FRIDAY 4TH MAY, 2018....UPDATE ON "JHANSI KI RANI"
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EPISODE #219/220
Raja (Rani) says to Martin' If we win you will have to return the villages & treasure back to the King! Martin says we will fight tomorrow till we die! Martin leaves. Acharya says ' tomorrow the decision will be in our favor. Gangadhar Rao asks Raja (Rani) if she has faith that she will win. Raja (Rani) says' forgive me but if this firangee's had stayed here as guests we would have never spoken to them like this. But they think we are their slaves!! At least they will learn that on this earth there are people who will fight for their rights!
Raja (Rani) asks Gangadhar Rao for blessings to win. GR says he has faith in Raja (Rani), blesses her and leaves. Raja (Rani) then touches the ground where he stood & respects it. Karma sees all this!
British Comm
Spears questions Martin's decision. Martin says the villagers cannot defeat me. They have dug their own graves! Spear says but what if Fort William find out'. That rings bells in Martin's head. He remembers his resignation. He calls the sergeant and asks him to get the message back. Martin says to Spear he will be stunned to see the person who will be fighting on their behalf. He has a plan. He asks the sergeant to go and get a prisoner'.
Village
Gangadhar Rao requests to speak to Samar singh alone. He asks about LaxmiBais whereabouts. SS says he feels sorry for GR but on the other hand he is proud to have promised his sister to help her hide her identity while she achieves her mission. SS says I know where she is but I will not reveal anything to you even if you get me killed. She has gone through so much all because of you. She was thrown out of her own husband's house without any solid proof. I accept that you are a great King but you are an unfortunate husband, who never understood his wife due to his false ego! Sad part is you still don't understand her! (Wow' SS was awesome here. GR needed someone to show him his false inner reflection) Karma has over heard the entire conversation!! (I think GR/LB should employ him as the head of their spying team' Karma will excel in that position!)
Anyway' so Karma ends up at Rani's feet begging for forgiveness. He says he has found out that she is their queen Maharani LaxmiBai. The villagers have been blessed to have their own queen fighting for them. Rani says if you feel that then promise that you will hide my identity. Karma agrees & refuses to let Rani fight the Firangee's. Rani assures Karma that she will definitely conquer the Angrez in the duel, no matter what plans they come up with. All she requests is their support. Karma states that he has full faith in Rani ' She will show firangee's their place!
Durga Mandir
Gangadhar Rao is on his way to the palace, thinking over what samar singh had told him & concludes that LaxmiBai is around in Jhansi. (Finally inke dimaag ki ghanti baji' ) He comes to a Mandir with Goddess Durga and prays'..
"Adharam ke naash karke Dharam ko sthapit karne wali' Aaj bhi Adharam Dharam ke shamshak apna seena taan ke khada hain' Raja ko aesi shakti pradhan kar ke woh en angrez ka swabhimaan akhandeet kar sake." He then prays to the goddess that he is willing to accept LaxmiBai without any conditions' please meet him up with her. (About time too)
Village
Samar Singh tells Rani that he has seen Jhansi Naresh suffer, he is missing his wife. Rani says she wants to go back to him too but only if he is willing to accept her as both LaxmiBai & Kranti Guru. Acharya comes and gifts Rani his sword, blessing her to be victorious.
Arena
Everyone starts arriving. GangaDhar Rao does tilak on Raja (Rani) saying all us Hindustani's pride lies in winning this duel. May god make you victorious. Shatter this firangee's ego into bits Raja! Raja (Rani) takes his blessings.
Gangadhar Rao arrives at the arena. Anouncement is made that on behalf of the Angrez the prisoner will fight.
He is led into the arena in a cage' The guy looks like Tarzan/ogre!
Everyone are stunned as Martin himself was supposed to fight with Rani. Martin & Spear are happy' all others are worried. Raja (Rani) arrives on horseback, she has a determined look on her face'. Not even for a mili second does she flinch looking at the ogre.
Tarzan/ogre is shown coming out of the cage making funny noises'
The two vahini's & lacho talk and conclude that by trusting Raja (Rani), GangaDhar Rao has put Jhansi at risk.
MoroPant is worried about how will Manu fight this ogre and wants to ask Maharaj to stop the fight. TatyaGuru stops him saying it is not right to doubt Manu's intentions. She must have thought, understood & planned before coming into the arena. Villagers & all are worried.
Martin stands up, silences everyone and makes a speech. "The day of the duel is finally here and the destiny of the 11 villages will be written today. I announce the rules of the game and that is that there are no rules! Warriors will fight till death. Whoever survives wins! If Pascal(ogre) wins, then the 11 villages will remain under British Custody & the villagers will have to pay double tax (Lagaan). If he looses then I declare/promise that East India Company will give everything away. (This Martin is too confident'. Good it will be a pleasure to see him fall from his high pedestal!)
GangaDhar Rao then says that this is not a fair game. Martin has choosen an ogre instead of a human to fight the duel! GR says he knew beforehand that Martin would cheat. Then he says in English'"But today you have stooped the limit which I never thought of Mr Martin" (This part is actually funny' I think GR was using the accent on purpose)
MotiBai is worried about how this little boy will fight the ogre. Tatya Guru comes up to her and says, you have seen this courage many times before. You are just unable to recognize and the ogre has no idea what he is facing! MotiBai is puzzled'.. TatyaGuru says.. " Maa Durga ki komalta ka pratee bhi toh unki prateema mein dikhay deta hain, Chintu aaj yahan par unka yeh swaroop tandav karta hua dikhay dega"
MotiBai knows that miracle can only be done by Manu'. And it dawns on her that this is MalikaAlya. She then says they should make the Maharaj aware. TatyaGuru says the time is not right. Manu's goal has not been achieved nor has she consented to it. This secret will still have to be kept under cover.
Martin says there is no foul play the ogre is his best warrior. GR says duel will not start without a proper warrior. Martin says the duel will be now or never! He then turns around and says to the audience ' this boy challenged me in front of everyone and I accepted the challenge keeping in mind the King & his Kingdom. (Yeah right) Now the king is concerned and is talking about withdrawing. That means that Hindustani's can never prevail against the British. Neither in War nor in duel!
Raja (Rani) shouts "Eh Firangee" (I love this'.. My heart smiles with joy when she does this). Raja (Rani) says - Eh Firangee' Dhoka aur Vishwaas Ghaat toh tere khoon mein hain! If you had the guts then you yourself would have come to the arena. Remember one thing ' "Es dharti ko buri nazer se dekhne wale ko toh Hindustan ka bacha bhi meeti mein mila deta hain, toh phir tuu aur yeh (ogre) kya cheez hai". Raja (Rani) then requests GR not to stop the duel as the villages should remain in the hands of the king & his subjects not the firangee's. All I need is everyone's trust as that will be my strongest shield! GR blesses Raja (Rani) to be victorious & announces the start of the duel. Raja (Rani) then requests to take blessings from his (her) guru. While walking towards AcharyaJi (at the same time TatyaGuru is walking towards Acharya) she silently takes blessings from MoroPant. Manu takes blessings from both Acharya & TatyaGuru. GangaDhar Rao is surprised to see this and wonders how TG can be the guru.
Ok' now the fight. Ogre comes forward with two chain type weapons and Raja with his sword. Raja manages to disarm the ogre. Martin gets worried and announces the end of the first round. (Yeh toh abhi se dar gaya'. ) Ogre gets caged & Martin walks upto him and gives ogre some type of a poison saying that he should throw it in the boys eyes so he can't see anything! Ogre gets angry and throws some in Martin's eyes'.
Fight starts again'. This time ogre comes with a spear, Raja (Rani) again disarms him and also hurts him in his arm. Ogre falls down' while Raja (Rani) was not watching he takes out the powder, (No one notices this.... Not TatyaGuru, Not GR, No one... ) as soon as she turns around he throws the powder in her eyes. She screams saying she can't see. (I guess this is the point where Acharya's blind fold training will come in hand). Martin & Spear rejoice shaking hands!!! Episode ends'.
Arena
Episode starts with Raja (Rani) and Ogre fighting ' Raja disarming ogre and hurting him a little ' Ogre getting the powder out and throwing it in Raja's eyes! (What' I thought the rule of fighting is not to show your back to your opponent even for a second???)
Anyways'. Karma says martin must have a hand in this. He gets angry and rushes to strangle Martin. Karma threatens Martin that he will kill him if anything happens to Raja! Karma gets dragged away by Martin's sergeants & beaten up.
Acharya remembers the words of wisdom he had said to Rani.. " A real warrior is one that keeps all his/her five senses alert whilst fighting. But the one who uses his/her sixth sense is the one who wins!" At this same instant Rani remembers her blindfold training with Acharya. She rips a piece from her turban's loose end and blindfolds herself. Ogre then advances on Rani with a spear and tries to harm her. But now Rani is alert with her listening skills and she avoids every attempt successfully. GangaDhar Rao is impressed! TatyaGuru is proud. Moropant is thankful & Acharya is keenly listening (watching with his sixth sense)! Ogre then breaks the spear into two and attacks from both sides. He manages to hurt Rani on her arm, she falls, her turban falls off & her hair comes loose! GR is stunned that Raja is Rani! Rani is still on the ground when the ogre advances and hurts her with the spear. (Aw'. This was painful to watch. I flinched). TG gets angry, MP shouts stop him he will kill my Manu & it dawns on GangaDhar Rao that this is LaxmiBai. Finally!!!
Rani then turns on her side in pain & her necklace falls out. GR sees the necklace & remembers gifting it to LB, who had in turn said that till death she will not remove it. Everyone are stunned/shocked seeing Rani lying there lifeless! Martin/Spears are rejoicing. Spears says look at that ' Ek ladki hum firangee se ladegi ? Both are making fun. GR remembers everything in flashbacks ' Him taking away LB rights and sending her away from his kingdom, LB saving him from Karma, LB taking care of him when he was wounded, How she got him to the palace to foil Martin's plan's.
GangaDhar Rao then storms towards the arena. Martin comes and stops him saying, You cannot go into the arena, otherwise the agreement will become void. GR says he cannot leave this lady in this state and now he will finish the duel! Martin says I know she is a woman but she was fighting on your behalf & she has lost! GR glares at Martin saying "She has not lost, she is wounded & I have to save her".
Martin says if you want to save her then you will have to sign on this agreement (Gosh'. He is always producing agreements!) that the villages will stay in British custody. Accept that you have lost & that the British are mightier!
GR was thinking of what to do'.. When Acharya stands up and starts praying'.
Om bhur bhuvah svah, tt savitr vrehya m , bhrgo devsya dhimahi , dhyo y nah pracodyat
The Arya Samaj interpretation: "O God ! Giver of life, Remover of all pain and sorrows, Bestower of happiness, the Creator of the Universe, Thou art most luminous, adorable and destroyer of sins. We meditate upon thee. May thou inspire, enlighten and guide our intellect in the right direction."
Everyone joins in'..Rani starts stirring'.. Karma regains his consciousness & joins everyone in the prayer. Rani finally gets up & removes her blindfold. She is facing GR who is looking at her in amazement/awe'. Cute eye moment here. Rani starts fighting again but ogre keeps hurting her. MoroPant goes to GR and requests him to stop the fight or else his daughter will get killed. GR looks at him and says you knew all this and you kept it hidden from me? At that moment ogre picks Rani up and hauls her up in the air! She falls upon a chest. Ogre advances towards her with an intent to harm her but she escapes & the ogre gets trapped.
Rani then gets her sword & we see her on horseback with her rope. She swings the noose round the ogre neck and drags him on the ground. Martin/Spears are shocked! GR is happy and says "Shabaash Maharani"! (Finally...
) Rani then drags the ogre round the arena and we see flashbacks of all her valiant deeds. She stops in front of Martin and says '
Dekha Firangee, hum chahte toh isse abhi maar sakte te. Par humne aisa nahi kiya kyu ke hum jaante hain ke yeh tumhare hathiyacharo tale dabba hua hain. Marna tumhare sanskaaro mein hoga, Hum Hindustani ke sanskaaro mein nahi.
Rani then sets the ogre free & says to the villagers and now you all are free too!
Episode ends on Raja/Rani/Manu/LaxmiBai's face'. And GangaDhar Rao looks like a love struck puppy!
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