This week, I chose to watch the film Sita Sings the Blues. The reason why I chose to watch the film over reading was because I thought it would be a good idea to change it up a little bit compared to the past couple of weeks. Also, a friend who took this class a couple of semesters ago suggested that I watch the film because she enjoyed it.
At the beginning of the film when they are describing the past of Rama and the story of Ramayana, everything seemed similar to what I had read before in the PDE online edition of Ramayana. Here are the links to my past notes of:
Section A
Section B
Section C
Section D
The film states that Ravana was an evil king, but the only truly evil and bad thing that he actually did was steal Sita away from Rama. Something that I also didn't realize about Ravana was that he was the king over Lanka, like in the past version I read, but in todays time that would have been Sri Lanka. And the bridge that Rama build with the army still exists between India and Sri Lanka.
The film also brought up a conflicting argument about how when Sita was stolen by Ravana she dropped her jewelry along the way so Rama could find her. But the other argument is that Sita has to leave all of her "fancy" clothing when she left with Rama for his exile.
Overall I really enjoyed watching this film because it opened my eyes to the different ways a story could be told for Indian Epics. Also, I think I made better connections with Ramayana because the film was easier to understand. I was able to see the story rather than just hear or read the story. I feel like I am a visual learner so this option was good for me.
At the beginning of the film when they are describing the past of Rama and the story of Ramayana, everything seemed similar to what I had read before in the PDE online edition of Ramayana. Here are the links to my past notes of:
Section A
Section B
Section C
Section D
The film states that Ravana was an evil king, but the only truly evil and bad thing that he actually did was steal Sita away from Rama. Something that I also didn't realize about Ravana was that he was the king over Lanka, like in the past version I read, but in todays time that would have been Sri Lanka. And the bridge that Rama build with the army still exists between India and Sri Lanka.
(Film Poster from Wikipedia)
The film also brought up a conflicting argument about how when Sita was stolen by Ravana she dropped her jewelry along the way so Rama could find her. But the other argument is that Sita has to leave all of her "fancy" clothing when she left with Rama for his exile.
Overall I really enjoyed watching this film because it opened my eyes to the different ways a story could be told for Indian Epics. Also, I think I made better connections with Ramayana because the film was easier to understand. I was able to see the story rather than just hear or read the story. I feel like I am a visual learner so this option was good for me.
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