Original subtitles

[opening theme song playing]

[song fades]

[tense music playing]

The Kauravs' strategy, their focus, and their aim,

will all have one objective.

The death of Brother Arjun?

They have been trying to kill me from the very beginning.

Do not take the enemy lightly, Arjun.

Do not forget how many great warriors we have already lost.

Abhimanyu, Ghatotkach, and also King Drupad, and King Virat.

But the Kauravs have lost half of their clan too.

Over 70 of Duryodhan's brothers,

Pitamah Bhishm, Acharya Dron,

Jayadrath, Bhagadatta, Susharma,

and the entire Samsaptak army of skilled warriors,

trained for the sole purpose of killing me. They are all gone.

But your greatest adversary, your greatest rival, is still alive.

And now he is their commander.

Karn, the King of Anga.

He can change the outcome of any battle.

His arrows can pierce through anything, even the toughest of armours.

And his aim never misses, just like yours, Arjun.

And his target is you. Only you.

Remember, Karn will leave no stone unturned in order to defeat you.

That is why we will have to use every means available to us to defeat him.

All our resources, all our abilities and complete focus.

-[Bheem] Hmm. -[Krishn] Hmm?

[emphasising] Complete focus!

[grunting]

[dramatic music playing]

[Sanjay] The unbearable anguish of humiliation,

it leaves no visible mark on the body,

but blinds one to everything else.

[Shakuni laughs mockingly]

[Sanjay] It gnawed at Bheem day and night.

The venomous wound that festered inside Bheem

began with a game of dice.

-[Duryodhan laughs] -My, my, my, my!

You have lost everything in a simple game of dice, Yudhishthir.

Your kingdom, your brothers, all your wealth, your honour.

All gone, Nephew.

[all laughs]

How will you endure 12 whole years of exile? Huh?

Thirteen, dear uncle. Thirteen.

One more year in hiding as well.

And if we find them while they are in hiding, then…

Then… another 12 years in exile.

-Better stay hidden, the five of you. -Hmm!

[all laugh]

[Duryodhan] Wait, wait, wait.

Five? Not five, dear uncle.

Six!

[Duryodhan] You seem to have forgotten about their most precious possession.

-[Shakuni] Oh, yes! -Dushasan!

[ominous music playing]

[Dushasan] Hmm.

[grunts]

[Arjun and Bheem grunt softly]

Go to the inner chambers now.

And no matter what state she is in, bring her here.

Today, in the presence of this assembly, she will be displayed.

[Shakuni] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

No foolishness, Bheem.

You are a slave now.

You are not even allowed to think without our permission.

Stay where you are. Sit down. Sit.

[sighs]

[grunts]

[grunts]

Bear with this humiliation, Arjun.

Because now even our dignity has been lost in this game.

Please forgive me.

Forgive you?

You gambled Draupadi, yourself, and us away in a game of dice.

But you haven't just lost a game here today, Brother.

You have lost your dignity.

Why don't you speak up against this outrage?!

[laughs]

[Sanjay] Whenever the Pandavs opened their eyes,

they saw the cruel, laughing faces of Duryodhan and Dushasan.

-When they closed their eyes… -[screaming]

-…they heard Panchali's anguished cries. -[Draupadi] Let go of me.

[Sanjay] What happened to Draupadi in Hastinapur that day…

[Draupadi] Arjun!

-…left a wound that never healed. -[Draupadi] Bheem!

[Sanjay] Not even after several years.

[opening theme song playing]

KURUKSHETRA

[song fades]

[tense music playing]

[Krishn] Hmm…

Ardhchandravyuh, a battle formation shaped like a crescent moon.

And at the very centre of this semicircle, Krishn and Arjun.

At one tip of the crescent, Dhrishtadyumna.

And at the other, Brother Bheem.

We will launch a triangular attack on Karn.

Does everyone agree with this strategy?

Any doubts at all? Nakul? Sahadev?

-Commander Dhrishtadyumna? Bheem? -[Dhrishtadyumna] Uh-huh.

-[Bheem growling] -Bheem!

[low growl in anger]

-[Draupadi sobbing] No! -[Dushasan grunting]

[Draupadi screams]

-[Dushasan grunting] -[all laugh]

[Draupadi sobbing] No!

-[sobs and screams] -[Dushasan grunts]

-[Bheem grunting] -[Draupadi screaming]

[Draupadi] No!

[panting and growling]

[Krishn] Why are you so quiet, Brother Bheem?

I am silent but hardly quiet, Keshav.

So why are you silent?

[sighs] What can I say?

I am neither a great strategist like you

nor knowledgeable about morals and principles like Brother Yudhishthir.

But you are a warrior,

one of our greatest warriors and you…

will be leading the army's right flank today.

This is what you need to think about.

[scoffs and laughs lightly]

Who here cares what I think or what my opinion is, Keshav?

I am here merely to carry out

all the orders of our eldest brother, Yudhishthir.

Whether they are right or wrong. [scoffs]

[sombre music playing]

[Sanjay] This was the Kauravs' first war council under Karn's leadership.

For 15 days, as the King's envoy, I had seen everything in Kurukshetra.

Courage, arrogance, and the vile slaughter of humanity.

But this was my first time attending a war council.

Karn was fired up.

There was renewed excitement among the warriors.

And yet, something felt different at this gathering.

But what?

"A war for righteousness."

I ask, "What righteousness?"

-[Karn scoffs] -Hmm…

If there is any righteousness left in this war, then it is on our side.

And victory will be ours as well!

[all chanting] Glory to Commander Karn, the King of Anga.

I make this promise to all of you

that with our great warriors,

Uncle Shakuni, Kripacharya, Kshemadhurti, Ashwatthama, Kritavarma…

Hmm…

[Sanjay] Then I realised what was different about this gathering.

Duryodhan and Dushasan's absence at Commander Karn's first war council.

Why were they not present?

What could be more important to them than this?

-[Dushasan laughs] -[Duryodhan] Hmm?

So I am the Pandavs' next target?

Since when did Dushasan become so important for them, Brother?

In this great war of Kurukshetra,

-who am I? -[Duryodhan grunts]

-Dushasan, you are my brother! -That is my only identity.

Duryodhan's brother, Dushasan.

What standing do I have beyond this? And other than this, what is my existence?

What are you saying, Dushasan?

The truth, Brother Duryodhan. The truth.

Since you are the eldest, you are the Crown Prince. But me? [scoffs]

I'm not even considered worthy of being Commander in this war.

A 100 brothers were born from a 100 jars. Who's older? Who's younger?

Now only 20 of us remain.

Eighty of our dear brothers have been killed by that monster Bheem.

And… and his next target is you.

The vow that he made--

I remember!

Every single word is etched in my memory.

You remember, don't you?

He will hunt for you like a mad elephant in Kurukshetra.

And… [sighs] I cannot lose you, Dushasan.

I have always thought of you as the rightful heir, Brother.

I have always obeyed your every command without question.

And yet you believe that your friend Karn is so brave

that he will… he will win the war for you,

while I appear so weak that you think I need protection.

There's a difference between you and Karn, Dushasan.

He's a friend, you are my brother.

My own brother!

He's in the army, and you are the ruler.

There is no need to compare yourself to Karn.

You are my blood, Dushasan.

Yes, he will win us the war, but you will rule the kingdom.

And that is why I want to keep you safe.

Do not worry about me, Brother.

I may not be stronger than you, but I'm no less able.

Bheem cannot do anything to me.

You will see. I will stand by you until the very end.

-[Duryodhan grunts and laugh softly] -[Dushasan grunts softly]

And very soon, all of Hastinapur will be ours.

[conch blows]

-[grunts] -[horses neigh]

[dramatic music playing]

Arjun, advance through the centre.

We will attack Karn from both sides.

We may be attacking from both sides, Brother Yudhishthir,

but the warrior who kills Karn will be me.

-Faster, Vasudev. -Hmm? [grunts]

[dramatic music continues]

[Dhrishtadyumna] Move forward!

[soldier 1] Foot soldiers, move forward!

Come on! Fast!

[soldiers speaking indistinctly]

[eagles screeching]

[eagles screeching]

[dramatic music continues]

[Sanjay] The Kaurav army was advancing under Karn's command.

But Duryodhan's attention was somewhere else.

Stay with me, Dushasan.

Hmm. I will follow you like your shadow, Brother.

[Sanjay] Duryodhan was worried about his brother,

whereas Prince Dushasan had no reason to be.

Because their new commander, Karn, inspired by the Sun God…

-[chanting in Sanskrit] -…had devised a divine plan

to take the Pandavs by surprise.

[music intensifies]

[soldiers' battle cry]

-[soldier 2] Soldiers, charge! -[soldiers indistinct conversation]

[soldier 3] I can't see anything!

-[soldier 4] Even I can't see anything! -[soldier 5] What to do?

Such blinding light! What is this?

It is the sun itself.

[Arjun groans]

How do we fight a battle when it is impossible to even see?

[groans] Now, how do we get past this?

Get past the sun? That's impossible, Arjun.

We cannot get past the sun. We can only hide from it.

Shields.

Soldiers, use your shields to cover your eyes.

We will advance from the opposite side and then attack them from both flanks.

-Come on! -[soldiers speaking indistinctly]

-[soldier 6] Come on! -[soldier 7] Move quickly! Come on!

[soldiers speaking indistinctly]

[conch blows]

[soldiers speaking indistinctly]

-Hmm. [grunts] -Hmm.

Hyah!

-[Bheem] Go faster! -Huh?

Father! Uncle Bheem!

He is breaking away from the formation.

[dramatic music continues]

Prativindya, go, stop him!

Remind him of our strategy.

We will never get such an opportunity again to kill Karn.

-Yes. -[Yudhishthir] Go!

[Prativindya] Uncle!

-Huh? -Hyah!

[Prativindya] Uncle Bheem, please stop!

This is not the plan we decided upon yesterday.

Not yesterday. I made this decision several years ago, Prativindya.

But, Uncle, we are supposed to attack Karn first.

His turn will come too. Don't worry.

But today, I fight only for your mother, Draupadi.

-[whooshing of arrows] -[dramatic music playing]

[Bheem grunts]

Huh?

Prativindya, go back and do what your father told you to.

Hmm.

Hmm.

-[elephants trumpeting] -[ground rumble]

[elephants trumpeting]

[Kshemadhurti] Archers, stand ready.

The slaughter of the Pandavs begins now.

[laughs]

Kshemadhurti, you stay right there.

I'm going to send you straight to hell. [grunts]

[laughs] Hmm.

[dramatic music continues]

[grunts]

[grunting]

-[Bheem grunting] -[Kshemadhurti grunts and groans]

[grunts and groans]

[grunts]

[growls]

-[Bheem grunts] -[soldiers scream]

-[soldiers scream] -[groans in fear]

-[Bheem grunts] -[soldiers scream]

[grunts and growls]

-[Kshemadhurti] Someone help me! -Kshemadhurti, you fool!

Did you really think you could stop me?

[grunts]

[Dushasan] Stop, Bheem!

I am going to make you stare death in the face.

You are very proud of your strength, are you not?

Today, I will shatter your pride to pieces.

[growls and pants]

[Dushasan grunts and laughs]

[Dushasan] Draupadi?

Where are you, my slave?

Come on.

Come on, come on, let's go. I've come to take you.

Dushasan!

How dare you do this? You are not allowed to enter the inner chambers.

But who will stop me? Huh? Those five husbands of yours?

[laughs mockingly]

Well, they were the ones who opened the doors to this place.

Huh?

[Dushasan] They gambled you in a game of dice, and we won that hand.

Your Indraprastha, your five husbands and you,

-have all become our property now. -[Draupadi breathing shakily]

Your Dharmaraj Yudhishthir put you on stake, and then he lost.

Stop! Do not take another step forward. Answer this question of mine first.

Did my husband first lose me in the game? Or himself?

I do not have the time or the answers to your useless questions.

It is not a useless question.

Because if my husband lost his own self first,

then he also lost the right to gamble me away in this game.

Keep quiet, and come with me.

Otherwise, I will have to drag you all the way to the court from here.

I will not be able to go with you right now, Dushasan.

You arrogant woman! I knew it. I knew you would not come willingly.

-[grunts] -Listen to me, Dushasan.

I am menstruating. I cannot enter the royal court in this state.

I am bleeding heavily. Do not touch me.

Otherwise, the entire Kuru dynasty will be drowned in blood.

-[Dushasan grunts] -[Draupadi screams]

[Dushasan] Come on!

[Draupadi] Dushasan!

[tragic music playing]

-[screams] -[grunting and mumbling]

[Draupadi] Let go of me! Listen to me!

-Arjun! -[Dushasan grunts]

[Draupadi] Yudhishthir! Bheem!

[Indistinct chatter]

[Dushasan] Move!

[Draupadi screaming in pain] Arjun!

[indistinct chatter and laughter]

[laughs] Look at the pride of the Pandavs.

Take off her clothes!

-Dushasan, strip her bare. -[Dushasan] Yes?

-[Yudhishthir gasps] -Huh?

[Duryodhan] Go on, Dushasan.

[Shakuni] She's our slave.

-So even her clothes belong to us. -Don't you dare touch me!

Or you'll bring a terrible curse upon yourself.

The entire Kuru dynasty will be destroyed.

-[Duryodhan] Crush her arrogance. -Yes.

[screams]

Pull, Dushasan, pull.

-Strip this slave of her clothes. -No! [sobbing]

[man 1] Take off her clothes. Do it!

-Take them off! -[man 2] Undress her. Strip her naked.

-Undress her. -[Draupadi screams]

-[Duryodhan's sinister laughter] -[Draupadi screams and groans]

[breathing shakily]

You call yourselves my husbands?

You are not even worthy of being called men.

[laughs]

-[all laugh] -[Draupadi sobs]

[sombre music playing]

[sobbing] Pitamah Bhishm, Acharya Dron, King Dhritrashtra.

Please stop this atrocity. [sobs]

I am the daughter-in-law of Hastinapur.

If not mine, then at least maintain the dignity of this court.

Please… please stop this.

[Draupadi crying]

Otherwise… otherwise, history will never forgive you for this.

[sobbing]

-Please stop this! -[grunts]

Stop this-- [screams]

-[sighs] -[Draupadi] Arjun!

Bheem! Yudhishthir!

[crying]

O Krishn!

-Your Krishnaa is in your hands now. -[Dushasan grunts]

My husbands did not defend my honour.

[sobbing]

Now you are my only hope.

Please protect my honour.

[Draupadi] Please protect my dignity.

Hmm.

[theme song playing]

[Draupadi] O Krishn!

[Draupadi] Krishn!

[Draupadi chanting] Krishn! Krishn!

[Draupadi] O Krishn!

[Draupadi] Krishn!

-[indistinct chatter in the court] -[Draupadi chanting Krishn's name]

-[Shakuni] Pull, Dushasan, rip it off. -[Draupadi] Krishn!

-What? -[Draupadi chanting Krishn's name]

Huh?! What are you doing, Dushasan? Take off all her clothes!

[grunts]

How much more is there to unravel? [panting]

My arms are breaking, but there is no end in sight.

-Stop! [echoes] -[song fades]

Enough of this despicable game.

A powerful divine force is protecting Draupadi.

I can see it even though I'm blind, and you?

Can you not see what is happening in spite of your vision?

I, Dhritrashtra,

command you

to put an end to this horrible, shameful game at this very moment.

[Draupadi sobs]

The game begins now, Your Majesty.

The torment that Draupadi has gone through in this assembly today

will mark a dark day in history.

It will be remembered by generations to come.

This is not just disgraceful.

This is a dark stain on the Kuru dynasty that can never be erased!

A woman was humiliated here today.

Not just any woman, but your daughter-in-law.

A family that disgraces a woman

is bound to be destroyed from its very roots.

What happened to Draupadi here today

is not an injustice.

It is a sin!

-And it's not just the four of them… -[sobs]

…but all of Hastinapur that will pay the price for it.

They will pay for it!

[starts reciting in Sanskrit]

[Sanjay] The Kauravs continued to laugh as Bheem spewed anger.

But when Bheem took his disastrous vow,

the earth trembled, the heavens shuddered,

and the royal court of the Kauravs was left stunned.

[Bheem recites in Sanskrit]

-[dramatic music playing] -[Dhritrashtra gasps]

-[Bheem sobs] -[Draupadi crying]

We have wronged you today, Draupadi.

We will accept any punishment from you.

But before that, each one of them must suffer for what they have done.

I swear by every man seated in this assembly.

I swear by the gods who created this earth, the sky and the universe.

I swear by my very being, by every drop of blood coursing through my veins.

I, Bheem, son of Pandu, make a sacred vow

that with these very hands,

I will bring down the entire Kuru dynasty!

[Dhritrashtra gasps]

I will rip this despicable,

evil Dushasan's chest open

and drink his blood with everyone as witness.

And until I wash my dear Panchali's hair

with the blood of this ugly, vile Dushasan, who laid his hands on it,

she will wear it loose. She will not tie it.

This is my solemn binding vow! [voice echoes]

Come, Dushasan, come.

I have waited a long time for this moment.

Today, I will finally free the world of you forever.

Come on!

[groans]

[groans in pain]

[panting]

[low growl]

[Bheem grunts loudly]

[groans]

-[elephants trumpeting] -[Bheem grunts]

[groaning and panting]

[Bheem] You have tasted the earth,

-now get a taste of my mace! [grunts] -[screaming]

[Dushasan groaning in pain]

-[panting and groaning] -[Bheem grunts]

[both groaning]

You think you're invincible because you killed my younger brothers?

[Dushasan grunting] Well, let's see how truly unbreakable

you and your great vow are!

Here I am, and here is my chest.

Drink my blood if you dare!

-[Bheem groans] -[Dushasan grunts]

Dushasan! I told you to stay close to me.

Get away from there.

-I'll take care of him. -No, you stay back, Brother.

Either I will live today or Bheem will.

-[Dushasan grunts] -[Duryodhan grunts]

Dushasan, you will not be able to take on Bheem on your own.

-Wait, I am coming to help you! -[energy pulses]

[grunts and groans]

[energy pulses]

Dushasan? [grunts]

[grunts loudly]

Your younger brother, Dushasan,

has always followed every command of yours, Duryodhan.

And you will not even honour his last and final wish?

Why don't you allow him this chance

-to face his own fate? -[grunts]

[low growl]

[gasps]

[Bheem grunts] Fight me, Dushasan!

Give it everything you have.

[both grunting]

Today, you will pay for all the sins you committed 15 years ago.

Those sins?

I feel like committing them again.

[Bheem grunting loudly]

Panchali's delicate little wrist… [sinister chuckle]

Her skin, ah-ha-haa…

You monster!

-[grunts] -[groans]

[Bheem] Don't you dare utter Panchali's name from your mouth.

[spits]

[sinister laughter]

How can I ever forget?

-[grunts] -[Dushasan screams]

[groans]

I am going to cut your tongue out.

You beast!

[grunts loudly]

Panchali left her hair untied all these years because of you!

[Dushasan grunts]

-I have not slept in peace for years! -[Dushasan laughs]

-[Bheem] From that moment till now… -[Draupadi screams]

…not a single day has passed when I have not thought of your death!

[grunts loudly] Bheem!

Stop! Stop it, Bheem!

[screams loudly]

[panting]

-Hmm. -[Duryodhan grunts]

Today, I will take my revenge in such a way

that it will haunt the souls of all who see it forever!

-Brother, we have to stop him or he will-- -No, Arjun.

Remember, I did not stop Dushasan that day either.

And I will not stop Bheem today.

Let him take his revenge and fulfil his vow.

[groans in pain]

[screams]

-[flesh squelching] -[Dushasan screams]

Stop… stop. Someone stop him.

Stop. Stop.

[voice breaking] This is inhuman. Please stop him!

[Sanjay] The bitter poison of humiliation

that Bheem had been forced to swallow 15 years ago had only one remedy.

[Bheem screams]

[dramatic music playing]

[Bheem] Revenge.

Its taste…

so intoxicating…

so good!

[closing theme song playing]

[Krishn] All that is dark

The light you see

All illusion

Ends with me

Come forward, be one with me

The end is the destiny

This earth below, the stars above

This is Kurukshetra, this is Kurukshetra

[song fades]