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Originally posted by: lola610

@ Janu - dudeee RSR Ayodhya Kand 😍🥳 What a misfit reaction considering the events of those episodes, but whenever you put up pics from them that's how excited I get, what to do!!! I agree...though this Kanda is always the most emotional because every single scene brings tears to our eyes, it's also the one with the most morals because every single character exhibits them and not just the main ones. See when I was little, it was the part I always always always skipped because of all the crying... mainly used to watch and rewatch the journey to mithila through swayamvar, and then straight to Sundar Kand... and then back to Mithila, and repeat the cycle 😆 Lols, when I was little, I always used to watch the happy swayamvar and vivah scenes from Ramayan movies, same as you.😆 But when my brain kicked in around 9-10, I was actually able to understand Ayodhya Kand and fell head over heels in love with how it gives us the absolute best in each and every character 👏 Shri Ram's very willing sacrifice for his father, Siya and Lakhan's for Ram were well-known already, but RSR pioneered the the concept of giving us a deeper understanding of the greatness of characters whose roles were not as large - in the most recent update you posted, I'm referring to Dashrath's pain and desperation. I rewatched some old mytho movies recently, a couple of which were 60s and 70s versions of Ramayan... because they had to squeeze so much story into so little time, none of them could elaborate on emotional turmoil Dashrath experienced during this phase. Exactly! This is the reason I prefer shows over movies when it comes to mythos and historical stories...movies do not have the time to elaborate on each character's greatness and sacrifice, because they have a time limit in which to complete the story. It's not really their fault since movies cannot be too long, but because of it we do not really find ourselves connecting with any of the characters since the story movies too fast. It's the complete opposite for fictional stories. Serials drag way too long while movies are perfect for them.😆 As a result, I think the misunderstandings that lead people to think less than respectful thoughts about the character were allowed to persist - that is, until RSR paid more attention to him and changed that. Yeah, especially Uttar Kand-centered movies where we see Ram deciding to exile Sita in less than five minutes.🤢 Some of these movies have time to take long, sweet family scenes, but when it comes to controversial stories like Sita's Agni pariksha or vanvaas, they quicken them up so much that a portion of the audience who is not familiar with the puranas forms a bad opinion of Shri Ram. The way he treats Sita like his very own, and the very surprising advice he gives Ram - to stage an armed revolt against him instead of leaving for exile! 😲 - are all very touching. Yeah, these scenes are straight out of the book but how many people actually read the puranas, you know? To those who read and re-read these stories, the characters' greatness is nothing new, but to those who depend on media for their religious education are greatly impacted by what they see. I too love all the feelings Dashrath exhibits in this scene. When put into perspective of the insight we get in Uttar Kand - that Dashrath too already knew that this was going to happen ahead of time - it just goes to show us how wholly these elevated souls dedicated themselves to God's leela, willingly undergoing all the internal conflict it required them to exhibit so that generations to come could learn from them. And Bal Dhuri brings all of that to life in such a poignant way with his expressive eyes that even after seeing it only once, it can stay with you forever. Yeah, the way we see him fall apart when Ram leaves really brings tears to our eyes.😭 He knew he was going to die, because death due to separation from a beloved son was the curse he got from Sanatkumara's parents...though we do not know it then, he was probably sad too because he knew he would not be alive to see Ram return and be made King.😭 It was not melodramatic-ness like Kaikeyi accused him of (though if we go by ASR's version of the story, she too knew about Ram being Vishnu and exiled him just so he could kill Ravan without any obstacles like ruling a Kingdom).

As for the SK Kurukeshetra ones... you're right, they really do seem good 😲 Dude, you should definitely watch everything after the Gita Updesh...sometimes, the story dragged a bit especially before and after major death scenes, but in general the direction was good, the story was 98% accurate with just a few small mistakes here and there, and the actors did well. The guys who played Yudhisthira, Bhima, Bhishma, Dronacharya, and Duryodhana were really into character and exhibited all their respective expressions well, and the other actors also did good. Bhishma Vadh was really emotional though a bit dragged, and Abhimanyu Vadh as you can telly by now is sooo sad, tragic, and depressing but very well shot.😭 I avoid watching Abhimanyu vadh in whatever shows it appears in because I'm not good with gruesome imagery (as you know from our Bolly and Tolly convos 😆), This scene was definitely SK's most gruesome, but it was not vomit-inducing with the blood and gore. Believe me, this coming from a tolly viewer who's grown up with blood and gore scenes since infanthood😆 should convince you. It's definitely watchable, and since you survived Magadheera's fighting scenes you'll def be able to get through this.😉 but the actor playing him has captured that look of feeling betrayed really well... and Bhim and Yudhisthir's reactions are also very touching. I love the actor who played Abhimanyu...though he looked a lot older than 14 (understandable since it's hard to find a good actor who is both young and expressive), he exhibited that childlike innocence I often associate with the character really well, and when he screamed "Pitashree!" while dying, it literally sent shivers down my spine, he was sooo natural.😭 I totally agree about the Kauravas btw - in general I like to sympathize with as many people as possible, but this epi makes it really hard to do that because what they do is so damn wrong. Same here, there are definitely places where I admire the characters of Dronacharya and Karna, but all that is before this scene because once I see or read this, any liking I had of them goes completely down the drain. We already hate the other Kauravas because their personalities were always evil and our opinion about them remains unchanged, but we feel disappointed with Dronacharya and Karna because we expect better of them after taking into consideration their good qualities. Did they show Drona having any sort of conflict or remorse about it at all? Well, they did show him wincing as he's getting beaten up by the other Kauravas, and we can discern the guilt and remorse in him, but while he himself is hurting the boy, there is a look of satisfaction on his face. I don't know whether it was to convince Duryodhan that he's on his side or something, but I wished he could show more of the pain that Bhishma Pitamah often showed while simply being on the Kauravas's side, let alone killing the Pandavas immorally. And yeah I too love the Parikshit story... we went into great detail discussing it in that Bhakti Yog seminar I took two semesters ago, in fact I'll try to make a thread on it where we can discuss the epi with reference to the notes I had from those discussions. There is a LOT of meaning to be taken from that leela 😍 Can't wait for that thread! Will discuss it in more detail when you find the time to create it.😃