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Sita Sings the Blues (2008) -- An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.
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User Rating:
8.0/10   708 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Nina Paley (written by)
Valmiki (book)
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Release Date:
12 August 2009 (France) more
Tagline:
The Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.
Plot:
An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
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(19 articles)
The ten best animated films of 2009
 (From Roger Ebert's Blog. 26 December 2009, 3:21 PM, PST)

The Best Films to Go Direct to DVD in 2009
 (From IFC. 22 December 2009, 11:56 AM, PST)

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Terrific Film!!! more (17 total)

Cast

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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 / Dasharatha / Ravana / Dhobi / Valmiki (voice)

Pooja Kumar ... Surphanaka (voice)

Debargo Sanyal ... Rama (voice)
Aladdin Ullah ... Mareecha / Hanuman (voice)
Nitya Vidyasagar ... Luv / Kush (voice)
Nina Paley ... Nina (voice)

Deepti Gupta ... Kaikeyi (voice)
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Runtime:
82 min
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The intermission in the movie is a tribute to Bollywood, the Indian Film Industry. more
Quotes:
Rama: Assemble the monkey warriors! more
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Spoofs Boop-Oop-A-Doop (1932) more
Soundtrack:
The Song is Ended more

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16 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
Terrific Film!!!, 31 October 2008
10/10
Author: films42 from Chicago, IL

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

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