British film on Ram & Sita
British film-maker Antonia Filmer is out to tell the love story of Ram and Sita through her film. She visited the temple town of Ayodhya recently to get a feel of Ram`s birthplace, experience the common man`s life, meet relevant people to gather inputs for her project titled `The Perfect Man`. Antonia believes in the historic love between Rama and Sita and later their separation . For Antonia it is ironical that everyone knows about Romeo and Juliet, Anthony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida but the story of Ram and Sita remains limited to Indian diaspora! She feels the Romeo and Juliet story is the opposite of a moral example -- their love was a young passion! But Ram and Sita imply a more mature love story especially after all the delights and tribulations they experienced. And above all, it was not fiction. Their final separation is the highest expression of love; Ram followed moral path and respect from his people over his love for Sita. He did his duty as king and she followed his wish. Both behaved with dignity possibly in spite of personal suffering which does not come easily and can only be done out of love.
