Dear Hammie!!
What a great writer you are! You excel in portraying the self-thought of the characters so well. You convert, magically, the priceless and inimitable expressions of the actors into eloquent words that flow like the river ganga. These takes of yours in the past few days have excelled all expectations in their creativity and brilliance. BTW, wonderful title.
I will present a view of the composite episodes for the last few days, as promised. Excuse me, dear Hammie, and all others, if these views are repeated, and if others have already pointed them out. I was not able to read all the takes and responses with the usual care because of several factors out of my control.
The episodes of the past track was very much a modern day Ramayana on fast forward. We first had the "forest-dweller" stage where Viplav and Dhani were hiding from Trip and his men. The abduction scene was very aesthetically crafted in shadow-play, even as Viplav was practicing his love-declaration. Similarly in the traditional Ramayana, Rama is busy trying to please Sita by getting her a golden deer that she wants to have as a pet, while Ravana, the Lanka King drags Sita away. In the epic, Ramayana, Sita is abducted because she crosses a magic line drawn for her own protection by her brother-in-law. In our serial, Dhani, too, has crossed a line etched by the harsh ink of patriarchal norms of exactly how widows should live. In the epic, we have Lord Rama waging a war to rescue her from the clutches of the demon king. Sita then had to "prove" her purity by walking through fire and emerging unscathed, and now Dhani emerges unscathed from the fire of partriarchal wrath fueled by Trip and DT. In some later interpolations of the Ramayana, Sita leaves Rama after being rescued and returns to the forest because despite emerging successfully out of the fire ordeal, some of the subjects of the kingdom cast aspersions on her character. Likewise, Dhani runs away from Vip's proposal for reasons yet to be revealed. I suspect that it is a combination of first being overwhelmed, and then being indoctrinated/brainwashed by DT.
The episodes are wonderfully done, and I am quite in awe as to their quality and consistency. A few things are on my mind in general:
1. Why did Vip choose the same Shiv Mandir, the site of Dhani's terrible witch hunt, as a location to declare his love? Did that have something to do with Dhani running away?
2. I am not looking forward to the day the Trip is bailed out by DT! Imagine his wrath and his urgent need to take badla for each and every beating received by grandson and grandfather combined. What all might he do? And will he still pretend to be the underdog of DT, or will he openly become rebellious?
3. BTW Hammie, the title song is a bhajan composed by a medieval saint by the name of Saint Kabir, who hailed from Benaras, and who is revered all over India. He composed in the local dialect, which is a mix of bhojpuri and urdu. If you wish to read more about him you can do so here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabir Urdu is spoken as a local language in several parts of North India, by everyone regardless of people's religious beliefs. The kind of urdu we speak is very much mixed with Hindi and whatever local dialect presides over any particular area.
The lyrics of the song are very beautiful and haunting.
Looking forward to Monday's episode. FYI: more travel for me on Tuesday and lot of work from Friday onwards. Still wish to participate the best I can. Thank you for your patience. Have a great day!
Edited by aimf - 9 years ago
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