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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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Deadpool 2, Review: Wade a minute • May 18, 2018 at 03:33 AM
by Siraj Syed

Deadpool 2, Review: Wade a minute Biding his time as a terminal cancer patient, Wade Wilson trades his soul to Ajax in exchange for dear life, and as a man who came back from the dead, he becomes...

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David Leitch
Eddie Marsan
Fabian Nicieza
Julian Dennison
Karan Soni
Marvel
Morena Baccarin
Paul Wernick
Rhett Resse
Rob Liefeld
ryan reynolds
superhero
T.J. Miller
Zazie Beets
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Hope Aur Hum, Review: Hoping against hope • May 11, 2018 at 05:37 PM
by Siraj Syed

Hope Aur Hum, Review: Hoping against hope Small-budget indies with clean, wholesome, slice of life content, surface regularly, taking you through bittersweet emotions, sans villains and...

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Tapas Singha
Asmita Chikane
Vinod Upadhya
Ravi K. Chandran
Sudip Bandopadhyay
Neha Pawar
Naseeruddin Shah
Beena Banerjee
Naveen Kasturia
Sonali Kulkarni
Aamir Bashir
Virti Vaghani
Sajid Kabir
Rupert Fernandes
Suraj Jagan
Shaan
Bhoomi Trivedi
Saurabh Dikshit
Gulzar
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Raazi, Review: Lying and spying, willing and killing • May 11, 2018 at 01:36 PM
by Siraj Syed

Raazi, Review: Lying and spying, willing and killing As spy thrillers go, Raazi is, at best, average fare. During the first half, it runs the risk of becoming a pedestrian assemblage of trope...

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Alia Bhatt
Vicky Kaushal
Soni Razdan
Rajit Kapoor
Jaideep Ahlawat
Shishir Sharma
Ashwath Bhatt
Amruta Khanvilkar
Arif Zakaria
Jay I. Patel
Nitin Baid
Subrato Chakraborty
Amit Ray
Gulzar
Meghna Gulzar
Bhavani Iyer
Harinder S. Sikka
Ghazi
rajnigandha
gul-e-shabbo
Calling Sehmat
Kanwaljit Singh
Sanjay Suri
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The Past, Review: And this too shall pass • May 10, 2018 at 07:24 AM
by Siraj Syed

The Past, Review: And this too shall pass Tropes and stereo-tropes, by themselves, do not a horror film make. Yes, the appearing and disappearing humanoids, the moving and rising objects, the...

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Mahendra Rale
Gagan Puri
Mannan Munjal
Pradeep Kumar Soni
Mahendra Raut
Shubham Srivastava
Imran Khan
Shivani Patil
Vedita Pratap Singh
Yuvraaj Parashar
Sonia Albizuri
Samiksha Bhatt
Rajesh Sharma
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Monster Hunt 2, Review: Monstrous, preposterous, Wubastrous • May 11, 2018 at 09:20 AM
by Siraj Syed

Monster Hunt 2, Review: Monstrous, preposterous, Wubastrous Three years ago, a HongKong-Chinese dubbed animation firm in 3D captured the imagination of audiences worldwide. In a mythical land where...

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Alan Yuen
Bai Baihe
Da Peng
Eric Tsang
Huang Lei
Jack Ng
james bond
Jing Boran
Li Yuchun
Liu Yan
Q
Quartermaster
Raman Hui
Sandra Ng
Song Xiaobao
Su Liang
Sunny Chan
Tony Leung
Tony Yang
Wu Mochou
Yunqing
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