Siddharth is a 2013 Indian-Canadian drama film directed by Richie Mehta. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. It depicts the story of a man who sends his son to work in a distant land for money who later goes missing.[1][2]
| Siddharth | |
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| Directed by | Richie Mehta |
| Written by | Maureen Dorey Rajesh Tailang Richie Mehta |
| Produced by | Stephen N. Bray Richie Mehta David Miller |
| Starring | Rajesh Tailang Tannishtha Chatterjee |
| Cinematography | Bob Gundu |
| Edited by | Stuart McIntyre Richie Mehta |
| Music by | Andrew Lockington |
Production companies | Poor Man's Productions Wonderland India |
| Distributed by | Zeitgeist Films Pinnacle Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Countries | India Canada |
| Language | Hindi |
It was notably screened under the "Informative Screening (Feature)" film category at the 2014 Pyongyang International Film Festival in North Korea.[3]
Plot
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A man from Delhi goes out to find his missing son and expects that whoever took him will return him unharmed.[4]
Cast
edit- Rajesh Tailang as Mahendra Saini
- Tannishtha Chatterjee as Suman Saini
- Anurag Arora as Ranjit Gahlot
- Shobha Sharma Jassi as Meena Gahlot
- Geeta Agrawal Sharma as Roshni
- Amitabh Srivasta as Om Prakash
- Mukesh Chhabra as Mukesh Bhai
- Khushi Mathur as Pinky Saini
- Irfan Khan as Siddharth / Chai Kid / Kamathipura Child
- Salony Luthra as a train passenger
References
edit- ^ "Siddharth". TIFF. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Pyongyang International Film Festival". pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com. 13 November 2015. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Holden, Stephen (26 June 2014). "'Siddharth' Follows a Father's Search for His Son". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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