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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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Siraj Syed reviews Rogue One, A Star Wars Story: While there is war, there is hope! • Dec 15, 2016 at 05:18 PM
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Siraj Syed reviews Rogue One, A Star Wars Story: While there is war, there is hope! “Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.” — George Walton Lucas,...

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Greig Fraser
Michael Giacchino
Scarif
Jedha
Anthology
James Earl Jones
Darth Vader
Ultra Panavision 70
Arri Alexa 65
Felicity Jones
Diego Luna-Alexander
Paul Benjamin ‘Ben’ Mendelsohn
Australia
Mads Miikkelsen
Donnie Yen
Hongkong
riz ahmed
Stardust
Alfred 'Lord' Tennyson
Winston Churchill
Gareth Edwards
George Walton Lucas Jr.
Death Star
Disney
Adobe Photoshop
Tony Gilroy
Gary Whitta
Chris Weitz
industrial light and magic
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Genders and Sexualities in Films and Society: Beyond the Binary • Dec 14, 2016 at 11:44 AM
by Siraj Syed

Genders and Sexualities in Films and Society: Beyond the Binary Sexuality and the stigmas attached to it, by the state/religion/patriarchal society, have meant both a private and public hell, for...

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News
Gaysi
Harnidh Kaur
Grace Singh
Prakash Thangadas
16 Days of Activism
Ishmeeta Nagpal
Srinidhi Iyer
colors
Veena Vinod
Dolly Thakore
Population First
S.V. 'Bobby' Sista
Draupadi
FATS Theatre
FATS Prodcutions
Deepu Sebastian
Faezeh Jalali
Shikhandi
Mahabharat
Sultan Padamsee
Section 377 Indian Penal Code
Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras
Aligarh
Rohit Bal
Vikram Seth
Manish Arora
Manvendra Singh Gohil
Bobby Darling
Pankaj Sharma
Great Garbo
Charles Laughton
Cary Grant
Anthony Perkins
Jodie Foster
Ellen DeGeneres
Bryan Singer
David Bowie
George Michael
Elton John
Freddie Mercury
cynthia nixon
Ricky Martin
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana
Giorgio Armani
Tracy Chapman
Rupert Everett
Pedro ALMODOVAR
Queen Latifah
Neal Patrick Harris
Matt Bomer
MICHELLE RODRIGUEZ
Laadli
Nishtha Vashisht
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, XIV: Catching what you can! • Dec 13, 2016 at 05:03 PM
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, XIV: Catching what you can! If you really want to notch up six films a day, you can. All you need is luck, in terms of show slots and seats, an insatiable appetite for...

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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, XIII: IM Kwon-taek’s 102 films and SPB’s 40,000 songs • Dec 13, 2016 at 01:16 PM
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, XIII: IM Kwon-taek’s 102 films and SPB’s 40,000 songs South Korean film-maker IM Kwon-taek was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Indian singer S.P....

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3 Idiots
Aamir Khan
Akbar Naushad
Danny Boyle
Latab Mangeshkar
Maine Pyar Kiya
Mohammed Rafi
Nadeem Shravan
Revivre
S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Seopeonjye
shahrukh khan
Slaman Khan
Slumdog Millionaire
South Korea
Surrogate Womb
Tansen
Teri Payal Mere Geet
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, XII: Award-winners of Golden and Silver Peacocks • Dec 07, 2016 at 10:02 PM
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Siraj Syed’s IFFI 2016 diary, XII: Award-winners of Golden and Silver Peacocks In the curtailed International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which has shrunk from 15 to 9 days over the last 30...

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Baris Caya
Cold of Kandahar
Dukhtar (Daughter)
Elina Vaska
Farhad Aslani
Golden Peacock
Iran
Ivan Passer
Larry Smith (UK)
Lee Joon-ik
Leila Kilani (Morocco)
Lordan Zafranovic (Croatia)
Mustafa Kara
Nagesh Kukunoor (India). Mellow Mud
Pepa San Martin
RaRa
Reza Mirkarimi
Silver Peacock
Soner Caner
The Apology
The Throne
Tiffany Hsiung
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