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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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Prassthanam, Review: Loyalty, integrity and legacy, to see or not to see, that is the question • Sep 21, 2019 at 02:46 PM
by Siraj Syed

Prassthanam, Review: Loyalty, integrity and legacy, to see or not to see, that is the question When you have classics like the Mahabharat, Ramayan and Shakespeare’s works, why look elsewhere for...

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Agni Natchathiram
Vansh
Ankit Tiwari
Vikram Montrose
Ravi Yadav
Ballu Saluja. Dastur (Issaq
Mr. X
JudgemanAmyra Dastur
Ishita Raj Sharma
M.K. Raina
Abhishek Diwan
Jay Patel
Zakir Hussain
Chunky Pandey
Satyajeet Dubey
Deva Katta
telugu
Mani Rathnam
Simi Garewal
Shyam Benegal
Kalyug
Rukhsat
Sanjayh Dutt
Maanayata
Sunil Dutt
Farhad Samji
Jayesh Parmar
Ramayan
Mahabharat
shakespeare
Urdu
Gulzar
Manisha Koirala
Ali Fazal
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The Zoya Factor, Review: Cricket superstitions, and bowling a ‘maiden’ over • Sep 21, 2019 at 08:35 AM
by Siraj Syed

The Zoya Factor, Review: Cricket superstitions, and bowling a ‘maiden’ over It’s a romantic comedy about cricket, superstition and finding your soulmate after several heart-breaks. Strange...

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Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Indrajit Sharma
Parikshit Sharma
Manoj Lobo
Utsav Bhagat Arora
Abhilash Chaudhary
Jashan Singh Kohli
Gandharv Dewan
Abhishek Madrecha
Saurabh Shukla
Rahul Khanna
Vikas Mandaliya
Shoaib Ahmed
R. Bhakti Klein
Pankaj Dheer
Manu Rishi
Malayalam
Pooja Bhamrrah
Anil Kapoor
Koel Purie
Angad Bedi
Sanjay Kapoor
Sikandar Kher Chauhan
Abhishek Sharma
Dulquer Salmaan
Sonam Kapoor Arora
Neha Rakesh Sharma
Pradhuman Singh
Those Pricey Thakur Girls
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Rambo-Last Blood: Rambo No. 5 • Sep 20, 2019 at 06:20 PM
by Siraj Syed

Rambo-Last Blood: Rambo No. 5 On its last legs, rather last leg, the Rambo series takes one last shot at the franchise, extending its title from the 1982 sample, First Blood. Nobody can quarrel with...

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Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Oscar Jaenada
Fenessa Pineda
Yvette Monreal
Todd E. Miller
Carsten Kurpanek
Brendan Galvin
Dan Gordon
Matt Cirulnick
sylvester stallone
Adrian Grunberg
Paz Vega
Pedro ALMODOVAR
will smith
Jada Pinkett Smith
Adriana Barraza
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The Family Man: Say Hi, to the middle-class guy, who’s a world class spy • Sep 18, 2019 at 04:44 AM
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The Family Man: Say Hi, to the middle-class guy, who’s a world class spy National award winner for acting (films) and Padma Shri (civilian honour) awardee Manoj Bajpayee (Satya, Gangs of...

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Raj & DK (Raj Nidimoru & Krishna DK)
Jay Marine
kashmir
terrorist
separatist
Army
Gulkirat
Amazon Prime Video India
Subramaniam
Hashmi
Neeraj Madhav
Sharad Kelkar
Gul Panag
Sundeep Kishan
Darshan Kumaar
Sunny Hinduja
Shreya Dhanwantary
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Dream Girl, Review: Lady Boy’s multiple nightmares • Sep 13, 2019 at 07:04 PM
by Siraj Syed

Dream Girl, Review: Lady Boy’s multiple nightmares Can one accuse film-makers of misleading audiences by describing their films as anything but what they really are? Dream Girl, dubbed ‘family...

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Abhishek Banerjee
Raj Bhansali
Mohammed Rafi
Johnny Walker
Neha Saraf
Arihant
Nidhi Bisht
Neela Mulherkar
Annu Kapoor
Manjot Singh
Vijay Raaz
Rajesh Sharma
Raj Shandilyaa
Ayushmann Khurrana
Nushrat Bharucha
Mahabharat
Seeta
radha
Nirmaan D. Singh
Niket Pandey
Aseem Mishra
Hemal Kothari
Jagjit Singh
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