Bithur's forces arrive and inform Laxmi Bai that the British seek to control Bithur. Laxmi Bai emotionally orders Tatya Tope to go there to protect Bithur. Chimna Bai angrily says that Laxmi Bai will struggle to defeat the British without her key aides. Laxmi Bai orders Raghunath to arrange a few actors and seeks an English cigar from Karma. In Kumaanganj, Indian opium traders are rewarded by Lord Dalhousie. Karma, disguised as an opium trader, slyly makes him smoke an opium cigar, dazing him.