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Why so PREJUDICED????(tamil version)(SPOILER)

posted 14 years ago by vineeth45
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I saw the movie last week..I would say 'I liked it'..doesn't 'loved' really...my friend who watched the same thing with me,had a different opinion to share..(I saw the Tamil version)
But the problem with most of the people,who are 'so unhappy' with the film is that they thought this going to be exactly like RAMAYANA,in which RAAMAN is the ultimate hero..that's because RAMAYANA was written in India..
The DIRECTOR is actually trying to say WHAT IF,IT IS WRITTEN IN LANKA????

Raavan will be the HERO then,and the storyteller will try his level best to justify raavan and his deeds...

SIMPLY THAT's WHAT MANI RATHNAM IS DONE HERE...and I believe HE DONE IT WELL certainly with the help of Vikram and Santhosh sivan...
I LOVED the climax,because the director took something from actual Ramayana and twisted it in favor of Raavan by turning Ram into a real villain who is willing to use even his own wife to hunt down his enemy...even at end director justifies ravaan (He doesn't even touch Seetha at any part of the movie)...

[–] saba2115 14 years ago

Do check out basic English vocabulary before you start posting. The word is "prejudice" not prejudism.

[–] appletart 14 years ago

good point vineeth

[–] uncle_g1234 14 years ago

So does anyone really believe that Ram incited a war with Sri Lanka by dangling Sita as bait? I don't, but then I haven't the slightest notion about this part of Indian history. Ram is supposed to be an avatar of God. The only avatar I know of is Jesus, and he wasn't a warlike king like Ram. So Indian attitudes about war are pretty radically different from mine. It almost makes me think of the Trojan war and Helen who was the wife of a Greek king. Helen was kidnapped by a foreign prince, and in revenge, the Greeks besieged and finally burnt Troy down. I wonder if that story was stolen from India. Seems awfully convenient that we have these two sagas so much alike.

[–] goyal_sanchit 14 years ago

So does anyone really believe that Ram incited a war with Sri Lanka by dangling Sita as bait? I don't, but then I haven't the slightest notion about this part of Indian history.

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No! Noone believes that except for some fanatics. Since you yourself have said that you dont know much about it I would like to mention that there were many Reminders sent to Ravana to give back Sita so that a war is not fought. A representative (Angada) was sent to Lanka to negotiate the process. But Ravana had got so proud of himself that he refused any such offer.

So it would be ridiculous to say that Lord Rama used his wife as "bait" to fight a war because from his side every possible move was made to prevent the war.

[–] delhi160 14 years ago

When Lord Ram was searching for Sita, he wasn't a king, but living a jungle life. He sacrificed his kingdom to keep word of his father.
Also, Ram had tried umpteen times to prevent War. Even Vibhishan tried by his own. The war was a show of false pride and power which was ultimately broken.

If you do not know about Indian faith do not comment with your own radical view of religions. Hinduism says each person can follow his own God, whoever he believes, thats why we say, yes Jesus was a God, as was Prophet, as was Lord Ram, Lord Krishna, Lord Hanuman, Lord Parshuram or other according to his faith. It is not someone is more equal than others, it depends on individual.

For others, do not try to judge Ramayana by a movie told by someone's imagination. Ram(or Lakshman) never tried to hurt Shurpankha. It was her who was about to attack Sita, thats when Lakshman cut off her nose. It was her again who pursuaded Ravan to kidnap Sita. Even if told from Lanka, if they support Ravan I'll doubt their ethics and morals.
It is the religious freedom of India that people are allowed to say such things for Lord Ram. Had it been anything related to Prophet or Jesus, no one would have dared to even think like this.

[–] solidnailer 14 years ago

Its a story.. purely fictional! Get over it ppl..

[–] delhi160 13 years ago

Dude, do you know Rama is God for Hindus? Can you say same thing for Jesus?

Lord Ram is a symbol of faith of the oldest living religion, a symbol of continuous existence of Indian civilization, unlike Egyptians, Greeks or Romans whose civilization has been completely wiped out now.

[–] hardik_raychanda 13 years ago

very well said, delhi160...

especially about the religious freedom in Hinduism. regarding the film, it's totally fictional and has nothing to do with Ramayana, it's a fanatic version of director's head that if it was a reverse thing happened then Ramayana.