| Sita Sings the Blues | |
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 Poster for Sita Sings the Blues | |
| Directed by | Nina Paley |
| Written by | Nina Paley |
| Produced by | Nina Paley |
| Starring | Sanjiv Jhaveri Nina Paley Deepti Gupta Debargo Sanyal Reena Shah Pooja Kumar Aladdin Ullah |
| Narrated by | Aseem Chhabra Bhavana Nagulapally Manish Acharya |
| Music by | Annette Hanshaw et al. |
| Distributed by | GKIDS |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $290,000[1] |
Sita Sings the Blues is a 2008 American animated musical romantic comedy-drama film written, directed, produced and animated by American artist Nina Paley. It intersperses events from the Ramayana, light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets, musical interludes voiced with tracks by Annette Hanshaw and scenes from the artist's own life. The ancient mythological and modern biographical plot are parallel tales, sharing numerous themes.
- ^ Largely for music, copyright clearance and distribution. Paley, Nina. Sita's Distribution Plan Archived January 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. December 28, 2008. Accessed on: January 31, 2009.