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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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Shoplifters, Review: Only those who cannot study at home need to go to school • Jul 05, 2019 at 09:04 AM
by Siraj Syed

Shoplifters, Review: Only those cannot study at home need to go to school Through many decades, albeit once in a while, a Japanese film comes up in the rich tradition of Frank Capra, Vittorio De...

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Akira Emoto Nakagawa
Chizuru Ikewaki
Frank Capra
Hirokazu Kore-eda
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Ikematsu
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Kairi Jō
Kengo Kora
Kirin Kiki
Kondo Ryoto
Lily Franky
Mayu Matsuoka
Miyu Sasaki
Moemi Katayama
Mrinal Sen
Naoto Ogata
Ritwick Ghatak
Roy del Ruth
Sakura Ando
Satyajit Ray
vittorio de sica
Yoko Moriguchi
Yūki Yamada
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The Promise of Heaven, Play review: The buffoon as philosopher • Jul 02, 2019 at 05:21 AM
by Siraj Syed

The Promise of Heaven, Play review: The buffoon as philosopher Viagra in heaven, virgins, virgin-swapping, deflowered virgins re-virginating, really long-lasting erections, homosexuality,...

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PROS
Kamlesh Acharya
Darshil Damani
Bare Bones
Unseen Unheard
Bare Bones Returns
Gurcharan Das
Gieve Patel
Dina Mehta
Cyrus Mistry
Ram Ganesh Kamatham
Hamid Sayani
Sultan 'Bobby' Padamsee
Ameen Sayani
Theatre Group
suicide bombers
Babylonian
Homosexual
butt
Satyendra Parmar
infidels
axe
deodorant
Ayesha Sayani
Kraftwerk
Viagra
Sildenafil Citrate
Cuckoo Club
Kamfucious
Kanksha Vasavda
Amelu
Ayyan Karmakar
Nisarg Desai
Venugopal Agrawal
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Aarohi, Review: Play about decadence, women’s empowerment and good v/s evil • Jul 01, 2019 at 12:19 PM
by Siraj Syed

Aarohi, Review: Play about decadence, women’s empowerment and good v/s evil A Kinkini Production, Aarohi had its premiere show on Saturday, 29th June, at St. Andrew's Auditorium, Bandra, Mumbai. It...

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Anita Ordia
Ashok MIshra
Birju Maharaj
Dhaani Jhankhal
Dr. Deepti Dyondi
Era Tak
Gautam Rode
Himanshu Gokani
jaipur
Kajal Ghosh
Lucknow
Meeta Vasisht
Pandit Durga Lal
Salim Akhtar
Sanjay Bhatiya
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Amazon Prime Video launching all-new season of original series Comicstaan, unveils trailer • Jun 29, 2019 at 05:51 AM
by Siraj Syed

Amazon Prime Video launching all-new season of original series Comicstaan, unveils trailer Comicstaan becomes the first Indian Amazon Original to launch a second season, which comes as part of Prime...

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OML
Kaneez Sukra
Zakir Khan
Neeti Palta
Amazon.in
Only Much Louder
Prashasti Singh
Sidin Vaduku
Vijay Nair
Girish 'Bobby' Talwar
Sumukhi Suresh
Biswa Kaylan Rath
Dhruv Sheth
Gill
Kenny Sebastian
Urooj Ashfaq
Abish Mathew
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Noblemen, Review: Merchant of menace • Jun 28, 2019 at 07:31 PM
by Siraj Syed

Noblemen, Review: Merchant of menace Children in a classy public school are preparing a play for Founders’ Day, and the work chosen for the occasion is William Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. Our...

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Ali Haji
Bassanio
Guru Dutt
Hardik Thakkar
Ivan Rodrigues
Junglee
Kunal Kapoor
M.K. Raina
Merchant of Venice
Mohammed Ali Mir
Mohammed Rafi
Muskkaan Jaferi
Portia
Ramanuj Dutta
SaReGaMa
Shaan Groverr
Shammi Kapoor
Simranjeet Singh Malhotra
Soni Razdan
Sonia Bahl
Sunil Drego
Vandana Kataria
Yoodlee
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