Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.
82 min
Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana and his bride Sita is mirrored by a spurned woman's contemporary personal life, and light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets.
- Release date
- February 11, 2008
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Todd Michaelsen
- Budget
- $290,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Reena Shah as Sita
- Debargo Sanyal as Rama
- Annette Hanshaw as Sita (singing)
- Aseem Chhabra as Narrator - Shadow Puppet 1
- Bhavana Nagulapally as Narrator - Shadow Puppet 2
- Manish Acharya as Narrator - Shadow Puppet 3
- Sanjiv Jhaveri as Dave
- Pooja Kumar as Surphanaka
- Alaudin Ullah as Mareecha
- Nina Paley as Nina
- Nitya Vidyasagar as Luv
- Deepti Gupta as Kaikeyi
- Sanjiv Jhaveri as Dasharatha
- Sanjiv Jhaveri as Ravana
- Alaudin Ullah as Hanuman
- Nitya Vidyasagar as Kush
Crew
- Annette Hanshaw · Archive sound
- Nina Paley · Director
- Nina Paley · Writer
- Valmiki · Writer
- Nina Paley · Producer
- Todd Michaelsen · Composer
- Nina Paley · Editor
- Nina Paley · Production designer