---
title: 'Sita Sings the Blues (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nina Paley'
released: '2008-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 82
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sita-sings-the-blues-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172203/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sita Sings the Blues (2008)

2008 · 82 min · Fantasy, Music · United States


## Synopsis

Sita Sings the Blues is a 2008 American independent 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nina Paley](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-paley)
- **Screenplay:** [Nina Paley](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-paley)
- **Producer:** [Nina Paley](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-paley)
- **Editor:** [Nina Paley](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-paley)

## Cast

- [Annette Hanshaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/annette-hanshaw)
- [Manish Acharya](https://cinepixo.com/people/manish-acharya)
- [Nitya Vidyasagar](https://cinepixo.com/people/nitya-vidyasagar)
- [Deepti Gupta](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepti-gupta) as Kaikeyi
- [Pooja Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pooja-kumar)
- [Nina Paley](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-paley)

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Official site: https://sitasingstheblues.com
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sita-sings-the-blues-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q739285); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.