Punyashlok Ahilya Bai (Marathi)
With no other hope left, Ahilya prays for the wedding to be called off. Her friends decide to help her and try to manipulate the situations so that Ahilya can be free from the burden of marriage. Will their plan work?
With no other hope left, Ahilya prays for the wedding to be called off. Her friends decide to help her and try to manipulate the situations so that Ahilya can be free from the burden of marriage. Will their plan work?
We travel 300 years in the past to a time when the Maratha Empire was flourishing. A young Ahilya is seen working on her embroidery, as her parents observe and criticize her. Soon, it gets apparent how society was driven by gender roles when Gautama explains the throne's significance to Khanderao.
▶ Watch EpisodeAhilya and her friends rush straight to the temple where Sushila and Mankoji are waiting. She gets scolded by her mother for arguing with the Pandit. Now she has decided to create her own temple with new rules. Meanwhile, Malhar Rao is concerned about his son Khanderao, and his capabilities as a ruler.
▶ Watch EpisodeJust when Gangoba and the others start to feel helpless, Malhar Rao comes up with an escape plan. Meanwhile, Khanderao manipulates Gautama into giving him a free day instead of learning his lessons. At Ahilya's house, Pathak Guruji predicts what the future holds for Ahilya.
▶ Watch EpisodeAhilya and Khanderao are poles apart. Ahilya is a kind-natured soul with humans as well as animals. On the other hand, Malhar Rao's son, Khanderao, gets joy out of tormenting his horse.
▶ Watch EpisodeAhilya brings her pet cow, Kapila back home even before the puja is concluded. Everyone wants to punish her for disrupting the ritual. However, Malhar's intervention helps ease her difficulty. But since Ahilya was still at fault, she would have to atone in some other way.
▶ Watch EpisodeAhilya thanks Malhar for speaking on her behalf at the temple. She goes to the river as part of her punishment but, is quite surprised to see how several women have been braving all kinds of hardships to fetch water from the river every day. Meanwhile, Mankoji seems to be acting strange around Ahilya. What could be the reason?
▶ Watch EpisodeMalhar helps mend the relations between Ahilya and her father. Later, Ahilya comes to meet her friend, Renu and sees her head being shaved off. Will Ahilya disrupt the ritual to protect her friend?
▶ Watch EpisodeAhilya wants to visit Renu yet again, but her parents strictly warn her against it. She plans to make an escape and meet Renu. Malhar helps Ahilya escape when he sees her climbing down a tree. Meanwhile, Khanderao participates in a 'Kushti' competition to win a fine horse that he has been eyeing for long.
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Episode 9Ahilya secretly escapes to meet Renu with Malhar's help. Meanwhile, Khanderao enters a Kushti competition for a prized horse but loses the match.
▶ Watch EpisodeWhen met with opposition from the villagers, Malhar reveals his identity before them. Later, he proposes that Ahilya and his son Khanderao be married off. Sushila and Mankoji are overwhelmed. However, Ahilya's views on marriage are less than favourable.
▶ Watch EpisodeUpon hearing Malhar Rao's proposal, Ahilya's parents feel overwhelmed. Meanwhile, Gangoba is assigned the task of informing Gautama about this new development.
▶ Watch EpisodeGautama makes Khanderao understand the true meaning of being a 'Rajkumar'. Malhar fixes the date of the wedding before leaving for Pune. What will Ahilya say when she finds out about her wedding?
▶ Watch EpisodeAhilya finds out that Malhar Rao was the one who came up with the wedding proposal. Meanwhile, Sushila and Mankoji make Ahilya understand the importance of getting married and how she cannot stay with her parents forever. Will Ahilya accept this marriage?
▶ Watch EpisodeGangoba breaks the news of Khanderao and Ahilya's wedding to Gautama. Meanwhile, everyone in the village starts treating Ahilya like royalty, but that seems to upset her even more.
▶ Watch EpisodeWith no other hope left, Ahilya prays for the wedding to be called off. Her friends decide to help her and try to manipulate the situations so that Ahilya can be free from the burden of marriage. Will their plan work?
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