pain of a mother

pain of a mother, originally uploaded by dhyanji.

devaki explains her sorrows of not meeting him all these years.

i have never seen any kathakal performance like this. the characters were really crying--devaki, krishna and yasoda. during the continuous 3 hour performance they never applied anything (glycerine etc) in their eyes as film characters will do. their emotions were original. they were living the characters.
i also had a tough time to see through the lens with eyes filled with tears.