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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 7 • Mar 28, 2017 at 01:53 PM
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Aamir, Nasir, Tahir, Tariq, Mansoor, Amjad: Movies, Masti, Modernity, Flashback 7 To remind you, Aamir is indeed Aamir Khan, Amjad is definitely Gabbar Singh, and the triple M above is to...

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Waada
Manmohan Desai
Internal Emeregency
Vinod Khanna
Khoon Ki Pukar
interactive crowd
Karz
Subhash Ghai
R.D.Burman
Shailendra Singh
Asha Bhosle
Zakhmee
Zabardast
Raakh
Holi
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Manzil Manzil
Om shanti Om
Poochho na yaar kya hua
Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai
Ameen Sayani
Askok Khare
Johnny Lever
Usha Timothy
Aparna Padhye
Mr. Romeo
Shashi Kapoor
Koi Jeeta Koi Hara
Sharmeelee
Shagird
Sameer Ganguly
Ladke Baap Se Badke
Raj Khandelwal
Dharamvir Varma
Subodh Mukerji
Mushir-Riaz
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Siraj Syed reviews Anaarkali of Arrah: Item girl--“Spite ’em girl, Bite ’em girl” • Jan 25, 2018 at 04:16 PM
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Siraj Syed reviews Anaarkali of Arrah: Item girl--“Spite ’em girl, Bite ’em girl” Ten minutes into this loud and raw film, you know you will root for the protagonist, an item girl plying her art in...

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Aara
Amroha
Ara
Avinash Das
Battle for Banaras
Bazaar
Bhojpur
Bihar
Central Board of Film Certification
Dabangg
Indu Sonali
Ishtiyak Khan
Jabeen Merchant
Kamal Swaroop
Mayur More
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
National School of Drama
New Delhi
Pakeezah
Pankaj Tripathi
Pawni Pandey
Raj Kapoor
Rekha Bhardwaj
Rohit Sharma
Salman Khan
Sanjay Mishra
Shailendra
Shatrughan Singa
Sonu Nigam
Swara Bhaskar
Swati Sharma
Tarabao Faizabadi
Teesri Kasam
Umrao Jaan
Uttar Pradesh
Vijay Kumar
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Siraj Syed reviews Mantra: Travails and travesties • Mar 18, 2017 at 12:17 PM
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Siraj Syed reviews Mantra: Travails and travesties In one scene of Mantra, the protagonist, a Delhi industrialist called KK (Kapil Kapoor) who is about to sell his bleeding chips-manufacturing...

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Rajat Kapoor
Nicholas Kharkongor
Lushin Dubey
Kalki Koechlin
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Siraj Syed reviews Before I Fall: Death gives her a second chance, and a third, and a ... • Mar 18, 2017 at 02:38 PM
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Siraj Syed reviews Before I Fall: Death gives her a second chance, and a third, and a ... It is amazing how an old ‘doha’ (lessons and ethics of life, in simple poetic couplet form) from Indian folk...

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Aaj karey so ab
Cynthy Wu
Elena Kampouris
Erica Tremblay
Halston Sage
Jennifer Beals
Kabeer
Kabir
Kal karey so aaj kar
Kian Lawley
Lauren Oliver
Logan Miller
Maria Maggenti
Medalion Rahimi
Nicholas Lea
Ry Russo-Young
sundance
young adults
Zoey Deutch
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Siraj Syed reviews Machine: Misguided Machinations and Mechanical Malfunction • Mar 18, 2017 at 07:50 AM
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Siraj Syed reviews Machine: Misguided Machinations and Mechanical Malfunction Abbas Burmawalla-Mustan Burmawalla are a director-brother duo that gave an early hit to Indian Superstar ShaRukh Khan in...

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Independent
Abbas-Mustan
Ashok Lokare
Baazigar
Carla Dennis
Dalip Tahil
Dilshad V.A.
Eesha Deol
Eshan Shanker
Georgia
Gordian knot
Hameed Jaffrey
Hussain Burmawalla
Johnny Lever
Juhi Chawla
Kiara Advani
Kishori Shahane
Mayuresh Wadkar
Mridanjali Rawal
Mustafa
PeepikaPadulone. Ranveer Shorey
Rajshri Productions
Rishabh Arora
Ronit Roy
Sandeep Shirodkar
Shabbir Burmawalla
Sharat Saxena
Supriya Karnik
Uuf Kya Jadoo Mohabbat Hai
Vikram Phadnis
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