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Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues- Part A

(Sita Sings the Blues; Source: Flickr)

This video tells the Ramayana story in another way. The video starts out with a human, modern day couple, Nina and Dave. Dave accepts a job in India, which is when the video starts to explain the ancient story of Sita and Rama. Some foreshadowing that can be taken possibly, is the comparison from Nina and Dave in the beginning of the video with Rama and Sita. As the video plays out, it will be interesting to see if there is actually a connection between the 2 couples.

The video tells the story of Rama and Sita through 3 narrators. They are comical and add a relaxed and enjoyable aspect to the story that makes it easy to understand what is happening. Within the video are short segments where Sita sings her feelings. This makes the story more relatable as she is singing about her love, or how she misses Rama.

The video is very similar to the book version of the story so far as Rama is sent to exile due to Kaikeyi wishes. Sita goes with him, but the difference is that Lakshmana is not with them. Sita is still taken by Ravana, and Rama is very distraught and sends Hanuman to find her. Sita is very loyal to Rama and refuses to fall for Ravana's manipulations or commands.

(Ravana speaking with Sita as she refuses to accept him; Source: Wikimedia)

The 3 narrators bring a very different aspect to the story as they share their opinions on why Sita acted the way she did. For example, when Hanuman got to Sita, they share that they think Sita refused to go with him as she wanted Rama to come and get her.

When the video flips to an interaction between Nina and Dave and Nina is meeting Dave in India, he does not accept her in his arms, easily. He says that touching and showing displays of affections in public is not allowed. Then it flips back to Rama and Sita when Rama does not run to Sita when she is free as she had lived in another man's house and he did not trust her entirely yet. This occurrence between the 2 couples further shows the connection.

Part A of the video ends with the Nina and Dave going their separate ways as Nina is going back to NYC and Rama and Sita returning to Ayodhya.

Bibliography: Cinema Nirvana. "Sita Sings the Blues." Youtube, 19 May 2011, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QkYOqI3jSM

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