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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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Chehere: A Modern Day Classic, Review: What’s in a name? • Aug 30, 2015 at 08:02 PM
by Siraj Syed

Chehere: A Modern Day Classic, Review: What’s in a name? Even seven years after it was shot, Chehere: A Modern Day Classic, was unlikely to see even the light of modern day. That it has managed to...

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Aarya Babbar
Agatha Christie
Bob Brahmbhatt
Divya Dutta
Geeta Vig
Glenda Jackson
Gulshan Grover
Hrishita Bhatt
Jackie Shroff
Jon Malkovich
Katharine Hepburn
Mahendra Pratap Singh
Manisha Koirala
mansion
murder
Nadira
P.D. James
poison
Poonam Sinha
Raj Babbar
Rakesh Bedi
Rekha Chinni Prakash
Rohit Kaushik
Sanjoy Chowdhury
Sayeed Quadri
shairi
Shatrughan Sinha
silent films
Sonakshi Sinha
talkies
Urdu
whodunit
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Phantom, Review: RAW-hide Rambo • Aug 28, 2015 at 04:46 PM
by Siraj Syed

Phantom, Review: RAW-hide Rambo Saif Ali Khan comes in for Salman, Katrina stays put, so do the London locales and the secret agent assassin theme, as director Kabir Khan tries to go one up on his...

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Black Friday
David Headley
Hafiz Saeed
Kabir Khan
Katrina Kaif
Kausar Munir
kurdish
Medecins sans Frontieres
Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Mossad
Mumbai Avengers
pakistan
RAMBO
RAW
S. Hussain Zaidi
Sabyasachi Chakrabarty
Saif Ali Khan
Taj Mahal Hotel
terrorist
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Review: US nephew, Russian nephew, German niece and the sinister Italian plot • Aug 26, 2015 at 06:35 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Review: US nephew, Russian nephew, German niece and the sinister Italian family plot It’s not about a man or the man, and the clever acronym for the secret agent network is...

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Alicia Vikander
Armie Hammer
Bond
Bud Spencer
Christian Berkel
CIA
Cold War
David McCallum
Elizabeth Debicki
Guy Ritchie
Henry Cavill
hugh grant
Jared Harris
John le Carre
KGB
Lionel Wigram
Luca Calvani
MI6
Norman Felton
quentin tarantino
Robert Vaughn
Sam Rolfe
Sherlock Holmes
Sylvester Roth
Terence Hill
U.N.C.L.E.
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Fantastic Four/FANT4STIC, Review: High on Fantasy, Low on Score • Aug 23, 2015 at 02:08 PM
by Siraj Syed

Fantastic Four/FANT4STIC, Review: High on Fantasy, Low on Score Fourth outing for Marvel’s Fantastic 4 has a thinly spread plot and is further handicapped by lack-lustre performances. While a sequel...

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1994
2005
2007
Fantastic Four
Jamie Bell
Jeremy Slater
Josh Trank
Kate Mara
Marvel
michael b. jordan
Miles Teller
NASA
Planet Zero
Quantum Gate
Reg E. Cathey
sci-fi
Simon Kinberg
Tobey Kebbell
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The Gift, Review: "Simon says watch this film" • Aug 23, 2015 at 02:07 PM
by Siraj Syed

The Gift, Review: Simon says watch this film There’s an old-world fluidity about The Gift. Unhurried narrative, under-the-skin performances, music as an essential component, naturally rich visuals,...

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Apoclaypse Now
Bheja Fry
Bill Robinson
Blue Tongue
Bojangles
Cape Fear
Jason Bateman
Joel Edgerton
Le cadeau
Nash Edgerton
Old Boy
psycho
Rebecca Hall
sammy davis jr.
stalker
Star Wars
Weirdo
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