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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, 024: Niraye Thathakalulla Maram kindles kindness, care and compassion “We are losing our ability to empathise, to show kindness and care” said Jayaraj, director of Niraye Thathakalulla...

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Tree Full of Parrots
Narayanan Cherupuzha
Master Adithyan
Vinu R. Nath
Shinu T. Chacko
Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair
Johnnie Walker
Thilakkam
Navarasa

Chandigrah Kare Aashiqui, Review: Engendered species A film that takes a taboo subject head-on, but takes its own time to get there, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui is handicapped by its own title. Running...

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Abhishek Bajaj
Ayushmann Khurrana
Supratik Sen
Tushar Paranjape
Abhishek Kapoor
transgender
Chetan Bhagat
Kanwaljit Singh
Aanjjan Srivastav
Gourav Sharma
Gautam Sharma
Yograj Singh
Karishma Singh
Girish Dhamija
Tanya Abrol
Sawan Rupowali
Satwant Kaur
Tarsen Paul
Goni Sagoo
Ranjit Punia
Nary Singh
Leena Sharma
Jeevan Vadhera
Ssumier Pasricha
Sumit Dhankar
Jaspal Kaur Bhatia
Rahul Kakkar
Soniya Bhatia
Yash Bhojwani
Maanvi
Diljit Sona
Mukesh Chandelia
Harinder Singh Bhullar
Manoj Lobo
Chandan Arora
Sachin
Jigar Bally Jagpal
Bhota Jagpal
Madan Jalandhari
Jassi Sidhu
I.P. Singh
Zumba

Velle, Review: R4=Raw, rash, rant, rabble When you have to wait for an hour to see a film like Velle, it is like rubbing salt into wounds that have yet to be inflicted. That it lasts a mere two...

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Rewind’s Retro Radio Revival
Rewind
Nostalgiaanaa
Anshul Chobey
Dharmendra Sharma
Yug Bhusal
Rochak Kohli
Sohail Sen
Sanjay Kota
Anurag Arora
Shaurya Dutt
Chirag Mehra
Manohar Pandey
Fareed Ahmed
Diwakar Solanki
Himanshu Srivasta Tiwari as Raju and Savant Singh Premi as Rambo are no diffeRajesh Kumar
gold
K.G.F: Chapter 1
Dharmendra Singh Deol
Abhay Deol
Sunny Deol
Karan
Pal Dil Ke Paas
Anya Singh
Zakir Hussain
Mahesh Thakur
Mouni Roy
Ajay Devgnn
Deven Munjal
Chidi Balla
Laal Rang
LoveShhuda
Double Jeopardy

IFFI 52, 023: Comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable, with Sweet Biryani “There is a famous quote, which says, ‘Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.’ I think this...

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K. Jeyachandra Hashmi
Sarithiran
Gowtham G.A.
Seenu Ramasamy
Mouna Mozhi
Aram
Kalavu
To-Let
Balaji Venugopal
Sumathi
Deepan
Nivya
Ahamabro
Theleepan

IFFI 52, 022: Pregnant, harassed-to-hell woman, or suicide bomber? Governments exist to serve the people, but often, the common citizen has to struggle, knock one door after another, in order to...

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Manjunatha S.
ACT-1978
Kannada
Karnataka Civil Services Act 1978
Mansore
Manjunatha Somakesha Reddy
Harivu
National Film Award
Nathicharami