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Ratnavali
Ratnavali
Characters:
King Uday: Pradyun
Vasavadatta: Pooja
Ratnavali: Ekta
Yougandhara: Aditya
Vikram: Soham
Trader: Anish
Susangata: Mahek
Sarika: Lavina
Narrator 1: Ramchandra
Narrator 2: Shubhankar
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Scene I
Narrator: Uday is the king of Kaushambi. He is happily married to Vasavadatta. He has a loyal
minister, Yougandhara. One day, Yougandhara comes to the court with an overture.
Scene II
Narrator: From Kaushambi, Yougandhara goes to Sinhala to talk to King Vikram. In king Vikram’s
court-
Scene III
Narrator: King Vikram does not accept Uday’s proposal. Yougandhara returns to Kaushambi. Then,
the news of Vasavadatta’s death spreads. This news is in fact a falsehood initiated by the devious
minister, Yougandhara to facilitate the second marriage. King Vikram, agrees to the proposal and
sends Ratnavali to Kaushambi with the Royal navy. Unfortunately, she is shipwrecked.
Ratnavali: Hello? Is anyone there? Where am I?
Trader: Who are you?
Ratnavli: I should not disclose my real identity. I may be held for political ransom and King Uday or
my father may be made to give up territories for her my release. I will pretend to suffer from
amnesia. I don’t know who I am.
Trader: You were shipwrecked. I’m a trader from Kaushambi. You look like you’re from the royal
family because of your ornaments and manners. I will take you to Minister Yougandhara.
Scene IV
Narrator: At Yougandhara place.
Soham: Ratnavali’s ship crashed. We don’t know where she is. Everyone else is dead.
Yougandhara: Thank you. You may leave.
( Ratnavali and the trader enter.)
Yougandhara: Yes? what is the matter?
Trader: Sir, this lady was shipwrecked and she has lost her memory. But she looks of noble birth
and that’s why I brought her to you.
Yougandhara: Oh my! She is princess Ratnavali!
Trader: What sir?
Yougandhara: Nothing. Thank you. I’ll see what to do.
(Trader leaves)
Yougandhara: From today, your name is Sagarika. I will ask the queen to appoint you as her maid.
She will feel pity on you and agree instantly.
Ratnavali:Ok
Scene V
Narrator: Yougandhara sees this as an opportunity to convince Vasavadatta to agree to a co-wife.
Under the name of Sagarika, Ratnavali works as Vasavadatta’s maid. But during a festival,
Sagarika come across Uday and they fall in love. One day, Sagarika confesses her love for Uday
to her friend Susangata and Sarika overhears this conversation. She tells Uday who admits that he
has fallen in love with Sagarika. Susangata and Sarika make a plan to get Uday and Sagarika
together.
Scene VI
Narrator: Sarika and Susangta devise a plan to bring Uday and Sagarika together.But they don’t
realise that Vasavadatta has overheard them and now knows about sagarika and uday’s love. She
goes to the place where Uday and Sagarika are to meet and Uday mistakes her as Sagarika who
has come in disguise of vasavadatta.
Uday: Greetings Sagarika. I have finally got a chance to meet you and I will not waste anymore
time. Sagarika, I ask you, will you become my queen, the queen of Kaushambi?
Vasavadatta: Uday! What is this?
Uday: Vasavadatta? This is you! Oh no. I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. Please forgive me.
Vasavadatta: I got to know about your plan. How could you do this? (walks away)
Narrator: When Sagarika comes to know that their plan has failed, she decides to commit suicide.
Still in Vasavadatta’s disguise, she ties a noose to her neck and is about to hang herself when
Uday enters.
Uday: Vasavadatta! What are you doing? I’m really really sorry. Please don’t do this.
Sagarika: I’m not Vasavadatta. I’m sagarika. And please don’t stop me.
Uday: Finally we meet. Will you become my queen Sagarika?
Vasavadatta: Uday! How dare you?I had come to talk to you about this and here you are.(she
leaves)
Uday: Vasavadatta! Wait!
Scene VII
Narrator: Vasavadatta walks away. Sagarika too goes but no one knows where she is. Queen
Vasavadatta prisons her secretly.
Vasavadatta: Keep her inside and don’t let anyone know about her.
Guard: As you say her highness.
Scene VIII
Narrator: Uday saves Sagarika and brings her to the palace where king Vikram has come.
Narrator: Vasavadatta gladly brings about the marriage of Uday and her cousin Ratnavali. King
Uday, as prophesied becomes a powerful emperor and leads a happy life.