Sita Sings The Blues Essay

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In Sita Sings The Blues The director shows the ancient myth of Valmiki’s Ramayana through the lens of Sita. The audience is able to see Sitas’ rejection and how it affects her. The story also ties in a modern-day story of a woman being rejected by her spouse. The film switches back between a modern-day relationship in San Francisco and the ancient myth. By doing this it makes the myth more relatable to modern day people.
In the very begging of the film we see a young couple in San Francisco participating in their daily activities. They seem to be very in love with each other. While sitting on the couch interacting in daily activities the husband casually tells the wife that he was offered a position in India for 6 months. We see how it breaks her heart to not be with him in his journey as she says goodbye. …show more content…

When Rama is sent away we see how this affects Shiva. Shiva is heartbroken and wants to be with her husband. He tells her that it is a task that he must do alone because it will be very dangerous. He then leaves with no argument. This compares to the modern-day couple being separated because of career related obligations.
Both the woman in San Francisco and Shiva are affected by their loneliness and the unwillingness of their lovers. The men in these women’s life are not willing to fight for them. While their circumstances differ, they are hurt because of the same reason. These women only want their husband’s presence in their life.
Soon after this struggle that Siva incurs with her husband leaving, she is kidnapped by Ravana. Ravana kidnaps her to punish Rama for killing the beast in the forest. She is later pushed to develop a love for him, but expresses her loyalty to Rama. When Rama returns he does not believe that she was true to him and does not accept

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