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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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Book Review: The Master at Work, by Rahul Rawail, a Masterly Work • Apr 03, 2022 at 07:30 AM
by Siraj Syed

Book Review: The Master at Work, by Rahul Rawail, a Masterly Work How many 15 somethings would be offered chances to work as assistants to legendary directors like Raj Kapoor (RK)? Rahul Rawail was...

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Bloomsbury
Vyjayanthimala
Pramika Sharma
KamalHaasan
Wayside Inn
Dr. Ambedkar
Constitution of India
Mitchell
Arriflex
Steenbeck
Aur Pyar Ho Gaya
Aishwarya Rai
Rajendra Kumar
Esmayeel Shroff
Pighalta Aasmaan
Rishi Kapoor
Chintu
Randhir Kapoor
Dabboo
Krishna Raj Kapoor
Bobby
Shree 420
Awaara
Sangam
Arjun
love story
Gunhagar
Dacait
Betaab
RK
Radhu Karmakar
Alauddin Khan
ICSE
circus
H.S. Rawail
Dambara
Cross Maidan
Kal aaj Aur Kal
Dharam Karam
Biwi O Biwi
Johnnie Walker Black Label
Sargam
Aag
Ameen Sayani
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RIFF 08, 2022, 08: Awards and rewards at the colourful closing ceremony • Apr 02, 2022 at 05:17 PM
by Siraj Syed

RIFF 08, 2022, 08: Awards and rewards at the colourful closing ceremony The Closing Ceremony and Award Night of the 8th Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), 2022, was held at the Jaswant...

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Anshu Harsh
Filmistan
Hasrat Jaipuri
Komal Nahta
Kunti Deora Parihar
N. Chandra
Raj Kapoor: The Master at Work
Randhir 'Dabboo' Kapoor
Sanjeev Goenka
Sayeed Quadri
Somendra Harsh
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Attack-Part 1, Review: Dawn of a new Ira • Apr 01, 2022 at 07:40 AM
by Siraj Syed

Attack-Part 1, Review: Dawn of a new Ira Ira is the new Artificial Intelligence set-up, inspired by Alexa, that is implanted in a soldier who has been paralysed as a result of a bullet wound,...

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Aarif Sheikh
Arnold Schwarznegger
Artificial Intelligence
cyborg
DRDO
Elham Ehsas
HOSTAGES
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jean Claude Van Damme
John Abraham
kashmir
Kiran Kumar
Kumaar
Lakshya Raj Anand
Lockheed D-21
P.S. Vinod Sachdev
Parliament
Prakash Raj
Rakul Preet Singh
Ratna Pathak
Ryan AQM-91 Firefly
Ryan Model 147
sci-fi
Soumik Mukherjee
Sumit Batheja
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Terminator Genisys (2015)
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
The Terminator (1984)
Tiger Shroff
Tonkin Gulf
Universal Soldier (1992)
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998)
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)
Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)
Vidyut Jamwal
Vishal Kapoor
Will Humphris
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Jalsa, Review: The feisty anchor, their devoted maid, her teenaged daughter and a ghastly accident • Apr 01, 2022 at 03:19 AM
by Siraj Syed

Jalsa, Review: The feisty anchor, their devoted maid, her teenaged daughter and a ghastly accident If there was a contest for the most misleading film names, Jalsa (celebration) would stand a good...

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Abbas Dalal
Abundantia
Akira Kurosawa
Amazon Prime Original Film
Amazon series
an alumna of thNational School of Drama
Archana Patel
Breathe
Darlings
David)
Delhi Crime
Doctor G
Gaurav Chatterji
Ghanshyam Lalsa
Gurpal Singh
Hussain Dalal
Iqbal Khan
Jalwa
Japanese
Junaid Khan
Kahaani
Kashish Rizwan
Lady Macbeth
Maharashtrian
Manav Kaul
Mangesh Desai
Mohammed Iqbal Khan
Monu Gurjar
Munnabhai M.B.B.S.
news anchor
Prajwal Chandrashekar
Rashomon
Rohini Hattangadi (Gandhi
Sahil Brown
Saurabh Goswami
Shafeen Patel
Sharad
Shefali Shah
Sherni and Shakuntala Devi
Shivkumar V. Panicker
Shrikant Yadav
Sofiya Khan
Srikant Mohan Yadav
Surya Kasibhatla
T-Series
Trushant Ingle
Tumhari Sulu
Uday Vir Singh Yadav
V3
Vidhatri Bandi
Vidya Balan
Vijay Nigam
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Bachchan Paandey, Review: Gangsters are best played by real-life gangsters • Mar 18, 2022 at 04:04 PM
by Siraj Syed

Bachchan Paandey, Review: Gangsters are best played by real-life gangsters Why would you choose a name like Bachchan Pandey, unless you thought you could cash-in on the franchises called Amitabh...

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A Dirty Carnival
A.K. Nadiadwala
Abhimanyu Singh
Ajmer
Akshay Kumar
Amaal Mallik
Amit Shivdas Nair
Amitabh Bachchan
Arijit Singh
Arshad Warsi
Ashwin Mushran
B. Praak
CharuShree Roy
Chulbul Pandey
contract killer
Divyam Agarwal
Dolly Thakore
Ennio Morricone
Farhad Samji
Gavemic U. Ary
Gujarat
Gujarati
Heropanti 2
Indu
Jacqueline Fernandez
Jigarthanda
Joel Crasto
Julius Packiam
Kaandi
Karthik Subbaraj
Kriti Sanon
Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
Naseer Abdullah
Pankaj Tripathi
Paresh Rawal
Pondicherry
Prateik Babbar
Pushkar
rajasthan
Saharsh Kumar Shukla
Sajid Nadiadwala
Salman Khan
Sanjay Mishra
sergio leone
Shravan Jakkula
Shreya Ghoshal
Snehal Daabbi
spaghetti western
Sparsh Khetarpal
Tasha Bhambra
Trishna Singh
Tushar Hiranandani
Uttar Pradesh
Vikram Montrose
Zeishan Quadri
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