Siddharth (2013 film)
{{short description|2013 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Siddharth
| image = Siddharth (2013 film).jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Richie Mehta
| producer = Stephen N. Bray
Richie Mehta
David Miller
| writer = Maureen Dorey
Rajesh Tailang
Richie Mehta
| starring = Rajesh Tailang
Tannishtha Chatterjee
| music = Andrew Lockington
| cinematography = Bob Gundu
| editing = Stuart McIntyre
Richie Mehta
| studio = Poor Man's Productions
Wonderland India
| distributor = Zeitgeist Films
Pinnacle Films
| released = {{Film date|2013|9|10|TIFF|df=yes}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = India
Canada
| language = Hindi
}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/siddharth |title=Siddharth |accessdate=26 August 2013 |work=TIFF}}{{cite web |url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/toronto-adds-75-titles-to-2013-edition-james-franco-alex-gibney-hayao-miyazaki-sean-durkin-and-kevin-macdonald-among-them?page=2 |title=Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition |access-date=26 August 2013 |work=Indiewire|date=13 August 2013 }}
It was notably screened under the "Informative Screening (Feature)" film category at the 2014 Pyongyang International Film Festival in North Korea.{{Cite web |date=2015-11-13 |title=Pyongyang International Film Festival |url=http://www.pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113040125/http://www.pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com/ |archive-date=13 November 2015 |access-date=2023-08-02 |website=pyongyanginternationalfilmfestival.com}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/movies/siddharth-follows-a-fathers-search-for-his-son.html|title='Siddharth' Follows a Father's Search for His Son|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=26 June 2014|work=The New York Times|access-date=9 February 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
Cast
- 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
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External links
- {{IMDb title|2932606|Siddharth}}
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Category:2010s Hindi-language films
Category:Films directed by Richie Mehta
Category:Films about child trafficking in India
Category:Hindi-language drama films
Category:India–North Korea relations
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