Siddharth (2013)

A chain-wallah from Delhi travels across India in search of his missing son, in the hopes that whoever took him, returns him unharmed.

Director:

Richie Mehta

Writers:

Maureen Dorey (story editor), Richie Mehta

Stars:

Rajesh Tailang, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Anurag Arora

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rajesh Tailang	...	Mahendra Saini (the father)
Tannishtha Chatterjee	...	Suman Saini (the mother)
Anurag Arora	...	Ranjit Gahlot
Shobha Sharma Jassi	...	Meena Gahlot
Geeta Agrawal Sharma	...	Sharma Roshni
Amitabh Srivasta	...	Om Prakash
Mukesh Chhabra	...	Mukesh-Bhai
Khushi Mathur	...	Pinky Saini
Irfan Khan	...	Siddharth / Chai Kid / Kamathipura Child
N.K. Pant	...	Pundit Ji
Naresh Gosain	...	Pawan
Nihal Kardam	...	Satinder
Aakash Dahiya	...	Ganesh
Ram Ji Bali	...	Aakash
Chetan Sharma	...	Worker Kid

Storyline

After sending away his 12 year-old son Siddharth for work, Mahendra (a chain-wallah who specializes in fixing broken zippers on the streets) is relieved as his financial burdens will be alleviated. But when Siddharth fails to return home, Mahendra learns he may have been taken by child-traffickers. With little resources and no connections, he travels across India in pursuit, with the hope that whatever force arbitrarily took his child away will return him unharmed.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | street child | cricket the sport | delhi india | broken zipper | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

G

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in 24x36: A Movie About Movie Posters (2016)

User Reviews

Hopelessness explored using Hope

Hope is the poor mans bread it has been said and here you get to experience it up close and personal where it is hard to ignore and watch it turn into hopelessness and then despair and hope again. The theme of this movie is simple. You and your family see and hear from each other every day and you have no reason to question the experience until it stops for whatever reason. Then, your unique story is presented and it unfolds. If an adult goes missing, well that's one set of feelings. If a child, that's another. When we stop to even consider the possibilities of what could have happened, we are overwhelmed and inundated with the worse thoughts imaginable including organ donor, sex trade and forced labor. If you just read what I wrote and monitored your own feelings while doing so...there is your movie. Watch this for this families story while we glimpse another world of poverty, different beliefs and one thing stands out...America is the hope of the world especially when you see how others live and work

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

5 June 2014 (Israel)

Also Known As:

Siddharth

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,564, 29 June 2014

Gross USA:

$60,537

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$69,310

Company Credits

Production Co:

A71 Productions, Poor Man's Productions Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (HD) Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1