A Ramayan couple which deserves more limelight? (Page 2) (Mythological Masti Forum)

Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Lakshman and Urmila	8	[42.11%]
Bharat and Mandavi	2	[10.53%]
Shatrughan and Shrutkirti	4	[21.05%]
Dashrath and Sumitra	0	[0.00%]
Janakji and Sunaina Mata	1	[5.26%]
Ravan and Mandodari	0	[0.00%]
Meghnad and Sulochana	3	[15.79%]
Kumbhakarna and Vajramala	1	[5.26%]
Others??	0	[0.00%]
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Posted: 06 December 2010 at 2:30pm | IP Logged

I voted Shatrughn and Shrutkirti bcos I feel they are given the least importance.

Lakshman and Urmila are recognized for the sacrifices they made even if it is on a small scale...but Shatrughn and Shrutkirti are not recognized at all. There's nothing about them as a couple...no scenes together in any of the serials. In RS's Ramayan I think Shrutkirti has no dialogue.

Like Anisha said they're just there!

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Originally posted by JanakiRaghunath

I vote Meghnaad and Suloachana, because Suloachana is said to be a pativrata naari, but we hardly know why. She is only mentioned once or twice.

Fully agree w/ this. The circumstances under which Indrajit got her, and how & why she came to be so devoted to him - no other Rakshasha/Asura ever had it - not Bali, not Prahlad, not Vibheeshan, not Ghatotkacha. So what did Indrajit do to earn this?

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^ I think someone should research into Meghnaad's Charitra and make a serial solely on his life story, because while even Ravan has a serial or two made on him, I feel Meghnaad is a more deserving character....leaving out his own sins, he was actually quite a noble rakshasa himself.

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In the serial Ravan (which appeared on Zee TV some years ago), the serial started w/ Ravan getting the news of Indrajit's death, and Sulochana going out to battle to avenge him. Ravan reluctantly let her go, w/ Mandodari supporting her, and she went and demonstrated her pativrata powers by temporarily relieving Indrajit. Indrajit told her that his time had arrived, and told her that he'd be waiting for her, and to fight the war and sacrifice herself. Confused

Sulochana then launched a heavy assault on Rama's army, and Lakshman remarked that had he known that he'd be confronting a pativrata, he'd not have entered this war Ermm

In the ensuing battle, Sulochana totally rattled the Vanaras, but was eventually killed by Lakshman. Following that, Ravan ordered the funerals of Indrajit & Sulochana to be given jointly, and her son lit both their pyres.

I dunno which source the serial used for this story - somehow, I have more respect for their sources than I do for that of either of the Sagars. That's the only story I've ever seen about Sulochana. In the Ananda Ramayan, she's described as magically making Indrajit's severed hand write the name of his killer. This they showed in the serial Jai Bajrangbali, and in the AS Ramayan, they showed her make Indrajit write her a farewell letter. Cry