Sita Sings the Blues

• 7.0 Animation
• 2008-02-11
• 82 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Reena Shah (Sita) Debargo Sanyal (Rama) Annette Hanshaw (Sita (singing)) Aseem Chhabra (Narrator) Bhavana Nagulapally (Narrator) Manish Acharya (Narrator) Sanjiv Jhaveri (Dave / Dasharatha / Ravana / Dhobi / Valmiki) Pooja Kumar (Surphanaka) Aladdin Ullah (Mareecha/ Hunuman)

Director:

Nina Paley

Writer:

Nina Paley