Sita Sings the Blues

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Adult Animation Dark Comedy Dark Romance Fairy Tale Jukebox Musical Satire Tragic Romance Animation Comedy Fantasy

An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.

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7.6/10

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Awards
- 7 wins & 3 nominations total

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Annette Hanshaw

Sita (singing)
(archive sound)

Aseem Chhabra

Narrator - Shadow Puppet 1
(voice)

Bhavana Nagulapally

Narrator - Shadow Puppet 2
(voice)

Manish Acharya

Narrator - Shadow Puppet 3
(voice)

Reena Shah

Sita
(voice)

Sanjiv Jhaveri

Dave
(voice)
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Pooja Kumar

Surphanaka
(voice)

Debargo Sanyal

Rama
(voice)

Alaudin Ullah

Mareecha
(voice)
(as Aladdin Ullah)
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Nitya Vidyasagar

Luv
(voice)
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Nina Paley

Nina
(voice)

Deepti Gupta

Kaikeyi
(voice)

Director
- Nina Paley
Writers
- Nina Paley
- Valmiki
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Storyline

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Trivia
There are two cats in the film - Lexi and Bruno. Lexi is the striped cat that Nina and Dave had in San Francisco. Bruno is the black cat that Nina has in her apartment in New York. According to Nina Paley's Director's Commentary, Bruno does, in fact, sleep in Nina's armpit, as shown at the end of the movie.

Goofs
The musicians are shown playing with the left and right hands reversed. The clarinet, like all woodwinds, is played with the left hand at the top. The violin is held with the left hand and bowed with the right. But in the movie, the clarinet player has the right hand at the top, and the violin is held with the right and bowed with the left.

Quotes
Rama: Assemble the monkey warriors!

Crazy credits
Sita Body Double - Ducky Sherwood Beloved Cult Leader - Mike Caprio Temple Construction Supervisor - Thomas Matthew Swain Kitty Trainer - Ari Kangas Duck Wrangler - Duck Studios Chameleon Handler - Elizabeth Paley

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: A Nightmare on Elm Street/The City of Your Final Destination/Please Give/Harry Brown/Sita Sings the Blues (2010)

Soundtracks
Sita in Space
Composed and Performed by Todd Michaelsen
Published by Dragon's Lair (ASCAP)

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10/10

Terrific Film!!!

I saw 32 films in just under 2 weeks at this year's Chicago International Film Festival & SITA SINGS THE BLUES was one of the very best on the entire schedule (& believe me, there were lots of contenders). Paley uses great technique (including four diverse styles of animation) to tell a poignant story that every woman who has ever been in love will certainly understand.

This is a great artistic accomplishment: creatively distilling intense personal pain into great art! BRAVO, Nina!!!

For more on this year's CIFF, see my blog: http://www.thehotpinkpen.com/?p=725