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'''Jatla Siddartha''', also credited as '''Siddartha Jatla''' (sometimes spelt '''Siddhartha Jatla'''), is an Indian film director and [[cinematographer]]. He is known for his feature films ''Love and Shukla'' (2017) and ''In the Belly of a Tiger'' (2024).<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Siddartha Jatla was born and raised in India.<ref name=interview2024/> His father was a film director, and his mother an actress.<ref name=lgo2023>{{cite web |title=Jatla Siddartha |website=Le Groupe Ouest |date=25 May 2023 |url=https://www.legroupeouest.com/en/les-auteures/jatla-siddartha/ |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> His father used to take him at the age of six to film clubs showing serious films by independent filmmakers, which he found boring. After seeing ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', he wanted to be like [[Steven Spielberg]], and he later admired the Chinese director [[Zhang Yimou]]. His mother encouraged him to study cinematography, but he always wanted to be a director.<ref name=interview2024/><br />
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He graduated in cinematography from the [[Film and Television Institute of India]], after spending five and a half years there.<ref name=interview2024/> He was then admitted to the cinematography program at the Asian Film Academy as part of cultural exchange program of the [[Busan Film Festival]].<ref name=lgo2023/><br />
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==Career==<br />
The filmmaker has been variously referred to as "Siddartha Jatla"<ref name=berlinale2024>{{cite web |title=Berlinale |date=18 February 2024 |url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/2024/programme/202408962.html |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Siddartha Jatla |website=[[Mubi (streaming service)|MUBI]] |url=https://mubi.com/en/cast/siddartha-jatla |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=acf>{{cite web |title=In the Belly of a Tiger |website=Asian Cinema Fund |url=https://acf.biff.kr/eng/html/projects/development_view.asp?section=DEVELOPMENT&dv_year=2018&gotoPage=1&idx=355 |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> "Siddhartha Jatla",<ref name=firstpost2024/> and "Jatla Siddartha",<ref name=lgo2023/><ref name=aff2024/> but he appears to refer to himself in the latter way.<ref name=interview2024>{{cite interview |first=Jatla |last=Siddartha |date=29 April 2024 |interviewer-last=Rauch |interviewer-first=Cosima |title=A Conversation with: Jatla Siddartha |url=https://www.bohema-wien.com/artikel/a-conversation-with-jatla-siddartha |website=Bohema Magazin Wien |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>{{efn|Although most sources seem to suggest that Siddartha is more often used as a given name, and Jatla as surname, he refers to himself as Jatla Siddartha in an interview at the Berlinale, as does the official programme,<ref name=berlinale2024/> his LinkedIn profile,<ref>{{cite web |title=Jatla Siddartha |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jatla-siddartha-00195670 |publisher=[[LinkedIn]] |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> and IMDb.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jatla Siddartha |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5859905/ |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
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Siddartha's first short film, ''The Artist'', premiered at the Busan Film Festival in 2012.<ref name=lgo2023/><ref name=firstpost2024/><br />
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He was cinematographer, director, co-producer, co-writer, and co-editor of his first feature film, ''Love and Shukla'' (originally titled ''Haanduk''<ref name=netpac>{{cite web |title=Love and Shukla |url=https://netpacasia.org/item789-Love-and-Shukla |website=Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema |access-date=3 November 2024}}<!---Siddartha incorrectly spelt in source---></ref>) which premiered at Busan in 2017. It screened at the [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]], [[Shanghai International Film Festival]], and over 40 other international film festivals, before being sold to [[Netflix]],<ref name=lgo2023/> where it was highly successful.<ref name=firstpost2024/> Amanda Mooney co-wrote, co-produced, and co-edited the film.<ref name=firstpost2024/><br />
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His second feature film is ''In the Belly of a Tiger'', which had its world premiere in the Forum section at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] in February 2024,<ref name=firstpost2024>{{cite web |title=Siddhartha Jatla's 'In the Belly of a Tiger' set for its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/siddhartha-jatlas-in-the-belly-of-a-tiger-set-for-its-world-premiere-at-the-berlin-international-film-festival-13739068.html |website=[[Firstpost]] |date=19 February 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref><ref name=berlinale2024/> where it garnered excellent reviews.<ref name=interview2024/> It also screened at the [[Adelaide Film Festival]] in October 2024,<ref name=aff2024>{{cite web |title=In the Belly of a Tiger |url=https://www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/program/2024/in-the-belly-of-a-tiger |website=[[Adelaide Film Festival]] |date=26 October 2024 |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> where it won the Feature Fiction Award.<ref name=affffa>{{cite web |title=AFF 2024 Award Winners |url=https://www.adelaidefilmfestival.org/info/awards/2024-winners |website=Adelaide Film Festival |date=28 October 2024 |access-date=4 November 2024}}</ref> The film is co-written by Siddhartha and Amanda Mooney. While its cast consists mostly of non-professional actors, its technical crew features some big names in cinema, including Japanese composer [[Umebayashi Shigeru]], sound designer [[Resul Pookutty]] (''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''), and [[Color grading|colour grading]] by the Chinese studio owned by director [[Wuershan]].<ref name=firstpost2024/> Siddhartha has said that the film is very personal to him, and that the main character (the son) represents his feelings. The idea for the plot came from what turned out to be a fabricated story about young people sending their parents into the forest to be killed by a tiger so that they could claim compensation, but this led him to do a lot of research into the poverty experienced by rural communities in India, and he wanted to make a film about social issues.<ref name=interview2024/> The film came about after a US producer contacted him after seeing his first film on Netflix, and various other producers came on board from China, Taiwan, and Indonesia, so it became an international production.<ref name=interview2024/><br />
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In 2025, he also co-wrote and produced "Whisperings of the Moon", the debut film of mainland Chinese filmmaker Lai Yuqing, a co-production between India, Hongkong, mainland China and Cambodia. It screened at Busan International Film Festival 2025 in the Windows of Asian Cinema Section. <br />
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Jatla Siddartha is working on his third feature film, "If Ever You Shall be", a love story based in Cambodia and showing the Indian diaspora there. It is an India, Hongkong China, and Cambodia co-production.<ref name=interview2024/><br />
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==Recognition and awards==<br />
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Awards received for his films include:<br />
*2017: [[NETPAC Award]] at the [[Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival]], for ''Love and Shukla''<ref name=netpac/><ref name=lgo2023/> <br />
*2017: [[SIGNIS Awards (Sri Lanka)|SIGNIS Award]], for ''Love and Shukla''<ref name=lgo2023/> <br />
*2024: Feature Fiction Award " In the Belly of a Tiger" at [[Adelaide Film Festival]]<ref name=affffa/><br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|5859905|Jatla Siddartha}}<br />
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