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Siddheshwari
Directed byMani Kaul
Written byMani Kaul
Produced byFilms Division
StarringMeeta Vashisht, Muhar Biswas, Ranjana Srivastava, Shravani Mukherjee
CinematographyPiyush Shah
Edited byLalitha Krishna
Release date
1989
Running time
123 minutes (without cuts), 92 minutes (with cuts)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Siddheshwari is a 1989 Hindi documentary film directed by Mani Kaul. It is a cine-profile of Siddheshwari Devi, a well-known classical singer from Varanasi, India.[1]

The film was awarded the National Award for the Best Documentary for that year in India.[2]

Critical Appreciation

Srikanth Srinivisan wrote in The Hindu that in Siddheshwari, instead of simply presenting biographical details or passively documenting the singer’s artistry, Kaul turns the genre of cine-profile inside out, amalgamating literary, theatrical, musical and cinematic forms together to construct an experience of music. "The sprawling film blends multiple timelines, realities and geographies to sketch a unique portrait of the artist," he wrote.[3]

In a review for The New York Times, Caryn James compared the film with an abstract painting, "wildly open to interpretation". Siddheshwari is "beautifully photographed but impenetrable," he wrote.[4]


Cast

  • Mita Vasisht | Siddheshwari
  • Muhar Biswas | Siddeshwari as a Child
  • Ranjana Srivastava | Rajeshwari Devi
  • Shravani Mukherjee | Kamala
  • Pandit Narayan Misra | Siyaji Maharaj

Crew

References

  1. ^ "Siddheshwari". IMDB. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. ^ "111th Edition – Mani Kaul's Siddheshwari". Films Division. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. ^ Srikanth Srinivasan (9 April 2013). "Outtakes – Mani Kaul". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ^ Caryn James (30 September 1990). "A Modernist Approach to Biography". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 July 2015.