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Sita Sings the Blues

The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.

7.0/ 1020081h 22mNR

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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.

Directed by Nina Paley

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Behind the frames

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Reena Shah

Sita

Debargo Sanyal

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

Pooja Kumar

Surphanaka