Siddharth (2013 film)

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
Film poster
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	10 September 2013 (2013-09-10) (TIFF)
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

A man from Delhi goes out to find his missing son and expects that whoever took him will return him unharmed.^[4]

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 Train Enquiry Lady