1 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,560 My sister wanted for nothing. 2 00:00:18,370 --> 00:00:20,780 Her life was one of comfort and leisure. 3 00:00:21,620 --> 00:00:24,320 She was a Princess of Lanka, 4 00:00:24,790 --> 00:00:27,620 and that is greater than any queen in any other kingdom. 5 00:00:27,790 --> 00:00:30,090 I had made sure of it. 6 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:35,610 Yet, the more you fulfil wishes, the more endless they become. 7 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,730 My sister had seen so many marvels at such a young age 8 00:00:42,890 --> 00:00:45,250 that, eventually, nothing seemed to entice her. 9 00:00:45,860 --> 00:00:48,640 Perhaps that is why she was misled. 10 00:00:49,570 --> 00:00:54,840 In search of new wonders, 11 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,800 she was tempted down the path shown by Ahiravan. 12 00:00:59,650 --> 00:01:02,850 Ahiravan was not impetuous like Indrajit, 13 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,340 nor a scholar like Akshay. 14 00:01:05,510 --> 00:01:08,090 He was different from my other sons. 15 00:01:08,340 --> 00:01:12,290 He had patience and cunning. 16 00:01:13,210 --> 00:01:16,160 A patience and cunning 17 00:01:16,960 --> 00:01:21,450 as great as mine. 18 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:25,490 But to achieve his ambitions, 19 00:01:25,630 --> 00:01:28,410 he turned to dark forgotten lore. 20 00:01:29,170 --> 00:01:31,940 Along with my sister. 21 00:01:32,430 --> 00:01:35,770 If only I had known. 22 00:01:36,340 --> 00:01:38,810 Why did she follow him 23 00:01:39,590 --> 00:01:45,110 when I would have given her everything? 24 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:49,960 She knew it was wrong. Forbidden. 25 00:01:50,180 --> 00:01:55,170 The dark arts always exact a price. 26 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:59,880 Too late did she realise the cost. 27 00:02:00,730 --> 00:02:04,520 Did she imagine she could hide it from me? 28 00:02:05,090 --> 00:02:08,120 Now I understand why she fled Lanka. 29 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:15,980 For so long I was tormented by how I'd failed her. 30 00:02:16,990 --> 00:02:22,250 I searched far and wide for the one who'd so destroyed my sister… 31 00:02:23,550 --> 00:02:27,080 never imagining 32 00:02:27,840 --> 00:02:30,090 the villain lived under my roof, 33 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:33,820 waiting for another apprentice to corrupt and destroy. 34 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,170 He is my brother. I trusted him. 35 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:27,580 As is only right. 36 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,450 And yet you still betrayed him to me. 37 00:03:30,790 --> 00:03:34,110 You told me what he did to Shurpanakha. Why? 38 00:03:34,520 --> 00:03:37,530 Because you are my father. 39 00:03:37,940 --> 00:03:41,590 Loyalty, eh? In rare supply in our family. 40 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,660 You are wise, my son, 41 00:03:43,810 --> 00:03:49,440 to remember the danger Ahiravan poses even now. 42 00:03:50,630 --> 00:03:52,050 Let my son in. 43 00:04:02,740 --> 00:04:03,810 Namaste, Father. 44 00:04:04,260 --> 00:04:05,590 And you, brother. 45 00:04:06,210 --> 00:04:09,660 You cannot imagine what I feel seeing the both of you again. 46 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:10,840 Welcome home, my son. 47 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:13,360 Your exile has been lifted. 48 00:04:13,610 --> 00:04:15,190 For now. 49 00:04:16,570 --> 00:04:20,440 It's been many years. I hope you remembered the way to Lanka. 50 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,080 You've surpassed Kubera's ambition, Father. 51 00:04:23,340 --> 00:04:27,190 You've transformed his gaudy grandeur 52 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:31,020 into a Lanka truly worthy of a ruler such as yourself. 53 00:04:31,210 --> 00:04:34,780 I passed so many funeral pyres. 54 00:04:35,010 --> 00:04:39,140 So many widows. Lanka is full of smoke and wailing. 55 00:04:39,570 --> 00:04:41,570 If Lanka is not to your taste, 56 00:04:41,780 --> 00:04:45,350 you can always return to your home in Patala Loka 57 00:04:45,470 --> 00:04:47,400 to live amongst the monstrosities. 58 00:04:47,550 --> 00:04:50,080 I am forgetting my manners. Please forgive me. 59 00:04:50,170 --> 00:04:56,600 I am not used to such elevated company. 60 00:04:57,130 --> 00:04:58,550 Peace, Father. 61 00:04:58,740 --> 00:05:03,730 And in that spirit of reconciliation, I have brought you a gift. 62 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,970 Your sister, her traumas now a distant memory. 63 00:05:19,380 --> 00:05:23,970 Is there anything more sweet than a family reunited? 64 00:05:31,670 --> 00:05:33,990 There he is, alone. 65 00:05:34,210 --> 00:05:35,480 Now is your chance. 66 00:05:35,620 --> 00:05:37,480 Attack Hanuman. 67 00:05:37,820 --> 00:05:38,770 Now! 68 00:05:43,690 --> 00:05:45,600 Don't let him recover. 69 00:05:48,550 --> 00:05:49,650 Shoot! 70 00:05:58,200 --> 00:05:59,250 Did we get him? 71 00:05:59,330 --> 00:06:00,460 No. 72 00:06:14,860 --> 00:06:16,080 Finish him! 73 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,260 You're getting stronger day by day, Hanuman. 74 00:07:05,540 --> 00:07:07,740 What about you, Angad? 75 00:07:07,940 --> 00:07:10,960 That punch almost took my head off. 76 00:07:12,090 --> 00:07:14,720 How about us? How did we do? 77 00:07:15,590 --> 00:07:16,590 Vibheeshan? 78 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:18,420 You stand there laughing? 79 00:07:18,650 --> 00:07:21,440 You think this is a game even now? 80 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:23,740 You play at war. 81 00:07:23,820 --> 00:07:28,020 Yet, out there is its master. 82 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:32,380 To face him like this, you will lose and you will all die. 83 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:34,880 That is how you did. 84 00:07:37,010 --> 00:07:38,880 Vibheeshan, wait! 85 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:50,040 Hanuman doesn't realise it, but he plays rough. 86 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:53,510 Why doesn't Vibheeshan fight him? 87 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,720 Might change his mind once it's been rattled around in that big head of his. 88 00:07:58,750 --> 00:08:02,070 Jambhvan teaches Hanuman one thing, Vibheeshan another. 89 00:08:02,290 --> 00:08:07,660 Poor Hanuman doesn't know what he's meant to do. 90 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,560 My friends, you look as if you've been badly handled. 91 00:08:10,730 --> 00:08:12,450 You can say that again! 92 00:08:12,620 --> 00:08:16,400 Hanuman plays far too roughly, Lord! You should tell him! 93 00:08:16,630 --> 00:08:19,090 Another one of Vibheeshan's training sessions I assume? 94 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:22,900 He believes that Hanuman will be stronger by releasing his primal self. 95 00:08:22,940 --> 00:08:28,530 The animal nature that lies in all vaanars. 96 00:08:28,740 --> 00:08:30,820 He believes that is the only way we can win this war. 97 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:33,897 But the greatest victory is not in winning battles 98 00:08:33,931 --> 00:08:36,560 but in conquering oneself. 99 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,020 Where will I find Hanuman? 100 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,390 Don't be angry with them, Lord. 101 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,400 They did their best. 102 00:08:44,070 --> 00:08:45,920 I'm not angry with them… 103 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,770 I'm angry with you. 104 00:08:49,630 --> 00:08:53,600 Still, Hanuman... Still, you hold back 105 00:08:54,020 --> 00:08:57,780 even after everything I taught you. Why? 106 00:08:58,090 --> 00:09:00,400 You compared me to Ravan once. 107 00:09:00,750 --> 00:09:02,820 That's not a comparison I feel comfortable with. 108 00:09:02,890 --> 00:09:06,360 I only aspire to be like the princes. Are they not heroes? 109 00:09:06,470 --> 00:09:11,750 Are they not ideal for all heroes to strive to be like? 110 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,900 But they are humans, Hanuman. Mortals. You are not. 111 00:09:17,020 --> 00:09:20,310 You will never truly be like them. 112 00:09:21,330 --> 00:09:24,260 Your words wound me deeper than any astra, Lord Vibheeshan. 113 00:09:24,340 --> 00:09:27,730 This war will cost us all we hold dear. 114 00:09:27,950 --> 00:09:31,090 That is the only truth of war. You must understand that. 115 00:09:31,220 --> 00:09:35,780 The rakshas and the vaanar are more alike than you know. 116 00:09:35,990 --> 00:09:39,960 We are both creatures of the wild. 117 00:09:40,150 --> 00:09:45,620 Just as Ravan has accepted the demon in him and gained his powers, 118 00:09:45,850 --> 00:09:49,010 you must fully embrace the animal side within yourself, Hanuman. 119 00:09:49,140 --> 00:09:55,950 That side is connected to nature, to trees, rivers, mountains, animals, 120 00:09:56,290 --> 00:10:04,080 to life... in a way mortals, even demons, can never understand. 121 00:10:04,610 --> 00:10:06,500 These new powers I have... 122 00:10:07,710 --> 00:10:12,260 Jambhvan tells me I must be patient, use it slowly or it may consume me. 123 00:10:12,370 --> 00:10:15,110 You fear the savagery of the vaanar inside you, Hanuman. 124 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:17,720 Yet, only when you accept all you truly are 125 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,280 will you rise to your full potential. 126 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:25,520 And help us attain victory and save Princess Sita. 127 00:10:31,010 --> 00:10:31,840 Father... 128 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:35,810 Tell me what I must do. 129 00:10:36,190 --> 00:10:40,100 I have two gurus, one an old wise bear whom I love 130 00:10:40,380 --> 00:10:42,230 and the other a rakshas prince 131 00:10:42,470 --> 00:10:45,740 who has abandoned everything to join us. 132 00:10:46,930 --> 00:10:49,350 Father, is that you? 133 00:10:52,870 --> 00:10:54,460 Not your father, fool. 134 00:10:54,790 --> 00:10:57,980 But your death. Vajra is here! 135 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:05,080 It is a miracle. 136 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:09,510 My beautiful sister has returned. 137 00:11:10,450 --> 00:11:11,500 How? 138 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:14,410 It was my pleasure. 139 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:17,060 I did you wrong, all of you. 140 00:11:17,180 --> 00:11:19,750 I will not squander this second chance. 141 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,610 You are the very best of nephews, Ahiravan. 142 00:11:22,690 --> 00:11:25,750 You at least had not forgotten me. 143 00:11:25,950 --> 00:11:27,820 Sweet Shurpanakha. 144 00:11:28,060 --> 00:11:30,080 You are restored. Welcome home. 145 00:11:30,390 --> 00:11:33,210 How dare you call me your sister?! 146 00:11:33,300 --> 00:11:36,200 You left me to rot! 147 00:11:36,250 --> 00:11:41,210 I was a prisoner. Trapped! 148 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,730 After all your promises! 149 00:11:44,780 --> 00:11:48,160 After you said you'd look after me! What sort of brother are you? 150 00:11:48,380 --> 00:11:50,360 I did not know. 151 00:11:50,490 --> 00:11:53,380 You left and... I could not find you. 152 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:55,280 Could not find me. 153 00:11:55,420 --> 00:11:57,450 Because you are blind, Ravan. 154 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:01,180 Blind to everything and everyone but that woman. 155 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:04,000 You know of what I speak, nephew. 156 00:12:04,370 --> 00:12:08,120 Look at you. You indulge his folly. Why? 157 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,390 Because you know 158 00:12:13,060 --> 00:12:16,010 it will hasten his demise. 159 00:12:16,260 --> 00:12:19,520 And leave an empty throne for you to take. 160 00:12:21,860 --> 00:12:25,620 Look at all of you. You disgust me. 161 00:12:25,870 --> 00:12:29,670 You all hide behind your masks of nobility and dharma, 162 00:12:29,830 --> 00:12:35,140 and yet you will let Lanka burn. And for what?! 163 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,210 For the sake of a mere mortal woman? 164 00:12:38,780 --> 00:12:42,560 Have you no… shame? 165 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,310 What is happening, Ahiravan? 166 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,520 Make me beautiful again! 167 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,110 I will, in time. But you must calm yourself. 168 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:57,580 Calm yourself or else it will all be undone. 169 00:12:58,450 --> 00:13:00,280 I can't live like this. 170 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,860 Nor should you. Trust me. 171 00:13:04,290 --> 00:13:06,170 I will make everything right. 172 00:13:06,330 --> 00:13:07,330 How? 173 00:13:07,490 --> 00:13:11,580 When he is prepared to destroy everything we love 174 00:13:11,730 --> 00:13:14,870 just for some beggarly human? 175 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,970 It is all Sita's fault! 176 00:13:19,550 --> 00:13:21,900 I did not know she was being held captive. 177 00:13:21,950 --> 00:13:23,910 Of course you didn't, Father. 178 00:13:24,140 --> 00:13:27,010 You had greater concerns to deal with. 179 00:13:27,070 --> 00:13:32,060 Everyone understands that. I will take care of everything. 180 00:13:32,130 --> 00:13:34,490 Just like before. 181 00:13:34,630 --> 00:13:36,840 Where is he, little monkey? 182 00:13:37,010 --> 00:13:38,760 Answer Vajra. 183 00:13:38,930 --> 00:13:42,540 Where is the exiled prince? 184 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:47,730 Are you hiding him under your tail? 185 00:13:47,820 --> 00:13:50,070 Go back to your master. 186 00:13:50,150 --> 00:13:52,590 Find somewhere to hide yourself. 187 00:13:52,770 --> 00:13:56,340 Go now while I'm feeling gener-- 188 00:13:59,430 --> 00:14:03,220 Vajra has forgotten the mindless chatter of monkeys. 189 00:14:03,430 --> 00:14:04,690 Ram! 190 00:14:05,030 --> 00:14:06,230 Ram! 191 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:07,990 Where are you, beggar prince? 192 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:12,000 Come and face the mighty Vajra! 193 00:14:12,330 --> 00:14:14,830 Face Vajra, unless you are a coward! 194 00:14:14,910 --> 00:14:18,580 Who are you, demon? I am here. 195 00:14:18,850 --> 00:14:20,900 And where is noble Hanuman? 196 00:14:21,180 --> 00:14:23,600 I have been searching the entire night for him. 197 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,170 You're Ram? 198 00:14:25,620 --> 00:14:28,450 How disappointing. 199 00:14:29,530 --> 00:14:33,120 Vajra was expecting someone taller. 200 00:14:33,620 --> 00:14:39,940 And as for your pet monkey, Vajra saw him here but a moment ago. 201 00:14:41,110 --> 00:14:43,390 Where is Hanuman? 202 00:14:43,650 --> 00:14:47,740 Why don't you check under Vajra's foot? 203 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,120 Here I am, Lord. 204 00:15:05,380 --> 00:15:08,140 Let me deal with this haughty demon, my Lord. 205 00:15:08,290 --> 00:15:11,340 You should not be wasting your time with the likes of him. 206 00:15:14,860 --> 00:15:16,000 No, Hanuman. 207 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:19,070 The challenge was issued and accepted. 208 00:15:19,510 --> 00:15:21,100 He is mine. 209 00:15:32,610 --> 00:15:35,400 Again! Vajra says try harder! 210 00:15:35,660 --> 00:15:38,310 Your arrows barely tickle. 211 00:15:53,980 --> 00:15:57,030 Is that the best you can do, little man? 212 00:15:57,290 --> 00:16:00,530 There is not a weapon in the three realms 213 00:16:00,670 --> 00:16:03,350 that can penetrate Vajra's armour. 214 00:16:03,420 --> 00:16:05,920 Try and try again! 215 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,970 Nothing will help you against Vajra! 216 00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:21,190 Lord Ravan asked Vajra to kill you and kill you Vajra shall. 217 00:16:21,910 --> 00:16:25,330 Please, my Lord. Let me fight him. 218 00:16:25,570 --> 00:16:26,570 No, Hanuman. 219 00:16:26,770 --> 00:16:29,290 This is between the demon and me. 220 00:16:32,630 --> 00:16:36,370 Though his defeat is now certain. He has given away his weakness. 221 00:16:45,900 --> 00:16:47,180 Weakness? 222 00:16:49,450 --> 00:16:51,880 Your astras are useless against his armour. 223 00:16:52,090 --> 00:16:56,530 They are indeed useless against his armour. 224 00:16:57,130 --> 00:17:00,820 Though this Vajra is, I confess... a big fellow. 225 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:06,800 Is there anything you can do about that? 226 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:09,080 Oh, yes! 227 00:17:20,770 --> 00:17:22,610 Step aside, monkey. 228 00:17:27,410 --> 00:17:29,640 Where is he, your Ram? 229 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:34,150 Has he fled... in fear of Vajra? 230 00:17:34,790 --> 00:17:36,870 Shall we continue, demon? 231 00:17:37,010 --> 00:17:39,090 If you leave now demon, I grant you your life. 232 00:17:39,210 --> 00:17:41,710 You have spirit, little man. 233 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:44,690 Spirit, but not much else. 234 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,890 Vajra is tired of this chatter. 235 00:17:49,310 --> 00:17:52,950 Let us end this, once and for all. 236 00:17:53,120 --> 00:17:56,440 Yes, Vajra, I couldn't agree more. 237 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,490 Time to die, little-- 238 00:18:23,780 --> 00:18:26,850 Time... 239 00:18:29,780 --> 00:18:32,630 time... to die. 240 00:18:59,140 --> 00:19:01,030 I couldn't agree more. 241 00:19:17,250 --> 00:19:18,960 He failed. 242 00:19:19,130 --> 00:19:21,440 Anyone important? 243 00:19:21,590 --> 00:19:23,320 It simplifies things. As one giant falls, 244 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,800 it is time to awaken another. 245 00:19:26,340 --> 00:19:28,650 That is why I brought you here. 246 00:19:29,010 --> 00:19:31,670 It's time to awaken him. 247 00:19:32,540 --> 00:19:36,290 He was cursed by Brahma himself, and for good reason. 248 00:19:36,460 --> 00:19:40,240 Awaken him early and you may unleash a terror even you cannot contain. 249 00:19:42,420 --> 00:19:43,650 Ah, Ahiravan! 250 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,890 The wise councillor of Lanka. 251 00:19:46,250 --> 00:19:48,770 Come then, son, advise me. 252 00:19:48,850 --> 00:19:52,550 The solution to your problem is simple. 253 00:19:52,810 --> 00:19:54,410 How best to save Lanka? 254 00:19:54,530 --> 00:19:56,690 Return Sita to her husband. 255 00:19:56,810 --> 00:20:00,530 Otherwise, I predict many more funeral pyres, 256 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:06,880 many more wailing widows before this story comes to its end. 257 00:20:07,110 --> 00:20:09,367 Why do you mock me, Ahiravan? 258 00:20:09,401 --> 00:20:12,520 Don't you remember what I can do to you? 259 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,370 Did do to you? 260 00:20:14,570 --> 00:20:19,920 Only a fool tempts his own destruction at my hand twice in a single lifetime. 261 00:20:20,170 --> 00:20:24,850 Awaken him, and I shall be merciful. 262 00:20:25,020 --> 00:20:28,740 Fail me, and the torments that sent you screaming 263 00:20:29,130 --> 00:20:34,100 to Patala Loka will pale into nothing 264 00:20:34,550 --> 00:20:36,930 to how you shall suffer here and now. 265 00:20:37,140 --> 00:20:39,940 I shall forget you are my son. 266 00:20:41,050 --> 00:20:43,630 Then I shall do all you ask of me, Father. 267 00:20:43,970 --> 00:20:50,310 As tomorrow's sun sets, I shall wake him 268 00:20:50,390 --> 00:20:55,490 and the three worlds will tremble at his coming. 269 00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:58,020 I ask but one thing. 270 00:20:58,410 --> 00:20:59,410 Ask. 271 00:20:59,510 --> 00:21:01,800 Breaking the curse of Brahma is no easy feat, 272 00:21:02,360 --> 00:21:03,860 even for one as powerful as myself. 273 00:21:04,190 --> 00:21:09,290 But with Indrajit at my side, I am sure of success. 274 00:21:09,770 --> 00:21:12,280 Go with him, my son. 275 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:15,850 And if your brother should fail... 276 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,580 you have my permission to kill him. 277 00:21:33,260 --> 00:21:35,670 Sita!