Thoughts on movie of the Ramayana

I know the movie of the Ramayana play we watched in class was meant as an inspiration. For me it seemed to have more of the opposite effect. It was a good performance, and I was very impressed by the details and skills of the actors and actresses. I did, however, find it a little confusing since I do not yet know the whole story. Also, I did not understand why some of the few lines spoken in the play were in different languages. I guess my expectations were different than the experience. I expected there to be more dialog or a narrative to explain what was going on on stage. It took me a while to understand who was who, but once I understood who the basic characters were it was easier to follow the story. It also scared me a little that the students in the performance were so good. Somehow I can't imagine learning nearly as much as they demonstrated in the performance in one semester. What I probably enjoyed the most of the performance was the costumes they wore. I especially liked that they were so colorful.