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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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France, Tunisia, China, Iran, Israel, Syria to be focus countries at RIFF 2019 • Jan 14, 2019 at 01:39 PM
by Siraj Syed

France, Tunisia, China, Iran, Israel, Syria to be focus countries at RIFF 2019 The third and final list of films to be screened at the 5th Rajasthan International Film Festival was released...

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Somendra Harsh
Rajasthan International Film Festival
Maharo Ram Rahim
Mosar
The Making of the Mahatma
Shyam Benegal
Anil Saini
Manzoor Ali
Rajit Kapur
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The Mensile and Biennale International Film Festival of Bengal • Jan 08, 2019 at 05:53 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Mensile and Biennale International Film Festival of Bengal International Film Festival of Bengal, also known as Bengal Mensile (meaning monthly) has just been launched. The film festival aims to...

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Aneek Chaudhuri
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Roll Camera Action
Iris Zaki
Giridhar Jha
Uma Da Cunha
Luna Kwok
Nikos Labot
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Manthan and the churning of good cinema: Master Class with Shyam Benegal • Jan 08, 2019 at 04:13 PM
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Manthan and the churning of good cinema: Master Class with Shyam Benegal Standing upright at 82, the one-time swimming champion and one of the foremost directors of Indian cinema, Shyam Benegal,...

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Manthan
Pratik Rajen Kothari
Nishant
Shama Zaidi
Naseeruddin Shah
Ankur
Charandas Chor
Bhumika
Preeti Sagar
Niti Sagar
Vanraj Bhatia
Vijay Tendulkar
Kaifi Azmi
Govind Nihalani
Dayal Nihalani
Hitendra Ghosh
Samvidhaan
Kaira
Anand
Ahmedabad
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Balraj Singh Ghai
Habitat
Uni-Continental
Dr. Verghese Kurien
Amul
Polson
Pestonjee Edulji
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RIFF: Second list of films released • Jan 08, 2019 at 04:42 PM
by Siraj Syed

Rajasthan International Film Festival : Second list of films released; check our previous release Somendra Harsh, Director and Founder of the Rajasthan International Film Festival (RIFF), today...

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Rajasthan International Film Festival
Somendra Harsh
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Tashi, made with a 5-member cast and a 5-member crew, for $25,000, proves auspicious • Jan 08, 2019 at 06:05 PM
by Siraj Syed

Tashi, made with a 5-member cast and a 5-member crew, for $25,000, proves auspicious Tashi means 'auspiciousness' or 'good fortune' in the Tibetan language, and the first time I heard this word was...

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Charan Singh
Deepika Shetty
Dinesh Maheshwari
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Ila Maheshwari
Mansi Maheshwari Patel
Mathew Jenif Joseph
Sai Pogaru
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Shilpa Krishnan Shukla
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Tania Mukherjee
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