Sorry dear friends, I was busy at work the whole day so couldn't reply to your posts
So there are 2 basic questions that need to be addressed in last nights episode
1. Was the Mr Nag Nautanki a part of the original or a new addition - I think it's the latter, I couldn't find any references anywhere. Probably the SFX team wanted to earn their wages and so were given the chances to show their skills
2. Why did Rama call Sita a parchayi of kekeyi? - was he just saying the right thing to win kekeyis approval or did he really mean it? Knowing Rama, he wouldn't say it if he didn't mean it, so probably he really sees kekeyi like qualities in Sita!
If we go to the mool, kekeyi was an exemplary woman and also loved Rama a lot. She was brave, beautiful and devoted. So this Sita does have a lot in common with that kekeyi
Actually the writers have not portrayed kekeyi as all these! Her anger is with Dashraths betrayal, and inspite of that she does not love Rama any less. She is very concerned that his wife be worthy of him, she is the only one who asks the questions that any mother would when she hears of a proposal for her son.
She is the one who reads his letter, sees his desire to marry Sita and changes her stand!
I think, the writers always wanted to portray kekeyi as the strong but fair queen, but Grusha Kapoor has probably not been able to portray the layered emotional depth of kekeyi. She has played kekeyi as a very flat one dimensional character.
She has shown the angry side pretty well, but not the inner soft core, though the writers have given her good dialogues, but we have not seen the heart of kekeyi really as clearly.
I think Rama did mean it, and kekeyi is supposed to be a very strong and loving mother, whose judgement is clouded by Dashratha's change of heart, but Rama, who sees the inner core, knows her to be good and strong.
Anupamaa
