Credits


Dave
Nina

Shadow Puppet 1
Shadow Puppet 2
Shadow Puppet 3
Dasharatha
Kaikeyi
Rama
Sita (speaking)
Sita (singing)
Surphanaka
Mareecha
Ravana
Hanuman
Dhobi
Valmiki
Luv and Kush

 Sanjiv Jhaveri
Nina Paley
Carrie Keranen
Aseem Chhabra
Bhavana Nagulapally
Manish Acharya
Sanjiv Jhaveri
Deepti Gupta
Debargo Sanyal
Reena Shah
Anette Hanshaw
Pooja Kumar
Aladdin Ullah
Sanjiv Jhaveri
Aladdin Ullah
Sanjiv Jhaveri
Sanjiv Jhaveri
Nitya Vidyasagar
Sound Designer
Audio Engineer
Score
Composers





 Additional voice artists

 


Written by
Directed by
Produced by
Animated by
Etc. by

 

Sita dance model
Choreography


Photographs



Apprentice
Web support

Greg Sextro
Greg Sextro
Todd Michaelsen
Todd Michaelsen
Rudresh Mahanthappa
Masala Dosa
Nik Phelps
Rohan

Carrie Keranen
Marc Diraison
Mike Juarez


Nina Paley
Nina Paley
Nina Paley
Nina Paley
Nina Paley

 

Reena Shah
Reena Shah


Michael Goodwin
Nina Paley
Luna Hirai
Wikimedia Commons

Jake Friedman
Ian Akin
Ariel Lagares

Thanks
Ashok Banker
Karl Cohen
George Griffin
Anezka Sebek
archive.org
sepiamutiny.com
ultrabrown.com
boingboing.net
Anna John
Manish Vij
Mark Frauenfelder
Gurmeet Singh
Indo-American Arts Council
Ken Levis
Michael Purugganan
Frank Gresham
Peach Pit Press
Glushko-Samuelson Intellectual Property Law Clinic of American University
Parsons School of Design
RBH Multimedia
Harry Joseph
Hima B.
Stephen Hersh
Michael Brooks
Rooftop Films
Mark Medernach
Reba Daniel

The artist was kept alive during the making of this film thanks to a generous Fellowship from the
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

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Title Music ("Sita in Space")
composed and performed by Todd Michaelsen
published by Dragon's Lair (ASCAP)
www.toddmichaeslen.com


"Viraha"
composed and performed by Rudresh Mahanthappa
BMI Publishing
Red Giant Records, 2002
www.rudreshm.com


"Here We Are"
Lyrics: Gus Kahn
Music: Harry Warren
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Harmony Records, 1929


"What Wouldn't I Do For That Man"
Jay Gorney & E. Y. Harburg
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Velvet Tone, 1929


"Daddy Won't You Please Come Home?"
Sam Coslow
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Puritone, 1929


"I Like It When You Play The Blues"
composed and performed by Rudresh Mahanthappa
BMI Publishing
Red Giant Records, 2002
www.rudreshm.com


"Who's That Knockin' At My Door?"
Gus Kahn & Seymour Simons
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Pathé Actuelle, 1927


"Bom Shankar"
by MASALADOSA
from the album "Chill Aum"
(C) Pierre-Jean & Brice Duffour
(P) Masaladosa 2004
Monkey Business Publishing
contact@masalasound.com
www.masalasound.com


"Mean to Me"
Roy Turk & Fred Ahlert
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Velvet Tone, 1929


"Biryani"
by MASALADOSA
from the album "Chill Aum"
(C) Pierre-Jean & Brice Duffour
(P) Masaladosa 2004
Monkey Business Publishing
contact@masalasound.com
www.masalasound.com


"If You Want the Rainbow, You Must Have the Rain"
Oscar Levant, Billy Rose & Mort Dixon
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Harmony Records, 1928


"Intermission"
composed and performed by Nik Phelps
BMI Publishing
nik@niksprocket.org
www.NikSprocket.com


"Balancing Act"
composed and performed by Rudresh Mahanthappa
BMI Publishing
Red Giant Records, 2002
www.rudreshm.com


"Agni Pariksha" (Sita's Fire)
composed and performed by Todd Michaelsen
vocals by Reena Shah
lyrics by Laxmi Shah
published by Dragon's Lair (ASCAP)
www.toddmichaelsen.com


"Moanin' Low"
Howard Dietz & Ralph Rainger
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Okeh Records, 1929


"Am I Blue?"
Harry Akst and Grant Clarke
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Harmony Records, 1929


"Rama's Great"
music by R. Sukhdeo (ASCAP)
Lyrics by Nina Paley
Vocals by Nitya Vidyasagar & Rohan
composed and performed by Rohan
OmLand Publishing (ASCAP)
www.rohanmusic.com


"Lover Come Back to Me"
Oscar Hammerstein & Sigmund Romberg
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Columbia, 1929


"I've Got a Feelin' I'm Fallin'"
Harry Link, Thomas Waller & Billy Rose
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Velvet Tone, 1929


"The Song is Ended"
Irving Berlin
Sung by Annette Hanshaw
Pathé Actuelle, 1927