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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. 

 

Baaghi 2, Review: Do we still need an army? He’s an army-man and he’s angry, first at the stone-pelters in Kashmir, and then at the drug-peddlers in Goa. In the former case, he has a bee in his...

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Tonny Ching
Randeep Hooda
Darshan Kumar
Prateik Babbar
Sunit Morarjee
Deepak Dobriyal
Jacqueline Fernandez
Grandmaster Shihuji Shaurya Bharadwaj
Disha Patani
Manoj Bajpai
Ahmed Khan
Tiger Shroff
kashmir
Goa
Abbas Hirapurwala
Jojo Khan
Niraj Kumar Mishra
Sajid Nadiadwala
Hussain Dalal
Adivi Sesh
telugu
Kshanam)

Director Ashutosh Gowariker, actor Vikram Gokhale flag-off 8th Theatre Olympics in Mumbai Taking forward its long association with the world of drama, the city inaugurated the 8th Theatre Olympics,...

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Mai Hoon Na…(In Time & Space)’ (Bharti Sharma)
‘Missile Man’ (Raja Anand)
‘Code Mantra’ (Rajesh Joshi)
‘Vidyottama’ (Mohan Maharishi)
‘Taj Mahal Ka Tender’ (Chittaranjan Tripathi)
‘Khamoshi Sili Sili’ (Suresh Sharma)
‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ (Rajinder Nath)
‘Kamala Kunwarir Sadhu’ (Simanta Phukan)
‘Lost Paradise’ (Aru Swati Vyas)
‘Banjara’ (Sajida)
‘Paritran’ (Rajoo Barot)
‘Shri 420’ (Saba Zaidi and Atul Tiwari
Australia)
‘Almost Alive’ (Sabine Molenaar
Belgium)
‘Phantom’ (Theodor Hoidekr
The Czech Republic)
‘The Restaurant Of Many Orders’ (Hiroshi Koike
Japan)
‘Balladyna’ (Katarzyna Deszcz
Poland)
‘The Brink! Or A Ritual of Bad Sounds’ (Thom Pasculli
USA)
Sonata’ (Sohag Sen.)
‘Rashmirathi’ (Ravishankar Khare)
‘Phera’ (Soumitra Chatterjee)
‘Avudai’ (Abilash Pillai)
‘Rakt-Abhishek’ (D. P. Sinha)
‘Court Martial’ (Sharad Sharma)
‘DakGhar’ (Kanhaialal)
NSD
New Delhi
Vikram Gokhale
Ashutosh Gowarikar
Ventilator
Waman Kendre
Mohe Piya’
Mahakavi Bhasa
Sanskrit
Madhyama Vyayoga

Farouque Shaikh: Memories and musings on his 70th birth anniversary My earliest memories of the fresh and confident Farouque date back to the time when he was a senior at the elitist St. Xavier’s...

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Akhtar Romani
All India Radio
Alyque Padamsee
Ameen Sayani
Anuradha Paudwal
Bombay Yacht Club
Doordarshan
Ebrahim AlKazi
Google Doodle
IPTA
Kavita Krishnamurty
Mahendra Kapoor
National College
P.V. Krishnamoorthy
Pankaj Udhas
Satish Shah
Shabana Azmi
St. Xavier's College
Subhash Dangayach
Vijay Anand
Yuva Darshan
Yuva Vani

Hichki, Review: Hitch key Protagonist Rani Mukerji plays a spunky woman with Tourette Syndrome*, who sets her mind on teaching as a profession. Rather ambitious, considering she bursts into tics,...

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Aditya Chopra
Ambar Hadap and Ganesh Pandit
Ankur
Asif Basra
Brad Cohen
Chaudhry
Harsh Mayar
Hitesh Sonik
Hussain Dalal
Ivan Rodriguez
Jannat Zubair Rahmani
Kunal Shinde
Neeraj Kabi
Rani Mukerji
Sachin
ShivKumar Subramaniam
Sidharth P. Malhotra
Sparsh Khanchandani
Suprio Bose
Supriya Pilgaonkar
Tourette Syndrome
Vikram Gokhale
Yash Raj Films

Baa Baaa Black Sheep, Review: Wolf in sheep’s clothing Director Vishwas Paandya is not serious. A confessional in the beginning dedicates Baa Baaa Black Sheep to the films he grew up on. He’s also...

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Roshan Balu
Gourov Dasgupta
Superbia
Sonu Niigam
Shaan
Manisha Chakravarty
Mika Singh
Mahalakshmi Iyer
Heer
Ranjha
Chaudhary Amalendu
Bakul Matiyani
Natasha Suri
Aakash Dabhade
Vineet Sharma
Maniesh Paul
Manjari Phadnis
Manish Wadhwa
Annu Kapoor
Anupam Kher
Cinderella
Kay Kay Menon
Indian Central Board of Film Certification
Kamia Malhotra
Vishwas Paandya
Sunjiv Puri
hitler
Sher Afgan
Charlie
Santa Claus
Clint Eastwood
Dirty Harry
contract killer
hitman
Underworld
Chief Minister of Goa