Our feature Film Siddharth will be premiering at Venice!

bgundu

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Shot on the AF100 :laugh:
I'm super excited to announce that it will have it's world premiere inVenicethis year. The entire film was shot in Delhi and Mumbai in 23 days.


We have started a Facebook page for the film here.


Behind the scenes pics are here:
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Here is some random scenes from the film: password (india)
https://vimeo.com/34068290

Thanks!


PS: It will be in another major film festival shortly after Venice but I'm not allowed to say which one yet :)
 
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Congratulations! I still remember the teaser when you first posted it. Good Luck!
 
Congrats Bob, I remember it well!
Indian neorealism- nice! And celebrating with a new mugshot, no less!
Best of luck! :beer:
 
Thanks guys! I'm looking forward to Venice. And the other one in Toronto I still can't officially say yet :)
 
congrats Bob, by the way, you have one heck of an impressive resume, I just checked out your company, very cool!!
 
For you Toronto TIFF movie goers, here is the schedule for our screening there:


Tuesday September 10
Winter Garden Theatre
5:00 PM
Thursday September 12
TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
12:00 PM
 
Wow.. Toronto. That's great news.

Thanks. Pretty stoked. Its at the winter Garden theatre which is so lovely. I've seen so many TIFF premieres there and never thought mine would ever end up there.
It's going to be hectic as it screens the day after I get back from the Venice festival.
 
".... the moving and beautifully lensed, Siddarth..." That's a great comment on the cinematography. Bringin' it!
 
NOW Toronto Review of Siddharth:


http://tinyurl.com/pfdvf4y


REVIEW BY RADHEYAN SIMONPILLAI NOW RATING: NNNN

Richie Mehta is quickly becoming a premier voice in Indian cinema despite the fact that he's from Canada. His sophomore feature about a man's desperate search for his missing son is an assured and harrowing look at the poverty and desperation in India's slums that makes tragedy so common.

In a performance both discreet and wrenching, Tailang plays Mahendra, a chain-wallah (he fixes zippers) who sends 12-year-old Siddarth to work out of town to help support the family. When Siddarth fails to return home, matters both trivial and critical frustrate Mahendra's scrupulous pursuit. He has barely enough money for the trip and doesn't even have a photo of his son to aid his investigation. A sociopolitical critique that doesn't interfere with the intimate story being told, Siddarth could be Canada's next foreign-language Oscar nominee.
 
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