Is Shringaar Ras not to be shown in Mythology

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

So degrading youth telling they want romance is like telling the youth are after some vulgar romance. Most of us are not. We only want some realistic portrayal of human relations than divinity. I personally consider Ramayan an eternal love story beauty of which is unmatched and highly inspirational and Mahabharata as a political saga that gives an insight of the right usage of wealth and power for a better life.

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

I see some posts where it is asked whether a mythological show without romance is unacceptable or romance is called masala.

I understand that every art comprises of Navrasas as per our Indian culture. Though every ras is important Shringaar ras has an associated beauty to it, because it is this ras at its base that is responsible for the milan of Prakriti and Purush and also the one that is needed to take forward human race.

All our stories whether mythology or literature has abundance of Sringaar ras in it along with other rasas.

And to equate the presence of this rasa to petty romance is really awful is my take. Why we need to shy away from Shringaar rasa in Ramayan and Mahabharat. Dont they have relations of hus-wife. Or is it expected that because it is divine there should not be Shringaar ras as if the divine is devoid of this ras.

Our culture of shying away from Shringaar Ras stems up from the fact of treating physical love as dirty and bad and should not be used for divine characters.

But physical love is an expession of emotional bonding between a husband and wife and any art can represent it in the right way without being vulgar is my take.

Shringaar ras can be done aestically with symbolisms and implied meanings and such Shringaar ras in any show is needed, without which it becomes a documentary and not a show.

So degrading youth telling they want romance is like telling the youth are after some vulgar romance. Most of us are not. We only want some realistic portrayal of human relations than divinity. I personally consider Ramayan an eternal love story beauty of which is unmatched and highly inspirational and Mahabharata as a political saga that gives an insight of the right usage of wealth and power for a better life.

PS:This is my POV on the epics not just related to SKR. I am not comparing anything respect to SKR in this post

Originally posted by: varaali

Did I point fingers at the youth ? DId I say I have a problem with the depiction of Sringara rasa ?

All my criticism was levied at the producers and the CVs for a different reason altogether. I will come to it in a minute

First your justification of sringara rasa. I have read, studied and enjoyed Kaliasa's Kumarasambhavam. The eighth canto describes the love pastimes Shiva and Parvati is such graphic detail, that the modern serials will be appear to be a heavily censored version beside it.

Where have I said that sringara rasa should not be depicted ?

My crib was the total distortion of facts, -like Dasartha's ashwamedha yagna- which sends a wrong message to the youth.

Like as if Ashwamedha is some like of a slaughter ritual.

And it required a Rama to change the rules (which he never did, in any case)

Just because the vidhi of Ashwamedha Yagna is not well known, can the CVs can conveniently change any ritual and pass it off as Rama's ?

Originally posted by: shruthiravi

I see some posts where it is asked whether a mythological show without romance is unacceptable or romance is called masala.

I understand that every art comprises of Navrasas as per our Indian culture. Though every ras is important Shringaar ras has an associated beauty to it, because it is this ras at its base that is responsible for the milan of Prakriti and Purush and also the one that is needed to take forward human race.

All our stories whether mythology or literature has abundance of Sringaar ras in it along with other rasas.

And to equate the presence of this rasa to petty romance is really awful is my take. Why we need to shy away from Shringaar rasa in Ramayan and Mahabharat. Dont they have relations of hus-wife. Or is it expected that because it is divine there should not be Shringaar ras as if the divine is devoid of this ras.

Our culture of shying away from Shringaar Ras stems up from the fact of treating physical love as dirty and bad and should not be used for divine characters.

But physical love is an expession of emotional bonding between a husband and wife and any art can represent it in the right way without being vulgar is my take.

Shringaar ras can be done aestically with symbolisms and implied meanings and such Shringaar ras in any show is needed, without which it becomes a documentary and not a show.

So degrading youth telling they want romance is like telling the youth are after some vulgar romance. Most of us are not. We only want some realistic portrayal of human relations than divinity. I personally consider Ramayan an eternal love story beauty of which is unmatched and highly inspirational and Mahabharata as a political saga that gives an insight of the right usage of wealth and power for a better life.

PS:This is my POV on the epics not just related to SKR. I am not comparing anything respect to SKR in this post