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. @SirajHSyed
Tu Meri Poori Kahani, Overview: Future to the Back
Presenter and co-writer Mahesh Bhatt, director Suhrita Das and music director Anu Malik make an attempt to espouse the cause of films of yore, that...
Kantara, Chapter 1, press meet: A Legend at Land’s End
A young man worked in Andheri West, Mumbai as an office boy, and, later, as a driver, in 2008. More recently, he started making films, in his...
Homebound, Review: A treasure found
Neeraj Ghaywan took ten years to make his second feature, after the universally acclaimed Masaan. Much was expected from this tremendously gifted writer-director....
Jolly LL.B., Overview: Bikaner to Boston, in racing cars, and two advocates riding camels
Land acquisition, for building roads, bridges, residential and commercial buildings, factories and...
Nishaanchi, Review: Hits some, misses some
Quintessential Anurag Kashyap. If not Bihar or Jharkhand, it must be UP. If one was titled Gangs of Wasseypur, this one could be titled Gangsters of...