Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

Name: Sita Sings the Blues
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance, Fantasy
Released: 2008-02-11
Duration: 82 min
Cast: Reena Shah, Debargo Sanyal, Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Bhavana Nagulapally

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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.

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Released 2008-02-11 · 82 min · Animation, Drama, Music, Romance, Fantasy

Directed by Nina Paley

Cast

Reena Shah as Sita
Debargo Sanyal as Rama
Annette Hanshaw as Sita (singing)
Aseem Chhabra as Narrator
Bhavana Nagulapally as Narrator
Manish Acharya as Narrator
Sanjiv Jhaveri as Dave / Dasharatha / Ravana / Dhobi / Valmiki
Pooja Kumar as Surphanaka
Aladdin Ullah as Mareecha/ Hunuman
Nina Paley as Nina
Nitya Vidyasagar as Luv / Kush
Deepti Gupta as Kaikeyi