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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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Blind Date, Review: A ‘play’ upon words, in which the blind lead the blind • Aug 14, 2018 at 03:51 AM
by Siraj Syed

Blind Date, Review: A ‘play’ upon words, in which the blind lead the blind Film and TV professionals got together to present a play at the RangSharda Auditorium, Bandra, Mumbai on August 12, under...

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Ani Shah
Cheshta Bhagat
Harsh Badheka
Jay Soni
Prakash Panchal
Pranav Tripathi
Prasad Khandekar
Pritam Singh
Raman Kumar
Sanjay Bhatiya
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Shayan Italia and Farhad Vijay Arora recreate Indian National Anthem in 8K Ultra HD • Aug 12, 2018 at 10:53 AM
by Siraj Syed

Shayan Italia and Farhad Vijay Arora recreate Indian National Anthem in 8K Ultra HD In just 48 hours, the Indian National Anthem #IWouldStandForThis version became the most successful Indian...

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Shayan Italia
Dr. Farhad Vijay Arora
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Christopher Robin, Review: It’s always a sunny day, When Christopher Robin comes to play • Aug 12, 2018 at 08:04 PM
by Siraj Syed

Christopher Robin, Review: It’s always a sunny day, When Christopher Robin comes to play Christopher Robin was seen by us critics on the day when he was much needed in England as the day’s play in...

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A.A. Milne
Alex Ross Perry
Allison Schroeder
as are Elsa Minek Solak
Bronte Carmichael
Christopher's wife
Disney
E.H. Shepard
Ewan McGregor
Hayley Atwell
Heffalumps
is a stock character
Mark Forster
Orton O'Brien
Winnie the Pooh
Woozles
World War II
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The Spy Who Dumped Me, Review: Jumped, Pumped, Slumped, Stumped • Aug 10, 2018 at 03:14 AM
by Siraj Syed

The Spy Who Dumped Me, Review: Jumped, Pumped, Slumped, Stumped Pre-credit scenes à la James Bond, the JB theme variation in a couple of scenes and a title that is a clear Ian Fleming lift—remember...

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Hassan Minhaj
Ivanna Sakhno
CIA
MI6
Uttar Pradesh
Sam Heughan
Justin Theroux
Kate McKinnon
Susanna Fogel
David Iserson
MILA KUNIS
Ian Fleming
Gillian Anderson
Fred Melamed
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Tom Stourton
Jane Curtin
Paul Reiser
Judi Dench
Morgan Freeman
james bond
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The Redrum-A Love Story, Review: Tell-tale heart has no tale, no heart and little story • Aug 09, 2018 at 02:39 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Redrum-A Love Story, Review: Tell-tale heart has no tale, no heart and little story Did you notice? Edgar Allan Poe just turned in his grave. And what might have caused that change of posture,...

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cocaine
heroin
Urdu
Ghalib
Anand Bakhshi
Anurag Mohn
Aagman
Agastya
Durgesh Paul
Vibhav Roy
Edgar Allan Poe
Saeeda Imtiaz
Neha Kargeti
murder
Tom Alter
Dhruv Sachdev
Sourabh Bali
3D binaural
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