How did Hanuman become an immortal?
As a child he was almost killed by Indra's thunderbolt
when he mistakenly tried to eat the sun.
To save him and to placate the rage of Vayu,
the gods saved the child and blessed him with divine abilities.
Vishwakarma blessed Hanuman with the most powerful of all boons,
immortality.
And Indra blessed him with the ability to choose when he would die.
The supreme Brahma also blessed Hanuman
so that he could invoke fear in his enemies
and destroy fear in his friends,
that he could change his form at will. But most importantly
Brahma decreed that no curse or weapon,
not even the Brahmastra could kill him.
This is how Hanuman became immortal.
Citizens of Lanka! Look at him! Look at the beast!
He has desecrated our proud, glorious city!
Gaze upon him!
Have you ever seen a more hideous creature?
Flea-ridden and mangy, how his fur stinks!
And his crimes are beyond imagination!
Our noble soldiers killed by this monstrous thing!
And if that was not vile enough,
his greatest crime is the death, no, the murder of our sweet Prince Akshay.
Gentle, virtuous Prince Akshay.
Was there any deed so base, so cruel, as the death of Lanka's blessed son?
Look how his murderer stands! Without shame or remorse!
What would you have us do?
What judgement should be passed?
Kill him!
Kill him slowly!
Make him suffer!
Cut off his arms and legs! Put his head on a spike!
Quiet down! Quiet down! My brothers and sisters.
My heart is the same as yours,
it bleeds for the pain this beast has caused,
yet justice should be given by our noble King
who has decreed the criminal should live,
granting the killer of his son mercy!
What majesty he displays! Praise be to King Ravan!
Praise be, King Ravan! Praise be!
The mob loves you, Father.
They lived in huts and ate stale bread before my reign.
Lanka has become wealthy from the golden river that runs through it.
But the people of the kingdoms you have conquered
are less happy than ours.
A wolf does not care for the bleating of sheep.
No, in his infinite wisdom
our great King had decreed
this monster will live, yet cannot go unpunished!
Bind his tail!
What are you waiting for? Grab it!
Grab it!
That's it!
And now?
Burn him!
Why isn't he screaming in agony?
Something's not right.
He's not bothered at all.
It's impossible! The Brahmastra had weakened him.
Apparently not.
I will finish this.
No, Indrajit. I want to see what he is capable of myself.
But he will destroy Lanka, Father!
Destruction is inevitable in battle, my son.
He has been studying us. Now I will study him.
I understand, Father.
I... I... My brother...
I am just a servant doing the bidding of his master.
Make way! Make way!
Make way!
After him!
You've caused enough trouble, vaanar. There's no escape for you now!
Escape? Why would I want to escape?
Though I will count to three to give you a chance to run away.
One.
Two.
Three.
Trijata, what is happening? What have they done to Hanuman?
He has escaped, my Princess!
Escaped? But how? They had him chained within the city square.
He broke free! One shake of his arms
and he shattered Indrajit's chains as if they were paper.
You should have seen how he jumped over the guards
and went laughing across the city, carrying fire on his tail!
His tail?
Bound in oil rags and set aflame,
and yet the flames did not hurt him!
He must be protected by the gods.
See, my Lady. See!
My Princess.
I found you.
Hanuman, you should be far away by now!
Ravan will find you here!
I think he has other concerns tonight.
I needed to know you were safe. Now my mind is at rest.
Farewell, Princess.
When I return, it will be at the side of your husband.
Remember, you have only a month.
We must end the rakshas threat before that.
Otherwise, the demons will destroy all of mankind.
I know what is at stake and I will not let you down, Mother.
Mother?
My respect for you knows no bounds,
so what better name to call one born from Mother Earth herself?
It has been one disaster after another, my Lord.
Your brother has lost all reason.
A quarter of the city burns.
His obsession with Princess Sita will ruin us all.
Something must be done about the king.
Say what you truly mean.
Did Ravan not take the throne from his brother Kuber?
Sometimes, for the sake of the people, a ruler must be replaced.
No! I stand beside my brother, no matter what he's done.
Such loyalties cannot be broken. Never utter those words.
But what do we do? That vaanar destroyed half of Lanka.
Ram will destroy all of Lanka if we don't give back Princess Sita.
Your loyalty is not worth the destruction. Ravan has gone mad.
It's King Ravan. You would do well to remember that.
Wise Vibheeshan, what good is it to be a king if all your people are dead?
Do what is right.
Before it's too late.
There you are,
uncle.
I was looking for you.
You are a difficult man to find, always lurking in shadows.
Mind your manners, nephew.
Please, dear uncle,
forgive me for any rudeness. That is truly not my intention.
I wanted to tell you I'm afraid for you. We live in dangerous times.
Danger? What danger could I possibly face in my home?
You?
It is your father that you should be afraid for.
He needs our help.
Afraid for him? My father has no such weakness.
Fear is not a weakness, Indrajit.
It keeps our loved ones safe. Your father is my brother.
I will do all I can to save him.
As you should have for Akshay.
He was the only person you truly loved, I know that.
Yet, instead of protecting him, you drove him to his death.
You dare!
You dare to accuse--
Akshay died trying to be like you.
It was your duty to protect your brother.
As it is mine. I will not repeat your mistake.
Do you know I once mistook the sun for a mango?
I jumped up to try and grab it.
I got in a lot of trouble.
Have you come from the city, my Lord?
I heard there was a terrible monster there.
There is, but not for much longer.
I have to go. I'd stand back if I were you.
A little further back.
Father, give me your hand. Help me return to my friends.
The vaanar is nowhere to be found.
He has fled Lanka.
I beg you to return Princess Sita to her husband.
If a single vaanar can cause such devastation,
can we really risk a whole army of such creatures?
Hanuman is not a vaanar.
he is the son of a god and blessed with divine boons.
I have learned what I need to about him.
Father, no weapons, not even the Brahmastra was able to hurt him.
He is immune from pain.
There are many forms of pain.
In the end, his virtue will be his weakness.
First, we need to repair these burnt houses.
No!
Do not touch them.
They will remind us of what is at stake.
Are the armies assembling?
Yes, Father. As you commanded,
the entirety of our forces will arrive in Lanka within the month.
Good.
Then, like a plague of locusts, we shall destroy the cities of man
and the kingdom of the vaanars, Kishkindha.