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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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Milos Forman: Milostones • Apr 15, 2018 at 05:51 AM
by Siraj Syed

Milos Forman: Milostones News has just come in that Milos Forman has passed away at 86. He leaves behind a legacy of superlative work, in a career that spanned more than six decades. Born on 18 Feb...

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Farooque Sheikh: Memories and Musings on his 70th birth anniversary-II • Apr 14, 2018 at 12:47 PM
by Siraj Syed

@ Farooque Sheikh: Memories and Musings on his 70th birth anniversary-II Ramesh Talwar on Farooque Shaikh Director Ramesh Talwar, who directed films (Doosara Aadmi, Sahiban, +5) and plays (Apan To...

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A.K. Hangal
Apan To Bahi Aise Hain
Charley's Aunt
Dekh Kabira Roya
Dinesh Lakhanpal
Doosara Aasmi
Gul Anand
IPTA
Jayoo Makhija
Khalid ki Khala
Khalsa
Noorie
Rakesh Bedi
Ramesh Talwar
Ravi Baswani
Sahiban
Sai Paranjpye
Shashi Kapoor
Sparsh
Xavier's
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October, Review: Shoojit and the Shirker • Apr 14, 2018 at 09:25 AM
by Siraj Syed

October, Review: Shoojit and the Shirker Names have great significance in director Shoojit Sircar’s October. The month symbolises the blooming and autumn fall season of the night jasmine/coral...

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Ashish Ghosh
Avik Mukhopadhayay
Banita Sandhu
Chandrashekhar Prajapati
Gitanjali Rao
Iteeva Pandey
Sahil Vedoliyaa
Shantanu Moitra
Shoojit Sircar
Varun Dhawan
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Exclusive interview with Aneek Chaudhuri, director of off-beat films Streer Potro and White • Apr 13, 2018 at 01:02 PM
by Siraj Syed

Exclusive interview with Aneek Chaudhuri, director of off-beat films Streer Potro and White *Tell us about the themes/central ideas of your two feature films, The Wife’s Letter (Streer Potro, in...

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auteur theory
Colors and Cinema-Amazon
BAZIN: Who is he?-BookCountry (Penguin group)
Wanna Write a Script?-Nas
Vindeshi-Vrinda-Laxmi Publishers
Cinema's Three Layers-Nas Publishers
Trishna-Booktango (Penguin group)
Congested Harmony
Embrace
The Needle's Lids
Urban Voice
Comic Fingers
Cinema Bid Adieu
The Wife's Letter
Rabindranath Tagore
Salvadore Dali
Aneek Chaudhuri
craft
François Truffaut
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Ritwick Ghatak
Andre Bazin
Indian Streams Research Journal (ISRJ)
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Mercury, Review: The evil that corporates do kills after them* • Apr 13, 2018 at 07:53 AM
by Siraj Syed

Mercury, Review: The evil that corporates do kills after them* No, not the planet, but the element. Like lead, mercury poisoning can cause permanent damage to the human body. The movie, Mercury,...

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toxic waste
deaf-mute
macabre
Monster
sign language
Vivek Harshan
S. Tirru
Kunal Rajan
Santosh Narayanan
Remya Nambeeshanam
Satees Kumar
Prabhu Deva
Karthik Subbraj
Deepak Paramesh
Anish Padmanabhan
Sananth Reddy
Shashank Purushotham
Indhuja
Unilever’s
Moonjikal
Kodaikanal
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board
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