Siya (film)

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Siya
SIYA MOVIE POSTER.jpg
Directed by Manish Mundra
Written byManish Mundra
Haider Rizvi
Samah
Dialogues by
  • Rashmi Somvanshi
Produced byRaghav Gupta
StarringPooja Pandey
Vineet Kumar Singh
Ambrish Kumar Saxena
Rudra Chaudhary
CinematographyRafey Mehmood
Subhransu
Edited byManendra Singh Lodhi
Music bySongs:
Rajarshi Sanyal
Score:
Neel Adhikari
Production
companies
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 16 September 2022 (2022-09-16)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Siya is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film directed by Manish Mundra, in his directorial debut, and produced by his Drishyam Films. [1] [2] written by Haider Rizvi

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Plot

The film is about a small town girl, Siya who fought for justice against all odds and start protest against the vicious system. [3]

Cast

Release

The film had a limited theatrical release on 16 September 2022. [4] The film is scheduled for a digital premiere on ZEE5 on 16 Jun. [5]

Critical reception

Shubhra Gupta, film critic of The Indian Express rated 2 out of 5 ratings, [6] Nishtha Gautam of The Quint verdict the film 4 out of 5, [7] Dhaval Roy of The Times of India rated 3.5 out of 6, [8] Shilajit Mitra of The New Indian Express rated 2.5 out of 5 ratings [9] and Prateek Sur of Outlook India rated 3.5 out of 5 ratings. [10]

Subhash K. Jha, film critic of Firstpost wrote "Siya is not a film without virtues. But it’s a film without hope. And that defeats the very purpose of cinema.", [11] Udita Jhunjhunwala of News9Live wrote "Manish Mundra’s directorial debut is well-intentioned but unsettled", [12] Dishya Sharma of News18 India wrote the film as "Hard-Hitting Film About Rape Victim", [13] Tanul Thakur of The Indian Wire wrote "An impressive film scoops out meanings from the real-life story itself.", [14] Nairita Mukherjee of India Today wrote "Pooja Pandey, Vineet Singh's film is brutal and honest",. [15]

The film has been also reviewed by Mayank Shekhar, film critic of Mid-Day, [16] Avinash Singh of Live Hindustan, [17] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV, [18] Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in [19] and Anuj Kumar of The Hindu. [20]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Siya Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos", The Times of India , retrieved 19 January 2023
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  9. ↑ Mitra, Shilajit. "'Siya' review: Alternates between hollow and harrowing". The New Indian Express . Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  10. ↑ Sur, Prateek. "'Siya' Movie Review: Manish Mundra Plays Safe With A Hard-Hitting Story On Rape Survivors". Outlook India .
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