'Oaths and promises play an important part in the Mahabharat.'
'This is probably because..'
'..it is necessary to keep reminding man..'
'..that promises are not to be broken.'
'Which is why, everyone in the story..'
'..is bound by some oath or the other.'
'Be it Bhishma..'
'..or Shikhandi or Bheem..'
'..or Arjun..'
'..or Draupadi bound by her hair..'
'..or Drupad, the king of Panchal is shackled to vengeance.'
'Even Shakuni has made a promise to himself.'
'But it is now obvious to him..'
'..that the fulfillment of his oath is getting more difficult.'
Hail, O king of Gandhar!
Yes?
Prince Ulluk is here to see you.
Ulluk? When did he come from Gandhar?
At sunset.
Bring him in.
As you command.
Ulluk, my son!
- Father! - Ulluk, my son!
My respects!
My you live long!
Come; sit next to me. Sit next to my sword.
Tell me, how is my beloved Gandhar?
As beautiful as it was when you left it.
Son, I never did leave Gandhar.
I visit it in my dreams every night..
..and pay my respects to it.
I breathe its scented air..
..and then I return, my son. I return.
Father, why don't you visit it?
No, my son. I can't go now.
I can't go.
Can't you see I am sharpening my sword?
Father!
Yes. Ulluk, the days of readying our weapons are drawing near.
Seasons are changing.
I have already discarded my dice.
Look at my empty hands.
How incomplete they seem without dice!
My dice has won many games.
But somehow I feel..
..that despite winning, I've lost everything. Everything!
The Pandavas' year of anonymity is ending..
..but we have still not found them.
So now we'll have to fight with real weapons.
This will be no ordinary war.
It will be a terrible war. A terrible war!
No one knows the result of this war.
But this war will fulfill one of my dreams.
The Kuru dynasty will be completely erased! Erased!
No one will be left to even pick up their corpses! No one!
Father, what are you saying?
I'll never forget how Bhishma insulted Gandhar..
..by proposing the marriage of blind Dhritrashtra to Gandhari.
I can never forget it!
Whenever I go to the palace..
..and see my lotus-eyed sister Gandhari..
..I my anger rises and rises..
..till it hurts, Ulluk! Till it hurts!
But do not fear, my son.
You are Gandhar's heir.
And maybe..
..You'll escape the storm hat will engulf the Kuru dynasty.
You'll escape it.
But father, what do we have to do with this war?
Let's return to Gandhar.
No, my son!
I am a gambler.
I cannot quit after losing.
The sad part is that..
..the last game will not be played..
..in a gambling hall but on the battlefield.
On the battlefield!
And time itself will throw the dice from both sides.
I am an expert player..
..but time is, after all, time.
Unlike Karna, I cannot go to war..
..without thinking of the consequences.
For people like Karna, life is simple.
Very simple.
Come, Karna! Come.
My respects!
May you live long!
Please sit! What made you think of me?
The truth is that I am always thinking of you.
Why?
Because, O sage..
..you refused to teach me.
Do you really believe that..
..none but warriors have a right to education?
No, Karna.
Everyone has the right..
..but the school you came to was only for princes.
Agreed.
Do you know the result of your refusal?
You got a better teacher than I.
You are sage Parshuram's disciple.
That is half the truth.
The full truth is that..
..I am living under my teacher's curse.
Curse?
Yes. Curse.
Now that the year of anonymity is ending..
..I have come to tell you that..
..my teacher's curse is actually your curse.
Even after accepting this curse..
..I want to say that I am happy..
..that Duryodhan's spies couldn't find the Pandavas.
This means that war is a certainty.
You, too, will be there.
After fighting Arjun..
..I shall ask you who is the better archer?
Arjun or Karna?
I will fight Arjun knowing fully well that..
..he may be protected by my teacher's curse.
You talk like a warrior, Karna!
That is what my teacher said..
..except that he did not speak of my language..
..but of my tolerance.
Your education is over, my child.
It is now time to leave your teacher.
You said that I should leave..
..without giving a gift to you..
..but how can I do that?
The happiness I got while teaching you..
..is enough of a gift.
You have been a worthy disciple.
Always remember that you're a Brahmin..
..and must protect the warrior class.
But if you see them violating their code..
..then you must oppose them..
..like I had done.
Why didn't you protect yourself?
Had I done so..
..your sleep would have been disturbed.
Knowledge acquired through falsehood is useless!
What lie did I tell?
You are not a Brahmin.
Who are you?
A Brahmin cannot tolerate so much pain!
You're a warrior who posed as a Brahmin to become my disciple!
I am a charioteer's son.
No! You are lying again!
Only a warrior has this level of tolerance.
You're a warrior and you've deceived your Guru!
That's why I curse you that..
..when you need knowledge the most..
..you will forget it!
Karna! Karna, where were you lost?
I had gone to see my teacher.
That is like doing penance.
The blessing of parents and Guru is God's blessing.
Does that apply to all parents?
Or only to those of the Brahmin and warrior class?
Parents do not belong to classes.
They are a class by themselves.
Even a teacher does not have a class..
..just like God does not have a class.
Yes! Parents can be either good or bad.
A teacher can be either good or bad.
But they are to be respected.
You are fortunate, Karna..
..that you've got a teacher..
..whom even I hold in high esteem.
Do not forget to take blessings..
..from your mother and your Guru.
War is not fought with blessings..
..but with weapons and strength!
I had come to tell you..
..to bless your pupil Arjun before the war!
My respects!
'The king is on the way.'
- Greetings, Sire. - Greetings, Father.
- Greetings, Queen. - Greetings, Mother.
Brihanalla, you've won Uttara's Heart.
She's always talking about you.
She says that even the celestial nymphs can't compete with you.
That is her love for her teacher.
I am really not that talented.
We are here to see what Uttara has learned from you.
Is that a test for me or for Uttara?
Agreed that you're from Indraprasth..
..whose citizens are experts in the art.
But even we are not totally ignorant.
As you wish, Sire.
Sit.
"O my heart! Speak a few sweet words!"
"Put some life into this music.."
"..and some color into my life."
"O my heart! Speak a few sweet words!"
"My prancing feet dance swiftly.."
"..to the rhythm of music."
Not like this.
"As they dance, my anklets tinkle.."
"..keep pace with the drum."
"Wares of melody sweep through the sea.."
"..moving towards the shore."
"O my heart! Speak a few sweet words!"
"My heart is like a blossoming flower.."
"..spreading its scent all over."
"Waves of ecstasy sweep my body.."
"..as life smiles gently."
"The arrows of mischievous cupid pierce me.."
"..as I stand on the threshold of youth."
"O my heart! Speak a few sweet words!"
"Put some life into this music.."
"..and some color into my life."
"O my heart! Speak a few sweet words!"
Brihanalla, you've won our hearts.
Even Urvashi cannot dance better than Uttara.
Urvashi?
She is like a mother!
Eight!
Your turn, Sire.
Brihanalla is an expert at dance and music.
Not only dance and music, my Lord.
She is an expert with weapons.
What did you say? With weapons?
Throw the dice, Kank!
My respects!
Even after witnessing king Yudhishthir's tragedy..
..you continue to play dice instead of preventing him?
Do you wish that he too would end up like that?
Queen. Queen!
Isn't my question appropriate?
It is, my queen.
Life can never ask an appropriate question.
Then answer me.
It is my duty to obey the king.
But who had ordered king Yudhishthir?
The code of a warrior!
Did the code compel him..
..to stake his brothers and wife along with the kingdom?
How can such a man be the essence of truth?
Had he not staked all this..
..how could it be shown that dice is destructive?
The hold of the dice is so strong that..
..neither the winner nor the loser wants to give in.
Tell me, why did he play again after losing once?
King Dhritrashtra had returned everything to him.
A warrior who is made a king is no king at all.
A kingdom cannot be gifted. It has to be won.
Maybe king Yudhishthir did not want the kingdom..
..gifted by king Dhritrashtra.
I don't believe that. King Dhritrashtra is their uncle.
How can his gift be unwelcome?
The truth is different.
King Dhritrashtra had ordered him to play dice once more.
So, it was Yudhishthir's duty to obey him.
May be even fate was compelling him to play.
Commander Keechak is here!
My brother has come!
Greetings, Sire!
Greetings, Queen!
"On the tree of evil.."
"..every fruit is a curse!"
"Keechak is one such curse!"
"Keechak is one such evil."
- Sairandhri! - Yes my queen.
I have been meaning to ask you.
Why don't you look after and braid your hair..
..which are so long and attractive?
Don't you like them?
I used to braid them earlier.
Then why leave them loose now?
Why are you so careless?
I don't feel like it.
But why?
Before coming here I used to work for..
..queen Draupadi of Indraprasth.
She has now left her hair unbraided.
My loyalty to her compels me to do the same.
The day she braids her hair..
..I, too, will do the same.
I doubt she will ever get to braid her hair.
Dushasan is protected by Hastinapur's strength.
I think the Pandavas will be recognized in anonymity.
Hastinapur's spies must be looking for them.
Think Sairandhri!
How can incomparable Arjun..
..powerful Bheem..
..brave Yudhishthir..
..handsome Nakul..
..and Sahadev, remain unrecognized?
It is possible that they may not find the moon..
..but the Pandavas? Impossible!
Do you wish that the..
..Pandavas are found before the year ends?
No! I don't wish that.
In fact, whenever I think of Draupadi..
..tears well up in my eyes.
Why should she suffer for Yudhishthir's fault?
How could she bear such an insult?
Sometimes I feel like cursing Yudhishthir!
No! For God's sake, please don't do that.
It is neither Yudhishthir's fault nor Draupadi's.
Draupadi's arrogance was also to be blamed.
It could also be..
..an indication of the future.
You speak like a warrior's wife.
This is what I was taught in king Dhrupad's palace.
So, you were with Draupadi in Kampilya?
I am her shadow, my queen.
The king looked upon me as his daughter..
..and I used to address the prince as brother.
Sairandhri!
Please forgive me.
I sympathize with your tears.
It is difficult to get a maid like you.
You may go!
Forgive me!
Brother, why are you standing there?
When did you hire her?
About a year back!
She has fallen on hard times.
She was queen Draupadi's chief maid.
If not Draupadi, I have at least seen her maid.
She has a kind of fiery beauty.
A shiver went through me.
Brother!
It's true! I must quench this fire.
Did you see her walk?
Maids don't walk like this.
Goddesses walk like this.
You've done an injustice by making her your maid.
Ask her to come and share my palace.
Well! You will listen to no one.
Sairandhri, why are you here?
The flowers in this garden..
..must be jealous of your beauty.
How can Sudeshna honor your beauty?
After having seen you..
..I'll never look at the full moon again.
It has stolen your beauty.
You cannot be mere Sairandhri.
You are the Goddess of wealth herself.
You are cupid's consort.
Even Arjun and Karna cannot face the arrows of your glance.
These arrows will pierce their hearts.
Have mercy on this victim of cupid's arrow.
Please quench the thirst of my desire.
You are not a mere woman but beauty itself.
I'll divorce all my wives for you..
..and make them your maids.
O brave warrior, I am merely Sairandhri.
An ordinary maid.
I am unworthy of your honor.
Man should not violate..
..the limits of his married life.
You should respect someone else's wife..
..and protect her like your mother and sister.
I am married.
I am bound by the duty of a wife.
As the commander, you must protect me.
I know all this.
I can forsake my duty to get you..
..and even violate your virtue to do so.
You should not have rejected me.
I am not the king..
..but I control this kingdom.
Commander Keechak, why do you want to lose your life?
I am Sairandhri..
..but I am not helpless or without a guardian!
My virtue is guarded by fire brave men.
I am the wife of five brave Gandharvas.
If they even get a hint..
..that you've insulted me in this garden..
..my queen will have to weep on your corpse!
Listen to me! Do not invite your death!
I am obliged to your sister.
I do not wish to cause her brother's death!
My virtue is like a mountain.
If you clash with it, nothing will happen to me..
..but you will be destroyed!
Brother!
My dear sister Sudeshna.
If you wish that I stay alive..
..then explain to Sairandhri that..
..she should accept me.
If she does not accept me..
..I'll commit suicide.
Brother, she is under my protection.
Do not embarrass me like this.
If you love me and value your life..
..banish the thought from your mind..
..like you would a servant who tells lies.
The entire family will have to suffer for your mistake.
Is this your love for your brother?
Brother, I know the difference between sin and merit..
..and righteousness and unrighteousness.
But you're my brother. I cannot forsake you.
I will walk the path of evil with you.
Okay! I'll wait for her in my palace.
Hail queen!
I was going to call you.
Yes, my queen.
Go to my brother's palace.
He has brought some wine for the king.
Get it!
He is my brother.
I know that but you are forgetting that..
..I am someone's wife.
Send another maid to fetch the wine.
I want to send you.
As you wish.
But you'll be responsible for the consequence.
"When the mind is without control.."
"..and does something evil.."
"..It does not realize.."
"..what will be the result."