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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. 

 

Mukti Bhawan review, by Siraj Syed: Pulsating, Soulful, Lively tale, of Death Mukti is Hindi for release or detachment, and Bhawan is home or mansion. Don’t wait too long after Mukti Bhawan is...

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Citizen Kane
Anil K. Rastogi
Adil Hussain
Kashi
Orizzonti Prize
Showkat Shafi
Al Jazeera
Time within Memory
The Ballad of Narayama
Akira Kurosawa
Ingmar Bergman
Sunghursh
Masaan
Tajdar Junaid
David Huwiler
Michael McSweeney
Shushashish Bhutiani
Lalit Behl
Gitanjai Kulkarni
Palomi Das
Navnindra Behl
Manas Mittal
Banaras
Varanasi
Kannauj
Kanpur
Ganges
Ganga

Siraj Syed interviews young film-maker Pratik Rajen Kothari *How many films have you made since your student days and what/who made it possible to make them? I have made three short films plus...

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Chanakya
Tehreer Munshi Premchand Ki
Zubeidaa
Pyaar Kab Karoge
Amazon Prime
Welcome to Sajjanpur
Ghayal
Mrityudand
HISFF
Shor se Shuruat
SAIFF
MAMI
MFF
Gabriele Munnico
LA LA LAND
will smith
Pursuit of Happiness
Damien Chazelle
Majid Majidi
Rajkumar Hirani
Charlie Chaplin
Samvidhana--The Making of the Indian Constitution
Kreating Karacters
Barry John Acting Studio
Shyam Benegal
Manthan
Hell O Hello
Das Capital--Gulamaon ki Rajdhani
Chidren of Heaven
3 Idiots
Modern Times
Anhe Ghore da Daan
Kiran Deohans
Humaramovie.com

Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 8 To remind you, Aamir is indeed Aamir Khan, Amjad is definitely Gabbar Singh, and the triple M above is to...

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Anand-Milind
Dimple
Dulha Bikta Hai
Juhi Chawla
love story
Papa kehtey haen
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Rajendra Kumar

BroadcastAsia 2017, I At BroadcastAsia 2017, May 23-25, Singapore, major brands and solution providers will be showcasing their latest products in the fields of cinematography and film production....

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8-Bay Thunderbolt
Apple ProRes
Avid DNxHD/HR
bokeh
CSC lenses
focus pull
g technology
high contrast
Maximus 7
May 2017
Panther
PXW FS5 and for the mirror-less AlphaFS7 II
RAID
red
RED EPIC-W
REDCODE RAW
Singapore
solid metal barrel
Sony
Sony PXW FS7
Zeiss
ZEISS Classi
ZEISS Loxia lens family
ZEISS Milvus
ZEISS Otus

The Boss Baby review by Siraj Syed: These guys sure have bawls! Cutie cutie. Coochie coochie. Cooey cooey. Too muchy muchy! Fun, funny. Listen, honey, it’s ‘Big brother’ v/s Baby brother. Baby Corp...

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Alec Baldwin
Austin Powers
baby
brother
coochey-coo
Dreamworks SKG
Elvis Presley
Eric Bell Jr.
gawpaw
googoo gaga
Impersonator
james bond
Jimmy Kimmel
Kevin Spacey
Las Vegas
Lisa Kudrow
madagascar
Marla Frazee
Michael McCullers
Miles Christopher Bakshi
Mini Me
puppy
Steve Buscemi
Tobey Maguire
Tom McGrath
Vivi Ann Yee
VR