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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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Incomparable Shachin Dev Burman: HQ Chowdhury’s labour of love, about the man and his music • Mar 14, 2022 at 08:08 AM
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Incomparable Shachin Dev Burman: HQ Chowdhury’s labour of love, about the man and his music It is not often that one gets to hear about a book and its author first, and gets to spend some enriching...

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Agartala
All India Radio
Anwar
Aradhana
Archisman Mazumder
Ashok Kumar
Baul
Bhatiyali
Bidrohi
bombay
Bombay Talkies
Broadcasting Company
Calcutta
Chartha
Chhupa Rustam
Cine Advance
Comilla
cricket
Cumilla
dhaka
Dhaka International Film Festival
Dharmasagar
Filmistan
FIPRESCI
flute
Gyan Mukherjee
harmonium
hindi
Hindstani
Hindusthan Records
HMV
Humayun Qader
Indian State Broadcasting Corporation
IndianMadhu Bose
Jewel Thief
K.C. Dey
Khalifa Badal Khan
Madhab
Manna Dey
Meera Das Gupta
Nabadip Dev Burman
Nostalgiaana
Rahul Dev Burman
Rai Bahadur Chunilal Kohli
Ranjit Movietone
Rewind
Sachindra Kumar Deb Burman
Sanjher Pidim
Sardar Chandulal Shah
Sashadhar Mukerji
SD Burman
SDB
SelimaaPahadi Sanyal
Sushil Majumder
tabla
Tiperra banshi
Tripura
Urdu
Vishmadev Chatterjee
Yahoodi Ki Ladki
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RIFF 08, 2022, 07: Third and final list of selected films released • Mar 13, 2022 at 02:06 PM
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RIFF 08, 2022, 07: Third and final list of selected films released The Third and the final list of the officially selected films to be shown at the 8th Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF)...

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Anshu Harsh
Eshan Harsh
Open Forum
Somendra Harsh
talk show
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Radhe Shyam, Review: Goodness gracious, how flirtatious! • Mar 11, 2022 at 05:44 PM
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Radhe Shyam, Review: Goodness gracious, how flirtatious! At its core, Radhe Shyam rakes-up an interesting debate, between destiny and those exceptions who surmount their pre-ordained destiny, and,...

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Abbas Dalal
Amaal Mallik
and the vocals by Mithoon
europe
Flora Jacob
Haathon Ki Lakeeren
Hussain Dalal
Indira Gandhi
Italy
Jayaram
Kotagiri Venkateswara Pooja Hegde
Kudrat
Kunaal Roy Kapur
Latt Saheb
Mahati Bhikshu
Manan Bharadwaj
Mandava Sai Kumar
Manoj Muntashir
Manoj Paramahansa
Murali Sharma
Nabeel Ahmed
palmistry
Paramhans Shankaracharya
Priyadarshi
Radha Krishna Kumar
Riddhi Kumar
Romeo and Juliet
Sachin Khedekar
Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara
Sasha Chettri
Sathyan
Sathyaraj
shakespeare
Sharik Khan
Sunil Beniwal
Sunny Deol
Uppalapati Venkata Suryanarayana ‘Prabhas’ Raju
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Music Forever: Long performing music duo L-P, alias Laxmikant-Pyarelal • Mar 10, 2022 at 08:06 AM
by Siraj Syed

Music Forever: Long performing music duo L-P, alias Laxmikant-Pyarelal Ajay Poundarik is neither a writer nor a journalist. But if he is anything, he is a fanatic admirer of the work of the music...

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Ajay Poundalik
Ameen Sayani
Anand Bakhshi
Asha Bhosle
Bappi Lahiri
Binaca Geetmala
Blue Rose
Cibaca Geetmala
Imtiaz Hussain Mateen
Jaikishan
Kalyanji-Anandji
Kishore Kumar
Lata Mangeshkar
Laxmikant
Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Mohammed Rafi
Music directors
Pyarelal
Rahul Dev Burman
Shalimar Superlac Jodi
Shankar
Shankar Jaikishan
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Parallel Mothers, Review: Swapped babies and a Spanish history lesson from the Master • Mar 09, 2022 at 06:04 AM
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Parallel Mothers, Review: Swapped babies and a Spanish history lesson from the Master Expectations suddenly rise when the name Pedro Almodóvar is mentioned. One regrets having missed the screening...

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Academy Award
Ainhoa Santamaría
Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
All about My Mother
Ashwani Sharma
Bad Education
Barcelona
Best Actress (Penélope Cruz)
Best Music (Alberto Iglesias)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Francisco Franco
golden globe
Hollywood Walk of Fame
Impact Films
Israel Elejalde
Janis Joplin
Julieta Serrano
Manmohan Desai
Milena Smit
Murder on the Orient Express
Nasir Hussain
nine
Oscars
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero
Rossy de Palma
Soho
Spanish Civil War
Spanish Confederation of Autonomous Right-wing Groups
Vanilla Sky
Vicky Cristina
Volver
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