Nidhi Mathur

Loved the movie. Yes, the dialogues use colloquial language, but I don't think real Ram, Ravan and others even spoke Hindi. In school, I learned synonyms of Rakshasa- asur, danav, daitya, nishachar, mayavi etc. And I was pleasantly surprised to see that Ravan army was not a pack of face painted clowns, but a disciplined force representing all the above- bats, ogres, orcs etc. Same with Vanar sena- it had a mix of various primates- monkeys, chimps, guerrillas, macaques, early man along with our animals. Dark Lanka represented eerieness caused by evil intentions. The Jatayu scene was 😍. And the movie focuses on time after Sita was abducted. So Rama being angry is totally justified. Whatever the divine plan, Rama couldn't have fought with Ravan with a sweet smile on his face. Did people react the same way when sometimes Brahma is shown without beard or Shiva is shown with a mustache in serials? During Covid, my daughter watched and absolutely loved Mahabharat rerun. But when I asked her to watch Ramayan, she didn't have patience for it. And after watching this movie, she didn't think any less of Hanuman because he used raw language, nor did Meghnad become cool because of the tattoos. Raavan doing metal work- people, haven't you heard about warriors sharpening their tools? So what's to object if Raavan is doing that. Raavan was highly skilled. Why can't we open our minds to the fact that metallurgy or ironsmithing can be one of his skills? All I'm saying is that we need to broaden our horizon. While respecting God is our culture, so is respecting others viewpoint. Focus on positives. If kids learn that, they can be a better contributor to the society.