King Dasharatha says Rama will be crowned, and all of Ayodhya celebrates. Manthara, Queen Kaikeyi's maid, fills Kaikeyi with fear and jealousy. She reminds her of two boons the king once promised her.
How to play: Pick your responses at key moments. Every path leads to the exile, so the point is to see why.
Ramayana Part 1 (2026) covers the Ayodhya Kanda, where this scene happens. In Nitesh Tiwari's film Sheeba Chaddha plays Manthara and Lara Dutta plays Kaikeyi.
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Manthara was the maid of Queen Kaikeyi. She turned Kaikeyi against Rama on the eve of his coronation.
Long ago Dasharatha promised Kaikeyi two wishes for saving his life in battle. She used them to ask for Rama's exile for fourteen years and for Bharata to be crowned.