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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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Sab Kushal Mangal, Review: Well, well! • Jan 05, 2020 at 03:10 AM
by Siraj Syed

Sab Kushal Mangal, Review: Well, well! Marriages at gunpoint are something of a norm in Bihar and Jharkhand, the latter having been a part of Bihar. On the movie screen too, such marriages have...

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Akshay Dhawan
Akshaye Khanna
Anjan
Apurva Nemlekar
Bappi Lahiri
Brijendra Kala
Ishtiyak Khan
Jaya Ojha
Mrunal Jain
Nalneesh Neel
Neelam
Padmini Kolhapure
Prashant Singh Rathore
Priyaank Sharma
Raju Singh
Rakesh Bedi
Riva Kishan
Sachin K. Krishn
Satish Kaushik
Saxena
Shriya Saran
Sunita Shirole
Supriya Pathak
Swati Semwal
Trivedi
Tutu Sharma
Usha Uthup
Vishwanath Kashyap
Yuvika Chaudhary
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Shimla Mirchi, Review: Chilly? Don't be silly! • Jan 04, 2020 at 11:33 AM
by Siraj Syed

Shimla Mirchi, Review: Chilly? Don't be silly! Several highs dot the career graph of director Ramesh Sippy, right from his debut in 1971 as a 24 year-old, with the remake of A Man and a Woman...

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Andaz
Hema Malini
Jagruti Sethia
Kamlesh Gill
Kanwaljit Singh
Kausar Munir
Khushboo Grewal
Kiran Juneja
Kumaar
Meet Bros.
Meet Bros. Anjjan
Nita Mohindra
Priya Raina
Rajkummar Rao
Rakul Preet Singh
Ramesh Sippy
Rishi Virmani
Saagar
Sanjay Mishra
Seeta Aur Geeta
Shaan
Shakti
Shakti Kapoor
Sholay
Tarun Wadhwa
Vipul Binjola
Zamana Deewana
Zoya Khan
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The Grudge, Review: Grudging a sequel • Jan 04, 2020 at 05:05 AM
by Siraj Syed

The Grudge, Review: Grudging a sequel A horror film has to deliver high voltage terror that not only reaches the benchmark set by recent movies in the genre but rise above it, if it hopes to make...

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horror
Ju-On
Takashi Shimizu
Nicolas Pesce
Jeff Buhler
japan
Andrea Riseborough
Demián Bichir
John Cho
Betty Gilpin
Lin Shaye
Frankie Faison
John J. Hans
Jacki Weaver
William Sadler
Tara Westwood
David Lawrence Brown
Zoe Fish
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Good Newwz, Review: Madame Ovary • Dec 26, 2019 at 12:58 PM
by Siraj Syed

Good Newwz, Review: Madame Ovary Apologies to Gustave Flaubert, whose French novel, Madame Bovary, lends itself to the headline for this review. The title was too punny to escape, what with his...

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Akshay Kumar
Kareena Kapoor-Khan
Anjana Sukhani
Diljit Dosanjh
Kiara Advani
Adil Hussain
Tisca Chopra
Jyoti Kapoor
Raj Mehta
Rishabh Sharma
Karan Johar
Badshah
Harry Sanndhu
Ketan Mehta
Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary
Maya Memsaab
Claude Chabrol
Jean Renoir
Vinctente Minnelli
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Spies in Disguise, Review: Walter, Pigeon and These Guys • Dec 25, 2019 at 07:08 AM
by Siraj Syed

Spies in Disguise, Review: Walter, Pigeon and These Guys You might say that being in disguise is an essential qualification of being spies, so why give your film an obvious title? There is a rhyme...

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Cindy Davis
Brad Copeland
Lloyd Taylor
Troy Quane
Nick Bruno
Skyfall
Jason Bourne
mission impossible
james bond
m
Disney
will smith
Walter Pidgeon
Walter Cronkite
Tom Holland
Rashida Jones
Ben Mendelsohn
Reba McEntire
Rachel Brosnahan
Walter's mother
Karen Gillan
DJ Khaled
Masi Oka
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