Original subtitles

(call of the peacock)

(in Tamil) Where do you go now?

Benares

Bring me some water from the Ganga

Lord Shiva be praised

♪ You are to me both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find me here I close my eyes ♪

(in Tamil) Where are you from?

Please don’t ask me such questions!

Would you like me to guess?

Sure!

You are from France, aren’t you?

17 years earlier

Going halfway, that's farther than yesterday

Oh

Oh yeah that's fast, so fast

All right so move forward, right there

Superman!

Wanna relax, like I showed you?

Like your mom did?

Open your legs, open your legs

Oh no, not like that

Careful guys

Relax, there we go

(Recitation for Indian classical dance) (in Sanskrit)

♪ It’s a universe born of breath and time ♪

You could climb up

But Princess Nora didn't know how to climb

so she got the chair, she pulled it close to the cupboard

♪ It’s a universe born of soul and substance ♪

She climbed on the chair and tried to reach

to the little door where the chocolate was kept

But then

Mmm! Spicy!

(in Hindi) It is good. We'll eat now

♪ At night, when dreams grow tall ♪

♪ in that land without the usual laws ♪

♪ I’ll fall without moving ♪

♪ I’ll fly without wings ♪

♪ with a truth, free to change its shape ♪

♪ I wake up every morning to the music of my dreams ♪

♪ seeping into a new day’s light ♪

♪ It’s a universe born of love and light ♪

(in Hindi) Mira, please wash the children’s hands

♪ It’s a universe born of rain upon the ocean ♪

♪ It’s a universe born of waves upon the sand ♪

Thanks

She's abandoned in a forest

Pregnant and vulnerable

That is not something you do to the love of your life

She trusted Rama

She thinks it's just a pleasure trip

Imagine her agony

when she finds out what was about to happen!

No wonder she throws herself into the Ganga!

But Ganga protects her

Her children are born in the river

Lava and Kusha

Twin boys

Marvellous!

What's so marvellous about it?

The imagination of the writer

Then, he should have imagined a story

where Sita is treated better

A woman would have written the Ramayana differently

The audience will not accept that

Don't you see the irony of it?

Rama exiled Sita to satisfy his people

and you want to give our audience

what you think they want?

The Ramayana works

Just stick with it!

Where is the need to get creative?

Rama had Sita pass through the fire to test her purity

Where do we stand with this story?

We’ll worry about our audience later

(in Tamil)Amma

There’s someone at the back gate

The main entrance is on the other side

It used to be on this side

I... came through the forest.

May I come in?

Of course.

It would be easier if you open the gate.

Hi.

I think you can let go of my hand now.

What is it to belong to Sita’s Universe?

Every dancer in our play

must find an answer to that question

Skanda?!

I am looking for my father, Jon.

Skanda, you don't recognise me?!

Where is my father?

You’ve grown so much!

Please.

Will you tell me where my father is?

Jon is not here.

But he will return.

When?

Your father disappears often, days on end.

But he will return.

Please stay.

Do you really want me to stay?

Skanda, this is your home.

Kris.

Valli.

Valli, take him to Jon's room.

Would you like to look around first?

Sure.

You could leave your bag here.

I hope Jon comes back soon

Yes

I wish he was already here

We sell more tickets when Jon's here

Is that all you ever think of, Sabapathi?

(in Sanskrit, the 'Ramayana') ♪ A monstrous and heinous crime against my child ♪

♪ has pierced my heart and shattered me ♪

♪ A fierce cascading anger ♪

♪ ever new ♪

♪ however old ♪

♪ that cuts me to the quick ♪

♪ like a saw ♪

♪ and does not cease ♪

♪ Oh, my daughter Sita ♪

♪ Where could you be? ♪

♪ Oh my daughter Sita, where am I to find you? ♪

♪ Oh my daughter Sita ♪

♪ Where have you disappeared? ♪

That is Kausalya

Rama’s mother

pining for Sita, her daughter-in-law

Rama’s mother?

She loved Sita like her own daughter

♪ How well I remember that moment ♪

♪ when you were adorned with the glow from the wedding ♪

♪ your pure smile blossoming ♪

♪ Oh my child ♪

♪ brighten my life once again ♪

♪ with your innocent lotus like face ♪

♪ beautiful as the first moonlight ♪

♪ with your pure smile blossoming ♪

That is Janaka

Sita’s father

sad, and angry, at the same time

(in Sanskrit) Who is this god of fire

to presume to purify my daughter?

The horror of it!

How dare anyone speak like this

and insult us more when Rama

has already insulted us enough!

Love the way it sounds!

Yes

Sanskrit is the language of the Gods

♪ Sita, my child ♪

♪ What am I to do? ♪

♪ This wretched life of mine ♪

♪ seems permanently fixed in place ♪

♪ This wretched life of mine ♪

♪ lingers on and will not leave ♪

What's the story?

It is the last episode in the Ramayana

Remember?

Yeah

What's so special about the last episode?

It is where Lava meets his father

Rama

Yes

For the first time since his birth

How old is he?

Twelve

Did his father send him away?

Something like that

It is beginning to sound a lot like my own story

Ouch!

I have lost the habit

It will come back

This is Shiva

Parvathi

and Skanda

Skanda?

Yes

They have been here for a few years now

What happened to the house?

Termites!

It was eaten from the inside

Jon was hardly ever there

It had to be re-built

It's still here?!

Yes

I drive it now

Look at these kids!

They will play here all the day long?!

I did that too as a child

Clay is good for the skin

I'm sure it is

Really?!

The water is warm on the surface

and cool under it

We should join them some time

How about now?

We could leave you here

and pick you up on the way home

Come on, it wouldn't be as fun

without you and the kids!

Dad

Can we build a mud pool at home?

Sure Kris

Yay! I would love that, Jon

How did you meet Jon?

We met in Benares

On the Ghats of the river Ganga

My first trip to India, with my parents

Love at first sight?

Pretty much!

I think the way he told me the story

of the Ganga, that did it for me

That's a beautiful story!

My parents went into shock when I told them

I want to marry him

after being with him just a day

You got married at Benares?

No, we never got married

Of course, you did!

We call it the Gandharva vivaha

Gandhar what?!

Gandharva

That's when our parents don't agree

They will have to accept Jon some day

He makes a great father!

Yes, he does

A father who can't say No

(Indian classical Music)

Nice!

Thank you

Hey

Bed time?

Come.

Say good night to Mamma

You guys have fun playing?

Yeah

Let's go

(in Sanskrit, the 'Gita Govinda’)

♪ Oh my Yadava hero! ♪

♪ Cooler than sandal paste...♪

♪ is your hand upon my breast... ♪

What does it mean?

She is telling her lover

paint a leaf design on my breasts

♪ Cooler than sandal paste ♪

♪ is your hand upon my breasts ♪

Put colour on my cheeks

Lay a girdle on my hips

♪ With deer musk ♪

♪ paint a leaf design here ♪

♪ on love’s ritual vessel... ♪

Twine my heavy braid with flowers

Fix a row of bangles on my hands

♪ With deer musk paint a leaf design... ♪

and jewelled anklets on my feet

She is good!

My mother is Indian, you know

Really?!

Yes

And your father?

Austrian

Such a lovely combination!

Yes, it is

♪ Playing to delight her heart ♪

♪ the hero, her Yadava lover listened ♪

♪ and did all that she asked ♪

5 years later

That's him?

That's not Appa

I see him like that

How?

With my imagination, I make him my own

Can you teach me?

Sure, Skanda

It's easy

But the imagination is all yours

He looks so different, Amma

I like it!

Come...let me tie your dhoti

Come

I get a better view now!

(in Sanskrit) ♪ One whose limbs are the Universe ♪

♪ Whose song and poetry are the essence of all language ♪

♪ Whose ornaments are the Moon and the Stars ♪

♪ We bow to Him, the benevolent One ♪

(in Sanskrit, from the 'Ramayana') ♪ My life seems permanently fixed ♪

♪ resisting all attempts to be freed ♪

♪ My life will not leave me ♪

♪ My life will not leave me ♪

♪ cursed as I am ♪

That's Jon's room

That portrait?

It's Jon

Yeah!

(in Sanskrit, the 'Ramayana')

♪ Your touch is there to delight me, in spite of all ♪

♪ But where are you ♪

♪ my heart’s delight? ♪

♪ My heart's delight ♪

♪ Unbearable! ♪

♪ How truly unbearable! ♪

♪ My heart breaks in sheer agony ♪

♪ but doesn’t split apart ♪

♪ My crippled body is delirious ♪

♪ but doesn’t lose consciousness ♪

♪ An inner fire enflames my limbs ♪

♪ but doesn’t reduce them to ash ♪

♪ Fate strikes me to the quick ♪

♪ but doesn’t end my life ♪

♪ It doesn’t end my life ♪

You dance?

Yes.

You look familiar

Who are you?

Kris

Kris?!

I could have guessed by that mole on your cheek!

How you have grown!

Kris, wait!

Welcome home

You were playing Rama

Yes

Were you just pretending to miss Sita?

He looks so much like Jon

I tried talking to him

But he is not the Kris I know

Who knows how he has lived all these years?

His mother cut us off completely

I somehow feel responsible for everything

What's for dinner?

Chickpea salad

Mmm... Sundal

Parvati, they are not going to have any appetite for my salad now

It is an offering from the Ganesha temple

It's delicious!

It's very tasty, Amma

Clara

I have upset her

It’s okay

Kris, I got a new song for you

Yeah? Show me

It is simple

♪ You are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

Want to try?

♪ You are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

Try Valli.

♪ You are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ and you are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ A ball of thread rolling on and on ♪

♪ connected from beginning to end ♪

♪ Never together yet never apart ♪

♪ it’s my longing that keeps me alive ♪

♪ like there’s no tomorrow ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

Everybody!

The beginning

♪ And you are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ You are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ You are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ Everybody! ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

-♪ I close... ♪ -(hearty laughter)

And...compassion

-Please - (in Sanskrit) Karuna

Raudra

Anger

Yes

Veera

Courage

Nice Valli!

Bhayanaka

Fear.

Something you are afraid of.

Bibhatsa

Disgust!

That bad smell and taste

Adbhuta!

Astonishment, wonder!

And Shanta

It is peace

the balance of all the emotions

Love

Karuna

What is that again Valli?

Compassion

Raudra

Hasyam... Laughter

Peace

Adbhuta

Veeram

Adbhutam

Adbhutam

Astonishment

Marvelous.

Kris... Valli... Come

Time for your lesson

Mom, can we practice a bit more time?

Clara, we are done now

Come

Go on

These wind turbines are built on high ridges

On the sea coast, or open plains

That is because there's a lot of space

and much wind can come

Can't we build one here?

It'll be a little bit expensive

to do that

And it's huge, they are huge!

They are most productive

if there are many together.

You see this little small ladder here

Imagine a human being here

It's so huge!

It takes a long time to climb it

Very long time to climb

It's much bigger than the trees we have here

So, sometimes they go up here

to actually clean or repair it

Who wants to go to the beach?

Yeah!

Mom! We can study the wind at the beach

Okay, go on and change

Come on

Meet you at the gate!

Come with us

Yes mom, come with us!

Okay

Let it go Parvathi

I know why my mother chose you, for me

Why?

Because she knew, I would always love you

like she loved my father

I think it is the other way around

She knew

I would always be with you

You think your father is still alive?

That's what my mother believed, till the very end

I choose to believe the same

He wouldn't have let her die, if he had been here

Yes

She missed him a lot

Absence can kill

The only image I have of him, is a picture

Sometimes, I will his image to move

and to say something to me

He speaks

I cannot hear his voice

All this for a father

I haven't actually known in my life

How much more terrible it must be for Kris?

I hope Jon returns soon

I hope so too!

(in Sanskrit) You there, great Lava!

To one as strong as you, what are such soldiers?

Here I am, come get me one on one

One should fight fire with fire

Lava is Rama's son!

He has been blessed with the power

to invoke celestial weapons at will

Play it with a little more gusto!

Look at...

how she's playing Chandraketu!

Try to match that energy

Vishwa, it's four, not five!

Kris, you do it!

(in Sanskrit)You there, great Lava!

To one as strong as you, what are such soldiers?

Here I am, come fight me one on one

Fire should fight with fire!

Nice, Kris!

Thank you

That's how it is done

-(Valli) You did a good job Kris

Valli, Skanda

come, walk with me

Lovely evening, isn't it?

Yes

It is

I would like to tell you a story

About my parents

About your grandparents

A long time ago

when my mother Kannamma was about your age

there was a terrible drought in this village

Her teacher taught her a composition

imbued with the power to make it rain

She prayed to the Goddess Annapurna

for her blessings

And the rain that followed her dance

made Kannamma famous

Do you know the composition, Amma?

Yes Valli, I do

I'll teach it to you some day

I’d love to be able to make it rain

It's so cool

I’d like to learn it too

I'll teach you both then

Now, for my story

Kannamma made a vow to the Goddess

to thank her for the rain

She would dance at her temple, at Devprayag

Where's Devprayag?

It is where river Ganga begins

up there in the Himalayas

But she never made it there

What happened?

Your grandfather was with her on that journey

They reached Haridwar

a hundred kilometres short of Devprayag

He left her there by the river bank

to attend to a sick man

and never returned

He was doctor, wasn't he?

Yes

My mother was pregnant with me then

But she didn't know it

Neither did he

What could have happened?

Kannamma waited in Haridwar

until she found out she was pregnant

There was an epidemic of Tuberculosis in that area

and she didn't want to get infected for my sake

And so, she returned home

Did she go to Devprayag?

No. How could she in that state?

She returned home

What about Grandfather?

Kannamma heard about a doctor

working high up in the mountains

trying to save a whole village

affected by the disease

She believed it was him

She believed he would come back to her

once it was all over

But he didn't

No

Perhaps, he would not have left her

had he known she was pregnant

I know what it is to grow up without a father

What made you come back?

Every night, for the past few months

I've been having this dream

In it, I am swimming

trying to reach my father

He's standing in the water

singing to me.

But before I can reach him, I drown

I wake up breathless

It's impossible to sleep after that

Do we have to be cast in stone

to keep smiling like that?

We were so small!

Your grandparents?

I feel strange looking at this picture now

Why?

It's only now I know their story

Amma kept it from me all these years

I think she shared it to help me

It's a deep pain

She didn't want you to carry it as well

I know

But I wonder how many other secrets she keeps!

There's something I haven't told you

What?

I was afraid to dance with you the other day

Afraid?

Why?

I freeze

Sometimes, it's as if my feet get nailed to the ground

What do you do?

It gets worse if I struggle

So, I try to do nothing

And yet you danced with me

You are brave!

I just felt safe with you

It's a strange coincidence

What is?

You are returning after 12 years

So?

That was Lava's age

when he meets Rama

for the very first time

A father he'd never seen before

But you know Jon

Do I?

He must have changed too

Sometimes I wonder about Parvathi Akka and my father

What do you mean?

I wonder if she's the reason he...

decided to stay.

She cannot be the only reason

My father is like a brother to him

And Parvathi Akka?

-Go, yay!

So what did you guys learn today in class?

We learned the nine sentiments

Food!

Clara

Yes please

Thank you

Valli

Thank you

A little more?

No

Okay

Kris

A little more

No…no...no

We don't eat noodles by hand

Come, I’ll show you

Take the fork in your right hand

and the spoon in your left

You take some on your fork

Yeah...and then you roll it around

It is like dancing with the noodles

Yeah...

and then you can eat them so nice

without getting dirty fingers

Tasty!

Yummy!

I'll make some more

I think it's not going to be enough

(kids laughing)

Jon!

This is not funny!

You are setting a bad example!

Sorry

Jon, stop it!

They need to learn how to eat properly

Come on Clara, it’s not such a big deal

It is for me!

Clara has become very strict

Yeah

She's being so hard on Dad

Jon is silly sometimes

He likes to make us laugh

It's hard to see them fight

Yes

It makes me sad

I am here for you, Kris

Honey, do we have any biscuits?

Why are they coming after so long?

They want to meet their grandson

before they get too old

Why are you so stressed?

Just be yourself

You are a grown woman

They’ll just have to learn to respect

the choices you've made

They still have to get over my choice of you

Please be nice to them

It's not going to be easy for them

to see what you put us all through

What?

Hey, that's not fair!

When have I forced you into anything?

I just want to get away from here

You’re always around Parvathi

I wonder sometimes if it’s only about music between you both!

You never want to go anywhere!

Shh!

Keep it down

You don't get it

Do you?

No

No, I don't

Did you think about what I said?

Yes

My answer is 'No'

Why not?

Because he's my son

He's my son too

I don't want to put him through this

Let Kris stay with Parvathi if we are going to be fighting

I am his mother, not Parvathi!

Just stop fighting with me!

Nothing I say is right

What happened to us?

I can't talk to you either

Do you love me?

Switch off the light. I need to sleep

Kris

Kris!

Kris!!

Hey Valli

Your bed is not comfortable?

The water is warm. I...

must have dozed off

You were a tree before

Now you are a fish

Come along now, everybody is waiting

Give me my clothes, Valli!

Come and get them

If you insist

Come a little closer Valli

Please

You must be feeling like the Gopikasthat Krishna stole the clothes from

So you want to see me naked?

Did you find Skanda?

Yes, Amma

He was sleeping in the mud pond

Mud pond?

He was naked

You saw him naked?!

No, Amma

Then?

His clothes were by the pond

Amma...

Yes

Was Appa ever jealous of you and Jon?

There were moments

So?

What do you want to know?

Nothing

What are you writing?

My diary

Could I look?

Oh...

Okay

I thought you would be sleeping by now

Parvathi

I didn't see you

I couldn't sleep

Why not?

I keep hearing this melody and...

I can't figure out what it is

It's killing me

Hum it

That is Hemavati

It is one of my favourite Ragas

♪ You know as well as I do ♪

♪ why we cannot sleep ♪

♪ Are we dying a little every night ♪

♪ in hopes of something more? ♪

♪ In this moment of your longing ♪

♪ I am the one who burns ♪

♪ with you ♪

♪ Let go of all that’s proper ♪

♪ Cast aside all that's ornament ♪

♪ Allow me to explore your depths ♪

♪ Your fire with my wetness burns ♪

♪ In this moment of your longing ♪

♪ I’m the one who burns ♪

♪ with you. ♪

♪ The one who claims your love is far ♪

♪ Here’s the moment we've been waiting for ♪

♪ Let’s stretch this time and make it last ♪

♪ a thousand years before he returns ♪

♪ In this moment of your longing ♪

♪ I’m the one who burns with you ♪

♪ I’ll clothe you with my lingering eyes ♪

♪ all things covered when I’m done ♪

♪ No saying where you begin, where I end ♪

♪ with languorous limbs, in play and flow ♪

♪ There is nothing more beautiful ♪

♪ than love that’s naked, unadorned ♪

♪ In this moment of your longing ♪

♪ I’m the one who burns ♪

♪ with you ♪

(in Sanskrit) ♪ Her lover did all that she asked ♪

Jon, stand here

Remove your shirt

Let your hair down

You are just as naked when you sing

What do you mean?

Your voice has a quality of wild abandon

passionate, without decorum

and all consuming

claiming for itself, all who chance to listen

I have never received a better compliment

(the call of the peacock)

Clara, stop!

Why are you doing this to us?

To us?

There is no us!

Us is over!

Kris needs me too

Yes, he does, so come with us

You know I can't just leave

I have commitments here

We have programs

I'm their singer

You decide, what's more important to you

Your son, or your stupid commitments!

This music is my life

How do you expect me to leave all this?

All this?!

Or Parvathi?

She's my friend and teacher

You are blinded by your jealousy

I am leaving

You make your choice now

I'm doing this for Kris. He needs to go to school!

You're using Kris to punish me

You don't love him

You just love yourself

So, why don't you come along

and prove that you love Kris more than yourself!

I can't leave

Just leave Kris and go wherever you want

I'll take care of him

Like hell you will!

She owns you. Don't you see that?!

He will be running around getting dirty

while you are waiting

for her

I want a different future

for Kris, for myself!

Stop!

I'm begging you

Don't do this

It's too late

This is Rudraksha

tear drop of Shiva

It will protect you

Wear it always, Skanda

Why did Shiva cry?

Because his son was going away from him

Far away!

Come, Parvathi

We cannot make it more difficult for him

than it already is

Dad...

Will you come visit me?

Yes, Kris...

Yes

I promise

I love you

I won't let you go, Kris

Your father sings with his soul

I don't always understand the words

But it never matters

Why?

He listens to me singing

Then he sings his own song, using his own words

What's it like

to dance to his music?

It's a part of our life

So, when he disappears, like right now

there is a void

There's something of him in every song I've ever danced to

Did you take to school in America?

In the beginning

it was really bad

Everyone made fun of me

I didn't understand anything of their...

their rules

I didn't speak to anyone

I found it...

hard to breathe

I didn't understand why all of a sudden

none of you were there for me

That's what hurt the most

I told myself that I was to blame

That Dad...

didn't love me anymore

That you and Parvathi Akka...

you didn't care

We were not able to reach you

We tried for a long time!

All the letters

that Jon wrote to you to your grandparents address were returned

Where were you?

Everywhere!

We never stayed in a place for more than...

two years

That explains it

I thought you knew where we were!

Kris

Kris!

Go, change Kris

Go on

It is Jon who showed me this place

It's so peaceful

We used to come here

for our walk together

Did he think of me?

Often!

Where did you go when you left here?

America

To live with my grandparents in San José

That was for the first two years

After that, Mom got a job in New York

That was for a year...then...

London, and after that, Perth

Wow!

I would love to see those places too

Some day!

Yeah

But I missed Kaavadi

I missed all of you.

How did you stay in touch with Bharatanatyam?

I was eighteen

We had just moved to Perth

There was a Kalakshetra teacher

staying in our neighbourhood

One day, I really wanted to dance

So I joined her classes

and I never stopped going after that

Did it happen during practice?

It happened in class too

That's terrible

No, it was a good thing

my teacher saw me standing there like that, you know...

all of a sudden, rooted to the ground

We talked

I told her of my life in Kaavadi

and everything that had happened since

She helped me understand

that I needed to reconnect with my father to dance again

She really helped me see that

You’ll be okay, Kris

you'll see

There was no one to protect Sita in the forest

Sita is the daughter of Mother Earth

She doesn't need protection

It is Rama who became vulnerable when he sent her away

It's so true what you say!

Without Sita, life loses its charm for Rama

She accompanies him into the forest only to watch over him

Ravana lost everything when he offended her

Has Rama no role now?

If you ask me, the epic should be named 'Sitayana'

I agree

You are beginning to worry me

The public will not like this

The story has to start with Sita

pregnant, all alone in the forest

Why would she be alone?

I see the forest deities worshipping her

That is so true!

(in Marathi)♪ Our darling daughter ♪

♪ is now a beautiful pregnant woman, with cravings ♪

♪ Hurry now, my dear friends ♪

♪ let us fulfil her every wish ♪

♪ Our darling daughter ♪

♪ beautiful and pregnant, is full of cravings ♪

♪ Come on, my dear friends ♪

♪ let’s fulfil all her wants ♪

♪ Our darling daughter! ♪

♪ Offer her swelling belly, tamarinds, guavas and gooseberries ♪

♪ Offer her the fruits she desires ♪

♪ Let’s nourish her with tamarinds, guavas and gooseberries ♪

♪ In her hair, we’ll weave ♪

♪ fragrant flower garlands ♪

♪ In her hair, we’ll weave ♪

♪ the choicest blossoms ♪

♪ Our darling daughter ♪

♪ beautiful and pregnant, is full of cravings ♪

♪ Hasten now, oh dear friends ♪

♪ to give her all that she needs ♪

♪ Our darling daughter! ♪

♪ Offering her tender coconuts ♪

♪ and new garments as blessings ♪

♪ Offering her tender coconuts ♪

♪ and new garments as blessings ♪

♪ we seat her upon the Moon ♪

♪ as we rejoice to satisfy her ♪

♪ Seating her upon the Moon ♪

♪ we strive to meet her every need ♪

♪ Our darling daughter ♪

♪ beautiful and pregnant, is full of cravings ♪

♪ Come on, dear friends, let’s fulfil her every wish! ♪

♪ Our darling daughter ♪

♪ beautiful and pregnant, is full of cravings ♪

♪ Hasten, oh dear friends, to fulfil her least wish ♪

♪ Let’s hurry dear friends, to fulfil her every want ♪

♪ All her cravings, let’s together satisfy ♪

Beautiful!

Is that Sita?

No

It's my mother

Yes

She was pregnant with you

We were celebrating

That painting in my room...

It's of my Dad

Isn't it?

Yes, Skanda

You’ve painted him like a guardian deity

That is how I see him

Kris

There's somewhere I'd like to take you

Where?

Come on

Your daughter has a mind of her own

Sita should hate Rama, right?

For what he did to her!

But she doesn't

How’s that even possible?

Because she understands him

That what he had to do, is what he did

Even though it is terrible beyond imagination

it is love

that made her understand

Do you think my parents understood each other?

The question is, if they loved each other

I don't know

What is love, without understanding?

True

-You see that name?

-Skanda Ashram

-We missed you Skanda

Appa

May I ask you something?

What is it?

Were you ever jealous of Amma and Jon?

Yes

But, only until I saw the painting

The one that's hanging inside Jon's room?

Yes

Then, I understood

I couldn't be jealous anymore

Jon is back!

♪ You are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ A ball of thread rolling on and on ♪

♪ connected from beginning to end ♪

♪ Never together yet never apart ♪

♪ it’s my longing that keeps me alive ♪

♪ like there’s no tomorrow ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

♪ It’s my longing that keeps me alive ♪

♪ if I only could find my voice... ♪

(in Sanskrit, the ‘Ramayana') ♪ There’s no more enmity

and joy flows forth ♪

♪ My pride is somehow gone, deference overwhelms me ♪

♪ My anger has vanished. I am full of humility ♪

♪ At the mere sight of him, I’m under his power ♪

♪ Why so? ♪

♪ There is some inner cause for such mutual attraction ♪

♪ Feelings of love are not dependent only on outer appearance ♪

♪ Something within, is drawing me to him ♪

♪ It cannot be merely, the charm of his features ♪

(in Sanskrit)Chandraketu!

Who is this?

Why my dear friend

it is my honoured father’s elder brother!

Long may you live, my child

Come to me

Do come to me

♪ Enough, enough of this formality ♪

♪ enough of this strict way of being ♪

♪ Come hold me close ♪

♪ Come to me ♪

♪ Come into my arms! ♪

♪ Come my child ♪

♪ Come embrace me! ♪

♪ Come ♪

♪ You are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ A ball of thread rolling on and on ♪

♪ connected from beginning to end ♪

♪ Never together yet never apart ♪

♪ it’s my longing that keeps me alive ♪

♪ like there’s no tomorrow ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

♪ Where have you been ♪

♪ all this while? ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

♪ Across the blazing sands ♪

♪ Through the deep dark waters ♪

♪ Every possible pain I’ve survived ♪

♪ because of my longing for you ♪

♪ like there’s no tomorrow ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

♪ It’s my longing that keeps me alive ♪

♪ It’s my longing that keeps me alive ♪

♪ If I only could find my voice ♪

♪ lost somewhere in all this noise ♪

♪ I’d sing and you would dance ♪

♪ like there’s no tomorrow ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

♪ Like there’s no... ♪

♪ tomorrow... ♪

♪ Tomorrow ♪

♪ You are to me ♪

♪ both fire and ice ♪

♪ To find you near ♪

♪ I close my eyes ♪

We've always been together, Kris

Nothing could separate us

Not all this time

Not all this distance

Every time I sang

I sang only for you

And every time I danced

I danced only for you Dad

Will you come with us to Devprayag?

The Himalayas?

Yes

We'll fulfil your grandmother's vow

You see...

Jon is a success even when he crashes a performance!

(Rhythmic recitation for dance)

♪ It’s a universe born of breath and time ♪

♪ It’s a universe born of rain upon the ocean ♪

♪ It’s a universe born of waves upon the sand ♪

♪ It’s a universe born of love and light ♪

(Rhythmic recitation for dance)

♪ At night ♪

♪ when dreams grow tall ♪

♪ In that land without the usual laws ♪

♪ I'll fall without moving ♪

♪ I'll fly without wings ♪

♪ With the truth... ♪

♪ free... ♪

♪ to change its shape ♪

♪ I wake up every mornin' ♪

♪ to the music of my dreams ♪

♪ Seeping into a new days light... ♪

(Rhythmic recitation for dance)

♪ It’s a universe born of breath and time ♪

♪ It’s a universe born of rain upon the ocean ♪

♪ It’s a universe born of waves upon the sand ♪

♪ It’s a universe born of love and light ♪