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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: 15 firsts at the 2019 festival • Nov 17, 2019 at 09:41 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 50: 15 firsts at the 2019 festival 1.      International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2019, will witness 90 India Premieres, 6 World Premieres and 11 Asia Premieres of Films. 2.      In a...

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Ritwick Ghatak
Uday Shankar
Kalpana
A River Called Titas
Jonny Best
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Marjavaan, Review: Monica, harmonica, loyalty, penalty, cute, mute, swords, words • Nov 15, 2019 at 06:45 PM
by Siraj Syed

Marjavaan, Review: Monica, harmonica, loyalty, penalty, cute, mute, swords, words Umpteenth reworking of the Godfather theme, albeit with a couple of new angles, Marjaavaan is definitely not a film...

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Milap Milan Zaveri
Maahir Zaveri
Sidharth Malhotra
Riteish Deshmukh
Subhash Ghai
Liliput
M.M. Faruqui
Amitabh Bachchan
KamalHaasan
Appu Raja
Rakul Preet Singh
Tara Sutaria
Nassar
Shaad Randhawa
Nushrat Bharucha
Nora Fatehi
Varinder Singh Ghuman
Godaan Kumar
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Charlie’s Angels, Review: Bossy angels and Bosleys • Nov 15, 2019 at 03:20 PM
by Siraj Syed

Charlie’s Angels, Review: Bossy angels and Bosleys A dozen or more women in breath-taking action is not a common feature on the Hollywood screen, or, for that matter, on any screen. Charlie’s Angels...

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Elizabeth Banks
Drew Barrymore
David Auburn
Evan Spiliotopoulos
Ivan Goff
Ben Roberts
james bond
Kristen Stewart
Naomi Scott
Ella Balinska
Djimon Hounsou
Sam Claflin
Noah Centineo
Patrick Stewart
Murali Perumal
Marie-Lou Sellem
Luis Gerardo Méndez
Jonathan Tucker
Chris Pang
Nat Faxon
Robert Clotworthy
John Forsythe
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Jhalki, Review: Stop stealing childhood from children • Dec 01, 2019 at 05:03 PM
by Siraj Syed

Jhalki, Review: Stop stealing childhood from children After much-raved biopics on Rahul Dev Burman and Jagjit Singh, director Brahmanand S. Siingh trains his lens on an issue that is based on true...

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Aarti Jha
Akhilendra Mishra
Amar Sen
Arko Sen
bioscope
Brahmanand S. Siingh
Divya Dutta
Goraksha
Govind Namdev
Joy Sengupta
Kamlesh Kunti Singh
Karyekar
nickelodeon
Prakash Jha
Rupesh Kumar
Sandesh Shandilya
Sanjay Suri
Suresh Pai
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Tanvi Jain
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IFFI 50: Dying 3 year-old war victim’s last words, “I’m Gonna Tell God Everything” • Nov 12, 2019 at 05:42 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI 50: Dying 3 year-old war victim’s last words, “I’m Gonna Tell God Everything” One of the most important and persistent crises that we face today is the crisis of war, displaced persons and...

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Syria
Dev Pinn
Renee Garcia
Katheine King
Hari Vedantam
The chicken song
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