Manthara, is made to be the other ‘other’ villain of Ramayana, again in Ayodhya kaanda.
The blasphemy associated with Manthara is so severe, that even the description of Ravana as a character sounds…
Ayodhya Kaanda of Ramayana, I feel, covers the most number of emotions than any other one chapter of Indian mythological scripture. When I read it, I find heroism, jubiliation, communal joy, retirement, resentment…
All who are learnt about stories of Ramayan are familiar with the heroic vulture bird Jatayu. The one who fought Ravana valiantly when it saw the that he was forcibly carrying Godess Sita after kidnapping her from Panchvati.
Everyone who have heard the stories of Ramayana from their grandparents, Manthara was an equal villian as Ravana.
I don’t know how comedians operate, not especially those form the new youtube bandwagon, but I like the outcome, especially in this particular piece. There is all the goods telling and keeping alive mythology in this form.