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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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MAMI’s 19th Mumbai Film Festival, 12-18 November, Mumbai: Many good films, no masterpieces • Oct 22, 2017 at 03:05 PM
by Siraj Syed

MAMI’s 19th Mumbai Film Festival, 12-18 November, Mumbai: Many good films, no masterpieces Overview of the films, seen and unseen. *Mukkabaaz-India-Anurag Kashyap: Inaugural film, inaccessible to...

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Ajji
Anurag Kashyap
Apostasy
Bad Lucky Goat
checkmate
Devashish Makhija
Ektara Collective
granny
I An Not a Witch
India Gold
international competition
Montparnasse Bienvenue
More
Most beautiful Islanf
Mukkabaaz
Oh Lucy!
quest
Ralang Road
Scary Mother
Summer 1993
The Would
Winter Brothers
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Tom Alter: Actor, Cricketer, Urdu lover and Caucasian • Oct 01, 2017 at 01:19 PM
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Tom Alter: Actor, Cricketer, Urdu lover and Caucasian Unlikely combination of professions and hobbies for a man named Thomas Beach Alter, who hailed from a family of American missionaries. His...

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skin cancer
Aashiqui
Shatranj Ke Khilari
Veer Zaara
Time magazine
Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo
Zee TV
The Best of the World
Urdu
Rialto Rerun
The Longest Race
Saifee Hospital
Henry Lawrence
Larins Saahab
FTII
CFSI
ICFFI
Junoon
Tara
SachinTendulkar
Polly Umrigar
Nari Contractor
Rusi Surti
Budhi Kunderan
Kailsh Gattani
Khermohammed
Afshaan Alter
ESPN
Aradhana
Rajesh Khanna
Bob Cristo
Presbyterian
Boston
YMCA
methodist
Singapore
Ghalib
Saigal
Maulana Azad
Kranti
The Path of Zarthustra
Naseeruddin Shah
Benjamin Gilani
TV&Video World
Bharda New High School
Oorvazi Irani
iffi goa
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Poster Boys, Review by Siraj Syed: The Half Monty • Sep 10, 2017 at 12:49 PM
by Siraj Syed

Poster Boys, Review by Siraj Syed: The Half Monty Actor Shreyas Talpade’s directorial debut vehicle Poster Boys is a remake of his Marathi hit, Poshter Boyz. It also carries an elaborate scene...

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Ajay Devgn
Ajit Palawat
Arshad Warsi
Ashwini Kalsekar
Bertolt Brecht
Bharti Achrekar
Bobby Deol
Bunty Rathore
Dharmendra
distancing
Elli AvrRam
emergency
farce
Ganesh Acharya
Haryanvi
insider jokes
Jaywant Raval
Kunal Khemu
Lovely Singh
Marathi
Murali Sharma
Nasbandi
Parineeti Chopra
Paritosh Painter
Poshter Boyz
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Rama Ahuja
Randheer Raj
Ravi Jhankal
Real Story
remake
Rohit Shetty
Sachin Khedekar
Sameer Patil
Samiksha Bhatnagar
Shreyas Talpade
slapstick
Sonali Kulkarni
spoof
Sunny Deol
Tasha Bhambra
The Full Monty
Tripti Dimri
Tusshar Kapoor
Urmila Sharma
vasectomy
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Sameer, Review by Siraj Syed: State of terror • Sep 08, 2017 at 04:41 PM
by Siraj Syed

Sameer, Review by Siraj Syed: State of terror Bomb blasts, attributed to extremist groups, have occurred in India time and again, particularly in the last 25 years, causing several deaths and...

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Karan Vyas
Dakxinkumar Bajrange Chhara
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Subrat Dutta
Anjali Patil
Chinmay Mandlekar
Seema Biswas
Manoj Shah
Pankaj Awasthy
Gargey Trivedi
Aashish Mayur Shah
Asad Khan
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Dead on Arrival, Review by Siraj Syed: Sex, corruption and corpses • Sep 06, 2017 at 07:16 AM
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Dead on Arrival, Review by Siraj Syed: Sex, corruption and corpses A pharmaceutical sales representative is driving when he has a seizure and barely manages to stop his car and crawl out. Picked-up...

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Billy Flynn
Billy Slaughter
Blood River
Chris Mulkey
Christa B. Allen
cold-blooded murders
Daniel Bernard Sweeney
Edmond O'Brien
heist
Lillo Brancato
louisiana
Maria O'Brien
Nazo Bravo
Noir
sex
Stephen C. Sepher
the mob
thriller
Tyson Sullivan
voodoo
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