Come, my lady. Come here.
Come here. Come. See the holy sheets.
"Agra's Meena Bazaar was a new idea by Jalal."
"A market started by women for women."
"Where there were stalls for everything."
"From kitchen utensils to forehead ornaments."
"From perfumes to mirrors."
"Where queens also used to come and rich men's wives, too."
"Poor maids as well as His Highness Jalaluddin Mohammad."
"Where would he get to see so many beautiful faces at one time?"
Have you heard the biggest news of Meena Bazaar?
This time queen Ruqaiya didn't put up her stall.
What are you saying?
I don't know, what has happened to her this time.
Forgive me, queen.
There is still time.
Just tell me.
I will decorate this stall, like Alladin's genie.
Look. Look, His Highness is coming and the queen is not worried.
She is smoking the hookah so leisurely. I am amazed.
Attention!
His Highness Jalaluddin Mohammed is coming.
Changed. Changed.
I told you. His Highness has changed his direction.
Now, he is going towards Zeenat.
Now, he is going towards Salma.
He won't buy anything from there.
Look. You look so handsome.
Now, he has moved ahead.
Sir, you won't find such shoes, anywhere.
These are only for His Highness' feet.
Wear them and see.
He will come straight to my stall.
These are not so special.
His Highness is coming here.
The Meena Bazaar is decorated and your stall is empty.
If you have something good to sell, there's no need to show off.
Simplicity is also beautiful, Your Highness.
Hats off to your intelligence.
My eyes fell on that stall...
...which is different from all the others.
An undecorated stall amidst all these decorated stalls.
You know me very well.
You knew that my eyes will fall on that one thing...
...which is different from all the others.
But, what I am going to present to you...
...does not need a decorated stall, Your Highness.
I know that my wares are exceptional...
...and you will definitely buy from me.
That's my promise.
Tell me more about the exceptional wares.
Pashmina.
This shawl is from Kashmir.
The finest and the softest.
I have seen such shawls in many stalls.
There is a difference between seeing and knowing, Your Highness.
Like a human being and a picture are different.
If you find such a shawl in the market, then next year...
...I won't put up my stall.
But, it's of no use to me.
In the Kashmir valley, this shawl protects you from cold weather.
Winter has started, here.
I don't accept it.
I think, I will have to give His Highness more proof.
Take three puffs of this hookah.
The shawl will do its work.
It is very old workmanship.
Old things are very valuable.
Whether it is an old shawl or alcohol or an old relationship.
I appreciate this exceptional object.
Amazing. What is the price? I want to buy it.
One hundred thousand gold coins.
Isn't the price too high?
What His Highness likes is priceless.
If you don't want to buy it, then it's your wish.
You are very intelligent.
You know very well if something takes...
...Jalal's fancy, he buys it at any cost.
Your stalls...
...and your attire can attract only his eyes.
His Highness didn't come here to buy the stalls...
...but, to buy the things sold in them.
You decorated it, but didn't keep His Highness's favourite things.
While, I know what he likes.
No one can dare to take His Highness away from you.
Only the heart can conquer the mind.
And only heartbeats can break the shackles of the mind.
Just see, one day someone will come along...
...who will be better than her.
Jodha!
Jodha! What are you doing here?
I am cooking food.
Grandmother wanted to see if I can cook or not.
But, queens don't cook.
Queens are daughters-in-law, also.
On the day when they see the bride for the first time...
...she will have to cook food for the whole family.
Let me see what you have cooked.
I made rice pudding, flat bread with wheat and gram flour...
...dumpling curry and lentil poppadums.
He likes all these dishes, very much.
I cooked lots more. I will get the food, right now.
Wonderful!
The food looks great!
Let me taste and see how it is.
Oh! Oh! Chilli! My tongue is on fire! Oh!
What happened, Grandmother?
Grandmother!
So much chilli?
Will you make your mother-in-law cry on the very first day?
But, Grandmother, I made this curry according to his liking.
I made this one for you.
Did you not tell me to remember...
...what a husband likes and what he doesn't like?
So, I did just as you told me to.
That was well done.
So, tell us, Grandmother. Did Jodha pass the test?
Our Jodha will make her in-laws very happy.
A wife's first responsibility is to remember...
...her husband's likes and dislikes.
Here, Grandma, you can taste this rice pudding.
Jodha, this is your last Diwali festival at your parent's house.
I want to celebrate this Diwali with you, very grandly.
Listen, the Yama Dwitiya festival is also coming up.
Pray for your brothers' long life...
...and get whatever gifts you want, from them.
Come, Shivani.
Yama Dwitiya!
Brother Sujamal.
You raise such complicated issues, every single time!
What is the need to take a bath at the Yamuna river...
...with all your brothers on the occasion of Yama Dwitiya?
But, it written in the scriptures, father.
But, what is the need to pray for that brother?
Don't you know that Sujamal is a traitor?
He challenged your brother Bhagwant Das with a sword...
...in front of all the ministers in the court.
She is not doing this just for Sujamal.
Jodha wants to fast for Raj Singh, Khangar Singh...
...Jagannath and also Bhagwant Das.
But, you will not observe this fast for Sujamal.
Don't be so angry, Bharmal.
Every family has arguments and disagreements.
But, such things do not end the relationships, do they?
You know that, Jodha and Sujamal...
...used to like each other since childhood.
This is the last opportunity...
...before her wedding.
After that, Jodha cannot even ask us for such things.
After her wedding, Amer will miss Jodha's presence.
Now, please don't be stubborn. Let her observe the fast.
The Yamuna river flows in Mathura.
And Mathura passes through Agra.
You know, that Agra is the capital of the Mughal empire.
Don't worry about that, father.
I, Khangar Singh, Jagannath and Bhagwant Das...
...and a full unit of the army will go with Jodha.
Fine.
You shouldn't cry during Diwali...
it brings misfortune. Now, everyone has listened to you.
Why don't you smile for me?
Maham Anga!
Don't you infidels realise...
...that this is the empire of the Mughals?
We don't celebrate Hindu festivals here.
Please, forgive us for our mistake, my lady.
But, the Diwali festival comes just once in a year.
Death comes once in a lifetime, too.
Choose what you want.
You cannot celebrate this festival.
Why not?
Just like we have Ramadan and Eid, they have Holi and Diwali.
Empress, with all due respect...
...there is a lot of difference between them and us.
Maybe you have forgotten something, Maham.
When I was pregnant with Jalal in Umerkot...
...and living the life of a fugitive...
...it was the Hindus that helped us out.
It was Diwali back then, too.
Even you lit lamps, then.
Do you remember?
As you say, Empress.
Why don't you sing?
Sing!
You were right!
Maham Anga!
Diwali comes just once in a year.
Similarly, the empress comes just once in a while, too.
But, I will come every day.
Maham Anga!
Choose what you want. Do you want to light lamps for one day...
...or do you want to die bit by bit, every day?
Resham! What was the name of the slave girl...
...who made the same mistake and lit the lamps on Diwali?
She got burnt by the lamps of Diwali and turned to ashes.
Do you understand?
Forgive us, my lady.
Get this place cleaned thoroughly.
I will pray at this very place, today.
Maham Anga's plot was too good.
She burns the whole city down...
...and doesn't even let the smoke go up.
She didn't pay heed to the words of the empress, herself.
Do you understand, how powerful she is getting...
...because of Jalal's generosity, Hoshiyar?
Yes. He has made her so powerful...
...out of his love for his foster mother.
No matter how powerful she gets...
...she has a weakness that only I know of.
What is that?
Her son Adham Khan.
Oh, God! How long?
For how long, do we have to bear this?
If you inflict a blow, the fear should remain with them for life.
If you want to keep your religion alive...
...you will have to pay the tax...
...because as of now, I am your God on this land.
The one who doesn't want to receive the blows...
...should pay the tax as soon as possible.
This is loot! This is oppression.
Is the tax only for the Hindus and not for the Mughals?
How can this be just?
This is the Mughal justice, good and fair justice.
How can you call it justice?
For how long do we have to bear this slavery?
Till you die and as long as you are alive.
Anyway, your life has no value.
You will lose your tongue also, if you talk too much.
You have no choice, but to pay the tax.
So, kill me. At least, no one will oppress me anymore.
I am tired of taking lives.
Now, I will take your religion.
Tell me, do you accept Islam?
You will no longer be a Hindu, no one will oppress you...
...and you don't have to pay the tax.
Please have mercy.
Please have mercy on me.
Please have mercy.
All my life, I have had this prayer chain in my hands.
How can I get used to Islamic prayer beads now, Master?
Please forgive me!
So, you say that you will not change your religion.
Fine. I will change your punishment.
No! No!
You keep turning your prayer beads...
...and your grandson will face the punishment for you.
No! No! No!
Please, don't do this!
Please, leave him. Leave him!
Did you all see the benefits of being Mughal?
You"ll not be oppressed...
...nor will you be tortured...
...nor will you have to pay the tax.
Greetings, sire.
Minister Bairam Khan has defeated Rajput king Taqatmal.
And now, he's going to behead him.
Today is the last day of your life, Taqatmal.
Say your prayers!
You murdered my relatives...
...and today, I will behead you.
Do you have any last wishes?
I want to meet your Emperor Jalaluddin, once.
That is impossible!
I make the decisions, here.
Doesn't the minister of the Mughal empire...
...have the power to fulfil the last wishes of a dying man?
Don't you dare taunt me!
Are you afraid that...
...the Emperor might forgive me?
Your last wish is right in front of you.
Tell me, what do you want?
You have murdered the relatives of Khan Baba.
You can ask for anything but your life, King Taqatmal.
Do you take a life for life and grant a life for a life?
Absolutely!
That is our justice.
Now, you have to grant me justice, Your Highness.
When your father Humayun was a fugitive...
...after losing in a war with Sher Shah Suri...
...I saved his life.
I protected him.
Wouldn't killing me, today...
...prove, you have no value for my faithfulness back then?
But, if I don't kill you, now...
...I would be betraying Khan Baba.
You are guilty of murdering his relatives.
Then, how will you repay me for saving your father?
What about granting life for life?
The decision rests with you.
Jalal!
This man is trying to confuse you...
...by talking about unnecessary things.
Death for death and life for life.
Release him!
Jalal! What are you saying?
I have already passed the judgement...
...of beheading him in public.
No, Khan Baba!
He saved our royal dynasty, and our emperor.
Now, if I kill him...
...it will show that I have no respect for my father.
He will live!
Please, forgive me.
You tried in vain to be the father of the emperor.
Only an emperor can become father to an emperor...
...the regent can never do that.
If we can can tell the emperor about...
...what Bairam Khan did...
...no one can stop me from becoming the minister.
Once I become the administrator...
...it would be easy for me to get Jalal's crown.
My son!
A mother feels proud when he becomes her strength.
Maham Anga!
But, only I know how shameful it is to have a son...
...who is stupid and becomes her weakness.
You don't understand it yet, do you?
I used to tell you a story when you were a child.
It was story about a snake and a mongoose.
Do you remember that?
It is wise for a snake to strike and step back.
If the snake makes a frontal attack or fights a mongoose...
...the snake is sure to get killed.
Do you remember?
What do you want from me, mother?
On one hand, you show me dreams...
...of becoming an emperor.
While on the other side, you keep belittling me.
Why should a future emperor fear anyone?
It is better to have intelligent enemies...
...rather than to have stupid relatives! Oh, Lord!
Forget about taking Jalal's place...
...you don't even deserve to think about taking his place.
Why don't you try to understand, Adham?
Please, don't use your mind. That's all I want.
Just trust your mother.
Stay calm and watch what happens.
I, your mother want to remove Bairam Khan...
...completely out of your way.
While Bairam Khan...
...himself will help us in this endeavour.
Just wait and watch.
Adam!
Sire, we have found where King Taqatmal is camped.
Sire, this is our chance...
...to give Taqatmal a fitting punishment.
Excuse my interfering, sire...
...but, the emperor himself pardoned Taqatmal.
If we were to punish him, it would be...
...overstepping the emperor's orders.
The Mughal empire is more important than the emperor.
I make all the decisions for the Mughal empire.
No one is greater than the emperor...
...not even the minister.
Does anyone else have anything to say?
Do you have anything else to say?
Jalal may have pardoned Taqatmal's life...
...but, my sword will never pardon him.
"It was a mere coincidence that on her way to Mathura..."
...Jodha reached Bhanpur, the capital of her fiance...
"...King Suryabhan Singh."
"Suryabhan's family was very happy to see her."
Welcome, Jodha.
You are welcome to the family...
...into which you are going to get married, soon.
Wait, mother!
How can we allow sister-in-law...
...to enter the palace, so easily?
Why are you being mischievous, Chandra?
This is not being mischievous, mother. This is tradition.
It is true that she is not yet married...
...but, she is our sister-in-law.
She has to follow the tradition...
...before she enters the palace.
No! How can you do that?
She has to! It is a sister-in-law's right.
What is the test?
It is Bhanpur's tradition.
I will keep some swords in front of you.
You will have to identify my brother's sword.
And if you identify the sword, you will win.
The woman who wins will...
...always rules the heart of her husband.
And what if, I don't win?
You may stay in the palace as a guest...
...but, you will not be able to meet my brother.
So, are you ready for the test, sister-in-law?
Rajputs never back off from any tests.
I am ready!
Here is your brother's sword.
Come here, Surya. Why are you standing there?
Come and see how intelligent my daughter-in-law is!
See, Chandra?
The future daughter-in-law of Bhanpur has passed the test.
Brother! Now, sister-in-law will rule over your heart.
Have you grown up so much that you're testing your sister-in-law?
Leave me, brother.
You have grown up and yet you both act like children.
Move and give way!
Will you make my daughter-in-law stand at the door step?
Come in, Jodha!
Wait! Tell me one thing before you go.
How did you identify brother's sword?
You tested me and I passed it.
Now, it is a test for you to find out how I identified it.
Let me see, if you pass this test or not.
Truly, my daughter-in-law has all the qualities...
...befitting a queen.
Chandra! You can work towards passing the test...
...and let me take my daughter-in-law into the palace.
Whether they strike from the front or back...
...I always recognise my enemies, Abdul.
Not always!
What do you mean?
It is easy to strike you from behind, emperor...
...because, you think that no one can attack you.
Tell me what you mean, clearly.
It is very clear, emperor.
We stay alert because, we don't trust our enemies.
But, it becomes difficult when one of your own...
...goes against you.
No enemy plot can defeat you.
But, what about the conspiracy by your own?
Mind your tongue!
Are you speaking with reference to Khan Baba?
You dared to say such a thing...
...because, you know that I cannot kill you.
But, if someone else had dared to say this...
...I would have beheaded him, right now.
I know that very well, emperor.
Yet, I want you to beware of him and keep an eye on him.
Please, stay away from him or one day, he will...
You don't fear death, do you?
I don't fear my death, emperor.
But, I fear the thought that something may happen to you.
You went against the decision of the minister...
...and pardoned Taqatmal in front of everyone.
He might consider it a personal humiliation.
You went against him. So, he can stand up against you.
I know that I acted against Khan Baba's advice.
But, he is like a father to me.
He himself taught me, that an emperor's bidding...
...takes precedence over everyone else.
And he is included in that scenario.
I am confident that he will respect my wish in this matter.
Now, my revenge is complete!
You have avenged yourself, sire.
But, think of what you say to His Highness.
I question Jalal.
I never reply to him.
With all due respect...
...this matter is rather serious.
His Highness pardoned him.
This has happened even in the past.
I've taught a lesson to Jalal's loyalists.
Besides, he was the enemy.
Bury him.
Come, sister-in-law, I will take you around the palace.
Chandra!
Please, go to the kitchen and see if everything is alright.
But, mother, sister-in-law has to go around the palace.
Suryabhan will show the palace to Jodha.
Surya! Son, take Jodha around the palace.
Fine.
Prince, I am very indebted to you...
...for bringing Jodha here and fulfilling my wish.
What we do for our sister's in-laws is not a favour.
We consider it a way of showing our respect.
Please come inside and rest in the guest chambers.
Meanwhile, I will look after the food arrangements.
-Please go inside. -Yes.
You speak unnecessarily, these days.
What happened to your manners?
-Mother! -Enough!
How was your journey?
It was good.
I have another question on my mind. Should I ask you?
Yes, please.
You did not tell Chandra about it.
Will you at least tell me, how you identified my sword?
Maybe, you've forgotten.
When Jalaluddin came to the prison...
...in the disguise of a Rajput soldier...
...I placed your sword on this throat.
How can I forget the sword that I placed on...
...the throat of the Mughal emperor?
At least, Jalal did one good thing.
I am indebted to him for doing that.
Please, don't say that.
You promised to get me his head.
He doesn't deserve any respect.
I was just trying to be a little humorous, Jodha.
I remember my promise!
I will behead Jalal with the same sword...
...and present his head at your feet.
Jodha!
I want to show you something.
Please come.
This is Prithviraj Chauhan's painting.
Yes.
He is the pride of the Rajputana dynasty...
...a brave warrior and my role model.
Even I consider him to be my role model.
My brother Sujamal gave me a book about him.
I have read everything about him.
By the way, you made them draw a beautiful picture.
I did not make them, I drew it myself.
Really?
You are a very good artist!
Many people praised my art before you.
But, never before did I feel as happy as I am today...
...after hearing your praise for me.
May I draw a picture of you like this one?
Do you feel that you will earn a reward...
...by painting a beautiful picture of me?
I did not paint this hoping to earn a reward from you.
I showed it to you just to see a smile on your face.
You are not just a wife to me.
I've known you since childhood.
You painted this just to show that...
...you are better than me at painting.
Lord Almighty.
Why would I want to be equal to you?
And, for that matter...
...I didn't even paint this.
In fact, the artist who painted this...
...never saw a glimpse of you, Jalal.
That is impossible!
Such a great picture of me, without seeing me? Admirable!
Whoever the artist is, he deserves credit.
Actually, the credit goes to me.
She drew the features...
...as I described them to her.
But, tell me one thing.
Why do you need a picture of mine...
...when I myself am here with you?
You don't stay with me always, do you, emperor?
That is why, I had to get a picture painted.
In this way, I can see you when you are not in Agra.
Now, I understand!
You will tell this picture all the things...
...and complain about all the things...
...that you wouldn't tell me, personally.
Where do I complain about anything?
How can an emperor be an emperor without grandeur?
And how can a wife be a wife...
...when she has no complaints about her husband?
May you live long, emperor.
What is it?
Some people from Amer left towards Bhanpur, my lord.
All the Rajput kings of the region are meeting together...
...to plot against the Mughal empire.
From Amer?
You have shamed Amer.
They will surely plot something against the Mughals.
It is up to you to do something, emperor.