Movie: Siddharth - The Prisoner
My Rating: 1.5/5
Banner: Vistaar Religare Film Fund, Walkwater Media & Alliance Media & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Music: Sagar Desai
Cinematography: Mrinal Desai
Editing: Pryas Gupta & Arindam Ghatak
Screenplay, Direction: Pryas Gupta
Producers: Vistaar Religare Film Fund
Cast: Rajat Kapoor, Sachin Nayak, Pradeep Kabra, Pradip Sagar etc
Release Date: 27th Feb 2009
Review
Story:
Siddharth Roy (Rajat Kapoor) is a celebrated writer but gets into jail due to some unforeseen reasons. He gets separated from his wife and kid and loses everything. After getting released from the jail, he wants to regain his lost glory and strained wife by writing a novel – Siddharth: The Prisioner. Mohan (Sachin Nayak) works in a cyber café that is owned by a mafia kingpin. The mafia guy gives a suitcase with money to Mohan to keep it in a safe place. Siddharth goes to the same cyber café with a suitcase that carries his transcript. Both the suitcases get exchanged. The rest of the story is all about how Siddharth and Mohan save their skin from the mafia guys.
Actors:
Rajat Kapoor did a dark role in this film. He is adequate with minimal expressions and a gloomy look. Sachin Nayak is good as a man of integrity. Pradeep Kabra (who acted as eve teaser in Idea’s latest commercial with Shriya Saran) impresses with his stern look. Pradip Sagar is nice as a frustrated gangster.
Technical departments:
Story:
Though this film is about the suitcase exchange, there is a metaphorical meaning to the plot that Siddharth is being the prisoner of his own devices and greed. The director has given two quotations from Rig Veda and Buddha’s teaching about letting everything go and to free your mind of any longings.
Direction of the film is adequate and screenplay is bad. The director seems to have got confused whether to narrate the film as a thriller or an art film. This story has the ingredients of a good thriller. There are a few basic flaws in the story. Why would Siddarth go to cyber café to look out for script after stealing and keeping suitcase-full of money? What is the reason for the break-up between Siddharth and his wife? Why did he go to jail? These are a few unanswered questions. There is a nice paradox in the subject. The movie starts off with Siddhath being a bad guy and Mohan being an honest man. The movie ends with Siddhath becoming honest and Mohan turning into a bad guy. The narration of the film is pathetically slow. What is the need for showing prolonged train movements and lift movements in the film? One scene that stands out in entertainment aspect is firing crackers on
Other Technical Departments:
Cinematography is realistic. Color grading is good. Music is adequate. Dialogues are minimal. Editing is not up to the mark.
Final Analysis:
Siddhath – The Prisoner is a confused product where director couldn’t come up with a clear-cut making. The plus points are the story idea and realistic look. The negative points are bad screenplay and ultra-slow narration. The teaser of this film proudly displays the awards it got from international film festivals and it you see the film; you will lose the respect you have for film festivals.
Source: idlebrain.com
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