Sita Sings the Blues

Name: Sita Sings the Blues
Director: Nina Paley
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance, Fantasy
Released: 2008-02-11
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Reena Shah, Debargo Sanyal, Annette Hanshaw, Aseem Chhabra, Bhavana Nagulapally

Directed by Nina Paley

20081h 22m6.9

Overview

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.