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Sita Sings the Blues (2008)
Directed by Nina Paley
“The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.”
Animation, Drama, Music, Romance, Fantasy · 1h 22m
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.
Cast
R
Reena Shah
Sita
Debargo Sanyal
Rama
A
Annette Hanshaw
Sita (singing)
A
Aseem Chhabra
Narrator
B
Bhavana Nagulapally
Narrator
M
Manish Acharya
Narrator
S
Sanjiv Jhaveri
Dave / Dasharatha / Ravana / Dhobi / Valmiki
Pooja Kumar
Surphanaka
A
Aladdin Ullah
Mareecha/ Hunuman
Nina Paley
Nina
Nitya Vidyasagar
Luv / Kush
Deepti Gupta
Kaikeyi
Crew
- Director
- Nina Paley
- Writer
- Nina Paley
Details
- Release date
- 2008-02-11
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Music, Romance, Fantasy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Nina Paley
- Budget
- $290,000