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New Delhi, India– 4 October 2024
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1. Ashutosh Agnihotri playing Hindu god Rama (left) as various artists perform the Ramleela, a dramatic re-enactment of Lord Rama’s life as told in the religious epic Ramayana
2. Mid of stage lights
3. Agnihotri on stage
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New Delhi, India – 7 October 2024
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4. Crowds watching performance
5. Various of Vikas Sirswal, playing mythological demon Ravana, on stage, a production assistant lights up a flame behind Ravana to create a special effect
6. Wide of performers on stage
7. Close of lights
8. Various of performance
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New Delhi, India – 5 October 2024
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9. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Ashutosh Agnihotri, actor:
“Getting an opportunity to play the character of Rama (Hindu god) is a matter of good luck. Rama is not just a name. According to me, one can just try to portray the character of Rama but cannot become Rama himself. Rama is different, he is a god, and no one can be like him.”
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New Delhi, India – 4 October 2024
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10. Actors playing Rama and Lakshmana during enactment
11. Harshita Jha on stage playing mythological character Sita
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New Delhi, India – 7 October 2024
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13. Director, Rakesh Ratnakar, singing from a pit next to the stage
14. Artists performing
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New Delhi, India – 5 October 2024
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15. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Rakesh Ratnakar, director of the Ramleela:
“The Hindu god Rama is an essence of Bharat (another name for India) and to enact and hear his character speak is a work of great value. For an insignificant person like me, who doesn’t know much, this is an effort to safeguard Sanatana Dharma and build Bharat’s culture.”
16. Various of actors backstage as they prepare
17. Various of actors looking at phones
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New Delhi, India – 7 October 2024
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18. Various of actor Vikas Sirswal looking at his phone before going on stage
19. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Hitanshi Jha, actress:
“During a dancing scene with Rama in Panchvati (one of the locations mentioned in the Ramayana) I am very happy as I dance. When I have an emotional scene with Mother Kaushalya (Rama’s mother) I have tears in my eyes. I mean everything happens on its own on the stage. I don’t do anything on my own, God makes me do it.”
20. Sirswal performing on stage
21. Various of performances
STORYLINE:
Actor Ashutosh Agnihotri has been playing god this week in New Delhi.
Ahead of the Dussehra festival, which celebrates the defeat of mythological demon Ravana, at the hands of Lord Rama, artists dressed in ornate crowns and costumes perform the Ramleela, a dramatic re-enactment of Lord Rama’s life as told in the religious epic Ramayana.
Performing as one of Hindu-majority India’s most beloved gods means living up to the values enshrined in his inspiring life story, says Agnihotri, the actor playing Lord Rama.
Usually performed on a brightly lit open stage, the Ramleela brings alive one of the most enduring tales in Hindu religion, symbolizing the victory of good over evil and blending collective devotion with popular culture.
It tells the story of Lord Rama’s exile with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshman, Sita’s abduction by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana, and the grand battle for her ultimate rescue.
What the production lacks in technological sophistication, it makes up with sheer ingenuity.
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