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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. 

 

Bhai Tera Star Hai, Review: Par sirf ek * star haiFlashback. Imagination. Hallucination. Intelligence report. Classified. Top secret. For your eyes only. Password protected. From the OTTers Club.    ...

Bhai Tera Star Hai, still

Max, Min & Meowzaki, Review: Cats, Crying and ConflictWhat are the chances that you will understand what the title means? 50%. Max is obviously a name, usually an abbreviation of Maxim or...

Nasser and Nafis Ali

The Odyssey, Review: After 4 sci-fi films, Nolan time travels to 800 BC, to film a Greek epic poem, with panache     In school, we were introduced to an epic poet, called Homer. Two of his...

Still from The Odyssey

Rao Bahadur, Review: Jao BahadurA: What is this all about? Why have you mis-spelt the word Rao as ‘Jao’?B. The film is 169 minutes long, so don’t expect an answer right away.Rao/Row/Raow/Raao.Write...

Rao Bahadur, Conditioning poster

MIFF 2026, 11: Film fare at the 19th MIFF, Part IIThat’s A Wrap/Shinjini Raval and Sunny Hinduja/India/2025/22.48 mins/English-Hindi/Short fictionA man and a woman. Argument, confrontation, quarrel....

Shinjini Raval and Sunny Ahuja