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So my son sat me down and made me watch Princess Mononoke to understand how a forest dying and coming alive is done. This level of detailing and depiction of "kinetics" as he puts it, was lacking in #RamayanaMovie.

The debate is down to this There are types who know the beauty of Helen from "A face that launched a thousand ships" or the old men of Mycenae saying "she's worth fighting for" There are others who love a detailed description of her beauty with simile and metaphors. There are those that appreciate both if both are done well and are not self indulgent. And then there are those that are stimulated only with the obvious, explicit and the overt. Whether Ravana is depicted as hero or despicable villain depends totally on the attention you pay to words and expression. Or your personal sensibilities. #RamayanaMovie

Listen to eminent scholar @jataayu_b to understand the Ramayana and the ownership of the tale over the ages the embellishments, interpretations, shades added and sometimes why some become problematic. The tussle between poetry and content. @PondyLitFest youtu.be/NVyIQEqhA-g?si=Plwe…

The sadak chhap is pushing his agenda of glorifying Ravana on run time and a fantastic depiction of lecherous evil, to make the reader feel Ravana is, sympathetic. If from the background story you don't see and understand Ravana's intention to destroy the good and control the three worlds you're manda buddhi

Maybe lust is conveyed and understood my some who want a slurpy salivating Ravana, but I was sufficiently disgusted (which means the look and the sentence was enough for me) when Ravana says "what i want is in front of me" Now if that line and look isn't lust I don't know what is.

#RamayanaMovie post full watch. In short, I'm looking forward to part 2. What was a massive relief to the senses is the sharp noticeable absence of melodrama. Every time I braced for drama the take was crisp. Huge plus. I don't have the eye for VFX as my son has, some shorts feel "jumpy". But then my son is a fan of studio Ghibli where a 15 second crowd scene took a year to draw and I respect the opinion of people with such a, sharp eye. Son found VFX lazy. Ranbir Kapoor is a good actor. For someone who détests Bollywood in general to watch a powerful protagonist play his role with such measure was a pleasant surprise. Actually not. I've seen a few films of his. He's a very good actor knows his craft and less is fortunately more. If you think the way Ravan was depicted is a Glorification, I repeat, you're seriously gross within. There is enough and more in his intention back story and attitude that makes him thoroughly despicable. Also why would anyone want a pansy Ravan as opponent of Ram. The battle to come is Truth over Evil-Darkness. Not truth over mischief. If you see grandeur in that great evil you're sick. Last, the Epic has not been trifled with. At all. There is especially no deliberate disrespect. You've got to nitpick like a painful aunty to think that. We stayed on till the end credits rolled as did many in the hall and again the elderly, more mature than ideology camp based pontificators who opine without seeing, soaked in the verses chanted.

#RamayanaMovie at interval. Just one comment thus far. If you think Ravana is Glorified and Rama is a weak presentation you've to seriously detox yourself from a Dhurandhar category masculine powerful hero (which was superlative in its context) Rama's strength is contained and collected and concentrated. Sita has purity and dignity but lacks Lavanya and sweetness. And I didn't know iconoclasm was something Asuras did. Lots of youngsters have brought their elderly parents. Heartening to see.

This chap ain't @abhijitmajumder.

Is Anand lisping? Like his Guru Zakir? Or did I imagine? 😂 Damn! That's wicked!

Love the fact that they call "Maxwadi" sabse bada atankwadi 😂 Not Maowadi. But Marx. ❤️

youtu.be/O0ZGGAcMLQg?si=QmvV… Where I curated questions based on the basic tenets of communism and socialism and put them through to @ARanganathan72 - including the red green - Sharia Bolshevik handshake. Anti dote and vaccine for Dimagi Naxals prevention & infection @PondyLitFest

So one of the idiotic fallouts of the Non Cooperation movement meant that the anti Brahmin Justice Party ruled the Madras Presidency provincial assembly and passed the ignoble Madras Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1927 and the covetous control of funds was cristalised

Preparing and reading up all facets of govt control of temples for an audio podcast request by a former student. And then you realise why these Sharia Bolshevik creeps attacked Dharmasthala so ignobly despicably disgustingly viciously!! Good lord they're venomous!