Shaakuntalam (2023) Movie Script

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Mahabharata...
It's not the story of a war.
It's the story of virtue.
It's the story of our country.
Based on the Adi Parva of
Panchama Veda...
...penned by Maharshi Vyasa.
This story that follows
Abhignyana Shakunthalam
Written by great poet Kalidasa
Its a love story that doesn't
fade away for many eras.
Hey Sharadvatha!
You claim that you are the
favourite disciple of our Holy Guru.
-Yeah.
-Tell me the name of this grass.
Grass is just grass.
How can I tell you by name?
There are ten kinds of grass,
you dumb-wit.
Kusham, Kaasham, Yavvam,
Doorvam, Vishwamitram, Usiram.
Kundaram, Godhumam, Vrihim, Munjam.
An infant in this forest?
Holy Guru... this infant...
Holy Guru, I wonder who is her mother!
The first abandoned baby on this earth.
Indra sent Menaka to create a disruption
in Viswamitra's holy penance.
His holy penance was disturbed.
This baby is born out of Menaka
and Viswamitra's love.
She left the baby behind as humans
are forbidden to enter the heavens.
Poor little thing.
Born to an Angel,
but ended up an orphan!
She won't be an orphan.
I will raise her.
Does that mean that she would
stay with us in our Ashram?
Yes, son.
A bachelor like me who gave up
worldly relations to attain Advaitha...
...is gifted this bond by time.
Kashyapa Praajapathi is
hinting us something from the Kashyapa Valleys.
This is our responsibility in
shaping up of a great future.
This baby is so cute!
What do we name her, Holy Guru?
This baby was nurtured by Shakunta birds.
- We shall call her Shakunthala.
- Shakunthala?
Hey! Shakunthala!
Oh no!
The tiger is about to kill the girl!
Someone save her!
-Save her!
-Tiger!
Oh no! A tiger!
Run! It's a tiger!
A tiger!
Someone save the kid!
-You saved our day, sire!
-It's my baby!
May god bless you, sire!
Oh Dushyanta!
You crossed the river Malini for us?
Wild animals are on a rampage.
-Save us, lord!
-Sire! Sire!
Please save us from these beasts!
Not just the lives of
the people in the forest.
My duty is also to protect the
freedom of the animals in the forest.
Have no fear. Our soldiers
would get you to a safe haven.
Look there!
Where?
Oh no! A streak of tigers!
Looks like it's emperor Dushyanta!
Indeed! It's the emperor himself!
Greetings!
Sreedatta.
Please welcome the emperor
with all due respect.
What a surprise!
Are there non-dangerous
ones in wild animals too?
There are, sire.
It is the effect of living in a hermitage.
You mean this place is...
This is the hermitage
of the holy rishi Kanva.
Hunting might be an entertainment to you.
But isn't protecting their
free life the duty of nature?
It is the duty of the king too.
We bow to your righteousness, oh king!
We request you refresh
yourself in our hermitage.
Shakunthala! Shakunthala!
Shakunthala!
Shakunthala! Oh Shakunthala!
Hey Sulakshana and Souparnika!
Did you come across Shakunthala?
Oh she went this way?
Come.
Netrika, where is Shakunthala?
She says that way!
Chaitrika and Swapnika,
where is Shakunthala?
She went that way!
Oh my!
This sweet danger that you are in,
Probably the great emperor Dushyanta
himself should save you from it.
Emperor Dushyanta!
Oh emperor Dushyanta!
These butterflies are trying
to rob our friend of her sweetness!
Please save her, oh king!
"In the great Himalayas,
in the hermitage adjacent to river Malini"
"I saw an eternal beauty and am
stupefied by her magical charm"
"Who is this blooming young girl?
Who is this stealer of hearts?"
"Who is this frost bud?
Who could this shining star be?"
"Is she a heavenly damsel?
But they don't wink their eyes!"
"Is she a forest beauty?
But she isn't wearing jute fabric!"
"Is she a statue of gold?
But a golden statue can't walk!"
"Who is this blooming young girl?
Who is this stealer of hearts?"
"Who is this divine beauty?"
"How do I define her beauty?"
I wonder who this brave young man is!
Shakunthala.
Ah!
Have the souls exchanged already?
In which case... are you Shakunthala,
the daughter of Menaka and Viswamitra?
Oh! It was in my thought that
she wasn't a girl from hermitage.
But either a princess or a divine damsel.
So she is a divine princess!
Rishi Kanva's adopted daughter too.
Also, she is the best friend
of Anasuya and Priyamvada.
Careful with the slip!
A slip is destined if
the knot isn't right.
And now that the slip has happened,
the right knot is destined!
Nature should be free.
Why do you restrict it?
Enough of your creativity! The brave
young man better reveal his identity.
Me?
Oh my god! Looks like an
elephant entered the hermitage!
Did you hear this?
The gods have granted our wish.
That brave young man is none
other than Emperor Dushyanta.
-Emperor?
-Yes.
- Hail the valorous Dushyanta!
- Hail!
- Long live brave Dushyanta!
- Long live!
- Hail the valorous Dushyanta!
- Hail!
- The one who won over the elephant.
- Hail!
- Hail the valorous Dushyanta!
- Hail!
- Long live brave Dushyanta!
- Long live!
You have saved my energy, friend!
You opted to tame it. I'd have slain it!
Friend! A bumblebee!
A bumblebee? Where is it?
You lied my friend!
I was scared there was really a bumblebee.
Did you witness it, Mother Gauthami?
An angry elephant itself has
bowed down before the emperor.
What happened is actually a bad omen.
I sense something wrong especially
when Rishi Kanva is not here.
Danger! Danger!
There is news that the Kalanemi demons
are about to attack the hermitage.
They are coming to disrupt the yagna.
We have to be careful!
Shakunthala, let's head to the ashram.
Hail the king!
The Kalanemi leader!
Hail the king!
The Kalanemi leader!
Slaying of gods and humans
is the art of demon war.
Hail the king!
The Kalanemi leader!
Hail the king!
The Kalanemi leader!
They said that the Kalanemi demons
are about to attack the hermitage.
Who are the Kalanemi demons?
Don't you know?
Demon king Ugranemi who is
planning to topple the world.
His brothers Athikrodhanemi
and Vikrodhanemi.
In the aeon Tretha...
remember Mareecha, who cast an illusion
on Sita in the form of a golden deer?
- Kalanemi is his son.
- Hail Kalanemi!
And these are his successors.
Hail Kalanemi!
Hail Kalanemi!
They are known to obstruct
important matters and waste time.
How is wasting time dangerous? Should
we be so scared for such a small issue?
You know,
one can win mighty wars by wasting time!
At the time of battle
between Rama and Ravana...
When Lakshmana was hit by Indrajit's
arrow and fell unconscious...
Rama was heart broken.
Then Susena asked for the Sanjeevani
herb before the sunrise.
Then Hanuman flew over to these Himalayas
and started searching for Sanjeevani herb.
Ravana sent Kalanemi to somehow waste
Hanuman's time till the daybreak.
Kalanemi took the form of
a sage and went to Hanuman.
He said "Oh Hanuman! You take a
dip in the lake and be my guest"
"Then I shall help you find
the Sanjeevani herb" he said.
When Hanuman got into
the lake to take a dip
The evil Kalanemi sent a
crocodile on to Hanuman.
The crocodile leapt on him to devour him.
He strangled it with his tail.
And lo! The crocodile lay dead
and transformed into a celestial dancer.
What happened then?
It said "Oh son of the wind!
I am a celestial dancer. "
"I was turned into a crocodile by a curse"
It is an honour to be slain
by a great person like you.
I am liberated from my curse.
She disclosed Kalanemi's identity and
his evil plans to waste Hanuman's time.
Evil Kalanemi took his original form
and attacked Hanuman with his sword.
Hanuman immediately killed Kalanemi.
He lifted the entire mountain along
with Kalanemi's body and got it back.
Why do we need to fear these
demons after Kalanemi is dead?
Not just time, they can waste lives too.
Oh my god! What do we do now?
Here we are, scared about
losing our lives and look at her!
Her life is somewhere else right now.
Oh Dushyanta!
Huh?
Deer eyes, walk of a peafowl...
and a waist of a lioness!
Did you hear that, lieutenant?
This man doesn't value human lives as
much as he values animal body parts!
I am ten years older than him but
he simply doesn't pay heed to my words!
Enough of your imaginations,
we all shall start at once.
We shall start by daybreak. That's all.
Huh?
Why are we leaving? What happened?
Nothing happened till now!
We wish that nothing should happen.
Untimely meals upset our health.
Poor soldiers are snoring
as they had no sleep.
We are dead scared that that's
some wild animals growling.
Why are you so scared, my friend?
Poor animals, they hunt for a living.
But we hunt for pleasure.
There is no cruel animal
than humans in this world.
Dear Mahipala.
In order to protect the villagers
and the wild animals alike...
Started again.
Relocate the villages
safely out of the forest.
Wise thought.
Orders will be followed, oh emperor!
We have a meeting with the vassals
on the second day of the month.
Sire, young sages from Rishi Kanva's
Ashram are here to meet you.
Oh great king!
Our Guru Rishi Kanva is performing
a great Homa in Somateertham.
We have to perform a
connecting Yagna here.
But a group of demons are
approaching fast to disrupt our efforts.
Oh god!
You are a great warrior who helped Indra
in the war between gods and demons.
Be the protector of this homa that's
being done for the good of the world.
We urge you to help our cause.
Please help us, King.
No power can stop a good cause.
Protecting the Yaga is my duty.
Be rest assured.
May you be victorious.
Did you hear them, my friend?
Do I have an option, my friend?
Mahipala would accompany me with
the army in this great duty.
You represent me at the
meeting with the vassals.
At once!
Oh no! It's midnight and it's a forest.
I better don't. I'll leave in the morning.
The Yaga is completed!
- Hail emperor of Puru dynasty!
- The Yaga is completed!
- Hail emperor of Puru dynasty!
- Hail!
- Hail Dushyanta the valiant!
- Hail!
- Hail emperor of Puru dynasty!
- Hail!
- Hail Dushyanta the valiant!
- Hail!
- Hail emperor of Puru dynasty!
- Hail!
- Hail Dushyanta the valiant!
- Hail!
- Hail emperor of Puru dynasty!
- Hail!
- Hail Dushyanta the valiant!
- Hail!
Our time was wasted at an unforeseen war.
The Yagna was completed
without any hassles.
We have to finish Dushyanta who
used our time wasting skill back on us!
What if this Yagna was successful?
We shall start a lot of
problems from now on.
Don't rest till you kill the
enemy who interrupted us.
Go!
We hail from the clan of
Mareecha who cheated Rama.
We possess the blood of
Kalanemi who cheated Hanuman.
We belong to the Kalanemi dynasty
that can stop even the time.
Now even Lord Vigneswara can't
stop us from being victorious.
Hail Kalanemi!
Oh king! Mantra is equal to holy OM.
Yagna is engulfing.
The one who facilitates both of
these is equal to Lord Shiva.
You have supported our
cause like Lord Shiva.
These are some Yaga
protector's gifts for you..
May you be happy always.
We request you to be our
guest for some more time.
A king always follows what the sages say.
May you get married soon.
Mahipala...
You go back to Pratishtanapura
along with the army.
I shall take rest here for some more time.
Your orders will be followed, emperor.
See this! The lily garland has
withered by the heat of your body.
Why did that happen?
Usually, body has it's own temperature.
But this is love fever.
You can say the heat of passion.
Heart would be on fire. It would continue
to be that way till you douse it.
I didn't understand.
It doesn't make sense.
Well that is called love!
Is love new to me?
Don't I love my father?
Don't I love you both?
Netrika, Swapnika, Mallika and Malathi,
don't I love all of you?
This love is different.
Love on your father lasts
till you leave the house.
Love on friends lasts
till you remember them.
But your husband's love stays with
you like our breath till you live.
I mean a man's love.
Dushyanta's love for our Shakunthala.
He is a stranger. Isn't it wrong?
Is knowing a human greater
than knowing their heart?
Sages have advised not
to follow one's heart.
You think the great Viswamitra
doesn't know what sages advised?
What are you born with?
All the curves and beauty of Menaka.
It is wrong to talk
like that about mother.
The daughter should
not look like this too.
What do I do then?
Only the one who is the reason of your
pain can understand your condition.
Write a love letter to him!
Oh no! I won't do that.
Let's leave, dear.
Neither would she cool down,
nor does she need our help.
That's alright.
You suggest me what to write.
Turn your heart into words. Here.
Netrika, you should'nt look
into others' letters. Go!
No! Don't see it.
Show us.
Lord, now the butterflies of your
thoughts are troubling me even more.
I wonder which arrows
you would use to save me!
They say that this pain is called love.
That's quite a burden.
I want to feel unburdened.
But even after that, the burden is sweet.
I feel that I don't own myself anymore.
I feel like even my breath belongs to you.
Err... listen Netrika.
Mother is searching for you. Come.
Anasuya.
What? Do I need to tell
you too? Come along.
I have never wished for anything.
But now I wish for you.
I have you in my heart but I
also want you to be with me now.
Pardon me my lord.
I have fallen for you
without your permission.
I did the same as you did.
I have fallen for you without
your permission, Shakunthala.
I hope you would pardon me.
Wait...
Lord...
Am I troubling you?
It is you who is killing me.
I want to live.
I want to take birth again.
I want to be born out of your womb.
Now it's your responsibility
to rear the Puru dynasty.
A new country should
be born from your womb.
Would you grant my wish?
Shakunthala!
-Oh no! It is Mother Gauthami!
-Shakunthala.
-What happened?
-It's Mother Gauthami!
Come with me.
- Where to?
- Shakunthala!
Come here.
Stay behind this tree. Don't come out.
I have never hid even at war.
Well well... one can't win
the war of love without hiding.
Dear one...
I've heard that you were unwell.
How are you feeling now?
I'm alright mother.
You've been unwell. Won't you catch
a cold if you wander in the fog?
Let's go to the hermitage.
Come, dear!
Come.
Mallika and Malathi!
I feel like staying with you.
But I will come back later. OK?
Let's go.
Oh moon!
Who said moonlight is cool?
You are burning me totally!
Do you even know that moonlight without
a loved one is hotter than a sunny day?
Hey Cupid! You are tormenting me a lot!
The pride that I get out of resting
my head on my queen's bosom...
...isn't something that I
get even by wearing my crown.
I became a real king only
after I won her heart.
Well well... even you are a living being.
Are you aware of this longing?
Did you ever face that painful moment
where you longed for your lover's beauty?
Get my girl to me then.
Save me, my lord.
What happened, my dear?
I'm afraid im committing a sin.
Innocent one... How can this be a sin?
One should never control love.
We can meet without getting married,
but you should not burn in longing.
Alright.
Let's get married in the presence
of elders following all rituals.
Let us get married right
now and right here.
It's us who are the elders at our wedding.
Just both of us are the witnesses. And
of course the five forces of nature are.
There they are.
Netrika, Swapnika and Hansika.
Your friends Malathi and Malika...
All of them are witnesses
for our love and marriage.
You are the daughter of a Rajarshi.
Isn't wedding by Gandharva tradition
a common royal custom?
Is a wedding without a holy thread
valid under the Gandharva tradition?
The three knots of the holy thread bind you to stay
together through righteousness, wealth and pleasure
Hearts are bound that way.
But why do two entwined hearts
need the thread, Shakunthala?
This wedding of ours by Gandharva
tradition is acceptable by our custom.
"Paradise in hermitage"
"Burning flames in ice cold mountains"
"The first chapter in the saga of love"
"The forest is the witness
for this marriage"
"There was no formal
choosing of the groom"
"He himself fell in love with me"
"He released a sweet arrow of love"
"He won over my tender heart"
"Paradise in hermitage"
"Burning flames in ice cold mountains"
"When I was out in the
forest fetching flowers"
"Love bloomed when I saw you"
"When I was hunting in the forest"
"Cupid struck me"
"Butterflies felt bad"
"They felt the beauty of
this girl belongs to them"
"The bumblebees waged a war"
"They felt the nectar of
this flower belongs to them"
"They quarrelled with me that
I stole this beauty from them"
"Its you... "
"With me... "
"There was no formal
choosing of the groom"
"He himself fell in love with me"
"The river of love has
to cross all boundaries"
"And has to one day meet the sea"
"Enough of the nurturing at
the banks of river Malini"
"It's time to leave your grove,
oh sweet bird"
"The welcoming world out there"
"Is waiting for us"
"A pure life ahead"
"Welcomes us"
"Oh wild moonlight,
come to rule the kingdom beside me. "
"Myself... "
"Becoming one with me"
"Paradise in hermitage"
"Burning flames in ice cold mountains"
Om Namah Shivaya.
Om Namah Shivaya.
Om Namah Shivaya.
I bow to you, the leader of all gods.
I bow to you Lord Shiva.
I bow to you, the one who rides the holy
bull and is present in the sound 'Na'.
Om Namah Shivaya.
Om Namah Shivaya.
-Sharadvata.
-Yes Guru.
-Saaragnarava.
-Yes Guru.
The Yaga is completed successfully.
Let us start for the Ashram.
Start the preparations.
-As you say, Guru.
-Guru...
Does this mean that Shakunthala is
free from her astrological setbacks?
No one can avoid Karma.
Shankuntala is born for a cause.
She is about to make history.
My dear Shakunthala.
Do you know how heartbroken Holy Guru would
be when he learns about what happened?
You must somehow reveal this to the
Holy Guru in the right way, Mother.
Shakunthala.
Are you hesitating to
say something, my child?
I fell in love with emperor Dushyanta who
came for hunting from Pratishtanapura.
Even he fell in love with me.
Father, right from my childhood I never
knew that outsiders can also love me.
I have experienced that
love for the first time.
I wanted all that love
for myself and forever.
I was afraid of losing it.
Father...
We entered into wedlock by the Gandharva
tradition without seeking your permission.
We didn't stop there.
We united physically too.
Where is king Dushyanta?
Amid the floral showers
from Indra and other gods...
With the cheering of the
people of Pratishthanapura.
I'll take you to the royal fort and
make you the queen of Jambu island...
Following all formal royal rituals.
Don't worry, my dear.
I lost the love of my parents by birth.
What if I lose your love too?
How can love not be with you, Shakunthala?
You are the symbol of love.
The Great Rishi Kanva who was away from
worldly bonds was bonded by your love.
You even won the love of
the flora and fauna here.
With your love, you've enslaved this
emperor brimming with the pride of victory
Here... this is the memory of our love.
This is not just my ring.
This is my heart.
Shall I start then?
Shall I take leave?
The almighty who guides our life will
choose the life partner for us.
Your wedding was destined.
May you be happy in wedlock always.
An emperor's son rules the future.
But your son will build
the future, my child.
So would he come back to get me, Father?
Dushyanta is a righteous person.
He will definitely welcome
you and treat you with care.
"Oh my dear Mallika, Malathi and Malika"
"Look if my husband is coming for me. "
"Oh my dear Mallika, Malathi and Malika"
"Look if my husband is coming for me. "
"Oh Hamsika, don't delay anymore"
"Go and get the king along with you"
"I have a gift for him"
"Today would be a celebration of love"
"Oh beautiful girl,
the spring is here"
"You'd soon be the ruling
queen when your king gets you"
"Our divine hermitage has
bloomed with love everywhere"
"How can you control your heart,
oh tender girl?"
"Oh Swapnika, Chaitrika
and my beloved Nethrika"
"Look if my husband is coming for me. "
"Oh cloud, go ahead"
"Oh cloud, go ahead... reach my Lord"
"Let the rains sing the story of our love"
"Convey that your dear
beloved is pregnant now"
"Guide him to me as soon as possible"
"The sky shines bright and blue"
"Our love waits like the moonlight"
"The skies have sported a starry welcome"
"The land is shining
in love like a galaxy"
"Your heart is filled
with love and devotion"
"Oh innocent beauty,
your longing is evident"
"Being a person from the hermitage"
"Filled with hope, I await his arrival"
"Tell me my friend,
why is it chilly out there?"
"Looks like the land is icy
like my heart is now"
"However cold it could become"
"Let me protect his child warmly"
"Even if the season of
fall withers all hopes"
"Let me become the spring
to bring in fresh hopes"
"Why are you worried at
a time of giving birth"
"There is no need of worry
when you are blessed"
"Time passed gracefully"
"Oh innocent pure one,
look at your blessing"
"My eyes await, longing is unbearable now"
"I still await his arrival"
Salutations oh sun god,
the only eye of the world
The cause of the birth,
sustenance and destruction of the world
The repository of the three forms, the
protector of the three gunas in the self
The forms of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
Come here.
I wonder what ill fate awaits us!
He looks like a great saint.
Why are you so scared of him, Priyamvada?
Who do you think he is, Anasuya?
He is the great Rishi Durvasa.
Durvasa? What kind of a name is that?
'Dur'vasa means someone with
whom you can't live along with.
Oh!
I wonder which moment Great Rishi
Athri and Mother Anasuya named him.
-He lives up to his name!
-Oh! So he is the son of Anasuya?
My mother said they named me after her.
Shh!
You're lucky that they didn't
name you Durvasini after him.
Sages are kind, aren't they?
How can it be tough
to live along with him?
Anger! He has too much anger for a person!
-Too much anger?
-Yeah.
Not just ordinary anger.
It's just out of bounds.
Great Rishi Athri and Mother Anasuya
have got Lord Shiva's anger as a son.
Do you know that?
Strange! What is their story?
Let us go and see if
Shakunthala needs something.
She needs King Dushyantha.
We can't bring him can we?
Tell me the story. Come on!
One day, Lord Brahma got into
an argument with Lord Shiva.
Lord Shiva was very angry.
The entire universe was
shaking with his anger.
The gods ran away saying "Lord!
We are even unable to approach you!"
Even in such shaking anger,
Lord Shiva uderstood something.
He wanted to leave his anger.
But where is a place in the
universe that could bear his anger?
Mother Anasuya was pregnant then.
She had a history of changing the three
Lords into infants and became their mother
A mother's womb can bear
the anger of the baby too.
Hence, Lord Shiva converted his anger into
an egg and transferred into Anasuya's womb
-Oh!
-Yeah.
That egg developed into Durvasa.
Durvasa is sheer anger personified.
It was with him that the proverb
'Your anger is your enemy' was born.
He can't ever tolerate carelessness.
He always has anger on his nose
and curse on the tip of his tounge.
- I bow to you.
- I bow to you
Don't you know that you have to
introduce yourselves before bowing?
P... P... Priyavadha.
Priya 'Vadha'?
Not Vadha Holy Guru! I'm Priyamvada.
Ah! There is no place for wrong
pronounciation in a hermitage.
And what is your name?
Asuya.
Asuya?
No! An... Anasuya.
You dare pronounce my Mother's name wrong?
You!
Alas!
I'm pardoning you as you
carry my mother's name.
May you be happy.
Anasuya... Anasuya!
Huh?
Did he curse you?
No. Your name saved your day.
Thank god!
Young lady... Is Rishi Kanva here?
Girl... Is Rishi Kanva here?
It is Durvasa here. Didn't you notice?
It's the Durvasa, the one who kept
the ills at bay who is asking you.
Can't you hear me?
Shakunthala!
This is the great Rishi Durvasa who
has Lord Shiva's presence in him.
Can't you see?
Damn! Attitude!
How can a half-bred born to an
angel and a human be cultured?
Neither the respect towards a great Rishi,
nor consideration of my great powers.
No shame and courtesy.
Here is the result of insulting me
being carelessly lost in thought.
Shakunthala!
Being in whose thought you
have insulted this sacred man
The same person would
forget your identity.
May he lose all your memory.
You have insulted a guest
being lost in thought.
May your lover forget you totally.
Pay for it!
Shakunthala! Shakunthala!
Shakunthala!
Anasuya! You are here!
Where is Priyamvada?
Didn't I tell you that King
Dushyantha would arrive today?
Look there!
Can you hear those instruments?
Are our people ready for a grand
welcome at the banks of river Malini?
Go and check that!
A heart will not lie.
It will not break a promise.
King Dushyanta will never
quit his righteous nature.
He has left this place
in the month of Chaitra.
The month of Margashira is arriving.
But he hasn't turned up.
Whatever is the reason for the delay
Following him and going through the
situation is your duty as a wife.
Its time to bid goodbye to this house.
Start for your husband's place, my dear.
Father!
Although it is custom to give birth
to your child at your parent's place,
We can't follow it now, my child.
The dynasty should know
that their heir is coming.
River Malini is just pacing up.
It is waiting to guide you.
Start now.
Shakunthala!
Father!
Your eyes are full of tears!
A father of a daughter has to go through
tears my dear, even if it is Rishi Kanva.
I have performed countless Yagas myself.
But the best Yaga of all
is to bring up a daughter.
The Homa's smoke is causing
these tears, my child.
Lighten up your husband's
place with your glory.
You have never stepped
out of the hermitage.
You don't know about the world out there.
I'm taking you out for the first time.
Let us start.
Come child.
Don't feel bad that I'm leaving you all.
I'm taking your memories with me.
Anyone calls you anytime,
you will find me in that.
Don't be gloomy in my thoughts.
Behave as if I'm right here.
You should make sure the
hermitage doesn't miss me.
Alright?
Great saint! Great saint!
Listen to me great saint!
You say you have Lord
Shiva's presence in you.
Is it only his anger but
not his kindness, sire?
She did not notice the great Rishi's
presence lost in thoughts of her lover.
You gave such a dire punishment
for a mistake done unintentionally?
You cursed a pregnant woman!
The baby in the womb has not
even seen the mother yet.
You are distancing the father too!
Are you punishing the
baby in the womb too?
A Rishi's word is ultimate.
Every word is strongly
connected to destiny.
There is an intention of
god behind this, my dear.
So you wouldn't take back the curse?
Even Lord Shiva can't take back his word.
I can tell you a cure for the curse.
But...
Why do you hesitate?
You must not reveal it till the
curse is lifted automatically.
If that happens,
she would never get rid of the curse.
A symbol that represents their
love will remind him one day.
Anytime he sees a gift he gave
her, he will remember her.
I'll take leave.
The loving gift of the emperor.
Looks like the emperor himself
is holding your finger.
Never take this off.
We are getting late.
Come child.
"Sway sway and sway"
"The boat sails away"
"Sway sway and sway"
"The boat treads to far waters"
"The moonlight has taken the
form of a gorgeous young woman"
"Oh sailor!"
"The moonlight has taken the
form of a gorgeous young woman"
"She brings along all presents and gifts as she
sets sail to reach the abode of her husband"
"The beautiful dame is
about to give birth"
"Her husband is lucky"
"He has wed this fine
woman from the hermitage"
"He has become her life"
"Sway sway and sway"
"Have you noticed it silently?"
"Sway sway and sway"
"Your smile carries your shyness"
"An emperor who rules the country"
"Would be at your
service when he sees you"
"He will treat you like a queen"
"He will be obedient to you forever"
"He will play music for you"
"He will carry you on his shoulders"
"He will treat you royally"
"You are the form of Menaka on earth"
"You are his best gift ever"
"Sway sway and sway"
"The boat sails away happily"
"The boat sways royally"
"Is it the thoughts that sway it?"
"Let any typhoon come"
"Can it douse the light of hope?"
"Any anger or curse"
"Can they stop the
strong waves in the sea?"
"Would the stream of feelings
stop whatever happens?"
"Can you stop the strong intention
of the heart by commanding it?"
"Even if the river dries
up into sand dunes"
"You have to reach your destination"
"Live to encounter a challenge everyday"
"Sway sway and sway"
"The boat crosses a lot of shores"
"Sway sway and sway"
"You've reached the place thats yours"
I trusted you as a friend
and made you a commander.
You have cheated a farmer
who feeds the nation.
You have taken their
signatures on blank sheets.
You have occupied the farm illegally.
What do you have to say about this?
I was overcome by greed.
Pardon me.
Earth will never pardon
anyone who cheats a farmer.
Even as an emperor, I will have to
become one with the land one day.
I cannot pardon you.
I expel you from my country for life!
This is not just the empire of Puru.
This is the farmer's empire.
A ruler always wants
the tiller's well being.
The land which is wet with a
farmer's sweat turns into a treasure.
The land which is wet with a farmer's
tears turns into a graveyard.
From now, the tiller will own the land!
I hereby give an order that even a king
can't command over a farmer's land.
Not just the grain that we grow, but every
grain we eat will be on your name my lord!
Long live emperor Dushyantha!
Long live!
Long live emperor Dushyantha!
Long live!
Hail the successor of the Puru empire!
Hail!
Long live emperor!
People from Rishi Kanva's
hermitage are here to meet you.
Royal priest!
Please get them here with all rituals.
Welcome them royally.
Greetings, king Dushyanta!
My king, with your permission...
I would like to read out the
message sent to you by Kanva Maharishi.
Please do.
A blessing to Chandravamsha...
Dearest son of queen Rathandari
Devi and king Ilina...
To king Dushyanta,
the best among the Puru's...
Blessings from Kanva Maharshi.
Oh king!
For protecting the holy ritual held
at my hermitage in my absence...
I thank you for that.
Eventually you fell in love
with my adopted daughter and...
married her according to Gandharva rites,
I agree and approve of your marriage.
As a result of your love,
my child who is now pregnant..
I hope that you would accept her as your
wife in all formalities and glory...
I surrender her to you.
Young sages!
Are you sure he sent this message for me?
Yes, great king!
It's true that I came to your ashram...
It's true that I stood guard
to protect your holy ritual...
But who is Shakunthala?
I don't know who she is...
I am seeing her for the first time.
Looks like she is pregnant...
How can you tell me to
accept her as my wife?
Young sages, may be you are mistaken.
Oh yes! A mistake might have happened!
You have many mistresses...
how can you remember
Shakunthala among them?
Calm down young sage,
why rush to conclusions?
Why are you blaming me unnecessarily?
But my king, Gandharva marriage
happened between you both.
Shakunthala! How would the king
know if you hide your face?
Show him your face.
Members of the court...
As a sign of Shakunthala
and Dushyanta's love...
We have Dushyanta's
royal ring gifted to her.
Shakunthala, show him the ring that he
gave you as a token of love.
Where is it dear?
Where is the ring?
Oh no! You lost it in the Sachi river?
Nice story!
Don't know where else she might
have said the same story?
It seems, she lost the ring which the
king gave her as a token of love.
Deceptive! Cheat!
She came here only to cheat us.
I don't know who she is.
This is the first time I am seeing her.
She doesn't even have the ring,
she says I gifted to her.
Why are you blaming me for this?
Oh daughter of a saint
who lost her virginity...
You thought of becoming a queen!
You live in a hermitage,
you can't be greedy!
She must not be spared, my king.
Punish her my king,
tell us what punishment you'll give.
Punish her.
She should be punished.
Punish her.
She should be punished.
Punish her my king, she is a cheat.
We were no way involved in the
Gandharva marriage between you two.
Things have got till here because of
the decision you took independently.
You must face the consequences.
Our job was to drop you off till here.
If you are pious,
then you'll have to prove your innocence.
We are leaving.
Mother Gowtami! Let's go.
Forgive me my dear.
We might shed a few tears for you, but...
We cannot share your fate.
Back then your own mother
abandoned you in the forests...
And today your foster mother is
abandoning you among these people.
Your purity would save you my dear.
Mother Gautami!
Young saints!
How can you leave without
solving the issue?
You are a great king who can
solve any problem, right?
We leave her to you whether
you accept her or punish her.
Minister! I don't remember a thing.
She looks like a pure heart.
I am confused...
Give me a suggestion, minister.
My king! Let's give her a chance...
Any ways, as the royal priest said,
you must have a heir very soon.
My king! Yes indeed...
Let's allow her to live
in Prathishtanapuram...
And if her child bares your
resemblance and your features...
We can consider that,
may be you must have forgotten her...
Or may be some evil
might have possessed you.
Then you can take her as your wife.
Is this what you call
honour of your Puru dynasty?
You are born in the great
Puru dynasty in which...
Puru exchanges his youth for his father
Yayati's old age as the later was cursed.
Only to deceive me?
I thought I was walking on a great land,
But I never thought there would
be pits covered in grass.
I was deceived by your lies.
Are you discussing with your courtiers?
Why didn't you think about
your courtiers on that day?
You said you love me?
You said nature is our witness,
no need of elders and any one.
You lied to me that Gandharva
marriage is righteous by Shastras...
and became the reason for the
life which is growing in my womb.
Did you discuss with all of
them and brought me to this?
And your priests, they've blessed
me with a great boon, not just me...
even for my unborn child?
What?
If he bears your resemblance and has your
features, only then he is your child?
So, not just me, you are giving my son a
chance as well to prove that I am pious?
How humane my king!
First you deceived me and now you
being inhumane?
Because you are a woman I am
listening to whatever you said.
Utter one more word,
you'll have to face the consequences.
My king!
Why are you tolerating her non sense?
You even punished your best
friend for deceiving you...
She is trying to deceive you.
Go away lady... Go away.
How ever you lost your honour,
at least save your life.
She is a cheater,
she is here to cheat you...
Don't spare her my king.
To make her unborn son the heir
to Prathishtanapuram throne...
She want's to make you a scape
goat for the sin she committed.
You must punish her my king.
She must be punished,
she is a cheat.
-She should not be spared.
-She must be tortured.
We must execute her in public.
Unchaste woman! Cheat!
She must be given harshest
of the punishments.
Stop!
I forgive you because I respect women,
go away, I spare you.
You must not be seen not only by me,
but also to the people of Pratishtanapuram.
Go away, I spare you.
Mother Earth!
Mother! You took back Goddess Sita
who was doubted, back into your womb.
Take me back as well.
You hatch a plan to
stain Dushyanta's fame?
Go!
Go and die! Or else the people
of this kingdom will kill you!
Menaka!
Forgive me Devendra.
My steps are faltering.
Being helpless,
I cannot do injustice to dance.
Go get some rest.
Menaka!
Saanumathi!
For name's sake this is heaven...
but, can there be any
other hell than this?
Menaka! To disturb Vishwamitra's
penance was your job...
in that process you gave birth
to a child.
That's just part of
your job but not calls for a bonding.
What have we got to do
with human relations?
Try to spend some time with a
human and have a child...
You will realise what it feels like.
My daughter is a mortal, she doesn't
have a place in this immortal world.
A celestial nymph who can't die...
does not stand a chance to
live in the human world.
That is why I abandoned
my child to face these hardships.
Though I gave her birth,
I couldn't be her mother.
Saanumathi! A mother's labour pains
just last only for a day or so...
But a mother who abandoned her child
will have to live in pain for ever.
Mother Earth!
I handed over my daughter to you.
She is fighting to save her marriage.
You are her only saviour...
Please protect her.
She's the one who got
kicked out of the court.
Yeah! The king married her it seems.
Such a cheat! She came as a bride
carrying a child in her womb.
Go away woman... Go away.
Shame on you.
It's okay to kill a woman like her.
Hit her... Hit her... Hit her.
Don't you know who impregnated you
or don't you remember how many?
Are you a virtuous woman or a prostitute?
Unholy woman shouldn't become a mother.
If she gives birth,
there would be drought.
Killing her is also a good deed...
Kill her... Kill her...
The fish are biting off
the nets these days.
Look,
that unholy woman has reached till here.
-She is still alive.
-You dare to accuse our righteous king?
She shouldn't be left alive.
Let's kill her and her unborn child then
throw them in the river, come on guys.
Let's go, hurry up.
Get it fast.
-Hey, bring the basket.
-Coming.
-Hey, pull the nets.
-Okay... Okay.
A pregnant fish!
Hey Seelavathi! Seelavathi! Seelavathi!
Where the hell is he? Hey Peetha Raju,
I caught a Seelavathi fish.
-What did you say?
-Not talking to you...
A fish! I caught Seelavathi fish.
Don't try to flirt with me...
I'll clean you up like a dead fish,
you fool.
-Hell with you!
-Damn you!
As soon as I woke up,
my neighbour sneezed...
I was worried as to what would happen.
But this Kumbhilaka
caught a Seelavathi fish.
May be today is my lucky day.
Hey Seelavathi, I won't sell you...
I will clean you up,
chop you to pieces, cook you up...
will store you in a clay
pot and have for four days.
Hail Seelavathi! Here we go.
Huh?
-Catch me if you can.
-Wait dude, I will catch you.
-Greetings sir.
-Hmm!
That's my grandpa's ring.
Once my grandpa went out for hunting...
-his boat sank in the middle of the sea.
-Is it!
While he was swimming back to the shore,
a giant crab charged at him.
A giant crab and my grandpa...
My grandpa and the crab...
A huge fight broke out between them.
The crab died and became a Goddess.
Is it!
She became a crab
because Indra cursed her.
And she became a Goddess again
after my grandpa killed her.
Oh! Hmm!
Then she said, 'Veeraih! You
freed me off my curse... '
'so take this ring as a gift. '
-Is this your grandpa's ring?
-Yes, he is a hero.
Then whose name is engraved on it?
Uh! Is it the name of a man or a woman?
-A man's name.
-So it must be his name.
-So your grandpa is king Dushyanta?
-Yes, sir.
-Oh no! Kings name? I am innocent.
-Stop right there.
-I can't read, let me go.
-Where you are going?
-Soldiers, come here.
-I am innocent.
- Let's go.
- I am innocent.
My King! He is the traitor who
stole your ring...
He was caught in the market
while trying to sell it.
He stole my ring?
My King! I am a fisher man and
fishing is my livelihood...
I am not a thief my lord.
While cutting the fish which I caught to
make curry,
I found the ring in its belly.
If I was a literate I would
have read the name on it,
Right away I would've come
to you to surrender it.
My King! I swear, I am not a thief.
My ring was found in a fish's belly?
Quite surprising! Bring it to me.
"In the great Himalayas,
in the hermitage adjacent to river Malini"
"I saw an eternal beauty and am
stupefied by her magical charm"
"Who is this blooming young girl?
Who is this stealer of hearts?"
"Who is this frost bud?
Who could this shining star be?"
"Is she a heavenly damsel?"
But Angels don't wink their eyes!
"Is she a forest beauty?
But she isn't wearing jute fabric!"
You are the reason for the
life which is growing in my womb.
Utter one more word,
the consequences would be severe.
"But a golden statue can't walk!"
-"Who is this blooming young girl?"
-Go away, I spare you.
"Who is this stealer of hearts?"
"Who is this divine beauty?"
Shakunthala!
What is this oblivion?
I did not recognise my Shakunthala.
I gave up on love of my life.
I committed a grave sin.
Gentlemen of my court!
Forgive me.
The innocent woman who came for
me back then... she is my wife.
The empress of this great empire.
I married her, she is my beloved wife.
She is my Shakunthala.
We wed by the Gandharva tradition
in the hermitage of Kanva Maharshi.
The Kaalanemi demons were defeated
by me while I was guarding a holy ritual.
Later they invaded our
kingdom seeking revenge.
After the war, I thought of welcoming
Shakunthala in a grand royal ceremony.
But the war lasted for long.
In the meantime some
evil has possessed me...
I insulted her though she was
carrying my heir in her womb.
-Sir, you are not illiterate...
-My King!
You were destined to
remind me of my past.
No matter what I give,
I am still indebted to you.
Give him tons of wealth and
bid him a grand farewell.
My King!
Soldiers!
Search in every direction.
Bow down to the empress
of Paurava.
Give Shakunthala Devi a grand welcome.
-Madavya!
-Yes, my friend!
-Minister!
-My King!
Halt every royal duty
until I find Shakunthala.
Go... Take the entire army.
Find me my Shakunthala.
"Oh sweet past... "
"Don't freeze the time"
"Why did you stop without ticking?"
"My royal ring... "
"Without showing any mercy... "
"Why did you slip away?"
"Like the dawn after the dark... "
"Like the awakening after the sleep"
"My hope on you keeps me going"
"The chirp of Shakunthala bird
which plays in silence"
"Oh sweet past... "
"Don't freeze the time"
"Why did you stop without ticking?"
"My love!"
"I'll be with you... "
"always like your shadow"
"Would the stars ever leave the moon?"
"Did the evening magic
cast a spell on me?"
"A memoir might be lost,
but would the memories be?"
"Though I found memories,
would I find the beauty herself?"
"Rather than coming in front of me... "
"How long are these testing times?"
"Enough of these tears"
"Oh sweet past... "
"Don't freeze the time"
"Why did you stop without ticking?"
"Being away is better... "
"it makes you to love even more"
"Pain is endless... "
"Is this because I am at fault?"
"On the path of love, shall I be
your story and walk along with you?"
"With out you, how would my journey last?"
"Our union... "
"May time freeze it"
"Can it stop the love?"
The throne which couldn't
do justice to a woman...
-not just four years...
-Friend!
even after any unkown years...
I won't claim back the throne.
Shakunthala!
That bumble bee is trying to touch you...
I won't let it defile you.
I am there to protect you.
I will save you.
Stop you bee!
My friend! This is your illusion.
That's just her portrait.
Shakunthala is not here.
Huh! You wicked man!
You proved it as an illusion.
Go... Go away.
You must not dare
show your faces to me. Go away from here.
Menaka!
I've been watching him as you suggested.
We are the goddesses who
never had a teary eye.
I have realised the value of
tears in the human world.
Joy and pain are in love
with each other down there.
They can't exist without each other.
With out Shakunthala, even breathing
would be fatal for Dushyanta.
He might breath his last any minute.
Menaka!
Devendra!
There would be a reason behind
the pain given by the God.
Don't be sad.
This is the move made
by the Kaalanemi demons.
If the clash between the
Gods and demons took place...
They are well aware that my friend
Dushyanta would stand on my side.
Along with the emperor who got
weakened because of Shakunthala...
Their strategy is to
conquer over the God's world too.
But there is nothing to worry...
Shakunthala's piousness has
turned to Dushyanta's strength.
No one can defeat it.
Why are those Kalanemis
filled with hatred?
Is it because the king protected the
holy ritual performed by the maharishis?
Not just that...
In that process Dushyanta married
Shakunthala and became their enemy.
They knew very well that
the emperor would declare...
Shakunthala as the empress
of Prathishtanapura.
Curse of Durvasa on top of that...
became a boon to those wicked demons.
Shakunthala is as good as dead to
Dushyanta as he doesn't remember her.
True!
In that process Dushyanta had
to insult her in the court.
-The heir would turn to ashes in her womb.
-True!
That womb itself would become
the grave of Chandravamsham.
But, though they had a chance
to kill Shakunthala that day...
in the rage that they've let her
live out of their foolishness...
Ugranemi, the leader of demons
executed his blood brothers.
Why so much grudge on
Shakunthala and Dushyanta?
Actual grudge is not on them either.
But it's on the child who
would be born to that couple.
Grudge on an innocent
child who is not born yet?
Their unborn child would be the
creator of a new world order.
The righteous one raised by Shakunthala
who was afflicted by iniquity herself.
Soon the demonic world would end.
In Kaliyuga the human body would
become the adobe of the demons.
According to a Rishi,
The demon king would die at the
hands of a greatest man among humans.
And there is no one
greater than Dushyanta himself.
Not just to mark Ugranemi's end...
This war is inevitable
in order to find Shakunthala.
My friend! Oh no... what's this magic?
Why am I hanging in the air?
-Who the hell are you?-Your doom, you fool.
-My friend, save me. -You must die today...
Until then you must
keep hanging in the air.
Even your best friend
cannot save you today.
What happened?
My friend, save me.
-This king less Paurava kingdom...
-Show up if you have the guts.
-will become a pile of corpses...
-Where are you?
-not able to make out where he is. -this is inevitable.
Oh no... Ouch!
My turban... my turban.
Oh God! Ouch!
Shakunthala!
Oh Dushyanta, husband of Shakunthala!
Oh Dushyanta, husband of Shakunthala!
Save me... Save me Dushyanta.
Here he comes again.
-No one will come to your rescue.
-Who are you? Leave me.
No one can save you from me.
I said let me go.
-You illusory!
-Hey!
Enough of your demonic
acts in front of me.
Your life ends today.
-Ouch!
-King! Stop my king...
-Stop king Dushyanta.
-Ouch!
Calm down my king, calm down.
The charioteer of Lord Indra? Mathali?
What's all this?
Forgive me my king...
Kalanemi clan is all set
to invade Amarapuri.
You almost killed me man.
The war between God's and demons has
become inevitable because of Ugranemi.
I came to seek your
help on behalf of my master.
You were depressed, so I had to pull off
this feet to prep for the upcoming war.
This is my duty as a
friend and nothing else.
Amareshwara has pleaded
you to set off to Amaravathi at once.
Mr. God!
Do you call this pleading in your world?
I had a close shave with my death. Ouch!
You call this pleading?
Only you can finish off those Kaalanemis.
After four years, now I've
found a way to find my Shakunthala.
I will kill that sinner who hatched
a plot to miss each other...
and wash off my sins.
Ugranemi!
Beware, I am coming for you.
Please don't kill me.
Shakunthala is safe in
the Kashyapa valleys.
Those mystical--
We were not able to gain access
into the mystical Himalayas...
So we couldn't harm her.
Being the reason for our
separation for these may years...
you don't deserve to live.
All hail Dushyanta the great.
Hail the king of all Gods.
My King! I will go and seek
permission to meet Mr. Prajapathi.
Devadutta!
Who are you?
I never saw you around.
What's your name father?
What's, your name my son?
What? Am I your son?
If I am your father,
then obviously you are my son.
Aright! Consider me your son.
Keep away from me.
First tell me, why did you shoot
an arrow at my friend Devadutta?
As I don't know
about your friendship...
I misunderstood that you were in danger.
I am a king,
so saving your life is my duty, right?
Because you thought it could kill me,
will you kill it?
If killing someone is wrong,
what you did is also wrong.
Killing other animals and eating meat to
live is their God-given characteristic.
And saving every other form of life...
it's a duty bestowed
upon you by the throne.
It means that...
you have to save me
as well as the lion.
That is the law.
Well said, a new way of life.
Who are your parents, my child?
What purpose do you have with them?
Your words are filled with royalty.
You are not a monks child.
I am curious to know,
which royal family you belong to.
Whatever, but I am sure I belong
to a better family than you.
What?
Say your name and seek
forgiveness from my Devadutta.
It's wrong to speak like that son,
you are just a kid...
you won't understand the
duties of the elders, go and play.
Hey! Stop right there.
Because I am a kid are
you trying to belittle me?
Dhruva, who pleased Lord Vishnu
and became a star in the sky...
how old is he?
Markandeya, who called down Lord
Shiva to earth and won over Yama...
how old is he?
Prahlada, who showed Lord Narsimha to
his father who was blinded with pride...
how old is he?
You know many puranas...
but don't you know how to behave
with someone who's like your father?
What... You are like a father to me?
Come on, ask me for my forgiveness.
Ah! What if I don't?
You have to fight with me.
If things worked out well for me,
I would've had a son your age.
Your parents are lucky
to have you as their son.
May you live long!
Sarvadamana!
Sarvadamana!
Hey King! Stop... stop.
I told you to raise your weapon,
but you bless me instead? Are you scared?
-Then come, fight me.
-There he is... Sarvadamana!
Sarvadamana! It's wrong.
Sarvadamana!
He is a guest at our hermitage.
You must not misbehave with the guests.
So what, he must enjoy our hospitality...
but how can he try to
kill my best friend?
Dear guest! I am not a killer like you...
I am not unlawful.
I am the dearest disciple
of Kashyapa Prajapathi.
In our war I will protect
you with my life...
With out hurting you I will win over you,
come on, raise your sword.
Oh no! Where is your amulet?
Kashyapa tied it on you
to protect you from evil.
What have you done Sarvadamana?
Here it is, he might have lost it while
playing with the lion, tie it back.
If someone else touches it, it would
turn into a snake and strike at you.
Only his parents can touch it.
But nothing happened to you,
which means--
You must be--
Sarvadamana!
Sarvadamana!
But who is Shakunthala?
I don't know this woman,
I am seeing her for the first time.
Mother... Mother!
Mother! That stranger shot
an arrow at my Devadutta.
Upon asking why,
he said he did it to save me, he says.
What if something happened to Devadutta?
But nothing happened, right?
Misunderstanding should
also be understood.
One who punishes is not a hero...
One who forgives is the real hero.
Shakunthala!
Shakunthala!
I forgive you because I respect women,
go away, I spare you.
Shakunthala! Here I am,
I came searching for you and our son.
Shakunthala! Shakunthala!
Listen to me Shakunthala...
Shakunthala!
Shakunthala!
Mother, who is that guy?
-Shakunthala!
-Who is that king?
Shakunthala! Hear me out.
Woman like her should not live on the
earth neither should she give birth.
Kill her! Kill her!
Miserable woman! Die.
She is carrying a illegitimate
child in her womb...
if she gives birth it would
bring misfortune, it's ominous.
Kill her! Kill her!
An orphan is born to an orphan.
Hey! It's getting dark, prepare the carts.
Kashyapa Prajapathi!
Not just demons and the Gods, you're
a fatherly figure to every living thing.
Am I not your daughter?
May you live long!
Shakunthala!
Shakunthala! Please wait!
Shakunthala! Shakunthala! Hear me out.
Just give me one minute.
Shakunthala! Listen to me.
Shakunthala! Shakunthala!
I insulted you in your court...
Your kingdom doubted you.
Shakunthala! I committed a grave sin.
Shakunthala! But I did not lie...
Some evil possessed me.
Shakunthala! Please try to understand me.
I could not understand the truth.
Shakunthala! I got lost in myself,
I forgot my precious you.
Shakunthala! Shakunthala!
Look here, my conscience that you wanted
to invoke made me a better man again.
I will hold your hand and
stand in front of every door...
I will announce to everyone
that you are my wife.
I would plead that no woman should
endure what you have till now.
I will make women empowerment a
statute and then behead myself.
Shakunthala! Accept me, have mercy on me.
Give me a chance to atone my sins.
Shakunthala! Shakunthala!
Shakunthala! Give me one last chance.
Dear Shakunthala!
-Greetings, Kashyapa Prajapathi!
-God bless you.
May be illusion could
make you forget love...
But no power could make you forget ones
self-esteem and insults hurled at them.
Dear, your love for him
made him forget his love.
Lost in thoughts, you didn't even notice
the arrival of the great saint Durvasa.
Then how would you know
that he cursed you.
-A curse?
-Shakunthala!
Being in whose thoughts you have
insulted this great man...
Let your form fade away in his mind.
Let your memories get
erased in his mind.
For insulting a guest...
let your beloved man forget you.
Face the consequences.
Like your forgotten love...
Your tale will go remain in history as
an unforgettable love story.
Forgive me my love.
Hope that you would forgive me as well.
My son!
He is your father...
King Dushyanta.
Father!
You're a great wife who has showed the
greatness of love, trust in marriage...
and even the affection of
a mother to this world.
Your son would become a great man who
would change the course of this world.
You were born to give birth to him.
You've endured all these hardships to
make this child a great warrior.
As they say,
first teacher is the mother, right?
To teach, you have to learn first.
In modern civilization...
who will build the modern India
which will be the epitome for ever...
your son will be the great Bharatha.
Here after, this Aarsha continent
will become prominent day by day.
Like I disowned her back then...
If my daughter Shakunthala
left her son in the forest too...
A great world would have
ended before it was formed.
I gave birth to a great daughter...
who taught motherhood to her own mother.
Hail king Dushyanta,
the greatest in Chandravamsha family!
Hail!
Hail king Dushyanta the best
in the Puru empire!
Hail!
All hail Dushyanta,
the son of great king Ilina!
Hail!
Hail king Dushyanta the
slayer of the demons!
Hail!
Hail king Dushyanta,
the greatest in Chandravamsha family!
Hail!
Hail king Dushyanta the best
in the Puru empire!
Hail!
All members of the court...
I give you Shakunthala Devi, the queen
of the Paurava empire.
- Hail queen Shakunthala Devi!
- Hail!
Like my son, I consider everyone
in Puru empire as my child from now on.
I am glad to have the opportunity
to serve you as a mother...
along with your father emperor Dushyanta
On this auspicious occasion...
The future king of Bharath...
I announce my son as the crowned prince.
God bless you! God bless you!
As Bharatha...
I swear that I would work
for your progress.