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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. 

 

Gringo, Review: Enough of Judas! What about Peter? “Which is the best Beatles album?” asks the man with the gun. If your answer is ‘Sergeant Pepper and the Lonely Hearts’ Club’, you die. If you do...

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drugs
cartel
black comedy
vulgar
obscene
Mexico
Joel Edgerton
Charlize Theron
David Oyelowo
Thandie Newton
Diego Cataño
Rodrigo Corea
Sharlto Copley
Carlos Corona
Amanda Seyfried
Harry Treadaway
Bashir Salahuddin
Melonie Diaz
Paris Jackson
Yul Vazquez
Kenneth Choi and Hector Kotsifakis.

Raid, Review: Concealing ceiling Let us warn you in advance that this film is not about an army raid or a guerrilla foray into another country. ‘Raid’ here refers to an operation launched by an...

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Ajay Devgn
Ajay Singh
Akshay Verma
Amit Bimrot
Amit Sial
black money
Devas Dixit
Gayathri Iyer
Ileana D' Cruz.Saanand Verma
Income Tax
Indira Gandhi
Mukesh Singh Durgapur
Neelabh Pandey
Rajkumar Gupta
Ravi Khanvilkar
Ritesh Shah

Rani Mukerji plays Brad Cohen in biopic Hichki, about living with Tourette Syndrome Front of the Class, a Hallmark Hall of Fame movie shown on CBS in 2008, was viewed by over 12 million people. The...

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ADD
ADHD
OCD
Najma Riaz
Raza
salma
Raja
tic
Georgia State University
Scott Fay
Aditya Chopra
YRF
Yashraj Films
Sidhharth P. Malhotra
Prem Kishen
Prem Nath
We Are Family
Bradley University
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jimmy Wolk

FICCI FRAMES 2018, VIII: Glitches and beeps It’s an age-old catch 22 situation: An event needs coverage, and a journalist needs events to cover. Symbiosis is the name of the game. In the given...

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FICCI FRAMES, VII: India’s filmed entertainment sector, 2016-2020E EY--Re-imagining India's M&E sector; Ernst and Young  Report, released 04 March, 2018, at FICCI FRAMES 18, Grand Hyatt Hotel,...

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Ernst and Young
Media and Entertainment
Grand Hyatt
World Bank
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