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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 51, 16-24 January, 24: A dialogue on sound, with FTII Assoc. Prof. Madhu Apsara Sounds are crucial for a film to feel realistic for the audience. Sounds and dialogue must perfectly sync with...

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sound design in cinema
emotional movement
foley

IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 23: John Mathew Matthan talks about Sarfarosh-2 “I have travelled all over India in search of content for my films”. “It is important for any film-maker to understand the...

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CRPF
democracy
Indian Panorama
Malayalam
muslim
Roman script
Sarfarosh
Shafi Inamdar
Urdu

IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 22: PCs of Shreedhar B.S., Prithvi Konanur, Gunjalamma “The way we live right now suggests there are two different worlds - of “them” and “us”, where “they” are misunderstood...

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In Our World
Pinki Elli?
autism
social thriller
Ramachandranna
railway children
Kannada
Bengaluru

IFFI 51, 16-24 January, 2021, 21: PCs of Ritabhari Chakraborty, Soham Majumdar “Our film reminds us that no creation of God can be impure just because they menstruate”-- these are the words of Ms....

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Brahma Janen Gopon Kommoti
Aritra Mukherjee
Shiboprasad Mukherjee
Windows Story
Samragnee Bandopadhyay
Zinia Sen

RIFF 7, 04: Second list of selected films released The second list of the films of the Rajasthan International Film Festival 2021, Jaipur-Jodhpur, March 20-24, 2021, was released yesterday, by...

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jaipur
Jopdhpur
Rajasthan International Film Festival
Somendra Harsh