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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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Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 10: Aamir • Apr 10, 2017 at 01:26 PM
by Siraj Syed

Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 10: Aamir To remind you, Aamir is indeed Aamir Khan, Amjad is definitely Gabbar Singh, and the triple M above is to...

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Close-Up Sangeet Muqabla
Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai
Riaz
salma
Roti Kapada Aur Makaan
Sholay
Hum Kiseese Kum Naheen
Juhi Chawla
Lagaan
sponsored programmes
RADIO
TV
Zee
ESPN
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Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 9 • Apr 09, 2017 at 06:32 AM
by Siraj Syed

Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 9 To remind you, Aamir is indeed Aamir Khan, Amjad is definitely Gabbar Singh, and the triple M above is to...

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compere
compering
Imtiaz Khan
Amitabh Bachchan
Shatrghan Sinha
Rajat Sharma
Ameen Sayani
Paintal
Star&Style
S.Kumars ka Filmi Muqaddama
Pooja Bedi
Shai Inamdar
Lokendra Sharma
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Mirza Juuliet, Review by Siraj Syed: ‘Sex peer’ or Shakespeare • Apr 07, 2017 at 06:09 PM
by Siraj Syed

Mirza Juuliet, Review by Siraj Syed: ‘Sex peer’ or Shakespeare Six timeless tales of doomed love continue to enjoy tremendous popularity in India, even in the 21st century: Laila-Majnu,...

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Independent
Agha Hashr Kashmiri
Asees Kaur
bard
Bard-of-Avon
bold
bottle swigging
brazen
Chandan Roy Sanyal
Darshan Kumaar
earthy
Faisalabad
Heer-Ranjha
Hemant Kumar
hindu
Javed Ali
Juliet
Kannauj
Krsna solo
muslim
pakistan
Peelu
Persianised
Piaa Bajpai
Pillu
posse
Pyiyanshu Chatterjee
Rajesh Ram Singh
reading to experiment
Romeo
rustic
Sahibaa
Sandeep Nath
secularism
shakespeare
Shanti Bhushan
Sikhism
Sohni Mahiwal
Swanand Kirkire
Tinnu Anand
tomboyish
Urdu
Uttar Ptadesh
Vindoo Dara Singh
Yogendra Vikram Singh
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Blue Mountains, Review by Siraj Syed: Colourless Molehills • Apr 07, 2017 at 07:46 AM
by Siraj Syed

Blue Mountains, Review by Siraj Syed: Colourless Molehills Used as a metaphor for distance, apparently unattainable goals, the Blue Mountains of the title prove as elusive and illusory as the real...

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german
item-girl
audition
Adolf Hitler
Shimla
montréal
Lonavla
Khandala
Li'l Champs
SaReGaMaPa
Lisa-Marie Rettenbacher
Simran Sharma
Vaibhav Hanshu
Rishabh Sharma
Himachal Pradesh
Punjab
Raju Khan
Chandrashekhar Rath
Asif Ali Shaikh
Aadesh Shrivastav
Monty Sharma
Sandeep-Surya
Suman Ganguli
Indranil Goswami
Mahesh Thakur
Asif Zakaria
Gracy Singh
Vinod Nagpal
Rajpal Yadav
Ranvir Shorey
Yatharth Ratnum
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Colossal, Review by Siraj Syed: Loss all • Apr 06, 2017 at 11:55 AM
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Colossal, Review by Siraj Syed: Loss all Colossal loses big on two counts: It appears to have several allegorical, illusionary hidden agendas, and it goes about framing them in minimalistic,...

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alcohol abuse
Anne Hathaway
Austin Stowell
butterfly effect
capitalism
class conflict
Dan Stevens
drug abuse
Extraterrestre
feminism
Godzilla
intolerance
Jason Sudeikis
Kaiju
Monster
motivation
Nacho Vigolondo
narcissism
Open Window
pep-talks
permissiveness
possessiveness
robot
selfless sacrifice
South Korea
spanish
Tim Blake Nelson
Time Crime
Toho
V/H/S Viral
Voltage Pictures
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