''Siddharth'' is a 2013 Indian-Canadian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Richie Mehta
Richie Mehta is a Canadian film director and writer. His first feature film, ''Amal'', was released in 2008, and was nominated for Best Motion Picture and Best Director at the 29th Genie Awards.
In 2013, Mehta released two films he wrote a ...
. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the
2013 Toronto International Film Festival
The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and 15, 2013. '' The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and '' Life of Crime'' was the closing film. 75 films were ...
. It depicts story of a person who sends his son to work to a distant place for money who later gets lost.
Plot
A man from Delhi goes out to find his missing son and expects that whoever took him returns him unharmed.
Cast
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Rajesh Tailang
Rajesh Tailang is an Indian actor. He is best known to international audiences for his role in '' Siddharth'', for which he garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actor at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards.Tannishtha Chatterjee
Tannishtha Chatterjee is an Indian actress and director best known in the west for her performance in the British film ''Brick Lane'' (2007), the film adaptation of Monica Ali's best selling novel of the same name[Mukesh Chhabra
Mukesh Chhabra (born 27 May 1980) is an Indian film director, casting director, acting workshop director, and actor who has cast several actors for movies including director Vikas Bahl's Chillar Party, Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur, Abhi ...]
as Mukesh-Bhai
* Khushi Mathur as Pinky Saini
* Irfan Khan as Siddharth / Chai Kid / Kamathipura Child
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Salony Luthra
Salony Luthra is an Indian actress who works in English, Tamil and Telugu-language films.
Career
Salony Luthra worked as a theater artiste in Mumbai and Pondicherry. She made her lead film debut with the Tamil-language film ''Sarabham'' (2014) ...
as a train passenger
References
External links
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2013 films
2013 drama films
2010s Hindi-language films
Indian drama films
Canadian drama films
Films directed by Richie Mehta
Films about child trafficking in India
Hindi-language drama films
2010s Canadian films
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