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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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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, III • Nov 23, 2015 at 03:05 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, III Diary pages have got juggled, inadvertently, so, though numbered III, this page should have been IV. Please excuse the oversight and treat this as IV. Although...

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The Man Who Knew Infinity
Enclave
Mina Walking
ARGENTINA
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Kabir Khan
Goran Radovanonvic
Matthew Brown
Dev Patel
Jeremy irons
Farzana Nawabi
Salman Khan
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Kareena Kapoor
Harshaali Malhotra
Carlos Saura
Yosef Baraki
Dhritiman Chatterji
Swati Bhise
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, IV • Nov 20, 2015 at 10:01 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, IV IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, IV At IFFI, the grand prizes are called the Golden Peacock and Silver Peacock, although India’s national bird is far from...

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Cinemawala
Goran Radovanovic
international competition
Jeon Kyu-Hwan
Julia Jentsch
Kaushik Ganguly
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Michael Radford
Natoker Moto
Shekhar Kapur
Suha arraf
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, II • Nov 17, 2015 at 06:06 PM
by Siraj Syed

IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, II To be held from November 20th to 30 2015 in Panaji, Goa, Goa, the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will showcase movies across several sections,...

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Indian Panorama
Aribam Syam Sharma
Bajrangi Bhaijaan
Anwar Ka Ajeeb Kissa
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Masaan
Dau Huduni Methai
court
The Silence
Gajendra Ahire
Rajkahini
Radiopetti
Priyamanasam
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IFFI Goa 2015, Festival Diary, I • Apr 03, 2019 at 04:03 AM
by Siraj Syed

It began, like Ameen Sayani’s legendary film music popularity countdown show, Binaca Geetmala, in 1952, a few months after I was born. The first International Film Festival of India (IFFI) was held...

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Akira Kurosawa
Ameen Sayani
Binaca Geetmala
Filmotsav
Lumiere Brothers
panaji
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MFF 17, by Jio-MAMI, Festival Diary, IV • Nov 17, 2015 at 01:28 PM
by Siraj Syed

MFF 17, by Jio-MAMI, Festival Diary, IV At film festivals, the experience of watching films is like no other. You have many choices, depending on the venue, and the option of walking out of one...

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Afghanistan
Un+Une
Chauthi Koot
Mina Walking
Yosef Baraki
Claude Lelouch
Ramesh Sippy
Un homme et une femme
Sholay
Andaz
Jayro Bustamante
Ixcanul
Volcano
Risk of Acid rain
Behtash Sanaeeha
Mani Kaul
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