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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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Kaagaz ki kashti, Review: Surfing oceans of melody • Nov 02, 2018 at 02:46 PM
by Siraj Syed

Kaagaz ki kashti, Review: Surfing oceans of melody It’s a tough call. What do you call a biopic on the life and times of singer-composer, late Jagjit Singh? Producer-director Brahmanand S. Siingh...

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Badhaai Ho, Review: No age to have a baby • Oct 29, 2018 at 08:21 AM
by Siraj Syed

Badhaai Ho, Review: No age to have a baby What if you discover that your mother is pregnant when you are 25 and in a steady relationship? Should you be happy? Sad? Feel outraged? Would you become...

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Akshat Ghildial
Amit Ravindernath Sarma
Ayushmann Khurrana
Gajraj Rao
Jyoti Kapoor
Neena Gupta
Sanya Malhotra
Shantanu Srivastava
Shardul Rana
Sheeba Chadhha
Surekha Sikri
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Kashi—In Search of Ganga, Review: Searchomania and Schizophrenia • Oct 26, 2018 at 06:27 PM
by Siraj Syed

Kashi—In Search of Ganga, Review: Searchomania and Schizophrenia Suspense thriller it could be. It is not. Search for a sibling it could be. It is not. A film that takes the audience for a royal...

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Govind Namdev
Aishwarya Devan
Akhilendra Mishra
Banaras
Dhiraj Kumar
Kanti Prakash Jha
Manish Kishor
Manoj Joshi
Manoj Pahwa
Mugdha Meharia
Sharman Joshi
Varanasi
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Gaon--The Village No More, Review: Here yesterday, Gaon today • Oct 26, 2018 at 03:43 PM
by Siraj Syed

Gaon--The Village No More, Review: Here yesterday, Gaon today Imagine a village cut-off from the country and the world. Totally, completely, fully, comprehensively cut off. Imagine community...

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Gautam Singh Sigdar
Gopal K. Singh
Shadab Kamal
Neha Mahajan
Rohit Pathak
Omkar Das Manikpuri
Shishir Sharma
Bharatgaon
RaviKant Mishra
Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Praveena Deshpande
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Baazaar, Review: Insighter trading • Oct 26, 2018 at 04:49 PM
by Siraj Syed

Baazaar, Review: Insighter trading Allahabad (now renamed Prayagraj) boy Rizwan Ahmed idolises stock market wolf Shakun Kothari and aims to become a billionaire tycoon like his hero. Baazaar then...

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Allahabad
Aseem Arora
Chitrangada Singh
Danish Hussain
Denzil Smith
Gauravv K. Chawla
Maahir Zaveri
Manish Chaudhary
Perveez Shaeikh
Radhika Apte
Rohan Vinod Mehra
Saif Ali Khan
Sonia Balani
Swapnil Sonawane
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