goddess, human beings face a crisis in their lives
which is akin to
a mountain.
After he manages to scale the mountain,
he faces
a ravine.
Then he uses all his might to cross the ravine.
Soon he faces a mountain
larger than the last one.
During such a crisis,
it depends on that human being
what choice he makes.
Shri Rama faced a similar situation in his life
but he didn't choose to give up
and instead chose to overcome it.
[conch-shell playing]
Who cast the evil eye?
We were excited for Prince Rama's coronation as a prince.
Somebody surely cast the evil eye but it'll soon go away.
Wait and watch.
Prince Rama will soon wear the crown as the king of Ayodhya.
[Manthara chortling]
You are building castles in the air.
[Manthara chortling]
Let alone Ayodhya's crown,
your Rama wouldn't even get a grain of Ayodhya's soil!
Manthara Kaki, how could you say such things during a celebration?
Yes. It seems your mind isn't functioning well in old age.
My mind is all right.
In fact, I orchestrated everything.
[Manthara chortling]
I incited Kaikeyi to favour her son instead of going gaga
over Rama.
I compelled her to ask His Majesty to grant her the two boons.
Just wait and watch.
Very soon
my Bharata will first be coronated as Ayodhya's prince
and later, he'll become a king!
[Manthara chortling]
Your Rama
will become a forest dweller.
How could you hatch such a heinous plot?
- You'll be condemned to hell. - You'll be condemned to hell.
Stop it!
You turned the joy of Ayodhya into hopelessness.
It isn't hopelessness.
It's something I yearned for years.
It'll soon be fulfilled.
Very soon
Bharata will rise to fame
and Rama will lose shine!
[Manthara chortling]
[melancholic music playing]
Mother.
[mellow music playing]
- Mother, I... - Rama, did you get rid of the problem?
Yes, Mother.
We overcame the deterrent to Raghuvansh's decorum.
The coronation of a prince will take place.
Your son will be coronated.
[joyful music playing]
However, that won't be me.
My brother Bharata will be coronated!
[suspenseful music playing]
[suspenseful music fades away]
[melancholic music playing]
But, Mother,
I received a bigger boon than Ayodhya's throne.
[tense music plays]
I received the boon
of the strength to fulfil my father's promises.
[gloomy music playing]
The boon to fulfil Mother Kaikeyi's wish.
I received the boon to fulfil Raghukul's custom.
The boon to tread the footsteps of Grandfather Harishchandra.
Mother, the biggest thing is,
I received the boon of serving the saints.
The boon to receive knowledge and learn from them.
Lord, what's the boon exactly?
[wind whooshing]
14-year exile!
[thunder rumbling]
[dramatic music playing]
Being a mother,
Kaikeyi favoured her son Bharata.
It's okay
but
why is she unfair to my son?
[melancholic vocalising]
You...
Rama, you lovingly addressed her Mother.
Though she didn't give birth to you,
you honoured her more than a mother!
You always
sought her blessings
before me.
And she...
She...
She cursed you in return.
The history books won't spare her.
Nor will I!
I'll pray to Narayana to...
No.
Please don't be angry with Mother Kaikeyi.
She gave me a chance to learn the meaning of life.
Mother Kaikeyi
liberated me from the trouble of the throne and politics.
My Bharata...
My darling Bharata will become a king.
Mother, Bharata
will shoulder all my responsibilities and also the crown.
[melancholic music playing]
Mother Kaikeyi is younger than you.
She is weaker than you.
Rama, you received all the boons.
Now what do you want from me?
Please don't ask for something
I can't give you.
[gloomy music playing]
Mother, I came here to ask you
for the thing you don't want to give me.
Permission!
[dramatic music playing]
The permission to go into the forest!
[melancholic music playing]