Once there was a King 20 February 2022: Raaj Mata says she doubted Rajeshwari wasn’t present but she couldn’t know about it. Gayatri says Rana ji returned to her. Raaj Mata asks Gayatri to be aware of Rajeshwari.
Rajeshwari watches the knife of Rana ji blood stained. She says if Rana ji killed Gayatri and no one could know? They hear a voice. Rajeshwari asks Rana ji to hide behind the curtain. It was Gayatri at the door. She asks Rajeshwari why is she so afraid. Gayatri says her power of love will never let Rajeshwari win. Rajeshwari says her love was in her arms just a while ago. Gayatri slaps Rajeshwari before she could complete her sentence. Gayatri says she knows Rajeshwari has done black magic on Rana ji. Gayatri says she must remember magic only gets to mind, not into heart. Only Gayatri will be there in his heart. Rajeshwari was about to slap Gayatri but she holds her hand and tells her to stay into her limits.
A princess and her soldiers won’t be able to do anything if a wife comes to action. Rana ji comes out from behind the curtain when Gayatri had left. Rajeshwari complains what kind of Rana ji he is, he couldn’t kill a girl. She says he must give himself punishment, get a hunter from the wardrobe. Rana ji beats himself with the hunter.Gayatri watches the amulet and thinks about the times she was ill. She prays in the temple from the Peer Baba that it was with his prayers that their love story started, it will be completed with his prayers as well.Rana ji still beat himself. He throws the hunter away and goes beating the wardrobe door with his fists.
Bari Rani Maa argued with Kunwar ji about celebrating her birthday. Rana ji passes by, he congratulates Bari Rani Maa and hugs her. Bari Rani Maa says she was just thinking that they will light a candle somewhere. Rana ji says no, there will be celebrations and Kunwar ji must take any money required from Deewan. Kunwar ji and Bari Rani Maa leaves happily.
In the party, Swarna apologizes Bari Rani Maa for forgetting her birthday. Bari Rani Maa says she isn’t worth remembering. Raaj Mata says Bari Rani Maa and her achievements can never be forgotten.
There, Rajeshwari tells Rana ji that he will drape the dupatta to Gayatri. As soon as she wears it, all its stones will get the fires. Gayatri will burn as a bride then. Rana ji takes the dupatta. Gayatri was getting ready in her room, she smiles watching Rana ji and says she was coming to him.
He says this is for her. Gayatri touch the dupatta, then says it isn’t given but it put on. Rana ji watches Rajeshwari outside the room, then drapes Gayatri in it. Rajeshwari leaves the door. Gayatri was happy. Rana ji asks Gayatri to come along.
Gayatri and Rana ji takes blessings of Bari Rani Maa. Rana ji wishes her. Rajeshwari also comes there. Gayatri says she is younger, still she prays for a long life of Bari Rani Maa. Bari Rani Maa says today God is going to hear them both. She tells Rana ji and Gayatri that they forgave her and turned her life’s last days as pure. She requests Gayatri to sing a song for them. Rana ji agrees. Swarna says if it is Gayatri’s voice, he will play. Rana ji looks at Rajeshwari for permission who nods at him. Rajeshwari thinks that this song will be the last song of Gayatri’s life.
Gayatri sings for Rana ji. Rana ji looks at her while smiling. Her dupatta was just near the candle flame. Rajeshwari and Bari Rani Maa look closely. Rana ji comes behind the curtain and whispers to Swarna that Gayatri is in danger, her dupatta will catch fire. She must save her. Swarna turns to see the fire had already caught Gayatri’s dupatta. She shouts Gayatri’s name. everyone was shocked, Bari Rani Maa claps in cheer. Swana and Raaj Mata comes to help Gayatri. Bari Rani maa stops Rajeshwari and tells her to see Rana ji isn’t stopping Gayatri. Bari Rani Maa says this is a blessing that nothing happened to Gayatri. Swarna watches the stones on dupatta and says this isn’t an accident, but a planning. Raaj Mata asks who give her this dupatta. Swarna was shocked to hear Rana ji’s name.
Swarna tells him to open his eyes, Rajeshwari is making him destroy his love. Rana ji stops Swrana and says he won’t hear another word against Rajeshwari. Gayatri was upset. Rana ji says everyone always blames Rajeshwari without thinking what she goes through, she is his wife as well. He says he can’t snatch the right of one wife upon the demand of other. He tells Swarna to take care of her own marriage before saving others.
Gayatri tells Rana ji not to pour his anger on his family. Rana ji tells Gayatri that his red car is already in the garage, but he bought a new one. When the new one comes, the old one loses its glitter. He says that he has enough followed the advices of Gayatri but now his new wife Rajeshwari is here. He goes to Rajeshwari, holds her hand and says a very important ritual of their wedding is left. In this palace no one wants them to stay together, but now he will give her right place to her.
He holds her hand and says he will understands her well. He says tomorrow morning, he will leave with her for their honeymoon. Gayatri was shocked. Rana ji says Raaj Mata will tell her what this ritual means in Hindi. He smiles at Rajeshwari and leaves. Everyone leave the party. Gayatri leaves crying.
In the room, Gayatri cries on the couch. Raaj Mata comes behind her. She says to Gayatri that today her life was going to end, Rana ji only watched the drama of her being burnt. She says that they must now use the cover of the maa. Gayatri says she doesn’t want any support for her love. She will be Savitri to bring her husband back.
There, Swarna cries in her room thinking about Rana ji’s words. She says Rana ji is right. He doesn’t know what she has gone through. She thinks about Lakhan and herself. She wipes her tears when Laksh enters the room along with a servant.
He asks Swarna in whose memory is she crying, if she was thinking about her friend? Swarna says when one isn’t worth understanding a relation must not comment on it. The one who makes a new relation every night can never get what a true relation means.
Bari Rani maa and Rajeshwari swirl around cheering about their victory. Bari Rani maa says Rana ji has asked her to come to honeymoon with her. Kokila heard their conversation. Bari Rani maa says Rajeshwari has to get as close to Rana ji that he never gets out of his magic. Rajeshwari says she will return from this honeymoon as the only wife of Rana ji.
Gayatri heads to leave, Raaj Mata asks where is she going. Gayatri says she needs to talk to Rana ji. Raaj Mata says Rana ji isn’t in his room. Gayatri says she will wait outside his room, until he comes. She has to change his decision.
Rana ji roams around worried, thinking about what Rajeshwari had said to him. What he had done to kill Gayatri. He dials a number and gives some instructions.
At night, Rana ji comes to his room and finds Gayatri sleeping beside a wall outside his room. He looks at her with pain, sits besides her and caresses her face. He asks Gayatri for forgiveness, he deliberately hurt her. He recalls hitting his own self with the hunter, and the cloth of dargah had fell over him, taking him out of his hypnotism. He had cried and questioned himself why he is punishing himself, why is his head banging. He wondered why he was conciousless. He remembers Gayatri putting on turmeric and didn’t remember anything afterwards, and had waken up from a nightmare. He felt that he was being shown that nightmare, then recalls all about Rajeshwari.
He holds the hunter and says he has been a puppet in the hands of Rajeshwari. Today, Rajeshwari wanted him to take the life of his life, he says that now this puppet’s string in not in her hands. He will hold the sword, but this time neck won’t be Gayatri’s.
Rana thinks that he had started the fight with Rajeshwari and did everything deliberately. He would punish Rajeshwari in a way that she won’t even die. He speaks to sleeping Gayatri that the walls of this palace also have voice, it is only about tonight that she will have to bear this pain as he can’t share his plan to her. Gayatri moves her hand while asleep, he holds her thinking about them both. He says that every time she has given the sacrifice, now it is his turn. He kiss the back of her hand and leaves. Gayatri wakes up after a while and looks around in the palace. Rana ji was going down the stairs, servants taking his bags. Gayatri runs behind him, she stops him and says he can’t do this.
She asks him to say that their love can’t lose. She can’t let him go with Rajeshwari. Rana ji firmly tells Gayatri to go away from her, and jerks her away. She fell on stairs.Rajeshwari was ready to leave. Bari Rani Maa and Kokilla compliments her. Kokilla asks why she is taking the magic powder with her. Bari Rani Maa says that she must keep on feeding this to Rana ji else the magic can be broken anytime. Rana ji comes there and asks Rajeshwari if the can go. Rajeshwari asks how she looks. He bluntly says killer. She laughs and goes with him.
Gayatri asks Swarna where is Rana ji. Swarna says he has left. Gayatri says she must go with him. Rana ji was getting in the car, he watches Gayatri running towards him. He gets in the car and leaves before she could reach them.
The guards put a coffin with a single sided net, in the car behind. Gayatri lay inside it. Rana ji shows Rajeshwari the palace his grandfather got made. This palace is called Indradhanush Palace and from today this is hers. Rajeshwari says she was unaware about the gift of the beautiful moment. Rana ji says the beautiful moments are yet to begin, she must go and get ready. He calls a guard, Mangal Singh and asks him to prepare for what he asked him to arrange.
Gayatri drags Rana ji into a room as he walked around the corridor. She says that she is Rana ji’s shadow, couldn’t leave him alone. Gayatri says his life in endangered, Rajeshwari did magic on him. He says she did so, but it wasn’t magic, it was illusion. Only love is magical. Gayatri asks why he came here? He says he came to jail Rajeshwari as she is the last player in all these plan games. Gayatri asks what if someone else is also involved, she tells him about different events. She says there is someone who is helping Rajeshwari and that one is in the palace. She says if thorns are in shoes not a single step can be taken with them. She says only Rajeshwari can take them to the culprit. Rana ji says now, only his death can solve this mystery.
He says that he has to die now, tomorrow he will go with Rajeshwari, she will come there and watching him unfaithful she will shoot him and then herself. Both will fell off the cliff. Gayatri was worried, she says she doesn’t know how to hold a gun be the bullet fake in it. She says she won’t be able to do it but Rana ji says he will teach her about it. They hide behind the door. Rajeshwari comes to the room, Mangal Singh comes behind and asks her for tea. He watches the reflection of Rana ji in the mirror who hushes him up, he tells Rajeshwari that Rana ji has gone out and will just be back in a while.
At night, Gayatri’s hand shiver as she points the gun at Rana ji. She hands it back and says she can’t do it. Rana ji says she doesn’t need a gun to kill him, her smile would work.
She is annoyed that he is still joking. Rana ji hands her the gun again and says the bullet is fake, she must fire. He asks her to shoot, nothing will happen to him. Her hands still shivered. Rana ji takes the gun and fires on his arm, he shows her that nothing happened. He says to win a war, one must attack. Gayatri says a gun doesn’t suit a wife. Rana ji says along with being a wife she is Rani Gayatri devi. Gayatri says one mistake and everything will be ruined. Rana ji assures that everything will be alright. They must play this game, and hands her the gun again.
Rana ji hands Gayatri the gun and says he is sure their love will win in this game. Gayatri looks around, she says tomorrow is a long day and it’s late at night. Rana ji says before that he wants to gift her something that was special for her. He wanted to give it after beating Rajeshwari but he thinks now is the appropriate time. He says that he wants to be the key in her life from now on, he takes two lockets from his pocket and says she will wear the lock and he will be wearing the key one. He will open the lock and they will live happily ever after again. Gayatri holds the gun.
Raaj Mata walked in the palace thinking how she had forbidden Gayatri to tell anything to Rana ji. Swarna comes there asking about Gayatri, Raaj Mata says she must be fine.
Swarna was worried that she is alone, Raaj Mata says she isn’t alone, she has gone to get her husband back. Raaj Mata says that they path they have selected is full of thorns, they will have to walk it down now.
Gayatri comes to temple, she says today she is going to fire, she prays that this fire doesn’t burn her husband. She knows that walking on sword hurts the feet, but she wants her enemies to get defeated today.
Rana ji brings Rajeshwari to a site blindfolded. He gives a high five to his man, then removes his hand from Rajeshwari’s eyes. He shows her the valley down, he says if someone calls his lover’s name here and it echoes for seven times there, the couple never separates.
Rajeshwari says Rana ji is so nice, she will call his name that must echo that they will never separate again. She hugs Rana ji. Rana ji points at Gayatri to come there, she comes calling Rana ji’s name. She takes a gun, Rajeshwari was afraid and asks if she has gone crazy, she has lost and Rana ji is no more hers. Gayatri says he couldn’t be hers, but she won’t let him be hers too. She will separate him from Rajeshwari. Rana ji comes between Rajeshwari and Gayatri, Rana ji says Gayatri must cross his dead body. Gayatri moves her head in denial, Rana ji asks if this was her power of Sindoor. What a love it is without craziness. He tells Gayatri to shoot.
Gayatri thinks she won’t be able to do it, her hands are trembling. Gayatri finally fires, Rajeshwari shouts. The gun fell off Gayatri’s hand. There was a bruise at Rana ji’s forehead. Gayatri was shocked, Rana ji fell off on the ground. Gayatri remembers Rana ji had told her that the bullet won’t hurt her. Gayatri hysterically shouts his name, he was looking at her.
In the palace, Raaj Mata comes to the temple. There was heavy winds. She shuts the windows off and goes to save the candle flame. She says a mother’s soul is like a candle flame, if only Goddess wills this flame will never go out. Swarna asks Raaj Mata to talk to Rana ji in the palace. Raaj Mata calls the palace, the guard tells Raaj Mata that Rana ji has gone out with Rajeshwari.
There, Bari Rani Maa beats Gayatri’s head from behind her with a log. Gayatri fell on the ground. Bari Rani Maa sits beside her, she says blood is strange. If enemy’s blood is shed, it is soothing. Bari Rani Maa says she had sent her out of the palace once. She had said that the throne needs the sacrifice of blood, Rana ji must give that sacrifice. Bari Rani Maa says she will complete the curse herself today. She drags Gayatri to the edge of the cliff. Gayatri’s hands touches Rana ji’s in the way. Their love story re-winded. She says that Gayatri will no longer be able to sit up, Bari Rani maa says she can’t forget about it. She is doing the attack this time, she remembers killing the guard standing down the cliff as well.
Bari Rani Maa says she learnt Savitri’s story, she must remember that was Satyug and this is Kalyug and death comes from behind in Kalyug. She throws Gayatri down the cliff and says both the prince and princess have died, now the story has ended. Gayatri fell down the cliff, tear fell off her eyes.
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