Drishyam Films’ Siya (A) is the story of a rape victim and how the perpetrators of the crime try to eliminate her and her entire family when she dares to complain and bring them to book.
Manish Mundra, Haider Rizvi and Samah have written a story which lacks novelty. There is absolutely no freshness in the screenplay as one has seen such dramas umpteen times. The proceedings don’t even touch the heart. The drama is so predictable that nothing really creates an impact. The trio’s dialogues and Rashmi Somvanshi’s additional dialogues are okay.
Pooja Pandey does a fine job as Siya. Vineet Kumar Singh is okay as Mahender. Rohit Pathak is average as MLA Arunoday Singh. Ansh Pandey gets limited scope in the role of Bachchan Singh. Shubham Kumar (as Deepak Tiwari), Yogesh Pandey (as Siya’s Jagdish chacha), Nidhi Mishra (as Siya’s paternal aunt), Dev Chauhan (as police inspector Pandey), Madhvendra Jha (as Anil Singh, brother of MLA Arunoday Singh), Ambrish Saxena (as Siya’s father, Shankar) and master Rudra Chaudhary (as Siya’s little brother, Suraj) pass muster.
Manish Mundra’s direction is ordinary, but the fact remains that the script is too commonplace. Music is dull. Neelesh Misra’s lyrics are alright. Camerawork (Rafey Mahmood and Subhransu Kumar Das) is proper. Vikram Dahiya’s action and stunt scenes lack thrill. Ravi Srivastava’s production designing is average. Mahendra Singh Lodhi’s editing is loose.
On the whole, Siya will go largely unnoticed.
Released on 16-9-’22 at Inox Metro (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru Panorama Studios. Publicity & opening: very poor. …….Also released all over.