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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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12 Strong, review: Lucky by the Dozen • Jan 20, 2018 at 07:38 PM
by Siraj Syed

12 Strong, review: Lucky by the Dozen You are about to watch the declassified true story of the first American soldiers sent into Afghanistan after 9/11. They were called the Army Green Berets...

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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan (Doug Stanton
2010)
Dostum
Taliban
Mazar-e-Sharif
Al Qaeda
Rob Riggle
Elsa Pataky
Navid Negahban
Jack Kesy
Kenny Sheard
Austin Hébert
Ben O’Toole
Austin Stowell
Geoff Stults
Nicolai Fuglsig
Chris ‘Thor’ Hemsworth
Michael Shannon
Michael Pena
Don Quixote
Ted Tally
Peter Craig
Trevante Rhodes
Thad Luckinbill
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The Commuter, review: Taken, for a $100,000 ride • Jan 19, 2018 at 07:09 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Commuter, review: Taken, for a $100,000 ride More than the USA, India has a several million persons commuting to and fro work in local trains on a daily basis. There are groups that travel in...

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ACTION
Agatha Christie
Byron Willinger
Jaume Collet-Serra
Jonathan Banks
Killian Scott
Kingsley Ben-Adir
liam neeson
Pat Kiernan
Patrick Wilson
Phil De Blasi
Ryan Engle
Shazad Latif
Suspense
thriller
Vera Farmiga
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Iranian Film Festival begins in Mumbai on 22nd January • Jan 20, 2018 at 03:21 PM
by Siraj Syed

Iranian Film Festival begins in Mumbai on 22nd January Culture House of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mumbai, and the Federation of Film Societies of India, Maharashtra, are holding a festival of...

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Bench Cinema
Bleeding Heart
Ghorban Mohammadpour
Hello Mumbai (Salaam Mumbai)
Human Comedy
Mohammad Hadi Karimi
Puran Darakshandeh
Under the Smoky Roof
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MIFF 2018, V • Jan 20, 2018 at 03:26 PM
by Siraj Syed

MIFF 2018, V A total of 24 films are scheduled to be screened in the National Prism section at the Mumbai International Film Festival, to be held in Mumbai, during January 28-February 3. These have...

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Breaking all theWay
Films Division
Joyoti and Joyomoti
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Sunita Malpani
Syed Mehdi Jahan
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MIFF 2018, IV • Jan 17, 2018 at 08:47 AM
by Siraj Syed

MIFF 2018, IV Besides the competitive section, Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2018 will screen national and international films in the Prism category. A list of twenty films has been...

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animation
documentaries
Films Division
Government of India
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Mumbai International Film Festival
prism
Short Films
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