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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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Diorama, New Delhi, January 2019: Films screened and their ratings • Feb 05, 2019 at 04:13 PM
by Siraj Syed

Diorama, New Delhi, January 2019: Films screened and their ratings In cold New Delhi, the iconic Siri Fort was the venue for the first ever Diorama International Film Festival. What was once a...

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Andhadhun
Sanju
Bhayanakam
Dear Molly
Siri Fort
Uro Jahaj
Manohar & I
Blessed is the Fruit
Boyzhetken-She is all that
The Playboy Mr. Sawhney
The War Within
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RIFF films, seen and unseen • Jan 31, 2019 at 05:35 PM
by Siraj Syed

RIFF films, seen and unseen Arriving at Jaipur on the 20th afternoon, I plunged into the 5th Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF) fare at the INOX multiplex, Crystal Palm, minutes after...

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Rapperiya Baalam Ft.
Ravindra Upadhyay
Swarna Ghosh
Honey Sharma
Priyangani Rathore
Harsh
Anshu Harsh
K.L. Jain
Mayur Puri
Jyaprada
Rajasthan International Film Festival
Lalit Ojha
INOX
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Sarvam Thalam Mayam (Omnipresence of Rhythm) is inconsistent but watchable • Jan 30, 2019 at 01:31 PM
by Siraj Syed

Sarvam Thalam Mayam (Omnipresence of Rhythm) is inconsistent but watchable Music is the theme of this Tamil film, which is being released with English sub-titles. Once you have chosen music as your...

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A.R. Rahman
Aparna Balamurali
G.V. Prakash Kumar
Kumaravel
Nedumudi Venu
Qutub-e-Kripa
Rajiv Menon
Vineeth
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The Perfect Murder: Howdoit, not whodunit • Jan 28, 2019 at 05:16 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Perfect Murder: Howdoit, not whodunit Promising short film-maker Vikkramm Chandirramani’s Perfect Murder has no murder and, as it turns out, the planned murder-to-be is far from ‘perfect’. An...

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Vikkramm Chandirramani
Niharica Raizada
Samwedna Suwalka
Deepak Daryani
Suman Dutta
Shantanu Trivedi
Shridhar Nagraj
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Award Winners at 5th Aurangabad International Film Festival (AIFF), January 09-13, 2019 • Jan 30, 2019 at 01:36 PM
by Siraj Syed

Award Winners at 5th Aurangabad International Film Festival (AIFF), January 09-13, 2019 A city that is home to numerous historical monuments, Aurangabad, in Maharashtra, was the venue for a film...

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Ashok Rane
Marianne Borgo
Siraj Syed
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