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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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IFFI Goa 2017, II: The Countdown has begun, but who is counting? • Nov 07, 2017 at 06:29 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2017, II: The Countdown has begun, but who is counting? Hitherto, the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), Ministry of...

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Bazaar
Confucius
DFF
Doordarshan
Einstein
FTII
Galileo
MIB
Newton
NFAI
NFDC
panaji
PIB
Sunit Tandon
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IFFI Goa 2017, I: Delegate Registrations and Committees • Nov 07, 2017 at 06:57 AM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2017, I: Delegate Registrations and Committees International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 will be held in Panaji Goa, from the 20th to the 28th November. It has been held annually in...

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Mumbai Film Festival: Pot luck and glam game • Nov 04, 2017 at 06:08 AM
by Siraj Syed

Mumbai Film Festival: Pot luck and glam game MFF, run by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI), is among four Indian film festivals recognised by FIAPF ((Fédération Internationale des Associations...

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Anupama Chopra
FIAPF
FIPRESCI
iffi
Jio
JW Marriott
MAMI
Pandolin
Star
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Ajji, Review: Gran finalé • Nov 02, 2017 at 11:14 AM
by Siraj Syed

Ajji, Review: Gran finalé Enough of laurels for acclaimed shorts like Taandav, Aglee Baar, Absent, and the largely unknown feature, Oonga. It was time for Devashish Makhija to push the limits hard,...

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Independent
Abhishek Banerjee
Absent
Aglee Baar
Ajaz Zahir Khan
CBFC
Devashish Makhija
Jishnu Bhattacharjee
Maya Tideman
Mirat Trivedi
Mrugank Indurkar
Oonga
prostitute
Quentin Taranatino
rape
Red Riding Hood
robin hood
Sadiya Siddiqui
Sam Peckinpah
SaReGaMa
sex worker
Sharvani Suryavanshi
Smita Tambe
Soldier Blue
Sudhir Pandey
Sushama Deshpande
Taandav
Ujjwal Chandra
Vikas Kumar
Whaay Mee Savitribai
Yoodlee Films
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Best of Luck, Laalu: Satire on education ‘merit’ game has merit, take-aways • Jul 08, 2019 at 02:23 AM
by Siraj Syed

Best of Luck, Laalu: Satire on education ‘merit’ game has merit, take-aways His name is Laalu Modi, but the moniker is not an amalgam of two veteran politicians from the Indian arena, Laalu Prasad...

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Abhay Harpale
Ahmedabad
Amatya Goradia
Devarshi Trivedi
Gujarati
Kursuh Deboo
Muni Jha
Niren Bhatt
Rishabh Joshi
Sachin Sanghvi
Sachin-Jigar
Simran Natekar
Smit Ganatra
Supriya Pathak-Kapur
Vipul Mehta
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