
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.... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| NUVO NewsweeklyChristopher LloydJoyous, heartrending and illuminating, Siddharth is a film that's more about how the daunting journey changes a family than where it takes them. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardTension builds along with hopelessness but Mehta avoids making judgments or giving easy answers about the circumstances that led to Siddharth being sent off to work. |
| OregonianKim MorganThe film never feels less than utterly real in its depiction of both everyday Indian life and the hopelessness that comes so naturally in this sort of tragic situation. |
| NewsdayJohn AndersonPart of what makes "Siddharth" so troubling and moving is the difficulty we have situating our sympathies. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceSuch a movie is a rare and elusive thing. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfNot the easiest sit, but Siddharth rewards the brave with a study of pained determination and portrait of Indian life that offers a few surprises. |
| Washington PostStephanie MerryThe story itself never wavers when it comes to portraying the truth. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordWriter/director/editor Richie Mehta ("Amal") has created a modern day "Bicycle Thieves" with this devastating tale of an illiterate man trying to find his son with next to nothing to go on amidst the teaming masses of India. |
| honeycuttshollywood.comKirk HoneycuttRIchie Mehta takes care to seek no melodramatic situations or easy villains, unless the villain is the uncaring society in which his hero lives. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMehta explores matters more complex and unsettling than movie-tidy, against-the-odds heroism. In Tailang's fine performance, the enormity of Mahendra's mission registers in all its devastating weight. |