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Siraj Syed

Siraj Syed is the India Correspondent for FilmFestivals.com and a member of FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics. He is a Film Festival Correspondent since 1976, Film-critic since 1969 and a Feature-writer since 1970. He is also an acting and dialogue coach. 

 
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Jersey, Review: Down and out, yet 300 not out • Apr 21, 2022 at 12:19 PM
by Siraj Syed

Jersey, Review: Down and out, yet 300 not out A loser making it big in sports is the stuff that many films have been made on. This one tries to be different. Imagine a cricketer who quit the game...

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New Jersey
Stebin Ben
Paramapara Tandon
Mellow D.
Sachet Tandon
Sachet–Parampara
Shellee
Anil Mehta
Naveen Nooli
Anirudh Ravichander
Master Alankar
Pankaj Kapur
Ronit Kamra
Gowtham Tinnanuri
Sidhharth-Garima
Shahid Kapur
Mrunal Thakur
Kannada
telugu
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Operation Romeo, Review: Regaining consciousness and recharging consciences • Apr 21, 2022 at 07:14 AM
by Siraj Syed

Operation Romeo, Review: Regaining consciousness and recharging consciences When Neeraj Pandey, of A Wednesday fame, is co-producing a film, and it is titled Operation Romeo, you expect a taut...

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M.M. Keeravani
Manoj Shukla ‘Muntashir’
Neeti Mohan
Vishal Mishra
Rupali Jagga
Advait Nemlekar
HARI NAIR
Kathikuloth Praveen
Bhumika Chawla
Kishor Kadam
Sharad Kelkar
Ritviz
Vedika Pinto
Gupta
Bang Bank Bangkok
Badmashiyan
Bhoomi Shah
Dasvidaniya
Chalo Dilli
BAJATEY RAHO
telugu
Rateesh Ravi
Malayalam
Arshad Syed
Hindustani
Allahabad High Court
sex between consenting adults. Neeraj Pandey
A Wednesday
Malayalam film
Ishq-Not a Love Story
Anuraj Manohar
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An Actor’s Actor-Sanjeev Kumar: The Authorised Biography of Sanjeev Kumar • Apr 17, 2022 at 04:18 AM
by Siraj Syed

An Actor’s Actor-Sanjeev Kumar: The Authorised Biography of Sanjeev Kumar A riveting black and white picture of the late actor, in mid-close, looking a little to his right, greets you on the cover...

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A.K. Hangal
Aao Pyar Karein
alcohol
Anamika
Angoor
Anokhi Raat
Aspi
Asrani
Baby Pinky
Capitol
Dastak
Dilip Kumar
Filmfare
Guru Dutt
H.S. Rawail
Hanif Zaveri
Harihar Jariwala
Hema Malini
Hum Hindustani
Jayshree T.
Jethalal Jariwala
K. Asif’s Love and God
Kamal Amrohi
Khilona
Koshish
L.V. Prasad
miserliness
Mohammed Rafi
Namkeen
Nishan
Nutan
Pathhar Ke Hont
Pati Patni aur Woh
Professor Ki Padosan
Rahul Rawail
Rehana Sultan
Sanjay Khan
Shankar Hussain
Shantaben Jariwala
Shatranj Ke Khilari
Shatrughan Sinha
Sholay
Silsila
Sumant Batra
Trishul
Usha Khanna
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KGF Chapter 2, Review: The audience as cannon fodder • Apr 14, 2022 at 04:48 PM
by Siraj Syed

KGF Chapter 2, Review: The audience as cannon fodder One-and-a-half million residents in and around Kolar Gold Fields are either shooting their guns out or are learning how to do so. Gangsters in...

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Ravi Basrur
Bhuvan Gowda
Babu Tyagi
Can Yesilyurt
Ujwal Kulkarni
Achyuth Kumar
Archana Jois
Ayyappa P. Sharma
Dinesh Mangaluru
Eswari Rao
Kolar Gold Fields
Malavika Avinash
Neel Prashanth
Prakash Raj
Ramesh Indira
Rao Ramesh
RaveenaTandon
Rocking Star
rocky
Rocky's Balakrishna
Sanjay Dutt
Saran Shakhthi
Srinidhi Shetty
Ugramm
Yash
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Newton’s Pendulum: New tone in experimental terror curriculum • Apr 13, 2022 at 11:52 AM
by Siraj Syed

Newton’s Pendulum: New tone in experimental terror curriculum Time and again, film-makers, especially new film-makers, try to conduct experiments. They should know that by definition, an...

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A Brief Case
Abhishek Pandurangi
Abin Paul
Aditya Tambe
Anyuna
best director
Harishchandra Jadhav
Harshad Jadhav
Kiran Patil
Kumar Eshwar
Kushal Jadhav
Manali Kale
Mehmood Khan
Mona Ovhal
Naina Pareek Sanghvi
Newton's balls
Newton's cradle
Nilesh Pote
Om
psychotic thriller
Rajasthan International Film Festival
Rajeesh K. Ramanan
Rajita Sapte
Shishir Sharma
Sir Isaac Newton
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello
1921)
Sriram Ravishankar
Suspense
Vasu
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