Siddharth Sinha (born 1978) is an Indian film maker, whose

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, '' Udedh Bun'' (2008), won Silver Bear at 58th

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2008, the first ever such award in the history of

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and 2008

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for Best Short fiction Film.

Early life and education

Siddharth Sinha was born in 1978 in

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, and moved to Delhi at a young age. He received his bachelor's degree in Psychology from

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and graduated in 2007 in film direction from the

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Career

He made his debut with the 10-minute docu-fiction ''Rangbela'' (2005), screened at the 2006

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In 2006, the 2006

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selected him in the director’s batch on the basis of his one-minute preview to a projected documentary, subsequently his graduation

, '' Udedh Bun'' (Un-ravel), a coming of age story of a young boy in an Indian village while taking care of his bedridden mother, which he also wrote. This went on to win the Silver Bear at 58th

2008. Later the film traveled to all the major film festivals including Pusan and Edinburgh. The same film recently won the

for Best Short fiction Film this year in India. He also had directed a music video for

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for his first album ‘Kailasha’. He was invited as a jury member to 'Noor de lijk film festival' in Netherlands. Recently, he was invited as an honorary member in the selection committee at Mumbai film festival 2009. Sinha directed a 15-minute short film starring Kalki Koechlin, The Job (2018 film), which was released on YouTube on 15 June 2018.

Filmography

*'' Udedh Bun'' (2008) *''Rangbela'' (2005) *''The Job'' (2018)

Upcoming films

In November, 2009, his first Indo-French co production feature film, Twosome (Hindi working title, ''Do Duni'') won the 'Best Promising Film Project Award by Hubert Bals Fund,

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, and a cash prize of €5,000 at the film bazaar co-production market at the 2009

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, also has been officially invited to Cinemart, Rotterdam International Film Festival in January 2010.

Awards and nominations

* 2008:

: Silver Bear: Short Film: ''Udedh Bun'' Awards

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. * 2008:

: Best Short fiction Film: ''Udedh Bun'' *2019:

64th Filmfare Awards The 64th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group, honored the best Indian Hindi-language films of 2018. The ceremony was held on 23 March 2019 in Mumbai. '' Padmaavat'' led the ceremony with 18 nominations, followed by '' Raazi' ...

(Shortfilm - Thriller): The Job (2018 film)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinha, Siddharth Film directors from Uttar Pradesh 1978 births Living people People from Ghazipur Delhi University alumni Film and Television Institute of India alumni Bhojpuri-language film directors