'The story has taken..'
'..a shameful turn.'
'Draupadi stands alone..'
'..on one side of the dividing line.'
'The others are on the other side.'
'Grandsire Bhishma, Sage Drona..'
'..Sage Kripa and the Pandavas..'
'..all stand on the other side.'
'This is a moment to pause and think..'
'..because every man, born..'
'..and unborn, has to decide..'
'..on which side of the dividing line he stands.'
'Every man will have to participate in this tragedy.'
'Let us begin today's story..'
'..with the guard sent by Duryodhan.'
You have lost everything, Emperor.
He is no longer an Emperor.
What will you take now?
Now I stake my younger brother Nakul.
What do you need, Duryodhan?
- I need nine. - Nine!
Nine!
Nakul is a slave now.
Now I stake Sahadev.
Sahadev! Six!
Sahadev is a slave.
Arjun!
Arjun! Eight!
Eight!
Now I stake Bhim.
Bhim at stake!
Twelve!
- My dear Bhim.. - Bhim is a slave now.
Now, my king?
Now I stake myself.
I must win this game.
Of course!
Now, I need nine.
Nine! Nephew, nine!
Now we must end this game.
I have nothing more to stake.
Why not?
What about the arrogant beautiful Draupadi?
Your daughter-in-law's name has been dishonoured..
..and yet, you have kept quiet, my lord?
Will you stake Draupadi or not?
Yes!
I need nine, uncle.
Nine!
Draupadi is now my maid, Yudhishthir.
Ask the gambler who staked me..
..whether he lost me before losing himself.
Nephew.
O King! As the family sage I must point out that..
..lust, temptation and gambling are bad habits..
..which destroy both man and character.
O Sage!
Had I been losing, you would not have said this.
This shows your gratitude.
Sit down, O Sage!
I said, sit down!
When the bamboo is about to die it begins to sprout fruits
Duryodhan is the fruit of Hastinapur's politics.
If you can still think, then think!
Dishonoring Draupadi is like insulting the dynasty.
Draupadi is no longer the daughter-in-law.
She is my maid.
She will stay with my other maids.
She will work like the rest of them.
My loyalty is to the throne..
..and not towards Duryodhan.
And remember it is my father who sits on the throne.
I agree with, Grandsire.
This is a dishonor to the dynasty.
Vikarn!
I do not wish to learn about honour from you.
Sit down.
I do not like to see crowns on the heads of my slaves.
Remove your crowns and place them at my feet.
Remove them and..
..place them at my feet!
Hail Crown Prince!
Why have you returned alone?
The queen would like to ask king Yudhishthir a question.
Do not insult the assembled kings by calling a slave 'king'.
What did that maid say?
She would like to know whether the king..
..lost himself before he lost her.
Tell that woman with five husbands..
..to come here and ask that question herself
Go.
As you wish, Crown Prince.
Have you brought back an answer?
The king was quiet but the Crown Prince has asked you..
..to come there and ask the question yourself.
Do me another favour.
Tell them that Draupadi only listens to her elders.
If Grandsire wishes the honour of the Kurus..
..to come to the gambling hall, I shall definitely come.
If Grandsire orders me, I shall definitely obey.
If uncle Vidhur feels it is right for me to go there..
..I shall definitely come.
But if both feel it is not right..
..then I shall not come.
The Crown Prince will send me back.
Can't you even do so much for me?
As you wish!
As you wish, daughter-in-law.
Who is she to ask questions to the elder Kurus?
I have won her..
..and she has to obey me.
For God's sake end the game now, my king.
The king cannot do me an injustice.
Yudhishthir had staked Draupadi.
Why did you not tell him before the game that..
..he should not stake her because she is the Kuru honour?
And he shouldn't stake her.
Why raise these questions..
..after I have won the stake?
Does anyone have an answer to my question?
- Dushasan! - Yes, brother!
The guard is a fool, you go..
..and drag that woman by her hair.
As you wish, brother.
Come! We have won you.
Learn to respect a woman, Dushasan.
Do not insult her womb.
Do I have to drag you there?
Do not take me there like this.
I am the Kuru honour, the daughter-in-law.
Today you are nothing but a maid.
I have not yet had my ritual bath.
Hey, come with me.
Dushasan, wait!
How can I go before the elders?
- Come with me. - I did not even pay my respects..
..and now you are dragging me before father.
Those who know me will understand..
- ..but what about the others. - Come.
Can I claim to be King Pandu's daughter-in-law?
What will you say if we meet mother and..
..she asks you why you are dragging me?
Will you tell her your are taking me to the hall?
Learn to talk to princes, maid. Come now.
- The Pandavas will never forgive you for this insult. - Leave it.
- Even if they forgive you, I won't! - Come with me.
From today, I am a symbol of their humiliation.
- Will you come or not? - I am a symbol of their humiliation.
"The evil have crossed.."
"..every limit of sin."
"He drags the honour of his dynasty.."
"..to the hall full of strangers."
- Come on. - Let go of me.
Come on.
Get up!
Get up! Come on.
Get up!
Here is the woman with five husbands.
What had you said?
A blind man's son is blind!
Dushasan.
Make her seat on my thigh.
Duryodhan! If I don't break your thigh to avenge this insult..
..I'll accept being your slave for seven births.
Forget the language of warriors, slave.
Don't worry, my friend.
It takes time to forget and learn new things.
They will soon forget that they are warriors.
They will soon learn to live like slaves.
Let us see how this arrogant Draupadi who called me..
..the son of an charioteer..
..learns to accept her sons as sons of slaves.
Averting your eyes is not the solution, Grandsire.
Your daughter-in-law stands before you..
..without her ritual bath to pay her respects.
I want to know how you'll bless me today.
You are the bravest and eldest Kuru and a scholar.
Have you sworn only to guard the throne?
Does not the Kuru honour mean anything?
It does not befit a brave man..
..to hide his face like this.
Look at me!
I am a question mark before the Kuru honour.
Look at your daughter-in-law..
..who has been dragged into the hall.
Is this the tradition of Bharat's dynasty?
If you agree to this, I'll keep quiet.
My father's dynasty has a different tradition.
There, a daughter-in-law's..
..honour is respected and protected.
But all families do not have the same tradition.
Tell me what is the tradition of this dynasty.
Look at me, Grandsire.
When I touched your feet for the first time..
..you had blessed me with a happy married life.
Look at the state of that blessing.
Look at me, Grandsire. Look at the state of that blessing.
Though all this happens in your presence, you are quiet.
Does this mean you accept this treachery..
..this injustice, this sin?
Are you a party to my humiliation?
If not, get up and kill these evil men..
..who seek to humiliate your daughter-in-law.
You are sitting in the shade of the tree of evil.
Get up, Grandsire! Get up!
You are a scholar of the scriptures.
How can a person who has lost himself at dice..
..stake another person's.. ..independence and honour?
I want an answer to my question and..
..your ashamed silence is not an answer.
It is not Draupadi alone who asks this question.
It is womankind itself!
Our eternal Mother Earth asks this question.
The nation's future is asking this question.
The nation which Emperor Bharat built.
Guide me, Grandsire.
- My daughter.. - No!
I am not talking of relationships, Grandsire.
I am talking of my humiliation which is rolling down my cheeks as tears.
If a wife is a part of the husband's wealth..
..my husband lost me when he lost himself.
Then why did he stake me?
If a wife is not a part of a husband's wealth..
..then how could he stake me without asking me?
What does this family's tradition say?
Please do not call me daughter.
Had I been a daughter of this family..
..none of you would have accepted this insult quietly.
Call me daughter-in-law.
I would like to see..
..your tongues stumble over the words.
Answer Panchali's questions, Grandsire.
What answer will he give? He is himself a question.
Your younger brother Pandu's daughter-in-law..
..pays her respect to you.
You are fortunate that you are blind.
Had you not been blind you would definitely be..
..blinded by this spectacle.
Don't tell me anything.
Yudhishthir did not ask me before staking you.
Nor did Duryodhan ask me before winning you.
Direct your question to Yudhishthir..
..who violated tradition by staking you.
As you wish, father!
But before I ask him that question I want to..
..pay respect to my father's friend Sage Drona..
..to whom I also address this question.
You had sent a message through uncle Vidhur..
..that I was both a daughter..
..and daughter-in-law.
Should I pay my respect as a daughter or daughter-in-law?
You, too, are silent!
Sage Kripa!
Uncle Vidhur!
What does your ethics say about this?
You are noted for speaking the bitter truth.
Please, don't be tongue-tied.
Can a husband stake his wife at dice?
Can a slave stake someone else's freedom?
- She is right! - Vikarn!
Let them speak, my dear nephew.
Whatever was to happen has happened.
Yudhishthir has lost Draupadi.
Who is he to lose me?
Even if he has the right to lose his wife..
..I am not his wife alone.
I am married to the five brothers. I am not his alone.
Did he ask you before staking me..
..as to whether he could stake your wife?
Did you give him permission?
O great archer!
O brave warrior, who pierced the fish's eye.
Did you win my hand..
..so that your brother could stake me?
There were other gamblers before you..
..but they did not even stake their mistresses..
..and you watched your wedded wife being staked?
Shame on you and your bravery.
Why don't you answer Panchali's questions.
You are the essence of truth.
By God! Has it not been you who staked Draupadi..
..I would have killed the gambler
At last my ambition is realised.
The brothers have quarreled.
Like white ants destroy a huge tree..
..like a disease destroys a body..
..sister-in-law's insult..
will also destroy Bharat's dynasty.
This disease will destroy the tree..
..in whose shade we are sitting.
Grandsire, father, uncle Vidhur..
..Sages Kripa and Drona, Karna..
..please answer the question.
Your answer will decide Hastinapur's fate.
Also answer my question.
Does a husband have a right to stake his wife?
If you do not answer this question today..
..it will haunt you in every birth..
..till you have an answer for it.
Yudhishthir should not have staked Draupadi..
..but a husband has a right over his wife.
Right?
What is the definition of 'right'?
Isn't it also true that..
..a husband is duty bound to protect his wife?
They have failed to protect you.
So, go and sit on Duryodhan's lap.
You already have five husband's..
..what's the harm in taking a sixth?
Some day I will punish you for this insult.
I will surely punish you.
Shut up! How dare you talk to my friend like this?
I will cut your tongue.
Let him speak!
He will soon learn to behave like a slave.
A woman who lives with five husband is not a wife.
She is a whore!
And a whore has no honour.
It would not be improper to bring her here nude.
Karan!
Sit down!
My friend is right.
A whore and a maid have no honour.
Disrobe this maid!
Let me see how this maid..
..looks in the nude.
Dushasan, if you even touch her clothes..
..I will cut off your hands.
Then ask her to disrobe herself.
If she doesn't..
..I'll have to tear off her clothes.
Come on, take off your clothes, Be quick!
Where are you off to? Come here!
Leave me..
O Lord! O Ruler of Dwarka!
O All powerful ruler of the world!
Save my honour, my Lord!
O Krishna!
Pull Dushasan! Disrobe her!
Pull nephew!
O Krishna!
Pull Dushasan!
O Krishna!
Pull Dushasan! Pull!
O Krishna!
Listen O warriors of this world!
Warriors who are long dead..
..and those who are as yet unborn.
I am about to swear an oath which none..
..before or after me will swear.
I, son of Pandu, Bhim announce that..
..till I drink the blood from Dushasan's chest..
..I shall not show my face to my ancestors.
Grandsire! My King!
O Sage Drona!
O Sage Kripa!
We have seen what we should not have.
Now answer Draupadi's question.
A wounded soul, the honour..
of the Kurus has asked you a question.
She sits here crying, hiding her face in shame.
Please answer her question at least now.
You are all knowledgeable.
Her question concerns the scriptures.
Not answering is akin to telling half a lie..
..and answering is akin to telling a full lie.
Will you tell half a lie..
..or a full lie?
Because none among us has the courage to tell the truth.
But we cannot keep quiet.
We will have to tell her.
Get up O Draupadi!
Wipe your tears, gather your honour and go elsewhere..
..for this court is a court of dead people.
This is a court of corpses!
King Dhritrashtra of Hastinapur..
..a woman has been insulted in your court.
A woman, whose body was untouched by the wind..
..unseen by even the Sun..
..in her own house in the presence of Grandsire, father..
..Sage Drona and family Sage Kripa.
An attempt was made to disrobe her.
What weakness compelled the Kuru clan..
..to watch the disrobing of their daughter-in-law?
Listen carefully!
In this gathering of shameless cowards..
..I, Draupadi, daughter of the King of Panchal..
..a wife and daughter-in-law..
- ..curse all of you with.. - No!
No, my daughter!
"The very sky echoes.."
"..with the voice of a woman."
"A deadly silence.."
"..has enveloped the court today."
"Those who dare.."
"..to insult womankind."
"He is destroyed.."
"..by the Lord Himself!"