A Race for the Crown, a Tower in Turmoil: Swara and Niharika Vie for Ultimate Ruler on Rise and Fall Season 2
Mumbai, India, 14th October 2026: In the Tower, power changes hands, loyalties come with an expiry date and one card can turn the game upside down! Rishabh Jaiswal gets the power to swap a contender in the Ultimate Ruler race and wastes no time replacing Niharika Tiwari with Irina Rudakova. The move leaves Priyanka Chahar Choudhary scrambling to change his mind, but the next power play puts the Workers in the driver’s seat. Backing Swara Bhasker, they hand her the chance to eliminate a Ruler from the race, and she promptly sends Rishabh packing. Her reasoning leaves Rishabh questioning her decision, while Manish Kashyap’s pitch for a takhta palat hits a wall when the Lift calls him out for going off track. His appeal to the Rulers to give the Workers a fair shot fails to win over his own team, leaving Manish caught between a power struggle upstairs and a rebellion brewing downstairs!
The garlands are out, but so are the hidden agendas. Gautam Gulati backs Irina, Jashwanth Bopanna chooses Rishabh, and Shehzad Poonawalla is left without a garland until Swara steps in. But no gesture can mask the cracks in the Tower’s equations. Shehzad confronts Gautam over calling him a traitor, and Gautam’s attempt to pass it off as a joke only adds fuel to the fire. With their friendship hanging in the balance, Gautam opens up about feeling isolated and hurt by people he once considered close. Meanwhile, Irina’s disappointment at missing out on the Ultimate Ruler race boils over into a confrontation with Shehzad, whom she holds responsible for her predicament. The clash eventually ends with an apology, but the bruised equations remain. In this Tower, even a garland can make a statement, and even a friendship can become collateral damage!
Then comes the move that changes the race entirely. Armed with the final power card, Niharika swaps Irina out and puts herself back in contention, setting up a showdown between Swara and Niharika for the Ultimate Ruler crown. With Shehzad’s reign coming to an end, the throne is up for grabs and a takhta palat is well and truly on the cards.
As the battle for the crown takes shape, the Tower’s personal equations continue to keep everyone on their toes. Gautam Gulati and Sara Gurpal put their differences aside, while in a separate conversation with the Workers, about Shehzad Poonawalla’s behaviour, which he feels borders on emotional blackmail. And just when the Tower threatens to get too heavy with confrontations, Gautam and Sonam Malik break into a dance, offering a brief pause before the next power play takes centre stage.
The spotlight now shifts to the Red Room, where Swara Bhasker and Niharika Tiwari are set to battle for the Ultimate Ruler crown. But this time, there is more than just power on the line. The winning Worker will not only help their chosen contender claim the crown but will also earn a direct ticket to the Penthouse. With the challenge bringing both the Ultimate Ruler title and a chance to rise into play, the Tower’s power equation is set for another shake-up.
With the nominated contestants and those ruled ineligible to rise out of the running, Manish Kashyap and Sara Gurpal emerge as the Workers competing for the chance to move upstairs. Swara picks Manish, while Niharika backs Sara, before each builds a team for the challenge. Niharika brings in Kaira, Jashwanth Bopanna and Raj Grover, while Swara chooses Kajal Raghwani, Gautam and Sonam. Priyanka Chahar Choudhary takes on scorekeeping duties as the teams gear up for a race where every move could change the Tower’s power equation. Will Swara and Manish claim the crown, or will Niharika and Sara turn the tables?
Produced by Banijay Asia, Rise and Fall Season 2 is hosted by Virender Sehwag and streams free, exclusively on Prime Video, with fresh episodes every day at 12 noon. The show is available through MX Player by Prime Video on the MX Player Android app, as well as across mobile devices, Connected TVs, the Amazon shopping app, Prime Video and Fire TV.