I, Chand Bardai,
am Prithvi's friend.
While he sought his father's love,
the enemies within the palace
were plotting a conspiracy.
External dangers loomed large too.
Something big was about to happen.
[laughter]
You go anywhere like water, Jal!
[laughs]
Just wait and watch!
What is this?
See for yourself.
[intriguing music playing]
It's a blueprint of the palace.
[music playing]
All the kings shall arrive.
There will be a royal feast.
Their last feast.
[sinister laughter]
[music playing]
Greetings, Mother.
Greetings.
Today is a big day for Aryavarta.
The rulers of all the states are coming to Ajmer.
Give me your blessing so I may succeed in my endeavour.
May Goddess Ashapura grant you success.
It is as though all of Ajmer is celebrating one grand festival.
When you are so concerned for Ajmer,
why don't you stay back?
This is Prithviraj and Hariraj's home.
Stay this time,
for the sake of your brother
and mother.
[sentimental vocalisation]
Mother...
Until I am alive and adroit,
I wish to fulfil my obligations as the commander-in-chief.
For any warrior,
there is no greater honour than dying a martyr
on the battlefield.
I was born in Ajmer.
And if I'm being honest,
I want
to breathe my last
only on this soil.
[sentimental music playing]
Farewell, Mother.
May victory belong to you.
[sentimental music continues]
[solemn music playing]
We are special guests of Prince Nagarjuna.
[menacing music playing]
[song playing]
All rise for the king of Chandel!
All rise!
All rise for the king of Chalukya!
[music playing]
The atmosphere outside is so lively
and I've been ordered to sit inside.
I wonder when grown-ups will cease this injustice
against children!
What am I going to do here?
That is why His Majesty sent me here
to teach you archery.
[music playing]
All rise for the king of Mewar!
[song playing]
Welcome, Your Highness.
Ruler of the Garhwal dynasty,
King Jaichand of Kannauj!
All rise!
I've written something to address
all the kings in regard to the treaty negotiations.
- If you deem fit... - No, Amatya.
I am not here for an accord.
I am merely here to help them see
the prowess of the Garhwal Kingdom.
So that they realise
it is impossible for any treaty to be signed
without my approval.
Greetings, King.
Greetings.
Nagarjuna, the son of the king of Ajmer, and I welcome you.
You've honoured the occasion
by coming to Ajmer and being a part of this discussion.
I am grateful to you.
This time, when the Ghurids attack...
You wish to frighten everyone by crying wolf!
So, I brought wolves to rid you of the fear.
To protect Ajmer from the attack of your imaginary Ghurid wolves,
the twenty-one wolves I gift to you shall be enough.
[wolf growling]
Thank you.
Do not think I come here hoping for support or aid.
Kannauj is capable of protecting itself.
My daughter Sanyogita is here with me.
I hope she won't face any sort of inconvenience.
[vocalisation]
Who did this?
The king of Malwa!
All rise!
Prithviraj!
Where is your focus?
I can only focus
on what Father does not want me to focus on.
I am a child after all.
I can hear the pomp and pageantry.
but I can't see anything.
Now, you tell me
how I'm supposed to focus on learning archery.
To be a good warrior,
it is important to practice focusing on one's goal.
Come on, go further away and aim.
What was that?
You shot an arrow at me in anger!
You've insulted your teacher.
Prithvi never insults his teacher, sir.
Bhima!
Turn around. There are stairs behind you.
Had Prithvi not shot the arrow, you'd have tumbled down.
[joyous music playing]
I am Bhima, the son of the king of Chalukya.
Greetings, sir.
When did you arrive, Bhima?
Just now and I came straight to you.
What's happening outside?
Kings are coming one after the other.
Your father and Lord Nagarjuna are welcoming the guests.
It's raining flowers.
Music is playing.
And do you know what the king of Kannauj brought?
Twenty-one wolves!
They're terrifying.
[wolf growling]
Twenty-one wolves!
Manjula!
Where are you, Manjula?
Manjula!
Oh!
Forgive us, Princess.
[music playing]
What are you doing here?
Men are prohibited from entering this section of the palace.
Don't you know?
[spluttering] Forgive us.
Leave at once!
[intense music playing]
Greetings, Queen Mother Sudhwa Devi.
Greetings, Queen Kanchandevi.
Your bravery astonishes me.
Despite what happened last time,
Ajmer has invited the kings of all the states again.
We won't give you a chance to complain this time.
Greetings, Queen Mother.
Greetings.
Queen Mother, when His Highness told me we were going to Ajmer,
I was reminded of last time's scrumptious 'rabri' and 'ghevar'!
Queen Karnavati, I already knew of your preferences.
So, I've had 'rabri' and 'ghevar' made especially for you.
Not just that,
keeping the preferences of all the guests in mind,
I've personally had 134 dishes made for this feast.
Now, I'm all the more eager for the feast!
Okay.
'It is difficult for us to get the food preferences'
'of all these queens right.'
'Imagine how difficult it must be for Someshwar'
'to reconcile the personal interests of so many kings'
'and bring them on the same page.'
[music playing]
[clanking]
Your Highness!
King Someshwar Chauhan forbade you from coming here.
I've come to see the wolves.
I've never seen one in my life.
I'll see it once and return.
You are requested to stay back.
This is the most dangerous wolf. Please get back.
No, Your Highness.
We can't defy His Majesty's order.
Can't you fulfil a child's request?
Forgive us, Your Highness.
"An exemplary ruler ploughs on against all odds"
"with his eyes on the prize."
Prithvi!
[music playing]
No, I've made up my mind.
I want to see the wolves come what may!
[clanking]
[wolf growling]
You're quite big and pretty.
And dangerous!
It's good you're inside the cage.
Had you been outside...
[gate creaks open]
[growling continues]
[vocalisation]
[growling continues]
It is extremely clever and agile.
I must act judiciously.
[gripping music playing]
[unsettling music playing]
Run, Prithvi, or this wolf will devour you!
[growling continues]
Nagarjuna!
What's the matter?
Are you all right?
Yes.
I get it.
You're anxious.
Being anxious is only natural.
You'll be leading a big meeting.
Did you read the letter?
Yes, I read it.
I want you to lead this meeting with such proficiency
that Vigraharaj is proud of you.
[soft chuckle]
He certainly will be.
Absolutely,
please don't worry.
[music playing]
[sinister music playing]
Your Majesty.
You've entrusted Nagarjuna with such a big responsibility.
Do you have any qualms about it?
Going forward, Nagarjuna shall have bigger obligations to fulfil.
This is just the beginning.
You are right.
This is for you.
I haven't read it.
[music playing]
'I have way more faith in you'
'than you do in me.'
'I know'
'until the treaty negotiations do not successfully conclude,'
'you will not think of me.'
'I will endure this indifference.'
'I merely wish to remind you'
'that I am with you'
'every moment'
'and in every decision you make.'
'I am with you.'
[vocalisation]
'May Goddess Shakambhari fulfil this dream of yours.'
'Your life and soul.'
'Yours, Karpura.'
[vocalisation]
None of the dishes must be lacking in any aspect.
It is a question of Ajmer's reputation.
Head Chef, do not disappoint me.
Rest assured, Your Highness.
Everything is under control.
God knows what your brother-in-law is teaching Nagarjuna!
If I could have my way,
I'd sic King Jaichand's ferocious wolves on him!
Humph!
[menacing music playing]
[wolf growling]
Where have I come? Where did I come from?
All the pathways here look the same.
[wolf growling]
[wolf continues growling]
[vocalisation]
- Please forgive me. - Can't you see where you're going?
I was not walking, I was running.
You should run too. Quickly.
Hey, is this the way to talk to me?
Don't you know who I am?
I'll find out who you are, if we survive.
That deadly wolf is coming this way.
Come on.
Kshatriyas are not scared of anyone.
If that's the case, then go.
[wolf growling]
That scared you, didn't it? Come with me, now.
[dramatic music playing]
[anklets jingling]
- What kind of a place is this? - Shh! Talk softly.
What kind of a place is this?
I don't see even a soldier here.
This is the old prison.
No one uses this place now.
That's why no one comes here.
- I'm leaving. - Shh!
I have to change my clothes.
I have to find my handmaid.
And it's stinking here.
- I cannot hide here. - Shh!
I will have this place cleaned
with sandalwood oil before hiding next time.
For your sake.
It will smell pleasant.
You are showing off as if you're not scared at all.
A Kshatriya does not get scared.
Then why are you hiding? You can go ahead
and show your bravery.
Is that so?
Okay, let me show you now.
[tense music playing]
[wolf growling]
[tense music playing]
[tense music continues playing]
[wolf growling]
[dramatic music playing]
[wolf growling]
[dramatic music playing]
This animal will surely eat us today.
We are sure to die today.
Why did we even come here? We could have sent someone else.
Can you keep quiet for a while?
[dramatic music playing]
It's coming inside, do something.
I'm not able to see anything.
Keep quiet, let me listen to it.
[wolf growling]
Think of something.
[chanting courage mantra]
- What is this now? - It's a mantra for courage.
[tense music playing]
[arrow swishing]
[eerie music playing]
[devotional song playing]
[playful music playing]
She did not even thank me.
[anklets jingling]
[tense music playing]
- Prithvi, are you okay? - Yes.
[tense music playing]
I have seen this emblem somewhere.
Yes!
When you were practising archery with your teacher,
Hariraj was sitting there and drawing this emblem.
[pensive music playing]
Hariraj.
Where did you see this emblem?
The two people who saved us,
the mango traders... It was on their arm.
So?
[tense music playing]
What is written here?
Ki... Kill all.
'Kill all the kings.'
They were not traders, they were Ghurid spies.
I must quickly inform father about this.
Prithvi...
What is it?
Father has told us not to go there.
But it's important that we tell him this.
Father was worried, whether the kings who are here
would believe when he said
that there was a threat from the Ghurids.
I will show him this and tell him about the traders.
He can then convince everyone that there is a threat from the Ghurids.
I want to see father happy.
I want to see him victorious.
Even if he scolds me for it.
But I am proud of him.
All the kings also will be proud of him today.
[dramatic music playing]
[sinister music playing]
Listen, the queen has ordered
that special dishes must be prepared for each king.
I have told all of you
which dish will be made for which king.
There should be no mistake.
[suspenseful music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
How did this become so heavy?
I'm not able to pick it up.
[dramatic music playing]
[anklets jingling]
Our job here is done.
When the kings eat this, they will all be finished.
It melted as soon as I placed it in my mouth.
Didn't you say,
'When there is so much difference in the food'
'how will everyone agree to the treaty?'
That's why we have prepared the same kind of food for everyone.
And when everyone eats the same food
the feeling of unity will arouse in everyone's minds.
The food is ready, Queen Mother.
Please taste it.
So that lunch can be served.
I have already tasted the food.
Your sister-in-law has prepared the food, with good intentions.
The guests will not be served as per their personal choices,
but the same food will be served to everyone.
And these dishes are delicious.
[tense music playing]
[shouting in pain]
I told you this poison is different
and that you must be careful, or else, you could lose your life.
Brother, you said
that it will burn the stomach when the food is eaten.
But this has burnt my hand...
Listen!
We are not supposed to take these dishes.
The Queen Mother has ordered
that the dishes prepared in the other kitchen will be served.
[sinister music playing]
Other kitchen?
We emptied all the poison into this food.
[pensive music playing]
This bundle is very heavy.
[dramatic music playing]
Desaladevi...
Desaladevi, please listen to me.
I am trying to unite everyone in this treaty talks.
[sinister music playing]
Do you want me to believe that it's true?
Don't I know what your intentions are?
Intentions?
Don't behave so innocently.
If your intention was only to unite everyone
then you would not break the line of dignity
that is between you and me.
[sombre music playing]
His Highness has sent this.
[pensive music playing]
'It may be possible to write a heroic poem for a warrior.'
'But responding to such a beautiful message,'
'with the same beauty'
'is a bigger challenge than any war.'
'But you have a raised an important question.'
'It is imperative that I answer it.'
'You said that I will not think of you.'
'I agree to that.'
'When love crosses the threshold of the body and touches the soul'
'then how is the question of any kind of distance possible?'
'I have learnt this from you.'
'The way you have loved me'
'it has removed the difference of presence and absence.'
'You are the kohl in my eyes,'
'and my partner in all my lives.'
'You are my strength and my courage,'
'my inspiration and my honour.'
'Your Rana Sa.'
[solemn vocalisation]
The brother-in-law has taken charge in the court
and the sister-in-law
has taken charge in the kitchen.
I'm the queen of Ajmer.
I have some rights that no one can take from me.
But what can you do now?
The Queen Mother has insulted you.
[sinister music playing]
When limits are being broken,
then I will also cross a line.
By not accepting Queen Mother's orders.
[dramatic music playing]
The plan of killing all the kings has gone to waste.
We missed out on such a big chance, brother.
If Sultan Ghiyasuddin
finds out about our failure...
Wait, leave it here.
The queen has ordered
that the food that she has prepared has to be served.
[triumphant music playing]
What is going on, brother?
Whatever it is, it's in our favour.
[chuckling]
You took so long to come back.
What could I do? No one was letting me go inside.
I got here with great difficulty.
Neither of you can go inside. We have orders.
But it's very important that we go inside.
We have to tell the king a very important thing.
We cannot wait.
I beg your pardon,
but you are not allowed inside, Prince Bheema.
[dramatic music playing]
We would not come here
had we known
that you have invited the heads of those states
who have attacked our land.
We take the entire kingdom of those who stab us in the back.
You insulted me by rejecting the proposal
of your daughter and my son's marriage.
I haven't forgotten it.
We have a tradition of making alliances
with people who are equal to us.
You and your kingdom are very small.
We give away such kingdoms
in charity, to our knights.
You levied such heavy taxes on our traders.
What else is it but a conspiracy?
Do not put the crown of your kingdom's sinking business
on our heads by making such fabricated allegations.
That is right.
Your five-day treaty talks will end in one day.
[tense music playing]
I'm not finding any way to go inside.
[pensive music playing]
[chanting courage mantra]
- What is this? - A courage mantra.
Come with me.
I will go to the main court from here.
[song playing]
[suspenseful music playing]
[grunting]
[tense music playing]
Greetings, Your Majesty.
The meaning of courage
does not mean that fear is absent.
But it means that, despite being scared
you stick to your resolve.
I, Chand Bardai, am a friend of Prithvi.
I am witness that even at that young age, Prithvi displayed courage
not once, but time and again.
When he had an inkling
that the Ghurids are not limited to the borders
but have entered the city of Ajmer,
he did not get scared at that time
instead he realised his responsibilities.
He tried every method, to tell his father,
and to convince the members of the court.
He knocked on every door
and alerted everyone about the upcoming danger.
But no one paid heed to his words because he was a child.
That did not stop him. That did not bow him down.
He kept trying.
He knew his father's dream.
If the Kshatriyas had to be united
then the enemies who were hiding in the palace had to be revealed.
That's why he kept running. Not for himself,
but for his land,
and to fulfil his father's dream.
Prithvi kept on thinking
that if those Ghurid intruders succeeded with their plan
and these kings were harmed,
then Someshwar Chauhan's plan will be foiled.
And the Ghurids' plan
of winning over Hind
would become easy and simple.
Prithvi has to do something.
He has to find a way out.
Only when the enemy in the house is defeated
can we become victorious.
Valour is worshipped everywhere
it brings glory to the nation.