Sita Sings The Blues Analysis

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The film “Sita Sings the Blues” and “Ramayana the Epic” are two versions of the Ramayana but were portrayed in different ways. “Sita Sings the Blues” was presented by Nina Paley based on Valmiki 's version of the Ramayana and she showed the side that many people don 't know and fail to accept about the Ramayana, Sitas side of the story. She doesn 't portray Rama to be the ideal husband although he goes through the trouble of saving Sita. In the film “Sita Sings the Blues” Nina Paley did not show Lakshmana throughout the whole journey of Rama leaving Ayodhya and trying to finding Sita. Also, Rama himself ends up killing Ravana which was different in the film “Ramayana the Epic.” In the film “Ramayana the Epic,” Rama was portrayed as the ideal …show more content…

Nina Paley 's version had a more modern and comical approach of the film while “Ramayana the Epic” was more serious and followed a constructed storyline. In “Ramayana the Epic,” Lakshmana was portrayed throughout the film as a center of strength to Rama but in “Sita Sings the Blues” he was not perceived as an important character. The way Sita was portrayed in “Sita Sings the Blues” acts as an eye opener to some who aren 't familiar with the entire story of the Ramanya. It shows that although Rama pushed Sita away because of other people 's words and his own disbelief of Sitas purity, Sita continues to love and respect Rama. She doesn 't speak ill of him to their kids that were born. She creates an image that Rama is a perfect human and that he does no wrong. This shows that Sita is an ideal wife because in many Hindu cultures the wifes are suppose to always take the husband 's side and be with him through everything. She does her best and doesn 't hurt his …show more content…

People can not judge others based on what they take from the story. Nina Paley stated “The aspect of the story that I focus on is the relationship between Sita and Rama, who are god 's incarnated as human beings, and even they can 't make their marriage work.” This goes to show that she wanted to portray the relationship between Rama and Sita. This is what she took from the story and created her version of the Ramanya. We can 't say that it is wrong because it 's her own person views and opinion. People can argue with her version of the story because she did portray what happened in the Ramanya. Rama did abandon Sita because he didn 't trust her words and purity. He was so worried about what others were saying that he let go of his own wife. Many people don 't want to accept that because that will hurt Ramas image and name. He is always portrayed as the ideal man. Doing what 's right and moral. What he did to Sita was not right. Even till this day many people in India and other Asian countries perceive Rama and Sita as the ideal couple and they are the example of how a couple should be.They have set expectations for how a couple should live because of the stories that were told by others. Everyone has their own version of the Ramanya that has been passed down through their family and elders. No one can pinpoint and say that one

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