Siya (film)

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

Siya
Directed by	Manish Mundra
Written by	Manish Mundra Haider Rizvi Samah
Dialogues by	Rashmi Somvanshi
Produced by	Raghav Gupta
Starring	Pooja Pandey Vineet Kumar Singh Ambrish Kumar Saxena Rudra Chaudhary
Cinematography	Rafey Mehmood Subhransu
Edited by	Manendra Singh Lodhi
Music by	Songs: Rajarshi Sanyal Score: Neel Adhikari
Production companies	Drishyam Films Panorama Studios
Distributed by	ZEE5
Release date	16 September 2022 (2022-09-16)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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

• Pooja Pandey as Siya
• Vineet Kumar Singh as Mahender
• Ambrish Kumar Saxena as Shankar Singh
• Rudra Chaudhary as Shankar
• Arsh Pnadey as Bachchan
• Shubham Kumar as Deepak Tiwari
• Dev Chauhan as Inspector Pandey
• Rohit Pathak as MLA Arunoday singh
• Lajjawati Mishra as Daadi

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]