Hail Shri Rama!
[voice echoing]
Who called out my name with such compassion?
Hail Shri Rama!
[devotional music playing]
'Son Rama!'
Mother!
[ethereal music playing]
[vocalising]
[vocalising continues]
Look.
I've prepared your favourite 'laddus' for you.
But, my dear Rama, where were you headed?
I felt as if someone was calling my name!
It was an earnest call!
But there's nobody here.
I'm sure someone outside called out to you.
But how did you hear your name
with so much noise all around?
Mother, it wasn't an ordinary call.
It was filled with the pain
of separation.
Hmm.
It appears as though someone adores you.
[intriguing music plays]
It's okay.
There's no one here right now,
but whoever it is
will certainly come to meet you.
Until then, please eat your 'laddus'
and wait for them.
[ethereal music playing]
[devotional music playing]
[epic music plays]
[vocalising]
I hope my deity likes the 'laddus'
made lovingly by my mother.
[theme music playing]
[theme song playing]
[theme song continues playing]
[theme song concludes]
- [conch shell playing] - ['damaru' playing]
[amusing music playing]
Where is Nandi?
He said he'd bring 'laddus'.
Mother, I'm here.
[dramatic music playing]
Be careful.
Why are you carrying the tray on your head?
Is it heavy?
No, Mother.
Actually, I...
- Because... - Because Nandi wanted to keep
the 'laddus' away from him.
If the 'laddus'
were in front of Nandi,
they wouldn't have ever reached here.
Right, Nandi?
[grinning]
Mother, I had to control myself.
Why are you holding back during such an auspicious moment?
Today, Shri Rama and Hanuman will meet.
We'll have a grand celebration today.
Goddess,
sometimes an early celebration
invites misfortune.
How could that happen?
Shri Rama and Hanuman will soon unite.
Hanuman will enter the palace any moment now.
[intriguing music plays]
Goddess,
it may take ages to cover
a short distance.
You brought these 'laddus' with great effort,
so you deserve the first one.
[thunder cracking]
Greetings, Mahadeva.
May you earn fame.
Greetings, Mother.
May you earn fame.
Devraj Indra, you've come at an auspicious moment.
Hanuman and Shri Rama will meet very soon.
[tense music plays]
Mahadeva,
all of us have
a request.
We know
Hanuman is Your partial avatar.
He is born for a great purpose.
But, Lord, how could
the meeting with his deity,
which is supposed to be a turning point, be so easy?
[intriguing music plays]
This is why we want to make
his journey difficult.
[tense music plays]
Devraj, what do you mean?
Do you wish to obstruct the union of a devotee and his deity?
Mother,
the obstacles we lay
will ultimately assist Hanuman.
Anyway, Mother,
when we visit the temple to venerate our deity,
we bathe first.
It means we must
rid ourselves of negativity
and ill will.
We should be clean inside out.
But Hanuman still has many flaws!
Hanuman is full of anger,
attachment, ego, and jealousy.
Mother,
one must let go of one's flaws to meet the deity!
[sweeping music playing]
Should
Hanuman meet Shri Rama
while still holding on to his flaws,
their union would be incomplete,
and his journey would remain incomplete.
So, Mahadeva,
we want to introduce
some obstacles in his journey
so that Hanuman is compelled to struggle.
A struggle
that will destroy his shortcomings.
And, Mahadeva,
we deities
wish for Hanuman to forge ahead and play his vital role
in establishing righteousness
without Your help or anyone else's!
[dramatic music playing]
If
all the deities wish the same,
it's fine.
[dramatic music playing]
I won't help Hanuman in any way!
[thunder cracking]
But, Mahadeva...
Goddess.
This is Hanuman's journey.
And Hanuman must pass all the tests
to complete this journey.
Deities, I won't help Hanuman,
but I want
to witness the union of Shri Rama and Hanuman.
I hope
you don't mind that.
No, Mahadeva.
[intriguing music plays]
- Nandi. - Yes, Mahadeva.
It appears as though you must wait
before you can eat the 'laddus'.
Okay, Lord.
Mahadeva, we shall take Your leave.
Hail Shri Rama!
Mahadeva granted us permission.
Now we'll get back at Hanuman
for our insult.
[explosion]
[laughing]
Hanuman, wait and watch.
We'll teach you a lesson!
[suspenseful music playing]
Guard.
Greetings.
Please excuse me for a moment.
I want to talk to you.
Guard, I have a request.
This is a gift from my side.
[suspenseful music playing]
I sell high-quality food items.
I've brought honey from the Dandaka forest, ghee from the cows of Kashi,
fruits, and other precious items.
But, guard,
I'm concerned about something.
The food items I sell are really good,
and their aroma might attract animals
and mischievous vanaras.
[suspenseful music playing]
I'd be grateful
if you could protect my food items.
Rama!
[suspenseful music playing]
Rama!
The real game
begins now.
Shri Rama!
'It's a vanara.'
[dramatic music playing]
'Their aroma might attract animals and mischievous vanaras.'
Shri Rama!
[dramatic music playing]
Mischievous vanara, stay outside.
Vanaras aren't welcome in Ayodhya. Leave!
"Vanara?"
Hmm. They are right.
Although I'm a vanara,
that's not my name.
My name is Hanuman
and I'm from Kishkindha.
Oh! "Kishkindha!"
Tell me, vanara.
What do you want to eat?
'Laddus', 'pedas', or honey?
No! No! No!
I don't want those things.
I just wish
to meet
my deity, Shri Rama, and share my problem with him.
[snickering]
I want the solution.
We had no clue that our prince
is the deity of this vanara.
Cunning vanara,
you're lying just to get entry.
Why would Dasharatha's son, Shri Rama, sit with a vanara
and help solve his problems?
Vanara, go back to your hometown.
No one will heed your plea here.
[dramatic music playing]
Please don't be like this, guard.
I've come from far away.
Let me meet him once. Please let me go inside.
Ah!
[tense music plays]
Insolent vanara, didn't you understand what I said?
He wants to meet his deity!
[snickering]
This liar is here to gorge on the trader's honey and ghee.
[laughing]
[adventurous music playing]
Hanuman is furious. He'll thrash them!
Lord Agni, we have been waiting for this.
Our goal
is not to destroy Hanuman's flaws.
In fact, we want him to vent his anger.
That will prevent him
from going inside.
[melancholic music playing]
'You shooed away my bird friend.'
'- Find it, or else... - Maruti!'
'Hmm?'
'What are you doing, son?'
'How could you be angry at your elders?'
'This is not right, son.'
[melancholic music playing]
'Maruti, anger is like a spark of fire'
'that burns us before burning others.'
'Why do you want to harm yourself?'
'Maruti, anger can never solve anything.'
'We get a solution when we're calm.'
'Hmm?'
Hanuman, don't be angry at your elders.
But I must teach them a lesson
for mistreating me!
[dramatic music playing]
You both seem to be enjoying this.
Please laugh some more.
[comical music playing]
[laughing]
[amusing music playing]
Please forgive us.
Vanara, we apologise. You may go inside.
[comical music playing]
But please don't tell anyone
that we allowed you to enter.
Everyone in Ayodhya is busy preparing
for the royal function.
No one can enter without permission
until the celebrations are over.
Hmm.
A royal function.
Wonderful.
It's not right to interrupt when they're working.
It's a sin to make you disobey the king's command.
If Lord Shri Rama asks me how I came here,
what would I tell him?
I can't tell him the truth
because I troubled the guards before entering.
If I lie to him,
it would be a bigger sin than killing a brahman.
It's okay.
Please do your duty.
I'll find another way to enter.
'Hanuman, let me see'
'how long you control your anger.'
[mellow music playing]
He is a strange vanara.
First, he insisted on going inside, but when we let him, he went back.
It's good that he's gone. We got rid of the problem.
Yes.
Hanuman didn't become angry.
What now?
Be patient, Lord Agni.
We'll get many chances.
Let's see
how long Mahadeva's avatar
can contain his furious form.
[intense music plays]
Hmm.
How do I go inside?
I think I must now use my powers
to meet Shri Rama.
I can't go inside if I tell the truth.
It's impossible.
[intriguing music plays]
- [whooshing] - [song playing]
It's so beautiful and grand.
This one is the grandest.
It must be the palace.
I'll find my deity inside it.
[joyful music playing]
Finally,
Hanuman, you've proven
that you truly are a vanara.
Didn't I say
this vanara would definitely make a mistake?
[adventurous music playing]
[music fades out]