Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues, Part B
In the film, narrators mention how Rama still doubted Sita's purity. (Source: Wikimedia Commons ) In the second half of this film, it really focused more on Sita and highlighted the mistreatment of her by Rama. In her songs, she mentions how she's devoted to him, but yet she feels like he's doubting her and not treating right. Even though Rama accepts her back after being in captivity for so long, his people's concern about her purity and loyalty to him pressures him into sending her into exile. He doesn't want his reputation to be impacted because of her. I liked how this film showed a laundry man comparing his wife to Sita because she was with another man, which lead to Rama's decision to exile his wife. I feel it was a good example of why Rama sent Sita away. It was sad he did that to her because she was pregnant with his children. I hated how when Rama came back to see his kids he asked Sita AGAIN to prove her purity. I really like how this part of fil...