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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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Rudra, Review: Drastic crimes call for Rudrastic punishments • Mar 04, 2022 at 05:00 AM
by Siraj Syed

Rudra, Review: Drastic crimes call for Rudrastic punishments How important is the name of a TV programme or a web series? Should the name convey something about the programme, or anything that...

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PROS
Ajay Devgn
Amaara Sangam
Antara Lahiri
Applause Entertainment
Ashish Vidyarthi
Ashwini Kalsekar
Atul Kulkarni
BBC One
blood-thirsty criminal
Chandresh Singh
CID
Crime Patrol
Crime Watch
Delhi Crime
Devgn
Esha Deol Takhtani
Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Idris Elba
Japjisingh Valecha
Jay Sheela Bansal
K.C. Shankar
Kathiawadi
Kay Kay Menon
Khanna
kidnapped
Luther
Madras Café
Milind Gunaji
Neil Cross
Rajeev Dattani
Rajeev Kachroo
Rajesh Jais
Rajesh Mapuskar
Rudra
Rudra-The Edge of Darkness
Saad Chaudhary
Sacred Games
Satyadeep Mishra
Shehnaz Daruwala
Siddharth Pandit
Siddheshwar Kumar
Special Ops
Special Unit Assistant Commissioner of Police
TERROR
The Family Man
Upen Chauhan
Ventilator
Vikram Singh Chauhan
Yeshwant Nikose
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Jhund, Review: Every Jhunderdog has his day • Mar 03, 2022 at 05:32 PM
by Siraj Syed

Jhund, Review: Every Jhunderdog has his day Literally translated, Jhund means herd. Only in this case, the reference is to a group of young slum-dwelling, smoking, drinking ragamuffins, who are also...

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Abhinay Raj Singh
agreement
Ajay-Atul
Akash Thosar
Akhilesh Paul
Amazon Prime Video
Amitabh Bachchan
Ankush Gedam
Avghade
BabaSaheb Ambedkar
Bharat Ganeshpure
Bhushan Kumar
caste
Chhaya Kadam
Cinestaan
copyright
Dr. Nandi Chinni Kumar
Fandry
football
Ganesh Deshmukh
Homeless World Cup
injunction
Kishor Kadam
Kutub Inamdar
Nagraj Manjule
Netflix
OTT
religion
Rinku Rajguru
Sairaat
Saket Kanetkar
slum soccer
Somnath
Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Supreme Court
Suraj Pawar
T Series
Tanaji Galgunde
Telangana High Court
Vaibhav Dabhade
Vicky Kadian
Vijay Barse
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Gangubai Kathiawadi, Review: Guess what is the oldest profession in the world, and meet its President • Feb 25, 2022 at 09:28 AM
by Siraj Syed

Gangubai Kathiawadi, Review: Guess what is the oldest profession in the world, and meet its President Gangubai, a variation of Ganga, is the most common name of Maharashtrian maid-servants in...

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Pallab Chanda
SheetaSharma
Sanchit Balhara
Ankit Balhara
Baldev Trehan
Sudeep Chatterjee
Shantanu Maheshwari
Seema Pahwa
Ajay Devgn
Huma Qureshi
Shobha Gurtu
Begum Akhtar
New Roshan
Alfred
Nargis
Suraiya
Dev Anand
Mafia Queen
Mafia Don
Ganga Harjivandas
Gujarat
Maharashtra
mumbai
bombay
Kathiawad
Kamathipura
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Prakash Kapadia
Kumaar
A.M. Turaz
Alia Bhatt
Vijay Raaz
Chhaya Kadam
Indira Tiwari
Jim Sarbh
S. Hussain Zaidi
Jane Borges
garba
Utkarshini Vashishtha
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Love Hostel, Review: Khaps, cops, corpses, more corpses and still more corpses • Feb 25, 2022 at 04:26 AM
by Siraj Syed

Love Hostel, Review: Khaps, cops, corpses, more corpses and still more corpses It’s not about a hostel. But it is about love. And the price that has to be paid for falling in love with someone who...

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Yogi Singha
Raman
blood baths
mayhem
sadistic
gory
gruesome
Clinton Cerejo
Jeet Gannguli
Shan Mohammed
Vikrant Massey
Sanya Malhotra
Bobby Deol
elope
Red Chillies Entertainment
ShahRukh
Gauri Khan
Drishyam Movies
Manish Mundra
Disney + Hotstar
Zee5
Zooni Jamal
Khap
Haryana
epidemic
panchaayats
hindu
muslim
safe-home
beef smuggling
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Pondicherry, Review: Enough icing, but the cherry is missing • Feb 25, 2022 at 03:38 AM
by Siraj Syed

Pondicherry, Review: Enough icing, but the cherry is missing Marathi language Indian film Pondicherry is like a French patisserie (it used to be a French colony), with some delectable pastries to...

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Abhijeet Deshpande
Amruta Khanwilkar
Apple iPhone
Bhupendra Jadawat
Debarpito Saha
Gaurav Ghatnekar
home-stay
Milind Jog
Neena Kulkarni
Puducherry
Sachin Kundalkar
Sai Tamhankar
Tamilnadu
Tanmay Kulkarni
Tejas Modak
Vaibhav Tawawadi
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