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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. 

 

IFFI 52, 029: Kalkokkho is a phantasmagorical movie Amidst the paranoia and dread inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, an apathetic but adept doctor is taken hostage by a young woman. Captive in an...

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Rajdeep Paul
Sarmistha Maiti
COVID 19
Rana Pratap Karforma
House of Time
Ranjan Bose
Aurora Film Corporation
Satyajit Ray
Ritwick Ghatak
Sreelekha Mukherjee
SRFTI Kolkata

IFFI 52, 028: Bodo language film Sijou unveils brutal feudal system Hitherto unknown and unexplored, Sijou, a Bodo language film, unveils the inhuman brutality of the feudal land tenure system,...

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Vishal P. Chaliha
Bodo
Indo-Bhutan border
Saikhong Guri
Feudal Land Tenure System

IFFI 52, 027: Identity of world’s largest democracy addressed in Bharat, Prakriti ka Balak What is the essence of Bharat, our country? What is the meaning underlying this idea? How did it come into...

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Dr. Deepika Kothari
Ramji Om
Desh Apanayen Sahyog Foundation

IFFI 52, 026: Garhwali film Sunpat addresses the migration crisis ‘Sunpat’ is a story of love and friendship set in the backdrop of migration driven crisis in the villages of Uttarakhand, a state in...

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Rahul Rawat
Uttarakhand
Veeru Singh Baghel

IFFI 52, 025: Ruben Sainz and Alvaro Turrion talk about their film, Maogoado 'Magoado' is the emotional drama of a man who is not ready to take responsibility of a father: Music Composer Alvaro...

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