WEDNESDAY 30TH MAY, 2018....UPDATE ON "JHANSI KI RANI"
EPISODE #277--279
SHOWN ON JOY PRIME
The words of the commoner's wife and Laxmi Bai reverberate in Gangadhar Rao's ears. He sets thinking about the justice that should be meted to the two women.
He goes to her chamber but gets angry to find that she is not there. A maid tells him that Laxmi Bai has stepped out of the palace for some urgent work.
Laxmi Bai is at the crematorium where the last remains of Samar Singh lie. She sits by the ashes in silence. Just then, Major Ellis arrives and picks up a handful of ashes. Laxmi Bai immediately trains her sword at him and warns him to keep the ashes down. Major Ellis politely answers that he had come to pay obeisance to the ashes of a great martyr and was not aware that she would be offended. Saying so, he walks away.
His colleague who is waiting for him nearby asks him why the woman trained her sword at him. Major Ellis says that the woman hates the British from the bottom of her heart.
Worried for Laxmi Bai, Gangadhar Rao orders Raghunath and Pradhan Mantri to search the entire kingdom. He too sets out in search of Laxmi Bai.
Gangadhar Rao finally spots Laxmi Bai at a temple on the outskirts of the kingdom. He approaches her after the puja and asks her to return to the palace. However, Laxmi Bai says that her presence is of no significance to the palace anymore.
Hurt with her words, Gangadhar Rao implores her to be a part of his happiness. He says that he will be overjoyed if she approves the alliance from Kanpur. Though completed distressed, Laxmi Bai decides to return to the palace with him for 24 hours.
At the palace, the prospective bride is presented with gifts. Gangadhar Rao asks Laxmi Bai if she has approved of the alliance.
Laxmi Bai is left with no answer. Will Gangadhar Rao marry again?
Gangadhar Rao asks Laxmi Bai if she has approved of the alliance that has come from Kanpur. Laxmi Bai is completely distraught thinking that Gangadhar Rao plans to marry again.
The pandit calls for the groom. The groom enters from the other side while Gangadhar Rao comes from the opposite one. Laxmi Bai is shocked to see Gangadhar Rao standing beside her and not with the bride. She turns to find Nanasaheb in the groom's place.
Laxmi Bai heaves a sigh of relief and asks Gangadhar Rao why he was playing a cruel joke on her. Gangadhar Rao smiles and asks her how she could even imagine that he planned to marry again when he had a loving wife like her. But Laxmi Bai is still upset and runs away crying.
Gangadhar Rao tries to make up to her in every way. He sends a toddler into Laxmi Bai's chamber with a letter apologizing to her. Laxmi Bai reads the letter expressing her husband's undying love and respect for her. However, she continues to be displeased.
Nanasaheb comes into her chamber and sternly asks her the reason behind her distraught look. Laxmi Bai says that the strained relationship with her husband is the reason. Nanasahed reprimands Laxmi Bai for not making up to a loving and caring husband like Gangadhar Rao. He adds that Gangadhar Rao had visited Kanpur to convince Lord Dalhousie to release Samar Singh and Karma. Laxmi Bai is shocked to hear this and realizes that she had completely misunderstood Gangadhar Rao.
Later, dressed in royal finery, Laxmi Bai enters the marriage hall much to the delight of Gangadhar Rao. She lovingly casts a glance at him. Gangadhar Rao too reciprocates through his eyes. The following day, Gangadhar Rao announces in court that Laxmi Bai will attend all court proceedings hence forth and that all her administrative powers were being conferred back on her.
Gangadhar Rao announces in court that the idol of Ganapati will be consecrated by Laxmi Bai in the palace . Laxmi Bai is overjoyed.
Major Ellis strategizes with his subordinate on tackling Jhansi. He says that it was important for them to win back the confidence of the king and queen of Jhansi. He adds that the first step was to return them their administrative powers.
Just then, an officer arrives and informs Major Ellis that Nelson was creating trouble in Jhansi. He tells him that Nelson is brutally beating up and killing all those who are celebrating Ganeshotsav.
Major Ellis immediately rushes to the place and reprimands Nelson for his cruel act. He orders him to back off and not create any tension in Jhansi that will lead to a revolt situation. Nelson refuses to take orders from Ellis and asks him why he sympathizes with Indians. Major Ellis, however, sternly orders him to leave at once. Nelson sees red and decides to report about Major Ellis to Fort William.
Meanwhile, the news of the atrocities of a British officer reaches Laxmi Bai who is in the marketplace with Sundar to choose an idol of Lord Ganesha. Laxmi Bai rushes to the place. However, Nelson has left by then. Laxmi Bai sees Major Ellis and mistakes him to be the officer responsible for the atrocities. She gives him a piece of her mind and threatens him to not disrupt the festivities. She does not even give Major Ellis an opportunity to clarify himself. Major Ellis is left dumfounded with Laxmi Bai's bravery and confidence.
Ganeshotsav celebrations at the palace begin. Dai maa arrives with her grand daughter to meet the Queen.
After the aarti, a guard informs Gangadhar Rao that their spy has informed that the Britishers are about to take over Sambhalpur as the King there is dead. Everyone is shocked to hear the news. Laxmi Bai too is taken aback and accidentally steps on a plate of kumkum. The kumkum in the plate falls on a diya thus extinguishing it. The gathering notices that bad omen.
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