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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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IFFI 50: Students enjoyed the films free • Dec 14, 2019 at 03:20 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 50: Students enjoyed the films free Besides journalists and invitees, one more category of delegates enjoyed IFFI free of cost: students. And rightly so. Students of Film and Mass Communication...

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students
free access
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IFFI 50: BBC’s unique feat • Dec 14, 2019 at 06:28 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 50: BBC’s unique feat BBC here does not refer to the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is the acronym of perhaps India’s biggest film festival buff, BrijBhushan Chaturvedi, a film journalist...

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BrijBhushan Chaturvedi
Suchitra
Chaitanya Prasad
Dr. Pramod Sawant
Entertainment Society of Goa
IFFI Veteran Journalists' Group
iffi
Filmotsav
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The Body, Review: No soul • Dec 13, 2019 at 04:10 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Body, Review: No soul A murder mystery that moves slickly and logically is a rarity, and The Body initially engages you on both counts. You don’t mind the apparent red herrings that it throws...

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El Cuerpo
Oriol Paulo
Lara Sendim
Drishyam
Kannada
Tamil
game
Korean
The Vanished
Isaac Ezban
Jeethu Joseph
Rishi Kapoor
Emraan Hashmi
Clinton Cerejo
Sobhita Dhulipala
Vedhika Kumar
Arf Zakaria
Mauritius
Port Louis
Rukhsar Rehman
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IFFI 50: The three encounters of Rashid Irani • Dec 13, 2019 at 05:58 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 50: The three encounters of Rashid Irani Ex restaurateur turned full-time film-buff and much revered/feared critic, Rashid Irani’s IFFI 2019 was an event that he would like to forget for...

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Arvind
Directorate of Film Festivals
Dr. Edwin Gomes
Entertainment Society of Goa
Goa Medical College Hospital
INOX
Mahmoud Nawaz
Mona Hinduja
panaji
Parsi General Hospital
Porvorim
Press Information Bureau
Vinod Kumar
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RIFF 2020: Rahul Rawail to be conferred with Life-time Achievement Award • Dec 11, 2019 at 08:02 AM
by Siraj Syed

RIFF 2020: Rahul Rawail to be conferred with Life-time Achievement Award During the sixth edition of Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), 18 to 22 January 2020, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India,...

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Anjaam
Arjun
Arjun Pandit
Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya
Bekhudi
Betaab
Birla Auditorium
Cinepolis
Dacait
Federation of Film Societies of India
FFSI
Filmfare Award
Jawahar Kala Kendra
Jo Bole So Nihal
love story
RIFF Award Night 2020
World Trade Park
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