The film plays pretty closely to original version. It added its twist by Sita singing her blue throughout the film. There is the same plot line however, but it is nice to see it all play out instead of just reading it. The few things that caught my eyes were when Ravana's sister Sita was telling him about Sita she kept describing her like a Lotus Flower. I could not help but just laugh. Just as the original Sita rejects Ravana's advances towards her. Rama sends Sita away because he is unsure what happened between Ravana and Sita. Sita once again proves to him that she is pure by jumping in fire.
When watching the film and hearing a detailed version of this I was thinking about the movie Brothers. It is about about this man who has a wife and kids but he is in the military and goes overseas. While being overseas he is abducted by the enemy and they torture him and fellow platoon. His team is unable to find him and assumes he has died. Back at home they tell his family that he is dead. The man's brother starts to spend a lot of time with the wife. Now, there are two different versions. In one, the wife just kisses the man's brother and that is it, she does not go any further. In the other she acutally particiaptes in intercorse wtih him. What ends up happening is that the man is found and then sent back home. When he gets home he suspects that his wife and brother had an affair and goes crazy.
An idea I have is to base Rama and Sita off of Brothers. For instance I would make Ravana the brother of Rama. When Rama is sent into exile, new would travel back to Sita that he is dead. So I would have Sita have an affair with Ravana because she believes that Rama is dead. When Rama returns Sita would deny it, but.... Well I will write about this story and try to add some plot twists to them. It will be interesting to see what happens.
Sita Singing the Blues
(Source: Reading Guide)
Bibliography:
Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley link to reading guide for film Part A
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