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A woman is not just the flesh she has as heart as big as the sky.

She is the suffering of centuries with a dream that is unanswered.

A dream that is unanswered.

Fearing the preying hawks, must she sit shivering inside the nest?

Must a bird that has speard its wings fight for her right to fly in the sky?

Must she fight for her right to fly... ?!

Emotions that will not die wish for an unbiased life to live.

Together on the path to equality why is burning coal spilled at our feet!

Why is burning coal spilled at our feet!

A woman is not just the flesh

she has a heart as big as the sky.

Princess...

Why princess,

what happened?

Amruthamathi is more beautiful than all beauty!

Like a peacock with its feathers spread wide,

like a bird soaring in the sky with its wings speard wide!

also like...

Enough!

Susheela, enough with your flattery!

This is your daily chore and only song!

But...

I have neither the

peacock feathers or

a bird's wings!

This is my daily dose of truth!

But...

when you have a palace, why do you need these feathers?

A palace musn't become a prison!

In the lust filled imprisonment,

happiness should not be suffocated to death!

That is why...

I need those feathers and wings.

What are you saying princess,

I don't undertsand any of it!

Yes...

as you can walk freely outside the palace.

You will not understand the words inside my heart Susheela.

Since you are so sure of that,

then why should I try hard to understand!

Still I will say this...

This red velvette beauty,

looks so beautiful!

The glow of this red velvette...

must be liked by the prince, Susheela?!

Red...

mostly pricks into the eyes.

I don't understand all of that!

Its almost time...

your king...

prince Yashodhara arrives.

I will leave now princess.

Come Yashodhara,

come.

Come my son, sit down.

I summoned you here,

to discuss a very important matter with you.

Henceforth you must,

take charge of the administration.

Say something Yashodhara,

We can't look for meaning in silence.

Also silence,

cannot be a substitute for consent.

Yes father,

mother is very right.

My silence is not consent.

The throne is never a comfortable seat!

Inspite of that,

you cannot avoid taking your place on it!

I must be released!

Does that mean...

I must be shackeld.

Governing a state isn't being shackled Yashodara...

It is authority on administration

My time is coming to an end...

your time is dawning!

Don't entrap me like a prey

in the web of time father!

It's not like that Yashodara.

Sooner or later...

you must grace the throne.

If you consent,

I will find an auspisious time

and I will coronate you.

Instead of pressuring him to immediately decide,

give him some time!

A seed that is sown must grow to become a plant.

In his private chambers,

Amruthamathi is waiting for her Yashodara!

Just like you used to wait for me!

Oh, what are you saying?!

He is speaking with love and desire mother!

I shall take your leave now.

Amruthamathi...

Oh,

my prince!

There is nothing as beautiful

as you look in the ornamentation of all this jewellery.

I prefer my natural beauty,

why do I need these ornaments?!

Only for you... !

Just for a single glance from you!

I must adorn it everyday!

Once you have seen it, I can only disregard it!

Don't be sad Amruthamathi.

The experience of pleasure in our private chambers,

begins with your ornamentation!

When the private chambers have no reason for beautification!

there will be true pleasure!

When true pleasure isn't there, these chambers become lust pits!

Oh no,

it's not like that Amruthamathi.

If flowers didn't bloom,

what purpose would bees have!

You mean to say...

flowers have to bloom for the bees...

not cause it wants to?!

This is not the time for a debate Amruthamathi!

Wait, I shall be back!

Here, take this veena...

now sing!

Please me with some excellent music!

Music cannot be classified as excellent or adequate!

If you insist I must sing,

I shall sing a folk song that I like!

No need!

You must sing a song that I like!

Oh... !

Royal decrees in private chambers...

what irony this is!

This isn't ironic,

It is the taste that suit's the palace!

A crow can never compare to a cuckoo!

You understanding is flawed.

Please do not create a divide between...

a cuckoo and a crow!

Without crows...

cuckoos would never survive!

An egg laid by the cuckoo,

is incubated and hatched by a crow...

not the cuckoo itself!

This co-dependant synergy.

is exemplary!

Exemplary, exemplary!

You who cannot satisfy the desires of prince as his princess,

have no right to talk about exemplary conduct!

I am not princess or a queen... !

Then what are you?!

Woman

A woman...

First and foremost I'm a woman!

If you are a woman,

I am a man...

your husband!

Is it not?!

Yes!

You are a man!

I am a woman!

Your are my husband,

and I am your wife!

That is why...

in our private chambers...

instead of being kings and queens,

let us be husband and wife!

Come...

Sit!

Please sit!

Don't mind that I didn't say 'Take a seat' as per etiquette!

Now, I will sing a song of my liking!

I will be back soon!

Happiness...

where is it...

where is it enough for everyone!

Happiness... happiness... !

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

This world is filled with sorrows every which way!

This world is filled with sorrows every which way!

One has to repent for the sins one committed...

one has to repent for the sins one committed,

instead... why does one get annoyed with god!?

Why does one get annoyed with god!?

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

A truthful man was King Harishchandra,

he had to sell his wife and kids,

to settle all his debts!

As an undertaker, he guarded a graveyard!

A truthful man was King Harishchandra,

but for his wife Chandramathi... !

But for his wife Chandramathi...

where was her share of happiness?!

Where was her share of happiness?!

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

To keep his father's word, Lord Sri Ram

went to live in the forest for fourteen years!

Lord Ram suffered a lot when he lost Sita,

Lord Sri Ram suffered a lot!

But for his wife Sita...

but for his wife Sita,

where was her share of happiness?!

Where was her share of happiness?!

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

Because of the deceit of the Kauravas...

the Pandavas had to leave their kingdom, wealth and suffer!

They faced every humiliation inflicted on them,

They faced every humiliation inflicted upon them,

But for their wife Draupadi...

but for their wife Draupadi,

where was her share of happiness?!

Where was her share of happiness?!

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

This world is filled with sorrows every which way!

One has to repent for the sins one committed...

instead, why does one get annoyed with god!?

Why does one get annoyed with god!

Amruthamathi....

Amruthamathi?!

Oh please come mother-in-law,

please be seated.

Put being seated to the side...

firstly, in this palace...

learn how you must properly address each person!

What is it...

that you are trying to say!

Instead of mother-in-law...

address her properly as 'Queen mother'.

Oh...

the language of authority... !

Also...

what is my dear son doing... ?

Your 'dear son' is taking a bath.

I too came to speak to you about taking a bath.

On the occasion of the festival,

the maids give you a fragrant leaf-oil bath!

But you have refused to have it done!

I came to acquaint you with the norms and practices of the palace

so that you don't embarce us.

Even baths must be bound to norms and practices, do they?!

Why do you feel it as being bound Amruthamathi?!

See it as a tradition!

Think of it as the class and sophistication of the palace.

Please don't relate a bath,

with class and sophistication!

Let me bathe as per my wish,

and keep my dignity as well!

If we stay here any longer...

we might loose our dignity!

Come, lets just leave!

Amruthamathi,

I heard the queen mother's voice.

If they came into our private chambers...

it must have been important, what is it?!

She instructed I must...

take the fragrant leaf-oil bath by the maids hands

as per palace custom!

She has instructed you correctly!

A swan must only swim in a lake with lotus flowers.

That must be the swan's choice,

it must not me forced upon her!

Susheela...

Susheela... ?!

Susheela!

What is it princess?

I was headed out to participate in the festival fair.

Is it...

that's great!

I too shall come with you.

You... coming with me?!

How can that be princess?!

Why...

can't I,

appreciated art like everyone esle!

Not like everyone else!

You must only appeciate it, as is approprite for a princess.

Yes Amruthamathi,

you are a princess!

So you must act and behave appropriately!

In this grand wealthy palace...

you must conduct yourself properly!

The palace has its own rules and regulations

we all have to uphold it.

You are not allowed to step out of the palace

You can not stand on the streets!

You must only see it from here!

Princess!

The palace is always been this way princess...

please don't feel sad!

Susheela...

couldn't I just have been you?!

Even if you could have been me,

could I ever be you princess?!

What is this, Amruthamathi?

Why are there tears in your eyes!

Just because I am named Amruthamathi,

will nectar flow in place of tears?!

Tell me what happened, Amruthamathi,

why are you hurting so much?!

When only flesh is given importance to,

will the heart laugh

instead of hurting?!

Why can't you just be clear in what you say?!

If the words of the heart...

were understood by the mind,

there would be no need to explain it all!

Amruthamathi...

stop talking like you want to incite my anger!

tell me what happened!

I cannot go outside of the palace!

I can't see or share the celebration of the festival with everyone!

I have had enough of this locked up life!

This place only has suffering!

Wrong!

Amruthamathi, your understanding is wrong!

This is not a place of suffering!

These chambers are where you must laugh and play like a peacock!

Are these my private chambers or my morgue?

Amruthamathi!

What happened Yashodhara,

why did you scream like that?

'Screamed like that'!?

It's nothing like that mother!

Your words sound strange to me!

Didn't you just now scream 'Amruthamathi'?!

Oh no... !

Where did I scream... ?!

I just whispered 'Amruthamathi'

that is it!

'Whispered'?!

I can't understand any of this!

Why should you understand the wishpers of their private chambers?!

If Amruthamathi understands it, that is enough!

Come now...

what business do we have in their private chambers?!

Let us go to our private chambers!

Amruthamathi...

Susheela,

please give the dance attire to your princess!

I wish to see your dance,

Hence, I have fetched this attire

go on, adorn it!

Amruthamathi!

What have you done?!

What has happened to you?!

Don't you have any sense about grooming??

I don't need to be groomed like a corpse!

Amruthamathi!

Groomed like a corpse!

Groomed like a corpse?!

Look here,

tell me this... ?!

Can Amruthamathi act like this?!

Why are you flusthered?!

What did Amruthamathi do?!

Amruthamathi in her private chambers...

Why do you present

matters of their private chambers in our's?

Why can't you stay in our private chambers alone?!

First listen to what I am saying!

Yashodhara asked Amruthamathi

to adorn the dance attire

and perform for him!

Amurthamath instead flung the dress to the ground...

and inturn insulted him!

The handmaid informed me of this issue!

Come...

let us go immediately

and give Amruthamathi some sound advice!

It's not right to enter their private chambers at night!

Besides, acting on the words of a handmaid isn't appropriate!

Why isn't it appropriate!

I've already warned her

if I realise that all of this is baseless gossip

I would remove her from her job!

I am the Queen mother!

I shall go and give Amruthamathi a good piece of my mind!

I too shall come... !

Amruthamathi...

why are you acting like this?!

You took the dance attire

and flung it to the ground!

Also you have been arguing with Yashodhara?!

That... Amruthamathi!

I will explain.

Who told you about this mother?!

The handmaid, Susheela!

Then you should be advising

handmaid Susheela...

and not Amruthamathi!

I too said the exact same thing!

The people listen to everything I say,

but my wife never does!

Look mother!

Amruthamathi wanted to pleasure me with a dance performance,

she angered on the handmaid wanting a more beautiful attire!

That is why she flung the dress to ground!

Is her desire to please me wrong?!

Is her anger towards the handmaid wrong!

Oh no!

How could that be wrong?!

Both incidents are acceptable.

There is no question of wrong doing!

Then, please do not repeat the mistake of entering our chambers again!

Can we be on our way, Chandramathi!

You have protected the sanctity of our chambers...

I could have...

expressed my feeling a bit more softly.

Even refusal,

could have been better presented!

Please forgive me!

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Where is she, my witty girl?!

A heart that is both present and it isn't.

A dream that is both seen and it isn't.

A heart that is both present and it isn't.

A dream that is both seen and it isn't.

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Inside these stables,

I looked for a soothing rythm.

Just like you would build a house,

with no foundation to hold it up!

In an illusionary house,

I dared to have a dream!

In an illusionary house,

I dared to have a dream!

Like you would touch a wounded heart!

Like you would touch a heart,

touch a wounded heart!

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

My witty girl, to sweat hard at work...

is the true way of life.

To be the horse that carries

the dreams of many strangers!

All of the land

is painted in blood...

all of the land is painted in blood!

Where are the fruits of all the hard labour?!

The fruits...

Where are the fruits of hard labour!

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Where is she, my witty girl?!

A heart that is both present and it isn't.

A dream that is both seen and it isn't.

A heart that is both present and it isn't.

A dream that is both seen and it isn't.

Amruthamathi... ?

What happened to you?

Why are you standing near the door?

That...

song...

Song... !

Song... ?

Which song?

Whose song?

Can't you just unravel these riddles and speak straight forward?!

I heard a song from outside!

and it woke me up.

Wanting to maybe here it a bit closer

I came near the door!

Don't be the bird that,

that flies out to a strangers song, Amruthamathi!

Without going out the bird can't fly, my prince!

It can't flap its wings inside the cage!

Stop playing meaningless games...

with mindless invalid words,

and come quietly to sleep!

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Where is she, my witty girl?!

A heart that is both present and it isn't.

A dream that is both seen and it isn't.

Amruthamathi...

A heart that is both present and it isn't.

A dream that is both seen and it isn't.

Amruthamathi... ?!

Oh, my prince!

When did you come!

I came just now,

when you were lost in your thoughts!

A deep thought seems to have...

flooded you entire mind!?

Yes...

that song!

It has filled my mind like a raging river!

Song?

Which song?!

It is...

it is...

Oh... !

I understand now!

It is the song of our love,

that always flows in your heart!

You still seem to be enchanted by it!

I have many royal duties!

I shall go now to attend to them!

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Father...

why are you sitting here like this!

Your faces look like the sky that is darkened with clouds!

The sky is darkened with clouds!

Also the land hasn't grown after sowing seeds!

I'm worried about you my son!

No matter what you told us yesterday,

I only saw smoke in your smile.

Was there any peace later in the night?!

Mother...

we as a couple are journeying in boat of happiness that cannot be described!

Our sky isn't darkened with clouds!

or is it the land that hasn't grown after sowing seeds!

Ours is the tranquility of land and sky combined!

My sweet son!

Father...

don't we have a meeting with our ministers?!

Shall we get going then!

We are going...

you don't go to the private chambers of Amruthamathi

and create another false accusation fiasco!

Come on.

Ministers....

the people in our kingdom,

must never see us as tormentors of the masses!

You must understand and implement,

our people friendly policies

and wellfare programes.

So it shall be, my lord!

If you understand father's desires...

there will be great relations between the people and the administration!

We must never be the hawks that hunt helpless birds!

We must be the protectors of equality and prosperity!

We will comply with each and every

aspect of your desires, my lord!

You must keep an eye on every aspect of our kingdom

and regularly intimate us of all necessary information.

As you wish my lord!

Princess...

Susheela!

I wanted to summon for you...

I have come before you could.

Please..

don't remove me from my job.

What do you mean by that?

Be more elaborate.

I told the queen mother about

you having thrown away the dance attire.

Please don't remove me from the job for this mistake!

Susheela,

do this one task in complete secracy...

and you can keep your job.

I will do it with my head bowed,

tell me what is the task princess... !

Last night...

from the direction of the servant quaters,

some unknown man...

was singing beautifully!

Please find out who it was!

This is not that big a task... !

I shall figure it out immediately!

Susheela!

I've lost my heart!

This is a secret... !

Do not speak of it to anyone.

Do not go about town annoucing it to everyone!

So be it, princess.

What is this secret my princess?!

You asked your handmaid not to annouce it to everyone!

It is...

it... !

It is not that big a secret!

Do not hide anything from me, Amruthamathi.

You're the one who called our private chamber a morgue.

Now don't turn it into a chamber of secrets.

It's not like that!

It...

it is... !

It is just that,

I happened to vomit, that's all!

This is what I called a secret, that's it!

You having vomitted,

does it qualify as a secret!

Does it mean...

How can this become a secret!!

This is to be celebrated!

We must distribute sweets to everyone in the palace for this!

No need...

definitely no!

I do not like this news

to become common knowledge!

To live in tune with you likes and dislikes...

is inevitable for me!

But I have to share this with my parents.

I shall get going!

Prince...

Prince... !

Mother...

Mother!

What is it Yashodhara??

You are dashing in here screaming 'mother'!

Nothing has happened, has it?!

Something has happened father, it has happened

What disaster has occurred, my son?

The time has neared for a kid to play in your lap.

A kid for your mother!

Without my knowledge!

What is this strange calamity?!

Its not like that father!

Amruthamathi has concieved

Hence I said a kid would soon play in mother's lap!

Is it so my son!

You have brought truly good news.

My long-time dream has finally come true!

I must see Amruthamathi,

shall we go right away?

I too shall come!

What will you come and do there?!

What will you go and do there?!

I will advice Amruthamathi on certain things,

and I shall listen to them.

You're not the one who is pregnant!

I can't keep waiting till I become pregnant!

Go on, I too shall come!

Amruthamathi....

I'm overjoyed and elated!

I shall summon the midwife right away!

She will tell you how you must be from now onwards!

Midwife?!

What is the hurry queen mother?!

We could wait awhile before we summon her, right?!

Delays aren't appropriate in celebartion Amruthamathi!

Still father...

why do things that Amruthamathi isn't comfortable with!

A little delay, won't cause any disaster!

Oh,

as soon as the princess has concieved,

the prince seems to have birthed new qualities!

I shall delay the summoning of the midwife...

but!

To everyone in the palace...

I shall immediately distribute sweets!

Even that need not be hurried,

is my request queen mother.

Let us delay all of this for a little while.

But...

let the delivery not be delayed!

My darling!

Let me see them off and be back.

Susheela, wait!

Where are you off to?

I will go wherever I want,

why do you need to know?!

I want to know!

Just tell me!

I know why you are asking!

You spy for the palace,

and you long to find a new secret from anywhere!

Yes, I'm a spy.

But that doesn't mean,

I am a voyeur...

who invades everyone's privacy!

Go wherever it is you are going to.

Last night our princess,

heard someone singing from this direction.

I have to find out who that was.

Finding out things is my job!

I know who the singer is.

It was Ashtavanka, the caretaker of the royal horses

he was singing last night.

Look there,

that's his quaters.

Go and enquire if you want.

Thank you very much.

I shall go and talk to him now.

Ashtavanka...

was it you that was singing last night?!

Why are you asking about that?!

Has the palace ruled that we must not sing?!

It's nothing like that.

Was it you who sang?! Tell me the truth!

Yes, it was me that sang!

Don't lie to me!

To lie to you...

I don't live in the palace!

That behaviour is reserved for your kind!

Don't talk ill of about the palace!

How else am I supposed to talk?

Those in the know say, the palace is a place of deceit!

If you keep talking like this, they will take away your job!

Do you mean, you will go and report me to the palace?!

Oh no, I won't do anything like that!

Both you and I are servants...

I will never go and report you unnecessarily!

This is what integrity should be like!

With this same integrity let me tell you again,

I sing every now and then to cheer myself up.

That is all I want!

I will immediately go and tell the princess!

Princess... ?!

Princess?!

Ashtavanka...

A handmaid was just here,

You know, the princess's closest aide

Susheela!

Why was she here?

She asked if I was the one who sang last night,

I said yes!

She said she will go and inform the princess and left!

Song...

Princess?!

Princess.... song?!

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Where is she, my witty girl?!

A heart that is both present and it isn't. Princess...

Oh Susheela!

What happened to the task I gave you?

The song you heard,

was sung by Ashtavanka, the caretaker of our horses.

Oh really?

I must see him...

don't waste time, bring him here immediately!

Whom should she bring here immediately?!

Are you instructing Susheela to summon the midwife?!

You had told queen mother to delay everything?!

Susheela,

Listen to what the princess told you,

Go at once and bring the midwife here.

Oh my!

What is the urgency?

This is not about urgency,

it is about joy

and about what is necessary

also about what is inevitable!

Once you have concieved,

you must exercise proper care.

Susheela...

as per the princess's order leave immediately!

My prince,

you sit and relax, I will go and

and give proper instructions to the handmaid.

What 'proper instructions' will you give to the handmaid.

The midwife must come and give you the proper instructions.

Certain things...

men will never understand!

Neither can we tell you about it!

You please relax, I will be back soon!

Susheela!

It's good you came princess!

I didn't know what to do next!

I didn't understand anything!

That is why I came!

The other day,

when I told you not to go about town annoucing everything!

The prince heard it and

and asked me what that was!

To hide the Ashtavanka issue,

I told him I happened to vomit!

He mistook that as me having concieved.

Now when I said

bring Ashtavanka here,

he has mistaken that I asked you to bring the midwife here!

That is what happened!

Then...

what am I supposed to do princess?!

We have to bring the midwife and have her reveal the truth!

Otherwise...

I won't be surprised if they,

start to worry that I didn't give birth after having vomited!

Before bringing the midwife here,

if I fail to inform the queen mother then it will be my fault!

I won't be able to escape persecution!

Hence...

let me first inform the queen mother,

and then bring the midwife princess.

Okay,

do that then!

What, she wants to summon the midwife?

She asked me to delay everything, when I said the same thing.

It was the prince who told to, queen mother.

If it was the prince,

he must have understood it well.

What will men understand about pregnancy.

Pregnancy is

not exclusively a female achievment.

you keep quite.

Okay enough!

Susheela,

you may leave now.

go and bring the midwife here.

Oh...

Susheela!

Please come!

Come and sit down.

You have come after such a long time,

someone must have concieved.

Someone has become pregnant without concieving!

Who is that great wonder?!

It's none other than our princess.

Princess... ?!

How did she become pergnant without concieving?!

This is so strange!

What actually happened is,

trying to hide something...

the princess

said she happened to vomit.

Now the prince, king and queen mother

all believe that the princess is pregnant.

You are the palace's midwife,

they sent me here to bring you to came and take a look.

Wealth is seldom wisdom...

this is just another example!

There's no reason for worry,

I will manage everything.

Come, let's go.

Oh... !

Please come, mother

Please come, father!

We have already come here son.

But now both you

and your father

must go and wait outside!

What's your problem if we stay in here?

This is not your royal court!

Quietly wait outside!

Oh... !

This is a ladies forum,

not a public court!

I yeild.

But...

just cause only women are inside here,

how can this be called a morgue?!

You could just issue a royal proclaimation!

What an amazing idea!

Why can't we just do that?!

Father...

this is not a time for jokes.

Quite right...

this is the time for midwifery!

Realise that and wait outside!

Come my son!

What do we have to do in midwifery?

Yes father, please come.

Princess...

let's go inside.

I will see if you have concieved!

You must examine her properly!

I will queen mother!

What are they, examining the pregnancy

or are they waiting to deliver the baby?!

What is taking so long?!

Father why are you so restless when I am not?!

What's taking so much time, what has happened to the midwife?!

Nothing has happened to the midwife, queen mother.

It is our princess that it has happened to!

Shut your mouth!

Even I know that.

Just to confirm a conception does it take this long,

tell me that?!

What do I know,

about pregnancy queen mother?!

Get married, you will come to know!

Midwife...

all well and good, isn't it!?

Queen mother,

nothing has happened to the womb.

Do you mean...

there is no fear of a miscarriage!?

Only if there was conception,

there could be a miscarriage!

Does that mean...

then when is the conception going to be?!

That I don't know!

My work begins after conception,

not before!

I know that very well!

Walk...

Enough!

Enough with the laughter,

Before your queen mother misunderstands,

go quickly and join her!

What happened, what happened?!

The delivery happened!

This early.. ? Still its good news!

What miracle did you do?!

There is no good news or miracle!

The midwife said it is highly doubtful that

the princess has concieved!

She also said the vomit might have happened for some other reason!

Yes my king.

as he yearns for a child, the prince

has mistook the reason for the princess's vomit!

Then, what will happen next?!

That is left upto them.

You keep quiet and come.

Take this Susheela,

give it to the midwife.

I shall do so this very day, princess.

Finally we have managed to evade one big problem!

The truth from the midwife

did a lot of good for us!

But...

now it looks like I lied... !

You never told anyone that you had concieved,

you said you had vomited.

For some people,

vomiting can mean only one thing!

What can we do about it?

Let that be...

that day,

you haven't fulfilled the Ashtavanka task.

Now you forget about the vomit!

I shall forget about the vomit,

you forget about Ashtavanka.

Why...

Why shoud I forget it?!

Ashtavanka is not good looking!

He is ugly!

Do not try to make any comparisions

between ugliness and talented voices Susheela!

Uglyness and beauty

are subjective to the beholders vision!

Let that be!

How does Ashtavanka look?

Tell me that!

His eyebrows are like a dense bushes

his eyes bulge out as he stares at you,

and his clothes, I can't even talk about them!

All together...

as far as I am concerned,

Ashtavanka is ugly looking!

However he may look...

in his music...

there is pleasure!

I am sick of this

lust imprisonment!

What... what do you mean by that princess?!

I...

want Ashtavanaka!

Ashtavanka?

Yes Susheela,

in his song..

I see a way out of here!

I am your handmaid,

still...

I request you to reconsider

this whole thing princess.

Though you are my handmaid,

I request you.

I...

want Ashtavanaka!

Every request from the palace,

is like an order for us princess.

Let it be,

I will follow your orders.

I shall take leave now.

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Oh Susheela...

come!

Sit down.

The princess has sent this

bag of money for you.

This is a reward for merely speaking the truth?

How strange!

By the way,

why did the princess lie about it?

I don't know all that

I have to go and meet Ashtavanka now

I'll leave now

Stop there... !

I mean,

are you off to meet Ashtavanka?

What work do you have with him?

It is...

it...

It is...

the princess wants to learn horse riding!

Why should you or I be concerned about that... ?!

If the princess wants to learn horse riding,

do you have to go and summon him?

Or-else would you go and tell him, then?

The horse is not pregnant

so, you can't convey the good news!!!

Only I can go and summon the riding lessons.

I'll get going now!

Ashtavanka.... ?

Oh...

It is you?!

Why did you stop there?

Come sit

It's okay, come sit

What...

You were here just two days ago

You have come here again?

I wanted to go and see the horse

Horse?

But Ashtavanka is there to look after the horse!?

That the reason I'm going there

Oh!

So for you horses means Ashtavanka?

You could say that!

That must mean,

there's something going between you two.

This is not good,

I will inform the palace!

It is for palace duty that I'm going to see Ashtavanka

The princess wishes to learn horse riding

Hence, we need the horse and Ashtavanka!

I'll leave now

Hey Susheela!

Wait!

I mean...

If the princess wishes to learn horse riding,

the prince would've ordered us to summon Ashtavanka

I suspect something's up.

Who do you suspect?

Who else... ?!

It's you!

Why do you suspect me?

Ashtavanka, isn't handsome like you

neither is he a match to you.

I'll get going now...

Hey...

What brings you here again?

Is this another test to see if I was the singer?!

Not at all

I've come with some good news for you

What good news can a caretaker of horses get?!

Okay...

tell me what it is!

The news is th...

Around here,

there are eyes and ears everywhere!

We must be very careful.

Nobody is careless around here,

just tell me what is the news!

That...

it is...

the princess wishes to learn horse riding

So what am I to do about it?

You have to come and teach her.

Why?!

Isn't the prince there to teach her?

The prince has many royal matters to attend to.

And I...

have to attend to matters regarding horses

Teaching to ride, is also matter regarding horses!

So come and meet with the princess

But I...

I'm afraid!

The minute you step into the palace,

your fears will run away!

Shut up and come!

This is the order of the princess

If it's an order,

I have to come, right?!

Princess!

Princess!

Princess...

He is the singer, Ashtavanka.

Ashtavanka!

I lost my heart to your song

and have surrendered myself!

Hearing your voice...

I have become a garland for your neck!

Please adorn this garland that is mesmerized by your voice!

Quench this thirst in me that was born,

not even having seen your physical form!

I want you to sing forever

and I must be serenaded by listening to you!

For you...

my body and sould must yearn

Princess!

The prince is coming!

What are we to do now!!

Ashtavanka,

you please go and hide!

Fast!

Ashtavanka...

you go and hide there!

What is this...

how come you're back earlier than usual?

As the dream of you being pregnant

was shattered and lost to me!

I could not concentrate, on my royal duties

so I returned early?

Please don't worry about that dear.

The lamp of our loving marriage,

will be lit by the fuse of our love...

and the lamp will shine!

Optimism is always good

wait...

I shall change clothes and be back,

Please do change,

discard this princely attire

and come out as my loving husband.

Ashtavanka...

come!

Leave right away!

Ashtavanka!

Why Ashtavanka, what happened?

Why are you so dull?

I don't know what...

dark clouds seem to have engulfed my heart

but there is no rain though... !

But the thunder and lightening do not stop

Why did this happen?

Did something unexpected happen?

I can't understand if it was expected or unexpected!

But,

my inside are boiling like

a molten stone that fell into water!

Is this happening after Susheela's visit?

Even you know of Susheela's visit?

She herself told me that she was coming to see you.

That the princess wishes to learn horse riding,

and hence she would have to summon Ashtavanka.

Horse riding....

Look Ashtavanka,

please listen to me.

I...

you...

and Susheela,

are all loyal servants of this palace

To follow the royal's orders.

is our duty.

Just the other day,

the princess lied unnecessarily,

and used me to reveal the truth!

Now,

under the pretext of learning horse riding

she has sent Susheela to you.

Without informing the prince,

she has sent the handmaid directly to you.

That is why,

to learn the actual truth...

I came directly to you!

We should always be on our guard!

Ok, I'll leave for now.

Come Susheela!

I was waiting for you...

Please tell me princess,

I have to go and see Ashtavanka!

You have make arrangements for that.

Let it be,

as you command!

It is not a command Susheela...

it is my desire!

You have to bring it to fruition!

Take these coins!

Take it Susheela!

Why the hesitance?

No princess,

please no!

I don't want this name Susheela...

to be dragged through more mud.

Spare me Princess!

I am your humble servant,

your handmaid...

I will always fulfill your every desire!

I shall again convey your wish to Ashtavanka,

I shall take your leave now, princess.

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Where is she, my witty girl?!

A heart that is both present and it isn't.

A dream that is both seen and it isn't.

A heart that is both present and it isn't.

A dream that is both seen and it isn't.

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse, oh horse...

Oh horse oh... !

Where is she, my witty girl?!

Say something, Ashtavanka!

Say something!

This is the princess's desire!

The princess...

with a servant?!

I cannot comprehend this, Susheela!

In such matters,

her being a princess,

and you a servant doesn't matter, Ashtavanka

This is...

about the heart that is beyond all of that!

I'm anxious to say "yes"

but to say "no"

I lack the courage.

Anxiety is only until she arrives

then, it's only joy!

I'm being crushed between desires and discomfort.

I know how to take care of horses...

but not how to dream!

I'm unable to even think!

Once the princess is fallen for you, that is it Ashtavanka!

But even then she...

is not showing her power on you!

She's only showing you the love in her heart.

Desire is like a bird,

please understand Ashtavanka!

Tonight I will...

escort the princess through the back door

not seen by anyone!

What do you have to say?

Say yes!

Susheela....

Come, princess...

let us go through the backdoor

Ashtavanka....

Amruthamathi...

Amruthamathi... ?!

Amruthamathi!

Where did you go, Amruthamathi?

I was standing on the balcony to watch the sunrise!

Is there anything special about this morning?!

I felt as though the heavy clouds have lifted

and the rains refreshed my heart!

That is what made it special.

If you had woken me up,

I too would have come with.

To view nature's beauty,

a forceful awakening isn't right my prince!

Moreover,

must I be in princely protection to view a sunrise?

What is this,

I encounter you every time I go this way?!

I too wanted to ask you the same question!

Anyways,

is the princess learning to ride the horse all day and night?!

Why do you ask?

I know everything,

don't try to hide anything from me.

There is nothing to hide!

Please try to understand my predicament as well!

I'm the handmaid of the princess.

I'm the servant to the prince!

I have to serve the princess!

I have to serve the prince!

Hence we both must serve... !

That is why...

do not unravel that which is hidden!

Let it be...

but be very vigilant!

Don't lose control and go astray!

Honorable minister,

due to father's old age

he is handing me the administrative duties one at a time.

There must be no dissatisfaction amongst our people!

Hunger must never come near them!

There must be no chance of torment!

We must know that hunger and torment are our sworn enemies.

This clearly is my message!

Do you understand?

I understand my lord!

I shall treat your message

as your royal decree!

You may take leave now.

My lord...

What's the matter?

Please forgive my intrution... !

I am... your servant.

Me being a servant to all my people is the main agenda of my governance.

Please don't hesitate to speak your mind.

What I am about to say...

must not enrage you, my lord!

In the stables...

I saw the princess.

The princess in the stables?!

Has she gone to learn horse riding without telling me?

It's not like that my lord!

In the night....

in the stables,

along with Ashtavanka....

In the night,

with Ashtavanka... ?!

What is it... ?!

I saw Ashtavanka

and the princess...

being intimate!

What did you say!

with Ashtavanka...

This is to be a secret,

do not tell anyone.

What is the secret, my princess?

That you told your maid not to make public!?

That is...

it is...

what it is, is...

I vomited, that's all.

Why are you standing by the door?

I heard a song from outside...

that woke me up!

With the desire to hear it up close,

I came near the door!

What is this...

how come you're back earlier than usual?

Where did you go, Amruthamathi?

I was standing on the balcony to watch the sunrise!

If you had woken me up,

I too would have come with.

To view nature's beauty,

a forceful awakening isn't right my prince!

Moreover,

must I be in princely protection to view a sunrise?

Why are you so late?

My lord!

How long should I wait for you!!

Please don't be angry

It took time for me to evade the prince!

I don't need your explanations!

I'm not a servant you has to wait for you!

Get out of here!

What has happened inside,

oh what has happened?!

A sweet that was hidden,

has now turned bitter!

What has happened inside,

oh what has happened?!

A sweet that was hidden,

has now turned bitter!

Did it hurt...

the bitterness of the snake bite!

Did it hurt...

the bitterness of the snake bite!

The beauty of the moon,

has been shattered... !

What has happened inside,

oh what has happened?!

A sweet that was hidden,

has now turned bitter!

What and all has happened here... ?!

What has truly happened here... ?!

The thunder that sat silently inside the heart!

the lightening flashes without any sound what so ever!

Fear engulfs everything inside,

like a cloud within the heart!

Fear engulfs everything inside,

like a cloud within the heart!

A peacock with its feathers flared, shivered in fright!

What has happened inside,

oh what has happened?!

A sweet that was hidden,

has now turned bitter!

Every breath is getting hotter...

in this perilous horse ride!

A ripped heart and a broken dream...

never reached its goal.. !

The pieces of the moon...

join together again... !

The pieces of the moon...

join together again... !

A desire to shine as moonlight is seeded... !

Why...

were you not able to sleep?!

When a silent conspiracy suddenly confront's you,

sleep evades you!

When it come to royal administrations,

this is but the norm!

But why worry about a conspiracy,

in the safety of out sleeping chambers!

Why don't you sleep?

When the conspiracy sprouts from within the sleeping chambers,

how do you expect me to sleep?!

I did not understand.

Those who don't understand,

shouldn't lose sleep over it.

They must go into deep sleep.

You go to sleep now.

Amruthamathi...

Amruthamathi... ?

Oh my!

Did that hurt you, Amruthamathi?

Yes!

It did!

Oh!

Even a flower hurts you, does it?!

Surprising!

Hurt does not discrimenate between flower or fire!

Mother...

Mother!

Coming son!

Why are you so agitated?!

I had a bad dream last night!

Kings always have bad dreams,

seldom good ones!

What was the dream about?

Did someone army announce war on you?!

An army waging war...

would not agitate me!

Then what was the dream my son?

Mother...

I dreamt swan that should have swam in a lake of golden lotuses,

was swimming proudly in sweage.

I dreamt the moonlight which blooms the lotus petals,

abandon the moon and embrace the darkness.

Dear son,

this dream seems to be a bad omen!

We must search for a remedy!

We must make a sacrifice to appease the goddess.

No mother

We are the gaurdians of non violence!

I will never agree to a sacrifice for any reason!

Then let's do one thing,

let us make an animal out of dough and sacrifice that!

That won't be considered as violence.

You mean,

instead of shedding blood for a sacrifice,

the pretence of scarifice is sufficient!

No mother,

I won't agree to this either!

When I myself am being sacrificed,

we don't need any more sacrifices!

Ashtavanka...

Minister sir!

My greetings to you

You have come alone.... ?!

It was an issue I needed to address alone,

that is why I am here.

I can't even offer you

a decent place to sit!

I am not here to sit and discuss this with you.

I have come to inform and advice you.

Tell me what that is sir.

Do you know who you have angered by digging a snake pit with your songs.

A song becoming a snake pit?!

What are you saying sir?!

Your song has already become a pit

and a snake has already come to live in it!

I did not know my song would become a pit!

I didn't not sing to bring snakes into it!

I did not invite the snake!

No one invites a snake into the pit!

It is naturally drawn into it!

Henceforth...

the pit and the snake...

must be seperated!

Do you mean...

I have to stop singing?!

I am not ordering

you to stop singing!

But, just being a pit that draws in the princess...

is not right!

This has come to the knowledge of the prince.

Since he is bound to non-violence,

your life is safe for now.

From now on...

be vigilant!

Or-else,

you will have to fend for your own self!

I will be leaving now.

What did you say?!

Prince Yashodara...

has seen me with Ashtavanka??

Yes princess... !

Oh my...

What do we do now?

Even I'm unable to think of anything princess.

Still, I have a request...

Please stay away from Ashtavanka

To keep away from him,

I need not have forsaken lust and embraced pleasure.

Pleasure must not become a prison, princess?

Please forgive me princess.

I have a request...

tomorrow there is another village fair.

I want to sing there.

I want to find pleasure in my singing.

So I have to prepare for it, princess.

Hence, may I take leave now.

In my predicament of this secret having come out,

you are abandoning me.

I won't to cage your happiness in the prison of my sorrows.

Go Susheela!

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

This world is filled with sorrows every which way!

This world is filled with sorrows every which way!

One has to repent for the sins one committed...

one has to repent for the sins one committed,

instead... why does one get annoyed with god!?

Why does one get annoyed with god!?

Exemplary, exemplary!

You who cannot satisfy the desires of prince as his princess,

have no right to talk about exemplary conduct!

I came to acquaint you with the norms and practices of the palace

so that you don't embarce us.

The palace had its own rules and regulations

we all have to uphold it.

You are not allowed to step out of the palace

You can not stand on the streets!

Is this my private chambers or my morgue?

Amruthamathi!

There Ashtavanka dominates me.

Here the palace rules govern over me.

Male dominance... !

Sexual dominance... !

Dominance by the throne... !

Everything is dominating me!

Now...

now... !

After learning about Ashtavanka and me,

won't this royal family kill me!

Death...

Death!

The palace that torments with domination.

The royals who believe lust and pleasure are the same,

let death befall them.

From lust to pleasure...

from captivity to freedom...

from the body to the soul...

the way out that I have struggled to find,

let death befall me as well!

Let the flames burning my body...

be extinguished by the chilling death!

My Prince!

The prince seems to be saddened for some reason!

If I have casued this sorrow, please forgive me!

In a palace that constantly shouts orders

your silence has me quite surprised!

If wielding swords...

and wielding silence could kill,

what would be the plight of someone like me, oh prince?!

Let it go...

let me tell you some happy news.

By my own hands

I will prepare sweets tomorrow,

for you, father-in-law and mother-in-law.

I will present it to you.

After you have savoured those sweets,

we must start a new life!

Please co-operate with me.

I shall inform mother and father.

What is this princess?

So many sweets!

These are not just sweets,

they are balls of poison.

Waiting to be consumed by your

prince, king and queen mother!

These are their last sweets,

Princess,

I might be your handmaid.

still I will tell you something!

If you were to be killed,

when you were seen with Ashtavanka...

the prince would have swung his sword!

But he did not turn cruel that day!

Neither must you!

Princess,

let me say one last thing.

A while ago,

you had said why can't you be me?

If you are truly anything like me...

please listen to me... !

Then, you went to Ashtavanka in search of pleasure,

now...

you are lusting to kill!

Princess...

please remember one thing,

Amruthamathi means filled with elixir

don't be filled with poison!

I shall take leave now!

I will find happiness in our village fair!

Amruthamathi means filled with elixir

don't be filled with poison!

Amruthamathi means filled with elixir

don't be filled with poison!

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

Happiness...

where is it enough for everyone!

Amruthamathi,

Amruthamathi!

When I heard of your invite from my son...

I was elated!

To prepare and serve these sweets by your own hands,

is there any special reason... ?!

How can you ask for the reason straight away,

Amruthamathi has always been...

very shy and complicated!

She might reveal it later... !

Let us wait for awhile!

Yes mother... !

First let us taste these sweets!

Later Amruthamathi,

might tell us her good news!

Very true... !

Come mother... !

Come father... !

Dear son...

you must taste the sweets first!

Because...

Amruthamathi might

tell us a good news concerning you!

You might need to summon the midwife... !

Take it.

Take it!

Don't eat it!

Poison!

Its poison!

Poison...

It's all poisoned!

Amruthamathi!

What has happened to you?!

What are you doing?!

These jewellery and grooming...

let it all die in this...

Morgue!

Amruthamathi!

Are they superior... or are you superior... ?!

Who is superior... and who is inferior... ?!

Is man above all or the sky above all...

or is the shining sun above us all!

Up and above, up and above....

who is above whom?!

Is man above all or the sky above all...

or is the shining sun above us all!

Is the day superior...

or the nights superior?!

Is the day superior...

or the nights superior?!

Or is it the moonlight

in the night, that is superior?!

Are they superior...

or are you superior... ?!

Who is superior... and who inferior,

Who is superior?!

Up and above, up and above....

who is above whom who is superior to whom?!

Is the blacksmith superior to the burning metal?!

Is the carpenter superior to the wood?

Up and above, up and above....

who is superior to whom?!

Is the cart maker superior to the cart!

Is the cart maker superior to the cart!

Is the whip superior to the oxen that pulls the cart?!

Is the land that we seed superior...

or is the rain god superior to the people of the state?!

Are they superior...

or are you superior... ?!

Who is superior... and who inferior,

Who is superior?!

Up and above, up and above....

who is above whom who is superior to whom?!

Those who said they know everything...

have all died and been buried!

Up and above, up and above....

who is superior to whom?!

Those who claimed to be better than others...

Those who claimed to be better than others,

have all fallen and failed to climb back up

Those who said they were superior to all others...

have all been bested and flipped up and over!

Are they superior...

or are you superior... ?!

Who is superior... and who inferior,

Who is superior?!

Is man above all or the sky above all...

or is the shining sun above us all!

Is the day superior...

or the nights superior?!

Is the day superior...

or the nights superior?!

Or is it the moonlight in the night, that is superior?!

Are they superior...

or are you superior... ?!

Who is superior... and who inferior,

Who is superior?!

Up and above, up and above....

who is above whom?!

Up and above, up and above....

who is superior to whom?!

A woman is not just the flesh

she has a heart as big as the sky.