Sita Sings the Blues

Synopsis

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.

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

Nina Paley

Nina

Nitya Vidyasagar

Luv / Kush

Deepti Gupta

Kaikeyi