82 min
Sita Sings the Blues
- 2008
- United States (USA)
Credits
Directed by
Cast
Sita (singing voice; archival recordings)
Annette Hanshaw — Sita (singing voice; archival recordings)
Shadow Puppet #1 (narrator)
Aseem Chhabra — Shadow Puppet #1 (narrator)
Shadow Puppet #2 (narrator)
Bhavana Nagulapally — Shadow Puppet #2 (narrator)
Shadow Puppet #3 (narrator)
Manish Acharya — Shadow Puppet #3 (narrator)
Sita (speaking voice)
Reena Shah — Sita (speaking voice)
Rama
Debargo Sanyal — Rama
Dasharatha; Ravana; Valmiki; director's ex-husband
Sanjiv Jhaveri — Dasharatha; Ravana; Valmiki; director's ex-husband
Mareecha; Hanuman
Aladdin Ullah — Mareecha; Hanuman
Luv and Kush (including singing voices in Rama's Great)
Nitya Vidyasagar — Luv and Kush (including singing voices in Rama's Great)
Surphanakha
Pooja Kumar — Surphanakha
Kaikeyi
Deepti Gupta — Kaikeyi
Story
Screenplay; based on the Ramayana
Nina Paley — Screenplay; based on the Ramayana
Produced by
Producer
Nina Paley — Producer
Animation
Animation
Nina Paley — Animation
Editing
Editing
Nina Paley — Editing
Music
Title music; Agni Pariksha; score and background music
Todd Michaelsen — Title music; Agni Pariksha; score and background music
Rohan
—
Rama's Great; trailer soundtrack Burnt Sugar
Rohan — Rama's Great; trailer soundtrack Burnt Sugar
Music for American city scenes
Rudresh Mahanthappa — Music for American city scenes
Music for Trivandrum scenes and other sequences (band)
Masala Dosa — Music for Trivandrum scenes and other sequences (band)
Intermission
Nik Phelps — Intermission
Art
Design
Nina Paley — Design
Sound
Sound design; audio engineering
Greg Sextro — Sound design; audio engineering
Other
Dance for rotoscoped Agni Pariksha sequences
Reena Shah — Dance for rotoscoped Agni Pariksha sequences
Apprentice; creative contribution to Battle of Lanka sequence
Jake Friedman — Apprentice; creative contribution to Battle of Lanka sequence
Pro bono legal services
Catherine Kirkman — Pro bono legal services
Pro bono legal services
Catalin Cosovanu — Pro bono legal services