Original subtitles

Suryaji...

Yes, Tanaji Dada?

Be careful...

Yes...

Suryaji...

Yes.

There is no way to slip into Kondhana from the Pune Gate.

So what do we do, Tanaji?

We have scaled half the Donagiri cliff, already, haven't we?

Yes...

Now we leave the rest to Lord Hanuman! - Yes.

We just fight with all our might...

For our King, and our land!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Wait! Wait!

Come on.

[Thuds]

[Footsteps approaching]

Motyaji Mama, once the fight begins,

you and Shelar Mama block up the entry from the Kalyan Gate...

Of course...

And what about you, Subhedar (General)?

The Mughal Subhedar is a bitter...

The sting of his sword is hotter than the spice of a pepper!

Is that so?

Yes!

Mama, you know how much I love eating bitter gourds and spicy curries....

[All laughs]

I'll tell you whether this Rajput turns out to be as spicy as they claim!

Yes...

Enemy! Enemy!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

[Growling]

[Groans]

Come on!

O Lord!

Tanaji! Your sword has been blessed by the Almighty God!

Come into the service of Emperor Aurangzeb,

and you will be rewarded with unspeakable wealth!

I spit on your Emperor!

You are looking at the son of a Maratha!

Our loyalties remain firm until the last drop of blood leaves our body!

He who stands tall in front of Death is the real Maratha!

Mercy, Tanaji! Mercy!

I respect your bravery...

I will allow you to take your Mughals and retreat...

Get away from our King's fort...

Our King doesn't punish enemies who have surrendered...

As you say. Let us leave... We'll leave.

Dada! Dada!

Subhedar!

Dada! Dada!

Suryaji...

Yes, Dada...

Tell our King...

His Tanaji did not fail him.

He got the fort!

Long live the King!

Subhedar! Subhedar! - Dada... [Crying]

Subhedar!

[Crying]

"Unsurpassable, Reaching the skies"

"The harbinger of Hindu strength,"

"the King of forts, created by Shivaji, Raigad reigns over all."

"Entrance like a cow's head, to trick enemies,"

"the Takmak cliff being Death's doorstep,"

"market overflowing with goods,"

"where the great Jagadishwar Temple stands, this fort stands tall!"

[Music]

And here is where the clerical offices shall be...

And let's put some check posts right there...

That's it.

Indalkar, you have become more elusive than the Lord Shiva!

Anajipant...Welcome!

Actually, all these arrangements are being made for that same Lord Shiva...

Is that so? But haven't you already provided us with the Jagadishwar Temple?

That was the first thing you built...

Our King's coronation ceremony is barely a year away.

Our King wishes that the Jagadishwar temple should have a fortified wall.

He wishes for 54 slots for the lamps too.

That is what the map is for.

Our King is an incarnation of the Lord Shiva, himself.

We do whatever he wishes.

But Anajipant, what brings you here, today?

Our King has something new on his mind.

I have had the honour of being a part. He should be here any moment now.

Yes... Oh, here he comes...

"Like the crescent moon..."

"This will be worshiped by the world..."

"The glory of this Mudra of Raja Shahaji's son Shivaji..."

"It will shine only for welfare of the people."

[Music]

[Elephant roars]

My King, the map for Jagdishwar...

A moment, Hiroji. Anajipant is here.

Swarajya comes first, religion after.

Anajipant...

Command, My King?

Anajipant, it is because of all your wishes

and my mother Ausaheb's orders that I have agreed to the coronation.

But how can I ascend the throne while our Swarajya is still incomplete?

Forgive me, but I do not understand. How is it incomplete?

There is still one fort on our borders that remains out of our reach.

And until we recover that, our western border will never be safe.

You are the Minister of our Swarajya.

You should lead this campaign.

Which fort is this, My King?

Panhala!

- Hurry up, girls!

- Slow down a bit!

Quick on your feet now!

The sun is setting! Don't you want to get home?

[Screams]

My King, and that's how we will be decorating the Royal Court.

The Ministers will stand there, and the foreigners will be placed here.

And this is where the King's Mother will be.

Indeed...

God help me!

Mama...

My King?

Who are you?

My King! Bajya Shelar... from the village near Panhala.

What happened?

We were really glad to be a part of Swarajya...

But our problems are far from over...

Even our women aren't safe anymore!

They keep a watch and kidnap them like cattle!

Yesterday morning, they took my daughter...

the Deshmukh's daughter too...

I tried to stop them and they attacked me with an axe!

[Crying]

There is a snake in our Paradise, my King! Save us! Save us...

That's it! No more!

How can I be coronated while our people are being harassed!

First, we must teach these heathens that the eyes

that dare look at our womenfolk with bad intentions will be gouged out!

If not, the Lord's wishes remain incomplete!

Without it, the name 'Swarajya' is meaningless!

Motyaji Mama...

Yes, My King?

Get me Bahirji.

At once, my King.

[Music]

[Whistles]

"Every gesture of yours,"

"Sends shivers down my spine,"

"My mind became your slave,"

"And now I stand here, waiting..."

"My heart grows uneasy,"

"That too on its own..."

"Give me a seal of your recognition..."

"Let me serve you, sir"

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

[Music]

"I'm the one who matters,"

"This you should know..."

"Don't take up too much time..."

"We'll play along"

"To your rhythm,"

"Your favourite game..."

"I will lose my mind here!"

"You will win it there..."

"I was always yours,"

"I'll be yours again!"

"And I'll stay yours"

"My story is incomplete without you..."

"Let Keshar colour your life red"

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"My heart grows uneasy,"

"That too on its own..."

"Give me a seal of your recognition..."

"Let me serve you, sir"

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

"Just let me serve you, sir."

[Hooves clopping]

Stop the music! Shut it down!

What happened, Chief?

One of the soldiers of that infidel Shivaji is hiding here somewhere!

A soldier?

No one would dare come here with a distinguished

general like you keeping an eye on things!

Be that as it may... We have to look around...

Look wherever you want! Our tents are always open for you...

Go on, find him!

Chief, why don't you come and relax in my personal tent?

You see, Chief? There is no one here, just you and I...

I can see that, my dear.

So, will you service me...?

Right now?

Of course. Right now.

Sir! Sir! Someone is escaping on a horse!

These Maratha won't let me do anything!

Come on! I'll be back, darling!

[Sighs]

Why do you keep getting into trouble?

Because my King Shivaji commands it!

[Gasps]

I've been wanting to see him for ages.

But you won't help me!

All these sins will be washed off just by a glimpse of that pure King.

Then come along with me! I'm going up to the fort tomorrow!

[Gasps]

I am still not convinced, Motyaji Mama.

That the people should bear the financial burden of my Coronation...

My King, they consider this a family function!

The people say they are willing to pay taxes,

but the coronation has to happen...

It is because of their support that we have managed to come this far.

Yes my king.

It has truly been God's will.

Let me go. - Let me go.

What is going on over there?

My King... Outside... They have...

What's outside?

There are some Tamasha performers at the door.

And they claim... Forgive me, but they claim...

Just spit it out!

That they've been summoned by the King!

Who dares besmirch the name of our King? I will cut them to pieces!

Wait, Motyaji Mama.

He who raises a sword in anger often ends up damaging himself.

Send them in.

Let us deal with it here.

Go on then!

Yes, my King.

Come on then...

Greetings, my King! We would like to offer our services.

O Mother, you have come to the wrong place.

We do not have such shows here.

You may take your parting gifts and depart.

My King, allow us to entertain you but once!

You'll keep us by your side for the rest of your life!

You, Jester! Don't you understand what the King just said? Leave, before I...

Oh my Lord!

Mama...

Mama's angry!

I have seen this particular Jester's performance before.

Go on, entertain us... Bahirji!

My King!

[Laughs]

Mama!

Naik!

We had already received word that you would be reaching us today.

My Mother, Ausaheb, is waiting for you inside.

Come on, now... I mean... Let's go.

Go on, then... - Coming... let's go.

Speak! Speak!

Kamad Khan, did he say anything?

No, my Lord. His entire back is done, but he won't open his mouth.

He must be frightened.

All they are good at is secret attacks!

Now that he has to face us, he's scared!

Shivaji's men are cowards, and so is...!

Such a great warrior - tying up my hands and attacking me...

You are the cowards here!

Don't insult my King's name by saying it!

Say it again, and I'll show you...

[Laughs]

He talks!

[Growling]

He can talk! Sadly, he talks nonsense!

Tell me, what would you do if I said this Shivaji of yours is a...

[Growling]

[Laughs] - You....! Release me...

Release him.

My Lord?

I said release him.

Release him.

Hold your spears!

Kamad Khan, my Brother, the time to rest is over.

There will be a storm of Shivaji's infidel heathens.

I'll leave for Vijapur tomorrow

to meet Emperor Adilshah and bring back more men.

We cannot have enough men when it comes to Shivaji.

No one would know it was them!

And did you recognise him, Ausaheb?

Greetings, Ausaheb!

Is that you, Kisna? - Yes.

[Laughs]

What have you turned yourself into!

Forgive our appearance...

Forgive us...

Ausaheb, they are the ears and eyes of our Swarajya!

They have to dress like this to keep a watch on everything!

Hm...

Who are you, my girl?

She's...

I'm Keshar... I'm a dancer...

It isn't like that!

She has proven most helpful to us

even saved my life on occasion.

She just wanted to see the King and yourself...

That's why... Tell them!

Me? Please let me serve you!

Yeah... huh?

I'm willing to work as a simple maid, if you command!

Don't be afraid...

We are aware that the flowers placed on the head

of the Goddess are the same as the ones that litter a brothel floor.

But their placement dictates their nature -

and a pure nature can change their fate...

For us, all beads are equal in the necklace that is Swarajya...

I am eternally grateful!

My heart would pine for a glimpse of Goddess Jagdamba...

That wish is now complete!

This body has faced a lot of sins let me purify it for our Swarajya.

I will gladly clean the streets if you wish,

but never would I let the King's good name be besmirched!

I am forever grateful!

Bahirji has brought you to us. He will decide where you will go.

Shivba, tell me why you summoned Bahirji here, today.

Bahirji...

The dacoits at the base of Panhala have to be dealt with.

Consider it taken care of.

Just words are not enough, Bahirji.

Women are Goddesses in the Maratha temples.

They are being harassed.

We have been cracking down on this

Get it done - or I will be forced to bear down on Panhala, sword in hand!

I would rather get whipped than disappoint you!

We won't let that happen. It will be dealt with.

May we leave?

Ok

My King...

You may, Bahirji.

I am tired of walking...

I've been saying... May I go and sit in the cart?

Are your legs broken?

They're fine... - So?

The walking's making me hungry!

Hold your patience! We'll stop soon for food!

Oh My! Your hand is too heavy!

[Laughs]

Please, what do you want?

If you want money, we'll give it to you! Just don't kill us!

Let me go, you villain!

I'll have your head! Shut up!

Give up that woman in the cart!

We are going to present her to Beshakh Khan up in the fort!

[Laughs]

Is that so?

You should have told us sooner!

[Laughs]

You morons!

You know nothing!

Hail the Lord Khandoba!

Who is this demon?

That's Martya Ramoshi!

They say he is Shivaji's man...

Bravo!

Flee! Flee!

[Laughs]

Bravo! Bravo! Let's go!

Naik...

[Laughs]

[Sanskrit] Prakaraha Kota Ityukto, Janjeera Dweep Uchyate...

It means, like a fort is called a "Killa", a mountain is a 'Gadh',

the structure within is the 'Praakaar', and island becomes 'Dweep'...

Excellent, Raghunathpant!

Well done! Your writing has captured everything I had in mind!

Thank you, my King...

Sambhaji, did you understand it?

Yes, Father. But may I ask something?

Why do this in the middle of all the planning for the Coronation?

We have established Swarajya - Home Rule.

Yes, father...

But if we want to turn it to Surajya,

that is, a good Rule, then the administration must be in the right language.

Our own language.

That is why Raghunathpant

is translating all these foreign terms into Sanskrit, and then into our Marathi!

Praise the Goddess! Praise the Goddess!

Wait... Naik, that's enough...

Naik?

[All laughs]

The dacoits have been ousted from the base of Panhala, my King.

Naik... Greetings, my King...

What is the matter, my King?

Anajipant has written to me. Panhala remains out of our grasp.

My King, I think our usual guerilla strategy is the way to go...

We have to get back Panhala.

Yes, My King...

It needs to be captured in one mighty blow.

Yes...

And we need a true Marathi tiger to do it!

Understood...

[Music]

"The one with arms of steel, with the fierce third eye of Lord Shiva!"

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

"The one with arms of steel, with the fierce third eye of Lord Shiva!"

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

"He is brave, the very bravest..."

[Music]

"Our King's word starts and end our life..."

"Our salvation is in protecting our motherland"

"He is brave, the very bravest..."

"He is brave, the very bravest..."

"He is brave, the very bravest..."

"He is brave, the very bravest..."

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

[Music]

"The one with arms of steel, with the fierce third eye of Lord Shiva!"

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

[Laughs]

General Kondaji Farzand! It's me, Kisna!

I'd marked you a while ago.

Why did you hide?

I could have smashed your head instead of the pot!

What happened was...

Listen!

[Chuckles]

Drink your milk first!

I have work to do!

The sun will start to go down before you drop that sword from your hand!

It's like your second wife! Take it!

Actually, I was...

Hey, keep quiet.

And come in for your meal... I'm waiting...

[Burping]

Greetings, Mamaji...

[Clears throat]

Go on, Kisna. Where is Naik?

At Raigad, with the King.

I'm carrying a message from the King.

He's asked for you...

[Thunder rumbling]

Panhala, my King! Panhala!

You asked for me, my King?

Kondaji Farzand! A tiger among tigers!

I was waiting for you!

There is a mission for the bravest of the brave. Do you accept it?

When do I start?

You won't ask me what the job is? It can be deadly...

My life isn't mine to give, my King.

I've already laid it in front of you, Ausaheb and the Swarajya!

Just point and I'll march!

This march must reach its destination.

Even I had to turn back empty handed once before.

Panhala

When we made the treaty with Mirza Raje,

I thought I could easily pull this fort back from Adilshah's throat.

But Netaji Palkar couldn't reach in time, and we lost that opportunity.

I had to see thousands of our flesh and bone Mavalas bite the dust.

Kondaji, I had to banish a man like Netaji from this Swarajya

all because of this one fort.

But I want this fort back at all costs.

For the Swarajya! For our people!

Good job...

Back to the stables, Sarjaa

Greetings, General...

And what will drive away your anger?

The presence of my dear ones.

Well, I'm present, but your anger is taking up all the time!

You should talk to me when I'm here.

Shall I do ten sit-ups as punishment?

Stop! What are you doing?

What if someone sees you?

There's no one here... and what if they do?

They'll say that this big General of King Shivaji is afraid of his wife!

But I am afraid!

Oh my God! Stop it!

Will you be gone for a long time?

Yes. It's a big responsibility. Difficult too.

Most of our men are away with Kudtoji to attack Bahlol Khan.

I don't know how to win this fort...

[Laughs]

When you speak like this,

it makes me wonder whether you are really the King's General or just a simpleton!

What?

You've learned from Tanaji, himself!

Do what he did, go up a cliff and cut the enemy down!

So speaks my tigress!

Aren't you afraid?

Of what might happen to me?

Why should I?

I've prayed for your long life for all these years.

If death is to come, it can take me first!

Death won't dare come near us.

We have the blessings of the King and Ausaheb.

And if your anger has gone,

I would love to taste some of your tasty 'bhakris'!

Go on then...

That's where the Subedar died.

The Sultan relies on his huge armies to strong arm his enemies...

But our victory is derived from a handful of soldiers and guerilla warfare.

Keep that in mind! Good!

Who was he who struck the Subedar from behind?

Beshakh Khan!

Beshakh Khan!

[Coughs]

Praise be to Lord Pandurang!

Take it easy, old man...

Just wait...

Lord Pandurang!

You are the one who can breathe life into the dead, O Lord!

[Coughs]

Saint Tukaram says let your brave deeds

and might put a light up our eyes with pride!

Please sir, the King is busy... Please can you...

I told you!

He doesn't look busy!

Mama...! It's Naik...

Naik!

It's Naik again! Let's go...

[Laughs] - Mama...!

Go on, Naik...

My King, as per Anajipanta's instructions, we surveyed Panhala.

It will be a difficult task.

The Fort is under Beshakh Khan.

Used to be with the Mughals, he's now serving Adilshah...

That's where he is now... getting more soldiers from Vijapur.

Kondaji, what's the plan?

My King, I'd look to celebrate all festivals on Panhala

all at once.

Starting with lighting up the place with Diwali...

Then drive away evil spirits with a 'shimga', and mark

the day the demon King Raavan was killed with a 'Khande-Navami'!

How many men would you need? Three thousand?

No, my King...

Five thousand?

No, my King...

How many?

Sixty...

Just sixty?

Yes. Gather our best men, and capture the fort.

My King, I know how to turn those sixty into sixty lakhs.

My word, General!

You really are Tanaji's disciple...

You've surpassed him!

He had captured Kondhana with just five hundred men.

You're asking for only sixty of them!

Bravo!

[Laughs]

So, who are these sixty men?

You find Gundoji, first.

You'll find him in the forests of Rajmachi, somewhere.

I'll go to the Gunjan Maval and seek out Ganoji.

He'll be there, toiling in his fields.

To the General Beshakh Khan of Panhala...

His Highness the Emperor Adilshah wishes to send warning

that Shivaji's trusted servant Kondaji Farzand might attack Panhala.

We have dispatched military funds, ammunition,

and two thousand of our fiercest and vicious fighters. Be wary.

My trip to Vijapur was very fruitful.

The farm is mine, and the bulls are mine...

What a pair they make! This land is mine, and I will..

Come on!

Move! Everyone in my village are happy folk... The village is...

General?

Ganoji! How are you my... hey! Have you gone crazy? Wait!

Where shall we find this Gundoji?

The King has given the forest boundaries to Gundoji for protection.

The enemy beyond that border are very dangerous for strangers like us.

And Gundoji, is even more dangerous.

The enemy doesn't scare us

but these costumes are to attract Gundoji from his hiding place.

Is that so?

Let's go... Jai Bhavani!

JAI BHAVA...

Jai Bhavani...

Hey, stop!

[Bellows]

What was...?

Let me go, general! Let me go!

Stop it!

[Panting]

But why are you running?

I'm running from you!

From me? Am I some demon, or monster?

No! You are the General of King Shivaji!

So what?

So what? You must be here to take me on some mission!

So? I don't see a problem...

You don't, but my wife will!

What?

I've married. Again!

Again...

[Laughs]

You may laugh, General... Go on!

You're right, my friend!

One is tough enough - and you have two! Very difficult!

That's why I ran...

Your problem is severe.

I'll go and tell the King that Ganoji is tied to his woman's sari...

and that he's refusing his duty.

Don't be like that, General!

You should have told me... If it's for the King!

Of course it's for the King!

Would I take you away to dance at my wedding procession?

Come on, buck up!

Made me run all this long!

[Groans]

Steady! Steady!

Steady, Mama!

Naik...

Martya be alert..

We have been trapped by Gundoji's men

Damn them! It's like a bloody storm of rocks!

Martya! It is the Swarajya's original weapon!

But Mama, guys like Martya need a stone shower every now and then!

Water won't be enough!

Let us get away from here, then I'll show you what a stone can do!

Stop it! Listen to me!

Tell them to hold their slings! Or I'll slice your throat!

[Signalling]

Who are you? Give me a name!

A name?

[Laughs]

My name, my religion,

my caste, blood and very essence all have but one name - Shivaji!

Naik? It's Naik!

Can't recognize your own men, now?

The one who can see through your disguise can see through God, Naik!

[All laughs]

What brings you here?

The King has asked for you by the next full-moon.

We'll be there!

Bravo! Come on!

No, Shivba... No...

We should stay away from such risky campaigns now.

I have lost enough children.

I cannot take any more at this age.

Ausaheb, What's the use of this body if not to shed blood for our motherland?

If we boast of our titles while our motherland is stripped of her honour,

the whole Kingdom will spit on our graves

If we don't keep our word to the King, we'll go to hell!

We've happily signed away our fates!

Now we'll either get that fort, or ascend to the heavens in the Sun's chariot!

It's my will - you may call it my stubbornness!

Don't ask me to stop, now!

Let me finish this one last game!

You don't know how I must toughen my heart

to let you children play your fatal games.

How many more are to be sacrificed on the altar of the Swarajya?

Ausaheb, according to Bahirji's intel,

the womenfolk captured from the Konkan

and the Ghats are sent to Siddhi through Panhala.

Then they are taken as far as Rome and Syria and sold!

How can I ascend the throne before this deadly chain is dismantled?

Okay. I agree with you.

Farzand, where are the rest of your soldiers?

Sixty of your best warriors are waiting for you outside the courtroom!

I want to give my farewells to each of my brave children in person.

It's Ausaheb!

It's Ausaheb, herself!

Ausaheb has given us the task of Panhala!

We will give our lives if we must, but win back the fort!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Be victorious...

Wait, Kondaji.

Mehetar!

A reward before the campaign?

Not just this, that palanquin is for you as well.

Kondaji... Countless mothers,

thousands of our wounded brothers,

Baji and his three hundred braves and your mentor Tanaji Malusare

are all looking at you. Go, Kondaji!

Get back Panhala! Avenge the wrongs done to our people.

Avenge Tanaji's blood!

Yes, my King!

Har Har! - Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Jai Bhavani!

Har Har Mahadev!

Jai Bhavani!

- Har Har Mahadev!

Who is there? - Who is there?

Who are you?

Kamad Khan!

My Lord?

Here I've lost all my peace, and my guards are sleeping peacefully?

Shivaji's minister Anaji Surnis is plotting away in Rajapur,

and you are dozing off?

The next person that I catch who is not doing his job

can forget about the enemy

I will behead him myself!

Remember... We are up against Shivaji's Marathas!

I am sure they will creep in like ghosts and

fiends in the night.

See?

This is the Maratha's first weapon!

Sure, but it is no match against our arrow!

[Laughs]

But your arrows will run out, my friend.

The Sahyadri range creates our ammunition for us every day!

Once your arrows are finished,

do you go around creating music with your little string instrument?

[Laughs]

Easy now...

Don't mess with us...

you'll never even know when an arrow has passed through your body!

Like so...

Is that so?

Let's have it out! Your men versus mine...

Sure!

We're always ready!

Let's have it...

Glory to Shirkai!

Glory to Banabai!

You see?

See what?

[Laughs]

My men destroying those pots?

Not before our arrows pierced them through and through.

You've gone blind, have you?

[Laughs]

Naik! You tell him, will you? Who's the best?

Good God...

Yes go on! Tell us who is best!

I am...

What?

Are your ears full of wax?

I'm the best.

Call yourselves men?

Fighting from a distance, throwing stones, shooting arrows like little girls.

Fight like me, face to face ...

Hey now... Enough with the chatter...

Show us what you can do, or go back to sharpening your blades.

You've never seen me in action, have you?

Show us, then.

[All laughs]

[Indistinct chatter]

[Laughs]

Now that's sharpness!

Sure, but...

Now how are we to practice?

Exactly!

You can practice on his head, and he can practice on yours!

Stop that!

It's not like we are rich enough to get new dummies again and again!

There go the little girls, crying again!

Who are you calling little girls?

You two, of course!

Our rocks will shatter your skull before your blade reaches us...

Come on, then! Glory be to Lord Malhar!

[Claps hands]

Wow!

Wow!

Just, wow!

Bravo, my men, bravo!

Just look at the greatness of you all!

If our King Shivaji and Ausaheb find out about their men

using their skills and weapons to blow their own trumpets and sing their own praises,

they will be so pleased won't they?

They'll put golden bracelets on your arms

and silver anklets in your legs as rewards!

Our enemies have used this against us till today.

They know, Marathas are like crabs,

squabbling amongst themselves and dragging each other down!

They don't need any real reason to fight...

My caste is Maratha, yours is Brahman, he is a Kunbi, his caste is Mahar

you say this and leap at each other's throats.

King Shivaji has asked us to let this go.

Don't you remember?

Ganoji, Gundoji... and you too,

Martya. Weren't you present when we took the oath at Raireshwar?

What had the King said?

What had he said?

Our Saffron Flag is our master.

The one who stands by it to fight for our motherland,

our kingdom, and our soil is the real Maratha!

The son of the land of Maharashtra!

His caste and religion don't matter!

And here you are, fighting over your weapons.

These weapons are not to raise at each other.

We pick them up for our King, for the word we have given to Ausaheb.

And for our own soil.

Forget your Gods for now,

and let your lips have nothing but these chants

Glory be to Mahadev!

Har Har...! - Mahadev!

Har Har....!

Mahadev!

Which village are you from, darling?

Where are you going! After her!

There's nowhere to run!

Where did she go? Stop staring at my face! Go get her!

Got him, now...

Come on!

My Lord!

Who are you, warrior?

The name is Rustom Khan!

I'm a Pathan... looking for a job.

I saw you surrounded.

I had to aid a man of my religion.

God bless you!

And who is this?

He is my servant.

[Laughs]

Bravo! You have pleased me, Rustom Khan!

Thank you my lord.

You are my man now...

It would be an honour! If my Lord can give me a job...

I was hunting down this damsel...

Really?

The wench got away from us!

Don't fret, my Lord.

She will be joining your harem tonight!

Is that possible?

Of course!

True?

Just wait and see what happens!

Khudabaksh,

Escort the Lord back to the fort!

I'll track down his beauty!

If I may...

I'll be waiting!

Farewell!

Come on!

My Lord, here we go!

Bravo! Bravo!

I was pining for you, beautiful flower!

Be mine,

and I'll treat you like a queen...

Hold still!

[Laughs]

Why put your delicate body through such pain?

Surrender it to me...

I'll take good care of it...

Rustom Khan?

Yes, My Lord?

Her dainty wrists should have golden bangles on them...

Yes, My Lord.

These handcuffs don't suit her...

Take of the cuffs, and I'll show you how dainty my hands are...

They belong to a Marathi girl...

You speak of bangles...

Just hand me a sword,

and we'll see who is more suited to the bangles, or my name isn't Kesar!

Shut up!

[Laughs]

Look at her tongue!

She are not worthy of love...

She needs to be...

Wait, my Lord!

Go and throw her in the dungeons! Go!

Just think, my Lord!

What if we can bend her will with love?

The fun when they want it too is greater than when you have to force it...

You speak wisely...

I always do...!

But how do we convince her?

Haven't you seen what she's like?

My Lord, just trust me!

You have my trust!

Go Rustom Khan...

Make her see sense...

I shall wait.

She should become mine soon!

Of course!

Yes.

Bravo!

Yes. Now it's your turn!

It should take you lesser time than it took me to get it right...

"Lord Khandoba's Khandala ghaat echoes with the chant"

"We are the sixty brave Mawalas of Shivaji"

"O Lord Malhari!"

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

Is this what we have to climb?

Yep!

Good God!

Who will go up first, to fix the rope?

No one...

Huh?

We won't have enough time to use ropes.

We can't go one by one.

We have to climb at the same time.

That's what we are practicing for.

In the light first, and then in the dark.

And what do we do with our weapons?

Tie them to our backs as we climb...

Maybe you should leave your string back home...

Shut up! Now this is what they call a challenge for men!

There he goes!

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

"O Lord Malhari!"

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

[Music]

[Laughs]

Stand back!

Watch and learn!

Come on, guys!

There go the stones!

Here we go! And down!

My head's done for!

General... the footwear...

Is this how you...?

I brought him hear like a delicate flower!

We wanted to meet you, Bhikaji.

We have heard great things about your footwear.

Is this how you meet people?

This monster burst into my hut and picked me up like a lady,

threw me on his horse and rode me down to you!

Didn't put me on the ground till we reached!

All my intestines are bunched up in my throat.

If it had taken longer, I would have spit them out!

[Laughs] - Shut it...

If you wanted to meet, you should have come to me!

It was I, who wanted to meet you, Bhikaji.

My King?

This is Kondaji Farzand.

He requires sixty pairs of footwear.

I'll give you a hundred!

They'll creak proudly with every step!

We don't want that!

We don't want the ones that make a noise.

It should be silent, as if made out of cotton!

A pin drop should be louder than them...

But why?

Will you not help us out if we don't tell you why?

Of course I will...!

Naik, escort him back.

Yes sir!

No!

Just show me the direction...

He will have my intestines!

[Laughs]

Naik!

Stuck, are we?

That's why you should listen to your elders!

Follow me... First find a ridge...

Look here now! Hook your fingers in this ridge...

And then swing your foot like so, and you can crawl

up like a nice lizard!

And then...

Who are you to teach us?

Go to hell, then, you morons!

Just throw your stones and arrows around!

[Groans]

Excuse me... the food was very tasty!

Once we are done with this lot, we will be nearly done...

Just around a hundred more will do, the General says.

I'll come back in a while for them...!

Of course!

Sit down...

'Just' a hundred...?

And I am yet to eat!

Good God!

Come on, Ganoji! Shout!

Drop your weapons!

[All laughs]

Everybody quiet!

Shout louder! Now!

Drop your weapons!

[All laughs]

Quiet now...

Stop it.

Everyone together!

Drop your weapons!

Drop your weapons!

Drop your weapons!

"Lord Khandoba's Khandala ghaat echoes with the chant"

"We are the sixty brave Mawalas of Shivaji"

"O Lord Malhari!"

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

Mister Mountain Lizard!

It seems, we are stuck...

Is it?

Go on, tell us more about how to hook our fingers and swing our feet!

Show us the ridges!

No ridges! There are no more ridges! Turn back...

[Laughs]

Come on, you can do it!

"Lord Khandoba's Khandala ghaat echoes with the chant"

"We are the sixty brave Mawalas of Shivaji"

"O Lord Malhari!"

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

Bravo!

Glory to Shirkai!

Glory to Banabai!

"O Lord Malhari!"

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

"O Lord Malhari!"

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

[Music]

Listen...

[Sobbing]

Greetings, Mother.

Shivba? Welcome... Sit...

Salutations to the Goddess!

Why the worry, Mother?

[Chuckles]

It's all of you who give me cause for worrying.

[Chuckles]

And then you smile like that to drive away my anger.

You've done this since you were little.

But I've realised how much you've grown.

And how is that?

You honoured Kondaji before he even completed his quest.

Mother, as you think of them as your children,

I too see them as brothers.

They are willing to risk their lives for our wishes.

So many of them have embraced death for us.

I have always regretted something

that I couldn't pat their backs in appreciation.

They never could get your gratitude.

Fate made it so.

My children have the ability to defy fate...

And if it comes to that, I will not spread my arms before the Goddess...

I will hold her accountable...

They have reached the base of Konkan.

[Music]

"The sword is our first love..."

"We took an oath for our motherland..."

"Betting against death..."

"We play in the deathlike ravines..."

"We will dance like the storms..."

"On the beats of deadly war..."

"We will lay down our lives for king Shivaji..."

"We are soldiers, and you our god..."

"We are soldiers, and you our god..."

"We are soldiers, and you our god..."

Is that where we go?

Mama?

Which direction?

That way... through the Ghats of Malkapur!

Can we fight in the Ghats?

Always aching for a fight, this one... - Yes.

You'll get your battle when we reach!

"O Lord Malhari!"

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

"O Lord Malhari!"

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

"Our Shivaji is like Lord Malhari..."

[Goats bleating]

Farzand! General Farzand!

I told you! He'd recognize us!

- Yeah...

Come on in...

Come, everyone... - Come on.

[Indistinct chatter]

Who's wandering about in the night?

Come in... Easy...

Come on... No one saw you?

And that's why we cannot win the fort...

General! Mama!

Get up! Up! Anajipant has betrayed us!

What are you saying?

I'll show you!

Wait, before... Wait, Martya!

Is that true? That means they won't win the fort!

How can we when there are traitors around?

General?

So, you have joined the enemy?

Is that why you failed to capture the fort in the six months you've been here?

That's not true, General...

Shut up! We're sending you back in pieces, as is!

Why don't we...

Mama, wait!

Well, if you have to kill me, kill the real me!

In my own religion!

Who is he?

Who?

Go on, kill me, then!

[All laughs]

I really should!

Naik! It's you!

How many times do I have to tell you!

Don't creep about!

You're going to make me kill you some day...

You really wouldn't!

I thought...

That I had joined the enemy?

It's not that...

Don't worry, Farzand!

It's what the King says

always stay on guard and no one can betray you.

I'm not angry.

I was going to call you after hearing his news, actually.

Yes...

Even so, forgive us...

What's the news, Kisna?

I'll tell you... So...

This is a map of the fort.

Bahirji has made it himself...

You'll have to climb up this cliff here...

There is less security there.

Beshakh Khan thinks no one can climb from there.

[All laughs]

How have these morons not realised

yet that the Sahyadri range is our playground.

We can find ways to climb up from any direction!

So,

how many men are up there?

Just more than two thousand soldiers.

Two master swordsmen called Barkandaz Khan

and Shamsher Khan... A clerk,

Nagoji Pandit...

Screw him...

And a baby elephant from Vijapur...

Elephant?

Goes by the name of Hussein...

Hussein?

He's a monster!

What?

I mean, he's huge! Like a fiend!

Let it be...

[All laughs]

Farzand, you should re-think your strategy.

They are two and a half thousand men strong,

and you have only sixty.

The odds are huge.

There are forty warriors for every one of you.

How can you succeed?

Only your bravery dictates the outcome in a fight!

It's not just strength...

otherwise, Lions and Tigers would never bring down huge elephants...

We may be less, but are fighting for a great cause -

Lord Hanuman bless us.

Now, Kisna, tell us what to do...

Of course!

Naik has said that after you're half way up the cliff, there is a ridge.

I'll signal you with a torch,

and you can come up and start cutting down the enemy.

After we reach up and gain access,

you attack from the side, Anajipant.

Okay. - That's all very well...

But when do we do this?

Mama...

There's an auspicious day soon,

a couple of days before a New Moon...

But that's the day after tomorrow!

So we'll set off tomorrow.

Yes...

We'll camp in the forest and start climbing the next evening.

Kisna, you run along.

They must not suspect a thing.

You asked for me, My Lord?

[Laughs]

Rustom Khan... My friend...

Yes, My Lord?

I can't wait any more.

What happened with Kesar?

I'm trying, my Lord...

To hell with your trying!

If you can't do it...

maybe

our little friend can...

Let me go!

A brave warrior indeed...

Take him to Beshakh Khan!

And bring that witch, Kesar, to me!

Nothing can stop me today! Take him!

Leave me!

Kamad Khan has summoned you...

Now?

That's right...

Stand straight, now!

What's your endgame here?

[Laughs]

Answer me, or you will be put to death!

Go on!

Let my blood be spilled on Panhala!

Shivaji is in our blood.

More Shivajis will sprout from every drop spilled.

Wait, my Lord...

He is no ordinary soldier!

If we can turn him, we will find out their plan...

Indeed, Pandit... Indeed!

Cowardly dogs!

Throw them in the dungeons...

We will decide on their fate in the morning...

Come on, move!

Out of my sight...!

Come on, move!

No! Kisna!

No!

[Screams] Kisna!

[Music]

"O Goddess Jagdamba grant us victory in this war"

"To fell these demons and fiends, grant us the power"

"Arise oh Mother..."

"O Goddess Jagdamba grant us victory in this war"

"To fell these demons and fiends, grant us the power"

"Goddess Jagdamba from Raigad, this is our plea"

"You are the last hope for us women, from the enemy"

"To set free all those chained"

"Arise oh Mother..."

"O Ambabai, end the evil ones, O Ambabai, end the evil ones!"

"O Ambabai, end the evil ones, O Ambabai, end the evil ones!"

[Music]

O Mother...

So many of our women's foreheads have been wiped clear as sacrifice.

But now...

Lend my daughters your fortune...

Forgive me, my Lord!

Here you are, at last!

I'll be yours!

[Music]

"Arise oh Mother..."

"O Goddess you are the only one we trust now"

"As monsters and fiends seek to end our motherland"

"Arise oh Mother..."

"O Goddess you are the only one we trust now"

"As monsters and fiends seek to end our motherland"

"To kick them out and drown them out"

"Give these sixty hands strength,"

"To kick them out and drown them out"

"Give these sixty hands strength,"

"Arise oh Mother..."

"O Ambabai,"

"O Ambabai, end the evil ones, O Ambabai, end the evil ones!"

"Ambabai, end the evil ones!"

"Arise oh Mother..."

"Arise oh Mother..."

"The war has painted all the walls with blood"

"We will sacrifice in your name a goat of thirty-two teeth..."

"Arise oh Mother..."

"The war has painted all the walls with blood"

"We will sacrifice in your name a goat of thirty-two teeth..."

"Let the swords and the shields"

"Oh goddess Amba, Arise oh Mother..."

"Let the swords and the shields beat to the rhythm of drums"

"Arise oh Mother..."

"O Ambabai, end the evil ones, O Ambabai, end the evil ones!"

"O Ambabai, end the evil ones, O Ambabai, end the evil ones!"

"O Ambabai, end the evil ones, O Ambabai, end the evil ones!"

"O Ambabai, end the evil ones, O Ambabai, end the evil ones!"

Are you happy?

You...

I'd earned respect, dancing for men...

and you took me away!

Swarajya, you call it!

What Swarajya do you mean?

The Lord Khan is better than you...

He will at least take me as a wife!

Won't you, my Lord?

Go to hell!

Behead him, my Lord... Keep him here!

I want to see him squirm!

Such a brave warrior...

[Groans]

Let's go...

Careful...

Check it out...

You release the rest of the captive girls!

Yes sure...

I'll go and send out the signal to Farzand...

Yes...

He must be waiting...

[Horn blowing]

Who is blowing the horn?

Who blows the horn?

They're here, my Lord!

They're here! The Marathas have attacked!

Where is Kamad Khan?

He went to the dungeons...

The Somatna Lake is that way, the dungeons over there,

and the Gates are that way..

Har Har...

Mahadev!

Come on!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Kamad!

The Maratha Infidels!?

Mama!

Gundoji!

Your brother is watching your back!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Let's go...

Jai Bhavani!

We'll start with lighting up

the place with Diwali...

Jai Bhavani!!!

Drop your weapons!

Then drive away evil spirits with a 'shimga',

Where are you going!

The Marathas are coming this way!

And a full army of them!

Follow me, let's save ourselves!

Gundoji!

Mama!!!

That Gundoji has cursed me!

That Gundoji has cursed me!

Now I'll have to play my bow like an instrument!

Wait... How can I do that?

[Laughs]

Look at him, grinning like an idiot...

Hail goddess Shirkai..

Kondaji!

That's the coward Beshakh Khan who struck at Tanaji's back!

Get him!

Har Har Mahadev!

Kondaji! Don't spare him!

Attack him!

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

And then, we'll mark the moment the demon King

Raavan was killed with a 'Khande-Navami'!

[Chuckles]

Har Har Mahadev!

Har Har Mahadev!

Where will you run?

[Laughs]

[All laughs]

[Growling]

"The one with arms of steel,"

"The one with arms of steel,"

"with the fierce third eye of Lord Shiva!"

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

"The one with arms of steel,"

"with the fierce third eye of Lord Shiva!"

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

"The one with arms of steel, with the fierce third eye of Lord Shiva!"

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

"The one with arms of steel, with the fierce third eye of Lord Shiva!"

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

"He is brave, the very bravest..."

"He is brave, the very bravest..."

"Bringer of storms, he is the God of destruction!"

[Laughs]

[Screaming in pain]

[Screaming in pain]

Naik... I came through...

I kept my word to Ausaheb, didn't I?

Kesar.... Kesar!

[Laughs]

[Laughs]

Get out of my way! Away!

Har Har Mahadev!

[Explosion]

It's not that easy to defeat me and get the fort!

Even your preci9oous Shivaji can't do it!

I'll torture you to death today...

the next time it will be Shivaji's turn...

Har Har Mahadev!

Hail goddess Amba Bhavani.

Har Har Mahadev!

You'd attacked my Tanaji when his back was turned!

Watch closely before you die!

We Marathi people...

fight with our lives in our hands for King and Country!

We live by our God, so we kill and die by our God!

We won't strike your back, you coward!

We will break your chests and drink your blood!

We will eat your mongrel flesh..

and won't spare a burp for you either!

We are a tiger's breed!

[Screams]

Flee! Flee

Run! Escape!

"The resplendent army decorated bravery and heroic spirite."

"King Shivaji mount his horse to lead this army to win the war..."

"Bhushan says, the sounds of kettle drums..."

"...are deafening like the sound of over flooded roaring rivers..."

"The elephants are spreading such commotion that there is chaos..."

"...and disorder in the paths of the enemy, where this army treads"

"So thunderous is their movement that the hills along are being uprooted."

"The feet and the hooves of this army raise so much dust that it covers..."

"...the sky and the shining sun is reduced to but like a twinkling star."

"As the massive army marches through, "

"the earth trembles like mercury on a wobbling plate."

The King is here! Everyone!

The King is here! Everyone!

My King!

Jai Bhavani!

Jai Bhavani!

Har Har...

Mahadev!

Naik!

Where is our brave General Kondaji Farzand?

My King, he...

I mean, he...

Naik... What happened?

He isn't here...

If not here, then where?

He has performed a miracle and disappeared?

Where is my Kondaji?

Naik...

which way will the sun rise?

That way, but why does that matter?

I mean... Sinhagad is that way too..

Yes...

My King, pray follow me! Here!

Subhedar...

I've have paid off my debt.

I've avenged you.

I took back Panhala, Subhedar!

Kondaji...

Jai Bhavani!

Jai Bhavani!