After films like ‘Ankhon Dekhi’ (2013), the opening film at the 8th Annual Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF), ‘Masaan’ (2015), winner of two Cannes Film Festival Awards and ‘Newton’ (2017), India’s official entry to the Oscars, Drishyam Films brought another human story of India, ‘SIYA’. The film is the directorial debut venture of Manish Mundra, who is the CEO of Drishyam Films.
‘SIYA’ took the audiences through a story of a small town girl who, against all odds, decides to fight for justice and starts a movement against the vicious patriarchal system. Bringing this cinematic experience to life, the banner has roped in breakthrough talents Pooja Pandey in and as SIYA and ‘Rangbaaz’ (2018) star, Vineet Kumar Singh in lead roles.
Manish Mundra shared, “Day after day, year after year, the cases of crime against women escalate. ‘SIYA’ is an attempt to depict the abject inhumanity that powerless, innocent women are subjected to in a world that treats sex as taboo and yet women as sex objects.”
Pooja Pandey shared, “As a woman, this narrative to me felt like an important one. It’s a story that deserves to be told and one that echoes the sentiments of countless victims.”
Vineet Kumar Singh added, “It takes a great deal of skill to walk the fine line between entertainment and impactful messaging. Drishyam Films takes a leap of faith here and aims to do just that with ‘SIYA’. The film is power-packed, hard-hitting and one that commands your attention.”
Produced by Drishyam Films and directed by Manish Mundra, ‘SIYA’ will be releasing on the 16th September, 2022.
