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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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FRAMES, FICCI’s Media & Entertainment conclave, attracts 20 countries • Apr 16, 2016 at 08:13 PM
by Siraj Syed

FRAMES, FICCI’s Media & Entertainment conclave, attracts 20 countries FRAMES is big. There is no M&E (Media and Entertainment) event in the country bigger than FRAMES. For many years now, the venue...

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Demolition, Review: Shun • Apr 08, 2016 at 02:05 PM
by Siraj Syed

Demolition, Review: Shun If ever there was a practical example of ‘deconstruction for the sake of reconstruction’ being taken too literally, here is one. Our protagonist, a tormented and meandering...

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Heather Lind
Jean-Marc Vallee
C.J. Wilson
Polly Draper
Debra Monk
Malachy Cleary
Blaire Brooks
Wass Stevens
jake gyllenhaal
Naomi Watts
Chris Cooper
Brian Sipe
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The Jungle Book, Review: Unputdownable • Apr 07, 2016 at 10:30 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Jungle Book, Review: Unputdownable A fitting tribute to the 1967 version on its golden jubilee, The Jungle Book is unputdownable. You might find differences in the two versions, and in the book...

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Akela
Bagheera
Baloo
Ben Kingsley
Bill Murray
Brighton Rose
Christopher Walken
David Belle
Disney
Garry Shandling
Giancarlo Esposito
Gigantopithecus
Idris Elba
John Debney
Jon Favreau
Justin Marks
Kaa
Louis Prima
Lupita Nyong'o
Madeleine Favreau
Mowgli
Neel Sethi
orang-utan
Parcours
parkour
Raksha
Richard Sherman
Robert Sherman
Rudyard Kipling
Russell Peters
Sam Raimi
Scarlett Johansson
Shere Khan
Terry Gilkyson
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The Divergent Series-Allegiant Part I, Review: Alley Giant • Apr 03, 2016 at 04:10 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Divergent Series-Allegiant Part I, Review: Alley Giant Three down, one to go. This film is the first of two cinematic parts, based on the novel Allegiant, the final book in the Divergent...

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(intelligence)
Abnegation (selflessness)
Adam Cooper
Amity (kindness)
Ansel Elgort
Bill Collage
Candor (honesty)
Conspiracy of Fools
Dauntless (bravery)
Divergent (published 2011)
Dumb & Dumber
Exodus: Gods and Kings
factionless,
Farhan Akhtar
Flightplan
Jeff Daniels
Miles Teller
Noah Oppenheim
Perks of Being a Wall-flower
R.I.P.D.
Ray Stevenson
red
Rent
Robert Schwentke
Shailene Woodley
Stephen Chbosky
Terms of Endearment
The Maze Runner
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Transporter Refueled
Theo James
Tower Heist
Veronica’s Roth
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Rocky Handsome, Review: Rocky terrain, bumpy ride • Mar 24, 2016 at 06:58 PM
by Siraj Syed

Rocky Handsome, Review: Rocky terrain, bumpy ride Okay, so John Abraham is a handsome hunk with codename. Rocky...Handsome...does that justify the title? Read on. John is great at action and decides...

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Shruti Haasan
Seychelles
John Abraham
Nishikant Kamat
Teddy Maurya
Sharad Kelkar
The Man from Nowhere
Léon the Professional
With You
Without You
Nathalia Kaur
Nora Fatehi. Kazu Patrick Tang
Suhasini Mulay
Uday Chandra
ShivKumar Subramaniam
Baby Diya Chalwad
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