Swades: Gîtâ-Sîtâ gazes adoringly (bhakti) at Mohan-Rama (1)

Swades: Gîtâ, in her role as Sîtâ, gazes adoringly (bhakti) at Mohan, who suddenly usurps the role of her Râma. This epic tribulation reveals the village heroine to be suffering as much from the confinement of exile, as has Mohan been, though still subconsciously, in America. The postmaster-champion, who here plays Râvana, is felled by the 'now-returning-Indian' (NRI) in the finale of the movie.

Video illustration to "Science of love: look into Gîtâ's eyes in the Homeland" (http://www.svabhinava.org/abhinava/Dialogues/ShrngaraBhaktiSeva-frame.php)

Paper on "Love, devotion, and service: retelling the Râmâyana in Gowarikar's Homeland (Swades)"

http://www.svabhinava.org/abhinava/Sunthar-Universalization/LoveDevotionServi...

at the DANAM panel (09 Nov 2009) at the American Academy of Religions conference at Montreal.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Swades
• Gita
• Gayatri
• Joshi
• Sita
• devotion
• bhakti
• aesthetics
• Abhinavagupta

[pandit2406]

Friends,

You might also want to check out my paper on "Love, devotion, and service: retelling the Râmâyana in Gowarikar's Homeland (Swades)," posted today at the hyperlink you'll find in the info box above (top right).

It is being presented at the DANAM (Dharma Association of North America) panel (09 Nov 2009) at the American Academy of Religions (AAR) conference at Montreal.

Sunthar

[parcee]

Fantastic music and dance. Please post this song and dance in full. Many thanks.

[pandit2406]

The 2nd part of this Ramlila performance is in the video response to this video. There was nothing edited out of either of the clips. For the Râmâyana as providing the key to understanding Swades, see my review of the movie at svAbhinava[dot]com

Sunthar

[pandit2406]

Friends,

You might appreciate Swades better when you see it again after reading my ongoing review of its aesthetics entitled the "Science of love: look into Gîtâ's eyes in the Homeland"

Click on my user-name above, and when you get to my YouTube profile, click on the link to my svAbhinava website: you'll see the link to the review in the "What's New" section, top of the left sidebar (unfortunately, URLs don't seem to be permitted in these comments).

Enjoy!

Sunthar