Move quickly.
Take all the weapons quickly.
[pensive music playing]
Why are they taking all these weapons?
[horses neighing in distance]
[ominous music playing]
I have a special gift for you.
[case opening]
[ominous music playing]
A mere touch is enough.
Try it.
The moment the poison on the spear comes in contact with a wound,
it will silence the target.
No! Please spare me!
What have I done to you? Please spare me.
[sinister music playing]
[coughing]
[coughing continues]
[loud thud]
This is why I call it the silent poison.
A mere drop of it is enough
for any arrow and sword.
[pensive music playing]
[vocalisation]
Oi!
It seems as though you've returned from fighting many battles!
Everyone is going to war.
The weapons and horses are being lined up.
Father is at the convention hall with all the other kings.
Something big is about to happen.
How do I talk to him?
He was already busy
and has become even busier after becoming the king.
He won't have any time now
as he is preparing to attack the Ghurids.
- So what? - I also want to go to battle with him.
I too wish to fight.
Then go and talk to him.
[intense music playing]
Bhima! Hari!
How does he have so much faith in himself?
[whimsical music playing]
Miandad, shatter the pride of those infidels
and they shall succumb to death.
The loyal servant of Ajmer's king!
He says there is unrest in the royal kingdom of Ajmer.
Prince Nagarjuna didn't get the throne.
The king's brother Someshwar Chauhan was crowned the king.
[ominous music playing]
There is no sword
sharper than the one
that satiates the hunger
of unfulfilled desires.
[coughing]
[thudding]
[sinister music playing]
Did you want to see me?
Haseena!
Sultan!
What if your emperor finds out?
Learn strength, agility, vision
and the skill of flawless hunting
from 'Shaheen'.
[sinister music playing]
Our informants have notified us
that Miandad,
the Army Chief of the Ghurids,
had a hand
in Dadabhai's murder.
We've also been informed
that Miandad's temporary encampment
is situated here,
half a day's journey from Ajmer.
After killing Dadabhai by deceit,
the confidence of the Ghurids is at its peak.
They are nonchalant
and wish to rule Ajmer.
They do not dread an attack from us.
However, we will
attack them first...
Turn them to dust.
And avenge Dadabhai's death.
You got scolded by your father even last time
and were also assigned the task of cleaning.
If you tell him that you wish to fight the Ghurids yet again,
he will be furious.
Father does get strict with me at times,
but he will not punish me for something I have not done.
Do you think
he would believe you if you told him that it wasn't your fault?
Why would he not?
He knows I would never lie to him.
Shall we go then before it's too late?
I request all of you.
Please keep our plan of attacking the Ghurid encampment
under wraps for now.
Dadabhai's murder is proof
that a few Ghurid spies live among us.
[vocalisation]
Nagarjuna!
[ominous vocalisation]
How did you sustain such a deep wound, Nagarjuna?
[sinister music playing]
Guard, summon the royal physician.
That won't be necessary.
Some wounds must never heal.
They remind us of our goals.
[vocalisation]
Nagarjuna, I know
you have been wounded the most by Dadabhai's death.
- Hence, I've strategised... - You must be the one to go.
Didn't His Majesty have implicit faith in you?
He also loved you the most.
So, you must avenge his death.
His most capable successor.
This is your destiny
as well as your obligation.
[sinister music playing]
Nagarjuna, I pray to Goddess Bhavani
that your wound heals with time.
[sentimental music playing]
'Where is Father?'
Father!
[music playing]
[music intensifies]
[song playing]
[arrow whooshing]
'Who is secretly shooting these arrows?'
[clanking]
[vocalisation]
[song continues]
[song fades out]
[chuckling]
Wow!
Magnificent!
That was magnificent!
Isn't that right?
You hadn't seen me, correct?
But look, not a single fruit escaped my arrows.
Please come on out, everyone.
[pleasant music playing]
I know
you will not put me alongside the skilled warriors.
So, I've practised really hard.
I will kill the Ghurids from hiding just as I did now.
I also want to go to battle with you.
Prithviraj, your archery skills
are commendable.
However, you lack in war strategy.
For every warrior,
knowledge of ethics is imperative.
Ethics?
Yes, Prithviraj.
Be it war,
a warrior
or an ordinary person,
ethics are crucial.
'Ethics?'
We are Kshatriyas, son.
And Kshatriyas
never attack covertly.
Your birth was announced
by the roaring of lions.
You ought to be fearless
and attack openly.
- So, can I go to war... - No, Prithvi.
You'll stay here in the royal palace.
[poignant music playing]
I hope his avidity
does not cause another calamity.
Your Majesty, trust is like the air.
It is intangible,
but breathing without it is impossible.
So, I have implicit faith
that Prithvi will not
break your trust.
[vocalisation]
Prithvi, I am sorry I did not believe you
when you tried to warn me about the Ghurids.
My distrust
has caused Ajmer a great loss.
This time, in my absence,
the responsibility for the safety of the royal palace and its people
shall be yours.
[vocalisation]
I want to see
whether you pass this test.
Also, you ought to win the trust
of all those present here.
As you wish, Your Majesty.
[vocalisation]
You need not worry about
the royal palace as long as I'm here, Your Majesty.
I, Prithviraj, promise you.
[sentimental vocalisation]
May you succeed.
Hail Goddess Bhavani.
I merely wished to inherit Ajmer.
Would it be a crime for the son of Ajmer's king
to desire that?
I merely wanted to be the king of Ajmer
and make it a great place.
Is that a crime?
I only wanted my father to be proud of me
and for the subjects of Ajmer to respect me
and call me their king.
"There was and never will be a greater ruler"
"in the Chauhan dynasty"
"than King Nagarjuna."
Is it a crime to think that?
I merely wanted to be a good king.
I only wanted to do good.
How could anyone steal this honour, obligation and birthright from me?
I was ousted
like a fly in the milk!
What and who am I?
Do I mean nothing?
I have suffered a great injustice.
I can surely take back
what was rightfully mine, right?
[ominous vocalisation]
An eye for an eye is no crime.
I will do whatever it takes
to do that.
[sinister vocalisation]
When will Father return?
I have something to say.
You ordered me not to come with you and stay here.
I did as you said.
Now, you must also do something I say.
No matter what happens, you will come back unscathed.
[sentimental vocalisation]
That's a big promise, Prithviraj.
Prithviraj, when a Kshatriya goes to war,
all he can promise is
that he will fight with all his power and might.
And that his personal gains
shall never weaken him.
And that he will never bow down before his enemy.
That is the promise I give you.
[sombre music playing]
Do you have faith in your father?
The most.
Keep this faith
alive in your heart.
The faith that your father will come back.
[emotional music playing]
You have chosen the right time.
Sevaram will be brought in front of everyone.
And Prithvi
has no idea which trap he is falling into.
An unbreakable bridge of love and trust
is being built between the father and son.
It is important for our bright future that this bridge breaks.
Even if Someshwar Chauhan comes back after winning over the Ghurids
he is surely going to lose against me.
[dramatic vocalisation]
He will leave for the war now,
and the countdown for the downfall of his
and Prithvi's relationship will begin.
[vocalisation]
[war cry]
We are fighting this war
so that we can send a message to the Ghurids
that if they
dare to look at our India, our motherland,
then not only will we enter their houses and kill them,
but we will also wipe out their identity.
Your Majesty, we will have to remember
that there is a difference between them and us.
We will not attack the enemy from behind.
Nor will we attack the women and children.
Because there is a thin line between
cruelty and valour.
[war cry]
If we show even a little mercy to these Ghurids,
they will think of us as cowards.
These Ghurids
are like animals.
We must treat them
like animals.
It's not about showing mercy, Your Majesty,
it's about protecting our humanity.
While we make the blood of these Ghurids flow,
we must ensure not to become like them.
Because even if we are victorious,
we will end up losing.
What if they win the war by deceit?
Will they show humanity
like you, to our citizens?
To our women and children?
History will remember only our defeat, Someshwar Chauhan.
What history writes or thinks about us
is not important.
The important thing, Your Majesty,
is that what our women,
our children and our citizens think about us.
Will they think
that to win the war
we sacrificed
our humanity and virtue?
If we lose faith
in our own valour due to the fear of defeat,
then what kind of Kshatriyas are we, Your Majesty?
Hail, Goddess Bhawani.
- Hail, Goddess Bhawani. - Hail, Goddess Bhawani.
[horses neighing]
Please go.
Please continue giving me information about everyone entering the palace.
As you say, Prince.
Details of all the coins
and the people coming to the palace
have been obtained.
The palace is secure.
Shall we go to play?
No, Chand.
Just like how the Ghurids entered once,
it's possible that they will try again.
That's why we must be alert.
Just like how father is guarding the borders from the intruders
we must also keep the palace safe.
I won't let any mistake happen this time.
And I'll make sure father praises me.
[suspenseful music playing]
The security on this side is fine.
Let's go to the viewing gallery
and see how the security is there.
Prithvi, I'm hungry.
Me too.
Okay, you go ahead
I will bring jaggery and roasted chickpeas for everyone,
from the store.
[suspenseful music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
Let me take some tamarind for myself, from the store.
[suspenseful music playing]
Look here, someone has left it open.
What if rats get in?
[tense music playing]
[tense music continues playing]
- Soldiers! - Yes, Prince.
Someone is hiding here.
Come forward.
Who is that?
Show yourself.
[tense music playing]
She's Gauri. She's a maid in the palace.
[tense music playing]
Prithvi.
I saw the soldiers come in. What is going on here?
Prince Prithvi caught this maid stealing food.
Take her to the queen.
She will be punished.
[tense music playing]
Come.
[dramatic music playing]
- Nagarjuna... Wait. - Prithvi.
Don't try to save her.
You are biting the hand that feeds you.
If we forgive her, then it will become a habit.
Grains have been stolen today, tomorrow it will be money or jewels.
Who knows when such greedy people will
go and trade Ajmer with the enemies?
[pensive music playing]
Please punish her severely.
[tense music playing]
No, mother. Please don't punish her.
Why?
I found out from the soldiers
that her husband was a soldier in our army.
He was martyred in the previous war against the Ghurids.
And she has a small child too.
[sombre music playing]
Does she not get a salary from the palace?
What is the need to steal when she is getting a salary?
That's the thing, Nagarjuna.
She has to steal despite getting a salary from the palace.
This means that the salary she's getting is not sufficient
to fill her and her child's stomach.
The mistake is not hers, it's ours.
Because we are not giving her a sufficient salary.
[pensive music playing]
Nor are we taking care of her happiness and sadness.
Why should she be punished when she is not at fault?
Your Majesty, please forgive me.
I will not repeat this mistake.
I've seen enough crocodile tears of the maids and servants here.
If it was food that she wanted, why did she have to steal?
She could have begged for it.
Your Majesty, please give her a severe punishment.
Mother.
Every time you tell me the story of Lord Rama
you always say
that everyone was happy in his kingdom.
There was no shortage of anything and no one was hungry.
And that Lord Rama took care of everyone.
Father is the king of this land, isn't it?
We also must take care of everyone, right?
[pensive music playing]
Did you not teach me, mother?
That in our minds, we must have... What is that word?
Sympathy?
Yes, we must have sympathy with everyone.
[mellow music playing]
I agree with you.
It is the duty of every king to fulfil basic needs like food.
Go on, tell me, what should we do
by which we can help our people.
Do you have any suggestions?
Tell me.
Can't we feed the people
who are short of food, every day in the palace?
Okay, then.
Shall we announce it?
[pensive music playing]
Until the situation does not return to normal,
the palace will organise
community meals every day.
[tense music playing]
Thank you.
Okay?
[dramatic vocalisation]
[sinister music playing]
I'm no longer the queen.
So it's okay that she did not
discuss with me.
But you are the Queen Mother.
Why so much arrogance that she did not even ask you?
Forget about asking you,
she did not even inform you about the community meal.
[tense music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
- Ugh! - Miandad!
[dramatic music playing]
- You killed my brother by deceit. - Ugh!
Your end is here.
[vocalisation]
I am a Kshatriya.
We don't attack the unarmed.
[song playing]
[sword swishing]
Long live
Muhammad Ghiyasuddin.
Hail, Goddess Bhawani.
[dramatic music playing]
[shouting]
[loud thud]
The offering will first be made to Goddess Shakambari,
then the food will be served to everyone else.
I did not get any invitation.
Greetings, mother.
Don't mind it, Queen Mother.
The new queen
will take time to understand the rules of the palace.
She will slowly understand all the limits.
This community meal has been organised
so that no citizen goes hungry
and so that no one has to steal to fill their stomachs.
According to Prithvi,
it is a failure of the state that the citizens have a shortage of food.
The citizens are already uncertain
due to the war.
That's why I thought,
that through this community meal everyone will come together
and have food together.
It will bring peace of mind.
The mind will be happy.
This community meal will be organised
on behalf of the palace for the next few weeks.
I am proud of you, Karpura Devi.
[chuckling]
Your thought is wonderful, Your Majesty.
But Ajmer does not have an inexhaustible vessel
which can keep producing food for the citizens.
Nor does it have a limitless treasury.
Wouldn't it have been better
if these resources
could be saved for the war?
Please don't worry, Desaladevi.
I had already decided that the expenses for this community meal
will not be borne by the royal treasury.
- Then? - Excessive food is cooked every day
for the royal family, mother.
I have told the royal cook
that starting today only as much food as required
will be cooked for the royal family.
And the money that would have been spent on extra food,
will be used for this community meal.
In all these years, why did I
or Desaladevi
not think about this?
You have my blessings.
[mellow music playing]
When the intention is good,
then anything can be done,
without crossing any limits, Desaladevi.
Your Majesty,
this community meal is proof of your big thinking and generosity.
If you say yes, I will make announcements in the entire city.
More people will be able to take advantage of this.
[pensive music playing]
Your Majesty,
the way I spoke to the king
and refused to go to war...
I regret it.
I'll feel at peace if I'm able to contribute to this community meal.
Of course, Prince Nagarjuna.
This community meal is on behalf of the royal family.
You are a part of the royal family.
You have the right to fulfil your responsibility.
[tense music playing]
Nagarjuna!
What is this new drama of yours?
I will turn this community meal into such a trap
that Prithvi will keep getting entangled in it.
Sevaram.
[dramatic vocalisation]
[climactic music fades]