Ayodhya is doomed right now.
Rama, you all must return to rid Ayodhya of its misery.
My Shri Rama
and Mother Sita
should reside in the palace
and not in the forest, Rama.
Please don't turn down my request.
Rama, please come to Ayodhya with me.
Raghukul's son
is requesting the second son of Raghukul to forego Raghukul's duty.
You want me to go against Father's promises.
Bharata, is it right?
You, suffering in the forest
is unacceptable
and the most unrighteous thing in the world, Rama.
You may try to convince me
but I won't leave
without you.
[dramatic music playing]
King Janaka,
please convince your son-in-law.
The solution to this problem
is dealing with it logically.
[tense music plays]
We'll have a meeting tomorrow morning
and get the general opinion, opinion of the sages,
vedas reference
and also the litmus test of duty
and decide whether Rama should return to Ayodhya or not.
We are lucky
to deal with this problem in the presence of King Janaka.
Being a king and also a sage,
King Janaka will find the righteous solution
to this difficulty in the meeting tomorrow.
[dramatic music playing]
[theme song playing]
Mother, please promise me
that tomorrow morning
you will side with me.
You must request Rama to return to Ayodhya.
Mother, you can't let the fatherly figure Rama
leave me after Father's death.
Please promise me!
[dramatic music playing]
You know Rama
better than me.
But still, you are acting stubborn.
Please don't forget
that he can easily counter
everything I say.
Mother, I know
but I'll try to take Rama back with me
until the last moment.
Until the last moment!
[dramatic music playing]
Bharata's love and dedication
for you made me joyous, lord.
Bharata's loyalty is so pure
and sacred that it makes me fearful, Sita.
I fear I might get swayed
by his pure affection.
Gurudev,
I'm my Shri Rama's servant.
A servant can only request their master.
They can't order their master.
However, you are his guru.
He can't override your order.
Gurudev,
please grant my wish.
Only you
can order my Brother Rama to come with me.
You can help restore Ayodhya's pride.
My life
will be meaningless without him.
If Rama doesn't accompany me,
I won't have the face to return to Ayodhya.
I'll lose face!
Bharata, you are unmatched.
I appreciate you.
God gives in
to a devotee's pure devotion,
breaks the rules of the universe
and changes destiny.
I'll also pray for something similar
and make efforts
for Rama to change his decision.
I hope Ayodhya's pride
returns to Ayodhya.
Goddess,
the meeting planned in Chitrakoot tomorrow morning
won't address a single problem.
In fact, it'll help define
justice, duty, righteousness,
decorum, love and sacrifice for thousands of years in the future.
It'll teach the value of relationships to the world.
But, Mahadeva,
whose side will Janaka take in the battle
between duty and sacrifice?
It's easy to choose between the right and the wrong
but in this case,
everyone is right from their respective viewpoints.
"Viewpoint!"
Goddess, viewpoints
will make this story epic.
Till now, the world saw
that family members fight amongst themselves
for position, power and the throne.
However, for the first time in the history of humanity,
everyone will be ready to forsake the throne
for those
whom they love.
Goddess, wait and watch.
Tomorrow's meeting will set the stage for a righteous lifestyle
for future generations.
Rama,
Ayodhya's subjects, I,
Acharya Vashishtha,
and Sage Jabali
are here to request you to return to Ayodhya.
Rama, please oblige Ayodhya.
Please oblige all of us.
Please let go of a forest dweller's life.
Please come back home
along with Mother Sita
and my darling Lakshmana.
Rama, please take over Ayodhya's royal duties.
Bharata, we didn't just immerse
a father's ashes yesterday.
He was the epitome of duty.
In his absence,
we must shoulder the responsibility of his duty.
Bharata, I fulfilled his promise when he was alive.
Then how can I forsake it after his death?
[gloomy music playing]
Raghukul's custom of fulfilling duty binds me
and you too.
Bharata, please go
and ascend the throne of Ayodhya.
Rama, the throne is waiting for you.
I'm just undergoing a test.
It's a sin to accuse
the one who gives birth
but Queen Kaikeyi's conspiracy
is a grave sin.
Why should all of us pay the price for her crime?
Why should we stay away from our King Rama's supervision?
Prince Bharata is right.
Queen Kaikeyi must be punished.
- Yes, she must be punished! - Yes, she must be punished!
I know our late father
was the epitome of duty.
But, Rama, even the sun gets eclipsed.
You must come back to Ayodhya
as its sun and end the eclipse, Rama.
I'm completely ready.
Guru Vashishtha
is ready to coronate you.
We are eagerly waiting
for your decision.
[dramatic music playing]
Bharata,
you have set a new standard for brotherly love and loyalty.
However, I can't accept your proposal.
[adventurous music playing]
I'm fulfilling one promise
and you must fulfil the other one, Bharata.
Serve Ayodhya.
I'm destined to get the joy of serving the sages
and ending the terror of asuras.
Duty is my guide
and I'll follow it.
[pensive music playing]
Even though I'm your mother
and Ayodhya's queen,
I don't have the right
to say or request something.
However, being a culprit,
I want to say something, Rama.
Everything
happened because of me.
[gloomy music playing]
I asked your father to fulfil his promises.
Today, you three
are staying in the forest
because of me.
Today, I, Kaikeyi,
free my son, Rama
of all the promises
made to me.
Rama, today, I retract
all my promises!
[suspenseful music playing]
Rama, please come back to Ayodhya with us.
Please return to Ayodhya with us.
[melancholic music playing]
Mother, it's too late now.
Who should we free of the promises?
The father
who is no longer alive?
[vocalising]
Mother, only he possessed the right to be free of the promises.
My right is limited to fulfilling his wish.
Mother, please tell me.
How can I flout
Raghukul's custom by returning to Ayodhya?
Rama, which king's promise are you talking about?
[tense music plays]
Rama, royal duty is a priority for a king.
Your father, King Dasharatha
lost his mind during his last moments
because he was enamoured by woman.
He lost his senses.
We can't value his promise.
Sage Jabali,
please don't forget that King Dasharatha is also my father.
Though I respect you,
I can't stand my father's insult.
Clouds cause rains akin to elixir.
Sometimes,
it rains heavily
but we don't throw the rainwater back into the sky.
Sage Jabali, we accept the rainwater.
Even Gods swear by his dutifulness and righteousness.
Being his subject and son,
I won't forego his promise.
I'll fulfil my duty.
Prince, please talk about your royal duties
and not your duty as a son.
Ayodhya needs you.
Your subjects rely on you.
Don't sacrifice your subjects
for fulfilling a promise.
A kingdom precedes a promise. Your kingdom!
If a kingdom is more important than a promise,
why is Grandfather Harishchandra worshipped like God, Sage Jabali?
He renounced
his kingdom,
his wife
and even his son to fulfil his promise.
[vocalising]
He gathered wood
for pyres at Kashi's crematorium for a living.
Sage Jabali, a king isn't worthy enough
if they don't value the words they utter.
The subjects
follow their king.
Sage Jabali, the subjects tread the path of a king.
If I don't fulfil my duty,
the subjects of Ayodhya will also become undutiful in the future.
Your dedication to your lineage is unparalleled.
King Harishchandra fulfilled the promise made by him
and not his father's promise!
King Dasharatha made the promises and not you!
Respecting the wishes of the subjects is the real duty.
They want only Rama!
Rama, what will you choose?
Righteousness or unrighteousness?
Sage Jabali is right.
Rama, please return.
Shri Rama must return to Ayodhya.
- Yes, he must return! - Yes, he must return!
[theme song playing]
Sage Jabali,
a child is born of the soul.
In other words,
they are a part of their father's soul.
If I don't fulfil my father's promise,
my father's soul will bear the brunt
along with mine.
[dramatic music playing]
When we start our education
and wear the sacred thread,
one of the three threads
signifies our duty to our fathers.
Isn't fulfilling one's duty towards their father
a son's duty?
Sage Jabali, please answer.
Rama, a king must serve their subjects.
Looking after your subjects is your duty.
If you don't trust my words,
ask the subjects of Ayodhya present here.
Please tell us!
What is your opinion?
What should Rama choose?
The throne
or exile?
- Throne! - Throne!
I did accept the throne.
The throne of a dutiful son.
The throne of duty of helping the sages.
The throne of maintaining decorum.
Now the subjects must fulfil their duty
because nobody is free of a dutiful life.
A king's duty
is to protect his subjects.
Similarly, the duty of the subjects
is to follow the order of their king.
They must respect him.
My father gave word
for my brother Bharata to be Ayodhya's king
and take over Ayodhya's administration.
As far as the best king of Ayodhya is concerned...
[melancholic music playing]
Let alone Ayodhya,
any kingdom
ruled by my benevolent Bharata
will become heavenly.
Sage Jabali, Guru Vashishtha gave all four of us the same knowledge.
All four of us
are qualified enough to serve the common people.
[joyful music playing]
Sage Jabali,
I want to ask you
and my dear subjects of Ayodhya.
Does any one of you
doubt my Bharata's leadership
and his administrative expertise?
Do you doubt the ability of my father, King Dasharatha's bloodline?
[dramatic music playing]
If any person present here can show a single drawback,
a flaw or a shortcoming in my Bharata
which makes him unsuitable to be Ayodhya's king,
I'll ascend
Ayodhya's throne right away.
[dramatic music playing]
Guru Vashishtha, I accept my defeat.
I, Jabali, who questions the whole world and makes them speechless
can no longer counter him
with my statements.
Please convince him
to stop being difficult
and rule his kingdom.
[dramatic music playing]
I came here
like Bharata and all of you
in front of Rama as a petitioner.
A petitioner just wants to fulfil his motive.
They can't differentiate
between right and wrong, righteousness and unrighteousness,
and between justice and injustice.
Even I'm incapable
of making a decision right now.
However, we are lucky
to have a knowledgeable person with us.
King Janaka of Mithila,
you must now protect duty.
King Janaka, please tell us.
What is our decision?
[dramatic music playing]
[sweeping music playing]