The prince, an archer, continues training as a soldier before marrying Sita. While Ram lives out his fairytale romance his dad, King Dasharatha, ultimately exiles him for 14 years at the behest of Bharata’s mom, Queen Kaikeyi. (One of Dasharatha’s three wives, Kaikeyi demanded her son take the throne.)
Ram doesn’t leave alone, however. Sita and Lakshmana join him on this journey, fighting demons along the way.Â
With such an unforgettable ending to the epic—which Diwali commemorates each year—Malhotra knew their team would need another year to work on part two.
“We want to take a little bit more time to make sure that when we present the grand finale,” he explained, “that we have a little bit more time to do the same thing that we did on part one.”
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